:00:05. > :00:12.Hello, welcome to Look North. Coming up: The nuclear option. Changes to
:00:12. > :00:15.the way the decision will be made on storing our radioactive waste —
:00:15. > :00:18.which could impact on Cumbria. In the Archbishop's footsteps. The
:00:18. > :00:21.new Bishop of Durham is unveiled. And meet Big Mac. The former
:00:21. > :00:25.detective tells Look North how his real life experiences on the streets
:00:25. > :00:31.of the North East have been turned into a film.
:00:31. > :00:34.In sport, bringing athletics to the streets — world class competitors
:00:34. > :00:38.arrive in the region for the Great North Citygames. And we look back at
:00:38. > :00:40.an emotional night at St James' Park for Steve Harper with the legends of
:00:40. > :00:56.Newcastle and AC Milan. It divided opinion, it pitted
:00:56. > :01:00.council against council. And many people thought the whole debate over
:01:00. > :01:04.whether or not to build a nuclear waste repository in Cumbria had
:01:04. > :01:09.ended in January. That's when the County Council used its veto to stop
:01:09. > :01:12.any further discussion. But now the Government has announced a new
:01:12. > :01:15.process to find a site to store high level waste — and this time district
:01:15. > :01:19.authorities will have decision—making power. Megan
:01:19. > :01:27.Paterson's in our Carlisle newsroom now. Megan — a lot of people thought
:01:27. > :01:30.this had gone away? Back in January three Cumbrian
:01:30. > :01:34.Councils were asked to decide whether to go ahead with the search
:01:34. > :01:40.for a nuclear waste store deep underground in Cumbria. Amid
:01:40. > :01:42.protests, pressure and intense media interest Cumbria County Council
:01:42. > :01:45.voted against the plans over ruling decisions in favour from authorities
:01:45. > :01:49.in Allerdale and Copeland — bringing that process to an end because the
:01:49. > :02:05.county council had the power of veto.
:02:05. > :02:08.So what's changed exactly? The key change in the process
:02:08. > :02:11.announced today is decision making power has been given to smaller
:02:11. > :02:14.authorities — so district councils will have a far greater say removing
:02:14. > :02:26.the need for support from County Councils. That change has been met
:02:26. > :02:28.with mixed reaction here, the leader of Cumbria County Council Stewart
:02:29. > :02:47.Young said the new process undermines local democracy, a
:02:47. > :02:53.concern shared by local campaigners. It is a slap in the face for
:02:54. > :03:01.democracy. That is how we see at. Cumbria county council are being
:03:01. > :03:04.taken out of the equation, but the idea that Cortland and Alan Peel
:03:04. > :03:16.will be able to go ahead on their own. —— Allerdale.
:03:16. > :03:19.Presumably that's not a view shared by the people employed in the
:03:19. > :03:22.nuclear industry in West Cumbria? No, the people who work with this
:03:23. > :03:25.waste every day at the Sellafield Ltd Site in West Cumbria were far
:03:26. > :03:28.more positive about the announcement. They see it as a
:03:29. > :03:36.commitment to tackling the national nuclear waste problem. It is our
:03:36. > :03:46.early days but we are very happy that the country is still serious
:03:46. > :03:50.about a thriving nuclear industry. It is welcomed by the workforce
:03:50. > :03:54.across the country. So do we know if the District
:03:54. > :03:56.Councils will use the changes to go it alone?
:03:56. > :04:10.Councils all over the country have until December to register interest.
:04:10. > :04:24.I ask a local MP if he thought district councils would make their
:04:24. > :04:29.own bed. —— bid. A local borough council could say,
:04:29. > :04:31.yes, we are interested, but the ultimate planning decision would
:04:31. > :04:39.rest with the National independent planning commission. In the same way
:04:39. > :04:42.as Heathrow airport, high—speed rail, other major national
:04:42. > :04:49.infrastructure projects. That I think is correct.
