:00:00. > :00:00.News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the
:00:07. > :00:13.Hello. Welcome to Look North. Tonight: The coroner in the
:00:14. > :00:16.Christopher Brown shooting inquest raises concerns about why a security
:00:17. > :00:23.report on his killer was not acted upon. Also tonight, the power of
:00:24. > :00:26.thought, the North East soldier who has become the first person in the
:00:27. > :00:31.UK fitted with a mind controlled bionic arm.
:00:32. > :00:34.The man who says he owes his life to an air ambulance after a barbecue
:00:35. > :00:39.went wrong. And the lottery millionaires who decided to throw a
:00:40. > :00:44.Christmas party. In sport, two more of the region's
:00:45. > :00:47.stars took their place in the winter Olympics.
:00:48. > :00:58.And find out how the man on the left was spreading a bit of festive cheer
:00:59. > :01:01.among the region's football fans. The coroner at the Christopher Brown
:01:02. > :01:04.inquest has raised concerns about the way a security report on his
:01:05. > :01:10.killer was passed around by prison staff for more than 24 hours.
:01:11. > :01:13.Terence Carney's comments came after the inquest confirmed what we first
:01:14. > :01:17.revealed on Look North ` that the report on Raoul Moat, released from
:01:18. > :01:22.Durham Jail that very day, went from in`tray to in`tray without being
:01:23. > :01:27.acted upon. Mr Brown had formed a relationship with Moat's ex,
:01:28. > :01:30.Samantha Stobbart. He'd be shot dead at Birtley in Gateshead, she'd be
:01:31. > :01:34.shot and seriously wounded, and Moat would shoot and blind a policeman
:01:35. > :01:38.before shooting himself when he was cornered at Rothbury in
:01:39. > :01:42.Northumberland. Our chief reporter, Chris Stewart, who broke the story
:01:43. > :01:54.of the report, joins us now from the law courts. Chris, will this inquest
:01:55. > :01:58.help Mr Brown's family at all? Well, they say life without Christopher
:01:59. > :02:00.remains Hell. There were kind words for them from the coroner. He
:02:01. > :02:06.apologised for the way intricacies of the legal system have
:02:07. > :02:11.strung them along for more than three years.
:02:12. > :02:16.Sally Brown left the inquest knowing her son is no longer a forgotten the
:02:17. > :02:21.end, and that what led to his death had finally been given the public
:02:22. > :02:27.examination it deserved. Her solicitor spoke for her. I have
:02:28. > :02:30.listened to the evidence and Mr Carney's findings carefully and I
:02:31. > :02:38.will take time to consider his written findings. What ended here in
:02:39. > :02:43.Rothbury, the inquest heard, started with Moat being released from Durham
:02:44. > :02:47.prison, where he had served time for assault. Just 25 minutes later, a
:02:48. > :02:55.prison officer fills out a report stating that a trusted inmate had
:02:56. > :03:00.warned that Moat planned to seriously assault his partner. That
:03:01. > :03:03.is known as a security information report. Last year, when we first
:03:04. > :03:09.revealed the existence of this report, we had established that it
:03:10. > :03:12.passed through four pairs of hands over 24 hours. What the inquest was
:03:13. > :03:17.told us is that in fact, it went through seven pairs of hands before
:03:18. > :03:21.it was spotted by an alert probation officer. She told the police but
:03:22. > :03:26.even then, the police records did not allow them to identify some at
:03:27. > :03:42.first part as Raoul Moat assessment partner. `` Samantha Studdard as
:03:43. > :03:46.Raoul Moat's partner. Recording a verdict that Mr Brown was unlawfully
:03:47. > :03:51.killed, the coroner named an addendum, that the precise risk
:03:52. > :03:56.posed by Moat was not known. He pointed out it was his first written
:03:57. > :04:01.sentence. It was not for a more serious offence. The possible use of
:04:02. > :04:07.a gun was never conveyed to the police. Mr Carney said, prehistory,
:04:08. > :04:13.facts and events got tantalisingly close of a point of information
:04:14. > :04:15.being actually known, as opposed to speculatively available. However,
:04:16. > :04:20.the failure to act on the basis of the information which was known to
:04:21. > :04:25.not directly cause Christopher's death, nor was there any failure
:04:26. > :04:29.which directly contributed to it. The prison now has a computerised
:04:30. > :04:32.reporting system. Mr Carney said that could only be as good as the
:04:33. > :04:40.information put into it and the ability of staff to use it.
