:00:00. > :00:00.a woman has been arrested after three of her children are found dead
:00:00. > :01:19.at their home That's despite his family making
:01:20. > :01:26.seven calls to the emergency services. The North East Ambulance
:01:27. > :01:30.Service said the delays were caused by a high number of calls and a lack
:01:31. > :01:34.of resources. Mr Gouldburn's family are now taking legal action against
:01:35. > :01:37.the service. Stuart Whincup reports. Pictured with his wife Pam ` William
:01:38. > :01:45.Gouldburn ` was a retired special needs teacher, who his family said
:01:46. > :01:48.gave his life to helping others. But they said that fantastic man was
:01:49. > :01:54.failed ` in his moment of need. He collapsed at his home in Hartlepool
:01:55. > :01:57.last April. His family made seven calls to the emergency services,
:01:58. > :02:02.operators were even told he was dying... But it took two hours for
:02:03. > :02:06.the ambulance ` with fully trained paramedics ` to arrive. By that time
:02:07. > :02:09.he'd gone into cardiac arrest and it was too late. The North East
:02:10. > :02:12.Ambulance Service admitted it didn't have the resources to respond
:02:13. > :02:19.quickly to every emmergency. At the moment, our members are stretched to
:02:20. > :02:25.the maximum of their capability due to the lack of resources in the
:02:26. > :02:31.front line. This results in a lot of staff working upwards of 14 hours a
:02:32. > :02:35.day with only one break. That is not enough staff to deal with these
:02:36. > :02:40.incidences at the moment. There needs to be more investment into the
:02:41. > :02:44.NHS from central government, but also there needs to be an
:02:45. > :02:48.acknowledgement from the trust about what resources they have that they
:02:49. > :02:51.need to invest in the front line. The North East Ambulance Service
:02:52. > :02:54.said it was experiencing large numbers of other urgent calls on the
:02:55. > :02:57.day Will Gouldburn became ill. And it said ambulance drivers were also
:02:58. > :03:03.being delayed in admitting patients to North Durham hospital, due to a
:03:04. > :03:10.lack of available beds. During a two`day inquest, the coroner said
:03:11. > :03:15.the death was a sad consequence of lack of ambulance resources. He said
:03:16. > :03:18.the teacher died of natural causes and underlined heart disease but he
:03:19. > :03:20.said the outcome could have been different if more ambulances were
:03:21. > :03:23.available. Health managers have apologized for the way William
:03:24. > :03:26.Gouldburn was treated. But his family are now taking legal action
:03:27. > :03:30.against the North East Ambulance Service Trust. This they said `
:03:31. > :03:38.should never be allowed to happen to anyone again.
:03:39. > :03:45.The number of deaths on North Yorkshire's roads has risen to a
:03:46. > :03:49.seven`year high. Latest figures show there were 51 fatal crashes in the
:03:50. > :03:52.county in 2013 ` a 65% increase on the year before. Meanwhile
:03:53. > :03:56.motorcyclist deaths have more than doubled, to 16. The number of
:03:57. > :04:00.crashes involving death and serious injury had been going down since
:04:01. > :04:09.2009, so what's happened? Ian White reports.
:04:10. > :04:15.Clocks at 112 miles an hour, bikers race on a North Yorkshire road.
:04:16. > :04:20.Another is caught pulling a wheelie while driving at more than 100 miles
:04:21. > :04:28.an hour. No wonder the death rate is abysmal say the police. It is
:04:29. > :04:31.shocking. The cost to families and communities is disturbing. And yet
:04:32. > :04:37.we have seen an increase in road fit a. A map of North Yorkshire shows
:04:38. > :04:48.the hotspots were fatal accidents happened last year. We have
:04:49. > :04:51.increased our camera safety fleet. We are focusing on those routes
:04:52. > :04:58.which cause the most problems and we will bring in additional specialist
:04:59. > :05:04.resources to work and follow cycle groups. If the drive recklessly we
:05:05. > :05:09.will take them to court. This is the busy road between Thirsk and
:05:10. > :05:14.Scarborough and popular with Baker's Soviet authorities and police have
:05:15. > :05:19.put up these signs to warn about dangers. Road safety campaigner is
:05:20. > :05:24.say it will take more than this to improve the number of deaths on the
:05:25. > :05:29.roads. It is our responsibility to drive slowly and be the limits. It
:05:30. > :05:33.should not be funny when someone is striving fast, it is a crime. I
:05:34. > :05:44.would like to see everyone driving slower. `` someone is driving fast.
