:00:08. > :00:11.Welcome to Look North. Tonight: Every parent's nightmare. Two
:00:11. > :00:14.toddlers in hospital after a motorbike ploughs into their
:00:14. > :00:23.pushchair. Tonight, there is an uncertain
:00:23. > :00:30.future over community centres. Still waiting. Greece keeps
:00:30. > :00:36.Christopher Rochester's parents waiting after their son's body is
:00:36. > :00:42.exhumed. Newcastle want their name it
:00:42. > :00:52.reinstated at the ground. And the man going to his 5th
:00:52. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:00.18 month-old twins are in hospital tonight after a motorbike hit their
:01:00. > :01:06.bogey as they were being pushed across the road by their mum. One,
:01:06. > :01:12.a girl, is in will Victoria Infirmary. Her brother is in
:01:12. > :01:15.Sunderland hospital. The mother was also taken to hospital, as was the
:01:15. > :01:20.motorcyclist. None of those involved have been named by the
:01:20. > :01:25.police. It happened at dogs fed International Business Park in
:01:25. > :01:29.Sunderland. -- Doxford International Business Park.
:01:29. > :01:35.What happened isn't clear tonight but local people think this might
:01:35. > :01:41.have been the accident they say was waiting to happen. The speed limit
:01:41. > :01:48.here is 60 miles an hour. Far too high, they say. The road is
:01:48. > :01:52.extremely dangerous. You can wait ages just to get across the road. I
:01:52. > :01:56.wish they would do something about it because they seem to be speeding
:01:56. > :02:01.down there. If those who came across the scene said the little
:02:01. > :02:07.boy was responding to an paramedics but his twin sister seemed to be
:02:07. > :02:17.more seriously injured. The mother was in hysterics, obviously. I told
:02:17. > :02:22.her to keep calm. A woman was comforting her. It must have been
:02:22. > :02:27.awful for you to witness. It was horrible. I have a one year-old and
:02:27. > :02:32.it is sickening. Any accident you don't want to see but especially
:02:32. > :02:35.one that involves children. road was closed for three hours
:02:35. > :02:38.while investigators investigated the scene of a stop tonight, the
:02:39. > :02:48.police are asking for anyone who saw the accident to contact them
:02:49. > :02:49.
:02:49. > :02:53.Dozens of council community centres face an uncertain future this
:02:53. > :02:59.evening. Durham County Council says it can no longer afford to run and
:02:59. > :03:04.refurbish all of its 120 centres. Instead it was local people to take
:03:04. > :03:08.them over. The council will provide �2 million over two years to help
:03:08. > :03:18.36 centres but others will no wrong they receive council funding. Some
:03:18. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:29.communities feel that will force It is kick-boxing here at the
:03:29. > :03:36.community centre. Its history is it was a local school but then it
:03:36. > :03:40.became a community centre in 1968. It is estimated �100,000 of work is
:03:40. > :03:45.needed on the roof. In the past, they would have looked to the
:03:45. > :03:49.council -- County Council to help as it is a council building. They
:03:49. > :03:56.have said they were not invest any more money. They want to transfer
:03:56. > :03:59.the money to the local community. The council says it will provide
:03:59. > :04:07.support and a pot of money to help them take ownership of their own
:04:07. > :04:10.community centre. It isn't simply over to you. We have consulted on
:04:10. > :04:18.our approach. We have asked the opinion if they think it is the
:04:19. > :04:23.right way to go. People think it is the right way to go ahead. It is a
:04:23. > :04:33.fantastic opportunity to gain other resources because there are other
:04:33. > :04:36.
