:00:00. > :00:00.Thank you, Tomasz. That is all from the News At Six,
:00:00. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Friday's Look North. Tonight: A royal double act.
:00:14. > :00:16.Prince William and Prince Charles on separate visits to the North.
:00:17. > :00:20.The mother of an American student ` missing for more than three weeks `
:00:21. > :00:33.says she believes her son is still alive.
:00:34. > :00:37.The soldier who survived Afghanistan now facing a battle with leukaemia.
:00:38. > :00:42.And a happy 40th birthday to one of the BBC's most successful local
:00:43. > :00:46.radio stations. In sport, will it be a warm welcome
:00:47. > :00:50.at St James's for one of the Magpies' former managers?
:00:51. > :00:53.And with Sunderland's head coach insisting he'll have the final veto
:00:54. > :01:06.on January transfers, can Gus Poyet engineer a third win in a row?
:01:07. > :01:13.First tonight: A double royal visit for the North. Prince Charles has
:01:14. > :01:16.been on Teesside today ` while Prince William paid a visit to
:01:17. > :01:20.Tyneside and Wearside. The Prince of Wales was in the North to mark 50
:01:21. > :01:23.years of trade through Tees Dock. His son meanwhile visited the
:01:24. > :01:28.homeless charity Centrepoint and opened a new leisure centre. Damian
:01:29. > :01:49.O'Neil is live for us now at the first of Prince William's calling
:01:50. > :02:00.points in Sunderland. Damian. He came through these doors.
:02:01. > :02:03.The Duke of Cambridge arrived shortly after 11 o'clock this
:02:04. > :02:07.morning to an enthusiastic welcome from the staff and users of the
:02:08. > :02:13.Centrepoint hostel, of which he is patron. He was taken on a guided
:02:14. > :02:16.tour before sitting down to chat one to one with some of the young people
:02:17. > :02:29.who've been helped by Centrepoint and the Prince's Trust. What did you
:02:30. > :02:39.talk about? About job opportunities and about our lives. I would never
:02:40. > :02:59.have imagined meeting him. He was down`to`earth. It was an real. What
:03:00. > :03:08.did you talk about? I have started volunteering with oxen. We talked
:03:09. > :03:14.about that. `` volunteering with boxing.
:03:15. > :03:17.The management of Centrepoint and the Prince's Trust believe that the
:03:18. > :03:26.positive impact of a visit such as this goes far beyond the day itself.
:03:27. > :03:31.It gives them an aspiration to go to work or to training. After a visit
:03:32. > :03:34.lasting around two hours, Prince William then left for South Shields,
:03:35. > :03:45.where he officiay opened the new Haven Point Leisure Centre.
:03:46. > :03:49.Well the Duke of Cambridge met a local celebrity when he was at the
:03:50. > :03:51.new Haven Point Leisure Centre in South Shields. Josef Craig, the
:03:52. > :03:55.Paralympian swimming gold medal winner, who's from South Tyneside,
:03:56. > :03:59.was at the pool ` and Prince William took the time to chat to him and to
:04:00. > :04:04.admire his medals. Josef, who's 16, apparently challenged the prince to
:04:05. > :04:07.a game of water polo. As we've said, Prince Charles has
:04:08. > :04:09.been on Teesside today, visiting the headquarters of the company that
:04:10. > :04:14.runs Teesport. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve was there
:04:15. > :04:17.and sent us this report. A royal seal of approval for a
:04:18. > :04:19.business whose importance isn't widely known. Teesport is the
:04:20. > :04:32.country's fourth biggest port, employs 800 people and handled 38
:04:33. > :04:40.million tonnes of cargo last year. It was the Middlesbrough
:04:41. > :04:47.headquarters that was visited. He is passionate about engineering and
:04:48. > :04:58.manufacturing. He wants to develop renewables. He wants to make this
:04:59. > :05:01.place a success in the future. His charities are working hard to
:05:02. > :05:04.support that. The prince also met young people
:05:05. > :05:07.helped by the port's charity, the Hightide Foundation. It aims to
:05:08. > :05:15.raise their aspirations and enthuse them about jobs in shipping. We went
:05:16. > :05:22.on a container ship to St Petersburg. We did maintenance work.
:05:23. > :05:32.We learned how they did their jobs. We got to meet the crew and to work
:05:33. > :05:38.with them. We got to climb up and down the stairs every single day.
