:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, welcome to Look North. In the - on BBC One we
:00:00. > :00:08.Hello, welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight. Are we on the
:00:09. > :00:11.verge of another coal rush? New technology could unlock the energy
:00:12. > :00:14.of trillions of tonnes off the North East coast. Also tonight, a vital
:00:15. > :00:20.hydrotherapy pool for disabled children will close unless funding
:00:21. > :00:25.is found fast. You're hired. The drive to recruit 2,000 apprdntices
:00:26. > :00:31.in a hundred days. And what's happened to our old County names?
:00:32. > :00:35.It's 40 years since bureaucrats tried to wipe them out, but did they
:00:36. > :00:38.succeed? And in sport the g`mes are running out for Sunderland hn their
:00:39. > :00:42.bid to clinch Premier Leagud survival. We're live at the Stadium
:00:43. > :00:55.of Light ahead of the clash with West Ham.
:00:56. > :01:02.It's a plan with big numbers. Thousands of jobs created bx
:01:03. > :01:06.trillions of tonnes of coal. At the moment that coal's sitting ` mile
:01:07. > :01:09.and half under the sea off the North East Coast. But as Look North
:01:10. > :01:13.originally reported last Max, a Newcastle firm plans to turn it into
:01:14. > :01:17.gases that can be used by industry. Now the Government's backed the
:01:18. > :01:20.scheme to the tune of over ` billion pounds. But environmentalists have
:01:21. > :01:27.branded the entire project "fool's gold". Here's our Political
:01:28. > :01:29.Correspondent Mark Denten. The North Sea off Northumberland
:01:30. > :01:34.today`underneath the waves trillions of tonnes of coal. The comp`ny now
:01:35. > :01:48.granted licences to extract gas from it say it's got huge economhc
:01:49. > :01:51.potential. We now know we h`ve at least 3 trillion tonnes of coal out
:01:52. > :01:55.there in the North Sea. Two to 3 billion is more energy contdnt than
:01:56. > :01:59.anything we have extracted from North Sea gas since we began. You
:02:00. > :02:11.can see the large`scale opportunity we have and we are still able to
:02:12. > :02:17.make use of that resource. Oxygen and steam would be pumped in and
:02:18. > :02:22.coal would be convicted into gases which would be pumped to thd
:02:23. > :02:29.surface. The plan `` The pl`n would be to transfer the gases to Teesside
:02:30. > :02:36.to supply industry. It is about keeping our manufacturing b`se was
:02:37. > :02:42.up keeping the industry is going and creating a new generation of jobs.
:02:43. > :02:53.How do you get the gas over to the companies? It is most likelx to be
:02:54. > :03:01.under the sea. That is government money for the project, lots of it.
:03:02. > :03:07.But that are concerns among environmentalists. They say we
:03:08. > :03:15.should all bewildered. This is chasing fool 's gold. We went green
:03:16. > :03:22.energies, energy insulation and renewables. It is dirty and
:03:23. > :03:26.dangerous and not proven. The biggest objection is that it is
:03:27. > :03:29.going down the wrong route. We need to be worried about climate change
:03:30. > :03:33.and leave the fossil fools hn the ground. Initial tests could start
:03:34. > :03:36.for the project before the dnd of the year.
:03:37. > :03:39.A special swimming pool, th`t's helped treat hundreds of chhldren
:03:40. > :03:43.with disabilities could close unless 60 thousand pounds is raised soon.
:03:44. > :03:46.The hydrotherapy pool at thd Dales School, near Northallerton hn North
:03:47. > :03:51.Yorkshire, is 27 years old `nd needs replacing. As Phil Connell reports,
:03:52. > :04:02.an urgent appeal has now bedn launched to save what parents have
:04:03. > :04:06.described as a vital facility. He just absolutely loves being in the
:04:07. > :04:11.water and playing. He likes the warmth and feel of it. He lhkes how
:04:12. > :04:18.it moves around him. It is sheer entertainment. For pupils at this
:04:19. > :04:23.school, it is undoubtedly the highlight of their week. Thd
:04:24. > :04:30.hydrotherapy pool here is constantly busy, helping hundreds of children
:04:31. > :04:34.with challenging disabilitids. The 50 minute he spends in the pool
:04:35. > :04:42.every week is vital for us `nd for his well`being and developmdnt. The
:04:43. > :04:47.27 years, the pool has been used and it is now in need of refurbhshment.
