:00:07. > :00:10.Welcome to Look North. Tonight, the countdown begins and Look North has
:00:10. > :00:15.exclusive access to the Olympic Stadium to meet the North East man
:00:15. > :00:19.responsible for building it. Are our business is getting a fair
:00:19. > :00:25.share of the multi-billion-pound contracts the contract -- the
:00:25. > :00:30.London Olympics have created? Controversy over the use of camera
:00:30. > :00:34.cars. And fighting to stay afloat, how
:00:34. > :00:38.rising fuel prices are making it harder to keep some of our top some
:00:38. > :00:45.attractions in business. In sport, we have cricket and
:00:45. > :00:55.football news. And no butterflies for Jemma, she reaches her second
:00:55. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:04.The clock is ticking. 12 months to the start of the Olympics, one year
:01:04. > :01:08.until London hosts the Greatest Show on Earth. For sports fans, it
:01:09. > :01:13.is a must-see event. For others, perhaps it is time to book a
:01:13. > :01:17.television free holiday. What do the Olympics mean for us here in
:01:17. > :01:20.the north. Look North has had exclusive access to the Olympic
:01:20. > :01:27.Stadium to talk to the North East man in charge of building it. We
:01:27. > :01:35.are asking if our businesses have been given their fair share of the
:01:35. > :01:39.�6 billion of contracts the Games have generated.
:01:39. > :01:43.We start with their stadium and Tony Aikenhead, a former rugby
:01:43. > :01:46.player, is the man in charge of making sure the centrepiece of the
:01:46. > :01:52.Games is built on time and within budget.
:01:52. > :01:57.He invited Jeff Brown into the stadium to tell him about it.
:01:57. > :02:04.In a year's time, this place will be the centre of the universe. The
:02:04. > :02:11.Olympic Stadium, hoped -- home of the Olympic 2012 games. If it was
:02:11. > :02:14.built by a chap from Hartlepool. It is almost 30 years since Tony
:02:14. > :02:22.Aikenhead was a first team at regular for West Hartlepool rugby
:02:22. > :02:27.club. Playing with Dave Stubbs and others. In 1983, he moved to south
:02:27. > :02:31.to start a life in the construction industry. Eventually working on
:02:31. > :02:36.projects like the Millennium Stadium and Millennium Dome. In
:02:36. > :02:46.2008, came the call which brought him his biggest challenge so far.
:02:46. > :02:46.
:02:46. > :02:52.For I was in Key West with money sent and a call came through. He
:02:52. > :02:58.said he had a job for me. I told him I had a job. He said he had a
:02:58. > :03:03.proper job for me. I had to thought about -- if I had to think about it.
:03:03. > :03:09.15 seconds went by and I said, you are on.
:03:09. > :03:12.This is the Olympic Stadium Tony and his team built. Under budget,
:03:12. > :03:16.ahead of Schedule and 80,000 capacity all-seated arena which
:03:16. > :03:26.will be the centre of the sporting world.
:03:26. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:39.Sleepless nights or were you always happy?
:03:39. > :03:47.Always happy. We have built a team on this project which had a
:03:47. > :03:52.foundation in safety. Our objective that we stated in 2008/9, was that
:03:52. > :03:57.when the Olympic flame was lit in 2012, we will be proud to say that
:03:57. > :04:04.for the first time in history of modern Games, we will have bought -
:04:04. > :04:08.- built an Olympic stadium with out -- without a loss of life. We built
:04:09. > :04:14.a team with our client and ourselves and our supply chain, our
:04:14. > :04:19.design team, around that premise. We became such a strong and
:04:19. > :04:24.leadership team. We found that we became that strong that we could
:04:24. > :04:28.deal with anything. Let us just hope that our athletes are as
:04:29. > :04:35.focused as that. I'm sure you are thinking the same thing, I've got
:04:35. > :04:41.to ask you, how many tickets have you got for the Olympics? None.
:04:41. > :04:46.None whatsoever. Not part of the package. Are you not going to be
:04:46. > :04:52.here on the day it opens? Unless we do something corporately but
:04:52. > :04:58.privately, know. It doesn't work like that. I can't believe it, it
:04:58. > :05:04.is your stadium. Am sure people will be pleased to hear that who
:05:04. > :05:08.applied on the internet. For when it was announced that
:05:08. > :05:13.London had won the Olympic Games, promises were made that the rest of
:05:13. > :05:17.the company would also benefit for the event. Prospects of multi-
:05:17. > :05:26.million pound contracts with businesses to win a work were held
:05:26. > :05:29.out. Has it happened here? This company in North Yorkshire is
:05:29. > :05:34.one of 85 in the North East in Cumbria to have won work on the
:05:34. > :05:40.Olympics. It is fabricating steel for what seems like the whole of
:05:40. > :05:46.East London. We did the Velodrome, aquatics, temporary stands,
:05:46. > :05:52.aquatics bridges. And on and on goes the list. It has been a con --
:05:52. > :05:56.godsend. 1,300 strong workforce hasn't had to Sevo redundancies.
