:00:10. > :00:14.Hello, welcome. The headlines. The York nurseries
:00:14. > :00:19.investigation, four care assistants are told they will not face charges.
:00:19. > :00:22.The kindest of cousins, he is giving her a new kidney after she
:00:22. > :00:26.wrote about her plight on the internet.
:00:26. > :00:29.Plans to cut children's services at a North Yorkshire hospital, bosses
:00:29. > :00:33.say a recruitment crisis is to blame.
:00:34. > :00:38.Big dogs tale, canines in the classroom to help children with
:00:38. > :00:42.their reading. We meet the Teesside are doing his
:00:42. > :00:45.best to make sure it is the Wearside is two, out on top in the
:00:45. > :00:55.FA Cup Derby. And, who would have thought this
:00:55. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:07.event would earn the region a There will be no charges brought
:01:07. > :01:10.against four children's nursery assistants in York, arrested last
:01:10. > :01:16.August. Concerns had been raised about the quality of care and
:01:16. > :01:20.welfare of children at Stuart House and Little Joe's. Both police and
:01:20. > :01:26.council investigators were called in. The CPS has advised that no
:01:26. > :01:33.action should be taken against the assistance.
:01:33. > :01:37.It was in August last year that two Nurseries fell under the spotlight,
:01:37. > :01:42.six members of staff were arrested. The allegations against them were
:01:42. > :01:46.not made public. Police made clear it was not a case of sexual abuse.
:01:46. > :01:52.In October, two staff members were told they would face no further
:01:52. > :01:56.action. In November, Ofsted inspected the nurseries and ask for
:01:56. > :01:59.some procedural issues to be tightened up. That has been done.
:01:59. > :02:07.Today, the police case against the four remaining staff has been
:02:07. > :02:11.dropped. Parents who stayed loyal reacted to date with relief for the
:02:11. > :02:16.staff and some criticism of the police and council's handling of
:02:16. > :02:23.the investigation. It is appalling, the way it has been handled. We are
:02:23. > :02:27.in the dark. For the staff, it is dreadful. It is such a relief to
:02:27. > :02:31.know that everything has eventually been dropped. There was never
:02:31. > :02:38.anything can any of our minds that anything had gone on, the children
:02:38. > :02:42.are always happy and playing. They are all brilliant. The support they
:02:42. > :02:47.have offered for the parents has been second to none. It has been a
:02:47. > :02:51.difficult six months for the nursery, they have been very badly
:02:51. > :02:56.affected by the cloud of suspicion cast over them. Their owner packed
:02:56. > :03:00.her staff from day one, and co- operated with the inquiry. The
:03:00. > :03:08.authority's duty to investigate has come at a price to her business and
:03:08. > :03:13.her accused staff. Would you consider donating one of
:03:13. > :03:17.your kit is to a stranger who needs it more than you? The NHS is
:03:17. > :03:22.launching a new campaign to encourage more donors to come
:03:22. > :03:26.forward for life kidded donations. It is a view shared by Claire Neal,
:03:26. > :03:30.she appealed on Facebook for a living donor when she was told by
:03:30. > :03:38.her doctor she needed an urgent transplant. It was a plea answered
:03:38. > :03:43.by her second cousin, Peter. Claire Neal has been diagnosed with
:03:43. > :03:49.late-stage kidney failure. She has kept -- she is kept alive by
:03:49. > :03:56.phalluses, which she has three times a week. -- kept alive by
:03:56. > :04:01.dialysis. I posted on Facebook when my specialist said, we need to
:04:01. > :04:07.start looking for a donor. It freaked me out, how was I supposed
:04:07. > :04:13.to ask somebody to give me part of their body? It is not like, can I
:04:13. > :04:21.borrow the car for a weekend? It is not like that. It is asking
:04:21. > :04:25.somebody, can you be cut open and give me a part of your body? Peter
:04:26. > :04:32.messaged me back and said, you have already stolen our hearts, what is
