:00:00. > 3:59:59potentially brutal. Sunday, scattered showers but the driest day
:00:00. > :00:09.of the weekend. Hello and welcome to Thursd`y's
:00:10. > :00:10.Look North. Tonight... Why was he not banned from driving,
:00:11. > :00:13.asks the mum whose daughter was seriously injured in a crash
:00:14. > :00:16.caused by a taxi driver. Hospital trusts in crisis,
:00:17. > :00:18.as services across an entird county Crackdown on cannabis. Police target
:00:19. > :00:22.target the gangs who grow the drug And going Dutch. A fleet of more
:00:23. > :00:26.than 50 yachts from Holland In sport, with less than
:00:27. > :00:29.four weeks to go, we are on the Commonwealth Games
:00:30. > :00:38.trail, meeting a young athldte the countdown to the Sunderland
:00:39. > :00:43.International air show. In sport, with less than
:00:44. > :00:46.four weeks to go, we are on the Commonwealth Games
:00:47. > :00:48.trail, meeting a young athldte back on track on after breaking his
:00:49. > :00:52.foot and at the pool with a teenager already making a big splash
:00:53. > :01:12.in the diving world. She was left paralysed and blinded
:01:13. > :01:16.in one eye after a car crash, yet the taxi driver who caused it
:01:17. > :01:19.was fined just ?250 Four year`old Jessica Bootes
:01:20. > :01:24.had to fight for her life after the accident. She was
:01:25. > :01:26.in an induced coma for 11 d`ys. On Tuesday, 35 year`old Amir Azaz
:01:27. > :01:29.admitted driving without dud care and attention, but Jessica's parents
:01:30. > :01:32.have described the punishment ` a fine and six penalty points `
:01:33. > :01:36.as "disgusting". It started out as a trip
:01:37. > :01:39.to the shops and ended with four`year`old Jessica Bootes
:01:40. > :01:41.in intensive care. Her mother Lisa, who has had to
:01:42. > :01:44.leave work to care for Jesshca, says Jessica now faces
:01:45. > :02:05.an uncertain future. Every day is different. She has
:02:06. > :02:07.different therapy sessions dach day. She is only able to say one word at
:02:08. > :02:11.a time. The family car had been hit
:02:12. > :02:14.by a taxi driven by 35`year`old Amir Azaz. It happened on M`rch 4
:02:15. > :02:16.at the Lindisfarne roundabott On Tuesday, Amir Azaz was fhned ?250
:02:17. > :02:33.and given six penalty points. We were stationary on the h`ndbrake
:02:34. > :02:34.on and suddenly a car came out the other side and crashed into the side
:02:35. > :02:41.of others. On Tuesday, Amir Azaz was fhned ?250
:02:42. > :02:54.and given six penalty points. I think it is absolutely abxsmal.
:02:55. > :03:08.What would've been a more appropriate sentence? A prison
:03:09. > :03:15.sentence. At least the drivhng ban. He says he is the right to darn a
:03:16. > :03:20.living and could keep his lhcence. Well, I do know of other option I
:03:21. > :03:36.have had to give up my job to look after my daughter.
:03:37. > :03:41.First, it was North Cumbria and now the NHS trust which runs hospitals
:03:42. > :03:44.in South Cumbria has been put into special measures
:03:45. > :03:46.by the Care Quality Commisshon. It means both trusts, serving
:03:47. > :03:49.a county with a population of around 500,000 people, are now
:03:50. > :03:50.rated "inadequate". The Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust
:03:51. > :03:52.runs sites in Kendal, Barrow and Lancaster.
:03:53. > :03:55.It joins the North Cumbria Trust, which runs hospitals in Carlisle
:03:56. > :03:56.and Whitehaven. Adrian Pitches has more on this
:03:57. > :04:01.and joins me now. So, are all of Cumbria's hospitals
:04:02. > :04:09.now said to be providing "inadequate" care?
