27/02/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

A County Durham grandmother says she was treated "like a terrorist"

by immigration officials who deported her from Britain.

Irene Clennell from Chester Le Street has been married to a British

man for 27 years but has now been sent back to Singapore.

The Home Office says she broke immigration rules and has been

living in Britain illegally for three years.

Here's our News Correspondent, Mark Denten.

Tonight, Irene Clennell is 6,000 miles away from

Despite having a British husband, children and grandchildren,

she was put on a plane by immigration officials

The way they escorted me was like I was a terrorist.

They got both of my arms, like, locked in, like this.

And I am walking in the middle and everybody's looking.

Although she was originally given indefinite leave to remain

in Britain after her marriage, immigration officials say she's

spent too long back in Singapore, partly looking after sick relatives.

Now her husband John is sick as well and he's disgusted

Surely through the period of time, it is not just

a marriage of convenience. It is a genuine marriage.

And like I said, it is underhand, what they've done.

Now politicians have called on the Home Secretary to intervene.

The government have set this arbitrary target

of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands.

And therefore, they are deporting anybody and everybody

who does not fit exactly within rules.

There is no room for compassion or humanity.

Tonight a funding appeal to help with Irene Clennell's legal costs

The only thing I have done is get married in this country.

The jury in a murder trial in Carlisle has heard how

a woman died in an act which was

Melinda Korosi, who was originally from Hungary, was found

with extensive injuries to her head, face and neck

at her home in the city in September last year.

Her partner Miklos Verebes, who's 29 and also from Hungary denies murder

in September last year and three counts of rape

between October 2012 and July 2016.

The family of a North Yorkshire pensioner,

who was killed in a hit-and-run ten years ago,

are appealing for help to find the driver.

75-year-old Bill Hendry was knocked down

while walking his dog in Knaresborough.

They could never have imagined they would still be

trying to get justice, ten years on.

But today, the family of Bill Hendry returned to the spot

where he was knocked down and killed in Knaresborough.

The driver didn't stop and left him on the road.

We would like an end to it. We would like an answer.

We just want a bit of justice and someone to have the courage

to say, I know who's done it, or the person who's done it.

Bill's beloved dog Abbey run home after he was hit and was found

waiting on the doorstep of their house.

Bill died in hospital a short time later.

Police admit there are no new lines of investigation.

So, this morning, officers stopped motorists to try

Police say the person who hit Bill Hendry

was driving a car or small van that was travelling at speed.

They will have known exactly what happened, and the vehicle

Detectives believe this is their last chance to catch them.

A man who died after being stabbed in the centre of Newcastle last week

He was Frankie Cooper, who was 22 and from the Newcastle area.

He was stabbed in Princess Square next to the city library

last Monday lunchtime, and died in hospital yesterday.

Two people have already been charged with causing grievous bodily harm.

Tributes have been paid to Neil Fingleton,

who, at seven feet seven, was Britain's tallest man.

The 36-year-old from Durham died at the weekend.

He made a career - first as a basketball player -

starring in TV shows like Game Of Thrones and Doctor Who.

Sir Ian Botham has been formally unveiled as the new chairman

Sir Ian, who finished his career as a Durham player in 1993,

takes over as the club forms itself into a new company.

The club had to be bailed out last year after debts threatened

But Botham says he can bring in new cash.

Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports.

They won't bother looking for that, let alone chasing it.

The sporting success of Sir Ian Botham is beyond question

with over 5000 runs scored for England and 383 wickets taken.

But his latest challenge is financial, ensuring that Durham

does not find itself mired in debt again, and as the new chairman,

My job as chairman is to bang down doors and help get

sponsorship, bring new people to the ground, new investors.

And also, I am very proud to be asked to do this job.

People want us to be successful again.

We should be one of the biggest clubs in the country

and my intention is to get us back to where we should be.

The ruling body of the game, the ECB, wrote off much

The county council turned its loans into shares in the new company.

But the new club still owes over ?750,000

to the North East Local Enterprise Partnership.

We're not ducking and diving and burying our heads in the sand.

Between us, the council, myself and the ECB and the people up

Look at it this way, in comparison to most football clubs,

The club was relegated by the ECB to Division 2

and given a points deduction, punishment for its perceived

something that Sir Ian it is claimed can help with.

There was no bigger name in cricket than Sir Ian Botham.

He will bring a lot to the cricket side but also, he can open his

commercial contacts and sponsors and city contacts, etc, so he will

contribute to the business side but first and foremost he is a cricketer

and he will lead on the cricket side.

Sir Ian Botham was a Durham player, the club providing an end

to his career in 1993, but now he's back with the hope

that he can be as big a hitter financially as he was at the wicket.

Time now for the weather outlook for the week, with Paul.

Thanks, Alison. A bit of everything as we head through the coming few

days. Changeable weather were some rain and hill slope to deal with and

some frosty nights as well. We have a frosty night tonight, some wintry

showers around and things will ice over through the night. There's a

Met Office warning for ice with icy stretches through the night and well

into tomorrow morning. As though showers clear away, the winds will

be liked and things will freeze over as temperatures drop towards zero.

And icy start tomorrow. Some fog patches but essentially a dry,

bright start. Eastern areas hanging on to the best of the brightness.

Further west, proud and showers merging into that longer spells of

rain. Temperatures peaking at around eight Celsius. That west to

south-westerly wind quite brisk along Cumbrian coast later. Tomorrow

evening, rain and sleet starts to clear southwards and we are in for

another frosty, potentially icy night. Temperatures dropping back

down towards freezing. That takes us into Wednesday. Should be largely

dry, many places dry with sunny spells and just the odd, blustery

shower on that west-south-westerly wind. With afternoon temperatures

peaking at around eight Celsius. As we head towards the end of the week,

it stays messy on the weather front as we head towards the weekend with

low pressure dominating and the weather front is never far away.

Fairly breezy at times. Certainly breezy as we head into Thursday. A

windy day with gusting south-westerly wind, and places

drying up again later, and temperatures up at around eight

Celsius. Feeling colder, with that gusty wind. Friday not quite a

windy, but rain spreading up from the south, some snow amongst that,

over higher ground and at lower levels, temperatures around seven

Celsius. Stay tuned for the latest and any detailed changes in the

forecast as we head towards the end of the week and weekend itself, we

will keep you up-to-date on BBC local radio stations and on the BBC

weather app. I'll leave you with a summary,

John Hammond has the weather for the rest of the country.

According to one man-made definition, spring begins in a

couple of days, but in reality weather does it own thing at its own

pace. This was taken in Midlothian, a funny