:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight: That is all from the
:00:00. > :00:07.Just fourteen days old, Tiarna becomes the youngest baby in the
:00:08. > :00:14.Guilty of murdering his wife because she'd become too westernised.
:00:15. > :00:17.But Rania Alyed's body has never been found.
:00:18. > :00:20.The schoolboy who led his fellow pupils to safety
:00:21. > :00:26.The head of the North East Ambulance Service admits he doesn't
:00:27. > :00:32.The latest in a series of special reports coming up.
:00:33. > :00:34.And plans are announced for a new ?25 million hospital
:00:35. > :00:40.In sport, the rain forces yet another draw
:00:41. > :00:47.And with just over a week to the World Cup we go back to where it all
:00:48. > :01:04.began for the Wearside footballer flying the flag for the North East!
:01:05. > :01:08.Tiarna Middleton, just fourteen days old and from
:01:09. > :01:11.Gateshead has become the youngest baby in the world to be supported
:01:12. > :01:16.Her parents and doctors at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle
:01:17. > :01:20.are now desperately hoping the device can keep her alive until
:01:21. > :01:25.Let's go live now to the Freeman where a news conference
:01:26. > :01:28.about Tiarna's progress finished a short time ago.
:01:29. > :01:41.The next 48 hours are crucial for Tiarna, anything could happen.
:01:42. > :01:44.She was delivered by caesarean section on May 22nd, weighing 5lbs
:01:45. > :01:47.8oz with an extremely rare heart condition, after she born her
:01:48. > :01:52.She was put on the urgent transplant list.
:01:53. > :01:56.And yesterday at just 13 days old doctors here at the Freeman Hospital
:01:57. > :01:59.fitted her with a small artificial heart, known as a Berlin heart.
:02:00. > :02:02.Earlier, I spoke to her parents Sharney and Gary from Rowlands Gill
:02:03. > :02:11.Tiarna just had an operation a couple of days and go, yesterday,
:02:12. > :02:17.She has had a Berlin heart fitted to try to extend her life,
:02:18. > :02:24.We are just hoping that she recovers well and she gets a heart
:02:25. > :02:33.Just taking each day as it comes, just taking every hour by every
:02:34. > :02:50.This operation to get the heart fitted means that...
:02:51. > :02:53.Tiarna is the youngest baby in the world to be fitted with
:02:54. > :02:59.The surgeon who carried out the operation said he had no option.
:03:00. > :03:01.The operation is difficult for several reasons.
:03:02. > :03:08.It is probably the smallest baby on the ward.
:03:09. > :03:13.Also, you have to adapt the heart to receive the pipes for the Berlin
:03:14. > :03:29.heart, so you have to do a lot of modification to make sure it fits.
:03:30. > :03:37.Everyone is praying that the device will help Tiarna to live long enough
:03:38. > :03:43.to get the heart transplant she so desperately needs. Her parents have
:03:44. > :03:49.launched a petition to get more people to become organ donors.
:03:50. > :03:54.A soldier has died and two others have been injured in an accident at
:03:55. > :04:01.Details are still sketchy, but let's cross to Peter Harris
:04:02. > :04:17.This happened at 11am this morning. We understand a vehicle has rolled
:04:18. > :04:24.over, we don't know what type of vehicle that was. The Air Ambulance
:04:25. > :04:28.was called in and confirmed that are a soldier died at the scene and we
:04:29. > :04:34.believe a second casualties was airlifted out. There is a third
:04:35. > :04:39.casualty that was treated at the scene. The army have confirmed that
:04:40. > :04:42.a soldier has died in the incident and that it is now under
:04:43. > :04:46.investigation. Thank you, Peter.
:04:47. > :04:48.She fled from the violence in Syria, and headed for Teesside
:04:49. > :04:53.Rania Alayed later moved to Greater Manchester with her three children.
:04:54. > :04:56.Last June, she vanished and her body has never been found.
:04:57. > :04:58.But today, after four days of deliberation,
:04:59. > :05:02.a jury found her husband Ahmed Al`Khatib guilty of murder.
