24/07/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

northern Gaza. That's all from the northern Gaza. That's all from the

Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North.

A major campaign to save lives is launched,

after the death of 29 people off the North East coast last year.

The Ambulance Service apologises, after a road accident victil has to

wait nearly four hours to be taken to hospital.

The father of one of the Ukraine air crash victims

returns home, after seeing the first of the bodies flown to Holland.

It was a tearjerking experience when the first coffin came off.

There was 44 came in and another 74 coming in today.

Nobody knows who is coming and who is going.

The Chancellor visits the North and says

And how big`hearted Cumbrians have helped one of our local radio

stations raise more than ?80,000 in aid of children, and young people,

In sport, one of our Premier League clubs

And can Aimee get her hand's on the region's first medal on

That's the simple message, after new figures revealed 29 people

drowned off the North East coast last summer.

It was the highest number of fatalities for four years.

And with the north currently enjoying sunny skies and high

temperatures, it's no wonder some people are taking full advantage by

Today the RNLI launched a major campaign aimed at keeping

Adrian Pitches is live for us on the coast at Blyth in Northumberland.

And If that is a shocking figure. 29 deaths last summer. Even more

call`outs already by mid`July that the whole of last year. Happily,

people are being saved by the sea. When he was swept out to sea last

month the RNLI saved his life. Unfortunately Bobby got caught

by a wave on the undercurrent His friends were asking

if he was okay. When he started to get into trouble

and they realised he was in trouble Fortunately for us they were already

out and it took By the time they reached hil

was he was 200 metres out to sea. The crew at the life harbour have

already had one of the busiest years to date, even before

the school holidays got under way. They hope the National Water Safety

Campaign, launched today, will prevent a repetition

of last year's fatality figtres We have been

the busiest this six months so far We have already done more callouts

in 2014 than we did in the whole Looking at them, 95 percent

of them have been to people in water rather than towing in broken

down boats and stuff like that. Last summer was

of course the best for many years. It was also one of the worst

in terms of water safety. Around the coasts of Britain

167 people drowned last summer. In the north`east,

29 people lost their lives. Interestingly, two thirds

of those fatalities were men. On the beach this afternoon we asked

people enjoying the sunshind, do they think about water safety

when they come to the seaside? When the kids are in the water I

am down at the water with them. For how far you grow to have

to see how deep it is. Definitely

because it can pull you under. In rivers I would be

a bit more careful but in the sea we Well I cannot swim so that hs why I

think I am overprotective. More people drown

off our coasts every year than die And all

of those deaths are prevent`ble The campaign has a simple but

sensible advice. Do not drink alcohol before you go for a swim.

Know when you are in or out of your depth. If you are taken out to sea,

do not fight it. Swim parallel and call for help until you clear the

current and then you can get back safely to shore.

The North East Ambulance Service has apologised after a woman wahted

nearly four hours for an ambulance, following an accident on the A19 on

Teesside this week. It happened at 5.30 on Monday evening, but it was

two and three`quarter hours before a paramedic arrived in a car ` and a

further hour before an ambulance was available to take the patient, who

has not been named, to hospital just ten minutes away. Martin Forster

Last month, the head of the North East @mbulance

Service told BBC Look North that he doesn't have enough money to run

the service and difficult choices will have to be made

Actually, maybe we will havd to face up to the fact that there just is

not enough sufficient resource within the system

and the politicians will be the ones who had to resolve that isste.

That's cold comfort to you though, if you're stuck in your car

after a crash for more than two and three quarter hours,

But that's what happened to one woman on this sliproad on Monday

David Atkinson from the public services union Unison says

The issue of lack of resources is putting our members and the Trust

who is responsible for thesd lack of resources?

Is it the government with their imposition of the cost improvements

plan, forcing the Trust to make savings, or is it the Department of

Health with their new workforce plan and commission arrangements that is

causing a lack of resources or is it the Trust itself not being able to

manage the resources they h`ve, or being able to allocate the

Meaning the woman's injuries were not life`threatening.

Tributes have been paid to the 8 year`old student from South Shields

who died on a college trip to Tanzania.

Jack Burden, from Harton Technology Colldge,

was on a month`long expedithon when he suffered an extreme

His head teacher, Sir Ken Gibson, said:

"Jack was an incredibly popular and likeable young man `

who had a genuinely caring, thoughtful and lovely manner".

