01/08/2013 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

headlines: Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of one of two

teenagers who drowned in the River Wear. Also, the money spinning car

parks that make millions for the council.

The Princess Royal honours hundreds of former soldiers on a visit.

Doughnuts by day, drag queen by night, a glimpse into the lives of

the people who work in the Metrocentre.

And an international festival that's become a major event in the cultural

calendar. The new football season is almost

upon us. We speak to the Hartlepool manager. Colin Cooper takes on the

challenge of climbing to the top of First tonight, hundreds of mourners

have paid their last respects to Chloe Fowler - one of two teenagers

who died in a drowning tragedy in the River Wear last week. Chloe's

family said she was a beautiful and loving girl at her funeral at

Sunderland Crematorium today. The 14-year-old leaves a mother, father

and seven brothers and sisters. Andrew Hartley has this report.

They came in their hundreds to mourn a teenage girl who had only just set

out on life. Friends from school and members of the community of Shiney

Row where she lived. There to express their grief and to share

their memories. They were lead into the service at Sunderland

Crematorium by Chloe's mother, father and seven brothers and

sisters. Chloe, who was 14, died after getting into difficulty in the

River Wear at Fatfield in Washington last week. The mourners heard Chloe

described as popular and bubbly kind warm and generous. A mother figure,

who "would do anything" for her family. She would curl up on her

dads knee, even though she was too big to do it. This was a non

religious service - led by an independent funeral celebrant He

told the congregation that grieving for the loss of a child is hardest

to bear. Inevitably you will find the world a poorer place without

Chloe but it will always be a rich place because she was once in it.

Many of the mourners there today had yesterday taken part in a walk which

raised around ?1300 to help pay for the funeral. The funeral of Tonibeth

Purvess who jumped into the river to try to help Chloe will take place

revenue for our councils. A survey by the RAC says car parks are a

money spinner for many local authorities. Newcastle City Council

alone made nearly �7 million in 2011/12 according to the nationwide

survey. And that puts it near the top of a league table of councils

across the country. Adrian Pitches is live for us now at one of those

Yes, the RAC Foundation did the survey of the councils in England

and they generated revenue surplus of �565 million. Clearly the money

is ploughed back into council services but with councils like

Westminster generating �40 million as Newcastle �7 million, straight in

at number 12, it is not the headlines that hard-pressed

motorists wants to hear. Parking on the street - or parking

off-street - can be an expensive undertaking. They are very high. I

have been here for two hours unpaid over a fiver. I didn't know how long

I will be here so I put extra in. They've got an extra hour out of us.

I would say we are dearer in Cumbria. We live in Penrith. We are

constantly getting tickets. Newcastle tops the Northern League

of revenue earners, netting nearly seven million pounds in 2011/12.

York made four and three quarter million pounds. But Cumbria lost

�200,000. And Sunderland lost almost twice that amount. Besides the huge

discrepancies in what they earn, there is a discrepancy in what they

charge. At this multistorey it costs �1 84 and our but if I use the car

park in Newcastle across the town it costs �5 and 90 42 hours. So, in

relatively the council cannot be accused of highway robbery. Over

10,000 parking spaces are operated so it will generate more income and

allows us to invest that into the city and allows us to deal with

areas and we use the money is to repair roads. In Sunderland, we try

to administrate a fair and measured response to the parking needs custom

since 2009 we have not increased parking charges, has been a downturn

and we felt we can help the economic regeneration of the city by keeping

the parking charges down to help the local economy. But in an economic

downturn council funding is cut so parking is one way to regenerate

some lost revenue. Well, the Sunderland City Council say parking

tickets are not an income generation activity and if you want to park at

the Civic Centre it is 80p an hour, �1 80 in Newcastle. If you park in

Middlesbrough, the first two hours free and then it is �1 an hour. In

Carlisle, it is �1 an hour there. So, take your choice or maybe use

public transport and let's not get started about hospital parking

charges. And if you'd like to have your say

on parking charges, log onto the Look North facebook page, and leave

your comment. The details on your Almost six hundred jobs have been

saved at the York-based credit card insurance firm CPP. Banks have lent

the company thirty-six million pounds as part of a three-year

funding package to help it avoid collapse. Last November the CPP

group was fined ten and a half million pounds for mis-selling

mobile phone and credit card Berwick today. The Princess Royal

was there to honour hundreds of former soldiers. But for the King's

Own Scottish Borderers' Association, the day was also tinged with

sadness, as Gerry Jackson reports. By the right, and still ramrod

straight. Every year, the Kings Own Scottish Borderers observe a

precious tradition - their forebears picked red roses for their caps as

they marched to the battle of Minden in Germany more than 250 years ago.