:04:41. > :04:43.The police did not escape the coroner's attention. Their methods
:04:44. > :04:51.backbone of linking information did not seem quite linked up? `` accent.
:04:52. > :04:55.They say they are keen to learn lessons and make improvements where
:04:56. > :04:58.ever and where ever they can. They say where they did get the
:04:59. > :05:03.information from the prison there was never any suggestion of a threat
:05:04. > :05:07.to life or of a firearm, and they say with the information they did
:05:08. > :05:18.have, they do not believe Raoul Moat could have been stopped.
:05:19. > :05:21.Colleagues of a man who died in an industrial steam oven have told an
:05:22. > :05:25.inquest they'd seen him step inside the machine in the past. The body of
:05:26. > :05:28.48`year`old George Falder was found in an autoclave at the Pirelli
:05:29. > :05:31.factory in Carlisle in September last year. Pirelli employee Stephen
:05:32. > :05:35.Stedman told the inquest he'd seen him go into the machine four or five
:05:36. > :05:38.times over a two`year period. He said Mr Falder would try to fix
:05:39. > :05:41.equipment himself. The inquest continues.
:05:42. > :05:45.Tests are being carried out in Russia to determine if human remains
:05:46. > :05:49.found in the 1970s are of crew members from a British trawler. The
:05:50. > :05:55.Gaul, which was based in Hull, went down in a storm in 1974, with the
:05:56. > :05:59.loss of 36 lives. Six members of the crew were from Tyneside. It's been
:06:00. > :06:03.claimed the Gaul was sunk by the Russians because they thought it was
:06:04. > :06:13.a Cold War spy ship, or had caught its nets on a submarine.
:06:14. > :06:17.His story made national headlines. Corporal Andrew Garthwaite became
:06:18. > :06:22.the first person in the UK fitted with a mind controlled bionic arm.
:06:23. > :06:26.The South Tyneside soldier lost his own arm in Afghanistan. Since then
:06:27. > :06:34.we have followed his journey, including travelling to Vienna where
:06:35. > :06:39.he underwent a sick is our `` a six hour operation.
:06:40. > :06:44.It is a simple act, making a cup of tea, but for Corporal Andrew
:06:45. > :06:50.Garthwaite, it is a feat of remarkable bionic engineering. He
:06:51. > :06:54.soldier from South Tyneside has one of the most advanced ionic arms in
:06:55. > :07:00.the world and he is controlling it with his mind. I have not had a firm
:07:01. > :07:05.or finger for the last three years and all of a certain to start
:07:06. > :07:11.feeling stuff is totally weird. You have to train your brain to move
:07:12. > :07:17.this hand. It does not look prophetic until it starts making
:07:18. > :07:20.motored noises. Three years ago, Corporal Garthwaite was struck by a
:07:21. > :07:27.rocket propelled grenade while fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
:07:28. > :07:33.On the right`hand side I heard a bang and in a split second I was on
:07:34. > :07:38.the floor, my arm was on fire. I stood up and said, my arm has gone.
:07:39. > :07:45.It was a shock so I fell to the ground again. I was taken in a
:07:46. > :07:52.helicopter to camp asking. I owe my life to these guys. The blast killed
:07:53. > :08:00.his friend and that sort Corporal Garthwaite determined to make the
:08:01. > :08:04.most of being alive. Losing a lot of friends, I am lucky to be here. I
:08:05. > :08:09.will make the most of it. You realise that could have been you.
:08:10. > :08:14.His life saved, he would go on to make medical history, in becoming
:08:15. > :08:23.the first person from the UK to have this bionic technology. So how does
:08:24. > :08:27.it work? His arm was blown off at the shoulder. Surgeons rewired the
:08:28. > :08:31.nerve endings that would have run down to his hand into his chest.
:08:32. > :08:38.Then an electronic connection would link his chest muscles with his
:08:39. > :08:43.bionic prosthesis. But first he needed a major operation in Vienna.
