:00:00. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. In the headlines tonight: Two
:00:10. > :00:12.fishing ports in mourning. The young fishermen found dead in
:00:13. > :00:20.Whitby were based at Amble in Northumberland. Just feel so sorry
:00:21. > :00:23.for everybody and everybody feels the same. Total shock.
:00:24. > :00:32.Fixed odds betting machines, the crack cocaine of gambling. We hear
:00:33. > :00:37.one addict's tale. A short walk to the betting shop, going, put the
:00:38. > :00:41.money in, played, money had gone and I was back in the car within six
:00:42. > :00:46.minutes. ?600 gone. Is your baby under a vest? Police
:00:47. > :00:50.scramble after a caller claims a child is not wearing a coat!
:00:51. > :00:54.And the tunnels beneath the Somme. Are you related to the soldiers who
:00:55. > :00:56.fought the First World War underground?
:00:57. > :00:59.In sport, he scored an iconic goal for Sunderland, but Ji's now on his
:01:00. > :01:02.way back to Germany! And our latest Sportskid is the
:01:03. > :01:17.high`flying teenager who first flew solo on his 14th birthday.
:01:18. > :01:22."Total shock". That was the reaction of one Northumberland fisherman
:01:23. > :01:25.today on hearing that two young men found dead on their boat in Whitby
:01:26. > :01:30.yesterday, came from the port of Amble. The men have been named by
:01:31. > :01:34.police tonight as Mark Arries and Edward Ide. Their boat is registered
:01:35. > :01:37.in Milford Haven and at first it wasn't clear they were from this
:01:38. > :01:40.region. It's still not known how they died, though police say there
:01:41. > :01:47.are "no suspicious circumstances." Our correspondent, Mark Denten,
:01:48. > :01:50.reports now from Amble. In the mist at Amble harbour,
:01:51. > :01:56.tributes to two local fishermen who died at another port 87 miles away.
:01:57. > :02:00.The two men, named locally as Mark Arries and Eddie Ide, were found on
:02:01. > :02:06.board their boat near Whitby's West Pier. It's thought they were working
:02:07. > :02:10.as part of a five`strong fleet fishing for scollops. The men, both
:02:11. > :02:13.in their twenties, were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
:02:14. > :02:27.Amble fisherman Alan Brown knew one of the dead men well. He grew up
:02:28. > :02:35.around here. If we needed any... He would fill in for us. Nice and flat.
:02:36. > :02:42.He's done this job before, it is nothing new to him. He knows how to
:02:43. > :02:49.work, it is just a tragic circumstance. Both men were from
:02:50. > :02:54.fishing families going back generations around here. Both
:02:55. > :02:59.fathers and both part of a declining younger generation of fishermen. One
:03:00. > :03:16.of the tributes reads simply, always in our thoughts, gone, but never
:03:17. > :03:21.forgotten. Just cannot take it in. I don't know, they just can't believe
:03:22. > :03:24.it happened. North Yorkshire Police say there are no suspicious
:03:25. > :03:25.circumstances behind the men's deaths but their investigation into
:03:26. > :03:39.exactly what happened is ongoing. He won and lost a quarter of a
:03:40. > :03:42.million pounds, and became so desperate he considered suicide.
:03:43. > :03:44.He's addicted to roulette machines, the controversial terminals some
:03:45. > :03:48.want banned. Betting shops in our region have hundreds of them, raking
:03:49. > :03:51.in millions in profits. Now one addict has told Look North how he
:03:52. > :04:04.became hooked and how it almost destroyed him.
