:00:17. > :00:20.Welcome to Look North. In tonight's headlines... Police divers are
:00:20. > :00:24.called in to help with the search for a missing farm worker. Her
:00:24. > :00:27.brother has also disappeared. Could the RAF fly to the rescue, to help
:00:27. > :00:30.revive one of the region's airports? Is it a throw back to the
:00:30. > :00:33.bad old days? The woman darts player who was thrown out of a
:00:33. > :00:36.working men's club. And a bumpy journey - but our tourism industry
:00:36. > :00:39.seems to be riding out the recession. In sport, Boro look to
:00:40. > :00:42.extend their unbeaten start to the season. And up for the Cup. Newton
:00:43. > :00:52.Aycliffe celebrate as they prepare to play FA cup football for the
:00:53. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:00.Specialist diving teams have now been called in to help in the
:01:00. > :01:04.search for a missing woman on the farm where she works. Danuta
:01:04. > :01:07.Domagalska has not been seen for 10 days after vanishing from New Moors
:01:07. > :01:14.Farm near Darlington. Danuta has worked on the farm for three years
:01:14. > :01:16.and lives with her husband and her brother. Well this afternoon police
:01:16. > :01:19.released a photograph of her brother - Piotr Lawniczak. He
:01:19. > :01:24.disappeared after she went missing - and police believe he could have
:01:24. > :01:34.vital information. Peter Harris is at the farm where the search
:01:34. > :01:37.continues tonight. Peter. unpleasant task for police -
:01:37. > :01:43.searching slurry pits and Pons on the farm just over there. This is a
:01:43. > :01:47.working farm, a dairy farm. It is huge and police say they will
:01:47. > :01:52.search every inch to try to find Danuta Domagalska. They are also
:01:52. > :01:56.searching tonight for her missing brother, Piotr Lawniczak. He could
:01:56. > :02:05.hold vital information. There are urgently trying to contact him.
:02:05. > :02:10.Let's look at the des's events. And so the search goes on. Officially
:02:10. > :02:17.this is still a missing from home inquiry. The grim nature of the
:02:17. > :02:22.police activity a clue there could be no happy ending. Specialist
:02:22. > :02:28.diving teams have been brought in to work on the farm. To give you an
:02:28. > :02:32.idea of the scale of the task they faced... It is around 100 acres
:02:32. > :02:39.here including slurry pits and Pons. The police intend to search them
:02:39. > :02:45.all. Danuta Domagalska vanished 10 days ago. She had shared a cottage
:02:45. > :02:52.with her husband and brother, Piotr Lawniczak. It was the farm owners
:02:52. > :02:57.who called the police on Sunday, concerned she was missing. Then the
:02:57. > :03:00.brother, Danuta Domagalska -- Piotr Lawniczak, also vanished. Police
:03:00. > :03:06.want to speak to him and her husband is being interviewed as a
:03:06. > :03:11.witness. He thought his wife was working extra now was on the farm.
:03:11. > :03:15.That information was given a to us by the brother. He is helping us
:03:15. > :03:19.and we believe he is a witness at this moment in time. It is believed
:03:19. > :03:22.he is genuinely concerned but in particular I appeal to the public
:03:22. > :03:31.to come forward with any information about the whereabouts
:03:31. > :03:36.of Danuta Domagalska. -- at the whereabouts of Piotr Lawniczak.
:03:36. > :03:42.Back in Poland tonight Danuta Domagalska's five-year-old son is
:03:42. > :03:46.being cared for by his grandmother. They can only hope and wait. This
:03:46. > :03:52.will obviously be a worry for people living near by. What did
:03:52. > :03:58.they have to say? It is a worry. It is a quiet place. You do not expect
:03:58. > :04:07.this kind of thing to happen. Lot of police and media activity. They
:04:07. > :04:14.It is such a quiet area so it is unusual to herald something like
:04:14. > :04:21.this. It is worrying. I will just make sure the kids are safe, that
:04:21. > :04:25.the doors are locked until they find her. I also spoke to the local
:04:25. > :04:29.Polish community tonight. She does not seem to have been that well
:04:29. > :04:34.known, although she was here for three years. There is a Polish
:04:34. > :04:38.website which is carrying the story. I am told they have had many hits.
