:00:15. > :00:20.The Chancellor comes back to where the recession began to
:00:21. > :00:23.Weather at the seafront del`ys the start of the
:00:24. > :00:29.The first conviction as part of Operation Sanctuary.
:00:30. > :00:31.And disabled campaigners fight to retain their way of life
:00:32. > :00:41.In sport, it is a gold judo medal for South
:00:42. > :00:45.And can Jemma follow Aimee's lead and get onto the podium
:00:46. > :00:59.And today the Chancellor of the Exchequer declared it had
:01:00. > :01:02.George Osborne took a stroll down Northumberland Street
:01:03. > :01:07.in Newcastle where seven years ago angry investors queued to whthdraw
:01:08. > :01:14.He said the recession was now over and the national and region`l
:01:15. > :01:22.But the Labour MP whose constituency he was visiting was not convinced.
:01:23. > :01:25.The Chancellor also had one other carrot to dangle for our region,
:01:26. > :01:31.It was the first run on a b`nk in 150 years.
:01:32. > :01:36.That bank was Northern Rock, which had borrowed well beyond its
:01:37. > :01:39.means and came tumbling down, the first casualty of the banking crash
:01:40. > :01:46.Northern Rock is now Virgin Money and today George Osborne came to
:01:47. > :01:48.visit the Northumberland Street branch, and the staff,
:01:49. > :01:51.to declare that the recession was over and the economy has returned to
:01:52. > :02:01.He then addressed staff at Virgin Money HQ where 200 new jobs
:02:02. > :02:11.I wanted to come along todax after all that you have been through
:02:12. > :02:11.I wanted to come along today after all that you have been throtgh over
:02:12. > :02:12.the last seven years and say all that you have been through over
:02:13. > :02:18.the last seven years and sax thank you very much for sticking with
:02:19. > :02:29.Northern Rock and sticking with a virgin and turning the spike around.
:02:30. > :02:41.`` turning this bank around. Thank you very much.
:02:42. > :02:44.The MP whose constituency hd was visiting said local people did not
:02:45. > :03:01.The cost of living places are still affecting people. It may be fixed
:03:02. > :03:04.for George Osborne, but it is not for George Osborne, but it hs not
:03:05. > :03:06.fixed for the people that I represent.
:03:07. > :03:08.The employment figures bear this out.
:03:09. > :03:11.At 9.6% unemployment, the North East is the country's jobless blackspot.
:03:12. > :03:13.But 64,000 more people have jobs than did so in 2010.
:03:14. > :03:16.And we have the most jobs in the country created by a
:03:17. > :03:32.So fewer people signing on, but Mr Osborne was, at Virgin Money
:03:33. > :03:42.How about jewel in? I think there is a compelling case, so I was looking
:03:43. > :03:45.at that the other day. We are doing a study for that. This was ` hugely
:03:46. > :03:49.a study for that. This was a hugely symbolic venue for George Osborne to
:03:50. > :03:56.visit this morning. This was the Northern Rock headquarters with the
:03:57. > :03:57.financial crash started. According to the government, this is where of
:03:58. > :04:06.the recession has ended. A County Durham man has become
:04:07. > :04:10.the first person to be jailed as part of a police investigathon into
:04:11. > :04:14.the sexual exploitation of women. 45`year`old Gurhan Sayan,
:04:15. > :04:24.of Chester`le`Street, was jailed for 45 months at Newcastle Crown
:04:25. > :04:27.Court for a sex attack The prosecution formed part
:04:28. > :04:30.of Operation Sanctuary. Our correspondent Peter Harris
:04:31. > :04:31.reports. He targeted a lone woman
:04:32. > :04:34.on a night out. And today 45`year`old Gurhan Sayan
:04:35. > :04:38.became the first man jailed as part of a police investigation
:04:39. > :04:45.into assaults on vulnerable people. This was described
:04:46. > :04:47.as an opportunistic crime. The victim had been on a night out
:04:48. > :04:51.here in Newcastle city centre. She's 28, she had been drinking and,
:04:52. > :04:56.feeling woozy, she decided to sit down on the curb and that w`s
:04:57. > :05:06.when Gurhan Sayan spotted her. He got her into his car, drove her
:05:07. > :05:10.off, she comes round in the backseat The police say he then dumpdd her
:05:11. > :05:13.on a roadside in Elswick. She was disorientated
:05:14. > :05:16.and did not know where she was. The court heard
:05:17. > :05:21.since Sayan?s attack last remember, the victim has become depressed and
