:00:05. > :00:09.Hello, welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight: In the
:00:09. > :00:14.programme tonight: The catalogue of failings by police that allowed a
:00:14. > :00:19.convicted sex offender to groom and murder teenager Ashleigh Hall also
:00:19. > :00:24.tonight: Taking heart. A big boost for the campaign to
:00:24. > :00:28.retain a specialist children's unit in Newcastle.
:00:28. > :00:31.Feeling winded. AB US firm pulls out of plans to establish the
:00:31. > :00:36.north-east as the bizarre offshore wind turbine production.
:00:36. > :00:41.I relaunching at a presenter in the heart of Herriott country - from a
:00:41. > :00:45.time's former toilets. In sport, Durham's County
:00:45. > :00:49.Championship hopes are fading after defeat in the Midlands. Could Joey
:00:49. > :00:55.Barton the London-bound? And Sunderland failed to lift the
:00:55. > :01:00.gloom as the Seagulls not the black cap site of the Carling Cup. --
:01:00. > :01:04.knock the Black cats out of the Carling Cup.
:01:04. > :01:08.He was a convicted sex offender who was supposed to be closely
:01:08. > :01:13.monitored by the police. But Peter Chapman was allowed to roam free
:01:13. > :01:19.for nine months before he was cot. By then he had already killed 17-
:01:19. > :01:21.year-old Ashleigh Hall after befriending her on the Net working
:01:21. > :01:23.site face that. Today the Independent Police Complaints
:01:23. > :01:28.Commission highlighted a number of fillings made by Merseyside police
:01:28. > :01:33.who were supposed to be supervising him. And this afternoon, speaking
:01:33. > :01:40.to look north, Ashleigh's mother said she was shocked by the number
:01:40. > :01:44.of failures. The confession of a killer. Peter
:01:44. > :01:48.Chapman was a violent sex offender. He was supposed to be closely
:01:48. > :01:53.monitored. But he went missing for nine months before anyone noticed.
:01:53. > :01:59.When he was finally caught, it was too late. He had killed Ashleigh.
:01:59. > :02:04.This afternoon, the teenager's mother was shocked by the number of
:02:04. > :02:11.mistakes at Merseyside police made. When I started reading it, it was
:02:11. > :02:20.reliving it all over again. I did not really realise how severe it
:02:20. > :02:24.was. It is really bad at, I think. It is worse than I ever imagined. I
:02:24. > :02:27.have cried all morning because it is that bad. Today the Independent
:02:27. > :02:31.Police Complaints Commission said the police officer who was supposed
:02:31. > :02:35.to be in charge of Chapman had to monitor more than 60 other sex
:02:35. > :02:41.offenders. She had also had no training in managing sex offenders
:02:41. > :02:44.despite repeated requests. Before a Ashleigh's death, he had already
:02:44. > :02:49.been in jail for raping another woman. Before being released, he
:02:49. > :02:53.had committed other offences. But he was deemed to be of medium risk.
:02:53. > :03:01.It's would not make things better or write but an apology would be
:03:01. > :03:09.nice. Even to say sorry, we do not this could have happened. Just even
:03:09. > :03:11.that one word, Surrey. Nearly two years after her daughter's death,
:03:11. > :03:19.she confirms this is what she already knew. If they had done
:03:19. > :03:23.their job properly, Ashleigh would already be alive. -- would still be
:03:23. > :03:26.alive. I campaigned to save children's
:03:26. > :03:31.heart services in the north-east has been boosted showing that there
:03:31. > :03:40.is a strong report far this in Children's Heart Unit at the
:03:40. > :03:44.Freeman Hospital. The survey was commissioned by it NHS safe and
:03:44. > :03:49.sustainable, the body charged with deciding the future of children's
:03:49. > :03:54.heart surgery. Under one option, services at the Freeman would be
:03:54. > :04:04.switched to Leeds. But the survey reveals there is all a localised
:04:04. > :04:07.
