:00:00. > :00:08.And that is all from us. There is more throughout the evening on the
:00:09. > :00:11.A couple who lost their son and the man whose life he s`ved come
:00:12. > :00:21.to our studios to tell us more of their remarkable story.
:00:22. > :00:30.At least someone else's Sun has a life.
:00:31. > :00:33.Protests in Northumberland over plans to make over`16s pay for their
:00:34. > :00:38.A man who spent six months in hospital speaks publicly
:00:39. > :00:41.And the little stars whose fighting spirit is recognised
:00:42. > :00:50.A week after the excitement of the Tour de France, we are back on the
:00:51. > :01:00.bikes for the Stockton Cyclhng Festival.
:01:01. > :01:02.It's been an incredible, emotional week for two families
:01:03. > :01:08.But behind that title lie so many personal stories.
:01:09. > :01:10.We heard one of them on Look North last night.
:01:11. > :01:13.The story of a young man, John Carter, who died suddenly
:01:14. > :01:17.His heart was donated to another young man, Scott Rutherford,
:01:18. > :01:22.who had suffered heart problems throughout childhood.
:01:23. > :01:25.We told you how John's parents and Scott hoped to get together
:01:26. > :01:28.What we didn't know was that they had in fact met briefly before.
:01:29. > :01:31.Well, they met properly tod`y when they came into our studio
:01:32. > :01:34.earlier this evening to tell us the remarkable story of how, at
:01:35. > :01:36.a church service for donor families and recipients, John's mum Freda
:01:37. > :01:39.suddenly realised that the boy who'd received her son's he`rt was
:01:40. > :01:58.I knew his heart had gone to a boy called Scott, a 15`year`old. That
:01:59. > :02:08.was as much as we knew. I started getting hysterical and I was crying
:02:09. > :02:15.and I said, he has our John's heart. He has our John's heart. He was
:02:16. > :02:19.trying to calm me down and said be quiet, there are lots of people
:02:20. > :02:25.called Scott, we do not know. Wait until he stands up. In the
:02:26. > :02:33.meantime, the nurses at the back of the church were watching all of this
:02:34. > :02:42.going on. I was getting mord historical and then John got up and
:02:43. > :02:48.sang his song. `` more hystdrical. Everything fitted in. When he
:02:49. > :02:54.mentioned John and a 33`year`old and I thought, that's it, this has to be
:02:55. > :03:02.him. At the end of the servhce, you were brought together? Yes. I got
:03:03. > :03:09.approached by a nurse who h`s known me from when I was tiny and she
:03:10. > :03:13.pulled me to the front of the church and asked me to confirm somd
:03:14. > :03:17.details. I confirmed that hd was called John and that he died of a
:03:18. > :03:26.brain should be. She went and came back and said did you definhtely get
:03:27. > :03:32.it on September seven? I sahd yes. It will always be a day I rdmember.
:03:33. > :03:37.She basically said, I don't want to alarm you, but your donor's mum and
:03:38. > :03:43.dad are at the back of the church. It was this overwhelming fedling of
:03:44. > :03:51.being taken back and it almost wasn't real. Dawn said, the mother
:03:52. > :03:56.is asking if she can meet you. Straightaway, I said yes,
:03:57. > :04:06.definitely. I cannot imagind that moment. It was... It was
:04:07. > :04:15.unbelievable. The emotions. The feelings. You just cannot
:04:16. > :04:23.explainers. I took to him straightaway. `` explain it. I seems
:04:24. > :04:33.to bond with him. He opened his arms and I felt my son's heart bdating.
:04:34. > :04:42.She said, can I feel the he`rtbeat? I said yes. It is a really strong
:04:43. > :04:48.one. I held it to my chest. And we just share this moment. We were all
:04:49. > :04:51.crying and feeling this momdnt. It was like something out of a film.
:04:52. > :04:59.You would watch a film and think, that would never happen. Yot have
:05:00. > :05:12.been through so much alreadx and you seem very close. We just sedm to
:05:13. > :05:21.have... I love him, I do. Oh, don't. He is part of my son, isn't it? And
:05:22. > :05:29.he is part of me. He didn't stay in vain. If he had lived, it... He was
:05:30. > :05:41.a fit, happy and healthy lad and he loved life. You must stay in touch.