:04:36. > :04:40.Local people are heavily involved. One of the linchpins is Betty, from
:04:40. > :04:47.the community association. They say it is a great opportunity to run
:04:47. > :04:52.the centre. TUC it that way? Definitely not. It is hard work and
:04:52. > :04:55.lots of fund raising and we need be council's support. You fear this
:04:55. > :05:01.might be the end of the community centre if this happens. What will
:05:02. > :05:08.be lost if it closes? Everything. All these children, we have 30
:05:08. > :05:13.children in here tonight. We have 30 adults later on. We have 70 in
:05:13. > :05:18.the last night. The committee runs seven days a week and we are all
:05:18. > :05:23.volunteers running debts. We have a part-time caretaker and that is all
:05:23. > :05:31.we have. We raised every penny to keep the amenities going. There is
:05:31. > :05:33.nothing else left. As you can hear, there is big concerns here. Other
:05:33. > :05:39.community centres shed those concerns.
:05:39. > :05:43.A few committee centres will be affected. Will other councils watch
:05:43. > :05:48.what is happening here and do the same to save money?
:05:48. > :05:53.We are seeing this with lots of council services. Other councils
:05:53. > :05:58.will be watching this, particularly those services where the council
:05:58. > :06:01.are not legally obliged to fund these centres. The problem comes
:06:01. > :06:11.when the committee finds it isn't willing to and then facilities will
:06:11. > :06:12.
:06:12. > :06:19.have to close. The test they endured the agony of
:06:19. > :06:22.having their son's body exhumed for DNA testing. The body -- the family
:06:22. > :06:32.of Christopher Rochester say the results don't show what happened.
:06:32. > :06:34.
:06:34. > :06:39.His body was returned to the UK with a kidney missing. His body
:06:39. > :06:45.returned from roads. It was meant to provide answers.
:06:45. > :06:52.Eight months on, what have they learnt? If nothing. We are no
:06:52. > :07:00.further forward now than we were when his body was exhumed. When we
:07:00. > :07:05.heard a the results had been successful, we thought it was fine.
:07:05. > :07:13.We should hear any day and we can move forward. But that is not the
:07:13. > :07:18.case. As it has been for 12 years, we have to have days like today.
:07:18. > :07:22.Chris Rochester died after falling from a balcony in roads in 2000 but
:07:22. > :07:28.his body was returned missing a kidney. The family allege an organ
:07:28. > :07:32.later sent back wasn't his. This isn't just about whether the wrong
:07:32. > :07:37.kidney was sent back. It is about why was their kidney removed in the
:07:37. > :07:43.first place because the family say he slowly bled to death in that
:07:43. > :07:47.Greek hospital. Could it be the kidney contains vital evidence
:07:47. > :07:55.about his death and could it be that is the reason the kidney was
:07:55. > :08:00.removed? The truth is we don't know. What do the family want? First, to
:08:00. > :08:05.get the DNA results to prove the kidney wasn't his. If they do that,
:08:05. > :08:09.fresh court action in Greece to answer their questions. Why was the
:08:09. > :08:17.kidney taken? The family think the Greeks are now sitting on the DNA
:08:17. > :08:22.tests. The family are all now receiving counselling for what
:08:22. > :08:32.happened eight months ago. We want our day in court and we want
:08:32. > :08:37.
:08:37. > :08:41.Fears are growing for the jobs of 1000 financial service workers in
:08:41. > :08:45.York after shares in the card protection company, CPP, were
:08:45. > :08:49.suspended on make London Stock Exchange. It is currently the
:08:49. > :08:53.subject of a mis-selling investigation by the Financial
:08:53. > :08:58.Services Authority. It has being -- it is being asked to look at his
:08:58. > :09:01.past business and pay compensation. Cumbria's Director of Public Health
:09:01. > :09:04.has been called before his bosses after speaking out against the
:09:04. > :09:09.Government's health reforms. Jon Ashton was a signatory to a letter
:09:09. > :09:13.published in the Independent newspaper which criticised the
:09:13. > :09:16.coalition's proposed Health Bill. A John Ashton is well known as a
:09:16. > :09:20.leading figure in the NHS in the north-west. He has spoken out
:09:20. > :09:23.before against Government health reforms. Last year he was one of
:09:23. > :09:27.around 400 people who signed a letter calling on the House of
:09:27. > :09:32.Lords to throw out Health Bill. As we keep co-signed a similar protest
:09:32. > :09:36.letter, this time to the Independent newspaper. It is now
:09:36. > :09:43.understood he has received a letter of his own calling him to a meeting
:09:43. > :09:48.with NHS Cumbria's Chief Executive and Andrew Lansley given a half --
:09:48. > :09:53.tough ride, the protest was raised in the Commons. Will the Secretary
:09:53. > :09:57.of State confirm it is now his policy to threaten NHS staff with
:09:57. > :10:01.disciplinary action if they speak out against his reorganisation?
