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Welcome to Look North. The headlines: A bionic bid - soldier

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from South Tyneside is set to make little history.

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The families of victims of asbestos related cancer struggling to get

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compensation. Mission accomplished, a Newcastle

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student becomes the youngest Briton to ski to the in South Pole.

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And fans and well-wishers gathered around to give Darlington Football

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Club a sporting chance of survival. The plenty of other big games ahead.

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We will look to those. And from Ivory Coast to Cumbria - quite a

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A soldier from South Tyneside is about to make medical history when

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he becomes the first person in this country to be fitted with a

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pioneering bionic limb. Corporal Andrew Garthwaite, from South

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Shields, lost his right arm during a rocket attack in Afghanistan.

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This weekend he is travelling to Austria for specialist surgery. The

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doctors hope he will be able to control his new prosthetic arm

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using his mind. For corporal Andrew Garthwaite,

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making a cup of tea is no longer an easy task. Yet this soldier was

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once fighting the Taliban on Afghanistan's front line. It was

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there that he was hit in a rocket attack.

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A rocket just came straight in from the side.

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E then became the first person in the UK to have a bionic arm fitted.

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The hand will open. Another arm was made so he could

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write his motorbike. But now corporal Andrew Garthwaite's story

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is said to make medical headlines. This weekend he is flying to

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Austria, where surgeons will undertake a complex operation for

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one of the most advanced bionic reconstructions in the world.

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This is all going to be happening on Tuesday morning, so it is going

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to take six hours. I'm excited about going over, a bit nervous,

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but I think the outcome will be great.

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Now he can move his arms through flexing his chest muscles, but the

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movements are limited. Indiana, Andrew will undergo what is called

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complex targetted reinervation. That involves re-routing the nerves

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that controlled his arm to his chest. He will then learn to

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control those muscles and surgeons hope he will be able to have a

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sophisticated limb which she moves with his mind.

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Instead of me having to flex my muscle back and forth when I want

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to move stuff, I should do it all in 11 movement. It will be one

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actual movement. -- in one movement. What does it mean to you to be put

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forward like this? I am lost for words. The MoD and

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everybody else... It has taken a long time, but to be the first

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And Sharon will be in Vienna talking to both Andrew's surgeons

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and the bionics team and will bring you a special report next week.

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She is exhausted, but Bryony has succeeded in her bid to become the

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youngest Briton to ski the some hundred miles to the South Pole. It

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took her to the six days and she celebrated her 21st birthday on the

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way. At times, temperatures dropped to -45 degrees.

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These are Bryony Balen's latest pictures from Antarctica. In 56

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days, she coped with high winds, white outs, and an uphill struggle

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on the earth's hardest content. She was the youngest Briton to Dougie

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trip and described the journey. We had been going for 15.5 hours by

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the time we got to the South Pole. We could see the research station

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from 24 miles away. We thought we must be nearly there, and renew,

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finally, that we had four kilometres left.

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The three of the group of six had to pull out. Bryony believes her

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three stone in weight that she put on hold to complete the expedition.

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Before she left England, Look North introduced her to Conrad Dickinson,

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who did the trek with his wife eight years ago. He gave Bryony

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some tips. It is magnificent. She will be

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there exhausted but elated. She will be really suffering. She could

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have filled a doctor's surgery 10 times over. She will have muscular

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skeletal injuries. Her feet will be killing her. She will be going

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through a lot of pain in her joints, knees and hips.

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A truly remarkable achievement. Amazing! Well, Bryony's mother and

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father joined us now. How proud are you?

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We are thrilled. It has been an ambition for Bryony for the past

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three years. She is determined and she has shown that she can pull it

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off. Did you ever had any doubts,

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knowing that the extreme conditions would be there?

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Know. We knew she was determined. We thought there if -- that if

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anybody could do it, she could. We're glad that it is over.

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Have you had a chat with her? brief chat this morning after she

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reached the South Pole. She did sound very tired but absolutely

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over the moon. So elated to be there at last.

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So, relief for you guys, I imagine, but as parents, you must think she

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is one to watch, really? What his next?

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We're used to it after the time she climbed a mountain when she was at

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school. I hope the next thing will be returning to Newcastle and

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finishing her degree. Do me a favour and safer some of the

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champagne and a short there's enough hot water for a bath!

