08/05/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

combat for the first time. That's all from the BBC News.

Welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight. 158 arrests, 93

charged, 90 found guilty. An exclusive report on the scale of the

violence that scarred a Tyne Wear football derby. An alarming rise in

dog attacks in the region. This six`year`old is one of the latest

victims. She's been missing since 2005. Now film extra Janet Brown's

lover is on trial, accused of her murder. It's been seen by five

million people worldwide ` now the musical Dirty Dancing makes it to

the stage on Tyneside. And in sport, there's only one story that matters

today ` Sunderland's Great Escape. For many people here on Wearside,

last night's win was much, much more than just another football match.

Unbelievable. It is like having a new grandchild. As this football

season draws to a close, shocking scale of the violence that marred

the Tyne`Wear football derby in the Spring of 2013 can now be fully

revealed as the last of the hooligans, aged from 12 to 45, have

finally been brought to justice. We can reveal that the Trouble erupted

outside St James's Park and in the city centre after Sunderland beat

Newcastle three`nil. Hundreds of police fought to contain the mob in

a spontaneous outbreak of drink`fuelled madness that made

national headlines and ruined dozens of young lives. In all, 158 people

were arrested. 93 were charged with violent disorder or affray. 90 of

them were found guilty and three were acquitted. The maximum sentence

imposed ` 21 months. Look North has spoken to the police officers

involved and some of those convicted. Dan Farthing has this

exclusive report. April 2013. More than a thousand police officers were

on duty and the powderkeg atmosphere of a local derby erupted. When the

third goal went in my experience said this will be a difficult day. I

was a bit strong. I was stood outside the stadium. Everybody

started sinking so I thought I go and join in. We had to escort a

sizeable number of fans from the station. The police formed a block.

Unable to get at the Sunderland fans, the crowd turned on the

police. Among the first arrests words Barry Rogerson who were like

most of the mob had been at the game. Some sort of flower descended

on us. I was stupid. He was not typical of the average person

involved. It will be more likely somebody in their late teens or

early 20s who has not been to the match. Half an hour after the final

whistle the violence moved to Westgate Road whether police had

formed a chord in. It was a distraction tactic. They were taken

along with the fury of the crowd while I was able to get an escort

through to the station as quickly as possible without any of the

Sunderland fans being hurts. Examined in close detail, the images

reveal how young some of the troublemakers were. This lad here is

only 12. He has to run out of the way of a missile. He has been

convicted now. He was convicted of a violent disorder. You can see he

goes on to throw bottles at the police. 50 minutes after the match,

the mob moved and again tried to attack the Sunderland escort passing

through the city quadrant and heading to the central station.

Something happened at the station which I have never seen before in

all my years of experience. Newcastle fans started scaling walls

to try get into the station. British transport police colleagues are very

bravely stood their ground. I did think this is going to hurt. I was

tried to dodge the missiles are as much is possible that there was no

way we could move back. I got hurt. But it was just bruising. Had I been

a couple of inches shorter, I dread to think what would have happened.

It would have been my head. Most of them had jobs and were in

education. They have to not away for now. It was the heat of the moment

situation. Stupid really. The legacy is disorder in Newcastle.

12`year`old and new football banning orders. Not a great adverts. And in

tomorrow night's Look North, Dan Farthing reports on how the police

managed to track down so many people involved in the derby day riots.

Look North has discovered a six`year`old girl attacked by two

American Bulldogs this week is just one of a series of recent dog`bite

victims in a Northumberland Town. Ellie Hall, from Ashington, was

taken to hospital after she was bitten while out playing with

friends. We've discovered there's been a spate of serious attacks in

the town ` and even the local MP is calling for action. It comes a week

after a report claimed the rate of hospital admissions from dog bites

was higher in the North East than any other region. Andrew Hartley

reports. Second from death. Six`year`old Ellie Hall from

Ashington were set upon this week by a pair of American Bulldogs.

horrific. She would not be here worried for the neighbour who saved

her. She was just playing with her friends. She did nothing wrong.