:05:39. > :05:42.And then something of a lesson on the importance of Teesside's economy
:05:43. > :05:56.to the country as a whole. A message that appears to have been made
:05:57. > :05:59.before. A fairly unusual day. To Royal
:06:00. > :06:21.visits. A 12`year`old boy has died after
:06:22. > :06:27.being struck by a bus. It happened in Sunderland this afternoon. Police
:06:28. > :06:34.say the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The family are being
:06:35. > :06:40.supported by specially trained officers.
:06:41. > :06:44.The mother of the American student Sope Peters ` who's been missing in
:06:45. > :06:47.Durham for more than three weeks ` says she believes her son is still
:06:48. > :06:52.alive. 20`year`old Sope disappeared during a night out with friends at
:06:53. > :06:56.the end of October. His mother, Tolu, has flown over from Virginia
:06:57. > :07:04.in the United States to visit the city where he was last seen. Jury
:07:05. > :07:14.Smith reports. The hope that Sope Peters is still alive has brought
:07:15. > :07:24.his mother to the city of Durham. I will hopefully take him back with
:07:25. > :07:36.me. I believe he is alive. I wanted to come here and be as close to him
:07:37. > :07:49.as possible. He was captured on CCTV walking down
:07:50. > :08:11.the steps to the river bank. There is speculation. Nobody knows
:08:12. > :08:19.for a fact. We believe he is alive. Keep those posters up. Let people
:08:20. > :08:27.think about it. There has been a great sense of shock and sadness.
:08:28. > :08:36.Our students continue to distribute leaflets and posters. We continue to
:08:37. > :08:40.hope for good news. Police are continuing their search.
:08:41. > :08:49.They have officers searching the river banks. That research has been
:08:50. > :08:58.halted because of river conditions. We have our suspicions. But we need
:08:59. > :09:08.the final piece of the jigsaw. Where ever he is, God is with him as well.
:09:09. > :09:22.It is day by day. It is God that gives grace.
:09:23. > :09:25.Tributes have been paid to a man from Middlesbrough who's been found
:09:26. > :09:29.dead after going missing in south east Asia. The body of John`Paul
:09:30. > :09:32.Conley, who was 35, was found four days after he was caught in strong
:09:33. > :09:36.currents while swimming in a river in Southern Laos. He was travelling
:09:37. > :09:39.with his partner Kate Downey. His friends set up a fundraising website
:09:40. > :09:42.to pay for a search. But this morning the site announced that
:09:43. > :09:46.John`Paul's body had been recovered by a fishing boat.
:09:47. > :09:50.Now, to have served in Afghanistan and survived a gun attack by a rogue
:09:51. > :09:54.policeman was an ordeal in itself. But now a soldier from Teesside is
:09:55. > :09:58.facing a new battle ` a battle with leukaemia ` and for a second time at
:09:59. > :10:01.that. But now the only option for Ian Young from Teesville near
:10:02. > :10:04.Redcar, is a bone marrow transplant. Richard Thomas has the story.
:10:05. > :10:07.At home spending time with son Tommy. But only Ian can truly
:10:08. > :10:12.understand how precious these moments are. Last year he narrowly
:10:13. > :10:17.avoided being killed by a rogue Afghan policeman. An attack in which
:10:18. > :10:21.two colleagues died. But after surviving that ` when he
:10:22. > :10:39.returned home a year ago ` he fell ill. I was not as fit as I used to
:10:40. > :10:44.be. I got a rash on my arm. My sergeant major told me to get it
:10:45. > :10:49.checked out. It turned out it was leukaemia. Ian, who's 23 had
:10:50. > :10:52.responded well to the chemotherapy ` and in July got engaged to
:10:53. > :10:54.girlfriend Nicole and Tommy was born.
:10:55. > :10:57.But days before going back to his base ` with the Yorkshire regiment
:10:58. > :11:08.at Warminster in Wiltshire ` he was told the cancer had returned. I was
:11:09. > :11:13.not getting many infections. I was in remission for three months. I got
:11:14. > :11:26.diagnosed a game with the illness. This time it was more serious. We
:11:27. > :11:33.are absolutely devastated. You do not think it will happen to your
:11:34. > :11:36.child. He cannot wait to get back to normal.
