:00:06. > :00:09.programme tonight. The beautiful North. An apology from the Tory peer
:00:10. > :00:14.who said the North East would be a good place for shale gas fracking,
:00:14. > :00:17.because it's desolate and uninhabited. Also tonight, fury of a
:00:17. > :00:27.mother after the exclusion order she said protected her from the man who
:00:27. > :00:28.
:00:28. > :00:34.killed her son, is lifted. He might as well, and introduce himself and
:00:34. > :00:37.say, I am the person who killed your son. The longest closure in the
:00:37. > :00:40.Metro's history means buses only to the airport for travellers next
:00:40. > :00:42.month. And a high tech solution to a common dilemma for breast-feeding
:00:42. > :00:46.mums. In sport, why the Aussies just can't
:00:46. > :00:56.get enough of the North East. And Papiss Cisse wearing that logo. He
:00:56. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:11.lost it. The criticism mounted for Lord Howell of Guildford today. As
:01:11. > :01:14.we told you on last night's Look North, his comments in the House of
:01:14. > :01:18.Lords - that quote: parts of the North-East are "uninhabited" and
:01:18. > :01:21."desolate" have caused a storm. He was arguing that our region would be
:01:21. > :01:26.a better place for fracking operations - that's drilling and
:01:26. > :01:29.fracturing underground shale for gas and oil. But today MPs, tourism
:01:29. > :01:33.leaders and just about everybody with access to social media sites
:01:33. > :01:36.have been tearing him to shreds. Lord Howell is a former Government
:01:36. > :01:42.Minister who just happens to be the father-in-law of the Chancellor,
:01:42. > :01:45.George Osborne, so he hasn't done the government any favours, either.
:01:46. > :01:55.Here's our Chief Reporter Chris Stewart on how to lose your friends
:01:56. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:23.and uninhabited and desolate areas in parts of the north-east where
:02:23. > :02:33.there is plenty of room for fracturing. -- tracking. Well away
:02:33. > :02:37.
:02:38. > :02:42.from anybody's residents. What we don't know is how well Lord Howell
:02:42. > :02:50.knows the north-east. What we do know is as a government minister 30
:02:50. > :02:55.years ago, you came here at least twice stop the reaction today.
:02:55. > :03:04.Terrible. He's never been here so he doesn't know what he's missing.
:03:04. > :03:09.is very beautiful here. I was very annoyed. I didn't like the way it
:03:10. > :03:15.was said. It is one of the most beautiful parts of the country with
:03:15. > :03:25.huge potential. There we have had it before. Remember when and art critic
:03:25. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:33.arts about -- asked about Gateshead? Bomb it and then you will change it.
:03:33. > :03:38.So that is what they think of us. Let's consider their region for a
:03:38. > :03:44.moment. The Southeast consistent tidy of muggers, murderers wideboys,
:03:44. > :03:54.Barrow boys and dodgy dealers who would sell their own granny for a
:03:54. > :03:54.
:03:54. > :03:58.pound. I should know, I have been there at least twice. But just in
:03:58. > :04:02.case I'm wrong, I will apologise like Lord Howell and everything will
:04:02. > :04:05.be all right again. All the statement will be wrecked as for the
:04:05. > :04:15.rubbish it is. The latest on the story is that Lord Howell has
:04:15. > :04:16.
:04:16. > :04:20.accepted an invitation from the Labour MP Ian Avery to visit us.
:04:20. > :04:23.Well, the criticism has been raining down on Lord Howell from all sides.
:04:23. > :04:26.So, perhaps, not surprisingly, he's apologised. Earlier I spoke to North
:04:26. > :04:36.East-born Kevin McGuire, Associate Editor of the staunchly Labour Daily
:04:36. > :04:41.Mirror. I asked him if in his opinion an apology would do. No, it
:04:41. > :04:44.is not enough. When he first spoke and called the north-east desolate,
:04:44. > :04:48.he was saying what he and a lot of Home Counties Tories think will stop
:04:48. > :04:54.some of them say it out of ignorance, some of the matters
:04:54. > :05:03.prejudice. They'll treat the north-east as colonial, far-away
:05:03. > :05:08.places. He might have put this in a strange way, but some people might
:05:08. > :05:11.say, maybe he has a point, we do need jobs. As long as we can keep
:05:11. > :05:21.some of the revenue from this cracking then there could be an
:05:21. > :05:24.