:04:49. > :04:52.One thing which is certain in all of this, is that 70% of the counry's
:04:53. > :04:56.high level nuclear waste is already here in Cumbria, it can't stay here
:04:56. > :04:58.forever and whatever is decided next it'll have an impact on people
:04:58. > :05:22.living in the county. He's about to take on one of the
:05:22. > :05:25.most high profile roles in the Church of England. The Right
:05:25. > :05:28.Reverend Paul Butler has been named the next Bishop of Durham. The
:05:28. > :05:32.57—year—old replaces Justin Welby who was only in the post for a year
:05:32. > :05:35.before being appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Stephanie Cleasby's been
:05:35. > :05:38.to meet him — and her report contains flash photography. A warm
:05:38. > :05:44.welcome in Durham Cathedral for the man who's got one of the top jobs in
:05:44. > :05:53.the Church of England. How did you feel when you got chosen? I was very
:05:53. > :05:57.shocked and surprised. Now I am excited. A married, father of four,
:05:57. > :06:00.Paul Butler says he supports women bishops but is against same—sex
:06:00. > :06:08.marriage in church. As for payday loan companies, he shares the views
:06:08. > :06:15.of his outspoken predecessor. I worry desperately about payday loans
:06:15. > :06:19.and loan sharks. Being involved in trying to help people with their
:06:19. > :06:27.finances, credit unions, financial advice, debt advice, the church is
:06:27. > :06:30.running advice programmes. Currently Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham —
:06:30. > :06:36.he brings experience to his new role. His focus on children and
:06:36. > :06:41.young people will be a real gift to the north—east. Having someone who
:06:41. > :06:48.is passionate with a depth of knowledge will be very important to
:06:48. > :06:55.us. Poverty is an issue close to his
:06:55. > :06:59.heart, like Justin Welby. He is also aware of the high unemployment rate
:06:59. > :07:04.in the north—east but unlike his predecessor he expects to be here
:07:04. > :07:09.for a good number of years. I will have to learn an awful lot about the
:07:09. > :07:13.north—east so I will be out and about meeting people in the
:07:13. > :07:19.community. That is a high priority at the beginning. He'll be enthroned
:07:19. > :07:22.in the New Year — before making the North East his new home. Stephanie
:07:22. > :07:25.Cleasby, BBC Look North, Durham. Plans to put two troubled Cumbrian
:07:25. > :07:28.hospitals under the control of a North East trust have been delayed.
:07:28. > :07:31.The North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust, which runs the
:07:31. > :07:33.Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle and the West Cumberland Hospital in
:07:33. > :07:36.Whitehaven, was put into special measures after high death rates
:07:36. > :07:40.triggered a review into quality of care. The hospitals were due to be
:07:40. > :07:43.taken over by Northumbria health care NHS Foundation Trust on the
:07:43. > :07:46.first of October. But the actions recommended by the report haven't
:07:46. > :07:49.yet been carried out, so the takeover has been delayed.
:07:49. > :07:52.The unsolved murder of a seven—year—old girl in Sunderland
:07:52. > :07:55.over 20 years ago will feature on the BBC's Crimewatch programme
:07:55. > :07:59.tonight. Nikki Allan was found dead in the derelict Old Exchange
:07:59. > :08:04.building near her home in Wear Garth in 1992. She'd been beaten and
:08:04. > :08:13.stabbed. Nikki's mother has been interviewed for the programme, which
:08:13. > :08:17.will also feature a reconstruction. Now we know it's not been a great
:08:17. > :08:21.start to the football season for any of our clubs But here's something
:08:21. > :08:24.that all fans can cheer. After many years of ticket price increases, a
:08:24. > :08:27.new survey suggests the game is becoming cheaper to watch. The BBC
:08:27. > :08:31.study found the cost of many match day tickets is down — with Newcastle
:08:31. > :08:34.United offering the cheapest day out in the Premier League for the second
:08:34. > :08:42.season running. Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Carlisle have all
:08:42. > :08:49.reduced prices in some categories. Andrew Hartley reports. The players
:08:49. > :08:52.may have put on a few pounds. But up in the stands they'd taken a few
:08:52. > :08:56.pounds off. Adult tickets for Steve Harper's testimonial last night cut
:08:56. > :09:02.to just a tenner — and the biggest crowd of the season so far at St
:09:02. > :09:06.James Park. Result! That is why we did that with the tech prices and
:09:06. > :09:10.brought the kick—off time forward. We wanted people to buy into the
:09:10. > :09:13.concept and I cannot thank them enough for doing so.