:04:32. > :04:39.one more organ? That make me cry. When she got in touch, I have never
:04:39. > :04:43.even heard of the term live donor, I knew nothing about it. But I knew
:04:43. > :04:50.my auntie had a kidney taken away 40 years ago, and Steve is still
:04:50. > :04:55.smashing. -- she is still smashing. It used to be the case that most
:04:55. > :04:59.living organ donations came from close relatives. But advances in
:04:59. > :05:03.clinical practice have made it much less likely that the recipient will
:05:04. > :05:09.reject the organ. That means that more and more donations are coming
:05:09. > :05:14.from complete strangers. One in three organ transplants in the UK
:05:14. > :05:19.it are now from a living donor. That is a threefold increase in the
:05:19. > :05:23.past 10 years. 93% of living kidney transplants are still functioning
:05:24. > :05:29.well after the first year. That is compared with 88% of those using
:05:29. > :05:33.kidneys from a dead donor. The Freeman Hospital does about 60
:05:33. > :05:39.operations a year, using live kidneys. Doctors say the donors
:05:39. > :05:48.benefit as well. There are risks, but we have found them to be quite
:05:48. > :05:55.small. The benefit to the society, to the individuals, and to the
:05:55. > :06:02.people who donate is huge. The donate his, they live longer,
:06:02. > :06:06.because the tests we do show up any problems that we can treat. Clare
:06:06. > :06:11.gets her transplant in March. She supports the Government's drive for
:06:11. > :06:16.more living donors. You have got to be a special kind of person to be
:06:16. > :06:25.an organ donor anyway. You have got to be even more special to do it
:06:26. > :06:33.for a stranger, but organs are in such demand, you only need one.
:06:33. > :06:43.are worth it! If you have a storage you would
:06:43. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:51.like to share with us, contact us. Police trying to identify a man
:06:51. > :06:55.killed by a Metro train on Tyneside 11 days ago have extended their
:06:55. > :07:01.inquiries to Poland. The victim died on the tracks a week last
:07:01. > :07:04.Friday. He was 45-50 and wearing clothes similar to these, with a
:07:04. > :07:08.swallow tattooed on his right shoulder. Detectives are
:07:08. > :07:14.investigating whether he was from Eastern Europe, and have contacted
:07:14. > :07:18.Polish media. We believe he may be Polish or from
:07:18. > :07:22.Eastern Europe. We have contacted some local media outlets for the
:07:22. > :07:26.Polish community, which are to win some work with the committee's
:07:26. > :07:30.locally, so hopefully that will lead to a conclusion.
:07:30. > :07:35.The police have completed an operation to it in the remains of
:07:35. > :07:38.the body of an unknown woman in Malton Cemetery. The detectives are
:07:38. > :07:43.anxious to find out the identity of the woman and how she died more
:07:43. > :07:47.than 30 years ago. She was found in undergrowth close to Sutton Bank.
:07:47. > :07:51.The body will undergo DNA tests and will be buried again at the service
:07:51. > :07:56.tomorrow. More than 600 women from the region
:07:56. > :07:59.have offered to donate their eggs to help a pioneering treatment.
:07:59. > :08:03.Scientists at Newcastle University are researching a technique which
:08:03. > :08:09.allows DNA to transfer between two human X. The findings could help to
:08:09. > :08:12.prevent serious inherited disorders. The university has delighted -- is
:08:12. > :08:17.delighted so many donors have come forward so quickly, but they are
:08:17. > :08:22.looking for more women. A hospital in North Yorkshire is
:08:22. > :08:26.considering major cutbacks to its children's and maternity services.
:08:26. > :08:32.The Friarage has been suffering a recruitment crisis. It cannot
:08:32. > :08:36.attract the consultants it needs to meet new standards. Under the
:08:36. > :08:39.proposals, in-patient paediatric beds would be scrapped, high-risk
:08:39. > :08:44.births would be sent elsewhere and 80 unit would be created for six
:08:44. > :08:47.children and babies instead. -- basic unit.