:05:24. > :05:29.opportunity. -- fracking. I find it a bit rich coming from Lord Howell
:05:29. > :05:36.when he is a member of Lady Thatcher's government. It is a bit
:05:36. > :05:42.rich. If you doesn't realise the north-east is beautiful, whether it
:05:42. > :05:45.is down in Cleveland, the National Park, the gorgeous Georgian streets
:05:45. > :05:50.of Newcastle, years from another world anyway and he is clearly
:05:50. > :05:56.ignorant or prejudiced about the north-east. Do you think is in touch
:05:56. > :06:02.with the country? He is very well connected because he is George
:06:02. > :06:07.Osborne's father-in-law. But I think he is from another planet. Here's
:06:07. > :06:13.one said to have remarked that George Osborne wasn't posh because
:06:13. > :06:16.he lived in Notting Hill. Well, Northumberland may have an alien
:06:16. > :06:26.visitors soon because he has accepted an invitation to have a bit
:06:26. > :06:27.
:06:27. > :06:31.of holiday here. You may need a bodyguard, someone to protect him.
:06:31. > :06:38.But do we really want people like him in the north-east? I suspect we
:06:38. > :06:48.don't. He should stay in his wake posh house in southeastern England
:06:48. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :06:57.She's described it as the final insult. Ten years ago Barbara
:06:57. > :07:00.Dunne's son, Robert, was stabbed to death in Middlesbrough by a man
:07:00. > :07:03.armed with a Samurai sword. His killer has now been released. But an
:07:03. > :07:08.exclusion order which prevented him going anywhere near the Dunne family
:07:08. > :07:13.has been lifted. Barbara has described the decision as sickening
:07:13. > :07:17.and disrespectful - as Stuart Whincup reports. When her son's
:07:17. > :07:20.killer was released from prison - Barbara Dunne says there was one
:07:20. > :07:28.rule. He was excluded from coming anywhere near her family. But now
:07:28. > :07:36.that order's been lifted. He might as well, and introduce himself and
:07:36. > :07:43.say, I'm the person who in that she might as well introduce himself and
:07:43. > :07:49.say I'm the person who killed your son. Why is he asking permission to
:07:49. > :07:55.come into the exclusions and? The family of the man he killed lived
:07:55. > :07:58.here. Jason Kelly was jailed in 2003 after he stabbed Robert Dunne to
:07:58. > :08:02.death in a Middlesbrough street with a Samurai sword. For years Barbara
:08:02. > :08:07.campaigned for tougher laws on knife crime and she took her fight to
:08:07. > :08:12.Downing Street. But seven years on she feels she's been let down - by
:08:12. > :08:18.the authorities. This area close to the family home was previously in
:08:18. > :08:21.the exclusion zone. Every application is considered very
:08:21. > :08:26.carefully before any decision is made and then discussed with the
:08:26. > :08:32.victim or their family. If there are any changes, they come with very
:08:32. > :08:35.strict rules. But such reassurances mean little to the family. I feel
:08:35. > :08:40.like shouting out and saying, is there anybody out there who can
:08:40. > :08:49.help? I feel very bitter about it. I feel like I have been treated like
:08:49. > :08:52.the offender. Ever since her son's death Barbara says she's been failed
:08:52. > :08:55.by the people who are supposed to be supporting her.
