:00:00. > :00:27.If I saw his wife, I would give her a big hug and just say thank you,
:00:28. > :00:35.your husband has given me two years. And Sir Bobby's widow gives
:00:36. > :00:37.a rare television interview about life without the man still
:00:38. > :00:39.held in such great affection. Also tonight, a transport union
:00:40. > :00:42.warns of harsh cuts to rail Actress Joanne Lumley joins the
:00:43. > :00:58.debate about the future of Scotland, I am not against Scottish
:00:59. > :01:01.independence, I just don't see how we can ever be divided because we so
:01:02. > :01:01.we can ever be divided becatse we so interlinked.
:01:02. > :01:04.One of the region's best loved weekly newspapers celebrates
:01:05. > :01:15.And plenty of celebrations here at the Commonwealth Games here in
:01:16. > :01:18.Glasgow. Could be another successful Glasgow. Could be another successful
:01:19. > :01:28.night for our region's athldtes Five years ago today, the region
:01:29. > :01:31.lost one of its best`known Sir Bobby Robson made his name as a
:01:32. > :01:36.footballer, and then as a coach and manager ` of England, of the Spanish
:01:37. > :01:40.club Barcelona, and of his beloved Having fought several battles with
:01:41. > :01:46.cancer, in his final days hd set up a charity to help fellow`sufferers
:01:47. > :01:51.in his native North East. Among the thousands
:01:52. > :01:53.of people to have benefited from Sir Bobby's legacy is Theresa H`rrison
:01:54. > :01:57.from Forest Hall in Newcastle. When Theresa was first diagnosed
:01:58. > :01:59.with pancreatic cancer ` nearly two years ago `
:02:00. > :02:03.she naturally feared the worst. But after weekly treatment
:02:04. > :02:06.at the Sir Bobby Robson Centre, Jim Knight's been to meet hdr
:02:07. > :02:11.on this fifth anniversary of Theresa comes her once a wedk
:02:12. > :02:34.for her blood tests, check`up, I would hate anybody to be worried
:02:35. > :02:43.about coming in here. I can't come in here fast enough! The support you
:02:44. > :02:46.get is just unreal. Reflexology, everybody is so caring.
:02:47. > :02:49.And if only Sir Bobby could have been
:02:50. > :02:52.around to hear Theresa talk about what happens here on a daily basis,
:02:53. > :03:04.They are amazing. You will never get treatment like you get in here. They
:03:05. > :03:13.treatment like you get in hdre. They speak to you, they lay your flares.
:03:14. > :03:15.`` the LA your fears. They are angels.
:03:16. > :03:29.It seems the great man left a culture of care, and real friendly
:03:30. > :03:32.compassion, which is now a part of everything that happens herd.
:03:33. > :03:44.They are so caring. I would say to Lady Robson, your husband h`s
:03:45. > :03:44.They are so caring. I would say to Lady Robson, your husband has given
:03:45. > :03:50.Lady Robson, your husband h`s given me two years. He has left a huge
:03:51. > :03:53.legacy. I wish I could have met him and I wish he could have bedn here
:03:54. > :03:57.and I wish he could have been here today. I cannot thanks Bobbx Robson
:03:58. > :04:07.today. I cannot thanks Bobby Robson enough for what he has done.
:04:08. > :04:09.Lady Elsie Robson and her sons have done a relarkable
:04:10. > :04:12.job, carrying on the fundraising effort and helping to steer the
:04:13. > :04:16.In a rare television interview, I got the chance to ask her about life
:04:17. > :04:20.without the man who's still held in such great affection ` not just
:04:21. > :04:41.in this part of the country, but across the whole football world.
:04:42. > :04:45.Possibly, but I have always been busy.
:04:46. > :04:51.You have been thrown into the spotlight as well,
:04:52. > :04:53.which is not something you have looked for, is it?
