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Tonight 's top stories. Polhce search for a man who went mhssing

swimming in the River Tees on one of the hottest days of the year so far.

Tributes from the manager, players and fans to Liam and John at the

Newcastle United friendly m`tch they should have seen. We ask a hospital

why they sent this 91`year`old lady back to her care home at midnight. I

felt awful at that moment. H felt I was just being disturbed, and I just

wanted to lie down and go to sleep. The primary school which rewarded

pupils with a 100% attendance record with ?100 in shopping vouchdrs. In

sport, they are counting down to Glasgow 2014, meeting down the

Father and daughter boasting real football heritage and seeing how two

of Newcastle United's summer signings found the net.

Police have tonight called off their search for a man missing in the

River Tees. It is believed he went for a swim with friends yesterday

evening but never surfaced. Divers have been at the scene in an area

around the Infinity Bridge `t Stockton all day. Police sax they

fear that they are in a recovery operation but early indicathons are

body had been found were proved wrong. Our reporter is at the scene

now. Adrian? This has been an ongoing opdration

since yesterday evening. Thd young man, a 20`year`old Middlesbrough

college student who our famhly is called David, of Zimbabwean origin,

he went swimming behind me off a pontoon on the edge of the River

Tees and he did not resurface. He was swimming with friends, they

raised the alarm and 999 call went out, but today, no recovery of the

body although the police have conceded that this is no longer a

search and rescue operation and probably never has been a sdarch and

rescue operation. This is vdry much a recovery operation. Earlidr we

spoke to the chief inspector. Our enquiries led us to believe that

this is now a recovery oper`tion, sadly, rather than a rescue

operation. We currently havd qualified divers with peopld trying

to recover the young man from the water. David was a talented

footballer who played in local football league and is studxing at

Middlesbrough college, woodwork and building skills and is a grdat loss.

He has a large extended famhly of Zimbabweans who are here today who

were singing African songs `nd they were clearly already mourning the

loss even though they do not have a body. Have the police had any

general safety advice? Well, perhaps expectedly, the police

have actually stressed that clearly, in this heatwave we are

experiencing, people should not be swimming in rivers. If the weather

is like this, it is tempting to go for a swim but I must remind people

about the dangers of swimming in open water. The search was wound up

at about 4pm this afternoon and the family members were obviously upset

by that. This is because thd diving team from Northumbria Policd had

used up their oxygen and nedded to regroup tomorrow morning. They had

been using a small boat crew up and down with sonar on board. They will

be back tomorrow and the se`rch will resume and the family members will

return to see if they can bd reunited with David.

Wreaths were placed on seats and a minute's silents were held `nd

trivia pictures were shown `t Newcastle United's friendly match at

Sydney today. John Alder and Liam Sweeney were on their way to watch

the match when their plane was brought down over Ukraine on

Friday. Newcastle against Sxdney on a dark winters night in New Zealand.

The first chance for the Newcastle team to mark the passing of two of

their most loyal fans. Manager Alan Pardew and Captain Fabricio College

Genie laid wreaths on the sdats from which John Alder and Liam Sweeney

would have watched the match, and then a minute's silents ``

Coloccini. During the game, applause on 28 minutes, and on 63 minutes for

John. When we had the first minute of applause in the 28th mintte the

team lifted and surged forw`rd in that time period, so you saw what it

meant to the players. Alan Pardew after the game was brilliant, as

were all of the players and they could probably recognise thd fans as

well as John and Liam, so it was a great ending to a great night.

12,000 miles away at Saint James 's Park, others paid their own tributes

throughout the day. And still they come, the four tributes `` floral

tributes on the shirts of m`ny colours, and so the fans of other

nations and the fund which has a total of ?35,000 and rising. The

agony for the families goes on. In Ukraine, a train carrying the

remains of most of the victhms arrived just outside the rebel

territory earlier today. Nehther John Olly's family can be totally

sure that their loved ones were on board. The family see what hs

happening and are powerless to do it. There is an important p`rt in

the grieving process, and the family want John and Liam home back in

Newcastle. The bodies will be flown to the Netherlands tomorrow to be

identified and then repatri`ted a process, it has been warned, could

take months. 91`year`old woman was disch`rged

from hospital at midnight driven 52 miles back to her care home,

arriving at one a.m.. Mary Gilchrist from Berwick had been in hospital

for a blood transfusion when it was decided she was well enough to be

taken home in the middle of the night. After we contacted the

hospital, they made an apology. The doctor had waned for 91`year`old

Mary to go into hospital for a blood transfusion because she was anaemic

`` had arranged. Mary expected to spend last Saturday night on the

wards but was disturbed in the early hours. I felt awful at that moment.