:04:05. > :04:16.They call them the crack cocaine of gambling. High`speed betting and
:04:17. > :04:25.high speed losses. 30 seconds, bang, bang. Money is gone. ?100, ?100. I
:04:26. > :04:32.got out of my car, walked to the cashpoint, to cut ?600, went to the
:04:33. > :04:35.betting shop, went in, put the money in, money was gone and I was back in
:04:36. > :04:46.the car within six minutes. ?600 gone. Can't even describe how I
:04:47. > :04:51.felt. It really is bad. It has ruined my life up to this point and
:04:52. > :04:59.I don't intend to let it continue. Now in therapy, Michael charts his
:05:00. > :05:03.progress in an online blog. I don't like the thought of being a
:05:04. > :05:08.part`time dad. He's 29 and from Middlesbrough. The Labour Party
:05:09. > :05:10.thinks councils should be able to ban these roulette machines or
:05:11. > :05:22.fixed`odds betting terminals from bookies. What concerns those who
:05:23. > :05:25.object to these roulette machines is not just that people can lose so
:05:26. > :05:29.much so quickly, but there has been a clustering of betting shops in
:05:30. > :05:33.town centres and often their alleged targeting people with the least
:05:34. > :05:36.money. Which sounds contradictory but the Campaign for Fairer Gambling
:05:37. > :05:44.insists the machines have spread the most in poorer areas. It claims
:05:45. > :05:49.Hartlepool has 73, with ?81 million gambled in a year. Carlisle has 55
:05:50. > :05:58.with ?61 million gambled. In Sunderland, 110 with ?122 million
:05:59. > :06:02.gambled. Much of which is won back. Campaigners say it has to stop.
:06:03. > :06:11.These companies and the machines that they have strip almost ?13
:06:12. > :06:18.million out of the quayside at Conwy, where it is vital. ``
:06:19. > :06:22.quayside economy. As for Michael, he thinks the
:06:23. > :06:29.machines should be for members only. He hopes for him, the worst is over.
:06:30. > :06:36.I will not lie, I have had some dark thoughts. Thankfully, it did not go
:06:37. > :06:39.that far, and managed to use the love for my children and they should
:06:40. > :06:44.not have to go without a father because of the addiction. Well,
:06:45. > :06:48.earlier I spoke to Peter Craske who represents the Association of
:06:49. > :06:56.British Bookmakers. I asked him if they deliberately target the poorest
:06:57. > :06:59.communities. It is completely untrue. There would
:07:00. > :07:03.be no point opening a business like ours in an area where people don't
:07:04. > :07:07.have money. Also, just before Christmas, the health survey for
:07:08. > :07:11.England was published and prove the claim was untrue as it showed there
:07:12. > :07:15.is more gambling in areas of high afterwards than that are in areas of
:07:16. > :07:20.least affluence. We have spoken to one addict who lost ?600 in just six
:07:21. > :07:25.minutes, don't you have an obligation to police those people
:07:26. > :07:31.who may have a problem? We must keep things in perspective. We have 8
:07:32. > :07:35.million customers. One problem gambler is definitely one to many.
:07:36. > :07:40.Our staff are trained to spot people and talk to them in confidence and
:07:41. > :07:44.try and help them overcome their problem. Ultimately, a customer can
:07:45. > :07:48.self exclude themselves from a shop which means they will never be
:07:49. > :07:52.served in their way period of time they have chosen. Our new code of
:07:53. > :07:55.responsible gambling adds new measures, like someone on a games
:07:56. > :07:59.machine from March will be able to set a limit on the amount of time
:08:00. > :08:02.they play for or the amount of money they lose. That is the first time
:08:03. > :08:08.that has been introduced. That takes a lot of self`control for people who
:08:09. > :08:12.in some cases have lost control. We want people to bet safely and enjoy
:08:13. > :08:16.themselves. We are committed to helping the people who get in
:08:17. > :08:19.trouble. To self exclude yourself, you provide a photo, fill in a form
:08:20. > :08:29.and the staff keep this behind the counter.
:08:30. > :08:31.And tomorrow morning, on BBC Newcastle's Breakfast show, Alfie
:08:32. > :08:34.Joey and Charlie Charlton will be asking if people addicted to
:08:35. > :08:39.gambling need more help to protect themselves.
:08:40. > :08:43.A new, single`site school will be built to replace two west Cumbrian
:08:44. > :08:45.schools which have both failed their latest Ofsted inspection. Parents of
:08:46. > :08:48.children at Stainburn and Southfield schools in Workington were told this
:08:49. > :08:54.week that both were judged "inadequate" and placed in "special
:08:55. > :08:57.measures." The leader of the County Council says it's tragic for the
:08:58. > :09:06.children, but says a new, single school will offer a better future.
