:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC
:00:00. > :00:09.One we now Hello, welcome to Look North. In the
:00:10. > :00:13.programme tonight. Is this a healthy way to smoke?
:00:14. > :00:15.North East campaigners claim EU restrictions on electronic
:00:16. > :00:21.cigarettes will force smokers back on to the real thing.
:00:22. > :00:25.When is a zoo not a zoo? The row that could lead to the closure of
:00:26. > :00:27.one of Northumberland's most popular attractions.
:00:28. > :00:34.The revolutionary heat`saving device that's breaking into the American
:00:35. > :00:47.market. But what exactly's on the other end of this?
:00:48. > :00:50.And stirring the Devil's Porridge. The story of the women who worked in
:00:51. > :00:52.the biggest explosives factory in the world.
:00:53. > :00:56.In sport, we continue our build`up to Sunderland's Wembley final with a
:00:57. > :00:59.song for Gus ` in Spanish. And I've been asking this man ` a
:01:00. > :01:03.cup winning legend with both the Black Cats and Manchester City `
:01:04. > :01:15.who'll be lifting this piece of silverware on Sunday? Sorry about a
:01:16. > :01:18.few technical problems are there. Some say they're saving thousands of
:01:19. > :01:22.lives in our region. Others believe they're as dangerous as tobacco. But
:01:23. > :01:24.a decision taken by the European Parliament today will mean
:01:25. > :01:26.electronic cigarettes face tough restrictions. That's angered North
:01:27. > :01:30.East campaigners who fear the decision will drive some people back
:01:31. > :01:36.to smoking. But as our Political Editor Richard Moss reports, others
:01:37. > :01:39.think it's a sensible move. Meet the Heseltines. Christena, Ron
:01:40. > :01:44.and Kirsteen are all what's known as vapers. They swapped tobacco for
:01:45. > :01:48.electronic cigarettes and think it's the best thing they've ever done.
:01:49. > :01:59.They get a nicotine hit but none of the toxins that kill. Medical
:02:00. > :02:04.conditions have improved. Being a female, one of the best things which
:02:05. > :02:09.hasn't proved is that I don't have withdraws anymore. But many of these
:02:10. > :02:12.devices will now become illegal. The European Parliament today decided to
:02:13. > :02:14.regulate the industry. Only low nicotine, unrefillable e`cigarettes
:02:15. > :02:18.will remain available. Adverts like this, which opponents say could make
:02:19. > :02:25.smoking sexy again will also be banned. Health campaigners say
:02:26. > :02:31.that's sensible. What we want to see is that there are better quality. At
:02:32. > :02:34.the moment we are concerned about children get in a hands on them.
:02:35. > :02:41.Some may have high levels of nicotine, some may have none. You
:02:42. > :02:45.may be being ripped off. From a consumer perspective this is a step
:02:46. > :02:47.in the right direction. But the growing community of e`cigarette
:02:48. > :02:51.vapers think the decision is disastrous, with many likely to take
:02:52. > :02:57.up smoking again. And one North East MEP agrees. They have the ability to
:02:58. > :03:08.convert thousands of people from smoking tobacco cigarettes to
:03:09. > :03:12.vapour. We should be encouraging people to take a e`cigarettes, not
:03:13. > :03:17.making them more difficult to obtain. It is a bad day for public
:03:18. > :03:20.across the region. The Heseltines, though, are determined to continue
:03:21. > :03:24.to vape. Ron has terminal cancer. Smoking may have caused it. The last
:03:25. > :03:31.thing they want to do is to go back to tobacco. If I want to continue
:03:32. > :03:37.using this, I'm breaking the law and the common criminal. I will have to
:03:38. > :03:42.go black market. That is scary, because it now means that if I buy
:03:43. > :03:48.nicotine off the black market, I don't know what it is. I don't know
:03:49. > :03:52.what it contains. The new regulations will take a few years to
:03:53. > :03:57.come in, but the days are numbered for at least some of these
:03:58. > :04:01.electronic alternatives to tobacco. He runs one of the leading tourist
:04:02. > :04:04.attractions in the North East ` but he's been threatened with closure by
:04:05. > :04:07.his County Council just as the tourist season is starting. Mark
:04:08. > :04:10.French, who runs Falconry Days in Northumberland, has been told he
:04:11. > :04:16.must pay a ?2000 licence under the Zoo Licensing Act. He's refusing and
:04:17. > :04:22.says he'll see the County Council in court. Adrian Pitches reports.