:05:45. > :05:49.A massive 200% increase in motorcycle fatalities is a worry to
:05:50. > :05:53.the bakers. That will be down to the good weather last year I would
:05:54. > :05:59.think. It is more chance for fit allergies then. But it's allergies
:06:00. > :06:04.are caused not by motorcyclists doing daft things, a lot of it is by
:06:05. > :06:12.car drivers doing daft things but it is the motor cyclist who ends up
:06:13. > :06:17.killed. The police say incidents will not be tolerated in an attempt
:06:18. > :06:23.to halt the rise of these deaths on the road.
:06:24. > :06:26.With under a month until local and European elections, UKIP'S party
:06:27. > :06:29.leader Nigel Farage is pitching for votes in the region tonight. He'll
:06:30. > :06:32.speak at the Sage Gateshead and is expected to claim UKIP's the only
:06:33. > :06:36.significant opposition to Labour in the region. But his opponents say Mr
:06:37. > :06:45.Farage just runs a protest party that would harm the region's economy
:06:46. > :06:52.by pulling out of the EU. Our Political Correspondent Mark Denten
:06:53. > :06:58.joins us now. He says he is going to cause a political earthquake in this
:06:59. > :07:03.country. Part of the strategy is a national tour around the country. He
:07:04. > :07:07.will be at Gateshead tonight. He says his party is now the main
:07:08. > :07:14.opposition to Labour in the North East. His opponents disagree. He has
:07:15. > :07:20.been out in the region today getting his message across, as have his
:07:21. > :07:24.opponents. In the North East and on the hunt, but not just for votes. I
:07:25. > :07:32.am after a rose. Buttonhole. Red preferably. It's St George's day of
:07:33. > :07:39.course, perhaps this is also a challenge to Labour. Will you take
:07:40. > :07:43.Labour votes as well as their symbols? We're going to do our very
:07:44. > :07:46.best, that's what we're trying to do. Actually, there has this been a
:07:47. > :07:49.large element of Labour that was against the common market let alone
:07:50. > :07:52.political union. They are a patriotic vote and vote amongst
:07:53. > :07:57.people who have been most affected by immigration. The potential is
:07:58. > :08:00.there. So far in the North East and Cumbria, UKIP has been better taking
:08:01. > :08:05.second place than beating Labour. On the streets of Sunderland, Labour is
:08:06. > :08:10.unconvinced that will change. I have a handful, if that, of UKIP voters
:08:11. > :08:18.that I have met on the doorstep. I go out across the North East every
:08:19. > :08:21.day in Labour heartlands. Most UKIP voters are from traditionally Tory
:08:22. > :08:31.areas or marginal Labour in the first place. Someone on the left is
:08:32. > :08:34.concerned about Nigel Farage. This leaflet is trade union funded, aimed
:08:35. > :08:38.at trade union members not to fall for the appeal of UKIP. It is not
:08:39. > :08:42.just the left which is warning voters to steer clear of what they
:08:43. > :08:45.see as Farage flannel. The real choice in this European election is
:08:46. > :08:52.between in and out and the Liberal Democrats and UKIP. The Liberal
:08:53. > :08:56.Democrats are the only ones that are fighting for the !50,000 jobs in our
:08:57. > :09:04.trade with the EU. People are really responding to this on the doorsteps.