:11:37. > :11:40.Ian's only hope now is a bone marrow transplant ` and he's urging people
:11:41. > :11:43.to join the donor register. His close family have been ruled out as
:11:44. > :11:50.matches ` and so an international search is underway. I want to get
:11:51. > :11:58.back into the army and back to normality. Seven years ago, hundreds
:11:59. > :12:02.of people were told by Gateshead Council that their homes were to be
:12:03. > :12:06.demolished as part of a regeneration plan. We reported on it, in fact.
:12:07. > :12:09.Well, after all kinds of delays, that demolition work in the Bensham
:12:10. > :12:13.area finally started this week. But this morning, it came to a sudden
:12:14. > :12:19.halt ` on the orders of a judge. Our Chief Reporter Chris Stewart has
:12:20. > :12:23.the story. Two days ago they were told to knock
:12:24. > :12:27.it down. Today they were told to knock it on the head. There are
:12:28. > :12:34.still people living in some of these houses. People who have refused to
:12:35. > :12:41.sell up to the council. This is the back lane. It is too
:12:42. > :12:50.dangerous for residents to be allowed to use it. This man has
:12:51. > :12:58.decided to sell up. It has always looked inevitable. If the council
:12:59. > :13:02.had said they would do a barrel renovation but you will have to
:13:03. > :13:11.leave I would have left with much better grace. I feel a great deal of
:13:12. > :13:17.affection for my particular place. I campaign group says the county is
:13:18. > :13:22.guilty of a scandalous waste of homes. The group is waiting to see
:13:23. > :13:30.if it will be allowed a judicial review. A judge told the council
:13:31. > :13:34.today to halt the demolition. Then if a court finally decides these
:13:35. > :13:37.houses are worth saving they would still be there to be saved. As for
:13:38. > :13:43.the council it is all it is trying to do is to provide greater choice
:13:44. > :13:46.and quality of homes. Concerns about the impact of next
:13:47. > :13:49.year's Tour de France on the Yorkshire Dales are said to have
:13:50. > :13:53.been allayed today, following a meeting organised by a local
:13:54. > :13:58.landowner. The race next July will cross a small part of Lord Peel's
:13:59. > :14:00.land at Grinton. With 30,000 spectators expected, there were
:14:01. > :14:06.fears of substantial damage to the environmentally sensitive area. Lord
:14:07. > :14:09.Peel is said to have been reassured after being told 20,000 volunteers
:14:10. > :14:13.were being trained to control crowds and vehicles.
:14:14. > :14:20.Still to come ` the weekend's sport with Dawn. Plus: The talk of the
:14:21. > :14:29.county ` BBC Radio Cumbria celebrates 40 years on the air.
:14:30. > :14:39.And I will have to fool forecast. A Cumbrian MP has called for urgent
:14:40. > :14:44.action to make railway stations fully accessible to disabled people.
:14:45. > :14:47.Penrith Station in Cumbria has no lifts and the northbound platform
:14:48. > :14:53.can only be reached by steep stone stairs. It's one of nine stations
:14:54. > :14:58.across our region that aren't fully accessible. Emily Unia reports.
:14:59. > :15:02.Penrith in North Cumbria. A busy station on the West Coast main line
:15:03. > :15:14.` but not one that many disabled people can use.
:15:15. > :15:18.If you're heading south from Penrith, access is fine ` platform
:15:19. > :15:25.one is next to the car park. But coming home again, the train arrives
:15:26. > :15:30.at platform two. If you cannot do this deal is you
:15:31. > :15:36.have to get somebody to help you across the tracks.
:15:37. > :15:44.But mobility scooters are not allowed over the tracks. So Elaine
:15:45. > :15:52.Waite can travel south, but she cannot come back. People without
:15:53. > :16:01.disabilities do not realise how hard it is.
:16:02. > :16:03.Across the region eight other stations still have barrel
:16:04. > :16:26.crossings. At Penrith the local MP has been
:16:27. > :16:32.campaigning hard. We will get their money from somewhere. It must
:16:33. > :16:40.happen. This is the only station on the West Coast Main line that does
:16:41. > :16:43.not have disabled access. The Department of Transport says it is
:16:44. > :16:49.spending ?100 million on improving access. A decision will not be made
:16:50. > :16:53.until next April. There's more on that story on Sunday
:16:54. > :17:01.Politics ` that's at 11 o'clock this Sunday morning here on BBC One.
