:00:03. > :00:07.Welcome to Monday's Look North. Tonight: Forging a thousand new
:00:07. > :00:11.steel jobs on Teesside. It's hoped the blast furnace, mothballed 18
:00:11. > :00:15.months ago, will be up and running within months.
:00:15. > :00:24.Calls for a crossing on a busy dual carriageway to be closed, after the
:00:24. > :00:28.death of a teenage boy. We do not want this to happen to anyone else.
:00:28. > :00:34.I cannot sit here and let that happen. I cannot bring him back, I
:00:34. > :00:38.wish I could. He has been robbed of his life.
:00:38. > :00:41."I'm sorry." - The man who shot dead a planning officer in full
:00:41. > :00:45.view of the media 20 years ago apologises for the first time.
:00:45. > :00:47.And he's almost done it - 3,000 miles in just a hundred days. We've
:00:48. > :00:50.the latest on the Geordie running across America.
:00:51. > :00:55.In sport, one of Man United's rising stars is set to join
:00:55. > :01:05.Newcastle's French revolution. And injury time misery for two of
:01:05. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:14.our clubs as the football league season kicks off.
:01:14. > :01:16.When the blast furnace closed - with the loss of 1,600 jobs - the
:01:16. > :01:21.people of Teesside thought their proud history of steel-making was
:01:21. > :01:23.at an end. But now, 18 months on, recruitment's underway for a
:01:23. > :01:29.thousand workers to re-start steel production at the moth-balled
:01:29. > :01:32.furnace in Redcar. The Thai company, SSI, took over the one-time Corus
:01:32. > :01:37.plant earlier this year. It had been shut down by the previous
:01:37. > :01:47.owner, Tata. Well, our business correspondent, Ian Reeve, is near
:01:47. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:53.the steel plant tonight. Ian. More than two years ago, it seemed
:01:53. > :01:57.unlikely we would ever reach this day. It is a day that many workers
:01:57. > :02:02.hope is just the first step in a process of them getting their old
:02:02. > :02:12.jobs back. This man spent 36 years in the
:02:12. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:16.steel industry at the very heart of the blast furnace. They always say
:02:16. > :02:24.that the workers here are the best in the world. Will we are the best
:02:24. > :02:29.that what we do, we are still the best steel workers, the best I am
:02:29. > :02:39.workers -- the best that I run makers. No-one can take that away
:02:39. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:46.from us. Make craves work. -- Michael.
:02:46. > :02:54.was hard work but it was enjoyable. I was walking with a good set of
:02:54. > :03:01.lads. He is not alone. SSI is and is abating 10,000 applications for
:03:01. > :03:07.1,000 posts. A team of 35 will deal with them online. Not all of them
:03:07. > :03:10.are four former workers. Steelworkers -- steel working is a
:03:10. > :03:15.very precise science and we would be foolish not to bring back people
:03:15. > :03:25.who work here before. But we also want to have a balance off of older
:03:25. > :03:34.workers and new recruits. This is a new company, inventing itself and
:03:34. > :03:39.laying down a new culture. We have to start again. It has been a busy
:03:39. > :03:45.time but, every day, people are making a massive effort to get us
:03:45. > :03:51.back to that point where we are making steel again. The company has
:03:51. > :03:58.told me that 440 people have made at applications and 2,400 have
:03:58. > :04:08.expressed an interest in the business. A some staff could be in
:04:08. > :04:09.
:04:09. > :04:13.place by September. It is a new start for an old industry.
:04:13. > :04:16.Brandon Nugent died on a busy dual carriageway back in March. The 13-
:04:16. > :04:19.year-old was hit by a car as he crossed a public bridleway in the
:04:19. > :04:22.Gilesgate area of Durham City. Today his family called for the
:04:22. > :04:25.path he was using to be closed. Meanwhile, Durham County Council
:04:25. > :04:27.says it's looking into improving safety on that stretch of road, as
:04:27. > :04:37.Adele Robinson reports. 13-year old Brandon Nugent was tragically
:04:37. > :04:38.
:04:38. > :04:42.killed just four months ago, not far from his home in Durham.
