:00:02. > :00:06.Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Look North. Tonight: The grandmother who
:00:06. > :00:09.has been told she is an illegal immigrant after 46 years in the UK
:00:09. > :00:17.the controversial plan to build 36,000 new homes over the next 20
:00:17. > :00:21.years. Why these baby squirrels, saved from the recent storms, are
:00:21. > :00:27.now facing a new threat. And baby bump painting for mums-to-be - the
:00:27. > :00:29.latest craze from America hits the north.
:00:29. > :00:32.In football, Newcastle and Middlesbrough carry the region's
:00:32. > :00:36.hopes in the Carling Cup. And, despite the disappointment of being
:00:36. > :00:46.snubbed by the Super League, the women's game in the area is still
:00:46. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:55.First tonight, she has lived in the UK for the last 46 years, but now
:00:55. > :01:01.Teesside grandmother Norma Chisholm has been told she is an illegal
:01:01. > :01:04.immigrant. Norma moved to Britain from South Africa when she was just
:01:04. > :01:08.10 years old. She went to school here, got married here, and even
:01:08. > :01:11.ran her own business here. But now she fears she will be forced to
:01:11. > :01:20.leave the country. Norma says she is shocked and disgusted, as Stuart
:01:20. > :01:23.Whincup now reports. Norma moved with her father to South Africa --
:01:24. > :01:27.from South Africa to Britain when she was 10 and has lived here for
:01:27. > :01:33.nearly 50 years. She was recently preparing to take a first family
:01:34. > :01:37.holiday abroad and applied for a passport. It was then she says she
:01:37. > :01:39.was told she was an illegal immigrant. I was so offended
:01:40. > :01:44.because I have worked in this country, got married in this
:01:45. > :01:49.country, been educated here, had my own business and mortgages. I
:01:50. > :01:54.brought my children up in this country. To be told that I cannot
:01:54. > :01:57.have a passport, you know, it is absolutely ludicrous. Norma
:01:57. > :02:00.believes an error by her father decades ago means she was never
:02:00. > :02:03.properly registered as a UK citizen. Now she says she has to provide a
:02:03. > :02:12.mountain of paperwork and documentation to prove her right to
:02:12. > :02:17.stay in the country. You need utility bills ranging back from
:02:17. > :02:21.when I started to work. I do not keep mind longer than two years.
:02:21. > :02:24.Proof that I have worked in this country, prove that I have been
:02:24. > :02:29.with the doctor all my life. I should not have to prove that. I
:02:29. > :02:34.have got my school reports - that is about it. I've got a driving
:02:34. > :02:37.licence. What do they want? Norma believes she could be forced to
:02:37. > :02:40.leave the country. But this evening the Home Office told BBC Look North
:02:40. > :02:43.that would not happen. It said the grandmother would automatically be
:02:43. > :02:53.granted leave to stay she could prove she's been in the country
:02:53. > :02:56.
:02:56. > :02:59.Tyneside needs 36,000 new homes. That's the conclusion of a massive
:02:59. > :03:02.blueprint published today. It says the homes should be built across
:03:02. > :03:06.Gateshead and Newcastle over the next 20 years. But the plans will
:03:06. > :03:08.be controversial. Around a third of the new houses will have to be
:03:08. > :03:11.built on undeveloped green belt land. And thousands will have to
:03:11. > :03:21.going to existing villages. Our political editor, Richard Moss, is
:03:21. > :03:22.
:03:22. > :03:26.at the sight of one of the likely development sites now.
:03:26. > :03:31.We are just a few miles west of Newcastle. What you can see behind
:03:31. > :03:38.me is the city's green belt. At it was put there to avoid are urban
:03:38. > :03:48.sprawl. There could be houses here in their thousands, and also
:03:48. > :03:49.
:03:49. > :03:59.schools, shops and roads. It is not the only community to be affected.
:03:59. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:07.The extension of that they What will cause contention is the
:04:07. > :04:14.green belt development. Added element of 4,000 homes will be
:04:14. > :04:19.built here. The villages would have to expand by 4,500 homes on the
:04:19. > :04:24.edges of Newcastle and Gateshead. Contentious, perhaps, but the
:04:24. > :04:29.council says it is absolutely essential to meet growing demand.
