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:00:09. > :00:14.The next half an hour ` 30 years on ` questions to r the man who led the

:00:15. > :00:19.miner's strike. Socialist, nothing like the reality is to the man I

:00:20. > :00:25.know now and I have been at loggerheads with. Middlesbrougher

:00:26. > :00:28.George Friend swaps the championship for the Northern League, to discover

:00:29. > :00:32.why so many players choose not to head for the big time. It is

:00:33. > :00:37.bringing more security to their family life. Sounds ideal. Where do

:00:38. > :00:44.I sign? You might need to wait a couple of weeks! We meet the Lake

:00:45. > :00:50.District obsessive who will brave the elements to get this shot. It is

:00:51. > :00:54.an absolute beautiful scene, but the wind is horrendous.

:00:55. > :00:56.Stories from the heart of the north`east and Cumbria. That is

:00:57. > :01:15.Inside Out. Three decades ago, 22,000 miners

:01:16. > :01:20.here in the north`east and Cumbria joined the national strike. The

:01:21. > :01:22.leader of the national yn National Union of Mineworkers, Arthur

:01:23. > :01:25.Scargill, became one of Britain's most famous and controversial public

:01:26. > :01:34.figures. Now, he's involved in a bitter series of disputes with his

:01:35. > :01:40.old union. Tonight, Dan Johnson asks why over the past 30 years more than

:01:41. > :01:42.?700,000 has been paid by the NUM to another organisation of which Mr

:01:43. > :01:53.Scargill is President. It is 30 years since the miner's

:01:54. > :01:58.strike started. It was an industrial dispute that caused deep divisions

:01:59. > :02:02.and it helped define Mrs Thatcher's Britain.

:02:03. > :02:07.Whatever the rights and wrongs, no`one can deny the hardship faced

:02:08. > :02:15.by miners and their families and the devastating social impact of pit

:02:16. > :02:19.closures in the years that followed. There is another legacy that causes

:02:20. > :02:26.bitterness ` it is about money ` lots of money and the man who used

:02:27. > :02:32.to lead the miners, Arthur Scargill. Loyalty to every miner and every

:02:33. > :02:36.miner's wife in this country. 30 years ago, Arthur Scargill could

:02:37. > :02:39.claim to be the most powerful trade union boss in Britain. He was always

:02:40. > :02:45.controversial. To his critics, he was an enemy

:02:46. > :02:52.within. To many of his supporters he could do no wrong. Jimmy Kelly was a

:02:53. > :02:54.young miner. He followed Arthur Scargill without question. During

:02:55. > :02:59.the strike, there was nothing better than him. He would have `` we would

:03:00. > :03:05.have followed him to the world. In effect, we probably did.

:03:06. > :03:09.But here at NUM headquarters 30 years after the strike there's a

:03:10. > :03:14.deep rift between Arthur Scargill and the man who is now in charge of

:03:15. > :03:18.his old union. I think Arthur's lasting legacy is in two halves, if

:03:19. > :03:23.you like. If you take what he did during the strike, just before and

:03:24. > :03:26.just after, then he had a very positive impact on the union.

:03:27. > :03:30.Unfortunately, anybody that is looking at Arthur now, on recent

:03:31. > :03:35.events, would see him in a very different light. Relations between

:03:36. > :03:40.Arthur Scargill and the NUM have hit rock bottom. There have been a

:03:41. > :03:45.series of legal disputes. In 2012 he got an out of dort settlement over

:03:46. > :03:50.expense `` out of court settlement over expenses. A year ago he lost a

:03:51. > :03:54.battle to stay in his London flat for life, at the ex`peps of his old

:03:55. > :04:00.union. There's `` expense of his old union. There is no question the old

:04:01. > :04:04.union can afford the payments of that entitlement, to which I was

:04:05. > :04:11.entitled. One document is an application in 1993 by Mr Scargill

:04:12. > :04:16.to buy his rented flat at a discounted price. It is at the

:04:17. > :04:21.Barbican in central London where property now faces nearly ?1

:04:22. > :04:26.million. Mr Scargill wanted to use right to buy legislation Mrs

:04:27. > :04:30.Thatcher had introduced so council tenants could buy their own homes.

