:00:01. > :00:04.Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Look North. Tonight:
:00:04. > :00:14.A family's anger after learning there will be no criminal charges
:00:14. > :00:16.
:00:16. > :00:20.following the death of their son. He was loved to delay. I just hope
:00:20. > :00:24.it does not happen to anybody else. I would hate to think that anybody
:00:24. > :00:28.else had to go through what we have gone through.
:00:28. > :00:31.The school bus stowaway. How a man, desperate to reach the UK, hid
:00:31. > :00:36.under this coach for 60 terrifying miles.
:00:36. > :00:39.We're with a wartime hero as he celebrates his 90th birthday.
:00:39. > :00:43.And why a wedding cake made especially for William and Kate has
:00:43. > :00:47.a new owner in Cumbria. In sport - Magpies manager talks
:00:47. > :00:50.frankly about this summer's transfers.
:00:50. > :01:00.Putting in the hard yards - it's back to training for Hartlepool and
:01:00. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:12.He'd just returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. But a few
:01:12. > :01:15.hours later, he was in a Teesside hospital fighting for his life.
:01:15. > :01:20.Sadly, 22-year-old David Grout did not survive after he was attacked
:01:20. > :01:23.outside a pub in Eston. Today, at an inquest into his death, the
:01:23. > :01:27.coroner said he suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries
:01:27. > :01:29.when his head hit the pavement. And tonight his family say they're
:01:29. > :01:39.angry that no-one will face criminal charges following the
:01:39. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:47.attack. Stuart Whincup was at the inquest and joins us now. Stuart.
:01:47. > :01:52.This was always going to be a difficult day for his family. They
:01:52. > :01:57.had to listen to detailed accounts of his last moments and share a
:01:57. > :02:02.court room with the man who is accused of causing his death. He
:02:02. > :02:06.says he was acting in self-defence. Solider David Grout was excited
:02:06. > :02:09.about seeing his wife and young son Harley. He was celebrating his
:02:09. > :02:12.homecoming with family and friends in Eston when he left the group to
:02:13. > :02:21.call Kerry. A few seconds later he was attacked. He never recovered
:02:21. > :02:26.from his injuries. It has been really hard, especially now my son
:02:26. > :02:31.is getting older. My it front room has a tribute to him and my son
:02:31. > :02:36.looks at it and says he misses his daddy. When he sees someone in an
:02:36. > :02:44.army uniform he runs up to them thinking he is Daddy. Witnesses say
:02:44. > :02:48.David was having an argument with another man outside a pub. The
:02:49. > :02:54.inquest heard that he was punched and then fell backwards. As he lay
:02:54. > :02:58.in the street, the other man ran off. One passer-by said that he was
:02:58. > :03:03.amazed that despite so many people being outside, no one else came to
:03:03. > :03:05.his aid. And this is the man who assaulted David. Paul Gibson told
:03:05. > :03:08.the inquest he acted in self defence, believing the soldier was
:03:08. > :03:12.going to attack him. There was no CCTV images, witness statments were
:03:12. > :03:22.inconclusive. The Crown Prosecution Service said there was no realistic
:03:22. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:29.chance of bringing criminal charges. Had they said why he died... I
:03:29. > :03:34.would had been able to put it to rest, but I still it is not over
:03:34. > :03:37.yet. I just hope it does not happen to anybody else. I would hate to
:03:37. > :03:42.think that anybody else has to go through what we have had to go
:03:42. > :03:52.through. David's family say in one moment they lost a loving son,
:03:52. > :03:56.
:03:56. > :04:00.husband and father. And still they say don't know why. The family said
:04:00. > :04:05.after the inquest and after they heard this line about self-defence
:04:05. > :04:09.-- self-defence, they still do not know why he felt in danger or why
:04:09. > :04:15.he felt he needed to defend himself. The coroner had told the family
:04:15. > :04:25.that its focus would be very narrow. It was not about attributing blame,
:04:25. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:33.it was simply about deciding the cause of David's death. A separate
:04:33. > :04:36.inquest - into the death of a bomb disposal expert from Middlesbrough
:04:36. > :04:38.who was killed in Afghanistan - has heard he "always strived to achieve
:04:38. > :04:42.the highest standards." 34-year-old Sergeant Major Charlie Wood died
:04:42. > :04:45.instantly in a blast on December the 28th last year. He was leading
:04:45. > :04:48.the clearance of a route through an area of the Helmand river valley.
