19/09/2011 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Welcome to Monday's Look North. Tonight: Thank you for saving my

life. The victim of a brutal attack comes face to face with the woman

who came to the rescue. Nothing in the world that can ever repay her,

because she saved my life. She saved my family as well, because if

it wasn't for her, I could have been dead. Murder at a house party.

A teenager's arrested after a man is stabbed to death. Danger of the

deep. The alien predator that is prowling some of the north's

waterways. And all the fun and the colour of yet another magnificent

Great North Run. It is another good weekend for just about our all

football teams and there is is a real Brucie bonus for Steve as

First tonight, the moment the victim of a brutal attack came face

to face with the whom saved his life. Jason water was assaulted by

two drunken yobs in the middle of the street. As we tolddown Friday's

Look North, it was Aimee Yule who came to the rescue. Tonight, Jason

said he would have been dead if it wasn't for her extraordinary

bravery. And for the first time, he and his family have met her, to

thank her for her courage. A small gesture, to reward a remarkable act

of bravery. Jason was being punched, kicked and stamped on when Aimee

confronted his attackers. I owe her my life, you know, there is nothing

in the world that can ever repay her. Because she saved my life, and

she saved my family as well, because if it wasn't for her, I

could have been dead. And this is where Jason was attacked, on this

busy street in broad daylight. There was lots of people about but

nobody came to help him. In fact, a number of cars parked up on this

bus stop and watched what was happening, but nobody got out of

their vehicle. Aimee see what was happening, and ran into the middle

of the road to help Jason. couldn't just stand there and watch.

It was just as though they were kicking, like, a dog, do you know,

not even, weren't even treating him as if he was human. When I was

knelt down to Jason to, the floor, one of them still come back for

another kick. The attack on Jason was so horrific, we can't show you

the footage. There was though no motive for the violence. The two

men responsible, Simon Taylor and Ryan Piggford both from Darlington,

were sentenced to four years and eight months in prison. I can't

remember anything. I was lucky to be alive really. I have two little

nephews crying their eyes out one of them. I don't know, it's weird

watching the film. It is just weird I doesn't feel like it was me, but

it was. Jason says he will never truly be able to thank Aimee. He is

convinced if it was not for her bravery, he would not be alive

today. A teenager is being held on suspicion of murder tonight after a

man was stabbed to death as a party in County Durham. 20-year-old Cole

Wilson was found in a pool of blood in Peterlee in the early hours of

yesterday. Today, Cole's distraught family paid tribute to him, as

police continue their search for clues. They came to pay their

respects. At the place where 20- year-old Cole Wilson lost his life.

Two upset to speak on camera, his devastated family and friend told

Look North he was a nice lad. Cole had travelled to a party here, from

home in Newcastle. He was stabbed in the chest and head. It is is a

crime that has left local people shocked. My boyfriend told me last

night, because he works sh he works on a night, so, he says somebody's

been murdered. I thought it had settleled down from what it was

years ago, but apparently not. team of 30 detectives including

forensics are working on this case, they are searching in particular

here, for a weapon. Tonight, they are holding a 19-year-old man on

suspicion of murder, he is from the Walker area of Newcastle. They are

also questioning two women, aged 20 and 24. The police also help --

held two people on suspicion of asition an offender. It is

understand Cole has family in Canada. They are making

arrangements to fly home. -- More of the day's news now and the

family of a County Durham soldier killed in Afghanistan say he was

one in a million. Lance Corporal Jonathan McKinley, who was 33 and

from Darlington died on patrol last week. His wife, Lisa described him

as a loving husband. He leaves three children. The Raoul Moat

inquest heard the gunman's heart was still beating when he arrived

at hospital after he shot himself in the head. A paramedic told the

inquest immediately after the shooting, Moat drew one large

breath, although his heart continued to beat during the 35

minute journey from Rothbury to Newcastle General Hospital he

stopped breathing. A teenager has been charged with causing the death

of a boy in a road accident in Stockton. Brandon Maggs died in

Ingleby Barwick last July. A 19- year-old man will appear before

Teesside magistrates next month, charged with causing death by

dangerous driving. A man from Sunderland has been recognised for

his bravery. He saved andledly woman floeling a gas explosion and

a fire at her home. David Thompson broke a window to get into the

property after the 87-year-old became trapped behind the locked

front door. He was carrying her through the kitchen when they were

caught in a second explosion and were both blown out of of the back

of the housement We get lots of training to enter a burning

building. As a member of the public, it is not necessarily your first

thought is to go into a burning building. It was a very dangerous

situation, and unfortunately, Mrs Black did die at the incident.

