14/07/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Should you try to help stredt beggars

It's a dilemma which sadly we all face these days, in most of the

But in York, the police say definitely do not

They've launched a crackdown, following evidence that so`called

"professional beggars" have been moving in.

Some of them, it's claimed, are making more than ?100 a day

Thousands of leaflets have now been handed`out to visitors and shoppers,

In cities like your kit can be lucrative with beggars on the street

increasing here according to some agencies by 40%. `` in citids like

York. A crackdown has been launched by North Yorkshire police, with

thousands of leaflets being given out, advising people to think twice

before giving the money to beggars. It is about creating an atmosphere

of intimidation. The lot of them tend to sit themselves next to cash

points, in dark alleyways. Ht is creating an atmosphere of

intimidation. It is not nicd for lone females and suchlike to be

confronted with that. He has slept on the streets of York for several

years and he said that he eggs most days of the week. He admits to

buying drugs with the many that he gets. But he said it keeps them from

starving. `` the money that he gets. I could get into rehabilitation But

I do not know how to do it. It makes it harder as well. You have got to

go and get through and you can end up losing and dying. At this

salvation army drop in centre in York, members of staff deal with

around 100 homeless people per week. This man has accented help but

others prefer to keep the g`me. If you come into this house, you can go

into accommodation and live by rules and regulations. One of thel is not

begging. It is more benefichal for some people to stay at begghng.

Despite it being illegal, there is now evidence of people coming to

York from neighbouring towns and cities. A lucrative as this which

for too long, they say, has been supported by members of the public.

What is the best way to deal with beggars? You can join the ddbate on

the Facebook page Look North. As you might have seen,

the Church of England Synod, sitting in York, has passed a controversial

ruling this afternoon, to fhnally It's an issue that's split

the Church. Some traditionalists were still

adamant that senior positions should But today's decision was grdeted

with sighs of relief at Sunderland Minster where Shdila

Bamber, the Canon Provost, had been Sheila Bamber's had everythhng

crossed for the right vote So the Synod's yes to women

bishops came as a welcome rdlief. We never had to have this

conversation again. That will be great. There is a sense of

weariness. It will be a relhef. And it will open up space to get on

without getting bogged down in what too many people is and Lisa Derrick

argument in the church. `` ` silly argument in the church.

With her position here at the Sunderland Minster Sheila's

already one of the most senior female mdmbers

She knows all about battling gender issues within the chtrch

It is frustrating if you let it get personal. If you do that it feels

like you're calling is being denied. And when people talk about honoured

places in the Church of England we have made a decision about women

priests. They are in the honoured place as well has the men.

Now women bishops have the green light Sheila belidves the

I think we will see women as a ships very quickly. `` bishops very

quickly. That will I think open up a consultative and much more generous

and open reconciliation re`approach. And I think th`t will

open up the way to use thesd kinds of approaches and listening and

hearing for the other agend`s that we are facing today.

A day to remember then for the Church of England and its women

A motorcyclist has died after a crash in County Durham.

It happened on Nettlebed Lane, near Toft Hill in Bishop Auckland,

Police say a man died at the scene after being

He hasn't yet been identifidd, but is thought to be in his early 3 s

It's the first day of eight consecutive days

Members of the Fire Brigades Union are staging short walk`outs,

in their continuing dispute over pay and pensions.

It's the seventh time this xear they've taken industrial action

It's cost two and a half million and will

prepare thousands of workers for the perils of life at sda.

The new offshore survival cdntre on Tyneside trains rig workdrs

for everything from fires to helicopter cr`shes.

It's hoped the base, run by AIS in North Shields, will boost

the region's role in the booming oil, gas and wind industries.

The panic if this was for rdal really does not bear thinking about.

And that is why for thousands of offshore workers, this journey must

start with training like thhs. It is a simulated helicopter crash, and

the training is mandatory. Xou have this and you can imagine th`t it

will freeze you a little bit but when you get in there and start

training in a safe environmdnt, then you do feel a lot more confhdent in

just getting into the heavy practice and being prepared for what might

happen. This cost ?2.5 millhon. The plan is to exploit the growth of

offshore industries. In this region it is in a good geographical

location to do that. I do not have a helicopter but it has been deemed

necessary for me to have a go as well.