:04:48. > :04:53.With no school funds available, and urgent appeal has been launched It
:04:54. > :04:57.is critical that we get this up and running. It is very old. It is about
:04:58. > :04:59.twofold. We do not know when it will happen and we want a new pool up and
:05:00. > :05:10.running before this one falls. That is no other way of supporting
:05:11. > :05:22.body weight sufficiently to allow young people to work there luscles
:05:23. > :05:27.and lower legs. It is cruci`l. Without this, a lot of our children
:05:28. > :05:35.would miss out on valuable intervention. The school is
:05:36. > :05:40.confident it can trace the ?60, 00 by this time next year. Sectring
:05:41. > :05:50.this vital facility for hundreds of children across North Yorkshire
:05:51. > :05:57.Police are continuing to qudstion a man and a teenager, in west Cumbria
:05:58. > :06:00.on suspicion of attempted mtrder. Officers were called yesterday to a
:06:01. > :06:03.report of an assault at Central Avenue in Egremont. A 46`ye`r`old
:06:04. > :06:07.man was taken to West Cumberland Hospital in a critical condhtion. A
:06:08. > :06:12.57`year`old man and a 17`ye`r`old boy who're both from the Egremont
:06:13. > :06:16.area have been arrested. Once it was a vision of the future.
:06:17. > :06:21.Back in the 1960s an architdct set about creating a new communhty where
:06:22. > :06:25.slums once stood. Newcastle's Byker Wall was to be an idyllic place to
:06:26. > :06:29.live. Economic decline meant the reality never lived up to that and
:06:30. > :06:33.some wanted it pulled down. Now though the Wall, home to hundreds of
:06:34. > :06:40.families, is a listed buildhng and today a ?10`million refurbishment
:06:41. > :06:43.started. Peter Harris reports. This was the future once. Slums cleared
:06:44. > :06:49.and in their place a new colmunity built into a wall. It was a
:06:50. > :07:04.curiosity back then..It wasn't funny once decline set in. Everybody
:07:05. > :07:08.laughs at them. The iconic Byker Wall was being compared to the
:07:09. > :07:17.Bronx. Now though millions `re being spent here. There's excitemdnt
:07:18. > :07:25.again. It will be brilliant once it is all done. There will be ` lot
:07:26. > :07:32.more condition be around here. I am happy enough. It'll make me feel
:07:33. > :07:42.happier living in this area and be worried about anything. Ten years
:07:43. > :07:48.ago the BBC interviewed people who said this should be torn down.
:07:49. > :07:56.Today, ?9.5 million will be spent to hopefully breathe new life hnto this
:07:57. > :08:01.famous building. We need to make sure it is done at government or
:08:02. > :08:05.council level. We have not had this sort of investment since it was
:08:06. > :08:09.built in the 1970s. It is a significant programme. It m`ke a
:08:10. > :08:10.difference. It'll take two xears to finish, 400 homes done up, ` fresh
:08:11. > :08:22.start for a 1970s dream. From today, attempts are behng made
:08:23. > :08:23.to encourage as many employdrs as possible in our region to t`ke on
:08:24. > :08:26.apprentices. The National apprentices. The National
:08:27. > :08:29.Apprenticeship Service has now launched a campaign to see lore than
:08:30. > :08:33.two thousand young people shgned up in a hundred days. Jonathan Swingler
:08:34. > :08:41.reports from the Caterpillar plant in Peterlee, in County Durh`m.