:08:47. > :08:52.The Friarage hospital has been suffering a major recruitment
:08:52. > :08:56.crisis for several years. There is a national shortage of paediatric
:08:56. > :09:02.consultants. One recent post advertised has only just been
:09:02. > :09:07.filled after two years. particular issue is, because it is
:09:07. > :09:11.a small unit, we also need paediatricians with general skills,
:09:12. > :09:17.and increasingly, they are looking for specialist jobs, which
:09:17. > :09:21.compounds the problem. The Friarage is just about coping. But the Royal
:09:21. > :09:26.College has laid down new standards for paediatric care, based not on
:09:26. > :09:31.five consultants, put on 10. It will mean a full range of services
:09:31. > :09:34.for patients, but it may also jeopardise the status quo. The
:09:34. > :09:38.South Tees Trust has asked the national clinical advisory team to
:09:38. > :09:43.help look at the situation in light of the new standards. It now plans
:09:43. > :09:53.to consult GPs, councils and the public and a solution it calls
:09:53. > :09:55.
:09:55. > :09:59.option five. Option five is a day assessment unit. Families want a
:09:59. > :10:03.diagnosis, they want to see a senior doctor who can give them an
:10:03. > :10:08.explanation, but then they prefer to go home if they can. For a small
:10:08. > :10:13.number of children, that need admission to hospital, we cannot
:10:13. > :10:17.deliver high dependency care or intensive care here, so it would be
:10:17. > :10:22.better for this family is to be cared for in a unit that has all
:10:22. > :10:26.the specialist support. Switching to day care would have an immediate
:10:26. > :10:31.impact on maternity services. High risk and premature births, more
:10:31. > :10:39.than 50% of the total, would have to go to other hospitals. The
:10:39. > :10:41.consultation is expected to last a year.
:10:41. > :10:45.Cumbria's Director of Public Health is common for private health
:10:45. > :10:51.clinics to be forced into helping women given faulty PIP breast
:10:51. > :10:55.implants. He is writing to the Attorney-General, asking him to
:10:55. > :10:59.clarify the law surrounding the issue. The jockeys that all women
:10:59. > :11:06.who have received sub-standard in plants have a right to have them
:11:06. > :11:16.removed or replaced -- he argues. If you buy a car or a holiday,
:11:16. > :11:16.
:11:16. > :11:21.have redress if things go wrong. Here, with private healthcare, it
:11:21. > :11:25.is a different ball game. It is worthy and now that the legislation
:11:25. > :11:29.that is going through Parliament is going to open up the health service
:11:29. > :11:34.to a mass of small private operators -- it is worrying.
:11:34. > :11:40.Still to come, we catch up with the Newcastle student back home after
:11:40. > :11:44.an epic trek. And, it is not the ideal night to
:11:44. > :11:54.spot the northern lights, too much cloud around. Join me later for the
:11:54. > :11:56.
:11:56. > :12:00.The much loved City Farm has celebrated its 25th birthday, but
:12:00. > :12:04.it faces closure because of council funding cuts. Bill Quay Community
:12:04. > :12:08.Farm is run in partnership by the local community association, and
:12:08. > :12:18.Gateshead council, but the council says it cannot meet the �300,000
:12:18. > :12:22.
:12:22. > :12:27.I am as happy as a peek at a Community farm! I am here with a
:12:27. > :12:32.Tamworth pig. Seven rare breeds are found at his farm. It is a rare
:12:32. > :12:38.Breeds Farm, but it is also a free amenity, are open seven days a week,
:12:38. > :12:42.it has got a shot, Class Room, Cafe, it is a community resource, it
:12:42. > :12:51.costs �300,000 a year to run, and the council cannot afford it any
:12:51. > :12:55.more. There are Hebridean sheep, a whole range of animals. People from
:12:55. > :13:02.the East End of Gateshead and beyond can visit these animals, it
:13:02. > :13:10.is free, and it is a great centre for the community. One of the uses
:13:10. > :13:13.explain to me how important it is for people from all backgrounds.
:13:14. > :13:18.For a lot of visually impaired people, this is the only experience
:13:18. > :13:21.they will get of agriculture, that they can get to under their own
:13:21. > :13:31.steam. That is really important, not to rely on somebody else to get
:13:31. > :13:33.
