:00:00. > 3:59:59at night. There is frost on the way. Thank you very much. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:00.me. And Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Look
:00:00. > :00:08.North. Tonight...
:00:09. > :00:11.Another shocking health statistic. More than half of people in the
:00:12. > :00:21.North East are overweight, according to a new survey, and a quarter are
:00:22. > :00:29.obese. I passed a wheelchair sitting in the corridor which was twice as
:00:30. > :00:33.wide as a standard wheelchair. I actually took a picture of it.
:00:34. > :00:35.Could the Durham Miners' Gala be under threat, following a ?2 million
:00:36. > :00:38.court case? Facing eviction ` the collector of
:00:39. > :00:42.farm machines and engines, at odds with his local council.
:00:43. > :00:44.And it is the end of an era, as this herd of alpacas heads to the auction
:00:45. > :00:48.house. And in football, could it be the end
:00:49. > :00:52.of the road for Carlisle United in League One? They will be relegated
:00:53. > :00:55.if they lose at Crawley tonight. And the pressure builds on Newcastle
:00:56. > :00:57.boss Alan Pardew, as the Magpies slump to their sixth defeat in a
:00:58. > :01:13.row. More than half of people in the
:01:14. > :01:20.North East are overweight and many are in denial about it. That is the
:01:21. > :01:25.conclusion of the latest national survey on the state of our health.
:01:26. > :01:29.It concludes that 56% of people are too heavy and 26% are said to obese.
:01:30. > :01:31.That is based on the Body Mass Index, or BMI, calculation, which
:01:32. > :01:35.compares your weight with your height. The obesity level here is
:01:36. > :01:38.the highest in the UK. Our reporter Stephanie Cleasby has been looking
:01:39. > :01:47.at the figures and has been out on the streets of Newcastle to gauge
:01:48. > :01:51.reaction. Another report puts the North East 's waistline under the
:01:52. > :01:58.spotlight. Most people work out their weight by setting one scales,
:01:59. > :02:02.but doctors rely on a more scientific formula called the body
:02:03. > :02:12.mass index. We have been asking people if they know the body mass
:02:13. > :02:17.index. 25 more means you are overweight and above 50 is
:02:18. > :02:27.classified as obese. That gives us 27.9. I could do something about
:02:28. > :02:43.that. I did not think I was overweight. I am 76 years old. I
:02:44. > :02:52.need to do something about that. I could rectify that, as long as I am
:02:53. > :03:00.not obese. You are 24, you come within the health limits. That is
:03:01. > :03:07.good news. It is good for your heart. I will be we are now more
:03:08. > :03:15.that you have mentioned it. I want to be healthy, as well as slim.
:03:16. > :03:23.29.4. Are you surprised to be that high? Do you lead a healthy
:03:24. > :03:33.lifestyle? Not actually, I work in a restaurant. I had better watch my
:03:34. > :03:39.weight. I feel one of the lucky ones others, because I like healthy food,
:03:40. > :03:46.I like walking on like this sea and meeting people. More than half the
:03:47. > :03:50.people in the region in denial about the state the health. They are
:03:51. > :03:58.unaware of the potential health risks. I saw a real cheer on the
:03:59. > :04:02.corridor that was twice as wide as the standard wheelchair. It was so
:04:03. > :04:07.striking that I took my camera and took a picture of it. The body mass
:04:08. > :04:15.index of the entire population has gone up. Two thirds of people are
:04:16. > :04:21.either overweight or obese, and in other words, more than half. It has
:04:22. > :04:25.become average to become too heavy. And Steph joins me in the studio
:04:26. > :04:29.now. So, the North East is still one of the worst, if not the worst,
:04:30. > :04:37.region in the country for obesity and many people are in denial about
:04:38. > :04:42.the state of their health? 56% of people who are rated as overweight
:04:43. > :04:51.CVR in excellent health, which shows a degree of denial. Overall health
:04:52. > :05:00.problems related to overweight this or obesity cost millions of pounds
:05:01. > :05:09.each year. We have never been as fat as we are now. The body mass index
:05:10. > :05:15.is a general guide to dividing weight by eight. If it is over 25,
:05:16. > :05:18.you should go and see your doctor, to see if there is anything you
:05:19. > :05:22.should do to get that down. And you can have your say on that
:05:23. > :05:25.story by visiting the Look North Facebook page. The details are on
:05:26. > :05:28.your screen now... It is an event that has been
:05:29. > :05:31.embedded into the region's industrial heritage for 140 years,
:05:32. > :05:34.but could the Durham Miners' Gala disappear from the summer calendar?
