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Hello and welcome to Friday's Look North. Tonight: A former police

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authority chief is cleared of witness intimidation. This has been

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a particularly horrendous year for me and my family. I'm glad it's

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over. Shop till you drop. We join the last

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minute festive rush in the North's stores. Meanwhile the great getaway

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is underway ` why Christmas at home isn't for everyone.

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And thinking inside the box ` the art gallery with standing room only!

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In sport, can the Black Cats catch out

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And boxing clever ` the fighter aiming to become the region's first

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World Champion in the ring for a quarter of a century!

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First tonight, the former chief of a North East police authority has been

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cleared of intimidating a witness. Dave McLuckie, who was chairman of

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Cleveland Police Authority, was accused of visiting the witness'

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home and saying "You don't know what I can do." The witness had spoken to

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detectives as part of Operation Sacristy, a long`running

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investigation into corruption. Damian O'Neil reports. Dave McLuckie

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walked free after a three day trial in which the court heard that he

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intimidated Peter Blyth, a witness involved in Operation Sacristy. The

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jury found him not guilty of witness intimidation, and of an alternative

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charge of attempting to intimidate a witness. I'm delighted the jury came

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to the decision they did. I want to thank them all. This has been a

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particularly horrendous year for me and my family. I'm glad it's over. I

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want to go home, have a night out with my family and have a good

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Christmas. Earlier this year, Mr McLuckie was jailed for eight months

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for persuading a friend to accept speeding points on his driving

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licence. Dave McLuckie is hugely relieved he'll be spending Christmas

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at home with his family, but for him the New Year also brings with it a

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return to the ongoing investigation into corruption at Cleveland Police

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Authority at a time when he was the chairman.

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A Cumbrian man who was a director of a haulage firm has been jailed for

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two years after admitting tachograph fraud. 42`year`old William Ross of

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Wigton was a director of Ross International Haulage Ltd. He was

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banned from driving for 18 months and disqualified from being a

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company director for five years. 16 other employees were also sentenced

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at Carlisle Crown Court today for conspiracy to falsify tachograph

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records after a three year investigation by Cumbria Police and

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the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency.

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Four used`car salesmen from Middlesbrough have been given

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community service orders for fraudulently applying for loans for

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customers. The four ` who all work at Acklam Car Centre ` made

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applications to finance companies on behalf of car buyers. But to ensure

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the loans were given, they would inflate the value of vehicles by

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claiming the cars had done fewer miles than shown on the clock, or

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that they were newer models than in reality. All four stood to gain

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commission from subsequently selling the cars.

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Police say they're concerned for the welfare of a 13`year`old girl

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missing from her home in Sunderland since Monday afternoon. Nadia

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Wright, also known as Nadia Creighton, was last seen in the

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Castletown area of Sunderland. She said she was going to see a friend.

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She was wearing black leggings, brown knee`high boots, a grey vest

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top and a multi`coloured scarf. Police are urging anyone who knows

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where she is to get in touch. It's the final countdown. Just four

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shopping days to Christmas left and the festive frenzy on the North's

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high streets is in full swing. Traders are hoping for a big

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pre`Christmas boost. 7.5 million people have already visited one of

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our biggest shopping centres ` Eldon Square in Newcastle ` in the run up

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to Christmas. Online sales have grown to just under 12% of all

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retail spending, but it seems shoppers here are still heading out

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to the stores in huge numbers. Stephanie is live for us tonight at

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Eldon Square. Steph, has it been chocca? The big Christmas shop is

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underway! It's the last weekend. It's going to get even busier. Here,

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in the last six weeks, 7.5 million people have visited. These are the

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must`have gifts. The latest Xbox. The latest Furbie as well! But with

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a big squeeze on incomes are shoppers saying bah humbug or not?

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Within budget. Definitely within budget. I tend to indulge the people

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I know. I enjoy giving. I haven't spent as much as normal. We agreed a

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certain budget and we've stuck to it. I save all year round so I like

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to buy presents. Definitely over. I've just moved house so I said I

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wouldn't... But I always go over. I can't resist! Everything looks so

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good, I couldn't help myself. Some things caught my eye and I thought

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why not! Well traders will of course be hoping these last few days before

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Christmas will provide a much needed boost to their takings in what's

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been another challenging year. Online sales have grown. Some of the

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big stores are really pushing their websites. This is what the manager

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of Eldon Square had to say. There's very little difference in numbers.