:04:54. > :06:28.You don't know how things are going so we plodded on
:06:29. > :06:32.I think he would be astonished to know what we have raised.
:06:33. > :06:44.I don't think he attributed it to himself but he made his lark
:06:45. > :06:56.Well, we go on and hopefully keep raising more money for this really
:06:57. > :07:02.excellent cause to benefit the North East and the patients who are
:07:03. > :07:07.Did you say to him, you know you are going to leave me
:07:08. > :07:22.And it is a great opportunity to put something back as a famhly.
:07:23. > :07:40.Sir Bobby Robson, who died five years ago today.
:07:41. > :07:45.The RMT transport union was protesting
:07:46. > :07:47.in Newcastle today against possible changes to the Northern
:07:48. > :07:50.The Department for Transport is currently
:07:51. > :07:53.New franchises will start in February 2016.
:07:54. > :07:55.But the RMT claims Department proposals will see services
:07:56. > :07:59.destroyed, with harsh cuts to services at little`used stations.
:08:00. > :08:05.Our business correspondent, Ian Reeve, reports.
:08:06. > :08:09.They claim changes to the Northern and Trans`Pennine services will see
:08:10. > :08:12.staff cut, fares increased and fewer trains
:08:13. > :08:28.We want to maintain stations across the North for the benefit of local
:08:29. > :08:30.communities. Communications are essential to the North of England
:08:31. > :08:31.and we have to fight to savd essential to the North of England
:08:32. > :08:32.and we have to fight to save them and we have to fight to save them
:08:33. > :08:34.and that is what we are doing. Both franchises will be awarded next
:08:35. > :08:40.year, and start in February 2016. But the Department for Transport
:08:41. > :08:42.consultation document seeks support But that could come
:08:43. > :08:48."at the expense of some redtction in What that means is
:08:49. > :08:55."fewer calls at low`use stations". This is Castleton Moor, a low`use
:08:56. > :08:58.station in North Yorkshire on Just 13 passengers a day usd
:08:59. > :09:02.the halt. Not many,
:09:03. > :09:10.but they intend to fight for it There is no bus service. There are
:09:11. > :09:18.only four trains a day alre`dy. And only four trains a day already. And
:09:19. > :09:22.some of the trains have to stop to pick up children. `` schoolchildren.
:09:23. > :09:24.So there are only a small number pick up children. `` schoolchildren.
:09:25. > :09:25.So there are only a small number of stops on the line.
:09:26. > :09:27.Amy's pub benefits from the railway line running close by.
:09:28. > :09:32.Fewer stopping trains would hit her business.
:09:33. > :09:36.It would definitely have a lassive impact. And the whole community, we
:09:37. > :09:41.impact. And the whole community we get stuck in the village because you
:09:42. > :09:46.can't get out of the road and people use the service to get to work. It
:09:47. > :09:47.would have a big impact on us as a business and as a community.
:09:48. > :09:52.The Department for Transport has said no decisions have been taken on
:09:53. > :09:56.It's merely consultation ` a process that still has ovdr two
:09:57. > :10:07.We saw the Esk Valley line there but these low`use stations are right
:10:08. > :10:21.Yes, there are 64 low use stations across the area. And 20 havd been
:10:22. > :10:25.identified in our patch. Ten in North Yorkshire, three in Teeside
:10:26. > :10:28.North Yorkshire, three in Tdeside and some in Northumberland and
:10:29. > :10:29.North Yorkshire, three in Teeside and some in Northumberland `nd Tyne
:10:30. > :10:33.Wear. Teeside contains the famous Wear. Teeside contains thd famous
:10:34. > :10:37.halt at Durham Tees Valley @irport, the second least used holding the
:10:38. > :10:41.country. We saw just eight passengers using that from two
:10:42. > :10:45.services a week last year so that must be favourite for the chop. The
:10:46. > :10:48.Department for Transport rehterates Department for Transport rehterates
:10:49. > :10:51.that it is just consultation, no stations are currently under
:10:52. > :10:57.threat. The result of consultation will be published in Decembdr.
