17/03/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Tonight, the crisis facing `ccident and emergency departments. @ is a

sinking ship and unless things change dramatically, it will sink.

High`speed rail debate, why these region is left in the dark. And new

pipelines being hurled in the Lake District. And peace breaking out

between two brewing rivals. The full jinx continues for

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew. Will the inability to find the net bd

Sunderland's undoing? First tonight, a powerful insight

into the pressures of working in Accident and Emergency. For seven

days the BBC's Panorama programme has been filming medical st`ff at

North Tees Hospital. They'vd been told working pressures are laking it

increasingly difficult to rdcruit and retain essential staff. One

doctor went so far as to describe the whole system as a sinking ship.

Our health reporter Sharon Barbour is at the North Tees A Unht in

Stockton now. Sharon. Who w`nts to work in A? It is a question being

asked to nice because incre`sing pressures within A departlents are

driving stuff away. I have popped into the waiting room and over 0

patients are waiting to be seen It will be incredibly busy. Wh`t goes

on behind the scenes? Panor`ma has been finding out. For a week, days

the BBC filmed accident and emergency here at Universitx

Hospital of North Tees in Stockton. Last year 90,000 patients wdre

treated here and like many @'s units, this one is under prdssure.

And the pressure is driving staff away. Alex Muirhead left to become a

GP. It is a sinking ship and unless things change dramatically, it will

sink. A is now seen as evdryone's dumping ground. And she's not alone

is being turned off by around the clock pressures of emergencx

medicine. Across the countrx there's a worryingly high staff shortage.

For the last three years, wd have employed 50% of registrars. There is

a lack of 350 registrars around the country and that equates to three

quarters of a million patient consultations per year that can t

happen because those doctors don't exist. If we don't do something you

will turn up in an ambulancd and there will be no doctors thdre to

Another pressure comes from meeting strict Government targets. See you.

Patients must be seen and treated or admitted within four hours, Failure

can mean fines. Patients cole first. We need to do the best. Behhnd every

target is a patient. We don't want people to wait for hours. If you and

I were going to A departmdnts you would want to CBC improperlx. ``

wants to be seen properly. There's also the daily stress of finding a

bed for new patients, made worse when others are using acute beds

because there's no one to look after them at home. Delays involvhng

social care are now costing the NHS around ?100m a year and council cuts

are making things worse. It is expensive for the NHS. They would be

much better off at home being supported in their own environment.

The emergencies staff deal with here in Hartlepool every day are

different but the ongoing pressures many accident and emergency units

face are much the same. This is the front page of the local

paper today. I'm joined by the man heading up A Can you savd this

ship from sinking? It feels sometimes like I am captain of the

Titanic. What we need to do is reduce the number of people coming

into the department. People want to come here. We have sold ourselves as

a good brand but not everybody is an appropriate person. We are trained

to deal with the seriously sick and seriously injured people. That is

why we are open 24 hours a day seven days a week. It shouldn't bd as

convenient as going to Tesco's. You have difficulties here becatse the

hospital wasn't purpose`built for the numbers you are taking. What is

the situation with the new plans? The understanding is they are still

monitoring the Department of Health. It is essential we get a new

hospital. Our department was built in the 1960s, early 70s and has had

pieces added onto it. It is not really fit for purpose. You are due

to finish at ten. We get aw`y? I am not certain about that one. Back to

you. Thanks Sharon. And you can see more on that story in tonight's

Panorama at 8.30, here on BBC One. Police in Newcastle are searching

for a missing 24`year`old m`n, who was last seen on Friday evening

Kieran Ben Clarke, more comlonly known as Ben, left his home at

around midnight on Friday. His family haven't heard from hhm since

and detectives are growing increasingly concerned for his

welfare. Meanwhile, the coastal search for

missing deputy headteacher Lark Bushnell has been called off.

Specialist teams assisted bx Cleveland Marine Unit and the Police

Air Support Unit have conducted land, sea and air searches `round

Blackhall Rocks and Crimdon Dene, near Peterlee in County Durham,

since Mr Bushnell was reported missing on March ninth. Durham

Police say they'll now focus on information from the public.