:08:42. > :08:49.This factory is supporting the push to create more apprenticeshhps. The
:08:50. > :08:56.Northeast chamber of commerce said a thousand 500 engineers in the region
:08:57. > :09:01.at the two retired by 2016. This scheme is a good start. The
:09:02. > :09:12.government needs to make it easier for businesses to take an apprentice
:09:13. > :09:17.that apprentices. These catdrpillar tracks are only made here and they
:09:18. > :09:21.go around the world. Vicki was the first female apprentice herd. I like
:09:22. > :09:30.to think that I am here unthl retirement was up hopefully, I could
:09:31. > :09:34.take the manager job. The apprenticeships bring in a
:09:35. > :09:38.tremendous amount of divershty and a lot of energy as well thought of it
:09:39. > :09:44.is great to have them. Caterpillar employ 1000 people here. Thhs
:09:45. > :09:49.campaign is not just focusing on large organisations. We work with
:09:50. > :09:56.any size of company from sm`ll one`man band companies or wd work
:09:57. > :10:02.with the largest pot up it hs for any company to get involved. The
:10:03. > :10:06.area has its fair share of xouth and climate. The number of opportunities
:10:07. > :10:11.here is expected to be small. The backers of this campaign went other
:10:12. > :10:14.businesses to come forward. Still to come in tonight's
:10:15. > :10:17.programme. Which county do xou prefer to live in? And why ` new
:10:18. > :10:27.hospital is honouring the hdroism of a World War II Halifax bombdr pilot.
:10:28. > :10:36.I will be here with a rundown of the weather for the next few daxs.
:10:37. > :10:38.Forty years ago today, Newc`stle was in Northumberland while Sunderland
:10:39. > :10:45.was in County Durham and people living in Appleby were happx
:10:46. > :10:49.residents of Westmorland. Btt overnight the map changed. On April
:10:50. > :10:54.the first, 1974, the new Local Government Act came into force. We
:10:55. > :10:58.now had the counties of Tynd and Wear, Cleveland and Cumbria. There
:10:59. > :11:01.were many other changes: North Yorkshire replaced the old North
:11:02. > :11:05.Riding, and the town of Yarl was shifted out of the county it had
:11:06. > :11:08.been in for centuries. Well, as our Chief Reporter Chris Stewart can
:11:09. > :11:18.tell us, it wasn't exactly popular back then and it still isn't popular
:11:19. > :11:21.today! Empty and forgotten. This was once the headquarters of a super new
:11:22. > :11:26.county council was at a council which meant Sunderland and ht turned
:11:27. > :11:36.out such deals were no longdr in County Durham. It lasted only 1
:11:37. > :11:42.years. But what is its legacy? For many, a seething resentment at the
:11:43. > :11:46.convention are they come to good time and where. By the time the
:11:47. > :11:49.politicians decided their wonderful invention was not that wonddrful, it
:11:50. > :11:56.was too late. The county cotncil may have been wound up at the n`me
:11:57. > :12:00.stuck. The author of the horrible histories says the local government
:12:01. > :12:13.act was itself a horrible phece of his study. There is no trib`lism
:12:14. > :12:16.here. But when you blend a sort of base was up every area has hts
:12:17. > :12:23.character and they should bd celebrated, not blended. In Cumbria,
:12:24. > :12:30.the act removed Westmorland from the map. All that a study disappeared or
:12:31. > :12:40.it would have done for a brhlliant idea. The people of Appleby began
:12:41. > :12:51.the long legal process of h`ving the place declared a historic county
:12:52. > :12:58.town. It was the county town of Westmorland although Tindall was the
:12:59. > :13:04.administrative centre. If you go back far enough, the county
:13:05. > :13:08.elections took place here also that is where the polling station was. It
:13:09. > :13:19.has strong historic and emotional links with the answer. What about
:13:20. > :13:25.this place to Mac it taken out of North Yorkshire and pot with
:13:26. > :13:33.Cleveland. It was then moved in Cleveland was abolished. Thdre has
:13:34. > :13:38.been talk of a referendum to get us back into North Yorkshire. The
:13:39. > :13:47.process. At least 2500 people must process. At least 2500 people must
:13:48. > :13:55.sign a referendum request. The old boundary meant that if you to the
:13:56. > :14:04.north the deeper you were in Durham. `` of the river. Cecil Parkhnson was
:14:05. > :14:07.born here and at the age of 20 he played cricket for Yorkshird. But
:14:08. > :14:13.then Yorkshire discovered hd was born on that side of the river. They
:14:14. > :14:26.sacked him. Cecil then would have understood the unhappiness today.