:04:38. > :04:42.There is a sense of the local Polish community rallying around.
:04:42. > :04:52.The key thing tonight is where is the missing brother? Police urged
:04:52. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :04:59.Is it a last, desperate attempt to save the airport from closure? Two
:05:00. > :05:05.MPs have come up with an idea to increase business at Durham Tees
:05:05. > :05:08.Valley. Labour's Jenny Chapman and Phil Wilson want to see nearby RAF
:05:08. > :05:18.Leeming use the airport's runway, air traffic control and airside
:05:18. > :05:21.services. It would boost the airport, which is in decline, and
:05:21. > :05:24.cut costs for the RAF. Discussions are already taking place, but any
:05:24. > :05:26.deal would look unlikely as Richard Thomas reports. Check-in for the
:05:26. > :05:31.Amsterdam flight. There'll be upwards of fifty people on this
:05:31. > :05:34.service. The busiest the airport will have been today. On Sundays
:05:34. > :05:38.the number of flights from the airport is in single figures. The
:05:38. > :05:42.number of passengers will not be huge, there for the airport is not
:05:42. > :05:51.making much money. So its future must be in doubt. It needs a
:05:51. > :05:54.radical plan like the one with the RAF to Secure sustainability. The
:05:54. > :05:57.idea would see some operations from nearby RAF Leeming in North
:05:57. > :05:59.Yorkshire switch to the airport. This could help boost business and
:05:59. > :06:07.stop the airport's continued decline. An idea that some
:06:07. > :06:13.passengers would welcome. I think that is good. Anything that runs a
:06:13. > :06:18.business for it. I would not like it too close. I would not object to
:06:18. > :06:28.the facilities being used, better than closing it. Military aircraft
:06:28. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:34.could fly low and the noisy, so it could upset the locals. If there is
:06:34. > :06:44.a scramble, what will they do? Let the RAF go down? The MoD has
:06:44. > :06:48.
:06:48. > :06:51.confirmed talks have taken place Durham Tees Valley Airport's
:06:51. > :07:00.decline is well documented. Only last week, the airport's bosses
:07:00. > :07:02.warned people to use the facility or lose it. And just a few days ago
:07:02. > :07:05.Eastern Airways joined the exodus announcing its daily flights to
:07:05. > :07:15.Southampton will stop from the beginning of next month. Although
:07:15. > :07:17.
:07:17. > :07:20.its Aberdeen flights will stay. Driver fatigue was a likely cause
:07:20. > :07:23.of a freight train rolling backwards out of control in Shap
:07:23. > :07:26.near Cumbria, a report has concluded. The train travelled at
:07:26. > :07:29.more than 50 miles per hour and was seconds from possible derailment
:07:29. > :07:32.when the driver finally braked. The incident, which happened a year ago,
:07:32. > :07:40.has led to calls for change in the way drivers night shifts are
:07:40. > :07:46.managed. Peter Marshall reports. Thousands of tons of freight moves
:07:46. > :07:50.along the railways without incident every year. But in the early hours
:07:50. > :07:52.of Auger 17th last year, on this stretch of the West Coast main line
:07:52. > :07:59.in Cumbria, there was near disaster. A northbound freight train operated
:07:59. > :08:04.by the company DBE Shanker was travelling uphill. It was on route
:08:04. > :08:09.to Glasgow, but came to a stop and started rolling backwards. The
:08:09. > :08:15.locomotive, with its 13 wagons, weighed 715 tons and was about 500
:08:15. > :08:19.metres long. It rolled backwards for 4 1/2 minutes in darkness,
:08:19. > :08:22.covered 2.2 miles and reached a speed of 51 miles per hour. Cigna
:08:22. > :08:27.has blocked the line to try to prevent any collision and luckily
:08:27. > :08:32.there were no trains in the area at the time. Nobody was hurt and the
:08:32. > :08:36.train. By the driver before hitting sidings at tea they. An
:08:37. > :08:42.Investigation Branch report says it happened because the driver was the
:08:42. > :08:52.teak, working a first night shift after a number of day shift. It was
:08:52. > :08:56.
