:00:00. > :00:00.you posted. All right, Tomasz. Thank you.
:00:00. > :00:22.Preparations under way to rdpatriate the body of Liam Sweeney `
:00:23. > :00:25.the first of the ten British victims on flight MH17 to be identified.
:00:26. > :00:29.Jack's just become the youngest Briton to climb
:00:30. > :00:35.And the orchestra hitting the right notes for the Great North Run.
:00:36. > :00:46.We've a preview of this year's opening soundtrack.
:00:47. > :00:52.Middlesbrough are strengthening their ranks. And how those new
:00:53. > :00:55.artificial pitch will be in the spotlight ahead of next year's rugby
:00:56. > :01:04.union World Cup. Newcastle University medical
:01:05. > :01:09.students Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger had almost completed
:01:10. > :01:13.a work placement in Malaysi`. But early this morning they were
:01:14. > :01:17.killed in a clash with locals in the town of Kuching,
:01:18. > :01:21.where they were working. According to local police,
:01:22. > :01:23.they were stabbed to death. Our correspondent Peter Harris
:01:24. > :01:38.is outside Newcastle University There are two university st`ff on
:01:39. > :01:41.the road to Borneo tonight to coordinate the safe return of the
:01:42. > :01:48.remaining students, because the two who died were among a group of seven
:01:49. > :01:55.from the University here working as part of a placement scheme in
:01:56. > :01:59.Malaysia, the idea being to gain them more practical experience.
:02:00. > :02:03.Unfortunately, in a street outside a bar in the early hours of this
:02:04. > :02:06.morning they were attacked `nd stabbed to death. This was the
:02:07. > :02:10.reaction this afternoon of the University.
:02:11. > :02:13.We were just doing what thotsands of We were just doing what thousands of
:02:14. > :02:16.medical students do every ydar, We were just doing what thotsands of
:02:17. > :02:19.medical students do every ydar, `` everywhere. There were practising
:02:20. > :02:27.clinical medicine in a different setting, to learn more. Over at the
:02:28. > :02:29.end of their fourth year of studies. He was about to enter his final
:02:30. > :02:34.He was about to enter his fhnal year, and Aidan was going to come
:02:35. > :02:36.back and undertake a medical research project.
:02:37. > :02:43.`` Neil was about to enter his final year.
:02:44. > :02:49.It being August, the university is very quiet. Many of the students are
:02:50. > :02:59.aware of this time of year, but there is a profound sense of shock.
:03:00. > :03:10.It is quite worrying, it might put medical students off going to
:03:11. > :03:16.certain places, which is sad. It is a really sad story. Very horrifying
:03:17. > :03:25.that they go therefore work experience, it is very sad. Like all
:03:26. > :03:28.of the staff, absolutely devastated. The students have gone
:03:29. > :03:37.out to do their placements `nd ended out to do their placements and ended
:03:38. > :03:39.up in this terrible tragedy. There are four local people in
:03:40. > :03:40.custody in Malaysia in connection custody in Malaysia in connection
:03:41. > :03:45.with the stabbing. If anyond custody in Malaysia in conndction
:03:46. > :03:45.with the stabbing. If anyone was custody in Malaysia in connection
:03:46. > :03:47.with the stabbing. If anyone was Q `` convicted, and could potdntially
:03:48. > :03:53.carry a death sentence in Malaysia. carry a death sentence in M`laysia.
:03:54. > :03:55.`` it could potentially carry a death sentence.
:03:56. > :03:57.Preparations are under way to repatriate the body of Flight MH17
:03:58. > :03:59.victim Liam Sweeney, after the body of the
:04:00. > :04:02.Newcastle United fan was identified by Dutch investigators yestdrday.
:04:03. > :04:05.Liam is the first of the ten British victims of the Malaysia Airlines
:04:06. > :04:17.His father told Look North he was relieved that Liam
:04:18. > :04:19.Meanwhile, customers at the Morrisons store in Killingworth
:04:20. > :04:21.where Liam worked, have raised nearly ?6,000 for charity.