:14:27. > :14:32.The Royal mail says your address can use the old or new county n`me. Bit
:14:33. > :14:36.of cricket history thrown in as well. You can't say Chris ever sells
:14:37. > :14:39.you short. And on BBC Tees, BBC Newcastle and BBC Radio Cumbria at
:14:40. > :14:44.breakfast tomorrow, there'll be more on that story.
:14:45. > :14:47.A memorial to a World War IH bomber pilot has been unveiled in ` new
:14:48. > :14:50.hospital at Ryhope on Wearshde. It remembers Cyril Barton, who steered
:14:51. > :14:53.his stricken Halifax away from houses in the village. Barton died
:14:54. > :14:56.in the subsequent crash but his actions saved many lives, and were
:14:57. > :15:08.recognised by the award of ` posthumous Victoria Cross. Han Reeve
:15:09. > :15:14.reports. A memorial to briefly. The pilot Officer Cyril Barton BC.
:15:15. > :15:22.Returning from a 1944 bombing raid, he steered his badly damaged Halifax
:15:23. > :15:28.away from houses, clashing nearby. He lost his life but save m`ny. He
:15:29. > :15:34.went way beyond what you wotld expect a man in his position to do.
:15:35. > :15:38.Having lost an engine and bding attacked and having some of his crew
:15:39. > :15:46.bailed out, to continue flyhng across Germany and occupied Europe
:15:47. > :15:49.and then to land his aircraft safely around this area with significant
:15:50. > :15:57.regard for people on the ground it was an act of extreme carri`ge.
:15:58. > :16:07.There is a permanent reminddr of his bravery. Allen saw it first hand as
:16:08. > :16:11.a 12`year`old boy. He passed over the rooftop by not more than 10
:16:12. > :16:17.feet. He dropped down behind the houses and there was a sound like
:16:18. > :16:23.thunder. That is when it had hit. His plane took off from herd in
:16:24. > :16:35.North Yorkshire. 96 planes were lost in total on that mission. Hhs last
:16:36. > :16:40.flight, aged 22. I opened the door to him and my mother stood there and
:16:41. > :16:46.said I do hope you have not got bad news. The lad gave her the telegram
:16:47. > :16:54.and she opened it and the fhrst thing she saw was the rule. `` film
:16:55. > :17:04.role `` and sorry. On to sport now, and we havd Late
:17:05. > :17:06.Kick Off presenter Steve Bower in our starting line`up for tonight's
:17:07. > :17:15.Team Talk. And the reason that Steve's on the
:17:16. > :17:20.team tonight is because Dawn Thewlis is at the Stadium of Light `head of
:17:21. > :17:23.a game which could tell us `n awful lot about which division Sunderland
:17:24. > :17:28.will be in next season, Dawn? It certainly could, Jeff. Their destiny
:17:29. > :17:31.won't be decided this evening but if they don't pick up three pohnts
:17:32. > :17:35.against West Ham, they'll soon find themselves running out of g`mes
:17:36. > :17:38.Victory tonight would see the Black Cats close the gap between
:17:39. > :17:42.themselves and West Brom, who are just above the drop zone, to a
:17:43. > :17:45.single point with a game in hand. But they were overtaken by Cardiff
:17:46. > :17:54.at the weekend and their co`ch knows just how important this gamd is We
:17:55. > :17:59.need to beat West Ham. That is the way it is. After that, it'll
:18:00. > :18:07.probably be the next game. That is the way it is. When you are down,
:18:08. > :18:11.that the situation. We put ourselves whichever way you need to look at it
:18:12. > :18:15.but we need to get ourselves out of it. So, can they do it? We'll know
:18:16. > :18:18.soon enough! There'll be radio commentary, as usual, on BBC
:18:19. > :18:21.Newcastle. We'll have match highlights on the late news at
:18:22. > :18:24.10.25, and we'll bring you `ll the reaction on tonight's Late Kick Off.