:04:23. > :04:25.Rowland the Red Kite is the latest addition to Mark French's
:04:26. > :04:29.collection. He has 75 eagles, hawks, falcons and owls which he flies at
:04:30. > :04:35.country shows or which people can fly for themselves on 'experience
:04:36. > :04:38.days'. But he's having a bad experience with the County Council,
:04:39. > :04:47.which says he must pay for a zoo licence ` or face closure. We are
:04:48. > :04:52.not a zoo because we are not involved in breeding. We don't keep
:04:53. > :04:57.animals in closures for 12 months of the year. Our birds flown on a daily
:04:58. > :05:02.basis. Every animal, every bird we buy, we buy it for the sole
:05:03. > :05:08.intention to train that bird to perform tricks and manoeuvres. Under
:05:09. > :05:13.the act, people are exempt, and those animals are trained to do
:05:14. > :05:16.manoeuvres. The Zoo Licensing Act states that a zoo is an
:05:17. > :05:20.establishment where wild animals are kept for exhibition to the public.
:05:21. > :05:23.The only other bird of prey centre in Northumberland ` at Kielder `
:05:24. > :05:33.does pay the licence. But Mark is adamant that his business is exempt.
:05:34. > :05:38.Northumberland County Council say we are resolving this issue. We have
:05:39. > :05:42.taken advice from Defra and they have said, in this case, the zoo
:05:43. > :05:46.licence is required. Falconry Days is rated highly by visitors. It's
:05:47. > :05:48.the number one tourist attraction in Northumberland on Trip Advisor,
:05:49. > :05:52.ahead of Cragside and the Farne Islands. But it could be closed by
:05:53. > :05:57.red tape. The correct answer to the question, When is a zoo not a zoo,
:05:58. > :06:06.now looks likely to be given by a judge.
:06:07. > :06:11.The alleged victim in the rape trial of former Newcastle United striker
:06:12. > :06:15.Nile Ranger has told the court she was too intoxicated to consent to
:06:16. > :06:18.anything. The jury at Newcastle Crown Court heard how she'd
:06:19. > :06:21.exchanged messages with the footballer the next day, describing
:06:22. > :06:37.how drunk she'd been. Nile Ranger denies the charge and the trial
:06:38. > :06:46.continues. A playpark has been saved after a petition signed. The
:06:47. > :06:50.community raised funds to buy new kids and improve existing items. The
:06:51. > :06:59.council wants to remove equipment from 20 playgrounds.
:07:00. > :07:04.Whitby's once`great fishing fleet is down to its last trawler. Just one
:07:05. > :07:07.boat now puts out to sea from the North Yorkshire port, looking for
:07:08. > :07:10.white fish. The handful of other boats now trawl for crabs or prawns
:07:11. > :07:12.` a situation that's blamed on European fishing quotas. Our
:07:13. > :07:14.Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports.
:07:15. > :07:18.It seems incredible, but this is Whitby's last boat that trawls for
:07:19. > :07:28.fish. The port's other boats have turned to crabs and prawns. Some
:07:29. > :07:34.trailer men tried their hands at scholar trudging. Richard is
:07:35. > :07:41.Copious' skipper, the last of a line that goes back centuries. We used to
:07:42. > :07:47.have a vibrant fishing community. The fleet has declined that much, we
:07:48. > :07:52.are the last fishing vessel working from Whitby. Richard blames tight
:07:53. > :07:55.fishing quotas imposed by Europe that have forced Whitby's fishermen
:07:56. > :08:02.out of business. Needed, says Europe, to protect dwindling stocks.
