:00:18. > :00:21.Hello, good evening. $$NWELINE Detectives on Teesside are hunting
:00:21. > :00:24.a prisoner who failed to return to jail after a day working on a
:00:24. > :00:27.community farm. The police are advising the public not to approach
:00:27. > :00:29.Bernard Sharkey, who was last seen on Thursday. Julie Smith has more
:00:29. > :00:31.details. This is the man police have
:00:31. > :00:35.urgently been looking for for the last four days - 34-year-old
:00:35. > :00:40.Bernard Lee Sharkey. He failed to return to Kirklevington Prison on
:00:40. > :00:46.Thursday. Police say he poses no threat to the public but are
:00:46. > :00:51.working with an individual they have concerns about. If you see him,
:00:51. > :00:56.please dial 999, my officers will respond to try to arrest him and
:00:56. > :00:59.locate him. And this is where he was last seen - Newham Grange Farm
:00:59. > :01:02.in Coulby Newham. Last Thursday he'd been carrying out community
:01:02. > :01:08.work here, mucking out and feeding livestock. He's not been seen since
:01:08. > :01:12.12:30pm that day. Bernard Sharkey was serving an indeterminate
:01:12. > :01:15.sentence for threats to kill, affray and possession of an
:01:15. > :01:19.offensive weapon. Police are warning members of the public not
:01:19. > :01:22.to approach him. But despite being deemed low risk and allowed in a
:01:22. > :01:28.public place, there was an opportunity for trust to be broken.
:01:28. > :01:32.Around 12:30pm, Sharkey left the farm in a silver car. Surprised to
:01:32. > :01:37.hear about them. I wonder what sort of supervision they have had.
:01:37. > :01:40.Certain people in the local area should not be put at risk. It is
:01:40. > :01:45.worth bearing in mind that prior to him going to prison, and prior to
:01:45. > :01:48.him being allowed into the community, he undergoes a rigorous
:01:48. > :01:52.risk assessment from the Prison Service, which deemed him as low
:01:52. > :01:58.risk. I'm sure that had they been aware of the information which I
:01:58. > :02:02.now have prior to Thursday, he would not have been working at the
:02:02. > :02:05.8th -- at the farm. A successful campaign to encourage
:02:05. > :02:07.people to stop smoking is being re- launched this week. Fresh's Every
:02:07. > :02:11.Breath campaign aims to raise awareness of chronic obstructive
:02:11. > :02:15.pulmonary disease. In the vast majority of cases, COPD is caused
:02:15. > :02:21.by smoking. The lungs are destroyed and sufferers describe it as though
:02:21. > :02:30.they're suffocating. Keith Akehurst 22-year-old John Stoddart pushes
:02:30. > :02:33.his mum in her wheelchair. For six years John has been Janet's carer.
:02:33. > :02:43.He's had to do all the jobs around the house and even personal things
:02:43. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:50.the house and even personal things This Ashington family's life has
:02:51. > :02:56.been devastated by chronic obstructive pulminary disease.
:02:56. > :03:01.could tell when she was real, you could see it in her face and you
:03:01. > :03:05.don't want to think that of your family members. Especially my mum
:03:05. > :03:08.who has raised us all my life. You want to repay the favour. Janet has
:03:08. > :03:11.to use her nebuliser four times a day and has a box of medication
:03:11. > :03:16.that's keeping her alive. Some sufferers are totally housebound.
:03:16. > :03:19.It is a progressive lung disease. It is the UK's 5th biggest killer.
:03:19. > :03:24.We have a huge amount of cases in the North East that have never been
:03:24. > :03:29.diagnosed. Too often, smokers thing, it is just a smoker's cough, I am a
:03:29. > :03:34.bit out of breath. They don't recognise it is an early symptom of
:03:34. > :03:38.COPD. When you have the late stages of COPD, sufferers say it feels
:03:38. > :03:41.like they are suffering -- suffocating or choking to death.
:03:41. > :03:47.The North East has the largest number of patients with COPD in the
:03:47. > :03:50.country. Yet it's also had the biggest drop in over all smoking.