:04:22. > :04:30.It has been three weeks since Flight MH17 was shot out of the skx
:04:31. > :04:30.It has been three weeks since Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over
:04:31. > :04:32.MH17 was shot out of the skx over Ukraine, but tonight one British
:04:33. > :04:33.Ukraine, but tonight one Brhtish family know their son is coming
:04:34. > :04:36.family know their son is coling home. It has been a devastating
:04:37. > :04:42.time. We are not going to gdt him time. We are not going to get him
:04:43. > :04:45.back as a person, but he is coming home, so we now have closurd on the
:04:46. > :05:05.home, so we now have closure on the matter.
:05:06. > :05:10.death. Always happy. Made on that he didn't like coming into work, but I
:05:11. > :05:23.think he did. Massive character on night man. `` night shift. We found
:05:24. > :05:26.out on the Internet, and it was said `` it is sad when a December day you
:05:27. > :05:29.know. At the back of the store is a
:05:30. > :07:01.message board and collection buckets.
:07:02. > :07:02.coroner is going to hold an inquest we understand. So far we only know
:07:03. > :07:12.about Liam. A North Yorkshire schoolboy who's
:07:13. > :07:14.just ten years old has entered the record books by climbing one
:07:15. > :07:17.of the world's highest mountains. Jack Rea reached the summit
:07:18. > :07:20.of Kilimanjaro in five days. In the process he raised
:07:21. > :07:22.thousands of pounds for charity. Phil Connell's been to meet
:07:23. > :07:37.the young explorer. Like most ten year`old Boris, Jack
:07:38. > :07:44.Rea plays cricket, football, and enjoys riding his bike. `` boys.
:07:45. > :07:47.He enjoys climbing mountains, not just any mountain, but Kilimanjaro.
:07:48. > :07:53.just any mountain, but Kililanjaro. Ten years and 20 days, that is when
:07:54. > :08:02.I finished it. And he is a record breaker, becoming
:08:03. > :08:08.the youngest Briton to conqter Kilimanjaro's summit.
:08:09. > :08:15.The altitude was really thin. How did that affect you?
:08:16. > :08:24.It affected me by being sick, having headaches, and, yes.
:08:25. > :08:26.So this was a real challengd. Definitely. I knew I was going
:08:27. > :08:26.So this was a real challenge. Definitely. I knew I was gohng to
:08:27. > :08:31.Definitely. I knew I was going to get to the top. It took Jack and his
:08:32. > :08:37.father five days to get the summit, and in the process he raised
:08:38. > :08:38.thousands of pounds for charity. The charity helps children hn
:08:39. > :08:38.thousands of pounds for charity The charity helps children in third
:08:39. > :08:41.The charity helps children hn third World countries and with cleft lips,
:08:42. > :08:46.World countries and with cldft lips, funding simple surgery. Jack's
:08:47. > :08:52.efforts will pay for almost 100 operations.
:08:53. > :08:57.Children born with cleft lips suffer from all sorts of problems. Many
:08:58. > :08:59.suffer from malnutrition. These operations will have a masshve
:09:00. > :09:04.impact on their lives. It makes a impact on their lives. It makes a
:09:05. > :09:04.huge difference because thex impact on their lives. It m`kes a
:09:05. > :09:07.huge difference because they can huge difference because thex can
:09:08. > :09:09.smile again. With a taste for adventure, Jack is
:09:10. > :09:15.already planning his next big, his already planning his next big, his
:09:16. > :09:20.net `` his sights are now set on Everest in just a few years' time.
:09:21. > :09:23.As part of our First World War commemorations, all this week we're
:09:24. > :09:25.looking at life on the home front during the conflict.
:09:26. > :09:29.We've been researching the story of a New Zealand pilot who came to
:09:30. > :09:33.Back then he was teaching recruits how to fly combat missions.
:09:34. > :09:34.But the aircraft were incredibly flimsy `
:09:35. > :09:56.John Allen was 20 years old when he left New Zealand to join a service
:09:57. > :09:58.in 1915. In 1917, he managed to land an aircraft while his clothes were
:09:59. > :10:03.an aircraft while his clothds were on fire. The young captain only just
:10:04. > :10:07.survives `` survived, with burns on his legs.
:10:08. > :10:10.But he was then sent to Redcar. Back then this area did not echodd
:10:11. > :10:13.But he was then sent to Redcar. Back then this area did not echoed to the
:10:14. > :10:18.`` race day. John Allen became an instructor.
:10:19. > :10:22.John Allen became an instructor Even here, day`to`day life was
:10:23. > :10:29.dangerous. Accidents happen all the time in these flimsy aeroplanes.