:04:07. > :04:10.support for the plans. For but despite his popularity this
:04:10. > :04:15.unit is threatened by plans to reduce the number of specialist
:04:15. > :04:20.heart centres from 11-6. Under three of the four options being
:04:20. > :04:27.considered, Newcastle would be the North's main house centre at the
:04:27. > :04:32.expense of Leeds. But under the 4th, Newcastle would miss out. -- main
:04:32. > :04:37.heart centre. We have gone from strength to strength there. We have
:04:37. > :04:42.done more Berlin hearts than any other unit in the country. This
:04:43. > :04:47.girl has just had her second heart operation. She is more likely to
:04:47. > :04:51.continue her treatment in Newcastle after a 75,000 responses to the
:04:51. > :04:55.survey revealed strong backing for the Newcastle option, while the
:04:55. > :05:01.Leeds option had little support outside Yorkshire. But having
:05:01. > :05:05.commissioned the survey, will the decision makers listen? Part of the
:05:05. > :05:10.reason for public consultation was to see if there was balls local and
:05:10. > :05:20.national support for the Newcastle u-net. Today that does seem
:05:20. > :05:25.vindicated. The head of the hospital agrees.
:05:25. > :05:30.Businessman Graham Wylie is about to stage a race night to raise
:05:30. > :05:35.$50,000 by the Freemen. Like this girl's parents, he had cause to
:05:35. > :05:39.thank the Freeman when his daughter took ill. The first heart
:05:39. > :05:49.transplant was done here nearly 25 years ago. From a business point of
:05:49. > :05:55.
:05:55. > :05:59.view, it seems crazy to abandon Detectives investigating the murder
:05:59. > :06:04.of a 70 off -- 77-year-old woman believe she was beaten to death
:06:04. > :06:11.with a hammer. They have released pictures of a hammer similar to one
:06:11. > :06:15.found in an Aldi carrier bag and during searches of Judith
:06:15. > :06:19.Richardson's house in Hexham. A woman and the man, was pensioners,
:06:19. > :06:22.were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder.
:06:22. > :06:26.And a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in Frizington
:06:26. > :06:29.in West Cumbria. The body of a 60- year-old woman was found there on
:06:29. > :06:33.Monday night. As 63-year-old man has been questioned.
:06:33. > :06:37.The tenants of a farm at the centre of a major murder investigation say
:06:38. > :06:41.they are devastated by the tragedy. Police found the bodies of the
:06:41. > :06:43.Polish brother and sister in and around New Moor Farm near
:06:43. > :06:47.Darlington. Today, officers confirmed that body discovered at
:06:47. > :06:51.the weekend was Danuta Domagalska. Her brother was found hanged last
:06:51. > :06:55.week. The couple who run the farm have been speaking publicly for the
:06:55. > :07:00.first time about the shocking events.
:07:00. > :07:04.For this couple, by any measure, the last 10 days have been
:07:04. > :07:08.horrendous. The police came and gave us the first inkling that
:07:08. > :07:14.there was something wrong. After that it has just been more and more
:07:14. > :07:22.dramatic. We are about numbed now. We have had very little time to
:07:22. > :07:26.think very much but it has been very hectic and a dramatic time. It
:07:26. > :07:30.has been devastating. The police investigation here will finally
:07:30. > :07:35.conclude tonight when the last officers are expected to leave the
:07:35. > :07:39.farm. That will allow the couple to get some air of normality into
:07:39. > :07:43.their lives. That will not be easy for them. They were close to the
:07:43. > :07:48.brother and sister, so much so, they are considering to go to
:07:48. > :07:54.Poland for the funerals. First they will reopen their ice cream
:07:54. > :08:00.business this weekend. Last night Danuta Domagalska's husband was
:08:00. > :08:08.here to Mayflower's at the spot where her body was found. He has
:08:08. > :08:13.now returned to Poland, a broken man. Durham police think she was
:08:13. > :08:16.murdered. With her brother Piotre also dead, they are not looking for
:08:16. > :08:20.anyone else. He has battled through major heart
:08:20. > :08:25.surgery to take his exams, but now a student shows of Purves says he
:08:25. > :08:31.is worried he cannot afford to continue his education. Joseph is
:08:31. > :08:36.from wet May and one of thousands of students waiting for tomorrow's
:08:36. > :08:42.education at exam results. He is unable to get the education
