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Hello, and welcome to Friday's Look North. Tonight's headlines: A

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television appeal brings new leads in the case of a little girl

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murdered 21 years ago. Just hoping it is not a hoax. The emotions have

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all come back and I was worried about my other three children.

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Eight years after an heiress went missing, a man appears in court

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charged with murder. Why the home of Blue Peter has found

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a new home on Wearside. And doing it for Dad — the

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first—time Great North Runner following in her father's footsteps.

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And I am live in Gateshead with Mo Farah.

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It's hoped the 21—year—old murder of a little girl in Sunderland can

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still be solved, after a renewed appeal was made on the BBC's

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Crimewatch programme. Nikki Allan, who was seven, was stabbed and

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beaten to death in the Wear Garth area of Sunderland in 1992. Her

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distraught mother has since fought a long battle to keep the

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investigation alive after one man was tried and acquitted of Nikki's

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murder. Well, after last night's reconstruction, police say they're

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following up a number of fresh leads. Mark McAlindon reports.

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Last night's Crimewatch reconstruction captured the moments

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which led up to the killing of Nikki Allan, a little girl making her way

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home one October evening. It's 21 years since she skipped innocently

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through familiar streets, but time may as well have stood still for her

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mother. I have been in mental hospitals, and when it all came to a

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head, I lost weight and got drugs from the doctor, but I still have

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the strength to carry on. One man, a neighbour, did stand trial for

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Nikki's murder, but a taped confession was ruled inadmissible

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and he was cleared. Since then, Sharon has battled hard to keep the

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investigation alive. And last night there was one call to the programme

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which offered hope. We got a call from someone local, who actually

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spoke to the enquiry team at the time, but have contacted us today to

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say they withheld information that may be potentially significant. We

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have officers of speaking to them now. And so far, there's been a

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promising response. In 1992, these buildings were

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derelict. The police are hoping to trace people who may have used

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them, to see if they can remember anything that might help them catch

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Nikki's Keller. We are positive about the whole enquiry. There was a

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number of people arrested at the time but acquitted, and we will be

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looking at all aspects of the enquiry. Sharon knows she can't get

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her hopes up — not after 21 years of frustration. So, last night she

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watched with friends from a support group. She feels alone, and it is

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always helpful to have someone to listen. That's what friends do. They

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understand what I'm going through. They have kept me alive, because I

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would have committed suicide by now. Sharon must now wait to see if calls

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from the appeal do yield crucial evidence. After 21 years, she's used

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to it, although it doesn't make it any easier.

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Police are investigating after a woman was found dead on South

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Tyneside. They were called to a home in Church View in Boldon around 11

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this morning. Officers found the body of a woman there. A 32—year—old

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man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and police are appealing

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for anyone with any information to get in touch with them. It's

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believed the man and woman were known to each other.

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Detectives investigating the death of Durham solicitor Peter Maine are

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revisiting the spot where he was found, exactly two weeks after his

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death, to try to trace witnesses. Mr Maine was found near Maiden Castle

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sports centre in Durham early on Sunday September first, with stab

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wounds to his chest. Police are treating his death as suspicious and

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unexplained. They'll be talking to members of the public at the spot

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this Sunday. A man's appeared in court this

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afternoon, charged with the murder of an heiress who went missing eight

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years ago. Janet Brown had been living near Hexham in

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Northumberland. Her body has never been found. Our Chief Reporter Chris

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Stewart has the story. Janet Brown would be 53 now. She was

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last seen in July 2005. Four years after that, Northumbria Police began

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a fraud and missing person investigation when a bank reported

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irregularities in a bank account that had been held by her late

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parents. Earlier this year, there was an extensive search of land

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between Allenheads and Allendale in Northumberland. To date, no body has

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been recovered in the investigation. Today, a 59—year—old man and a

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51—year—old woman, both of Seaton Delaval in Northumberland, appeared

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before court. Donald Graham faces a charge of murder, two counts of

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obtaining money transfer by deception, and 13 counts of fraud.

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Together, Donald Graham and Elizabeth Todd charged with forgery,

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conspiracy to commit fraud and perverting the course of drug tarmac

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justice. They were released on bail and will appear before a court next

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Tuesday. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg

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says the North East doesn't necessarily need its own minister.