:04:29. > :04:39.Existing sites are not enough, brownfield land are not in -- is
:04:39. > :04:40.
:04:40. > :04:48.not enough. We also want to provide quality and choice. Green belts or
:04:48. > :04:52.four different opportunities. -- offer.
:04:52. > :04:57.There are already some people saying the council needs to look at
:04:57. > :05:01.alternatives to digging up green field sites like this one.
:05:01. > :05:08.alternatives have got to be found inside the city, bringing empty
:05:08. > :05:10.homes back into use, building houses, not more retail
:05:10. > :05:14.developments or commercial developments, perhaps reclaiming
:05:14. > :05:18.some of the terraces that a been lost to student accommodation,
:05:18. > :05:25.moving students into halls of residence, back came the strategy
:05:25. > :05:29.rather than gobbling up green belt. It is a process that feeds itself.
:05:29. > :05:34.In a year or two, we will be back wanting more bites of the green
:05:34. > :05:38.belt. You continue to have more urban sprawl, and the loss of
:05:38. > :05:45.farmland. Harvey's plans set in stone or do
:05:45. > :05:53.the communities get a say? People will get a chance to have a
:05:53. > :05:58.say. There will be a six-week public consultation. The council
:05:58. > :06:02.says the population will expand to 500,000 by 2030 and they need these
:06:02. > :06:08.new ones. They say it will be local people who will benefit. A lot of
:06:08. > :06:13.these homes will be affordable, will be providing the future for
:06:13. > :06:17.families who cannot get decent housing at the moment. These are
:06:17. > :06:22.real people and real lives that are at stake. We're going to take the
:06:22. > :06:25.right decisions and we are also going to listen to people to make
:06:25. > :06:31.sure we are taking these decisions with people, not against them.
:06:31. > :06:41.Inevitably, there will be people who see development like this as
:06:41. > :06:55.
:06:55. > :06:57.sacrilege, ripping out belongs from Tyneside. -- the lungs. Meanwhile,
:06:57. > :07:00.there's controversy in a North Yorkshire village over plans which
:07:00. > :07:03.could double its size. The Sowerby Gateway scheme near Thirsk involves
:07:03. > :07:06.nearly 1,000 new homes, a business park, shops, playing fields and a
:07:06. > :07:10.school. Developers say it will help the homeless and provide jobs.
:07:10. > :07:14.Objectors say it is just too big and the village will be swamped.
:07:14. > :07:17.More of the day's news now. Police hunting two men who attacked a 27-
:07:17. > :07:20.year-old man at a Carlisle taxi rank have released CCTV footage.
:07:20. > :07:23.The pictures show the taxi rank on Portland Place in Carlisle just
:07:23. > :07:25.before midnight on Saturday 6th August. The victim was thrown to
:07:25. > :07:28.the floor and stamped on. The police are appealing for witnesses,
:07:28. > :07:37.including the drivers of three Skoda taxis which were parked in
:07:37. > :07:40.the area. A mother and daughter survived when
:07:40. > :07:44.their car was crushed under a lorry full of chickens. The lorry toppled
:07:44. > :07:46.over on a roundabout on the A64 near York. A Peugeot 107 on the
:07:46. > :07:49.inside lane was flattened to dashboard level but it's two
:07:49. > :07:59.passengers managed to escape with only cuts and bruises. Police and
:07:59. > :08:00.
:08:00. > :08:04.emergency services say they've been incredibly lucky. It was fairly
:08:04. > :08:10.miraculous, I think. I have seen some serious collisions in the past
:08:10. > :08:15.but this was absolutely miraculous. They managed to escape relatively
:08:15. > :08:18.uninjured. Plans to cut down a tree in a North
:08:18. > :08:21.Yorkshire village have been delayed because a protester is refusing to
:08:21. > :08:24.climb down from it. The 100-year- old beech in Irton, near
:08:24. > :08:27.Scarborough, was due to be felled today, following a five-year legal
:08:27. > :08:32.fight which has cost the taxpayer more than �250,000. One resident in
:08:32. > :08:41.the village had claimed the tree's roots could damage his property.
