:00:00. > :00:00.New security measures for electronic devices have been introduced
:00:00. > :00:26.Mike Kelly dad, my wife has a husband. It has completely given me
:00:27. > :00:29.a second wife. `` life. Duncan Bannatyne tells Look North
:00:30. > :00:32.why his life And the girl with a social
:00:33. > :00:36.media hit on her hands. How Jasmine's bright idea is earning
:00:37. > :00:39.her thousands of pounds, We've been to the Henley Roxal
:00:40. > :00:43.Regatta for a double celebr`tion. One of our rowing clubs is 050 years
:00:44. > :00:46.old and enjoying a successful return to the water,
:00:47. > :01:03.is their very own Olympian. The unions are predicting it will be
:01:04. > :01:05.one Tomorrow, thousands of publhc sector
:01:06. > :01:10.workers in our region are protesting Many services, including schools,
:01:11. > :01:15.libraries, waste collection The unions say they have
:01:16. > :01:20.no choice but to strike. The Government says, public service
:01:21. > :01:24.workers have to take their share We'll hear from Conservativd MP
:01:25. > :01:29.James Wharton, shortly. First, though, our chief reporter,
:01:30. > :01:31.Chris Stewart, has been to Haltwhistle in Northumberland to
:01:32. > :01:46.meet one of tomorrow's strikers Sharon Graham, mother of three, and
:01:47. > :01:53.in three of three. Yes, she has three jobs. In Monday 's eyd in
:01:54. > :01:58.vigil eight exams, that can be morning or afternoon, or all day. In
:01:59. > :02:06.Tuesday afternoon, I am at teaching assistant. On Friday, I work in a
:02:07. > :02:16.cafe. And a full`time mum? Xes. How much do you own, do you mind me
:02:17. > :02:24.asking? ?700. Not a lot with all three jobs. Her husband works as a
:02:25. > :02:30.railway signalman, so for w`ges adds up to ?2200 a month. Sharon's main
:02:31. > :02:35.appraiser County Council, btt every year, the rise in the cost of living
:02:36. > :02:40.makes it that much harder to get by. We have had one set of pay buys in
:02:41. > :02:46.the last four years. Four ydars ago, food and gas added its tea was
:02:47. > :02:55.cheaper. I struggled working part time then, but it was still good. ``
:02:56. > :02:59.pay rise. But now, I have h`d just one pay rise in the last fotr years
:03:00. > :03:05.and everything else has gond up And you will lose money by striking I
:03:06. > :03:09.am, but I hope we will be rdcognised in the jobs that we do and that
:03:10. > :03:17.would be valued by more than 1% in four years. Sharon will go on strike
:03:18. > :03:20.again. The game she was plaxing was picked up, and guess what, she did
:03:21. > :03:21.not pick up enough. So,
:03:22. > :03:23.what is the Government's response to Earlier, I spoke to James Wharton,
:03:24. > :03:26.the Conservative MP for I asked him how he could possibly
:03:27. > :03:41.convince her that she should be I think it brings home the reality
:03:42. > :03:46.of what we're dealing with. This is about people and the very dhfficult
:03:47. > :03:50.times in which we find oursdlves. This government inherited at an that
:03:51. > :03:55.was a wreck the finances were a disaster. It has been difficult to
:03:56. > :04:03.put it right. We have been trying to help people, cancelling the first
:04:04. > :04:07.?10,000 for tax. But these `re difficult times and tough ddcisions.
:04:08. > :04:13.We are going in the right dhrection, but there is still some way to go.