:03:50. > :04:00.There are fresh hopes the TV, radio and cinema campaign beginning this
:04:00. > :04:03.week will improve those statistics further. -- Fresh hopes.
:04:03. > :04:06.The Foreign Office says it hopes a North Yorkshire man who was
:04:06. > :04:09.detained in Africa on suspicion of mass murder will soon be allowed to
:04:09. > :04:11.return home. David Simpson, from Pickering, was working as a pilot
:04:11. > :04:14.and safari farm manager in the Central African Republic when he
:04:14. > :04:17.and his colleagues discovered 18 bodies in a forest, in March. The
:04:17. > :04:19.24-year-old was jailed after reporting it to the authorities,
:04:19. > :04:22.but has now been released and all charges have been dropped.
:04:22. > :04:25.A last minute bid's been launched to delay signing the deal which
:04:25. > :04:28.would see Virgin Trains lose its franchise for the West Coast Main
:04:28. > :04:31.Line. The track, which passes through Cumbria on its way to
:04:31. > :04:34.London Euston from Glasgow, has been run by Virgin since 1997, but
:04:34. > :04:40.they lost the franchise to First Group two weeks ago. Now Labour's
:04:40. > :04:43.asked that Wednesday's signing of the new deal be delayed.
:04:43. > :04:46.The tiny North Yorkshire village of Hebden has been celebrating the
:04:46. > :04:50.success of Olympic Champion Andy Triggs Hodge today. Andy won a gold
:04:50. > :05:00.medal in the coxless four rowing, and was back home to join in the
:05:00. > :05:00.
:05:00. > :05:05.village sports day. Dan Johnson put It was certainly weather for
:05:05. > :05:09.wellies, but only one man was in golden boots. The sports day was
:05:09. > :05:14.wet, even for a rower. It is chucking down, but everyone is
:05:14. > :05:17.enjoying it so this is what it is all about. Watersports were not
:05:17. > :05:23.supposed to be in the programme, but the rain didn't deter the
:05:23. > :05:26.athletes. A proper old-fashioned sports day, being held under some
:05:26. > :05:32.atrocious conditions. From the fun and games here to the serious fell
:05:32. > :05:38.race later, everybody is itching to get a glimpse of that gold medal.
:05:38. > :05:43.The tombola tent became a photo studio. Quite a queue for a moment
:05:43. > :05:48.with the local hero. It is three weeks since that gold medal was won
:05:48. > :05:53.in the coxless fours, adding to the gold Andy won in Beijing four years
:05:53. > :05:57.ago. Since he started doing his rowing, he has been away quite a
:05:57. > :06:01.lot, but he comes back fairly regularly, so a lot of people know
:06:01. > :06:05.him. And we are proud of what he has done. It is 15 years since I
:06:05. > :06:09.have been here. It brought back memories of my winning -- running
:06:09. > :06:13.some of the stalls and collecting the 20 P's. The stakes are higher
:06:13. > :06:18.now, but from village champion to Olympic gold medallist, success
:06:18. > :06:21.round here is hard earned. It's hoped that artists from Spain,
:06:21. > :06:26.Argentina and Brazil will take to the skies 40 metres above
:06:26. > :06:29.Whitehaven harbour tonight as part of the Lakes Alive festival.
:06:29. > :06:35.Because of the wet and windy weather earlier, street shows were
:06:35. > :06:37.cancelled and it's not yet clear if tonight's performance can go ahead.
:06:37. > :06:40.A decision will be taken by 7:30pm at the latest.
:06:40. > :06:50.Let's take a look at that all- important weather forecast now with
:06:50. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:58.Blue he had more rain to come up with almost dollars. It does tend
:06:58. > :07:03.to dry up. Temperatures -- more rain to come for most of us. The
:07:03. > :07:08.supply winds will ease slightly. Tomorrow, bright and breezy -- the
:07:08. > :07:13.southerly winds will ease slightly. Plenty of sunshine. Temperatures in
:07:13. > :07:18.the brisk south-westerly wind, from 16 Celsius on the Cumbrian coast,
:07:18. > :07:22.to 20 Celsius in the North East coast. Make the most while it lasts,