:08:41. > :08:44.But other residents have been fighting to save it.
:08:44. > :08:47.A complete failure, and a very expensive one. That is the damning
:08:47. > :08:50.verdict by MPs on plans to centralise our region's fire
:08:50. > :08:53.control centres, plans that cost tens of millions of pounds but came
:08:53. > :08:58.to nothing. All of our region's control rooms would have been
:08:58. > :09:07.merged into just three. But not even our local fire brigade bosses
:09:08. > :09:11.were properly consulted, as Gerry Jackson reports.
:09:11. > :09:19.A state-of-the-art nerve-centre sending life saving fire crews
:09:19. > :09:22.around the North East. 12 years after it was first report last --
:09:22. > :09:27.first proposed, it is empty. Nine of these were built around the
:09:27. > :09:32.country, this one near Durham would have replaced four smaller ones. It
:09:32. > :09:37.was always intensely controversial. Local knowledge is key. If you have
:09:37. > :09:41.someone in an emergency situation and panicking, often that local
:09:41. > :09:44.knowledge can be a difference between seconds and minutes. We
:09:44. > :09:49.know that seconds mean the difference between life and death.
:09:49. > :09:53.This would not be the first time that a publicly funded project has
:09:53. > :10:01.been over budget, extremely late or, as in this case, never happened at
:10:01. > :10:04.all. But seldom has a report been so damning. In fact, the Public
:10:04. > :10:07.Accounts Committee said it was one of the worst cases of project
:10:07. > :10:09.failure it had seen for many years, with hugely unrealistic cost
:10:09. > :10:12.forecasts and naive over-optimism about the planned new computer
:10:12. > :10:15.system that would have accompanied it. The Tyne and Wear brigade told
:10:15. > :10:19.us that the Government determined the cost and the way forward. The
:10:19. > :10:27.Fire and Rescue Service was not fully consulted. We are now looking
:10:27. > :10:32.at alternatives for our control room locally. We have seen a
:10:32. > :10:36.tremendous waste of public money, taxpayers' money at a time when
:10:36. > :10:41.public sector organisations are having to face huge cuts. That is a
:10:41. > :10:45.criminal waste, as far as we're concerned. We want to see these
:10:45. > :10:48.buildings put to use so that some of the money can be recouped.
:10:48. > :10:51.building that will not be idle is the new centre in Cheshire.
:10:51. > :10:53.Cumbria's fire control centre is still planned to move here. Others,
:10:53. > :11:03.like the one in County Durham, are costing taxpayers thousands every
:11:03. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:07.month they stand empty. Campaigners say it could save lives,
:11:07. > :11:10.but tonight the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg refused to
:11:10. > :11:12.commit to an alcohol pricing zone for the north-east. Newcastle Lib
:11:12. > :11:22.Dems say a minimum price for alcohol would help tackle binge
:11:22. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:25.Speaking to BBC Look North at his party conference, Mr Clegg says the
:11:25. > :11:27.Government is tackling excess drinking. Our political
:11:27. > :11:30.correspondent, Mark Denten, joins us now from Birmingham. Mark, a
:11:30. > :11:35.minimum price for alcohol - how would that work?
:11:35. > :11:40.There are plenty of bars in the conference centre here, but for
:11:40. > :11:49.some North East delegates, the ex - - the issue of excess Salcott
:11:49. > :11:53.consumption is no light matter. -- alcohol consumption. One in three
:11:53. > :12:00.of us is thought to binge drink and some North East delegates here say
:12:00. > :12:05.that there should be a minimum price for alcohol, possibly 50p per
:12:05. > :12:10.unit. One councillor told me why she thought it was so important to
:12:10. > :12:15.be introduced. There are young people going into a hospital who
:12:15. > :12:19.have already seriously damaged their liver, put themselves at
:12:19. > :12:24.increased risk of serious illness and it is just getting completely
:12:24. > :12:30.out of control. We must tackle this urgent life. What does Nick Clegg
:12:30. > :12:34.have to say about that? He says that alcohol problems are a
:12:34. > :12:38.major issue for the Government across the country. When I caught
:12:38. > :12:47.up with him earlier, I asked if he would commit to a specific zone
:12:47. > :12:51.where there would be a minimum price? We will look at it and many
:12:51. > :12:55.other ideas to deal with something that is a real scourge in many
:12:55. > :12:59.communities. Alcohol abuse is bad for communities, but for law-and-
:12:59. > :13:04.order, it fosters crime and it is bad for people's health. We will
:13:04. > :13:08.continue to look at possible solutions but I cannot tell you now
:13:08. > :13:16.have weather having a region specific solution is practical.