:17:02. > :17:04.Now, it's long been one of the BBC's most successful local radio stations
:17:05. > :17:10.` and this weekend BBC Radio Cumbria celebrates its 40th birthday. It
:17:11. > :17:17.started life as Radio Carlisle in 1973, becoming "countywide" a few
:17:18. > :17:22.years later. The station's marking the anniversary by welcoming back a
:17:23. > :17:41.host of former presenters. Graham Moss reports.
:17:42. > :17:45.His was the first voice on Radio Carlisle in November 1973. Today a
:17:46. > :18:03.one off return to the breakfast show. Radio Carlisle gave a focus.
:18:04. > :18:10.We gave a focus to people to reflect their daily lives. The radio station
:18:11. > :18:16.has won awards and recognition because of the way it has responded
:18:17. > :18:19.to emergency situations. John Myers whose career has taken
:18:20. > :18:22.him from Radio Cumbria presenter to one of British Radio's top
:18:23. > :18:32.executives has always held his own local station in high regards. For
:18:33. > :18:37.40 years this radio station has been at the top of its game. It has won
:18:38. > :18:41.awards. That is because of the people it hires to broadcast and
:18:42. > :18:49.connect with a population. One presenter's been there
:18:50. > :18:59.throughout. I have done just about every programme. Doing a variety of
:19:00. > :19:00.programmes has been brilliant. Occasionally you get a programme
:19:01. > :19:15.right. For any radio station to make it to
:19:16. > :19:20.the 40 year mark proves there is still a need for local radio. On air
:19:21. > :19:24.celebrations continue over the weekend as the station looks forward
:19:25. > :19:35.to serving Cumbria for the next 40 years.
:19:36. > :19:44.I read my first news bulletin on radio Cumbria.
:19:45. > :19:49.He's only seven weeks into the job, but with the January transfer window
:19:50. > :19:52.looming, Sunderland's head coach Gus Poyet has insisted he will not
:19:53. > :19:58.tolerate players being recruited to the club that he doesn't rate. The
:19:59. > :20:02.Uruguayan's working relationship with director of football Roberto de
:20:03. > :20:06.Fanti will come under close scrutiny as the Black Cats seek to strengthen
:20:07. > :20:09.the first team squad in the New Year.
:20:10. > :20:12.Only around five of the 14 summer signings arranged by de Fanti for
:20:13. > :20:14.Poyet's predecessor, Paolo Di Canio, feature regularly in the first team
:20:15. > :20:18.squad. The new head coach clearly doesn't
:20:19. > :20:21.want a repeat of that situation. Some of this morning's newspapers
:20:22. > :20:24.have interpreted his comments to the written press, regarding having the
:20:25. > :20:27.final say on transfer targets, as a warning to the Stadium of Light
:20:28. > :20:38.hierarchy. Poyet was more circumspect on camera, though. It is
:20:39. > :20:57.clear that the manager needs to be happy. We had a meeting. I told them
:20:58. > :21:02.what I think. We will now get in contact to see the financial
:21:03. > :21:06.situation. Tomorrow's game at Stoke, also under
:21:07. > :21:08.new management, has been rightly targeted as winnable. But can
:21:09. > :21:13.Sunderland maintain the momentum from their surprise win over
:21:14. > :21:22.Manchester City? We need to make sure that we go the thinking we can
:21:23. > :21:30.win the game. Mark Hughes is trying to change things around. May as
:21:31. > :21:40.well. We need to when. It will be who is the stronger.
