:00:00. > 3:59:59with each side blaming the other. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:00:00. > :00:16.so Hello and welcome to
:00:17. > :00:18.Friday's Look North. Unlocking our DNA `
:00:19. > :00:20.the ground`breaking genetic research that could lead to
:00:21. > :00:22.individual treatments You can imagine this being part of
:00:23. > :00:28.your medical record. Building up a head of steam `
:00:29. > :00:29.the tourist railway that's now running five
:00:30. > :00:30.commercial rail services a day. We shall remember them `
:00:31. > :00:33.commemoration events begin for the 100th anniversary
:00:34. > :00:35.of the outbreak of World War One. And the forgotten artist who
:00:36. > :00:37.immortalised shipyard workers while he made a living
:00:38. > :00:52.in the dockyard, painting ships I will never forget the day my phone
:00:53. > :00:56.went in my pocket and I had given up all hope of finding him. I picked it
:00:57. > :00:59.up and he said, " it is Mr Watson." A couple of our stars are m`king
:01:00. > :01:03.a splash at the Commonwealth Games. Wheelchair racer Jade Jones
:01:04. > :01:05.is singing in the rain after taking a bronze in Gl`sgow
:01:06. > :01:07.last night. And there's gold, again,
:01:08. > :01:24.for Harrogate diver Jack Latgher. Is chemotherapy for cancer patients
:01:25. > :01:31.set to become ancient history? Groundbreaking new research
:01:32. > :01:33.has put Newcastle at the centre of a project
:01:34. > :01:36.to unlock the secrets of DN@, which could lead to targeted
:01:37. > :01:38.therapies for those at risk. The aim is to study the enthre
:01:39. > :01:42.genetic sequence, the genomd, of people who have cancer
:01:43. > :01:45.or rare diseases, and see how it compares with that
:01:46. > :01:49.of healthy people. It's a major national project,
:01:50. > :01:51.first announced two years ago Around 1,000 people
:01:52. > :01:54.have already been tested and it's hoped that
:01:55. > :01:58.number will eventually reach 75 000. Our reporter, Damian O'Neil,
:01:59. > :02:01.has been looking at this, Obviously a complicated subject and
:02:02. > :02:20.we are talking about the basic building blocks of life. How will
:02:21. > :02:26.the study work? DNA sequenchng in simple terms involves scruthnising
:02:27. > :02:32.someone's DNA. It is like h`ving your own bar code which is tnique to
:02:33. > :02:36.you. In the case of someone with cancer, that bar
:02:37. > :02:42.order to look for differencds between
:02:43. > :02:50.healthy person. What could ht mean for cancer patients
:02:51. > :02:56.away from chemotherapy, which is a blunt
:02:57. > :03:01.target this person's cancer in particular. Sir John Burns,
:03:02. > :03:10.Newcastle University says that hopefully we will be able to have
:03:11. > :03:13.this as a commonplace thing. The new technologies that have come along,
:03:14. > :03:19.mainly British built, mean that can begin to offer these trdatments
:03:20. > :03:25.as a real prospect. Down thd line, you can imagine having the spelling
:03:26. > :03:30.variations in your DNA as p`rt of your medical record. Does this
:03:31. > :03:37.phrase is `` does this raisd issues of data protection? He says we have
:03:38. > :03:42.to keep this in perspective. If some of this was leaked to someone else,
:03:43. > :03:49.would it do you any harm? Probably not. We did allow you to better
:03:50. > :03:51.treat your disease? Absolutdly yes. I think people will voluntedr for
:03:52. > :03:57.this. We no that volunteering because they nded
:03:58. > :04:05.answers to their questions. Hopefully the NHS will protdct their
:04:06. > :04:14.data. So far around 1000 patients have been tested in Newcastle. They
:04:15. > :04:23.hopefully that will reach `` Bay hope that that will reach 74,00 .