:05:22. > :05:26.nervous, sees Sayan?s face when she Sayan, a married man with no
:05:27. > :05:33.convictions, was prosecuted under the umbrella of Operation S`nctuary,
:05:34. > :05:43.launched by Northumbria Police to The force said Sayan's sentdnce
:05:44. > :05:45.of 45 months, after admitting the sexual `ssault,
:05:46. > :06:10.shows that those who abuse woman Police were called yesterday to
:06:11. > :06:12.Gateshead and say no one else was involved in the death of man who was
:06:13. > :06:19.found in the water. Local estate agent Kevin Hollinrake
:06:20. > :06:21.has been chosen to replace sitting Conservative MP Anne McIntosh
:06:22. > :06:24.as the party's candidate for Thirsk and Malton
:06:25. > :06:25.at next year's general election. Ms McMcIntosh was controversially
:06:26. > :06:28.sacked as candidate by her own Last night's vote
:06:29. > :06:35.at York racecourse took four hours. It is being called the Battle
:06:36. > :06:37.for Botton. A campaign by a group of people with
:06:38. > :06:39.learning disabilities to prdserve the way of life they say they have
:06:40. > :06:43.enjoyed for decades in their village Since the creation of the Camphill
:06:44. > :06:46.Village Trust, its residents have lived with unpaid volunteers who
:06:47. > :06:49.support and care for them. Now those carers are
:06:50. > :06:56.being asked to move out. Managers say it is being done
:06:57. > :07:13.to comply with new laws and that James Wilson has lived here for 12
:07:14. > :07:14.years. She stays with volunteers called co`workers. But note the
:07:15. > :07:19.trust which runs it says this cannot trust which runs it says thhs cannot
:07:20. > :07:21.continue as the law requires co`workers to become paid staff,
:07:22. > :07:24.co`workers to become paid staff living separately from residents. We
:07:25. > :07:26.spoke to James on a trip hole to living separately from residents. We
:07:27. > :07:36.spoke to James on a trip hole to see his family. These changes have made
:07:37. > :07:38.me very frightened because they are nice to me and they helped le quite
:07:39. > :07:45.nice to me and they helped me quite a lot and if they're not in the
:07:46. > :07:47.house, I will leave and come back to my mother and father's housd, where
:07:48. > :07:53.my mother and father's house, where I am sitting now. I do not think you
:07:54. > :07:55.will feel safe or comfortable relaxed with out the people that he
:07:56. > :07:57.loves and trusts, who have a relaxed with out the people that he
:07:58. > :08:06.loves and trusts, who have ` of loves and trusts, who have a of
:08:07. > :08:12.experience. `` a lot of expdrience. For 16 years, `` for 60 years
:08:13. > :08:20.volunteers have come here. The run but have their expenses met. `` the
:08:21. > :08:27.are unpaid but have their expenses met. Some people can share heresies
:08:28. > :08:30.looking for a more independdnt looking for a more independent
:08:31. > :08:34.living, but being employed should not be a barrier to continuing
:08:35. > :08:36.living, but being employed should not be a barrier to continuhng the
:08:37. > :08:41.specialness of what happens here. However, the staff would not be able
:08:42. > :08:45.to share homes and lives 24 hours a day as they do know. I have to stay
:08:46. > :08:50.on this side of the road because they have told walking off `` look
:08:51. > :08:54.north to stay away from the village and have denied us permission to
:08:55. > :08:56.film what any of the residents. It strikes me as a potential breach of
:08:57. > :09:04.human rights. We should be `llowed human rights. We should be `llowed
:09:05. > :09:08.to express their thoughts. Concerns can be voiced. I think it is very
:09:09. > :09:16.precious. The trust says th`t other precious. The trust says that other
:09:17. > :09:18.residents to welcome more independence. I think we will be
:09:19. > :09:23.able to maintain the ethos and able to maintain the ethos `nd
:09:24. > :09:26.cruel. There are many workers ended to maintain that are actively
:09:27. > :09:36.positive about moving to employment and do not see this as an obstacle.
:09:37. > :09:37.At a public meeting be proud to protect a way that they havd always
:09:38. > :09:44.worked. `` at a public meeting the worked. `` at a public meeting the
:09:45. > :09:49.vote to protect the way of life they have always used.
