:00:00. > :00:10.In the next half an hour, have the citizen bloggers of Whitby uncovered
:00:11. > :00:14.a horrible truth or published a damning slur? He was a paedophile.
:00:15. > :00:18.He was well`known to local people and the police. He was protected
:00:19. > :00:22.because of his status as a very wealthy and influential businessman,
:00:23. > :00:27.a mayor and a very successful and local councillor.
:00:28. > :00:30.Can a forgotten symbol of the north`east's industrial past be
:00:31. > :00:33.turned into a 21st century attraction?
:00:34. > :00:39.It is going to be a promenade. It is going to be a peer. Certainly, I
:00:40. > :00:44.have crazy ideas. It is a climbing frame. Stories from the heart of the
:00:45. > :00:59.north`east and Cumbria, this is Inside Out.
:01:00. > :01:08.It began as a what's on guide for a pretty North Yorkshire town, but it
:01:09. > :01:15.ended up creating a stink. It has become a libellous rag or a fearless
:01:16. > :01:24.exposy of corruption depending on who you talk to. We put Real Whitby
:01:25. > :01:30.under the microscope. It is famous for its harbour, tea
:01:31. > :01:38.shops, tourism. Whitby was until the citizen journalists of Real Whitby
:01:39. > :01:44.online blog. It features what's on notices, taking politicians to task
:01:45. > :01:51.and lists of lurid allegations. News blogs can be accused of indullening
:01:52. > :01:57.cranks and conspiracy theories, but they can ask questions and uncover
:01:58. > :02:04.truths. What about Real Whitby? We are going to put some of its claims
:02:05. > :02:09.to the test. First, a planning row. An exploration and development
:02:10. > :02:14.company, focussed on becoming one of the world's post important producer
:02:15. > :02:20.of potash. Landowner stood to make millions
:02:21. > :02:27.from mineral rights if serious and its subsidiary York Potash got the
:02:28. > :02:35.go`ahead. Around the same time, he will he will Elton John was
:02:36. > :02:41.headlining in Scarborough. The planning committee would decide if
:02:42. > :02:49.the mine could go ahead. Real Whitby had a concern about h tickets. I
:02:50. > :02:53.discovered the chairman had free theatre tickets? Is there anything
:02:54. > :02:57.wrong with that? It doesn't look right. A company that wants to build
:02:58. > :03:01.a mine, I don't think they should be giving tickets to elected members.
:03:02. > :03:06.We asked the company for an interview about the tickets. Serious
:03:07. > :03:10.wrote saying no, but added Tim was given the tickets as a thank you for
:03:11. > :03:22.signing mineral rights agreements with Serious Minerals Company York
:03:23. > :03:28.Potash. It wasn't just the Elton John tickets that concerned Real
:03:29. > :03:33.Whitby. One of his land purchases was next door to the proposed mine
:03:34. > :03:40.site and he bought that over a year before the proposed mine head site
:03:41. > :03:47.was announced. I thought it was strange. Real Whitby complained last
:03:48. > :03:52.March. Tim Lawn told the National Park he had a mineral company,
:03:53. > :03:54.something he hadn't mentioned for five months. Soon after, he
:03:55. > :03:58.resigned. A police investigation found he may have breached the law
:03:59. > :04:03.by failing to register the company as an interest, but he had no
:04:04. > :04:10.criminal intent. We the wanted to put questions to Tim Lawn about the
:04:11. > :04:16.particulars k tickets, the land, the mineral company. That's our second
:04:17. > :04:19.interview refusalment he wrote that he disclosed everything to the
:04:20. > :04:27.council. He was open about leasing his mineral rights to York Potash.
:04:28. > :04:33.So we asked the National Park for an interview. They said no.