:10:01. > :10:11.isn't my policy. If he had shown me the letter, I could have
:10:11. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:24.A spokesman for the Department of Health said they had not seen the
:10:24. > :10:28.letter but clearly PCT's should not be employing heavy-handed tactics.
:10:28. > :10:32.It won't go away. The row over the renaming of St James' Park has now
:10:32. > :10:37.reached Parliament. A dozen MPs have signed an Early Day motion
:10:37. > :10:44.calling on Mike Ashley, the owner, to reinstate the name. Gateshead MP,
:10:44. > :10:48.Ian Mearns has been leading the campaign and I asked him why Mr
:10:48. > :10:52.Ashley should listen to them. an expression of frustration from
:10:52. > :10:58.local Members of Parliament because Mike Ashley hasn't listened to the
:10:58. > :11:05.fans. The fans aren't like the consumers of any ordinary
:11:05. > :11:09.entertainment. Last week, when we saw the pictures on TV of the name,
:11:09. > :11:13.St James' Park being Croad barred from the wall of the ground, that
:11:13. > :11:18.seemed to be over the top. Mike Ashley can call the ground whatever
:11:18. > :11:25.he wants but removing that history in the way he has, seems to be a
:11:25. > :11:29.little bit gratuitous. He would say, I have invested millions, I want to
:11:30. > :11:35.generate income back. He doesn't own the ground, he owns the
:11:35. > :11:41.buildings on which the ground stands. The land on which the grand
:11:41. > :11:46.-- ground stands belonged to the Freemen of the city. Day rent him
:11:46. > :11:51.the ground on a long lease. He doesn't technically owned
:11:51. > :11:55.everything to do with the stadium. He owns the buildings where the
:11:55. > :12:01.stadium stands. He is forgetting that piece of history as well.
:12:01. > :12:05.is doing what other clubs are going up around the country. The vast
:12:05. > :12:13.majority of cases, those sponsoring deals are on new stadia which have
:12:13. > :12:17.been built separately. There is a good president, where as Surrey
:12:17. > :12:21.Cricket Club play at the Brit Oval but it is still the Oval. As far as
:12:22. > :12:25.the fans are concerned, they will always be St James' Park and I
:12:25. > :12:32.can't imagine anybody that Aynho would be telling me on Saturday
:12:32. > :12:36.that they are going to the Sports Direct arena to watch the Newcastle
:12:36. > :12:41.play Wolverhampton Rovers. It will always beat St James' Park.
:12:41. > :12:47.would love to hear from Mike Ashley. If he ignores you, there's nothing
:12:48. > :12:54.else you can do, is there? Gentle persuasion is needed. Mike, you
:12:54. > :12:58.have done an awful lot of good for the club. He has got them into a
:12:58. > :13:03.healthy position but they are so many gaffes which have taken place
:13:03. > :13:09.and it has upset the fans. Why don't they talk to local people
:13:09. > :13:13.before they decide to do things? He has a lot to learn about the public
:13:13. > :13:18.relations business and the people he is dealing with in terms of the
:13:18. > :13:22.Newcastle United fans. We will not be dragged back to the
:13:22. > :13:26.bad old days. That was the promise from David Cameron today at a
:13:26. > :13:29.summit aimed at tackling racist abuse in football. The meeting was
:13:29. > :13:35.attended by former players and football bosses and the tough
:13:35. > :13:41.talking has been welcomed by campaigners in our region.