She's so lucky. A few more minutes and she would have been gone. I

thought they were nice dogs. But they were bad dogs. They got my leg,

then my arm and then my ear. I was screaming. My friend was frightened.

Both dogs were destroyed. Ellie is not the only person to suffer a dog

bite injury in this town in recent weeks. There have been a series of

incidents. The Holroyd was attacked a few days ago. He had to have

plastic surgery. I was attacked by an English bull terrier. I was

attacked in the face. It does not seem to be `` there are not a lot of

attacks at the moment and owners should be held responsible. They are

victims in a year when a serious bug attacks have become big news. Here

in Ashington it is so bad the town's postman were giving a safety

briefing about violence dogs yesterday. A new study shows that it

is a problem that affects the whole region. The dark areas are where the

rate of attacks are highest. Just look at the North East. Last year

across County Durham and he sighed alone, 269 people were hospitalised

by dogs. A worse rate than anywhere else in the country apart from

Merseyside. The survey's conclusion is that dog attacks are highest in

the most deprived areas. But this Newcastle solicitor deals with

dogged by compensation claims from all over the country. She is not

convinced. the types of incident are the same, whether it is in the North

East or one that happens in the Home Counties. Often, very young children

are attacked by dogs have bad facial injuries and quite frequently...

This sanctuary takes unwanted dogs. When I moved in four years go, we

had 12 dogs will stop we have about 50 now. It is desperate to be

honest. We do taking dogs that have bitten. And we have to try and

correct what caused them to bite in the first place. It is often dogs

have been beaten and used as deterrents, it is not all about

mental abuse. That has got worse over the last two years. Ashington

seems to have a particular problem at the moment. Why? It is not to

pick on Ashington, because across the country more than 6000 people

were hurt by dog attacks last year. That is a 5% rise in one year. It is

clear there is a live issue for Ashington, so much so that the local

MP, Ian Lavery, issued a warning to dog owners to take more

responsibility and people I spoke to on the street are clearly concerned

about the issue and they want action. So what can be done? The new

law which amends the Dangerous Dogs Act out Julie comes into force this

month. It includes increased sentencing but it does not

include... Which has led some people disappointed. I should leave the

final word to brave little Ellie who you saw in my film. She wants to say

a big thank you to the neighbours who her parents believe saved her

life. A man who was killed at a level crossing in North Yorkshire

has been named by police. 77`year`old Eric Ireland, from

Scampston, near Malton, died when his car was struck by a

Trans`Pennine express travelling from Scarborough to Liverpool. The

crossing is on private land at Scampston, where a farm track

crosses the railway line. The Trust which runs hospitals in

Middlesbrough and Northallerton could be declared "unsatisfactory"

by Monitor, the health regulator, if it fails to address multi`million

pound budget problems. The South Tees NHS Trust has to save ?50

million. It's hired consultants to look for savings, but health unions

have criticised the decision. A court's been told a film extra was

murdered by her lover, who then used hundreds of thousands of pounds of

her money to buy expensive cars. 45`year`old Janet Brown, from Hexham

in Northumberland, vanished in June 2005 after apparently going on

holiday to France. But the jury at Newcastle Crown Court was told she

vanished off the face of the earth and has never been heard of since.

Our news correspondent, Peter Harris, reports. Janet Brown booked

a holiday to France and was never seen again. It said Janet Brown

never reached France because she had been murdered by the man she was due

to go with. The long`term lover Don Graham. It is alleged he then went

on to spend thousands of pounds of her money and in due course that of

her elderly parents. The court heard Janet had savings of ?400,000 and an

inheritance to come from her parents' ?300,000 farm house near

Hexham. It's alleged after killing her, Don Graham spent some of her

money on cars, like this one, as well as a Porsche and Range Rover.