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Labour MPs believe appointing one would help the region fight its

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corner in Government. But the Liberal Democrat leader says he is

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already making sure the North East gets a good deal to boost its

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economy and create jobs. I can knock heads together and make sure that we

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are decisions are getting stuck, they are unstuck. That is the way to

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serve the North East the best, and I am a passionate supporter and

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admirer of fisheries Dominic region. I hope everything from the city

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deals and offshore wind farms will over time help the North East

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recover fully economically. ?NEWLINE And you can hear more of that

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interview on Sunday Politics at the later time of 1.30pm on BBC One this

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Sunday. It's claimed an increasing number of

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children in the North East are going to school without any breakfast. A

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new report claims a quarter of teachers said they've seen more

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pupils coming in hungry in the last year, and primary school children

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are losing eight weeks of their education due to hunger in the

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classroom. Many schools are holding breakfast clubs to tackle the

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problem, and Stephanie Cleasby's been to one in Sunderland.

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Breakfast time. Setting children opt for the day. But according to

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research, an increasing number of children skipping sexist and

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teachers say it is having an impact on the ability to learn. More than

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one quarter of children are coming to school without eating breakfast,

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and shockingly, it quarter of teachers review children have fallen

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asleep in class due to hunger. Some students we have had to wake up, and

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they are drowsy and peeled. —— appeal. They are hungry and not

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learning. It has an impact on the class. Children coming to school

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hungry, and it is a large number of children, are losing eight weeks of

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their education as a result of being hungry. School breakfast clubs like

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this are one way of filling the food gap. Sexist is subsidised, super £1,

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children can eat as much they want. We had cereal and chocolate and

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bread. Do you feel better?Yes, I feel good. I like eating with my

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friends. Now they are ready to learn. Another positive that has

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come from less is that hardly any children are no late for class.

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It's a piece of TV history — the studio set for the children's

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programme Blue Peter. It was recently put up for auction, and now

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it's out on display after being bought by one of the region's

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universities. Here's one Stuart Whincup made earlier.

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This used to be haunted the world longest—running children's

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television programme. Blue Peter has been running for 55 years, but when

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the programme moved from London to Salford, the set was put up for

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sale. It was bought by the University of Sunderland. I'm left

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with one question, what about this set? Well, I thought it was a great

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opportunity to acquire something with real heritage, that all our

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students recognised. It meant students would be able to utilise

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it. What has the feedback been like?

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Really, really positive. It was quite a big risk, and something that

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universities don't tend to do, but I think we have real leadership in

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what we do here, and what we wanted to do was create a different

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environment, and the social media has been amazing. The students have

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been putting up Facebook and Twitter messages, and the feedback has been

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amazing. The one question you are left with, is how much did this

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cost? £2400. The university says this is great value.

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Plenty more to come in tonight's programme: Jeff's live in Gateshead

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with two elite athletes preparing for the Great North Run. And we meet

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another runner — inspired by her dad — who took part in the very first

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one. Next month sees York stage one of

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the biggest theatrical productions in the country this year. It's

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called Blood and Chocolate and is being produced by the same team that

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put on a successful production of The Railway Children at the Railway

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Museum. That play featured a real steam train — this one will feature

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the whole of the city of York. Visit Europe before October, and

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you're likely to see a lot of this. 200 volunteers are rehearsing their

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production called blood and she chocolate. Look closely, and you

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will see the cast are weaving earphones and getting instructions

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from their director. When it comes to the performance, the audience

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will wear headphones so they could hear the actors. The show's producer

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gives a demonstration. Without headphones, you are none the wiser,

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but you can hear this when you put them on. These people are going to

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be wearing headphones and looking at people in costume will stop that is

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the scale we are talking about. For the audience, it is an adventurer,

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because they have no idea where they are going on what has gone to happen

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to them. The play has been inspired by the changes in your's chocolate

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factories. The city and their inhabitants were transformed by it.

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As the men left to go to the front, the women were moved to doing the

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heart, the —— hard, industrial work. As the show's trailer promises, it

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will be the theatrical event of the year.

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The wait is almost over for the thousands of people preparing to

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take part in this year's Great North Run. And this year's race will bring

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back memories for Fleck Ditchburn from Cumbria. He ran in the first

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Great North Run in 1981. On Sunday, his daughter's running for a cause

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close to the family's heart. Megan Paterson has been to meet them in

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Cumbria. Fleck Ditchburn was the man with the

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arrow, keen to be spotted and raising money for his local church.

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The first rate North run was exceptional. It is so exhilarating.

