:00:00. > :00:00.That is all from the BBC News at That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:13.Hello, welcome to Look North. Coming up... From Northumberland to
:00:14. > :00:16.England. The goalkeeper from a rugby`playing school who could be
:00:17. > :00:20.part of a new wave of footballers. Going nowhere. The ship detained for
:00:21. > :00:28.safety reasons. Its crew hasn't been paid, and they're fishing for food.
:00:29. > :00:31.Join us later on Look North... When we take you backstage at Stickley
:00:32. > :00:39.come dancing. And it is Children in Need night, we
:00:40. > :00:55.are at Hexham, we have the children, all we need now are your donations.
:00:56. > :01:00.In just over an hour's time, a goalkeeper from Northumberland is
:01:01. > :01:02.expected to make his debut for England. That is at Wembley. We've
:01:03. > :01:08.produced international footballers before. But never one quite like
:01:09. > :01:11.Fraser Forster. His father is a Crown Court judge and he was
:01:12. > :01:14.educated at a private school where rugby was the chosen sport. Signed
:01:15. > :01:17.by Newcastle, he never made the first team, but still bounced back.
:01:18. > :01:21.Our Chief Reporter Chris Stewart has been looking at a career built on
:01:22. > :01:22.determination. And he asks what Forster's success could mean for
:01:23. > :01:41.other boys with similar backgrounds. And it all started here, well, yes
:01:42. > :01:43.and no. His teachers did everything to encourage him, even though
:01:44. > :01:53.football was not actually played here. I always enjoy playing it, but
:01:54. > :01:59.it was not an option at school, I played county football before that,
:02:00. > :02:05.for Newcastle city schools, but I was really 17 when I was full`time
:02:06. > :02:09.and loved it. It is played now, though, and teachers say schools
:02:10. > :02:15.like this will increasingly provide professional players. One of those
:02:16. > :02:21.behind Fraser's success is economics master Peter Shelley. You tend to
:02:22. > :02:27.get independence. They often get outside coaching. A lot of time
:02:28. > :02:33.given to that. They get a lot of expertise. I remember John Baron is
:02:34. > :02:38.`` John Barnes was coaching at Eton College. And unite her former
:02:39. > :02:43.players who have money, so their children go to good fee`paying
:02:44. > :02:49.schools as well. And you have excellent facilities, some schools
:02:50. > :03:00.not even have playing fields. That makes a difference. The facility
:03:01. > :03:04.here is excellent. Fraser plays for Celtic, the top side in Scotland,
:03:05. > :03:10.meaning he is guaranteed Champions' League football and, in Europe, he
:03:11. > :03:14.has excelled, performances against Barcelona and the world's best
:03:15. > :03:19.footballer led to the Spanish press giving him the nickname the great
:03:20. > :03:23.Wall. But one player has sounded easy to score against them,
:03:24. > :03:34.admittedly when Fraser was playing for stocks failed under 12. He was
:03:35. > :03:38.playing so well against Barcelona. Some people have said I am better
:03:39. > :03:44.than the Spanish player. But not by many people! The view from inside
:03:45. > :03:49.football is that Fraser Forster will help open up the professional game
:03:50. > :03:54.for boys from similar backgrounds, a former clubmate at Newcastle is sure
:03:55. > :03:58.of it. Middle`class background, Private schools, it is tented
:03:59. > :04:04.thought to be a rugby environment, they that is the case for the past,
:04:05. > :04:10.but Fraser could mean more kids using the different path. This is
:04:11. > :04:15.now suddenly a very acceptable public and private school game?
:04:16. > :04:24.Yeah, I am involved in coaching at News Castle `` Newcastle school for
:04:25. > :04:27.boys. And they are actively increasing their involvement in
:04:28. > :04:35.football, which can only give kids a great opportunity to fully follow in
:04:36. > :04:44.Fraser footsteps `` Fraser's footsteps. Did he have nicknames?