:08:03. > :08:06.These stocks have recovered. There is plenty of fish to be caught in
:08:07. > :08:11.the area where we fish, but we still aren't allowed to touch them because
:08:12. > :08:14.the quotas are so low. Whatever the merits of the respective arguments,
:08:15. > :08:18.what's inarguable is that Whitby is down to its last fishing trawler. A
:08:19. > :08:25.far cry from the 90 that were here in the 1980s when European quotas
:08:26. > :08:29.were first imposed. Or from Victorian times when fishing ships
:08:30. > :08:34.were often so tightly packed in the harbour it was possible to use them
:08:35. > :08:37.to cross from one side to the other. And the man who pictured those more
:08:38. > :08:46.prosperous times, Frank Sutcliffe, would be left aghast at his town
:08:47. > :08:54.today. The fishing industry in his period was thriving, and it was part
:08:55. > :09:01.of Whitby's livelihood. Nowadays, it is tourism, a tourist industry. The
:09:02. > :09:05.fishing industry has diminished so much it is a sad state of affairs.
:09:06. > :09:10.He would have been really upset by it, I'm sure. For once the cliche's
:09:11. > :09:13.probably true. This feels like the end of an era. Richard, the last
:09:14. > :09:26.guardian of a heritage forged by thousands of Whitby trawlermen
:09:27. > :09:29.before him who once put to sea. A Cumbrian entrepreneur, who's
:09:30. > :09:32.developed a heat`saving device made from tough Herdwick wool, is
:09:33. > :09:34.expanding sales of her product to America. Sally Phillips from
:09:35. > :09:38.Cockermouth created the 'Chimney Sheep' to prevent the loss of warm
:09:39. > :09:54.air from homes and sales have gone through the roof. As Alison Freeman
:09:55. > :09:59.reports. You just push it in. It stays at the top of the fireplace.
:10:00. > :10:03.A simple idea. But it's captured the imagination of the energy`conscious.
:10:04. > :10:06.The chimney sheep draught`excluder was created by Sally Phillips from
:10:07. > :10:11.Cockermouth 18 months ago. She came up with the idea while working as a
:10:12. > :10:16.bat volunteer. So many times I've been called to people's houses and
:10:17. > :10:21.they have a bat flying around the house. The only way it could of got
:10:22. > :10:30.in is down the chimney. That started me looking people's Jimmy and
:10:31. > :10:34.realising how many are out there. `` chimney. She makes them at her
:10:35. > :10:38.workshop in Maryport, from the felted wool of the Lake District's
:10:39. > :10:44.native breed of hill sheep, the Herdwick. The average yearly energy
:10:45. > :10:56.bill is ?1300. Each household could be saving up to ?64 per year. I
:10:57. > :11:03.tried a lot of different types of wealth. A lot was too soft. This is
:11:04. > :11:09.perfect because it has just the right amount of stiffness do it. It
:11:10. > :11:11.relies on jamming into the chimney. And it's positve for Herdwick
:11:12. > :11:18.farmers, as the wool has become almost worthless. It seems a shame
:11:19. > :11:28.that a natural product, like well, doesn't have a use, and to find
:11:29. > :11:32.something like that then that is good news. The chimney sheep will be
:11:33. > :11:38.making their way from the workshop in Maryport to America this year as
:11:39. > :11:42.sales continue to grow. Still to come tonight: We're live
:11:43. > :11:46.from Durham City for the switch on of a new ` but familiar ` arts
:11:47. > :11:49.installation. And a Sunderland ` and Manchester City ` legend, tells us
:11:50. > :11:56.who he thinks will lift this trophy at Wembley, when the two clubs meet
:11:57. > :12:05.on Sunday. Weather`wise it is a mixed bag. Join me later in the
:12:06. > :12:09.programme. Time for the latest in our series
:12:10. > :12:12."World War One at Home", in partnership with Imperial War
:12:13. > :12:15.Museums. 100 years ago, thousands of workers began producing something so
:12:16. > :12:19.dangerous, they christened it "The Devil's Porridge". Vast quantities
:12:20. > :12:24.were made in a huge establishment that was priceless to the war
:12:25. > :12:30.effort. But these days, would you even know where to look for it?