:08:55. > :08:58.The Home Office has issued new guidance to police forces that
:08:58. > :09:03.people with a history of domestic violence should NOT be allowed to
:09:03. > :09:06.own a firearm or shotgun. It follows a campaign by the family of three
:09:06. > :09:13.women shot dead by Michael Atherton in Horden, County Durham on New
:09:13. > :09:16.Year's Day 2012. He killed his partner Susan McGoldrick, her sister
:09:16. > :09:19.Alison Turnbull and Ms Turnbull's daughter Tanya with a shotgun that
:09:19. > :09:27.police had returned to him despite his history of violence towards Ms
:09:27. > :09:37.McGoldrick. Alison's Sun says he hopes police forces will use the
:09:37. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:44.guideline. It is just a small step in the right direction. One of my
:09:44. > :09:50.biggest worries is that these guidelines are not mandatory. Police
:09:50. > :09:56.do not have to abide by them and will police forces begin to abide by
:09:56. > :09:59.them? Family and friends of the two young girls who drowned in the River
:09:59. > :10:02.Wear at Washington have come together this afternoon for a
:10:02. > :10:06.fundraising walk along the banks of the river where the two teenagers
:10:06. > :10:09.died. 15-year-old Tonibeth Purvis and 14-year-old Chloe Fowler got
:10:09. > :10:13.into difficulties during last week's hot weather. Today's walk was to
:10:14. > :10:17.help raise money for their families. Jim Knight reports. They began
:10:17. > :10:27.gathering on the river bank - close to where Tonibeth and Chloe first
:10:27. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:46.went into the water. I did a banner for her. Memories of Chloe...
:10:46. > :10:49.since the rescue teams found the girls bodies last Tuesday night,
:10:49. > :10:55.family, and hundreds of young friends and neighbours have been
:10:55. > :11:01.trying to come to terms with what's happened. They believe the community
:11:01. > :11:04.coming together so strongly like this can only help. We have left the
:11:04. > :11:09.family to grieve in peace. The community has come together to do
:11:09. > :11:13.all the rest. Fatfield bridge has now become a shrine to Tonibeth and
:11:13. > :11:16.Chloe. The railings now draped with a huge array of flowers and soft
:11:16. > :11:19.toys When the walk finally got under way, it was Chloe's family who led
:11:19. > :11:28.the procession out of Fatfield as they headed-off towards Chloe's home
:11:28. > :11:32.in Shiney Row. The family is welcome to every single penny we make and
:11:32. > :11:40.they can do what they want with the rest of it. It was Chloe's family
:11:40. > :11:43.who led the procession as they headed towards Chloe's home. Of
:11:43. > :11:48.course, it is very hard to tell whether events like this really do
:11:48. > :11:51.help, but from speaking to people here and the oppression I have got,
:11:51. > :12:01.you get a sense they are just glad to be doing something positive in
:12:01. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:05.what has been a really difficult stage of a long term modernisation
:12:05. > :12:09.of the Tyne and Wear Metro system. But this time, the section in
:12:09. > :12:11.question is the busiest on the network. From this Sunday, the line
:12:11. > :12:17.between Haymarket and Newcastle Airport, will be shut for almost
:12:17. > :12:20.four weeks - as will the line to Four Lane Ends. It'll be the longest
:12:20. > :12:30.closure in the Metro's history. Gerry Jackson is at the Metro's
:12:30. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:38.Newcastle Airport terminus now. is one of the places where people
:12:38. > :12:41.who use the Metro will have to make alternative arrangements. Over the
:12:41. > :12:46.27 days, hundreds of extra buses will be running along those routes.
:12:46. > :12:50.It is not the first time it has happened during this big
:12:50. > :12:56.modernisation and will not be the last. It is the biggest test of how
:12:56. > :13:01.they compensate for a line being closed. A building site, men in
:13:01. > :13:05.suits. And the media turning up. An ominous combination for any
:13:05. > :13:08.commuter. But here, those bosses think they're getting pretty good at
:13:08. > :13:16.it. They're spending nearly �400 million in 11 years, refurbishing
:13:16. > :13:24.the Metro from top to bottom. This is year four. But it's the biggest
:13:24. > :13:28.challenge yet. Not only is it large but it is right at the heart of the
:13:28. > :13:32.Metro system so it impacts on the most number of trains and
:13:32. > :13:37.passengers. We will be working seven days a week, 24 hours a day and we
:13:37. > :13:42.will be spending almost half �1 million a day. So, the contractors
:13:42. > :13:49.have been dotting themselves around the network over these years and
:13:49. > :13:54.right now there are 20,000 tonnes of stone ballast, 7,000 concrete
:13:54. > :14:03.sleepers and it is also so they can relay about four miles of track.