:04:31. > :04:34.It is so hypercritical, it is unreal. It was Thatcher's

:04:35. > :04:38.legislation that gave council tenants a right to buy their houses.

:04:39. > :04:42.The application was refused because it was not his primary residence. He

:04:43. > :04:52.doesn't mention in his application that the flat was paid for by the

:04:53. > :04:56.NUMs. I think people would be actually astounded by knowing that.

:04:57. > :05:01.Mr Scargill told us the proposal, if accepted, would have been put to the

:05:02. > :05:05.NUM's National Executive and the flat subsequently transferred to the

:05:06. > :05:08.ownership of the NUM. He said it would have saved the union a

:05:09. > :05:14.substantial amount of money and provided them with an asset. If we

:05:15. > :05:22.honestly believe that our demands in this resolution is justifiable...

:05:23. > :05:28.Another document relates to Frank Cave. In December 2001, he was dying

:05:29. > :05:31.of cancer. His friend and colleague, Arthur Scargill, was about to retire

:05:32. > :05:35.from the union presidency. Mr Scargill had a problem. He wanted to

:05:36. > :05:41.stay in his London flat with rent paid by the NUM for the rest of his

:05:42. > :05:51.life. And on December, 7th, 2001, a letter was written, apparently by Mr

:05:52. > :05:57.Cave, setting out Mr Scargill's entitlement. He gave evidence it was

:05:58. > :06:02.Mr Cave's work, despite the fact his colleague died only a month after it

:06:03. > :06:06.was written. I have seen Frank more than most of us, I would suggest. As

:06:07. > :06:11.far as I was concerned Frank wouldn't have been writing letters.

:06:12. > :06:19.An earlier draft was produced in evidence, with an alteration written

:06:20. > :06:22.in Mr Scargill's own handwriting. In response Mr Scargill said he looked

:06:23. > :06:26.at a small section of the letter without reading any more of its

:06:27. > :06:31.content. The issue was whether or not the letter came from Mr Scargill

:06:32. > :06:36.and the justice found it did. Mr Scargill told us he stands by his

:06:37. > :06:40.evidence. He rejects Mr Kelly's allegation. He said the judge

:06:41. > :06:45.inexplicably dismissed other evidence in the case, indicating

:06:46. > :06:49.that Mr Cave was alert, aware and/orien tated, right up to the

:06:50. > :06:55.time of his death. But this story goes back 30 years,

:06:56. > :07:00.to the miners' strike N the end, the miners lost. After that defeat, Mr

:07:01. > :07:06.Scargill's links with an international minuters' organisation

:07:07. > :07:10.deepened di `` miners' organisation deepened divisions within the NUM.

:07:11. > :07:15.It was to Paris that Arthur Scargill turned more of his attention after

:07:16. > :07:20.1985. The IMO, now renamed the IEMO was

:07:21. > :07:26.founded here, six months after the strike. It claimed to represent 6.5

:07:27. > :07:30.million miners around the world and it was headed by Arthur Scargill.

:07:31. > :07:36.The national National Union of Mineworkers and the international

:07:37. > :07:42.minerer's organisation have agreed a former which `` international

:07:43. > :07:48.miners' organisation... There was a row about money from Russian that

:07:49. > :07:55.went to the IMO not the NUM after the strike. They settled when they

:07:56. > :07:59.donated ?724,000. Both organisations were headed by Arthur Scargill. Frr

:08:00. > :08:06.Chris Kitchen this is more than history. He is concerned about the

:08:07. > :08:10.subsequent financial relationships. You cannot justify expenditure if

:08:11. > :08:19.you don't know what it has been put to. He has established between 1985

:08:20. > :08:23.and 2010 the NUM paid ?712,000. Nearly half a million of that was

:08:24. > :08:29.annual subscriptions. It is 20 years since the IEMO last published any

:08:30. > :08:35.accounts. The trouble happened when I was asked to justify paying that

:08:36. > :08:40.amount in money and I asked for sight of accounts from and refused

:08:41. > :08:44.to be given them. Where do you think that ?20,000 a year has been going?