:04:45. > :04:50.Yes, such as Hightower, but you need to be careful! There was a time when
:04:51. > :04:57.kicking around ball in preference to an oval one what is frowned upon,
:04:58. > :05:01.but there are no half a million pupils at fee`paying schools in
:05:02. > :05:10.England, talent pool the round ball game cannot and will not ignore.
:05:11. > :05:17.Good luck to Fraser, it has been confirmed this very moment he will
:05:18. > :05:21.start for England tonight. A ship carrying scrap metal has been
:05:22. > :05:25.detained at the Port Of Tyne because of safety worries. It has emerged
:05:26. > :05:29.the crew on board The Donald Duckling haven't been paid. On their
:05:30. > :05:33.journey to the North East, they had so little food they were forced to
:05:34. > :05:36.fish from the side of the boat. Here's our Correspondent Mark
:05:37. > :05:39.Denten. It has travelled thousands of miles
:05:40. > :05:44.across the oceans. But right now, it's going nowhere. The Donald
:05:45. > :05:49.Duckling. A scrap metal supply ship at Port Of Tyne today. Detained by
:05:50. > :05:52.order of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency concerned at on board
:05:53. > :05:55.mechanical and safety issues. The 18 crew have been through increasingly
:05:56. > :05:59.desperate situations. It is considered to be their front room
:06:00. > :06:03.for ten months, which is in an appalling state of repair, very
:06:04. > :06:08.little food left, the refrigeration is have broken down, that freezer
:06:09. > :06:14.has broken down. When it was arrested at Gibraltans, then leaving
:06:15. > :06:18.from Morocco, it went to Las Palmas. Unfortunately, they ran out of food.
:06:19. > :06:22.They had to catch their own fish from over the side of the ship. They
:06:23. > :06:28.had no cooking facilities on board, having to use bits of wood on deck
:06:29. > :06:31.to cook the fish. Some of the crew on board are Filipino sailors with
:06:32. > :06:34.friends and relatives in the current disaster zone. Saving wages to send
:06:35. > :06:40.back home. Wages they haven't been paid. We have had previous
:06:41. > :06:46.incidences when this vessel was detained in Gibraltar and Las
:06:47. > :06:58.Palmas, delayed in 133 days in one pot, 123 in another. It is a very
:06:59. > :07:07.ironically named vessel? It is, you could call it a Mickey Mouse vessel.
:07:08. > :07:10.They are in a terrible situation. The TMT Group, which owns the Donald
:07:11. > :07:14.Duckling, are based in Taiwan and could not be reached for comment
:07:15. > :07:19.today. Their slogan is "Today makes Tomorrow". But today, like tomorrow,
:07:20. > :07:26.the Donald Duckling and its unfortunate crew are likely to
:07:27. > :07:30.remain right where they are. Stuck. The food company Nestle is creating
:07:31. > :07:33.1600 jobs for young people over the next three years and hundreds of
:07:34. > :07:36.paid work experience placements. Nestle has factories at Fawdon in
:07:37. > :07:42.Newcastle and Dalston near Carlisle as well as its headquarters in York.
:07:43. > :07:45.Meanwhile, 600 new contract jobs are to be created after offshore
:07:46. > :07:48.engineering firm OGN Group landed a multi`million pound North Sea oil
:07:49. > :07:51.and gas contract for its Hadrian Yard in Wallsend.
:07:52. > :07:55.An offshoot of Cleveland Fire Brigade is trying to win orders for
:07:56. > :07:59.itself in Europe and the Middle East. Cleveland has set up a
:08:00. > :08:03.not`for`profit company that operates alongside its normal services, doing
:08:04. > :08:07.deals with the private sector. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve
:08:08. > :08:09.reports. Workers from Hartlepool nuclear
:08:10. > :08:15.power station being trained for an emergency. The company doing the
:08:16. > :08:20.training an offshoot of Cleveland Fire Brigade. A so`called community
:08:21. > :08:23.interest company. It's not for profit and offers Fire Services to
:08:24. > :08:28.the private sector. It's the first brigade in the country to do this.