:09:07. > :09:12.We will be able to fulfil our long held ambition of having a single
:09:13. > :09:16.secondary school, combining the two schools, we will be able to access
:09:17. > :09:21.their capital funding which we would not have been able to do had they
:09:22. > :09:26.become an academy. Ultimately, the law requires any new schools that
:09:27. > :09:31.are built to be academies, so that is eventually what will happen.
:09:32. > :09:34.Demolition work was completed today on a second block of flats on a
:09:35. > :09:38.Newcastle housing estate which was flooded in June 2012, causing a
:09:39. > :09:40.culvert to collapse. These were the scenes at Spencer Court in Newburn
:09:41. > :09:45.earlier this afternoon. The estate is now at the centre of a dispute
:09:46. > :09:49.over who was to blame for what happened. The final bill is likely
:09:50. > :09:53.to exceed ?7.5 million pounds. Smoke from a fire involving 15,000
:09:54. > :09:56.tonnes of tyres could be seen for miles across North Yorkshire today.
:09:57. > :10:01.Plumes of black smoke billowed from the blaze at a recycling plant at
:10:02. > :10:03.Sherburn in Elmet, near Selby. Schools kept children indoors and
:10:04. > :10:11.some flights at a nearby airfield were grounded.
:10:12. > :10:15.A mother has criticised police after they questioned her over the amount
:10:16. > :10:18.of clothing her nine`month old baby was wearing! It happened when Paula
:10:19. > :10:21.Andrew took her daughter, Maddy, for a stroll along the seafront in
:10:22. > :10:27.Scarborough. Phil Connell has the story.
:10:28. > :10:32.It should have been an enjoyable ten minute play on the beach. But here
:10:33. > :10:36.in Scarborough Paul Andrew was stopped and quizzed by police with
:10:37. > :10:41.her nine`month`old daughter. Officers said they had received a
:10:42. > :10:48.999 call, the caller was concerned that Paula's daughter wasn't
:10:49. > :10:54.properly dressed for the weather. I was incredulous, it's just seemed
:10:55. > :10:58.far`fetched. I don't think it is their remix to check the temperature
:10:59. > :11:04.of children. She was wearing leggings, vest, long`sleeved thick
:11:05. > :11:08.T`shirt. The story has made headlines in several national
:11:09. > :11:12.papers. Here in Scarborough, it has become a growing topic of debate. I
:11:13. > :11:17.think people should mind their own business. That woman has every right
:11:18. > :11:23.to bring her little girl out in anything she wants, providing she is
:11:24. > :11:26.well covered. Over the top. You want to come in the summer when there are
:11:27. > :11:36.all of the baby is getting sunburnt, that is worse. Today, North
:11:37. > :11:41.Yorkshire Police wouldn't be interviewed on the matter, but did
:11:42. > :11:44.release a statement, in it they said all reports concerning the safety of
:11:45. > :11:50.children were taken very seriously and will always be rapidly checked
:11:51. > :11:55.out. It seems heavy`handed. They should've Jeavons passed, seeing
:11:56. > :12:05.that we were OK. It wasn't a story. `` driven past. It just seems silly.
:12:06. > :12:09.I waste of police time. Police say they will talk with Paula privately
:12:10. > :12:20.to discuss the matter further. A simple walk on the beach that has
:12:21. > :12:24.ended in a blaze of publicity. You're watching Look North. Still to
:12:25. > :12:27.come, Dawn has the sport, and we meet our latest Sportskid ` a
:12:28. > :12:30.high`flyer, who first flew solo at the age of 14!
:12:31. > :12:36.They will be one or two showers tomorrow, but most places will hang
:12:37. > :12:45.on to bright spells. Join me later for your full forecast.
:12:46. > :12:48.Yesterday we told you about the soldiers from the Border Regiment
:12:49. > :12:51.who signed their names, deep underground, on the walls of a vast
:12:52. > :12:54.tunnel system beneath the Somme battlefield in France. The complex
:12:55. > :12:57.was abandoned after the First World War, and the names only discovered
:12:58. > :12:59.as archaeologists began recent excavations. Today, in our second
:13:00. > :13:03.Look North Report to commemorate the Great War centenary, Gerry Jackson
:13:04. > :13:05.reveals what happened to the three men, and how you can help in the
:13:06. > :13:17.search for their descendants. In the gently rolling hills above
:13:18. > :13:22.the Somme is one of the many memorials to the fallen. But this
:13:23. > :13:31.one is different. 73,000 British and Commonwealth names are carved here.
