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Hello, welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight:

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A businessman on trial, accused of paying young girls for sex and

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running a brothel from his takeaway. Also tonight: We've got Spain AND

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Brazil! Some of the world's top teams are heading for Newcastle for

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this summer's Olympics. Amazing! Absolutely amazing!

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The RSPCA reveals a big rise in the number of animal cruelty cases,

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with more than 500 convictions in the North last year.

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And do we need elected Mayors? The Look North hotseats return to allow

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the public to grill the campaigners. In sport, we'll be saluting the

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region's latest World Champions, and we'll toast the two Northern

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League football teams who're The trial of a Carlisle businessman

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accused of paying young girls for sex and running a brothel from his

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takeaway has been hearing from two of his alleged victims. 44-year-old

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Azad Miah denies eight charges of paying for the sexual services of a

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chart, child prostitution, and one count of keeping a brothel. Out --

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Alison was at Carlisle Crown Court. He is a well-known businessman in

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Carlisle, who ran a takeaway. That now, he stands accused of paying

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for sex with young girls are recruiting children to work as

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prostitutes. It is also alleged he used rooms as a brothel. That

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business has since changed hands. Carlisle Crown Court heard from one

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woman who said she met Azad Miah when she was just 14. She said he

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had rather had sex with her than the woman who introduced them. He

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knew how order he was, she said. He should not have done it. She said

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she used the money to pay for heroin or alcohol. The woman, who

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is now 21, also gave evidence in court from behind a screen. The

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defence barrister argued that while he admitted to having sex with her,

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it was not until she was older. He also said his client believed he

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had been in a relationship with her. Stephen Meadowcroft QCs says, as

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suggested was you there was using him. He formed a relationship at

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him when you were already a team. The final witness of the day told

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the court she was 12 when Azad Miah first began to bombard her with 50

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texts a day. She said he told her it did not matter how alter she was

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in his country. But the defence said she had made a whole thing up,

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and there was no evidence of her complaints to the police. He denies

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all the charges against him and the case continue.

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Newcastle United fans are already looking forward to seeing European

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football next season, but the fantastic news today is that some

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of the world's best teams are coming to St James's Park, as it

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will be called, for the Olympics. The draw for the group stages was

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made this morning. Dawn joins us from the ground now. Who are the

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fans going to be able to watch the summer, then? It is pretty gloomy

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on Tyneside tonight. There will be plenty of Samba star football to

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brighten things up. Brazil, Mexico and Spain all be playing here. The

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ground and will revert to its former name for the duration of the

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tournament. The draw for the group stages was made at Wembley this

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morning, and with the help of a few famous footballing faces, including

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Ronaldo. But this is who will be playing who. On 26th July, Mexico

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This is what the football fans thought of the fixtures. Everyone

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will be watching Newcastle. That is a good thing. Pudding Newcastle on

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the map. Some exciting football. am Portuguese, so I would like to

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see Brazil or even Spain. It will be good for the area. Bring some

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people up and down south he would not normally come this way. It will

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be amazing! Absolutely amazing! With me now is a former Newcastle

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captain. Brazil, Mexico Spain. It does not get much better than that.

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You have got two champions there, and the Football be good. Looking

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forward to it. Do you think there is any particular fixture that

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stands out? Mexico and South Korea. The obvious one is Brazil. I think

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they will come here and play New Zealand, so I would think that

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would be the one there will capture imaginations. Mark, you were at the

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Senegal game, so you have had a taste of things to come. What does

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it mean for the city in terms of finances? There 300,000

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opportunities for people to come to this fantastic stadium, so people

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will come and visit the city. that could put a figure on the

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amount of money? It is. What about tickets? Fans will be rushing to

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try and get tickets, but you cannot buy Timeline, can you? No, a

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planning and procedures are being finalised. Hopefully, people will

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visit the website and buy them earlier in the next month. So you

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are in good positions to transfer some locally as well? All of the

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tickets, buy them through the website, because I think it is a

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risk to buy them near again. What about the woman's again? Terrific

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for the ladies'! Don't forget the men! They like watching women's

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football as well, you know! Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium

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will host a friendly between Great Britain and Brazil for the Olympic

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tournament. The FA have not confirmed that yet. But the BBC

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understands it will be part of a double-header on July 20th, and

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that is with GB's women playing Sweden.

