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Welcome to Tuesday's Look North.In tonight's headlines: Funding must be

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found ` the man who runs an ageing hospital says it must be replaced or

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patient care may suffer. The wife of a missing professional

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golfer makes an emotional plea to him to get in touch.

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And in these cash strapped times should our councils be spending

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thousands on Christmas lights? In sport, two of our football teams are

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of the FA Cup trail tonight. And Newcastle United are hoping to

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spread the word as the club's Foundation launches a coaching

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programme to catch them young. It's one of our busiest hospitals,

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caring for up to 400,000 people. But Look North's been told it's out of

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date, not fit for purpose, struggling to recruit and constantly

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making compromises in the care of patients. Those criticisms aren't

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from unhappy patients, or inspectors, but from the hospital

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itself. Medical expert Dr Nick Roper says North Tees Hospital in Stockton

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must be replaced with a new ?300 million hospital at Wynyard. The

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plan is at a critical stage and all hope rests on the Government

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agreeing to help pay for it. Our health reporter Sharon Barbour has

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tonight's Look North report. For eight years Dr Nick Roper has

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been overseeing plans for a new hospital at Wynyard. It has been a

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roller`coaster ride. It has now reached a critical point.

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Is it safe? We keep it safe. It becomes an increasing challenge. You

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have to make compromises. The challenge is to maintain the safety

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and quality of the service. There are compromises that can affect the

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quality. Hospital bosses were thrilled when the Labour government

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promised the ?460 million to build it then devastated when the

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Coalition government cancelled the plan. So they came up with a cheaper

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plan, just ?300 million. Unable to find funding elsewhere they have

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gone back to the government. That is their last chance.

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It has been ten years in the planning. ?13 million has been spent

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already, 5 million on the land alone, but the hope to build a

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world`class hospital at Wynyard now rests upon the government agreeing

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to give ?100 million. If the government says now the GM of

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the super hospital is over. What does that mean? The out of date

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hospital has a catalogue of problems. We have intensive care on

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the first floor in a different part of the building. It forces us to

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compromise. But compromises our quality of care. Is this a hospital

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fit for purpose for the next ten or 20 years? Not really. And there are

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staffing issues. Doctors are needed in accident and agency and nurses

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also. But attracting staff to a rundown hospital is not easy. There

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is national pressure. The better the quality of life the better the

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recruitment will be. Hospital bosses are hoping that the plan to build

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the new hospital will go ahead. The other plan would be to try to make

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this hospital work. That is a bleak prospect. All hope rests with that

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phone call but what if the government says no? It would be

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devastating. We have had that call already once. We did not have a

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phone called. We found out on the news. I know that feeling. This time

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it would be worse because it would probably be final this time.

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What are the chances of this going ahead?

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It is not a good time to be asking the Government money but the trust

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believes it has a strong case. 200 million is coming from PFI finance,

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100 million from the government. They have sent the request to their

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health regulator. They are set to sent their report to the Health

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Secretary. The Department of Health says they cannot comment during this

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decision making process. When will we know? Fairly soon, but it is

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unlikely that the announcement will be made in the run`up to Christmas.

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The situation facing the hospital trust is dire if the answer is no.

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The trust has said they feel optimistic at the moment.

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. He set off for work over a week ago

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but failed to arrive, and nothing's been heard from him since. Now the

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wife of missing County Durham man Peter Jackson has made an emotional

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appeal for his safe return. Police say they are increasingly worried

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for Mr Jackson's welfare, and his family and friends are desperate for

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news of his whereabouts. Damian O'Neil reports.

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Alexis Jackson, wife of Peter, spoke today of the fear which has gripped

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her and her two sons since her husband vanished on the morning of

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November the 12th. On that day, 38`year`old Peter set off from his

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home in Seaham to Castle Eden golf club where he works as a golf pro,

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but he never arrived. Everything was normal. Was he worried about

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anything? Not that I know of. If he has worries I do not know about

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them. He just needs to go home. I have two boys who are missing their

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dad. His friends want him home. Mr Jackson was driving a grey Ford

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Focus C`Max when he was last seen, and Durham Police say any possible

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sightings of him should be reported. They're stressing that despite the

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family's understandable worry, they're still hopeful of finding Mr

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Jackson safe and well. There is nothing to suggest he has come to

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harm but the family are concerned and enquiries are being made to find

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ten. Nobody from the golf club wanted to talk about Peter Jackson,

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and there is nothing to suggest anything improper has taken place.