:09:05. > :09:07.Whether you are Euro` sceptic or pro`European, it makes no
:09:08. > :09:09.difference. If you want to see British interest protected in Europe
:09:10. > :09:12.we need to re`negotiate our relationship. The Conservative party
:09:13. > :09:17.are the only party which are guaranteeing you a referendum about
:09:18. > :09:22.our relationship with the EU. Nigel Farage's tour ended with the
:09:23. > :09:26.obligatory fag and pint. There's plenty of media attention for this
:09:27. > :09:29.visit but it will be the voters who decide whether UKIP can really claim
:09:30. > :09:40.to be a threat to Labour dominance in the North.
:09:41. > :09:48.The UKIP leader and Farage joins me now. You say you are the main party
:09:49. > :09:53.opposition to the Bryn North East, what evidence have you? The
:09:54. > :09:59.by`elections in Rather, South Shields, Middlesborough, I could go
:10:00. > :10:04.on. The last five Parliamentary by`elections in the North of England
:10:05. > :10:11.in the last two and a half years has seen our vote share rise to 25% in
:10:12. > :10:15.South Shields for example. We have come second in everyone. The Lib
:10:16. > :10:21.Dems and Conservatives have fallen sharply in the North of England. We
:10:22. > :10:27.are long way behind on Labour in Parliamentary terms. Back in
:10:28. > :10:37.January, your party was talking about policies regarding legislation
:10:38. > :10:41.regarding to working hours, maternity, you don't like that sort
:10:42. > :10:48.of thing, how will you when Labour votes? There is a massive difference
:10:49. > :10:52.between labour laws which apply and giant companies which employ people
:10:53. > :10:56.and the local hardware store which apply # which employ a couple of
:10:57. > :11:02.people. They should not have too have the same rule book. What about
:11:03. > :11:12.the voters getting those kind of benefits? Here is the point. If you
:11:13. > :11:17.talk to small businesses, and I do, they say they are too frightened to
:11:18. > :11:21.take people on because of the legislation and tribunal is. If we
:11:22. > :11:27.freed that market up we could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs
:11:28. > :11:30.rate across the country. You mentioned Nissan, there will be
:11:31. > :11:35.Nissan workers watching this programme, some of them were deeply
:11:36. > :11:40.concerned about news we might pull out of the EU, what should those
:11:41. > :11:46.people think? Should beat us their boss you with their jobs as Mike it
:11:47. > :11:50.was the same boss 12 years ago who said if Britain did not join the
:11:51. > :11:58.Europe, Nissan might pull out of Sunderland. Hang on. They got an
:11:59. > :12:02.extra ?200 million investment into Sunderland last year. He said if
:12:03. > :12:05.Britain leads the European Union they would have to undergo a
:12:06. > :12:12.business review. Of course, people do that. We sell cars we make in
:12:13. > :12:18.Sunderland in Britain and in the European market. We also buy a
:12:19. > :12:24.Mercedes and other cars, we buy more than me sell to Europe. The trade
:12:25. > :12:29.will not stop. It will go on as normal but we will devote herself
:12:30. > :12:40.from political union. But it is a gamble? It is a gamble for voters?
:12:41. > :12:45.Now and here is why, the United Kingdom is now the European Union's
:12:46. > :12:51.biggest export market in the world. They need a market more than we need
:12:52. > :12:57.there is. Digby Jones said there would be a free trade agreement
:12:58. > :13:01.within 24 hours. You have said in recent months if you do not win a
:13:02. > :13:07.seat at the general election in one year, you will resign within 12
:13:08. > :13:13.hours, if you do not win a seat here in the North East will you also
:13:14. > :13:17.resign? We are months away from European election in which UKIP is
:13:18. > :13:25.on the verge of creating the biggest upset in British pop up `` British
:13:26. > :13:27.politics since the Labour Party in the 1980s. We will let the general
:13:28. > :13:33.election take care of itself next year. We'll you resign as leader if
:13:34. > :13:41.you do not take a South Shields are Newcastle is seat? We are 3% behind
:13:42. > :13:45.the Labour Party in the European elections. I have launched a
:13:46. > :13:50.campaign in the Labour heartlands of the North of England. I know it is a
:13:51. > :13:52.tall order to beat labour but we are 3% behind the Labour Party in the
:13:53. > :13:55.European elections. I have launched a campaign in the Labour heartlands
:13:56. > :13:58.of the North of England. I know it is a tall order to beat labour but
:13:59. > :14:01.we're in with if we do that, we will win seats in parliament next year. I
:14:02. > :14:03.have no doubt there will be target seats in this region. All of that
:14:04. > :14:11.will come after this particular ballot. Thank you for joining us. He
:14:12. > :14:15.will be speaking at the stage in Gateshead tonight. We will have more
:14:16. > :14:18.on that on the North tonight at 1030.