:09:14. > :09:17.This season average ticket prices across English football's top four
:09:17. > :09:21.divisions fell by more than two per cent. And there's been a drop too in
:09:21. > :09:24.our region. At Newcastle the price of the most expensive season ticket
:09:24. > :09:28.fell by around 20 per cent this year. The price of the cheapest
:09:28. > :09:31.ticket remains at £15. Not available for all games by any means — but
:09:31. > :09:35.still the least expensive in the Premier League. But some fans still
:09:35. > :09:44.feel they're been stung at the turnstiles. It is far too expensive.
:09:44. > :09:51.By the time you have finished you have spent £70. The average guy
:09:51. > :09:56.cannot afford that. The club tried very hard to make it affordable. I
:09:56. > :09:59.am not an apologist for Mike Ashley but if there is one thing this
:10:00. > :10:09.regime do well, they're lower prices. I am for that. It is
:10:09. > :10:13.ridiculous. You are better watching them at the pub.
:10:13. > :10:16.At Sunderland the price of the most expensive ticket fell even more —
:10:16. > :10:20.down to £550 — although Sunderland say that's not a like—for—like
:10:20. > :10:25.comparison. We have to make football affordable. We know many people
:10:25. > :10:28.cannot afford significant prices. We are very conscious of that and I
:10:28. > :10:33.want to keep it within the remit of the average football fine. We made a
:10:33. > :10:45.decision that we would reduce prices on a number of season cards this
:10:45. > :10:49.year and froze the rest of them. Some supporters will turn up
:10:49. > :10:54.whatever the costs but that does not mean clubs are immune to the
:10:54. > :10:58.reality. That's nowhere more true than at Middlesbrough — which has
:10:58. > :11:00.cut the cost of its cheapest tickets. Carlisle has dropped the
:11:00. > :11:03.price of its cheapest season tickets. York's put them up a
:11:03. > :11:07.fraction. But Hartlepool continues to offer the best value in English
:11:07. > :11:09.league football just £150 for a season ticket.
:11:09. > :11:15.Still to come, 50,000 happy people in St James's Park. And no time to
:11:15. > :11:19.lose. Tony the Fridge finishes his epic run the length of Britain — now
:11:19. > :11:27.he's coming back for the Great North Run! And something else turning up
:11:27. > :11:31.in time for the great North run is in big that the Atlantic low
:11:31. > :11:38.pressure. That will bring wet conditions by Sunday.
:11:38. > :11:45.He was known as" Big Mac". A tough cop policing the streets of
:11:45. > :11:47.Newcastle in the 1960s and '70s. Now Harrigan, a film about former
:11:47. > :11:52.Detective Inspector Arthur McKenzie's experiences, is due to
:11:52. > :11:56.premiere at Durham's Gala Theatre. Arthur left the force and became a
:11:56. > :11:59.writer three decades ago. In tonight's exclusive Look North
:11:59. > :12:09.Report, he tells our arts reporter Sharuna Sagar about the inspiration
:12:09. > :12:15.for his first film. Sergeant Halligan is back with us
:12:15. > :12:18.next! You will find out exactly what you have gotten into.
:12:18. > :12:21.Harrigan could've been called McKenzie — it's based on the memoirs
:12:21. > :12:30.of Arthur McKenzie born and bred on Tyneside. I lived down near as a
:12:30. > :12:36.child. Nobody does now. This is where they would come to think. I
:12:36. > :12:39.was always on the edge of doing something I shouldn't. I needed
:12:39. > :12:50.something to give me a little bit of a baked, you know? —— a bite, you
:12:50. > :12:54.know. And that came in the form of a chance encounter when he was 16. I
:12:54. > :13:01.only went to the police station to go with my friend who wanted to
:13:01. > :13:06.join. The guy behind the counter said, you are a big lad, why don't
:13:06. > :13:10.you join? And so PC 430 began his new life
:13:10. > :13:14.with Newcastle City Police in the early '60s. Then there were no
:13:14. > :13:27.radios, no transport and often no back—up. You were in fights all the
:13:27. > :13:32.time. Especially on night shift. You are fighting every night. It was
:13:32. > :13:37.tough but I loved it. You were known for being a prolific
:13:37. > :13:43.criminal catcher. I prayed —— I used to pride myself
:13:43. > :13:50.that I could think like them. It was cat and mouse. Quite frankly, I
:13:50. > :13:55.liked a lot of the criminals they arrested. Just not what they did.