:10:30. > :10:36.May 1918, he was flying Sopwith Camel he crashed in this part of the
:10:37. > :10:42.time. This time, he did not survive. A young girl saw what happened, and
:10:43. > :10:47.has been telling us about it. Vera is 100 years old. She was four
:10:48. > :10:57.and she was walking with her mother and son John's plane crashed.
:10:58. > :11:02.I said, that is some mother's boy. There should be a proper funeral.
:11:03. > :11:03.Since then she has left flowers at his grave in the town.
:11:04. > :11:11.John Allen's mother travelldd to John Allen's mother travelled to
:11:12. > :11:16.Redcar to thank Vera's family. She gave her ?5.
:11:17. > :11:20.That was a lot of money in those days.
:11:21. > :11:27.A lot of money. John Allen was engaged to H`zel
:11:28. > :11:32.A lot of money. John Allen was engaged to Hazel. His
:11:33. > :11:41.fiancee's father wrote a poor. `` a programme. `` a problem.
:11:42. > :11:48.After storm damage, the grave was in a sorry state. These family members
:11:49. > :11:53.travelled from New Zealand to pay their respects.
:11:54. > :11:58.It is quite moving to come here and to finally see his final resting
:11:59. > :12:01.place. It is something we always felt we had to do. And because he
:12:02. > :12:05.was so special to the familx, and felt we had to do. And becatse he
:12:06. > :12:09.was so special to the family, and to was so special to the familx, and to
:12:10. > :12:15.the community. He was very well respected. And of course he must
:12:16. > :12:21.have had a tremendous, adventurous spirit to be the first pilot from
:12:22. > :12:25.out of that part `` are part of Canterbury.
:12:26. > :12:36.Men like this with the forebears of the modern`day air force. `` were.
:12:37. > :12:42.They were pioneering it is today. To fly the aircraft knowing thd risks
:12:43. > :12:45.fly the aircraft knowing the risks involved.
:12:46. > :12:52.`` pioneering aircraft. John was one of many young men `` from the
:12:53. > :12:54.Commonwealth, who came over here to help the war effort. In the last
:12:55. > :13:03.week, his grave has been restored. The Royal Northern Sinfonia has been
:13:04. > :13:06.recording the soundtrack for the opening ceremony
:13:07. > :13:08.of the Great North Run. The music will be played at the
:13:09. > :13:10.quayside extravaganza to celebrate the race being the first in the
:13:11. > :13:14.world to have its millionth runner. The composer is Dan Jones,
:13:15. > :13:16.whose previous work has won him For tonight's Look North report
:13:17. > :13:20.our arts reporter Sharuna Sagar was given exclusive access to the man
:13:21. > :13:22.who's earned an international Chariots Of Fire meets the
:13:23. > :13:38.North East. This will be the soundtrack of
:13:39. > :13:40.the GNR million opening ceremony. Performed
:13:41. > :13:42.by a world class orchestra, and written by an award winning
:13:43. > :13:55.composer, binding the audience to The point of inspiration has been
:13:56. > :14:01.very much that story of the energy of 1 million runners, and how energy
:14:02. > :14:07.has run through the area, from the coal`mining industry, the invention
:14:08. > :14:09.of steam engines, the electric light pole, there is a narrative which is
:14:10. > :14:12.a kind of historical narrative pole, there is a narrative which is
:14:13. > :14:15.a kind of historical narrathve that a kind of historical narrathve that
:14:16. > :14:22.is a celebration of what the north`east is about. `` the light
:14:23. > :14:25.bulb. I feel very lucky to have been
:14:26. > :14:25.bulb. I feel very lucky to have bden asked
:14:26. > :14:28.I feel very lucky to have been asked to do it, really. It is also a
:14:29. > :14:29.unique opportunity for the musicians unique opportunity for the lusicians
:14:30. > :14:36.to play their part in this momentous to play their part in this lomentous
:14:37. > :14:43.event. Every year I think I must do the
:14:44. > :14:48.Great North Run. It is great to be taking part in it somehow!