:04:14. > :04:19.Strike action is not the answer People appreciate it is tough, but
:04:20. > :04:24.inflation is very highly. Wd feel it more here because of the high level
:04:25. > :04:28.of public sector workers. There are a number of challenges in the
:04:29. > :04:32.north`east. Public and priv`te sector it `` public and private
:04:33. > :04:38.sector workers have felt thhs. There are lots of good signs we are
:04:39. > :04:42.heading in the right directhon. Hitachi is considering investing
:04:43. > :04:48.here, steel working which closed is back into side. But, there hs still
:04:49. > :04:51.some way to go, we are still borrowing ?100 billion per xear to
:04:52. > :04:57.keep things as they are, to pay bills, to keep the lights on. Do you
:04:58. > :05:06.agree people have the right to protest? ?7 six 5p per hour, you
:05:07. > :05:11.might have to decide between food or heating. I don't welcome thd
:05:12. > :05:20.strikes. They will cause huge problems, inconvenience the children
:05:21. > :05:24.and families, who may not bd any money themselves. I respect the
:05:25. > :05:28.right to strike if they want to I am not entirely pleased with the way
:05:29. > :05:32.the strikes have come about. It is part of being in a healthy
:05:33. > :05:37.democracy. At the same time, we have to realise there are no easx answers
:05:38. > :05:42.to these problems. Difficult decisions are needed to put the
:05:43. > :05:45.economy right. All the signs are, it is working. The regional economy is
:05:46. > :05:47.growing, things are getting better, but we still have a long wax to go.
:05:48. > :05:55.Thank you. The level of disruption to services
:05:56. > :05:58.varies from council to council. For the latest information
:05:59. > :06:00.on how you might be affected, councils are recommending you refer
:06:01. > :06:06.to their websites. Tonight we can tell the rem`rkable
:06:07. > :06:09.story of John Leveson, whosd liver transplant not only gave hil
:06:10. > :06:12.a new lease of life, but allowed him John, who's from Cumbria,
:06:13. > :06:16.was diagnosed with He had only months left to live
:06:17. > :06:23.by the time he received a transplant at the Freeman Hospital
:06:24. > :06:26.in Newcastle in 2009. The operation not only saved
:06:27. > :06:29.his life, He's hoping his story will dncourage
:06:30. > :06:34.others to join the organ donor You could easily mistake
:06:35. > :06:44.John Leveson for just anothdr middle aged man in lycra, pounding and
:06:45. > :06:46.pedalling country roads in search of But John's rides are more than that,
:06:47. > :06:51.they're a celebration of a new life, and of profotnd
:06:52. > :07:09.thanks to someone who died I am only here because of the
:07:10. > :07:17.generosity of this person. When an individual signs the organ donor
:07:18. > :07:21.register and when they die, families's wishes take precddence
:07:22. > :07:27.over the donor's decision and they have to agree for the organs to be
:07:28. > :07:33.denoted. Luckily for me, thdy did agree to the organs to be donated. I
:07:34. > :07:37.am very keen to do whatever I can, to promote this fact, whethdr
:07:38. > :07:44.through my cycling, or throtgh other means, that being an organ donor
:07:45. > :07:46.really does, not just changd lives, it gives people lives.
:07:47. > :07:48.But it was as he lay recovering from prolonged surgery,
:07:49. > :07:51.he heard of transplant sports and resolved to turn
:07:52. > :08:03.As a kid, I played racket sports, but I was never that good. H thought
:08:04. > :08:07.now, being 50, and having a transparent, wouldn't make le any
:08:08. > :08:11.better. The only thing I hadn't done with cycle. `` transplant.
:08:12. > :08:14.He's now won gold and silver medals, competed at last year's
:08:15. > :08:16.World Transplant Games in South Africa and hopes to go again,
:08:17. > :08:33.My donor was a lady, aged 60, from London. I was able to write to her.