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A joyrider has crashed into a County Durham care home, demolishing the

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entrance and narrowly missing residents' bedrooms. It happened

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shortly after two o'clock this morning at the Kingsway Nursing Home

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in Langley Park. Staff raised the alarm and the driver was arrested

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nearby. Adrian Pitches reports. The morning after the night before

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when our car was driven at speed into the entrance of Kingsley care

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home. This was the scene that staff last night. We were waiting for call

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bells to go off. We heard a bang. We looked through the door to see a car

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that had come through the entrance of the care home. We phoned the

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police. There was a chap running. But the bank was incredible and

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shocking for the staff very close to bedrooms. There is a bedroom next

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door to where the car came in. It could have been fatal. It is a shock

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that somebody could do this to a nursing home. The home has 38

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residents with a range of conditions. Understandably they have

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found the incident upsetting. A few are bewildered that this would

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happen. For then this is their home. It is no difference to you or I

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being in our home and our car crashing through our living room. At

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26`year`old man was arrested and was taken to hospital with minor

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injuries. There are warnings that some

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families in North Yorkshire are being failed because of the waiting

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times to have children assessed for autism. National guidelines suggest

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children should be seen within three months of referral, but in one part

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of the county the average wait is 12 months. The local NHS says it's

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addressing the issue, but support groups say the situation's

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unacceptable. Jamie Coulson reports. This boy is six years old. From a

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young age his parents were concerned about his lack of communication. He

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faced a nine`month wait for an appointment. You want him to

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progress and stay in a mainstream school. If you'd do not get the

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right diagnosis and support that will not happen.

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New guidelines were developed in 2011 that said all children should

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be assessed for autism within three months of being referred. There are

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currently five diagnostic services in North Yorkshire. There are 254

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children on the waiting list. 180 of them have already waited longer than

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three months. Further 50 four will breach the guidance before they are

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seen. And Scarborough the adage weight is 12 months. It is

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unacceptable. It does not fall in line with the rest of the country.

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We are failing our families. The NHS body that to corporate

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responsibility for services in April says demand has exceeded that

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initially calculated. He finally began his assessment

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process last week. But for many others the wait goes on.

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Christmas lights in towns and city centres are something many of us

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look forward to at this time of year. But they don't come cheap. One

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of the biggest spenders is South Tyneside Council with a budget of

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?150,000. Newcastle expects to spend close to that with ?120,000.

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Middlesbrough plans to spend half as much, ?60,000, Carlisle ?39,000 and

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Durham ?36,000. Hartlepool is spending ?10,000 and Gateshead

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hasn't set a budget for Christmas lights yet. Is this good value? Our

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Political Editor Richard Moss joins us now from Sunderland city centre.

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Sunderland went through the big switch on last week. You can see the

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fruits of ?45,000 worth of council taxpayers money. Would it be better

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spent supporting vulnerable children and older people? Libraries and

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leisure centres? Our Christmas lights are luxury and a time of

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austerity session Mark. ?150,000 is the budget. The local

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authority thinks it is value for money. We get complaints from people

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who think there are not enough Christmas lights. We need to have

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people attracted in to the borough to use our facilities.

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But is everyone as full of Christmas spirit? It is nice to do that but it

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is too much money. They are lovely. They are only up for a month it

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could be spent on different things. How do would it be if we did not

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have the lights? We have to have some sort of Christmas. In Newcastle

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retailers hope for Christmas magic. It enhances the festive quality. It

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makes the city vibrant. People want to spend time in the city. Given the

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biggest beneficiaries will be city centre businesses is it not time

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that they fitted the bill? This is the time of year that they should

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make their significant profits. Sunderland council believes in

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Nepalese lights went gone they are just as vital as service as emptying

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the bins. For many of our councils this is

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about competition. Trying to tempt people away from the flashing lights

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of the computer for the flashing lights of the city centre.

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It may be 2013, but across the country seven million people have

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still never used the internet and new figures show that our region has

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one of the highest numbers of non`users. On Teesside though, a

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special project is trying to change that. The Westfield Farm Resource

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Centre is helping hundreds of people get to grips with the world wide

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web. A scheme that was visited today by one entrepreneur who's become the

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Government's digital champion. Phil Connell reports.

