:00:00. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. In the headlines. Charity
:00:10. > :00:13.begins at home. The Filipino community here in the
:00:14. > :00:20.North rallies round to send aid to the typhoon disaster zone.
:00:21. > :00:24.Ten days on, police renew their appeal to find the driver who
:00:25. > :00:28.knocked down and killed Danny Wake. Cleared for take`off. House`building
:00:29. > :00:35.plans at Durham Tees Valley to secure the airport's future.
:00:36. > :00:44.We are Little Mix in Newcastle, catch us later.
:00:45. > :00:47.We are in Durham for the Lumiere Festival In sport, the most
:00:48. > :00:50.successful club in the history of the Football League Trophy bows out
:00:51. > :00:53.of this year's competition. And how the American connection
:00:54. > :01:06.could help Boro's new Spanish boss lead a Teesside revival.
:01:07. > :01:09.Imagine being halfway around the world and hearing that a natural
:01:10. > :01:12.disaster had hit the UK, perhaps your community, your friends, your
:01:13. > :01:15.family. Five days after Typhoon Haiyan brought devastation to the
:01:16. > :01:19.Philippines, many Filipinos in our region are still awaiting news of
:01:20. > :01:24.loved ones in the worst hit areas. But rather than simply sit and watch
:01:25. > :01:35.the awful news pictures, many have thrown themselves into the aid
:01:36. > :01:39.effort. Gerry Jackson reports. A long way from home, but for these
:01:40. > :01:45.people doing nothing is not an option. In Newcastle, the Filipinio
:01:46. > :01:48.community of Tyneside have been rallying round to support those in
:01:49. > :01:53.disaster stricken islands. Their donations are being taken to London.
:01:54. > :01:58.And then on with the rest. This is the only thing that we can do. We
:01:59. > :02:09.cannot help physically, B can do here is do our best. For some, this
:02:10. > :02:16.activity is a welcome distraction as they wait for it news on people they
:02:17. > :02:24.know. It is too grievous. Really, I am sorry. The Filipino community of
:02:25. > :02:32.Newcastle is really helping out. That is the only way we can reach
:02:33. > :02:34.out. In Whitehaven too, the distress is obvious and the pictures bring
:02:35. > :02:41.back painful memories. Every time there is a typhoon, we
:02:42. > :02:50.run. But this is the worst. I received a message from home telling
:02:51. > :03:01.the that one of our friends was still missing. I am hoping they can
:03:02. > :03:05.locate them. In Newcastle, staff at the infirmary have organised their
:03:06. > :03:15.own collection. It is important because I have experienced times
:03:16. > :03:23.that best `` times like this when I was younger. The contributions
:03:24. > :03:27.cannot get there quickly enough. An inquest into the death of a
:03:28. > :03:31.three`year`old boy knocked over in a hit and run in Darlington has been
:03:32. > :03:34.opened and adjourned. Danny Wake was killed while walking with his mother
:03:35. > :03:38.in the Neasham Road area last Monday. The driver has still not
:03:39. > :03:41.been traced. His family has announced his funeral will take
:03:42. > :03:43.place next Tuesday. Alison Freeman reports.
:03:44. > :03:46.The sky was lit up last night to remember Danny Wake. Well`wishers
:03:47. > :03:50.released lanterns in Lascelles Park. The three`year`old and his mum had
:03:51. > :03:56.been on their way home to choose his Christmas presents from a catalogue.
:03:57. > :04:00.But Danny never made it. He was hit by a car as he turned off Neasham
:04:01. > :04:04.road onto Falmer Road on Monday of last week. The driver failed to
:04:05. > :04:12.stop. And police haven't traced them yet. We have some pieces of the
:04:13. > :04:19.jigsaw as what happened. But we still need further information from
:04:20. > :04:26.people, particularly who was driving the vehicle at the time. We would
:04:27. > :04:32.appeal to anybody who might know who the driver is, please contact us,
:04:33. > :04:36.come forward and tell us. If you are the driver, come forward and tell us
:04:37. > :04:41.and put your side of the story. Police say they have a hundred new
:04:42. > :04:44.lines of enquiry to follow up after last Friday's appeal by Danny's
:04:45. > :04:49.family. They particularly want to trace a white Mercedes van seen in
:04:50. > :04:53.the area at the time. Today, the inquest into Danny's death was
:04:54. > :04:57.opened and adjourned by the County Durham and Darlington Coroner. With
:04:58. > :05:01.many details still unclear, no date has been set for the full inquiry.