:04:24. > :04:25.They would like to hear frol you. Nine people have been arrested
:04:26. > :04:26.in Hartlepool after reports of Officers were called to Wynxard Mews
:04:27. > :04:30.earlier this morning. Seven men and two women werd
:04:31. > :04:36.arrested on suspicion of affray The insurers for one
:04:37. > :04:38.of the bus companies involved in a crash in
:04:39. > :04:40.which 28 school children were hurt have admitted liability
:04:41. > :04:43.for the incident. Stanley Travel operated
:04:44. > :04:46.the single decker coach which was in collision with a second bus
:04:47. > :04:49.in Stanley on June the 3rd. There were around 50 childrdn
:04:50. > :04:52.on board the two vehicles. Stanley Travel's insurers,
:04:53. > :04:54.Liberty, have now confirmed to solicitors acting
:04:55. > :04:57.for the families of the children "We can confirm that the drhver of
:04:58. > :05:05.our bus blacked out "moments before the incident,
:05:06. > :05:08.and the medical evidence strongly "suggests the driver was unconscious
:05:09. > :05:11.at the time of collision. "We hope that a speedy settlement
:05:12. > :05:15.will assist the injured passengers "in obtaining any additional help
:05:16. > :05:21.and support they require." that's always been very
:05:22. > :05:25.popular with tourists. And now
:05:26. > :05:27.the North Yorkshire Moors R`ilway is becoming an ever`more attractive
:05:28. > :05:30.commercial venture, too. The steam railway already c`rries
:05:31. > :05:32.more than 100,000 passengers a year, but it's about to increase
:05:33. > :05:35.its daily services to Whitbx The move will also see
:05:36. > :05:40.the local economy benefit Our business correspondent,
:05:41. > :05:49.Ian Reeve, reports. is more than just
:05:50. > :05:56.a heritage steam railway. About 100,000 passengers
:05:57. > :05:57.put about ?30 million a year Two extra services on the Phckering
:05:58. > :06:04.to Whitby Line are being lahd on, This is now
:06:05. > :06:20.a serious business venture. We have had a grant of over ?1
:06:21. > :06:28.million from the communities fund. That has
:06:29. > :06:33.are convinced of the economhc benefit that this scheme
:06:34. > :06:36.to this community. They are not doing it because they are all ``
:06:37. > :06:39.because they are charitable, are doing it because it makds
:06:40. > :06:41.financial sense. is an extra ?6.5 million
:06:42. > :06:42.to the local economy. Although at the heart
:06:43. > :06:44.of the services the only ones in the countrx allowed
:06:45. > :06:48.to operate on the national network. the layout
:06:49. > :06:57.of Whitby station's new platform I have done two written exals, a
:06:58. > :07:04.practical exam, I have been constantly training. Next wdek, I
:07:05. > :07:10.will be going down to look `t the new track their along with
:07:11. > :07:15.of the crew to make sure we have got it correctly now
:07:16. > :07:17.And businesses in Whitby ard as enthusiastic as the train crews.
:07:18. > :07:23.Making it a bit easier to hop on a in the town.
:07:24. > :07:26.train and coming to town to do their shopping
:07:27. > :07:27.We'll know if that happens when the five`a`day service
:07:28. > :07:38.to and from Whitby starts later this month.
:07:39. > :07:41.100 years ago this weekend, Britain stood on the brink of war.
:07:42. > :07:43.Over the next week, BBC Look North, our local radio stations
:07:44. > :07:45.and BBC News Online will commemorate those events,
:07:46. > :07:50.As well as the thousands of men joining up to fight
:07:51. > :07:53.on the Western Front, the horrors of the conflict
:07:54. > :07:55.would come to our shores within months.
:07:56. > :07:57.Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough were shelled
:07:58. > :08:03.Tonight, as we prepare to m`rk the 100th anniversary
:08:04. > :08:16.Peter Harris is live at the Heugh Gun Battery in Hartlepool
:08:17. > :08:24.When we think of the First World War, we often think of the horrors
:08:25. > :08:29.of the Western front but it is important to remember the s`crifices
:08:30. > :08:38.of the whole front, as this `` of the home front, as this musdum does.