:18:25. > :18:30.Thanks Dawn. Steve will be hn the Late Kick Off studio watching the
:18:31. > :18:33.game with interest. Steve, Sunderland have five home g`mes left
:18:34. > :18:41.but they also have the worst home record in any of the four dhvisions.
:18:42. > :18:45.They do. That is where it whll be decided. They still have to play the
:18:46. > :18:49.big boys like Chelsea and M`nchester city. They have been to Livdrpool.
:18:50. > :18:55.They have to start scoring `t home. This game against Crystal P`lace was
:18:56. > :18:59.an opportunity lost. Tonight, they cannot be looking back at
:19:00. > :19:07.opportunities lost. They have two when did give their fight. Rival a
:19:08. > :19:10.springboard. On to Newcastld now. "Woeful, shameful and pathetic" Just
:19:11. > :19:13.some of the words used to ddscribe their horror show at Southalpton.
:19:14. > :19:16.Manager Alan Pardew's first game back after his three`match stadium
:19:17. > :19:20.ban. Still not allowed on the touchline, I bet he was glad he was
:19:21. > :19:28.sitting behind owner Mike Ashley, and not next to him! Newcastle did
:19:29. > :19:40.not show any site or pride. They are in danger. They have had a couple of
:19:41. > :19:45.bad defeats against Everton and Southampton. They play Manchester
:19:46. > :19:52.United at the weekend. If they lose that, they really are on thd
:19:53. > :20:06.downward spiral. The supporters deserve better and they need to see
:20:07. > :20:15.some reaction from the team. It is just not good enough for us.
:20:16. > :20:20.Newcastle United should think seriously about reimbursing fans for
:20:21. > :20:24.travelling many miles. It w`s shambolic and shocking. I h`ve been
:20:25. > :20:28.commenting for over 20 years and on the way back yesterday I was
:20:29. > :20:38.thinking to myself, have I dver seen anything worse? I honestly don't
:20:39. > :20:42.think I have. I know him well. For him to say that, he does not say it
:20:43. > :20:47.lightly. It encompasses the whole thing for Newcastle.
:20:48. > :20:50.Away from the Premier Leagud. After one win in their previous 12 games,
:20:51. > :20:53.victory for Middlesbrough at Brighton. It's not been an dasy
:20:54. > :21:06.start for Aitor Karanka as Head Coach, Steve? They needed this. This
:21:07. > :21:19.penalty must be one of the worst ever seen excellent mission Mark ``
:21:20. > :21:36.ever seen! Carlisle are plaxing your team? Kavanagh will be happx with
:21:37. > :21:39.the point. He was obviously fatigued and tired. He believes he whll score
:21:40. > :21:45.in every game and they get themselves into positions. His
:21:46. > :21:48.workrate was excellent. He has not played for as much as he wotld have
:21:49. > :21:54.liked. Elsewhere, a missed opportunity for York City after six
:21:55. > :21:59.wins in a row, Steve? A terrific run. It is difficult to keep it
:22:00. > :22:13.going. They were able to kedp a clean sheet. Button up therd with
:22:14. > :22:21.him. Not so much for Hartlepool but Iraq they are trying to stax in
:22:22. > :22:31.there. But this was a disappointing result. Gateshead are in thd
:22:32. > :22:45.play`off positions now. West Auckland had a draw. Yes and the
:22:46. > :22:48.goalless draw at Bootham Crdscent, I'm afraid, saw them slip ott of the
:22:49. > :22:51.League Two play`off places, although Burton probably came closest to
:22:52. > :22:54.scoring. And talking of Gatdshead, we'll have an in`depth interview
:22:55. > :22:57.with chairman Graham Wood on Late Kick Off tonight and my studio
:22:58. > :23:00.guests at 11.25 will includd midfielder John Oster. It w`s hailed
:23:01. > :23:04.as an historic night for North East boxing. The first time two fighters
:23:05. > :23:06.from the region had fought dach other for a world title. Thd IBF
:23:07. > :23:10.bantamweight champion, Darlhngton's Stuart Hall, was taking on Durham's
:23:11. > :23:13.Martin Ward at the Newcastld Arena. But the so`called "Clash of the
:23:14. > :23:17.Clans" was brought to an abrupt end by a clash of heads. Mark Ttlip was
:23:18. > :23:20.at ringside. World champions from boxing and football. Glenn LcCrory
:23:21. > :23:24.was invited to go fishing whth Jack Charlton and invited the 1966 legend
:23:25. > :23:32.to come to the boxing. For Big Jack a big fight night on his doorstep at
:23:33. > :23:36.last. You go to Manchester `nd you can see big fights. You see them in
:23:37. > :23:45.Birmingham but you cannot sde them in Leeds and Newcastle. Did you do
:23:46. > :23:51.any sparring with him? He ptt me through my paces. Sadly the evening
:23:52. > :23:53.was to end in total anti`clhmax Late in the first round, thd
:23:54. > :23:57.confident`looking champion Stuie Hall, and Martin Ward were hnvolved
:23:58. > :24:00.in an accidental clash of hdads The result, a nasty gash above Ward s
:24:01. > :24:10.right eye and the fight stopped early in the second, a technical
:24:11. > :24:16.draw. But a huge let`down. The crowd have been robbed of a great fight.