:08:56. > :09:01.the mathematical model -- this This stretch of line are seen
:09:01. > :09:05.tragedy before. In 2004, four railway workers were killed by a
:09:05. > :09:09.runaway trailer. The report recommends that shift patterns are
:09:10. > :09:14.looked at closely. It says they should limit the duties of drivers
:09:14. > :09:17.when they work the first and a series of night shift. DB showing
:09:17. > :09:21.to says it is working on the recommendation and the Office of
:09:21. > :09:26.Rail Regulation is reviewing guidance on how companies manage a
:09:26. > :09:29.teak. Tributes are being paid to one of the region's trade union
:09:29. > :09:31.leaders, who died at the weekend. Kenny Bell, who lived in Gateshead,
:09:32. > :09:34.was deputy regional convener for Unison. He was diagnosed with
:09:35. > :09:37.cancer last year, but carried on campaigning and took part in last
:09:37. > :09:47.October's protests about Government spending cuts. A spokesman for
:09:47. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :09:53.UNISON described him as "an Rural parts of the North East and
:09:53. > :09:55.Cumbria are to get the biggest shares of a government grant to
:09:55. > :09:58.improve broadband connection speeds across Britain. The region has been
:09:58. > :10:01.allocated almost �55 million overall in the drive to bring
:10:01. > :10:04.superfast broadband to 90 per cent of homes and businesses by 2015.
:10:04. > :10:07.Hard to reach areas like North Yorkshire and Cumbria will get more
:10:07. > :10:17.than �17 million each, with over �7 million going to County Durham and
:10:17. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:21.Northumberland. North East pensioner's taken to travelling
:10:21. > :10:24.everywhere with his three pet owls. The two barn owls and tawny owl
:10:24. > :10:27.perch on the handle bars of John Miller's mobility scooter when he
:10:27. > :10:30.heads out in Middlesbrough. He's started carrying the pets with him
:10:30. > :10:33.since thieves broke in to his atrium and stole some of his birds
:10:33. > :10:39.earlier this year. Stephanie Lloyd has the story - and it's quite a
:10:39. > :10:42.hoot! Iron with a gentleman becoming well known in
:10:42. > :10:52.Middlesbrough because every way he goes he takes his three pet owl
:10:52. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:03.with him. -- owls. These belong to John Miller. This started when
:11:03. > :11:08.you're aviary was burgled. That's correct. They pinched a breeding
:11:08. > :11:13.pair which I never got back. I got the tawny back. It went from there.
:11:13. > :11:19.I got six or thought I would get some more. He must get a lot of
:11:19. > :11:25.attention when you're out. You take in shopping, don't you? Yes, I take
:11:25. > :11:33.them down the town, to the shop, the markets. I will be getting a
:11:33. > :11:40.stall on the markets surely! What comments do you get? The blast to
:11:40. > :11:49.take photographs. -- people ask to take photographs. It does me no
:11:49. > :11:59.harm. They must mean the world to you. The a do. Good job the wife
:11:59. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:04.doesn't need me, she says I think Every evening you let them in the
:12:04. > :12:10.aviary? Then they are free? Yes, then I feed them. Then settle down
:12:10. > :12:15.for the night. I think they settle down. Next door says they are noisy
:12:15. > :12:24.in the night. The wife sleeps at the back. So she does not say
:12:24. > :12:32.They are acquired at the moment. Thank you. Lovely to meet you. --
:12:32. > :12:40.they are quiet at the moment. What a hoot, come on, somebody had to
:12:40. > :12:46.say it! Plenty more to come tonight. Riding out the storm. We take the
:12:46. > :12:54.temperature of our tourism industry in our economy check series. We
:12:54. > :12:59.have images of the Northern Lights Women are still prevented from
:12:59. > :13:03.using the bar at some working-men's clubs. One female darts player was
:13:03. > :13:08.so outraged by her treatment in County Durham that she is
:13:08. > :13:12.threatening civil action under the Equality Act.
:13:12. > :13:17.This was the heyday of the Working Men's Club, when there were mines
:13:17. > :13:22.and shipyards. No-smoking ban, and no women in the bar, unless they
:13:22. > :13:29.were pulling the pines. Now we have the Equality Act, which makes it a
:13:29. > :13:33.legal requirement that clubs admit women on equal terms to men.