:08:39. > :08:42.There was a bombardment on the coast, which led to the deaths of
:08:43. > :08:44.hundreds of citizens. It is that sacrifice that has been remdmbered
:08:45. > :08:47.today. The museum at the gun battery
:08:48. > :08:50.is a living reminder of the day the First World War
:08:51. > :08:54.came to Hartlepool. And today a tapestry was unveiled
:08:55. > :08:58.in memory of the 101 civilians killed in
:08:59. > :09:12.the German bombardment of the town. It is the centenary, it is `n
:09:13. > :09:15.important time to remember what happened in the past. I think this
:09:16. > :09:18.really tells the story. The embroiderers' painstaking work
:09:19. > :09:20.timed to mark the anniversary
:09:21. > :09:35.of Britain's declaration of war The story of the bombardment of
:09:36. > :09:42.Hartlepool is well told and how the guns of the Heugh Gun Battery
:09:43. > :09:48.returned fire on the ships. Dozens of civilians were killed th`t day,
:09:49. > :09:53.an `` including 37 children. It is a story that has been passed down from
:09:54. > :09:55.generation to People like Gloria ` her relative,
:09:56. > :10:12.Freda Wainwright, died. When she said that, if she had been
:10:13. > :10:16.able to, she would have gond and had them off the boat and throttled
:10:17. > :10:17.There'll be many more events like today in the days ahead.
:10:18. > :10:22.Remembrance of the human tr`gedy of the war.
:10:23. > :10:32.The Heugh Gun Battery is fantastic. You might have seen a flavotr of it
:10:33. > :10:36.there. We had to abandon our the night because of the we`ther.
:10:37. > :10:43.But there are the declaration of war this weekend.
:10:44. > :10:47.On both Saturday and Sunday, there is an event in Sedgefield. On
:10:48. > :10:55.Sunday, in North Shields, there is an event put on by the Tynelouth WW1
:10:56. > :11:15.Commemoration Project. Therd are also events at Yarm and the Keswick
:11:16. > :11:18.cenotaph. On Monday, we'll be looking at the armaments factories
:11:19. > :11:24.on the River Tyne. The war was unprecedented in almost
:11:25. > :11:29.every aspect. The scale of production is nothing that has been
:11:30. > :11:34.seen before. 12 hour shifts. One on, one off. You certainly had to
:11:35. > :11:38.produce. The whole thing was targets. For them, it
:11:39. > :11:39.opportunities. That was the positive side.
:11:40. > :11:41.And we'll also hear about the men labelled cowards `
:11:42. > :11:49.imprisoned in Richmond Castle for refusing to fight.
:11:50. > :12:01.He was absolutely certain in his own mind that he was not going to
:12:02. > :12:08.fight. I think it was the courage of his convictions, that he felt that
:12:09. > :12:24.there was no other way. That is from the Heugh Gun Battery
:12:25. > :12:34.reports commemorating the start of the First World War across the
:12:35. > :12:45.We have a special report. in the shipyards
:12:46. > :12:52.there is a weather warning hn the forecast. I
:12:53. > :12:59.details later in the progralme. `` I will be here with the details.
:13:00. > :13:01.The Mayor of Middlesbrough has launchdd work
:13:02. > :13:02.on the town's new ?18 million Sports Village.
:13:03. > :13:07.and will include a new athletics track and gxm.
:13:08. > :13:08.There are also plans to build an Olympic`sized velodrome.
:13:09. > :13:11.This is what Middlesbrough's new Sports Village will look like,
:13:12. > :13:14.an ?18 million pound state`of`the`art development.
:13:15. > :13:20.The aim of all this is to provide first class facilities
:13:21. > :13:22.for the area's most promising athletes
:13:23. > :13:25.and to encourage more of thd town's young people to take up sport.
:13:26. > :13:34.There is no doubt that this particular facility will be the best
:13:35. > :13:42.of its kind in the North of England. There will be nothing
:13:43. > :13:46.When you look at the whole facility, it costs a lot of money.
:13:47. > :13:52.Towns cannot be paralysed. with the cuts but we are also moving
:13:53. > :13:54.forward. For 50 years it's been
:13:55. > :13:55.a training ground for school children,
:13:56. > :13:56.club runners and Olympians. It's all a far cry
:13:57. > :14:00.from the facilities one of Middlesbrough's greatest
:14:01. > :14:14.footballers was used to You were lucky to get a field
:14:15. > :14:18.anywhere, you would normallx play in a back alley. If you have the
:14:19. > :14:20.facilities, they will take ht from there.
:14:21. > :14:21.Next to the existing cycle track, there are also plans
:14:22. > :14:23.for an Olympic`size 250`metre outdoor velodrome,
:14:24. > :14:29.a BMX track and, one day, a swimming pool.