:13:16. > :13:20.The keynote speech it is tomorrow? Yes. They are down in the opinion
:13:20. > :13:30.polls and the lost seats in the North East and Cumbria. Somehow he
:13:30. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:34.has to inspire these delegates and send them home sort of happy.
:13:34. > :13:40.Still to come this Tuesday evening: All the sport, plus why expectant
:13:40. > :13:50.mums are having their baby bumps painted.
:13:50. > :13:50.
:13:50. > :13:53.I will have a full regional forecast later.
:13:53. > :13:56.When Hurricane Katia swept through the region recently, it caused
:13:56. > :13:59.widespread disruption, and not just for those of us trying to get home
:13:59. > :14:02.in the rush-hour. Four baby red squirrels were left homeless by the
:14:02. > :14:05.stormy weather and were taken to an animal rescue centre near Morpeth
:14:05. > :14:13.in Northumberland. But, as Katie Gornall reports, their new home is
:14:13. > :14:17.now also under threat. They are just five weeks old and
:14:17. > :14:20.lucky to be alive. Blown from a tree in the aftermath of Hurricane
:14:20. > :14:22.Katia, these red squirrel kittens were found and brought here to the
:14:22. > :14:27.Sanctuary Wildlife Centre in Northumberland where Eileen, one of
:14:27. > :14:37.the volunteers, is giving them round the clock care. I began
:14:37. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:44.feeding them every two a three assures. My life at the moment his
:14:44. > :14:49.government around being here at certain times to feed him. It takes
:14:50. > :14:55.a lot of time. As well as the red squirrels there
:14:55. > :15:02.are also other animals cared for here at the Sanctuary.
:15:02. > :15:12.Unfortunately, their home is now under serious threat. The centre
:15:12. > :15:17.has been running for 19 years. She relies on donations and grants to
:15:17. > :15:20.stay open. But the money has dried up. We have never been in such
:15:20. > :15:24.financial difficulties as we are at the moment. If it was a novice on a
:15:24. > :15:28.business you would close the doors and walk away. It is not. If we
:15:28. > :15:38.close, there will probably be animals that will have to be put to
:15:38. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:47.sleep. We have old courts, disabled roles - who will take them? -- old
:15:47. > :15:52.goats, disabled owls.The squirrel kittens will be cared for and then
:15:52. > :15:54.released into the wild next spring. The future of their current home,
:15:54. > :16:00.however, remains uncertain. Katie Gornall, BBC Look North, in Morpeth,
:16:00. > :16:02.Northumberland. It's big in the United States and
:16:02. > :16:05.even A-list celebrities like Mariah Carey are doing it. So-called "baby
:16:05. > :16:08.bump painting" - the art of painting pictures onto the tummies
:16:08. > :16:11.of expectant mums. Now one woman from South Shields is offering the
:16:11. > :16:17.service. Nicola Walton says it's becoming more and more popular here
:16:17. > :16:21.in the North. Adele Robinson reports. It's the latest craze and,
:16:21. > :16:25.on surprisingly, it has travelled over from the United States. It is
:16:25. > :16:32.something that is different and a bit quirky. It is a lovely
:16:32. > :16:38.experience for everybody involved. You will probably find that, when
:16:38. > :16:41.you stand up, it will change shape. Nicola has been running a face-
:16:41. > :16:47.painting side business for years but she just took it to another
:16:47. > :16:50.level with a bump painting. It is becoming more and more popular.
:16:50. > :16:55.lot of painters offered that in America and it is becoming
:16:55. > :17:01.increasingly popular here. There has been a lot of interest here.