:05:56. > :06:02.has kept this very busy at a time when there wasn't a great deal of
:06:02. > :06:07.work about. We are pleased to be involved in the project.
:06:07. > :06:12.Olympic contracts won here haven't been mirrored throughout the region.
:06:12. > :06:18.More than �6 billion worth were on offer. North East in Cumbria has
:06:18. > :06:22.deals worth 100 million. We lag far behind London companies who have
:06:22. > :06:30.clinched �3 billion worth of work. The south-east has secured �1
:06:30. > :06:35.billion. It seems like the workers here will
:06:35. > :06:40.have to basket in the reflected glory of those that did win. There
:06:40. > :06:43.is a sense of accomplishment. It has been really good. This company
:06:44. > :06:49.has done well out of the Olympics but with contract wins in the
:06:49. > :06:59.north-eastern Cumbria, totalling 100 million or so, out of the 6.2
:06:59. > :07:03.billion that was up for grabs, shouldn't we have done better? Were
:07:03. > :07:12.companies interested or were we passed over? This is the man you
:07:12. > :07:17.had to go to. The decision was made in 2008 to set North East up. We
:07:17. > :07:21.only started doing that two years ago. We could have started earlier
:07:21. > :07:27.as a region in trying to win contracts. Perhaps all is not lost.
:07:27. > :07:37.They still �350 million of contracts to bid for. For the
:07:37. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:43.opening ceremony, in a year's time. And -- our region is a long way
:07:43. > :07:52.from London. Are people here really that bothered about the Olympic
:07:52. > :07:55.Games? The report on what you have been telling us.
:07:55. > :08:01.The sea bass no escaping the Olympics the way you embrace its
:08:01. > :08:07.beauty or were you bury your head? A lot of people have no end of a
:08:07. > :08:12.lack of regional involvement. Look at what we have in Newcastle. This
:08:12. > :08:17.ground will host nine football matches. You can already buy the
:08:17. > :08:23.tickets. The Sri Lankan team will be based at Durham University.
:08:23. > :08:31.Grenada will be at Sunderland University. The squads are expected
:08:31. > :08:37.to be modestly sides. Tees barrage will host teams and
:08:37. > :08:42.another team will train in the west end of Newcastle. Also we have the
:08:42. > :08:48.Olympic torch relay which will make seven overnight stops in our region
:08:48. > :08:55.before making its way down to its Ginnie and in London. Where are
:08:55. > :09:01.they? In London. I will try and get them myself. Are you excited by the
:09:01. > :09:06.Olympics? Know. I couldn't get a ticket. I haven't got any tickets
:09:06. > :09:13.but quite excited. It will bring a lot of good revenue. Have you got a
:09:13. > :09:19.ticket? Know. The majority it seems are getting into the spirit. What
:09:19. > :09:24.they invest some brass in stick -- seeing gold, silver and bronze?
:09:24. > :09:28.the feeling out there has grown. They very much want to be a part of
:09:28. > :09:33.this. In our lifetime, it will be a shame to miss out on this
:09:33. > :09:38.opportunity. If I will not stand and lie to you to say there is the
:09:38. > :09:48.same level of support across the UK. There is always that divide. A huge
:09:48. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :09:55.amount of work has gone in to make this a games not just for London.
:09:55. > :09:59.To have maybe not one of the bigger teams is a benefit in as far as
:09:59. > :10:05.they may be more accessible for our students and the local community.
:10:05. > :10:08.They may not be as precious about restricting access to training.
:10:08. > :10:13.Amid the debate on how much the region might have lost out, it
:10:13. > :10:23.seems a great many people don't want to be left out. If it is like
:10:23. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:33.this with a year to go, there is The former Corus steelworks on
:10:33. > :10:38.Teesside will recruit next month after it was mothballed a year ago.
:10:38. > :10:42.The new owners, Thailand based SSI have confirmed they are creating
:10:43. > :10:46.1,000 jobs at the plant. The company bought the steelworks from
:10:46. > :10:49.Corus after a major contract fell through leading to the loss of
:10:49. > :10:53.1,600 jobs. A Cumbrian policemen accused of
:10:53. > :10:56.Pleat -- abusing his position in an attempt to foster sexual
:10:56. > :11:01.relationships with women, has gone on trial. Detective Constable Mark
:11:01. > :11:06.Fisher, faces nine charges of misconduct in the public coffers.
