09/02/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

, 40,000 people have had benefits cut as they have a spare room, but

will start next month, after the plans were given final approval.

Stuart Whincup reports. Police searching for a missing woman

now there is going to be a state`of`the`art sports village

which will offer some of the best facilities in the North of England.

It will bring an eight lane International track enabling us to

host all meetings. In the past, several teams have made

it to National League 's premier leagues and have not been able to

host home fixtures because they were 18 leaks. That has gone.

This is what it will look like. Built of Marton Road it will have

pictures and tennis courts and a gymnasium. In Middlesbrough we have

an off a lot of challenges, but one of the biggest is public health.

People drink too much, smoke too much, not enough exercise. This is a

big statement saying we want to make Middlesbrough more healthy. I would

submit the sports Village will not just before the people of

Middlesbrough but will attract people from far away, it will be

good. The athletes will move from here to the new track which is

expected to be completed in October. Then, after 51 years, this stadium

will be demolished to make way for a housing estate.

Police are searching for a missing woman in West Cumbria have found a

body in the River Derwent. Margaret Huddart, who is better known as

Peggy was last seen on Wednesday in the Wordsworth Court area of

Cockermouth. The body has not yet been formally identified but police

say Mrs Huddart's family have been informed.

More academy schools are needed in Cumbria and the North East to raise

standards. That's according to Carlisle's Conservative MP John

Stevenson. At the end of last year there were 232 schools in the region

judged to be inadequate or requiring improvement.

This government is all about rising standards, we want to improve

education at all levels. We have seen of people premium at primary

school level which has brought breaking treatments, we want a

secondary schools to improve, as well. I think going to academies

gives greater freedoms to the schools and drives up standards.

But former Minister for the North East Nick Brown says schools don't

need to be removed from local council control in order to succeed.

One of the few things we do not disagree on is the need to drive up

standards. The debate is about how best to do it. There are some very

well performing schools I can think of, those in my own constituency,

that are still in the public sector but standards are being driven up.

It's the biggest wooden structure in Europe, and with funding secured to

preserve the Dunston Staithes, tomorrow Inside Out looks at what

they could become in the future. The timber structure was built at

the end of the 19th Century and used to shift coal from trains onto

boats. When the mines closed the Staithes were abandoned ` and fell

into disrepair. Work's due to start later this month, and the man behind

the restoration told Chris Jackson about the long term plans.

It is going to be a promenade. People will be able to walk along

the top, cycle long it come enjoy it, but we have to be more

innovative than that. We have to bring purpose and use back to the

structure. So you are open to ideas? Certainly, I have crazy

ideas. You could hold markets, install

solar panels on the top to make power and money...

Watch Inside Out tomorrow night on BBC One at 7.30pm to find out how

you can get involved in the long term plans for the Staithes.

Chinese New Year celebrations brought hundreds of families to

Newcastle this lunchtime. The Chinese Community of Stowell Street

hosted the annual event, marking the year of the Horse. Crowds gathered

around the ceremonial Chinese arch to watch the popular dragon, lion

and unicorn dances. The Chinese New Year officially began on January

31st. We have just had the traditional

Lion and the unicorn dance, signifying the arrival of Chinese

New Year at the arch, and it is making its way down the street. It

will call on every restaurant and the business to wish good luck and

the lion will give a lucky packet to bring the business good foreword ``

fortune. And this weather never stops

changing. Let's see how the new week will

start at least, with Kay Crewdson. Good evening. As we head through

this evening and overnight, there will be plenty of clear skies and

with a light breeze we are looking at a touch of frost. This evening

any showers will fizzle out and overnight we will be largely dry.

Further showers just creeping to western areas, and over the tops

they could be a bit wintry. Temperatures dropping to just above

freezing, so we are looking at a touch of frost. There remained the

risk of icy stretches tomorrow morning where we have had showers.

In the morning there will be some showers around, fizzling out,

north`eastern parts being dry and bright with good spells of sunshine.

Showers will creep into western parts in the afternoon. Windows

remain fairly light from the south`west, temperatures rising to

seven Celsius, but not lasting long with a cold and frosty start on

Tuesday. It soon turns wet and windy.

And that's it so far. Always more on our websites, and I'll have the

latest here at 10:15pm. For now, have a good evening.

Good evening. We have a significant number of severe warnings out. Most

of them have been issued on the River Thames today. Now, of course,

with more rain due this week, that is not good news, and as well as

that, we are expecting some gales as well on the coast. But this week,

perhaps an increased risk of some snow as well. At the moment we are

in a quiet spell of weather, with fewer showers around, this evening

and overnight. There is a risk as temperatures get close to freezing

that there could be some ice first thing in the morning. Temperatures

will be lower out in the countryside. We could even have a

smattering of snow tonight and first thing in the morning over the hills

of Wales, the Midlands, up into northern England and Scotland. But

tomorrow will be quieter, once again. Still scattered showers

around. For the east of England perhaps chilly and grey for Match of

the Day. But on Tuesday, the next Atlantic low rushes