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Hello and welcome to your Friday night Look North. In the headlines: | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
Operation Sanctuary. Northumbria Police say they want to speak to 30 | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
women as they widen their sex abuse inquiry. | :00:12. | :00:37. | |
In football, the latest comings and goings. | :00:38. | :00:54. | |
Good evening. Police investigating alleged sex crimes on Tyneside have | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
revealed they've identified dozens more women they need to speak to. | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
Officers have spent the week raiding and searching homes and 27 people | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
have been arrested. But now they say the names of 30 further women have | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
emerged who could also be victims. Our News Correspondent Peter Harris | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
is with me now. What do we know about these women? These women may | :01:17. | :01:32. | |
or may not be victims. Their names have come up during the | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
investigation. We are now looking at approximately 30 women. The majority | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
are adults, who have come into the investigation. We need to speak to | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
them. We also need to forensically examine some of the material. The | :01:43. | :01:50. | |
fact that there are these 30 further women being interviewed does hint at | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
the scale of the investigation, doesn't it? It does. It appears to | :01:54. | :02:06. | |
be big. We don't know how big it could become. The police will go | :02:07. | :02:20. | |
through the forensics. At the end of the week, 27 people arrested on | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
conspiracy to rape. Some were in care. Now these extra 30 women who | :02:26. | :02:36. | |
the police will talk to. It is a big operation and I can't speculate how | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
big it will get. We have specialist detectives from specialist units | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
working with the suspected offenders. We need to make sure that | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
any potential victims are protected and safeguarded. Finally, what we | :02:45. | :03:03. | |
should remember is the girls in care. The police say they are | :03:04. | :03:15. | |
protected. The only female Conservative MP in | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
our region has been deselected by her own constituency association. | :03:19. | :03:20. | |
Anne McIntosh has been a North Yorkshire MP since 1997 but the | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association has voted not to | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
re`adopt her as their candidate for the next General Election. However, | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
Ms McIntosh has declared she will stand for the seat in 2015, even | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
though she's been rejected by the local Conservatives. Len Tingle | :03:34. | :03:34. | |
reports from Westminster. I do not intend to be thrown aside. | :03:35. | :04:14. | |
It is my intention to stand and represent at the next general | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
election. I will continue to fulfill my duties. | :04:20. | :04:30. | |
Nuclear workers were turned away from Sellafield in West Cumbria this | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
morning after a higher than normal radioactivity reading was picked up | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
by a monitor on the site's perimeter. Only essential staff were | :04:39. | :04:40. | |
allowed on site while Sellafield Limited investigated a potential | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
leak. But at noon it was announced that higher`than`normal levels of | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
naturally occuring radon gas had triggered the alert. It was early | :04:47. | :04:53. | |
this morning than an alarm on the perimeter of the site was activated. | :04:54. | :05:07. | |
That meant it had to be taken very seriously. These sensors are very | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
sensitive. We were told that as a precaution all nonessential staff | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
were told to stay away. Only some of the cleaning, laundry and canteen | :05:16. | :05:17. | |
staff were told to attend. Investigations have now started, | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
asking what's caused the level of radiation to be above normal levels. | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
Earlier today, I spoke to Rory O'Neill from the site to find out | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
more. We've been carrying out investigations all day and we're | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
pleased to say that the alarm was triggered by normally`occuring, | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
background radiation. Nothing to do with any of our operations. Now we | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
need to find out why that monitor was particularly sensitive. We'll | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