The Transport Minister and Whitby MP, Robert Goodwill, has cl`imed the

High Speed Rail link to Leeds will be good news for the North Dast even

though it's unlikely the link will be extended a further 100 mhles up

the track to Newcastle. The chairman of HS2 said today that the building

of the line to Crewe from Bhrmingham should be accelerated. But there are

no plans for a North East spur beyond Leeds. Our news

correspondent, Adrian Pitchds, can explain more and joins me now. Will

the North East miss out on the benefits of HS2? The plan w`s

endorsed and it was for a hhgh`speed network heading with trains up to

250 miles an hour. The train line would go to Birmingham and dxtend to

Manchester and Leeds. The journey time would be splashed by h`lf an

hour. To Manchester, it was an hour. The London to Birmingham line is

projected to open in 2026. @t present, the project has a whopping

?50 billion price tag. So what is the Transport Minister saying about

any possible link from Leeds to Newcastle? He is not promishng a

link from Leeds to Newcastld but is emphasising the value of th`t run

shaving an hour off the existing time. We have to start somewhere and

the network running through to Leeds will mean we have high`speed

services running far. The trains won't stop Leeds, they will keep

going to Edinburgh and Newc`stle. You may get onto a train at

Newcastle and travel at conventional down to there and then get on a

high`speed line. Not much encouragement there. And now there's

a real risk that the North Dast could become something of a

backwater if HS2 is built? There is a scenario that if the London to

Edinburgh trains depart frol Houston and come up fire that impressive

high`speed link to Manchestdr and loop around, the East Coast Main

Line would effectively end `t Newcastle and therefore the

north`east will be at the end of a 300 mile branch line from London.

That is why it is important that the north`east is not shunted into a

siding. Every conversation H have had with a Transport Secret`ry come

he has assured me that even though the high`speed track will come as

far as Leeds, the trains will come onto the East Coast Main Line and up

to Newcastle. It is central for the future success of Newcastle that we

are part of the high`speed network. There will be connections to other

parts of the country and for us not to be part of that network would

mean Newcastle would be overlooked in the future. I am not prepared for

that to happen which is why we have to continue to fight. Nick Forbes

very emphatic that the north`east shouldn't miss out.

West Cumbria could be withott drinking water in a few years unless

a new pipeline is built frol Thirlmere Reservoir. That's the

warning from United Utililthes, which is behind the multi`mhllion

pound project. The company has to find a way of providing watdr to

that part of the county, without taking it from sources which have

rare species living in them. Alison Freeman reports.

It is one of the wettest pl`ces in England but there are fears the taps

could run dry in West Cumbrha if a pipeline linking it to the water

grid isn't built soon. Unitdd Utilities says it needs to stop

taking supplies from Ennerd`le Water because it is a protective wildlife

habitat. The solution ` an multi`million pound project taking

place over the next decade which would result in water being pumped

from the central Lakes. In the past much of the water from Thirlmere was

sent south to Manchester to serve communities there, but unitdd

utilities has created a new link to there from Wales for there, meaning

spare capacity in Thirlmere has been freed up, and that water can be sent

North then west to the parts of the county that need it most. Today the

plans were displayed in Wigton. The options for the route of thd

pipeline from Thirlmere include following the A591 east of

Bassenthwaite, then the A66 to Cockermouth, or the A66 all the way

from Keswick to Cockermouth. Or it could go up the A591 to Bothel Moor

before heading west? I wouldn't say it is difficult in terms of an

engineering task but it is hn terms of the operation within the

environment. We have to makd sure we put the landscape back as it was, if

not better than it was before. All the pipes that are currentlx going

to be put in will be buried underground and the assets `bove

ground, we will make sure they enhance the environment thex sit in.

The plans showing how the w`ter from Thirlmere will be shared with the

rest of the county will be on show throughout the week. Alison's in our

Cumbria newsroom now. Alison ` how long is the project going to take?

It could be the best part of the next decade. The first hole will not

be dug for at least four ye`rs because of the public consultation

and planning permission needs to be granted for some sensitive `reas

including parts of the National Park. The work itself will then last

another four years or so. It is hoped the work will not cause too

much disruption on the roads around Keswick and Cockermouth. A

conclusion `` a completion date is expected around 2025. You'rd

watching Look North. Coming up next, why peace is brewing between two

fierce beer rivals. And a shares issue with a difference. If it

works, this pub could becomd the region's newest live music venue.

There is a change on the wax in the weather and I will have the details

in the forecast. The rivalries within the Thdakston

brewing family in Masham have been likened to a North Yorkshird version

of Dallas or Dynasty. When Paul Theakston broke away from the

traditional family business, more than 20 years ago, to form the Black

Sheep Brewery, that's exactly what he became for a while. His son, Rob,

has continued the rivalry bdtween the two breweries, which ard only a

stone's throw away from each other. But for one weekend only Bl`ck Sheep

Rob and his opposite number Simon Theakston, are burying the hatchet.

Why? Phil Chapman reports from the front.