:14:03. > :14:10.There are 1960s British rail vintage. -- they are. The buses will
:14:10. > :14:14.go between the city centre, the airport and the four Lane ends. But
:14:14. > :14:17.apparently it is the quietest time of year to do it. This will
:14:17. > :14:22.safeguard the Metro for another generation. Once it is done, it will
:14:22. > :14:32.last another 50 years so we can look back and another generation can reap
:14:32. > :14:35.
:14:35. > :14:39.the benefits. 50,000 people use the station alone in an average month.
:14:39. > :14:43.The Haymarket and Regent Centre are major interchanges so a lot will
:14:43. > :14:49.depend on whether these replacement buses are sufficient to remove all
:14:49. > :14:53.these people around. Look out the numbers 901 and 900. There will also
:14:53. > :14:56.be an express shuttle leaving people between Central Station and here,
:14:56. > :15:06.only stopping at Saint James 's. There is information about us times
:15:06. > :15:11.in this leaflet dotted around the station and there is the website.
:15:11. > :15:14.Thanks Gerry. Still to come in tonight's Look North Jeff's here
:15:14. > :15:22.with the sport news. And why this popular cafe is being forced to
:15:22. > :15:29.close after eighty five years of serving up tea and scones. And rain
:15:29. > :15:32.clouds gathering across the region tonight. When will the sun return?
:15:32. > :15:38.Breast-feeding is the most natural thing in the world - but many new
:15:38. > :15:41.mums find doing it in public a very daunting experience. Well, now a new
:15:41. > :15:45.mobile phone app's been developed by computer scientists at Newcastle
:15:45. > :15:47.University to try to help mothers feel more comfortable.
:15:47. > :15:50.Breast-feeding mums can use their smartphones to share their
:15:50. > :15:58.experiences and rate breastfeeding-friendly places.
:15:58. > :16:02.Stephanie Cleasby reports. Breast-feeding mums are more than
:16:02. > :16:09.welcome at this cafe in the Heaton area of Newcastle. But that's not
:16:09. > :16:14.always the case in other public places. We went to a well-known
:16:14. > :16:17.chain of restaurants and I asked if I could be put somewhere not in the
:16:17. > :16:26.middle of the restaurant, and they said, you can use the disabled
:16:26. > :16:29.toilet feed him. It was not very nice. The benefits of breast-feeding
:16:29. > :16:32.for both mother and infant are well documented. Now mothers will always
:16:32. > :16:34.know the most breastfeeding-friendly places in town. This free
:16:34. > :16:42.Feed-Finder app has been developed by Newcastle University with the
:16:42. > :16:48.help of 30 new mums. The app can be used with one hand there is is user
:16:48. > :16:56.friendly for breast-feeding mums. allows them to rate cafes, shops and
:16:56. > :17:03.other public places on their attitude to breast-feeding. I think
:17:03. > :17:07.it has a real place the helping mothers starting breast-feeding when
:17:07. > :17:13.they are lacking confidence. People need to remember you can breast-feed
:17:13. > :17:20.anywhere. Anything that makes you feel more reassured and that you are
:17:20. > :17:24.worrying welcome would be great. -- and that you are really welcome.
:17:24. > :17:29.People are frightened about the reaction they will get an this app
:17:29. > :17:36.is like having a breast-feeding friend in your pocket. It does just
:17:36. > :17:39.that job of saying, this is an OK place, you won't get a bad reaction.