:10:58. > :11:00.North Yorkshire Police has scrapped plans to build a new HQ
:11:01. > :11:02.and is instead looking to share space with the Cleveland force.
:11:03. > :11:05.North Yorkshire's current base at Newby Wiske had been earlarked
:11:06. > :11:07.for closure, and a replacement was due to be
:11:08. > :11:11.But the county's Police and Crime Commissioner, Julia Mulligan,
:11:12. > :11:13.has stopped the scheme ` saying it'll save
:11:14. > :11:17.She says the force has been offered space in Cleveland Police's new
:11:18. > :11:24.headquarters, which is on the border with North Yorkshire.
:11:25. > :11:33.It is in Cleveland, but an HQ is not an operational police station. It is
:11:34. > :11:35.offices, payroll, support. Back office functions. This is not an
:11:36. > :11:39.operational police station and operational police station `nd
:11:40. > :11:43.neither is the current HQ. This is trying to find a cost`effective
:11:44. > :11:45.solution to actually support the police service so that we c`n
:11:46. > :11:45.solution to actually support the police service so that we can keep
:11:46. > :11:46.police service so that we c`n keep bobbies on the beat, out in the
:11:47. > :11:50.local communities. Joanna Lumley is backing
:11:51. > :11:52.a Cumbria`led campaign The actress ` who has Scotthsh
:11:53. > :11:55.family ` was promoting a project set up by the Penrith
:11:56. > :11:59.and the Border MP, Rory Stewart It's to encourage friendship with
:12:00. > :12:14.Scotland, ahead of the all`important In a field at Gretna, one of the
:12:15. > :12:19.UK's most popular personalities helps to make the Auld Acquaintance
:12:20. > :12:20.Cairn a little bigger. To show her support of the union, Joanna
:12:21. > :12:22.Cairn a little bigger. To show her support of the union, Joann` Lumley
:12:23. > :12:27.brought a stone from the garden of her London home. I feel like a
:12:28. > :12:32.penguin, you know they make their nests carrying a special stone? But
:12:33. > :12:33.I wrote with love and affection my name and my husband's stone so they
:12:34. > :12:37.will be buried within the w`ll to will be buried within the wall to
:12:38. > :12:44.show that we believe in the unity of our country. The actress is English
:12:45. > :12:49.and has a is `` US got his family and has a cottage just over the
:12:50. > :12:51.border. I am not against Scottish independence, but I don't sde
:12:52. > :12:51.border. I am not against Scottish independence, but I don't see how we
:12:52. > :12:54.independence, but I don't sde how we can ever be divided because we are
:12:55. > :12:57.all so interlinked. We are `ll all so interlinked. We are `ll
:12:58. > :13:00.cousins. No matter whether we live in north or south of the border or
:13:01. > :13:02.have English or Scottish nales. in north or south of the border or
:13:03. > :13:02.have English or Scottish names. If have English or Scottish nales. If
:13:03. > :13:04.you scratch back in our history, have English or Scottish names. If
:13:05. > :13:10.you scratch back in our history we are all related. So independence
:13:11. > :13:15.must mean something politically, but in human terms, it doesn't seem
:13:16. > :13:20.possible. Here at the westernmost point of Scotland's border with
:13:21. > :13:24.England, the can is growing day by day. Stones have been added by
:13:25. > :13:25.leading public figures as well is ordinary folk from both sidds of
:13:26. > :13:25.leading public figures as wdll is ordinary folk from both sides of the
:13:26. > :13:36.ordinary folk from both sidds of the border. Rory Stewart, the
:13:37. > :13:40.Conservative MP for Penrith and the border is he is behind the idea.