:14:19. > :14:21.Thanks Mark. And we will be interviewing all the main political
:14:22. > :14:29.parties between now and the Euro elections.
:14:30. > :14:32.One of the country's best`known business figures has put a regional
:14:33. > :14:35.company under tough scrutiny for a new prime time TV programme. Former
:14:36. > :14:39.CBI boss Lord Digby Jones spent months at a County Durham water
:14:40. > :14:42.cooler manufacturer as it gears up to launch new products. The results
:14:43. > :14:48.will be aired tomorrow. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve. This is
:14:49. > :14:52.Ebac ` a rather successful company. It produces 100,000 water coolers
:14:53. > :14:59.and dehumidifiers every year. So why open the factory to business boss
:15:00. > :15:08.Lord Digby Jones? You can smell the manufacturing. Yes, I love it. Why
:15:09. > :15:13.allow it to be filmed when it faces criticism? It is a good question. I
:15:14. > :15:17.am very passionate about manufacturing and what we do here so
:15:18. > :15:22.to get the opportunity to put that in the public domain I like the idea
:15:23. > :15:26.of. To have access to somebody like Lord Digby Jones and all the experts
:15:27. > :15:37.he knows was another thing worth doing. Lord Jones's TV series The
:15:38. > :15:42.New Troubleshooter is an update of an older programme, which featured
:15:43. > :15:46.ICI boss Sir John Harvey Jones. He was so critical the programme became
:15:47. > :15:51.the victim of spoofs. Here advising on downsizing. George's mother I
:15:52. > :15:55.think we're all agreed in hindsight, it was a crass decision to let her
:15:56. > :16:05.come into your home and scrounge off you. Medical research is the best
:16:06. > :16:08.bet. Is Lord Jones as harsh about this company's plan to manufacture
:16:09. > :16:15.freezers? He doesn't pull any punches. But you do not feel bruised
:16:16. > :16:24.afterwards, it is not personal. He does not come in to criticise you,
:16:25. > :16:27.he wants to help. Just where Lord Jones thinks this company is going
:16:28. > :16:34.wrong and right can be seen tomorrow. And the New Troubleshooter
:16:35. > :16:39.is on BBC Two at eight tomorrow night.
:16:40. > :16:42.The Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has chosen St George's Day
:16:43. > :16:49.to make a journey south across the border. He's about to make a speech
:16:50. > :16:52.to business leaders, in Carlisle Cathedral. Mark McAlindon joins us
:16:53. > :17:02.now in Carlisle. Mark, Cumbrians can't vote in the independence
:17:03. > :17:05.referendum, what's Mr Salmond up to? Well, we don't know exactly what
:17:06. > :17:09.Alex Salmond will say this evening, but we're led to believe he will say
:17:10. > :17:11.that even if Scotland votes for independence later this year, the
:17:12. > :17:16.two countries will remain the closest of friends. But there also
:17:17. > :17:19.seems to be some confusion among business leaders this side of the
:17:20. > :17:22.Border. Carol ` earlier I spoke to Rob Johnston from the Cumbria
:17:23. > :17:27.Chamber of Commerce. One of the snippets we picked up through
:17:28. > :17:33.Scottish newspapers is that there may be some announcement about
:17:34. > :17:43.corporation tax but nothing more formal. We'll wait and see. Rob
:17:44. > :17:46.Johnston told us something interesting ` when the Chamber of
:17:47. > :17:49.Commerce polls its members in Cumbria, few do direct business
:17:50. > :17:52.across the border, perhaps because Cumbria and the Borders are sparsely
:17:53. > :17:56.populated. So he says they need to know a great deal more about the
:17:57. > :17:58.real susbtance of the debate around the possibility of Scottish
:17:59. > :18:02.independence. So in a few minutes' time, Mr Salmond will first make his
:18:03. > :18:06.speech and then we understand he will take a Q and A session from
:18:07. > :18:14.those in the audience ` perhaps that will give a greater idea. We will
:18:15. > :18:19.press on details. It could be a tremendous opportunity for Scotland
:18:20. > :18:24.to be independent, but it could also be a disaster for Scotland to be
:18:25. > :18:29.independent. No one has put out a business case, how will Scotland
:18:30. > :18:33.attack other markets, what is the position of the currency? These are
:18:34. > :18:37.key issues for a country which is thinking of going alone and they
:18:38. > :18:44.have not been discussed in any depth. There'll be a report on Mr
:18:45. > :18:49.Salmond's visit on the late bulletin tonight, Carol.
