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Good evening. The late formdr Scarborough Mayor Peter Jaconelli

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could be posthumously stripped of his title following child sdx abuse

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allegations. Mr Jaconelli, ` friend of the disgraced broadcaster Jimmy

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Savile, died 15 years ago. @s we reported on the late news l`st

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night, North Yorkshire Police's handling of the claims against both

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men will now be examined by the Independent Police Complaints

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Commission. Phil Chapman reports. The decision by North Yorkshire

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Police to refer itself for investigation comes just wedks after

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a BBC Inside Out investigathon into online claims that Peter Jaconelli

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was a paedophile. After that the police said they wanted to speak to

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at least five people, who s`y they were assaulted or propositioned as

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children by Jaconelli. An online blog called Real Whitby

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told inside out it had heard from a number of alleged victims who claim

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they were abused. And today the man behind the blog is sceptical about

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the police referral. I regard it as a positive

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development. I have sceptichsm about how much we can rely on the IPCC to

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do their job. After all, as everybody knows, most of thd IPCC

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are former police officers `nd there is no doubt in my mind that there

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has been at least a two gendration cover`up of this Jaconelli

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situation. It's something I've known about since I was a nine`ye`r`old

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boy. Everybody in Scarborough is aware of it, and yet for sole reason

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Scarborough Council has lavhshed civic honours on Jimmy Saville and

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Peter Jaconelli, arguably two of the most prolific paedophiles in the

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country. Trevor Harrington was 11 whdn he

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worked for Jaconelli. He's said Jaconelli assaulted him in his van,

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and that what was going on was well`known in Scarborough.

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I would say that if the polhce force didn't know about it, then they must

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have been the only people in Scarborough that didn't know about

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it, and it's a bit of a bad reflection on them.

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I am surprised it didn't cole out much earlier. But I am now very

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pleased it has come out, and I think we should move forward. We can have

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sympathy with the family relaining of Jaconelli, but I think wd've got

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to have greater sympathy with the victims of sexual abuse.

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Well, Woodlands Cemetery here in Scarborough is the final resting

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place of these two men. Jimly Saville is buried in a paupdr's

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grave, an unmarked pauper's grave, and Jaconelli is named as Alderman

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Jaconelli on his headstone. And now people on both sides of the world

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are calling for him to be stripped of all civic links to the area. Phil

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Chapman, BBC Look North, Scarborough.

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Children in Middlesbrough could be sent to secondary school earlier, to

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try to improve failing exam results. That's just one radical proposal

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being considered, after Ofsted said the local council needed to take

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urgent action to improve thd town's schools. It said exam results for

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Middlesbrough's children were well below the national average. Stuart

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Whincup reports. Chris Wain has been a head teacher

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in Middlesbrough for 17 years. She says much of Ofsted's report was

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unfair, made gross generalisations, and was often inaccurate. In fact,

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more than 80% of Middlesbrotgh's primary schools are rated "good or

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"outstanding". For anybody who works in a

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Middlesbrough school, the commitment to the children of the town is huge,

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and you put your life's work into it, whether you're a head tdacher or

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a teacher or a teaching asshstant. And, as far as I can see, that

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report, it wasn't a fair report Ofsted's report was damning. Exam

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results for Middlesbrough's children were well`below the national

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average. Pupil progress slowed down after primary school, and h`lf of

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all children were at second`ry schools that were considered "less

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than good". So why is Middldsbrough doing so badly?

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Some of our higher attainers don't actually go on to Middlesbrough

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secondary schools. And therdfore that is a bigger challenge for the

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secondaries. We think English and Maths is the biggest challenge. We

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do have a lot of children that don't achieve the grade C in their GCSEs

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in both of those subjects. Much of the blame in the report is

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levelled at the town's secondary schools, and the council adlits that

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results have not been good dnough. Now one radical idea being

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considered is to move children from primary schools to secondarx schools

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earlier, so they'll find it easier to settle in.

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In the half term before thex leave in the summer, primary school

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children move up with their class teacher into the secondary school,

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maybe four days a week. So they re still top dog in their prim`ry

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school and they can do sports and the things that they like to do in

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the last term. That's just one idea that whll be

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put to Ofsted as the council finalises its action plan ahmed at

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improving exam results. Stu`rt Whincup, BBC Look North,

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Middlesbrough. The 18`year` old man who went

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missing on a night out on Wddnesday in York, is a soldier based in the

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city. Signaller Tyler Pearson hasn't been

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seen since he entered the Rhver Ouse in the early hours of Thursday.

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An underwater search has continued throughout today. It's the third

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time this year divers have searched York's rivers. In January, Jackie

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Roberts' daughter, Megan, stumbled into the River Ouse after a night

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out with friends. It took wdeks to find her body. Now, Jackie's backing

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a national alcohol awareness and river safety campaign.

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It is getting harder for me, emotionally, as time goes on because

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it's like I keep expecting to see her and, of course, I'm nevdr going

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to see her again, and that's the hardest thing for me to copd with.

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It's the frightening feeling of never being able to see her or speak

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to her again, so I suppose getting involved with the campaign hs quite

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a good way, because it's kedping her alive in some ways. I don't want her

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to be forgotten. Police searching for a Teesside man

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missing in the Lake District have released CCTV images of him. Matthew

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Jordan, who's 20, is from Ntnthorpe. He was visiting the Windermdre area

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with friends. These are the last confirmed sightings of Matthew, seen

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here leaving the Stag's Head pub in Bowness in the early hours of

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Thursday March 27th. He then returns a short time later, sits down, and

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then heads off towards the Lake Road promenade. Anyone with any

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information is asked to contact police.

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That's all from me tonight. Whatever you're doing, have a great weekend.

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Now it's over to Paul Moonex for the weekend weather forecast. M`ke it a

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good one Paul. Mostly dry at the minute. M`ny

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places will stay dry. If yot patches of missed here and there. As we head

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west, the cloud will thicken up Computers for most of us no more

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than five Celsius. Just a shade killer in parts of Northumbdrland.

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Tomorrow, it mostly dry start in the East. Outbreaks of rain sprdading

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eastwards throughout the dax. This room will become more persistent.

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The temperatures will peak tomorrow at about 13 or 14 Celsius. Through

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Sunday, a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. Quite breezy as well. Some

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spells of rain to come on Monday. Next, the national forecast.

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A few clear spells ahead of that for a time across the Midlands and

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eastern England. Staying clear across the north-east of Scotland,

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barring only patchy mist and fog. Temperatures could dip away a touch.

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Generally, it is a mild night, as the cloud rolls in, accompanied by

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the outbreaks of rain. A pretty grey start for most of us to the weekend.

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A lot of cloud around. Always this rain around too, particularly across

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western and northern areas. Some will be on the heavy side. The

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further east you are, the better the chance of managing to just about

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stay dry and avoid the rain. Tomorrow afternoon shows a cool

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breeze on the southern coasts. Inland, the air is inherently still

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