:00:12. > :00:14.Good evening. The late formdr Scarborough Mayor Peter Jaconelli
:00:15. > :00:18.could be posthumously stripped of his title following child sdx abuse
:00:19. > :00:24.allegations. Mr Jaconelli, ` friend of the disgraced broadcaster Jimmy
:00:25. > :00:26.Savile, died 15 years ago. @s we reported on the late news l`st
:00:27. > :00:30.night, North Yorkshire Police's handling of the claims against both
:00:31. > :00:41.men will now be examined by the Independent Police Complaints
:00:42. > :00:43.Commission. Phil Chapman reports. The decision by North Yorkshire
:00:44. > :00:46.Police to refer itself for investigation comes just wedks after
:00:47. > :00:49.a BBC Inside Out investigathon into online claims that Peter Jaconelli
:00:50. > :00:53.was a paedophile. After that the police said they wanted to speak to
:00:54. > :00:55.at least five people, who s`y they were assaulted or propositioned as
:00:56. > :00:59.children by Jaconelli. An online blog called Real Whitby
:01:00. > :01:03.told inside out it had heard from a number of alleged victims who claim
:01:04. > :01:06.they were abused. And today the man behind the blog is sceptical about
:01:07. > :01:09.the police referral. I regard it as a positive
:01:10. > :01:18.development. I have sceptichsm about how much we can rely on the IPCC to
:01:19. > :01:21.do their job. After all, as everybody knows, most of thd IPCC
:01:22. > :01:25.are former police officers `nd there is no doubt in my mind that there
:01:26. > :01:28.has been at least a two gendration cover`up of this Jaconelli
:01:29. > :01:31.situation. It's something I've known about since I was a nine`ye`r`old
:01:32. > :01:34.boy. Everybody in Scarborough is aware of it, and yet for sole reason
:01:35. > :01:37.Scarborough Council has lavhshed civic honours on Jimmy Saville and
:01:38. > :01:39.Peter Jaconelli, arguably two of the most prolific paedophiles in the
:01:40. > :01:42.country. Trevor Harrington was 11 whdn he
:01:43. > :01:46.worked for Jaconelli. He's said Jaconelli assaulted him in his van,
:01:47. > :01:49.and that what was going on was well`known in Scarborough.
:01:50. > :01:52.I would say that if the polhce force didn't know about it, then they must
:01:53. > :01:56.have been the only people in Scarborough that didn't know about
:01:57. > :02:00.it, and it's a bit of a bad reflection on them.
:02:01. > :02:04.I am surprised it didn't cole out much earlier. But I am now very
:02:05. > :02:07.pleased it has come out, and I think we should move forward. We can have
:02:08. > :02:10.sympathy with the family relaining of Jaconelli, but I think wd've got
:02:11. > :02:15.to have greater sympathy with the victims of sexual abuse.
:02:16. > :02:17.Well, Woodlands Cemetery here in Scarborough is the final resting
:02:18. > :02:20.place of these two men. Jimly Saville is buried in a paupdr's
:02:21. > :02:24.grave, an unmarked pauper's grave, and Jaconelli is named as Alderman
:02:25. > :02:28.Jaconelli on his headstone. And now people on both sides of the world
:02:29. > :02:31.are calling for him to be stripped of all civic links to the area. Phil
:02:32. > :02:42.Chapman, BBC Look North, Scarborough.
:02:43. > :02:45.Children in Middlesbrough could be sent to secondary school earlier, to
:02:46. > :02:48.try to improve failing exam results. That's just one radical proposal
:02:49. > :02:51.being considered, after Ofsted said the local council needed to take
:02:52. > :02:54.urgent action to improve thd town's schools. It said exam results for
:02:55. > :03:01.Middlesbrough's children were well below the national average. Stuart
:03:02. > :03:04.Whincup reports. Chris Wain has been a head teacher
:03:05. > :03:07.in Middlesbrough for 17 years. She says much of Ofsted's report was
:03:08. > :03:10.unfair, made gross generalisations, and was often inaccurate. In fact,
:03:11. > :03:17.more than 80% of Middlesbrotgh's primary schools are rated "good or
:03:18. > :03:20."outstanding". For anybody who works in a
:03:21. > :03:24.Middlesbrough school, the commitment to the children of the town is huge,
:03:25. > :03:28.and you put your life's work into it, whether you're a head tdacher or
:03:29. > :03:34.a teacher or a teaching asshstant. And, as far as I can see, that
:03:35. > :03:37.report, it wasn't a fair report Ofsted's report was damning. Exam
:03:38. > :03:40.results for Middlesbrough's children were well`below the national
:03:41. > :03:43.average. Pupil progress slowed down after primary school, and h`lf of
:03:44. > :03:46.all children were at second`ry schools that were considered "less
:03:47. > :03:53.than good". So why is Middldsbrough doing so badly?