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There are so many people around you during this same event are different

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charities. Everybody talks to one another, it you can't explain it

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unless you have done it. I am loving it all again with Gemma, and it's

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brilliant. Fleck's daughter Gemma is running the Great North Run to raise

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funds for motor neurone disease, a condition that cost her dad his

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movement. It has been a roller—coaster for the last four

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years. There were times we thought we were going to lose him, and if we

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could stop another family going through that by funding research,

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that is what we're aiming to do. Gemma's one of 253 runners raising

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funds for research into the condition at this years event. She's

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passed on the opportunity to lug the family arrow, opting instead to

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carry a bit of her dad's determination. Every time I hit the

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wall, and I am struggling, my dad is there with me, and a fight on. There

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has been many times when we thought this was it, especially when he

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spent six months in intensive care. A lot of the doctors had written him

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off, but he fought and proved everyone wrong. Gemma hopes to run a

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time nearly as good as her dad's effort back in '81, as well as

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raising money to help other families fight motor neurone disease in the

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future. There will be Great North Run

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updates throughout Sunday on our website, including runners' stories

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and pictures. BBC Newcastle will be on the start line. Join Alfie Joey

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and Sue Sweeney from 9am this Sunday. And live coverage on BBC One

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from 9.30am, presented by Jonathan Edwards. Now, it's time to join

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Jeff, and he is quite excited, because it is a massive weekend. You

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might remember a couple of years ago, before the great norms —— Great

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North Run, the rain was pouring down, and we are small fire when he

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was going to come and run the Great North Run. It is this year. I

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managed to catch up with Mo Farah before he disappeared. Welcome back

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to Tyneside. How was it? It was great. I love running, and the fans

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get behind you. It is a great event. What a year it has been for you

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again! Yes, and hopefully I will ended on a high. Did Brendan have

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two twist your arm to get you to do this? No, I promised him I would do

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it when here, and it is this your! The Great North Run is a big event,

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over 56,000 people, so it's one of the biggest races in the world, in

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terms of half marathons. It's great. I don't want to put pressure on you,

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but there has been no British winner since Steve Kenyon in 1985! Can you

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do it? We'll seeC! It should be a good race. I am in this race as

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well. I don't know how I got this number! How did I end up with 2012?

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You will finish well ahead of me, well ahead of everyone! Good luck!

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56,000 people have applied for the chance to run a cross that bridge,

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and as we said, one of them will be Mo Farah. Brendan, how did you

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manage to get him to run it? Well, he's always said to me that he will

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run across that bridge in the Leeds one day, and we'll see no! I'm

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really pleased that everyone is here, and at the end of the day, is

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only important that we have a good race. 56,000 people are expected,

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and we want them to all have a good time will stop including number

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2012! Yes, number 2012.Can we have some good weather as well? Now, as

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well as all the Great North events this weekend ,we also have the

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world's fastest wheelchair race tonight. The 13th Tyne Tunnel 2K

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sets off at 8.30 in Tyne Tunnel one, which will be closed to traffic.

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Paralympic champion David Weir will take on last years tunnel and Great

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North Run winner Josh Cassidy from Canada before they go head—to—head

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on Sunday. This speeds, I have never hit anything like that in any other

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race. It is that sort of adrenaline rush and the challenge of the poll

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claimed that makes it enticing for people to come. Is it scary when you

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are going at that speed? Oh, definitely. Your brakes don't really

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do much, so you are at the mercy of, well, things going well.

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On to football, and after a week's break, the Premier League returns

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tomorrow, with Newcastle away at Aston Villa, and Mo Farah's

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favourite team, Arsenal, at the Stadium of Light, where Sunderland

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could do with a bit of a lift, after losing badly at Crystal Palace last

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time out. So, who was to blame for that

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fruitless trip to Selhurst Park? The head coach pointed the finger at

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himself, but also, in his post—match press conference, at a couple of his

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players. Overall, though, he says he wasn't as disappointed as most fans

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and football writers seemed to think. And while the national focus

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tomorrow will be on the Gunners' new £42 million man, Mesut Ozil, Di

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Canio is set to give last season's top scorer Steven Fletcher his first

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start since March, even if he doesn't expect him to last the whole

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game. It is very difficult to see him as being fit for 95 minutes. But

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he is fit enough to score a goal, and to score problems for the

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opponents, and give more belief to our players. Newcastle supporters

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are wanting to believe manager Allan Pardew when he says their squad can

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cope with the coming season, despite director of football Joe Kinnear

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failing to come up with the extra striker the Magpies' boss was hoping

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for. As much as the media and some of our fans have reacted, I am not

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so much. I think I have a good side, and with everyone fit and training

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really well, we're in good shape. It would be nice to get another

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offensive player, which we didn't manage to do, but we still have a

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strong team, and I look forward to the next period of games.