:13:41. > :13:46.Today the Prime Minister promised to tackle for poor's racist. That
:13:46. > :13:54.is dreadful, don't wait they are shouting at whenever Shaun Wright
:13:54. > :13:59.Phillips gets near the ball. It is happening at every level. We had a
:13:59. > :14:05.corner so I packed into the goalkeeper and he went like this. I
:14:05. > :14:08.thought, why did that come from? Trevor Benjamin is a former
:14:08. > :14:12.professional footballer who was abused while playing in the
:14:12. > :14:19.Northern League with Morpeth Town. You feel hurt, angry, everything
:14:19. > :14:24.all at once coming to you. After the game, you sit back and really
:14:24. > :14:27.think about it and it is even worse than on the pitch. Trevor was
:14:28. > :14:32.joined by other former professionals this afternoon at any
:14:32. > :14:40.event organised by the campaign group, show racism the red card.
:14:40. > :14:49.am not sure if it is getting better or worse. People are ready to
:14:49. > :14:55.report things now. Maybe a couple of years ago, they were not. Black
:14:55. > :15:00.people, Muslims, travellers, they have had enough of it. I black
:15:00. > :15:04.players know longer have bananas thrown at them but campaigners say
:15:04. > :15:11.the battle against prejudice on the pitch will continue as long as
:15:11. > :15:14.Coming up next, a young band with stars in their eyes. And talking of
:15:14. > :15:22.eyes, find out why the stars have been donating their spectacles to a
:15:22. > :15:26.charity exhibition. And with flood alerts in part of
:15:26. > :15:30.the region, I will be a full weather forecast at the end of the
:15:30. > :15:33.news. A band made up of young teenagers
:15:33. > :15:38.from Carlisle has been given the opportunity of a lifetime, to play
:15:38. > :15:41.in front of 4,000 people as the support act for McFly. The Alleys
:15:41. > :15:44.are all aged between 14 and 16 and they'll be playing original
:15:44. > :15:54.material at The Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on the 13th of April.
:15:54. > :15:59.Alison Freeman went to meet them. Rehearsing in Aspatria is a far cry
:15:59. > :16:03.from playing in front of thousands of people. But in two months, The
:16:03. > :16:06.Alleys will be taking to the stage at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow.
:16:06. > :16:16.They beat thousands of other hopefuls in contest held by pop
:16:16. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:22.band McFly to find support acts. was absolutely chuffed. It seems
:16:22. > :16:29.like a lot of work has paid off over the past couple of years. We
:16:29. > :16:35.have been gradually getting bigger. It is really cool. They were one of
:16:35. > :16:38.my favourite bands when I was a kid. The teenagers, who all come from
:16:38. > :16:43.the Carlisle area, sent in material showing them gigging as part of
:16:43. > :16:46.Radio One's introducing before the Big Weekend. Fans votes helped them
:16:46. > :16:56.make the shortlist of just 50. Then McFly themselves handpicked them
:16:56. > :17:06.for the Glasgow gig on the 13th of April. What are you hoping will
:17:06. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:10.come off the back of this? Lots of girls! I would love to be able to
:17:10. > :17:14.play in a band and see lots of new places all over the world. That
:17:14. > :17:24.would be good. It is more the travelling than the being famous
:17:24. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:30.thing. I think it will be great. If we are still having fun in 10 years,
:17:30. > :17:33.I guess. The lads may only be aged 14 to 16, but they're thinking big
:17:33. > :17:43.and they already have almost 30 songs and plan to release and album
:17:43. > :17:46.by April. When Emma Newton was killed by a
:17:46. > :17:50.falling tree last year, the shock spread way beyond the Tyne Valley
:17:50. > :17:52.where she lived. But her family and friends have turned her life into a
:17:52. > :17:55.celebration, and a charitable fundraiser. Tomorrow, an exhibition
:17:55. > :18:05.opens at the Queen's Hall in Hexham, featuring a collection of famous
:18:05. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:09.spectacles. Why? Well, Paul Mooney's been for a preview.