However he did manage to save her, and give her a few more hours to

the family. The Business Secretary Vince Cable has been accused of

making disgraceful comments after he said the coalition could claim

credit for bringing steel jobs back to Redcarment he was speaking at

the party's conference. But the leader of Redcar and Cleveland

Council has condemned his comments. Mark what did he say? Well, it was

a long conference speech, but just 15 words of it have caused a big

row up in the North East in a constituency of Ian Swales, in

Redcar. Those words being after a generation of manufacturing decline,

we have brought back in steel ad at Redcar. Those words being

interpreted by Labour politician, including the leader of Redcar and

Cleveland Council George Dunning as meaning that the coalition got

those jobs back, that it was all down to the coalition. He has been

highly critical of Vince Cable today. He has described his

comments as disgraceful. Earlier today I caught up with Ian Swale,

remember he was elected Liberal Democrat MP for Redcar at the last

selection, and a major contributory factor of that win was the

situation at the steelworks, there were jobs going. He wasn't in the

Conference hall when Vince Cable made that speech, so I put it to

him could it have been worded better? You maybe right. I think we

know this was a team effort and we have played our part. I have at no

point claimed wholly personal credit, and I don't think anybody

should and not the leader of Redcar and Cleveland Council. They were

just another part of the mix. is all distracted from important

economic announcements at the conference today? Yes, the Liberal

Democrats are trying to push this idea they think 10,000 green jobs

can be created in the North East by 2020 and to that end we had a

clutch of Liberal Democrat politicians MEPs and MPs looking at

the nis en that is being produced. I put it to Fiona Haul that target

of 10,000 jobs is a bit ambitious. We are not just talking about one

development. We have the Nissan car, there is a whole new area of

electric cars that the North East is the forefront of. We have shauf

shore wind, and the developments there. We have the kem Cathedral --

chemical stri. I think it is Conservative. Again at conference

tomorrow, what can we expect? issue delegates trying to push for

a minimum price for alcohol in the region, we expect that possibly to

come up at the health debate tomorrow afternoon. From Birmingham,

back to you. You are watching Look North. Still to come. Sportsdesk

plus all the pain and joy of anothering my sieve Great North Run.

And yesterday's runners needed sunglasses and brollies. Might be

worth hanging on to both for the next few days.Ly have a full

forecast shortly. --ly have. Now, maybe our best known aquatic killer

is the pike, but it seems a new alien predator has taken to some of

the north's waterways. It is being blamed for biting off the loefgs

ducks. So what danger lurks beneath the deep? Mark has gone an animal

sanctuary in Cumbria to find out. At weth rition zoo already 1200

animals. Some terrapins and turtles living in a pond Numbers we are

finding now, there have been numbers in the past that have been

coming into rescue centres. Now people seem to be dumping them in

rivers and lakes. We were called down to one lake, this was the very

first one we were called out to where they had problems with the

ducks hopping round on one leg. When we got there there were three

really large red eared terrapins about the size of dinner plates

that were taking the legs off ducks. They look innocuous, no wonder they

are bought at pets. They are turning up across the county. On a

cool wet autumn day, it seems unlikely an exotic predator could

be found here in the water at Ullswater. But terrapins have been

fished out of this lake as they have at other locations across

Cumbria. In fact n THE a river which feeds Ullswater a snapping

turtle was discovered and a snapping turtle could give a child

a nasty shock. That is so. If a child was in there and one was

there, could easily mistake a child's finger for something

swimming by or whatever, or being food. I could take a finger off.

The good news is that terrapins and turtles won't breed in the cool

climate. Although that is little consolation for the ducks, if

owners keep dumping them in our waterways. There you go. You have

been warned. So, it is over for another year, and if you are one of

the 37781 hopefuls who lined up for the start of the Great North Run,

well you should be sitting with your feet up, unless you are

training for next year. In case you missed iter here is a look back at

one of the great days on the north -- north's sporting calendar.

Ladies and gentlemen we, are I can't believe how excited

everyone S how friendly everyone is. How good the atmosphere is. Goes

back to the London Marathon a couple of years ago, coming to the

end of the race I got overtaken by a Smurf. We are running in the

memory of our mam, so we try to do it every year to raise money for

Tfrpblgts Red Arrows on this occasion, they will be remembering

Red 4, forming the missing man formation. We have a new course

record holder. Martin Mathathi wins the race. What a fantastic day.

What a fantastic occasion. No hear how much training you do, it is the

crowd that take you through. I have always wanted to do it. Come from

South Shields, lived here all my life. They pushed us. Running for

my daughter, died in 2006. What do you think she would be thinking.