:04:34. > :04:37.Refusal number three. Their statement said Tim Lawn did not
:04:38. > :04:41.participate in the potash decisions. His land interests were clear. The
:04:42. > :04:47.authority would continue to deal with the application with
:04:48. > :04:51.independence and objectivity. Was Real Whitby right to raise its
:04:52. > :04:57.concerns? Yes. What they said checked out. They were right at
:04:58. > :05:03.least to ask questions. It is a pity we couldn't persuade anyone to talk
:05:04. > :05:09.to us about them. Real Whitby moved on to local
:05:10. > :05:13.councillors claims for telephone and broadband allowances. Those who sit
:05:14. > :05:18.on North Yorkshire County Council and a local council. I looked
:05:19. > :05:23.throughout the county council and there is 72 county councillors and
:05:24. > :05:28.37 were also claiming IT or broadband expenses from their local
:05:29. > :05:33.councils as well as the county council. Is there anything wrong in
:05:34. > :05:37.that? Yes. It is just morally wrong. They should only claim it from one
:05:38. > :05:44.source. Are we talking a lot of money? ?500 from IT, broadband and
:05:45. > :05:49.the figures a at the local authorities differ it can be ?180 to
:05:50. > :05:53.?400 or more. It was accepted that double payments had been made. A few
:05:54. > :05:58.councillors stopped claiming. One made arrangements to repay. Most
:05:59. > :06:02.continued taking the money. The county council and most of the local
:06:03. > :06:06.councils continued the payments because they said it was an
:06:07. > :06:15.allowance, not a repayment of expenses. Private Eye took up the
:06:16. > :06:21.case. The public may think if you a being paid twice for the same thing,
:06:22. > :06:26.you shouldn't. There is a difference dwen whether you are legally
:06:27. > :06:31.entitled or morally and I think Real Whitby were within their rights to
:06:32. > :06:35.raise that. We asked North Yorkshire County
:06:36. > :06:41.Council for an interview. Refusal number four. Their statement said
:06:42. > :06:48.the basic allowance was a contribution to the out of pocket
:06:49. > :06:52.costs to councillors who work hard. The Standards Committee found no
:06:53. > :06:59.case to answer. Claims for much smaller amounts of money attracted
:07:00. > :07:06.microscopic inspection. Real Whitby alleged that county councillor, a
:07:07. > :07:12.form police councillor, had double attended mileage. If true, he
:07:13. > :07:21.appeared to be defying Einstein's theory of relativity. We checked. He
:07:22. > :07:27.claimed from North Yorkshire Police authority for travelling to a
:07:28. > :07:31.meeting at stone Cross. At the same time he claimed from North Yorkshire
:07:32. > :07:36.county for attending a meeting at county hall. That meant he was
:07:37. > :07:39.travelling to the second meeting while simultaneously attending the
:07:40. > :07:45.first and whilst returning from the second. At some point, he may have
:07:46. > :07:54.passed himself on the road! In total, claims for 661 miles. We
:07:55. > :07:58.contacted countor Les and got our fifth interview refusal. He said he
:07:59. > :08:02.referred himself to the council's Standards Committee and the police.
:08:03. > :08:08.The claims had been fully audited. He had been at the meetings, but
:08:09. > :08:15.travel times weren't always recorded accurately. He repaid ?34.43 and
:08:16. > :08:21.apologised for causing extra work. But is Real Whitby always right? It
:08:22. > :08:24.claimed it carries other very serious unsubstanciated allegations
:08:25. > :08:29.about individuals like other mainstream news organisations, we
:08:30. > :08:33.would not repeat them here. You are reaching serious conclusions and it
:08:34. > :08:36.is claimed that you are not backing these up with all the facts? the
:08:37. > :08:43.these up with all thefacts? the facts? Le that's sheer nonsense. The
:08:44. > :08:47.articles, all of the articles are highly particularised. Very, very
:08:48. > :08:50.often the majority of the information on which the articles
:08:51. > :08:56.are based is actually information that's in the public domain. We got
:08:57. > :09:02.a couple of things wrong and I have had to correct those and apologise.
:09:03. > :09:09.For those that you do accuse, do they have a right to reply? Very
:09:10. > :09:16.often we have sent drafts to people and said we will publish an article
:09:17. > :09:21.close to this. Nobody ever comes back and says, "Don't you publish
:09:22. > :09:27.this. This is not true." I have never published anything I don't
:09:28. > :09:30.feel comfortable with. Do you understand the risks? Probably as
:09:31. > :09:36.well as I should understand them. Does that worry you? Yes. Does that
:09:37. > :09:40.still make you feel it is worth doing? Yes, I believe, you know, the
:09:41. > :09:46.information that we provide, it isn't provided by any local media
:09:47. > :09:50.sources. We are amateur bloggers. We don't have legal training in the art
:09:51. > :09:54.of being a journalist and we are learning as we go. It is a steep
:09:55. > :09:57.learning curve. It is a steep learning curve and we are trying as
:09:58. > :10:00.much as possible to approach it in a reasonable and measured way.