:09:50. > :09:51.Carlisle Civic Centre could be knocked down as part
:09:52. > :09:53.of plans to increase retail space within the city.
:09:54. > :09:56.The council says there is a need for more shops, and one option is
:09:57. > :09:58.bulldozing the Civic Centre, the city's tallest building.
:09:59. > :10:01.Shopping in Carlisle needs to expand over
:10:02. > :10:04.the next 15 years, that is according to the City Council, which says
:10:05. > :10:06.expansion is needed to see off the threats from out`of`town shopping
:10:07. > :10:10.and other retail locations hn the North of England and in Scotland.
:10:11. > :10:13.The plan to keep shoppers spending in Carlisle is ambitious
:10:14. > :10:18.and involves the complete transformation of Rickergatd.
:10:19. > :10:21.Love it or loathe it, Carlisle's Civic Centre has dominated this
:10:22. > :10:29.But as the City Council strive to keep pace
:10:30. > :10:32.with the changing face of rdtail, this building could go and in its
:10:33. > :10:40.We need to ensure that Carlisle has a robust retail offer
:10:41. > :10:44.and what we need to do, what we have been doing, is identify where we can
:10:45. > :10:48.put 200,000 square feet of retail floor space in the city centre,
:10:49. > :10:55.But is knocking down the Civic Centre a step too far?
:10:56. > :11:08.To get rid of that thing, would be quite a good idea, to be honest.
:11:09. > :11:10.The public in Carlisle will have the chance to comment on
:11:11. > :11:21.Now, the 26th Sunderland International Airshow
:11:22. > :11:25.Flying was due to get underway this evening.
:11:26. > :11:29.Tonight's programme has been cancelled, surprisingly,
:11:30. > :11:38.Damian O'Neil joins us now live from there now.
:11:39. > :11:50.It looks beautiful there. I never recall when I drove into
:11:51. > :12:00.Sunderland, you could see the abrupt transition from sweltering sunshine
:12:01. > :12:06.to wait, client. `` to rain and cloud. You disappointed they are
:12:07. > :12:10.to wait, client. `` to rain and cloud. You disappointed thex are not
:12:11. > :12:21.flying tonight? No, I am not, because you have Monday `` 's model
:12:22. > :12:38.and Saturday. `` you have Saturday and Sunday. I will be back tomorrow.
:12:39. > :12:43.You just have to cross your fingers. She was a councillor from Sunderland
:12:44. > :12:44.Council, the portfolio for culture. Was this the requisition? Wd
:12:45. > :12:47.Council, the portfolio for culture. Was this the requisition? We have to
:12:48. > :12:49.take the advice of the air`traffic controllers. The air`traffic
:12:50. > :12:51.controllers. It looks very clear now, but if you will get to see it
:12:52. > :13:22.now, but if you will get to see, it is different.
:13:23. > :13:26.worth coming down. You cannot blame our weatherman? I hope he gdts is a
:13:27. > :13:34.our weatherman? I hope he gets is a good forecast for tomorrow.
:13:35. > :14:54.with the parachutes. Just in case. If you are told by the pilots to be
:14:55. > :15:01.allowed, under your seat belt, get the thumbs up, release the canopy
:15:02. > :15:12.and you just jump out. That is not a normal thing to do! And off he went.
:15:13. > :15:35.He did look a little green on his return. But not these woman. These
:15:36. > :15:57.are professional women walkers. `` are professional women walkers. ``
:15:58. > :16:03.when `` wing walkers. Would you do it again? Absolutely, in a linute.
:16:04. > :16:06.Great now, if I could. So as the aircraft and performer is prepared
:16:07. > :16:08.to make coming here is a taste of what to expect at this year
:16:09. > :16:11.Sunderland International indrtial. Sunderland International inertial.
