:00:00. > :00:00.still the potential. Quite nasty weather. To keep an eye
:00:00. > :00:13.Meanwhile, four men are arrested over the deaths and are reported
:00:14. > :00:21.The loss of two young people with so much promise and such good students,
:00:22. > :00:29.A man is seriously ill after being bitten by a snake three
:00:30. > :00:36.The pride of Cumbria ` we mark the tenth anniversary of the county's
:00:37. > :00:45.Why York has been voted one of the UK's best performing retail centres.
:00:46. > :00:47.In sport, as Middlesbrough prepare to kick off their new Championship
:00:48. > :00:50.campaign, we find out what the town's cabbies think
:00:51. > :00:55.The double world and Olympic champion will take part
:00:56. > :01:14.Friends and colleagues of two Newcastle students murdered
:01:15. > :01:17.in Borneo have staged a candlelit vigil on the island
:01:18. > :01:20.tonight amid shock and anger at the attack that cost them their lives.
:01:21. > :01:21.Flowers mark the spot where Neil Dalton
:01:22. > :01:28.Five other Tyneside medics are now preparing to fly home.
:01:29. > :01:32.Meanwhile, in the last few hours, one of those accused of the murder
:01:33. > :01:35.Our correspondent, Peter Harris, is live at Newcastle University
:01:36. > :01:50.I guess the observation that leaps out tonight is the speed with which
:01:51. > :01:56.events are moving. We have had the local police chief in Malaysia
:01:57. > :02:00.declaring the place solved `` the case solved. We then had a battery
:02:01. > :02:06.of cameras and across town the tributes being placed in memory of
:02:07. > :02:11.the students who died, and from Newcastle here, we have had two
:02:12. > :02:14.academics arriving in Borneo to work with the five remaining students who
:02:15. > :02:28.were part of this group who are still there, and to deal with the
:02:29. > :02:37.aftermath. This is the place where Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger were
:02:38. > :02:45.attacked. Obviously they are horribly upset. Mixed up... They
:02:46. > :02:53.want to go home, they want to finish off. Across town, one of the accused
:02:54. > :02:58.appears before a Malaysian court. If convicted, he faces death. Three
:02:59. > :03:05.others were also held, and yet violence of this kind is apparently
:03:06. > :03:09.unusual. This is very, very unusual. Most people are quite
:03:10. > :03:15.friendly and helpful. I believe this is the first time this thing has
:03:16. > :03:18.ever happened here. One Facebook page did suggest, though, that
:03:19. > :03:26.students had been warned about the danger of nightlife there and the
:03:27. > :03:30.deaths has been big news in Malaysia's media. The university's
:03:31. > :03:35.relationship with the far east is well`established and placements of
:03:36. > :03:41.this type are commonplace, which, if anything, only increases the sense
:03:42. > :03:49.of shock. Just awful. Everybody is so shocked. It is difficult to
:03:50. > :03:53.described. The loss of young people with such promise, two students so
:03:54. > :03:58.close to becoming doctors. It is tragic and I think everybody in the
:03:59. > :04:05.place feels there is just an air of silent still, and shock, in the
:04:06. > :04:10.medical school. The father of Aidan Brunger lives in Northumberland. His
:04:11. > :04:16.MP said the loss was a devastating blow. As for Aidan's friends,
:04:17. > :04:22.meanwhile, amid the tributes in Borneo, they are now preparing for
:04:23. > :04:26.the journey home. Clearly a dreadful situation for the
:04:27. > :04:30.remaining students who are still out there. But very important to
:04:31. > :04:35.remember what has been lost here once again, though, because amid all
:04:36. > :04:39.the news stories that have happened, let's reflect on the words of a
:04:40. > :04:44.friend of Aidan, who said he was the life and soul of the party, one of
:04:45. > :04:48.the nicest people you could meet and somebody nobody had a bad word to
:04:49. > :04:52.say about. This was someone, along with the other students, who would
:04:53. > :04:56.have become a doctor and given great service to this country and to
:04:57. > :05:00.medicine, and that, I am afraid, is what has been lost.