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An investigation's underway after a body was found at a house in

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Middlesbrough last night. The discovery was made in Leven Street

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in the Gresham area of the town just before 11pm. Police are

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treating the death as suspicious. The 11-year-old boy, impaled on a

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metal fence for 40 minutes, has been speaking about his ordeal and

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the man who saved temple stop Jack Humphrey was tricked -- Jack

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Humphrey was climbing a tree and his arm became impaled on defence.

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Recovering at home with his family, Jack Humphrey was reliving the

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terrifying moment he became impaled on a metal fence. I was on a tree,

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and the branch snapped. I screamed twice and felt the pain for 15

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seconds. Then James came over and put me on his salt -- shoulder.

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James had been walking his dog. Eat dog letter's owner to Jack. James

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came over and put me on his left shoulder. And then he called the

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emergency services. James held the jack for 40 minutes. He feared any

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movement would make his injury worse. Jack's father was called and

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a right to seek police, ambulance to see his son. It was only later

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he learned of a crucial role played by his neighbour. If the have not

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been there, we do not know what would have happened. I know he does

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not want to be seen air is a hero, The RSPCA has revealed the North is

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the worst area in the country for cruelty to animals. Last year, the

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number of people convicted top five punchers. More than 450 people were

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banned from keeping animals in 2011. 22 prison sentences were handed out

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last year. But there was a fall in the number of dog cruelty cases,

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and the number of people reported You will have noticed Maggie May

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only has three legs. She suffered unimaginable cruelty. It is the

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worst case I have seen by far. It is hard to believe somebody would

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do that to an animal. When she arrived at the vet, she wasn't an

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awful way. She had been run over, but rather than get help, and an

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attempt was made to kill her. She had been stabbed, had her neck

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broken, and then dumped. She was comatose, cold, collapsed. She had

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wounds on her head and flanks, and very little hair on her body.

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Luckily, Maggie May survived, and now has a new home. On this

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occasion, the men were jailed and banned the keeping animals for life.

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But her story is one of hundreds of cases the RSPCA and the North of

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England investigate every year. Saddening of all, this region

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continues to be the worst place in the UK for animal cruelty. How can

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it be that we are the worst foe of treating animals? I think it is all

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about population. We have a higher population in the north-east. Also,

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the economic climate has an impact. The RSPCA says education and

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reducing the number of unwanted animals is the best solution.

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You can have your say on this right now on a were Facebook page.

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Coming up next: "No one needs to use a foodbank" - an MP's response

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to our reports on the rising number of people relying on handouts.

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And they'll drink to that - the very special brew to celebrate a

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Wembley final for two of our You might be happy to catch a

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glimpse of blue skies and sunshine. 20 later for the fall forecast.

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We told you about the thousands of people who say they are relying on

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free handouts of food to help make ends meet. Tonight, we need some of

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the people who have benefited, and why they feel the need help. And we

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will be hearing from an MP who says A miserable day, a back entrance

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and desperate people. You or I would do exactly the same if things

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had got so bad, the only way left to feed our families was through

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food handouts. This is Darlington food store. The definition of food

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poverty is a man individual cannot apply themselves with one hot meal

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a day. There are 60 people in the Darlington area in that situation.

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I coming here, they can take away a supply of today's at any one time.

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-- of two days. Cash and food donations are keeping pace with

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demand. Some major food out that have been quick to recognise the

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crisis, but their generosity can do little to lift self-esteem. Why

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have you come today? I do not get paid until next week, I am short of

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food. It is just a short cut. Just to last me until I get my next Giro.

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Then I am OK. I do not come every day it is open. Am not one of those

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that come, I just come if I am desperately short. How does it make

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you feel to have to come here? glad there is somewhere I can come

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to get some help. Otherwise they would be starving. I would not be

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able to cope. I only have �3 the last be a fortnight. Crippling

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debts have brought Caroline here, after read, utility bills and HP

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payments, there is little left for food. I was on the sick, had been

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for a long time, I would foreign medical and they said I was fit for

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work, I have appealed against it and they have to wait until that

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comes through. They have reduced my benefit. So I am struggling a

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little bit. And you found you simply could not afford food?