:17:39. > :17:43.The app is about reassuring women that it is OK to breast-feed in
:17:43. > :17:46.public and that many women have many positive experiences of
:17:46. > :17:51.breast-feeding in public. Hopefully, the Mormon women that do it, the
:17:52. > :17:59.more people will see it is completely normal option -- the more
:17:59. > :18:03.women. It's hoped the app will help mothers to enjoy breast-feeding and
:18:03. > :18:06.continue breast-feeding for longer. A cafe which has been serving teas
:18:06. > :18:09.and coffees beside Derwent Water in Cumbria for eighty-five years is to
:18:09. > :18:13.close. The same family has run the lakeside Tea Gardens in Keswick for
:18:13. > :18:17.25 of those years but their lease hasn't been renewed. That's because
:18:17. > :18:26.the next-door Theatre by the Lake wants to open a new restaurant on
:18:26. > :18:30.the site which it says is vital for the future of the venue. A cafe
:18:30. > :18:34.speciality - along with the views and the sunshine. People have been
:18:34. > :18:39.dining al fresco at the Lakeside Tea Gardens in Keswick for around 85
:18:39. > :18:44.years. Run by the same family for the past twenty five, they'll be
:18:44. > :18:53.shutting the doors for the last time at the end of the autumn. But not by
:18:53. > :19:00.choice. We got a letter from solicitors to say on the 31st of
:19:00. > :19:06.October, pack your stop up and get out. -- pack your stuff. The Theatre
:19:06. > :19:09.by the Lake is the landlord and neighbour. But it hasn't renewed
:19:09. > :19:13.their lease. It plans to redevelop this prime location into a
:19:13. > :19:20.restaurant. Of course I understand that the current tenants are
:19:20. > :19:24.concerned about the future, but we are the landlord and therefore we
:19:24. > :19:31.are simply exercising the right that we have. As far as the theatre is
:19:31. > :19:35.concerned, it will absolutely underpin our future. We are in hard
:19:35. > :19:44.times so there is every pressure on us to come -- to increase our earned
:19:44. > :19:49.income. Regulars are saddened.The theatre has got to make a living, as
:19:49. > :19:52.well, but they have got a cafe. This is just really special. We macro we
:19:52. > :19:58.love coming here. We feel so sad that it is not going to be the same.
:19:58. > :20:07.We have come for years without children and the cafe is nothing
:20:07. > :20:13.like this in the theatre. There's an irony in this ending for the cafe
:20:13. > :20:18.owners. We had a really good night here with Dame Judi Dench and her
:20:18. > :20:22.husband and we helped raise money for the new building. I feel so
:20:23. > :20:26.sad, what they have done to us. Steve and Dina say theyhope to find
:20:26. > :20:36.another place to open a cafe but it's easy to see why they'll miss
:20:36. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:50.this beautiful, historic and lucrative location. Now time for the
:20:50. > :20:53.sport. He is back? Yes. Papiss Cisse marked his return to action in a
:20:53. > :20:57.Newcastle shirt in style last night scoring the first goal in United's
:20:57. > :21:00.2-0 victory over Scottish League Cup winners St Mirren. It was his first
:21:00. > :21:03.game since finally agreeing to wear the name of club sponsors Wonga.
:21:03. > :21:06.Dawn Thewlis reports. It was a sight many fans and perhaps Papiss Cisse
:21:06. > :21:09.himself never thought they'd see. The Senegalese striker wearing a
:21:09. > :21:13.Newcastle shirt bearing the name of payday loan company Wonga. But he
:21:13. > :21:16.seemed relaxed as he took to the pitch at St Mirren Park last night.
:21:16. > :21:20.The Muslim player had refused to wear the kit on religious grounds
:21:20. > :21:23.and was excluded from the clubs pre season training camp in Portugal and
:21:24. > :21:27.left to train alone at home before the parties came to an agreement
:21:27. > :21:30.last week and Cisse decided to join the rest of his muslim team-mates in
:21:30. > :21:34.wearing the Wonga shirt. The controversy certainly didn't seem to
:21:34. > :21:37.have affected him on the pitch and his curling shot put Newcastle ahead
:21:37. > :21:40.after 19 minutes the striker delighted to be back doing what he
:21:40. > :21:44.does best - and he obviously wasn't the only one! Eight minutes later
:21:44. > :21:47.they doubled their lead - Matthieu Debuchy scoring his first goal for
:21:47. > :21:50.the club despite appeals for offside. Dan Gosling came close a
:21:50. > :21:54.couple of times another player to have come back into the fold after
:21:54. > :21:58.his move to Crystal Palace broke down. At least manager Alan Pardew
:21:58. > :22:08.has some reasons to be cheerful in a summer which has so far failed to
:22:08. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:12.produce any new signings. Now it's hard to believe but the new football
:22:12. > :22:15.season kicks off this weekend. Many of our teams have seen quite a few
:22:16. > :22:25.changes over the close season with transfers and new managers. But for
:22:26. > :22:25.