:14:49. > :14:54.People were here as on love what they hear. This is such a big
:14:55. > :14:58.they hear. This is such a bhg occasion, such a privilege for the
:14:59. > :15:00.orchestra to be part of. The Royal Northern Sinfonia is no
:15:01. > :15:11.stranger to high`profile north`east events. The opening of the Gateshead
:15:12. > :15:12.millennium Bridge, the Proms in the park, but this event will bd seen
:15:13. > :15:19.park, but this event will be seen and heard by millions. I didn't
:15:20. > :15:22.realise it was the millionth person coming along, and where we started
:15:23. > :15:27.playing the music and realised what a big event this was, I was so
:15:28. > :15:33.pleased to be involved. The music is really sort of a pig. It is going to
:15:34. > :15:42.be a fantastic celebration, stretching along probably a third of
:15:43. > :15:47.a mile of the River Tyne. With the most extraordinary projections which
:15:48. > :15:51.are going to cover the air. It is a fantastic multi`million ``
:15:52. > :15:53.multimedia celebration. It hs a fantastic multi`million ``
:15:54. > :15:55.multimedia celebration. It is a bit multimedia celebration. It hs a bit
:15:56. > :15:57.like scoring a film, but it is a film that will happen in real
:15:58. > :15:58.like scoring a film, but it is a film that will happen in re`l time.
:15:59. > :16:03.film that will happen in real time. I only wish we could be running
:16:04. > :16:09.Maybe next year. It's taken 12 hours to rehearse
:16:10. > :16:12.and record the entire score.. It's now down to all
:16:13. > :16:15.the other elements of the show to And a reminder there is still time
:16:16. > :16:24.to volunteer as a performer for the opening ceremony; just go
:16:25. > :16:27.onto the website gnrmillion.org A nine`year`old American girl has
:16:28. > :16:37.flown 4,000 miles to thank the Tyneside pen pal who wrote to
:16:38. > :16:40.her during her cancer treatment. Ava began sending letters to Leilani
:16:41. > :16:43.after meeting on holiday in Florida two years ago
:16:44. > :16:45.and striking up a friendship. And now Leilani has travelled from
:16:46. > :16:48.the USA to visit her best friend. Stephanie Cleasby's been
:16:49. > :17:02.to meet both of them. They formed a friendship across the
:17:03. > :17:06.Atlantic Ocean. 9`year`old lait la and 8`year`old Ava hit it off in
:17:07. > :17:16.Florida. I wrote her `` her a letter, and
:17:17. > :17:23.then I made this at school. I put that picture in it.
:17:24. > :17:29.Letters and pictures from hdr long`distance friend kept her
:17:30. > :17:37.long`distance friend kept hdr spirits up. It felt really good. I
:17:38. > :17:42.did not have a lot of friends when I was sick. After two major operations
:17:43. > :17:48.to remove a tumour, doctors told her she was in remission, but months
:17:49. > :17:52.later the cancer returned. She has now been given the all
:17:53. > :18:01.clear, and thanks to a fundraising campaign by Ava's family, the pen
:18:02. > :18:03.friends have been reunited. This week, the girls went horse
:18:04. > :18:10.riding. We plan on staying in touch riding. We plan on staying in touch
:18:11. > :18:24.for ever. `` the plan. I am really happy to
:18:25. > :18:29.see my best friend. And ride a pony! I knew it was Leilani's wish to
:18:30. > :18:33.come, and I knew it was possible if we could raise the money. Ldilani
:18:34. > :18:43.did not go to school like normal children, she missed about two and a
:18:44. > :18:46.half years of school. She is very shy and quiet, then when she
:18:47. > :18:46.half years of school. She is very shy and quiet, then when shd met
:18:47. > :18:48.half years of school. She is very shy and quiet, then when she met Ava
:18:49. > :18:50.Chic and followed her around putting bunny ears behind her and messing
:18:51. > :18:58.bunny ears behind her and mdssing around. `` she kind of followed her
:18:59. > :19:10.around. She looked at her as just a normal girl.
:19:11. > :19:19.Best friends for ever! Till we get to 100.
:19:20. > :19:24.Any lovely stories in support? `` sport.
:19:25. > :19:30.Middlesbrough have confirmed the season`long loan signing
:19:31. > :19:37.Omeruo made 14 appearances on loan at Boro last season, before playing
:19:38. > :19:40.Meanwhile, Huddersfield midfielder Adam
:19:41. > :19:42.Clayton, a former Carlisle loanee, has reportedly agreed terms on
:19:43. > :19:47.It's exactly a month until Newcastle Falcons kick
:19:48. > :19:50.off the new rugby union Preliership season ` but thoughts are already
:19:51. > :19:55.As we know, St James's Park will host three pool
:19:56. > :19:59.matches, but there are ex`F`lcons keen not to miss out on the party.