They've worn the rose ever since. Today, Princess Anne, the new patron

of the regimental veteran's Association, was here to hand them

out for the first time. You see many who are elderly and inform and they

are marching, soldiers back in step and arms swinging and you would

think they were 50 years younger. But with the camaraderie, the

closing of an age. The Borderers were amalgamated into the Royal

Regiment of Scotland in 2006. Today, their flags, the colours, go into

the Berwick museum. It is a celebration, it is the party but I

will not be the only person with a lump in my throat or tear in the

eye. From the old barrack square, the colours paraded for the last

time for a royal admirer and many others. I was in tears. I don't know

why! Once a borderer always a boardroom. This week, the government

announced where it'll spend a further �37 million on electric

vehicle charging points in the UK. The North-East is among the regions

to benefit. But tonight we can exclusively reveal that in the last

year, many of our existing charge points haven't been used at all. So

are we throwing good money after bad? Damian O'Neil investigates for

In the North-East, we have a network of over 730 electric vehicle

charging points - the largest in Europe. But figures obtained by

Radio 4's You and Yours programme show many charge points are simply

not being used. A recent study in the West Midlands suggests owners

have little use for the public network. When people have electric

charges -- cars they charge them at home and they are not using these

wider infrastructure so some of these will not ever be used. Among

the eight local authorities that responded, almost �680,000 of public

money has been spent on charging points. Two of the biggest councils

- Durham and Gateshead - have six charging points that have not been

used at all in the last year. of them are well used, others are

there to promote regeneration. Even those with no deuce? No, these cost

relatively little to install and when they are there you can operate

them with technology so I do not accept it as a waste of public

money. I plugged one into this .18 months ago and I wonder how many

people have used it since. I wonder charging point to see if anyone

would come along and plug their car in, then we went further afield,

looking at a random selection of website provides a live map of the

points in use at any given time. It is 11:15am, let's see how many are

in use in the north-east. The green icons show the points which are in

use and there appeared to be one two, three, four. In total there

appeared to be four in use out of hundreds across the North East. But

proponents say we are still in the early stages of a new technology,

and that as more vehicles appear on the roads, the investment in the

North-East's charging network will be vindicated. It showed the world

we are serious about electric vehicles and it shows the world and

Nissan is a place worth investing in and we get people from around the

world coming and learning from us because we have a large number of

electric vehicles in the region and the charging network. Mass

installation has ended and I think people will be charging at home or

using the quick chargers. This that leaves the slow chargers

redundant? No, they were still be used.

By Hugh? There was a Park club in Newcastle and there are three cars

on charge. They are using them. But three is a

drop in the ocean against the number of points that have been installed.

The battery plant and leaf production in Sunderland are

supporting jobs for more than 2,000 people in the UK car industry,

including more than 500 directly at Nissan. The electric car is carrying

come - Dawn has Thursday's sports news. Plus.. Life's a beach - we

head to the seaside as the sun returns and the summer of 2013

sizzles on. And I will have a full weather forecast including a look at

the weekend. A doughnut-loving drag queen, a style-obsessed sales

assistant and a scarlet-haired sushi waitress. They're all among the

colourful stars of a new series about the UK's largest shopping

centre. Shoplife starts tonight on BBC Three and follows the real lives

of young people working in Gateshead's Metrocentre. Our

entertainment reporter Sharuna Sagar's been taking a look at the

show. They are young. They are Geordie.

And they work in retail. Geordie Shore in a shopping centre it is not

but Shoplife does promise to deliver a reflection of real youth in 2013.