:11:06. > :11:11.Among the accusations he faces, it is offering to pay off the drug
:11:11. > :11:16.debts of a woman in 10 for sex. As tonight's Look North, we
:11:16. > :11:20.returned -- reported on the council plans to introduce a camera, which
:11:20. > :11:24.uses numberplate recognition to catch offending drivers. They could
:11:24. > :11:28.face a �70 fine but the council says the system is designed to
:11:29. > :11:32.improve safety rather than raise money. A similar scheme is running
:11:32. > :11:38.in Hartlepool where it is raising hackles as well as money. In two
:11:38. > :11:43.months, the camera car has caught 850 motorists parking illegally in
:11:43. > :11:46.the town. That could raise a potential �59,000 for the local
:11:46. > :11:55.authority. Some drivers claim the number of fines is getting out of
:11:55. > :12:01.control. I am angry. I refuse to pay it.
:12:01. > :12:06.Somebody has got to take a stand. They went straight for the jugular.
:12:06. > :12:11.Two days later, aged 70 pound fine drops through the letterbox. They
:12:11. > :12:15.know they are not popular bet the camera car has already made the
:12:15. > :12:20.streets of Hartlepool safer, they say. At the beginning of the scheme,
:12:20. > :12:26.people were issued the penalty charges. We were averaging 140 a
:12:26. > :12:31.week. In the last three or four weeks, that has dropped to 40 a
:12:31. > :12:34.week, which tells me that the compliance is working. Residents in
:12:34. > :12:40.the street are angry. Michelle Clements is one of a hand for
:12:40. > :12:47.caught by the camera car and fined for parking outside her own home.
:12:47. > :12:54.am trying to do the sensible thing and park sensibly. I am getting
:12:54. > :13:01.penalised for it. I am not paying it. I refuse to pay a fine to park
:13:01. > :13:08.outside my own home. It is the cash car. Down the road, her neighbour,
:13:08. > :13:13.Harry, has been ticketed. We got dump parking on that cycle path.
:13:13. > :13:17.Our tyre was four or five inches over. That cycle path has been here
:13:17. > :13:22.for five years. Why are they are only starting to do that now?
:13:22. > :13:32.council says the camera car is working. Park legally and you won't
:13:32. > :13:34.
:13:34. > :13:38.A Teesside man seriously injured in Australia has returned to England,
:13:38. > :13:42.and is retiring -- recovering at home in Marske. Daniel Moore was
:13:42. > :13:46.treated for a fractured skull after he was found in a street in Sydney
:13:46. > :13:50.last month. Police say he was not attacked, but probably fell onto
:13:50. > :13:53.the road. A parking campaigner from
:13:53. > :13:58.Sunderland has lost his battle to have the city's street parking
:13:58. > :14:02.declared illegal. Neil Herron argued that parking tickets issued
:14:02. > :14:07.in Sunderland's Controlled Parking Zone 1 -- invalid because there
:14:07. > :14:11.were not enough warning signs. He was rejected by the Appeal Court.
:14:11. > :14:16.There is a touch of the summer holidays coming up now. In a moment
:14:16. > :14:21.we are live from Ullswater, and if you are looking for a day out, John
:14:21. > :14:28.Grundy it will be taking you on the first of his series of summer
:14:28. > :14:32.jaunts. It has finally brightened up. The
:14:32. > :14:42.pals are standing up, but you may want to keep watching for the
:14:42. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:47.Rising fuel prices and the fragile economy are causing concern for
:14:47. > :14:51.some of Cumbria's best-known tourist attractions. The company
:14:51. > :14:57.that runs Ullswater Steamers and the Ravenglass Railway says it is
:14:57. > :15:02.having to work harder than ever to keep them running. And if visitors
:15:02. > :15:09.continue -- do not continue to use them, they will struggle. Alison
:15:09. > :15:14.Freeman is there. It has been a glorious day, and there have been
:15:14. > :15:19.no shortage of people splashing around. When most people come here,
:15:19. > :15:24.where are they spending their money? A lot of the attractions are
:15:24. > :15:29.facing rising costs due to the rising price of fuel. I spent the
:15:29. > :15:35.day trying to find out how businesses are adapting.