:05:35. > :05:38.Miners' leaders say it could be at risk, after their lawyers lost a
:05:39. > :05:43.court case costing more than ?2 million. The Durham Miners'
:05:44. > :05:48.Association says it will now have to ask its trade union partners to help
:05:49. > :05:53.save the Gala. Gerry Jackson is in the city tonight. Gerry, the very
:05:54. > :06:05.thought of this will come as a shock to a lot of people? This is the
:06:06. > :06:10.racecourse, the culmination of many of the events. The question is, how
:06:11. > :06:18.much longer will it remain? For generations, every second
:06:19. > :06:22.Saturday in July, they have come in their tens of thousands, but there
:06:23. > :06:27.is a chance that, like the pits themselves, this, too, could pass
:06:28. > :06:31.into history. The Gala costs ?100,000 a year, much
:06:32. > :06:33.of that being raised by the public, but the Durham Miner's Association
:06:34. > :06:51.subsidises the branches that travel from far and wide. Each band that
:06:52. > :06:56.comes to the gal gets ?600. They have got to pay transport costs out
:06:57. > :07:00.of that. You get maybe bands coming from Lancashire or Yorkshire.
:07:01. > :07:02.The Durham Miners were fighting a compensation case on behalf of
:07:03. > :07:06.members now suffering from osteoarthritis of the knees. They
:07:07. > :07:14.lost and faced a bill of ?2.2 million. They still owe around one
:07:15. > :07:20.third of that. There have got to be some harsh decisions made. We are
:07:21. > :07:26.very proud of representing Maynards and families outrun tribunal. They
:07:27. > :07:30.need our help and support. But should the Gala be at risk while
:07:31. > :07:39.the miners have assets like their grand Durham headquarters? In the
:07:40. > :07:43.1990s, this building was put up as collateral in a court case they were
:07:44. > :07:53.fighting. They say there is no need to do that this time. It is our job
:07:54. > :07:59.to make sure the gal continues. But do you need to have this building?
:08:00. > :08:16.That is being looked at. We have had the talk over the last few years. We
:08:17. > :08:21.will be having talks with whoever. God forbid that, but we have to
:08:22. > :08:24.vacate this place to ensure the survival of the Maynards
:08:25. > :08:28.Association, we will do it. Time marches on and bills must be
:08:29. > :08:32.paid. But the DMA says it is confident its friends in the trade
:08:33. > :08:36.unions will want to show their support. They, too, it is hoped,
:08:37. > :08:47.will find the idea of an end to all of this unthinkable. So, the
:08:48. > :08:55.messages it is not just about the remaining heritage, but the whole
:08:56. > :08:59.labour movement. The Durham Miners' Gala is the centrepiece of that in
:09:00. > :09:04.the North East. The upshot is that members will have to put their hands
:09:05. > :09:08.in their pockets to ensure the survival of the event.
:09:09. > :09:12.The search is continuing for a man who has been missing in Ravenglass
:09:13. > :09:15.in Cumbria since yesterday morning. John Allen, who is 76, was last seen
:09:16. > :09:19.walking into the estuary at Ravenglass along with his dog.
:09:20. > :09:23.Police say they do not believe he was swimming, but he may have been
:09:24. > :09:27.trying to help his dog from the water. The dog reappeared, but Mr
:09:28. > :09:30.Allen has not been seen since. And a dog from Newcastle, who was
:09:31. > :09:33.killed in Afghanistan alongside her handler, is to be awarded the
:09:34. > :09:36.highest military honour for an animal. Sasha will be given the
:09:37. > :09:39.PDSA's Dickin Medal, for saving the lives of scores of soldiers and
:09:40. > :09:44.civilians by sniffing out IEDs and other hidden weaponry. She died,
:09:45. > :09:50.along with Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe, in July, 2008, when their
:09:51. > :09:53.routine patrol was ambushed. Now, his supporters would say it is
:09:54. > :09:57.an Aladdin's cave of heavy engineering, but if you listen to
:09:58. > :10:01.the local council, it is just too much metal, a lot of it is rusting
:10:02. > :10:08.and, worse still, it is in the wrong place. Husky Petch, who has built up
:10:09. > :10:17.a collection of engines and farm vehicles, is now facing eviction in
:10:18. > :10:25.a row with his local authority. This engine is called the Blackstone. He
:10:26. > :10:32.is one of life 's unforgettable characters. He has a passion for
:10:33. > :10:38.engines, farm machinery. For the past 15 years, his collection has
:10:39. > :10:42.grown on this piece of land owned by the council. No, the authority wants
:10:43. > :10:48.it back and on Thursday, has threatened to Husky Petch evict and
:10:49. > :11:03.remove the hundreds of items he has gathered over the years. Things like
:11:04. > :11:11.this, this is an interesting thing. I have never seen one before. It is
:11:12. > :11:19.the same as everything in here. Husky Petch is a well`known
:11:20. > :11:23.character and his collection is true. Many locals have promised
:11:24. > :11:31.their support and will be here if the bailiffs a lot arrive on the
:11:32. > :11:34.first of next month. He has done so much for the local community. So
:11:35. > :11:43.many people love him. This is his life. The collection he has got is a
:11:44. > :11:47.collection of her study. It is devastating. I do not have
:11:48. > :11:56.television or radio. This is all that I do. I do not know what I read
:11:57. > :12:06.two of the bailiffs came into control away. I really do not know.