:04:42. > :04:52.death has left a huge hole in his family but has given them a new
:04:52. > :04:55.
:04:55. > :05:00.purpose: To get rid of the road crossing he died on.
:05:00. > :05:07.It is madness that a crossing would be on a 70 miles per road. If you
:05:07. > :05:12.are going to have something like this, surely the people who are in
:05:12. > :05:14.charge should make sure it is up to standard. It is not good enough.
:05:14. > :05:20.And today, with the support of Brandon's family, the council
:05:21. > :05:24.launched a public consultation. key times of the day, the volume of
:05:24. > :05:28.traffic makes it difficult for pedestrians to get across, so we
:05:28. > :05:38.recognise that something has to be done. We're looking at a whole
:05:38. > :05:43.range of options. Brandon was making his way along this path with
:05:43. > :05:48.friends. He tried to cross to the middle but was hit by a passing car.
:05:48. > :05:56.He died instantly. His family say they want this historic bridleway
:05:56. > :06:01.completely closed. I cannot bring Brandon back, I wish I could. He
:06:01. > :06:05.has been robbed of his life. If they do something about it, it will
:06:05. > :06:09.not take the pain away but it will be constructive. But the bridle
:06:09. > :06:11.path is an ancient right of way, which means red tape could hinder
:06:11. > :06:13.any possible closure. The consultation ends in September.
:06:13. > :06:22.Brandon's family, in the meantime, have launched a petition to close
:06:22. > :06:26.the crossing and, they say, do justice to his memory. He is not
:06:26. > :06:32.going to be remembered as the poor boy who was killed, he will be the
:06:32. > :06:40.boy who inspired to change and made that road saver for other people. -
:06:40. > :06:42.- safer. It was a killing that shocked the
:06:42. > :06:45.country, a planning officer murdered in a televised crime. Well,
:06:45. > :06:48.20 years on, Albert Dryden has said he's sorry. The former Consett
:06:48. > :06:51.steelworker shot Harry Collinson as the council tried to demolish the
:06:51. > :06:54.bungalow Dryden had built without permission. But some are suggesting
:06:54. > :07:04.his remorse isn't genuine and he's more concerned with an upcoming
:07:04. > :07:04.
:07:05. > :07:10.parole hearing. Damian O'Neil reports.
:07:10. > :07:18.The murder is well enough known. When the council arrived to
:07:18. > :07:23.demolish his bungalow, Dryden killed him and wounded two others.
:07:23. > :07:27.Now he says he is deeply sorry. With a parole hearing due, some
:07:27. > :07:36.people are sceptical about -- sceptical about the timing and his
:07:36. > :07:46.sincerity. He needs to be assessed by a psychiatrist. It needs to be
:07:46. > :07:49.
:07:49. > :07:54.totally sincere and profound. At the end, he expresses that he is
:07:54. > :07:58.sorry. That is not good enough. think he does not mean a word of it.
:07:58. > :08:06.He has never expressed any remorse in 20 years. He never said he was
:08:06. > :08:14.sorry for what he did. He has shot at people before. He shot and
:08:14. > :08:24.killed my brother. All we dried in knows whether he
:08:24. > :08:32.
:08:32. > :08:36.was -- only the man himself knows whether he was sorry.
:08:36. > :08:39.A Teesside mother has paid tribute to her son who died after being hit
:08:39. > :08:42.by a car. James Dylan Robinson was knocked down in the Portrack area
:08:42. > :08:44.of Stockton on Friday evening. He'd been to an ice-cream van moments
:08:44. > :08:50.beforehand. Dylan's mother described him as a loving little
:08:50. > :08:53.boy, her soul mate and her strength. Hundreds of people gathered in
:08:53. > :08:56.Carlisle this lunchtime, to celebrate the life of a Carlisle
:08:56. > :08:59.teenager who died while on holiday in Bulgaria. Tom McNeill, who was
:08:59. > :09:02.17, is believed to have fallen from a balcony while he was sunbathing.
:09:02. > :09:08.He was a pupil at the Richard Rose Central Academy, where students
:09:08. > :09:11.have been signing a book of condolence.