:08:43. > :08:48.maintenance allowance. They may look relaxed, but his
:08:48. > :08:53.family are actually on pens. 16- year-old Joseph gets his GCSE
:08:54. > :08:58.results tomorrow, but it is a miracle here is here at all. At a
:08:58. > :09:06.few days old, he had his first heart operation. Since then there
:09:06. > :09:11.has been eight. I cannot count how many altogether. It does get hard
:09:11. > :09:17.to work. But I have still tried my hardest. For you it must be
:09:17. > :09:24.fantastic because he has reached the stage? You cannot understand
:09:24. > :09:28.how absolutely pleased we are to have a mother is age. He lives
:09:28. > :09:34.before mile bus ride from the school. The Government has scrapped
:09:34. > :09:41.EMA which would help pay the fares. Where I am living, I have to get a
:09:41. > :09:46.bus to school. For a bus pass, it is 300 and something pounds which
:09:46. > :09:52.is not affordable with no money. Students could claim up to �30 a
:09:52. > :09:57.week in EMA, the total scheme cost �560 million. The Government says
:09:57. > :10:02.it was wasteful and have replaced it with the �180 million fund for
:10:02. > :10:06.low-income earners. At Joseph's school today, they started to
:10:06. > :10:11.gather the results ready for tomorrow. The head says scrapping
:10:11. > :10:16.EMA means many students could be put off education. In the past,
:10:16. > :10:19.students have used this type of fund to access College in terms of
:10:19. > :10:26.transport and to support their education and learning in terms of
:10:26. > :10:31.equipment. Families who are under real pressure financially are going
:10:31. > :10:38.to find it tough. The Government says scrapping EMA will allow
:10:38. > :10:44.funding and support to go to the poorest students.
:10:44. > :10:51.Disappointment on the jobs front. A giant American manufacturer has
:10:52. > :10:57.scrapped a plans to develop wind farms. Clipper wind power was
:10:57. > :11:01.developing the biggest wind turbine in the world. It has pulled out.
:11:01. > :11:07.Turbine factories in the Humber and Firth of Forth could steal a march
:11:07. > :11:13.on the north-east. Aidan, who are up this company and what were they
:11:13. > :11:16.preparing? They are a giant Californian company that were
:11:16. > :11:22.developing the biggest wind turbine in the world, aged 10 megawatt
:11:22. > :11:28.giant that would have stood as dull as the London Eye. There is a huge
:11:28. > :11:33.market for wind power offshore. There are developing here and it
:11:33. > :11:38.was to be constructed across the Tyne. There are redundant yards
:11:38. > :11:48.that are scheduled for wind turbine manufacturing. Those plans look
:11:48. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :11:59.like there are now on hold. To give you a -- an idea, one of these
:12:00. > :12:09.would provide a least enough power as 18 coal-fired power stations. It
:12:10. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:15.is a drive to produce Green Howard -- green energy. There was a
:12:15. > :12:21.promise of 1000 manufacturing jobs, what a boom that would have been.
:12:21. > :12:28.Sadly, those plans are now on ayes. Tyneside could be them loser.
:12:28. > :12:32.Humberside could be the winner. That is a good point. Another big
:12:32. > :12:36.company have committed. They will build a plant at Hull. They have
:12:36. > :12:41.got Government funding to deepen the water there at the port of Hull
:12:41. > :12:45.and they are talking about creating 700 jobs. It will happen on
:12:45. > :12:53.Humberside and could happen on the Firth of Forth of the Scottish
:12:53. > :12:57.Government gives an additional subsidy. We are lagging behind.
:12:57. > :13:03.What are the National Energy centres saying? They are trying to
:13:03. > :13:10.put a brave face on it. They do a lot of turbine testing here. You
:13:10. > :13:18.can see that Rigg behind me, the test turbine blades. These say we
:13:18. > :13:22.can attract other manufacturers and that has to be the hope tonight.
:13:22. > :13:31.giant turbine production for the time, but still the Rev there is
:13:31. > :13:36.building partnerships. -- still building. HMS Queen Elizabeth is
:13:36. > :13:44.the biggest warship built in the UK, as section to be put together in
:13:44. > :13:48.six sections, among them Tyneside. 500 workers have been working on
:13:49. > :13:58.his contract for 18 months. Among them, the project director who 30
:13:59. > :14:01.