:08:45. > :08:50.What has it been spent on? I had no idea. That is why I wanted to see

:08:51. > :08:56.the accounts. In response to the question about publishing accounts,

:08:57. > :08:58.Mr Scargill said the IEMO had presented accounts in accordance

:08:59. > :09:02.with the instructions of its Congress. I asked him what that

:09:03. > :09:10.meant, but so far he's not got back to us. Before he retired ?145,000

:09:11. > :09:15.was paid by the NUM to the IEMO without the National Executive

:09:16. > :09:17.Committee being consulted N the Barbican case Mr Scargill said this

:09:18. > :09:22.was the elive lent of have expected as a severance

:09:23. > :09:30.payment. What came out in the court case is Arthur's belief was he

:09:31. > :09:34.believed he was entitled to severance payments. He hadn't asked

:09:35. > :09:40.for them. Mr Scargill told us this wasn't a redundancy or severance

:09:41. > :09:44.payment to him. It was money which would have been payable to him if he

:09:45. > :09:51.had accepted a lump sum. He said it was from an NUM trust fund and did

:09:52. > :09:55.not need to be referred to the National Executive Committee. When

:09:56. > :10:02.it came to light and questions were asked the explanation given was this

:10:03. > :10:05.was money that was, Arthur was entitled to receive but didn't want

:10:06. > :10:13.to receive and there for the same donation went to the IEMO. Are you

:10:14. > :10:17.content with that? Without knowing, seeing the accounts, you can draw

:10:18. > :10:20.different assumetions as to what happened to that money. ``

:10:21. > :10:32.assumptions as to what happened to that money. It is clear the links

:10:33. > :10:35.with the IEMO continued. That is inappropriate? I personally think it

:10:36. > :10:41.is inappropriate. One of his supporters told us Mr Scargill is a

:10:42. > :10:45.man of complete integrity. To some he is still a hero. To others, he

:10:46. > :10:50.has left a bitter and troubled legacy. The perception I had of

:10:51. > :10:55.Arthur, the great trade unionist, socialist is nothing like the

:10:56. > :10:58.reality as to the man that I know now and I have been at loggerheads

:10:59. > :11:08.with for most of my term in office. They say football is no longer the

:11:09. > :11:13.game it once was. Well, big wages and transfer fees have changed it

:11:14. > :11:17.beyond recognition. But there is a brand of football here in the north

:11:18. > :11:22.which hasn't changed for more than a century. We asked Middlesbrougher

:11:23. > :11:26.player George Friend to swap the championship for the Northern

:11:27. > :11:31.League, to investigate why fans and players are choosing it over the

:11:32. > :11:35.professional game. I play in the championship. I am about to drop

:11:36. > :11:40.down seven divisions. I want to know why the world's second oldest

:11:41. > :11:46.football league is still a success. So, I am joining Shildon. I have

:11:47. > :11:50.heard that some fans choose to watch this level instead of the Premier

:11:51. > :11:55.League. Even some players decide to stick around rather than turning

:11:56. > :12:01.pro. Welcome to the Northern League.

:12:02. > :12:08.Blood and thunder. Proper tackles, proper pies. It will

:12:09. > :12:13.be my world for a bit. I want to get some advice from my mate `

:12:14. > :12:20.Middlesbrougher first team keeper, Jason Steele. Will I get booted? You

:12:21. > :12:24.will get kicked a ul over! I don't think he's hard enough for

:12:25. > :12:31.the Northern League. Hey, get your hands out of your pockets. Don't

:12:32. > :12:33.stand around like that here! Firsts things first, I need to know the

:12:34. > :12:37.league's history. So, Mike, you are Mr Northern League. So they tell me.

