08/07/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

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A inquest verdict into the death of a three year old

But after hundreds of interviews police have still not

Flash floods cause disruption in parts of the region.

The deluge causes a hospital to partially close.

Our cameras go inside the operating theatre to

And beef farmers protest on the first day of

In sport, will Middlesbrough's Chris Tomlinson be jumping for jox

We meet up with long jump's former British record holder

as he prepares for his final attempt at a Commonwealth medal.

It's an investigation that has seen detectives speak to over 300 people.

But eight months after three`year`old Danny Wake was

hit and killed by a van in Darlington, the police s`y they

Today, at the inquest into the toddler's death, the coroner

said the problem was that nobody saw the exact moment he was killed.

That's how Danny's family described him.

They'd all been out to help the toddler,

seen here in the green jackdt, choose his Christmas presents.

Moments later, he was hit by a van and killed.

His family appealed for the driver to come forw`rd.

Words can only describe how we as a family are feeling since the

Instead of looking forward to planning our Christmas as a family,

we are now facing the devastating task of planning Danny's funeral.

Eight months on, and after a major police investigation, an

Danny was walking along here a few yards behind

his family when the police believe he lost sight of his mother for

Now at that exact moment, an eyewitness told

the police that he saw a white van coming along thhs road.

He said he saw something behng lifted into the air

The eyewitness told the polhce that the van then went over the body.

But a pathologist said Danny's injuries did not fit with someone

being thrown into the air and driven over.

Crucially, nobody saw the moment the toddler was hit.

We are confident that we have examined every relevant piece

of evidence in our attempts to trace the driver of the vehicle

We are and will continue to follow any new

Danny's family continue to appeal to anyone with information to

The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.

And despite thousands of hotrs of police investigation,

and more than 300 interviews, it is still not known who w`s

Stuart joins us now. Despitd the best efforts of detectives, we don't

seem to be any further forw`rd here. That is the sad reality. I spoke to

some of Danny's family after the inquest and they say they were

inquest and they say they wdre unable to feel any sense of closure.

They say they know that Danny was hit by a van but they do not know

what the details were, and they do not know who was responsible.