:05:03. > :05:04.Police believe he dumped Rania's remains somewhere near the A19
:05:05. > :05:11.Manchester Crown Court heard Al`Khatib killed the 25`year`old
:05:12. > :05:14.mother of three, because she'd become "too westernised".
:05:15. > :05:36.Her husband was jealous, violent and controlling. When she eventually
:05:37. > :05:41.walked out, he lowered her and her children to his Salford flat where
:05:42. > :05:50.he killed her. TRANSLATION: I told her elder son that his mother is in
:05:51. > :05:55.heaven. He asked me for binoculars as he believed he could see his
:05:56. > :06:03.mother between the stars. She had already endured years of domestic
:06:04. > :06:08.abuse. She asks for help from police and a solicitor, but then moved to
:06:09. > :06:12.Greater Manchester. She began taking English classes, making female and
:06:13. > :06:18.male friends. It enraged her husband. After killing her at his
:06:19. > :06:22.flat, he donned a headscarf to pass himself off as his wife and messaged
:06:23. > :06:31.her friends and family to convince them he she was still alive. But his
:06:32. > :06:36.brother admitted that they drove her body north and she was buried
:06:37. > :06:44.somewhere here. Police still don't know where. It may sound silly, I
:06:45. > :06:49.have added to this `` I have had dreams, it sounds stupid, but it
:06:50. > :06:57.gets into your site, you are thinking about it. The jury...
:06:58. > :07:03.He and another brother were found guilty of perverting the course of
:07:04. > :07:07.justice. Ahmed Al`Khatib had claimed he was mentally ill when he killed
:07:08. > :07:13.Rania Alayed, seeing her as an evil spirits, the jury did not believe
:07:14. > :07:20.him. He picks and chooses when he wants to be saying. All three men
:07:21. > :07:27.will be sentenced later, but Rania Alayed's family still have nobody to
:07:28. > :07:34.lay to rest. We're getting reports that a flight
:07:35. > :07:37.from Paphos to Newcastle has been diverted to severe airport because
:07:38. > :07:43.of an unspecified emergency. The plane is a Boeing 757 and was due to
:07:44. > :07:45.arrive at 2025 in Newcastle. There has been no comment from jet to or
:07:46. > :07:49.Newcastle airport. It's emerged that a teenager
:07:50. > :07:52.on one of the two school buses that crashed in Stanley yesterday played
:07:53. > :07:55.a crucial part in getting Ryan Robson, a pupil at
:07:56. > :07:59.St Bede's School in Lanchester, was also the first person to alert
:08:00. > :08:02.the emergency services. Ryan Robson is
:08:03. > :08:06.a reserved 14`year`old schoolboy. Yesterday, though,
:08:07. > :08:09.he was anything but reserved. He was the first person to call 999
:08:10. > :08:13.after two school buses collided He helped the injured, opened
:08:14. > :08:30.the damaged doors of his bus and There was a lot of screaming and
:08:31. > :08:37.crying and freaking out. That is when I thought, well, there has to
:08:38. > :08:42.be something that leads them out, so I thought, well, I have to try and
:08:43. > :08:44.do something. I led them out. 28 pupils were treated
:08:45. > :08:46.after the crash. A 12`year`old boy remains
:08:47. > :08:48.in hospital with serious facial Ryan was unscathed,
:08:49. > :09:04.although a friend nearby was jolted I heard her scream and I looked
:09:05. > :09:06.around, my friend was covered in blood. It was all down her top.
:09:07. > :09:13.For Ryan's Dad, his son's behaviour came as no surprise.
:09:14. > :09:22.I'm really proud of what he did. It really makes me think that he
:09:23. > :09:29.achieved a lot by helping other people. Is it in his character to do
:09:30. > :09:38.that? Yes, he has always been a lovable character and helps out when
:09:39. > :09:41.he can. Yes, it is in character. Durham Constabulary are examining
:09:42. > :09:49.the two buses, but have yet to interview the two drivers.