:12:38. > :12:44.I have been chairman 18 years now... . This cottage is a treasure trove

:12:45. > :12:51.of Northern League memorabilia. All directed by the trust. The history

:12:52. > :12:56.of the league goes back to 1889. There were ten teams at the start

:12:57. > :13:01.from, the Tyne to the tees... The routes of northeast football culture

:13:02. > :13:06.can be traced back to the first season ` it featured the two teams

:13:07. > :13:12.that joined to become Newcastle United. It featured Darlington and

:13:13. > :13:19.another famous name. Is that the Middlesbrougher. That is. I would

:13:20. > :13:25.not be standing here if it was not for the Northern League? They have

:13:26. > :13:29.won the last two finals... By the 1950s the Amateur Cup finals were

:13:30. > :13:33.being played in front of crowds more than 90,000 people I was a time when

:13:34. > :13:36.many Northern League players could play at the very highest

:13:37. > :13:42.professional level. But, like Bob Thursby, who played in

:13:43. > :13:46.this game, they chose not to. The team that was the most important

:13:47. > :13:50.one in the country was Wolverhampton Wanderers. They were way above

:13:51. > :13:57.Manchester United at the time. I went down there, sort of on trial

:13:58. > :13:59.for a week. They wanted me to sign. He turned down ass nol too. The

:14:00. > :14:06.maximum wage at that time for a footballer was ?20. I thought if I

:14:07. > :14:11.go to University I could probably make ?20 and as I say, I didn't have

:14:12. > :14:16.to retire at 34. So the quality of the Northern League was so high

:14:17. > :14:20.because player whoss could have been pro choose to stay put instead.

:14:21. > :14:25.While with Shildon, I want to find out if that is still the case. The

:14:26. > :14:31.first spot of training with Shildon. See what the standard is like in the

:14:32. > :14:36.Northern League. Go on, George! It turns out almost

:14:37. > :14:42.every member of the team has had some professional experience. Ben

:14:43. > :14:47.Wood left Sunderland and John Brackstone played for Hartlepool and

:14:48. > :14:50.Darlington. What stopped you searching for the professional

:14:51. > :14:54.contracts? There comes a time you have to think about your life and

:14:55. > :14:59.future. I want to catch one the gaffer to find out why so many good

:15:00. > :15:04.ex`pros end up at this level. We have a lot who have come out and

:15:05. > :15:08.gone into being a teacher. They have a career they develop and they pick

:15:09. > :15:11.up a few quid playing for us. Overall, it is bringing more

:15:12. > :15:17.security to their family life, isn't it? Where do I sign? After today's

:15:18. > :15:22.training you might need to wait a couple of weeks!

:15:23. > :15:28.Some Northern League clubs can not afford to paytary players. Town ``

:15:29. > :15:33.to pay their players. Teams like Shildon can pay up to ?200 a week.

:15:34. > :15:39.Not bad for playing on a Saturday. A lot of people would be happy to get

:15:40. > :15:45.?400 a week. That is on top of a full`time job. I thought do I chase

:15:46. > :15:51.my dream or get on with my life. I like to think when I am 30 I will be

:15:52. > :15:56.secure, nice house. Stephen is now training as an apprentice engineer

:15:57. > :16:01.at South Tyneside college. He has already got a job with a cruise ship

:16:02. > :16:07.company. If a professional company came in, what would prize you away?

:16:08. > :16:12.It would take something like a five`year deal. A few grand a week.

:16:13. > :16:17.I am starting a family. I wonder what my wife would think if I had to

:16:18. > :16:21.look for a new contract? I think being settled with a family would be

:16:22. > :16:25.important to both of us. You can see why people in the Northern League do

:16:26. > :16:30.it? Definitely. So, just like the 1950s, financial

:16:31. > :16:36.security is still the reason good players stay in the Northern League.