:13:32. > :13:34.This is not the sum total of the dead, just the ones whose bodies
:13:35. > :13:40.were never identified or never found.
:13:41. > :13:45.On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, nowhere was the death
:13:46. > :13:49.toll heavier than in these fields near La Boisselle. For almost a
:13:50. > :13:58.century, this vast network of tunnels dug by British, French and
:13:59. > :14:03.German miners lay unexplored. Now a team of volunteers is uncovering the
:14:04. > :14:08.past. For the men that cut this in the first place, it must have been
:14:09. > :14:11.unbelievably hard. The La Boisselle Study Group is a band of unpaid
:14:12. > :14:16.enthusiasts united by a deep respect for the men who fought and died in a
:14:17. > :14:28.war waged in silence. Until your explosives killed your enemy or his
:14:29. > :14:33.killed you. To be able to enter these tunnels as the first people
:14:34. > :14:36.since the end of the war has been something really quite astounding.
:14:37. > :14:43.At the same time, at the bottom of this shaft, we know that we are just
:14:44. > :14:48.a short distance away from the remains of men that were buried
:14:49. > :14:52.alive. In fact, there are 38 men known to be entombed here, it will
:14:53. > :14:56.stay their resting place. But near the surface, amid all the litter of
:14:57. > :15:00.war, the real cost still makes its presence felt. As we were filming,
:15:01. > :15:02.the bones of eight British, French and German soldiers were being
:15:03. > :15:08.excavated. The professional archaeologists handle all such
:15:09. > :15:15.remains with reverence. Even the litter of war makes you wonder whose
:15:16. > :15:19.hands last held it. Like the fact that you get to see and touch and
:15:20. > :15:28.work on objects that people have used, people's food tins, knives
:15:29. > :15:33.forks. Adding the people back to the stories that you hear about the war.
:15:34. > :15:36.Deep below ground, a handful of men from the border Regiment left as
:15:37. > :15:44.something more personal, their names, pencilled in the chalk. They
:15:45. > :15:47.were infantry men requisitioned for work underground. The La Boisselle
:15:48. > :15:52.group would like to trace their descendants and bring them here. The
:15:53. > :15:56.signatures have been there for almost 100 years. They are as fresh
:15:57. > :16:01.as the day they were made. I was blown away when I first saw them. I
:16:02. > :16:07.just thought it was an amazing piece of history and so fresh. I feel that
:16:08. > :16:12.the relatives, if they are interested, would love to have a
:16:13. > :16:20.chance to come and see them. At the museum in Carlisle, I hope to find
:16:21. > :16:23.details of the men's' experiences. The diary tells us that they were
:16:24. > :16:32.working parties for the Royal Engineers. And that three of them
:16:33. > :16:36.were wounded. They were taking the same risks that a lot of people
:16:37. > :16:38.focus on. If something went wrong underground, whether it was a
:16:39. > :16:44.natural thing like a collapse of fighting, they will be there as
:16:45. > :16:48.well. The other important thing is the preparation site, this is one of
:16:49. > :16:55.the great logistical things of World War I. All of this work for a great
:16:56. > :17:01.big battle in July. And that was the Battle of the Somme. After the
:17:02. > :17:06.colossal toil above and below ground, the attack here was a
:17:07. > :17:11.failure. The Tyneside, Scottish and Irish lost especially heavily. 800
:17:12. > :17:16.border men who went into action, more than 500 were killed or wounded
:17:17. > :17:21.that first day alone. But what of our trio? All three men attacked the
:17:22. > :17:28.German lines that day. All came through. Although William Carr was
:17:29. > :17:49.wounded, he survived the Battle of the Somme. But not the war.