:04:48. > :04:51.The inquest, in Trowbridge in Wiltshire, was told his death was
:04:51. > :04:54.the first British fatality after Christmas.
:04:54. > :04:56.The centre of a County Durham village has been cordoned off for
:04:56. > :04:59.several hours this afternoon following the discovery of a
:04:59. > :05:01.suspicious package. It's thought it was found at a bookmakers in
:05:01. > :05:04.Annfield Plain. Bomb disposal experts from Catterick were called
:05:04. > :05:07.to the scene. For the latest, let's join our reporter Damian O'Neil
:05:07. > :05:17.who's live on the phone from Annfield Plain now. Damian, what
:05:17. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:25.can you tell us? It is a small village in a remote
:05:25. > :05:32.location. Each of the roads have been cordoned off. When we arrived,
:05:32. > :05:38.we could see police at the end of the road past the cordon. Large
:05:38. > :05:44.crowds of local -- of onlookers work at all of the cordons. They
:05:44. > :05:49.are still searching the whole area. The main action did centre on this
:05:49. > :05:54.bookmakers just off the roundabout in the middle of the area here. The
:05:54. > :06:01.police have told me recently that they carried out a controlled
:06:01. > :06:07.explosion on the device. On further inspection, it was not a bomb but a
:06:07. > :06:14.hoax. They are treating it as a crime scene. It is an ongoing
:06:14. > :06:24.investigation. The bomb disposal truck and a few police vehicles are
:06:24. > :06:34.
:06:35. > :06:37.still near the bridge make us -- bookmakers. A stowaway tied himself
:06:38. > :06:40.to the axle of a coach carrying a party of schoolchildren from
:06:40. > :06:43.Darlington in a desperate attempt to reach the UK. The youngsters
:06:43. > :06:46.were travelling home after a school trip to France. After leaving the
:06:46. > :06:49.Channel Tunnel, they heard shouting and banging from beneath the bus.
:06:50. > :06:58.It turned out to be a man who'd clung on for 60 terrifying miles.
:06:58. > :07:03.Peter Harris reports. It is a long way from Paris to London,
:07:03. > :07:06.especially when you're clinging to the bottom of a coach. It was
:07:06. > :07:11.roughly 60 miles outside of Folkestone that we became aware of
:07:11. > :07:17.a banging noise. It was a repetitive banging noise. It took
:07:17. > :07:21.us a while to figure out what it was. If you stand underneath the
:07:21. > :07:27.bus here, you get an indication of what this story has been through.
:07:27. > :07:32.We think he sat on the axle. A bar of the axle is a gap of about two
:07:32. > :07:38.feet. He then up covered himself with a rope and sat there for at
:07:38. > :07:44.least 60 miles. At least. The coach had set off from Paris and then at
:07:44. > :07:48.the Channel Tunnel the driver did security checks. After the 31 mile
:07:48. > :07:53.shuttle journey they drove out of their tunnel and into London. Then
:07:53. > :07:59.they heard the banging. They alerted the police and this doorway
:07:59. > :08:09.was arrested in Lewisham. All the while the staff and driver tried to
:08:09. > :08:12.
:08:12. > :08:15.calm the frightened children. sang a loss of songs. We sang
:08:15. > :08:21.Always Look On the Bright Side of Life. Could you and when you are
:08:22. > :08:27.singing? Not one we were singing. They were worried about his welfare
:08:27. > :08:32.to. They were relieved to see him safely and tides and led away for
:08:32. > :08:36.at -- by the police. It is horrible to think he was travelling all
:08:37. > :08:46.those miles on that tiny area under the coach. That must be very
:08:47. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:50.frightening. It shows how desperate A 32-year-old Northumberland man
:08:50. > :08:55.has been arrested after an incident in which 40 properties were
:08:55. > :08:57.evacuated and gas and electricity supplies cut off. The drama began
:08:57. > :09:02.last night, following reports that a man was threatening to harm
:09:02. > :09:05.himself and blow up a flat in Myrtle Street in Ashington.
:09:05. > :09:10.Neighbouring properties were cleared. After more than three
:09:10. > :09:12.hours, a man was brought out safely. Gas engineers spent today making
:09:12. > :09:15.homes safe before reconnecting supplies.
