:00:00. > :00:00.will keep an eye on that. That is all from us, I will
:00:00. > :00:11.Residents move back in two years on from a devastating flood
:00:12. > :00:14.which led to a multi`million pound repair bill.
:00:15. > :00:18.Campaigners bid to build a research centre to combat childhood
:00:19. > :00:27.The stroke patients being nursed back to health by computer.
:00:28. > :00:37.Funding's secured for the first children's theatre outside London.
:00:38. > :00:40.And in sport, we speak to Gateshead goal scoring legend Jon Shaw
:00:41. > :00:45.And we meet Cumbria's star turn Nick Miller, who's going
:00:46. > :01:03.It's two years since flash floods forced the dramatic evacuation of an
:01:04. > :01:05.estate in Newcastle and, finally, the residents are moving back in.
:01:06. > :01:11.Spencer Court in Newburn became infamous after scenes like this,
:01:12. > :01:14.a collapsed culvert led to a huge section of the development being
:01:15. > :01:20.Tonight, BBC Look North can reveal that Northumberland Estates,
:01:21. > :01:25.which owned the culvert, is about to be sued for ?8 million.
:01:26. > :01:31.Our Chief Reporter Chris Stewart has the story.
:01:32. > :01:36.Derek bought this place nine years ago.
:01:37. > :01:39.All he is waiting for now is his boiler to be reconnected.
:01:40. > :01:44.This, he say,s is a wonderful place to live ` quiet, views over
:01:45. > :01:49.But then again, it always was until the day that Derek and his
:01:50. > :01:56.neighbours were told they had ten minutes to get out of their flats.
:01:57. > :02:05.Two blocks of flats had to be sacrificed.
:02:06. > :02:09.The culvert is now repaired, the ground is now restored, but what if
:02:10. > :02:14.The day that brought devastating floods to Tyneside.
:02:15. > :02:19.I'm very happy with what they've done.
:02:20. > :02:33.I think it's one of the safest place going, now,
:02:34. > :02:43.They say Northumberland Estates is to blame for what happened here
:02:44. > :02:46.and they're off to court to get what they say they are owed.
:02:47. > :02:51.I was in London yesterday meeting with the insurers and their lawyers.
:02:52. > :02:55.The insurance company, to date, has spent just over ?4 million.
:02:56. > :03:03.The estimates we provided yesterday for the remaining work to be carried
:03:04. > :03:11.The draft letter of claim that was emerging from yesterday's
:03:12. > :03:15.This has already cost Northumberland Estates ?12 million
:03:16. > :03:18.and the Duke of Northumberland is selling off artworks
:03:19. > :03:23.Nobody from the estate would be interviewed today.
:03:24. > :03:25.A spokesman said everyone was delighted residents are
:03:26. > :03:40.Newcastle's reputation as one of Europe's top centres
:03:41. > :03:43.for childhood cancer research could be enhanced even further,
:03:44. > :03:48.The money will be spent on a new research centre
:03:49. > :03:50.at Newcastle University, which will bring together
:03:51. > :03:54.They'll be researching ways of reducing some of the severe
:03:55. > :04:05.Charlotte Lee has been a patient at at the Great North Children's
:04:06. > :04:08.She survived a brain tumour as a child but still lives with
:04:09. > :04:12.the severe side effects brought on by the treatment she underwent.
:04:13. > :04:19.The side effects for me, personally, are worse than the treatment.
:04:20. > :04:23.You don't expect to have ` well you expect to have a few `but I
:04:24. > :04:26.think the best way I can explain it, though it is nowhere near the
:04:27. > :04:30.same, but it's like having sight and totally losing it one day.
:04:31. > :04:35.I have no idea how to cope with that and six years later I still haven't
:04:36. > :04:39.Today has seen the launch of a new fundraising effort to
:04:40. > :04:42.develop a centre for advanced childhood cancer research with
:04:43. > :04:47.the emphasis on reducing the side`effects of survivors.