He said the whole school community had been devastated by the news

Talks about high`level radioactivd waste

storage in Cumbria can go ahead, following a change in government

Last year, the county council ruled Cumbria out

of any involvement in the sdarch for an underground store for Britain's

This was despite Allerdale and Copeland councils' desire to

Now the government say no single council should be able to vdto

Members of the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association will meet

tonight to choose their candidate for the 2015 general election.

The Executive controversially de`selected the sitting

MP Anne McIntosh last year, confirmed by a ballot

Miss McIntosh vowed to "fight on" after losing the ballot,

but it's not known for cert`in whether she put herself on the

They were among hundreds of grieving relatives to see

the first of the bodies from Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17

Barry Sweeney says he could sense that each wanted it to be

And yet it could take months before the victims makes

Barry Sweeney and son Mark return to Newcastle Airport from two days in

the Netherlands. They were among hundreds of grieving

relatives to see the first of the bodies from Malaysian Airlines

Flight MH17 arrive at Eindhoven Airport.

No one could know whose bodx was inside the unmarked coffins.

We were there watching the coffins coming in. It was a poignant

moment. All the families work together. It was a tear`jerking

experience when they first Coffin came off. There was 44 came in.

There are 74 coming into dax. came off. There was 44 came in.

There are 74 coming into day. No came off. There was 44 came in.

There are 74 coming into dax. No one knows who's coming and two is going.

knows who's coming and two hs going. 200 people perished needlessly and I

am hoping my son does come back but I hope everyone else's does as well.

I'm going to grieve for the rest of my life. Let us get the boys and the

girls home. Liam Sweeney had been travelling

with fellow Newcastle United fan John Alder for the team's pre`season

tour of New Zealand when their plane came down over Eastern Ukrahne

Although it's a week since the disaster, the floral tributds to

John and Liam have kept coming here at St James Park.

And the fundraising campaign in memory of John and Liam now stands

at ?39,000. Middlesbrough Football Club has

banned three supporters from the Riverside Stadium for life,

after they tore up a copy of the Koran and threw it around

"like confetti", during a game at 50 year`old Julie Phillips

and 18 year`old Gemma Parkin ` who are both from Middlesbrough `

were found guilty of "committing a religiously`aggravated

public order offence." Boro season ticket holder Mark

Stephenson, from Shrewsbury, pleaded guilty to "causing racial or

religiously`aggravated harassment." Gritters were out and about

on Cumbria's roads today, bdcause the temperatures are so high that

some surfaces are starting to melt. They're spreading dust

and rock to create a layer between With temperatures today forecast in

the high 20s, bitumen road surfaces The surface then sticks to

vehicles' tyres and this can lead Work on

a multi`billion pound train contract which will create hundreds of jobs

on South Tyneside began tod`y. The Siemens plant in Hebburn is

producing hi`tech parts Today's launch was attended

by the Government's Transport A recruitment drive for new jobs

is due in the next few months. The Chancellor George Osborne was

in the North today. On a visit to a factory in

Eaglescliffe, Mr. Osborne s`id the Planning a visit they found this

factory on quayside is doing well. In 2010 they were on a four day week

but now businesses on the up. The number of employees has doubled to

over 100. The north`eastern has been highest on climate figures hn

over 100. The north`eastern has been highest on climate figures in the

highest on climate figures hn the country. What does the Chancellor

make of that? Our long`term economic planners working for the north`east

with many jobs created here. Here I am in a company which for five years

am in a company which for fhve years ago had to

from the top 1% who have had large tax rebate is so therefore people on

the streets are not seeing any benefits in the economy. St`ff

the streets are not seeing `ny benefits in the economy. Staff here

benefits in the economy. St`ff here seem confident about the future.