The six part series brings together ten young retail assistants who work

hard and play hard as they attempt to negotiate the adult world.

normally get Estee Lauder make-up and go to the high street. Together

they form a community and dream of a better life. Among them

doughnut-loving Jon who appears to have his ideal job. Working here is

in heaven. My waistline has expanded ASH expanded. It is like being a kid

in a candy store. But there is a bitter aftertaste. He's on a zero

hours contract. So good. With the lack of hours it means there are

money worries at home. Ready or not, here I come. A girls night out might

take his mind off it. Do you like it? Wow! Filmed day and night for

three months, today it was time to reflect. You forgot the cameras were

there. You do say stupid things. I do not think before I speak.

worst of it is in the trailers, me stuffing my face with doughnuts.

did this because I want to progress in my job. This could be a stepping

stone. That is what I am hoping for. I hope this launches mike cupcake

business! The first episode airs tonight. None of them have seen it

yet, but hopefully after tomorrow, Yes, it will be colourful. And you

can see that show at nine o'clock tonight over on BBC Three. Prepare

for colour, entertainment and the wow factor. The annual Stockton

International Riverside Festival starts this evening. The event,

which runs until Sunday, is now in its 26th year and has grown into a

major festival in the cultural calendar. It also provides an

economic windfall for Stockton. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve

The opening act from this year's Stockton Riverside Festival. It's

the German open air troupe Theatre Titanick. The work is, we're

promised, a fire-filled spectacular called Furnace Symphony. And it's

supposed to evoke the area's links to the steel industry. We knew

Stockton is linked with the story and we like to perform in these

areas where steel has gone in the past and it is different from

watching a piece of art like this where steel was important. Alongside

this particular performance will be 100 others during the festival. 188

performers will be here, and, possibly the most important stat of

all in a town that is economically challenged, over a million pounds is

expected to be spent by visitors. Stockton Council invests because we

know it brings people into the town and it alters perceptions about the

town in ways which might influence inward investment decisions and

decisions people make about where to stay and spend their lives. So a

double win in the widest high street in the country. A bit of culture and

a welcome boost for the local economy. About 25 pounds was spent

by each visitor last year over just the Saturday and Sunday, double the

amount that they spent the year before. That's mainly thanks to food

businesses and other entrepreneurs starting to use the festival to

promote themselves and make sales. But this is the core stuff.

Providing performances that can be challenging, sometimes baffling, but

surely, over the last 26 years, have seen the last of summer, you'll

have been pleased to see the return of the sun today. It's been the

hottest day of the school summer holidays so far. So Heather Clancy

ventured out onto the beach and discovered that lots of other people

had had the same idea. 10:30am and looks like a good day at

the beach is in sight. Come rain or shine, Catherine and her husband are

here from everyday from 6:30am getting their ice cream van ready.

We have lived here all our lives, we loved the seaside. I have three sons

and they are surfers and love it. It is a real family affair. An hour

later and there are some clouds but the sun is out and so are the bucket

and that chess. After the heatwave it looked like we might have seen

the last of summer but with temperatures set to hit 27 in the

north-east, a perfect day for the beach. I like making sand castles.

We have come here for three years for our holidays and this beach is

wonderful. I had forgotten how nice it is. We have had a game of

football, some sunbathing and the lovely weather. A few of us had a

dip in the sea. Lots of people are enjoying the beach. On the sunny

days a long spell of a lot of litter being generated. We have a

responsibility to keep beach safe so people can dig in the sand without

digging amongst rubbish. With the forecast looking sunny, it looks

like there may be more busy days at the beach. These people today are

taking no chances with the unpredictable summer. They are

soaking up the sun before it's time to go home.

How could they forget how lovely it is. I cannot wait to go down there.

You have football to look forward to. You are booked up! Hartlepool

United begin life in League Two away at Rochdale this weekend. For new

manager Colin Cooper it's a chance to prove himself in his first full

managerial role. And while promotion back to League One will always be

the aim, the first job will be to put the fun back into football for a

squad that failed to fulfil it's potential last season.

It looks like job done on the fun front - plenty of smiles as they

prepared for Saturday's opener. The management team of former Boro

favourites Colin Cooper and Craig Hignett have already started to turn

things around after a season which saw Pools drop into the football

leagues lowest division. We have to try to get rid of negativity around

the club which is hard after relegation. And then you have to put

your own structures thoughts and processes and feelings into how you

want them to go about the next stage of their careers and if you get used

to losing it is a habit to break. We have to reverse it and get into the

winning habit. It has been excellent. He has brought freshness

to the club, good training sessions as well. We are looking forward to

the season and Craig has brought unique things to the place as well.