:08:34. > :08:41.I wanted to say thank you. Ly kids have a dad, no wife has a htsband,
:08:42. > :08:43.and it has given me a second life. Without the transplant, I would have
:08:44. > :08:46.died, probably in 2010. However,
:08:47. > :08:59.John was one of the lucky ones ` There are so many people on the
:09:00. > :09:07.transplant list at any time, and three Daiei every day. `` dhe. You
:09:08. > :09:16.don't know if you are going to get an organ. Personally, I would
:09:17. > :09:18.support a presumed consent, with the ability of an individual to withdraw
:09:19. > :09:25.their consent and come off the list. A report to go before Durhal County
:09:26. > :09:27.Council's cabinet next week reveals that the Lumiere festival g`ve
:09:28. > :09:30.an economic boost to the local The report urges
:09:31. > :09:34.the Council to re`commission Lumiere 2013 was the third visit of
:09:35. > :09:40.the festival to Durham and `ttracted 175,000 visitors over its four days,
:09:41. > :09:43.resulting in more than 20,000 overnight stays in hotels, guest
:09:44. > :09:57.houses and other accommodathon. The Darlington`based entrepreneur,
:09:58. > :10:07.Duncan Bannatyne, He is out. Duncan Bannatyne
:10:08. > :10:10.The quit the Dragon's Den. Darlington`based
:10:11. > :10:15.is to leave the business investment programme Dragons' Den.
:10:16. > :10:17.The fitness club tycoon's bden a fixture of the programme
:10:18. > :10:21.In that time, Mr Bannatyne has invested ?2 million
:10:22. > :10:24.of his own money, estimating he s broken even with his deals.
:10:25. > :10:25.Our business correspondent, Ian Reeve, reports.
:10:26. > :10:38.Dragon's Den. Where real entrepreneurs swap cash for bright
:10:39. > :10:43.ideas. It is the most ludicrous circus performance I have ever seen.
:10:44. > :10:49.I have no intention of investing in new, so I am out. Duncan Bannatyne,
:10:50. > :10:54.the toughest of the so`calldd Dragons. But after ten years in the
:10:55. > :11:03.den, and investing ?2 million of his own money, he has had enough. I had
:11:04. > :11:10.had enough, my heart wasn't in it. I just have too many things going on
:11:11. > :11:13.in my life. The programme w`s firstly entertainment, but ht has
:11:14. > :11:20.got people interested in business and entrepreneurship. When ht
:11:21. > :11:28.started, people were asking what equity was, and things like this. As
:11:29. > :11:34.it has developed, it has become into a proper format. Dragon's Ddn has
:11:35. > :11:42.also made Duncan a star. His trait of giving daft ideas short shrift
:11:43. > :11:49.has become the thing of parody. But is that exasperation, if not
:11:50. > :11:59.rudeness, nearly done. It is can be easily edited `` nearly put on. I am
:12:00. > :12:04.so kind, they edited it and I change. The upcoming series of
:12:05. > :12:08.Dragon's Den will be his final one. His focus will now be his fhtness
:12:09. > :12:10.empire, and we will have he`rd the last of a famous catchphrasd, I am
:12:11. > :12:16.out. The teenager making a small fortune,
:12:17. > :12:19.with her hands. Honours bestowed on a coupld
:12:20. > :12:23.of North East legends, who've made their names on stage,
:12:24. > :12:26.and on the pitch. And then east west split suls up
:12:27. > :12:34.tomorrow's weather. Two years ago, Facebook caused an
:12:35. > :12:38.internet sensation, when it bought the online photo`sharing service,
:12:39. > :12:42.Instagram, for one billion dollars. Around the same time, a 16`xear`old
:12:43. > :12:45.girl was stuck at home in Jasmine Summers decided to tse
:12:46. > :12:49.the time off to develop her own Instagram page, devoted to pictures
:12:50. > :12:52.of fashionable nails and hahr. Today that site, appropriatdly
:12:53. > :12:57.enough called Hair And Nail Fashion, is one of the most popular hn the
:12:58. > :13:01.world with 1.5 million followers. And it is earning Jasmine tdns
:13:02. > :13:04.of thousands of pounds a ye`r, Andrew Hartley has this
:13:05. > :13:20.exclusive Look North Report. MUSIC PLAYS
:13:21. > :13:26.The girl with the world at her fingertips. A social media hit on
:13:27. > :13:31.her hands. Hers is a viral Hnternet sensation that started with a bug.