:12:07. > :12:10.Husky Petch is the living illegally on the site to safeguard the
:12:11. > :12:13.collection. The leader of Redcar Cleveland
:12:14. > :12:16.Council, George Dunning, issued a statement earlier today, which said:
:12:17. > :12:20."Mr Petch is being evicted because he is illegally occupying a business
:12:21. > :12:22.premises and there are concerns for the structure of the buildings and
:12:23. > :12:25.his safety. The council is left with no other
:12:26. > :12:29.option, after trying for many years to reach a mutually agreeable
:12:30. > :12:31.outcome. He has occupied the site on a peppercorn rate since 2008,
:12:32. > :12:34.declined the offer of two alternative sites and refused to
:12:35. > :12:50.cooperate with court orders, thereby forcing the situation."
:12:51. > :12:57.The leader of the Green Party has promised to give the region a fairer
:12:58. > :13:01.deal on arts funding. At the moment, people in London receive nearly four
:13:02. > :13:06.times the amount spent on the arts than those in the North East.
:13:07. > :13:08.Natalie Bennett was speaking at the Sage Gateshead, ahead of the
:13:09. > :13:10.European and local elections next month.
:13:11. > :13:13.Everyone Deserves Music ` perhaps an unusual slogan at election time, but
:13:14. > :13:16.here is a politician arguing for arts funding. Natalie Bennett, the
:13:17. > :13:24.Green Party leader, condemned what she called the "slashing of arts
:13:25. > :13:28.budgets". We have seen a huge concentration on the arts in London
:13:29. > :13:34.and the south`east. We want to see the funding spread out locally. We
:13:35. > :13:36.wanted to be given to local communities for them to decide how
:13:37. > :13:39.it should be distributed. But the Greens would also scrap the
:13:40. > :13:50.government's welfare cap, so would that not just drain the nation's
:13:51. > :13:59.coffers? We have to make sure that people are able to feed themselves
:14:00. > :14:03.and not rely on charity. We will not rest until the last third bank
:14:04. > :14:06.closes because of lack of demand. The Greens are putting up over 60
:14:07. > :14:10.candidates at the local elections on May 22 and full lists of candidates
:14:11. > :14:13.in the European elections. You can see a full list of
:14:14. > :14:16.candidates for the European elections on the BBC Politics
:14:17. > :14:19.website. And, of course, we will be bringing you news from the other
:14:20. > :14:21.parties, ahead of those May 22 elections.
:14:22. > :14:23.Still to come, Dawn Thewlis with Tuesday's sport.
:14:24. > :14:32.And showcasing some of Yorkshire's best`known artists. The exhibition
:14:33. > :14:36.featuring some rarely`seen work. And after a lovely day for most, join me
:14:37. > :14:42.later for the latest weather forecast.