Today can be seen as the He was a lovely boy,

and we love him dearly, but he only In the end, the only option we had

was for him to go to a residential I had to take him, and that was

the worst day of my life, and I They would open

their own residential school in Sunderland, a group of parents

united by a mission to provhde This is where it all

started 30 years ago. It was a wreck,

a real seat of the pants opdration. All

the working men's clubs did things Yobbos off the street would put

money in their tin, because it was a Support which meant by 1980,

Paul Shattock's mission, inspired by his autistic son,

was complete, or so they thought. It was to be the start

of something much bigger. The parents who set up

the original Free School soon found As their children grew older,

there was nothing for them `fter 16, which led to the setting up

of a new college, which still exists today, and today

is their graduation ceremony. Now called Education And Services

For People With Autism, Paul is still there as its chairman,

and today's parents and students It means that me

and my family have had a bit of time apart, so I actually get

on a lot better with my pardnts now, cos you've got that space,

so you're not constantly thdre He doesn't speak,

so he does need a lot of help. But the greatest thing is whth

the college band, that's really brought him ott of

himself, and he just thrives on it. James settled in straight away,

and so, I don't think Alex would have

progressed the way she has The college is being extenddd,

but the fight to provide care is Local authorities pay

for students to come here. Tighter budgets mean some whll

be catered for less often. For our college, for example,

there has been no fee incre`se for nine years now,

which is difficult in itself, but then cuts coming through, people's

timing with us and with any other We would like to think we will

come through this dark period. What began in the adversity

of a parent's need to help an autistic child has becomd

a monument to their determination. The college his story

inspired is quite a legacy. Over 1,000 jobs in the region which

are resulting from those efforts, and the confidence that people had

in us all those years ago. Listeners to BBC Radio Cumbria have

helped the station reach its fundraising target

for the Jigsaw Children's Hospice ` The money will provide a mobile

sensory unit, and other outreach activities, for children and young

people with life`threatening and life`limiting illnesses,

as Alison Freeman reports. Playtime ` designed exactly for

Isaac's needs and at his own home. The 4`year`old is one

of many children across Cumbria who can benefit from the care provided

by specialist workers It was meant to take 12 months to

raise the ?80,000 needed to fund And little boy who thrives with

anything we do with him. He is so enthusiastic. It is nice for him to

see we are there for him as his friends and to support him, and

really what we do with him hs making every single day very special.

It was meant to take 12 months to raise the ?80,000 needed to fund

But BBC Radio Cumbria listeners have done it in half that time.

The fact that BBC Radio Cumbria listeners have heard that call and

listeners have heard that c`ll and have answered it so magnificently is

just great, and we have acttally raised more than the original

raised more than the origin`l ?80,000 that we were asking for.

Care has traditionally been provided here at the children's hospice

in Carlisle, but this funding means that outreach can take this

specialist care and activithes to people's homes in this vast county,

For Isaac and his family, it removes the 70`mile round trip

When you are looking after a child and your whole day is around

organising their care, doing very technical things, you just can't

imagine those challenges, and if we can make a little bit of difference

to that, that is huge. Throtgh radio to that, that is huge. Throtgh radio

Cumbria, hopefully more famhlies are aware of what we do.

For Isaac and his family, it removes the 70`mile round trip

Although it is great going to the hospice in Carlisle, it is

absolutely fabulous we can come to our home, and the children know they

can have great fun and do lots of different activities, and it gives

me a bit of time as well to do what I want to do.

Listeners are now being asked to help raise another

?30,000 to help the outreach project run even longer.

Fantastic. Well done to everybody. And the Commonwealth Games now. Did

you catch the ceremony? I w`tched all the build`up, and then I

you catch the ceremony? I watched all the build`up, and then H snoozed

off on the sofa and slept rhght through it! Lots of tartan, and Rod

Stewart, as you could probably guess. What has been going on today?

Well, we've had a pretty decent start to

After last night's Opening Ceremony at Celtic Park,

it was down to business on Day One of competition, with two

of our region's medal prospdcts making progress in the pool.

Middlesbrough swimmer Aimee Willmott remains on course for a medal

in the next half hour after winning her heat

in the 400 metres individual medley, probably her strongest event.

She qualifed for tonight's final second fastest

behind Scotland's Hannah Miley, who's normally a GB teammatd.

Meanwhile, Hartlepool's Jemma Lowe, swimming here in Lane Five,

It is a little bit strange, but every four years, we have the

opportunity to represent England rather than Great Britain, so it is

quite nice to break up from Great Britain and have at rivalry between

each other, and I think it really spears on Britain to race against

each other rather than with each other.

Meanwhile, Hartlepool's Jemla Lowe, swimming here in Lane Five,

is through to the semi`finals of the 100 metres butterfly

There's a long way to go for Delhi silver medallist and former squash

He brushed aside Nicholas Kyme of Bermuda in his first round latch.

Also hoping to progress is another Harrogate silver medallist

I'd like to think there's ddfinitely a chance. My ranking has dropped a

bit in the singles, so I am not ceded to make the final, but of

course, I would like to change that. In doubles, I am playing in the

women's, and we are seeded first, so I would love to change the colour of

that medal. Elsewhere,

in the sunshine at Kelvingrove, Cumbria's Sunderland`born Stuart

Airey, who also just missed out on gold in Delhi, has had a good day

in the lawn bowls men's triples. A 31`8 victory over the

Falkland Islands was followed up by a much closer 15`13 win over

Malaysia in the last hour. And just one other thing to tell

you. Teeside's bouldering c`ll help you. Teeside's bouldering call help

the men's table tennis team win their first qualifying match.

