:00:00. > :00:04.Hello, welcome to Look North. In tonight's programme:
:00:04. > :00:14.Jailed - the teenager who killed two of his friends after driving at
:00:14. > :00:16.
:00:16. > :00:26.speeds of up to 90 mph in a 30 mph zone.
:00:26. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:43.A victory... For some. Two of three Cumbrian care homes earmarked for
:00:43. > :00:46.closure have been saved. Where's your party spirit? Just
:00:46. > :00:49.over seven weeks to go to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, but it's
:00:49. > :00:52.quiet on the street party front. And learning the ropes - essential
:00:52. > :01:02.safety training for the men and women working on offshore energy
:01:02. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:09.installations. You've affected the lives of many. Arseng Rashid had
:01:09. > :01:16.only just passed his driving test when he crashed his mother's car.
:01:16. > :01:25.Joshua Stephenson and Josh Hopkins died when the Toyota people-carrier
:01:25. > :01:29.overturned. Today, Arseng Rashid was sentenced to five years in
:01:29. > :01:33.prison. Two promising lives, ended by their
:01:33. > :01:38.friend's reckless stupidity. Joshua Stevenson was a student of
:01:38. > :01:42.Electrical Installation, while Josh Hopkins studied advanced
:01:42. > :01:46.engineering. But when -- but they were killed when the people-carrier
:01:46. > :01:53.they were travelling in crashed. The driver had taken them, along
:01:53. > :01:57.with four others, on what he called a mooch in the early hours of
:01:58. > :02:03.September 11th last year. Today, the court heard how they turned
:02:03. > :02:09.into a catalogue of fast and erratic driving. Arseng Rashid had
:02:09. > :02:15.overtaken a taxi driver going between 85-90 miles an hour. He had
:02:15. > :02:22.also taken a junction on the wrong side of the road, going at 68.
:02:22. > :02:26.Eventually, the car overturned. Again, Arseng Rashid was driving
:02:26. > :02:36.too fast. Today, the mother of one of the boys killed, Josh Hopkins,
:02:36. > :02:44.
:02:44. > :02:50.Today, at Teesside Crown Court, the judge told Arseng Rashid he had
:02:50. > :02:55.driven deliberately dangerously. Worst of all, he said, he did so
:02:55. > :03:01.intentionally. The deep and extent of pain and consequence cannot be
:03:01. > :03:05.disguised. You have affected the lives of many. He sentenced Arseng
:03:05. > :03:10.Rashid to five years in prison, and banned him for driving for five
:03:10. > :03:15.years or so. It is a decision that has taken
:03:15. > :03:20.some people by surprise - two of the three care homes in West
:03:20. > :03:24.Cumbria that were earmarked for closure have been saved. The
:03:24. > :03:31.decision was made by county councillors at take meeting in
:03:31. > :03:37.Kendal this morning. After six months of campaigning,
:03:37. > :03:43.they got the result they wanted. Unexpectedly, Cumbria County
:03:43. > :03:47.Council decided not to closed Richmond Park care home and Park
:03:47. > :03:52.Lodge. At meetings organised by Kevin staff and the residents's
:03:52. > :04:01.families, the council promised to listen to their concerns. Today, it
:04:01. > :04:06.was apparent they had. But there was one casualty. We have decided
:04:06. > :04:14.to close at Woodlands care home. We have decided that is not fit for
:04:14. > :04:24.purpose. But we have also decided to put a huge investment into
:04:24. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:29.improving our current facilities. Some tough decisions this morning.
:04:29. > :04:35.Iris was delighted that Park Lodge would be kept open, and made part
:04:35. > :04:39.of a hub of provision for the elderly. Her mother-in-law has
:04:39. > :04:49.lived here all her life, and Barratts feared a move could have
:04:49. > :04:51.
:04:51. > :04:57.made her lose the will to live. Fantastic! Are delighted! Relieved!
:04:57. > :05:00.The residents were also delighted. Absolutely elated. We have been
:05:00. > :05:07.given the opportunity to work with the county, who have proved
:05:07. > :05:10.themselves to be a listening organisation, to take forward the
:05:10. > :05:15.strengths of Richmond Park, and develop the future of adult social
:05:15. > :05:19.care. Cumbria County Council says the way people are cared for will
:05:19. > :05:28.change, with the ageing population, there will be more care at home.
:05:28. > :05:33.That, they say, is what today's decision is all about.