carry that out, but there's nothing significant to report. Just after | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
lunch, we got a statement, saying there was no risk to the public or | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
workers. It said it was actually a naturally`occuring gas in the air ` | :05:59. | :06:05. | |
something called radon gas. The alarm that went off was sensitive. | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
Earlier, I spoke to a representative from the union that look after | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
workers at the site. It's been a well executed response. | :06:19. | :06:26. | |
Communications went out early, so a lot of people didn't set out to | :06:27. | :06:34. | |
work. It was a good response. The wider community have been thanked | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
today for their maturity. Sellafield have told us they're not going to | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
apologise because they take safety very seriously. The good news is | :06:42. | :06:51. | |
that weekend workers will be in as normal and the same goes for the | :06:52. | :07:03. | |
start of the working week on Monday. Around 1,000 police officers will be | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
on duty for tomorrow's Tyne Wear derby to ensure there is no repeat | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
of the disorder that followed the fixture in Newcastle last year. | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
Then, 150 people were arrested as violence broke out in the city | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
centre. This time, Sunderland wanted their own fans to be barred from the | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
match for their own protection unless they used official transport. | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
But this has been dropped after a campaign by fans. Andrew Hartley has | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
this special report. Disorder that disgraced a city. In its wake came a | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
new idea to stop the violence happening again. The plan was that | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
Sunderland fans would not have been allowed to make their own way to | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
tomorrow's match. Instead, bussed in and out on official coaches. A | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
system some call 'the bubble'. Three weeks ago, that plan was dropped. | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
Had the bubble been in operation last April, all 2,500 Sunderland | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
fans leaving the match would have all turned right at this spot ` | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
walking just yards to a heavily guarded convoy of coaches lined up | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
along Barrack Road and whisked away back to Sunderland. But instead | :08:01. | :08:09. | |
hundreds of fans were travelling by rail and so with heavy police | :08:10. | :08:12. | |
protection they turned left towards a baying mob. There were a series of | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
flash points across the city centre ` the police and Sunderland fans | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
came under a hail of bottles and smoke bombs as they marched towards | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
Newcastle Central Station to board trains home. Had we had the bubble | :08:26. | :08:36. | |
none of that disorder would have happened because the Sunderland fans | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
would have been escorted away in one large protected group. It doesn't | :08:40. | :08:50. | |
look good. The bubble isn't a new idea. In South Wales it's been in | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
operation for years for the Cardiff`Swansea derby ` a fixture | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
with a long history of violence between rival fans. At last | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
October's Premier League fixture 3,000 Swansea fans went to Cardiff | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
with no arrests. Impressed, Sunderland announced it would copy | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
that model. There are two main reasons ` firstly the safety of our | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
fans. We want to get them safely to the game. Secondly, dismissing | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
concerns the police have about kicking the game off later than | :09:20. | :09:28. | |
1.30pm. We want to get back to traditional kick off times of 3pm | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
and beyond. Ultimately our priority is public safety. If you look at the | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
coaches from last year, the first Sunderland fans on those were back | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
home before the first special football train had left the station. | :09:45. | :09:45. | |
coaches from last year, the first Sunderland fans on those It's the | :09:46. | :09:54. | |
safest and quickest way. But the plan was pulled after a campaign | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