:05:42. > :05:49.Oh, yes. Definitely. I see them as sort of a second family now. I feel
:05:50. > :05:56.almost like I have a heart family. I will never break contact, bdcause
:05:57. > :06:02.these guys and John are my heroes. To be in my circumstances and for
:06:03. > :06:07.them to have lost their son, but still to have made that selfless
:06:08. > :06:13.decision to donate, it saved my life. I will be eternally thankful.
:06:14. > :06:19.I cannot urge anybody enough to get signed up, live life and give away.
:06:20. > :06:32.Transplants save lives. Thex saved mine. Living life to the full now.
:06:33. > :06:37.What more you do? What more pleasure can you get than to give a xoung boy
:06:38. > :06:39.that? If I can't have my son, at least somebody else's Sun h`s a
:06:40. > :06:42.life. Well,
:06:43. > :06:44.it has been a roller coaster week of stories to help raise aw`reness
:06:45. > :06:46.of National Transplant Week. If you missed them,
:06:47. > :06:49.you can see them again online. And if it has inspired you to join
:06:50. > :06:52.the organ donor register, you can call the Organ Donor Line
:06:53. > :07:04.on 0300 123 23 23. Thousands of parents
:07:05. > :07:06.in Northumberland face It'll be imposed from Septelber for
:07:07. > :07:13.those children over the age of 6. Councillors arriving for today's
:07:14. > :07:16.meeting at Morpeth were lobbied by The plan was backed
:07:17. > :07:21.by the ruling Labour group `nd four independent councillors, but opposed
:07:22. > :07:37.by the other main parties. The protesters began arriving at
:07:38. > :07:45.eight o'clock this morning. It should be free for all children I'm
:07:46. > :07:53.from Scotland where transport is free and has never occurred to me.
:07:54. > :07:57.The meeting started in 15 mhnutes. We have about 100 parents hdre. We
:07:58. > :08:05.are expecting to talk to thd Labour councillors. A Labour counchllor
:08:06. > :08:11.then came out to hear some of the protest is' concerns.
:08:12. > :08:21.This is rough cuts and a Government that has denied us. `` about cuts.
:08:22. > :08:26.This is not a Labour's cuts. We are doing the dirty work of the
:08:27. > :08:32.coalition. And it is not very nice. After four animated hours of debate,
:08:33. > :08:36.a vote was taken and the result went the way the council wanted. Less
:08:37. > :08:41.pleased is the mother who asked to pay for her 16`year`old daughter to
:08:42. > :08:47.go to transport, while her xounger daughter goes for three.
:08:48. > :08:59.It will be 1300 a year. Do not qualify for the `` do you not
:09:00. > :09:05.qualify for the flat fee? Know. I have to take the public bus service.
:09:06. > :09:10.The leader of the council s`ys the schools are now responsible for
:09:11. > :09:18.funding transport. A bursarx scheme was set up, valued at about ?18
:09:19. > :09:24.million. It will spread amongst schools and the schools havd to look
:09:25. > :09:32.at transport is one of the hssues. `` as one. They are saying ht is
:09:33. > :09:40.down to the schools. I think that is misleading. The bursaries are not
:09:41. > :09:44.just for transport, they ard for special educational needs, so that
:09:45. > :09:50.we can drive up standards. Really, they should be for education and not
:09:51. > :09:55.just for transport. The mothon was defeated, that means if you are the
:09:56. > :09:57.parent of a 16`year`old in Northumberland who doesn't have an
:09:58. > :10:00.exemption you could be facing a bill of ?600 per year to send hil or her
:10:01. > :10:04.to school. A head teacher who's accused of
:10:05. > :10:10.having sex with a 130year`old boy in Last week, a jury at Durham Crown
:10:11. > :10:30.Court failed to reach a verdict in She denies four charges
:10:31. > :10:34.of indecent assault and two charges of indecency with a child rdlating
:10:35. > :10:38.to a boy who was not a pupil of hers A retrial will take place in January
:10:39. > :10:41.next year. Hit with a baseball bat 30 times
:10:42. > :10:46.and left in a coma. Now, six months on, Gerard Williams
:10:47. > :10:49.has been released from hosphtal Speaking publicly
:10:50. > :10:51.for the first time since thd attack, the father of three says he's been
:10:52. > :10:55.left terrified and is now constantly Detectives say they can still
:10:56. > :10:58.find no reason why anyone would He runs behind a bench wherd Gerard
:10:59. > :11:19.was sitting and starts hitthng him. I remember seeing a man and the next
:11:20. > :11:24.thing I know I am in the hospital. I was told I had just come out of a
:11:25. > :11:29.coma. It was terrifying. Terrifying. Really scary.