what the details were, and they do not know who was responsibld. They

said they were aware that Danny said they were aware that Danny

would be difficult and emothonal said they were aware that D`nny

would be difficult and emothonal to it produced, a few minutes into the

it produced, a few minutes hnto the inquest, his mother had to get up

and leave the room. Detectives from Durham police have been strdssing

that it is an live investigation that it is an live investig`tion

today, if they receive new investigation, they will look into

it. At this point they accept there is nothing more they can do to

provide answers to Danny's family, the answer is that they can so

desperately need. The new Bishop

of Durham has said the Government's inquiry into sexual abuse within

the country's institutions hs both The Right Reverend Paul Butler has

become one of the leading voices on the issue,

and says he hopes the victils of such abuse have the strength to come

forward and tell their stories. We need to look at institutional

abuse across`the`board. So government institutions but also

the church, schools and so on. The issue is why is it that abusers

manage to get into institutions, work with each other, perhaps,

across institutions? And root out that

institutional abuse. Flash flooding caused chaos across

parts of the region this morning. Heavy rain in parts of Tyneside

hit roads and public servicds. In South Shields a school was closed

and a hospital had to shut hts This was the Tyne Dock area in

South Shields. Roads were closed and services

on the Tyne and Wear metro were South

and North Tyneside bore the brunt. And at this hospital, there was

chaos for staff in the accident and emergency department when part

of their building flooded. Floodwater came through the main

entrances, accident and emergency, and also, there was leakage into our

waiting room through the flat roof, so that meant for a time we couldn't

take emergency patients where they were meant to be taken,

and we had to move patients out Radiology,

where we do all of our main x`rays etc, that was also affected with

leakage from the roof and also with This evening services at thd

hospital are back to normal but the Durham Crown Court was hit

by lightning. All of a sudden there was

a mighty bang, I've never hdard I looked out,

and there was smoke coming out. The lady came to the front door

I don't think she knew what had But she came to the front door and

she was in shock, you could tell. Tonight it seems a repeat

of these scenes is unlikely. Weather forecasters say the risk of

further heavy showers is receding. 60 people in the North East

and Cumbria are tonight on the donor register waiting

for a lung transplant. And as part of National Transplant

Week, Look North's cameras have been given unprecedented access to

operating theatres to see organ Tonight we see a man who was

critically ill and going into heart failure undergoing a life`saving

double lung transplant oper`tion. Sharon Barbour is at the Frdeman

hospital for us tonight. I am at the Institute of

transformation where we know that operations are going on as we

speak. You mentioned the nulber of speak. You mentioned the nulber of

60, there are hundreds of patients 60, there are hundreds of p`tients

across the region waiting for a transplant and a donor organ. And

sadly, we can tell you that in the last year alone, 30 of those

last year alone, 30 of thosd patients died waiting. More on that

in a moment. But first, the story of the man who has received a double

lung transplant. The surgeons invited us into theatre to watch the

whole operation. Surgeons at

Newcastle's Freeman Hospital are The patient is about to unddrgo

a double lung transplant. The surgery is high risk

because his lungs no longer work Without this surgery,

he doesn't have long to livd. What the concern we have with this

patient is that his lungs have been so damaged by his lung dise`se that

it's had a secondary effect on his heart and the right side

of his heart has come under huge This transplant came in the nick

of time. Both

his diseased lungs will be replaced As his chest is opened, he's being

kept alive by a heart`lung machine. OK, so the patient is on

a heart`lung bypass machine which takes over the function of the heart

and lungs while we remove both of the recipient's lungs and implant

the two donor lungs, attach them to After several hours, the most

extraordinary sight of all. The donor lungs, which lie so

lifeless in his chest, are hnflated. And now we're re`ventilating

the lungs. We are going to wean the patient

off the bypass machine and see OK, that's good,

let's come off bypass now. We'll just leave this in thdre

in case we need to go back on. And now, the most tension,

the moment of truth as the surgeons switch off the main heart

and lung machine keeping hil alive. They're going to see if the lungs

work and with some support, watch Just want to do a little bit

of gentle handbagging So, finally,

the operation is complete But for the patient, recovery

from such critical and complex life`saving and life changing

surgery will take some time. That's fine, that's good, wd'll

take him back to intensive care. We know that an operation is ongoing

now, because we are going to speak to Professor John Dart, the senior

transplant surgeon here. But he has been called into theatre. I am

delighted to have with us a key person in transplant, one of the

transplant coordinators. How is the patient doing? They are stable,

which is to be expected at this point, still in intensive care. Very

early days, and how did we get to the point where his lungs were

early days, and how did we get to the point where his lungs wdre made

available, those donor lungs were made available? How does the system

made available? How does thd system works? It started with the donor

family sitting by their loved ones family sitting by their lovdd ones

bed saying, you can have his organs. The transplant coordinator and

The transplant coordinator `nd specialist nurse phoned, and one of

my team took the call and it started from there. There are somethmes

from there. There are sometimes several problems, sorting ott a

from there. There are somethmes several problems, sorting out a team

to go and implant and transplant. I wonder what it is like to tell a

wonder what it is like to tdll a patient that suitable donor organ is

available after so many months, sometimes, of waiting, and `s we

reach and earlier, 30 people sometimes, of waiting, and as we

reach and earlier, 30 peopld died sometimes, of waiting, and `s we

reach and earlier, 30 people died in reach and earlier, 30 peopld died in

the north`east and Cumbria waiting. That is the tragedy. Telling the

patient, it is normally on the phone, unless they are in hospital

which is when they are very sick. It is a lovely part of it because that

is a lovely part of it becatse that is when they have been desperately

is when they have been despdrately waiting, so phoning them and saying

we have a potential donor is a lovely part of the job. A vdry

difficult question, but is like for you for you when you have been

you for you when you have bden rooting for a donor to come forward

for one of your patients and it does not come in time? It does not get

any easier. We all feel helpless. Trying to support the family that

Trying to support the familx that are left behind. We hope people will

discuss their wishes with their loved ones and make sure th`t more

loved ones and make sure that more people get a chance. That is what

this week is all about. The death of a man who escaped

from a police car and was found at the bottom of cliffs in

South Tyneside, will not be dealt with by the Independent Police

Complaints Commission. Karl Carson had been arrestdd

following a fight in the car park of Marsden Grotto in South Shields

on Sunday night. The incident was referred to the

IPCC, but it has decided that the investigation into what happened

will remain with Northumbri` Police. Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne

is stepping down The Darlington businessman, who runs

a chain of health clubs, was one of the original line`up of expdrts when

the show launched nine years ago. He made his fortune with nursing

homes and nurseries, before setting He says he's leaving the show due

to other business commitments. A campaign to tackle underage

drinking in County Durham h`s The North East has

the highest number of under`ge drinkers in the UK and the highest

number of alcohol`related hospital Recently, a few cases

of underage drinking here h`ve hit the headlines including

a nine year`old girl who was rushed to hospital after drinking vodka,

and a 12 year`old admitted Stephanie Cleasby has more

on this and joins me now. Steph, what's being done to

tackle underage drinking? More children in the north`dast

between the ages of 11 and 15 drink between the ages of 11 and 15 drink

alcohol than anywhere else hn between the ages of 11 and 05 drink

alcohol than anywhere else in the country. That is according to

figures released earlier thhs year. figures released earlier this year.

County Durham and Darlington have some of the highest levels of

alcohol`related hospital adlissions for under 18 's. And today,

operation Aries was launched, a crackdown on underage drinkhng and

crackdown on underage drinking and alcohol fuelled underage anti`social

behaviour across Durham. Patrols will target areas where young people

are known to be drinking and alcohol will be seized by the policd.

will be seized by the police. Officers will continue to focus on

those who sell alcohol to those underage. The police said today that

a pilot scheme in some areas has seen significant seizures of alcohol

from underage drinkers resulting in an increase of referral to `

from underage drinkers resulting in an increase of referral to a young

an increase of referral to ` young person's drug and alcohol service

and a decrease in drink fuelled anti`social behaviour. We h`ve seen

anti`social behaviour. We have seen the incidence of young people

judging on the street reduced. the incidence of young people

judging on the street reducdd. Last judging on the street reduced. Last

year we saw significantly reduced alcohol related crime, we h`ve seen

alcohol related crime, we have seen and eschew Shoe `` anti`sochal

behaviour reduced. We have also seen behaviour reduced. We have also seen

retailers being more responsible in how alcohol has been sold. So it is

hoped this success will be mirrored hoped this success will be lirrored

across the Durham force area hoped this success will be mirrored

across the Durham force are` and further afield. Enforcement is only

part of the answer. Education in schools, education by parents, and

for parents, they are very important for parents, they are very important

parts of it. Very often there is a need to provide what we call

diversionary activities, that means diversionary activities, that means

providing young people with something else to do other than go

out in the parks and drink. So in different places, all of those

things will form part of the toolkit things will form part of thd toolkit

that's necessary to address this real blight on our society. With 85%

of alcohol obtained by underage drinkers via parents, familx

of alcohol obtained by underage drinkers via parents, family or

drinkers via parents, familx or older friends, there will also be a

real focused effort on educating real focused effort on educating

parents, targeting schools `s real focused effort on educ`ting

parents, targeting schools as well parents, targeting schools `s well

to get the message to children about the harm that alcohol causes. And

hopefully to get that message across to them before the reach thdir early

teens. Still to come to light. Protests on day one of the great

Yorkshire show. How the sag` of a Cumbrian Mountain sold to a mystery

buyer may not be over just xet. Cumbrian Mountain sold to a mystery

buyer may not be over just yet. And buyer may not be over just xet. And

after today's localised downpours, it is a much quieter day

weather`wise tomorrow. Join me later for the full forecast.

It's the first day of the Great Yorkshire Show and bedf

farmers have been demonstrating outside the promotional stands

They claim they're paid too little for their stock,

and that retailers don't do enough to promote British beef.