:14:01. > :14:03.years ago worked on the predecessor HMS Ark Royal. I moved out of the
:14:03. > :14:10.region, step in -- still in shipbuilding. It is great to come
:14:10. > :14:15.back to my local town and to be part of some - like something so
:14:15. > :14:21.prestigious. The first part for HMS Queen Elizabeth was completed five
:14:21. > :14:26.weeks early. It is a fantastic achievement. They have pulled
:14:26. > :14:30.together earlier than expected and to cost. And remarkable piece of
:14:30. > :14:36.Engineering. To give you some idea how big the ship is going to be
:14:36. > :14:43.when she is finished, this is just one small part of the flight deck.
:14:43. > :14:51.It is 63 metres long. Police check section will sail out next month. -
:14:51. > :14:57.- the pitch should section. Let's see what John Grundy has found.
:14:57. > :15:01.This could be the place for you. And according to the Met Office,
:15:01. > :15:11.there are seven days left of summer. Will the weather get its act
:15:11. > :15:12.
:15:12. > :15:16.A North Yorkshire Tourism Office in the heart of Herriott country which
:15:16. > :15:20.were shut down by Hambleton Council has been officially re-opened today.
:15:20. > :15:25.Doing the honours were the son and daughter of All Creatures Great And
:15:25. > :15:31.Small author Alf Wight, better known as James Herriot. The Tourist
:15:31. > :15:36.Information Centre in Thirsk is now thoroughly known by it --
:15:36. > :15:40.completely run by volunteers. It used to be a toilet, but now
:15:40. > :15:44.crowds of people are gathered to see it and the relatives of a local
:15:45. > :15:51.legend are opening it. I am delighted to declare it officially
:15:51. > :15:56.open. Having a famous father, James Herriot, he would have approved of
:15:56. > :16:00.this. In this era of greed, people are working for nothing. I am
:16:00. > :16:03.delighted to be here and extremely proud of being his daughter. He
:16:03. > :16:08.would be delighted. Anything that brings benefits to the town, and
:16:08. > :16:11.there is no doubt that this will. The original centre was closed down
:16:11. > :16:15.by Hambleton District Council because of cuts. It is now run
:16:15. > :16:20.entirely by these people, unpaid and passionate about their work. So
:16:20. > :16:26.is this an example of Cameron's big society, or is it just cutting
:16:26. > :16:30.services and getting volunteers to run them instead for free? The, I
:16:30. > :16:33.think we are always dependent on volunteers. People are retiring
:16:33. > :16:37.earlier, living longer. They are very fit. And this is a wonderful
:16:37. > :16:42.views of their time. I hope his Budget will point the way forward.
:16:42. > :16:46.The council provided a start-up grant and now 28 volunteers run the
:16:46. > :16:54.place. But the centre is still confusing some, who remember its
:16:54. > :16:59.former use. Thanks for that! volunteers say they are committed
:16:59. > :17:04.to providing a supply -- a public service, but of a different nature.
:17:04. > :17:11.And with more than one reason people -- 1,000 people visiting a
:17:11. > :17:16.week, they are well on their way. Flushed with success!
:17:16. > :17:19.For this week's Summer Jaunt, John managed to catch some sunshine in
:17:20. > :17:27.north Northumberland, as well as two castles, two delightful
:17:27. > :17:35.villages and much more. He has been to Ford and Etal in the value of
:17:35. > :17:42.their -- valley of the River Till. North Northumberland is a lovely
:17:42. > :17:45.area. It is beautiful, empty, peaceful, and it is rich in
:17:45. > :17:52.unspoilt farming and rolling countryside. And among its
:17:52. > :17:57.principal delights is the Ford and Etal Estate, which as you can see,
:17:57. > :18:03.is absolutely thronging with things that you can do and see. They are
:18:03. > :18:07.two castles. One is open to the public. Ford Castle is not opened
:18:07. > :18:11.that you can get great views from outside, across a lovely pastoral
:18:11. > :18:17.landscape. And the villages beautiful, pretty as a picture.