:09:11. > :09:13.And plans are being made to bring home a former Northumbria
:09:13. > :09:16.University student, who shot dead the polar bear which attacked and
:09:16. > :09:18.killed another student in Norway. 29-year-old Michael Reid, who now
:09:18. > :09:21.lives in Southampton, was president of the students' union at
:09:21. > :09:24.Northumbria University between 2005 and 2007. He was one of the leaders
:09:24. > :09:31.of the British Schools expedition group, attacked in their campsite
:09:31. > :09:33.on a Norwegian glacier last week. A Tyneside care home for disabled
:09:33. > :09:37.people is at the centre of an investigation into alleged bullying
:09:37. > :09:40.and mistreatment of residents. Several incidents have been
:09:40. > :09:42.reported to Gateshead Council's Adult Care Services. And now all
:09:42. > :09:52.staff and family members of the privately-run home are being
:09:52. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :10:02.interviewed as part of the inquiry. Sharuna Sagar has more details. It
:10:02. > :10:06.is a ref age -- a refuge for the physically and mentally disabled.
:10:06. > :10:10.Allegations of malpractice have put the staff under scrutiny. An
:10:10. > :10:15.investigation was launched after family members approach social
:10:15. > :10:19.services were claims of bullying and abuse. In one case, a man with
:10:19. > :10:29.dementia was made to face the wall for several lagers after watching
:10:29. > :10:32.television without permission. -- for several hours. Four Seasons
:10:32. > :10:34.Health care, which runs the home, won't comment on those claims but
:10:34. > :10:38.they did say, "At this time, the allegations have not been
:10:38. > :10:41.substantiated or refuted. The safety and wellbeing of our
:10:41. > :10:45.residents is priority and we take any allegation of inappropriate
:10:45. > :10:48.conduct most seriously." This is not the first time complaints have
:10:48. > :10:53.been made. In 2008 an inspection rated standards of care as poor but
:10:53. > :10:55.in 2009 things had improved and it was rated as good. Gateshead
:10:55. > :11:05.Council say they are carrying out a full, comprehensive enquiry and
:11:05. > :11:08.hope to conclude it quickly. You're watching Look North. A look
:11:08. > :11:11.back at the first weekend of the new football league season coming
:11:11. > :11:15.up, plus the results of July's weather competition, and: Run
:11:15. > :11:23.Geordie Run. The North East man just hours away from a record
:11:24. > :11:33.breaking run across America. And in the forecast, a fine day
:11:34. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :11:38.tomorrow, but all the wet weather is coming back.
:11:38. > :11:41.Now, their very location makes them difficult to police, so maybe it's
:11:41. > :11:44.not surprising thefts from farms have risen sharply. Figures from
:11:44. > :11:47.the industry's main insurer show That, in the North East and
:11:47. > :11:50.Yorkshire, rural crime is up 12% with more than �9 million worth of
:11:50. > :11:53.thefts in the last two years. In Cumbria and the North West, it's up
:11:53. > :12:01.a staggering 73%, with more than �2.5 million of property stolen.
:12:01. > :12:06.Alison Freeman sent us this report from one Cumbrian farm. Rustling is
:12:06. > :12:14.the kind of crime you would expect to see in an old Western. Sadly, it
:12:14. > :12:21.is on the rise. Just last week, Andrew lost sheep a valued at
:12:21. > :12:27.around �8,000 from his farm. All of our money is in the field. It is
:12:27. > :12:33.scattered everywhere. We trust everybody, really, the farmers. We
:12:33. > :12:37.do not see it all every day. believes his she will be sold on
:12:37. > :12:43.for meet at a fraction of the price they were worth to him as breeding
:12:43. > :12:46.stock. If you are buying meat, you need to know where it has come from.
:12:46. > :12:54.Always look for the farm assurance mark and make sure that the product
:12:54. > :13:00.you are buying is reliable. Agricultural crime has risen
:13:00. > :13:04.nationally by around 17% between 2009 and 2010. In Cumbria, that
:13:04. > :13:14.figure has almost doubled since 2008, with the number of reported
:13:14. > :13:14.