And he bought a house in Seaton Delavel for another lover, who he'd

met just before Janet vanished. The new lover was Elizabeth Todd, is

here on the right. She knew nothing of the alleged murder of Janet, but

in time, it's claimed she committed fraud and forgery to keep Brown's

money flowing in. All the while, Janet's elderly parents, it's said,

were conned into thinking she was alive and living in France. Don

Graham allegedly sent them postcards from France pretending they were

from Janet saying "still enjoying France", that she had a job, had

been promoted and had a company car. The prosecution said that was all a

con. Janet Brown was already dead and Don Graham knew that. Janet, the

jury heard, had loved Don Graham and even had the wedding dress ready to

marry her alleged killer. Don Graham denies charges including murder and

Elizabeth Todd denies forgery and a fraud charge. More than 3,700 people

have signed up to a Facebook group set up to buy a Cumbrian mountain

for the community. Blencathra has been put up for sale by Lord

Lonsdale, who wants to raise just short of ?2 million pounds to pay

off taxes. The group, Friends of Blencathra, says it wants to buy the

mountain, then hold it in trust. The Duchess of Cornwall has been in the

region today. She was visiting RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire in her

capacity as Honorary AirCommodore. She officially opened the new centre

which replaces a facility dating back to the 1940s. It is a purpose

tilt facility we have had. So essentially, we have a very modern

primary health care facility which we can offer good quality medical

care to the service people at RAF meaning from. The smash hit musical

Dirty Dancing has arrived on Tyneside for the first time. Based

on the 1987 film of the same name, the stage show's been seen by five

million people worldwide. The month`long run at Newcastle's

Theatre Royal is on track to be a sell`out. Our entertainment

reporter, Sharuna Sagar, has been to meet the cast. It's the fastest ever

selling West End show and it's now making it's Newcastle debut. Dirty

Dancing is a coming of age romance between Johnny and Baby. It is not

so smooth, there are quite substantial differences between

Johnny and baby. They have very different backgrounds. Nobody puts

baby in a corner! She feels squashed down by things that have happened to

her and he boosts her right back up. It all ends up in a big

triumphant dance number. With a big lift, with a very tough rubber very

big lift! From the Mumba to the melons. The

box`office`record`breaking musical recreates the classic '80s film. For

the big fans out there, they are going to find these iconic moments

live on stage so exciting. The script is close to the movies all

the famous lines are in the show. But there are lots of added extra

exciting parts. It has led to standing ovations and dancing in the

aisles. If the reaction of previous audiences is anything to go by,

theatre`goers who come to this run might well have the time of their

life. Sharuna Sagar, BBC Look North, Theatre Royal Newcastle. Football

now, and there are calls tonight for Sunderland's head coach, Gus Poyet,

to be named Manager of the Year. It's really not hard to see why. The

flamboyant Uruguayan said his team needed a miracle to secure Premier

League survival and after a run of 13 points from the last five games,

that's exactly what they've achieved. Mark Tulip's back at the

Stadium of Light for us now. Does the Great Escape do it justice,

Mark? I think perhaps the "Greatest" Escape Jeff. Before last night, only

West Brom had been bottom of the Premier League at Christmas and

stayed up. Sunderland joined that select club with their 2`0 victory

here ` coincidentally against the West Midlands side. Sunday's final

game at home to Swansea already feels like a 90 minute lap of

honour! There was an air of expectancy before kick`off. Only one

club bottom of the Premier League at Christmas had ever avoided the drop.

That was West Brom ` last night's visitors to the Stadium of Light.

Could Sunderland become the second with just one point required from

their final two matches? He has done such a good job. He has turned us

around. Now look where we are extra macro is why macro are you nervous?

Know we are excited. I would like to see us win. But I will settle for a

point. One of the most publicised football banners this season was

there to remind everyone of Gus Poyet's dream. And his call for the

players to just go for a win seemed to have been heeded early on. With

12 minutes gone, Wearside was in wonderland. Alonso's cross found

Jack Colback, who prodded the ball home to make the Great Escape, look

almost nailed on. Half an hour gone and Larsson, reminding us all that

he's a Swedish international, chipped the ball over the top for

Fabio Borini to score another of his history`making goals. What a shame

he heads back to Liverpool in the summer. Of course, it wouldn't be

Sunderland without a few bitten nails. And in truth, West Brom were

the better side for long periods of the second half. This missed sitter

from Altidore and loose shot from Vergini was as close as the home

side came to putting the game to bed. Had West Brom ` who went into

the game all but safe ` scored, who knows, but they didn't. So cue huge

celebrations: a mixture of joy and relief at the final whistle.

