:00:00. > :00:00.of blue results. He spent just ten months in the
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to Tuesday's Look North In tonight's headlines: Fear for
:00:08. > :00:15.charity funding after the Northern Rock Foundation announces it's to
:00:16. > :00:20.close. We have been negotiating for two
:00:21. > :00:23.years to try and find a way that they could contribute and wd could
:00:24. > :00:25.do something together that would be a winner for the area. It h`s not
:00:26. > :00:29.worked. A rare play date for the chhldren
:00:30. > :00:31.who rely on artificial hearts to keep them alive.
:00:32. > :00:34.Campaigners fighting to savd Teesside's local airport ard taking
:00:35. > :00:37.their case to Downing Street. And a tragic training exerchse. The
:00:38. > :00:43.lifeboat men lost at sea 75 years ago are remembered.
:00:44. > :00:46.In sport, there's another boxing world title fight on its wax to the
:00:47. > :00:50.region. And there's one heck of a p`rty at
:00:51. > :00:52.Hartlepool, as the club makds sure it won't drop out of the Football
:00:53. > :01:06.League. It's handed out over ?200 mhllion to
:01:07. > :01:10.over 2,000 organisations across the North East and Cumbria over the last
:01:11. > :01:17.16 years But today the Northern Rock Foundation has announced it's to
:01:18. > :01:20.close. It says it can't strhke a deal with Virgin Money, which bought
:01:21. > :01:24.Northern Rock, for future long`term funding. Virgin Money, which made
:01:25. > :01:28.?53 million profit last year, says it was prepared to keep providing
:01:29. > :01:34.support, but not the amount the foundation wanted. Tonight, the news
:01:35. > :01:37.leaves many charities in thd region already struggling for fundhng with
:01:38. > :01:45.new concerns about their future Here's our political correspondent
:01:46. > :01:49.Mark Denten. From premature babies in Newcastle,
:01:50. > :01:52.to a theatre group in Blyth ` over the last 16 years the Northdrn Rock
:01:53. > :01:55.Foundation has helped them `ll. Over 1,000 charities benefitted from
:01:56. > :01:59.grants. But today the news that it's being wound up. Although Virgin
:02:00. > :02:01.Money's Sir Richard Branson gave the foundation his backing when he took
:02:02. > :02:08.over Northern Rock, negotiations over future funding between bank and
:02:09. > :02:22.foundation have broken down. It is the end of the road.
:02:23. > :02:27.It was the June `` the wonddr of the North East. No other companx has
:02:28. > :02:31.donated such a high proporthon of profits. It was doing wonderful
:02:32. > :02:35.things. It is a sad day. The Northern Rock Foundation was
:02:36. > :02:38.originally set up in 1997. The Rock collapsed in 2008 with the financial
:02:39. > :02:41.crisis While a buyer was fotnd, an interim arrangement kept thd
:02:42. > :02:45.foundation going for the next two years. Virgin money took ovdr the
:02:46. > :02:54.Rock in January 2012 and signed a deal to fund the foundation until
:02:55. > :02:56.December last year. After months of negotiations,
:02:57. > :02:59.though, today the foundation announced it's closing.
:03:00. > :03:02.For people like Stuart, who runs a mental health charity in thd North
:03:03. > :03:10.East and has just had a grant from the foundation, it's a sad
:03:11. > :03:18.I know many charities spendhng their reserves in order to survivd. Many
:03:19. > :03:27.charities will struggle. It is another hardship for the sector
:03:28. > :03:36.One MEP targeted his blame `t Richard Branson. `` MP. He hs not a
:03:37. > :03:45.good man that people say he is, he has cut off the money.
:03:46. > :03:48.And Mark's here now. Mark, behind us on the screen we can see just some
:03:49. > :03:52.of the 2000 charities the foundation's helped in the North
:03:53. > :03:55.East and Cumbria since it w`s set up. What does Virgin Money have to
:03:56. > :04:02.say? They have been talking for the year,
:04:03. > :04:10.they say that they wanted a deal why they could not get one.
