:00:03. > :00:05.Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Look North. Tonight. Under
:00:05. > :00:09.investigation - the doctor's surgery that wrongly told patients
:00:09. > :00:12.their operations were not available on the NHS.
:00:12. > :00:19.Safe at last. Victims of the Libya conflict get specialist treatment
:00:19. > :00:21.here in the North. Blowing hot and cold - how future
:00:21. > :00:24.weather extremes could hit the elderly and vulnerable.
:00:24. > :00:28.And first of the summer wine. Britain's most northerly vineyard
:00:28. > :00:32.produces a very cheeky little number.
:00:32. > :00:34.In sport. One of the region's most successful clubs is taking on a
:00:34. > :00:44.whole new challenge. It's still a balancing act, but
:00:44. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:55.these gymnasts are hoping they've First tonight, a doctor's practice
:00:55. > :00:57.in North Yorkshire is at the centre of controversy after it offered
:00:57. > :01:01.patients private treatment for minor surgery that can be carried
:01:01. > :01:03.out on the NHS. Haxby and Wigginton Health Centre in York has written
:01:03. > :01:10.to patients suggesting private providers who can perform the
:01:10. > :01:13.operations for a fee. There are fears that it could be the start of
:01:13. > :01:21.a new trend following the squeeze on health service finances and the
:01:21. > :01:26.planned overhaul of the NHS. Danny Carpenter has the story.
:01:26. > :01:30.It is quite a short better, but it has created a big fuss. This
:01:30. > :01:34.practice known to 30 patients are waiting for microsurgery and told
:01:34. > :01:40.them it would no longer be available on the NHS. They would
:01:40. > :01:50.have to pay. This has upset people. Most of think the NHS should still
:01:50. > :01:57.be free. It is not right. You pay taxes and National Insurance. It is
:01:57. > :02:02.not right. Glasses, teeth, everything, they are pushing it
:02:03. > :02:07.more to be private. The letter lists four private companies that
:02:07. > :02:13.could carry out procedures, including one owned by the practice
:02:13. > :02:20.itself. Politicians, patient groups and even the primary care trust are
:02:20. > :02:23.worried that creates a potential conflict of interest. There is an
:02:23. > :02:28.important principle. All doctors have to be aware that there is
:02:28. > :02:35.potential conflict of interest in working in NHS and private work. It
:02:35. > :02:39.has to be managed as a professional responsibility. Concerns have also
:02:39. > :02:47.been expressed that information given to the NHS is being used to
:02:47. > :02:52.target potential private patients. But the surgery say they have done
:02:52. > :02:59.nothing wrong. Our patients have been left without a service, we
:02:59. > :03:09.have outlined the options available. If they did not have that option,
:03:09. > :03:10.
:03:11. > :03:13.where would they go? They were caught up in a violent
:03:13. > :03:16.conflict 2,000 miles away. They've suffered gunshot and shrapnel
:03:16. > :03:19.wounds. But now three civilians injured in the battle for power in
:03:19. > :03:24.Libya have been flown here to one of the North's biggest hospitals to
:03:24. > :03:28.receive specialist treatment. Stuart Whincup has this report.
:03:28. > :03:35.Safe at last. 28-year-old Mohammed Adrizzi, a university graduate, was
:03:35. > :03:38.trying to flee the fighting. As he tried to ecape, he was knocked over
:03:39. > :03:48.and a car drove over him. Many of his friend were wounded in the
:03:48. > :03:51.crossfire. Their relatives, though, remain,
:03:51. > :03:53.caught up in the conflict as the bloody battle to remove Colonel
:03:53. > :03:57.Gaddafi continues into its seventh month. They have been telling us it
:03:57. > :04:03.was very difficult and very unpleasant surroundings. They are
:04:03. > :04:09.very grateful to be in this safety of a hospital like this. They have
:04:09. > :04:17.a number of injuries. Gunshot wounds, road traffic accidents and
:04:17. > :04:21.shrapnel wounds. These are injuries it to the bone and soft tissue.
:04:21. > :04:23.Mohammed says all the hospitals in Libya are full with people of all
:04:23. > :04:27.ages fighting for their lives. Many like him are innocent civilians.
:04:27. > :04:31.Now he's part of a group of 50 young men and women who've been
:04:31. > :04:39.flown to the UK for specialist treatment. The full costs of this
:04:39. > :04:44.care is being met by the Libyan government.