:10:01. > :10:07.Bloggers are criticised for wasting time and money by bombaing public
:10:08. > :10:10.bodies with questions. Are they an expensive nuisance? Local councils
:10:11. > :10:14.are always moaning people don't vote enough. They don't take enough
:10:15. > :10:18.interest, but when the blogs and websites take a close interest and
:10:19. > :10:25.start scrutinising these people, they get uncomfortable and resorts
:10:26. > :10:31.to legal threats and so forth to have it closed down.
:10:32. > :10:37.If they get serious allegations wrong, shouldn't Real qhit bee be
:10:38. > :10:44.subject to the `` Whitby subject to the law. Vegging their allegations
:10:45. > :10:51.is costing tens of millions of pounds. We went back to her and said
:10:52. > :10:55.please particularise what in particular are you suggesting that
:10:56. > :11:02.we have said that is untrue because if it is untrue, naturally, we
:11:03. > :11:04.retract. We apologise and we will publish a correction. We have never
:11:05. > :11:09.had a reply. Then it was claimed the council had
:11:10. > :11:15.tried to close Real Whitby down. At the time, the council said it had
:11:16. > :11:19.not. This letter, sent earlier to Real Whitby's internet service
:11:20. > :11:23.provider says the council requests you terminate Real Whitby's website
:11:24. > :11:26.hosting service because it is in breach of your own terms and
:11:27. > :11:30.conditions. Doesn't that mean shut it down?
:11:31. > :11:35.We asked the council for an interview and got our sixth refusal.
:11:36. > :11:41.Remember, these are public bodies refusing to speak. Its statement
:11:42. > :11:46.said it was not trying to shut down Real Whitby, but remind its internet
:11:47. > :11:51.provider that it was breaching its terms and conditions by publishing
:11:52. > :11:56.abusive comments and said the website's content was self he have
:11:57. > :12:08.evident and didn't need specific listing.
:12:09. > :12:14.Recently Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles told councils to allow
:12:15. > :12:20.filming of their meetings. Last November Real Whitby tobleg him at
:12:21. > :12:24.his `` took him at his word and set about filming a parish council. He
:12:25. > :12:28.has been encouraging the members of the public to go along to meetings,
:12:29. > :12:38.to film them and tweet them and this is in the best interests of
:12:39. > :12:45.democracy. The council didn't appreciate Mr Pickles guidance and
:12:46. > :12:54.ordered them to stop filming. Are you saying the staut uts don't apply
:12:55. > :12:59.here? The council was outraged and called
:13:00. > :13:09.the police. It is believed six officers turned up!
:13:10. > :13:17.It is a private club. They don't want any gate`crashers. The chairman
:13:18. > :13:22.still appears to be camera shy. He said no to an interview.
:13:23. > :13:27.Refusal number seven. The council issued no statement and simply
:13:28. > :13:33.referred us to the National Association of Local Councils. Now,
:13:34. > :13:37.one of Real Whitby's most serious allegations that former Scarborough
:13:38. > :13:45.mayor, Peter Jaconelli, seen here with good friend Jimmy Savile was a
:13:46. > :13:50.child abuser. Councillor, Jaconelli what sort of carry on is this for a
:13:51. > :13:54.future Lord Mayor of Scarborough? He was a paedophile. He was well`known
:13:55. > :13:59.to local people and the police for this and that he was protected
:14:00. > :14:02.because of his status as a wealthy and influential businessman and
:14:03. > :14:07.mayor and a successful and local councillor.
:14:08. > :14:12.True? We contacted some of Real Whitby's witnesses. We began with
:14:13. > :14:16.Trevor and caught up with him in Australia. He was 11 when he says
:14:17. > :14:21.Jaconelli assaulted him in his van. Once you finish work on a
:14:22. > :14:26.night`time, Peter used to take us home in his van. I wasn't the only
:14:27. > :14:30.one. There was quite a few of us. Nobody wanted to sit in the front.
:14:31. > :14:34.That is definitely. Everybody tried to get in the back. There was that
:14:35. > :14:39.many somebody had to sit`in the front. When you sit`in the front,
:14:40. > :14:43.Jaconelli's hands are wandering. One hand is on the wheel and the other
:14:44. > :14:50.hand is playing with you. Or trying to. And it the didn't matter when
:14:51. > :14:56.you told him to (BLEEP) off or leave it alone. He just laughed it off. It
:14:57. > :15:00.was a joke. He just, it was just a joke to him. You knew it was going
:15:01. > :15:09.to happen. Everybody is aware of it. It is going to happen. So there is a
:15:10. > :15:18.feeling of trepidation and I can feel that. I can see his face. He
:15:19. > :15:27.featured in his ice cream shop on Jim' ll Fix It. You are a nice girl.