:16:12. > :16:22.`` ear `` air show. Well, also
:16:23. > :16:24.on the Sunderland airshow shte this It is part of the BBC's World War
:16:25. > :16:31.One at Home tour, which aims to bring to life the impact of
:16:32. > :16:33.the Great War on ordinary pdople. It opens tomorrow but Gerry Jackson
:16:34. > :16:46.was allowed a preview. There is so much to see herd. It
:16:47. > :16:48.commemorates the massive contribution and the home front meat
:16:49. > :16:51.to the war effort. Whether ht was to the war effort. Whether ht was
:16:52. > :16:56.recruiting the men and woman to serve, making the munitions of war
:16:57. > :17:06.or caring for the casualties of that. One of the many things that we
:17:07. > :17:11.can care about this weekend `` learn about this weekend. What we did not
:17:12. > :17:15.know was about podcast is. @ know was about podcast is. @
:17:16. > :17:18.pathologist understood to `` discovered that if you introduce
:17:19. > :17:23.this to blood, you can stord it and then you can have blood banks and
:17:24. > :17:32.enable what transfusions like we have today. One of the many great
:17:33. > :17:40.things that came out of the water. `` `` war. The war sparked lassive
:17:41. > :17:45.`` `` war. The war sparked massive advantages in the smack adv`nces
:17:46. > :17:50.`` `` war. The war sparked lassive advantages in the smack advances in
:17:51. > :17:57.we have lots of interactive equipment. You can chain in Morse
:17:58. > :18:12.code. You will get an idea of how that Sony was told.
:18:13. > :18:22.To reaction so far has been very positive. One of the things that is
:18:23. > :18:26.getting people interested in this PDA is chasing back their family
:18:27. > :18:29.trees. People will use our genealogists and 80 which is behind
:18:30. > :18:32.is. They can find their family's is. They can find their famhly's
:18:33. > :18:36.connection with 1914 and some of the connection with 1914 and sole of the
:18:37. > :18:41.stories of people finding encores or click grandfather is, it is really
:18:42. > :18:50.interesting. Thank you very much. It is Saturday and Sunday, between ten
:18:51. > :18:56.and six. Among the people you can meet your, Larry Lamb, Eastenders
:18:57. > :19:07.meet your, Larry Lamb, Eastdnders and one sure veteran. And I will be
:19:08. > :19:09.sure to, to show you some of the funds that we have been producing
:19:10. > :19:15.this year so far. And if you are making
:19:16. > :19:17.your way to the Sunderland International Airshow this weekend,
:19:18. > :19:20.listen to BBC Newcastle on 95.4FM for all the traffic and travel to
:19:21. > :19:23.get you to and from the sea front. Its presenters will be live
:19:24. > :19:26.from the event this weekend, Plenty more to come
:19:27. > :19:29.in tonight's programme. We have the latest on the region's
:19:30. > :19:38.hopes in the Commonwealth G`mes In it has not been all plain
:19:39. > :19:42.sailing. Find out what is in store for the
:19:43. > :19:55.weekend and for the rest of the region.
:19:56. > :19:59.And we start with the news that within the last half hour the region
:20:00. > :20:04.has won its first gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
:20:05. > :20:07.It has come in the judo hall, where Sarah Clark from South Shields beat
:20:08. > :20:34.Cameroon's Helene Wezeu in the under 63 kilogramme category.Staying
:20:35. > :20:46.First silver in the 400 indhvidual medley. With news about and the rest
:20:47. > :21:12.of the day 's action here is our reporter. I could you every single
:21:13. > :21:16.part of my body screaming. Comfortably through to evenhng s
:21:17. > :21:20.final of the 100 metres butterfly where she is looking to take place
:21:21. > :21:21.where she is looking to takd place on the podium just as she did
:21:22. > :21:21.where she is looking to take place on the podium just as she dhd in
:21:22. > :21:32.on the podium just as she did in 2010. It is so good. I have been
:21:33. > :21:38.waiting for this for quite ` while. It is a privilege. The girls are
:21:39. > :21:45.really talented and it is great to play next to them and get my first
:21:46. > :21:46.cap. Nail`biting action for the one borders this afternoon, aftdr a
:21:47. > :21:46.cap. Nail`biting action for the one borders this afternoon, after a slow
:21:47. > :22:02.borders this afternoon, aftdr a slow start. Excellent play helped to
:22:03. > :22:14.decide the match. In squash, silver medallists progressed to moral's
:22:15. > :22:47.finals. Disappointment in the cycling and in the air pistols.
:22:48. > :22:50.I've just come off the back of a good win.
:22:51. > :22:53.I won the championships, I had three good fights in there.
:22:54. > :22:56.And I've had a good trainer, so I'm in good form.
:22:57. > :23:02.For me, anything but a gold medal would be
:23:03. > :23:05.Ever since that controversi`l defeat last month, Stuart has been keeping
:23:06. > :23:07.himself fit and keeping fingers crossed for another chance.