:18:09. > :18:16.Emma was passionate about the performing arts. After the tragic
:18:16. > :18:20.sudden death, her family and friends set up the M Newton Fund to
:18:20. > :18:26.ensure her legacy could bring benefit to Southwark -- other
:18:26. > :18:35.performers. But why spectacles? idea came from my wife and I
:18:35. > :18:44.thinking, what can we do to help the fund. She used to wear these
:18:45. > :18:50.wonderful classes. We thought, let's do something with spectacles.
:18:50. > :19:00.The stars of the show are Kylie Minogue's spectacles. She has
:19:00. > :19:06.centres the ones she warned -- warned the front of a magazine.
:19:06. > :19:11.Losing Emma has shattered our lives. Every day, we miss her. Events like
:19:11. > :19:16.this have helped us, the support we have had over the months, it has
:19:16. > :19:21.been fantastic. They are talking about a broken society but not in
:19:21. > :19:26.this region. The money raised should benefit other young people.
:19:26. > :19:29.She started showing an interest in various things and we struggled. It
:19:29. > :19:34.was different events, backwards and forwards in the car, it was a
:19:34. > :19:40.struggle. There is money available. Just to know that the fund-raising
:19:40. > :19:50.which is happening may help children out there, that is a great
:19:50. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:58.fund -- comfort. The exhibition runs until the 17th March.
:19:58. > :20:01.'s Time now for the sport. It was an important result for
:20:01. > :20:04.Middlesbrough last night. Two goals from Dutch striker Marvin Emnes,
:20:04. > :20:07.his 13th and 14th of the season, helped Middlesbrough to a 3-1
:20:08. > :20:10.victory at Millwall last night. The result takes Boro back into the
:20:10. > :20:14.Championship top six and re-ignites hopes of at least a promotion play-
:20:14. > :20:17.off place. Mark Tulip reports. With the current form of West Ham
:20:17. > :20:19.and Birmingham, Boro boss Tony Mowbray may well be viewing the
:20:19. > :20:22.play-offs as his side's most realistic chance of getting
:20:22. > :20:25.promotion back to the Premier League. Certainly it was a good
:20:25. > :20:28.time to play Millwall, who've been finding goals hard to come by,
:20:28. > :20:31.although Boro missed a host of early chances, before Marvin Emnes
:20:31. > :20:35.atoned for his earlier howler by deflecting in Rhys Williams's shot.
:20:35. > :20:38.There was nothing scrappy about the Teessiders second. Emnes with a
:20:39. > :20:41.fine finish. And, although Darius Henderson's looped header gave the
:20:41. > :20:43.home side hope, Boro withstood a strong second half fight-back
:20:43. > :20:50.before teenage ex Darlington striker Curtis Main powered home
:20:50. > :21:00.his first Boro goal. The excellent Jason Steele helped ensure back to
:21:00. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:06.back wins. Very timely indeed. Mark Tulip, BBC Look North.
:21:06. > :21:10.There is a top-of-the-table clash in the Conference this evening.
:21:10. > :21:18.Gateshead are in danger of falling away. But the other end of the
:21:18. > :21:22.table, Darlington remain above the relegation zone.
:21:22. > :21:24.Harrogate's Jack Laugher is hoping for a medal in the Diving World Cup
:21:25. > :21:27.tonight at London's new Olympic Aquatic Centre. He's competing in
:21:27. > :21:30.the final of the men's three metre individual springboard competition
:21:30. > :21:32.after setting a personal best to finish sixth in the semis.
