:00:11. > :00:15.Good evening. One of the biggest flood defence projects in the region
:00:16. > :00:20.is millions of pounds over budget and running late. It's five years
:00:21. > :00:24.since Morpeth in Northumberland was deluged and a thousand homes were
:00:25. > :00:27.flooded. The town won a battle for new flood defences, but residents
:00:28. > :00:32.fear they could be flooded again before the work's finished. Sharon
:00:33. > :00:36.Barbour reports. Paul Gillie's B B in Morpeth has
:00:37. > :00:44.been flooded twice ` in 2008 and again in 2012.
:00:45. > :00:47.He's among residents here fed`up that a flood defence scheme to
:00:48. > :00:51.protect his home still hasn't been completed. They need to be pulling
:00:52. > :00:55.their finger out and getting on with it. There is no excuse for them
:00:56. > :00:59.being this late over. I don't accept any of their excuses for why they
:01:00. > :01:04.are not finished. We have had some delays in building the world in the
:01:05. > :01:07.town. So in terms of the flood defence scheme, are they working? By
:01:08. > :01:16.the autumn, by November we are expecting them to be complete. ``
:01:17. > :01:23.building the walls. The project is now ?3 million over budget. Costs
:01:24. > :01:26.are likely to be higher than originally planned, but how much, we
:01:27. > :01:30.don't know. A few percent in the overall budget at the start. Three
:01:31. > :01:44.million on top of 21 million is closer to 10% extra cost. It is.
:01:45. > :01:47.Well, Sharon joins us now in our newsroom. So these defences are late
:01:48. > :01:54.and over`budget ` what has gone wrong? Firstly, I should say that
:01:55. > :01:58.the budget could be overrunning by up to 14%. What has gone wrong? The
:01:59. > :02:02.Environment Agency and make that the building of the defence walls has
:02:03. > :02:09.been late, they have been held up with service problems and also
:02:10. > :02:14.gardens access. The whole project should be finished by November. As
:02:15. > :02:19.regards the cost, it has been really complicated, especially with
:02:20. > :02:23.building a huge reservoir. With the change needed to the height of that
:02:24. > :02:29.reservoir, that has really added to the price. ?3 million over budget so
:02:30. > :02:32.far, we believe, money that has to be found by Northumberland County
:02:33. > :02:35.Council and the Environment Agency, both of those organisations already
:02:36. > :02:41.in financial trouble, financially stressed. I expect there is going to
:02:42. > :02:48.be a few sleepless nights ahead. Thank you.
:02:49. > :02:51.The Prime Minister has promised Government support for the police
:02:52. > :02:54.inquiry into allegations of physical and sexual abuse at a Medomsley
:02:55. > :02:57.Youth Detention Centre in County Durham. More than 200 men have now
:02:58. > :03:00.come forward after last week's revelations on BBC Inside Out about
:03:01. > :03:05.brutality at the centre, as Dan Farthing reports. Since Inside Out
:03:06. > :03:09.broadcast shocking revelations about the years of abuse at Medomsley, 232
:03:10. > :03:18.potential new victims have contacted the police and they believe there
:03:19. > :03:21.could be more to come. I am delighted that they have had the
:03:22. > :03:25.confidence in Durham Police to come forward and tell us their story. But
:03:26. > :03:28.I am saddened by the fact that so many people have had a bad
:03:29. > :03:31.experience at Medomsley. Kevin Champley from Teesside is one of the
:03:32. > :03:35.scores who've come forward. There was physical abuse every day. You
:03:36. > :03:37.were forced to fight other boys. Sort of like in gladiatorial
:03:38. > :03:44.tournaments for the amusement of officers. The first time I seen a
:03:45. > :03:52.dead body was in Medomsley. It was in a cell. To men have already been
:03:53. > :04:01.jailed for raping boys at the youth jail. They've both since died. The
:04:02. > :04:05.priority is the victims. We have to give people a chance to talk, and
:04:06. > :04:11.work our way through the victims. My priority is them. We will be talking
:04:12. > :04:14.to suspects later in the year. And Medomsley took on a new political
:04:15. > :04:16.dimension today, as the Prime Minister guaranteed Government
:04:17. > :04:24.support for what has become Durham Police's biggest ever inquiry. Some
:04:25. > :04:27.of our smallest police forces are hugely capable but when they are
:04:28. > :04:29.doing large and complex investigations like this, on
:04:30. > :04:33.occasion they need help and support so we should make sure that is
:04:34. > :04:36.available. The And that support could well be needed as hard cash `
:04:37. > :04:44.as the police inquiry will continue for months to come and is expected
:04:45. > :04:48.to cost many millions. A man presumed dead after falling
:04:49. > :04:51.overboard from a cruise ship in the South Atlantic has been identified
:04:52. > :04:54.as Wearside journalist Bob Horn. Mr Horn, who was 69, was for decades
:04:55. > :04:57.the Houghton`le`Spring reporter for the Sunderland Echo. He fell from
:04:58. > :05:02.the ship shortly after it left the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo.