:04:10. > :04:21.It would be unfair to say that. Although both of the trusts are in
:04:22. > :04:29.special measures, other hospitals have been singled out as behng
:04:30. > :04:40.exceptionally good. They have highlighted the fact that it is
:04:41. > :04:46.firmness and that the probldms. We looked at the clear throughout these
:04:47. > :04:52.hospitals and we have judged that the Kia in both of these ardas is
:04:53. > :04:55.not of a good enough standard. We do not think the trust on its own can
:04:56. > :05:01.raise the standards. So, Westmorland General in Kendal
:05:02. > :05:04.actually gets rated as ?good?. What is the chief executive of the
:05:05. > :05:15.of the Morecambe Bay Hospit`ls Trust Yes, that is the case. One of the
:05:16. > :05:25.interesting points this morning is that the silver lining the poll
:05:26. > :05:32.leads to hospitals are lookdd on as been feeling, another is behng
:05:33. > :05:36.looked on as very good. We need to maybe outsource the overstrdtched
:05:37. > :05:48.services from some hospitals into that one. So what is the chhef
:05:49. > :05:54.executives say? They are saxing they simply need to be given mord time.
:05:55. > :05:59.When I came into the job, I knew I had the range of challenges in front
:06:00. > :06:06.of me. I think the board is really strong and I think we need to keep
:06:07. > :06:14.on the improvement journey. This inspection as part of that. There
:06:15. > :06:19.are things which have been hmproved a lot things needing to be hmproved.
:06:20. > :06:24.And remind us of the situathon at the North Cumbria Hospitals Trust.
:06:25. > :06:30.Yes, the hostel was put into special measures because of death r`tes
:06:31. > :06:33.which were higher than the national average.
:06:34. > :06:36.A former professional darts player has been jailed for a total
:06:37. > :06:39.of 16 years for raping a yotng girl. 45`year`old Tony Eccles,
:06:40. > :06:41.from Hartlepool, had denied five counts of rape and five of hndecent
:06:42. > :06:44.assault, but was found guilty at Teesside Crown Court
:06:45. > :06:46.eariler this week. The court heard that he had attacked the girl
:06:47. > :06:52.some years ago, when she was aged ten or 11.
:06:53. > :06:56.Reports released today into the involvement of Jimmy Savile with
:06:57. > :06:59.four hospitals in our region have revealed one incident in thd 19 0s
:07:00. > :07:01.of him inappropriately touching a nurse, but nothing else. Th`t
:07:02. > :07:04.incident happened at Whitby Memorial Hospital, which was demolished in
:07:05. > :07:06.the late ?70s. Investigations carried out on behalf of thd Royal
:07:07. > :07:09.Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle and into the trust which has
:07:10. > :07:11.responsibility for the Old Dryburn and Shotley Bridge Hospitals in
:07:12. > :07:14.Durham, have concluded that nothing untoward happened at any of them
:07:15. > :07:16.during Savile's visits. Howdver Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah
:07:17. > :07:17.says there should be a further investigation into Jimmy Savile s
:07:18. > :07:38.trips to the RVI. This is obviously a matter of huge
:07:39. > :07:45.concern for everyone connected, whether as a patient or a child It
:07:46. > :07:53.is not up to them to try and draw horrendous conclusions from this. Do
:07:54. > :08:02.me no need an overall indepdndent enquiry? We are having an
:08:03. > :08:07.independent enquiry. But we need to have further enquiries, maybe we
:08:08. > :08:13.need to wait until we get the response from this report. @t the
:08:14. > :08:15.moment, we have published individual reports, but not John Wade of
:08:16. > :08:17.lessons from the NHS. summer and attracts It is claimed
:08:18. > :08:38.that drugs gangs in Cumbria are turning their attention to the Class
:08:39. > :08:41.B drug cannabis, because thdy can still make vast profits, without
:08:42. > :08:44.facing the same severe penalties for dealing in heroin or cocaind. The
:08:45. > :08:47.police say criminals are also using isolated properties in the
:08:48. > :08:52.countryside to grow the drug and the force is backing a new
:08:53. > :09:06.campaign to track them down. The police say the incentivds for
:09:07. > :09:10.criminals are huge. You go from one skill, where someone is maybe going
:09:11. > :09:14.a couple of plants the bathroom to the other end of the skill, frail
:09:15. > :09:27.these plans have been grown on an industrial scale scale. Manx of
:09:28. > :09:31.these dangers over the geography highlighted this week when this man
:09:32. > :09:41.was jailed for life on the lodern lovers friend over an argumdnt over
:09:42. > :09:46.cannabis and money. People `re renting isolated properties, growing
:09:47. > :09:53.the cannabis, cashing in and then heading away. Today, a new campaign
:09:54. > :10:00.was launched. That will provide the sniff and smell of cannabis growing.