She would be cracking up. My daft dad. He's run 13 mile in a duck

Fantastic. And if you have never done it you don't know kpwha you

are missing. We had a few runner hoos in the Look North office

including Katie Gornall. Despite twisting her knee at nine mile she

is put in dae sent time and she south there now, along wa couple of

guys who did the run the hard way. That is right. Yes, as if doing a

half marathon wasn't half enough, these guys Tony Morrison and Dave

Taylor did the Great North Run with fridges strapped to their back. I

have to say they are in better nick than me. You done the Great North

Run before, but this is the first time you have I don't like this how

did it go? I went fantastic. At the beginning a lot of anxiety,

wondering whether it was going to get through without falling to bits.

If I was going to make it. The crowd were absolutely brilliant and

my son Tony junior was with me all the way and it was wonderful.

looks very heavy how much does it weigh? Just over 40 kilos. Amaigdz

you made it through that ditans. Dave you did it as well. You had an

extra challenge. Last year I did wit a fridge and I thought this

year with it by saint oswarld's anniversary so I pushed someone in

a wheelchair as well. You must have attracted attention on the way?

route was fantastic T crowd kept you going. They were cheering you

on, clapping you it was a fantastic day. Really was. What was it like,

that moment when you crossed the line? Extremely emotional. It was

wonderful to be with my son, but, yeah, it was probably the most

special occasion I've had to date. You didn't have a beer in the back

there? I had some ciders. When Rebecca got her medal, that was

worth all the pain. Dave is the original fridge man. He is the man

who inspired me. That is the case. Thank you. Dave the fridge and Tony

the fridge. Fantastic. I am sure you want to get some training in

for next year now. Yes it is a white goods race next year. We

won't be the only ones. We will let you get going. Thank you. See you.

They must be crackers. Well done guys. If you think that looked

tough, well there was another group of people making their way from

Newcastle to South Shields for charity yesterday. More than a

dozen people took part in a Big Swim to the coast and they set off

from the Millenium Bridge, on a ten mile journey to Littlehaven beech

in South Shields. It is claimed to be the first time any group has

swum the route. A channel swimming champ and a bunch of amateurs set

off do something that has never been done before. To swim from

Newcastle and South Shields. We are optimistic. We are looking at

beautiful day here, and the river is flat calm at the moment. Which

will help us a lot. So I think we should be in with a good chance of

doing this. So a lot of us doing this With their supporting kayakers

they swam in pair, hoping to bring swimmers of different abilities

together at the end we have reached Jarrow, about half way, we have

been going about an hour-and-a-half and the stagger is beginning to

unwind as the stronger swimmers catch up with the slower ones but

there is still five miles of swimming left to go. Time for a

quick rest, and an 11s of rice pudding before pushing on. A few

years ago a swim like this would have been unlikely. But river

improvements that have suited the salmon, also suit the swimmers. And

after two-and-a-half hours, it is over. Met by an enthusiastic crowd

from the RNLI. The charity that will benefit from the Big Swim.

That was a great swim. Really good. Amazing. I have swam all over the

world. That was emotional. Beautiful. Going past the huge

Now, we know every football fan out there thinks his or her club gets a

raw deal and always should be the first ones up on team talk. We did

have big dus -- discussioning this week. Newcastle Middlesbrough

Hartlepool going great guns but Sunderland did had the biggest win.

So they are going first. And there was a very important Brucie bonus.

The black Kath's first win of the season, easing the pressure on

Steve Bruce. To be fair you need a bit of luck and Sunderland are due

some, so Bramble got the first one. Then his old team-mate Jonathan

Woodgate helped out with the second. I liked the third. David Vaughan.

He is involved in this one. A lot of the new signings are. So passes

on the Craig gardener. If you don't buy a ticket, you don't win the

Ralph. Ge raffle. Seb Larsson set up the next one. Not always

brilliant. The sublime to the ridiculous. I think I have done

that before. That is fantastic. He did manage to have half a smile

about it. Almost as embarrassing this air shot from Prime Minister

Mohamed Ghannouchi. Steve Bruce blamed the media for whipping up

what he called mass hysteria. He didn't mean us, which is one good

thing You speak on the TV and supporters can listen to you. When

they are writing this none sense one had me gone in 48-hours. You

scratch your head and think what it is about the North East that makes

it that way. It is because we love football. Especially when your team

sun beatable. That brings us to three clubs that haven't lost.