:16:37. > :16:41.But does it mean professional clubs like Hartlepool miss out on the

:16:42. > :16:47.talent? Do you feel you are being priced out of the market? We can be

:16:48. > :16:53.if they can earn ?500 in the Northern League and get a job on top

:16:54. > :16:58.of. That you are looking at a salary of up to ?50,000 a year. There is a

:16:59. > :17:03.fair bit of money at the very top of the Northern League, not least at

:17:04. > :17:11.Celtic Nation in Carlisle. These are all brand new seating put in. These

:17:12. > :17:15.th will be the new sponsor's lounge. It is backed by an

:17:16. > :17:20.based tie con. He can report whatever he wants, reported to be up

:17:21. > :17:23.to ?600 a week. For the league they are paid quite well. Yes. We are

:17:24. > :17:27.fortunate with what has happened to us.

:17:28. > :17:32.I have seen how the Northern League is attractive to local players. Top

:17:33. > :17:34.teams are professionally run. Maybe that is what is bringing the fans

:17:35. > :17:39.back. This is what it is all about ` match

:17:40. > :17:44.night. Stick together tonight. It will be a long game... The club I

:17:45. > :17:47.have been with, Shildon, are fighting the big spenders for the

:17:48. > :17:52.league title. What is the prize today? I don't

:17:53. > :18:00.know. The secretary hasn't yet told me! The fans are well up for it. It

:18:01. > :18:05.is a bitter Derby against another famous Northern League club, Bishop

:18:06. > :18:09.Auckland. Thank you. Northern League

:18:10. > :18:13.attendances have been up for the last decade.

:18:14. > :18:18.It is a friend liar atmosphere and you probably could `` friend yar

:18:19. > :18:24.atmosphere and you probably couldn't afford the other games ` it is too

:18:25. > :18:26.expensive. It is relatively inexpensive, you see some very good

:18:27. > :18:40.players. The man who has just scored that

:18:41. > :18:43.goal, Paul Connor, is an ex`professional. He is Rochdale's

:18:44. > :18:49.record signing and he's come back home. This is the

:18:50. > :18:53.he chooses to play at. Come on Shildon!

:18:54. > :19:00.My sister and law and myself do the food. We have done it for a lot of

:19:01. > :19:05.years. You don't get dumpling at Chelsea! A lot of the people who

:19:06. > :19:10.work very hard to keep Northern League clubs going are doing doing

:19:11. > :19:14.it because they identify with Bishop Auckland and it is their town ` that

:19:15. > :19:22.is the way it works now. This is where it all happens. You get three

:19:23. > :19:28.in. When he's there, only one `and`a`half in. The people who work

:19:29. > :19:31.in these clubs are gems. The league would probably die without these

:19:32. > :19:36.people. A 4`0 win for Shildon. I have come to the end of my time in

:19:37. > :19:42.the Northern League. The professionalism shown in what is

:19:43. > :19:45.the ninth tier below the Premier League astonished me really. The

:19:46. > :19:48.fact so many people are involved and they are so passionate about the

:19:49. > :19:51.Northern League ` they are proud to be part of it. It is what makes the

:19:52. > :20:03.league so strong. I getss we all dream of giving up

:20:04. > :20:07.the day job, spending time in the open air and following our passion.

:20:08. > :20:13.Of course not many of us get the chance, but Terry#5Abraham did. Now

:20:14. > :20:24.he wants to share his filming obsession with the Lake District. He

:20:25. > :20:31.goes to extreme lengths to get "the shot."

:20:32. > :20:40.Coming here, to somewhere like the Lake District, it ignited something

:20:41. > :20:48.in me and inspired me. I have been coming back here often. The Scafell

:20:49. > :20:52.` it is my baby. I love that raw power it has with the rocks and the

:20:53. > :20:57.crags and the exposure you have here to the elements. There is a real

:20:58. > :21:03.true sense of wilderness here that you don't really find in other parts

:21:04. > :21:09.of England. It just resonates with me. I am sure

:21:10. > :21:14.I should have been a shepherd in a previous life, but, oh, well, now I

:21:15. > :21:21.am just a posh tramp out on the hills. And it is this landscape that

:21:22. > :21:26.is testing Terry emotionally and fizzally to the limit, with his most

:21:27. > :21:33.ambitious project to date. I want to capture the Scafell at its best,

:21:34. > :21:38.through the seasons and at its worst as well: Hence I am out on days like

:21:39. > :21:43.today. It gives a true reflection of the character of this mountain. He

:21:44. > :21:50.spent the last year capturing the seasons and the people connected

:21:51. > :21:56.with Scafell Pike. . England's highest mountain in West Cumbria.