from supporters' groups. We didn't want fans to be told what to do. | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
Sunderland fans were being punished for things beyond their control. | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
Football fans shouldn't be told how to go to a football match. Football | :10:10. | :10:20. | |
fans are needed. Hopefully they behave themselves on Saturday. It | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
cuts a lot of the nonsense out. Good idea. It stops trouble and hassle. | :10:26. | :10:37. | |
We should be allowed to go to the match the way we want to. They're | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
not treating people as responsible adults. | :10:42. | :11:04. | |
You're watching Look North. Still to come this Friday evening, Jeff has | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
all the weekend sport, including the Tyne`Wear derby preview. Plus ` keep | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
dancing! The Strictly tour waltzed into Newcastle last night. | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
Join me for the weather. He's one of the most powerful men in | :11:18. | :11:41. | |
government but one Northern council says Communities Secretary Eric | :11:42. | :11:44. | |
Pickles is ignoring the impact of cuts in the region. Gateshead | :11:45. | :11:47. | |
Council ` which has made ?75 million of cuts since 2010 ` says it's | :11:48. | :11:50. | |
repeatedly asked for a meeting with Mr Pickles, but without success. | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
It's understood that he has only made one official visit to the | :11:54. | :11:56. | |
region since the coalition was formed. Here's our Political | :11:57. | :11:58. | |
Correspondent Mark Denten. Gateshead's Sunderland Road Library | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
` still open but hit by cuts. There used to be council staff here. Now | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
they're all volunteers. Overall the council has cut ?75 million from its | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
budget over four years but it says it's struggling to get its concerns | :12:10. | :12:12. | |
through to this chap ` Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
Pickles. I wrote in 2010, very shortly after this government came | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
into power, asking him to meet us. I had to write again in January. I'm | :12:22. | :12:29. | |
still waiting. He's Secretary of State for local government... The | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
Sunday Politics programme made a Freedom of Information request. We | :12:34. | :12:42. | |
asked where Eric Pickles has made official visits in England since the | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
coalition was formed in 2010. We were told to provide that | :12:49. | :12:50. | |
information would cost an excessive amount of money. It would involve | :12:51. | :13:00. | |
going through his diary. But Mr Pickles has been a remarkably rare | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
sight in the region over the last three and a half years ` that's | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
unlike some of his colleagues. We understand Business Secretary Vince | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
Cable's been to the North East and Cumbria eight times since 2010. | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's made ten official visits. And the | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
Prime Minister David Cameron has been to the region 12 times. Eric | :13:21. | :13:23. | |
Pickles ` well, he's made one official visit to North East and | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
Cumbria and that was back in June 2011. But only this week the Cities | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
Minister, Greg Clarke, agreed to meet North East MPs regularly to | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
discuss the economy. And this Conservative councillor says the row | :13:35. | :13:37. | |
over missing Mr Pickles is nothing more than political mischief making. | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
This is a Labour spin. A nice little trap to remove all blame from them. | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
They have choices to make on their budget. There are modern ways you | :13:50. | :13:57. | |
can communicate ` they're just moaning. This was Mr Pickles on his | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
one official visit to the region in 2011. The DCLG say numerous | :14:03. | :14:05. | |
ministerial visits have been made to the North Of England since then. | :14:06. | :14:15. | |
They say ministers at Westminster have what they call an open door | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
policy. And there's more on that story, | :14:22. | :14:24. | |
including reaction from council workers, on the Sunday Politics at | :14:25. | :14:27. | |
11am on Sunday morning here on BBC One. | :14:28. | :14:30. | |
It's 50 years since the closure of the last ironstone mine in | :14:31. | :14:33. | |
Cleveland. At one time there were 45 mines, digging out the essential | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
iron`making ore, and employing thousands of miners. Half a century | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
on from the last closure, it's been suggested by Middlesbrough MP Tom | :14:41. | :14:43. | |
Blenkinsop that an East Cleveland mining museum be given national | :14:44. | :14:45. | |