:13:55. > :13:58.Arthur's beat was an adventure, full of characters, crimes and stories
:13:58. > :14:01.from the streets begging to be told. So when he retired in 1988, he
:14:01. > :14:04.swapped his truncheon for a typewriter. I have drawn upon my
:14:04. > :14:14.experience and other cops as well, if people knew what went on at night
:14:14. > :14:18.they wouldn't sleep in their beds! A successful 30 year writing career
:14:18. > :14:27.followed and Harrigan is his first screenplay.
:14:27. > :14:33.I hope that you and your man will understand and forgive me for what I
:14:33. > :14:37.had to do. Arthur says he just writes about
:14:37. > :14:41.what he knows. I do get the feeling you didn't tell us everything.
:14:41. > :14:45.No, you have got to keep something back. You are the keeper of the keys
:14:45. > :14:51.for a lot of peoples secrets and that is the way it should be.
:14:51. > :14:54.And in tomorrow night's Look North we'll hear from Teesside actor
:14:54. > :15:00.Stephen Tompkinson about playing his first lead movie role, as Harrigan.
:15:00. > :15:06."Tony The Fridge" — the endurance fundraiser from Hebburn on Tyneside
:15:06. > :15:09.— has finally reached Land's End. He's been running the length of
:15:09. > :15:13.Britain with a 7—stone fridge on his back, in aid of the Sir Bobby Robson
:15:13. > :15:16.Foundation. The 49—year—old grandad set off from John O'Groats at the
:15:16. > :15:33.start of August. Phil Chapman reports.
:15:33. > :15:45.He has made it after more than 1000 gruelling models. 40 marathons in 40
:15:45. > :16:00.days with a French on his back. —— gruelling miles. —— fridge on his
:16:00. > :16:09.back. I wanted to signify the burden of cancer. So I wanted my own burden
:16:09. > :16:14.for the journey. As he made his way steadily down the
:16:14. > :16:24.country he has endured steep hells, wind, a hip injury, and a bad fall.
:16:24. > :16:28.He has it up of five bananas every day, gone through four trainers, and
:16:28. > :16:34.developed a shuffling way of running and to minimise impact on his
:16:34. > :16:38.joints. The support team say that his ultra—positive attitude has kept
:16:38. > :16:42.everybody going. He is a positive and inspirational
:16:43. > :16:49.guy who keeps everybody motivated. We need to motivate him in turn. He
:16:49. > :16:57.has his dark moments. You can tell. The headphones go on and he just
:16:57. > :17:06.wants to be in his own little world. And it was the North East leg which
:17:06. > :17:11.proved very emotional. The challenge is about getting through toil and
:17:11. > :17:17.struggle every day. It is also about being on your own and missing your
:17:18. > :17:21.loved ones. And it is about coming home. Looking forward to seeing my
:17:22. > :17:26.friends and family at St James's Park, next to the statue of Sir
:17:26. > :17:31.Bobby Robson. It will be very emotional.
:17:31. > :17:38.Sir Bobby Robson would be very proud of what Tony has achieved. But how
:17:38. > :17:55.does he possibly top this? Believe it or not, Tony, and his French
:17:55. > :18:04.intend to do the great North run. —— fridge.
:18:04. > :18:10.I bet that has high running costs! Time for the sport now.
