:00:00. > :00:00.That is all from BBC News At Six, I will be back with more from
:00:07. > :00:12.Hello, welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight. Bottom of the
:00:13. > :00:15.class. A warning to schools in Northumberland that they must do
:00:16. > :00:18.better, and the council gets a caning too.
:00:19. > :00:20.Can we have our money back? Calls for two former police chiefs to
:00:21. > :00:24.return nearly ?100,000. Never mind the Scots ` should the
:00:25. > :00:27.North have its own form of devolution? And the strangers who
:00:28. > :00:44.became an old soldier's family. Hundreds pay their respects to a man
:00:45. > :00:47.most of them never knew. And will Sunderland defender Wes
:00:48. > :00:51.Brown still be in civvies at the weekend ` as the FA reach a decision
:00:52. > :01:06.over his controversial red card! Flagyl
:01:07. > :01:10.Urgent action is needed to improve failing schools in Northumberland,
:01:11. > :01:16.according to the education watchdog Ofsted. It comes after emergency
:01:17. > :01:17.inspections of 17 schools put four inspections of 17 schools put
:01:18. > :01:18.of them into special measures ` the of them into special measures ` the
:01:19. > :01:21.lowest grade possible. Ofsted said the downward trend was particularly
:01:22. > :01:23.affecting middle and high schools. It criticised the local authority
:01:24. > :01:31.for not giving teachers sufficient support in key areas. Luke Walton
:01:32. > :01:35.reports. This school was rated goods by
:01:36. > :01:41.Ofsted earlier in the year but many others in Northumberland have seen
:01:42. > :01:45.their ranking downgraded in the latest inspections. The conclusions
:01:46. > :01:52.make grim reading for parents and the local authority. Of 17, just one
:01:53. > :01:59.was just as outstanding and three as good. A total of nine were said to
:02:00. > :02:04.be quiet improvement and four got the lowest rating of special
:02:05. > :02:10.measures. Ofsted accused Northumberland county council of
:02:11. > :02:15.lacking clarity and of not supporting schools. The local
:02:16. > :02:23.authority have not acted soon enough when it was clear of the school was
:02:24. > :02:30.slipping and also they have not acted with enough vigour when a
:02:31. > :02:34.school was in serious difficulty. Northumberland county council's
:02:35. > :02:37.Labour leadership has only been in charge since May and it says it is
:02:38. > :02:45.already taking steps to increase support for schools. We need to work
:02:46. > :02:50.in team work with the professionals here than the teaching scarf in the
:02:51. > :02:55.schools but also the community. What would you say to parents who are
:02:56. > :03:02.upset that their children are any school put special measures. I want
:03:03. > :03:08.every child in Northumberland to go to a good school and I accept the
:03:09. > :03:16.situation at the moment is not acceptable. Is outside intervention
:03:17. > :03:22.from the Department for Education a possibility? Speaking yesterday
:03:23. > :03:28.before the findings were published, the schools minister did not rule it
:03:29. > :03:31.out. We would expect to make a judgement over whether any
:03:32. > :03:36.particular local authority is capable of improving, whether it has
:03:37. > :03:48.a strong plan or it recognises the criticisms. If it does those things
:03:49. > :03:50.we might give it more time. With the government and Ofsted watching
:03:51. > :03:53.closely, the pressure for improvement is intense.
:03:54. > :03:56.Luke's with me now. Luke, a lot of parents will be asking which schools
:03:57. > :04:04.have fared better or worse in these inspections, but that information
:04:05. > :04:08.isn't all available yet? The situation is that some but not all
:04:09. > :04:14.of the inspection results have gone up. Ofsted says there is an
:04:15. > :04:19.obligation to tell parents but it has a number of days before it goes
:04:20. > :04:25.public and looking on the website tonight, I could not find any of the
:04:26. > :04:34.schools put into special measures, but what I found was the number
:04:35. > :04:41.judged to require improvement. It includes the Northumberland Church
:04:42. > :04:45.of England Academy in Ashington. More information on other schools is
:04:46. > :04:49.about to come out over the next few days and in its wake, plenty of
:04:50. > :04:53.anxiety for parents and teachers. And for the rest of the week, Look
:04:54. > :04:56.North and your local radio stations will be looking at the issue of
:04:57. > :04:58.education standards for all age groups across the North East and
:04:59. > :05:01.Cumbria. That's in the Big Question from
:05:02. > :05:03.tomorrow on Look North. North Yorkshire's Police
:05:04. > :05:05.Commissioner is demanding that the county's former Chief Constable,
:05:06. > :05:08.Grahame Maxwell, and his one`time deputy, Adam Briggs, should repay
:05:09. > :05:16.almost ?100,000, which it's claimed they should never have received.