:23:08. > :23:09.Not surprisingly, he is delhghted to be getting another crack
:23:10. > :23:12.at the world title and this time, in his native north`east.
:23:13. > :23:15.It is brilliant, like you s`id, Dennis Hobson has done a great job
:23:16. > :23:25.getting me home support, winning the purse, getting it in the North East.
:23:26. > :23:29.I think it's going to be grdat for the North East and it will be great
:23:30. > :23:32.for me when the fight gets tough in the mid`rounds or late rounds,
:23:33. > :23:37.His opponent, Randy Caballero, sounds formidable though.
:23:38. > :23:40.The 23`year`old American is 11 years younger than Stuart
:23:41. > :23:48.and is currently unbeaten in 21 fights, including 13 knockotts.
:23:49. > :23:49.He's impressive, he's an impressive figure,
:23:50. > :23:53.But he's coming to England, he has never fought out
:23:54. > :23:57.He has always fought, I think, in California, in his home town.
:23:58. > :24:00.Stuart was in his local branch of Spec Savers to throw
:24:01. > :24:04.his support behind their fundraising campaign for a number of ch`rities,
:24:05. > :24:10.including St Theresa's Hosphce, where Stuart's aunt sadly lost her
:24:11. > :24:13.It is close to my heart, St Theresa's Hospice.
:24:14. > :24:16.My auntie, she died of cancer, and the hospice looked after her
:24:17. > :24:34.I get a bit emotional, thinking about my auntie. Stuart has a simple
:24:35. > :24:44.Look out, Mr Caballero, Stuart Hall is coming for you.
:24:45. > :24:57.Just that ribbon of the wall cloud sticking to the course there.
:24:58. > :24:57.Just that ribbon of the wall cloud sticking to the course therd. And of
:24:58. > :25:01.sticking to the course there. And of course it is a flight safetx issue,
:25:02. > :25:04.course it is a flight safety issue, as we have heard. Today we saw some
:25:05. > :25:12.very high temperatures here in the West. Look at the differencd to that
:25:13. > :25:14.north`east coast. Over the weekend, things will turn a little more
:25:15. > :25:17.cloudy, there is an increashng things will turn a little more
:25:18. > :25:17.cloudy, there is an increasing risk cloudy, there is an increasing risk
:25:18. > :25:19.of outbreaks of rain. If yot have of outbreaks of rain. If you have
:25:20. > :25:23.been struggling with the he`t, it been struggling with the heat, it
:25:24. > :25:28.will start to feel a little fresher. As we head through this evening,
:25:29. > :25:32.that cloud and most will st`rt to spread inland again. I do not think
:25:33. > :25:37.it will be, as widespread as it has done over the last few nights.
:25:38. > :25:42.Temperatures stay in double figures. Nothing colder than 11 or 12
:25:43. > :25:50.Celsius. Tomorrow morning, that will cloud and missed stars to rdduced ``
:25:51. > :25:52.retreat. It is not all plain sailing tomorrow, that will be some workload
:25:53. > :26:13.than we have had over the last few than we have had over the l`st few
:26:14. > :26:21.days. `` some workload. `` some `` cloud. That is not just this evening
:26:22. > :26:23.that there was flying plan. The rest of the weekend is looking lhke an
:26:24. > :26:25.of the weekend is looking like an improving picture on the co`st at
:26:26. > :26:29.improving picture on the coast at Sunderland. There will be some cloud
:26:30. > :26:34.around but temperatures around 20 around but temperatures arotnd 0
:26:35. > :26:42.Celsius. It should be decent flying conditions. If you're out and about
:26:43. > :26:44.elsewhere over the next few days, the weekend doesn't see a fair
:26:45. > :26:47.the weekend doesn't see a f`ir amount of cloud around for Saturday.
:26:48. > :26:52.Temperatures easily in the mid`20s. Temperatures easily in the mid`20s.
:26:53. > :26:55.Some rain from most places on Saturday night. On Sunday one or two
:26:56. > :26:59.showers around but altogether a showers around but altogethdr a
:27:00. > :27:04.fresher fuel to things. Temperatures just about and to the low 20s on
:27:05. > :27:08.Sunday. A similar picture into Monday and Tuesday.
:27:09. > :27:47.That is offered. Goodbye. `` that is all for now. Goodbye.
:27:48. > :27:50.Make the most of your weekend, wherever you are.
:27:51. > :27:54.Use the BBC Weather App to stay one step ahead of the weather.