:04:44. > :04:47.Managers say that the fact of a hospital has been asked to help by
:04:47. > :04:57.the government is testament to their expertise of the staff. They
:04:57. > :05:02.
:05:02. > :05:05.stress it will not impact on the day today running of the Hospital.
:05:05. > :05:07.Two prisoners have appeared before a judge at Newcastle Crown Court
:05:07. > :05:10.charged with murdering a sex offender inside Durham's high
:05:10. > :05:13.security Frankland Jail. It comes on the day a judge has called for
:05:13. > :05:16.an urgent review of systems at high security prisons. 23-year-old
:05:16. > :05:19.Nathan Mann and Michael Parr, who's 32, were arrested after the body of
:05:19. > :05:23.Mitchell Harrison was found in a cell at Frankland Prison on
:05:23. > :05:27.Saturday. Police said he'd died from multiple injuries. Harrison,
:05:27. > :05:30.who was 23, was jailed for raping a 13-year-old girl in Cumbria.
:05:30. > :05:35.Neither accused entered a plea and the case was adjourned until
:05:35. > :05:39.January with a provisional trial date set for March.
:05:39. > :05:43.Police have urged women who may have slept with an HIV infected man
:05:43. > :05:46.to come forward. Simon McClure, who's 38 and from Middlesbrough,
:05:46. > :05:48.was jailed for two years and eight months at Teesside Crown Court
:05:48. > :05:54.after he admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm on a woman
:05:54. > :05:56.with whom he had unprotected sex. Two police staff are to stand trial
:05:56. > :05:59.accused of assaulting a prisoner at Peterlee police station in March.
:05:59. > :06:02.They appeared at Teesside Magistrates Court today and denied
:06:02. > :06:12.two charges each. Sergeant Stephen Harvey and detention officer
:06:12. > :06:13.
:06:13. > :06:20.Michael Mount will face trial in January.
:06:20. > :06:23.So, none of us is getting any younger. And don't we know it. But
:06:23. > :06:26.scientists here in the North say we now need to plan where our ageing
:06:26. > :06:29.population will be most vulnerable in years to come. That's because
:06:29. > :06:32.they're predicting more flooding, cold snaps and heatwaves in years
:06:32. > :06:36.to come, mainly in rural parts of the region. Gerry Jackson has more
:06:36. > :06:40.on this. Sounds pretty dramatic, Gerry?
:06:40. > :06:47.It is tempting to think about the sheer numbers of people out there
:06:47. > :06:54.and the number of pensioners among us, now and in a generation's time.
:06:54. > :07:04.There are some very clever people on one as we say we must at begging
:07:04. > :07:10.
:07:10. > :07:13.about -- how we must start planning for all eventualities now.
:07:13. > :07:21.It might seem like the world revolves around the young, but
:07:21. > :07:25.within 20 years, one in five of us will be over 65. Climate change
:07:25. > :07:28.could make us more vulnerable as elderly people.
:07:28. > :07:30.So researchers at Durham have been plotting how the whereabouts of our
:07:30. > :07:36.senior citizens will coincide with the biggest likely increases in
:07:36. > :07:40.flooding, cold, and heat. affects a lot of people. And it is
:07:40. > :07:45.predicted to change. It would be exciting to map this out across the
:07:45. > :07:48.whole of the United Kingdom, to influence people to take action now.
:07:48. > :07:51.Using Government projections, they mapped the parts of our region
:07:51. > :07:53.likely to have the greatest concentration of over-65s. Then the
:07:53. > :07:57.climate projections of where extreme weather events are likely
:07:57. > :08:03.to be most frequent. Flooding, for example - parts of Cumbria,
:08:03. > :08:09.including the Solway Firth are expected to be more vulnerable.
:08:09. > :08:12.Extreme cold snaps. Again, parts of Cumbria and North Northumberland,
:08:12. > :08:16.if the projections are correct. And at the other end of the scale,
:08:16. > :08:22.heatwaves. They might have the most effect on the elderly in much the
:08:22. > :08:29.same areas. This is to build up our capacity to look ahead and see how
:08:29. > :08:35.these issues may impact in the future. We are working with local
:08:35. > :08:43.authorities who have this very much in mind. Our project is feeding
:08:43. > :08:50.into the planning we are doing. Building Design is needed to change
:08:50. > :08:53.to accommodate potentially bad weather. Longer term development so
:08:53. > :08:56.like buildings and services have to be planned.