:04:11. > :04:17.We made a proposal for joint projects which involved significant
:04:18. > :04:22.funding. How much? One of those was equal to the amount that we donated
:04:23. > :04:26.in 2014, which was ?1 million. We were not able to commit to the
:04:27. > :04:30.levels of funding that the foundation said they would require
:04:31. > :04:34.to continue their grant givhng programme in the coming years,
:04:35. > :04:39.because that was significantly above that level.
:04:40. > :04:46.You announced profits of ?53 million. People will say whx you
:04:47. > :04:55.can't afford to do that deal in the region? The ?1 million that we
:04:56. > :05:04.donated in 2014, based on 2013's profits of 53 million, was hn excess
:05:05. > :05:12.of 1%, it was named 2%. The level that was being looked upon, that the
:05:13. > :05:17.foundation required to conthnue was at a level which was simply
:05:18. > :05:22.unrealistic. You're saying that she could not afford it? It is not about
:05:23. > :05:27.not affording it, it is abott being realistic about what we comlit to to
:05:28. > :05:33.the future on an ongoing basis. If we look at the commitment to the
:05:34. > :05:41.north`east, if we look at where we are sitting today, many mord jobs
:05:42. > :05:57.were made by the company in 201 fit, . We continued to support the
:05:58. > :06:04.north`east. Virgin Money say they are still
:06:05. > :06:07.committed, but if you are a charity, less money from local government,
:06:08. > :06:11.less money from companies lhke Virgin Money, you will be
:06:12. > :06:13.questioning where your monex will come from.
:06:14. > :06:26.And you can share your views on the end of the Northern Rock Fotndation
:06:27. > :06:29.on Look North's Facebook page. The low level nuclear waste store at
:06:30. > :06:33.Drigg in West Cumbria will continue to operate, despite fears that the
:06:34. > :06:36.site will eventually be eroded by rising sea levels. The oper`tors say
:06:37. > :06:41.that even in the worst case scenario the impact on life and the
:06:42. > :06:53.environment will be insignificant. Damian O'Neil reports.
:06:54. > :07:02.The operator of the low`levdl waste depository says that within the next
:07:03. > :07:06.30 years, the site will dis`ppear under the waves. It says th`t, in
:07:07. > :07:15.this scenario, the levels whll be lower than those that we will be
:07:16. > :07:20.exposed to buy the environmdnt. The requirement is less than 20 per
:07:21. > :07:25.year. My wife will receive lore than that coming back from America in her
:07:26. > :07:30.eight hour flight. It is 100 times less than you when I get evdry year.
:07:31. > :07:38.Is that based in what will happen when that waste is released? Yes,
:07:39. > :07:43.nuclear waste is a diminishhng hazard. Most of the waste that is
:07:44. > :07:52.disposed to hear will decay. The waste and the hazard will go away.
:07:53. > :07:56.So 20 per year is really sm`ll. However, the Environment Agdncy says
:07:57. > :08:03.that it would not be built on this site today. The site is an old one
:08:04. > :08:08.from 1959. So which wasn't hn the wrong place then. If somebody came
:08:09. > :08:11.to us now and said that thex wanted to build the site here, we would say
:08:12. > :08:16.that from our current understanding it is not the best place for it You
:08:17. > :08:19.might find someplace better. But if you could make the safety c`se that
:08:20. > :08:24.is currently being made, we would allow it. But it is not the best
:08:25. > :08:31.place for it, if it is a new site. However, a Cumbrian environlental ``
:08:32. > :08:37.pressure group say they are not surprised that this is being played
:08:38. > :08:41.down. They say that it should be a wake`up call for those building
:08:42. > :08:50.these dumps in coastal areas around the UK.
:08:51. > :08:54.It is a children's party with a difference, thought to be the only
:08:55. > :08:57.one of its kind in the country, possibly the world. All of the
:08:58. > :09:00.children are critically ill, each one dependent on a donor he`rt
:09:01. > :09:03.arriving in time to save thdir lives. But, for a short timd they
:09:04. > :09:06.could forget the mechanical heart keeping them alive to enjoy the
:09:07. > :09:09.party at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital, and they invited our
:09:10. > :09:17.health reporter Sharon Barbour along too.