It's the 156th Great Yorkshhre Show in Harrogate where more than 130,000

visitors are expected over three days.

Our Business Correspondent Han Reeve reports.

It's a yearly celebration of northern farming.

And outwardly, everything looks good in the Great Yorkshire show.

But it's taking place against a gloomy backdrop.

Beef farmers like Adrian say their industry is in crisis.

The price paid to them has fallen by 60p per kilo this year.

The price it's sold to us at has risen by 46p a kilo.

Farmers must be the only industry that get told what

they're going to get. On everything else there's a price

Farmers are told what they'll get, if you don't like it, tough,

All the retailers all stick together.

If one puts it up, they all put it up, invariably they'll put it down,

Cheap Irish imports don't help either and it's claimed that

the supermarkets need to better promote British beef.

A message taken to their stands today.

I would urge all retailers to do more promotional activity

And again, please stop co` mixing product on the shelf.

When British consumers are looking for British produce, then you see

certain retailers co`mixing imported product with

British product, particularly behind the facade of the Union Jack.

That doesn't give the transparency that British

The Rural Affairs Minister was also here today to hear

the message from beef producers but what can the government do?

I don't have a glib, easy answer this afternoon.

But we did have this time last week a summit on beef

led by Minister George Eustace looking at how there could be better

coordination between the supermarkets and the retailers and

the producers. To promote bdef, and we have the best livestock in the

best husbandry. And there should be more promotion of our own product.

But beef farmers can't wait too long for a remedy, not when, thex claim,

they are losing 200 pounds on every animal they produce.

Well, as for the retailers taken to task by the beef farmers,

the British Retail Consortium says that they source the vast m`jority

It adds that the reduced prices being paid to farmers

Prices should recover by thd end of the year.

A community group is hoping it may get another chance to buy

Last week, it was announced that Blencathra had been sold by the Earl

Eden District council has now registered the mountain

But it's not clear if this latest turn of events will stop the sale.

It is impressive and its Saddleback welcomes visitors to the northern

Lake District. So when it was put welcomes visitors to the northern

Lake District. So when it was put up for sale recently, locals whth

Lake District. So when it w`s put up for sale recently, locals with a

for sale recently, locals whth a passion for the mountain created a

community group who wanted to buy it for the public. There was

disappointment when it was announced last week that an unknown private

buyer had made the highest bid. But in another twist, last night, Eden

district Council agreed to register it as an asset of community value,

potentially allowing friends of Blencathra another six months to

negotiate. Obviously we are thrilled, because we understand the

door is open for us. The agents thrilled, because we understand the

door is open for us. The agdnts have door is open for us. The agents have

indicated that before the s`le goes indicated that before the sale goes

through next Friday, that wd can through next Friday, that we can

still come back in. We are basically saying, there are other people out

there that think that they have got round to getting the title, speak to

us, because we do not want the title and maybe there is something we can

do. We have lots of options, if someone wants to be included, we are

happy to talk to them. But the sale is still not straightforward. The

community has priority to bty an community has priority to buy an

asset if it is put up for s`le, community has priority to bty an

asset if it is put up for s`le, but the landowner may not decide to

the landowner may not decidd to accept an offer if the offer is

made. The landowner can still sell it to someone else after th`t six

month if they wish. In this instance, we have been put on notice

that the landowner's purposdful selling the asset is to raise money

to pay inheritance tax and there is an exemption for stopping s`les for

that purpose. So the matter now passes on to government to deal

with. It is not clear if last night's decision will changd the

outcome of who gets to buy Blencathra but one thing will not

change. And that is people 's right to roam on the mountain.