:05:17. > :05:18.Julia Mulligan says that the former Police Authority apparently
:05:19. > :05:30.overstepped their legal powers in making the payments. Our Crime
:05:31. > :05:36.Correspondent John Cundy reports. Controversy continues to follow
:05:37. > :05:41.former chief constable Graham Maxwell and his former deputy ad
:05:42. > :05:46.breaks even into their retirement. In the later years of their careers,
:05:47. > :05:54.they both had been accused of favouring relatives. His contract
:05:55. > :06:01.was not renewed and Adam Briggs retired three years ago. Fresh
:06:02. > :06:07.controversy surrounds the two go through no fault of their own. Julia
:06:08. > :06:13.Mulligan believes Mr Maxwell and brakes had been paid ?100,000 in
:06:14. > :06:18.certain allowances by the previous police authority they should never
:06:19. > :06:25.have received. It is believed to have included personal development
:06:26. > :06:30.allowances. Now the chair said they paid the allowances in good faith
:06:31. > :06:34.and with real legal advice but the police commissioner says in
:06:35. > :06:44.hindsight the payments appear not to have been legal. This is yet another
:06:45. > :06:54.example of the long`running side of the North Yorkshire police force
:06:55. > :07:01.where were made that were unclear. Tax payers money was spent with very
:07:02. > :07:08.little regard for financial control. Julia Mulligan said she carried out
:07:09. > :07:14.the payment review after public concern was expressed. She says she
:07:15. > :07:18.is determined to be transparent and open about such matters in North
:07:19. > :07:23.Yorkshire which she claimed had been kept under lock and key in the past.
:07:24. > :07:27.Today Scots were told what independence north of the border
:07:28. > :07:31.might look like if they vote to leave the UK next year. But should
:07:32. > :07:36.people in the North East and Cumbria also be given more say over their
:07:37. > :07:40.lives? Some campaigners believe our region needs its own form of
:07:41. > :07:45.devolution to compete with Scotland. But as our Political Editor Richard
:07:46. > :07:47.Moss reports it's not a new debate. Imposing and impressive. For
:07:48. > :07:51.centuries Auckland Castle was the power base for the Prince Bishops of
:07:52. > :08:01.Durham. Rulers of what was effectively an independent state
:08:02. > :08:08.within England. The Prince Bishops could print the Roman coins and
:08:09. > :08:13.raise taxes. It would be ambitious to expect most powers to come back
:08:14. > :08:16.any time soon but the Scotland debate is focusing minds on whether
:08:17. > :08:20.the North needs more control over its destiny. And this former Labour
:08:21. > :08:23.MP believes we need to learn from our neighbours. He says a new North
:08:24. > :08:26.East political party could match the success of the Scottish
:08:27. > :08:31.Nationalists, by pushing for power. Look at Scotland, look at Wales, and
:08:32. > :08:35.I think that could work here. The north`east could do with the little
:08:36. > :08:39.spice and ginger from a new party committed to regional power and to
:08:40. > :08:43.regional democracy. But what do people in the North East's old power
:08:44. > :08:49.base of Bishop Auckland make of the idea of a new drive for devolution?
:08:50. > :08:55.Most areas need more say and I think devolution within England is
:08:56. > :09:00.something to be looked at. I would be against it because we would be
:09:01. > :09:06.separating ourselves. It would be nice for the people of the North to
:09:07. > :09:09.have a voice again. We are part of the United Kingdom. But you may now
:09:10. > :09:12.be experiencing deja vu. Nine years ago the North East was offered a
:09:13. > :09:16.regional assembly. But four out of five voters rejected the idea. And
:09:17. > :09:23.today's Labour MPs don't believe the region needs an assembly or a new
:09:24. > :09:26.party. I do not think there is a democratic mandate to have a party
:09:27. > :09:33.which would specifically represent the north`east. We have a number of
:09:34. > :09:34.MPs and politicians who represent its interests already very well
:09:35. > :09:37.indeed. But existing politicians do want
:09:38. > :09:40.change. Seven North East councils are about to form a combined
:09:41. > :09:43.authority stretching from Berwick to Barnard Castle. It's not a merger
:09:44. > :09:50.they say but an attempt to gain more cloud. Because of the economic
:09:51. > :09:54.challenge we face on the northern border and also from the south of
:09:55. > :09:59.England, we need to change the way we work together and do things
:10:00. > :10:02.better because it is senseless for councils to compete against each
:10:03. > :10:05.other. Durham's Prince Bishops also used to keep a close eye on their
:10:06. > :10:07.northern neighbours. They feared invasion, now it's the possible
:10:08. > :10:14.separation of Scotland which could pose a threat or an opportunity.