:12:31. > :12:35.Gerry Jackson has the story. It's all very quiet now. To the
:12:36. > :12:41.outsider, just relics overdue for demolition. But without what was
:12:42. > :12:47.done here, the First World War couldn't have been fought, never
:12:48. > :12:53.mind won. Parts of this land on the England Scotland border are still
:12:54. > :12:56.occupied by the military. But this was a massive area, and other clues
:12:57. > :13:05.litter the landscape for miles around. In fact, from Eastriggs,
:13:06. > :13:08.through Gretna, and over the border to Longtown, nine miles of wartime
:13:09. > :13:18.development made this the biggest explosives complex in the world. And
:13:19. > :13:21.all borne out of dire emergency. Early in the war a crippling
:13:22. > :13:25.shortage of high explosive ammunition caused a national
:13:26. > :13:29.scandal. Production had to be massively expanded. A whole new
:13:30. > :13:37.township, centred on Gretna was created. 20,000 workers, most of
:13:38. > :13:41.them young women were recruited. What they making looked like this. A
:13:42. > :13:55.mixture of guncotton and nitro glycerine. They called it the
:13:56. > :13:59.Devil's Porridge. This skin of the women turned yellow with assault in
:14:00. > :14:05.it. The bones dried out because it is such a volatile mix. That is
:14:06. > :14:10.where the Devil came in. It looked like porridge and fed the hungry
:14:11. > :14:14.men. A few miles away this is where it was stored. Close to the main
:14:15. > :14:17.railway line, vast brick warehouses still survive, many surrounded by
:14:18. > :14:32.huge banks of earth to contain any explosion. How many people were
:14:33. > :14:37.getting here? Few people, I reckon. The main imperative that factories
:14:38. > :14:40.to get into production... We are talking about a battle of
:14:41. > :14:46.technologies and whoever won that battle won the war. It is
:14:47. > :14:56.fascinating to be in here. You could tell how southerly built these
:14:57. > :15:06.factories were `` solidly. All the explosives loaded onto the wagons
:15:07. > :15:12.come from here sent to factories. Girls were told and encouraged to
:15:13. > :15:20.work on regardless, but production meant everything. It worked. We saw
:15:21. > :15:26.a phenomenal amount of explosives produced. The government were
:15:27. > :15:30.secretive about the amount of casualties, but it was a constant
:15:31. > :15:39.problem for workers who did work year. `` here. At its height, the
:15:40. > :15:42.whole complex was producing nearly 1000 tonnes of explosive a week.
:15:43. > :15:45.Eventually, the sheer weight of artillery would break the stalemate
:15:46. > :15:52.on the western front and herald the end of the war. There were
:15:53. > :15:57.allegations that the factory was a haven, and that some people were
:15:58. > :16:01.going there and earning high wages while people were dying in the
:16:02. > :16:05.trenches. Without places like this factory, Britain would not have won
:16:06. > :16:12.the war. These female workers were the unsung heroes of that period.
:16:13. > :16:18.Unsung or not, there were no medals for the munition workers after the
:16:19. > :16:24.last Shell was fired. What happened a hundred years ago should have
:16:25. > :16:33.recognition. Without the women, where would we have been?
:16:34. > :16:37.And there's a World War One at Home report on Look North each evening
:16:38. > :16:40.this week. Tomorrow morning on your local radio station, you can hear
:16:41. > :16:44.another story about the impact World War One had on where you live. Go to
:16:45. > :16:46.www.bbc.co.uk/ww1 and follow the links to find more World War One At
:16:47. > :16:59.Home stories in our region. In November, the streets of Durham
:17:00. > :17:03.were thronged with crowds as the city was once again transformed for
:17:04. > :17:05.a carnival of lights. Highlights of the third Lumiere festival included
:17:06. > :17:10.projections of the Lindisfarne Gospels on the Cathedral. It was
:17:11. > :17:14.considered so good, the city is to have a permanent Lumiere artwork.