:21:32. > :21:35.Paralympian Stephen Miller was at the North East Disability Sports
:21:35. > :21:42.Awards this afternoon to present one of four awards to outstanding
:21:42. > :21:46.young disabled athletes. It will be nice to put a better performance on
:21:46. > :21:53.in the final. It was not as good as I could have done. There is room
:21:53. > :21:58.for improvement. This is just preparation for the Olympics.
:21:58. > :22:01.luck to him. Stephen Miller was at the north-east disability sports
:22:02. > :22:06.award this afternoon to present one of four or wards two outstanding
:22:06. > :22:08.young disabled athletes. Adrian Pitches reports. In the year of the
:22:08. > :22:15.Olympics and the Paralympics, these North East Disability Awards have a
:22:15. > :22:23.special significance. The great thing about it is bringing people
:22:23. > :22:30.together. A lot is being done in the region. It does not get
:22:30. > :22:38.broadcast. Great work is being done. Stephen was guest of honour and
:22:38. > :22:46.presented the Male Personality of the Year award. I used to run a lot
:22:46. > :22:55.before my illness. That became a lot more difficult. It is about
:22:55. > :23:00.competing on a level playing field. It has all gone very quickly, from
:23:00. > :23:05.being very much a fun runner, thinking I will go for a run with
:23:05. > :23:12.my friends, to the excitement of being here and winning awards like
:23:12. > :23:22.this. I trained eight times a week, including twice in the swimming-
:23:22. > :23:33.
:23:33. > :23:39.pool. I do three different sessions, they are pretty hard. I was a gold
:23:39. > :23:42.medallist in the Sainsbury's school games. Not a bad roll call of
:23:42. > :23:52.achievements by all of these young athletes. Adrian Pitches, BBC Look
:23:52. > :23:56.
:23:56. > :24:00.Let's take a look at the headlines. It is going to be probably be
:24:00. > :24:05.warmest day of the year so far. Nowhere near as wet as it has been
:24:06. > :24:13.today. Flood alerts still in place for parts of Cumbria. A splash of
:24:13. > :24:17.rain and a splash of rain -- red, a lady bird. Thank you for that
:24:17. > :24:22.beautiful image. Tomorrow, very mild and nowhere near as wet. It
:24:22. > :24:27.will be it a bit drizzly in the West. Overnight, murky. A lot of
:24:27. > :24:37.cloud to the West. Some outbreaks of rain but the worst is over. This
:24:37. > :24:38.
:24:38. > :24:46.is light and patchy, nowhere near as heavy as India. -- be earlier.
:24:46. > :24:51.Nine Celsius, that is higher than the average.
:24:51. > :24:55.It is getting even milder through the day tomorrow. Further outbreaks
:24:55. > :25:02.of rain at times but some dry spells. It is the North Yorkshire
:25:02. > :25:10.and North East Coast that get the best of the weather tomorrow. 15
:25:10. > :25:19.Celsius in the sunshine at the coast. It will feel like spring.
:25:19. > :25:24.But the breeze will feel noticeable. Still drizzly.
:25:24. > :25:32.Not quite as mild over in the West. 12 Celsius probably be top
:25:32. > :25:35.temperature. Wins lighter than today. An improving picture for
:25:35. > :25:39.those flood zones. The Very Best Of tomorrow's where they are destined
:25:39. > :25:46.for the East. Let's take a look further forward. The weekend
:25:46. > :25:51.looking pretty good. Friday pretty good day for being out and about.
:25:51. > :25:56.Bright skies for much of the north- east. Temperatures not quite as
:25:57. > :26:00.high as tomorrow but still feeling warm for the time of year. But it
:26:00. > :26:05.is February. Those temperatures would tend to be around eight
:26:05. > :26:11.Celsius. Not doing too bad for the time of year. It will get cloudier
:26:11. > :26:18.on Saturday. Still some sunshine to be had. A last look at the
:26:18. > :26:25.headlines. The Sunday Times journalist, Marie Colvin, has been
:26:25. > :26:30.killed in Syria in the latest spate of violence.