:22:26. > :22:31.League Two York City it's experience that counts. Info all, goals make
:22:31. > :22:37.you very popular. But it is not enough the cult status. For that,
:22:37. > :22:46.you need longevity. Richard Criswell started his career at York aged 19.
:22:46. > :22:50.Now, aged 36 and by several bigger clubs, he is back again. He made his
:22:50. > :22:57.first unexpected return at the end of last season. Coming here and
:22:57. > :23:00.playing a part, it gave me a real buzz for playing regularly again. I
:23:00. > :23:10.didn't play much last year the Sheffield United. I wanted to get
:23:10. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:14.that feeling back. But in appearance terms, is upstaged by Daniel
:23:14. > :23:21.Parslow. Eight consecutive season and 300 appearances including twice
:23:21. > :23:28.a winner at Wembley. I love playing football here. If you had told me
:23:28. > :23:37.when I was 20 that I would still be here now, I would think you were
:23:37. > :23:45.lying. It has flown by. I've got an affiliation with the club now, I've
:23:45. > :23:48.been here so long as I really enjoy my football here. And tomorrow we'll
:23:48. > :23:52.preview the season for our other League Two side Hartlepool Utd. Now
:23:52. > :23:54.Australian cricket fans will soon be converging on the region ahead of
:23:54. > :23:58.the Fourth Ashes Test match at Chester-le-Street - the biggest
:23:58. > :24:00.sporting occasion in our patch for a generation. So a timely announcement
:24:00. > :24:03.today that the Aussies' athletics squad will base themselves on
:24:04. > :24:13.Tyneside for a training camp in the run-up to next summer's Commonwealth
:24:14. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:18.Games in Glasgow. Yours truly and have a long-standing relationship
:24:18. > :24:27.here. They competed in the city games some time ago and used
:24:27. > :24:32.Gateshead is holding camp for the 2012 games in Delhi. We believe we
:24:32. > :24:35.should have more training and athletics events here and we're
:24:35. > :24:43.determined we're going to get them. It will help us having the Israeli
:24:43. > :24:53.team training with us. A bit of a cricket connection? Yes, Brandon
:24:53. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :25:02.Stark is a bit of a start on the high jump. And his other. And Jemma
:25:02. > :25:09.Lowe reached the final in the butterfly. But in the last few
:25:09. > :25:14.minutes she has just failed to reach the final. Now, if it is not raining
:25:14. > :25:24.where you are, it is on his way? Yes, for most of us across the
:25:24. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:33.region overnight, first of all, a tomorrow. Warm and humid for most
:25:33. > :25:38.places through the afternoon and evening. Overnight, wet across the
:25:38. > :25:43.region. That rain heavy for a time over the Cumbrian coast and fells.
:25:43. > :25:53.By the early hours of the morning, it has started to clear. It is a
:25:53. > :25:56.
:25:56. > :25:58.mild night, muddy even. -- muggy. Not far below the daytime maximum
:25:58. > :26:05.average temperature of the summertime in this part of the
:26:05. > :26:12.world. It really humid, sticky feel. First thing tomorrow morning, more
:26:12. > :26:18.heavy rainfall to come for a time. Sunshine breaks out again for much
:26:18. > :26:28.of the region by lunchtime and into the mid-afternoon. It is warm, 26
:26:28. > :26:31.Celsius. As we tour northwards, most of the rain has cleared. A warm
:26:31. > :26:38.afternoon and evening to come with southerly breezes drawing in that
:26:38. > :26:44.mild air. Still cloudy for much of Cumbria, still raining on the coast
:26:44. > :26:49.at tea-time but it won't be by the later part of the evening. Over the
:26:49. > :26:53.next couple of days, things stay very pleasant indeed. Still warm,
:26:53. > :27:01.possibly still feeling a little bit humid and muggy across much of the
:27:01. > :27:04.region on Friday. A fresher feel by the start of the weekend. One or two
:27:04. > :27:13.showers on Saturday and the temperature is probably no more than
:27:13. > :27:17.the low 20s in degrees Celsius. A lot more sunshine than we are
:27:17. > :27:21.expecting through the early part of tomorrow. It cooler feel on