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She was 53 when she first use the intranet and now she is a digital

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champion at this resource Centre. I can e`mail. I can do my banking. I

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can even travel the world. Last year 60% of the residents in this area

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had no access to the intranet. For them Westfield Farm Resource Centre

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gave them access to the internets. In our region the average figure is

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even higher. In the North East 15.2% have never been online. Cumbria has

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the highest figure in England with almost 20% having never accessed the

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internets. Today the founder of a travel firm came to Westfield Farm

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Resource Centre to see how the internet was changing lives. The

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entrepreneur is now a government champion with the aim of making

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millions more familiar with online technology. I have set a big

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challenge for the UK to make us the most digital release skilled

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country. When I come to places like this I feel encouraged.

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And this person is learning fast. Keep pace with changing times.

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Over a quarter of a century since Carlisle's brewery closed, beer

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production has returned to the city. The brand new Carlisle Brewing

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Company has proved itself an award winner with one of its very first

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brews. The city played an important role in the history of British

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brewing and the new business has a strong link with that past, as

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Graham Moss has been finding out. This is free beer used be made in

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Carlisle. This scheme lasted until the early 1970s. The last painting

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out of here in the 1980s. Since then despite the massive growth in small

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breweries none of that beer was made in Carlisle. Until now.

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This was built under the state management scheme. I am Carlisle

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born and bred. I am used to having that kind of destiny around me. It

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is lovely to think that we can tie that whole thing in with having our

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state management hub. Drinkers have voted the first blew

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out of here one of the best. It is one of the first literally to come

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out of the kit. The public voted for it. We had no idea that was going to

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happen. It is great that the city has a new Blu`ray again. `` a new

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Blu`ray again. We have come up with some decent year. The results are

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available at pubs around Carlisle. Time for the sport.

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Now three of our clubs have FA Cup first round replays this week. First

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up tonight are Carlisle United and York City. Victory for the

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Minstermen over Bristol Rovers at Bootham Crescent would earn them a

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home game against League One Crawley. Win that one and a third

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round tie against one of the big guns could beckon. But let's not get

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ahead of ourselves! Mark Tulip reports.

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It would be fair to say that over the years, York City have enjoyed

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more success in cup competitions than in the league.

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It would be fair to say that over the years, York City Nearly 60 years

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ago, the club actually reached the semi`finals of the FA Cup, losing a

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replay against eventual winners Newcastle United at Roker Park in

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Sunderland. This season, the two matches between York and Bristol

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Rovers, including the 3`3 FA Cup draw, have already yielded 11 goals.

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But with both clubs in the lower reaches of League Two, is this

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evening's tie a welcome or unwelcome distraction? Staying in the league

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is the number one priority. That is a definite. But if we can get

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through a few rounds of the FA Cup that is fantastic when the financial

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side comes into it. It helps the chairman. It helps myself. It helps

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the club to move forward in a gradual way. Worthington, in his

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first full season with York, has managed Premier League Norwich and

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the Northern Ireland national team so how does he find the task of

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guiding a lower league club? It is a different challenge. You are not

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dealing with Eagles. Players are wanting to learn, take information

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on board. That side of it is very encouraging. Unfortunately we are

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conceding too many goals. We have got to work at that.

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Well there's commentary on that one on BBC Radio York, and on BBC Radio

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Cumbria you can follow the fortunes of Carlisle. Manager Graham Kavanagh

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could certainly do with a lift. Defender Mike Williamson has been

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taking advantage of the international break to help launch

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the Newcastle United Foundation's school football coaching scheme. The

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three`year project, which will also include competitions and

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teacher`training, and in will reach more than 7,000 children in 200

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schools. Dawn Thewlis reports. The questions and the comments are

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always funny. It does not matter how old you are boys love to compare

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battle scars. Mike Williamson has been part of an improved defence in

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recent weeks. How important is it to have a settled back for? We have got

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fantastic centre halves at the club. We are playing with quality

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players. We are striving for consistency. It always helps to know

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you have a good goalkeeper behind you. If you get beat by a good bit

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of skill you have a world class goalkeeper behind you.

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Here is the weather. This morning there was a widespread frost.

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Overnight there will be some frost. There will be some wet and windy

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weather. Things could turn icy at the tail end of the night.

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Temperatures will start to lift. Later in the night we could see

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temperatures taking aid again. It could be I see tomorrow morning.

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That ice risk continues through the course of the morning. Then we have

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sunny spells and scattered showers. Temperatures will peak tomorrow

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afternoon at eight Celsius. That is up at new degrees on today. It is a

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messy picture as we head into tomorrow. After we get tomorrow out

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of the way things begin to settle down. For the next couple of days

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after tomorrow there will be a lot of dry weather to be hard. Many

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places dry and bright for Friday. It will be one of those mornings

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when we need to build in extra time for the journey. Goodbye.

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