:10:15. > :10:18.The High Court has halted a judicial review by campaigners who want
:10:19. > :10:21.Richard III to be buried at York Minster. Archaeologists found
:10:22. > :10:24.Richard's skull and bones under a Leicester council car park last year
:10:25. > :10:29.and they were to be re`interred at the city's cathedral. But a group
:10:30. > :10:32.which includes some of the king's distant relatives, say his wishes
:10:33. > :10:42.were to be laid to rest at York Minster. The hearing's been
:10:43. > :10:46.adjourned until the New Year. The BBC has been told that energy
:10:47. > :10:49.firms are pulling the plug on projects to improve the efficiency
:10:50. > :10:52.of homes until the Government makes up its mind about green taxes. Work
:10:53. > :10:55.was supposed to start on Monday to install solid wall insulation on 100
:10:56. > :10:59.homes in Springwell in Sunderland. But social housing company Gentoo
:11:00. > :11:01.says it can't go ahead with the project because the energy firm
:11:02. > :11:05.involved, withdrew the funding. Alison Freeman reports.
:11:06. > :11:10.Gladys's home is her pride and joy. But keeping it warm is costly. She
:11:11. > :11:14.and husband Fred have done the house up themselves but were due to get
:11:15. > :11:24.help to insulate it. That work was meant to start in Springwell in
:11:25. > :11:34.Sunderland this week. But hasn't. It would take the worry away. You could
:11:35. > :11:41.say, at least I would save ?20 a month and could use that. You still
:11:42. > :11:45.have to curb the heating where you can. Housing company Gentoo were due
:11:46. > :11:49.to carry out the improvements. But it says the energy firm which was
:11:50. > :11:52.going to pay them has called a temporary halt. It says this is
:11:53. > :11:55.happening across the country while they wait for the government's
:11:56. > :11:59.decision on green levies ` that's the money we pay on our yearly bills
:12:00. > :12:10.to help low income households become more energy efficient. I was very
:12:11. > :12:15.disappointed to hear we would not be able to treat these 100 homes this
:12:16. > :12:21.side of spring which would have meant people being warm this winter.
:12:22. > :12:25.This work was a 14 week programme and it would have been for 25 trades
:12:26. > :12:29.men so we would have been generating employment. The work that was due to
:12:30. > :12:32.start here on Monday would've cost half a million pounds and it would
:12:33. > :12:36.have seen a hundred homes insulated. That means, people like the Lambs
:12:37. > :12:41.would have shaved around a third off their heating bill, saving them ?300
:12:42. > :12:44.to ?400 per year. The Government says it's still reviewing green
:12:45. > :12:48.levies and will announce its findings soon. But with more than
:12:49. > :12:51.30,000 people dying unnecessarily last winter due to the cold, many
:12:52. > :13:03.hope there'll be practical help for those struggling with their bills.
:13:04. > :13:06.A body set up to help parts of our region hit by steel industry job
:13:07. > :13:10.losses has just made its 6000th cash investment into a UK business. UK
:13:11. > :13:13.Steel Enterprise operates on Teesside, in Derwentside and West
:13:14. > :13:20.Cumbria, and claims it's helped to create 16,000 jobs since being set
:13:21. > :13:28.up 40 years ago. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports.
:13:29. > :13:32.Martin has a job today because steel workers in the past lost theirs.