:09:18. > :09:20.Party time in the heart unit at the Freeman Hospital But the chhldren
:09:21. > :09:24.here are all critically ill ` their own hearts have failed. Thehr lives
:09:25. > :09:34.are now dependent on a mech`nical heart until a donor heart bdcomes
:09:35. > :09:39.available. By working as a group, it encourages
:09:40. > :09:42.the parents to meet each other as well as encouraging the children to
:09:43. > :09:49.socialise, which they often do not get the chance to do when they are
:09:50. > :09:52.in hospital all the time. It can hinder their development and effect
:09:53. > :09:56.them afterwards. But there are two children who are
:09:57. > :10:03.not at the party here today. Upstairs in intensive care hs a
:10:04. > :10:09.Ryan. He urgently needs a hdart transplant and has become critically
:10:10. > :10:15.ill. The party is great, thdy enjoy it. It is bittersweet from our point
:10:16. > :10:20.of view, because we want thdm to be at home, but it is harder and harder
:10:21. > :10:24.to find hearts for the little ones. At the moment, we have thesd
:10:25. > :10:31.machines that we can keep them alive on, but they are not safe and little
:10:32. > :10:32.Ryan has become very ill ovdr the weekend and is now fighting for his
:10:33. > :10:36.life again. Time was running out for Evhe from
:10:37. > :10:43.Teesside, but after her condition deteriorated to a dangerous degree,
:10:44. > :10:49.the call came about a donor heart. It was so emotional. Somebody has
:10:50. > :10:57.had to lose their life to bd able to our daughter to live. I will have my
:10:58. > :11:01.little girl home and healthx for the first time ever and will have the
:11:02. > :11:04.chance to do everything that normal children will do and that is
:11:05. > :11:06.something that we could nevdr hope for before.
:11:07. > :11:10.It's hoped Evie will soon bd well enough to go home and, with her new
:11:11. > :11:13.heart, live a normal life. Her transplant offers hope to hdr
:11:14. > :11:17.friends here, but with Ryan fighting to stay alive in intensive care for
:11:18. > :11:30.their parents a fear, too, that a little heart might not be available
:11:31. > :11:34.in time. A campaign to save Durham Tdes
:11:35. > :11:38.Valley Airport is to be takdn to the door of the Prime Minister. A 4 500
:11:39. > :11:40.signed petition will be handed in at Downing Street later this wdek, with
:11:41. > :11:43.campaigners calling for invdstment and a greater effort to attract
:11:44. > :11:46.flights and passengers. Last year, the airport's owner, the Pedl Group,
:11:47. > :11:56.announced multi`million pound plans to build homes and a business park
:11:57. > :12:00.on the site. Stuart Whincup reports. It looks like an airport, btt it
:12:01. > :12:07.does not usually feel like one. Daily flights to Amsterdam with some
:12:08. > :12:11.activity, but the decision for low price airlines to move elsewhere is
:12:12. > :12:18.damaging. This couple that not enough a fight has been put up to
:12:19. > :12:23.support the airport. It is devastating. It is like an
:12:24. > :12:28.empty shop. If you going, there is nothing to buy, so you do not use
:12:29. > :12:32.it. If there were planes thdre, people would go and they wotld use
:12:33. > :12:36.it for the holidays and for business but since. We do not even h`ve a
:12:37. > :12:41.flight to London anymore. It is crazy.
:12:42. > :12:44.In 2006, just short of a million passengers used the airport. But
:12:45. > :12:47.that tally's been falling steadily since, so by last year just over
:12:48. > :12:51.160,000 people used Durham Tees Valley. So the airport's owners have
:12:52. > :12:54.drawn up a master plan. Thex wants to build hundreds of homes here and
:12:55. > :13:01.business parks for the aviahtion industry.
:13:02. > :13:07.Many other airports are also having to look at widening the basd of that
:13:08. > :13:12.activity. Many are not survhving on the basis of flight income `lone.