:09:15. > :09:19.North Yorkshire police have revealed their new speed camera
:09:19. > :09:22.helped spot 75 motorists breaking the law on its first day of use.
:09:22. > :09:28.The force says the highest speed detected last Friday was a car
:09:28. > :09:31.travelling at 112 miles an hour, on the A64 near Malton.
:09:31. > :09:34.British Transport Police say there's been an increase in anti-
:09:34. > :09:37.social behaviour on trains in the region - and it blames people
:09:37. > :09:42.trying to copy the drunken antics of the stars of the controversial
:09:42. > :09:46.TV show Geordie Shore. Officers say they've noticed an influx of
:09:46. > :09:49.parties on trains heading to Newcastle. Some of the city's clubs
:09:49. > :09:53.refused to let the programme makers film on their property to protect
:09:53. > :09:55.other customers. Some club owners say the show highlights the problem
:09:56. > :10:05.of so-called "pre-loading" - where people get drunk before going out
:10:06. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:12.on the town. I think how was probably as surprised as most
:10:12. > :10:17.people buy some of the antics that were shown on TV. It showed
:10:17. > :10:22.Newcastle as what it can be and the individuals a lot of the time were
:10:22. > :10:26.drunk before they left home and I think that is the image that most
:10:26. > :10:30.of this -- as in Newcastle are experiencing but hopefully that
:10:30. > :10:33.will change. All this week on Look North we're
:10:33. > :10:35.reporting on National Transplant Week. Last night we showed you the
:10:35. > :10:38.first images of the new Institute of Transplantation, based at
:10:38. > :10:40.Newcastle's Freeman hospital. It's hoped the unit will help the North
:10:40. > :10:43.become a world-leader in organ transplants. Well, our health
:10:43. > :10:51.reporter, Sharon Barbour, has been speaking to the man behind the idea.
:10:51. > :10:57.She joins us now from the Freeman Hospital.
:10:57. > :11:05.Yes I am joined here by a professor here at who is a key player in the
:11:05. > :11:10.transplant unit. What you make of the new centre? It is very exciting.
:11:10. > :11:15.At the same time, I am slightly apprehensive. We have done it
:11:15. > :11:19.before but we have tried it something very new and occasionally
:11:19. > :11:28.you hit on something that really works and we hope that is what we
:11:29. > :11:34.appear. It will rely on lots of people to buy into it. I am looking
:11:34. > :11:38.forward to the day it opens. As a transplant surgeon, I am sure you
:11:38. > :11:47.have highs and lows. I wonder if you can run us through some of
:11:47. > :11:52.those. Transplant is only about one-third of what we do day-to-day.
:11:52. > :12:00.It takes up a lot of our time. Because patients are usually pretty
:12:00. > :12:05.sick, they require lots of input at consultant level. When they do well,
:12:05. > :12:12.especially if they do unexpectedly well, you feel really elated by
:12:12. > :12:19.that. Sometimes you have lows where things do not go as well, but in
:12:19. > :12:25.general, transplant is a very good, positive speciality. Let us have a
:12:25. > :12:35.look at you at work. I think you are doing a liver transplant.
:12:35. > :12:36.
:12:36. > :12:46.first scrub of the day has to be Can we start? The problem now is a
:12:46. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :12:56.lot of the scans... There is a lot of action on the table. Something
:12:56. > :13:06.is preventing me getting this right! It is a bit like a Meccano
:13:06. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:20.set. We are now going to proceed to the operation. A pretty exciting
:13:20. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:25.operation. How is the patient? is good. I have just seen him.
:13:25. > :13:30.is transplant Week and there is a shortage of organs. Please tell us
:13:30. > :13:35.what you think the key thing we can do is to improve the situation.
:13:35. > :13:40.think people need to top to each other to know what people want.
:13:40. > :13:47.Signed up to the organ Donor Register, it does help families
:13:47. > :13:52.understand what the deceased ones. I do think people need to think
:13:52. > :14:02.about live donation because of changing organ type and the
:14:02. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:17.shortage is that we have. Thank you RFU are interested in becoming a
:14:17. > :14:22.
