09/03/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Good evening. Welcome to Look North.

Get tested - that's the message from a family of a Teesside

mum who died of cancer earlier this year.

Ferzana Khan was due to travel to Germany from her Middlesbrough

home for pioneering treatment for the disease after

But she died before she could make the trip.

Now a campaign's been launched to encourage other women from Black,

Asian and minority backgrounds to take a smear test.

That's how Ferzana Kahn's family described the mother-of-four.

She was 41 when she died in January - three years after being diagnosed

Now her relatives have started a campaign to encourage more women

from minority ethnic backgrounds to attend their smear tests.

I think seeing what her family went through, especially young children,

You know, it doesn't matter how old you are.

Even when you're 50, you still need your mum.

So to see a five-year-old crying for his mum is

And there has been, you know, so many other deaths

within the community, people who died of cancer.

With Ferzana, it's closer to home because she was so close to us.

A recent survey by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust -

the UK's only dedicated charity - showed 30% of Asian women didn't

And a third more black, Asian and minority ethnic women

compared to white women said they had never attended screening.

There is a real fear around the test itself,

And also around what it was going to find.

And this feeling of rather not knowing, the fear about cancer

and cancer being a bit of a taboo subject.

And also embarrassment, being a really big factor in it.

Ferzana's family have now made a film as part of their campaign

to try to encourage more women to turn up for their appointments.

What it is, Doctor, we're going to Pakistan in the morning

Now a lot of people are mentioning

and realising factors affect every

age group, it's not just the old,

it's not just the young, it's indiscriminate.

Earlier screening, Ferzana's friends say, could have helped her,

allowing her more time with the family

Detectives investigating a report of rape in Redcar last Friday,

say the circumstances of the attack are not as first reported.

Cleveland Police say they're no longer looking for two men

who forced a woman and her child into a vehicle on Redcar seafront.

They say enquiries are ongoing into an allegation of rape

involving people who may have known each other.

They're appealing for anyone who may have seen a woman and toddler

in the area of Roseberry Road and Larkswood Road between 4pm

The Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust has issued a statement

the man in charge of Newcastle's hospitals,

The Trust says an investigation is being carried-out into

It said that placing him on extended leave is not an indication

that the matters raised against him will be correct.

They were conflicts which saw thousands of servicemen and women

Today a memorial dedicated to those who fought in the two wars in Iraq

and in Afghanistan was unveiled by the Queen in London.

But some of the families of those who lost loved ones say they feel

More than 800 British military personnel and civilians

Today 2,500 people were invited to this event in London

and a season for every activity under heaven.

?1 million had been raised for the memorial.

But some affected the most by the wars did not get an invite -

like Janice Procter, from Washington.

Her son, Michael Tench, was killed

I didn't even know when it was being unveiled.

Not any form of update to say that this was going to go ahead.

I just kicked out of common courtesy for the respect shown to

all fallen, it's not parents that need the recognition.

Among those at the service was Tony Blair.

The Chilcot Report last year concluded he overstated the threat

and sent ill-prepared troops into battle.

Janice has written to the Prime Minister

She's organising a charity event to raise money

for what's being called "The Peoples' Monument

Jog, walk, run a little from the lighthouse to the coast

road into Sunderland city, ending up at the square.

There's some comfort that a monument has been dedicated to

But there has been controversy today.

Our region paid a heavy price in the conflicts.

The transport secretary Chris Grayling has been in Cumbria

today to announce road widening schemes at roundabouts

?2.6 million will be spent improving traffic flows on the A66 and A595

ahead of major developments in west Cumbria such as the planned

And he's hinted there may be bigger announcements in the future.

This is a start to what I believe needs to be a rolling programme

There's a huge investment plan down by the coast,

We've got to make sure that this part of Cumbria has infrastructure

These are two small schemes for a start -

A Middlesbrough primary school has put up signs asking parents to put

away their mobile phones and smile at their children when they pick

The signs at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School in Longlands

say "Greet your child with a smile not a mobile."

The school says it's part of an idea to get families

talking at the end of the day - and first reactions seem positive.

Were you surprised when they went up?

When they come to pick their kids from school, they should

be here to do that and talk to them about the day,

not to be chatting on their phones. You know, it's wrong.

Now to what scientists hope will be a giant leap for mankind -

A spectacular event - has been taking place

in Durham tonight - marking the official opening

of an 11.5 million pound university building to house some

Their mission is to unravel some of the greatest

And a little earlier tonight - our reporter Sharon Barbour sent us

Here we are outside the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics

In a moment, were going to speak to a world renowned architect

But, first, let's just find out a little bit about what this

I'm joined by Professor Carlos Frenk, a cosmologist here.

Tell us why it's so exciting to have this building here.

Well, I had the privilege of working at Durham University for 30 years

and I can say without hesitation, this is the most exciting

Where we are opening this wonderful new building that will,

for the first time in the history of modern astrophysics in Durham,

all 150 astronomers in this university will be under one roof.

Now, the question for you, Damien, was to create a building.

Tell us what you've done with the building here.

Well, I wanted to create a building that was in

This is an ancient city with the best cathedral

in the world, so a building that has the robustness and also the softness

Local people, scholars, tourists, will be spending

So I wanted to make it, not an institutional

With wood, with warm materials, with the pleasure and joy

of being in the world of the intellect.

The building is based on geometries that relate to the cathedral,

to the cosmic ideas but it's really just a humble building

That's it from me. Now to the mysteries of the weather with Paul.

One or two eastern areas cold enough for a touch of ground frost. Most

places start fine and dry tomorrow. The cloud heading from the West

through the day. Generally, a lot cloudier than it has been for the

last couple of days. Temperatures should just scraped into double

figures. A light southerly breeze. Tomorrow, a warm front bringing the

cloud and rain. A cold front follows behind. Another one follows as we

head into Sunday. So an unsettled spell as we head into the weekend.

It will start to dry up and brighten up later on Saturday. Temperatures

still make it into double figures. Sunday, temperatures again just into

double figures. I'll leave you with the summary.

day. On Sunday, cloudier, maybe spots of rain.

Good evening, in the spring sunshine we saw temperatures as high as 17.5

Celsius. Not as warm or Sonning on Friday. Still a lot of dry, settled

weather in the forecast for the next few days. This was the sunset

captured by one of our Weather Watchers. Clear skies there. We have

had increasing amounts of cloud moving in from the West. Through the

remainder of tonight we will continue to see that cloud across

the south-west of England, the Channel Isles, weaving in across

Wales, Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Bringing with it some

outbreaks of drizzly rain, particularly around the coast and

the hills. Further east, clear skies and the coldest temperatures. We are

likely