:17:15. > :17:26.Hannah Bayman is in Durham now, where the work's just about to be
:17:27. > :17:31.switched on. That is right. Welcome to the Gala Theatre where they are
:17:32. > :17:35.celebrating a fantastic year for the city. Thousands of visitors have
:17:36. > :17:43.flocked it for the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Ashes test,
:17:44. > :17:50.and as you say the successful Lumiere Festival. I may have an
:17:51. > :17:57.artist who will switch on for as a permanent reminder outside the
:17:58. > :18:13.theatre. A very proud moment for you. Your clock with a difference.
:18:14. > :18:22.Yes it is. It is on. It is very pretty. Joining us is Simon, leader
:18:23. > :18:26.of Durham County Council. A new artwork for the city, but more
:18:27. > :18:35.broadly, what can public artwork to the reading? We soldiering Lumiere
:18:36. > :18:40.when people swarmed the streets of Durham, bringing not just thousands
:18:41. > :18:43.of visitors, but millions of pounds into the local economy. We are
:18:44. > :18:48.seeing that with a number of different events in Durham over the
:18:49. > :18:53.last year. It is great to have a reminder of Lumiere right in the
:18:54. > :19:03.heart of Durham city. You will always be able to tell what time it
:19:04. > :19:11.is? It is different. Will you do a fourth Lumiere? This is funded by
:19:12. > :19:15.the support of a local company. One of the features of the third Lumiere
:19:16. > :19:19.was a greater support from businesses, which we are grateful
:19:20. > :19:24.for. It makes it sustainable and more likely to run that event again.
:19:25. > :19:28.We are still evaluating the economic impact, the amount of money at
:19:29. > :19:34.Broughton, but I think that'll be completed soon and we will be able
:19:35. > :19:51.to move on from there `` it brought in. There you have it. It is time
:19:52. > :19:59.for sport. It is all about Sunderland. The Sunderland striker
:20:00. > :20:01.Connor Wickham has joined Leeds United.
:20:02. > :20:04.The countdown's continuing to Sunderland's first major Cup Final
:20:05. > :20:07.in more than two decades. Today Gus Poyet put the lads through their
:20:08. > :20:10.paces ahead of Sunday's showdown with Man City, and later admitted
:20:11. > :20:16.they'd been practising penalties just in case. But who's going to
:20:17. > :20:20.lift the Capital One Cup at Wembley? Who better to ask than Dennis Tueart
:20:21. > :20:31.` a cup winner with both clubs. He popped in a little earlier.
:20:32. > :20:37.You were a hero in red and white and in sky blue. Does that mean your
:20:38. > :20:41.loyalties will be divided? I think I'll be sitting on my hands for the
:20:42. > :20:49.whole game. I have respect of both clubs. I have much more respect for
:20:50. > :20:53.the supporters of both teams. Manchester City have broken their
:20:54. > :20:57.duck with trophies for some Sunderland are still waiting, so it
:20:58. > :21:02.would be nice to give them a chance. You won the FA Cup with
:21:03. > :21:11.Sunderland in 1973 and the league cup with Manchester City in 1976.