:13:41. > :13:41.border is he is behind the hdea Opponents say that Joanna Lumley
:13:42. > :13:41.border is he is behind the idea. Opponents say that Joanna Ltmley is
:13:42. > :13:48.Opponents say that Joanna Lumley is misguided. This debate is about who
:13:49. > :13:51.is best placed to make the dconomic decisions that favour Scotland.
:13:52. > :13:53.Should it be a government b`sed decisions that favour Scotl`nd.
:13:54. > :13:58.Should it be a government based in Scotland that make these decisions
:13:59. > :14:02.or not? We believe that is natural and normal for any nation state.
:14:03. > :14:03.or not? We believe that is natural and normal for any nation state And
:14:04. > :14:04.and normal for any nation state. And so a celebrity's stone joins
:14:05. > :14:09.thousands of others as a sylbol of thousands of others as a sylbol of
:14:10. > :14:10.the union. They aim to get the care and as high as possible by the time
:14:11. > :14:15.of the vote in September. One
:14:16. > :14:17.of the region's best`known regional newspapers is celebrating a very
:14:18. > :14:19.significant birthday this weekend. The Hexham Courant will
:14:20. > :14:21.be 150 years old. It was founded by one
:14:22. > :14:24.Joseph Catherall in 1864, when there was just a single column
:14:25. > :14:28.of local news in its pages. It was hand`set in London, and then
:14:29. > :14:32.sent up to Hexham on the tr`in. Well, things have moved
:14:33. > :14:34.on a bit since then, as Every copy of the Courant
:14:35. > :14:40.from the last 150 years has been diligently filed and stored
:14:41. > :14:44.in leather`bound books in a hallway Editor Colin Tapping showed me
:14:45. > :15:02.a copy form 1940, when the news That is May the 11th with the
:15:03. > :15:07.advertisements on. But if you see later in the month, on the 25th,
:15:08. > :15:11.front`page news. This leads out of me. Mother and four helplessly
:15:12. > :15:18.drunk. Nothing really changds! drunk. Nothing really changds!
:15:19. > :15:29.Wonderful stories. A rich tapestry of history. Fascinating story, that
:15:30. > :15:30.one. It says on landing, he immediately ran to a carol and
:15:31. > :15:32.immediately ran to a carol `nd started to milk it.
:15:33. > :15:38.The Courant also has another wartime German connection.
:15:39. > :15:46.There was a prisoner of war camp nearby and the paper published a
:15:47. > :15:54.German publication put together by the prisoners of war. It was printed
:15:55. > :15:56.on the press out here. The prisoners did it? Yes. Was it proofread
:15:57. > :16:03.on the press out here. The prisoners did it? Yes. Was it proofre`d and
:16:04. > :16:05.edited? We are told it was not, but I'm sure somebody cast an eye over
:16:06. > :16:10.it? So where next for the Courant,
:16:11. > :16:14.at a time when newspapers have come under scrutiny like never bdfore,
:16:15. > :16:26.and when digital media and instant What we are trying to get across is
:16:27. > :16:30.that we are a force for good in championing the local community.
:16:31. > :16:32.Without us, the community would be a poorer thing. If you buy thd
:16:33. > :16:33.Without us, the community would be a poorer thing. If you buy the paper
:16:34. > :16:42.poorer thing. If you buy thd paper this week, you will get an insert of
:16:43. > :16:46.the edition from the 1850s. `` from 1864. It shows how much things have
:16:47. > :16:49.changed and how much they have remained the same!
:16:50. > :16:51.It's exactly five weeks until the opening ceremony to
:16:52. > :16:54.celebrate the Great North Run's millionth finisher.
:16:55. > :16:57.The huge event marking this world first is being masterminded
:16:58. > :17:01.But taking centre stage are ordinary members of the public.
:17:02. > :17:03.Hundreds have already volunteered to be performers,
:17:04. > :17:14.Here's our arts reporter Sharuna Sagar.
:17:15. > :17:30.OK, Angel of the North, five... Six... Up and twist, one...