:21:41. > :21:45.Newcastle take on former boss Chris Hughton's Norwich City at St James'
:21:46. > :21:48.Park tomorrow. The Magpies come into the game off the back of victories
:21:49. > :21:52.against Chelsea and Spurs and with most of their international players
:21:53. > :21:56.having qualified for the World Cup. But, while the camp is buzzing, Alan
:21:57. > :22:00.Pardew wants his squad to forget that for now and capitalise on a
:22:01. > :22:03.healthy league position. An unexpected six points from their
:22:04. > :22:06.last two games means a victory against Norwich could see Newcastle
:22:07. > :22:09.within touching distance of the Champions League places. But their
:22:10. > :22:12.disappointing result against Hull shows the Magpies are more than
:22:13. > :22:21.capable of undoing all the good work. There has been many times when
:22:22. > :22:32.this club has shot itself in the foot. It is important that we show
:22:33. > :22:36.the consistency on Saturday. The outcome of the game could be
:22:37. > :22:39.significant for former boss Chris Hughton who watched United win at
:22:40. > :22:42.White Hart Lane. He's still under pressure at Norwich despite his
:22:43. > :22:46.side's 3`1 victory over West Ham last time out ` but says his players
:22:47. > :22:53.shouldn't be daunted by the trip to St James'. I would want every single
:22:54. > :22:57.one of my players to look forward to going there. It is a wonderful
:22:58. > :23:05.stadium. They can create a great atmosphere there. They can get
:23:06. > :23:11.behind 13. But they have been beaten at home this season. You need to
:23:12. > :23:14.look for all the positives that you can.
:23:15. > :23:17.Pardew will have to make changes to the back four with Mathieu Debuchy
:23:18. > :23:20.suspended and Fabricio Coloccini fit again. Mike Williamson's hoping to
:23:21. > :23:24.retain his place and is looking forward to seeing his old boss
:23:25. > :23:30.again. He is a great man. He gave me my chance to make a Premier League
:23:31. > :23:38.debut. I bought him a lot for that. `` I ought him a lot for that.
:23:39. > :23:42.Middlesbrough head coach Aitor Karanka says an away trip to Leeds
:23:43. > :23:45.is a great way to start his spell on Teesside.
:23:46. > :23:48.The former Real Madrid assistant boss, here on the right, takes
:23:49. > :23:52.charge of his first game at Elland Road ten days after being appointed
:23:53. > :23:55.by Boro at the start of the international break. He's already
:23:56. > :24:01.made an impression on his first team squad. He has won the champions
:24:02. > :24:07.league on numerous occasions. He has played for the best club in the
:24:08. > :24:17.world. We are all excited. We are keen to learn from him and to draw
:24:18. > :24:34.from his experience. It is something different now. It wakes people up.
:24:35. > :24:36.Full commentary on BBC Tees with all the build`up from 2pm.
:24:37. > :24:45.In League One Carlisle travel to Rotherham. Follow that one on BBC
:24:46. > :24:47.Radio Cumbria. BBC Tees DAB will have Hartlepool against Northampton
:24:48. > :24:50.in League Two. And York will try to bounce back
:24:51. > :24:53.from their midweek FA Cup exit at Southend.
:24:54. > :24:57.Good luck to Northern League Consett Football Club who take on a
:24:58. > :25:00.Newcastle United XI lead by Peter Beardsley tonight to celebrate the
:25:01. > :25:04.opening of their new stadium. The purpose built 3G pitch at the Belle
:25:05. > :25:08.Vue Stadium is finally ready after a decade of delays. As well as being
:25:09. > :25:11.the base for the club's teams it'll host community activities and
:25:12. > :25:13.training courses. Consett born Premier League official Mark
:25:14. > :25:24.Clattenburg will referee the game which kicks off at 7.45.
:25:25. > :25:51.Here is the weather. Frosty and 40 especially in Cumbria
:25:52. > :26:07.on Sunday. Overnight it stays dry and clear. Mist and fog developing
:26:08. > :26:13.over this county. First thing in the morning most of the mist and fog
:26:14. > :26:18.should lift. Not quite as much sun in the Northeast as we enjoy today.
:26:19. > :26:27.Temperatures lower than they have been. It gets colder as we go
:26:28. > :26:38.northwards. Light winds. It is coldest in the West. But most
:26:39. > :26:42.sunshine here. Over the next couple of these frosts and fog continue
:26:43. > :26:47.overnight. On Sunday that Ford could really linger, particularly in parts
:26:48. > :27:00.of Cumbria between the North Pennines and Lakeland. Where the fog
:27:01. > :27:07.lingers it will knock the temperatures. Three or four Celsius
:27:08. > :27:12.above freezing even into the afternoon. It will be less called
:27:13. > :27:24.for inland areas and four areas along the West Coast. That it stays
:27:25. > :27:31.cloudy until Monday by day. A few bright breaks possible on Monday. It
:27:32. > :27:41.stays dry over the weekend, but Frosty by night and 40 in Cumbria on
:27:42. > :27:46.Sunday. That is all for now. Goodbye.