:13:32. > :13:36.When I was in year 11, I had glandular fever and I spent long
:13:37. > :13:41.days at home, feeling bored. I had all been a fan of nail varnhsh so I
:13:42. > :13:45.started a fashion blog. I noticed hair and nails were very popular, so
:13:46. > :13:50.I started hair and nail fashion and it took off from there. Within
:13:51. > :13:56.months, she had one and a h`lf million followers and she is now
:13:57. > :14:01.more popular than some of the world's best known celebrithes. She
:14:02. > :14:05.has beaten Andy Murray, gamd set and much. She has twice as many
:14:06. > :14:17.followers as Cheryl Cole, and she is only narrowly behind Madonn`. I
:14:18. > :14:25.think my page offers the best of the best. I promote other peopld's work.
:14:26. > :14:29.I have a good relationship with the talented male artist that I have
:14:30. > :14:34.spotted. Jasmine Summers thd pictures of her new nail varnish
:14:35. > :14:40.designs attract thousands of views within minutes of being posted. Here
:14:41. > :14:44.is the proof. Just a few minutes after you posted that picture, and
:14:45. > :14:55.how many people have seen it? After eight minutes, just short of 20 0
:14:56. > :15:05.likes, 1968. Goodness me! Most of my followers are based in Amerhca,
:15:06. > :15:09.Australia. As age, 25 years old Young girls, predominantly. Now
:15:10. > :15:13.Jasmine who said that Centr`l high school in Newcastle has found a way
:15:14. > :15:22.to turn that popularity into cash. Firms like this Newcastle `based
:15:23. > :15:27.headdresses, will pay to post pictures of their products ``
:15:28. > :15:31.hairdressers. We have peopld and customers all over the world. With
:15:32. > :15:37.Jasmine's following, which connect with customers worldwide. This is a
:15:38. > :15:46.lot of money that you have darned. Yes. I pay tax. I have brought an
:15:47. > :15:51.Audi, some designer handbags. I d charge, maybe, an average of 50 or
:15:52. > :15:56.?60 per post and I do three or four days a week. I am not that ht at
:15:57. > :16:03.maths, but we're talking tens of thousands of pounds a year. Yes Not
:16:04. > :16:09.bad for an 18`year`old schoolgirl. No, he's doing her A`levels. I am
:16:10. > :16:13.really proud of her. It is `mazing what she has achieved. It h`s
:16:14. > :16:17.fuelled her passion for economic, which she wants to do at Unhversity
:16:18. > :16:23.before going into business. I don't know if I am a role model, H hope
:16:24. > :16:32.people feel inspired and I hope people will watch this and think,
:16:33. > :16:37.wow, that could be me. Beautiful girl! A wonderful idea. Two
:16:38. > :16:38.north`east legends One of them is the front man
:16:39. > :16:47.of one of the biggest rock groups in the world, the other
:16:48. > :16:49.a footballer whose astonishhng double`save helped his team win
:16:50. > :17:15.the FA Cup way back in 1973. what it really hectic ten d`ys, you
:17:16. > :17:21.know, we finished the album in Vancouver, few black home to
:17:22. > :17:31.Florida, went to Chicago, s`w Jimmy in staying doing their thing. Then
:17:32. > :17:34.flew to London, to France, `nd the one Lamont 's, and then str`ight
:17:35. > :17:36.here. And that was before he was lade
:17:37. > :17:49.an honorary Doctor of Music, It means so much to me, it has been
:17:50. > :17:58.the overriding thought in mx mind over these last few weeks. Saturday
:17:59. > :18:06.night there, I was flying along at 1am, it was raining and black it's
:18:07. > :18:12.harsh, doing a miles an hour, it is a long straight, I was thinking
:18:13. > :18:18.about my speech. Meanwhile in Sunderland,
:18:19. > :18:20.Jimmy Montgomery was being honoured, in part for being able to ptll
:18:21. > :18:29.off this astonishing save Tenancies it means a tremendous
:18:30. > :18:36.amount. And from the University of Sunderland. To be fair, thex had
:18:37. > :18:41.given me something that I h`ve loved doing for the last however lany
:18:42. > :18:45.years. To get this award has been absolutely fantastic. You h`ve had a
:18:46. > :18:54.life of notable moments. How does this that up? Very high. Thd things
:18:55. > :18:59.you go through, I think I would watch rather have gone to a cup
:19:00. > :19:11.final again than standing up in front of the students making a
:19:12. > :19:26.speech! No, I fully injury debt `` injury did `` injury to it. Two very
:19:27. > :19:28.different men being honoured. And you were at Hadley.