:13:13. > :13:16.People are looking at relatdd property development that brings
:13:17. > :13:19.value to the airport. Despite these surroundings, The Peel
:13:20. > :13:21.Group says it's committed to securing the long`term future of the
:13:22. > :13:24.airport. That's why it's talking abott
:13:25. > :13:27.spending millions of pounds here. Selling off land for housing and
:13:28. > :13:30.using that money to build btsiness parks here. But the reality is the
:13:31. > :13:32.grand master plan will not bring with it any more flights or attract
:13:33. > :13:48.any more passengers. The region is no stranger to
:13:49. > :13:51.seafaring tragedies. One of the worst happened at Cullercoats on
:13:52. > :13:55.Tyneside ` seventy five years ago today. Six of the ten volunteer crew
:13:56. > :13:58.on the lifeboat Richard Silver Oliver lost their lives, thd
:13:59. > :14:02.youngest a naval cadet who was just16. Well, a memorial service has
:14:03. > :14:13.just been held at the lifeboat station this evening and Gerry
:14:14. > :14:20.Jackson was there. Most of us are so share year 19 9 of
:14:21. > :14:29.the world War `` so she ate the year. `` think of the year.
:14:30. > :14:38.Lifeboats have always had to deal with danger, but in that ye`r, the
:14:39. > :14:44.crew became the ones in app`rel On a short training run, disaster
:14:45. > :14:47.came. It came without warning. She looks practically Victorian but
:14:48. > :14:51.in 1939 the Richard Silver Oliver was two years old and the fhrst
:14:52. > :15:06.lifeboat here to be motor, `s well as sail powered.
:15:07. > :15:11.The area is in mourning, because six members of the crew were drowned on
:15:12. > :15:13.a practice run. The lives wdre thrown away needlessly.
:15:14. > :15:18.Needless, he says, because the vessel was on a simple training
:15:19. > :15:29.exercise Needless, maybe. The weather was a little rotgh, but
:15:30. > :15:32.she was hit by a wave and immediately capsized. Within
:15:33. > :15:36.moments, hundreds of locals were here, but in half an hour, the boat
:15:37. > :15:41.and the six dead men were w`shed ashore.
:15:42. > :15:47.Survivor Andrew was to overcome to speak to us, but it was said how the
:15:48. > :15:53.seed took six lives. Andrew Tweedy's daughter, w`s just
:15:54. > :15:58.six years old. My father did not talk about it The
:15:59. > :16:04.man said that he used to have nightmares. I respect him for what
:16:05. > :16:13.he did. Now that I am older, because I love the lifeboat. It is hn us.
:16:14. > :16:19.The funeral arrangements in itself, the crowds were four or fivd people
:16:20. > :16:22.deep. Everyone knew everyond and everyone knew the crew.
:16:23. > :16:25.The Coxswain, George Brunton was one of those who didn't survive. His son
:16:26. > :16:35.also laments that he was just six years of age at the time.
:16:36. > :16:41.I wish that, instead of being that young, I would have understood it
:16:42. > :16:54.better if I was older. As a father, I am very proud. I am very proud
:16:55. > :17:01.that he was my father. Well, we will speak to the local
:17:02. > :17:07.chairman of the RNLI. How ilportant is it that we remember the dvents of
:17:08. > :17:12.so long ago? It is very important, because 75 years ago, six mdn of
:17:13. > :17:17.this area gave their lives to help people at sea. I said that the
:17:18. > :17:23.vessel looked quite old, it is very different from what you havd now?
:17:24. > :17:28.Yes, advances in technology have come a long way in the past 75
:17:29. > :17:33.years. The principle is the same, because they are commanded by
:17:34. > :17:40.volunteer crewmen and withott the crewmen, there would be no lifeboat.
:17:41. > :17:44.Health and safety was slightly different. Now they have better
:17:45. > :17:49.equipment that the lifeboat pay for but only by public donations. It is
:17:50. > :17:53.important that events like this are in the public eye, because the
:17:54. > :17:56.volunteer crew do a fantasthc job and they are willing to givd their
:17:57. > :18:04.lives every day of the year. The ceremonies this evening art
:18:05. > :18:11.quite open `` over yet. Yes, the crew will go and laid a wre`th in
:18:12. > :18:15.memory of those who served the lifeboat.
:18:16. > :18:21.I know that this place is close to your heart as well. Everyond is
:18:22. > :18:27.talking about you, Carol. Yes, they're why was not thdir 5
:18:28. > :18:35.years ago. And now for the sport. David Moyes is in the news, and one
:18:36. > :18:41.bookmaker was saying that hd could get the Newcastle job.
:18:42. > :18:47.Yes, not at the moment. Staxing with football.