:18:10. > :18:14.It was the night when the Entertainers took on the
:18:14. > :18:17.Invincibles. A legendary line—up of mostly ex—footballers from Newcastle
:18:17. > :18:21.United and AC Milan in front of nearly 51,000 fans. They'd all come
:18:21. > :18:25.to honour a man whose loyalty to one club over two decades will rarely be
:18:25. > :18:28.seen again. Mark Tulip was at St James's Park. An early kick—off for
:18:28. > :18:31.an extraordinary crowd — lured to St James's by low ticket prices and
:18:31. > :18:34.household names — Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini and an Italian a
:18:34. > :18:39.little closer to home — Sunderland manager and pantomime villain of the
:18:39. > :18:42.night Paolo di Canio. They were up against some much younger players
:18:42. > :18:45.still in the game and an assortment of Newcastle United legends, many
:18:45. > :18:48.from the famous Entertainers team of the '90s. But none of this would
:18:48. > :18:51.have been possible without the goalkeeper, whose loyalty to one
:18:51. > :18:54.club and determination to put something back will have made three
:18:54. > :19:00.charities thousands of pounds richer. The people really bought
:19:00. > :19:07.into it. I cannot thank the supporters enough for tooling up an
:19:07. > :19:09.incredible numbers. The invincible is came out on top of the
:19:09. > :19:13.entertainers after an impromptu penalty shoot out.
:19:13. > :19:17.The match itself finished goalless — thanks in part to a save from the
:19:17. > :19:20.now Hull City keeper Mr Harper. A nice change to be picked in the
:19:20. > :19:24.starting eleven with friend and former rival Shay Given coming off
:19:24. > :19:27.the bench. There were chances to break the deadlock. And the Magpies
:19:27. > :19:32.even had the ball in the net here. But Tino Asprilla's effort was ruled
:19:32. > :19:38.out. Alan Thompson tried his luck from distance. Then sub Andy Cole,
:19:38. > :19:41.who's kept the weight off in the gym since retirement, had two great
:19:41. > :19:46.chances of his own in a lively cameo. The most important part was
:19:46. > :19:50.that Steve enjoyed his night. We all had a great life in the dressing
:19:50. > :20:02.room. Now we will go for a few drinks and reminisce.
:20:02. > :20:09.This is an institution here football —— where football is a real passion
:20:09. > :20:12.for the north—east. The biggest cheer was a tackle from
:20:12. > :20:16.former Pantomime villain Joey Barton on di Canio — who was arguably man
:20:16. > :20:21.of the match and played the full 90. Wonder if any of his players sneaked
:20:21. > :20:24.in to watch. At the end, no goals — typical Italians — and a penalty
:20:24. > :20:32.shoot—out won by Milan thanks in part to?guess who? It was good to
:20:32. > :20:43.score a goal, as a mackem against the Geordies. It was a memorable
:20:43. > :20:53.night. It was good of him to come along.
:20:53. > :20:55.I got Thomson to put a number ten on the back here because I had to wear
:20:56. > :21:00.that number in my second season next!
:21:00. > :21:04.But Shearer still swapped shirts with Baresi. His former strike
:21:04. > :21:07.partner, though, had reasons to keep his own. The evening's most poignant
:21:07. > :21:10.moment. Substitute appearances for the sons of the late Gary Speed, Ed
:21:11. > :21:13.and Tommy. Beneficiaries of the evening, The Sir Bobby Robson
:21:13. > :21:15.Foundation, Great North Children's Hospital and Newcastle United
:21:15. > :21:18.Foundation. Mark Tulip, BBC Look North, Newcastle.
:21:18. > :21:21.As we count down to a great sporting weekend some of the world's top
:21:21. > :21:24.athletes have started arriving on Tyneside for the Great North City
:21:24. > :21:28.Games on Saturday. The event brings athletics out of the stadium and
:21:28. > :21:31.onto the streets giving fans the opportunity to get up close and
:21:31. > :21:34.personal with some of the biggest names in the game. Olympic and world
:21:34. > :21:38.champions know all about adrenaline but as thrills go a photocall on the
:21:38. > :21:41.roof of the Sage in Gateshead is something else! It was breathtaking.
:21:41. > :21:52.I worried we might slip, but we had harnesses on! It was awesome. I did
:21:52. > :21:56.not do many risky moves, I am thinking about going back up!
:21:56. > :22:00.Christine Ohuruogu knows just what it's like to be on top of the world
:22:00. > :22:03.after regaining the 400m title at the World championships in Moscow
:22:03. > :22:07.last month. The British team captain will be an honorary starter of the
:22:07. > :22:10.Great North Run on Sunday but Saturday she's running 150m against
:22:10. > :22:19.some of the best on the planet on the specially constructed track on
:22:19. > :22:28.the quayside. I can run a 200. And a 400. The 150 really should be a walk
:22:28. > :22:34.in the park. But the gills are quite snappy, quite nippy! I don't want to
:22:34. > :22:37.come last! I will have to work harder!