:19:29. > :19:30.When you talk about the country's top sporting venues,
:19:31. > :19:32.you think of the likes of Whmbledon, Wembley, Lord's and Twickenham.
:19:33. > :19:35.Most of them we've taken yot to over the years,
:19:36. > :19:39.The Henley Royal Regatta is always an important occasion
:19:40. > :19:43.But for one of our rowing clubs and one of its members,
:19:44. > :19:57.It's a quintessentially English occasion.
:19:58. > :20:02.To share a glass of champers with friends.
:20:03. > :20:20.Sometimes, they even invite the foreigners in.
:20:21. > :20:28.Despite the blazers and boaters this isn't just about posh people
:20:29. > :20:34.from the south. Today, we are celebrating a part of North East
:20:35. > :20:39.sporting history. This is Hdnley's 175th birthday, what better way to
:20:40. > :20:53.celebrate the life of teas rowing club? Tees `` the sport is the club.
:20:54. > :20:58.And to have something like this where every generation of rower in
:20:59. > :21:06.living memory has chosen to be yesterday, is a great credit to the
:21:07. > :21:13.club, the people who organised it 150 years is something very special.
:21:14. > :21:22.To be able to have a crew rowing past is an exceptional honotr. Our
:21:23. > :21:28.star attraction is the Queen's Road barge. And we have our own Pueen.
:21:29. > :21:39.You could forget how she struck gold in the Olympics? `` who could
:21:40. > :21:46.forget? Like the man said, just incredible. Earlier this ye`r, Kat
:21:47. > :21:50.Copeland found a new partner. Imogen Walsh took the place of study
:21:51. > :21:59.Hoskins. The pair are in Ashgrove Sophie Hosking. The pair ard in
:22:00. > :22:03.super form. And she is back after taking a year off. I needed a bit of
:22:04. > :22:10.time to reflect on what had happened, and to think about London,
:22:11. > :22:15.and be really pleased. Then, I could come back into rowing with ` fresh
:22:16. > :22:22.head, looking ahead towards Rio Everything will have moved on by
:22:23. > :22:27.2016. It must have been tough, you win an Olympic gold medal, xou have
:22:28. > :22:34.achieved the highest thing xou can win, in the sport, and all the
:22:35. > :22:39.publicity. Was that tough to deal with? Yes, I have achieved the
:22:40. > :22:43.biggest thing that I could have achieved in rowing, and with it
:22:44. > :22:52.being a home Olympics as well, it was perfect. One thought is, where
:22:53. > :22:58.do I go from here? Will it dver get better than this? And the ptblicity,
:22:59. > :23:06.yes, I don't know. I thought I would really like the attention, but I
:23:07. > :23:11.don't think I really, I didn't really, no. I really liked
:23:12. > :23:17.everyone's enthusiasm. But H just let rowing, and that's why ht's very
:23:18. > :23:22.different with all the attention. I just like being on the river with my
:23:23. > :23:28.friends. Now what are you rdfreshed and ready to take on anything? I
:23:29. > :23:33.feel I am in the strongest lental place that I have ever been. I feel
:23:34. > :23:38.I am in a very good position going forward. Having a break has made me
:23:39. > :23:43.appreciate how lucky I am to be in a position to be able to roam. I love
:23:44. > :23:50.the sport and I love what I do. Realising that it is a really
:23:51. > :23:55.powerful thing `` row. What a lovely lass!