:08:44. > :08:48.It means we take all the nerves that originally went to his arm and move
:08:49. > :08:54.them into the muscles of his chest so that when he thinks of moving his
:08:55. > :08:59.hand, his arm, his fingers, the different muscles in his chest wall
:09:00. > :09:06.will start to fire. Part of the muscle they have put it in, my hand
:09:07. > :09:16.feels like it is on my chest. When I tap it here it feels like my son.
:09:17. > :09:26.When I think about doing it on this side, it opens the hand. I can move
:09:27. > :09:31.it around 360 degrees if I want to. Always good at parties! Today
:09:32. > :09:35.Corporal Garthwaite met the defence minister and showed off his
:09:36. > :09:41.intelligent arm to the world's press. But now it is time to get
:09:42. > :09:47.back to his life. I am still very lucky to be here. With this new life
:09:48. > :09:56.I have got, I hope I can be successful in it.
:09:57. > :10:04.I think he's a brilliant guy. It is an extraordinary story. Was a
:10:05. > :10:06.milestone in his life. Absolutely, and he is the first
:10:07. > :10:10.British soldier to have this bionic technology. It is all being paid for
:10:11. > :10:14.by the Ministry of Defence. They have not told us how much it has
:10:15. > :10:19.cost but today the defence minister got to meet him for the first time
:10:20. > :10:24.and see the results and she was very impressed. She said it was an
:10:25. > :10:30.immense privilege to witness the revolution early `` revolutionary
:10:31. > :10:35.mind control prosthetic. We have followed this story on Look North
:10:36. > :10:40.but it has had a much bigger audience. It went around the world.
:10:41. > :10:46.The BBC broadcasted it across the world. I have been asked all day to
:10:47. > :10:57.send scripts to be translated into other languages. The army said on
:10:58. > :11:04.Twitter that it was great news. I'm sure this is not the last we will
:11:05. > :11:09.hear of Corporal Garthwaite all this technology.
:11:10. > :11:11.Darlington has the best performing primary schools in the country
:11:12. > :11:17.according to new figures from Ofsted. It ranks local authorities
:11:18. > :11:21.by the percentage of pupils attending good or outstanding
:11:22. > :11:26.schools. Darlington tops the national table with 97%. North
:11:27. > :11:32.Yorkshire is our worst performer, at 74%. In the secondary schools league
:11:33. > :11:33.table, York is our best performing authority at 19th place with 91%.
:11:34. > :11:42.Hartlepool has the worst results, 35%.
:11:43. > :11:47.These days we are all having to think carefully about the energy we
:11:48. > :11:52.use, with fuel bills writing. Here is a way to save on your payments.
:11:53. > :11:57.Allendale Council in Cumbria is urging people to sign up for a
:11:58. > :12:01.collective switching scheme. The more people signed, the better
:12:02. > :12:07.savings they can make. And you do not lead to live in West Cumbria to
:12:08. > :12:12.benefit. `` you do not need. Ian lives in West Maryport and he
:12:13. > :12:18.has to think hard about the gas and electric he is using. I am
:12:19. > :12:23.struggling. Who can forecast what the weather is going to do? If the
:12:24. > :12:30.weather gets colder I will need heat. Now his local council is one
:12:31. > :12:34.of the growing authorities to launch what is known as a collective
:12:35. > :12:40.switching scheme. The more people sign up, the better energy deal they
:12:41. > :12:44.can get. If we can go to the energy companies in the form of an auction
:12:45. > :12:49.where we have 2000 or 3000 people, the energy providers bid for that
:12:50. > :12:54.business, which brings the price down. Around here they do know a
:12:55. > :12:59.thing or two about sources of power. There is a long history. In this
:13:00. > :13:04.part of West Cumbria, many people will tell you they have more of
:13:05. > :13:09.these turbines than anywhere else in the country. And down the road is
:13:10. > :13:15.Sellafield, synonymous with nuclear power. But none of this translates
:13:16. > :13:19.to local energy prices. Fuel bills are very high and everyone is
:13:20. > :13:23.concerned. Anyway we can find of lessening them for the people we
:13:24. > :13:32.represent, so be it. If people subscribe to this scheme, it could
:13:33. > :13:36.cut down the prices of their energy bills. When you are in a wheelchair
:13:37. > :13:43.you have to keep warm. You have to use power. People buy in bulk and
:13:44. > :13:50.you save money. If it works in this area, it will work in the rest of
:13:51. > :13:53.the country. It may not amount to cheap energy but it seems that by
:13:54. > :13:59.acting together you will get a better deal.