:13:33. > :13:37.Christine Oxley lives in Witton Gilbert outside Durham City. She
:13:37. > :13:42.sits on the committee at her local club, but half-a-mile up the road,
:13:42. > :13:47.she and other women are not even allowed in the bar. As I was
:13:48. > :13:53.walking through into the bar, I was asked to leave by a committee man.
:13:53. > :13:59.When I asked why I could not have a part -- have a drink, he said I
:13:59. > :14:04.could only use the lounge. He is wrong, because I am on the board of
:14:04. > :14:09.management of another club, and I know my rights. He was well out of
:14:09. > :14:14.order, asking me to leave. Is this the last bastion of sexism in the
:14:14. > :14:19.North? A club where women are still prevented from coming full members,
:14:19. > :14:23.and therefore barred from the bar. The club would not comment about
:14:23. > :14:28.their apparent no women in the bottle, so we went to the Durham
:14:28. > :14:33.Branch headquarters. We have had a male only bar for 100 years, that
:14:33. > :14:41.tradition is difficult to give up. I would imagine that some clubs
:14:41. > :14:44.have been a bit slower to adopt the new regime than others, but we are
:14:44. > :14:49.advising clubs about the Equality Act, and hopefully any clubs that
:14:49. > :14:54.have not taken action yet, they will be informing their members in
:14:54. > :15:02.the future, and they will get their rules changed. Sacriston Club has
:15:02. > :15:07.been reminded that the days of the men Only bar or Rover.
:15:07. > :15:11.-- they are over. A York State performer has
:15:11. > :15:18.installed a camera in his hat in a bid to prevent further attacks from
:15:18. > :15:21.members of the public. Purple Man was pushed off his bicycle at the
:15:22. > :15:28.weekend and attract to the ground by a group of youths. He believes
:15:28. > :15:34.the attack was provoked by a message posted on Facebook.
:15:34. > :15:38.With his purple coat, purple bike and purple dog, Purple Man is a
:15:38. > :15:46.popular tourist attraction in York. Every summer, thousands try to make
:15:46. > :15:53.him laugh, but he never moves. Unless he is pushed. The Facebook
:15:53. > :15:57.page was created and it was live last week. After that page appeared,
:15:57. > :16:03.I was receiving threats on the street, people wanted to push me
:16:03. > :16:08.off the bike, as the Facebook page incited people to do. This actually
:16:08. > :16:14.happened. He says a message has been running on Facebook, urging
:16:14. > :16:18.people to use the riots as an excuse for knocking the Purple Man
:16:18. > :16:23.in York off his bike. Now, Purple Man is looking to take legal action
:16:23. > :16:28.against the person who posted it. Saturday was the first time that
:16:28. > :16:31.Purple Man has felt threatened. But now he has had to install extra
:16:31. > :16:36.security for his personal protection. I have got a video
:16:36. > :16:42.camera in my head, which can be turned on in two seconds. Shoppers
:16:42. > :16:50.in Stonegate condemned the attack. Was there any need? There was no
:16:50. > :16:54.reason. Bad society, I am afraid. Leave him alone! A man from West
:16:55. > :17:03.Yorkshire was arrested following the incident. He is now helping
:17:03. > :17:07.police with their inquiries. There are just three weeks of the
:17:07. > :17:14.school holidays left, so make the most of it. It is the busiest
:17:14. > :17:19.season for our visitor attractions, so how have they been doing? We
:17:19. > :17:23.have taken the economic Paul's off the cross section of our stately
:17:23. > :17:28.homes, economic operators and big leisure parks. Has it been a bumpy
:17:28. > :17:35.ride? The ultimate, Europe's longest
:17:35. > :17:40.roller-coaster. It has told visitors to North Yorkshire's Park,
:17:40. > :17:45.but how is it doing? What does it tell us about where we are in the
:17:45. > :17:48.cycle of economic recovery? We have only seen an increase. Some people
:17:48. > :17:54.put that down to the recession and the fact that people are not
:17:54. > :18:01.travelling abroad. It should hit its target of 333,000 visitors. For
:18:01. > :18:06.the rest of the summer, it needs to welcome 4000 a day. Away from the
:18:06. > :18:14.clamour and excitement of the giant leisure parks, how are our more
:18:14. > :18:20.sedate attractions to win? Holding their own. Ormesby Hall is on
:18:20. > :18:25.course to hit its target of 19,000 visitors. The only thing that has
:18:25. > :18:30.fallen off his discretionary spend. We all had fully on target across
:18:30. > :18:36.the board, we have got healthy bookings for when we are back after
:18:36. > :18:41.the summer, so we should be able to achieve our targets. The sense of
:18:41. > :18:47.holding their own is a feature of most attractions. In terms of
:18:47. > :18:56.visitor numbers, 35% say this year will be better than last year. 55%
:18:56. > :18:59.say it will be the same. 7% say it will be worse. 3% do not know.