:18:48. > :18:50.At this time of year, it's `ll about promotion and relegation, and it's
:18:51. > :18:53.been an important few days for many of our football clubs. After victory
:18:54. > :18:56.at Macclesfield yesterday, Gateshead are on the brink of a shot `t
:18:57. > :19:00.reclaiming their place in the Football League, which they lost 54
:19:01. > :19:04.years ago. A point from thehr final game of the season will put them in
:19:05. > :19:10.the Conference promotion pl`y`offs. We will keep our fingers crossed for
:19:11. > :19:20.them. There is no chance th`t they will be taking Hartlepool's place.
:19:21. > :19:24.At the final whistle, Victoria Park was like a battlefield. Bodhes
:19:25. > :19:26.strewn over the pitch ` a mhxture of relief, exhaustion and sheer
:19:27. > :19:29.delight. Not because Hartlepool had won promotion, something whhch
:19:30. > :19:33.wasn't out of the question, just a few short weeks ago. No, thhs was
:19:34. > :19:36.the joy of scrambling clear of the trapdoor into the Conferencd, which
:19:37. > :19:39.had creaked open on the back of six straight defeats. The home game with
:19:40. > :19:43.fellow`strugglers Morecambe was where Pools simply had to ttrn the
:19:44. > :19:45.tide in front of almost 5000 supporters..
:19:46. > :19:48.But football has a nasty habit of kicking you when you're down.
:19:49. > :19:52.Trailing 1`0 at the break, they were down to ten men, thanks to Simon
:19:53. > :19:55.Walton's nasty tackle early in the second half. But it seemed to
:19:56. > :19:58.galvanise the team and searching for inspiration, manager Colin Cooper
:19:59. > :20:00.gambled with a pair of Jacks and they came up trumps.
:20:01. > :20:03.First, substitute Jack Compton rifled in the equaliser. Thdn, with
:20:04. > :20:07.time running out, fellow sub Jack Barmby kept his cool to slot home
:20:08. > :20:11.the winner. Results elsewhere mean Pools now can't be caught bx the
:20:12. > :20:15.chasing pack. And what a relief that is.
:20:16. > :20:19.There were more than 5000 York City fans inside Bootham Crescent to
:20:20. > :20:22.watch the Minstermen who might yet leave League Two by the preferred
:20:23. > :20:25.route. Two points from their last two games will guarantee thdm a
:20:26. > :20:28.play`off spot, after Keith Lowe s winner against Bury which extended
:20:29. > :20:30.their unbeaten run to an impressive fifteen games. But boss Nigdl
:20:31. > :20:36.Worthington won't let his players get carried away.
:20:37. > :20:40.You have to keep your feet on the ground and keep on working. Let s
:20:41. > :20:44.get through the next two and see where it takes is. I will bd the
:20:45. > :20:47.first one to let you know when you can take your feet off the ground.
:20:48. > :20:50.Time is running out for Carlisle though who could well pass the
:20:51. > :20:53.Minstermen on the way down. The Blues have struggled all se`son but
:20:54. > :20:58.their 4`1 hammering at Peterborough means the Cumbrians have won just
:20:59. > :21:02.one of their last 12 games. One defeat away from home against a
:21:03. > :21:08.very good team was not what we were looking for. If we could manage to
:21:09. > :21:11.win again, it would give us a fighting chance. Carlisle are three
:21:12. > :21:19.points away from safety with three to play.
:21:20. > :21:22.Middlesbrough take on play`off hopefuls Reading in the Chalpionship
:21:23. > :21:25.this evening. Boro know that they can severely dent the home side s
:21:26. > :21:32.play`off hopes three days after their own top six ambitions were
:21:33. > :21:35.ended by a shock home defeat. Middlesbrough would have had plenty
:21:36. > :21:41.to smile about it they had one. It would have left them just two points
:21:42. > :21:48.shy of the top six. However, with five clean sheets, the goalkeeper, a
:21:49. > :21:51.World Cup hopeful, has reasons to be cheerful.
:21:52. > :22:00.I think the club has changed, we are all playing as one team. Thhs
:22:01. > :22:03.competition for places, makds players try harder and tried to show
:22:04. > :22:08.in every game what they are capable of support they can keep thd place.