:15:35. > :15:40.The Raven -- the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway opened in 1875 for
:15:40. > :15:44.industrial use. Today it is a visitor attraction. Rising fuel
:15:44. > :15:48.prices are putting pressure on businesses. The remote location
:15:48. > :15:54.means driving there can cost a lot, as well as the cost of fuelling the
:15:54. > :15:59.trains going through the roof. People's incomers are squeezed, but
:15:59. > :16:04.our costs are increasing. You have to work hard to get the passenger
:16:04. > :16:09.numbers needed. The other attraction they own it are the
:16:09. > :16:15.Ullswater Steamers. The price of diesel used to run them has gone up
:16:15. > :16:21.by 75% in the past four years, adding almost �30,000 to their
:16:21. > :16:28.annual running costs. We do not do fuel surcharges, so we have had to
:16:28. > :16:34.swallow increases coming our way. We have increased costs -- charges,
:16:34. > :16:41.but we have tried to keep a lid on it. Mountain Goat charges are up --
:16:41. > :16:45.coaches are a familiar sight. They have drastically reduced coach
:16:45. > :16:49.holidays to other parts of the UK because it cost are too much to get
:16:49. > :16:55.there. But daily tours around the Lake District to have seen a boom
:16:55. > :17:02.in trade. People do not have to put fuel in their own vehicle, they do
:17:02. > :17:08.not have to source the car parks, which are quite high in charges. We
:17:08. > :17:13.have had to put prices up, but in return we have looked at the
:17:14. > :17:19.itineraries and we have amended them, and we are always including
:17:19. > :17:25.an attraction on each itinerary. You do not have to concentrate on
:17:25. > :17:31.the driving. It is so relaxing. The cost of fuel these days is very
:17:31. > :17:36.high, and it is very expensive to get anywhere. You would not get
:17:36. > :17:41.these advantages otherwise. Is it better than finding your way around
:17:41. > :17:51.by yourself? I think so, because we are too lazy to plan our own
:17:51. > :17:55.itinerary. The AA reckon that that 30% of drivers are making a
:17:55. > :18:00.concerted effort not to get anywhere to save money on fuel. But
:18:00. > :18:04.the people who run the steamers and the railway hope that the glorious
:18:04. > :18:08.weather is enough to keep people coming and spending money.
:18:08. > :18:13.If you are feeling stuck for a good destination for a summer day out,
:18:13. > :18:17.John Grundy could have the answer. He has come up with a variety of
:18:17. > :18:23.holiday destinations across our region. Some are familiar, and
:18:23. > :18:33.others less so. He begins in Wensleydale, with a visit to the
:18:33. > :18:37.
:18:37. > :18:42.There are few pleasures greater than a trip to Wensleydale. The
:18:42. > :18:48.buildings are beautiful, the landscape is beautiful, and the
:18:48. > :18:58.people are... Yorkshire folk are renowned for their grace and beauty.
:18:58. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:07.I have come up to see a factory. This is it. It is called Gayle mill.
:19:07. > :19:12.It was featured on the BBC's restoration programme a few years
:19:12. > :19:20.ago. It did not win, but since then it has been beautifully restored
:19:20. > :19:26.anyway. It is a water-powered mill, as you can see. The water comes
:19:26. > :19:31.down this channel and it used to drive -- driver a wheel for
:19:31. > :19:37.spinning cotton. But that business went bust 150 years ago, as there
:19:37. > :19:45.is something quite different hair. This is Mike Thompson, a volunteer
:19:45. > :19:50.here. Mike, up what is the water used for nowadays? The water comes
:19:50. > :19:57.in a big pipe down here, and we use it to run the old turbines, which
:19:57. > :20:03.is just to my left here. We are pretty sure that this is the oldest
:20:03. > :20:08.of walking -- working water turbines in the world. We have to
:20:09. > :20:15.adjust the position of the guide system, which will focus the water
:20:15. > :20:21.on the propeller in the middle of the turbines. Everything is now
:20:21. > :20:30.moving. The brilliance thing about the machinery is that the one
:20:30. > :20:40.source of power, the water, can drive the whole factory. They can
:20:40. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:51.turn whole trees into planks. Everything else gets driven by the
:20:51. > :20:53.
:20:53. > :20:59.water to do. -- by the water tower. There is a lovely atmosphere. I
:20:59. > :21:09.wish you could smell the word. It is great to see be people working
:21:09. > :21:13.
:21:13. > :21:20.for stock -- 4 stopper. Have a guess what this is. We are in
:21:20. > :21:26.Wensleydale, which is famous for its cheese. This is a Wensleydale
:21:26. > :21:32.cheese sinker. You put the cheese in the mould, and then use it to
:21:32. > :21:38.press the moisture out. This is a lovely piece of local social
:21:38. > :21:41.history. There is a marvellous atmosphere, but to help feed mill
:21:41. > :21:49.survive, there is also a modern workshop where goods are made to be
:21:49. > :21:52.sold to visitors. Our heritage would not survive without them.