:18:59. > :19:03.Those buoyant figures helped bolster the government's or
:19:03. > :19:06.argument that tourism could be one of the key fixes of the economy.
:19:06. > :19:11.This business in Northumberland is just the sort of venture it wants
:19:11. > :19:16.to see. You have got to go for it, you have got to believe in your
:19:16. > :19:21.business venture, which I do, and you have got to hope for the best.
:19:21. > :19:25.He is thinking of expanding the business. If he does, he will
:19:25. > :19:29.become a bigger part of the motorcycle sport and leisure
:19:29. > :19:34.industry, warned that claims its contribution to the economy is half
:19:34. > :19:44.a billion pounds a year. It will be part of a wider sector that might
:19:44. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:52.Plenty of football tonight. No let-up. All of our Football
:19:52. > :19:57.League teams are in action, Middlesbrough will be looking to
:19:57. > :20:00.continue their unbeaten start when they travel to Barnsley. Faris
:20:00. > :20:05.Haroun is still yet to receive international clearance, so he will
:20:05. > :20:13.have to wait to make his debut. One name is bound to be on the team-
:20:13. > :20:19.sheet. Marvin Emnes is the inform striker
:20:19. > :20:24.in the Championship. He has hit the net five times already. It is great
:20:24. > :20:30.for him, it is good for the team. I told him to be more selfish in
:20:30. > :20:34.front of goal. He has taken his chances, he has got great technical
:20:35. > :20:37.ability to find himself a yard in tight spaces. Oakwell is one of the
:20:37. > :20:41.few grounds where Middlesbrough have scored more goals than they
:20:42. > :20:47.have conceded, but they will be without Tony McMahon, and for the
:20:47. > :20:52.match after he was sent off after the -- the weekend. Middlesbrough
:20:52. > :20:57.lost this fixture last season. Carlisle are away at watch Dale,
:20:57. > :21:03.and looking to build on their first win of the season. -- Rochdale.
:21:03. > :21:07.Paul Thirlwell should play. Hartlepool entertain Huddersfield.
:21:07. > :21:13.They are managed by former Newcastle and Sunderland player Lee
:21:13. > :21:20.Clark. Both sides have opened up -- are drawn their opening two games.
:21:20. > :21:24.Gary Liddle fractured his cheekbone in the last game.
:21:24. > :21:29.Graham Onions trained with England today as they look to secure a 4-0
:21:29. > :21:32.victory over India. He has not played for his country since
:21:32. > :21:36.January last year after suffering a back injury which threatened to end
:21:36. > :21:40.his career. He was called up yesterday as cover for Jimmy
:21:40. > :21:44.Anderson. The FA Cup has made a fleeting
:21:44. > :21:47.visit to County Durham. It was brought to the ground of Newton
:21:47. > :21:52.Aycliffe Football Club to celebrate their first ever game in the
:21:52. > :21:57.competition. Plenty of locals turned out for a look.
:21:57. > :22:02.The most famous Cup in English club football, here in the north-east.
:22:02. > :22:09.It is a shame it will not be stained, but the coach hopes it is
:22:10. > :22:13.an omen for the first step, on the long road to Wembley. It is a real
:22:13. > :22:18.privilege, I did like to thank the FA for allowing it to happen.