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certainly will. An international karate champion

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has been jailed for five years after committing sex offences

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against a teenage girl he had been training. Liam O'Grady had groomed

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his victim over a number of months. He is a 30-year-old, married,

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father of two. He has been expelled from the Karate Club of Great

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Britain. The police in Cumbria have revealed

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that drink-drive cases in the county were down by a third over

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Christmas. Compared to last year, they tested more than double the

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number of drivers this fear. The 88 people were either over the limit

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or refuse to give a breath test. The North East has one of the

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highest rates of asbestos related cancer in the whole country. But an

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increasing number of victims cannot claim compensation. This because

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their companies have gone out of business and their insurance cover

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can't be traced. Now they are cause for their families to be helped.

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He could walk in the room and he would just fill it. He was quite

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shy, Geoff, until he got known. He was just amazing.

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Liz Bradshaw remembers happier times with her husband. He died a

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year ago from mesothelioma, a result, she says, or workplace

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exposure to asbestos. Geoff worked as a photographer in a

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publishing firm that published car manuals. He was present when they

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were taking the photographs when they were taking the engines apart.

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That is where he got the dust from. That was back in the 1970s. The

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Bradshaws are currently unable to claim compensation because Geoff's

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employer has gone out of business. Their solicitor says many others

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are equally frustrated. There's a need for a fund of last

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resort. There's a long time between when the victim of a civilian was

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exposed to asbestos dust and the disease developing.

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The idea of a fund is being considered by the government. But

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the insurance industry is not happy. We do not think it is right that in

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circumstances where there may not have been injured in place for two

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of 50 years ago, for today's employers to fund that. -- 40 or 50

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years ago. As for Liz Bradshaw, she has vowed

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to continue her husband's fight to get compensation and to hold summer

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to account for is a necessary death. -- to hold someone to account for

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New shopping figures released today show that sales grew last month.

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December saw a rise of over 0.5% on a month before. That was a relief

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for retailers. But for one city, York, Christmas shopping figures

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were more buoyant than the national picture. That is even though some

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retailers say they are wary of the threat of the economy slipping back

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into recession. During the fat over December's

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shopping figures in York. The city's retail forum meets to

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analyse how should speak and small performed last month. Nationally,

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sales grew. Not as much as predicted, but in York, things

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really took off. Very positive, actually. I was

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expecting it to be worse than it has been in my view of the fact

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that the figures that are out from Tesco and others, but it was

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positive. December was up on the previous year and two years before.

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York is strong at the moment. The figures for the Minster City bear

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him out. Footfall for the last weekend for Christmas showed

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245,000 shoppers. That was a rise of over 6% on the same period last

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year. It was a giant leap on 2009's figures. So what explains it?

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The power of Christmas cake the word recession away. We are going

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to find late in the mud that we are back in recession. It was just that

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power bubble on Christmas Day that people did want to buy in advance

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of that which kept December say. This so does my disposable income -

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- disposable income is more under I certainly watch the price is now

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and make decisions which I did not We are seeing shoplifting almost as

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a profession. A problem, no doubt, but perhaps

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not as pressing as enduring those buoyant figures continue into the

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Still to come - what was Jo Brand doing in one of her hospitals? The

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wind is picking up for the weekend. The comedian Jo Brand is in the

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North-East today officially opening the new emergency care centre at

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South Tyneside Hospital. She is also giving this year's South

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Shields lecture. This is organised by it David

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Miliband. Jo Brand made herself a hard act to

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follow this afternoon and David Miliband concentrated on the

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importance of the new 8 million pound care centre to the South

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Tyneside community. Having worked in the NHS as a psychiatric nurse,

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she was well placed to remark on how much things have changed.

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I was in the NHS Florence Nightingale was a colleague of mine

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and it was a bit rough. All right, I was a nurse in the 1970s and

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1980s, totally different. This is a fantastic place. It is great

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because they are paid a huge amount of attention to the staff in

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designing it. Staff said what they need, how many toilets they need,

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because they work here and they know. Why are you interested in

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this? Get you! I am spending the day up here, I am doing a lecture

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tonight on behalf of David Miliband. And doing that because he asked me!