:21:57. > :22:00.What I hope to do in my film is enlighten people, inspire them. I

:22:01. > :22:04.just want to share the glory of this landscape here that means so much to

:22:05. > :22:08.me. To understand Terry's passion today,

:22:09. > :22:14.we have to go back 20 years when he had a suspected heart attack. It was

:22:15. > :22:19.only sort of in my late 20s. It made me realise how life is so short.

:22:20. > :22:25.Those interests came into a real sharp focus for me. There are lots

:22:26. > :22:30.of places I wanted to see in Britain and enjoy and go out backpacking and

:22:31. > :22:34.taking it all in. And then I picked up a cheap cam corder, started to

:22:35. > :22:38.take it out with me on camps and things like that, up on the fells.

:22:39. > :22:43.It was only recently that Terry was forced to quit his job as a competer

:22:44. > :22:48.expert, take the plunge and make a living from his passion. I cannot

:22:49. > :22:53.help but smile that the path I am on now in my life, which has led me to

:22:54. > :22:59.producing this film started really because I got made redundant and, at

:23:00. > :23:05.the time, I was day dreaming of spending lots of time out in the

:23:06. > :23:10.hills and developing my craft ` film`making skills. As a consequence

:23:11. > :23:15.of that redundancy I jumped in with both feets, went for it and have not

:23:16. > :23:21.looked back since. He is a new breed of film maker and can get extra

:23:22. > :23:25.reaction to his work. There are an abundance of films out there.

:23:26. > :23:32.YouTube being the most popular, people can find you. To take up a

:23:33. > :23:37.hobby ` that is what it was ` film making the door doors `` the

:23:38. > :23:42.outdoors, it has become my career. To capture every mood of the

:23:43. > :23:47.mountain, Terry, who cannot drive, will get the bus to the bottom of

:23:48. > :23:51.the fells and then he's on foot, alone!

:23:52. > :23:57.For the first time in a couple of daysvy got a signal. I am texting

:23:58. > :24:03.the wife to let her know I am safe and well. She should not worry. I am

:24:04. > :24:11.very careful with every step I make on the fells. I don't trust any rock

:24:12. > :24:16.` if it is slippy, it could be dry ` never trust them. If it is like this

:24:17. > :24:20.all day it can be a bit demoralising. It is the nature of

:24:21. > :24:26.the game. You know. A lot of time out here, on the fells ` take the

:24:27. > :24:31.rough with the smooth. Normally I am at least a week out.

:24:32. > :24:37.It is not unheard that I am out here for three weeks. I am at the mercy

:24:38. > :24:41.of the general conditions. I don't ever get scared. Fear is a

:24:42. > :24:51.state of mind. There's my rucksack N there goes

:24:52. > :24:57.everything. The tent, the video gear ` the different cameras I have with

:24:58. > :25:05.me. Cooking, so I have got gas. One of the reasons I am wearing this

:25:06. > :25:08.fluffy hat is because my wife bought me this last winter, so I feel like

:25:09. > :25:13.I have a part of home with me here. I miss and love my family dearly of

:25:14. > :25:18.course it is one of those things, it is my job now. I want to be out

:25:19. > :25:28.here. I also miss home. I like to be at home, be with my family.

:25:29. > :25:32.Winter in the karn gorms can be wild and savage. On a sunny day, when it

:25:33. > :25:40.is warm and dry, in the shelter of the trees, it is easy to think that

:25:41. > :25:44.it must be the same high up. At the Kendal Mountain Kendal Mountain Film

:25:45. > :25:52.Festival Terry is rubbing shoulders with other film makers. I have never

:25:53. > :25:57.stepped foot out there before ` especially in winter. The first week

:25:58. > :26:06.was a shock for me, as you can imagine. It is a big thing and a big

:26:07. > :26:12.confidence boost for me as I work on the Scafell Pike film ` my baby.