:09:50. > :09:52.An open verdict has been recorded at the inquest into the death of
:09:53. > :09:56.a County Durham teacher whose body was found washed up on a beach.
:09:57. > :09:59.50`year`old Mark Bushnell, who was deputy head at Durham School,
:10:00. > :10:04.His car was found at a cliff`top car park and his body was found
:10:05. > :10:08.The inquest heard he died by drowning.
:10:09. > :10:11.Coronor Andrew Tweddle said he could not be certain whether Mr Bushnell
:10:12. > :10:15.had killed him self or had died accidentally.
:10:16. > :10:22.Two brothers carried out a cowardly, shocking and brutal attack
:10:23. > :10:24.on a well`known Hartlepool boxer, taking turns to strike him
:10:25. > :10:31.That's what a jury's been told at the trial of two men accused of
:10:32. > :10:34.He'd been out at a New Year's Eve Party in Hartlepool
:10:35. > :10:38.when it's claimed he was the victim of the violent attack.
:10:39. > :10:40.Half`brothers David Sowerby and Anthony Middleton deny murder.
:10:41. > :10:45.Mark Denton was, the court heard, a successful amateur boxer who was
:10:46. > :10:51.He was said to be in a good mood when he went out with his girlfriend
:10:52. > :10:54.on New Year's Eve and there was no hint of trouble on the horizon.
:10:55. > :10:57.When he arrived at this house in Hartlepool he walked
:10:58. > :11:00.in shaking hands and saying hello to party goers.
:11:01. > :11:02.But within minutes of going inside he'd suffered fatal injuries.
:11:03. > :11:05.The victim, it was said, of a cowardly,
:11:06. > :11:13.The prosecution said David Sowerby approached Mark Denton without
:11:14. > :11:16.warning, produced an axe and struck him to the head in front
:11:17. > :11:21.He then followed that up with repeated blows.
:11:22. > :11:23.Despite his overwhelming injuries the court heard Mark Denton tried
:11:24. > :11:31.But at that point they say Anthony Middleton took his turn, got the axe
:11:32. > :11:39.Even when he collapsed to the floor, the attacks continued.
:11:40. > :11:41.It was then said a witness claimed the pair left the
:11:42. > :11:45.scene in triumphant mood and seemed happy with what they had done.
:11:46. > :11:48.The prosecution believe David Sowerby had revenge
:11:49. > :11:52.on his mind, after he'd argued with Mark Denton at another party in
:11:53. > :11:55.Hartlepool some months earlier and had a burning sense of grievance.
:11:56. > :11:58.Middleton they said ordered the axe of the internet,
:11:59. > :12:02.During police interviews, he said he'd acted in self defence
:12:03. > :12:06.after Mark Denton had attacked his half brother first.
:12:07. > :12:10.Sowerby, they said, declined to answer any questions.
:12:11. > :12:12.That, the prosecution says, was because there was nothing that
:12:13. > :12:17.could be said to justify this unprovoked and deadly attack.
:12:18. > :12:26.Both men deny murder and the trial continues tomorrow.
:12:27. > :12:29.The head of the North East Ambulance Service has admitted he doesn't have
:12:30. > :12:35.Simon Featherstone has told Look North he can't meet the demands
:12:36. > :12:38.of every patient and difficult choices will have to be made
:12:39. > :12:43.I'll be talking to Mr Featherstone live in the studio in a moment.
:12:44. > :12:46.But first here's our health reporter Sharon Barbour
:12:47. > :12:50.with the third of her special series of reports on what's going wrong
:12:51. > :13:05.Each year, thousands of us remark to a parallax to save lives. ``
:13:06. > :13:09.paramedics. The ambulance service is showing signs of a system out of
:13:10. > :13:16.control and they are calling for help. This is a major issue, a major
:13:17. > :13:23.failing in the NHS, the ambulance service is frankly hanging by a
:13:24. > :13:27.thread. Tonight, the view from within, look North has learned that
:13:28. > :13:32.the head of the North East Air Ambulance Service is losing his job.