:17:50. > :17:52.Amazing story. So, are you a relative of William
:17:53. > :17:56.Carr, Obadiah Henderson, or William Chard? Or can you help us find any
:17:57. > :18:07.of their descendants? If so, contact us via our Facebook page. Or drop us
:18:08. > :18:10.a line the old fashioned way! Now, it's time to meet another of
:18:11. > :18:13.our Sportskids. And this film has been a long time in the making,
:18:14. > :18:16.waiting for the right weather forecast! Stephanie Cleasby has been
:18:17. > :18:24.to meet a teenager who's flying high.
:18:25. > :18:40.I am Matthew Moore, I am 14 and my sport is gliding.
:18:41. > :18:47.You have done all of your checks and you are ready to do a bit of gliding
:18:48. > :18:57.now. How is the weather looking? The weather is OK for solo flight. It is
:18:58. > :19:02.not great for general flying. But it looks good for solo flight. We will
:19:03. > :19:08.let you take off and get ready. Have fun. Thank you.
:19:09. > :19:15.Thanks to the age limit for going solo being lowered, on his 40th
:19:16. > :19:22.birthday, Matthew became one of the youngest people to fly a plane solo.
:19:23. > :19:30.`` 14th. I was nervous on the ground. As soon as I took off, it's
:19:31. > :19:40.just became normal and I knew what I was doing straightaway and the nurse
:19:41. > :19:44.left. `` the nervous. When you are still, you're the only pilot up
:19:45. > :19:51.there, it is up to you to get the aircraft down. When it comes to
:19:52. > :19:55.gliding, Matthew's family know what they are talking about. His dad flew
:19:56. > :20:02.solo on his 16th birthday. His grandad is an instructor. I was a
:20:03. > :20:09.bit nervous. But I know how good he is, so I have every confidence. In
:20:10. > :20:13.actual fact, the day he did go solo didn't have the best weather, but he
:20:14. > :20:20.did a few flights before me first and I was confidence to let him go.
:20:21. > :20:27.He's doing so well, isn't he? It seems to be perfect every time. Far
:20:28. > :20:31.better than me. Very proud. Gliding is a fine weather sport, conditions
:20:32. > :20:38.have to be just right, but it is all fun when they are. The thing I love
:20:39. > :20:45.about gliding is the thrill and experience which is good for working
:20:46. > :20:49.life and aviation. It doesn't have an engine to start off with, so it
:20:50. > :20:54.is a bit difficult. My ambition is to become an airline pilot and
:20:55. > :21:03.flight people across to America and Australia. Now it is my turn to
:21:04. > :21:15.experience the thrill of gliding. But the winch cable breaks during
:21:16. > :21:19.the launch, so we're forced to make an emergency landing. Second time
:21:20. > :21:34.lucky and Matthew's grandad shows off acrobatic skills.
:21:35. > :21:49.I can see why Matthew loves it. That is quite a rush. It is one of the
:21:50. > :21:56.sports when you get addicted to it. I'll certainly keep on flying.
:21:57. > :22:08.I am happy going up in a plane, but I would not fancy that.
:22:09. > :22:11.Some news in the last half hour, Middlesbrough have just completed
:22:12. > :22:13.the loan signing of a second Chelsea youngster, highly`rated defender
:22:14. > :22:23.Nathaniel Chalobah on loan until the end of the season. It looks like the
:22:24. > :22:25.relationship with Jose Mourinho is paying off. Meanwhile South Korean
:22:26. > :22:28.striker Ji Dong`Won has left Sunderland to re`join Augsburg, the
:22:29. > :22:32.German Bundesliga club he played for on loan last season. Despite never
:22:33. > :22:35.really becoming a first team regular on Wearside, Ji will be remembered
:22:36. > :22:38.for this last`minute goal which secured a famous 1`0 victory over
:22:39. > :22:45.Manchester City at the Stadium of Light.
:22:46. > :22:58.We wish him well. He is a very good player. For some reason, it didn't
:22:59. > :23:06.work for him somehow. He was in and out of the game and the club. You
:23:07. > :23:13.never know why, really. Let's hope he can play at the highest level in
:23:14. > :23:16.his club. Newcastle Falcons are in European
:23:17. > :23:19.Challenge Cup action tonight at Kingston Park. They take on Romanian
:23:20. > :23:21.side Bucharest Wolves but the Falcons' chances of making it
:23:22. > :23:25.through to the quarterfinals are slim. They have to rely on bottom
:23:26. > :23:27.side Calvisano beating Pool leaders Brive.