:15:28. > :15:31.It looks easy, doesn't it? He held the world oyster eating record.
:15:32. > :15:37.Peter is going at it very well. Peter is going at it very fast. The
:15:38. > :15:41.oysters are disappearing fast. After Real Whitby published, more alleged
:15:42. > :15:48.victims of Jaconelli came forward. It was back in 1972 or 1973. I was
:15:49. > :15:53.12 or 13, I was walking along the sea`front at Scarborough South Bay
:15:54. > :15:57.and he called me over. He said, "You. You, you want a Saturday job?"
:15:58. > :16:06.I went upstairs and sat down. He turned up a few minutes later. Sat
:16:07. > :16:13.next to me. Put his hand on my inner thigh and said, "Let's see what we
:16:14. > :16:21.can do now." Well, with that, I just got up and ran away. This man was 15
:16:22. > :16:25.in 1968 when he claims Jaconelli propositioned him outside his ice
:16:26. > :16:30.cream parlour. He came over and started talking to me and made
:16:31. > :16:35.conversation and he asked me when I was going to go upstairs and show
:16:36. > :16:39.him my (BLEEP). I told me parents and my father took me to the police
:16:40. > :16:44.station, the next day or the day after. We gave a statement and after
:16:45. > :16:49.I had told the police officer what had happened, he said that he
:16:50. > :16:57.believed what I told him. He was aware of similar stories, but that
:16:58. > :17:04.Peter Jaconelli, councillor Jaconelli was a town councillor, a
:17:05. > :17:12.county councillor, I think, he ran a judo club. He was a businessman. And
:17:13. > :17:15.he was a pillar of Scarborough's society and that was the end of it.
:17:16. > :17:24.What did you make of it? To think that he would do that and know that
:17:25. > :17:31.he could get away with it, it is just amazing. Peter Jaconelli died
:17:32. > :17:34.in 1999. He is still listed as an honorary elder man of Scarborough.
:17:35. > :17:37.This is a dead man who can't defend himself and you made one of the most
:17:38. > :17:42.serious allegations possible and you want his alderman status removed.
:17:43. > :17:46.Are you comfortable? Ever course, it is true that he can't defend
:17:47. > :17:51.himself. Neither can he be punished. Neither can he go to jail. It is
:17:52. > :17:54.very clear that there is reason enough to believe this is not a
:17:55. > :17:59.fitting figure to carry the status of alderman.
:18:00. > :18:05.We have spoken to five witnesses from the 13`year`old boy who was
:18:06. > :18:08.assaulted in a gents loo to a 15`year`old who was grabbed from
:18:09. > :18:13.behind whilst trying to collect cash. They are all credible. But we
:18:14. > :18:17.have seen no compelling evidence of an organised cover`up or a
:18:18. > :18:22.paedophile`ring operating in Scarborough as Real Whitby claims.
:18:23. > :18:30.The Borough Council says it passed on allegations of abuse to North
:18:31. > :18:33.Yorkshire Police. Why have none of his alleged victims been
:18:34. > :18:38.interviewed? Refusal number eight. The police declined speak on camera.
:18:39. > :18:41.In a statement they said the force and the independent police
:18:42. > :18:45.complaints commission had reviewed its handling of Real Whitby's
:18:46. > :18:48.claims. No further action was require. It will consider any
:18:49. > :18:52.allegations raised in programme or elsewhere. So, still no reason why
:18:53. > :18:58.the aligeed victims say `` alleged victims say they haven't been
:18:59. > :19:02.interviewed. We also asked Peter Jaconelli's relatives to be
:19:03. > :19:06.interviewed. Refusal number nine. In their statement, they said, there
:19:07. > :19:09.wasn't one occasion where they heard complaints or been shown factual
:19:10. > :19:14.evidence regarding the allegations. They would condemn improper or
:19:15. > :19:17.criminal acts Peter Jaconelli may have committed, but judgement must
:19:18. > :19:23.be based on clear and sound evidence. The Real Whitby postings
:19:24. > :19:28.do not satisfy these criteria. That's Real Whitby. It is claimed,
:19:29. > :19:33.it turned from a what's on, to a what's wrong in North Yorkshire.