:13:33. > :13:36.He's an apprentice at a Teesside plastics company. It was given cash
:13:37. > :13:49.by a body set up by British Steel in the 1970s. Back then the steel`maker
:13:50. > :13:53.had started to make big cut backs. To make amends for the cuts to
:13:54. > :13:56.places like Consett, British Steel put millions of pounds into a job
:13:57. > :14:00.creation fund. Today the fund is part of Tata Steel, but money is
:14:01. > :14:04.still being loaned in areas affected by changes in the industry. And
:14:05. > :14:07.Martin is on his way to being a time served technician. I hope they gain
:14:08. > :14:11.that rack to gain skills and knowledge and progress in the
:14:12. > :14:14.company. This company is only one of many though. The fund, called UK
:14:15. > :14:20.Steel Enterprise, has just notched up its 6000th investment into a UK
:14:21. > :14:25.business. Without it, we would probably have to look at maybe
:14:26. > :14:29.downsizing the business and moving into a smaller facility and it would
:14:30. > :14:32.have meant job losses. The money invested ranges from a few thousand
:14:33. > :14:37.to ?750,000. In our region, ?17 million has been given to small and
:14:38. > :14:43.medium`sized businesses. And 16,000 jobs have been created in those
:14:44. > :14:52.companies. A fine track record. But will the investment keep on coming.
:14:53. > :14:56.Where they are businesses that set up and want to grow and expand, we
:14:57. > :14:59.will be here to help support them. That commitment will go down well in
:15:00. > :15:03.the region. Because, even 40 years or so on from the cost cutting of
:15:04. > :15:06.Ian Mcgregor, the steel industry is still a pretty parlous place to
:15:07. > :15:10.work. Coming up next, the send`off an old
:15:11. > :15:14.soldier could never have dreamed he would receive. And good news at last
:15:15. > :15:25.for a seaside town's iconic dome, after years of neglect.
:15:26. > :15:28.Any good news for the weather? Temperatures should make it into
:15:29. > :15:32.double figures and all the details later.
:15:33. > :15:38.He was a veteran soldier, described as a hero and honoured for his
:15:39. > :15:42.bravery. But when Frederick Leach, who was 94, died in a care home in
:15:43. > :15:46.Eston earlier this month there was a fear nobody would come to his
:15:47. > :15:49.funeral. He didn't seem to have any family or relatives so the local
:15:50. > :15:52.council put an appeal for people to come to the service. This afternoon,
:15:53. > :16:04.hundreds gathered for his funeral, as Stuart Whincup reports.
:16:05. > :16:06.This was an incredible tribute. Hundreds of people paying their
:16:07. > :16:27.respects to a man they never met. He was a proud man, proud of the
:16:28. > :16:38.service he had given to his country, wrote to have served. Seeing these
:16:39. > :16:43.people is fantastic. The time`out has not been forgotten and I do not
:16:44. > :16:52.know what the figures are but I am gobsmacked. In 1940, his Battalion
:16:53. > :16:59.came under fire in Norway from 200 German bombers. Despite being
:17:00. > :17:04.heavily outnumbered, they held their position and was later invited to
:17:05. > :17:09.Buckingham Palace where he was honoured by King Harald of Norway.
:17:10. > :17:17.This individual clearly had quite a hit study and went through to Norway
:17:18. > :17:22.in the Second World War and lived through that, hence the importance
:17:23. > :17:26.of this occasion today. He had been the last surviving Green Howard from
:17:27. > :17:34.that battle and the message today was clear. Rest in peace. You were
:17:35. > :17:49.not alone and you will never be forgotten.
:17:50. > :17:54.One of the North`East's most iconic buildings, which has been derelict
:17:55. > :17:58.for 14 years, is to be brought back to life following a grant from the
:17:59. > :18:01.Heritage Lottery Fund. To The Spanish City site in Whitley Bay,
:18:02. > :18:13.which includes the famous Dome, has been awarded nearly ?4 million.
:18:14. > :18:16.When it was built in 1910 Spanish City was the biggest freestanding
:18:17. > :18:19.dome this side of St Paul's Cathedral and for decades, it
:18:20. > :18:22.attracted tens of thousands of visitors from across the UK. With
:18:23. > :18:25.the advent of cheap package holidays to places where the temperature is
:18:26. > :18:29.above four degrees, Whitley Bay went into decline and Spanish City closed
:18:30. > :18:39.in 2000. But now, following a long campaign, the dome is coming back.