:08:56. > :08:59.Of course, even talking about climate provokes controversy and
:08:59. > :09:08.these are very long range forecasts. But when we're old enough to need
:09:08. > :09:11.the help, we'll expect the young to know what they're doing. If you
:09:11. > :09:16.talk to some of the people running are councils, they will tell you
:09:16. > :09:21.they have enough on their hands planning for the next year or two,
:09:21. > :09:28.never mind the next generation. But they do have to make these plans.
:09:28. > :09:32.These are gradually evolving plans. The NHS is in a similar position.
:09:32. > :09:37.But it is the young people that will have to make these decisions
:09:37. > :09:44.so let's hope they do not hold any grudges against us.
:09:44. > :09:47.Thank you very much. A pensioner has installed his very
:09:47. > :09:49.own memorial bench at a bus stop in Northumberland, despite being alive
:09:49. > :09:53.and well. 78-year-old James Campbell has arthritis and wanted a
:09:53. > :09:56.seat he could benefit from as he waits for the bus in his home
:09:56. > :09:59.village of Alnmouth. He originally made plans for it to be erected
:09:59. > :10:09.after his death, but decided he wanted to use it himself. Adele
:10:09. > :10:12.
:10:12. > :10:18.Robinson reports. This is a memorial bench, but they
:10:18. > :10:22.are still very much around and still waiting to take off. Why have
:10:22. > :10:29.a memorial bench? When I was waiting for a bus, it was hurting
:10:29. > :10:35.my legs. I thought, when I die, I am going to dedicate a seat. When I
:10:35. > :10:42.got on the bus, I thought why wait? I need it now.
:10:42. > :10:48.So 78-year-old James went for a more unconventional plaque. Your
:10:48. > :10:55.flight isn't due any time soon? whole lot. I reckon they will get
:10:55. > :10:59.about 25 years of use out of it. I've spent a fortune on it, I'm not
:10:59. > :11:05.going to leave it behind. The memorial's only been up a few days.
:11:05. > :11:11.But it has, shall we say, surprised a few people. I couldn't believe it,
:11:11. > :11:21.I thought something had happened to them. But I had to see them. I was
:11:21. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:27.a bit confused. The day it went up, it was really funny. People were
:11:27. > :11:32.reading it and laughing. What was your first reaction? I did not like
:11:32. > :11:38.the idea at all, I thought it sounded creepy. But the wording is
:11:38. > :11:44.funny. But for now James and Sally are still here. And still
:11:44. > :11:54.celebrating being very much alive. As long as the drugs Don't sleep on
:11:54. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:00.it. Get off my bench! I like his sense of humour.
:12:00. > :12:03.Still to come - Wednesday's sportsdesk with Jeff. And why it's
:12:03. > :12:13.been a vintage year for the North's most northerly vineyard. This
:12:13. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:23.week's re there isn't -- and this 75 years ago today, the Jarrow
:12:23. > :12:26.marchers took their demand for work to London. They walked the 300
:12:26. > :12:29.miles to highlight an unemployment rate of more than 70% in the town,
:12:29. > :12:32.as well as one of the highest mortality rates in the country.
:12:32. > :12:35.Three quarters of a century later, a group of young people are
:12:35. > :12:38.retracing the marchers' steps. They set off from Jarrow on Saturday.
:12:38. > :12:43.Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve caught up with them today on
:12:43. > :12:47.their leg from Darlington to Northallerton.
:12:47. > :12:54."Decent jobs for decent pay, the Jarrow March is on its way," is the
:12:54. > :12:57.cry. And one or two about evil bankers. This is day four of a
:12:57. > :13:06.march by young people who say they form the 21st century equivalent of
:13:06. > :13:11.the famous 1936 crusade. There are half-a-million vacancies for 2.5
:13:11. > :13:16.million people looking for jobs. I think amongst young people, the
:13:16. > :13:26.situation is particularly bad. We want to recreate it there Jarrow
:13:26. > :13:29.march to draw attention to the issues. There are, though, a few
:13:29. > :13:32.differences between the 1936 marchers and the modern day ones.
:13:32. > :13:35.75 years ago, it's doubtful that a rest stop included playing on a
:13:35. > :13:39.swing or a quick game of footy. There were 200 marchers back then.
:13:39. > :13:42.Today in this North Yorkshire village, there are 17. And there
:13:42. > :13:47.are other, bigger differences too. And the marchers do seem to be
:13:47. > :13:50.welcomed along the route. Susan King is re-enacting history.