:19:34. > :19:37.Critics say it is a libellous rag and unfortunately none were prepared
:19:38. > :19:42.to go on camera to say that. We have tested some of Real Whitby's
:19:43. > :19:44.allegations and put forward evidence, it is up to you to decide
:19:45. > :19:55.who is right. Gibside was built on the wealth
:19:56. > :20:03.created by coal. It is a monument to our industrial past. Whilst we
:20:04. > :20:07.cherish beautiful place, sometimes heritage that isn't quite so pretty
:20:08. > :20:12.can be overlooked. Down from here on the banks of the Tyne, a vital but
:20:13. > :20:14.gritty part of our coal mining history could yet become a popular
:20:15. > :20:21.tourist attraction. The Gateshead Staithes is the
:20:22. > :20:26.largest wooden structure in Europe, built to load coal onto boats. But
:20:27. > :20:29.as mining in the region slowly declined, it was abandoned. But,
:20:30. > :20:33.could there still be a future for the staithes? A few months ago I
:20:34. > :20:36.visited the man who is desperate to preserve it. Martin Hulse from Tyne
:20:37. > :20:39.and Wear's Building Preservation Trust was on tenterhooks as he was
:20:40. > :20:45.nervously waiting to hear if he had secured the funding he needed. It is
:20:46. > :20:51.not serve this will happen, is it? It is not certain at all. It is on
:20:52. > :20:56.the Risk Register and my job is to get it off the register, but we need
:20:57. > :21:00.money. We need investment. Martin can relax. He's secured
:21:01. > :21:03.nearly ?1 million worth of funding and work begins this month. Now, I
:21:04. > :21:07.will be looking at what the future holds here, but first, I want to
:21:08. > :21:11.find out about the history. With the demise of the coal industry, Beamish
:21:12. > :21:17.Museum is one of the few places you can still get a feel of the industry
:21:18. > :21:20.that powered the nation. Why was the north`east so important to the coal
:21:21. > :21:25.industry? Well, a number of reasons, but the primary ones are, we had
:21:26. > :21:31.good quality coal. Close to the surface and most importantly, close
:21:32. > :21:37.to water. So we were able to ominate because we could get the coal fairly
:21:38. > :21:41.easily from the mine and on to water and thes it was shipped to various
:21:42. > :21:45.ports, but mainly through London. London was the big market. So our
:21:46. > :21:49.success was because we could ship it out? We could ship it out.
:21:50. > :21:52.But getting the coal onto boats was no easy task. Vast wooden structures
:21:53. > :21:56.called staithes, strong enough to hold trains laden with coal appeared
:21:57. > :21:59.all over the North East. Stafford is one of the privileged few who
:22:00. > :22:08.visited the staithes in Dunston while it was still working. So
:22:09. > :22:13.really impressive the scale of these Staithes? Yes. How do they work? The
:22:14. > :22:17.wagons were brought down to the Staithes and manoeuvred by hand with
:22:18. > :22:25.hand brakes and so on. When the handbrake was down, they were
:22:26. > :22:36.screeching and they opened the doors down into the hopper.
:22:37. > :22:42.Staithes could handle vast amounts of coal at breath`taking speed. At
:22:43. > :22:46.Dunston in one year alone, it shipped a record`breaking 5.5
:22:47. > :23:01.million tonnes. When you see the staithes today, it's hard to imagine
:23:02. > :23:07.the scale of what went on here. It wasn't just Dunston it was all over
:23:08. > :23:14.the north`east. It was the closure of coal pits.
:23:15. > :23:21.But the Dunston Staithes remains as an important reminder of our coal
:23:22. > :23:26.mining heritage. It is hard to believe this is allowed to rot away.
:23:27. > :23:31.With an impressive structure that lost its purpose, well what do you
:23:32. > :23:35.do with it? In New York they've found an answer.