:08:29. > :08:33.And its services are being taken up enthusiastically. We did training
:08:34. > :08:38.previously on the site, using our own simulator, but we recognise the
:08:39. > :08:42.Fire Brigade have the experience and knowledge we do not have, as it is
:08:43. > :08:44.not our core work. And according to those doing the training, after
:08:45. > :08:48.three days of this, Cleveland's training will have produced a pretty
:08:49. > :08:53.professional outcome. The firefighters perform really well.
:08:54. > :08:57.They have shown real interest, they are committed to what they are doing
:08:58. > :09:00.and really enthusiastic, as we saw today when they were going about
:09:01. > :09:04.their duties. The business is now trying to tie up training deals in
:09:05. > :09:07.Europe and the Middle East, as well as more in the UK. In just two
:09:08. > :09:12.years, Cleveland's risk management arm has created nearly 30 jobs. It's
:09:13. > :09:18.taking on apprentices. And it's generating income. And the company
:09:19. > :09:22.may be a model for what the whole of Cleveland Fire Brigade could look
:09:23. > :09:28.like in the future. The brigade wants to turn itself into a not`for
:09:29. > :09:32.profit mutual. It says being able to sell its services on a grand scale
:09:33. > :09:36.will help it deal with big cuts to its government grants. ?6 million
:09:37. > :09:40.has come out of its budget over the last three years. We are still
:09:41. > :09:46.exploring what that difference will be inhalation to whether it will
:09:47. > :09:50.give a better financial and operational proposition, and whether
:09:51. > :09:55.it could increase public safety, not only to the public, but equally
:09:56. > :09:58.industry and business. It's thought a decision on the whole of Cleveland
:09:59. > :10:07.Fire Brigade turning itself into a social enterprise could be made
:10:08. > :10:10.before the end of the year. Now, it won't have escaped your
:10:11. > :10:13.attention that today sees the BBC's giant fund raising spectacular,
:10:14. > :10:14.Children in Need, in full swing. Here's a taste of what's been
:10:15. > :11:00.happening around our region. Thanks to all of you who've been
:11:01. > :11:04.taking part in money`raising events. And tonight, the main event is
:11:05. > :11:07.taking place in Northumberland. We're going live to Hexham now,
:11:08. > :11:18.which appears to have been taken over by the Roman Army.
:11:19. > :11:36.CHEERING. Have you have known a more rockers
:11:37. > :11:45.start to Children in Need? Very impressive. It is all in need of
:11:46. > :11:52.this very privileged man, Paul Mooney, what are you doing? Any
:11:53. > :11:58.excuse to get dressed up. This area is steeped in Roman history. And all
:11:59. > :12:01.this week, the Look North weather team has been visiting areas around
:12:02. > :12:04.the region with a Roman connection. Selling calendars to raise funds for
:12:05. > :12:08.Children in Need. We thought it would be great if Pudsey could make
:12:09. > :12:26.a horror or it `` could make a quick entrance. You called? Snug as a bug
:12:27. > :12:31.in a rug. `` cold? We have many things going on, such
:12:32. > :12:36.as a marquee where you can read the news on whether. We have funfair
:12:37. > :12:41.rides for children. And they have been making full use of it. And the
:12:42. > :12:46.crowds have really begun to gather, all in the spirit of Children in
:12:47. > :12:52.Need, and we should get those pennies coming in for the appeal
:12:53. > :12:57.tonight. And we also have a 200 strong children's choir rehearsing
:12:58. > :13:02.right now. Charlie Charlton from BBC Newcastle is with them.
:13:03. > :13:12.Thank you very much, look at how Serena says, in `` how serene. Four
:13:13. > :13:21.schools from the Tyne Valley? Feeling nervous?
:13:22. > :13:31.ALL: No. Feeling excited? Yes.
