:00:12. > :00:14.on the BBC News Channel. I'm back Good evening. A man has appeared in
:00:15. > :00:19.court, accused of causing a fire on a North Sea Ferry. Six people had to
:00:20. > :00:22.be winched off the DFDS ship, which had to return to port in North
:00:23. > :00:26.Shields on Sunday morning. Damian O'Neil reports.
:00:27. > :00:29.The King Seaways ferry was 25 miles offshore on a regular overnight
:00:30. > :00:34.sailing to Amsterdam when a fire broke out in a cabin. RAF
:00:35. > :00:40.helicopters airlifted six people to hospital after breathing in smoke. A
:00:41. > :00:42.man was detained on board, and this morning, 26`year`old Boden George
:00:43. > :00:53.Hughes, from Sunderland, appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates Court. He
:00:54. > :00:57.is accused of affray and arson. Hughes appeared in the dock, wearing
:00:58. > :01:01.a grey sweatshirt and jeans. He spoke only to confirm his name and
:01:02. > :01:07.address. The court heard the cost of the damage caused by the fire was
:01:08. > :01:11.estimated at ?815,000. He was remanded in custody and will appear
:01:12. > :01:17.at Newcastle Crown Court on January 14.
:01:18. > :01:20.Antony Gormley, the man who gave us the Angel of the North, is among
:01:21. > :01:23.those recognised in the Queen's New Year Honours. Local charity workers,
:01:24. > :01:26.community heroes and those who've spent their lives in public service
:01:27. > :01:35.have also been honoured, as Amy Lea reports.
:01:36. > :01:41.It is not a bad way to see in the start of 2014. Honoured by the
:01:42. > :01:47.Queen. Kate Farnell is now officially an MBE. Honestly, I would
:01:48. > :01:50.love to get my MBE from Prince Harry, that would be a dream come
:01:51. > :01:56.true. I don't know the Queen is watching but that would be
:01:57. > :02:00.wonderful! The honour is just `` not just about the extra letters, it is
:02:01. > :02:03.a recognition of her fight against a rare form of cancer and her tireless
:02:04. > :02:10.work to help others battled the disease through the foundation of
:02:11. > :02:16.the Butterfly thyroid cancer trust. It is a big shout out, so this
:02:17. > :02:21.cancer is getting some recognition, so they will be aware of it, and it
:02:22. > :02:24.does matter and patients with rare cancers are just as important, of
:02:25. > :02:30.course, as people with more common diseases. Advocate is not alone in
:02:31. > :02:39.the honours for her work in the community this New Year. `` and cake
:02:40. > :02:48.is not alone. `` Kate. Sarah Dunning from the farm shop at TB services
:02:49. > :02:51.income rare is now an OBE. She joins Peter Barron, MBE, editor of the
:02:52. > :02:57.Northern Echo, recognised for his services to journalism and the North
:02:58. > :03:01.East community. I was shocked, very humbled, because there are a lot of
:03:02. > :03:04.people out there who do a lot more than I do, who have not been
:03:05. > :03:08.recognised. But I was also very proud. I thought about my mum, she
:03:09. > :03:16.is 82 be. If I had turned down, she would
:03:17. > :03:20.not have me. For the past 30 years, Josephine Thorpe has dedicated her
:03:21. > :03:26.time to rescuing and rehabilitating sick and injured animals in North
:03:27. > :03:28.Yorkshire. The founder of the Ryedale wildlife rehabilitation
:03:29. > :03:36.centre, she rescues nearly 4000 animals every year. She will now
:03:37. > :03:40.become an MBE. I enjoy the work I do, I am lucky to do it. It is
:03:41. > :03:48.wonderful to be able to get wildlife back into the wild again. In and
:03:49. > :03:53.fight have `` England `` the England fly half has been awarded an MBE for
:03:54. > :03:56.her services to women's rugby. The 28`year`old is preparing for the
:03:57. > :04:01.World Cup in France in August. Remember the man who created this?
:04:02. > :04:05.Sculptor Antony Gormley, famous for the iconic injure the North, will
:04:06. > :04:11.now be known as Sir Antony Gormley, joining the list of recipients doing
:04:12. > :04:15.where we live proud. A car has been hit by a train at a
:04:16. > :04:18.level crossing in North Yorkshire. It happened at Ruswarp, near Whitby.