:21:12. > :21:18.Which one is special to you pressure Mark they are equally special. In
:21:19. > :21:26.1973, it showed we were competing at the highest level. 1976 prove I
:21:27. > :21:34.could deal with the big boys, and again against my hometown team,
:21:35. > :21:39.Newcastle United. Nobody expected Sunderland to beat Leeds United in
:21:40. > :21:41.1973. You think they have a tether challenge now, even though
:21:42. > :21:54.Manchester City are in the same league? `` tougher. I think Madison
:21:55. > :22:04.is the `` Manchester City will want to get that trophy. Sunderland will
:22:05. > :22:09.have a team ethic and hunger. How much do you think the outcome of the
:22:10. > :22:15.game will affect their season? That is my concern. Gus Poyet will have
:22:16. > :22:19.to look at that and say, no matter what happens on Sunday, I will
:22:20. > :22:24.regroup the team I get planning for the next Premier League game. It
:22:25. > :22:39.will be a fantastic weekend for the fans? The it will. It will. I
:22:40. > :22:45.remember in 1976 when replayed Newcastle, it was known as the
:22:46. > :22:53.people's final. Who do you think will win? I have done a lot of
:22:54. > :22:59.analysis. I will be sitting on my hands, but I think Manchester City
:23:00. > :23:03.will shade it. There are just four days left until
:23:04. > :23:07.the big match ` and the excitement among Sunderland fans is reaching
:23:08. > :23:09.fever pitch across the city. At one school, pupils are performing a
:23:10. > :23:12.specially written song in Spanish, wishing Black Cat's manager Gus
:23:13. > :23:16.Poyet good luck in his native tongue. We sent Andrew Hartley to
:23:17. > :23:28.hear for himself. He might have expected a Mexican
:23:29. > :23:31.Wave. Afterall, Gus Poyet is from South America But this Latino
:23:32. > :23:38.actually hails from Montevideo, in Uruguay, where the native tongue is
:23:39. > :23:40.Spanish. Cue some very excited Year four pupils at Grangetown Primary in
:23:41. > :24:12.Sunderland. THEY SING IN SPANISH it is something different in Spanish
:24:13. > :24:18.lessons to promote football. It is incredible how they love football.
:24:19. > :24:24.In a couple of days they can learn songs I'm just because they love
:24:25. > :24:35.football. It is really good. It is about saying well done to Gus Poyet.
:24:36. > :24:40.Sunderland have a good manager. We are saying well done. Well done for
:24:41. > :24:51.going to Wembley. There will be loads of people there. But if you
:24:52. > :24:54.thought all that youthful goodwill extended to their Black and White
:24:55. > :25:03.amigos down the road, think again. Do you want Newcastle to be at
:25:04. > :25:07.Wembley? No. Now, do you have views about the
:25:08. > :25:10.BBC, its programmes and services? If you do, the BBC Trust's Audience
:25:11. > :25:13.Council England is looking for people to join its regional audience
:25:14. > :25:17.panel. It's keen to hear from people of all ages and backgrounds. The
:25:18. > :25:21.panel meets three times a year. It isn't paid but you do get expenses
:25:22. > :25:24.and the opportunity to say what you think. To find out more, and to get
:25:25. > :25:28.an application pack, go to the website: bbc.co.uk/ace. If you don't
:25:29. > :25:36.have internet access, call 0800 092 6030. The closing date is Friday,
:25:37. > :25:40.seventh March 2014. Calls are free from landlines but there will be a
:25:41. > :25:53.charge if you call from a mobile number. It is time for the weather
:25:54. > :25:58.forecast. Thanks for these photos we have had. As winter changes to
:25:59. > :26:04.spring we have a bit of everything. Wet and windy weather tonight,
:26:05. > :26:13.brighter tomorrow. Risk of snow towards the end of the week. Tonight
:26:14. > :26:23.will see these showers going away, leaving us with a dry spell. As we
:26:24. > :26:30.head towards midnight we see wet and windy weather coming back. The rain
:26:31. > :26:38.cleared away and it becomes scattered later on. Images will be
:26:39. > :26:44.at three or four Celsius `` temperatures. We have some good
:26:45. > :26:51.sunny spells tomorrow. One of two passing showers. Most places will
:26:52. > :27:00.miss them. Ten bidders will peak at eight or nine Celsius ``
:27:01. > :27:09.temperatures. As we head into the end of the week, there will be a bit
:27:10. > :27:16.of uncertainty as to how the weather will be. We do have an early warning
:27:17. > :27:21.from The Met office but some hail snow, especially in the Pennine
:27:22. > :27:26.district on Thursday and into Friday morning. It is worth bearing that in
:27:27. > :27:31.mind if you are out and about. Overall, not too bad. Drier and
:27:32. > :27:40.brighter the most of us by the weekend. That is it from us. Good
:27:41. > :27:46.night.