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I have turned him down on a couple of occasions because I had been too

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busy, so I would just trying make political as J as the last 25 years

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fits in with my personal experience with political changes. The lecture

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is being hit -- held at Harton Technical College this evening.

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Our region has produced some unforgettable moments in Olympic

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history. This summer there will be a new generation of viewers from

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the north competing in the capital. This Sunday there is a programme on

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BBC One at 5:00pm, called Olympic dreams, following athletes from our

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region as they hope to make their mark in sporting history. The

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presenters are with me here now. Just a promising is the talent from

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our region. Very promising. We're saying assets from all over our

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region who dream of competing. We meet the Middlesbrough a long

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jumper Chris Tomlinson who is probably one of our best hopes for

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a medal. He is recovering from a knee injury. We met his wife who is

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expecting a baby this year. He is preparing for his third Olympics.

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We met Hartlepool boxer Amanda Coulson. Women's boxing is making

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its debut at 2012 Olympics. This could be too late for Amanda

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Coulson. Right now she's facing a fight of her life just to qualify.

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There are some great stories. does 2012 mean for our Amanda

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Coulson? A huge amount - she has been competing for 14 years. There

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are only three weight categories for women at 2012 and abysmal only

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enter one fighter for each category so there is huge pressure for a

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place. -- Britain will only enter. She is working for the police and

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can only train part-time. A any Aspley will tell you there are

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sacrifices, my friends about parting and going on holiday and I

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cannot go. If there is a family party, I will not be there. I miss

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a lot of social events and also I have had to give up my job which is

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a financial burden. It is like putting your life on hold but it

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will be worth it in the end. Amazing. She it's really hard as

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well! The programme will be shown on BBC One on Sunday at 5:00pm.

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They thought their football club was dead but tomorrow Darlington

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will take to the field once more after being granted a last gasp

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stay of execution. Today, fans are pulled together - sweeping steps

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and tending the pitch as the Quakers race to get ready for a

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game they thought would never happen. The team is also

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desperately short of players, even the 40 year old manager might have

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to play against Fleetwood. This weekend sees the last Premier

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League action before the FA Cup first back into life for the 4th

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round. This is what real fans do. Ernie loves the Quakers so today he

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volunteered in the kitchen. Sears I had been coming here. It

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means the world to me. Everywhere the work went on, readying the

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stadium for what they hope will be a bumper crowd. Some of the

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volunteers had been here since Don. There is plenty for them to-do. As

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well as the dirt, a quirk and stars to seize up as well. It has been

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standing in damp and frost for the last couple of weeks so it is hard

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to get things going. We do have more time, so we have to get on

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with what we have got. lawnmower --: More proved

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especially difficult. Donations as well. Everything from pies, beer

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from a local brewery, fantastic. steady stream of fans arrived

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throughout the day to buy tickets, but for the manager it is about

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scrambling a team together. A walk up in the middle of the night and I

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have two teams to piece together, I used team and the first team. The

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afternoon is a big game. I had that restless night last night but

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hopefully And now focused on where we will go on Saturday. Back at the

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stadium, a pleasant surprise, a player they thought had left turned

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up again. I just thought I am a part of it now. Although I was

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leaving, it was hard to walk away. Not everyone has rallied to help

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the Quakers, they have suffered a cable theft which meant the phones

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were not working. This was a minor problem for a club which very

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nearly died. Time for the sport now. You will be

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at that game tomorrow? Yes, I well. There will be extensive coverage on

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BBC all day, including all line commentary. All being well, I will

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be live on Look North at the lunchtime and teatime bulletins.

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Both our teams have so-called a winnable games tomorrow then

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neither will be straight forward. It isn't very often Arsenal are

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given a football lesson, but their 3-2 defeat at promoted Swansea has

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meant many Sunderland fans will be wary of tomorrow's Welsh visitors,

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despite their indifferent away record. Great credit to them. And

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of the City the manager. That is the way he believed the game should

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be played and it is commendable. He needs some resorts to go with it.