:17:01. > :17:05.Most of it has come from my Facebook page. Karen and Jenny only
:17:05. > :17:09.have a few weeks left until they give birth. This is their last
:17:09. > :17:17.minute treat. It is something nice to take a photograph of and keep
:17:17. > :17:27.forever. As she was doing at the baby kept Robert -- wriggling about.
:17:27. > :17:32.
:17:33. > :17:36.-- as she was doing a. -- it. have done butterflies, sunflowers,
:17:36. > :17:40.a sweet pea baby. Somebody said it would be good to copy a scan
:17:40. > :17:49.picture. And with unexpected baby boom this
:17:49. > :17:59.year, Nikolai is hoping for a lot of new customers. It is nice to
:17:59. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:19.show-off and celebrate your pregnancy.
:18:19. > :18:23.Would you get your stun? I knew you would ask that! -- yours
:18:23. > :18:26.done. It's Carling Cup night this evening,
:18:26. > :18:29.with Newcastle and Middlesbrough flying the flag for the region.
:18:29. > :18:32.More on the Boro in a moment, but first, the Magpies, who take on a
:18:32. > :18:34.Nottingham Forest side managed by the Teessiders' old boss, Steve
:18:34. > :18:37.McClaren. Forest are struggling in the Championship, though, and
:18:37. > :18:41.Newcastle are unbeaten so far this season. No wonder Alan Pardew is
:18:41. > :18:44.confident of a decent cup run, even without a few regulars, at the City
:18:44. > :18:51.Ground tonight. Our squad is definitely stronger, there is no
:18:52. > :18:56.doubt about that. We have a lot of quality and, as I said, there will
:18:56. > :19:06.be changes. These guys are desperate to play. In that way,
:19:06. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:11.they are probably more motivated than my first team.
:19:11. > :19:19.Middlesbrough will not have much time to get used to things at their
:19:19. > :19:23.training ground. They are returning to the League Cup action. We are
:19:23. > :19:29.smarting from the defeat at the weekend. You do have half an eye on
:19:29. > :19:39.the league programme. It is our bread and butter. We want to try
:19:39. > :19:42.
:19:42. > :19:49.and progress. It is important that the fans to come out see us going
:19:49. > :19:59.and competing. Tony Mowbray could include a new
:19:59. > :20:03.man up front tonight. It is fantastic for a young guy like him
:20:03. > :20:07.to be upfront like that. We are here to try and facilitate a bit of
:20:07. > :20:12.that for him. It will help our strike force that has been doing so
:20:12. > :20:17.well this season. Hopefully, he will add some competition. Let us
:20:17. > :20:20.hope he adds some goals as well. Commentary on both those games on
:20:20. > :20:22.your BBC local radio stations, where you'll also find coverage of
:20:22. > :20:26.the Blue Square Premier matches involving the leaders, Gateshead,
:20:26. > :20:29.and the derby between York City and Darlington.
:20:29. > :20:35.Women's football in the region suffered a huge setback with
:20:35. > :20:38.Sunderland and Newcastle failing to make the Super League. Both
:20:38. > :20:41.subsequently lost their status as centres of excellence. But they
:20:41. > :20:48.haven't given up and they're investing in the future, as Dawn
:20:48. > :20:52.Thewlis reports. The North East has provided some of
:20:52. > :20:56.the top players in the women's game at club and international level.
:20:56. > :21:01.Losing out in the Superleague has seen much of that talent forced to
:21:01. > :21:05.go elsewhere. Having centre of excellence statists removed as well
:21:05. > :21:09.added insult to injury. To have known of these teams in the
:21:09. > :21:14.Superleague is a real shame but both teams have plodded on, picked
:21:14. > :21:18.themselves up and they are getting on with it. Hopefully in the years
:21:18. > :21:23.to come we can maybe reapply and become part of that big league.
:21:23. > :21:28.Without investing in the future... , women's football may never
:21:28. > :21:33.recover. This club is just one of many run by the Newcastle United
:21:33. > :21:36.Foundation to make sure that does not happen. They work with schools
:21:36. > :21:41.across Tyneside and Northumberland to encourage girls to get involved
:21:41. > :21:48.in the game and move on to clubs. Many of these girls have never kept
:21:48. > :21:53.a ball before. If we do not recruit at grassroots
:21:53. > :21:57.we are going to struggle. We do not know at this moment in time but
:21:57. > :22:01.three or four years down the line we could have a star in the making.