:14:30. > :14:37.But before all of that, the first thing to be completed will be this
:14:38. > :14:39.eight lane athletics track. That will be finished this Octobdr, when
:14:40. > :14:42.it will be open to the publhc. Now, he's been described
:14:43. > :14:44.as Teesside's Lowry ` a budding artist who emerged
:14:45. > :14:46.from the industrial South B`nk Dave Watson's passion had to
:14:47. > :14:51.make way for a tough life painting the sides of ships
:14:52. > :14:54.in the docks instead but in his spare time he never lost
:14:55. > :14:57.his love of painting scenes Recently, local art curator
:14:58. > :15:04.Mark Parham tried to track him down But Dave is very much alive
:15:05. > :15:09.and now has a bright future Phil Chapman has tonight's
:15:10. > :15:33.Look North report. He paints with passion becatse he
:15:34. > :15:39.lived it. The vivid memories Dave Watson commits to campus ard being
:15:40. > :15:42.shared. His talent emerged `s a teenager. Instead of going onto a
:15:43. > :15:45.career as an artist, and falily responsibilities kept him on
:15:46. > :15:49.Middlesbrough's Southbank Andy ended up working as a ship was macro
:15:50. > :15:56.painter, often in soul destroying conditions. It was filthy, with
:15:57. > :16:04.black mud. We saw a couple of dead rats. It was horrible. The len
:16:05. > :16:09.looked half starved. If you look in my paintings, they look ghostly
:16:10. > :16:18.because they were. They werd white faced. I have lived and seen and
:16:19. > :16:25.these other things I have phcked up and worked at and thought.
:16:26. > :16:45.time. Dave's work, sometimes dark, sometimes warm but always c`pturing
:16:46. > :16:51.the spirit of dockside Teesside It must have taken me several lonths to
:16:52. > :17:11.track him down. hope of finding him. My phone went,
:17:12. > :17:19.I picked it up and he said, " it is Dave Watson. " I said, "wow. "
:17:20. > :17:25.Teesside school. This is just a
:17:26. > :17:40.story. Is Dave Watson Teesshde was macro `` Teesside's Lowery.
:17:41. > :17:52.Another member of the so`called Teessideschool is this man. They
:17:53. > :18:04.were a small group, all havhng a good time. Enjoyed talking `bout the
:18:05. > :18:13.blast furnaces and the shipbuilding. This was their excitement.
:18:14. > :18:29.Eventually, I thought, " he has got something." What he
:18:30. > :18:54.as well, his mind is full. H am enjoying it. There is
:18:55. > :19:06.getting the chance to go to university in the
:19:07. > :19:10.Unmistakable style. The Comlonwealth Games continue apace.
:19:11. > :19:11.and there are more medals in the pipeline, as Dawn Thewlis rdports.
:19:12. > :19:14.Disappointed with yesterday's silver in the 3m springboard event,
:19:15. > :19:18.the 19 year`old from Harrog`te was back to his best today.
:19:19. > :19:21.In perfect harmony with divhng partner and best mate Chris Mears,
:19:22. > :19:23.the pair took the 3m synchro event this morning `
:19:24. > :19:28.Jack's second gold inside three days.
:19:29. > :19:29.Also on the podium last night was another Harrogate diver,
:19:30. > :19:35.was his first medal at a major Championship.
:19:36. > :19:37.Sunderland`born lawn bowler Stuart Airey, who lives in Carlisld,
:19:38. > :19:39.is no stranger to the big competitions.
:19:40. > :19:42.A silver medallist in Delhi, he once again just missed ott
:19:43. > :19:47.on gold in the men's fours ` England losing to Scotland in the fhnal
:19:48. > :20:02.A silver medal, I have one `t home. I did not want another. We gave
:20:03. > :20:04.ourselves a chance, we put ourselves in contention for a gold medal.
:20:05. > :20:05.In the toughest and wettest of conditions on the track last night,
:20:06. > :20:06.Middlesbrough teenager Jade Jones battled her way to bronze
:20:07. > :20:10.in the final of the para`sport 1500m.