:05:02. > :05:06.The sheer volume of flowers and toys left for Danny is overwhelming. The
:05:07. > :05:10.family has announced his funeral will take place on Tuesday next
:05:11. > :05:12.week. They say all are welcome at what they are calling a thanksgiving
:05:13. > :05:26.service for Danny's life. Durham Tees Valley Airport has
:05:27. > :05:30.unveiled the master plan that it says will secure its future and
:05:31. > :05:34.claims could create around 4,000 jobs. The airport, currently losing
:05:35. > :05:37.?10,000 a day, says it wants to develop business parks on its vast
:05:38. > :05:40.land`holdings. It's also looking to sell building land for up to 400
:05:41. > :05:42.homes. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve has tonight's Look North
:05:43. > :06:00.report. The popular perception of Durham
:06:01. > :06:07.Tees Valley Airport. No flights. No passengers. No future. But there is
:06:08. > :06:17.a plan here. A plan to banish the easily imagined tumbleweed. A
:06:18. > :06:23.masterplan no less. This site is intended for office development,
:06:24. > :06:27.complementing and number of existing businesses around the site. We think
:06:28. > :06:29.there is potential for other development here.
:06:30. > :06:33.Durham Tees Valley's owner, part of the giant Peel Property group, says
:06:34. > :06:41.big business parks and building on its vast acreage is the way to save
:06:42. > :06:47.the airport. Many airports are looking at widening the base of
:06:48. > :06:51.their activity. Very few are surviving on aviation alone. They
:06:52. > :07:00.are all looking at the potential within their estates. It brings
:07:01. > :07:02.value to the airport. These are the sort of
:07:03. > :07:06.aviation`related businesses that the airport's owner would like to bring
:07:07. > :07:09.here. This is the fire training school, selling its services around
:07:10. > :07:14.the world. And this company recycles aircraft. A booming sector. 400
:07:15. > :07:20.aircraft are scrapped every year in Europe alone.
:07:21. > :07:28.The hope is that these types of business can compensate for
:07:29. > :07:32.dwindling passenger numbers. In 2006, the airport saw short of a
:07:33. > :07:36.million passengers. But the tally has been falling steadily since. So,
:07:37. > :07:45.by last year, just over 160,000 people used Durham Tees Valley. The
:07:46. > :07:51.reason for the fall is because airlines have pulled out of here.
:07:52. > :07:55.Flights to London were lost because the Heathrow landing slots be too
:07:56. > :08:04.valuable to be used on a regional link. . The airport had a row over
:08:05. > :08:07.landing fees with one operator, and another cheap fares airline went
:08:08. > :08:11.bust. Summer flights to Jersey and daily ones to Amsterdam and Aberdeen
:08:12. > :08:17.are all that remain. It's a long way from the vision the six councils had
:08:18. > :08:20.in 2003 when they voted to sell the airport to its current owner. They
:08:21. > :08:25.have made some internal improvements, but it is pretty small
:08:26. > :08:31.beer. We have only seen some small firms who are airline related moving
:08:32. > :08:35.in. The other things that have happened have been horrendous.
:08:36. > :08:42.Certainly, this was never envisaged. Job losses. And a last party for
:08:43. > :08:47.duty free shop staff made redundant, they say, because of the airport's
:08:48. > :08:52.failings. It is just sad that they do not have that vision, they do not
:08:53. > :08:57.see what I see, what passengers see. They want to focus on the plans they
:08:58. > :09:03.have, they can do that, but they also have to focus on passengers and
:09:04. > :09:06.getting flights in. Maybe the airport has exhibited some vision
:09:07. > :09:14.today, however. It has recognised that this is the past. And it won't
:09:15. > :09:18.be coming back. Its future possibly driven by up to 400 houses and
:09:19. > :09:23.offices. And if it works nearly 4,000 jobs could be created between
:09:24. > :09:29.now and 2020. An outcome worthy of the title of masterplan.
:09:30. > :09:30.It's an area with some of the highest unemployment figures in the
:09:31. > :09:34.region. But today 1,000 jobs were up for
:09:35. > :09:38.grabs in South Shields. A jobs fair in the town attracted hundreds of
:09:39. > :09:43.people looking for work as our Political Correspondent Mark Denten
:09:44. > :09:47.reports. South Tyneside College, employers
:09:48. > :09:54.with jobs face to face with people that want them. To be honest, it is
:09:55. > :09:58.no surprise that it is busy here today. Although there are over 1000
:09:59. > :10:05.jobs on offer here, there are over three times as many people out of
:10:06. > :10:14.work in South Shields. People like this man, 58 and looking for factory
:10:15. > :10:20.work. It gets you down. To see everybody going to job centres and
:10:21. > :10:26.not getting jobs. This week, the North East's unemployment figures
:10:27. > :10:31.fell by 7000. But for people like this young man, it is little
:10:32. > :10:41.consolation. It is very difficult to get a job around here. The message
:10:42. > :10:52.you today `` the message here today is employers want staff. We have to
:10:53. > :10:56.bridge the gap between getting a job and getting the experience. They
:10:57. > :11:01.have to be enthusiastic, willing to learn and be able to turn up on
:11:02. > :11:10.time. There were queues out of the door this morning for this job is
:11:11. > :11:17.fair. `` jobs fair. Unemployment is falling, but it is still higher in
:11:18. > :11:23.this area than in the rest of Britain.