status in recognition of the importance of the industry. 50 years | :14:46. | :14:55. | |
ago the last shift clocked on at the last ironstone mine in Cleveland. | :14:56. | :15:01. | |
Today the last tonnes of will be blasted out of the mineface. When | :15:02. | :15:09. | |
that's done, their work is finished. It will be closed. This man was | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
there ` apprentice at 15. North Skelton was one of 45 mines that dug | :15:14. | :15:21. | |
out 300 million tonnes of ironstone. `` 360. We weren't aware that around | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
the world they were discovering ore of much better quality. In the end | :15:27. | :15:38. | |
that put us out of business. Ironstone fuelled Teeside's boom, | :15:39. | :15:44. | |
and the country's prosperity. Today it's remembered in this museum, | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
itself once a mine. But the red rock could be forced to centre stage once | :15:51. | :15:53. | |
more ` it's been suggested that this should become the national ironstone | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
museum. It would be the site where all memorabilia would come to. We | :15:58. | :16:10. | |
want to expand and improve the experience we currently provide. | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
National status is in the gift of the government, but it could be a | :16:17. | :16:20. | |
fitting memorial to an industry that died half a century ago. This is the | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
last cargo. Tomorrow, the rails will be silent. | :16:25. | :16:55. | |
Time for sport. We'll come to the derby in just a | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
moment. But first ` with just over four hours to go before the transfer | :17:01. | :17:03. | |
widow closes until August, what have the main talking points been so far | :17:04. | :17:15. | |
today? Sunderland have signed Liam Bridcutt. He signed from Brighton. | :17:16. | :17:26. | |
Lee Cattermole has been linked with Stoke. Newcastle looked to have | :17:27. | :17:51. | |
missed out on a replacement for Cabaye. | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
Back now to the Tyne`Wear derby, which kicks off tomorrow lunchtime. | :17:55. | :17:56. | |
The toxic atmosphere surrounding this fixture in recent seasons has | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
been criticised by many so it was refreshing to see girls representing | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
Sunderland and Newcastle take part in a friendly football match this | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
week as part of the FA's Women and Girls project. The initiative ` | :18:07. | :18:09. | |
supported by both clubs' charitable foundations ` aims to get more | :18:10. | :18:19. | |
female players involved in football. Belmont Community School from Durham | :18:20. | :18:22. | |
beat Ashington's Josephine Butler Campus ` but that may not be an omen | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
for a red and white victory tomorrow. So how should supporters | :18:27. | :18:29. | |
assess the prospects of both teams? Mark Tulip looks ahead. Last time | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
out at St James's both clubs were equally desperate for the three | :18:34. | :18:35. | |
points. This time it's just Sunderland in the relegation mire, | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
although the Magpies are staring at a possible hat`trick of derby | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
defeats. Will any of this week's new signings make a difference? It's | :18:42. | :18:44. | |
interesting to have two strikes possibly making their debut. The | :18:45. | :18:48. | |
lack of goals, for both teams, is a problem. Loic Remy is suspended for | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
Newcastle and Sunderland strikers just can't score. Whichever forward | :18:54. | :19:01. | |
line clicks... That's the defining area. It comes down to the attacking | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
midfielders. The strikers aren't in form. You're looking at Newcastle... | :19:09. | :19:17. | |
Ben Arfa will be influential. Adam Johnson for Sunderland. I suspect | :19:18. | :19:36. | |
those two will have a big say. For so long it was Sunderland going into | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
these games with the scars of previous defeats. They had a fear. | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
Even when they played well they weren't winning. Newcastle have had | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
two defeats in a row and they're in front of their own supporters. There | :19:51. | :19:53. | |
is more pressure on them. How will they cope? A lot of people know what | :19:54. | :20:04. | |
derbies are like. Players shouldn't be fazed. But you have to hold your | :20:05. | :20:17. | |
nerve and keep 11 men on the pitch. There seems to be plenty of mutual | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
respect between the managers. Big game for both clubs. No less | :20:22. | :20:30. | |
important for us. To get to a cup final, be in the FA Cup and out of | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
the relegation zone is a great achievement for Gus. They're in a | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
better place than when we played them. We have to be at our best. | :20:39. | :20:46. | |