And in fact, for time. Some people waffle it in training but the

majority adapt, including a Russian ballet dancer now working on the

rigs. `` some people have bottled it in training. It is strange dverybody

in but I am not sure about this Maybe sometimes, I feel likd this, I

would say yes. Swinging in between the ropes. Yes, when you ard

climbing. We have trained 6000 people already. What we want to

achieve is having that extr` last bit of the portfolio allowing people

to come and take everything that is needed to get into the industries.

The survival Centre completds a web of training opportunities. The very

existence of it is an indic`tor of the scale of the regional stake in

the offshore industries. Motorists fined for driving

over Lendal Bridge in York will Restrictions were introduced last

year, but the trial was stopped when the City Council was w`rned it

could be unlawful. The Council says it could mdan

almost 60,000 people get The authority says it'll announce in

the next few weeks how people who A school, at the centre

of a fraud investigation, h`s been Ofsted inspectors found that

Glendene Arts Academy in Easington The school caters

for pupils with a wide rangd Three people were arrested hn April

in connection with alleged fraud They've been bailed

until mid`October. Organisers estimate

a hundred thousand people ttrned out for the 130th Durham Miners' Gala

at the weekend. The event had been in doubt after

the organisers the Durham Mhner s Association had to pay millhons

of pounds in a court battle. An appeal raised enough to cover

the running costs for this xear But is the annual celebration

on borrowed time? In glorious sunshine, thous`nds

watched as banners were marched into the city. They were entertahned by

dozens of brass bands. It is a celebration of the mining hdritage

of the North. This is more than just a north`east event. It is the

biggest event in the calend`r and people are mooring gauged. Ht is

tradition. My husband was a minor. `` more engaged. Everybody hs very

friendly. It is absolutely fantastic. 30 years since the miners

strike, could this also passed into history? The Durham Miners

Association admitted that they have struggled after a funding crisis. It

had to pay out more than ?2 million in costs after the loss of `

six`year battle in court. They had taken the fight for compens`tion for

former members of staff suffering from arthritis to the court of

appeal. It could have gone on forever. And whether that comes

about because of lack of funding, and the fact that we have not got

any staff left, we are not sure But we feel like we have lost this day

built on the backs of the mhners. It is part of the heritage. It is in

our want to keep it going for as long as possible. It should not be a

problem in the next few years. Other speakers at the meeting including

the MP Dennis Skinner, paying tribute to the campaigners `nd the

crowns. It is important we speak to mass meetings like this and these

are rare, getting the message across, and even though we have not

got any pets, we have got 47 bands playing lovely music. And you get a

crowd like that. There is nowhere else in the country that cotld get

this crowd. Organisers say `round 100,000 turned out much the biggest

crowd since the 1960s. The gala is symbolic of so much and it hs safe

for now. But without long`tdrm funding, it might be on borrowed

time. Coming up next, the artist hn Origin

Of The Species and a lack of pictures from that historic voyage

and more about a car`boot s`le. The weather tomorrow looks like a bit of

a picnic. Join me for your full regional forecast.

Anyone who's been to a car boot sale will know p`rt of

the attraction is there's always a chance, however small that xou're

And that's certainly what h`ppened to Martin Jackson,

when he went to his local boot sale at Amble in Northumberland.

In amongst a selection of tools he spotted a battered old phece

And it's turned out to be worth more than ?4,000 because it's a relic

Well earlier, Martin brought his find into the studio.

I asked him how he made his discovery.

I was taken to a car`boot s`le and a lot of people congregated around the

hardware store. And there w`s a box with busted equipment, brokdn

hammers and screwdrivers. And there was this lump of wood. And ht was

taped up and it looked quitd shabby. And I negotiated the prize. All I

had at the time was about ?3. He wanted six and we haggled. Did you

have a good idea what it was when you saw it? I had a rough idea. I

was not sure how rare it actually was. Because I have been dohng some

kind of research about Egyptology and symbolism. It was only when I

got it valued, online, I sent it to them and they said it was vdry rare.

They sent the information off to the British history Museum. And they

said that they had only ever seen three in 25 years. And they said

that they believed that it was used and thrown on the fire. What exactly

is it? Can you show us how ht was used? It was a kind of Egyptian

hammer. And it would have bden used to melt anything from boats,

temples, monuments and heavx stonework. How much was it worth and

how did it end up where it did? Honestly I am not sure but ht is

about 4/2 thousand years old. And incredibly rare. `` 4500 ye`rs old.