:14:43. > :14:48.When Pat Bentley went to Peru in the 1970s, she fell in love with the
:14:49. > :14:52.alpaca, with its mop of curly hair and deep brown eyes. Later, she
:14:53. > :14:56.became one of the first people to farm the animal in this country, on
:14:57. > :15:00.her Cumbrian small holding. But an era is now coming to an end, as Pat
:15:01. > :15:14.is retiring. Mark McAlindon went for one last look at her herd. For Pat,
:15:15. > :15:19.alpacas have been her life. They are believed to be distantly related to
:15:20. > :15:24.camels. They have given her a sense of well`being. They are very good
:15:25. > :15:32.for someone who has a stressful job. You can come back and see them being
:15:33. > :15:37.calm and gentle. It began 50 years ago when she got the first licence
:15:38. > :15:44.to import them from South America. She then set up a business selling
:15:45. > :15:51.clothes made of the rule. To describe as an exotic creature is
:15:52. > :15:59.too damning with faint praise. They were revealed by the end tribes in
:16:00. > :16:04.South America. It is why Pat is so sad to be saying goodbye. I can be
:16:05. > :16:11.reduced to tears when I think about it, but it is so much work, but my
:16:12. > :16:17.loss will be someone else's game. It could be the beginning of a carrier
:16:18. > :16:23.for someone else. It would be good for someone younger who needs a
:16:24. > :16:30.future. They're here will go under the hammer next Monday. The animals
:16:31. > :16:35.will move on and five, but Pat will come home to an empty farm, the end
:16:36. > :16:38.of an era. The Tour de France is not all about
:16:39. > :16:42.elite riders and gruelling climbs. In the run up to July and Le Grand
:16:43. > :16:48.Depart, a cultural event is also taking place. It is called The
:16:49. > :16:50.Yorkshire Festival and one of the highlights is an exhibition at the
:16:51. > :16:53.Mercer Gallery in Harrogate, showcasing some of the county's
:16:54. > :17:04.best`known artists. The collection even features rarely`seen work by
:17:05. > :17:11.David Hockney. The beauty of Yorkshire 's landscape reportedly
:17:12. > :17:19.moved the great British painter Turner to tears. This is part of a
:17:20. > :17:26.new exhibition which demonstrates the influence of Yorkshire. It is a
:17:27. > :17:32.great draw for the landscape artists, such as tundra. There was a
:17:33. > :17:36.tremendous diversity of landscape. You have the places where the
:17:37. > :17:43.industrial revolution began, the fantastic coastline and then you
:17:44. > :17:50.have got the softness of the days and the countryside and the big
:17:51. > :17:55.cities. The collection cleverly places past Masters with
:17:56. > :18:12.contemporary artists. It means Venus old scenes set alongside the likes
:18:13. > :18:20.of modern art by David Hockney. It is something to be very proud of. It
:18:21. > :18:26.shows the diversity of the country. It shows how well these artists
:18:27. > :18:33.stand out. We have not decayed at all. It merely emphasises the
:18:34. > :18:43.skill. The range of artists are amazing. The work is amazing. I am
:18:44. > :18:54.really impressed. It is food for the eyes. It is fantastic. The paintings
:18:55. > :18:56.come to life. It is part of a cultural array of events, head of
:18:57. > :19:11.the Tour de France. Very nice. Ten for sport. Unlike the
:19:12. > :19:14.paintings, this is not very nice. The unwanted statistics keep piling
:19:15. > :19:18.up for Newcastle. Six defeats in a row is their worst run for 27 years.
:19:19. > :19:22.The Magpies have scored just one goal in the last six and, since they
:19:23. > :19:25.sold midfielder Yohan Cabaye in January, they have picked up just
:19:26. > :19:27.nine points from a possible 39. Manager Alan Pardew is a man under
:19:28. > :19:34.pressure. There is no disgrace in losing at
:19:35. > :19:37.the Emirates and the odds are that Newcastle will still finish in the
:19:38. > :19:41.top half of the table. But their collapse since the turn of the year
:19:42. > :19:44.has been dramatic and left the fans looking for someone to blame. With
:19:45. > :19:51.owner Mike Ashley staying well out the firing line, that leaves his
:19:52. > :19:59.manager to take the flak. It is not comfortable. It is a pleasure for
:20:00. > :20:02.all others. When you have gone six games and have not won a game, the
:20:03. > :20:06.pressure does build. It has not helped that Pardew had
:20:07. > :20:09.been serving a ban for headbutting Hull's David Meyler. He hoped his
:20:10. > :20:13.return to the touchline might make a difference, but all it did was give
:20:14. > :20:16.him a better view of Arsenal's charge towards the Champions League.
:20:17. > :20:19.2`0 down at the break, the Magpies did at least avoid a complete
:20:20. > :20:23.collapse, but Giroud made it three and, having lost their last home
:20:24. > :20:25.game to Swansea, next up, it is bottom of the table Cardiff at St
:20:26. > :20:35.James'. The result last week put us under
:20:36. > :20:40.pressure, the last minute goal which I do not think we deserved. But the
:20:41. > :20:45.only way to get out of it is to show the character we showed tonight.