:21:52. > :21:58.This place would not survive without the volunteers, and that
:21:58. > :22:06.would be terrible. All of that power and atmosphere, all driven by
:22:06. > :22:11.the water from a mountain stream. Time for support, and I you getting
:22:11. > :22:17.excited about the Olympics? I am, although I have not got any tickets.
:22:17. > :22:23.We have got a special series of Olympic and Paralympic profiles
:22:23. > :22:26.next week. With exactly 12 months to go until the start of the
:22:26. > :22:31.Olympics, it seems appropriate to begin with a swimmer who will
:22:31. > :22:36.hopefully be challenging for medals next summer. Hartlepool's Jemma
:22:36. > :22:43.Lowe finished 8th in the 100 metres butterfly final last week. -- on
:22:43. > :22:46.Monday. Today she qualified for the 200 metres, winning her semi-final.
:22:46. > :22:54.A good performance tomorrow for Jemma and Ellen Gandy would be a
:22:54. > :23:00.real morale-booster for London 2012. It is really nice. It will be great
:23:00. > :23:05.that we are both there tomorrow. lot of people at home find it
:23:05. > :23:11.difficult that you can be friends and then compete in people.
:23:11. > :23:15.shared a room at the Olympics in 2000 late and got on really well,
:23:15. > :23:21.so we know that we both trained hard. We are good friends and we
:23:21. > :23:23.just want each other to do really well.
:23:23. > :23:27.Middlesbrough fans seemed resigned to losing one of their main
:23:27. > :23:30.strikers before the start of the Championship season next week.
:23:30. > :23:36.Former England Under 21 international Leroy Lita or is
:23:36. > :23:42.having talks with Swansea about the move to South Wales after the two
:23:42. > :23:47.clubs agreed a fee, thought to be about �2 million.
:23:47. > :23:51.Zimbabwean cricketer turned singer- songwriter Henry Olonga or is in
:23:51. > :23:55.Cumbria to take part in a celebration match. His protest
:23:55. > :24:03.against Robert Mugabe eight years ago made headlines around the world.
:24:03. > :24:10.He will play tomorrow in Keswick. think people are looking forward to
:24:10. > :24:15.seeing me bowl, but that is what I am not looking forward to! The body
:24:15. > :24:23.has got a few niggles, but I think with weather like this it will be a
:24:23. > :24:28.great occasion. It might rain, but I am holding my fingers that it
:24:28. > :24:33.will not. This is my last -- first visited Cumbria and every time it
:24:33. > :24:40.has rained, but hopefully it will not this time. People should come
:24:40. > :24:50.on over and watch an exciting game. In the sea before tea at Hove,
:24:50. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :24:56.Sussex are batting first against Yorkshire. Sussex are 171-5.
:24:56. > :25:04.Durham have made a strong replied to Sri Lanka a's first innings
:25:04. > :25:14.total. Time for the weather. It has been
:25:14. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:27.This is the scene at Ullswater early bird -- earlier today. The
:25:27. > :25:36.children will be remembering these sunny summer days. That will change.
:25:36. > :25:44.We will have more scenes like this one, this is from Stuart Goodman.
:25:44. > :25:50.Tomorrow that will be the scene of four-star not so many sunny skies
:25:50. > :25:57.in Cumbria. Clear skies for the night, but to look at this band of
:25:57. > :26:04.rain waiting over Scotland. It is quite mild overnight, about the
:26:04. > :26:14.same as last night, through tomorrow morning rain splashes down.
:26:14. > :26:21.Part of North Yorkshire will stay dry, with some sunshine. 20 Celsius
:26:21. > :26:26.will be the top temperature in North Yorkshire. It is wet across
:26:26. > :26:30.much of the north-east, stretching up to the Northumberland coast.
:26:30. > :26:38.Cumbria should be clear by the afternoon, but temperatures lower
:26:38. > :26:47.than today. 17 Celsius tomorrow. The next few days show an
:26:47. > :26:50.improvement, high pressure building and the winter will be lighter.
:26:50. > :26:58.Temperatures will be up to 20 Celsius on Saturday, a very
:26:58. > :27:05.pleasant day indeed. It could be cloudier at times on Sunday. Early
:27:05. > :27:09.in the day on Friday it will be cloudy, but then it will improve. I
:27:09. > :27:17.am going to stick my neck out, it could be one of the nicest weekends
:27:17. > :27:21.we have seen this summer. The wind will stay light. It is an easterly
:27:21. > :27:30.and northerly wind which has been drawing in the cloud, but over the