A good match and hopefully we will be successful. It has been a

struggle and quite tough but they are wanted to come in and totally

put everything to bed. This is a new start, a new management side and the

past is the past. This will be the start of the change. After 12 years

at the club Antony Sweeney is the new captain but with money tight

Cooper and Co have been able to add only a handful of players to the

squad. They might have scaled Kilmanjaro this summer - winning

promotion may be a tougher mountain to climb restoring belief is key.

We have two give them the confidence where they feel as if they cannot be

beaten. I cannot stand here and say we will get promoted but we will

give it everything we have got and hopefully give the fans something to

enjoy watching. Coming into it as a new manager I am more excited than

the rest of them. I am really looking forward to the season.

will look ahead to the new season for Carlisle and Middlesbrough

tomorrow. And the Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray has told us

this afternoon that he hopes to make one, perhaps even two signings in

the next 24 hours. Rugby league play-off hopefuls Workington Town

suffered a dent to their confidence in South Yorkshire last night. After

having a man sent off, Town lost 36-0 to Sheffield, who replaced

Sunday's opponents Featherstone at the top of the Championship. We ran

out of numbers. The players had to do more work than what we

anticipated. That was through the sending off. The effort was there,

loads of effort. We need to settle down and we have Featherstone to

look forward to the challenge. rugby union, promoted Newcastle

Falcons are gearing up for the Premiership Rugby 7's, a tournament

they won two years ago. The Falcons will kick-off with three pool

matches tomorrow night at Franklin's Gardens - against hosts Northampton,

Leicester and Sale. The Falcons, who'll rest some of their 15-a-side

senior players, should be able to cope with the wide open spaces of

7's rugby having included all-action paintballing in their fitness

regime. There is a feel-good factor of the

results from last season and we won the tournament to years ago but

ultimately it is a different group of players for the most part. And

like we approached the last team, we have no illusions of grandeur, we

are looking at the first game against Northampton and if we work

hard we will see how we progress. Good luck to them. Durham will play

away against Northants in the quarterfinals of cricket's T20

competition next Tuesday. Meanwhile Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan picked up

England's first wicket on the opening day of the third Ashes Test

at Old Trafford this morning - Alistair Cook taking the catch to

dismiss Shane Watson, although the Aussie batsmen have stayed on top.

303 for three at stumps. That makes it interesting.

Yes! Just take my word for it. It is hotting up again. Yes, let's look at

hotting up again. Yes, let's look at the forecast. A beautiful summer

image to start off with. Thank you to Karen. The headline tonight is

very warm, humid at night. Let's look at the picture. A few showers

in the north, clear skies elsewhere, beautifully clear in North Yorkshire

but the astounding thing overnight will be quite how warm it stays. A

spell of rain to the West, look at the low temperatures. 20 Celsius,

the very lowest but temperatures will fall in the dead of night to

night. That is the average daytime temperature for this time. A warm

night, sticky, humid and first thing the raid were clear West, more

sunshine for the East but a short spell of rain. Late morning, this

would clear and more warm sunshine and in the warmth of the day more

showers will develop. Sunny and warm summer 24 Celsius. Brisk breezes

from the south and if you heavy showers developing in the North

Pennines. Some of the showers will be intense. A rumble or two of

thunder and a flash of lightning is possible. 22 Celsius with light

winds. So, another warm day to come. Over the next couple of days, things

become fresher, a fine forecast for most places for the weekend but the

temperatures across Cumbria are falling to the high teens or low 20s

through Saturday and Sunday, the risk of some showers. Temperatures

nearing the average. The coast is looking good, lots of sunshine and

temperatures at 21 Celsius. Feeling pleasant on the beaches and further

inland it looks good as well. A little bit fresher and more

comfortable overnight than tonight but still looking very good as the

sizzling summer continues. Fantastic. That's it from us. But

keep watching, because coming up now here on BBC One is a programme made

in our region called Urban Jungle - looking at how wildlife is thriving

in our towns and cities. The programme features a first for the

North East - the birth of a common seal captured on camera. It happened

at Seal Sands in the heart of industrial Teesside. Hannah Bayman

joined Linda Watson, a volunteer be due to have pups. It is really