:18:40. > :18:45.This has been going on for years and every time I drove along and saw
:18:46. > :18:53.this for a long building, I was determined to do something if
:18:54. > :18:59.elected. We will have a restaurant and facilities for young people and
:19:00. > :19:02.we want to make it a family place. If the weather is pure, where else
:19:03. > :19:06.can they go? The Heritage Lottery Funding is just the start ` more
:19:07. > :19:09.money will be needed, including taxpayer funding, but the initial
:19:10. > :19:15.sum will get the dome to a state where other businesses can move in.
:19:16. > :19:20.I think the strategic plans the council have for the development of
:19:21. > :19:23.this area and the innovative plans for the building itself will go in
:19:24. > :19:26.the people for extra funding. The days where the dome was a top
:19:27. > :19:30.holiday destination are long gone, but it now has a different kind of
:19:31. > :19:40.future, and for many people in the North`East, that's all that matters.
:19:41. > :19:43.We were talking about the weather and temperatures but your mind is on
:19:44. > :19:46.next summer? Christmas might still be a month
:19:47. > :19:49.away but the 2014 cricket fixtures came out today. County champions
:19:50. > :19:52.Durham will begin their season with the traditional curtain`raiser
:19:53. > :19:56.against The MCC, in the heat of Abu Dhabi, on March 23rd. But the good
:19:57. > :20:01.news is, when the season starts for real, two of their most experienced
:20:02. > :20:04.staff will be back in business. It all ended in smiles, with the
:20:05. > :20:08.Championship trophy back at Chester`le`Street for the third time
:20:09. > :20:11.in six years. But for one`day skipper Dale Benkenstein and head
:20:12. > :20:17.coach Geoff Cook, 2013 was a roller`coaster ride. Cook suffered a
:20:18. > :20:21.heart attack while out for a morning jog. And injury cut Benkenstein's
:20:22. > :20:31.season short by mid`summer. So what next? He has got another year of his
:20:32. > :20:34.contract is always spending time in South Africa with his family and
:20:35. > :20:39.recovering from a shoulder operation. He is doing some coaching
:20:40. > :20:43.but is looking forward to coming back and finishing his career
:20:44. > :20:51.somewhere he has enjoyed playing. What about you? I feel fine now and
:20:52. > :20:59.click it is in my blood. `` crickets. The incident was a shock
:21:00. > :21:03.to my family. I am looking forward to getting back into cricket. So
:21:04. > :21:05.despite the fact there was frost on the ground this morning, the
:21:06. > :21:08.region's cricket followers can start planning for the summer with most
:21:09. > :21:11.Championship games now beginning on a Sunday. Durham open the defence of
:21:12. > :21:14.their title against newly`promoted Northamptonshire at Northampton on
:21:15. > :21:18.April 13th, the same day Yorkshire travel west to Taunton, to start
:21:19. > :21:20.their game with Somerset. The two derby matches are at
:21:21. > :21:25.Chester`le`Street, from May the fourth, and at Headingley, starting
:21:26. > :21:34.on July the 7th. For Durham, the challenge is to maintain the high
:21:35. > :21:38.standards they set last year. People will look at us differently next
:21:39. > :21:47.year because we surprised quite a few teams and they were predictions
:21:48. > :21:50.we would be relegated. Some of the lads made fantastic progress and if
:21:51. > :21:52.we do it again the team will keep moving forward.
:21:53. > :21:55.There was good news for Sunderland manager Gus Poyet today. He received
:21:56. > :21:59.the phone call he was hoping for from Mike Riley, the head of the
:22:00. > :22:02.referees' governing body, as the Football Association rescinded the
:22:03. > :22:05.red card given to defender Wes Brown at the weekend. Brown was sent off
:22:06. > :22:08.for this challenge on Stoke's Charlie Adam, but will now be
:22:09. > :22:11.available for this weekend's clash against Aston Villa. Last night he
:22:12. > :22:14.watched his team`mates in action on the catwalk, strutting their stuff
:22:15. > :22:17.for the club's annual charity fashion show. The event has raised
:22:18. > :22:20.more than ?40,000 for the Foundation of Light which works with thousands
:22:21. > :22:25.of youngsters across the north east every year. Midfielder Adam Johnson
:22:26. > :22:28.is happy on the walkway and at the club under the new boss, despite the
:22:29. > :22:37.Black Cats dropping back to the bottom of the Premier League. It is
:22:38. > :22:45.just a bit different and out of our comfort zone, but just walking on
:22:46. > :22:51.the stage as a lot more nerve wracking. It is the happiest I have
:22:52. > :22:55.been in my time at Sunderland and I am enjoying the way we are playing
:22:56. > :23:00.although not where we are in the league.