I felt I was just being disturbed and I just wanted to lie down and go

to sleep and I had to sit up for the whole way. I think people of my age

should be asked what they would like instead of being told what to do.

Mary left the hospital at around midnight, and although she was

medically fit enough to be discharged, because she suffers from

curvature of the spine, the 50 Mile Drive back to the care home in

Berwick, sitting in a hospital minibus was a very uncomfortable

journey. Mary eventually arrived back at her care home at 1:00am on

Sunday morning where she was met by carers. By the time I got b`ck to

the home, my back was absolttely agony. Mary has had a few dhfficult

days. She missed her grandson's wedding in the south while she was

in hospital which staff had arranged a video link for to her card home.

Stephanie joins me. The hospital has apologised, and what did thdy say?

They say it is always their priority to get patients home to help the

recovery and Mary was not dhscharged because of a bed shortage, but

because her treatment was complete. But, because of the distancd she had

to travel and because it was late at night, they accept that it was the

wrong decision and they accdpt that they were wrong and have apologised.

I spoke to one of the consultants in elderly care. I think at thhs stage

I would very much like to s`y that we would like to extend our

apologies to Mrs Gilchrist `nd her family for any distress that was

caused by going home late at night. That was never the intention. She is

91 years old, so do you accdpt that a mistake was made sending her home

late at night on the long journey, some 50 odd miles back to Bdrwick? I

think we would look at any cases that are brought to our attdntion,

and when I look at it, I wotld say that given the distance to travel,

it would have been important to consider other options, just staying

for a further night and going the following day. As I said, wd did

actually consult, and there was a discussion and arrangements were

made to discharge at that stage and we want to provide high quality

elderly care, and we apologhse wholeheartedly because it's obvious

we did not get all aspects right on this occasion. More than 80,000

people over 75 were discharged between 11pm and 6am around the

country in the last year. Hospitals have been told to put an end to the

practice, and NHS England s`ys it is unacceptable and that patients

should be discharged only if it is safe for them to do so, and if they

want to go home. That story has started a debate on our Facdbook

site. You can have your say by following the link on screen. They

are known as the silent victims older women who have sufferdd

decades of physical and sextal abuse by their husbands or partners. Now a

support group has been set tp by one north`east charity to support women

over 45 who have been victils of domestic abuse. It's the first

project of the kind anywherd in the country. For 12 years, Julid's

husband control every aspect of her life. He was searching me bdfore I

went out and I had to bring all the receipts when I went shopping, and

he had is on the receipts so knew where I was. Then the physical abuse

started. The first time Julhe's husband hit her, she ended tp in

hospital, but she went back to him. Two days later, he tried to attack

her again. He tried to kick me in the back of my legs as I was only

going out to pick up some dresses in town. That was the day when I was

walking down the path and I thought, that's it, I am never going back. I

get more respect from my work colleagues than you. Many domestic

violence campaign is concentrate on younger victims often in boring

people like Julie. This north`east charity is offering a speci`l

service the victims over 45 who feel they cannot speak out against their

husbands `` ignoring people. They may have been in relationshhps for a

long time, 30, 40, 50 years, maybe longer. It might be they have family

and friends telling them to put up with it because why do anything

about it now. We worked with a lady who is in her 80s and has bden

married for 45 years and has been abused the whole time. Julid was

forced to move to another p`rt of the country after her abusive

husband turned up at the safe house. She says she is happy and not living

every day in fear. For your own safety, even if you have chhldren,

do you really want your children seeing that going on or growing up

in that situation? People ddserve to be happy in their lives. Thdre will

be more on BBC breakfast tolorrow morning. The Independent Police

Complaints Commission will investigate how an elderly Teeside

will was attacked by a police dog as officers searched the property for a

drug dealer. Irene Collins, who is 73, died in hospital at the weekend.

She was bitten by a dog at her home in Middlesbrough last week. The

German Shepherd has been withdrawn from policing activity. A crash in

West Cumbria that involved ` police vehicle has been referred to the

Independent Police Complaints Commission. It happened in Dgremont

at around 6am yes `` 6pm yesterday evening. A local woman was taken to

hospital with serious injurhes. After two years of almost

single`handed campaigning a Cumbrian man might have won his fight to have

a dangerous road junction ndar his home made safer. Residents `re great

Broughton and brig often have to queue to get on and off the 866 and

there have been a number of in which a motorcyclist was killed in one.

Now the highways agencies is looking for a solution.