:14:22. > :14:27.door, call the number on the screen. -- donor. Coming up - we meet the
:14:27. > :14:37.maker of this cake specially made for Kate and William. Andy your
:14:37. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:48.A war hero who was on board the HMS Kelly during the Battle of Norway
:14:48. > :14:56.has celebrated his 90th birthday. Ralph Scorer was just a teenager
:14:56. > :15:03.during World War II. He was almost sunk by the Germans. Children at St
:15:03. > :15:08.Oswald's primary school sang Happy birthday to Ralph Scorer. He was
:15:08. > :15:15.one of the youngest of the HMS Kelly crew when it was torpedoed
:15:15. > :15:19.and rammed by a German U-boat in 1940. That day he won the lifelong
:15:19. > :15:29.friendship of the captain, Lord Mountbatten.
:15:29. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:42.We became very good friends. As soon as the boat left the
:15:42. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:53.harbour, we could never understand when the boat was torpedoed. But we
:15:53. > :16:01.all stayed behind. It took 90 hours to tow the boat to
:16:01. > :16:07.shore. German aircraft were fought off all the way. The HMS Kelly was
:16:07. > :16:16.met by a tearful crowd at one's home.
:16:16. > :16:21.No more war. They are no good for anybody.
:16:22. > :16:31.Lord Mountbatten kept in touch with Ralph Scorer until his death. Today
:16:32. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:42.it was his great nephew Prince Charles who got in touch.
:16:42. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :17:00.I was so pleased to hear you are We marched across a graver with 31
:17:00. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:15.bodies inside. -- grave. The crew were all here. We all said goodbye.
:17:15. > :17:19.An amazing story. The marriage of William and Kate grabbed at the
:17:20. > :17:25.World's attention. It left many keen to get a hold of a memento
:17:25. > :17:31.from the day. A woman in Cumbria has managed to do just that.
:17:31. > :17:34.Alexandra Sharp paid hundreds of pounds in an online auction to own
:17:34. > :17:38.a wedding cake especially made for the royal couple. You can buy
:17:38. > :17:44.pretty much anything over the Internet and Alexandra Sharp has
:17:44. > :17:48.managed to get herself a piece of royal history. She paid �500 for a
:17:48. > :17:56.cake commissioned by William and Kate especially for their wedding
:17:56. > :18:06.day. It is amazing. It is the first time
:18:06. > :18:13.I have seen it out of the boxes. I just love it. To see it on display
:18:13. > :18:18.is amazing. It is an amazing cake. I think it is quite a coup to get a
:18:18. > :18:23.hold of her royal wedding cake intact.
:18:23. > :18:28.The cake was made by the Welsh National Culinary Team. It was then
:18:28. > :18:33.auctioned for the homeless charity, Centre Point, which Prince William
:18:33. > :18:39.is the patron of. Today was the first viewing for the press only at
:18:39. > :18:45.a hotel in Cumbria. I am having aid case made for it
:18:45. > :18:50.and will display it for charities around Cumbria. Or wherever the
:18:50. > :18:55.cake takes me. I have had some inquiries from all four of the
:18:55. > :19:00.world. The response has been amazing.
:19:00. > :19:10.There have been offers to buy the cake from as far away as America.
:19:10. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:27.Do you think she will ever eat it? We had a special guest yesterday.
:19:27. > :19:31.Yes, Alan Pardew was speaking frankly about Newcastle's transfer
:19:31. > :19:40.activity this summer. He explained why Kevin and no one was sold and
:19:40. > :19:50.why he thinks a jury barked and will still signed a new contract. -
:19:50. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :20:00.- Kevin Nolan. -- Joey Barton. I would definitely have kept Kevin
:20:00. > :20:08.for the next two keels but he did not have a contract he felt kept
:20:08. > :20:18.him happy. -- two years. Another contract wrangle involves a
:20:18. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:25.journey Barton. -- Joey.
:20:25. > :20:30.Who is to say we cannot agree a contract? He needs to see success
:20:31. > :20:35.on the pitch and if we can give that to him I think he will stay.
:20:35. > :20:42.That could depend on the new signings are identified by the
:20:42. > :20:52.chief scout. We put together videos and edited
:20:52. > :20:53.
:20:53. > :21:03.them down and then watch them. I checked them out of there alive. --
:21:03. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:10.thoroughly. But we will still have to manage and we are aware of that.
:21:11. > :21:20.But they're great players who will do well for Oz. Graham Carter
:21:20. > :21:26.watched them for two to years. We thought we had lost 1 to Liverpool.
:21:26. > :21:30.But I am pretty confident that the three players will be a success.