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The centre gets its share of homeless people with drug and

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alcohol problems, but the manager believes a recent increase in

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numbers may be due to changes in the benefit system. We have

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homeless people who are homeless any number of reasons, but we have

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probably a larger amount of people who are on benefits, who are

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suffering from the interest -- increase in rent, reduction in

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benefits, the change in moving from one benefit to another. A the food

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store is open for three days every week. Its services are clearly

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appreciated and for some, they are essential.

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Earlier today, I spoke to the Conservative MP for Stockton South,

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James Wharton. I asked him why so many people are having to turn to

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emergency food help. There is a substantial welfare state in this

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country, there are millions of people on benefits who do not find

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themselves needing to rely on food bags. But there is an increasing

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number in the North East in the country who are struggling. If they

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find they are struggling and cannot cope, they should seek advice and

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support are identified what the individual problems are and unsure

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they are getting the help the needs. Nobody in the UK in the 21st

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century should need to go to a food bank. If people do, and it is clear

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that individuals are finding themselves in that position, they

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should seek the support that is out there, from organisations like the

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Citizens Advice Bureau, or talking to their local MP. They can come

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and talk to me about their benefits. But they need food today, they need

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to feed their families today or tomorrow and the day after.

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that is something we need to address. If those individuals find

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themselves in a position, I would strongly advise them to speak to

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their MP, Citizens Advice Bureau, whatever source they choose to go

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to... You cannot feel proud that it is your Government's watch when

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people are having to use food banks more and more. I do not think this

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is an issue of, this is the Government, it is clearly an issue

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where some people are falling on difficult times and the benefit

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system is not responding appropriately or are they are not

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axing -- Accessing the benefits to which they ought to be entitled.

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But there is no reason that anyone should be reliant on a food bank.

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If people are, it means there are problems in those individual cases.

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If the supporters not there, then there is a wider issue but there is

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not very much evidence that the supporters not there when

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individual circumstances are taking into account and when the right

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advice is given. London has one, so does

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Middlesbrough and Hartlepool, but does Newcastle also need a directly

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elected Mayor? Voters are being asked that very question in a

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referendum. The need to make up their minds by next Thursday. Our

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political editor Richard Moss has decided to help them by dusting off

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the Look North hot seats and inviting voters to turn up the

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temperature on the campaigners. This is great to market and my task

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is to persuade shoppers to take a moment away from buying bananas or

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sausages and focus on the vote they have whether to have a directly

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elected Mayor for Newcastle. They will put the yes and No campaigners

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through their paces as they got in the hot seat. -- they go.

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Off we go and unsurprisingly, our canny market shoppers are pretty

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soon focused on whether a Mayor would offer value for money. Why is

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all this money being wasted on something that really is not a

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necessary thing? We estimated that over the four years of the tenure,

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it would cost upwards of a million pounds. We are cutting services and

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you cannot afford to waste a million pounds. If you disagree

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with how much that there is getting paid, you can vote him out of

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office. There are some who would like to have seen a bit more money

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spent on giving them the facts. have read one piece of campaign

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literature, had it through the door. I have not received anything from

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the yes campaign. The Yes campaign has not been able to pay for a

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leaflet. On the other side, we have had the councillors at Newcastle

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City Council funding have paid leaflet going out across the whole

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city, with really have very false message. You cannot have it both

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ways. The Government imposed this referendum and that is no good

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complaining that you cannot find enough supporters to put your point

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of view. We did not want to spend our money on this, we could have

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spent it on charity but we have to spend it on this totally

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unnecessary campaign. Our next questioner is Doreen. I would like

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to know what kind person it is we are going to have as Mayor.

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beauty is, it does not have to be anybody, political party, it is

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open to anyone to stand, and that present, the only person that can

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be elected as the leader of Newcastle City Council is a leader

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of the ruling group, selected by 20 or so councillors. They are not

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setting out at all what the extra powers will be for the Mayor,

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because there are none. Ahmed is keen to know what they could do for

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people who have to cope with drunken anti-social behaviour.

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feel you cannot get anywhere because there are so many obstacles.

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There is a partnership between the police and the local authority that

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will sort this. Whether you have a Mayor or not does not make any

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difference. A Mayor would have no influence over planning or

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licensing. One of the biggest concerns for the Mayor of

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Middlesbrough was crime. The people they elected him to work with the

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police and the other agencies to sort crime out and that is what Ray

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Mallon has done in the old bread, and we want to see that replicated

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in Newcastle to reduce crime. -- in Middlesbrough. And this man is more

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interested in the spending of a penny, rather than pounds.