:04:19. > :04:23.An investigation is underway. Nobody is thought to have been injured.
:04:24. > :04:26.Football, and Middlesbrough have extended goalkeeper Shay Given's
:04:27. > :04:29.loan spell at the Riverside until the end of February. Meanwhile, the
:04:30. > :04:32.Newcastle manager, Alan Pardew, has hinted he may freshen up his side
:04:33. > :04:36.for tomorrow's trip to managerless West Brom after a gruelling match
:04:37. > :04:39.against Arsenal. Sunderland are on home soil after two games on the
:04:40. > :04:41.road. Head coach Gus Poyet feels victory by the bottom club over
:04:42. > :04:50.fellow strugglers Aston Villa make it easier to attract new
:04:51. > :04:57.players to Wearside. The first thing we are going to look
:04:58. > :05:01.at is where the team is. The Premier League next, that is what the
:05:02. > :05:07.players want. You are buying a player for the next three or four
:05:08. > :05:13.years. They look at that, then depending on how the team is
:05:14. > :05:17.playing, they will make a decision. It is a difficult place to go, they
:05:18. > :05:24.are a good side. I have great respect for Stephen Clark and
:05:25. > :05:27.Kevin. It is a shame I am not facing them on the touchline, but we look
:05:28. > :05:29.forward to what will be a difficult game.
:05:30. > :05:32.A giant serpent, mischievous elves and Thor, the God of Thunder are
:05:33. > :05:35.leading the New Year celebrations already underway in Newcastle
:05:36. > :05:38.tonight. Crowds have turned out for the annual Winter Carnival through
:05:39. > :05:42.the city centre which features entertainment inspired by Norse
:05:43. > :05:45.mythology and North East traditions. Hundreds of local residents took
:05:46. > :05:54.part in a parade from the Monument to the Civic Centre.
:05:55. > :05:58.Fantastic. Let's have a look at the weather.
:05:59. > :06:06.If you are out and about this evening, it is not guaranteed to be
:06:07. > :06:09.dry. Some heavy showers in the West. Mostly confined to the Pennines.
:06:10. > :06:16.Around midnight, will dry up. You could be all right to hear the
:06:17. > :06:18.bells. Even if you manage to stay dry, wrap up well because
:06:19. > :06:23.temperatures will drop down or three Celsius. The breeze will
:06:24. > :06:29.make it feel will still. New Year's Day, a Met Office warning, yellow
:06:30. > :06:32.warning, for heavy rain falling on saturated ground, bringing a risk of
:06:33. > :06:37.flooding. Especially for western parts of Cumbria. Starting generally
:06:38. > :06:42.dry tomorrow but the next front comes in from the West across
:06:43. > :06:45.Cumbria. Heavy bursts in amongst it. Rain spreading across the rest of
:06:46. > :06:48.the region. It will be the evening before we see the rain begin to
:06:49. > :06:55.clear away. To bridge is beating around eight Celsius in Keswick. It
:06:56. > :07:01.will also be very windy as well with southeasterly winds, strong and
:07:02. > :07:05.gusty. The rest of the weeks there is unsettled, wet and windy,
:07:06. > :07:08.sometimes stormy. Especially on Friday. We will keep you updated
:07:09. > :07:13.with regular forecast on your local BBC station. You can forget the
:07:14. > :07:18.latest travel information on the BBC website.
:07:19. > :07:27.That is the last Look North from 2013, we are back at one o'clock
:07:28. > :07:39.tomorrow. I wish you all the very best, good night.
:07:40. > :07:44.Good evening. It looks like mother nature may provide her own
:07:45. > :07:49.pyrotechnics in the run-up to bid night tonight. We have some heavy
:07:50. > :07:55.showers in western parts, starting to ease a bit across Scotland and
:07:56. > :07:59.Northern Ireland. But the showers further south are heavier, with some
:08:00. > :08:03.flashes of lightning as they move eastwards. They do get a bit more
:08:04. > :08:08.hit and miss as we head towards midnight, but a greater chance of
:08:09. > :08:13.getting wet in the south as we move into 2014. Cardiff and London could
:08:14. > :08:20.see heavy downpours. Further north, you could be greeting the New Year
:08:21. > :08:21.on a dry note. A touch of frost in