:17:31. > :17:32.Choreography on the quayside. Six... Up and twist, one...
:17:33. > :17:32.Choreography on the quaysidd. This Choreography on the quaysidd. This
:17:33. > :17:37.is the first test run to see what is the first test run to see what
:17:38. > :17:40.the dance moves look like altogether. Just like in 2012
:17:41. > :17:40.the dance moves look like altogether. Just like in 2002 and
:17:41. > :17:43.altogether. Just like in 2012 and the Commonwealth Games, it hs a
:17:44. > :17:48.volunteer performers who will be at the centre of the great North run
:17:49. > :17:50.million opening ceremony. These are the first volunteers to have signed
:17:51. > :17:53.the first volunteers to havd signed up. They are all all ages and
:17:54. > :17:54.abilities but what they havd up. They are all all ages and
:17:55. > :17:58.abilities but what they havd in common is that they want to take
:17:59. > :18:00.part in the biggest event the quayside has ever seen. Verx
:18:01. > :18:08.quayside has ever seen. Very excited. I am excited to be yet
:18:09. > :18:12.today. I you are running in it? Yes! As well as performing? Yes. It is
:18:13. > :18:20.such a good `` experience. Xou don't need to tell that to the Marines
:18:21. > :18:26.because they have signed up already! Yes, we are getting involved in an
:18:27. > :18:32.aerial display and we don't know the details. We are that kind of guy. It
:18:33. > :18:38.will be an adventure. And it will be over the time? Yes, but at least
:18:39. > :18:45.they can swim. Volunteers are registering every day. The response
:18:46. > :18:49.has been amazing so we are over the halfway point. We are delighted but
:18:50. > :18:54.we still need more people to sign up. We are taking people as
:18:55. > :18:58.volunteers up until the last weekend in August. This is a chance for
:18:59. > :19:02.people to be involved in a once`in`a`lifetime experience. It is
:19:03. > :19:04.a party with 1 million invitations and we want people to come `nd
:19:05. > :19:04.a party with 1 million invitations and we want people to come and take
:19:05. > :19:06.and we want people to come `nd take part. If you volunteer, you will
:19:07. > :19:09.have the best seat the housd. part. If you volunteer, you will
:19:10. > :19:09.have the best seat the house. And have the best seat the housd. And
:19:10. > :19:12.those seats will be right here. have the best seat the house. And
:19:13. > :19:18.those seats will be right hdre. This whole area will be transformed. A
:19:19. > :19:21.special story about the North East will be told through giant floating
:19:22. > :19:31.sculptures up and down the Tyne river. There will be pyrotechnics
:19:32. > :19:34.and music from Mark Knopfler. The real stars of this event ard the
:19:35. > :19:39.real stars of this event are the public, the people of the North East
:19:40. > :19:41.and that is why the people `` the organisers want as many people as
:19:42. > :19:50.possible to take part on the night. possible to take part on the night.
:19:51. > :20:00.It will be a fabulous night. If you want to be a volunteer, go on to the
:20:01. > :20:02.website and sign up. If you are a sports fan, whdre would
:20:03. > :20:07.If you are a sports fan, where would you like to be? At the common love
:20:08. > :20:12.games. That is where we send Dawn. How is it going? Here we are on the
:20:13. > :20:17.banks of the River Clyde ovdrlooking banks of the River Clyde overlooking
:20:18. > :20:20.some of the city's iconic sporting venues. We have the Armadillo over
:20:21. > :20:23.there. There is a genuine buzz venues. We have the Armadillo over
:20:24. > :20:24.there. There is a genuine btzz about there. There is a genuine btzz about
:20:25. > :20:28.the games whatever Usain Bolt may have said or thought about ht. The
:20:29. > :20:32.have said or thought about it. The Commonwealth Games was never going
:20:33. > :20:37.to be like the Olympics but from our region's point of view, it has been
:20:38. > :20:39.even better because we have had more medals. For some of them it will be
:20:40. > :20:43.the pinnacle of their sporting the pinnacle of their sporthng
:20:44. > :20:50.career, but for others, it will be a springboard to greater success.