:22:09. > :22:17.Just as the fans are sensing the play`offs, there was a 2`1 victory
:22:18. > :22:23.for their rival team. They won the game.
:22:24. > :22:28.We need to start winning thd games. Starting tonight, perhaps.
:22:29. > :22:32.Full commentary on the match on BBC Tees with Alastair Brownlee and Neil
:22:33. > :22:35.Maddison on 95FM and DAB from the Majejski stadium.
:22:36. > :22:38.Reigning IBF Bantamweight World Champion Stuie Hall will defend his
:22:39. > :22:42.title for the second time in just over two months when he takds on
:22:43. > :22:45.Paul Butler from Ellesmere Port on June seventh. The pair who were face
:22:46. > :22:49.to face at a press conference today have sparred with each other in the
:22:50. > :22:53.past. Butler will move up a weight and it promises to be an explosive
:22:54. > :22:55.clash when the world champion from Darlington meets the undefe`ted
:22:56. > :22:59.challenger from Merseyside. I honestly do not think that he can
:23:00. > :23:05.match me for speed and power. I have stood there and let him hit me on
:23:06. > :23:10.the chin, so I understand hhs power. I do not think that he can
:23:11. > :23:15.hurt me or beat me. He is a fighter who is out to prove
:23:16. > :23:20.himself. He thinks he will defeat me, there is no chance of that
:23:21. > :23:26.happening. I am bigger than him as a person. He is saying that I will get
:23:27. > :23:30.a shock on the night, I think he will get a shock. He will sde how
:23:31. > :23:36.hard I can punch. And that is at the Newcastld Arena.
:23:37. > :23:40.Cricket and rain has delayed the start of both our first class games
:23:41. > :23:43.on the third day of their County Championship matches. At Chdster le
:23:44. > :23:46.Street, Durham will resume on 1 2 for seven in their second innings,
:23:47. > :23:49.having dismissed Somerset for 1 5. Yorkshire are also at home. They
:23:50. > :23:52.declared their first innings on 459 against Northants before skhttling
:23:53. > :23:57.out the visitors for just 94 ` following on they'll resume on 5
:23:58. > :24:07.without loss. But the bad weather meant that there
:24:08. > :24:12.was no place `` no play with Durham. Yesterday, we had a glorious
:24:13. > :24:16.weather, with the temperatures at 20 Celsius, but today meant th`t the
:24:17. > :24:28.temperatures were much colddr. This was yesterday in Keswick, lots
:24:29. > :24:34.of people enjoying the sunshine and the water. A different picttre today
:24:35. > :24:42.from Hartlepool, the brightdst thing in the shot are the flowers. You can
:24:43. > :24:48.see the trees in the background is through the mist. Tonight, some
:24:49. > :24:53.sharp showers hit and there. Generally very cloudy and mhsty It
:24:54. > :24:57.will be cloudy and misty at the coast. Most places dry and lild as
:24:58. > :25:04.well. Temperatures no lower than seventh LC is.
:25:05. > :25:10.Tomorrow, it will be a dry start to the day. We will see the cloud
:25:11. > :25:17.lifting. Northern England should cease brighter skies. In thd West,
:25:18. > :25:26.the cloud will get thicker. Maybe one or two showers, the coast
:25:27. > :25:32.holding on to some mist. A range of temperatures, a southeasterly
:25:33. > :25:38.breeze. A bit of sunshine inland to lift the temperatures up to 17
:25:39. > :25:42.Celsius. That is the picturd for tomorrow. It is this weather front
:25:43. > :25:50.that brings in the weather to the West. It will clear away on
:25:51. > :25:55.Thursday. Dry air on Thursd`y and Friday before this next low
:25:56. > :26:00.pressure. It will head to the south of us, but the weather front wrapped
:26:01. > :26:06.around it will bring cloud `nd rain at the weekend. Maybe one or two
:26:07. > :26:16.writers bells in Cumbria on Thursday `` brighter spells. There whll be
:26:17. > :26:24.rain by Saturday. It sounds better when you s`y April
:26:25. > :26:51.showers. That is it from us tonight. We will be back at 10:25pm. Goodbye.
:26:52. > :26:56.Some people don't think real change in Europe is possible.
:26:57. > :27:00.Some people don't think real change is necessary.