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We're very marginally down against last year in terms of the total

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numbers. A lot of people are looking online but also coming in and

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shopping. There's a lot of click`and`collect. People are

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looking online, making sure they can get what they want and then coming

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in to get the rest of their shopping. For us it's a win`win

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situation. So with competition from big name retailers and online, are

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shops who rely on passing trade feeling the winter chill? We've been

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speaking to an independent retailer who says it's been a really tough

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year. Business this year has been difficult. People are a look more

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careful about their spending. We also have competition from online

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retailers. It's been difficult. We've had to work hard. In Cumbria,

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an independent butcher's say it's been very busy.Well the North's food

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retailers are also gearing up for their busiest weekend. Graham Moss

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went food shopping in Penrith in Cumbria. Meet the stars of the show.

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These turkeys are waiting for a Christmas home. We love our food,

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particularly at this time of year. But what about those in the business

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of providing it? We're in the thick of it. Busy time of year. We produce

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an awful lot of what we sell. If we're not busy up front, we're

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beavering away in the background! It's going pretty well! Next

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Wednesday is coming around pretty fast... So how are the preparations

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going? They're underway. The turkey's ordered and to be collected

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later. But I've got other priorities ` a 35th wedding anniversary on the

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horizon, so I've got friends and family coming over for that too!

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Food is important to me as you can probably tell by my stature!

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Christmas wouldn't be the same without the turkey and the stuffing.

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I prefer beef. I'm sorry! Turkey? Definitely. And some nice wine will

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be a centrepiece for our family! Turkey's still the big thing. But it

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does change. Customers are ordering smaller turkeys or turkey crowns.

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They're popular. You never quite know when the customer will come.

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But they always do! And so, with the weekend still to come, it seems that

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things are set to get even busier in the coming days. So Steph, it seems

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very busy down there and as we've heard some people are obviously

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throwing caution to the wind and going on a spending spree. But

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others have got different ideas about Christmas, haven't they? At

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Christmas it's all about having fun! Tens of thousands of people here in

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the North are heading to warmer climes for the holiday period. In

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fact they're expecting around 100,000 people departing from ` and

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arriving at ` Newcastle Airport between now and the start of 2014.

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Amy Lee has this report. It's the most wonderful time of the year `

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especially if you're just about to jet away for the holidays! This is

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Newcastle Airport at the start of the great Christmas getaway. It's an

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extremely busy time. We expect to see 100,000 passengers coming and

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going. 800 to 900 flights arriving and departing. Tenerife, Dubai and

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Spain are some of the most popular routes ` the warmer temperatures and

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sunny skies may well have something to do with that! What was it about

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Tenerife that made you want to leave the lovely North East for

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Christmas!? It's lovely! Christmas isn't just about people who want to

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escape to warmer, sunnier climates. It's also about people heading back

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here to the North East to visit family and friends. This month marks

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the start of the skiing season, too. The Swiss Alps is a favourite

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destination. We're skiing in Geneva. We're going back home to Geneva.

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We've lived there for 40 years. I've just been over visiting my mum...

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And watching Newcastle play! The number of passengers is expected to

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stay higher than usual right through to New Year's Day ` meaning there's

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still some time to go before staff here can enjoy their own Christmas

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getaway! Now, when you think of day`to`day

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police work what springs to mind? Tackling car crime perhaps, drug

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raids, or the patrolling of city streets at night? Well there are

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some unsung heroes who work on more remote beats, helping wildlife, and

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tackling dangerous criminals deep in the countryside. One of them is PC

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John Wilbor, who's based at Richmond in North Yorkshire. John's just won

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the World Wildlife Fund's "Enforcer of the Year" award. Our reporter

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Phil Chapman joined him on patrol. The Enforcer sounds like a character

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from an 80s American cop show but you can forget the streets of New

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York. For many people in remote parts of North Yorkshire this

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wildlife enforcer is their hero ` fighting rural crime. If it wasn't

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for him the place wouldn't be safe. There would be poachers. I wouldn't

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want to approach them. They could do anything. We'd like more enforcers

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but there's a budget. He's good at what he does. John is modest about

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the work he does. He's more likely to thank his network of volunteers,

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who act as his eyes and ears. I work closely with the community. We set

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up an initiative called Border Watch. It's a pro`active watch

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scheme during the night. We patrol the area. After seeing him work

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tirelessly for years, people who work with John have been queuing up

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to congratulate him. John works seven nights a week and covers

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hundreds of miles. It's excellent. I'm pleased he's won the award. John

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is such a dedicated police officer. The work he's done... He brings

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everybody on board. John has managed to mobilise the community through

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Border Watch. They help themselves against the invasion of criminals.