:05:03. > :05:06.Developers behind controversial plans to build a wind farm near one
:05:07. > :05:10.of the region's most famous landmarks are offering local people
:05:11. > :05:13.?5,000 each to help them find a job. Banks Renewables wants to build five
:05:14. > :05:18.giant wind turbines close to Roseberry Topping, near Guisborough
:05:19. > :05:21.in east Cleveland. They say the wind farm will benefit the community, and
:05:22. > :05:24.today they announced a scheme to help people living nearby take up a
:05:25. > :05:34.new job, training or an apprenticeship. But those opposed to
:05:35. > :05:37.the plans are not convinced. If you get an apprenticeship, a local
:05:38. > :05:41.employer was to take on a young person or somebody, then they get up
:05:42. > :05:46.to 5000 pounds to put towards that salary. It will destroy tourism
:05:47. > :05:51.revenue and a house prices will fall in the area.
:05:52. > :05:57.The BBC's annual North East Sports Awards took place tonight at the
:05:58. > :06:00.Billingham Forum Leisure Centre. We've been celebrating a remarkable
:06:01. > :06:03.year of sport for the North East, with top`class athletics at
:06:04. > :06:06.Gateshead, and the Ashes test match coming to Chester`le`Street for the
:06:07. > :06:09.first time. Hundreds of sports fans were there tonight to see some of
:06:10. > :06:13.the region's top performers. The top prize ` Sports Personality of the
:06:14. > :06:16.Year ` went to Darlington boxer Stuart Hall. He became the region's
:06:17. > :06:19.first world champion in 25 years when he won the IBF world
:06:20. > :06:22.bantamweight title. There's more on all the award
:06:23. > :06:25.winners on BBC Tees tomorrow ` and, of course, there'll be a full report
:06:26. > :06:28.in Look North. Well, that's all from me tonight.
:06:29. > :06:31.The national weather forecast is coming up ` but first, here's Paul
:06:32. > :06:31.Mooney with the weather for our region.
:06:32. > :06:36.The national weather forecast is Thank you. After a wet and
:06:37. > :06:42.Windygates Road most of us today, tomorrow looks a little bit quieter.
:06:43. > :06:47.`` after a wet and windy day for most of us. There will be some drier
:06:48. > :06:51.interludes tonight but when those showers, long, they could be on the
:06:52. > :06:57.heavy side. Temperatures will not go any lower than five Celsius and as
:06:58. > :07:00.the winds turn to south`westerly they will leave slightly. Tomorrow
:07:01. > :07:04.morning, some showers will clear out way fairly quickly, most places dry
:07:05. > :07:07.and by the afternoon a few bright spells appearing here and there.
:07:08. > :07:13.Temperatures peaking at nine Celsius. It is not as windy as it
:07:14. > :07:18.was today. More rain on way tomorrow night, that might take a little
:07:19. > :07:21.while to clear. Most places will be dry before further wet and windy
:07:22. > :07:27.weather spreads into the course of the weekend. In a moment, you will
:07:28. > :07:29.get the full national forecast. I will leave you this evening with
:07:30. > :07:38.tomorrow's summery for the North East and Cumbria.
:07:39. > :07:44.As you have just heard, the little respite between one storm system and
:07:45. > :07:46.another and