:00:12. > :00:16.Good evening and welcome to Look North.
:00:17. > :00:19.An investigation is under way tonight after a former boxer died
:00:20. > :00:22.following a New Year's Eve house party. 31``year`old Mark Denton was
:00:23. > :00:29.found with serious injuries and pronounced dead in hospital. A
:00:30. > :00:31.teenager is being questioned. Peter Harris reports.
:00:32. > :00:34.His friends say he was kind hearted and a gentleman. But tonight an
:00:35. > :00:38.investigation is under way into how former amateur boxer Mark Denton was
:00:39. > :00:45.left with fatal injuries at a New Year's Eve party in Hartlepool.
:00:46. > :00:47.Today the house on Hutton Avenue was sealed off as forensics teams
:00:48. > :00:50.continued their work. Cleveland Police say Mr Denton was found with
:00:51. > :00:53.serious wounds after ten o'clock last night and pronounced dead
:00:54. > :00:56.later. They're now awaiting the outcome of a postmortem examination.
:00:57. > :01:08.A 17`year`old youth was arrested in connection with the death.
:01:09. > :01:12.Northumbria Police say nine people needed hospital treatment after
:01:13. > :01:15.taking a drug they mistakenly believed was ecstasy. Officers have
:01:16. > :01:19.issued a warning after the group was taken to hospital from a house in
:01:20. > :01:22.the Jesmond area of Newcastle. They took bright blue tablets containing
:01:23. > :01:26.PMA ` a drug similar to ecstasy but said to be more potent. One man,
:01:27. > :01:30.who's in his 20s, suffered serious side effects and is still in
:01:31. > :01:34.hospital. A man charged with raping a boy in
:01:35. > :01:37.Newcastle has been found dead. James Gerard McCreadie was discovered in
:01:38. > :01:40.his cell at HMP Frankland. The 45`year`old was charged with six
:01:41. > :01:43.offences earlier this month. Police say an investigation has been
:01:44. > :01:50.launched but they aren't treating his death as suspicious.
:01:51. > :01:53.While most people were enjoying a restful bank holiday, more than 100
:01:54. > :01:56.swimmers started their new year in a far more chilly way. The annual
:01:57. > :02:02.Whitley Bay swim attracted plenty of attention.
:02:03. > :02:07.The cold might put most people off, but not this lot. More than 100
:02:08. > :02:13.people will put on their swimming costumes and costumes for the annual
:02:14. > :02:17.New Year's Day swim at Whitley Bay. It's just something different, a
:02:18. > :02:22.nice way to start the New Year, get the hangover cure as quickly as I
:02:23. > :02:25.possibly can. I had a great time and raised some money.
:02:26. > :02:28.It was cold and refreshing! We had a couple of Baileys, so we're fine!
:02:29. > :02:32.New Year's Day, start of the New Year, just do something a bit mad!
:02:33. > :02:35.It was really good, but freezing cold. The atmosphere is amazing.
:02:36. > :02:41.Freezing, but good. I'd do it again next year.
:02:42. > :02:45.I didn't agree to two years! It is organised by the Panama Open
:02:46. > :02:49.Water Swimming Club and some managed to go in a little bit further than
:02:50. > :02:54.others. The sun put in a very brief appearance but it is freezing out
:02:55. > :03:02.here and even colder in there. But apparently, it is the best way to
:03:03. > :03:06.make a fresh start to 2014. Across the region people celebrated
:03:07. > :03:08.the arrival of 2014 in the more traditional way last night with
:03:09. > :03:11.parties and fireworks. Thousands turned out for the annual winter
:03:12. > :03:14.carnival through Newcastle city centre ` which featured a parade
:03:15. > :03:19.inspired by Norse mythology and North East traditions.
:03:20. > :03:23.Football, and a miserable day for our Premier League sides.
:03:24. > :03:27.Sunderland's relegation fears increased with a 1`0 home defeat to
:03:28. > :03:30.Aston Villa. And ten`man Newcastle United suffered back`to`back losses,
:03:31. > :03:34.losing by the same score at West Brom.
:03:35. > :03:37.In the Championship there was frustration for Middlesbrough as
:03:38. > :03:43.they conceded a late goal to draw 2`2 at Bolton. In League One,
:03:44. > :03:46.Carlisle lost 2`1 at Crewe. And in League Two Hartlepool suffered a bad
:03:47. > :03:53.home defeat, 3`0 to Bury, but York won 1`0 at home to Morecambe.
:03:54. > :03:56.Eight flood warnings are in place tonight along the North East coast
:03:57. > :04:00.as strong winds and heavy rain continue to affect the region. With
:04:01. > :04:00.the full update, here's Jennifer Bartram.
:04:01. > :04:11.Good evening. The first day of January has turned out to be a bit
:04:12. > :04:18.of a wet one. But the showers will die out this evening. Some showers
:04:19. > :04:24.will produce hail in places, but as they go through the night they will
:04:25. > :04:39.begin to Peter out. Temperatures will get down to around 56 Celsius.
:04:40. > :04:48.`` five or six Celsius. We will see some sunshine in the East. As we go
:04:49. > :04:52.towards the weekend, it is back to the same old weather we have been
:04:53. > :04:55.having. Wet and windy for Friday and staying unsettled at the weekend.
:04:56. > :05:21.That is from. Goodbye. Hello. It is a New Year but it is
:05:22. > :05:29.the same old weather. Flood warnings are on the rise. The flood line
:05:30. > :05:34.number is on screen if you are at all concerned. Still some rain to
:05:35. > :05:39.come this evening and overnight Still some heavy bursts. It will
:05:40. > :05:40.push the way towards the east taking the strongest winds with