:05:33. > :05:43.Sunday politics will be reporting on the decision, this Sunday, at
:05:43. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:49.Doctors and nurses are back up their day jobs after undertaking
:05:49. > :05:54.extraordinary work in India. These patients can see again, but that
:05:54. > :05:58.was not all - the team transformed and saved the lives of more than
:05:58. > :06:06.150 patients in one of the poorest parts of the world. But doctors
:06:07. > :06:12.filmed their work exclusively for Look North.
:06:12. > :06:16.It is a long way from Tyneside. This part of India is one of the
:06:16. > :06:21.poorest places in the world, end it was here when the team of doctors a
:06:21. > :06:31.right to treat ill patients. They arrived from miles around, and
:06:31. > :06:32.
:06:33. > :06:38.queued all day for surgery. first day we arrived, the patience
:06:38. > :06:46.heard of us and arrived. We felt under enormous pressure to get
:06:46. > :06:53.through so many operations. This is the doctor's seventh trip. In just
:06:53. > :07:00.one week, the team of doctors and nurses performed to 150 operations
:07:00. > :07:10.in India, and they did the work for free. The team was led by this man
:07:10. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:19.- a consultant anaesthetist. They are very poor. If somebody gets ill,
:07:19. > :07:25.they find it difficult to travel. We have had children who have had
:07:25. > :07:35.worm infestation. The children have been quite ill and have needed
:07:35. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:40.surgery. By the time they left, at 55 patients could see again. Each
:07:40. > :07:50.one a huge success for the medics, who already planning to go again
:07:50. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :07:58.next year. 's less than two months ago, and we
:07:58. > :08:03.are all geared up our street parties for the Queen's Diamond
:08:03. > :08:10.Jubilee, but Carlisle has not had a single application for a street
:08:10. > :08:18.closure on the big day. If it is true, and we have our
:08:18. > :08:25.reservations, then what is the reason? It could be the council.
:08:25. > :08:31.Except, there are no rules. Their reality is they are paying us a
:08:31. > :08:35.bigger and help them. We have got staff to make it easy for them to
:08:35. > :08:42.have a celebration if that is what they wish to do. I you going to
:08:42. > :08:46.have one in your street? I am not aware there is one. But did Jason
:08:46. > :08:52.did want to organise a street party, at least they would know the dates
:08:52. > :09:02.to go for, wouldn't they? Know like! It is not something I am
:09:02. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:15.focused on. It is June at the V... No! 16? Give us a clue! June!
:09:15. > :09:20.actually the fourth. Oh, well done! Looking back at the coverage of
:09:20. > :09:26.royal celebrations in the seventies and eighties, the scale and numbers
:09:26. > :09:31.involved could take you by surprise. As can the coverage. It is now 2pm,
:09:31. > :09:35.and we're getting in the party spirit. You would not catch has
:09:35. > :09:41.been that nowadays, wearing daft hats, that is. But many will be
:09:41. > :09:50.wearing them. Is a charity shop is just about meeting demand. It is
:09:50. > :10:00.flying out. Rarely? This is Alan fourth delivery. At the craft shop,
:10:00. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:07.if it is royal, it is selling. online as well. Oh, get you!
:10:07. > :10:17.buttons. We have got a lot of buttons and lace. So, party free
:10:17. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:27.zone? Not likely! The story of the lift attendant who
:10:27. > :10:37.went down with the Titanic. And which are beautiful weather
:10:37. > :10:40.
:10:40. > :10:43.picture will be adorning your wall? Working in the offshore industry
:10:43. > :10:46.can be dangerous work, and today, a specialised training centre was
:10:46. > :10:48.officially opened on Tyneside. The centre, in North Shields, has been
:10:48. > :10:58.developed because of major growth in the industry, particularly in
:10:58. > :11:02.
:11:02. > :11:06.the renewable energy sector. Rescues, rigging and simulation -
:11:06. > :11:11.this training could mean the difference between life and death.
:11:11. > :11:20.You could be working 100 metres up on this side of the vessel,
:11:20. > :11:30.suspended by ropes. We get across that safety comes first. It must be
:11:30. > :11:38.terrifying! I haven't done that yet, but I thought it would be scary.
:11:38. > :11:45.But it was OK in the end. And so, it recruits leave fully prepared to
:11:45. > :11:53.work offshore and onshore. We are training at 2000 people. We have
:11:54. > :12:03.tried to double that. The demand is there. And as this industry is no
:12:04. > :12:22.