Absolutely amazing. We have done it. I'm pinching myself a little. It is

like having a new grandchild. All credit to everybody in Sunderland

FC. They have brought a lot of cheer. We get to stay in the Premier

League. Fabulous. Is for something unique, it was something special.

The connection on the pitch between the players in the last few games,

the connection with the fans, every single game, is the best five weeks

I have ever had. Today is one of the best days of my life. Gus Poyet says

his team's achievement will be remembered forever in Premier League

folklore. Who would argue with that. Such is the size of the money on

offer this season that the club that finishes at the bottom of the

Premier League will rake in more cash than Manchester United last

season. No wonder relief are keeping the club's high profile can be felt

on and off the pitch. Sunderland have already had just like always

had a good fan base. We must retain that in the Premiership. They do not

just bring in the football fans and a football people are Brenda

Munnings Sunderland, they also bring the big brands into the stadium.

That game brings the profile of the city up and helps with the economy

of the city. Here is Chris Young from the Sunderland Echo. It seems a

bit of a shame that this is likely to be broken up. 13 players are out

of contract or out on loan at the moment. But I still think three or

four of them could stay now that the club are in the Premier League. If

Sunderland had gone down, all of them would properly have departed.

At least that gives them a bit of a foundation for building a side for

the next season. Let us pick out some of those players. Jack Cole

back has been linked with several clubs including Newcastle. It is

unlikely he will be back. He has had a very good season here. I think it

is likely he will go back. Jack on the other hand, Sunderland are still

hoping to tie him down to a new deal. He's in a very strong position

obviously, he has paid by the played a big part in the transformation of

this club. But there are many clubs after him so we'll have to see how

that goes. Giving the manager will get the control he wants? He's in a

very strong position himself. He has seen a remarkable transformation in

the club's fortunes. Thank you. Now the weather. It is unsettled as we

like to say. The weather has been up and down but the bluebells are

thriving at the minutes. Tomorrow, if the bluebells like

showers they will not be disappointed because a very showery

picture tomorrow. Especially into the early part of the afternoon,

becoming drier and brighter later on in the day though. With a fair share

of rain today, there were some decent prize was late on, but the

clouds got their act together and most of the soils and heavy burst of

rain through the afternoon and that pattern continues as we had through

this evening and into the night as well. There will be some drier

interludes and even one or two clear spells, but the showers are never

far away, moving in from the West. Most frequent for Cumbria, that some

further east as well. Overnight, temperatures will be seven or eight

Celsius. It looks like quite a brisk, southerly breeze especially

near those heavier showers. Tomorrow morning, a rash of showery outbreaks

and some prolonged spells of rain in the West. Summer that on the heavy

side, even the odd rumble of thunder. As I said, as we head to

the afternoon towards tea`time and into the early part of the evening,

most places will try and brighten up its search as well. There will be

highs tomorrow afternoon of about 14 Celsius and the wind quite brisk at

times. That is the picture for tomorrow. Into the weekend, low

pressure firmly in charge of things. A band of rain coming in from the

Atlantic on Saturday morning and then it is a showery picture for the

rest of the weekend. By Sunday, that wind coming round from a more

northerly direction so it will feel a wee bit cooler as well. For

Cumbria, some showery outbreaks, certainly for a while tomorrow. More

prolonged rain for a time on Saturday and the showers are never

far away on Sunday. Note is that deep in the temperatures as the wind

turns north`westerly. It is a similar sort of picture from

westerly winds in the Northeast. If you're out and about, be prepared

for some fairly sharp showers over the next few days and you will not

go too far wrong. The first four months of the Look North weather

calendar are already filled. Thank you. That is it for now. We will

leave you with something for Sunderland fans.

No-one would have believed, in the first years of the 21st century,

that Britain's affairs were being watched and scrutinised

With the help of our three political parties,

who lie to the British public about their intentions,

minds immeasurably more bureaucratic than ours

slowly and surely drew their plans against us.

smashing our democracy and destroying our laws...