:04:48. > :04:51.?5.5 million will bring the top specialists together under one roof
:04:52. > :04:58.We need more specific drugs that really kill the cancer cells
:04:59. > :05:03.Is that the problem at the moment, that the cancer is dealt with,
:05:04. > :05:06.but because the treatment is so harsh, it has a lasting effect
:05:07. > :05:13.One of the key problems is that when children are on treatment they
:05:14. > :05:23.For Charlotte this new emphasis on post`cancer quality of life is
:05:24. > :05:27.the most important development for children with cancer, eight
:05:28. > :05:34.of ten of whom survive but face a lifetime of severe side`effects.
:05:35. > :05:38.It will make a huge difference, especially on children because they
:05:39. > :05:51.It's hoped that over the next 12 months around 70 to 80%
:05:52. > :05:54.of the money will be raised through individual wealthy donors, through
:05:55. > :05:57.charities and through health costs and that the rest of the money will
:05:58. > :06:08.A man from Middlesbrough, arrested in connection with
:06:09. > :06:10.the murder of 19`year`old Rachel Wilson, has tonight been
:06:11. > :06:15.Rachel, who was a sex worker, was last seen alive in Middlesbrough
:06:16. > :06:21.Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers or
:06:22. > :06:30.The government has turned down a bid for York to have a say in the burial
:06:31. > :06:34.York lost a legal challenge to have the King buried in the city after
:06:35. > :06:37.his bones were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester in 2012.
:06:38. > :06:41.York Central MP Hugh Bayley said he was promised a meeting on the issue,
:06:42. > :06:48.but the Justice Minister Simon Hughes has turned him down.
:06:49. > :06:52.Every year, more than 150,000 people in England have a stroke.
:06:53. > :06:55.It's the largest cause of adult disability in the UK.
:06:56. > :06:58.But now a new project on North Tyneside is aiming to involve
:06:59. > :07:02.robots in helping stroke patients regain their movement.
:07:03. > :07:08.How was your leg when you first had your stroke?
:07:09. > :07:23.Like thousands of people have had a stroke Anne Hopwood is undergoing
:07:24. > :07:28.She wants to regain the movement lost on the right side of the body
:07:29. > :07:32.The repetitive exercises are designed to get the brain
:07:33. > :07:42.and arm to communicate again after being damaged by the stroke.
:07:43. > :07:45.Now robots like this one offer the chance of a revolution
:07:46. > :07:50.In North Tyneside Hospital Tom Means is working with
:07:51. > :07:55.Again, he's practising repetitive movements by trying to hit
:07:56. > :07:59.the dots on the screen, but the robot can accurately gauge
:08:00. > :08:02.how much movement he has and how strong his arm is becoming, helping
:08:03. > :08:10.The more you can do for yourself the more independent you can become
:08:11. > :08:19.I've got to admit that some days it's harder than others.
:08:20. > :08:22.This treatment along with ordinary physiotherapy
:08:23. > :08:28.Increasingly, the NHS is using robots to deliver food,
:08:29. > :08:31.dispense drugs and even to carry out operations, but every year in
:08:32. > :08:36.the UK 110,000 people have a stroke and 85% of them will be left with
:08:37. > :08:43.This could mean they have problems dressing themselves, washing,
:08:44. > :08:48.Robot assisted training means that all of the movements that stroke
:08:49. > :08:51.patients make will be reported by computer and this offers
:08:52. > :08:54.the advantage over traditional physiotherapy and occupational
:08:55. > :08:57.therapy in that the clinicians and scientists can see what is going
:08:58. > :09:13.on and with that improved information make better decisions.
:09:14. > :09:17.The Arts Council has announced which projects it will be funding
:09:18. > :09:21.Amongst the big winners were Sunderland's National Glass Centre,
:09:22. > :09:27.A joint venture with the town's council has secured funding of more
:09:28. > :09:30.than ?2 million for a purpose`built children's theatre, the first
:09:31. > :09:42.Theatre in Darlington is already thriving, with the town's Civic
:09:43. > :09:46.Theatre this week staging five nights of Gilbert and Sullivan.