:12:22. > :12:32.longer the preserve of men,... Take one hand-off to start with.
:12:32. > :12:35.
:12:35. > :12:43.There you go. Look, mum. No Hans! But, I still have to get down.
:12:43. > :12:47.Well done! 100 years after the sinking of the Titanic, a family
:12:47. > :12:52.has given Look North a showing of the heirlooms belonging to a
:12:52. > :13:02.relative who died on the ship. Arthur was just 18 when he took a
:13:02. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:23.They're worth 1,500 tragic stories on the Titanic, one for every death.
:13:23. > :13:28.But Arthur is ours. The 18-year-old joined the Titanic as a lift
:13:28. > :13:35.attendant. He died at his post, but some of his belongings came back to
:13:35. > :13:43.Tyneside. Today, they are still held by the family. Since he died,
:13:44. > :13:49.and his body was found and taken, and he was buried in Halifax. All
:13:49. > :13:56.of these things were sent back to his mother. We have got his watch,
:13:56. > :14:03.which is rather special, because it stopped at 2:20pm, the exact time
:14:03. > :14:13.the Titanic sank. A purse, keys and pipe also returned in a bag marked
:14:13. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:23.to create. But at first, his mother was told Alfred had lived. No lives
:14:23. > :14:31.lost. It was sent on the day the Titanic sank. Great relief for her
:14:31. > :14:36.and all of the family, but that was not true. It still smells of smoke.
:14:36. > :14:46.Alfred's namesake has used his pipe, a collection with his long-dead
:14:46. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:02.Alfred then may be at rest in Canada, but is still remembered 100
:15:02. > :15:05.years on and 4000 miles away on Tyneside. In fact his great niece
:15:05. > :15:11.Sandra's latest production - as principle of a theatre school -
:15:11. > :15:16.makes Alfred flesh and blood again. Do you know in a place in Coney
:15:16. > :15:19.Island in America... That ambition, to see America, lead to Alfred's
:15:19. > :15:25.death. His application form for work on the White Star line is
:15:25. > :15:31.heartbreaking. He applied, he said, to "better himself." I think he was
:15:31. > :15:38.a very idealistic young man, and he wanted to be a writer, and write
:15:38. > :15:43.stories. He wanted go and beat people. Being a first-class lift
:15:43. > :15:48.attendant was a way of achieving that. Instead Alfred's ambition
:15:48. > :15:51.ended in the cold Atlantic at his post. Listening to the strains of
:15:51. > :16:01.the depleted ship's orchestra playing the hymn, Nearer My God To
:16:01. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:05.Thee, and maybe family and Gateshead in his thoughts. Time for
:16:05. > :16:08.sport now, and there was a fair bit of rain around the North East today
:16:08. > :16:11.- perfect timing for Durham's first County Championship game of the new
:16:11. > :16:20.cricket season. Dawn's at Chester- le-Street - well wrapped up, I
:16:20. > :16:24.would hope! It is a very chilly Chester-le-
:16:25. > :16:29.Street. It would be for the first county Championship meant each of
:16:29. > :16:35.the season, but first been a start by saying congratulations to
:16:35. > :16:38.basketball's Newcastle Eagles. They'd already won two trophies
:16:38. > :16:41.this season and last night the Eagles won the British Basketball
:16:41. > :16:44.League for the fifth time in seven years after closest rivals Plymouth
:16:44. > :16:47.lost to Leicester. It'll be a clean sweep for Fab Flournoy's men if
:16:47. > :16:49.they can add the play-off crown next month. The championship trophy
:16:49. > :16:59.will be presented tomorrow night when Newcastle host deposed
:16:59. > :17:03.champions Mersey Tigers. Well Durham's Director of Cricket
:17:03. > :17:07.Geoff Cook is with me now - and a typical stop/start day for the
:17:07. > :17:11.first day of this county championship game with Notts, Geoff.
:17:11. > :17:15.We did pretty well to start with. It was a miserable day to start
:17:15. > :17:20.with, not cricket weather at all, but the groundsman today fantastic
:17:20. > :17:25.job. That was pretty soggy, and we started about an hour late on a
:17:25. > :17:32.decent pitch. It has gone a little bit awry at the crease. Yes, I
:17:32. > :17:38.thought we bowled really well. They had two partnerships, one of 60 and
:17:38. > :17:43.one of 40. We kept patient, and we bowled pretty well, but since going
:17:43. > :17:47.out with the bat, three wickets down, and hope to be would lose
:17:47. > :17:52.another one tonight. K the believes that this will be the 20th
:17:52. > :17:57.anniversary of Durham's first first-class county match when you
:17:57. > :18:03.have the likes of Dean Jones in the team. It was a really romantic time.