:18:17. > :18:20.There'll wonderful gardens. There is an arts and crafts gallery in
:18:20. > :18:28.the North's most picturesque blacksmith's shop. And the
:18:28. > :18:35.wonderful, evocative Hall here, where the walls were covered with
:18:35. > :18:39.biblical scenes in the schoolroom, using local people as models. The
:18:39. > :18:43.Countess was a key member of the Victorian art scene said that robs
:18:44. > :18:49.it is not surprising that her own grave is a war broke one of the
:18:49. > :18:56.greatest Victorian artists. -- her own grave is a work. And here it is.
:18:56. > :19:01.He models of the angels on his wife. Barack Obama claims that a painting
:19:02. > :19:05.by this artist is his favourite work of art. In the 18th century
:19:05. > :19:12.and 19th century, the Ford estate was a hotbed of the Industrial
:19:12. > :19:16.Revolution. This was an iron forge. And a spade factory opened here in
:19:16. > :19:23.1767, which I think makes this one of the oldest factories in the
:19:23. > :19:26.North. And across here there is a mill, a fully working industrial
:19:26. > :19:31.scale one which was rebuilt in the 1830s and is still fully
:19:31. > :19:38.operational. So you can watch the milling process, which is
:19:38. > :19:46.absolutely fascinating. It sounds wonderful. And it smells... Oh,
:19:46. > :19:51.it's not like a male. Lovely. -- it smells like a milk. All driven by
:19:51. > :19:57.water from the River Till. There was a whole industrial complex. And
:19:57. > :20:02.there is a little railway, too. It goes to the village. I bet I will
:20:02. > :20:11.beat it there. This village was built by the owners of the estate.
:20:11. > :20:19.They bought it in 1907. They rebuilt the lot. Such a varied and
:20:19. > :20:24.picturesque mixture. The thatch is the traditional. This village has
:20:24. > :20:28.the only examples that are left now vote has actually, it is the
:20:28. > :20:32.Sleights that blow me away. It is not often you find a man standing
:20:32. > :20:42.in front of a village hall gasping with pleasure at a few Sleights.
:20:42. > :20:43.
:20:43. > :20:46.This might be the one and only time! But that is one superb Ruth!
:20:47. > :20:54.I feel the need to show you a building at the end of the street
:20:54. > :21:04.It is down by the River Till, where there were beautiful walks to
:21:04. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:08.complete your visit to one of the Last night you might remember
:21:08. > :21:16.Newcastle boss Alan Pardew said once again how he did not want to
:21:16. > :21:22.lose Joey Barton, but he could be on the move? It looks like that. In
:21:22. > :21:26.London Alan Pardew is having a -- Joey Barton is having talks with
:21:26. > :21:30.QPR. Before we came on air he treated. He says he's having a
:21:30. > :21:35.medical now. He says he does not want to leave Newcastle but his
:21:35. > :21:38.hands are tied. It looks like unless there is a contract for the
:21:38. > :21:46.coming from the Newcastle board in the very near future, he will end
:21:46. > :21:49.up as a QPR player. So Joey Barton might not be featuring for
:21:49. > :21:56.Newcastle in the Carling Cup this week. Sunderland will not be
:21:56. > :21:59.featuring in the Carling Cup at all! Not this season. They were not
:21:59. > :22:05.out of the Carling Cup last night by a team that last season were
:22:05. > :22:12.playing their football in League 1. In their previous home match in
:22:13. > :22:16.this continue stadium, Brighton through a way a two goal lead.