:21:30. > :21:37.The supporters will hope he is correct.
:21:37. > :21:40.It was back to pre-season training for Hartlepool United. With Mick
:21:40. > :21:44.Wadsworth in charge for another season they have kept their best
:21:44. > :21:54.players and made impressive signings, including Newcastle
:21:54. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :22:04.legend, Nobby Solano. What can you do about the price of
:22:04. > :22:09.football? It is not the conventional way to
:22:09. > :22:17.get supporters to buy tickets but never underestimate the power of
:22:17. > :22:27.mass... The monkey. F has singing it does not persuade due, then
:22:27. > :22:31.
:22:31. > :22:36.perhaps the signing of Nobby Solano well. -- Hangus the Monkey. The
:22:36. > :22:41.arrival of the former Peruvian international should work on a few
:22:41. > :22:46.fronts. It is a real coup for the club.
:22:46. > :22:51.It puts down a marker that we want to do well and can attract a player
:22:51. > :23:01.with his pedigree and background. His ability to cross and pass and
:23:01. > :23:02.
:23:02. > :23:08.his dead-ball kicking have been a world class. A lot of those
:23:08. > :23:14.qualities remain with him. At 36 years old, Nobby Solano knows
:23:14. > :23:19.she will have to call upon all his ability and intelligence.
:23:19. > :23:27.It is very difficult to run all over the pitch but my game is
:23:27. > :23:34.always trying -- my game is about using my brain.
:23:34. > :23:39.And with Colin Nish also signing from Hibernian, sights are set high.
:23:39. > :23:45.I want to win the league but being realistic if we can just be better
:23:45. > :23:49.than we wear our then that is progress.
:23:49. > :23:54.Back to the story about that controlled explosion. A suspicious
:23:55. > :24:00.package was found earlier today. We have just received at these
:24:00. > :24:04.pictures from the scene. The package was discovered in Annfield
:24:04. > :24:11.Plain. Police sealed off the A rare and bomb disposal experts were
:24:11. > :24:14.called out. The police were called to the
:24:14. > :24:18.newsagents and it was brought to the attention of staff that a note
:24:18. > :24:24.had been left on the premises potentially identifying a
:24:24. > :24:28.suspicious device. The property was then searched by police officers
:24:28. > :24:34.and be found the device in a room. As a consequence we conducted an
:24:34. > :24:42.immediate evacuation of premises in the vicinity. We then placed a
:24:42. > :24:52.cordon to create a zone of safety. We will update you on that on the
:24:52. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :25:01.We have had a three-night stays but today we are back to the normal
:25:01. > :25:06.unsettled pictures. -- three nice days. The high pressure of the
:25:06. > :25:16.weekend has been replaced by this Atlantic Wall pressure. Various
:25:16. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:26.weather systems are being pushed our way. -- low pressure. Lots of
:25:26. > :25:32.cloud overnight, quite heavy in eastern areas. Less rain further
:25:32. > :25:36.west. A very mild night with the generally plenty of cloud and the
:25:36. > :25:46.South easterly breeze keeping temperatures around about 13
:25:46. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:53.Celsius. A wet start in the morning. The most persistent rain will be
:25:53. > :26:02.confined to Northumberland before scattered showers arrived and the
:26:02. > :26:07.heavier rain clears to ward Scotland. Things will feel fresher
:26:07. > :26:14.by Wednesday evening in a south- westerly breeze. Sunshine in
:26:14. > :26:20.between the showers. First day, still some showers around but
:26:20. > :26:25.bright spells in between. You will be lucky to miss the show was
:26:26. > :26:32.completely however, some are at risk of turning heavy and thundery.
:26:32. > :26:42.Temperatures, typically, 17 Celsius. Not a great deal of change over the
:26:42. > :26:50.weekend. Showers with glimpses of sunshine and temperatures typically
:26:50. > :26:55.around 17, 18 Celsius. You will be wondering what happened to our
:26:55. > :27:05.picture winner for June - details over the next few evenings. In the
:27:05. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:15.meantime here is a contribution for July. Keep them coming. News of the
:27:15. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:23.Thank you. The closing headlines - in the News of the world phone
:27:23. > :27:29.hacking scandal detectives have contacted the parents of Horley
:27:29. > :27:34.Wells and Jessica Chapman, the moderate schoolgirls. And how eight