:13:33. > :13:36.Before he goes, he tells us what is going wrong. There are so many
:13:37. > :13:42.pressures, one after another. From the control room, managers tell us
:13:43. > :13:48.how pressures are getting to staff. Demand is astronomic. You don't know
:13:49. > :13:54.how you will respond to all the patients. We hear about how making
:13:55. > :13:59.decisions with the resources can lead to tears. We have to try to
:14:00. > :14:06.respond to everybody, very difficult, very emotional. Often,
:14:07. > :14:14.there are not enough ambulances and they are queued in a stack. I had 70
:14:15. > :14:18.calls waiting to be dispatched. Among them, life`threatening
:14:19. > :14:28.emergencies. When you hear the words, baby in crisis, you hang onto
:14:29. > :14:30.that. The dispatcher burst into tears when they heard the baby had
:14:31. > :14:46.gone into cardiac arrest. They don't get a chance to have any
:14:47. > :14:50.respite. One job after another. What is going so wrong? The ambulance
:14:51. > :14:55.service tells us there is not enough money to run the service. Maybe we
:14:56. > :14:59.will have to face up to the fact that there is not sufficient
:15:00. > :15:03.resource within the system and the politicians need to resolve the
:15:04. > :15:14.issue. What if you don't get the cash? Well, ultimately, the end
:15:15. > :15:18.product of that will be... If demand goes up by 5% every year, and I have
:15:19. > :15:26.the same resources to deal with that, I will deal with the most
:15:27. > :15:30.life`threatening people. I will save as many lives as I possibly can, and
:15:31. > :15:35.others will not get the quality of service that they would like. In the
:15:36. > :15:41.meantime, thoughts turn to radical new ways of working, telling those
:15:42. > :15:46.who are not at risk of dying that any ambulance might take some time.
:15:47. > :15:57.This vehicle will take 60 minutes to come to you. What do you say? We
:15:58. > :16:07.will respond as soon as we can. And ambulance is on its way. It is not
:16:08. > :16:12.acceptable. They need our help. It is disappointing when we cannot gets
:16:13. > :16:16.to everybody. That is because they prioritise getting to those whose
:16:17. > :16:22.lives are in danger. In real emergencies, the ambulance service
:16:23. > :16:25.is the quickest in England, but the many patients kept waiting
:16:26. > :16:30.paramedics and call centre staff are under such pressure and something
:16:31. > :16:34.must be done urgently. What we are seeing is rising demand, following
:16:35. > :16:40.resources, and the downside of all of is deteriorating response times,
:16:41. > :16:48.that is why I once the debate in Parliament, the Government needs to
:16:49. > :16:52.address the fundamental problems. David Cameron has promised an
:16:53. > :16:55.investigation into the ambulance service's response times.
:16:56. > :16:58.Well, we saw Simon Featherstone in Sharon's report,
:16:59. > :17:21.Can a start by saying what admiration I have for the staff?
:17:22. > :17:24.These people are highly dedicated professionals who very calmly go
:17:25. > :17:30.about their business 24`hour was a day. The circumstances we are in is
:17:31. > :17:37.not a crisis, I think that is an overstatement. The situation is that
:17:38. > :17:44.in the year ending March, the North East ambulance service responded the
:17:45. > :17:51.best time in life`threatening circumstances in England. I am proud
:17:52. > :17:58.of that. But we often hear cases of being left for hours, sometimes in
:17:59. > :18:04.the streets. It is true to say that there are limited resources
:18:05. > :18:11.available. The NHS and the ambulance service are seeing is the man's rise
:18:12. > :18:14.by about 5% per year and the NHS budget is protected by politicians
:18:15. > :18:22.of whatever political hue they come from. But it is only protected in
:18:23. > :18:27.real terms, not in terms of the activity which is constantly hitting
:18:28. > :18:32.the NHS at large. Whether it is the ambulance service or the acute
:18:33. > :18:35.hospital trusts or primary care whether practitioners are and other
:18:36. > :18:39.community workers, they are all under increasing pressure and we're
:18:40. > :18:44.trying to work as smoothly as possible. Everyone is working flat
:18:45. > :18:50.out, but the Government said it gave ?40 million extra funding to the
:18:51. > :19:00.service in December. Where did that go? It went to the services across
:19:01. > :19:06.the country. Did you buy front line staff? We did some interesting
:19:07. > :19:10.things with the money to try and alleviate the demands. Front line
:19:11. > :19:17.staff is what is needed according to your staff. That would be helpful.