:13:50. > :13:58.grandma made tea for the original marchers as they passed through
:13:58. > :14:03.Darlington. They are doing a good job and we fully agree with them.
:14:03. > :14:08.Short hours, zero contracts, they do not get decent jobs and decent
:14:08. > :14:17.pay. The support we have got so far is unbelievable. People coming out
:14:17. > :14:21.of their homes and giving us cups of tea. They are giving us money
:14:21. > :14:26.out of their own pocket. In this current economic crisis, I think
:14:26. > :14:32.that is quite a lot. What ever you think of the marchers, they say
:14:32. > :14:36.they are determined to reach London. Tomorrow, they go from
:14:36. > :14:45.Northallerton to read them and say they will reach the capital on 5th
:14:45. > :14:47.November. -- Ripon. Now, at one time, English wine
:14:47. > :14:50.produced anywhere north of Watford was practically unheard of. But
:14:50. > :14:53.then some northern growers tried planting white grapes and a small
:14:53. > :14:58.industry in light fruity wines was born. And now one North Yorkshire
:14:58. > :15:01.vineyard has gone a stage further. It's producing a full blooded red.
:15:01. > :15:11.Ryedale Vineyard is the most northerly in Britain and Peter Lugg
:15:11. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:35.Ah, the Loire Valley, or Burgandy perhaps. Maybe the Dordogne even.
:15:35. > :15:45.No, this is England. It's Yorkshire. For heaven's sake, we're not far
:15:45. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:52.off the A64 near Malton. That one is a very ripe. They it is amazing.
:15:52. > :15:59.Stuart and Elizabeth Smith run the most northerly commercial vineyard
:15:59. > :16:07.in Britain and this year's grapes are almost ready for harvest.
:16:07. > :16:14.planted in 2006. The white wine was absolutely wonderful. It won a
:16:14. > :16:16.silver medal. It won trophies. English white and rose wines are an
:16:16. > :16:22.increasing common sight in the supermarkets, but full-blooded reds
:16:22. > :16:29.are rare. We've had a heat wave which is brilliant. We had a warm
:16:29. > :16:39.spell in April that of the vines growing early. -- that got the
:16:39. > :16:45.
:16:45. > :16:51.vines. That means the grapes will bit right -- it will be right.
:16:51. > :17:00.Rydale Nouveau should be available early in the new year. Look out for
:17:00. > :17:03.York Minster on the label. We're off to the fantastic northern
:17:03. > :17:06.Fells of the Lake District now for this week's Grundy's North. The
:17:06. > :17:09.village of Caldbeck between Carlisle and Penrith was originally
:17:09. > :17:13.an industrial community. It's now as pretty as they come. John Grundy
:17:14. > :17:23.begins his stroll at a place called The Howk.
:17:24. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:34.How it is not a very nice world. -- Howk is not a very nice word. It
:17:34. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:46.used to mean to pick your nose. This stream it turns into their
:17:46. > :17:51.river the gives the village of Caldbeck its name. It has all some
:17:51. > :17:59.power. You should see this during winter storms. In the past, the
:17:59. > :18:08.power of this river drove industries. This was a bobbin mill.
:18:08. > :18:14.The Barnett was used it to store the wood. -- the barn. This had one
:18:14. > :18:24.of the biggest water feels in England. 42 ft in diameter. -- for
:18:24. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:34.water wheel. There was a Willem bill, a flax mill, a corn mill, a
:18:34. > :18:42.
:18:42. > :18:52.smelting mill. I would determine mill, a crushing Miller -- a wood
:18:52. > :18:58.turning mill, a crushing mill. There has always been Industry here.
:18:58. > :19:03.But at the Old working buildings have all been given new users. They
:19:03. > :19:08.are now pretty country cottages. Even at the village pond the there
:19:08. > :19:13.is surprisingly large number of ducks has got an industrial origin.
:19:13. > :19:23.It was formed by the extraction of play for the building trade. This
:19:23. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:53.is the last mill in the village. It was built in 7002. -- 1702. This
:19:53. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :20:03.church has a smashing graveyard with Victorian gravestones. I do
:20:03. > :20:04.
:20:04. > :20:14.not know whether you happen to 0 John Peel. -- to know off John Peel.
:20:14. > :20:17.