:13:34. > :13:38.you there. We are close to the Metro, we have got a good bus route.
:13:38. > :13:42.Jenny Wood is being nibbled by piglets as we speak! How important
:13:42. > :13:48.is this place? It is a really important place for the local
:13:48. > :13:53.community, it was built by the community, and it is a special
:13:53. > :13:57.place because it is here for anybody of any ability and any age.
:13:57. > :14:02.There is Education, volunteering, all sorts of our old crafts you
:14:02. > :14:08.will not see anywhere else, and it is a unique resource in the north-
:14:08. > :14:12.east. You will have to find some funding, how are you getting on?
:14:12. > :14:20.is difficult, we are trying to work with the council to make sure that
:14:20. > :14:28.we can do that. It is a short time wind, and we are hoping to get some
:14:28. > :14:32.leeway -- short time Rhine. We are hoping that it will go forward.
:14:32. > :14:36.should point out, at Gateshead council have said, we have got to
:14:36. > :14:41.make �70 million of cuts, no decision has yet been made about
:14:41. > :14:51.this place. But if you are a friend of Bill Quay, say what you think on
:14:51. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :14:59.the face that page. -- Facebook The pet visits Redcar Community
:14:59. > :15:01.College with her owner once a week and sits patiently while the
:15:01. > :15:04.children read aloud. Teachers say it boosts the children's self-
:15:04. > :15:14.confidence and their reading has come on in leaps and bounds.
:15:14. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:24.This is Audrey, an Italian dog who lost nothing more damp a good tale.
:15:24. > :15:29.It sets their waiting for me. research shows that children can
:15:29. > :15:33.find reading aloud stressful. But with Audrey here, these pupils
:15:33. > :15:39.become much more relaxed and teachers are seeing that the
:15:39. > :15:46.results. She helps the students to stay calm. They absolutely love her.
:15:46. > :15:53.They've read and talk to her. She changes to the mood. Without doing
:15:53. > :16:03.anything other than being herself, she has encouraged the children to
:16:03. > :16:13.
:16:13. > :16:16.She might not offer much criticism, but Audrey has her own way of
:16:16. > :16:26.keeping the class focused on work. If you get lost when you are
:16:26. > :16:33.
:16:33. > :16:40.reading the book, she will put her poor on you like. When we were --
:16:40. > :16:50.Paw on your leg. When we were told the we would be reading to a dog, I
:16:50. > :16:55.
:16:55. > :17:01.was very pleased. Audrey seems to enjoy it as well as the children.
:17:01. > :17:10.Audrey is registered with a charity that works with schools and
:17:10. > :17:17.hospitals to provide Peps for therapy. If children are feeling
:17:17. > :17:22.hyper active, a dog will reduce that. A Audrey is now a regular
:17:22. > :17:32.visitor at the school and she seems happy to continue lending Arthur
:17:32. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:42.eight year. -- a furry ear. Teaching the children to pause and
:17:42. > :17:45.all -- in all the right places. Talks about saving Darlington
:17:45. > :17:49.Football Club are continuing but, tonight, the team returns to action
:17:49. > :17:51.for what could be their last away game. The Quakers' depleted squad
:17:52. > :17:56.set off this afternoon for their Conference clash with Hayes and
:17:56. > :17:59.Yeading. They have had plenty of goodwill from local rivals and
:17:59. > :18:02.travelled south on Middlesbrough's team coach. Meanwhile, Hartlepool
:18:02. > :18:05.United have offered to play a fund- raising friendly at the Arena next
:18:05. > :18:11.month. This evening, Darlington, who are just five points clear of
:18:11. > :18:15.relegation, will field a youthful side.
:18:15. > :18:20.It is less daunting for the youngsters because they are coming
:18:20. > :18:24.into an environment like this. They have got nothing to fear. They are
:18:24. > :18:29.quite fortunate because they are comfortable in my company. They do
:18:29. > :18:37.not have to deal with a new manager. Hopefully, they will settle in and
:18:37. > :18:40.relax and enjoy the night. He is the Teessider plying his
:18:40. > :18:43.trade on Wearside. Lee Cattermole is really enjoying his football at
:18:43. > :18:45.the moment, and Sunderland's steady rise up the Premier League table.