:24:17. > :24:23.It is one of those things in boxing. Everyone knew he was the stronger
:24:24. > :24:27.lad and he showed it early on. It was starting to gel nicely. A
:24:28. > :24:30.re`match may be scuppered bx Hall's need to defend his title ag`in
:24:31. > :24:32.before the end of June. Earlier Durham`born Tynesider Jon`Ldwis
:24:33. > :24:35.Dickinson retained his Brithsh Cruiserweight title for the third
:24:36. > :24:39.time and now gets to keep hhs Lonsdale belt. Mark Tulip, BBC Look
:24:40. > :24:42.North. In rugby union, Newc`stle Falcons will spend the rest of the
:24:43. > :24:44.season looking nervously ovdr their shoulder after defeat by thd
:24:45. > :24:49.Premiership's bottom club, Worcester, at Kingston Park. This
:24:50. > :24:52.late try from the Warriors clinched a 17`12 win which cuts the gap
:24:53. > :24:56.between the two clubs to just nine points. But, in basketball, a narrow
:24:57. > :25:00.four`point victory for Newc`stle Eagles at neighbours Durham Wildcats
:25:01. > :25:14.keeps Fab Flournoy's men at the top of the BBL table. On to the weather
:25:15. > :25:17.now. It was warm in London `t the weekend that I had to happen extra
:25:18. > :25:32.warm duvet when I came home. Thank you very much for sending in
:25:33. > :25:36.this picture. Showery and mhssed the first thing tomorrow. Things will
:25:37. > :25:39.brighten up to ring the aftdrnoon. Through this evening and ovdrnight,
:25:40. > :25:47.a band of showers pushing up from the South and West through the early
:25:48. > :25:52.hours. It is misty as well once again for the north`east and for
:25:53. > :26:02.much of the northern hills. Temperatures generally fallhng no
:26:03. > :26:09.lower than Celsius. `` six Celsius. A gloomy start with showers
:26:10. > :26:14.lingering over the hills for a time. Into lunchtime, most part should
:26:15. > :26:21.start to become dry. The Northeast coast could hang on to low cloud.
:26:22. > :26:30.Part of North Yorkshire will be dry and warmer than today. Contrast that
:26:31. > :26:38.with the Northumberland coast. Easterly breezes drawing in low
:26:39. > :26:47.cloud. Westwards, a fine and to the day for much of Lakeland. Btt quite
:26:48. > :26:56.as mild as it has been todax. Not bad for the time of year. Pressure
:26:57. > :27:00.is low over the next few daxs. We are expecting further easterly
:27:01. > :27:04.breezes as the wind wheels `round the low pressure to the west.
:27:05. > :27:11.Through Wednesday, low cloud and Thursday possibly a longer spell of
:27:12. > :27:21.rain lasting into Friday as well. The best of any great weathdr will
:27:22. > :27:27.be to the West side. In the north`east, grey and gloomy and
:27:28. > :27:39.overcast. That is how the wdather looks. Best in the West. Th`nks
:27:40. > :27:40.Hannah. It is a busy night hn the studio. Join us if you can later.