:23:56. > :23:58.On to cricket, and the openhng day of the first Test between England
:23:59. > :24:01.and India at Trent Bridge s`w Durham all`rounder, Ben Stokes,
:24:02. > :24:04.Stokes's last appearance in an England shirt ended whth him
:24:05. > :24:06.breaking his wrist, when he punched a dressing room
:24:07. > :24:11.Former Durham pace bowler, Liam Plunkett, now with Yorkshire,
:24:12. > :24:13.of course, added to his Test match tally, taking a
:24:14. > :24:16.wicket with the help of this catch by England skipper, Alastair Cook.
:24:17. > :24:19.And even without Plunkett, Yorkshire have continued to dominate
:24:20. > :24:20.the Championship, Derby with Durham at Headingley
:24:21. > :24:28.Forced to follow`on, 195 runs behind, Durham closed on.
:24:29. > :24:41.59`1. I wonder where, Paul was when he was at Henley? He does gdt all
:24:42. > :24:52.the glamour! Here's a picture which sums up lots
:24:53. > :24:57.of things about weather tod`y. Thanks for this picture. Lots of
:24:58. > :25:04.sunny skies. A northerly brdeze whipping up the waves. If you look
:25:05. > :25:09.very carefully, you will sed some cloud out to sea, heading wdstwards
:25:10. > :25:16.over the next few hours. It will bring some rain. Tomorrow there is
:25:17. > :25:21.an East West split. The rain will become heavy at times, especially in
:25:22. > :25:28.Cumbria. It will be warmer there as well. The cloud is looking out over
:25:29. > :25:33.the North Sea, edging slowlx our way as we head into the evening. Most
:25:34. > :25:39.places they fine and dry. Overnight, the cloud begins to thicken over
:25:40. > :25:45.eastern areas and there will be a few spots of rain. In the Wdst, it
:25:46. > :25:49.stays dry and clear. Temper`tures down to 8000 years in one or two
:25:50. > :26:00.spots in Cumbria, more cloud further east, into tomorrow, and East West
:26:01. > :26:06.split. Many eastern areas h`ve a cool, cloudy day. Outbreaks of rain
:26:07. > :26:11.become more widespread, somd could be very heavy at times. There is a
:26:12. > :26:17.yellow warning for areas essentially east of the D1, that is where we are
:26:18. > :26:28.expecting the heaviest rain `` a one. The bulk of Cumbria, wd keep
:26:29. > :26:32.the heavy spells and we are sheltered. 21 Celsius tomorrow
:26:33. > :26:40.afternoon. A real contrast hn fortunes tomorrow, weather`wise
:26:41. > :26:46.That front is still there on Friday, twisting further west. In
:26:47. > :26:57.the sea chart to take us into the weekend. `` a messy chart. Showers
:26:58. > :27:01.on Sunday and Saturday. Lots of cloud in Cumbria, some patchy light
:27:02. > :27:06.rain. Risk of heavy showers as we head into the weekend. Sunnx spells
:27:07. > :27:12.in between. A similar picture for the North East. Temperatures into
:27:13. > :27:18.low 20s and scope the heavy, even under Reid, showers. Thank xou.
:27:19. > :27:19.Now for a reminder of tonight's headlines:
:27:20. > :27:21.New security measures for passengers? electronic devices
:27:22. > :27:23.at UK airports will now affdct all flights.
:27:24. > :27:26.And in the North East and Ctmbria, thousands of teachers, bin len
:27:27. > :27:32.and other council staff prepare for a one`day strike over p`y.
:27:33. > :27:58.and this time the challenge is bigger than ever.
:27:59. > :28:02.Six young songwriters mark a major anniversary.
:28:03. > :28:06.It'll be really difficult to write a song for World War I
:28:07. > :28:10.They're really going to have to put themselves in those people's shoes.
:28:11. > :28:14.Guys, did that go perfectly? Did we forget the tune?
:28:15. > :28:17.I just don't want to mess it up There's a lot of pressure.
:28:18. > :28:20.A brand-new series of The Big Performance.