:18:45. > :18:48.More than most, the Black Cats' skipper is looking forward to
:18:48. > :18:55.Sunday's Wear-Tees FA Cup derby which will see him come up against
:18:55. > :18:57.his boyhood favourites and his former club, Middlesbrough.
:18:57. > :19:01.The last time Stockton-born Lee Cattermole walked out at the
:19:01. > :19:04.Stadium of Light for a Sunderland- Boro clash, he was playing for the
:19:04. > :19:10.away team. A last minute 3-2 defeat helped the home side survive. A
:19:10. > :19:13.year later though, the Teessiders were relegated. I would love to see
:19:13. > :19:16.Middlesbrough come back up. It looks like they have turned things
:19:16. > :19:25.around a little bit. I know they have had some bad results let me,
:19:25. > :19:31.but things are going well. So what about Sunday's cup tie? I would be
:19:31. > :19:39.happy with anyone. I have supported my Lords bar all my life --
:19:39. > :19:42.Middlesbrough all my life. Cattermole has been reflecting on
:19:42. > :19:45.the managerial changes nearly two months ago which saw the sacking of
:19:45. > :19:52.Steve Bruce, the man who signed him for both Wigan and Sunderland.
:19:52. > :20:02.got on great with Steve Bruce. He was a big loss, sorry to see them
:20:02. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:06.go. But you move on. I spoke to him off to words -- afterwards added
:20:06. > :20:11.will be to keep my head down and get on with the work. The new
:20:11. > :20:19.manager has come in and given a big lift to the players. The intensity
:20:19. > :20:26.has gone up and we have got to backing from the fans. Confidence
:20:26. > :20:32.is back in the team. It is a good place to be back at the moment.
:20:32. > :20:34.Mark Tulip, BBC Look North. According to his agent, the Bosnia
:20:34. > :20:37.and Herzegovina striker Zlatan Muslimovic spent today training
:20:37. > :20:40.with Sunderland 24 hours after a day with Rangers. He is looking for
:20:40. > :20:44.a new club after leaving Greek club PAOK Salonika in the summer.
:20:44. > :20:47.Mica McNeill from Consett in County Durham made sure Team GB ended the
:20:47. > :20:51.Winter Youth Olympic Games on a high by winning a silver medal in
:20:51. > :20:54.the women's two-man bobsleigh in Innsbruck. Mica, who's the driver,
:20:54. > :20:58.and her partner Jazmin Sawyer were in fourth place after their first
:20:58. > :21:01.run. But they produced a spectacular time on their second to
:21:01. > :21:10.move two places up the field and come away with a silver medal in
:21:11. > :21:16.the first ever Winter Youth Games. It means so much. I have been
:21:16. > :21:22.working very hard for a long time. Finally to have a medal, it is
:21:22. > :21:27.awesome. There is nothing more I could have done. We pushed our best.
:21:27. > :21:34.I had a fairly good drive added worked out in the end. We were
:21:34. > :21:37.confident in ourselves, but we did not expected to move up to silver.
:21:37. > :21:40.Fantastic effort. It looked a bit chilly out in
:21:40. > :21:43.Austria, and it was not much warmer in Chester-le-Street this morning
:21:43. > :21:46.when our Hannah, and some bloke off the telly, helped with the regional
:21:47. > :21:50.launch of Run England. It is a scheme to persuade us all to get
:21:50. > :21:57.out there and run, no matter good or bad you are. It's all about
:21:57. > :22:02.improving the nation's fitness. We hope to offer and nice safe
:22:02. > :22:07.entry level for people to just get involved and build up their
:22:07. > :22:12.confidence and fitness. Then they can approach to their local club.
:22:12. > :22:18.Running is a sociable sport as well. There are lots of groups and clubs
:22:18. > :22:23.around. It is really cheap, all you need is a pair of trainers. It gets
:22:23. > :22:33.you out doors so you can get fresh air. Log on to the website to get
:22:33. > :22:33.