:11:24. > :11:28.12 months on from their election, and a BBC survey suggests Police and
:11:29. > :11:33.Crime Commissioners are still struggling to win people over. Only
:11:34. > :11:39.around 15 per cent of voters turned out last November and, a year on,
:11:40. > :11:46.only five per cent can even name their PCC. Our Political Editor,
:11:47. > :11:54.Richard Moss, reports. Starting with a whimper rather than
:11:55. > :11:58.a bang. A poor election turnout, a confused and disinterested public.
:11:59. > :12:02.But one year on, have people in Durham become more engaged? This is
:12:03. > :12:12.Ron Hogg. How many people here know who he is? Is he knew at the
:12:13. > :12:18.Cathedral? Do you know who it might be? No. Somebody in government? He
:12:19. > :12:25.looks like your dad. He is the police commissioner. What is his
:12:26. > :12:29.name? Good question. No wonder Ron Hogg is keen to get out on the
:12:30. > :12:33.street then. In this case, Chester`le`Street. Part of a regular
:12:34. > :12:38.series of walkabouts to meet the public. But research by the BBC
:12:39. > :12:43.suggests that although two thirds of people across the north know they
:12:44. > :12:50.have a police commissioner, only 5% can name them. It does worry me a
:12:51. > :12:57.little bit. If I am to do the job I want to do, the more people who know
:12:58. > :13:03.how to get in contact with me, the better. That is why if events like
:13:04. > :13:08.this are imported. In my policing plan I have community engagement is
:13:09. > :13:13.a key `` as a key aim. But sometimes you can get the wrong
:13:14. > :13:19.kind of publicity. Cumbria's police Commissioner will give a news
:13:20. > :13:22.conference soon... Cumbria's commissioner Richard Rhodes was
:13:23. > :13:27.caught in controversy over his expenses, and the arrests of those
:13:28. > :13:31.who leaked the details. But he doesn't believe his first year has
:13:32. > :13:37.left him and the job tarnished. When I talk to people face to face, they
:13:38. > :13:42.are interested in by our eggs being thrown at my front door, why are
:13:43. > :13:46.people drunk in the streets? They are more interested in that than
:13:47. > :13:49.something which happened ten months ago.
:13:50. > :13:54.But opinion on the effectiveness of commissioners is mixed. While 42% of
:13:55. > :13:59.people surveyed in the north thought they had had a positive impact on
:14:00. > :14:03.policing, 42% thought the impact was nonexistent or negative. This is
:14:04. > :14:08.completely new, so they have to learn on their feet. We have seen
:14:09. > :14:12.some good examples where they have engaged the public and tried to seek
:14:13. > :14:16.the views of victims and tried to make the police more accountable.
:14:17. > :14:21.The jury is still out. But some critics feel they've
:14:22. > :14:33.already seen enough. I am afraid my fears are being confirmed. Far too
:14:34. > :14:39.much power concentrated in one pair of hands. Nominal responsibility for
:14:40. > :14:43.a huge area. It is ridiculous. It is still early days though for
:14:44. > :14:46.our first wave of police commissioners. They have until their
:14:47. > :14:49.re`election in spring 2016 to make an impact and silence the doubters.
:14:50. > :14:54.And Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird, will be
:14:55. > :14:58.quizzed about her first 12 months in office, on Sunday Politics on BBC
:14:59. > :15:04.One at 11am. And Cumbria's PCC Richard Rhodes will be in the hot
:15:05. > :15:08.seat with Mike Zeller on BBC Radio Cumbria tomorrow at 1130.
:15:09. > :15:13.You're watching Look North. Still to come, Mark has the sport
:15:14. > :15:15.and we're live in Durham for the opening night of the Lumiere light
:15:16. > :15:19.festival. Plus X Factor winners Little Mix
:15:20. > :15:26.were back on Tyneside this evening to meet their adoring fans.