:11:30. > :11:30.Gerard spent five months in hospital.
:11:31. > :11:36.The attack left him with broken bones from his legs to his head
:11:37. > :11:45.One witness said the attackdr or mostly him out on the floor. `` lay
:11:46. > :11:47.him out on the floor. Detectives say they can find no
:11:48. > :11:50.motive for such a violent attack ` an attack which was carried out
:11:51. > :12:07.while he sat quietly I am very nervous when I go out I
:12:08. > :12:12.always look over my shoulder. It has been terrifying, absolutely
:12:13. > :12:15.terrifying. By a busy road, detectives say they know soleone in
:12:16. > :12:19.this community saw all thosd who attacked Gerard. Six months on, they
:12:20. > :12:23.are urging people to speak out. Police have named
:12:24. > :12:25.a student who died in Newcastle yesterday morning and say they don't
:12:26. > :12:28.believe anyone else was involved. Sijabuliso Nkala was found
:12:29. > :12:32.near a cycle path at The Ov`l in He had a puncture wound to
:12:33. > :12:37.his chest and was pronounced dead Mr Nkala, who was 24, was
:12:38. > :12:43.a student at Newcastle Univdrsity. Redcar MP Ian Swales has announced
:12:44. > :12:45.that he will be standing down at the 2015 General Election
:12:46. > :12:50.for personal reasons. The Liberal Democrat said that it
:12:51. > :12:53.had been an honour to represent the area in Parliament
:12:54. > :12:56.and he was proud of the rold he Now, it's been a grim year
:12:57. > :13:09.for the Co`operative Bank, Experts from the Sellafield nuclear
:13:10. > :13:12.site in Cumbria are being sdnt to Japan to help with the clean up of
:13:13. > :13:15.the devastated Fukishima powerplant. The facility saw the meltdown
:13:16. > :13:18.of three of its nuclear reactors in 2011,
:13:19. > :13:19.a consequence of Japan's tstnami. Our Business Correspondent,
:13:20. > :13:21.Ian Reeve, reports. The stuff of nightmares or
:13:22. > :13:23.at least a far`fetched disaster movie. A Japanese earthquakd
:13:24. > :13:25.triggers a tsunami. It sees a meltdown of three
:13:26. > :13:33.of the Fukushima nuclear re`ctors. But, three years on,
:13:34. > :13:35.Cumbrian know`how will now help to decommission the plants,
:13:36. > :13:38.with Sellafield sending The way it came
:13:39. > :13:43.about was through discussions with the people there and they are
:13:44. > :13:46.forging a new strategy to fhgure out They asked us whether we wotld
:13:47. > :13:51.be willing to be a part of that Steve has been to Fukushima
:13:52. > :13:54.and seen the scale. It is a job that
:13:55. > :13:57.Sellafield can deal with. We deal with it on a day to day
:13:58. > :14:02.basis and we understand the risks. We understand the condition
:14:03. > :14:04.of the reactors, The Japanese colleagues are very
:14:05. > :14:16.interested in how we can tr`nsfer that to them so they can le`rn
:14:17. > :14:23.from our activities. This is what we developed
:14:24. > :14:25.and we believe this is suit`ble to be deployed inside a reactor at
:14:26. > :14:39.Fukushima to locate the radhation. It has been to the plant,
:14:40. > :14:42.and the lessons from there can be It is one of
:14:43. > :14:46.the biggest nuclear clean up jobs. The Japanese and various Japanese
:14:47. > :14:48.companies are going to be ddveloping a lot of technologies
:14:49. > :14:51.and techniques that we belidve will The Fukushima project is re`lly
:14:52. > :14:56.interesting because the movd of expertise to Japan is
:14:57. > :14:59.a reversal of roles in the UK where Japanese companies are
:15:00. > :15:02.planning to build the first nuclear There's just one week left to sign
:15:03. > :15:22.up as a volunteer performer for the It will celebrate the race reaching
:15:23. > :15:25.its one millionth finisher. It will involve 1,500 members of the
:15:26. > :15:30.public and the choreographer who'll be masterminding a performance en
:15:31. > :15:33.masse has been on the Newcastle`Gateshead quaysidd to meet
:15:34. > :15:40.some of them for the first time And if you want to be part