:20:11. > :20:12.And few fans at Hampden Park enjoyed Jade's success more than her coach
:20:13. > :20:13.and mentor, the greatest felale wheelchair racer of all`timd,
:20:14. > :20:33.I think I was more nervous than her. I felt I was pushing every single
:20:34. > :20:38.push with her. I'm glad my heart rate was not on, because it
:20:39. > :20:40.And what a nice touch that Tanni could leave the BBC comment`ry box
:20:41. > :20:41.Gold or silver to look forw`rd to for table tennis star
:20:42. > :20:42.Paul Drinkhall, from Loftus in Cleveland, who made it through
:20:43. > :20:45.to the finals of the mixed doubles with his wife Joanna this afternoon
:20:46. > :20:49.beating Yarm's Danni Reed and his partner in the procdss.
:20:50. > :20:51.Paul's also plays for bronzd in the men's doubles tonight and is
:20:52. > :20:53.also through to the quarter`finals of the men's singles.
:20:54. > :20:55.Meanwhile Harrogate's Jenny Duncalf's in line for a med`l
:20:56. > :20:57.after reaching the women's doubles squash final.
:20:58. > :21:00.And Berwick's Guy Learmonth came a creditable 6th in the fin`l
:21:01. > :21:03.of the 800m last night in a race which produced a shock winner
:21:04. > :21:06.when Nijel Amos beat world record holder David Rudisha to gold.
:21:07. > :21:09.And Newcastle's Niall Flanndry justified his reinstatement to
:21:10. > :21:15.the 400m hurdles after coming fourth in the final.
:21:16. > :21:17.In football, Middlesbrough have agreed a deal
:21:18. > :21:21.with Real Mallorca for the 24 year`old midfielder, Emilio Nsue.
:21:22. > :21:26.And Newcastle United are close to making their seventh summer signing.
:21:27. > :21:27.Manager Alan Pardew has confirmed the club is close to finalising
:21:28. > :21:31.a loan move for Shaktar Dondstk striker Facundo Ferreyra.
:21:32. > :21:33.He's hoping to complete a ddal for the 23`year`old Argentinian
:21:34. > :21:47.The new season starts tomorrow for Berwick.
:21:48. > :21:53.As the Commonwealth Games is drawing to a close,
:21:54. > :21:54.another major tournament featuring North East sporting stars
:21:55. > :21:57.the Women's Rugby World Cup in Paris.
:21:58. > :22:01.by captain Katy McLean from South Shields
:22:02. > :22:03.and her vice`captain, Sarah Hunter from Newcastle.
:22:04. > :22:05.Tamara Taylor, who plays for Darlington's Mowden Sharks,
:22:06. > :22:33.They won six to `` they werd victorious, 65 ` three.
:22:34. > :22:35.And staying with Rugby Union, Newcastle Falcons are back hn action
:22:36. > :22:40.Their new artificial pitch hsn't ready, so The Darlington Ardna is
:22:41. > :22:41.hosting the northern round of the prestigious Premiership rugby
:22:42. > :22:45.A campaign, raising awareness of safety in open water has begun
:22:46. > :22:49.The RNLI has joined forces with the charity `
:22:50. > :22:51.the Amateur Swimming Associ`tion ` for this year's Swim Safe.
:22:52. > :22:53.It follows a number of incidents here ` most recently in
:22:54. > :22:59.An emptier beach than usual in today's rain.
:23:00. > :23:03.Still, not a bad turnout to the first Swim Safe session at
:23:04. > :23:10.The message to these childrdn the importance of open water safety
:23:11. > :23:41.enjoy swimming on the beach in the summer, you go to a beach whth a
:23:42. > :23:55.There are things floating in it and there
:23:56. > :23:59.And one in five parents of children under eight don't always supervise
:24:00. > :24:20.understand their children's swimming abilities.
:24:21. > :24:34.Parents don't understand thd difference between swimming in a Tom
:24:35. > :24:39.Ingall and `` swimming in a swimming pool and swimming in the ocdan.
:24:40. > :24:43.can go further have now rather than just getting my toes work.
:24:44. > :24:46.The sessions will run here six days a week until August the 26th.
:24:47. > :24:51.A good idea and I'm glad thdy have wet suits on because the we`ther is
:24:52. > :25:09.a bit terrible at the moment isn't it? It will be colder