:13:14. > :13:22.crimes each year rising from 142- 264. That has cost the industry in
:13:22. > :13:31.the north-west around �2.6 million. Thefts of Cumbrian farms are
:13:31. > :13:35.surpassed only by thefts of quad bikes. A lot of people in rural
:13:35. > :13:42.communities have a trusting nature. Their working environment means
:13:42. > :13:47.that, quite often, they are very inclined to leave the key in the
:13:47. > :13:55.ignition. The advice is to take whatever measures you can. There
:13:55. > :13:58.are lots of things you can do at a low cost. The difficulty is that it
:13:58. > :14:07.is impossible to keep sheep and cattle under lock and key so they
:14:07. > :14:10.have to rely on the honesty of others.
:14:10. > :14:12.A Scarborough guest house owner has been jailed for spying and
:14:13. > :14:15.recording couples in their rooms. Paul Williams, who runs the Sandsea
:14:15. > :14:17.guest house in Devonshire Drive, was sentenced to 18 weeks after
:14:18. > :14:20.admitting two charges under the Sexual Offences Act. Scarborough
:14:20. > :14:30.Magistrates said the offences were so serious that "only a custodial
:14:30. > :14:33.sentence can be justified". A church in North Yorkshire has had
:14:33. > :14:36.to suspend services for the first time in more than a thousand years
:14:36. > :14:39.because of bats' droppings. Members of St Hilda's Church at Ellerburn,
:14:39. > :14:41.near Pickering, have spent �10,000 trying to encourage the bats into
:14:41. > :14:44.specially-built alternative homes - but without success. They say St
:14:44. > :14:54.Hilda's may have to close for good unless permission is given to
:14:54. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :14:59.remove the bats from inside the church.
:14:59. > :15:02.It's an incredible achievement. And he's almost done it. Mark Allison,
:15:02. > :15:05.from County Durham is on the last of a hundred days running across
:15:05. > :15:08.the USA from California to New York. That's more than three thousand
:15:08. > :15:11.miles. He expects to finish about five o'clock in the morning our
:15:11. > :15:18.time. And it's all to raise money for two charities in the north, and
:15:18. > :15:25.in memory of his mother. Keith Akehurst reports. Mark described
:15:25. > :15:29.himself as an obese Geordie who loved football and bacon pies. On
:15:29. > :15:37.the first of May, he set out from California, just south of Los
:15:37. > :15:43.Angeles. He has run through the deserts of Nevard and through the
:15:43. > :15:48.Rocky Mountains. He has run through snow and temperatures up to 115
:15:48. > :15:58.degrees Fahrenheit. I am relieved that it is almost at an end and the
:15:58. > :15:59.
:15:59. > :16:02.finish line is in sight. Mark's body is feeling the toll of running
:16:03. > :16:07.more than a marathon every day for a hundred days but he's still found
:16:08. > :16:14.time to keep followers updated via the internet. It is extremely
:16:14. > :16:17.painful. Feet Mark used his life savings to pay for the trip, so
:16:17. > :16:22.that every penny he raises goes to the charities. So far the total's
:16:22. > :16:30.over �56,000. The hospice paid for my mutt -- cared for my mother and
:16:30. > :16:36.gave her a dignified end to her life. It is a wonderful charity.
:16:36. > :16:46.The Children's Foundation provides a great service for children across
:16:46. > :16:46.
:16:46. > :16:49.the region as well. He has lost quite a bit of weight.
:16:49. > :16:54.Mark used a personal trainer to prepare him. He expects to make the
:16:54. > :16:57.Atlantic ocean before midnight New York time. I have not seen a bath
:16:58. > :17:07.for hundreds of days. I have not seen a shower for three days, I
:17:08. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:15.think. What a fantastic achievement!
:17:15. > :17:25.Fingers crossed, I hope he think -- I hope he finishes it on time.