Alan said until I was involved I wouldn't realise what it was like | :20:47. | :20:54. | |
and he was right. It means so much to the fans. Crazy. I hope we have a | :20:55. | :21:01. | |
proper game with passion and no incidents. I hope the fans enjoy the | :21:02. | :21:15. | |
day. Middlesbrough are hoping to get on | :21:16. | :21:18. | |
the coat`tails of the play`off positions when they visit in`form | :21:19. | :21:21. | |
Doncaster tomorrow. Aitor Karanka's side will be without defender Rhys | :21:22. | :21:24. | |
Williams who's due to undergo ankle surgery, which means he's out for | :21:25. | :21:27. | |
the rest of the season. Behind the scenes ` as we heard earlier ` Boro | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
are still going flat out to land a striker before tonight's 11pm | :21:33. | :21:46. | |
deadline. It's difficult to win because they have confidence. Back | :21:47. | :21:56. | |
to transfer news and Carlisle United have been busy, with the departure | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
of midfielder Prince Buaben to Partick Thistle paving the way for | :22:00. | :22:02. | |
the loan arrivals of two Manchester United youngsters. They've also | :22:03. | :22:05. | |
confirmed Virgin Trains as their new shirt sponsor. The Blues are at | :22:06. | :22:08. | |
League One strugglers Bristol City tomorrow. Follow every kick on BBC | :22:09. | :22:11. | |
Radio Cumbria. Hartlepool are at home to League Two high`fliers | :22:12. | :22:13. | |
Scunthorpe, who are second, while York City must travel to third | :22:14. | :22:16. | |
placed Fleetwood after back`to`back defeats. Full coverage on all your | :22:17. | :22:24. | |
BBC local radio stations. Well it's also a big weekend of | :22:25. | :22:27. | |
international rugby union. It's the start of the Six Nations | :22:28. | :22:30. | |
Championship ` and both England's men and women take on the French. | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
Skippering the England women's team in Grenoble will be Darlington | :22:34. | :22:36. | |
Mowden Park Sharks' fly`half, Katy McLean ` MBE! Katy, who's a | :22:37. | :22:39. | |
schoolteacher from South Shields, will have Newcastle's Sarah Hunter | :22:40. | :22:42. | |
as her vice`captain. They'll be looking to improve on last season's | :22:43. | :22:51. | |
third place. He might not have had the lean body | :22:52. | :22:55. | |
for spray tan and lycra, but it was Mark Benton's character that won | :22:56. | :22:58. | |
hearts when he sashayed onto our screens for Strictly Come Dancing. A | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
hit with viewers, the Middlesbrough actor made it as far as the tenth | :23:03. | :23:06. | |
show with his partner Iveta Lukosiute. Tonight, Benton is back, | :23:07. | :23:09. | |
dancing in front of a North East home crowd as the Strictly tour | :23:10. | :23:12. | |
comes to Newcastle's Arena. Hannah Bayman caught up with him. Dancing | :23:13. | :23:22. | |
live in front of millions ` not bad for a lad from Guisborough whose | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
early acting experience was at Middlesbrough Youth Theatre. Who'd | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
have thought I'd be dancing? I think I'm the only one who hasn't had a | :23:32. | :23:37. | |
spray tan! I never dreamt I would do this. We became such good friends. | :23:38. | :23:40. | |
We had a laugh. Sometimes I would say we need to focus and get the | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
dance done! It was a fun experience. I enjoyed every minute of it. We had | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
a great time. The hours went by quickly. Will you have anyone | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
supporting you in the audience? I hope so. Friends and family. I'm | :23:58. | :24:09. | |
really excited. I've heard so much. So I have two words ` go 'Boro! | :24:10. | :24:31. | |
Now time for the weather. We're expecting hill snow. Three weather | :24:32. | :24:49. | |
warnings in the forecast. Great image here. So, rain and hill snow | :24:50. | :25:03. | |
across the region. Also a warning for ice. Snow to 200 metres. This | :25:04. | :25:20. | |
evening, rain at first. Snow for the top of the hills. Later, it should | :25:21. | :25:33. | |
clear and ice could be the problem. Temperatures just above freezing. | :25:34. | :25:47. | |
Strong winds as well. Gusts for just a few seconds of up to 70 miles per | :25:48. | :25:56. | |
hour. The weather warning is in place till the early hours of | :25:57. | :26:11. | |
Sunday. Further hill snow and rain. Snow could find its way to towns and | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
cities but we don't expect it to lie. It could be a snowy day! Six | :26:16. | :26:26. | |
Celsius the high. Made to feel colder. Wet across the west. A | :26:27. | :26:44. | |
really grim Saturday. The big picture shows low pressure. It moves | :26:45. | :26:59. | |
to the north. Calmer day on Sunday. Dry for most. More wet weather | :27:00. | :27:17. | |
waiting in the west for Monday. Here's what it's like for the next | :27:18. | :27:31. | |
few days. Three weather warnings, remember. Thank you. Football news | :27:32. | :27:43. | |
at 10:25. Goodbye. Next up in the Den, it is Chris and | :27:44. | :28:48. | |
Alex. Hello, dragons, thank you for having us. I am out. We are not | :28:49. | :28:56. | |
asking for money, we want you to come on The One Show. I think you | :28:57. | :29:01. | |
are very brave, but I am | :29:02. | :29:02. |