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- results. O'Neill hinted that he may well keep his powder dry for

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the summer transfer window unless a good deal comes his way, but he is

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hoping to hang on to summer signing Craig Gardner - reported to be

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unsettled since his move from the Netherlands. He is beginning to

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show the form I know he's capable It has been a busy week for Alan

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Pardew, who unexpectedly tied up the club's latest number nine

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Papiss Cisse, a move which had not been possible last summer. All eyes

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will now be in defensive reinforcements will what about

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tomorrow's trip to a Fulham side half Fyffes for for hefts chastened

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They are going to be a big threat. I think the second half of this

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season they will do better. It is a tough game for us.

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In the championship, Middlesbrough are at Coventry. But there will be

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no return to East Midlands for the Sky Blues' top scorer, Lucas

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Jutkiewic who moved to Teesside this week. He scored when the teams

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met at the Riverside back in August. City said they would only sell him

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to Middlesbrough if manager Tony Mowbray agreed not to play him this

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week. Mowbray thinks Coventry will be a handful for a Middlesbrough

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team who have picked up just one point from the last three games.

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is a tough game, when you see them at the bottom of the table, looking

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at the statistics, 11 of their 14 defeats was done by the odd goal.

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I've seen them come back. The air decent football team.

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In League One, both teams are going pretty well. Hartlepool have picked

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up since the return of Neale Cooper for his second spell as manager.

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Carlisle are on the fringe of a play-off, with the help of their in

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form African striker. He is a long way from the Ivory Coast, but

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Francois Zoko has finally settled into life at Brunton Park.

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With six goals in his last six games, you can see the difference.

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I came here for the first season and the first month was difficult

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because I was alone. Now it is OK. It is nice. Our love with my family,

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my wife and children. Everybody Turks to me and it is OK. -- talks

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to me. There's more competition for places up front, with Sunderland

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youngster Jordan Cook starting a month's loan, and in the squad for

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tomorrow's home game with struggling Walsall. So far there

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has been no one trying to tempt players away from the club. On

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reflection the manager thinks this is probably a good sign.

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mainly! Where either not as good as we think we are or people will come

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in as a last gasp. By the moment there is nothing happening. There

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is not much happening for Nobby Solano at Hartlepool. A regular

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under Mick Wadsworth, so far he has been left on the sidelines under

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Neale Cooper who says the system they're playing at the moment

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doesn't suit the Peruvian. Tomorrow, Pools are at Sheffield Wednesday.

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This week all eyes have been on the night skies as BBC Stargazing Live

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returned to our screens. A group of local astronomers are hoping this

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will inspire their new project for a would-be stargazers in Africa.

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Sunderland Astronomical Society want people to dig out broken

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binoculars to be turned into telescopes for children in Ethiopia.

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Enthusiasts at BBC Stargazing Live, one of the best night's for

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observing so far this winter. Now astronomers here want to help

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children see the night sky thousands of miles away. The

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project came about because a friend of mine from South Shields is

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working as a teacher in Ethiopia. He went out to remote school and

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decided to give a lesson on astronomy. They fall did a piece of

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paper and pointed at the sky and said imagine what it is like when

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they are closes -- closer. Famine and nutrition and wore a big

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problems out there but if we can show them science and the universe,

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we think we can make a difference. This is an 18 inch telescope...

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their grip is also preparing a telescope mirror for a major new

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observatory near Addis Ababa. will get this move and then polish

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it. At Sunderland manager will be out in Ethiopia. Unwanted

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binoculars can be dropped off at Washington wildfowl Trust.

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It is not the weather this weekend to get stuck into star-gazing.

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Last weekend was a cracker for Last weekend was a cracker for

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star-gazing, cold and frosty. Sound you for this picture. This weekend

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it is a complete U-turn in the weather, then a windy and gusty.

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There will be rain coming through which will turn wintry on the tops

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of hills. We have had a taste of the rain today. The dregs of the

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rain still with us this evening. It will take some time to clear the

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region. A lot of cloud leftover which will combine with the strong

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westerly winds, gusts of 50 miles an hour, which will keep

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temperatures up. Frost should not be a problem tonight. Tomorrow -

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most of the rain will be gone, a mostly dry day with the odd shower.

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Cloud over the Pennines and the North East should have some bright

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and clear spells tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures are steady, in line

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with today. The edge is taken of the temperatures by the strong

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winds. Tomorrow we can expect us up to 60 mph in the North East. Not

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great if you're driving on the A1 and A19. For the rest of the

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weekend bash into Sunday and overnight, another batch of rain

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