:17:25. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:30.There are easier ways to lose weight! Now - with the Premier
:17:30. > :17:35.League season just under five days away - our two clubs are both close
:17:35. > :17:37.to signing wingers. Derry City's James McClean has been having a
:17:37. > :17:40.medical at Sunderland, while Manchester United's rather better
:17:40. > :17:42.known Gabriel Obertan is expected to complete his move to St James's
:17:42. > :17:45.Park later this evening, following his medical. Obertan will be glad
:17:45. > :17:47.to have missed Newcastle's home friendly on Saturday against
:17:47. > :17:50.Fiorentina, which had to be abandoned after an hour because of
:17:50. > :17:53.torrential rain with the score goalless. Our three Football League
:17:53. > :17:55.clubs are already up and running, although none could manage an
:17:55. > :17:58.opening day win, with Middlesbrough and Hartlepool both conceding
:17:58. > :18:02.injury time equalisers. The good news for Boro is that midfielder
:18:02. > :18:04.Julio Arca, who's now a free agent, may be ready to sign a new deal at
:18:04. > :18:06.the club after all, and they're still taking to Belgium
:18:06. > :18:12.international midfielder Haris Faroun.
:18:12. > :18:17.With Middlesbrough fans getting used to watching players depart, it
:18:17. > :18:25.seemed appropriate that Portsmouth were the opening day would --
:18:25. > :18:35.visitors. They are another club where finances had been an issue.
:18:35. > :18:41.
:18:41. > :18:44.The Middlesbrough fans were singing in the rain. An old failing
:18:44. > :18:51.returned to haunt Tony Mowbray's men, though, when a combination of
:18:51. > :18:57.bad luck and poor concentration allowed this injury time equaliser.
:18:57. > :19:02.It is something for us to work on. The we are disappointed that we did
:19:02. > :19:11.not take Bronislaw Komorowski points. We have tough fixtures
:19:11. > :19:21.ahead. There is a tough game in the Carling Cup away from home midweek.
:19:21. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:23.-- al three points. Another team still bemoaning a late goal are
:19:23. > :19:27.Hartlepool United, who entertain Sheffield United in the Carling Cup
:19:27. > :19:29.tomorrow. Twice they took the lead at MK Dons - first through Adam
:19:29. > :19:32.Boyd's header. Luke Chadwick equalised for the home side. But
:19:32. > :19:35.Pools looked to have won it four minutes from time. Summer signings
:19:35. > :19:38.Nathan Luscombe and James Poole combining to make it 2-1. There was
:19:38. > :19:40.a hint of offside about the MK Dons injury time equaliser but Mick
:19:40. > :19:43.Wadsworth was pleased with the performance. Meanwhile Carlisle
:19:43. > :19:46.failed to show up against Notts County - metaphorically at least.
:19:46. > :19:49.The club got the wished for 6,000 crowd at Brunton Park but newly-
:19:49. > :19:51.promoted Notts County went in front albeit controversially. Veteran
:19:51. > :19:55.striker Lee Hughes, who'd appeared to barge over Peter Murphy crossed
:19:55. > :19:59.for his namesake Jeff Hughes to grab the first, a Francois Zoko own
:19:59. > :20:02.goal doubled the lead and Hughes completed the scoring. A Carlisle
:20:02. > :20:09.performance branded the worst in his time at the club by manager
:20:09. > :20:12.Greg Abbott. Mark Tulip, BBC Look North.
:20:12. > :20:15.Well last season they were battling relegation but the Newcastle
:20:15. > :20:19.Falcons have got their new campaign off to a flying start after winning
:20:19. > :20:22.the Premiership 7's series. In a repeat of the previous final,
:20:22. > :20:25.Newcastle were up against Saracen's at the Stoop, and last year's
:20:25. > :20:28.winners looked liked doing the double as they went into the break
:20:28. > :20:32.firmly in control. But spurred on by player of the tournament Luke
:20:32. > :20:35.Fielden, the Falcons fought back. After Fielden got them to within 3
:20:35. > :20:39.points of the holders, Alex Tait went over the line to score the
:20:39. > :20:49.decisive try. Newcastle went on to win by 31 points to 21 to claim the
:20:49. > :20:53.first major prize of the season. Durham's hopes of winning all three
:20:53. > :20:57.domestic cricket trophies came to an end on the south coast yesterday.