:26:13. > :26:21.That is the one I hope they will screen here next year.

:26:22. > :26:32.I look at this cracker here... Back at home in New washing on Trent,

:26:33. > :26:38.Terry is viewing his footage. It can be challenging coming back home. I

:26:39. > :26:42.am buzzing, on a high. It is like a jigsaw, it is up to you to put all

:26:43. > :26:46.the pieces together and complete a picture. The film has yet to

:26:47. > :26:54.premier. He is wetting the appetite of his future audience using social

:26:55. > :27:00.media. This has been popular with a lot of my Twitter followers. The

:27:01. > :27:03.film is part funded by Terry's followers and sponsors. The rest

:27:04. > :27:07.from him. Over half the budget for the film

:27:08. > :27:11.has come from the public. But I love the place. It is my

:27:12. > :27:16.passion, so I am going to out there and do it, even if I have no money

:27:17. > :27:22.in my pockets. And back on the fells, his patience

:27:23. > :27:27.is once more paying off. I have come back here several times

:27:28. > :27:32.now to chase this shot. OK, it has not happened yet, but it looks like

:27:33. > :27:41.it will happen. I'm legging it!

:27:42. > :27:49.Yeah, over there! The challenge I am facing at the

:27:50. > :27:54.moment is an absolutely beautiful scene. The wind is horrendous.

:27:55. > :27:57.I might have to move somewhere else. There we go! This is it.

:27:58. > :28:13.Come on, camera! I am well happy with that. It was

:28:14. > :28:16.superb. It was worth the wait. The thing that makes me smile most of

:28:17. > :28:19.all are the people who come back to me and say you can really see your

:28:20. > :28:22.love for the area. It shines through.

:28:23. > :28:29.That's where I get a real flutter in my heart. I think, yes! It is paying

:28:30. > :28:31.off! Stunning pictures. Well worth

:28:32. > :28:38.braving the elements for. Now, before I go, a quick mention of the

:28:39. > :28:42.blog, I write about the stories I cover each week. That's it for

:28:43. > :28:47.tonight. Next week, as we all worry about our

:28:48. > :28:56.energy bills, we have some top tips on how to keep the costs down. See

:28:57. > :29:00.you next Monday. Until then, from the Woodhorn Colliery Museum, good

:29:01. > :29:08.night. Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your

:29:09. > :29:11.90-second update. The PM has backed fracking. He's

:29:12. > :29:14.90-second update. promised councils incentives if they

:29:15. > :29:17.let companies drill for shale gas. Critics have called the offer a

:29:18. > :29:19.bribe, but the Government claims the process will give us cheaper energy.

:29:20. > :29:21.bribe, but the Government claims the More at 10pm.

:29:22. > :29:25.The biggest public inquiry into child abuse in the UK has begun in

:29:26. > :29:27.Northern Ireland. It's looking at care in church and state-run homes

:29:28. > :29:31.Northern Ireland. It's looking at over 70 years. More than 400 people

:29:32. > :29:35.have asked to give evidence. Mark Bridger was convicted of

:29:36. > :29:39.murdering April Jones last May. Today, he dropped his plan to appeal

:29:40. > :29:42.a whole-life sentence. The five-year-old's body has never been

:29:43. > :29:45.Is Britain on the verge of an Is Britain on the verge of an

:29:46. > :29:49.obesity crisis? The National Obesity Is Britain on the verge of an

:29:50. > :29:52.thought. It wants urgent action to change eating habits and called for

:29:53. > :29:54.doctors to be more proactive. A hat-trick for American Hustle at

:29:55. > :29:57.doctors to be more proactive. the Golden Globes. It picked up

:29:58. > :30:00.three awards including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. British

:30:01. > :30:08.film 12 Years A Slave won Best Film Drama.

:30:09. > :30:12.Hello. Thousands of people threatened a boycott, but a taxi

:30:13. > :30:16.firm says it will transport disabled passengers after all. Boro Taxis had

:30:17. > :30:17.said it wouldn't transport people in wheelchairs, after