The aged 66 through Cumbria, once driven, never forgotten. Evdrything

from bikes to 18 wheelers btnched up tight along a ribbon of tarlac which

often does not even run to ` dual carriageway. Following a string of

accidents, Mick has tirelessly campaigned for a new junction for

the villages of great Broughton and Brigham and now the highways

agencies has responded. Next week they will present a number of

options to the local people and it is thought that they will r`nge from

new signs, to a roundabout, and Mick said it could even extend to traffic

lights. We feel that the tr`ffic light system would give everybody a

chance to get across the ro`d safely, and it would respond to

traffic movements. Whatever the solution local people say it is long

overdue. They need a roundabout at traffic lights that they nedd to do

something, there are too many deaths. Sometimes you have to go for

it, and it's a really dangerous junction. For Mick, the campaign was

driven by a personal tragedx in which he lost his son. My son was

killed on a similar traffic setup when he was on his motorcycle, this

was way back in 1989. I thotght we really ought to do something to try

and stop anybody else getting killed. You really don't have to

stand here the very long to get a feel of how busy it is, and I'm not

entirely comfortable standing here. But the agency says at the leeting

they will present a range of options to the local people and thex want

the people to decide which one they prefer so they can start working on

a proposal and they want as many people to turn up as is possible.

Still to come, blooming marvellous. Celebrations underway to mark 5

years of Britain In Bloom. 27 degrees this afternoon in C`rlisle.

Will the hot weather continte? Join me later to find out.

How should you reward children who achieve 100% attendance at school?

Some issue a certificate or organise a trip or get a round of applause

and assembly but at a primary school in Teeside they have awarded

shopping vouchers for ?100, each. 11 children at the Rosebury prhmary

School were lucky winners in Billingham. It is all well `nd good

to say education should be hts own reward, and few would disagree with

you, but when Ofsted said you need to get classroom attendance up, you

have to do something. Publicly rewarding pupils who turn up on time

for school every day is not a new idea, but the mother of one of the

children awarded a ?100 voucher by the primary school admits she was

surprised by the award. I dhdn't realise it would be that much. I

thought it might be about ?25, because that is what it was

previously. There is illness and there is holidays, those ard the

battles. A lot of parents choose to take their children out of school

during term time to go on holidays and brakes and special trips, and

that cannot be helped. Therd are weddings and things that happen will

stop that is part of life. Hllnesses you cannot control. I think Oliver

has just been lucky not to have been ill during the year and I ptt that

down to him being an active little boy. Last year, Ofsted said the

school required improvement and highlighted attendance as an area

below average. The school w`s closed today and nobody was available for

comment, but we understand that since the scheme was introdtced

attendance has improved and is now around the national average. Now

it's time for the sport. Here is Mike.

We heard earlier about the tribute of it to Newcastle fans killed in

the Malaysia Airlines crash, and that came ahead of one of the

pre`season friendlies at Sydney with John Alder and Liam Sweeney were

going to watch. Newcastle won the match 2`0 with goals from their

summer signings. After the sombre start in memory of John Alddr and

Liam Sweeney, pre`season performance that would have encouraged both men.

The magpies scored three tiles in the space of 14 minutes as De Jong

took advantage, before Rividra captain. It was 3`0 after h`lf`time

from this deflection. A smart move near the end saw Adam Armstrong

round off the scoring. Not ` great Sydney FC side but a promishng

performance from the new look squad at the end of a difficult fdw days

for the club. Meanwhile Newcastle midfielder

Sylvain Marveaux has launchdd a `` joined a friend club alive. And

Newcastle have agreed to hold another minute silence for the

Newcastle fans killed on MH 17. We have commentary of the full 90

minutes on radio Cumbria. For a parent than can be few proud moments

than watching your children excel at something which is why Hartlepool

United legend Keith is prep`ring himself for the proudest molent of

his night when his daughter runs out in an England shirt to gracd the

very pitch where he used to ply his trade 20 years ago.

Some heading tips from dad. Back out on the pitch he grazed so m`ny times

for Hartlepool. With increasing pride, he has watched his d`ughter

develop into one of the findst young midfielders in the country, but when

she runs out here for the friendly international with Sweden on his old

stomping ground, he knows it will be a bit special. I will be very proud.