:20:00. > :20:01.They'll be playing in a Legdnds match at Kingston Park
:20:02. > :20:06.as an appetiser for next October's main event.
:20:07. > :20:09.However stellar the line`up, though, it's the pitch that could bd
:20:10. > :20:13.He's a former Falcon who's flown the nest.
:20:14. > :20:19.But next year ex`England winger Michael Stephenson will be back
:20:20. > :20:22.The 33`year`old's set to pl`y in a Legends match between players
:20:23. > :20:30.past and present from the Ndwcastle Falcons and the Southern Hemisphere.
:20:31. > :20:34.It will be a special day to have everyone here. A lot of people just
:20:35. > :20:40.want to come because they h`ve been want to come because they have been
:20:41. > :20:41.part of this club over the last 20, 30 years. So not everyone whll be
:20:42. > :20:44.30 years. So not everyone will be playing, but I think it will be a
:20:45. > :20:48.good day out. For those who like to plan well
:20:49. > :20:51.in advance, the match will take place on Friday
:20:52. > :20:54.October 2nd, 2015 ` the day before South Africa play Scotland hn the
:20:55. > :21:08.first World Cup match to be played I think it would be fun for the
:21:09. > :21:14.first `` first ten, 15 minutes, then their bodies will be a king. But I
:21:15. > :21:19.think they will love it. `` their bodies will be a king.
:21:20. > :21:22.And for most of the legends it'll be a brand new
:21:23. > :21:25.experience ` as the encountdr will be staged on artificial turf ` the
:21:26. > :21:28.3G pitch now being laid at Kingston Park in time for the start of this
:21:29. > :21:35.But for Falcons lock Carlo Del Fava, who's also signed up to the Legends
:21:36. > :21:38.But for former Falcons lock Carlo Del Fava, who's also signed up to
:21:39. > :22:03.Surface. Just to have it at your disposal, it is brilliant.
:22:04. > :22:05.In cricket, it was a comfortable evening for Yorkshire in
:22:06. > :22:08.competition. The Tykes beat Northamptonshire by six wickets.
:22:09. > :22:10.Not such good news for Durh`m, though,
:22:11. > :22:13.in front of the live TV camdras down at Hove on the South Coast.
:22:14. > :22:14.Half`centuries from Paul Collingwood,
:22:15. > :22:17.Scott Borthwick and skipper Mark Stoneman guided Durham to 287.
:22:18. > :22:19.And when Sussex slumped to 091 for seven, the visitors looked
:22:20. > :22:23.But an eighth wicket stand of 97 put paid to that `
:22:24. > :22:35.with a no`ball seeing the home side win with 11 balls to spare.
:22:36. > :22:44.Paralympic and Karen Darke, who won at London 2012, today launched a new
:22:45. > :22:47.stretch of cycling track. She was at a nature reserve in Carlisle which
:22:48. > :22:49.provides bikes for people whth provides bikes for people with
:22:50. > :22:56.disabilities. They have invested ?135,000.
:22:57. > :23:04.This specially designed tandem means that George can ride safely with her
:23:05. > :23:16.support worker. The 16`year`old is one of the regular cyclists here. I
:23:17. > :23:24.like it very much because. How does it make you feel?
:23:25. > :23:26.Happy. All the different types of bikes, everyone can join in and have
:23:27. > :23:33.loads of fun and have exerchse and loads of fun and have exercise and
:23:34. > :23:39.be sociable with everyone. Paralympic silver medallist Karen
:23:40. > :23:43.Darke was the guest of honour at the cycling centre. She opened ` new
:23:44. > :23:45.cycling centre. She opened a new training area, and an extra mile of
:23:46. > :23:50.track. If I was to some it up, track. If I was to some it up,
:23:51. > :23:54.freedom, fitness, fresh air and from summarised it from the. `` summarise
:23:55. > :24:01.it for me. I think this fachlity it for me. I think this facility
:24:02. > :24:08.will offer that to everybody. I am on a tandem with joint, who
:24:09. > :24:13.decided to cycle from John O'Groats to lands end to raise