:23:01. > :23:03.Plenty of action in the football league tonight. In League One,
:23:04. > :23:06.Carlisle will be looking to pull further away from the relegation
:23:07. > :23:09.zone when they take on second bottom Crewe. Commentary on BBC Radio
:23:10. > :23:12.Cumbria. York City, who're just three points off the League Two
:23:13. > :23:15.relegation places, could also do with a victory. They're at
:23:16. > :23:19.Morecambe. Radio York has commentary on that one. And in`form Hartlepool
:23:20. > :23:23.United could move into the play`off places if they beat struggling Bury.
:23:24. > :23:26.You can listen to all the action there on BBC Tees.
:23:27. > :23:29.The former Sunderland ladies' footballer Jill Scott has been
:23:30. > :23:33.talking about her move to newly`promoted Manchester City. The
:23:34. > :23:36.midfielder, who won the women's FA Cup with Everton and was captain
:23:37. > :23:40.last year, was arguably England's player of the tournament in the 2011
:23:41. > :23:43.World Cup. Her signing, and that of England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley,
:23:44. > :23:54.shows Manchester City Ladies mean business in the FA Women's Super
:23:55. > :23:59.League. I just feel the time is right to
:24:00. > :24:04.have a new challenge and that 206I feel the time is right and I have a
:24:05. > :24:13.lot of ambition and I want to be a part of this. I know that the top
:24:14. > :24:15.half of the table is definitely where we want to finish if not
:24:16. > :24:28.better. And good luck to her.
:24:29. > :24:35.A fairly mild night on the cards but great spells of sunshine earlier
:24:36. > :24:42.today before it clouded over. Although the sunshine broke through
:24:43. > :24:45.at Whitley Bay certainly. The clouds thickened up through the day and
:24:46. > :24:51.tomorrow the clouds will be a feature in western areas and it will
:24:52. > :24:59.be mostly cloudy with the few spots of rain. We saw highs of nine
:25:00. > :25:08.Celsius and I think we will meet that tomorrow. `` on that. Through
:25:09. > :25:18.the night, the odd spots of rain become more confined to western
:25:19. > :25:21.areas but it stays reasonably mild. It may freshen up across
:25:22. > :25:28.Northumberland and temperatures no lower than five Celsius. A frost
:25:29. > :25:34.free starter tomorrow I'm fairly cloudy but any clouds will linger
:25:35. > :25:41.across Cumbria through the day. For the least, some shelter with a
:25:42. > :25:51.westerly breeze. Temperatures into double figures and 11 Celsius in
:25:52. > :25:56.parts, but even if you have a fairly cloudy day, temperatures on the mild
:25:57. > :26:03.side. The temperature will stay with us for a couple of weeks yet and it
:26:04. > :26:09.brings the rain with it for a time into Friday and we have a cold
:26:10. > :26:15.north`westerly wind, so it will be breezy by the end of the week. If
:26:16. > :26:20.you are out and about over the next few days, you will notice the drop
:26:21. > :26:25.in temperature into the weekend. We are likely to see the outbreaks of
:26:26. > :26:35.rain for a time and it will feel cooler as the temperature dips again
:26:36. > :26:39.for Saturday. Showers fewer and farther between with many places dry
:26:40. > :26:46.on Thursday and Friday sees the sun come out. Strength increasing in the
:26:47. > :26:53.wind as well so it will feel fresh and cool if you are out and about
:26:54. > :26:57.and after the success of the 2014 weather calendar, we may well do it
:26:58. > :27:06.again so keep your pictures coming in. We can keep you updated
:27:07. > :27:11.throughout tomorrow morning on your local BBC radio station.
:27:12. > :27:16.Next year, already! Thanks, Paul. Time for a look at tonight's
:27:17. > :27:18.headlines. The Scottish government has published its blueprint for
:27:19. > :27:21.independence. The first minister Alex Salmond calls it a mission
:27:22. > :27:24.statement but his opponents say it's a work of fiction.
:27:25. > :27:27.And schools in Northumberland are warned they must do better after an
:27:28. > :27:28.Ofsted emergency inspection leads to four being placed in special
:27:29. > :27:39.measures. That's it from us tonight, back
:27:40. > :27:43.after 10pm. Goodbye.