:13:32. > :13:37.And the choirmaster, Warren Smith, how are you feeling? Very excited,
:13:38. > :13:43.we have rehearsed, and we are ring to go. And`year`old school is taking
:13:44. > :13:54.part, being with all your old teachers? `` and the school you went
:13:55. > :13:59.to is taking part? Yes, it was great to see old teachers, but with me
:14:00. > :14:04.being older and fatter. We have had to work on this, the teacher is
:14:05. > :14:16.doing fantastic work, and we are excited. And it is all very cultured
:14:17. > :14:26.here, but there is a gunge tank outside. Who should go in that?
:14:27. > :14:32.Pudsey! That was clear, so I am convinced we are safe, back to you
:14:33. > :14:42.in the marketplace of Hexham. And Paul Mooney, Maximus Mooney, has
:14:43. > :14:48.deigned to come down. I do not think many Romans had legs wide so white
:14:49. > :14:52.and with freckles. But anyway, someone who knows a lot more about
:14:53. > :15:00.the Romans is Terry Deary. Good evening. You are famous for your
:15:01. > :15:06.children's history books, about the Romans and other periods, but taken
:15:07. > :15:10.to adult books? I have written one about dangerous days in the Roman
:15:11. > :15:16.emperor, about the gruesome fights, about the horrible history of
:15:17. > :15:19.Hexham, which suffered terribly at the hands of these savage people
:15:20. > :15:30.like Scottish people. You are not Scottish? We are in the midst of a
:15:31. > :15:34.present`day in Beijing `` invasion. It is good for you to raise money
:15:35. > :15:41.for Children in Need, but what made you make the switch to adult books?
:15:42. > :15:44.Horrible Histories have been out for 20 years, and the people who grew up
:15:45. > :15:51.with them have asked me to write adult books. I hope your show goes
:15:52. > :16:00.down well tonight. Thank you very much. And now back to the studio for
:16:01. > :16:06.the latest news. He's waltzed, samba'd and cha`cha'd.
:16:07. > :16:09.And so far he's received more praise than criticism. But Teesside actor
:16:10. > :16:13.Mark Benton says nobody is more surprised than him that he's made it
:16:14. > :16:15.through to the eighth week of the BBC Strictly Come Dancing
:16:16. > :16:18.competition. Tomorrow, the show comes live from the world`famous
:16:19. > :16:20.Blackpool Ballroom. Rehearsals are currently underway, and we sent
:16:21. > :16:29.Stuart Whincup backstage for this report.
:16:30. > :16:36.Dancing, Mark Benton and Iveta Lukosiute. Centre stage at the home
:16:37. > :16:42.of ballroom. Not bad for a man who said he only joined Strictly to
:16:43. > :16:48.learn how to dance. I did not expect to get this far, so every week has
:16:49. > :16:52.been a bonus, so meeting her and doing dancing has been a thrill.
:16:53. > :16:58.Making it to Blackpool is brilliant. Such an iconic place for dancing. We
:16:59. > :17:09.are just thrilled to be here. He has been a jewellery thieves, a
:17:10. > :17:14.spaceman, and a Bond villain. But last week, for the first time, even
:17:15. > :17:22.in the dance off and close to going out. I thought, prepare for some
:17:23. > :17:28.therapy on Monday. We would have maybe two hours, getting back, but
:17:29. > :17:33.he came back with a smile on his face and said, I am back, do not
:17:34. > :17:38.have upon me, I want to have fun! But the partnership is about more
:17:39. > :18:01.than just dancing, but cultural understanding.