:10:01. > :10:09.We want the public to realise what it smells like and also a ntmber of
:10:10. > :10:18.key points as to how they m`y be able to identify a cannabis farm. We
:10:19. > :10:23.have at times seem the transition between people involved in class C
:10:24. > :10:31.drugs to, speak, because thdre are serious profits to be made. These
:10:32. > :10:33.games do not want clear throughout the money comes from. They simply
:10:34. > :10:41.want to get their hands on ht. Mark is in our Carlisle newsroom.
:10:42. > :10:43.Are police and Crimestoppers confident these scratch and sniff
:10:44. > :10:56.cards in your report will work? Yes, they are saying that they can
:10:57. > :11:01.only really act when they rdceived tip`offs. No, one of the thhngs that
:11:02. > :11:16.was highlighted was of course the smell of cannabis. It is very
:11:17. > :11:24.distinctive. The problem is that the punishment is often handed out four
:11:25. > :11:26.people are relatively small. That is something the police need to get on
:11:27. > :11:27.top of. It is one of the highlights
:11:28. > :11:29.of the summer and attracts hundreds of thousands of people The
:11:30. > :11:32.Sunderland Airshow is just ` month away, but for the pilots, the
:11:33. > :11:35.three`day spectacular requires months of training and practice
:11:36. > :11:37.This year, the show includes a tribute to the dead of World War One
:11:38. > :11:56.and today, the line`up for 2014 was From the ground, it is a spdctacular
:11:57. > :12:04.show. From the ear, there are manoeuvres with nearly a fr`ction of
:12:05. > :12:09.margin for error. It is easher this available ? manoeuvres. We will be
:12:10. > :12:21.showing off the aircraft. Wd started training in January. It is only when
:12:22. > :12:27.you sit in a plane like this that you get some idea of what it must be
:12:28. > :12:35.like to fly at high speed in such a confined space. For these phlots in
:12:36. > :12:40.the RAF, it would normally be the aircraft like this that thex would
:12:41. > :12:47.start their training. The Stnderland International Air Show feattre a
:12:48. > :12:56.tribute to the dead of the First World War. We have got the Red
:12:57. > :13:02.Arrows, who are coming for `ll three days, which is the first tile, so we
:13:03. > :13:08.are very thrilled about that. We have got a ? champions, we have the
:13:09. > :13:16.people who do things with the aircraft that nobody should really
:13:17. > :13:17.be doing! It is these stunts which make the irrational such an
:13:18. > :13:20.attraction. And BBC Newcastle will be covering
:13:21. > :13:22.the Sunderland Airshow from July 25`27. Keeping you up to date on
:13:23. > :13:26.what is happening there, with all the traffic and travel and, of
:13:27. > :13:30.course, the latest weather forecast. We stay on the aeronautical theme,
:13:31. > :13:33.because for the last decade, a dedicated group of aircraft
:13:34. > :13:36.enthusiasts has been working away in a hanger on a small airfield outside
:13:37. > :13:38.Sedgefield in County Durham. They have been building a Spitfire from
:13:39. > :13:42.scratch, in tribute to a pilot shot down over Middlesbrough in World War
:13:43. > :13:45.Two. But after all that hard work, was the engine going to start?
:13:46. > :13:47.Jonathan Swingler was there when they tried to fire it up for the
:13:48. > :14:06.first time. The Spitfire, an iconic aircraft.
:14:07. > :14:16.Now we weekend Co Durham, these men are hard at work. It is a tribute to
:14:17. > :14:26.an RAF pilot shot down in the Tyne Tees estuary in 1941. He has hardly
:14:27. > :14:32.been recognised, but he shot down 16 enemy aircraft and his clail.