:09:47. > :09:50.Today, though, plans were unveiled for a new theatre in the town,
:09:51. > :09:55.one that will stage production's specifically for children.
:09:56. > :09:59.It will be one of only three in the country and the only
:10:00. > :10:06.It's one of our jewels in the crown as far as Darlington is concerned.
:10:07. > :10:08.But it very much caters to older audiences.
:10:09. > :10:11.By having Theatre Hullabaloo in the children's theatre next door,
:10:12. > :10:14.we will be able to usher in a new generation of people passionate
:10:15. > :10:17.about theatre in Darlington and across the north`east.
:10:18. > :10:21.The new theatre will be built alongside Darlington Civic Theatre
:10:22. > :10:28.Work will start here at the beginning of next year with the
:10:29. > :10:34.theatre hopefully staging its first performances for children in 2016.
:10:35. > :10:37.Today's announcement comes despite cuts by the Arts Council
:10:38. > :10:42.of 36% and for those behind the project in Darlington it marks the
:10:43. > :10:48.It constantly surprises me that some people don't go to the theatre
:10:49. > :10:53.They are missing huge opportunities to share fantastic opportunities
:10:54. > :11:01.We hope that Hullabaloo will provide those opportunities for children.
:11:02. > :11:05.By 2016 Darlington could be inspiring a new generation
:11:06. > :11:09.of theatregoers with tailor`made productions attracting young people
:11:10. > :11:24.The photographer who's shunned the digital world and embraced
:11:25. > :11:45.The Cumbrian home from the US to compete in the Commonwealth Games.
:11:46. > :11:47.Digital cameras have revolutionized photography,
:11:48. > :11:53.These days it's so easy to reproduce and manipulate images.
:11:54. > :11:56.But a photographer from Tyneside is shunning all that.
:11:57. > :11:59.He's using a Victorian camera and methods dating back 160 years
:12:00. > :12:04.and, as you'll see, the results are quite remarkable.
:12:05. > :12:07.Jack Lowe's now planning to take a picture of all 236 lifeboat
:12:08. > :12:22.Andrew Hartley has tonight's Look North report.
:12:23. > :12:25.A professional photographer who has found a new focus in life.
:12:26. > :12:28.I wanted to tear myself away from computers and actually make
:12:29. > :12:35.When visitors come to a beautiful spot like this they usually want to
:12:36. > :12:40.capture what they see on a mobile device like this one.
:12:41. > :12:46.But Jack Lowe believes there is another way and, for him,
:12:47. > :12:52.that means releasing himself from the digital world.
:12:53. > :12:55.Jack is taking a long look at himself.
:12:56. > :12:58.After working for years at the cutting edge of digital
:12:59. > :13:02.photography and supplying high`end images around the globe, his future
:13:03. > :13:13.This is a sensitised plate that has been soaking for a few minutes
:13:14. > :13:28.It's making photographs as the Victorians used to do.
:13:29. > :13:32.Making photographs on glass and on metal.
:13:33. > :13:38.And from sensitisation through to exposure and development needs to be
:13:39. > :13:40.completed within a 10 or 15 minute window.
:13:41. > :13:43.Once exposed the image has to be developed.
:13:44. > :13:48.Jack has the ideal place for that ` a converted NHS ambulance.
:13:49. > :13:57.Beyond that initial striking beauty of a really beautiful place, the
:13:58. > :14:02.thing that really draws me into this is this feeling of a time capsule, a
:14:03. > :14:08.slice of time as if I have somehow trapped that moment ` literally
:14:09. > :14:13.trapped that moment ` in that piece of glass. Jack's plan
:14:14. > :14:17.is to get a shot from every lifeboat station in the UK, including this
:14:18. > :14:24.When I look at the map of all those stations it's quite a daunting task,
:14:25. > :14:30.but I can't think of a nicer way to work than to be by the sea recording
:14:31. > :14:40.the view that the lifeboatmen see when they go out on a shout.