:22:37. > :22:42.James Desalou was pretty quick on the roof even quicker on the track —
:22:42. > :22:49.he goes in the 100m in search of a record. IM this second fastest in
:22:49. > :22:53.Britain, behind Linford Christie. One of my goals is to eventually
:22:53. > :22:58.take the British record. There is no event like this in the world. A
:22:58. > :23:00.unique way to showcase athletics to the British public.
:23:00. > :23:04.25,000 spectators watched last years free event — this time round it'll
:23:04. > :23:07.be an individual rather than team competition but either way the
:23:07. > :23:10.formats a winner with the athletes as well as the fans.
:23:10. > :23:13.And if you can't get down to the Quayside you can watch all the
:23:13. > :23:21.action from the Citygames here on BBC One on Saturday. As the battle
:23:21. > :23:23.for the County championship title hots up Chris Rushworth took five
:23:23. > :23:31.wickets to help dismissed Derbyshire. And Yorkshire and in a
:23:31. > :23:37.strong position, chasing the first innings total of Sussex of 292. They
:23:37. > :23:42.are just 46 behind with six wickets left.
:23:43. > :23:49.There are plenty of signs of autumn around. The Halligan flower show
:23:49. > :23:53.opens tomorrow. The organisers hope that there will be large crowds to
:23:53. > :24:02.see what is on the show. Here is a preview. What ever you are looking
:24:02. > :24:08.for, you can find it here. From show gardens to beautiful blooms.
:24:08. > :24:12.Inspiration everywhere. There is not a higher standard anywhere in the
:24:12. > :24:17.UK. We are very lucky to have it here in Yorkshire. We have had some
:24:18. > :24:24.very good growing weather. The only indication is we will get some very
:24:24. > :24:27.good displays. Giant vegetables are always a draw.
:24:27. > :24:35.But there are extra ambitious plans this year. We aim to set a world
:24:35. > :24:44.record for the most dishes made from one giant cabbage. 105 dishes. The
:24:44. > :24:49.flower arrangers have been given the task of making displays based on
:24:49. > :24:56.television sitcoms. That one has to be last of the summer Wine. This is
:24:56. > :25:03.our you being served? It is not just the flowers that come in every
:25:03. > :25:13.colour. Recycled class is part of an entirely recycled show garden. ——
:25:13. > :25:17.glass. It has been exhausting. Each time I do this I think I will get
:25:17. > :25:29.more help ex—Commissioner Mark at my husband has been brilliant! What a
:25:29. > :25:41.pleasure, to observe what skill can produce.
:25:41. > :26:07.And now the weather. Saturday looks like being decent and bright, but
:26:07. > :26:10.all change for Sunday. Temperatures will stay in double figures. A
:26:10. > :26:18.west, north—westerly breeze. Tomorrow, a dull start. Patchy rain
:26:18. > :26:26.and drizzle. If you get some rain that will be light and intermittent,
:26:26. > :26:33.but in damp feel. One of two bright interludes will be the exception
:26:33. > :26:38.rather than the rule. The northerly breeze should move the cloud away as
:26:38. > :26:43.we head to tomorrow night. The weather front sinking southwards. By
:26:43. > :26:53.Saturday, this high pressure bringing the Roy and fine weather.
:26:53. > :26:58.—— dry. Big Atlantic depression bringing wet and windy weather. If
:26:58. > :27:04.you are out and about over the weekend, make the most of it on
:27:04. > :27:11.Saturday. Wet and windy for Sunday. That applies to the great North run.
:27:11. > :27:17.The best of the conditions in the first half of the weekend. Sunday,
:27:17. > :27:21.cloudy windy and wet. The rain will be on from the word go. As the
:27:21. > :27:27.competitors gathered from the start that will already be raining. The
:27:27. > :27:30.upside: At least the wind will be behind you for most of the way,
:27:30. > :27:31.especially at the tail end of the race.