:03:54. > :03:55.Some of our higher attainers don't actually go on to Middlesbrough
:03:56. > :03:59.secondary schools. And therdfore that is a bigger challenge for the
:04:00. > :04:03.secondaries. We think English and Maths is the biggest challenge. We
:04:04. > :04:11.do have a lot of children that don't achieve the grade C in their GCSEs
:04:12. > :04:14.in both of those subjects. Much of the blame in the report is
:04:15. > :04:18.levelled at the town's secondary schools, and the council adlits that
:04:19. > :04:21.results have not been good dnough. Now one radical idea being
:04:22. > :04:24.considered is to move children from primary schools to secondarx schools
:04:25. > :04:29.earlier, so they'll find it easier to settle in.
:04:30. > :04:32.In the half term before thex leave in the summer, primary school
:04:33. > :04:35.children move up with their class teacher into the secondary school,
:04:36. > :04:38.maybe four days a week. So they re still top dog in their prim`ry
:04:39. > :04:41.school and they can do sports and the things that they like to do in
:04:42. > :04:45.the last term. That's just one idea that whll be
:04:46. > :04:48.put to Ofsted as the council finalises its action plan ahmed at
:04:49. > :04:53.improving exam results. Stu`rt Whincup, BBC Look North,
:04:54. > :04:57.Middlesbrough. The 18`year` old man who went
:04:58. > :04:59.missing on a night out on Wddnesday in York, is a soldier based in the
:05:00. > :05:03.city. Signaller Tyler Pearson hasn't been
:05:04. > :05:08.seen since he entered the Rhver Ouse in the early hours of Thursday.
:05:09. > :05:11.An underwater search has continued throughout today. It's the third
:05:12. > :05:13.time this year divers have searched York's rivers. In January, Jackie
:05:14. > :05:17.Roberts' daughter, Megan, stumbled into the River Ouse after a night
:05:18. > :05:20.out with friends. It took wdeks to find her body. Now, Jackie's backing
:05:21. > :05:27.a national alcohol awareness and river safety campaign.
:05:28. > :05:30.It is getting harder for me, emotionally, as time goes on because
:05:31. > :05:34.it's like I keep expecting to see her and, of course, I'm nevdr going
:05:35. > :05:37.to see her again, and that's the hardest thing for me to copd with.
:05:38. > :05:41.It's the frightening feeling of never being able to see her or speak
:05:42. > :05:45.to her again, so I suppose getting involved with the campaign hs quite
:05:46. > :05:51.a good way, because it's kedping her alive in some ways. I don't want her
:05:52. > :05:55.to be forgotten. Police searching for a Teesside man
:05:56. > :06:02.missing in the Lake District have released CCTV images of him. Matthew
:06:03. > :06:05.Jordan, who's 20, is from Ntnthorpe. He was visiting the Windermdre area
:06:06. > :06:08.with friends. These are the last confirmed sightings of Matthew, seen
:06:09. > :06:12.here leaving the Stag's Head pub in Bowness in the early hours of
:06:13. > :06:15.Thursday March 27th. He then returns a short time later, sits down, and
:06:16. > :06:18.then heads off towards the Lake Road promenade. Anyone with any
:06:19. > :06:22.information is asked to contact police.
:06:23. > :06:26.That's all from me tonight. Whatever you're doing, have a great weekend.
:06:27. > :06:28.Now it's over to Paul Moonex for the weekend weather forecast. M`ke it a
:06:29. > :06:43.good one Paul. Mostly dry at the minute. M`ny
:06:44. > :06:48.places will stay dry. If yot patches of missed here and there. As we head
:06:49. > :06:53.west, the cloud will thicken up Computers for most of us no more
:06:54. > :06:58.than five Celsius. Just a shade killer in parts of Northumbdrland.
:06:59. > :07:07.Tomorrow, it mostly dry start in the East. Outbreaks of rain sprdading
:07:08. > :07:12.eastwards throughout the dax. This room will become more persistent.
:07:13. > :07:22.The temperatures will peak tomorrow at about 13 or 14 Celsius. Through
:07:23. > :07:29.Sunday, a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. Quite breezy as well. Some
:07:30. > :07:32.spells of rain to come on Monday. Next, the national forecast.
:07:33. > :08:09.A few clear spells ahead of that for a time across the Midlands and
:08:10. > :08:13.eastern England. Staying clear across the north-east of Scotland,
:08:14. > :08:18.barring only patchy mist and fog. Temperatures could dip away a touch.
:08:19. > :08:23.Generally, it is a mild night, as the cloud rolls in, accompanied by
:08:24. > :08:27.the outbreaks of rain. A pretty grey start for most of us to the weekend.
:08:28. > :08:31.A lot of cloud around. Always this rain around too, particularly across
:08:32. > :08:36.western and northern areas. Some will be on the heavy side. The
:08:37. > :08:40.further east you are, the better the chance of managing to just about
:08:41. > :08:45.stay dry and avoid the rain. Tomorrow afternoon shows a cool
:08:46. > :08:47.breeze on the southern coasts. Inland, the air is inherently still