:14:33. > :14:38.Unfortunately, he was killed any flying accident that the st`rt the
:14:39. > :14:47.war finished. They have nevdr tried to fire up the engine, so how did
:14:48. > :14:53.feel? I am hopeful. Very apprehensive. There is a lot at
:14:54. > :14:59.stake. It could go one or two ways, we will either be elated or
:15:00. > :15:10.disappointed. After a few hours of lots of attempts, this happdn.
:15:11. > :15:24.Brilliant! How are you feelhng? Elated. The power was amazing. Just
:15:25. > :15:28.the smoke and the smell. It has taken ten years to get to this point
:15:29. > :15:34.and thousands of hours of h`rd work. Today, is a special day and it will
:15:35. > :15:39.not be too long before they take their next stage and get thd
:15:40. > :15:46.aircraft up into the air. There are still a lot of work to be done. And
:15:47. > :15:50.we will would like to see if they do get it back into the ear.
:15:51. > :15:54.A fleet of more than 50 Dutch yachts has been given a warm welcole to
:15:55. > :15:56.Newcastle's Quayside, after a three`day expedition across the
:15:57. > :15:59.North Sea. The yachts sailed from the port of Ijmuiden, as part of a
:16:00. > :16:02.trade and tourism initiativd. It is the first time Newcastle City Marina
:16:03. > :16:04.has welcomed such a large fleet from Holland.
:16:05. > :16:07.A warm welcome to Newcastle for this Dutch sailing expedition. Two years
:16:08. > :16:10.in the planning. Today, makhng waves on the Tyne. In the blink of the
:16:11. > :16:13.bridge, a flotilla of Dutch racing yachts joining others on thd
:16:14. > :16:16.The North East's previously been missed off long distance trhps, but
:16:17. > :16:18.not today. This packed Newc`stle Marina showing it is making an
:16:19. > :16:28.impact on the international sailing scene.
:16:29. > :16:37.I think it was fantastic at Wellcome Wing is into the city of Newcastle.
:16:38. > :16:44.We saw the children on the key is achieving. There is simply no place
:16:45. > :16:51.to stay better overnight or for a couple of days.
:16:52. > :16:54.The North East's previously been missed off long distance trhps, but
:16:55. > :16:56.not today. This packed Newc`stle Marina showing it is making an
:16:57. > :17:02.impact on the international sailing scene.
:17:03. > :17:10.The Dutch made a landfall at heart what all the other day and were very
:17:11. > :17:17.well looked after. We have had some nice things happening. This evening,
:17:18. > :17:23.we will have a big party. Tomorrow, we have an excursion to the Angel of
:17:24. > :17:32.the North. It will be lovelx for us to have around and look arotnd the
:17:33. > :17:43.beautiful place. So, for at least one day, they see your legs can be
:17:44. > :17:47.left behind. The sport, Luis Suarez, given his ban for Liverpool, he
:17:48. > :17:52.could actually make his comdback match against Newcastle? Yes, if he
:17:53. > :18:01.is still playing for Liverpool at that point!
:18:02. > :18:04.Athletics runs in the familx, so there will be added pride when
:18:05. > :18:06.Carlisle's Tom Farrell lines up against the likes of Olympic
:18:07. > :18:09.champion and England teammate Mo Farah in the 5,000 metres at the
:18:10. > :18:12.Glasgow Commonwealth Games. As Mark Tulip explains, just getting to the
:18:13. > :18:14.start line this time will bd something of a triumph.
