:00:15. > :00:18.Good evening. First tonight ` an horrendous tale
:00:19. > :00:22.of systematic sexual abuse carried out by a social worker and a care
:00:23. > :00:25.worker at a school for troubled children. John Leslie Duncan, who's
:00:26. > :00:28.now 61 and 58`year`old Kevin Brown, preyed on vulnerable boys for years.
:00:29. > :00:36.They'd already been given jail sentences for their crimes. But as
:00:37. > :00:38.more victims came forward the police began a new investigation and this
:00:39. > :00:40.evening, a judge extended those sentences. Here's our Chief
:00:41. > :00:43.Reporter, Chris Stewart. They trusted him, liked him, some of
:00:44. > :00:48.them loved him like a father and they were repaid by being sexually
:00:49. > :00:53.abused. Tonight, John Leslie Duncan is starting an extended prison
:00:54. > :00:56.sentence. In court to see his abuser and supported today by his family,
:00:57. > :01:01.one of Duncan's victims, who has waived his right to anonymity. It
:01:02. > :01:05.was my big secret all these years. It blighted my life. My whole life
:01:06. > :01:08.was just totally surrounded by this abuse case and it was such an
:01:09. > :01:11.embarrassment, I was ashamed. Coming forward has been the best thing.
:01:12. > :01:16.Trusting the police has been the big issue. This is Duncan's colleague,
:01:17. > :01:19.care worker Kevin Brown. His string of offences, not as serious as
:01:20. > :01:23.Duncan's but also involving what the judge said was a shocking breach of
:01:24. > :01:28.trust. One of his victims has also spoken to us. The first time he told
:01:29. > :01:31.me it was an accident and would never happen again. And I believed
:01:32. > :01:35.him, because he had always been friendly. Was there ever a point
:01:36. > :01:42.where you thought, "I need to tell somebody this"? I was scared to. He
:01:43. > :01:46.told me if I said anything he knew where my family where and he would
:01:47. > :01:49.go and see them. The majority of the offences happened at Feversham
:01:50. > :01:56.School at Walbottle on the outskirts of Newcastle. The school's trustees
:01:57. > :01:59.were the mental health charity Mind. The building which housed Feversham
:02:00. > :02:05.still exists but there's no other link. Feversham closed in 1996. Only
:02:06. > :02:08.one school brochure produced by the charity still exists and this is it.
:02:09. > :02:12.These exclusive pictures show the children, the school's aims and it
:02:13. > :02:21.also shows Duncan with children on his knee and a youthful Kevin Brown.
:02:22. > :02:24.Two carers turned tormentors. The youngsters sent to Feversham were
:02:25. > :02:28.often from very troubled family backgrounds. Tonight, the police had
:02:29. > :02:30.this to say. We would always encourage victims to come forward
:02:31. > :02:34.and report sexual offences regardless of when they happened. We
:02:35. > :02:36.will always fully investigate any reports of sexual offences and with
:02:37. > :02:44.our partners, make sure that the victims get all of the support they
:02:45. > :02:46.need. A spokesman for Mind meanwhile, says the charity wasn't
:02:47. > :02:57.involved in the governance or operation of the school and that it
:02:58. > :03:01.applauds those who have spoken out. It's a crime that one in five women
:03:02. > :03:05.and one in ten men will experience at some point in their life. Yet
:03:06. > :03:08.stalking continues to be one of the most under`reported offences. Today
:03:09. > :03:12.a South Tyneside woman who was stalked and raped by her ex partner,
:03:13. > :03:16.is sharing her story to try and encourage other victims to get help.
:03:17. > :03:19.Katie Cole has been to meet her. It started with texts and phone
:03:20. > :03:24.calls. Then he would turn up unexpected at your door. He's follow
:03:25. > :03:29.you to work. Erm, anywhere you went with friends, family... He'd turn
:03:30. > :03:33.up. Catherine Cunningham has been through more than most in the last
:03:34. > :03:36.two years. She was stalked for months by her ex`partner. At the
:03:37. > :03:39.time, if I'd realised how it would have escalated, I should have phone
:03:40. > :03:42.the police and reported it. Catherine did eventually contact the
:03:43. > :03:49.police after her ex broke into her home and raped her. He's now serving
:03:50. > :03:52.an eight`year jail sentence. There's probably hundreds, thousands of
:03:53. > :03:55.girls, women going through the same thing and it's really important for
:03:56. > :04:00.them to tell their family, friends, phone the police. Get help. If I can
:04:01. > :04:15.help one person going through what I did, then it's worth it.