There are more sarcophagus than actual tools. I feel very close to

it. And the price now? At around ?4000. Back to that car`boot sale!

You could knock that three puid back down. Absolutely. Thank you for

bringing it in. Amazing. Th`nks Jeff. If you were the unlucky dealer

that sold this for ?3, have a good night. In these days of bro`dband

and 24`hour television it is almost impossible to imagine a timd when

recording what you saw was done by sketching. When Charles Darwin went

on his historic trip which triggered the theory of evolution he went with

what changed forever how we see the natural world. An artist has

followed in the great man's footsteps with a camera and

paintbrush as Danny Carpentdr reports. The extraordinary wildlife

of the Galapagos. Has any schoolchild can tell you, it led

Charles Darwin to his theorx of evolution. What he observed on his

voyage is changed forever the way that science thought about life on

planet Earth. This world ch`nging Bush was `` look did not contain any

pictures, not one of the many hundreds of thousands of anhmals

that he meticulously recorddd, drawn at the time because there w`s no

artist. Now a Yorkshire arthst is plugging that little gap in history.

Robert Fuller on behalf of the Galapagos conservation trust has

been to the islands and followed in Darwin's footsteps and prodtced the

picture is missing from the original Origin Of The Species. I took

thousands of pictures. I have been painting since I was back and I

cannot imagine going all of that way and not being able to record the

information. Either by photography or by painting. Pictures in later

editions of his work was done from dead animals, specimens collected at

the time. But these were dr`wn from life. In all of its diverse and

distinctive glory. STUDIO: Very nice. Time for sport

and just ahead of the new c`rs United signing, news of another

medal for Kat Copeland. Who you met Henley for she would be nicd indeed

and we had a great time. Shd got the bronze level medal in the Etropean

championship with Imogen Walsh and she has taken world gold in France

and got another at the weekdnd. She has only been with Imogen W`lsh for

a few months. She had taken a year off before that after the Olympic

Games. Getting a new partner and doing so well in such a short time

is remarkable. Roll on, 2016. The latest French import of new cars

United has become the most dxpensive new signing of the Mac dies since

Michael Owen nine years ago. `` is. He is reported to have cost around

?12 million, Cabella. He is expected to replace Cabaye, who left in

January. We have been to medt him. Newcastle want him to be thd

immediate replacement of Cabaye If he had come from Montpellier, they

would not have suffered an `larming slump in form in the second half of

last season. If he is feeling pressure about such an infltential

position, the 24`year`old, tnused member of the French World Cup squad

is not showing it. TRANSLATHON: Of course is a fantastic way and a good

example to follow. And I will be looking to become the best on the

pitch and to do better. It hs a club I have heard nothing but good things

about and I have been given great advice and I look forward to

starting here. But how does the midfielder, who used to moddl

himself on Christiano Ronaldo view playing in front of more th`n 5 ,000

every fortnight? TRANSLATION: Glee the first time I will play hn front

of a crowd of this kind of puality and size. `` it is probably. It will

be good to be part of the atmosphere of the place. I want to be the best

that I can. I will give everything to this club. I will have a chance

to play against the biggest teams at the highest level and I will stay in

the French team, which is vdry important. How do you descrhbe

yourself as a player? What pualities do you bring to the teams you play

for? TRANSLATION: I am more of an offensive way. I am looking forward

to scoring goals. `` offenshve player. I want to move it about but

most importantly it is about scoring. They got their man after

the departure of Cabaye. Thd new look midfield is taking shape at the

new season. That is one French man in. Lathieu

Debuchy could be on his way to Arsenal very soon, with his likely

replacement, Darryl Yan martyr. He is expected on Tyneside tomorrow.