:22:33. > :22:37.Home after an amazing adventure. A Newcastle student is back in
:22:37. > :22:40.Britain tonight after a record breaking Polar trek. A few days ago,
:22:40. > :22:45.Bryony Balen became the youngest British woman to ski from the coast
:22:45. > :22:48.of Antarctica to the South Pole, a feat we followed here on Look North.
:22:48. > :22:58.Well, she's safely back home and she can join us now live. Bryony,
:22:58. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:05.good evening and welcome back. Hello. How are you feeling? Are you
:23:05. > :23:10.still buzzing? Definitely. Not all the buzzing from completing their
:23:10. > :23:15.expedition, but from being back home and seeing the family. The
:23:15. > :23:21.world feels it very surreal after two months of living in a tent.
:23:21. > :23:26.you have any exam paint? I am surprisingly well when I was on
:23:26. > :23:32.their expedition. Now I am starting to ache from sitting around and
:23:32. > :23:36.feeling stiff. We know that you really pushed it towards the end to
:23:36. > :23:45.beat a certain deadline for yourself. What was the most
:23:45. > :23:49.difficult part of this? I don't really know. The length of time was
:23:49. > :23:56.difficult. The days to do that brought together a lot and you felt
:23:56. > :24:02.disconnected from the real world. Knowing that there was stuff going
:24:02. > :24:09.on in the News At with my family, that was quite difficult.
:24:09. > :24:13.Physically, every time I got new supplies, that was pretty tough.
:24:13. > :24:19.Your father taught me that he wants you to come back to Newcastle and
:24:19. > :24:24.finish your degree. But I'm sure you have other things in mind?
:24:24. > :24:28.have got some recovery to get into. Some catching up to do with family
:24:28. > :24:38.and friends and some way to put back on. I lost too much when I was
:24:38. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:48.out there. Thank you very much. Got Andy some crisps. -- go and eat.
:24:48. > :24:56.She is a amazing. Nice to see somebody that will not
:24:56. > :25:00.Nice to see somebody that will not The last couple of guys have given
:25:00. > :25:06.us some great sightings of the Northern Lights. I do not think we
:25:06. > :25:13.will have that tonight. The charged particles will be entering our
:25:13. > :25:20.atmosphere, but there will be too much cloud around. This picture was
:25:20. > :25:25.taken on Sunday night. It is cloudy because this weather system is
:25:25. > :25:31.approaching from the West as we head through today. That cloud will
:25:31. > :25:34.stay with us tonight. There is a lot of cloud on the satellite
:25:34. > :25:39.picture. As we head through the evening, there will be a lot of
:25:39. > :25:47.cloud around and some that rain with that as well. Dizzily, patchy
:25:47. > :25:57.rain. These will tend to dry up later on. But it will stay misty.
:25:57. > :25:59.
:25:59. > :26:03.But it should not be too cold. Around about six Celsius. By the
:26:03. > :26:11.end of the night, that wind will be starting to Pickup. That will be a
:26:11. > :26:21.feature of tomorrow's weather. More persistent rain edging into Western
:26:21. > :26:28.powers of Cumbria later in the afternoon. -- western parts. The
:26:28. > :26:35.wind will be gusty, possibly gale force, along the Cumbrian coast.
:26:35. > :26:39.Temperatures of around 11 Celsius. Over the next few days, that is the
:26:39. > :26:48.picture. That weather front will move away, introducing colder
:26:49. > :26:54.weather in behind it. A lot of dry and bright weather coming.
:26:55. > :27:01.Temperatures starting to drop again, so some frosty nights. Temperatures
:27:01. > :27:08.not going much above five Celsius. A return to frosty nights as we
:27:08. > :27:18.head through to Friday. If you have any pictures, we would love to see
:27:18. > :27:20.
:27:20. > :27:23.Thanks, Paul. Finally tonight, a look at the headlines.
:27:23. > :27:26.One of the UK's eight oil refineries has gone bust. More than