:14:00. > :14:03.Coming up, a cautionary tale for all that you fans. And setting sail with
:14:04. > :14:08.the latest youngster in our series of Sports Kids. And what does the
:14:09. > :14:18.weather holds? I will be here with a full forecast
:14:19. > :14:22.towards the end of the programme. He lives in one of North
:14:23. > :14:27.Yorkshire's most isolated places and he says he owes his life to the
:14:28. > :14:32.Yorkshire air ambulance. Steve Davies who lives near Leyburn
:14:33. > :14:40.received horrific burns this year while lighting the family barbecue.
:14:41. > :14:46.He will appear tomorrow on BBC Helicopter He rose. This report
:14:47. > :14:52.contains images of his injuries. The memories you have is weird. The
:14:53. > :15:01.memory I have is what probably my wife saw. Did you feel like you got
:15:02. > :15:06.any in your mouth? You see something terrible like this on the television
:15:07. > :15:13.and you say, I would rather drown than burn to death. That is what I
:15:14. > :15:18.thought was going to happen to me. On a sunny day in June, Steve
:15:19. > :15:25.Davies, who lives in a promote heart of Wensleydale, suffered serious
:15:26. > :15:28.urns to his arm and head. `` a promote part of Wensleydale. He had
:15:29. > :15:36.used lighter fuel to like his barbecue. I could hear the air
:15:37. > :15:41.ambulance coming. It is not like an ambulance waited can hear a siring a
:15:42. > :15:49.long way away. You do not hear it until it is fairly close. Steve was
:15:50. > :15:52.airlifted to Newcastle's Royal Victoria infirmary, where these
:15:53. > :15:58.pictures show the extent of his injuries. Several days later, there
:15:59. > :16:04.are signs of recovery, but Steve says it could have been a very
:16:05. > :16:10.different story. I could not have gone for an hour and a half in an
:16:11. > :16:16.ambulance into hospital. The dramatic rescue was filmed by the
:16:17. > :16:22.BBC's Helicopter Heroes. His story will feature in tomorrow's
:16:23. > :16:30.programme. Anything I can do for these guys. It is very hard to
:16:31. > :16:35.describe when you are so far out like we are, 400 feet up a hillside.
:16:36. > :16:41.We sort of rank on the fact that it is going to come. Steve says he owes
:16:42. > :16:46.his life to the ambulance crew, and he is now planning to skydive next
:16:47. > :16:51.year to raise funds to help keep it flying.
:16:52. > :17:00.Remarkable. You can see the story tomorrow.
:17:01. > :17:10.North East lottery winners have been using some of their good fortune to
:17:11. > :17:18.spend a bit of... Or to spread a bit of Christmas cheer, rather. They
:17:19. > :17:26.have thrown a party for Age UK. It was to set thank you `` say thank
:17:27. > :17:29.you to volunteers. There is nothing like a good
:17:30. > :17:35.Christmas party to get everyone in the mood for the festive season, but
:17:36. > :17:38.this is no ordinary party, with no ordinary hosts. Not be winners from
:17:39. > :17:42.the North East have donated their time and some of their winnings to
:17:43. > :17:50.put on this event at age UK in Middlesbrough. We do want to give
:17:51. > :18:01.things back to the community. As soon as they asked for volunteers,
:18:02. > :18:05.we came forward. This party is not just about mince pies and Christmas
:18:06. > :18:09.trees. It is a vital opportunity for all the members of our community to
:18:10. > :18:15.get together and socialise and make new friends, as well to see `` as
:18:16. > :18:22.well as to see the start of the party season. The volunteers range
:18:23. > :18:25.from 50 to 90 years old. This was in part a thank you to volunteers who
:18:26. > :18:33.give up their time to support elderly members of the community. We
:18:34. > :18:36.try to say thank you but with very limited resources. They are the
:18:37. > :18:44.lifeblood of our organisation. It seems that with the crackers, the
:18:45. > :18:48.daft hats, some glitter and the Christmas quiz, this was one party
:18:49. > :18:53.that certainly had a swing in its step. It has been a good party. Nice
:18:54. > :18:57.to put something on for the old people and I think they have enjoyed
:18:58. > :19:03.it. The Buffy has been fantastic. It looks like we have had some
:19:04. > :19:15.wonderful entertainment, too. Are you looking forward to the Christmas
:19:16. > :19:19.quiz? Yes. They looked to be having a good
:19:20. > :19:24.time. It is our Christmas party tonight.