:15:27. > :15:33.I hope they are well laptop because with clear spells, we could be in
:15:34. > :15:39.for a touch of frost. `` wrapped up.
:15:40. > :15:43.More than 150,000 people are expected to descend on Durham City
:15:44. > :15:46.over the next four nights for its spectacular Lumiere festival. It's
:15:47. > :15:50.claimed that the show, which is staged every two years, has brought
:15:51. > :15:56.around ?6 million into the local economy since the first Lumiere in
:15:57. > :16:00.2009. But its popularity has led to problems with congestion and this
:16:01. > :16:05.year, for the first time, tickets are needed to access to the city
:16:06. > :16:27.centre. Stuart Whincup is there now. Good evening. I have already made a
:16:28. > :16:34.friend. Let me introduce you. This is Elephantastic. People out and
:16:35. > :16:40.about with cameras. This is a third time the festival has been here,
:16:41. > :16:45.what is so special this time? It is a privilege for us to be back here.
:16:46. > :16:52.The crowds are friendly and welcoming. We try as hard as we can
:16:53. > :16:57.to play with their town. We find every nook and cranny we can and
:16:58. > :17:01.then it with the imagination of artists. Who would've thought anyone
:17:02. > :17:07.would put an elephant in the middle of the gateway to the city? Everyone
:17:08. > :17:13.is going through hard times at the moment, but we know there is a huge
:17:14. > :17:19.benefit in terms of employment and money spent by people coming in
:17:20. > :17:25.here. It all contributes to the local economy. You have had problems
:17:26. > :17:35.in recent times with congestion, too many people coming in. How other
:17:36. > :17:42.ticketing `` how is ticketing working? We have introduced a free
:17:43. > :17:50.ticket system. For the first three hours up until 7:30pm, you need a
:17:51. > :17:55.ticket to get into the old part of the city. But there are 17
:17:56. > :18:04.installations not in the old part of the city. It was a way of getting
:18:05. > :18:07.families and young children through. Perhaps people with mobility
:18:08. > :18:19.issues. It seems to be working really well. What are people been
:18:20. > :18:34.saying? Fantastic. Elephantastic Is what they are saying. Reaction from
:18:35. > :18:37.the opening night tomorrow. And if you listen to BBC Newcastle's
:18:38. > :18:41.Breakfast show tomorrow morning, you can find out what visitors thought
:18:42. > :18:44.of Lumiere. That's with Alfie and Charlie from 6.30.
:18:45. > :18:48.I think the tickets are good idea. It was a victim of its own success
:18:49. > :18:51.in previous years. Aitor Karanka was meeting his
:18:52. > :18:55.Middlesbrough players for the first time today as he sets out to turn
:18:56. > :18:58.Boro into genuine promotion contenders. The international break
:18:59. > :19:04.means there's some breathing space for the new manager. One of his star
:19:05. > :19:09.names, meanwhile, has been speaking about his hopes for a brighter
:19:10. > :19:12.future at the Riverside under the Spaniard. Peter Harris reports.
:19:13. > :19:17.Poor Kei Kamara, and you live in England, but after just ten weeks in
:19:18. > :19:24.Middlesbrough, he is already on to his third boss. But he does have one
:19:25. > :19:30.thing in common with his new coach, both have been stars of the American
:19:31. > :19:36.league. He used to play in America. That is a good history for both of
:19:37. > :19:45.us. He has got a good history, a good background in football. He will
:19:46. > :19:50.be on the same page as all the players. Finally be settling into
:19:51. > :19:55.his new job, his new striker was helping a charity working with
:19:56. > :20:00.unemployed young people. Alongside players from Hartlepool United.
:20:01. > :20:11.Street league builds confidence and skills through sport. It gives me
:20:12. > :20:17.motivation. We do sport session, classroom work, interview
:20:18. > :20:22.techniques. The support of local professionals is imported. It is
:20:23. > :20:29.brilliant, ringing everybody together `` bringing. It is a
:20:30. > :20:35.brilliant setup and under brilliant charity to be involved in.
:20:36. > :20:40.Another assistant boss who recently made the step up to the top job is
:20:41. > :20:44.Graeme Kavanagh. He watched his League One Carlisle United side get
:20:45. > :20:47.dumped out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy by the League Two leaders
:20:48. > :20:59.Fleetwood. The live television summariser was
:21:00. > :21:05.Greg Abbott who has got a new job. Carlisle fell behind to an early
:21:06. > :21:09.goal. Perhaps things might have been different if this effort had not hit
:21:10. > :21:14.the post shortly afterwards. But just when the Cumbrians were getting
:21:15. > :21:25.back into the game, Fleetwood sealed their victory. Graeme Kavanagh is
:21:26. > :21:31.predicting a relegation scrap if his players do not improve soon.