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In the Championship, Tony Mowbray takes his Middlesbrough side to

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Ipswich, one of his old clubs. And after the sacking of Greg Abbott,

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caretaker boss Graham Kavanagh will lead Carlisle this weekend. The

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Blues could get themselves out of the League One relegation zone if

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they beat fellow strugglers Sheffield United. In League Two,

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Hartlepool — like Carlisle, looking for their first victory — play

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Accrington Stanley, the only team below them, while York could move

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away from the danger zone with a victory over Portsmouth. And you can

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hear live commentary on all those games on your local BBC Radio

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station. In rugby union, Newcastle Falcons'

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centre Tane Tu'ipulotu has been forced to retire from the game

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because of a knee injury. It's a big blow to Dean Richards' side, who

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play Sale Sharks in just over an hour. They'll be hoping for better

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weather in Salford, after losing 21—0 at home to Bath in horrendous

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conditions at Kingston Park last week. Sale, on the other hand,

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pulled off the shock win of the weekend. The first game in the

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season, was a massive one to win. They are going to be up for a it and

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looking for a good start to the season. We like to move the ball

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around a bit, and fortunately, the conditions and Freddie did not allow

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us to do that. The forecast is supposed to be better.

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In cricket, Chester—le—Street playing Ormskirk at The Ovalor for

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the right to meet Wimbledon in the final of the National Club T20 had

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to go to a bowl out after rain stopped play.

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In the County Championship, leaders Durham reached 257—4 before bad

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light cut the day short at Derby. And second—placed Yorkshire earned a

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34—run first innings lead over Sussex, who closed on 48—2. Both

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those games look like ending in a draw.

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And after 138 years at the same ground, Burnopfield Cricket Club —

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where North East legend Colin Milburn grew up — are playing their

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last home games over the weekend, before moving to a new ground next

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season. Let's hope the weather holds for them — and for every Great North

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Runner. I must say, this incoming storm is interfering with our

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silent. —— sound Well, the weather with Hannah in a moment, but the

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forecast over the weekend has already put paid to a couple of big

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events. In Cumbria, the Jennings Rivers

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Ride, which has around 1000 cyclists, has been postponed. It was

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due to be held on Sunday, starting in Keswick. And Sunday's Tyne Swim

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has had to be called off. It's a water—based equivalent of the Great

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North Run, with around 30 hardy swimmers swimming ten miles along

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the River Tyne from the Quayside to South Shields, to raise money for

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the RNLI. Such a shame, but the weather atrocious, sums it up? Yes,

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for Sunday, a weather warning for Cumbria. First of all, let's take a

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little look at the weather forecast for an event that the weather will

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not spoil. Harrogate Flower Show is on

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Saturday, and will be wet, but coverage on Harvest 2013. Onto the

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forecast for the weekend, we are expecting it to be wet and windy on

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Sunday, with the first of the autumn deals. A spell of rain will clear in

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the south of the region, and most spots will be dry with some clear

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spells by Dawn, temperatures low around seven degrees. It is looking

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good for the mini and Junior runs tomorrow. Lovely blue skies and

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Cumbria through Saturday. Temperatures tomorrow probably no

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higher than around 30 to 15 Celsius. —— 13 to 15 Celsius. Turning

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westwards, it is likely Cumbria will have the best on Saturday and the

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worst on Sunday. The forecast for those great North events, the city

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games taking place on the Newcastle Gateshead quayside. Cool and all

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coverage will be on BBC One and the BBC website. The big picture shows

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high pressure, but things go downhill through Sunday, with a

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squeeze on the isobars is this complex area shows us a windy end to

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the weekend. For the Great North Run, it will rain heavily as the

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runners set off, and the winds will be strong by 12pm. It is a tailwind,

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and by the end of the afternoon, when most people will be starting to

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finish, it should be still wet and windy, and it is wettest and Wendy

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are set across Cumbria. A weather warning from 3pm on Sunday

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afternoon. Look at the BBC website for more details. That's it from us

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tonight. Good night.

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