:04:16. > :04:18.Katie joins me in the studio. The focus today is on stalking in
:04:19. > :04:29.the workplace, what's being done to help victims? A quarter of victims
:04:30. > :04:33.said they are stalked at work. We have been speaking to Northumbria
:04:34. > :04:36.Police. At the end of the day, it's actually quite important, not only
:04:37. > :04:41.from the victim's welfare point of view, but if you think about it from
:04:42. > :04:44.a productivity point of view, if you've got victims on the sick
:04:45. > :04:49.frequently or are underperforming at work, it has a performance issue
:04:50. > :04:55.within the workplace. The message tonight is not to suffer alone. We
:04:56. > :05:01.know 80% of victims will wait until there has been more than 100
:05:02. > :05:04.incidents of stalking before telling anyone. It can ruin lives, so it is
:05:05. > :05:11.important people come forward. Thanks very much. The Shadow
:05:12. > :05:14.Chancellor, Ed Balls, says despite improving economic figures, our
:05:15. > :05:17.region is still facing "a cost of living crisis". Mr Balls was
:05:18. > :05:19.speaking during a visit to Redcar ahead of next month's European and
:05:20. > :05:23.local elections. Our Political Correspondent, Mark Denten, caught
:05:24. > :05:26.up with him on a trip to the supermarket. And he asked Mr Balls
:05:27. > :05:29.what he thought of Nigel Farrage telling us on last night's Look
:05:30. > :05:32.North how the UK Independence Party intends to steal the Labour vote in
:05:33. > :05:36.the north. I think UKIP are a distraction from
:05:37. > :05:39.the main question ` do you want a Tory government or a Labour
:05:40. > :05:42.government? If you want a fair economy for the future, vote Labour,
:05:43. > :05:46.or else you'll get the Tories. Wouldn't we have more money in our
:05:47. > :05:51.wallets and purses if we left the EU? Look, the reality here in the
:05:52. > :05:54.North East, Nissan, a big employer. Those are big jobs, good jobs here
:05:55. > :05:58.in the North East because we are part of the European Union. To walk
:05:59. > :06:01.away from our largest single market, where we know these international
:06:02. > :06:05.companies like Nissan wouldn't be staying in Britain if we did that,
:06:06. > :06:08.would be very dangerous. In addition to Labour and the
:06:09. > :06:10.Liberal Democrats, six other parties are contesting the European
:06:11. > :06:13.elections in the North East. They are An Independence in Europe, the
:06:14. > :06:15.British National Party, the Conservatives, the English
:06:16. > :06:22.Democrats, the Green Party, and the UK Independence Party. The former
:06:23. > :06:26.Newcastle United football manager, Joe Harvey, was remembered today, in
:06:27. > :06:30.a ceremony to mark the Magpies winning the European Fairs Cup. It
:06:31. > :06:32.was 45 years ago and it was the club's last major trophy. Friends,
:06:33. > :06:35.family and former players gathered outside St James' Park for the
:06:36. > :06:41.unveiling, which was organised by a group of United Supporters.
:06:42. > :06:54.That is it from me, now the weather. Already we have mist and fog rolling
:06:55. > :07:01.in. Could be a few spots of drizzle later. In the West it stays dry and
:07:02. > :07:06.clearer. Temperatures will be sick or seven overnight. Parts of Cumbria
:07:07. > :07:10.where we will see the best of any brightness. The grey and misty
:07:11. > :07:15.weather in the East will spread west and it will produce rain which will
:07:16. > :07:20.become more widespread in the afternoon. Most places will
:07:21. > :07:25.experience heavy bursts of rain. Temperatures tomorrow afternoon
:07:26. > :07:31.struggling to make double figures. Could see 14 Celsius in Whitehaven.
:07:32. > :07:31.We will have the National forecast shortly, in
:07:32. > :07:37.weekend, you can see what is going on. Sunday might be brighter. Now
:07:38. > :07:41.over to Louise Lear for the national weather.
:07:42. > :07:44.Good evening. Today has been a day of sunny spells and a few scattered
:07:45. > :07:48.showers, but where we see the sunshine, we have also seen some
:07:49. > :07:53.warmth, with temperatures in the high teens. A slightly disappointing
:07:54. > :08:00.story across the far north-east of Scotland. We keep that easterly feed
:08:01. > :08:03.through the night to night, but looking out into the Atlantic, we
:08:04. > :08:06.also start to pick up the south-westerly circulate in, and
:08:07. > :08:12.area of low pressure bringing in some blustery winds for the start of
:08:13. > :08:19.the weekend. Tonight it stays mostly dry, with some fog around. And we
:08:20. > :08:24.pick up the risk of a few showers in the far south-east. Clearer skies at
:08:25. > :08:26.the the South West, and cloudy,