:18:02. > :18:06.THEY TRY DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATIONS. She says Mark is the perfect pupil
:18:07. > :18:13.and they have been amazed by their wrist bought `` by the support they
:18:14. > :18:19.have received. He is funny, he is nice,
:18:20. > :18:24.have received. He is funny, he is He learns quickly, then forgets
:18:25. > :18:31.quickly. I will never be the best answer, but people voting for as is
:18:32. > :18:45.fantastic, and 99.9% of people have been awesome. They will take to the
:18:46. > :18:50.stage tomorrow night in the home of ballroom, watched by millions of
:18:51. > :18:55.people, and not many people, Mark said, get to spend their birthday
:18:56. > :19:02.like that. I can't wait, it should be great
:19:03. > :19:05.fun. Time for the sport. There's no Premier League or Championship
:19:06. > :19:07.action this weekend because of the internationals. But there's an
:19:08. > :19:11.important game for Hartlepool United tonight, who round off a busy week
:19:12. > :19:14.with a trip to Newport. It's their third game in six days. Pools,
:19:15. > :19:18.who've won five of their last six league games, would go above the
:19:19. > :19:21.welsh side if they win tonight. And they'll be looking to bounce back
:19:22. > :19:25.from their midweek defeat in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. We have to
:19:26. > :19:28.take it on the chin. We got beat 1`0 of Scunthorpe and bounce back, the
:19:29. > :19:36.lads have great character and we rolled together as a group. We can
:19:37. > :19:39.put that right on Friday night. On to tomorrow, and Carlisle United
:19:40. > :19:43.have signed Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Amos on a month long
:19:44. > :19:46.loan to cover the injury to Mark Gillespie. The Blues, who take on
:19:47. > :19:49.Crawley at Brunton Park, have dropped to within three points of
:19:50. > :19:53.the League One relegation. They have won just one of their last nine
:19:54. > :19:56.League and Cup games. In League Two, York City are at home to Plymouth.
:19:57. > :20:00.And in Scottish League Two, Berwick travel to second`top Annan Athletic.
:20:01. > :20:04.Of course, Carlisle and York face FA Cup first round replays next week.
:20:05. > :20:07.Along with Gateshead, who meet Oxford United at the International
:20:08. > :20:10.Stadium on Wednesday. Before then, they'll be chasing points in the
:20:11. > :20:13.Conference Premier, with Salisbury Town heading for Tyneside tomorrow.
:20:14. > :20:18.New manager Gary Mills has turned Gateshead from relegation candidates
:20:19. > :20:23.into play`off contenders. Listen, when you come into a new club, you
:20:24. > :20:27.always hope it will work out for you quicker than later, if you like,
:20:28. > :20:31.that things will go well for you in the early weeks, and that has
:20:32. > :20:35.happened for me, but only because the players listened, worked hard, I
:20:36. > :20:48.have good beers here, and it has gone well, so long may it continue.
:20:49. > :20:51.`` I have good players. Details have been announced for the
:20:52. > :20:54.2014 Run Sunderland Festival, which will once again be organised by
:20:55. > :20:57.former Olympian Steve Cram. There'll be two major races, setting off from
:20:58. > :21:01.the Stadium of Light on Sunday, May the 4th. A 10k, and a half marathon.
:21:02. > :21:04.The full marathon has been dropped from the programme because of the
:21:05. > :21:07.redevelopment work taking place in the city centre.
:21:08. > :21:10.Time to go back live to Hexham now. The Children in Need night's
:21:11. > :21:12.starting to take off big time. In fact, it's been a busy day all
:21:13. > :21:27.round, hasn't it? We have the gunge tanks here in
:21:28. > :21:32.Hexham tonight, and you will know what that is about if you have seen
:21:33. > :21:35.children's television. This is the local bank manager, Rory Gibson, and
:21:36. > :21:45.I guess you have been in the gunge tank? I have, yes, practising over
:21:46. > :21:51.three months. We have raised about ?3000, which is fantastic, and been
:21:52. > :21:57.so much fun. I would like to thank my family, friends and colleagues,
:21:58. > :22:03.it has been great. Fantastic, well done, really appreciated. Sorry
:22:04. > :22:10.about the suit. It looks better than this normally. Lots of
:22:11. > :22:14.schoolchildren, here because of Pudsey, but also because five local
:22:15. > :22:24.headteachers have collected money and one will be gunged in the gunge
:22:25. > :22:35.tank. Time to find out who it will be. The tension is building, it is
:22:36. > :22:44.building, and we have... Neal Morrison from Queen Elizabeth high
:22:45. > :22:48.school. ?4400, congratulations, get yourself off to the gunge tank.