:18:50. > :18:51.Now from sports news. Middlesbrough head coach Aitor
:18:52. > :18:55.Karanka blamed himself for his team's 2`0 defeat at Reading last
:18:56. > :18:58.night. The result moves the Royals back into the Championship play`off
:18:59. > :19:00.places but Boro's second defeat in four days formally ended their
:19:01. > :19:03.promotion hopes for another season. Mark Tulip reports.
:19:04. > :19:06.Aitor Karanka said he was unable to motivate his team who effectively
:19:07. > :19:10.had nothing left to play for this season after their weekend defeat to
:19:11. > :19:13.Millwall but a return to the Premier League was mathematically put beyond
:19:14. > :19:16.them at the Madejski Stadium. Reading's top scorer Adam Le Fondre
:19:17. > :19:22.bundled in the opener from close range after just nine minutes for
:19:23. > :19:25.his fourteenth goal of the season. Boro barely had time to regroup
:19:26. > :19:28.before they found themselves two goals down after defender George
:19:29. > :19:31.Friend headed Jordan Obita's cross into his own net. Boro weren't
:19:32. > :19:34.without chances of their own and Emmanuel Ledesma went close to
:19:35. > :19:38.pulling a goal back but they were largely outclassed and in the end
:19:39. > :19:41.were lucky not to have conceded anymore. `` any more. So they'll
:19:42. > :19:44.finish in mid`table, their season petering out, and hope for more
:19:45. > :19:48.consistency next season. Mark Tulip, BBC Look North.
:19:49. > :19:51.The last few years have been a glorious time for the region's
:19:52. > :19:54.cricket fans with Durham winning a string of championships and the
:19:55. > :19:58.likes of Ben Stokes and Yorkshire's Joe Root making the England side.
:19:59. > :20:01.But how healthy is the game at grassroots level? Amateur football
:20:02. > :20:08.has started to struggle, so is the summer game faring any better? Peter
:20:09. > :20:16.Harris went to find out. A big chance to start the season well
:20:17. > :20:21.again... A new season, this is champions Stockton against newly
:20:22. > :20:26.promoted Whitburn. When I was playing, Saturday was a family
:20:27. > :20:30.occasion. People came down with their wives and children. The waves
:20:31. > :20:35.did the tee and the children played on the outfield and we played
:20:36. > :20:42.cricket. Nowadays wives work so they do not want to come down at the
:20:43. > :20:46.weekend. We have lost a generation. And also the league we play in it is
:20:47. > :20:52.an all`day game, it is a young man's game. Clubs like Stockton run
:20:53. > :20:55.teams for different age groups. The battle is stopping them drifting
:20:56. > :21:01.away once they reach 18. Richard is one of those who has stuck at it.