:15:41. > :15:43.of the quayside spectacular, Now, it's been a grim year
:15:44. > :15:55.for the Co`operative Bank, massive losses, a bailout
:15:56. > :15:57.and a controversial former boss But, despite that,
:15:58. > :15:59.other co`operative businessds, owned and run by their membdrs, have
:16:00. > :16:02.had a record year in the region Here's our Political Correspondent,
:16:03. > :16:04.Mark Denten. It's been part of the High Street
:16:05. > :16:06.for decades. The Co`operative Group `
:16:07. > :16:08.475 stores in the region, including this new one in County Durh`m,
:16:09. > :16:17.11,000 staff and an image problem. A ?1.5 billion black hole, ` rescue
:16:18. > :16:21.by private investors, the b`nk run by the Co`operative group h`s faced
:16:22. > :16:29.a series of grim headlines. But away from the familiar Co`op,
:16:30. > :16:31.running everything from funeral homes and banks, there
:16:32. > :16:34.is another co`operative movdment you Alison works at this hotel, which is
:16:35. > :16:46.a cooperative with 54,000 mdmbers. They have a say
:16:47. > :16:53.in how things are run. There are meetings,
:16:54. > :16:56.they can put their input in If they come here and do not
:16:57. > :17:03.like the way something is rtn, Across Britain, the number
:17:04. > :17:07.of co`operative organisations rose In the north`east, there ard 50 ,
:17:08. > :17:11.with a turnover Cumbria has one
:17:12. > :17:17.of the largest numbers of community co`operatives in Britain, rtnning
:17:18. > :17:20.everything from pubs to village The trouble for the
:17:21. > :17:27.Co`operative Bank has not stopped other co`operatives soaring and
:17:28. > :17:31.taking on new workers like Laura. She works for a design comp`ny
:17:32. > :17:33.in Newcastle. It is having an equal say in the
:17:34. > :17:37.business and I think at a young age, The Co`op, battered by lossds,
:17:38. > :17:45.is rebuilding its images. But there is a wider co`operative
:17:46. > :17:47.movement out there still making And there'll be more on the future
:17:48. > :17:57.of the co`operative movement That's on Sunday morning
:17:58. > :18:05.at eleven on BBC One. Children across the North E`st have
:18:06. > :18:07.been recognised for their bravery and fighting spirit
:18:08. > :18:13.at an awards ceremony in Newcastle. The Children's Foundation Stars
:18:14. > :18:16.Awards, now in their eighth year, celebrate children with a
:18:17. > :18:18.disability and those who help them. Stephanie Cleasby went
:18:19. > :18:31.along to meet some of the stars A room full of stars. Every trial
:18:32. > :18:37.here has shown bravery. Likd four`year old Jessica who rdcently
:18:38. > :18:47.featured on look North. `` Look North. Matthew had to learn to walk
:18:48. > :18:57.again following surgery. It has been a hard year. It is good to get the
:18:58. > :19:04.award. I am really proud of him Newcastle United Foundation
:19:05. > :19:12.nominated him. He is amazing, quite inspirational. 11`year`old Thomas
:19:13. > :19:19.has autism, but he has not `llow `` allowed it to get in the wax of him
:19:20. > :19:23.learning diving. I'm trying to do a course and then I will do mx
:19:24. > :19:28.advanced course, so I will be more qualified than my dad. All of the
:19:29. > :19:32.children, parents and carers have been nominated by members of the
:19:33. > :19:38.public and this year they h`ve had the most nominations ever. @dding
:19:39. > :19:45.sometimes nice for families to see other families, it can becole a
:19:46. > :19:51.support network. There is so much going on in her life. It is so nice
:19:52. > :19:56.for her to get some recognition for the things she has done. All of
:19:57. > :20:06.these children require lots of care, so there were also awards for
:20:07. > :20:11.parents and carers. Aiden does an amazing job of being the best
:20:12. > :20:15.brother in the world to her, really. Also my nephew, joseph, he hs really
:20:16. > :20:26.understanding with her. Even when she wrestles him to the grotnd.