:22:49. > :23:05.CHEERING. That is it from the gunge tank, now
:23:06. > :23:10.over to Carol. Thank you, I am glad I am not over
:23:11. > :23:16.there. Although it is quite likely here as well, very loud indeed,
:23:17. > :23:25.Hexham really taking off tonight, enjoying Children in Need night,
:23:26. > :23:29.take a look. CHEERING. You might notice a lot of children
:23:30. > :23:36.in pyjamas, because many schools in the area have taken part in, take
:23:37. > :23:41.your children to school in pyjamas, and I had to sort my note this
:23:42. > :23:46.morning. And they have been raising money. `` I have to sort out my
:23:47. > :23:51.children this morning. There was a real`life reindeer, which went down
:23:52. > :23:54.a treat, but what we really need your donations, and we will give you
:23:55. > :23:56.details about how the money is coming in later, but back to the
:23:57. > :24:08.studio for the weather. The weather should be good for
:24:09. > :24:14.Pudsey and the gang, cloudy but mostly dry over the weekend. Through
:24:15. > :24:21.this evening, some clear spells, but cloudy in the West and some spots of
:24:22. > :24:26.drizzle, but it is mild, two mile for a frost, temperatures no lower
:24:27. > :24:30.than six or seven Celsius. First thing tomorrow, some spells of
:24:31. > :24:35.brightness to the east, cloudy in Cumbria, then through late morning
:24:36. > :24:39.and into the afternoon, clouding over generally, with some outbreaks
:24:40. > :24:45.of rain across the Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines. It is cloudy but
:24:46. > :24:51.dry in North Yorkshire, top temperatures milder than today, 11
:24:52. > :24:56.Celsius, brisk westerly wind, becoming light through the end of
:24:57. > :25:03.the afternoon. Going westwards, some showers in Cumbria, but generally
:25:04. > :25:07.dry. Over the next couple of days, pressure stays high, the weather
:25:08. > :25:14.stays generally dry and find through Sunday and Monday. Could be an misty
:25:15. > :25:19.and foggy start to Sunday in Cumbria after clearly disguised tomorrow
:25:20. > :25:27.night. `` clearly skies tomorrow night. More sunshine later on
:25:28. > :25:32.Sunday. Monday mostly fine and bright, some showers, and those
:25:33. > :25:37.could fall as snow on the tops of the hills. That lets the scene for a
:25:38. > :25:42.plunge downwards in terms of temperatures through the middle of
:25:43. > :25:47.next week. Snow on the hills on Monday, increasingly the risk of
:25:48. > :25:51.snow at lower levels through Tuesday and Wednesday. Mostly dry on Sunday
:25:52. > :25:55.in the north`east, Leumi to North Northumberland, but brighter on
:25:56. > :26:00.Monday. Temperatures plummeting here as well through the later part of
:26:01. > :26:05.Monday into Tuesday and Wednesday. Sunny spells on Tuesday, but some
:26:06. > :26:12.showers and those could be slushy in towns and cities. Any showers could
:26:13. > :26:16.be as snow on Wednesday, even at lower levels, certainly on the
:26:17. > :26:18.hills. If you want BBC weather calendar, you need to call up,
:26:19. > :26:32.because we have sold out online. You need to call that number. And
:26:33. > :26:39.here is the weather both Pudsey in Hexham, it looks fine and dry.
:26:40. > :26:43.That is all from as in the Look North studio, but back in time on
:26:44. > :26:47.macro, someone is about to undergo the horrors of the gunge tank,
:26:48. > :26:54.unless they managed to escape stop we will leave you with Carol and the
:26:55. > :27:02.Children in Need team. Goodbye. Thank you, and I am glad it is not
:27:03. > :27:11.me. Maximus, who is it? We have two, we have Neal Morrison, and we have
:27:12. > :27:13.Keelan McGrane. We have to give it a countdown, from five, four, three,
:27:14. > :27:40.two, one... CHEERING. That looks like cold the. `` cold
:27:41. > :27:51.tea. It looks horrendous. We have a lovely team here. How are they
:27:52. > :27:53.doing? How are you doing? Fantastic. Great.