:22:16. > :22:21.Victims of Kevin Phillips. How the Wearside us could have used his
:22:21. > :22:28.goal-poaching instincts as they took on Gus Poyet's newly promoted
:22:28. > :22:31.side. Steve Bruce made three changes to Saturday's team but the
:22:32. > :22:38.to this tendency is in front of goal of threatening to undermine
:22:38. > :22:45.confidence. The Sunderland squad will need to jail quicker. Brighton
:22:45. > :22:51.came closer to scoring with Craig Mackail-Smith running the Premier
:22:51. > :22:55.League side added. The Brighton defender Calderon was judged to
:22:55. > :22:58.have dived, picking up a yellow card. This was as close as
:22:58. > :23:04.Sunderland came to snatching victory later on but five minutes
:23:04. > :23:08.into extra-time, the home side scored. Perhaps it was no surprise
:23:08. > :23:12.that Craig Mackail-Smith turned out to be the winner. Although
:23:12. > :23:16.defensive slackness was to blame. We have created enough chances and
:23:16. > :23:20.with our ability, it is worrying that we have created so many a game
:23:20. > :23:24.tonight and not taken them. When you do that you are liable to what
:23:24. > :23:30.has happened to us tonight. three matches in an already one
:23:30. > :23:35.derby defeat and one cup exit. Not an ideal start. The pressure to get
:23:35. > :23:39.something from Swansea this weekend just went up a notch.
:23:39. > :23:42.Middlesbrough are on a bit of a role at the moment but they have a
:23:42. > :23:46.tough second round tie in the League Cup tonight. Up against
:23:46. > :23:49.alleged Championship side Peterborough away at London Road.
:23:49. > :23:54.Boro have not lost so far this season and a third in the table
:23:54. > :23:58.after their visit to Birmingham at the weekend. But Peterborough --
:23:58. > :24:05.Peter Bright got seven goals past Ipswich on Saturday. Tony Mowbray
:24:05. > :24:10.does not regard the Carling Cup as an unwelcome distraction, though.
:24:10. > :24:13.Football is about confidence and the longer you are still going,
:24:13. > :24:20.winning football matches, the better chance you have of being
:24:20. > :24:25.successful. We are taking a full squad with this. For the fans, we
:24:25. > :24:29.will go in there to try to win the match and understand that
:24:29. > :24:34.Peterborough have had a pretty good start of the season themselves and
:24:34. > :24:38.opera to point at home particularly. Highlights on the Football League
:24:38. > :24:45.Show tonight at 11:30pm on BBC One. In the Scottish League Cup last
:24:45. > :24:48.night buried SPL side Hibs. Meanwhile, the wayside for
:24:48. > :24:52.Gateshead and York City in the conference. Darlington had to
:24:52. > :24:55.settle for a home draw. Cricket and Durham's hopes of
:24:55. > :24:59.winning the County Championship are slipping away after they lost to
:24:59. > :25:09.Notts County at Trent Bridge this afternoon. Despite a great
:25:09. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:24.Yorkshire are trying to put the Thank you. Cricket season is nearly
:25:24. > :25:31.over because the summer seems to be going. There was a sniff of autumn
:25:31. > :25:41.We certainly saw the best of the weather on the east coast this
:25:41. > :25:41.
:25:41. > :25:45.morning. Lots of sunshine in sunny The East did not escape the showers
:25:45. > :25:50.through the next few days, though. Generally unsettled just about
:25:50. > :25:54.everywhere. As we look at this evening in particular, it looks
:25:54. > :25:57.like the showers of the day are drifting into the North East at the
:25:57. > :26:02.moment. But they will keep on in their journey out into the North
:26:02. > :26:12.Sea. Most of us there should be dry for the bulk of the night. A surge
:26:12. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:17.of blue, some hefty rain coming up We start Thursday, then, with this
:26:17. > :26:23.surge of rain coming up from the south. It will turn heavy. Parts of
:26:23. > :26:28.North Yorkshire in particular. A concentrated downpour. Could cause
:26:28. > :26:32.some problems on the road. For the rest of the day, the rain continues
:26:32. > :26:35.on its journey and eventually we get a clear sky along the North
:26:35. > :26:45.East coast and for Cumbria tomorrow, all day you have the best of things
:26:45. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:49.with drier skies and the brighter That is tomorrow. What of the rest
:26:49. > :26:58.of the week? Friday, we still have this low pressure circulating
:26:59. > :27:01.around so a fair few showers. It The good news is that through the
:27:01. > :27:07.weekend, it starts to improve so showers will be fewer and further
:27:07. > :27:11.between. I am told there is a bank holiday. If we are quiet and we
:27:11. > :27:15.whisper this, it does not look too bad for Monday! So high pressure