:19:25. > :19:27.Yes, and I am on the late shift so I only get an hour there. Never mind.
:19:28. > :19:29.Sport now. The British Olympic Association
:19:30. > :19:32.today announced that six figure skaters have been officially
:19:33. > :19:36.selected for Team GB for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Two of
:19:37. > :19:38.them are from our patch. Nine`times British champions Cumbrian David
:19:39. > :19:42.King, from Carlisle, along with partner Stacey Kemp, became the the
:19:43. > :19:48.first Team GB pair to qualify and go to a Winter Olympics for 16 years,
:19:49. > :19:51.back in 2010. Matthew Parr, from North Shields, who'll take part in
:19:52. > :20:00.the team event, will be making his Olympic debut in Russia. Good luck
:20:01. > :20:03.to them. Christmas came early for shoppers at
:20:04. > :20:07.the Metrocentre in Gateshead this morning ` at least, for the ones who
:20:08. > :20:09.support Newcastle United. The club's record goal`scorer and former
:20:10. > :20:12.skipper, Alan Shearer, was promoting a cut` price ticket scheme on behalf
:20:13. > :20:15.of Barclays, the Premier League sponsors ` and, of course, he's
:20:16. > :20:18.enjoying the Magpies' current run of form.
:20:19. > :20:21.For some it was as good as meeting Santa himself. For others, maybe
:20:22. > :20:24.just the chance to make someone else's Christmas. United's one`time
:20:25. > :20:27.number nine is still a major attraction, but the Barclays scheme
:20:28. > :20:33.is about trying to make sure more fans can afford to watch top`flight
:20:34. > :20:40.football. The Premier League Trophy was there as well, which Alan
:20:41. > :20:47.Shearer once helped his team win. Sadly not with Newcastle, but great
:20:48. > :20:58.with backbone, a great year for us in 1994`1995. `` with lack burn. I
:20:59. > :21:03.was fortunate enough to be at Old Trafford last Saturday when they got
:21:04. > :21:06.that win. It was great to be there. Not so great ` with the city's three
:21:07. > :21:09.local newspapers still banned St James's Park, a report suggesting
:21:10. > :21:14.the club has come up with a scheme to sell off exclusive interviews
:21:15. > :21:17.with players to the highest bidder, under the guise of a media
:21:18. > :21:23.partnership. It's hardly in keeping with the Christmas spirit. That is
:21:24. > :21:28.the world we are living in now. There is demand for footballers to
:21:29. > :21:39.be interviewed. It is right across the world. Argue off to do your
:21:40. > :21:45.Christmas shopping now? Someone is going to do that for me, I hope!