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This team`work between the police and the public has paid off many

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times. These brazen, day`time poachers were caught flushing out

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hares with dogs. Using the 2004 Hunting Wild Mammals Act, John's

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surveillance resulted in convictions. But things can get

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worse at night. The partnership has caught people 'lamping' ` a method

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of hunting nocturnal animals using high`powered lights. We took a

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vantage point near this location and watched it take place. We were able

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to pinpoint where they were. They were interviewed, reported for the

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offence and later attended court to be convicted. After all his hard

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work, John's now hoping for a quiet and uneventful Christmas... If

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that's at all possible. While rural crime continues, he can never really

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rest in his efforts to keep wildlife safe in North Yorkshire.

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They're 1970s chart`toppers and one of the North's most celebrated

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groups. Lindisfarne split ten years ago ` and that brought an end to

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their legendary Christmas concerts at Newcastle's City Hall. But now

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there's a new line`up and tonight they return for the first of three

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sell`out shows. It promises to be a nostalgic night. As Andrew Hartley

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reports. He swore he'd never do it again. But here he is just hours

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from his first Christmas Show with Lindisfarne at Newcastle City Hall

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in 23 years. Ray Jackson, one of the original band members, back in

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business with a new line`up. It's a bit scary. We've planned it for

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ages. It's a big show. The expectations are heavy to bear! The

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Lindisfarne Christmas concerts at Newcastle's City Hall ` one raucous

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rock`show ` were a Tyneside institution, repeated more than 130

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times over 17 years until the early 90s. We used to bring in 2,200

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people per night. It was special. Great atmosphere. One of the

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highlights of coming home was going to see them. A real tradition.

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Tonight they'll be doing it like they did in 1976. It's the first of

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three sold`out shows. Unabashed nostalgia and one big boisterous

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party. This band's not just for Christmas. Ray Jackson's Lindisfarne

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plan further gigs throughout 2014, and it would be a safe bet that

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they'll be back at the City Hall next Christmas to do it all again.

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Beautiful things come in small packages. But an art gallery in a

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phone box? Hexham in Northumberland is claiming a unique experience,

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with just that, and it created quite stir today with a champagne and

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celeb opening. The Forge Art Gallery in Allendale decided it was the best

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way to show off local talent in the town centre without massive

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overheads. I had a quick look around after the big opening. This is

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something novel. This is the Red Box Art Gallery in the centre of Hexham.

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It is actually an art gallery! You can see it's compact and tasteful! I

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feel fully informed. Not only does it have a cleaner and a curator...

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It has a celebrity to launch it! Robson Green, why have you got

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behind this perfectly formed art gallery? It's definitely a first for

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me ` opening the smallest art gallery in Hexham... The North...

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The UK... The World? Art, wherever it's display, is there to inspire

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people. It crosses barriers ` cultural, economic and racial. Come

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here and you'll get a smile on your face! It's there to cheer you up! My

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favourite bit about going to an art gallery is sitting down with a nice

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cappuccino. You're going to have to bring a flask here! Yes, it's not

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like observing Monet's Water Lilies in Paris. But it has its own

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character. It's a great way for local and international artists to

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display their work. It's great to learn things ` not only about an

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area but also about ourselves. This has got to be one of your more

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unusual jobs!? I know! I've been asked to open many things, but never

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the smallest art gallery in the world! Thank you! That was worth it

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for me! You're dumped! Time now for the sport. Whatever

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happens this weekend, Sunderland will be bottom of the Premier League

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at Christmas, and only one team ` West Bromwich Albion ` has managed

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to stay in the top flight from that position. But if the Black Cats beat

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Norwich tomorrow they'll at least stay in touch with the teams above

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them. And after their League Cup victory over Chelsea on Tuesday you

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wouldn't bet against them. The dramatic extra`time victory over

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Chelsea in the cup could be the turning point of Sunderland's

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season. Gus Poyet hopes it will inspire a win against Norwich `

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three points they really need to stand a chance of avoiding

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relegation. When you play extra`time against a top team, if you lose it

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could take you two weeks to recover. You're devastated and tired. But if

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you win... Mentally the players will be stronger. We want to take that

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into the next game. There will be no excuses. It's been a roller`coaster

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ride for Poyet, so is the new manager enjoying the experience? I'm

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privileged. I'm manager of a Premier League club. It doesn't get better.