:21:32. > :21:36.Now, they continued a fine North East tradition of X Factor winners.
:21:37. > :21:40.Little Mix, featuring South Shields girls Perrie Edwards and Jade
:21:41. > :21:43.Thirlwall, were the first group to win the TV talent contest when they
:21:44. > :21:48.triumphed in 2011. Their debut album charted at number
:21:49. > :21:53.four in the United States, smashing a girl band record set by the Spice
:21:54. > :21:57.Girls, and this week they released their second album, Salute. This
:21:58. > :22:03.evening they've been signing copies and meeting
:22:04. > :22:18.this Move is. The latest single from Little Mix, taken from their new
:22:19. > :22:23.album Salute. In Newcastle, around a thousand fans waited to meet the
:22:24. > :22:34.girls. The album is more mature, will call harmonies have stepped up
:22:35. > :22:40.`` vocal. We are very proud of it. The band has come a long way in a
:22:41. > :22:46.short time. We are just working so hard, I feel that it is paying off.
:22:47. > :22:54.We want to be the best of the best, the biggest girl band ever. We have
:22:55. > :22:58.to work hard. The girls have already sold over 3 million records in just
:22:59. > :23:08.over 18 months. There are periods here tonight was a bright spot for
:23:09. > :23:11.fans. Are you big Little Mix fans? Yes. We want their autograph. I love
:23:12. > :23:27.them. Towards Christmas, everybody is
:23:28. > :23:31.releasing now. If you look at the numbers, they are absolutely
:23:32. > :23:36.amazing. We could not ask for better seals. Are just loving it. `` we are
:23:37. > :23:56.just loving it. A beautiful, sunny day. But cold.
:23:57. > :24:06.Yes, Pudsey bear was out and about today. He was at Gateshead
:24:07. > :24:13.Metrocentre and lots of people came along and bought a copy of the new
:24:14. > :24:27.calendar. Tomorrow, Pudsey will be joining me in Hexham, selling the
:24:28. > :24:33.last calendars. The calendar is selling very well, won't use of that
:24:34. > :24:41.soon. Back to the weather. `` more news. The wind is easing, the skies
:24:42. > :24:47.are clear, so a touch of frost in places through the night. There is a
:24:48. > :24:55.ridge of high pressure coming in from the west. The rich edges ever
:24:56. > :25:08.closer and the wind. To ease. `` and the wind will start to ease. A few
:25:09. > :25:16.clouds around the North East coast. But cold enough for a touch of
:25:17. > :25:21.ground frost in many places. Tomorrow morning, it is a chilly
:25:22. > :25:26.start, a dry and bright one as well, especially in eastern areas. This
:25:27. > :25:29.cloud in the West will start to head eastwards through the day. But most
:25:30. > :25:39.places should stay dry through Friday. Even with some sunshine, the
:25:40. > :25:46.temperatures will stay in single figures. Perhaps reaching 10
:25:47. > :25:56.Celsius. The wind is much lighter than today. Tomorrow night, for
:25:57. > :26:00.Children In Need, looking good. It will cloud over as we head through
:26:01. > :26:04.the evening and there will be a noticeable please, but that cloud.
:26:05. > :26:19.The temperatures dropping to blow. And it should stay dry. So please
:26:20. > :26:27.come along and join us. Rain on Saturday, becoming more widespread
:26:28. > :26:36.on Sunday. Saturday and Sunday, a lot of cloud around, some patchy
:26:37. > :26:43.rain on Saturday over the hills. The weather calendar is selling very
:26:44. > :26:54.well. Tomorrow will be your last chance to buy online because stocks
:26:55. > :27:00.are getting very low. They cost ?6 each and all the profits go to
:27:01. > :27:04.Children In Need. If you want to catch up on the forecast, you can
:27:05. > :27:16.get the latest information on the BBC weather app.
:27:17. > :27:20.Thank you. Only one day to go now until Children In Need. Hexham is
:27:21. > :27:24.the location for our regional event with Carol, Paul and Charlie
:27:25. > :27:30.Charlton broadcasting live from the Market Place tomorrow evening.
:27:31. > :27:34.Visitors will get the chance to try a bit of newsreading themselves as a
:27:35. > :27:39.night of Gunge Tank frolics, choirs and buskers unfolds.
:27:40. > :27:42.We will be back with the late news. Add more pictures from the Lumiere
:27:43. > :27:47.Festival. Bye`bye.