Some of the athletes have bden getting a taste of what it hs going

to be like when they are colpeting at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

in two weeks. They went to Hampden Park for the Diamond League meeting

with mixed results. The football stadium has been transformed into a

top`class athletic venue for the games and it is the first thme a

Diamond League event has bedn held here. In two weeks it will host

almost 50 track and field events and 1000 athletes. One of them hs Tom

Farrell, competing in the 5000 metres. He has found himself in the

1500 at the weekend. Despitd coming last he smashed his personal best. I

have not really thought too much about it. APB by four seconds. I am

pleased. The former Gateshe`d Harrier Nile Flannery has t`ken the

athletics world by storm and was a creditable seventh in the 400 metres

hurdle against the fastest lan this year, and the world indoor 60 metres

sprint champion knows that he has got a lot to do in the next couple

weeks after finishing last hn the 100 metres after Johanne Bl`ke

pulled up injured. A little bit flat all the way through but comd the

Commonwealth Games, I will be running. It was great to cole out in

front of the crowd. I love competing out here. The stadium is grdat. A

good test about what is going to happen. And something that will give

her the edge when she pulls on an England shirt later this month after

an impressive performance in the 1500 metres, where she finished

fourth in the world`class fheld It is fantastic to come and get the

opportunity to on the track. It is fantastic here in the staditm. It is

a great track and a good atlosphere. I really enjoyed that and it will be

really useful when I come b`ck for the Commonwealth. And we will talk

to her in a little bit more depth about the Commonwealth Games

tomorrow. In cricket, a draw for England with one of the highlights

of course that record`breakhng last wicket stand, thanks in the large

part to this young man. Joe Root. He scored an unbeaten 154 in the

England first innings. Meanwhile, Durham are in trouble in reply to

the Warwickshire imposing fhrst innings total. Despite five wickets

by John Hastings. In speedw`y, disappointment for the regional

teams at the Premier League Paris tournament. Newcastle Diamonds and

very and it went out at the group stages. Rene Bach and Josh was yet

were joint top before they were defeated in the semifinals by the

Somerset rebels pair, racing on their home track. Aaron Sumlers and

Richard Lawson made to semifinals and went out after the eventual

winners, the Edinburgh Monarchs defeated them. Luke Greenbank has

taken a gold medal has the Duropean Junior swimming Championships. The

16 you rolled from the Cockdrmouth Swimming Club took the 200 letres

backstroke in Holland at thd weekend,

and news, Cheryl Cole has rdvealed that she has had another wedding.

The pop star from Tyneside confirmed she has married her French

boyfriend, Jon Bernardo Fernandez the Cini. That was last week and

they are said to have been dating for just three months. `` Jdan

Fernandez. Fortunately both Paul and mxself are

already spoken for! Some interesting things happening over the wdekend in

the sky above the region. Wd will start off with some of the highest

cloud in the atmosphere, soletimes visible at the night`time on the

short summer nights. And a glimpse of this over the Tyneside at the

weekend. And further afield, in the North Pennines, some fluffy clouds

over some white fluffy grass and some sunshine, thanks for that shot,

over the cross fell range on the North Pennines. And with skhes over

the Tyne Valley with kites `t the weekend, at the kite festiv`l,

making the most of some excdllent picnic weather as well. Thanks,

Moira. And the weather tomorrow looks like a good picnic we`ther,

whether you are a teddy bear or not. Should be dried for most of us

with light winds and sunny spells. Should be worn out and about as

well. A bit more difficult hn the short`term with some very hdavy

showers around this evening. Not everywhere but some very he`vy rain

is coming in the early part of the night for some. If clearing East, by

midnight. Stop we all ages, temperatures will stay in double

figures. Breezy by the showdrs, easing by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow

I foremost some clout but it is fairly broken and fairly patchy

Some might showers... And stop the south wind. Like to the 90s. 70

Fahrenheit. Things are more depth later in the

week because of high pressure tomorrow will stop ``. More clout

and more patchy rain at timds on Thursday. More dry and bright for

most of us again full warming up. Not just higher temperatures but

heavy and thundery rain by the end of the working week. If you are out

and about, it is fine and dry tomorrow and there might be some

showers on Wednesday. It is that tail end of the week we are keeping

an eye on. Stay June for more details. `` keep in touch for more

details. The church of Engl`nd has allowed women to become bishops The

General Synod in York voted this afternoon and the first wom`n bishop

is likely to be consecrated next year. Police in York have l`unched a

campaign discouraging peopld from giving money to beggars. It is

claimed professional beggars have targeted the city and have been

collecting up to ?100 per d`y. That is all for now. Carol is back in the

hot seat tomorrow. Thank yot very much for watching. Good buy. ``

goodbye. MUSIC: "Edward Scissorhands

Introduction" by Danny Elfman