:22:19. > :22:23.do you think of the turnout? It is brilliant, this is how the club has
:22:23. > :22:28.been, the people of Newton Aycliffe have got behind the football team.
:22:28. > :22:32.You can see the turn out again. They made a good start to the
:22:32. > :22:37.season, hammering Stokesley in the opening league game. Today, all
:22:37. > :22:43.eyes are on this iconic piece of silverware. It is great, I love the
:22:43. > :22:52.FA Cup, I watch all of the rounds. I will be here on Saturday. It will
:22:52. > :22:58.be great. Fantastic, brilliant. It brings all of the family out.
:22:58. > :23:03.a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Cup. Brian Atkinson came
:23:03. > :23:09.close to getting his hands on the Cup in 1992. Sunderland lost to
:23:09. > :23:14.Liverpool in the final. It is a blur, a long time ago. A
:23:14. > :23:19.disappointing result. We over-rich lead to get to the final. The day
:23:19. > :23:23.after, the turnout of the Sunderland supporters, there were
:23:23. > :23:27.thousands there to welcome us back to Sunderland. Unfortunately, we
:23:27. > :23:33.did not have the cup. Now, his thoughts are on getting past
:23:33. > :23:39.Gillingham on Saturday. -- Billingham.
:23:39. > :23:44.One horse that I would not fancy at York is this one. It is made out of
:23:44. > :23:48.Yorkshire produce, including a rhubarb, beetroot and mushrooms.
:23:48. > :23:53.The sculpture has been crafted by the hospitality team to remind
:23:53. > :23:57.racegoers of its commitment to home-grown food. Instead of Straw,
:23:57. > :24:01.the horse will stand on a bed of future puddings.
:24:01. > :24:07.I wanted to create something that everybody saw as they walked past,
:24:07. > :24:13.to give them an idea of what is on their plate and how local it is. I
:24:13. > :24:19.came up with a bonkers idea of making a horse out of cabbages and
:24:19. > :24:29.rhubarb and a horse or payment of things. It is a mad idea, but it is
:24:29. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:41.We have got some fantastic pictures. These pictures were taken in north
:24:41. > :24:47.Northumberland. These are the Northern Lights, the opera borealis.
:24:47. > :24:52.They were taken 10 days ago. It is normally seen in the polls, but we
:24:52. > :25:02.could be seeing more of these in the coming months, because the sun
:25:02. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:10.is entering an active phase. We Tonight, showers will clear, and
:25:10. > :25:17.tomorrow, it will be mostly dry and sunny, more pleasant than today. It
:25:17. > :25:20.will feel much more summery. The showers die away overnight tonight.
:25:20. > :25:29.It is clear, and it could get misty towards the early hours of the
:25:29. > :25:34.morning. The temperatures are falling into single figures. A cold
:25:34. > :25:40.start to Wednesday morning. Misty in places, but it is a fine day to
:25:40. > :25:46.come. The sunshine burns away any missed, and then a very pleasant
:25:47. > :25:50.day. Long spells of sunshine. One or two showers through the
:25:50. > :25:58.afternoon for North Northumberland. It is fine and dry for North
:25:58. > :26:07.Yorkshire. A few showers affecting the coast. Crossing the West,
:26:07. > :26:16.Cumbria is pretty much fine and dry. It will feel pleasant in the
:26:16. > :26:21.sunshine. A much brighter, better data come. -- paid to come. Over
:26:21. > :26:29.the next couple of days, there is a change in the weather. Enjoy
:26:29. > :26:39.tomorrow, because everything turns cloudier from the south on Thursday.
:26:39. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :26:49.It is a gloomy day, particularly further south. Friday has this guy
:26:49. > :26:59.Brighton rink for most places. One or two isolated showers. The
:26:59. > :27:01.
:27:01. > :27:05.temperatures will be affected a The top story.
:27:05. > :27:14.The hunt continues for a missing woman near Darlington. Her brother
:27:14. > :27:20.has also disappeared. There are 20 police officers on the
:27:20. > :27:25.farm, searching for clues. Also crucial tonight, they need to find
:27:25. > :27:30.her brother. They believe he is still in the UK, he could have