:20:27. > :20:29.Time for sport now, and Jeff's got on his bike tonight.
:20:30. > :20:34.Jeff, you're a week late for the Tour de France!
:20:35. > :20:38.I can't believe I missed th`t, Carol.
:20:39. > :20:46.So I'm making up for lost thme by taking in the
:20:47. > :20:50.It's a three`day event, spread over the whole weekend and we
:20:51. > :20:53.have a couple of gentlemen here to tell us a bit more about it.
:20:54. > :20:56.First of all, from Stockton council, their head of arts and leistre,
:20:57. > :20:59.Reuben, are you cashing in on the Tour de France, here?
:21:00. > :21:06.Not really, they were cashing in on the popularity we have been
:21:07. > :21:12.building. This is the fourth. It has everything. It has the sprint race
:21:13. > :21:17.that you can see now. Tomorrow, there is something for people who
:21:18. > :21:21.want a bit more of a challenging right. Sunday, there is a m`ss
:21:22. > :21:26.participation right. We havd the lead Grand Prix and there are stunts
:21:27. > :21:29.and displays and a pop`up vdlodrome. Can't be bad.
:21:30. > :21:32.Peter, with the boom in cycling popularity over the past
:21:33. > :21:43.We have just seen the world's biggest sporting event just over the
:21:44. > :21:49.border. We're here to capit`lise on get more people on bikes. This event
:21:50. > :21:53.is so timely. You couldn't get a better format for us. Loads of fun
:21:54. > :22:03.activities. You can even turn up with no bike, you can get a bike on
:22:04. > :22:09.the day. There is everything. What other Tour de France done for
:22:10. > :22:14.cycling here? `` has there. Everyone is riding on this wave of
:22:15. > :22:18.enthusiasm. People are going on right from Stockton down to watch
:22:19. > :22:29.the Tour de France. The best thing is that when you look at thd council
:22:30. > :22:34.and the British Cycling websites, you can find things that yot can do
:22:35. > :22:39.to get into cycling. There `re recreational right, it is all there.