:20:46. > :20:49.Carlisle United will be relegated to League Two tonight if they lose to
:20:50. > :20:52.Crawley. The Cumbrians will be without their main striker Gary
:20:53. > :20:56.Madine because a police curfew requires him to be home in the North
:20:57. > :20:59.East by seven o'clock. Even if Carlisle avoid the drop tonight with
:21:00. > :21:03.a draw, they will still have to beat league leaders Wolves on the last
:21:04. > :21:06.day of the season on Saturday to give themselves a chance of staying
:21:07. > :21:09.up. Whatever the outcome, boss Graham Kavanagh says he thinks he
:21:10. > :21:19.deserves the chance to continue managing the club. I like to think
:21:20. > :21:27.that when I took over, we only had half a dozen points and were going
:21:28. > :21:37.nowhere. We have had a horrendous injury crisis since I took over. The
:21:38. > :21:44.one thing I have probably liked as a new manager, I put faith and trust
:21:45. > :21:52.on players that I thought would remain fit. Every player I brought
:21:53. > :21:58.in on the short`term and we have been scrimping and scraping all the
:21:59. > :22:06.way through. Another few years in the wilderness. The whole process
:22:07. > :22:12.starts again. I think they could stay up. It would not be good for
:22:13. > :22:15.the city, football eyes. BBC Radio Cumbria has commentary of
:22:16. > :22:17.the match, with James Phillips and Grant Holt starting the build up
:22:18. > :22:20.from seven o'clock. Newcastle Racecourse has been given
:22:21. > :22:23.approval to build an all`weather track at High Gosforth Park. The
:22:24. > :22:26.existing one mile six furlongs turf track at High Gosforth Park will be
:22:27. > :22:30.converted into an all`weather surface and Newcastle hopes to have
:22:31. > :22:33.races on the world's only floodlit straight mile. They will be allowed
:22:34. > :22:36.to apply to host fixtures next year. And in cricket's County
:22:37. > :22:43.Championship, Yorkshire are in the driving seat at Lord's on day three
:22:44. > :22:46.of the game. A big century from Gary Ballance helped them set Middlesex a
:22:47. > :22:50.target of 472 for victory, but Chris Rogers and Sam Robson are leading
:22:51. > :22:53.the fightback and the home side are currently 159`0.
:22:54. > :23:01.Now, let us see how the weather is shaping up.
:23:02. > :23:07.It has cooled down a bit this evening, but it was a lovely day for
:23:08. > :23:13.many others. Warm sunshine through the middle part of the day meant
:23:14. > :23:22.some very warm temperatures. The hotspot today was 19 Celsius. But
:23:23. > :23:29.not everywhere was wrong, with coastal parts especially struggling
:23:30. > :23:33.with mist and fog. As we head into this evening, there is a bit of
:23:34. > :23:40.cloud over the odd shower, but they will die away and many places will
:23:41. > :23:45.have the dry night. Again, low cloud, mist and fog forming, so pure
:23:46. > :23:52.visibility through the early hours of the morning. But not cold, with a
:23:53. > :23:56.low temperature of just seven Celsius. A rather get a start
:23:57. > :24:01.tomorrow, but the low cloud should lift and clear in the morning and we
:24:02. > :24:11.should again see bright spells developing. The sunny spells will be
:24:12. > :24:15.mingled with some sharp showers in the afternoon. There could be some
:24:16. > :24:30.heavy downpours into the late afternoon and evening. Top
:24:31. > :24:36.temperature of about 17 Celsius. Take a look at the pressure sequence
:24:37. > :24:41.for Thursday. Whether France producing cloud and rain for most of
:24:42. > :24:43.us, but it does move away to the south, introducing drier and fresher
:24:44. > :24:50.weather as we head towards the weekend. I pressure building and I
:24:51. > :24:55.will stick my neck out as we'll go to the bank holiday weekend, most of
:24:56. > :25:00.should enjoy a fair bit of dry weather, but it will also be cooler.
:25:01. > :25:10.Temperatures fresher than they have been of late. That is how it is
:25:11. > :25:17.looking at the moment. Any changes, we will of course keep them updated.
:25:18. > :25:21.Can you just hear it there until 10:30pm for the late weather!
:25:22. > :25:27.And that is Look North for now. We are back with headlines at eight
:25:28. > :25:28.o'clock and the late bulletin after the national ten o'clock news. Bye
:25:29. > :25:30.for now.