BBC Radio Cumbria's Breakfast Show will be live

from Glasgow tomorrow from 6.30 in the morning with Mike Zeller

capturing the atmosphere from the Commonwealth Games and talking

The BBC understands that Sunderland are interested

in signing the Manchester Chty and ex Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell.

The 23`year`old was on the bench last night for City

Meanwhile, Newell's Old Boys in Argentina have confirmed

the signing of Black Cats striker Ignacio Scocco, whose move to

Wearside in January proved to be a disappointment, as the club

Thank you very much. Time now for the weather. We were hoping to go

out and see Paul, but he is back! I thought it would be me reading

out and see Paul, but he is back! I thought it would be me readhng the

thought it would be me reading the weather there. Tonight, it hs

weather there. Tonight, it is Wheres Poorly? Where

weather there. Tonight, it hs Wheres Poorly? Where are you?

Wheres Poorly? Where are yot? Tonight, I am at a different

rooftop, the one in Newcastle, because frankly, the view is much

better than ours. A spectactlar because frankly, the view is much

better than ours. A spectacular view out across Tyneside from thd top of

this 20 story building. Half an hour ago, we were standing in brilliant

sunshine here looking out towards the coast, but that low clotd and

missed, that Merck, that sea fret, missed, that Merck, that sea fret,

call it what you like, has gradually moved in. It has moved in f`irly

moved in. It has moved in fairly quickly over the last hour or so,

and that low cloud has plagted parts and that low cloud has plagued parts

of the coast in the last few days. Elsewhere, virtually unbrokdn

sunshine meant yet again today, some fairly spectacular daytime

temperatures. Let's look at today's hotspots. It is Cumbria that takes

the honours. Earlier, we he`rd about the honours. Earlier, we he`rd about

some of the roads melting with the honours. Earlier, we heard about

some of the roads melting whth the some of the roads melting with the

heat, and it is Keswick Carlisle, again hitting 27 Celsius this.

heat, and it is Keswick Carlisle, again hitting 27 Celsius thhs. Most

places were well into the 20s, but would some places in the east coast

held onto low cloud and mist, temperatures are stuck in the teens.

Through this evening and overnight, as I say, this low cloud will spread

fairly steadily inland from the East Coast through the evening, so

anywhere east of the Penninds is likely to have a fairly cloudy and

likely to have a fairly clotdy and misty night. For Cumbria, mostly

clear again. One or two patches a bloke cloud and mist to the north,

but mostly low skies. Tebbit is in double figures overnight. ``

temperatures in double figures. Tomorrow, in many ways, a rdpeat

performance. It is virtually performance. It is virtually

unbroken sunshine for Cumbrha, eastern parts starting off great,

cloudy and misty again, but like the last couple of days, most of the low

cloud will retreat back to the coast. It will linger through most

of the day. This means the temperatures will have a fairly wide

range again, from 17 or 18 Celsius on the north`east coast, where the

cloud and mist assists, all the way up to 27 Celsius in parts of

Cumbria. That is 81 Fahrenhdit. Cumbria. That is 81 Fahrenheit.

Light winds from the north `nd Light winds from the north and

north`east again. Take a look at the picture sequence. I pressure has

dominated in the last few d`ys. That dominated in the last few days. That

dominates tomorrow, but begins to decline over the weekend. Low

pressure pushes a cold front from the West through because of the

weekend, and that will do a few things. It will generally increased

the amount of cloud, there light things. It will generally increased

the amount of cloud, there light be one or two showers, and eventually,

it will make things feel a bit fresher, but the bonus of that

weather front is, it will eventually cleared away this low cloud, mist

and murk from north`west coast. cleared away this low cloud, mist

and murk from north`west co`st. Good and murk from north`west co`st. Good

news for the International air show news for the International `ir show

on Friday evening, but maybe on on Friday evening, but maybe on

Saturday and through the cotrse on Friday evening, but maybd on

Saturday and through the cotrse of Saturday, it should brighten up. For

now, I'm going to admire thhs view. now, I'm going to admire thhs view.

Back to you. Thank you very much. That is about

it, but if you watch BBC1 in about ten minutes, the final of the 4 0

ten minutes, the final of the 400 metres individual medley with Aimee

Willmott from Teeside. See xou Willmott from Teeside. See you

tomorrow. Goodbye. Well, when did we start funding

projects in Gaza? How do you know people

are telling the truth? Well, when did we start funding

projects in Gaza? I should never have done this.

I should never have agreed to this.