:21:46. > :21:47.County Durham boxer Martin Ward is weighing up his options after being
:21:48. > :21:50.crowned Commonwealth bantamweight champion. Ward, who's 25 and from
:21:51. > :21:53.West Rainton, comfortably beat his Ghanaian opponent, Gabriel Odoi
:21:54. > :22:03.Laryea, on points at Newcastle's Centre for Sport to lift the vacant
:22:04. > :22:07.title. Time to meet another of our Sports
:22:08. > :22:10.Kids now ` and this week it's a youngster from Cumbria who's setting
:22:11. > :22:18.sail towards the Olympics. Stephanie Cleasby's been to meet her at
:22:19. > :22:26.Derwentwater Marina near Keswick. My name is Lisa. I am 11 and from
:22:27. > :22:29.Keswick, and I love sailing. From the moment she first experienced
:22:30. > :22:35.sailing, Lucy fell in love with the water. What do you love about
:22:36. > :22:43.sailing? Everything. Having the freedom to go everywhere. And the
:22:44. > :22:46.wind. When there is loads of wind you go
:22:47. > :22:52.nice. When she's not at school she is on Derwentwater, hoping one day
:22:53. > :22:57.to be like her hero. She was inspired to take up the sport after
:22:58. > :23:04.watching Sir Ben Ainslie on television at the 2012 Olympics. He
:23:05. > :23:10.looked like he was going really fast. I like going fast. She joined
:23:11. > :23:17.her local sailing club and has not looked back since. The wind is very
:23:18. > :23:22.light tonight and so BBC is not able to go as fast as she likes. Amazing
:23:23. > :23:27.she has only been sailing for a year, and she has already been in
:23:28. > :23:33.five races. She makes it look so easy. She had come on so much and
:23:34. > :23:38.she is still progressing. It is great to see her so easy asked Dick
:23:39. > :23:50.every time she comes. I do not think she has missed a Tuesday night this
:23:51. > :23:57.year at all. It is so different racing at different lakes and seas.
:23:58. > :24:11.And finding the different wind conditions and how it changes. I
:24:12. > :24:17.find the rules hard to remember. Have you ever fallen in the water?
:24:18. > :24:26.Yes, quite a bit. Capsizing and stuff on really windy nights. How
:24:27. > :24:33.does it make you feel? Free and relaxed. And you do not think about
:24:34. > :24:38.anything but sailing on the lake. So you do not think about school or if
:24:39. > :24:50.you have got something to do. You just relax.
:24:51. > :24:51.Sadly very calm therefore our day of filming, but stunning sunshine on
:24:52. > :25:11.the hills. This was sunrise at 8:09am today.
:25:12. > :25:17.Thank you very much indeed. For the next few days, breezy, possibly good
:25:18. > :25:22.weather for sailing, possibly quite a swell with some rain as well.
:25:23. > :25:37.Tonight, dry and clear at first. Possibly frost early on. Later on
:25:38. > :25:39.fog will roll in. A mild day to come tomorrow, with outbreaks of rain
:25:40. > :25:49.spreading army increasingly risk wind. `` an increasingly brisk wind.
:25:50. > :25:58.Misty on the hills and fails. Despite the lack of sunshine,
:25:59. > :26:06.temperatures still mild, below 50s in Fahrenheit. Moving westwards, a
:26:07. > :26:14.mild day here. Not feeling much like December. Misty and foggy over the
:26:15. > :26:20.fells with much rain by tea`time. Tomorrow evening, more rain
:26:21. > :26:25.continues. A squeeze on the isobars not just tomorrow but through Friday
:26:26. > :26:33.as well. More areas of low pressure crossing the UK, bringing further
:26:34. > :26:38.outbreaks of rain. On Saturday, high Treasurer rings settled weather at
:26:39. > :26:43.first but as we pause the map here on Saturday tea`time, a very intense
:26:44. > :26:49.area of low pressure over Scotland could bring really strong wind, gale
:26:50. > :26:52.force quite possible, for Cumberland and North Northumberland for
:26:53. > :26:57.Saturday evening. The Met Office has already issued a yellow weather
:26:58. > :27:02.warning for this. Friday across the North East and Cumbria, quite gloomy
:27:03. > :27:06.with an increasing risk of showers for the West and North. Saturday
:27:07. > :27:11.bright at first that it does not last, particularly in the West, and
:27:12. > :27:20.it will get very windy indeed Saturday night into Sunday morning.
:27:21. > :27:25.Now a final look at tonight's headlines: Lloyds Banking Group has
:27:26. > :27:28.been fined a record ?28 million for a sales incentive scheme in which
:27:29. > :27:31.staff had to hit targets or risk being demoted.
:27:32. > :27:34.And the coroner at the Christopher Brown inquest has raised concerns
:27:35. > :27:37.about the way a security report on his killer, Raoul Moat, was passed
:27:38. > :27:42.around by prison staff for more than 24 hours.
:27:43. > :27:45.That is it from us tonight. Back at 10:25pm.