:23:36. > :23:37.An old disused railway line has recently been transformed into an
:23:38. > :23:43.attractive raised park and has become one of the city's most
:23:44. > :23:46.visited tourist attractions. The line was originally used for
:23:47. > :23:50.transporting goods in and out of The Big Apple, but as trucks began to
:23:51. > :23:57.take over, its closure was inevitable. A group called Friends
:23:58. > :24:01.of Highline fought for its preservation, and it was reinvented
:24:02. > :24:04.as an urban park. A piece of heritage that would have otherwise
:24:05. > :24:12.decayed and disappeared, has found a new purpose as a highly valued
:24:13. > :24:17.public space. Can the same happen on Tyneside? For Martin, ten years of
:24:18. > :24:20.campaigning has been worth it. How do you feel now you have got the
:24:21. > :24:24.cash? When the phone call came through, I was just numb. Weeks of
:24:25. > :24:29.nervous energy had just built up. You can never believe it until it
:24:30. > :24:35.happens. So what's your first task? The first task is simple. The whole
:24:36. > :24:41.structure is floating. This is petty arson. Youngsters have set fires at
:24:42. > :24:48.the base of the Staithes. Can you fix it? Yes, it will look identical
:24:49. > :24:52.to the original. We are in discussions about opening up the
:24:53. > :24:56.cycle route from the city centre across this bridge. This is the
:24:57. > :25:01.coast to coast route. You have an audience ready? That's it. 37,000
:25:02. > :25:05.users a year come along this path. You will be able to cycle in. We
:25:06. > :25:09.want to get people on top. That's the most important thing about the
:25:10. > :25:13.project. How soon before people will be allowed on it though? The summer
:25:14. > :25:18.2015 we will aim to get people on the structurement
:25:19. > :25:22.`` structure. The staithes did see a brief revival
:25:23. > :25:26.in 1 990, when some restoration work was done to make it part of the
:25:27. > :25:29.Gateshead Garden Festival. But since then, it's only really been used as
:25:30. > :25:33.a good vantage point by fishermen, and in 2003, fire destroyed a large
:25:34. > :25:36.section. It was very nearly a tragic end for the staithes. Although fire
:25:37. > :25:38.crews managed to bring the fire under control, it became unsafe and
:25:39. > :25:54.it was closed to the public. Out of the ashes, comes a chance to
:25:55. > :25:57.let the imagination run wild. On board are structural engineers,
:25:58. > :26:04.architects and a professor of fine art. Today's trip is mainly to look
:26:05. > :26:07.at the structure from this side of the river. Quite large sections of
:26:08. > :26:11.the Dunston Staithes have been damaged by fire. And this is the
:26:12. > :26:15.area I would like to concentrate on for my piece. Wolfgang is hoping
:26:16. > :26:18.that an artwork here at the staithes will ignite new interest in the
:26:19. > :26:22.structure and leave a lasting legacy. Through the installation of
:26:23. > :26:25.the artwork, we hope to raise a debate or discussion about
:26:26. > :26:28.sustainability. How to deal with difficult heritage. How to sustain
:26:29. > :26:33.that. How to make it meaningful again. We need to survey the
:26:34. > :26:39.condition of the tops of these piles and so we need to get some
:26:40. > :26:45.dimensions so we can draw a plan of where they are and then we can think
:26:46. > :26:48.about where one might anchor for a bring to go across. We are at the
:26:49. > :26:52.beginning of our research so I can't really tell you what it will look
:26:53. > :26:57.like. It is not so much important what it looks like, it is more what
:26:58. > :27:02.it does. We hope that it really brings together the communities and
:27:03. > :27:07.make the Staithes alive, you know. The artwork will be created by local
:27:08. > :27:12.students and will be open to view in the summer of 2015. It will become
:27:13. > :27:15.part of the story of the Staithes restoration, but what are the longer
:27:16. > :27:21.term plans? It will be a promenade. It will be a pier. People will be
:27:22. > :27:31.able to walk along and cycle and enjoy, but we have got to be more
:27:32. > :27:35.innovative than that. You are open to ideas? I have crazy ideas. You
:27:36. > :27:41.could install big solar panels and make power and make money. People
:27:42. > :27:45.talk about the High Line in New York and that's the level of ambition you
:27:46. > :27:50.have got to have. Really, we are open to ideas. You You really want
:27:51. > :27:53.people involved in this? It is people in Newcastle, people across
:27:54. > :27:57.the river there. We want to find out what they want to see happen. So
:27:58. > :28:02.what do you think should happen to the Staithes? Now is your chance to
:28:03. > :28:08.share your vision. Just go to my blog:
:28:09. > :28:19.And that's it for another show. Next week, can a multi`millionaire
:28:20. > :28:24.businessman foster a better way of looking after kids? I will see you
:28:25. > :29:15.next Monday. Until then, from Gibside, good night.
:29:16. > :29:15.Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your 90 second update. More flooding
:29:16. > :29:16.Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your misery. Thousand of homes in
:29:17. > :29:16.Berkshire and Surrey are now vulnerable as Thames river levels
:29:17. > :29:19.reach record highs. 14 severe flood warnings are in place - meaning
:29:20. > :29:22.lives are at risk. Full update at ten. Two men have been convicted of
:29:23. > :29:25.helping triple killer Joanna Dennehy. Gary Stretch was found
:29:26. > :29:27.guilty of one count of attempted murder. Leslie Leyton was convicted