If you think this town ain't big enough for the two microbreweries,

think again. They have sust`ined Theakstons and black sheep for

decades now. For a single wdekend this they were buried the to

organise a massive Tour de France party for when they race passes

through town. It would be p`ssing through on the 5th of July `nd we

are expecting many people to pass through. We have car parking for

9000 people. There will be entertainment and beers frol the two

brewing companies. We will put aside our differences and join together

for the benefit of the area so the party is a great success. It is

great. It is a good opportunity for the family that has split into with

very different breweries thdse days. They are coming together in a

celebratory moment with somdthing completely unique in the Totr de

France coming through. Here Simon with a short history lesson. In the

1980s, there was a difference of opinion between members of our

families and the best way for Theakston to go forward. Thd company

was sold. My cousin set up the Black Sheep Brewery. Be humble bicycle is

bringing together decades of rivalry for one weekend at least for what is

to be the party to end all parties here in July.

Great story. From beer to football now.

It was the first of Alan Pardew s three match Stadium bans on

Saturday. The Newcastle boss said it might be a good thing he wasn't

there as he doesn't have a good record at Craven Cottage didn't seem

to make any difference, Dawn? No Fulham might be bottom of the

Premier League but it's a bogey ground for Newcastle all right. They

haven't won there since Decdmber 2007 and it was another gamd with

its share of controversy! Alan Pardew watched the game at the team

hotel leaving assistant John Carver in charge. Although he did keep in

touch by mobile perhaps a bhgger loss to the team were Matthheu

Debuchy and Loic Remy and that meant a start for Papiss Cisse. Not too

much to get excited about in the first half ` great save by Tim Krul

to keep Lewis Holtby out and a fine stop by David Stockdale at the other

end to deny Cisse, but it all happened after the break! Ftlham

looked to have scored, cert`inly with the naked eye. Jonny Hditinga's

shot hitting the underside of the bar appeared to go in. Cauldy

Woodrow's follow up was offside though only goal line technology

showed the whole of the ball wasn't quite over the line by millhmetres!

Fulham almost gifted Newcastle a goal. A stray pass letting Cisse in

but the striker lacking in confidence shot straight at

Stockdale. He might have scored that one a year ago and literallx seconds

later the Cottagers got what they deserved when substitute Ashkan

Dejagah struck from 20 yards. An uncharacteristic mistake from Tim

Krul as the ball slipped underneath him. The Magpies might have salvaged

a point in the dying moments though if referee Howard Webb had given a

penalty for what was, to us at least, a clear handball but despite

protests he decided against it and blew for full time instead. It hit

his arm. There is no pace on the ball so it is not as if it hs

happening quickly. He was in a difficult position to Sears. He

didn't give it and we have to accept that. When you lose a game, it

hurts. We have to put that right next week. Now a goalless draw at a

blustery Stadium of Light m`ybe wasn't the most surprising result of

the weekend ` but it suited Crystal Palace more than Sunderland?

Very much so after a game, which reminded us all that there `ren t

too many goals in Gus Poyet's team. A fully fit Steven Fletcher would

normally be expected to weigh in with a least a dozen goals ` season.

But, in a stop`start campaign, it just isn't happening for hil. And

picking up another ankle injury near half`time won't help Sunderland

reduce that three point defhcit at the bottom. Sadly Fletcher's

replacement Jozy Altidore is another international striker not able to

find the net ` although he did make up for his poor first touch.

And you know it's not going to be your day when even your excdllent

goalkeeper is losing his footing. So is it all coming down to whdther

League Cup final goal`scorer Fabio Borini can find the net a fdw times

before the end of the season, starting at relegation rivals

Norwich? The Italian really did put in a shift and tried just about

everything to score. Perhaps playing him as a lone striker down the

middle really is Poyet's best option. January signing Nacho Scocco

certainly doesn't look the likely saviour. But at least Palacd didn't

completely spoil the weekend with a late winner. Meanwhile Poyet's

staying calm about the final run`in. This is quite strange and a bad

start. A couple of very good months, the cup run, the final, we

beat the biggest rivals twice. There was great moments and now wd are

again at the bottom three. We have to keep believing that what we have

done is possible to repeat. Away from the Premier League ` a title

for Middlesbrough! They've been named the Football League F`mily

Club of the Year. On the pitch, they drew another blank but at ldast they

kept out Bournemouth at the other end! Just about, anyway. Bit of

luck, here, for Boro keeper Dimi Constantopoulus. I couldn't see much

wrong with this. Maybe just the hint of a push in the

back from Lewis Grabban but the ref seemed to have made up his lind

before the ball hit the net. And Constantopoulus did redeem himself

in the second half. Yes ` a fabulous save this one. Boro

look destined to finish in lid`table ` which is something Carlisle can

only dream about, at the molent It's not looking good, is it? They

were held to a goalless draw as well, which did at least kedp them a

point above relegation rivals Stevenage. But the Blues ard now

just one point and one placd above the drop zone in League One. They

had by far the better of thd play but just couldn't make the

breakthrough. A different story in League Two

though four wins in a row, now, for the Minstermen. A great, individual

effort from Josh Carson, followed by a bit of a love`in, because York are

now outside the play`offs only on goal difference.

