03/03/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

He was a respected businessman, a head teacher

To many, Colin Gregg - from Newcastle -

the son of the founder of Greggs the bakers.

But tonight he faces jail, after being convicted of

a series of sex attacks on boys over almost 30 years.

Our correspondent Peter Harris reports.

Colin Gregg had led something of a life of distinction.

Back in the '60s, he helped build up the family's bakery chain.

He had also been an administrator of the Yellow Brick Road firm.

That was setup to better the lives of children.

As a result of his charity work, he'd even brushed

The Duke of York coming to look at some of the work

There was, however, a suggestion of a dark side in recent years.

In 1997, he'd gone on trial for an allegation

He was found not guilty, but more boys came forward.

And we can now report that last year, he went on trial

A jury found him not guilty of some allegations

of indecent assault but, on many others,

And that's how we ended up in Leeds at a retrial.

And the jury found him guilty of nine counts of indecent

Some of those allegations dating well back to the 1960s.

And outside court we heard this reaction from the police officers

This has been a long and complex inquiry.

Colin Gregg was in a position of trust which he used

We work today's outcome gives the victims some

The case proves that it is never too late to report abuse.

Colin Gregg always claimed that he was the victim of

some kind of police witch hunt, that the boys were liars, motivated

The prosecution said that, beneath his veneer of respectability,

Clearly, that's a version accented by this jury.

Now, he'll be back in court for sentence at Newcastle

The judge has warned him that a custodial sentence is inevitable.

Police investigating the discovery of a body

in a wheelie bin in Gateshead have charged a man with murder.

23 year-old Craig Eade's body was found in a back lane on Wednesday.

A 36-year-old local man is due before magistrates tomorrow,

The Independent Police Complaints Commission says the investigation

into the death of Cumbrian toddler Poppi Worthington

was "disorganised" and "not fit for purpose".

The 13-month-old died at her home in Barrow in 2012.

After her death, a family court judge said Poppi

had probably been abused by her father, Paul.

Today Cumbria police admitted making "basic mistakes"

The blunders that marred the investigation into Poppi's death

began the night officers were called to her home in December 2012.

For instance, the child's last nappy was thrown out,

The investigator found evidence that there had been

It essentially was not fit for purpose.

We found concerns in relation to the way that the scene

The investigation then effectively went into cold storage

while officers waited for pathology reports.

Cumbria's chief constable admits it has been a shameful episode.

They are basic things and I can only apologise to the family

of Poppi Worthington for the basic mistakes that were made.

I am not running away and we are not running away from our inadequacies

We're not trying to cover anything up,

not trying to pretend that it was better that it was.

It was a wholly inadequate investigation.

At an earlier family court hearing, a judge said Poppi

was probably abused by her father, Paul Worthington.

The IPCC report says there was enough evidence

to arrest him on the day of Poppi's death, but delays meant

he was later released without charge.

The police insist they have learned lessons.

With the checks and balances that we've now put in to make sure that

no-one can sit on a case for seven months, I'm confident

that that would not happen again in the same way,

that would be challenged and picked up much quicker.

A pensioner from Durham has finally won her appeal

to sell her home and turn it into student accommodation,

80-year-old Jackie Levitas, who was the only non-student

resident on her street where she has lived for over 40 years,

said she felt forced out of her home due to her rowdy neighbours.

She was originally denied the planning permission

due the number of shared houses there already.

near theirs inside for a rotting ship that has been docked in

Middlesbrough for 18 years. They don't see the hell was once a

nightclub on the time but has been left to rust since its owner went

into Administration. Now Middlesbrough Council has agreed to

pay some of the costs have the ship scrap.

A North Yorkshire pub has gone from closure,

to being named National Pub of the Year.

The George and Dragon, in Hudswell near Richmond,

has won the award from the Campaign for Real Ale.

but it was saved when the local community stepped in.

It's now not only their local pub but also a village library

and a shop, and even has community allotments.

Meanwhile there'll be no more queueing at the bar for drinks

Teesside's first "self-service bar" has opened,

where you're allowed to pull your own pints.

claims to have the region's first "beer wall".

And customers coming through the doors this evening

have been literally helping themselves.

That's all from me tonight, time now to hand over to Jen Bartram

It's a fairly wet night to come tonight.

By the time we get it tomorrow morning, that rain will still be

over much of Cumbria and the north-east as well.

It is going to be pushing away as we head into Saturday.

. Almost too scattered showers following the own. Temperatures in

the sunshine could get up to around 10 Celsius. Heading into Sunday, it

is a mixed picture once again. Some outbreaks of showery rain to start

with, some further rain later in the day. Eastern part is more likely to

stay dry through much of the morning and wet air by the afternoon.

Temperatures on Sunday reaching a high of eight Celsius. Into the

start of next week, remaining unsettled with some further rain at

times. Here is the Good evening, mixed fortunes this

weekend. Today we saw a fair share of rain. This is the view one of our

weather watchers in Doncaster. Not particularly inspiring. This weekend

there will be some rain, but some of us will get away with a dry start.

This is the satellite and a lovely day in northern Scotland. But cloud

and rain and thunder and lightning in this area. Our main area of rain

is stuck across Northern Ireland and Scotland.