:21:02. > :21:05.Once you have a family like myself, two children, to find the time to
:21:06. > :21:08.give what clubs need is a lot of stress on the family but when you
:21:09. > :21:11.have volunteers like myself and other people around the ground it
:21:12. > :21:18.helps with running the club. And it's a sociable game. Players come
:21:19. > :21:24.off at lunch for a meal of stew and dumplings. There's been much talk of
:21:25. > :21:27.how grassroots football has started to struggle but every year the
:21:28. > :21:30.English Cricket board does a survey of use in the North Yorkshire and
:21:31. > :21:41.Durham Leagues, last year found 85% were happy with the standard of
:21:42. > :21:44.pictures and facilities. `` pitches. Cricket clubs have to work very hard
:21:45. > :21:47.through volunteer work, putting on functions, carrying out sponsor ship
:21:48. > :22:03.deals, getting all kinds of functions to raise money to spend on
:22:04. > :22:05.developing cricketing facilities. Stockton is about to mark its
:22:06. > :22:09.bicentenary, with continuing success cricket at the grassroots can look
:22:10. > :22:17.forward to a few more seasons in the Sun.
:22:18. > :22:20.From grassroots to elite cricket and in the County Championship Yorkshire
:22:21. > :22:23.beat Northants by an innings and 121 runs at Headingley. Ryan Sidebottom
:22:24. > :22:26.the pick of the bowlers taking 4`34. Yorkshire are now second in the
:22:27. > :22:30.Division One table And after losing a day to rain yesterday Durham tried
:22:31. > :22:34.to make a game of it by declaring their second innings on 213`9. It
:22:35. > :22:47.set Somerset a target of 337 for victory. Despite a century, it ended
:22:48. > :22:56.in a draw. Seasons in the Sun ` it just does
:22:57. > :23:01.not happen. I hope to have a Dragon weather
:23:02. > :23:10.picture for you tonight for St George's stay but this is all I
:23:11. > :23:20.could get you. `` day. Thank you for that picture. Here is another
:23:21. > :23:24.picture of the mist at Redcar. Something for everyone tomorrow
:23:25. > :23:31.because we have a misty start with sunny spells developing before two
:23:32. > :23:41.heavy showers break`outs. `` before a couple of heavy showers break out.
:23:42. > :23:45.Some downpours in amongst this cloud base. Temperature is now lower than
:23:46. > :23:51.eight Celsius. Tomorrow morning, the last remnants of the overnight rain
:23:52. > :23:55.will clear the way. The clouds break up nicely with good sunny spells
:23:56. > :24:02.developing in the morning. Some shower clouds returned in the
:24:03. > :24:09.afternoon. Some showers over the hills. It should feel quite warm
:24:10. > :24:16.with light winds. Temperatures peaking at 16 Celsius. Feeling
:24:17. > :24:22.colder along the North East coast. Temperatures are around 11 or 12 at
:24:23. > :24:27.the seaside. That's the picture for tomorrow. That weather front returns
:24:28. > :24:31.from the East on Friday and this low pressure from the south is in charge
:24:32. > :24:39.at the weekend, pushing rain towards us. A favourite of cloud in Cumbria
:24:40. > :24:46.at the weekend. Outbreaks of rain at times, especially on Saturday. Frost
:24:47. > :24:53.free overnight. The North East, the easterly winds will kick `` will
:24:54. > :25:01.keep things colder. Outbreaks of rain never find a that cloud and
:25:02. > :25:06.that chilly easterly breeze. If you have the April weather picture to
:25:07. > :25:12.make our calendar, we would love to see it. Whatever it is, send it in.
:25:13. > :25:22.Check out our website for the details. You can keep updated with
:25:23. > :25:25.our free weather app. Thank you. That's it from us. Have a
:25:26. > :25:55.lovely evening. Goodbye. 'The last two generations
:25:56. > :25:58.have been robbed 'of an opportunity to vote
:25:59. > :26:00.on the EU. 'And yet it has a greater impact
:26:01. > :26:02.on our everyday lives 'and not leave it for
:26:03. > :26:08.another generation.' I want a Britain that is free
:26:09. > :26:13.to control its own destiny.