And Hartlepool are just thrde points behind, after they thumped Bristol

Rovers 4`0 at Victoria Park. An unusual view there of goal number

one, from Marlon Harewood ` followed by an absolute beauty from Bradley

Walker ` just like York, Pools are hitting form at exactly the right

time. They are ` another penalty, this time from Simon Walton, made it

3`0 ` Jonathan Franks got the fourth. So happy days for Pools

whose on`loan defender Christian Burgess has been telling Late Kick

Off about his history degred, the play`off push and returning to

Middlesbrough. Hopefully back to Middlesbrough for pre`season. I have

to make an impression and hd will see what he thinks of me and

hopefully I can get a part hn that team. And you can see whethdr

Christian passes the Late Khck Off history test tonight at 11.25 here

on BBC One. According to Newcastle Eaglds

player/coach Fab Flournoy, Friday night's narrow win over Leicester

Riders was another crazy basketball game. The Eagles are back at the top

of the BBL after beating thd title holders by a single point for the

second time in a week. In a dramatic game where the lead changed hands

several times the Riders forced the tie into overtime.

Leicester coach Rob Paternostro let his emotions get the better of him

as the clock ticked down but two free throws from Darius Defoe saw

the Eagles clinch a 97`96 vhctory with 25 seconds left ` to the

delight of fans at a packed Sport Central.

Now to rugby and Finally, county cricket champions Durham have

announced Australian bowling all`rounder John Hastings as their

new overseas signing. `` Now, if you enjoy dabbling in shares thhs could

be music to your ears. Because jazz fans and performers are

trying to turn a Newcastle pub into a music venue. The Pink Land Jazz

Co`op hope to buy the Globe, just off Scotswood Road, and thex're

raising the money through a share issue.

They're still looking for investors ` and the deadline is the end of

this week. They've been telling Paul Mooney about their plans. It was

formed over a year ago with the aim to bring jurors to a wider `udience,

to put on jazz gigs, to allow jazz musicians to be able to devdlop to

do some education. Why the need for another music venue? There `ren t

that many venues where we c`n have artistic control where it wd can.

This is ideal for a live music venue. It is ten minutes walk from

the Central Station as one of the reasons we like it is for the last

three and a half years, it was run as a music venue. There are a lot of

people that would want to come back here. It is one of the reasons why

we think it is successful. Dubai shares and the shares are whthdrawal

ball. If in three years timd you want your money back, you c`n

withdraw your shares. You c`n earn interest on the showers. Thdy have

already raised three quarters of the money required and are hopeful they

can sell the rest of their showers this week. You can help revhve this

iconic or pub and make some groovy music. Nice.

You knew he was going to do that. The weather was nice at the weekend.

So good, I managed to cut the grass for the first time. You havd a

picture of a daffodil and that is it, is it?

We have had if few computer glitches and we have one map to show you It

has been quite a cloudy day across the region with cloud buildhng up

from the West through the afternoon and we are expecting it to continue

and thicken across Cumbria. There are a few showers by tea`tile

tonight and we saw temperattres around 11 Celsius. We don't want to

dwell on what the weather h`s been like. Through this evening, we will

see that cloud start to thicken enough to bring us drizzly rain in

the West. I shouldn't use the weather hand! It is cloudy, gloomy

and grey by first light tomorrow. Temperatures overnight dip no lower

than six Celsius. While it will be cloudy when we wake up tomorrow

there is certainly no frost. Through tomorrow, we have blustery showers

across Cumbria and blowing hnto North Yorkshire and the north`east.

The North Yorkshire coast is probably best favour to havd some

Tuesday sunshine but elsewhdre a fairly drizzly day with strong winds

from the West. 20 mph across Cumbria and the north`east and North

Yorkshire. Gusts could be stronger. It is Wendy tomorrow with frequent

showers. Wednesday also looks quite grey and cloudy Cumbria but in the

north`east, it is likely to be drier and brighter. It will stay breezy

and the weather is unsettled through Thursday as well. Thursday hs likely

to be the wettest day of thd week. Showers tomorrow, try on Wednesday,

heavy rain on Thursday but that clears to a brighter day on Friday.

Well done. Very good indeed. Now let's have a final look at tonight's

headlines. America and the Duropean Union have announced sanctions

against senior Russian officials who've backed Ukraine's bre`k`away

Crimean region. And here reports that accident and emergency

departments are in crisis. Claims that intolerable pressures `re

driving away staff. That is all for now. There is going to give the

machine a kick to get the m`x `` maps back that night! 10:25pm.

Goodbye.