:23:28. > :23:30.Now, what with marriage, a new hip and a shot at the World
:23:31. > :23:34.Championships, it's been a busy 12 months for Tyneside Paralympian
:23:35. > :23:37.Stephen Miller. Three times a gold medallist in the club throwing
:23:38. > :23:39.event, Stephen and wife Rachel are now putting their energies into
:23:40. > :23:46.persuading others to find inspiration through sport, as Mark
:23:47. > :23:49.Tulip reports. The medal ceremonies and the
:23:50. > :23:52.international recognition are just a small part of Stephen Miller's life
:23:53. > :24:01.story. It's been a long, incredibly hard road to the top. But now he's
:24:02. > :24:03.hoping to give something back. SMILE stands for Stephen Miller Inspiring
:24:04. > :24:12.Learning and Education through Sport. When I was young, I had a
:24:13. > :24:16.great upbringing. I had the opportunity to go and do sport. If
:24:17. > :24:23.you don't get the opportunities, you never know, do you? I think there
:24:24. > :24:28.are still a lot of young disabled people who don't know where to go or
:24:29. > :24:31.where to start. So from their base, at Gateshead College's Academy for
:24:32. > :24:33.Sport, Stephen and wife, Rachel, are organising events and opportunities
:24:34. > :24:39.for everyone, but especially the disabled, to show sport can change
:24:40. > :24:42.lives. When he's talking about disability sport and getting into
:24:43. > :24:47.it, you know he is telling the truth as he has been there. But he has had
:24:48. > :24:52.horrific injuries, he has had to work hard. Because he started off
:24:53. > :24:57.the `` before the apparent pixels anything, he has the story of how to
:24:58. > :25:00.keep his motivation going. And this new venture doesn't mean the end of
:25:01. > :25:06.Stephen's own sporting ambitions. The focus now is on Rio, 2016.
:25:07. > :25:19.Time for the weather. It was almost like spring this
:25:20. > :25:30.morning. It was one of the brighter spells that Ian Jefferson managed to
:25:31. > :25:38.capture fast. `` for us. There will be one or two showers around
:25:39. > :25:41.tomorrow yet again. Many places will cease and drier weather. Early mist
:25:42. > :25:44.patches could take a while to clear. As we head into the evening, the
:25:45. > :25:54.showers become a bit more widespread. Then it dries up for a
:25:55. > :25:57.time. There will be some clear spells in between. Temperatures like
:25:58. > :26:04.last night, no lower than for five Celsius. Away from the bigger towns
:26:05. > :26:13.and cities, temperatures closer to freezing. Maybe some ground frost.
:26:14. > :26:17.They could take a while to clear. There will be some showers around,
:26:18. > :26:20.but most places will have some dry interludes and the brightest from
:26:21. > :26:25.time to time. Temperatures similar to today. You will be looking at
:26:26. > :26:32.highest of around seven or eight Celsius. The wind will be quite
:26:33. > :26:38.light from a southerly direction. Low pressure in charge of the
:26:39. > :26:40.weather. Another one forms to the south`west and that drives this
:26:41. > :26:46.frontal system North as we go through Saturday. That cold front
:26:47. > :26:55.then drags it heals through Sunday, the eastern areas will see some more
:26:56. > :26:59.rain from that. For Friday, certainly some showers around. As I
:27:00. > :27:04.say, most places will see dry interludes. Temperatures similar to
:27:05. > :27:09.today. Saturday, it looks like there will be the outbreaks of rain. At
:27:10. > :27:17.temperatures not too bad, eight or nine Celsius. Sunday, at weather
:27:18. > :27:22.front drags across eastern areas, there will be some thicker cloud and
:27:23. > :27:26.some rain, best of drier weather further West and most places will
:27:27. > :27:40.then dry up. Keep your January weather pictures coming.
:27:41. > :27:43.Thank you. But is it from us. We will see you tomorrow.