:14:41. > :14:44.It will be a labour of love creating unique, delicate,
:14:45. > :15:00.It's just 22 days until the start of the 2014 Commonwealth Games,
:15:01. > :15:02.but in Cumbria the action's already started.
:15:03. > :15:05.Hundreds of youngsters have been taking part
:15:06. > :15:10.There were traditional sports as well as unusual ones.
:15:11. > :15:12.The Cumbria School Games aims to inspire youngsters
:15:13. > :15:16.of all abilities to get involved in competitive sport at school.
:15:17. > :15:22.Stephanie Cleasby reports from Carlisle.
:15:23. > :15:25.If there was a gold medal for effort and enthusiasm these
:15:26. > :15:28.In glorious sunshine, around 1,000 youngsters
:15:29. > :15:32.from all over Cumbria were competing in nine different events
:15:33. > :15:37.including traditional athletics and the more unusual sports like
:15:38. > :15:45.There was something for all interests and abilities.
:15:46. > :15:47.What School Games is all about is getting
:15:48. > :15:51.as many young people to take part in competition right across England.
:15:52. > :15:54.You don't have to be the best at your sport.
:15:55. > :15:58.It is about having a go, competing and doing the best you can.
:15:59. > :16:03.And I found some real competitors in the Tri`Golf today.
:16:04. > :16:13.I have enjoyed that we are all taking part and everything.
:16:14. > :16:17.What do you think about being at the school games?
:16:18. > :16:20.It is really fun and good to be here.
:16:21. > :16:27.They have got a sense of achievement.
:16:28. > :16:30.They are meeting other children from other areas and other schools.
:16:31. > :16:40.I think, overall, a lot from the school event.
:16:41. > :16:42.The sports minister, Helen Grant, who was brought up in Carlisle,
:16:43. > :16:47.shared her passion for sport with the young athletes.
:16:48. > :16:50.Sporting success at school, at county level and at national
:16:51. > :16:57.The school games are all about increasing participation,
:16:58. > :17:01.encouraging young people to stay active and love sport,
:17:02. > :17:16.not just for today, but for the rest of their lives.
:17:17. > :17:19.There'll be plenty of Cumbrian interest this month
:17:20. > :17:21.in the Commonwealth Games athletics programme.
:17:22. > :17:24.Carlisle's Lee Doran, Tom Farrell, and Nick Miller all won British
:17:25. > :17:26.titles at the weekend in the javelin, 5,000 metres,
:17:27. > :17:32.Here's Farrell, who we featured on Look North last
:17:33. > :17:37.week, winning the 5,000 with a gritty performance in Birmingham.
:17:38. > :17:39.Like Farrell, Miller has honed his talents
:17:40. > :17:45.at college in Oklahoma, and he's brought the accent home with him.
:17:46. > :17:48.Ahead of last month's first senior appearance in a GB vest
:17:49. > :17:50.and his British title win at the weekend, hammer thrower
:17:51. > :17:53.Nick Miller hadn't been back home in Cumbria for nearly a year.
:17:54. > :17:56.That's a long time in Oklahoma away from the family.
:17:57. > :18:02.Plenty of time to pick up that accent.
:18:03. > :18:10.Yes, I didn't think it was too bad. Everybody over there thinks I'm
:18:11. > :18:18.English. It is to come back everyone thinks I'm American. He was given
:18:19. > :18:28.the option of doing a four or five year course. If you did it over five
:18:29. > :18:30.years he had more time to train. He's completed three years and has
:18:31. > :18:31.two to go. From a sports`mad family, Nick,
:18:32. > :18:33.who went to school in Brampton, switched from the javelin to
:18:34. > :18:35.hammer`throwing after breaking Still only 21, his long`term goal
:18:36. > :18:40.may be Rio in 2016 but Glasgow is I can't put it into words. It's
:18:41. > :19:13.everything I have been training for. It'll be nice to have a big
:19:14. > :19:20.supporting me. He is not only number one in Britain but also in the
:19:21. > :19:25.common wealth. Athletics it's a difficult game and it is all on that
:19:26. > :19:30.day. Fingers crossed, Commonwealth Day will be his day.
