02/07/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

the Turner Prize in 1999. Christie's said it had been bought by an

Finally, though, the residents are moving back in.

Spencer Court in Newburn became infamous after scenes like this.

A collapsed culvert led to a huge section of the development being

But in a new development, Northumberland Estates,

which owned the culvert, is about to be sued for ?8 million.

Here's our chief reporter, Chris Stewart.

Derek bought this place nine years ago.

All he is waiting for now is his boiler to be reconnected.

This is a wonderful place to live, he says.

Then again, it always was ` until the day that Derek and his

neighbours were told they had 10 minutes to get out of their flats.

Two blocks of flats had to be sacrificed.

But what if we had another Thunder Thursday, the day that brought

I'm quite happy with what they've done.

It's rained a few times since they've done all the repairs here.

Seen a few of the reports, and I don't accept what they've said.

The developers at Spencer Court, though, not so happy.

They say Northumberland Estates are to blame for what happened here,

and they are off to court to get what they say they are owed.

I was in London yesterday meeting with the insurers and their lawyers.

The insurance company today spent over ?4 million.

Dunelm have now spent over ?2 million.

The estimates we provided them with just yesterday for the remaining

works to be carried out to the open dene are another ?2 million.

So the draft letter of claim that was emerging from yesterday's

This has already cost Northumberland Estates ?12 million, and the Duke of

Northumberland is selling artworks and antiques to help pay for it all.

Nobody from the estate would be interviewed today.

A spokesman said everyone was delighted.

Residents are finally moving back in.

A man from Middlesbrough arrested in connection with the murder

of 19`year`old Rachel Wilson has tonight been released

Rachel, who was a sex worker, was last seen alive in Middlesbrough

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers or

The BBC has learned Cumbria County Council's former chief executive was

paid more than ?400,000 when she took early retirement.

Jill Stannard left the council last May,

but details of her payoff, which includes pension payments, have been

The county council said in response that it's making an

annual saving of more than ?500,000 because of staff restructuring, but

Newcastle's reputation as one of Europe's top centres

for childhood cancer research could be enhanced even further,

The money will be spent on a new research centre

at Newcastle University, which will bring together

They'll be researching ways of reducing some of the severe

Charlotte Lee has been a patient at the Great North Children's

She survived a brain tumour as a child but still lives with

the severe side effects brought on by the treatment she underwent.

The side effects for me, personally, are worse than the treatment.

Well, you expect to have a few, but I think the best way I can explain

is, though it is nowhere near the same,

I have no idea how to cope with that, and six years later I still

Today has seen the launch of a new fundraising effort to

develop a centre for advanced childhood cancer research with

the emphasis on reducing the side`effects of survivors.

?5.5 million will bring the top specialists together under one roof

We need more specific drugs that really kill the cancer cells

Is that the problem at the moment, that the cancer is dealt with,

but because the treatment is so harsh, it has a lasting effect

One of the key problems is that when children are on treatment,

They have to grow up with the consequences of the treatments.

For Charlotte, this new emphasis on post`cancer quality of life is

the most important development for children with cancer, eight

of ten of whom survive but face a lifetime of severe side`effects.

It will make a huge difference, especially on children, because they

It's hoped that over the next 12 months, around 70`80% of the money

will be raised through individual wealthy donors, through charities,

and through health trusts, and that the rest of the money will

The Government has turned down a bid for York to have a say in the burial

York lost a legal challenge to have the king buried in the city, after

his bones were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester in 2012.

York Central MP Hugh Bayley said he was promised a meeting on the issue.

But the Justice Minister Simon Hughes has turned him down.

Time to see if the sunshine is going to stay with us.

The dry weather is set to continue over the next day or two.

Things more unsettled later in the week.

Overnight, most places fine, dry and largely clear skies.

Temperatures down to single figures in a few spots.

You might see the odd misty patch through

Unbroken sunshine for many of us through the first half of the day.

A veil of crowd encroaching from the west later in the day.

You will notice the breeze picking up as well.

Not before temperatures in the east make 22 or 23 Celsius.

Places on the north`east coast feeling a lot warmer than they

If you are out and about, still plenty of dry,

The national forecast shortly, but in the meantime, I'll leave you

more cloud on Friday. None of this survives into the weekend, some rain

around on Saturday. It's certainly been a feast of

football again. The temperature in S?o Paulo was much the same as we

had in Glasgow and Bristol. Here, temperatures are set to climb