:18:03. > :18:08.The English game has changed so much. The preparation is different
:18:08. > :18:13.and the team is highly professional, and all the cricketers aspire to
:18:13. > :18:20.get to that standard. In the last few years, at Durham as being good
:18:20. > :18:25.at producing first-class cricketers. You have come a long way. Well, if
:18:26. > :18:29.you had said 20 years ago the be would be playing a one of the best
:18:29. > :18:39.grounds in the world and would have won two or three trophies, people
:18:39. > :18:41.would have laughed at that. Newcastle United could well be
:18:41. > :18:44.hosting European football next season but tonight they're staging
:18:44. > :18:46.an international match. The England Schools Under 18s are taking on
:18:46. > :18:48.their Scottish counterparts as part of the Northumberland Schools FA's
:18:48. > :18:58.centenary celebrations. In the England squad are three local
:18:58. > :19:01.players as Keith Akehurst reports. Final training before the biggest
:19:01. > :19:03.game of their lives. These under- 18s are representing England
:19:03. > :19:06.against Scotland. The oldest international at any level. But
:19:06. > :19:12.this is the Schools team, not the England under-18s we usually talk
:19:12. > :19:17.about. All of those players will be connected to professional clubs.
:19:17. > :19:22.Our side is a schoolboy's side, and a lot of them would have been
:19:22. > :19:24.rejected at 15 or 16 and have continued on at college to continue
:19:24. > :19:30.their education. Tonight's match gives the teenagers a second chance
:19:30. > :19:34.of a professional career. As an organisation, we have a history of
:19:34. > :19:38.being one or two through each year to get a contract. Among the 18-
:19:38. > :19:41.strong squad are three local players, including two strikers.
:19:41. > :19:46.Massive Newcastle fan. I have been since I have loved football, and it
:19:46. > :19:50.is going to be a privilege to play at the Stadium tomorrow. Hopefully
:19:50. > :19:54.I will grab a goal and walk away but my right hand up as Alan
:19:54. > :19:59.Shearer would have done. Just the thought of even training on there
:19:59. > :20:09.and warming up, it is brilliant. Especially in Scotland, and we have
:20:09. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:17.a good rivalry with them. Kick off is at eight. There'll be top-class
:20:17. > :20:19.tennis in the region tonight - and for the next four days. The
:20:19. > :20:22.National Premier Tennis finals are being held in Sunderland, featuring
:20:22. > :20:26.some of the best men's doubles partnerships in the country. But to
:20:26. > :20:29.help launch the event, they had the help of one of our best women
:20:29. > :20:32.players of all time. She once reached number five in the
:20:32. > :20:35.world, and won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon. These days her knees
:20:35. > :20:38.don't allow her to play as much tennis as she would like, but Jo
:20:38. > :20:42.Durie still keeps a close eye on the British scene. They are always
:20:42. > :20:47.up and coming juniors, and it is just a case of getting them on the
:20:47. > :20:53.tour. The women are doing OK. We have a couple in the top 100, and a
:20:53. > :20:57.couple of youngsters chasing them. The youngsters we hope can do
:20:57. > :21:00.better, but not through lack of trying! Last night Jo was at the
:21:00. > :21:02.Virgin Active club in Sunderland's Doxford Park. She was giving her
:21:02. > :21:05.blessing to a national men's doubles team tournament, which is
:21:05. > :21:08.the brainchild of Teessider Mike Dixon. It's brought the likes of
:21:08. > :21:15.British Davis Cup star Dan Evans to Wearside - and the host club are
:21:15. > :21:19.hoping to make it to Sunday's final. Everyone thinks tennis is Wimbledon
:21:19. > :21:23.for two weeks of the year. There are lots of tournaments going on
:21:23. > :21:27.throughout the world. We have a number of British tennis players
:21:27. > :21:32.playing here, Dan Evans being one. They are travelling the world tried
:21:32. > :21:35.to earn a living, so events like this help them. Not every one is
:21:35. > :21:38.going to be a champion, but it would be good have better
:21:38. > :21:48.participation in the sport, and this is a wonderful event will be