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Inconvenient pilots. Why are they all closed down? We have heard

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other people making this point, there are no public conveniences in

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the centre of Newcastle. With an elected Mayor, you could speak to

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them personally and get them to change the policy. My colleague has

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said one of the key points about the elected Mayor is a become a

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champion for the city, the deal with ministers and go travelling

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internationally. I rather fear that a Mayor like that would not really

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have time to see you about the closure of the toilet. I would like

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to think he might, but I suspect he probably would not. Are campaigners

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have been well and truely grill. We will find out if the voters are

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sold on the idea of a Mayor on May 3rd.

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I hope they are a bit happier now they have been able to put the

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questions to them. You are limbering up for sport tonight.

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Quite literally, almost. Congratulations to the Deerness

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Valley Acro-Gymnastics Club from Ofcom were in County Durham, who we

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have featured a few time -- a few times on the programme. 11 of the

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team went to the United States for the World Championships in Florida

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and the senior men's group of Jesse Heskett, Matthew Evison, Dorian

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Walker and Richard Hurst followed up the British and European titles

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by sharing the gold medal with the Chinese team. Well done to the boys.

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Football, and next month, to Northern League clubs meet in the

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FA Vase final at Wembley. Dunston and West Auckland might be rivals

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but they have come up with an unusual way of marking the big day,

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commissioning a specially brewed beer. Joining them was Stephanie

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Lloyd. A special brew for a very special

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occasion. The first all Northern League final of the FA Vase, and it

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would also be the first time that two North East sides have met at

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Wembley since 1954. So what better way to celebrate and what a

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specially named Beer, called League Of Our Own? The film never goes. It

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is the most special of occasions. Walking to Wembley, anyone would

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tell you, it is such a unique feeling that the teams at Wembley.

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But there is no bitter rivalry here. When the game kicks off, he might

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not be a friend during then, but afterwards, we will reflect on the

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game regardless of the result. is good for their it will began the

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area, it will be an awesome day out. For supporters of both clubs.

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new beer was turned around in just two weeks by a brewery in

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Northallerton. We had to put the a into 700 bottles. Myself and my

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wife were sticking labels on the bottles last night. So, it has been

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very hectic to try and get it done. It is nice to be able to help.

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the Wembley final and a three weeks away, excitement is building, they

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hope a crowd of 10,000 will turn out. Meantime, raise a bottle to

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celebrate. I have not tasted it yet, but I am

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sure it will be good. Paul, we are not going to bother

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that you tonight, it is just going to rain!

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But not everywhere and not all the But not everywhere and not all the

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time. Let us take a trip along the coast

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to start with. Last night, this was the scene on the Northumberland

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coast. This lovely shot, thanks to James for that. Different

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perspective on an April sunset, looking across the sole way.

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Captain Kirk and his little friend look as if they are looking for

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some blue-sky. -- Captain Cook. You will struggle over the next few

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days because most of us will see rain and wet and windy weather.

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Today, it was another day of showers. You might have been lucky

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and missed them, but there were some heavy ones, especially during

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the afternoon. Most of them will die away overnight. Parts of

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Northumberland might see the showers lingering longest. Many

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places dry and with some clear spells and missed the patches,

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temperatures under the clear spells into three or four Celsius. At the

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turn necked in the air tomorrow morning but are mostly dry stuff. -

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- habit of and net. Then the next band of cloud and rain marches are

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from the south. Some heavy rain, especially as we head into the

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afternoon, especially across North Yorkshire. Temperatures on paper

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looks similar to the last few days. 10 or 11 Celsius. That easterly

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wind tomorrow will be a lot stronger than it has been recently,

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making it feel colder. If you avoid the worst of the rain, I think it

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will reach you eventually as that low pressure pushes away to the

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North East, keeping as very wet. And still some heavy rain around on

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Thursday. Gradually pulling away towards the tail end of the week

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and things will start to improve. So heavy showers, thundery ones, on

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Thursday. Less widespread on Friday Thursday. Less widespread on Friday

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and perhaps drier for the weekend. Rubbish, it is just rain! Let us

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have a look at the headlines. They have been calls for Culture

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Secretary Jeremy Hunt to resign after links between the Murdoch

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empire and the Government came under scrutiny under the Leveson

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Inquiry. And a businessman from Carlisle is

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