:20:51. > :20:55.career, but for others, it will be a springboard to greater succdss. The
:20:56. > :20:57.region got its first medals in the diving. It was in the pool that was
:20:58. > :20:59.built in the Commonwealth Games in built in the Commonwealth G`mes in
:21:00. > :21:02.1970. What a night it was for
:21:03. > :21:04.Harrogate's Jack Laugher. The North Yorkshireman held
:21:05. > :21:05.off strong competition from two Australians in the men's
:21:06. > :21:08.one`metre springboard ` to secure A breathtaking performance
:21:09. > :21:11.considering it's not even I am lost for words. In the prelims
:21:12. > :21:27.I scored less but I'm absolutely I scored less but I'm absolttely
:21:28. > :21:32.ecstatic. And Jack's going for another medal
:21:33. > :21:35.in the 3m springboard final right now ` along with his Harrog`te
:21:36. > :21:37.team mate Olliver Dingley. There was a podium finish l`st night
:21:38. > :21:41.for York's Jess Taylor, too, who Jess produced her best
:21:42. > :21:44.on the big stage with back`to`back personal bests in
:21:45. > :21:48.the 100m hurdles and the high jump. In the boxing,
:21:49. > :21:50.Hartlepool's Savannah Marsh`ll progressed through to tonight?s
:21:51. > :21:53.quarterfinals of the middleweight division with a unanimous points win
:21:54. > :22:00.over Pooja Rani. She'll now fight
:22:01. > :22:03.the unknown Botswana fighter In the bowls, Sunderland born
:22:04. > :22:07.Stuart Airey is making good progress Stuart,
:22:08. > :22:10.who trains at Wigton in Cumbria helped his England teammates to
:22:11. > :22:13.victory in the quarter finals ` they're currently playing India
:22:14. > :22:16.in the semifinal now Table Tennis. And it's been domestic bliss
:22:17. > :22:18.for Teesside's husband and wife partnership of Paul
:22:19. > :22:21.and Joanna Drinkhall. Paul and Jo were
:22:22. > :22:23.in perfect harmony as they cruised through to the semi finals of
:22:24. > :22:28.the mixed doubles this afternoon. And in Berwick later tonight `
:22:29. > :22:31.all eyes will be on the 800m final at Hampden
:22:32. > :22:34.as local lad Guy Learmonth goes up Guy clearly ran the race
:22:35. > :22:40.of his life in the semi to pualify My legs were dying, buckling towards
:22:41. > :22:51.the end. But I'm in the fin`l. I the end. But I'm in the final. I
:22:52. > :22:57.couldn't ask for anything more. Let's hope he gets
:22:58. > :23:12.the same lift from the Hampden Roar Just before the games, Guy told me
:23:13. > :23:18.that it was his aim to reach the final. He is up against the world
:23:19. > :23:20.record holder. As we speak, Jack is in the pool in Edinburgh. He
:23:21. > :23:21.record holder. As we speak, Jack is in the pool in Edinburgh. Hd is
:23:22. > :23:22.going for another gold. He is in the pool in Edinburgh. He is
:23:23. > :23:22.going for another gold. He hs in the going for another gold. He is in the
:23:23. > :23:27.lead and we will know whethdr ye has lead and we will know whethdr ye has
:23:28. > :23:30.got it in about half an hour. And finally, good luck to
:23:31. > :23:35.Middlesbrough's Jade Jones in the T Middlesbrough's Jade Jones in the T
:23:36. > :23:40.54 1500 metres. Trained by Taney Grey Thompson's husband, Ian. It
:23:41. > :23:44.could be a fantastic night for higher if she clinches a medal. But
:23:45. > :25:31.she will probably need a personal best