:21:48. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:03.good currency and what is all about. In reply to not 164, Durham are 54-
:22:03. > :22:06.Thanks Dawn, Time for the weather now, and time to unveil our latest
:22:06. > :22:08.weather calendar winner too, Hannah? It's hard to believe we've
:22:08. > :22:11.Hannah? It's hard to believe we've had snow since then! But the warm
:22:11. > :22:17.spell of weather we had last month broke records for March at some of
:22:17. > :22:20.our weather stations. It also got you out with your cameras, meaning
:22:20. > :22:23.a bumper crop of weather pictures to judge. This month we asked
:22:23. > :22:28.photographers from Ashington Co-op Camera Club to choose our winner. I
:22:29. > :22:31.met them at their new exhibition. Woodhorn Colliery. A former pit in
:22:31. > :22:34.Northumberland and now a museum of the region's industrial past. This
:22:34. > :22:36.spring it's also hosting a photography show - The Spirit of
:22:36. > :22:44.Northumberland. Pictures by local photographers celebrating a culture
:22:45. > :22:50.of pipers, fell runners and pigeon fanciers. I just wanted to capture
:22:50. > :22:53.this man's hard-working hands, the rough hands along with the fragile
:22:53. > :22:59.rough hands along with the fragile pigeon in his hands, and how caring
:22:59. > :23:03.hears with his offbeat. Plus, the fact that pigeon racing is dying
:23:03. > :23:08.out in Northumberland. Today Ashington photographers are
:23:08. > :23:11.choosing our best viewer's picture from March. Runner up is this
:23:11. > :23:15.lambkin full of the joys of spring, taken by Rachel Foster at Danby
:23:15. > :23:25.Wiske in North Yorkshire. Second prize goes to Alex Bell for his
:23:25. > :23:29.chunky rainbow at Seaton Sluice on the North East coast. The rainbow
:23:29. > :23:33.is really really powerful, and with the white buildings in the four
:23:33. > :23:35.Grand, it is an absolutely beautiful image. And the winner is:
:23:35. > :23:41.Graeme Robinson, with his red squirrel in the flowers in
:23:41. > :23:45.Cockermouth. We were just setting the spring flowers, and we had a
:23:45. > :23:52.shallow depth of field which made the squirrel stand out. We really
:23:53. > :23:55.enjoyed that one. We will be seeing a lot of it. Graeme's shot will now
:23:56. > :23:58.become the March page in next year's calendar, sold in aid of
:23:58. > :24:05.year's calendar, sold in aid of Children in Need.
:24:05. > :24:09.And a big well done to Graham Robinson. They have also said that
:24:09. > :24:14.Graham's image will appear at their exhibition at Woodhorn Colliery.
:24:14. > :24:22.Well worth a visit. Another great weather picture to start of this
:24:22. > :24:29.evening's forecast. Thank you to Lawrence. A cow in Hexham.
:24:29. > :24:37.Tomorrow's headline... It will be cold with a strong north wind.
:24:37. > :24:44.Shell was 10 to die away -- showers tend to die away. In the north and
:24:44. > :24:50.west, the map is tinged with blue. A touch of frost on the grass. It
:24:50. > :24:54.is not a bad start to the day though, it will be chilly, but lots
:24:54. > :25:02.of sunshine in North Yorkshire and the North East and parts of Cumbria
:25:02. > :25:08.as well. The son of course will get stronger every day, and the showers
:25:08. > :25:12.are not far behind. One or two of them will be snow wreaked on top of
:25:12. > :25:18.the North Pennines and the Cumbrian fells. The winds will be over 20
:25:18. > :25:24.mph, which will make it feel even colder. Temperatures between 8 and
:25:24. > :25:29.ten Celsius. Just below the average for this time in mid-April. It is
:25:29. > :25:34.the low 50s in Fahrenheit. But made to feel colder in the strong
:25:34. > :25:39.northerly breeze. One or two showers around in the afternoon,
:25:39. > :25:45.and it stays that way over the next few days as well. Cold air spilling
:25:46. > :25:55.into these conference, and chilling things over the weekend. One or two
:25:56. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:02.showers macro on Saturday. The showers could be wintry. Don't
:26:02. > :26:05.switch your central heating on -- of just yet! A look at the
:26:05. > :26:10.of just yet! A look at the headlines. A fragile ceasefire in
:26:10. > :26:15.Syria seems to be holding. Eight Teesside teenager has been jailed