:20:57. > :21:07.This was only the second time in the eight-year history that they
:21:07. > :21:17.had not got through the initial stages. Hampshire made at 154 off
:21:17. > :21:26.
:21:26. > :21:31.of their 20 or worse. -- overs. In athletics, Chris Tomlinson
:21:31. > :21:40.remains one of our big hopes for next year's Olympic Games. He
:21:40. > :21:48.produced another big leap of 8.30 metres. It was five centimetres
:21:48. > :21:53.short of his records. It was great to jump that length. I am showing
:21:53. > :22:02.some consistency in that range. I still think the big jump will be
:22:02. > :22:05.8.5 metres. It is something I will be working on in the next few weeks.
:22:05. > :22:09.Finally, a sailor from Sunderland is in the first group of athletes
:22:09. > :22:12.to be named in the Great Britain team for either the Olympic or
:22:12. > :22:14.Paralympic Games at London 2012. John Robertson is a member of the
:22:14. > :22:17.3-strong Sonar crew hopeful of winning a medal at Weymouth next
:22:17. > :22:20.summer. Now, before the forecast, Trai's going to give us the winner
:22:20. > :22:24.of July's weather picture. The Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team
:22:25. > :22:34.can be called out in any weather - they've seen it all. So they are
:22:35. > :22:35.
:22:35. > :22:39.perfect judges for our July Weather Picture Competition.
:22:39. > :22:43.There is a team of volunteers covering the area, seeking to act
:22:43. > :22:48.as a safety net for people who get into trouble on the fells in places
:22:48. > :22:55.that are not acceptable by the traditional emergency services. It
:22:55. > :23:00.can be people getting lost or heart. In winter, we go to the assistance
:23:00. > :23:05.of ambulances who cannot -- that cannot get to the more remote farm
:23:05. > :23:11.locations. There are people in the community who go for a walk and
:23:11. > :23:15.cannot find their way back. It is those people whom we assist. What
:23:15. > :23:19.would you top tip before people going walking? It would be to be
:23:19. > :23:27.prepared for a change in the weather.
:23:27. > :23:37.Our photographers have been out in all weathers. It looks very
:23:37. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:52.professionally composed for an I like the one from St Mary's.
:23:52. > :24:00.Photography is art. It has its own place. This shows a real love of
:24:00. > :24:03.the countryside. It has been taken at a very good moment by someone
:24:03. > :24:08.who obviously goes out and takes a lot of pictures. For me, that would
:24:08. > :24:15.be the winner. It is a great picture taken by someone who
:24:15. > :24:25.obviously loves walking. Congratulations to Joan, our winner
:24:25. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:36.of this month. Thanks to the guys as well. They do a great job out on
:24:36. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:46.the fells, as well as in their role as judges.
:24:46. > :24:56.This was Gosforth High Street on Saturday, where there were
:24:56. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :25:06.torrential downpours. Very volatile conditions over the weekend. You
:25:06. > :25:08.
:25:08. > :25:18.would not want to have been there! The place that collected the most
:25:18. > :25:40.
:25:40. > :25:44.Rain is not dangerous in single drops but is very dangerous when it
:25:44. > :25:54.comes in large amounts. The weather is going to turn very wet and windy
:25:54. > :25:56.
:25:56. > :26:06.once again this week. Here is the picture this evening. Showers are
:26:06. > :26:12.
:26:12. > :26:22.melting away into the North Sea, leaving a dry night tonight. Those
:26:22. > :26:40.
:26:41. > :26:46.clear skies over night Boardwell for tomorrow. -- bode well. From
:26:46. > :26:50.Wednesday, things start to go really downhill. The rain will be
:26:50. > :26:54.persistent and heavy throughout Wednesday. The fronts will continue
:26:54. > :27:04.to move through on Thursday. It will be very unsettled, wet and
:27:04. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:12.windy by the end of the week. For great!
:27:12. > :27:19.The main news again. More violence has broken out on the streets of