:22:01. > :22:04.Women's football has seen a huge increase in populate that --
:22:04. > :22:10.popularity but girls are still less likely to pick up the sport than
:22:10. > :22:17.boys. I think it is interesting because normally I don't play
:22:17. > :22:21.football but my dad has been trying to encourage me. I know people
:22:21. > :22:31.usually enjoy scoring goals but I enjoy tackling and trying to get
:22:31. > :22:33.
:22:33. > :22:36.the ball off of people. I did not realise how good I was.
:22:36. > :22:39.On to basketball, and Teesside's Terry Bywater has led the British
:22:39. > :22:42.wheelchair team to a European title win - the first time they've lifted
:22:42. > :22:45.the trophy since 1995. Bywater joint top-scored with 30 points out
:22:45. > :22:48.in Israel, as the Brits beat Germany in the final by 76 points
:22:48. > :22:51.to 65. They were bronze medallists at the last two Paralympic Games,
:22:51. > :23:01.and European runners-up in 2005 and 2007. So this is a massive boost
:23:01. > :23:06.
:23:06. > :23:12.ahead of London, 2012. I said before the tournament that if we
:23:12. > :23:19.could get to this final it would be great. To walk away with a gold
:23:19. > :23:21.medal, we have to be full of confidence now.
:23:21. > :23:24.Cricket finally, and there was disappointment for Chester-le-
:23:24. > :23:27.Street last night in the final of the national Club 20-20 competition.
:23:27. > :23:30.Defending a total of 120 for 4 against Ealing, they dropped a
:23:30. > :23:34.catch off dangerman Chris Peploe to the first ball of the Londoners'
:23:34. > :23:44.reply. Peploe went on to finish the game with a six, as Ealing cruised
:23:44. > :23:48.
:23:48. > :23:58.home by 10 wickets. Sport can be cruel.
:23:58. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:23.It can. She said, knowledgeably. This young bird is a bit bedraggled
:24:23. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:26.looking. It will be travelling south. This one is a bit more
:24:26. > :24:33.tropical. I think tomorrow the weather is set to ruffle a few
:24:33. > :24:41.feathers. The winds will be stronger than today. It will be
:24:41. > :24:49.cloudy with some showers. It will feel more autumnal. There is an
:24:49. > :24:53.area of rain to the south of us. We are in the driest slot. Heading
:24:53. > :25:03.into this evening the cloud will tend to break up. Most of us will
:25:03. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:15.have a dry night with clear spells. It could be quite chilly. The winds
:25:15. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:31.may pick up through the night. It will be mostly dry at the start of
:25:31. > :25:36.the day tomorrow. A weather front makes its way down from the north.
:25:36. > :25:41.That means increasing cloud and some rain. The rain should reach
:25:41. > :25:51.most places by the afternoon. It will start to dry up by the end of
:25:51. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:13.the afternoon. Temperatures will be similar to today. It will feel
:26:13. > :26:16.
:26:16. > :26:24.cooler tomorrow. Things remained changeable. -- remain changeable.
:26:24. > :26:29.Friday looks drier. More rain is due to end them from the west at
:26:29. > :26:38.the weekend. Most places east of the Pennines will be dry with
:26:38. > :26:42.bright spells on Thursday. The farther north and west you are the
:26:42. > :26:52.more likely you are to have thicker cloud. Carlisle is likely to seek
:26:52. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :27:01.rain and drizzle. -- to see rain and drizzle. A fair amount of cloud
:27:01. > :27:09.around on Friday but not a bad end to the working week. Keep your
:27:09. > :27:11.pictures of the weather coming in. It is the usual address.
:27:11. > :27:14.Time now for a look at today's headlines. The International
:27:14. > :27:16.Monetary Fund has warned there's a risk of a double dip recession
:27:16. > :27:19.hitting the global economy. And Teesside grandmother Norma