:19:18. > :19:21.Did it go there? We need to prioritise... But is the money being
:19:22. > :19:29.spent on management instead front line staff? No, it's been spent on
:19:30. > :19:31.people that can help us manage demand differently. That is what it
:19:32. > :19:37.was spent on. Thank you very much. People in the North East have the
:19:38. > :19:41.lowest, but fastest growing, incomes Disposable household income,
:19:42. > :19:44.that's money left after tax and benefits, have been taken
:19:45. > :19:47.into account and was ?14,393 in the North East on average, almost ?3,000
:19:48. > :19:53.less than England as a whole. But the region's disposable cash did
:19:54. > :19:59.grow by 4% from 2011, Well, we stay on health now because
:20:00. > :20:07.the trust that runs Northumberland's hospitals has announced it's
:20:08. > :20:10.building a new hospital in Berwick. And the ?25 million it will cost to
:20:11. > :20:13.build is being loaned to Northumbria Healthcare Trust
:20:14. > :20:15.by Northumberland County Council. The new hospital will be built
:20:16. > :20:19.on the site of the present Berwick Infirmary with healthcare
:20:20. > :20:35.continuing to be delivered Queen Victoria had barely settled on
:20:36. > :20:40.the throne when this infirmary first opened its doors. It provides a
:20:41. > :20:43.patient services like physiotherapy and chemotherapy. There is a minor
:20:44. > :20:50.injuries clinic and a maternity unit. All of these services will
:20:51. > :20:57.continue in a modern, state`of`the`art hospital. I think
:20:58. > :21:01.it is fantastic. If they make the hospital better, it will be good for
:21:02. > :21:06.the community. Darren has physiotherapy once a week after a
:21:07. > :21:10.knee replacement operation. Living in Northumberland, he wants to be
:21:11. > :21:14.treated close to home. The service is fantastic. I had a major
:21:15. > :21:19.operation and would have had to travel to Newcastle every day which
:21:20. > :21:24.is about 120 mile round trip. The facilities here are good, the staff
:21:25. > :21:29.are fantastic. I can come here instead of going to Newcastle. New
:21:30. > :21:33.hospitals don't come cheap, but they can be cheaper if the money can be
:21:34. > :21:40.borrowed at the cheapest rate and the County Council can do that and
:21:41. > :21:44.then load the funds to the trust. Without us providing finance, it
:21:45. > :21:50.would delay the opportunity. Couldn't you spend the money filling
:21:51. > :21:54.potholes or adult social care? It is a good question, but we did not have
:21:55. > :22:03.the money physically, we have borrowed the money in order to lend
:22:04. > :22:08.it. We could borrow it at a lesser rate. The lead medic admitted that
:22:09. > :22:15.continuing to provide services while rebuilding the hospital will be
:22:16. > :22:20.eight challenge. `` a challenge. I don't know how we will do it, but
:22:21. > :22:25.they feel confident that they can do it. The site is quite spread out,
:22:26. > :22:29.there are a number of buildings that aren't being used and presumably we
:22:30. > :22:36.can work through those. I agree, that is the challenge. This is a
:22:37. > :22:39.phased rebuild. It will take a while, it should be completed by
:22:40. > :22:42.2018. England's footballers play
:22:43. > :22:45.a friendly against Ecuador tonight They're stopping off in the United
:22:46. > :22:52.States en route to the World Cup, In the squad is Celtic goalkeeper
:22:53. > :22:56.Fraser Forster, from Hexham in Northumberland,
:22:57. > :22:59.who may well get game time tonight. But the player most likely to fly
:23:00. > :23:01.the North East flag in Brazil is a Wearsider,
:23:02. > :23:05.who's one of two internationals to come out of the same school team,
:23:06. > :23:22.as Jeff Brown reports. He left the dream of playing and
:23:23. > :23:26.scoring in the Premier League. Then he made a ?20 million move to
:23:27. > :23:32.Liverpool and help take them to within sight of the title and now he
:23:33. > :23:39.is off to the World Cup and it all began for Jordan Henderson at
:23:40. > :23:44.Farringdon community school. He was in the school team for three years.