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I'm trying to enjoy it. But when we lose I'm not a good person to be

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around! Sunderland have a packed festive schedule with league and cup

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fixtures coming fast. As long as Poyet's in the game, he'll never

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understand why there's no winter break. The rest of the world are on

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holiday. We have to play 250,000 games in a month`and`a`half. Nobody

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will convince me. It's not normal. But we're here. We love it. We'll

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try our best. For the second week in a row,

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tomorrow's game for Newcastle United sees manager Alan Pardew come up

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against one of his former clubs. Last week it was Southampton, where

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he was team boss. This time the festive reunion is with the side who

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gave him his break into league football. Christmas is a time for

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celebration. Party hats. Jumpers. And for renewing old acquaintances.

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Crystal Palace gave Alan Pardew his first big break back in 1987. He

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enjoyed four good years there. No surprise, then, that he's looking

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forward to the trip back to Selhurst Park. It means a little bit more to

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me because of the connection. I had fantastic times there. It's a great

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club. I'm so pleased they've picked up under my old pal Tony Pulis. Good

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choice by them. He's got the ball rolling. But we're playing really

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well at the moment. So well, they're up to sixth in the table. The

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dilemma is that could eventually land them with the same workload

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problems as last year. I think the authorities should get together and

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look at it. The demands of the Premier League are much greater than

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the others. The impact is something we're wary of. I'll say that now.

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But we're chasing a European spot and that's what we want to do.

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BBC Newcastle will have full radio commentary on both those Premier

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League games. And your local BBC stations will also keep you up to

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date with the rest of the weekend fixtures. In the Championship,

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Middlesbrough ` with just one win in their last seven matches ` go to

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Millwall. Carlisle travel to Walsall in League One. In League Two,

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Hartlepool take on Burton ` who're occupying one of the play`off places

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` while York are at home to Oxford. And in Scottish League Two, Berwick

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are away to Queen's Park. He's described himself as "a bit of

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a tearaway" when he was a youngster. That was before his dad took him to

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the local boxing club in Darlington. Now, 25 years later, former roofer

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Stuart Hall is on the brink of becoming the region's first World

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boxing champion since Glenn McCrory in 1989. Mark Tulip looks ahead. If

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taking up boxing as a kid changed his life then imagine what becoming

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a World Champion might do. Here's Stuart Hall, now 33, on his way to

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victory against Sergio Perales at Doncaster's Keepmoat Stadium back in

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May. This is a much more gentle work out near his hometown of Darlington.

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Victory over Vusi Malinga in Leeds on Saturday night would see Hall win

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the vacant IBF bantamweight title and make his own piece of sporting

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history. I'm aware of that. I'd be the second North East World

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Champion. Glenn McCrory has carried the baton for so long. I'll take it

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off his shoulders. Hopefully it will encourage great boxers to come out

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in the North East and follow in my footsteps. Hall has lost only two

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fights since turning pro five years ago. He was glued to last Sunday's

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Sports Personality of the Year awards because he's fighting at the

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same venue ` the Leeds Arena. It looks fantastic. I watched it the

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other night. It was a great feeling to know I'll be walking in there and

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then walking out with the IBF belt. A few people will be coming down

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from Darlington. It's a long`ish trip just before Christmas so I want

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to thank them all. It's going to be great on the night. If he is crowned

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Britain's latest World Boxing Champion, will the ex`roofer still

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keep his feet firmly on the ground? Yeah! I'm going to win but I'll

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still be the same. I won't change for anyone. I'll always be grounded.

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I love my friends, my family and people I associate with. Nothing's

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going to change. If Stuart can pull it off in Leeds and can become World

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Champion, we'll be able to stop using all of that grainy footage of

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Glenn McCrory ` nearly 25 years ago! From Darlington, England, Stuart

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Hall! Now for the weather. Lovely view

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here. Thanks for the photo. Tonight we're back with the winds. Heavy

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rain too. It will stay fairly mild. A risk of localised flooding. It

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will be accompanied by winds. After midnight it's clearer skies. It

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stays fairly windy. Gusts of 60 or 70 miles per hour. Five or six

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Celsius. A windy start for many. Possibly showers. Hail and thunder

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in places. Temperatures might make double figures. It will feel colder.

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Low pressure in charge of the weather. Lots of lines on the chart!

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Especially on Monday. Thank you. If you aren't around

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later, we hope you have a great Christmas! I'll be in the pub

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tonight... All the best everyone!

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