:22:40. > :22:55.`` `` recreational ride mag. I will be not quite as fit, but I am
:22:56. > :22:57.fond onto the moors to get really knackered. Guys, thank you very
:22:58. > :23:07.much. `` I am going on too. Staying with the bikes,
:23:08. > :23:09.there's a big cycle speedwax meeting On Sunday morning,
:23:10. > :23:13.at their new track at Cramlhngton Learning Village, Northumbrha
:23:14. > :23:15.Vikings play host to a whold day of action with races for juniors
:23:16. > :23:18.right the way up to veterans. There's also an internation`l event,
:23:19. > :23:20.with top riders from England Meanwhile, for fans of the lotorised
:23:21. > :23:25.version, the region's four speedway teams ` Newcastle, Redcar,
:23:26. > :23:27.Workington and Berwick ` take part in the Premier League Pairs
:23:28. > :23:30.tournament at the Somerset Rebels' track tonight, while Cumbri`n Craig
:23:31. > :23:32.Cook, who rides for Edinburgh, flies the flag in tomorrow's
:23:33. > :23:35.British Grand Prix in Cardiff. From two wheels to some pretty nifty
:23:36. > :23:39.movers on two feet and the World and Olympic marathon champion,
:23:40. > :23:41.Stephen Kiprotich, will be on Tyneside this wedkend,
:23:42. > :23:45.escorted by a regiment of Gtrkahs. They're all running in Sund`y's
:23:46. > :23:48.Great North 10K, which starts at the International Stadiul and
:23:49. > :23:54.takes in the streets of Gatdshead. The Gurkahs are based at
:23:55. > :23:56.Catterick Garrison, and this'll be the third ye`r
:23:57. > :23:59.they've taken part in the event For 25`year`old Kiprotich,
:24:00. > :24:01.from Uganda, it's a warm`up for There's a saying in my langtage that
:24:02. > :24:11.says that you get something small, have something small, meanwhile you
:24:12. > :24:15.are hunting for the big one. They allow me to prepare myself
:24:16. > :24:35.for the big ones, other than One little football news and
:24:36. > :24:39.Middlesbrough have agreed tdrms with a Spanish club to sign Enrico Letta
:24:40. > :25:08.Garcia, `` Enrico A bit of sunshine for most of us
:25:09. > :25:18.today. Blue skies and fairwdather Cumulus, thanks to John for that
:25:19. > :25:23.shot. This afternoon, we saw 24 Celsius in Keswick. Most inland
:25:24. > :25:29.areas made it to the low 20s. We hit the high teens in most placds at
:25:30. > :25:34.least. What does the weekend have in store? A bit of everything. It
:25:35. > :25:40.starts off fine. We will sed some rain later on before things pick up
:25:41. > :25:47.again. A mostly dry picture as we head into the night. Any showers
:25:48. > :25:50.will die away, leaving clear spells. There is scope for some misty cloud
:25:51. > :25:56.to come onto the North Yorkshire coast. Adie further North and maybe
:25:57. > :26:01.one or two patches of low cloud Asthma may be further. Tempdratures
:26:02. > :26:09.should stay in double figurds. `` may be further. Most places dry and
:26:10. > :26:12.break through the morning. The cloud will thicken up in the West and as
:26:13. > :26:21.we go into the afternoon thd cloud will bring outbreaks of rain. Maybe
:26:22. > :26:23.one or two showers. Essenti`lly eastern areas stage riots the
:26:24. > :26:40.longest. Another warm day. `` stage `` stay driest. As we had through
:26:41. > :26:45.tomorrow evening, that rain becomes more widespread. It spreads further
:26:46. > :26:50.East. There will be heavy btrsts to take us into Sunday morning. But the
:26:51. > :26:56.weather system that brings ts that rain will continue East. It is an
:26:57. > :27:00.improving picture through the second half of the weekend. Into Monday,
:27:01. > :27:09.another system brings more cloud and rain and then things dry and
:27:10. > :27:12.breaking up. Most of us can expect a fine start tomorrow. But evdntually
:27:13. > :27:19.cloud and rain will spread from the West. Feeling warm, a bit fresher by
:27:20. > :27:24.Sunday. Temperatures into the low 20s and most places will brhghten up
:27:25. > :27:27.through the course of the d`y. Monday and Tuesday, cloud and patchy
:27:28. > :27:33.rain coming from the West. Drier and brighter for Tuesday.
:27:34. > :27:39.Not too bad at all. Satisfidd customers all around. That hs it
:27:40. > :27:54.from us. Do not forget our latest news tonight at 1025.
:27:55. > :27:57.Make the most of your weekend, wherever you are.
:27:58. > :28:34.Use the BBC Weather App to stay one step ahead of the weather.
:28:35. > :28:37.Imagine if you could talk to the animals.
:28:38. > :28:43.Zoologist Lucy Cooke is going to show us how.
:28:44. > :28:46.This is the first example we know of of infrared communication.
:28:47. > :28:51.This is amazing. So this is a dolphin greeting?