:19:31. > :19:32.It's the start of pre`season training for most
:19:33. > :19:36.And it's been a busy time for Gateshead boss Gary Mills,
:19:37. > :19:39.who's in the process of rebuilding his squad after just
:19:40. > :19:44.failing to make a historic return to the football league.
:19:45. > :19:47.Just 44 days ago Gateshead endured the heartbreak of defeat
:19:48. > :19:49.in the Conference play`off final at Wembley.
:19:50. > :19:52.But with the sun shining and his new look squad back
:19:53. > :19:57.in training, the manager has already put the pain behind him.
:19:58. > :20:06.It's only a few weeks ago. But that is a positive for me. There will be
:20:07. > :20:12.no hangovers from what happened last season. I think we have proved we
:20:13. > :20:13.can go and achieve. We shall start the season different to any other
:20:14. > :20:15.football club. Mills has concentrated on experience
:20:16. > :20:18.up front in the six new players he's brought in including
:20:19. > :20:20.Michael Rankine, who he managed at York, and former Newcastle
:20:21. > :20:22.and Carlisle striker Lewis Guy. But with 56 goals in 96 games
:20:23. > :20:26.for the club it's the return of Gateshead hero Jon Shaw that
:20:27. > :20:37.will please fans most. I know how good it went back here. I
:20:38. > :20:42.will always have fond memories. I'm going to work as hard as I can. I
:20:43. > :20:45.would love to go out there and score as many as I could.
:20:46. > :20:47.Except, perhaps, Gary Mills who's expecting more new
:20:48. > :20:57.I keep smiling at the chairman. It's about getting a squad of players I
:20:58. > :21:02.feel that can not only complete but can win the division. It's important
:21:03. > :21:10.I bring in a couple more to help us do that. Noticed the beautiful blue
:21:11. > :21:32.skies in those reports. Tomorrow, most of us will have fine
:21:33. > :21:39.and dry weather. The breeze will start to increase later on to.
:21:40. > :21:48.Most places will stay dry through the night. Not a lot of cloud
:21:49. > :21:55.around. Temperatures dipping into single figures. Maybe seven or eight
:21:56. > :22:05.Celsius tonight. Tomorrow then, I fine dry start. Those misty patches
:22:06. > :22:11.will clear way berries `` very early. A thin veil of cloud will
:22:12. > :22:15.come down from the north`west. It will take the edge of the sunshine
:22:16. > :22:17.in the afternoon but not before the temperatures climb back into the
:22:18. > :22:29.20s. Near that coast temperatures will
:22:30. > :22:31.struggle a little. What you may notice later in the day is the
:22:32. > :22:38.south`westerly wind beginning to increase. The reason for that wind
:22:39. > :22:42.and cloud is the weather front sinking down from the North West
:22:43. > :22:44.tomorrow night and into Thursday. Won't be an awful lot of rain but
:22:45. > :22:58.there will be a few spots. If you are out and about at the end
:22:59. > :23:03.of the week, Thursday sees a fair amount of dry weather. Temperatures
:23:04. > :23:08.still make it into the low 20s. Friday is a different story. Still
:23:09. > :23:13.reasonable temperatures but a lot more cloud and outbreak of rain.
:23:14. > :23:24.Let's have a look at the start of the Tour de France. It looks like a
:23:25. > :23:38.dry start to the day. Harrowgate may see a broad view shadows. `` a fuse
:23:39. > :23:41.showers. Temperatures will still be in the 20s. If you are out and about
:23:42. > :23:43.and you want the latest forecast you can get it any time day or night on
:23:44. > :24:03.the free BBC weather app will we will start our coverage in the
:24:04. > :24:08.build`up to the two difference tomorrow. That is all for now. Enjoy
:24:09. > :24:25.the evening. We don't have to prove
:24:26. > :24:30.who used a knife any more. He's only gone and stabbed someone,
:24:31. > :24:33.hasn't he?