Incredible. It looked like it might end when Newcastle went down 1-0 to

Aston Villa. Agbonlahor scoring here. A goal that some said was

"Spawny.". Darren Bent missed that one in the first half and in the

second. A cheeky shot there. A bit too close. Not past nine clock. --

9.00. He has a -- had a number of chance and was unlucky not to score.

But Shay Given. Who has been unbeatable. First time he has

played against Newcastle but he was beaten by Leon Best. I think it is

his ninth goal. Do they still need a striker? But they are still in

Champions League spot. Newcastle unbeaten in nine games but

Middlesbrough can better that, they haven't lost since mid-April, that

is 13 games without losing. They are pretty confident with seven

wins on the road, but Easter gave Emnes can play because he is

another man in form. On fire. A lot of love for him yesterday. You

would expect that. Boro going down to ten minute when they lost Jo Joe

Bennett but they managed to hold on. Easter nearly equalised. Emnes got

a second though. He got it past the defender and missed the post. But

the win put them top of the table, on Saturday night, wasn't that

fantastic. Shame it didn't last. Southampton had to spoil the party

by winning. But Tony Mowbray not getting carried away. We are doing

OK at the moment. I think the players have a bit of belief about

them and the way we are asking them to play. Marvin could have scored

more. It is important the players have the confidence and belief.

When you are winning, as we are, they come into the game in a

confident mood. Hartlepool are just four points off the top with a win

over Bury. Sol no with his first goal for the club. The manager says

he is the man. He has twinkle toes. He can hit a ball. Past Trevor

Carson. Pools, not only are they doing well up front they have only

conceded one goal all season. He was lucky to miss out on a hat-

trick late on in the game. Those are the unbeatables then. Sadly one

team is beaten too often at the moment. Carlisle have lost five out

of six games. Steve Pattison went on to Twitter to make known his

disappointment and a fan suggest he do something about it. Mr Pat son

said it is not my call alone T club has issued a statement saying the

words were taken out of context and they weren't meant to suggest that

the manager grab's job is in danger. Rugby Union's Premiership ten

defeats in a row for Newcastle Falcons. They came within a drop

goal of a victory against Leicester Tigers on Saturday. The boot of

Jimmy Gopperth put Newcastle again in an exciting game with the leads

changed hands several times. Leicester were first across the

line but without Flood their kicking was woeful. Greg Goosen got

his first Premiership try. Fans dared to hope for victory.

Leicester kept coming back and it was nip and tuck all the way when

Luke Fielden's try was given by the third match official but after a

third try for the Tigers it went to the wire as Jimmy Gopperth set

himself up for the drop goal. So losing bonus point, all they had to

show for a tremendous performance P Cricket file final laind Chester-

le-Street will play Ealing in the final of the Twenty20 tournament in

Chelmsford shortly. This rub out in the semifinal against Hyde turned

the match in favour of the County Durham team. But the lads have only

had an hour to get ready for the final, so very good luck with that

lads. Thank you. Time for the weather now. I went out to watch a

bit of the Great North Run. Out in the shirt sleeves then I got soaked.

Hit-and-miss and I think it is Hit-and-miss and I think it is

going to be like that all week? It will be mixed. The weekend

certainly the weather didn't keep many people in. Stuart was out and

about on the fells. Struggling to find many breaks in the cloud

looking out across Thirlmere and I think he captured the weather mood

of the Great North Run. These brightly decorated runners sporting

sunglasses and brolly, they were the wise one, there was sunshine

and showers towards the finish line. I think there will be decent

weather round this week if you time it right but there will be showers

round as well. A bit more than showers on the way for tonight, a

lot of cloud round overnight. Outbreaks of rain spreading in

through the night. Becoming heavy at times. Especially over the fells

before it starts to edge away south and eastwards. Now that breeze

turns more westerly through the night it will help push the more

persistent rain away. The temperatures are just about dipping

into single figures. Unless you are up very early, you won't see the

remnants of that rain. It will have cleared away southwards quickly.

There will be some cloud hanging back for North Yorkshire, further

north it is broken cloud, much more broken cloud, good sunny spell,

just the risk of one or two showers in the north. So northern Cumbria,

north Northumberland, the closer you are to the Scottish Borders the

more likely you are to cash the odd shower. Temperatures typically up

to about 16C which is similar to this afternoon. It is the cloudier

parts of North Yorkshire that might squeeze an extra degree or two. So

that is the picture for tomorrow. For Wednesday we have low pressure

in the north. A weather system bringing rain at times. Windy

weather as well before things to quieten down thanks to this high

pressure, trying to build from the south. So if you are out and about

on Wednesday, a lot of cloud round, especially in the west where the

showers will merge. Thursday, looks drier and brighter, with lighter