:23:45. > :23:56.We are so proud of him. He was such a dedicated life. `` lad. Anything
:23:57. > :24:03.is possible with him, why not someone from Farringdon? And Jordan
:24:04. > :24:08.is not the only England international. Scott also excelled
:24:09. > :24:13.at cricket and he made his Ashes debut last winter. We try and
:24:14. > :24:19.encourage all students to develop their talents. All students are
:24:20. > :24:23.given the opportunity to do that. Jordan and Scott are exceptional
:24:24. > :24:26.talents. They have the desire and passion and they just want to
:24:27. > :24:36.achieve. The driver came from within. When you're watching them,
:24:37. > :24:39.how will you feel? I will be watching them with my daughters and
:24:40. > :24:45.I will be very proud and I will say, he used to be in my school team.
:24:46. > :24:51.Come on, Jordan act Cricket finally
:24:52. > :24:53.and Durham have lost six and a half days of action to the weather
:24:54. > :24:58.so far this season and rain put paid to their hopes of beating Middlesex
:24:59. > :25:01.at Chester le Street today. The home side were in poll position
:25:02. > :25:11.on the final day after forcing the visitors to follow on, but the game
:25:12. > :25:33.was abandoned early this afternoon we start with this view. The good
:25:34. > :25:39.news is if you are out and about, you probably have a better chance of
:25:40. > :25:42.seeing some brightness. A slowly improving picture. Overnight, we
:25:43. > :25:51.will hang on to all of this cloud. There is no rain to come. There are
:25:52. > :25:56.some misty and murky conditions. Temperatures in most places hold`up
:25:57. > :26:01.in double figures, one or two dry areas in the South might get 27
:26:02. > :26:08.eight Celsius. Eight grey start for most of us. The rain becomes much
:26:09. > :26:13.more intermittent and patchy, gradually things start to dry up and
:26:14. > :26:16.brighten up in the South. North Yorkshire will see the best of any
:26:17. > :26:22.brightness, North Northumberland holds onto the damp weather longus.
:26:23. > :26:33.We could see 17 Celsius in Sunderland. That is is looking for
:26:34. > :26:36.tomorrow. Low`pressure edging away, leaving a quiet spell. By the time
:26:37. > :26:41.we get to the weekend, this weather front has some will bear head that
:26:42. > :26:48.could lead to some thundery downpours by the weekend. If you are
:26:49. > :26:52.out and about, make the most of tomorrow's slow improvements, they
:26:53. > :26:56.could she improved temperatures in Cumbria, 20 Celsius should feel
:26:57. > :27:02.warmer and it will be warm on Saturday. Very humid and the risk of
:27:03. > :27:06.heavy showers, maybe even some thunderstorms. A similar picture is
:27:07. > :27:12.of the Pennines. Temperatures edging up into the high teens as we head
:27:13. > :27:17.into Friday. The easterly breeze keeping easterly areas at its
:27:18. > :27:22.cooler, on Saturday a risk of some heavy and thundery outbreaks of
:27:23. > :27:28.rain. If you think you have the perfect June weather picture, we
:27:29. > :27:34.would love to see it. All of the rules and regulations are on the
:27:35. > :27:36.website. Sorry, I sneeze during your forecasts. It must be the wonderful
:27:37. > :27:53.weather When the first travellers crossed
:27:54. > :27:56.America, they were faced with this - The very nature of
:27:57. > :28:12.the American personality was defined. Ray Mears explores
:28:13. > :28:15.the land behind the Hollywood legend and discovers the wild
:28:16. > :28:18.that made the West.