:20:17. > :20:22.Here he is. And next door, a quite gorgeous Georgian vicarage. The
:20:22. > :20:26.village is packed with beautiful houses. They are dotted about all
:20:26. > :20:36.over the place. Because we are in Cumbria, many of them are painted
:20:36. > :20:46.in gorgeous colours. Fresh and sparkling the light. This village
:20:46. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :20:59.is a delight to be in. It is very pretty. We have all be
:20:59. > :21:02.marvelling at the shot behind your head!
:21:02. > :21:05.Now what do you do when the local council that runs the leisure
:21:05. > :21:08.centre, where your highly successful sports club is based,
:21:08. > :21:11.announces it can no longer afford to maintain it? Well, the answer,
:21:11. > :21:12.in the case of one County Durham gymnastics club, is take it over
:21:12. > :21:15.yourself! They've been churning out
:21:15. > :21:18.international gymnasts at the Deerness Valley Club for 20 years
:21:18. > :21:21.now. The club based at Ushaw Moor near Durham specialises in
:21:21. > :21:24.acrobatics and tumbling and has seen more than 60 of its members
:21:24. > :21:26.come back with a host of World and European medals. But the biggest
:21:26. > :21:29.threat to future success came when Durham County Council announced
:21:29. > :21:37.cost-cutting measures that would include the closure of five leisure
:21:37. > :21:43.centres, including theirs. So how do you get round that? Take over
:21:43. > :21:51.the lease. To find out that we were up for closure was devastating. We
:21:51. > :21:58.had to decide what to do. We gathered together as a community
:21:58. > :22:04.group to try to save it. In the community, we have engineers,
:22:04. > :22:09.cleaners, painters, electricians. A massive group of people have pulled
:22:09. > :22:15.it together to offer their services it to keep the building open.
:22:15. > :22:22.have already started converting some of the rooms. We have opened
:22:22. > :22:27.up to that local community. We have all sorts of classes on offer. And
:22:27. > :22:36.for all ages. We hope that that will generate the income to keep
:22:36. > :22:46.the centre running as a non-profit organisation. To those angry that
:22:46. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:55.their leisure centre will not offer other sports, it has to be
:22:55. > :22:58.remembered at that that building would have been lost otherwise.
:22:58. > :23:01.In football, former Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has spoken out
:23:01. > :23:02.to ensure fans that Steve Bruce will remain as the Black Cats'
:23:02. > :23:05.manager, at least for the forseeable future.
:23:05. > :23:08.Bruce has come under fire from a section of the supporters following
:23:08. > :23:11.the club's unimpressive start to the season. But Quinn, who stepped
:23:11. > :23:17.down earlier this week, told reporters Bruce won't be isolated
:23:17. > :23:19.by American owner Ellis Short's move into the chairman's role. And
:23:19. > :23:24.he said, "Unless the situation becomes apocalyptic, and it's no
:23:24. > :23:27.good worrying about that, Steve will get time."
:23:27. > :23:32.Finally, in Rugby League, a warning from Workington Town chairman Dave
:23:32. > :23:35.Bowden. He says promotion from Championship One is imperative for
:23:35. > :23:38.the club next season. Town lost to Keighley Cougars in the Grand Final
:23:38. > :23:41.last weekend, missing out on a place in the Championship, and the
:23:41. > :23:44.league's restructuring in 2013 has increased the pressure for success.
:23:44. > :23:48.Bowden said, "Fans want to see the old names like Leigh, Featherstone
:23:48. > :23:51.and Halifax." And with new clubs like Hemel Hempstead coming into
:23:51. > :24:01.the League, he's worried it could be difficult to attract sufficient
:24:01. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:11.support. We were talking about streams --
:24:11. > :24:21.extremes of the weather. What has the weather got in store for us
:24:21. > :24:32.
:24:32. > :24:42.First, some photographs. This is a water vole. Through the rest of the
:24:42. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:47.week, they will be glad that they have a warm nest. We have heavy
:24:47. > :24:57.outbreaks of rain through the evening. These will gradually move
:24:57. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:02.out into the North Sea. Still some light ones replacing them and
:25:02. > :25:10.moving across our region through the night. It will be a much cooler
:25:10. > :25:18.night it tonight. That goes for tomorrow as well. The wind will
:25:18. > :25:28.term to the north-west and low in a batch of showers. -- and a blow end.
:25:28. > :25:34.There has been some thunder today and poor tomorrow. -- and there
:25:34. > :25:37.will be more tomorrow. Temperatures of 12 and 13 degrees. But feeling
:25:37. > :25:47.colder in that wind. Through the rest of the week, that went will