:18:15. > :18:17.When Look North interviewed Tom Farrell as the Olympic Torch relay
:18:18. > :18:19.arrived in Carlisle, the yotng athlete was on crutches, a foot
:18:20. > :18:22.fracture keeping him out of the trials for London 2012. Tom, who
:18:23. > :18:38.graduated from Oklahoma State University in December, is hoping
:18:39. > :18:45.continue in Glasgow. The 23`year`old Border Harrier will not be the only
:18:46. > :18:56.I actually get a message from the cricketer Paul Nixon, basic`lly
:18:57. > :19:05.giving me the good wishes, telling me that it I will be used for it. I
:19:06. > :19:12.think you appreciate the high points more, you do not take everything for
:19:13. > :19:17.granted. We will not be the only person who has competed in the
:19:18. > :19:21.Commonwealth Games in Scotl`nd. His mum came eighth at the Commonwealth
:19:22. > :19:29.Games in Glasgow in 1986 in the high jump. It is nice it is a warm
:19:30. > :19:34.country. You have got a lot of friendly people around you. You have
:19:35. > :19:39.a lot more people in the audience cheering for you, because they can
:19:40. > :19:44.afford to go. There will be a fantastic atmosphere. I just want to
:19:45. > :19:54.go and enjoy and absorb the atmosphere. Although it is thought
:19:55. > :20:03.or fourth on the major championship list, it is still very tough. I
:20:04. > :20:16.would like to do better than mum did in 1986, that is the family aim
:20:17. > :20:19.Another rising star from thd region will be lining up for Team Dngland
:20:20. > :20:22.this summer in Scotland. 19`year`old diver Jack Laugher from Harrogate
:20:23. > :20:24.will compete in both the men's m springboard and 3m synchronhzed
:20:25. > :20:27.event, with his new partner and best friend Chris Mears.Laugher has won
:20:28. > :20:31.six medals in the Diving World Series this year and it is ` big
:20:32. > :20:34.season for the youngster, who has the World Cup and the Europdan
:20:35. > :20:36.Championships coming up, as well. The Commonwealth Games might not be
:20:37. > :20:39.the toughest competition he is facing, but he is really looking
:20:40. > :20:50.It is almost the home crowd. Edinburgh is a of hours north from
:20:51. > :20:56.here. My friends and family have all got tickets and will be there. That
:20:57. > :21:03.is going to be really excithng. I hope the code gets behind everyone.
:21:04. > :21:07.If we come away with the medal, it would be amazing. It has bedn my
:21:08. > :21:12.dream since I was at the Commonwealth Games four years ago.
:21:13. > :21:16.To come away with one would be fantastic.
:21:17. > :21:19.And the weather's held fine for the first day of the region's bhggest
:21:20. > :21:21.race meeting of the year, The Northumberland Plate Festiv`l, at
:21:22. > :21:23.Newcastle Racecourse. The three`day event at High Gosforth Park began
:21:24. > :21:26.this afternoon and is expected to attract 35,000 people. The winner of
:21:27. > :21:29.the first race was 6/5 favotrite Aktabantay in the 2.30, but the big
:21:30. > :21:32.race is on Saturday. The Pl`te is now one of the richest two`lile
:21:33. > :21:58.I am hoping to go near tomorrow No, queer as Paul tonight?
:21:59. > :22:05.Hopefully, the codes will pour into night and make the best of what has
:22:06. > :22:12.been pretty decent weather so far this week. For the next few days,
:22:13. > :22:19.letters have a look at the headline. Mostly dry over the next few days.
:22:20. > :22:29.Not quite as hot and sunny `s in recent days, but very littld rain.
:22:30. > :22:35.There could be one of two overnight showers in southern parts dtring the
:22:36. > :22:48.night. Overnight temperaturds, ten to 12 Celsius. Tomorrow, a lostly
:22:49. > :22:53.dry day, but the cloud will be thick enough to give as one or two
:22:54. > :22:59.showers, some of which may be rather heavy. But many others will miss
:23:00. > :23:06.these remain dry. On the north`east coast, rather windy, so the
:23:07. > :23:10.temperatures will struggle to get up about 14 degrees Celsius. On the
:23:11. > :23:20.west, the likes of Keswick could see up to 19 Celsius. Take a look at the
:23:21. > :23:29.pressure sequence and you sde this low`pressure dominating. Thd weather
:23:30. > :23:36.front should stay south of others as we head into the weekend. The alert
:23:37. > :23:42.for the weekend, fairly straightforward. Most places dry on
:23:43. > :23:51.Saturday and Sunday. A lot of cloud around, so no tropical tempdratures.
:23:52. > :23:58.The middle teams in the East, the high teens in the West,. Th`t is the
:23:59. > :24:10.way the weather is working. I will be back with the late news. I will
:24:11. > :24:15.bring you back some candy floss He had better not stuff is facdd with
:24:16. > :24:44.it and sick to do the late news Goodbye for now.
:24:45. > :24:46.Make the most of your weekend, wherever you are.
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