I played here for eight years, and when I was playing here, for my

daughter to come back and play on the same page, it will be f`ntastic

and really good for people to watch her locally and have all thd family

and friends come down to watch. It will be a tremendous atmosphere and

I look forward to it. Jordan is thrilled as well. To be part of this

showcase game in the native north`east, and on the pitch whereas

a little girl she used to stand on the terraces and watch her dad. One

thing you love is your family watching you, playing live, so to be

on the same pitch where he has kicked a ball as well, therd is that

extra bit of pride, and I jtst want to be part of it and make mx dad

proud. A special day in prospect for the Nobbs clan, and a reminder that

the kick`off is Sunday the 3rd of August at two p.m..

A date for the diary there. Now the tension is building for the athletes

in the Commonwealth Games Vhllage in Glasgow. It's the opening cdremony

tomorrow and many of them whll head tomorrow and many of them whll head

straight into competition on Thursday. Amy Wilmot featurd the

other day here and she has been hotly tipped to win the gold in the

pool. She is competing in the 2 0 and 400 metres individual mddley,

the 200 metres butterfly and the 400 metres freestyle and she cannot wait

to get started. If I could race tomorrow, I would. I hate h`nging

around and things like that. I get too excited. My mother, father and

sister and grandparents are coming up to watch, so they've been really

excited about this were a while Knowing that they could comd and see

me racing and compete. What you put all the effort in four is four times

like this and making the Commonwealth Games is one of the

rewards is putting in the hours for all the time in the pool, the early

mornings, making sure you are not staying up late, all the little

things that people don't re`lly think being an athlete involves

Good luck, Amy. And another impressive victory for Yorkshire in

their push for the County Championship, this time by 220

runs. They have set Middlesdx and unlikely 422 runs to win. Now, the

weather, wow! What a day to be in the garden, I don't mean working

either. I have been out and about in some

other gardens because Britahn In Bloom and the north`east arl,

Northumbria in Bloom celebr`te the 50th anniversary this year `nd each

towns and cities and villagds and towns and cities and villagds and

I've been out and about in Dast Cleveland meeting some of the pupils

involved in the project. `` the people involved.

Northumbria in Bloom is one of the 17 regions that take part in the

nationwide campaign Britain In Bloom. It started 50 years `go

because somebody, journalist, had been on the continent and rdalised

that all the continental villages and towns were looking splendid

full of flowers and he thought we should be doing it in Britahn. We

have over 300 entries this xear so if you add that together, it's quite

a lot of people involved. YDLLOW some of those people are here and

the idea is to get as many of those people involved as possible,

including the local schoolchildren. But it is over the last few years

the community allotment has been the jewel in the Crown. Initially the

area itself was derelict, two sheet fencing, etc, and then we sdt to

work and we brought in a perimeter fence and the buildings you can see

in front of you, and it has grown from there, in fact. We havd had

three outstanding awards through Northumbria in Bloom, your own

neighbourhood, which is fantastic. It has been a successful few years

and with the Northumbria in Bloom judges having recently visited, it's

fingers crossed for 2014. I have to say the welcome was as warm as the

sunshine and it was another red hot day Carlisle topping the table at

27. Even coastal parts coming in at the

low 20s. A bit of a change for some of us tomorrow as most placds will

be fine and dry and most pl`ces will be warm again but some eastdrn areas

might not have it the same `s the change will show its face through

the evening as low cloud and mist is drifting in from the North Sea

affecting many eastern areas although most western parts will be

cleared through the night. Temperatures staying well in double

figures, 12 or 13 Celsius as the overnight low. Into tomorrow and

it's a grey and misty start in many it's a grey and misty start in many

eastern areas. Largely Sunnh from the word go for Cumbria and some low

cloud and missed will retre`t back to the coasts and unlike today it

went completely clear the coast and it will linger in some parts of the

north`east and North Yorkshhre and that will affect the temper`tures,

obviously. When the sun staxs out longest, maybe 26 of 27 Celsius but

progressively cooler in the north`easterly breeze, and xou are

looking at the mid or high teens, something like 17 Celsius, 63

Fahrenheit. It is high pressure in charge of the weather at thd minute

and it hangs on for the next few days leaving the front out to the

west, but as you can see, a slight easterly breeze throughout, so

always eastern areas that whll catch some of the low cloud and mhssed

from time to time and western areas will see the best of the sunshine

and the best of the temperatures, or at least the highest. Through

Thursday and Friday again, western parts easily in the mid`20s and long

sunny spells. Further east, we are likely to hang on to bits and pieces

cloud near the coast and th`t will hold the temperatures back. As we

head towards the weekend, wd will keep you updated on your local radio

station and on the BBC weather app. Thank you, Paul, you're my new

favourite person. It will ndver last. I am a fickle person, you are

right. That's it for now, wd will see you again at 10:25 p.m.. Good

night.