Beautiful, fresh air! Now, we have got, rather you have got, the World

Cup semifinals tonight. Not just me, everyone! Quite

Cup semifinals tonight. Not just me, everyone! Quitd a

Cup semifinals tonight. Not just me, everyone! Quite a few

people are looking to it. And then the Commonwealth games which is

keeping us very busy. Middlesbrough long jumper

Chris Tomlinson is battling to be fit in time to compete for England

at the Glasgow Games which starts The stakes are high

for the 32 year old, who's often been hampered by injury during his

career, because this will bd almost certainly be the Teessider's last

chance to win a Commonwealth medal. Thankfully, he's jumping into

a sandpit rather than off a high diving board, but Chris Tomlinson

took the time out of his tr`ining schedule to help celebrate 20 years

of National Lottery funding for sport which is helping him `nd more

than 1300 other elite athletes in the UK, many competing in this

summer's Commonwealth games. But not for the first time,

injury has hampered I would have hoped to have been back

by now but there's been Hopefully in the next week,

ten days, be good to go. Chris has won plenty of medals

in his time but so far Olympic and Commonwealth honours have eluded him

and this could be his last chance. I've got a medal

from the world indoor championships, I always wanted to end with

the world medal, Commonwealth medal Missed an Olympic one

by five centimetres and six centimetres, so I think

the Commonwealth games probably will I have finished sixth

in it a few times. Just to get

on that podium would be brilliant. Perhaps his greatest achievement

would be to regain the Brithsh record which was broken

by his rival and Olympic ch`mpion Greg Rutherford in questionable

circumstances in April. Despite the controversy, Chris

insists the pair are still friends. I've always been friends with Greg,

it was never an attack on Greg. But I've got to let that go,

and I've got to focus on myself Injuries mean Chris's potential

still hasn't been fully realised which has been a frustration to

both him and his supporters. I think some people may look

at it and say, I have been tnlucky. You look the distances I have

jumped, 8.25 in Athens for dxample, I finished fifth, it was thd

longest jump ever to finish fifth. It would have finished me second

in Beijing and also London. But some people also say

you make your own luck. I've unfortunately been injured

at a horrendous time, I think there's a few people who

have supported me along the way who feel a little bit like, comd on

get a little bit of luck for once, In cricket, the second day

of the County Championship derby between Durham and Yorkshird was

badly affected by the weather. The home side were eventually bowled

out for 426, but rain restricted this afternoon's

play to less than 12 overs. Durham were 50`1

when the heavens opened, I blame Paul!

We have had to think of so many We have had to think of so many

links affecting the brain cricket! The real heavy downpours were very

localised but one or two of the gauges got a few big totals, we got

an inch in an hour in South Shields, and 40 millimetres in four hours in

part of Northumberland. That is getting on for a months worth of

rain in a very short space of time. There are still some big clouds out

there this evening over the high ground especially, North Pennines,

threatening to produce some more showers. Tomorrow, it is a different

story. Most of us will have a fine, dry day. Some good bright and sunny

spells, it will feel warm at times, especially in Cumbria, a bit more

breeze in eastern areas making it breeze in eastern areas makhng it

feel cooler. Heavy showers around feel cooler. Heavy showers `round

this evening, especially over the this evening, especially ovdr the

North Pennines. They will die a way North Pennines. They will dhe a way

to leave a dry night with clear spells and one or two mist patches

inland. Temperatures will stay in double figures in the town and

cities, in the countryside, we could see seven or 8 degrees. Any early

listing as will go quickly tomorrow and it is a fine and dry day.

listing as will go quickly tomorrow and it is a fine and dry dax. `` any

early mist. Some cloud around, thickening from the East tolorrow

evening. It will fill one in places, especially when you are sheltered

from the wind. `` it will feel warm from the wind. `` it will fdel warm

in places. The cloud and eventually in places. The cloud and evdntually

rain will come in from the East rain will come in from the Dast

tomorrow night, courtesy of this weather front which drifts hn

weather front which drifts in through the course of tomorrow

night, Thursday. Even on Frhday through the course of tomorrow

night, Thursday. Even on Friday we night, Thursday. Even on Frhday we

are not rid of it as it sits over western areas. It will then fizzle

out and it is a warm front, so warm air behind that. Things will turn

muddy over the next few days. `` muddy. Thursday sees a lot of cloud,

western areas are dressed to longest. Eastern parts, thicker

cloud, topics of rain an `` outbreaks of rain. On and off. There

is some warm air so temperatures will be into the low to mid 20s in

some places. You can keep up`to`date with the latest forecast on the go

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tonight, something to do with penalties or extra time!