:05:01. > :05:08.Very sad indeed. Thank you for that. Newcastle United has announced
:05:09. > :05:10.a formal tribute to the two fans killed on last month's
:05:11. > :05:12.fatal Malaysia Airlines flight. John Alder and Liam Sweeney were
:05:13. > :05:17.on their way to watch the team play in New Zealand when Flight MH17 was
:05:18. > :05:19.shot down over Ukraine. The club has chosen
:05:20. > :05:22.its first home game this season, against Manchester City, for a
:05:23. > :05:24.minute's silence and a wreath`laying They will be accompanied
:05:25. > :05:27.by representatives of both men's families, and by Jimmy
:05:28. > :05:30.Montgomery from Sunderland Footabll Club, whose fans have helped raise
:05:31. > :05:35.funds and sent messages of support. Newcastle United is also creating
:05:36. > :05:38.a garden which will be called The Alder`Sweeney Memorial Garden,
:05:39. > :05:40.as well as an annual community A 44`year`old man is seriously ill
:05:41. > :05:49.in hospital after being bitten three times by
:05:50. > :05:53.an adder on the North York Moors. It happened at Dalby Forest,
:05:54. > :05:55.near Pickering. After treatment at the scene
:05:56. > :05:59.from an off`duty paramedic, the man, who's from South Yorkshire, was
:06:00. > :06:01.airlifted to James Cook University His condition is described
:06:02. > :06:06.as stable. It's the only venomous snake in
:06:07. > :06:14.Britain, and although not generally seen as life`threatening, bites from
:06:15. > :06:16.adders can kill, with 14 recorded The latest incident in
:06:17. > :06:21.North Yorkshire's Dalby Forest involved a 44`year`old man who was
:06:22. > :06:24.bitten yesterday. The man, from South Yorkshire,
:06:25. > :06:27.is believed to have picked the snake up before receiving three
:06:28. > :06:30.seperate bites. But for that to happen in a North
:06:31. > :06:33.Yorkshire forest is very rare. We have 400,000 visitors that
:06:34. > :06:36.come to Dalby every year. It is a very rare occasion to
:06:37. > :06:39.actually see an adder, We do advise that if members of the
:06:40. > :06:44.public are out there and they do come across an adder, it's a real
:06:45. > :06:47.privilege to see, and if they want to observe from a safe distance then
:06:48. > :06:51.we can do that, but we wouldn't expect people to be touching
:06:52. > :06:53.the adders at all. The injured man was flown by Air
:06:54. > :06:56.ambulance to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough,
:06:57. > :06:59.where his condition has been Experts say the bites will be
:07:00. > :07:04.painful, causing medical conditions A small male adder such as this is
:07:05. > :07:10.quite capable of inflicting quite It's a fascinating`looking creature
:07:11. > :07:17.that will only actually bite if it's stepped on or if it's picked
:07:18. > :07:22.up by somebody who doesn't really understand the potential danger that
:07:23. > :07:27.they're putting themselves in. People walking in the countryside
:07:28. > :07:30.have been urged to be extra vigilant but experts say if left alone, this
:07:31. > :07:40.poisonous snake should be harmless. The sight of Air Ambulances
:07:41. > :07:43.in our skies is so common nowadays, it's easy to forget how lucky we
:07:44. > :07:46.are to have them. Today marks ten years since Cumbria
:07:47. > :07:50.got its own dedicated aircraft, and this helicopter alone has
:07:51. > :07:54.probably saved countless lives. Today,
:07:55. > :07:56.some of those with special reason to be grateful to the service, all
:07:57. > :07:59.of it funded by public donations, At close to 200 miles an hour,
:08:00. > :08:10.in practically any weather. She serves a population of 3.5
:08:11. > :08:16.million in 88,000 square miles. In this part of the world,
:08:17. > :08:19.the advantages of fast, direct And on this, her tenth birthday,
:08:20. > :08:26.her name, Pride of Cumbria, Certainly to the people gathered to
:08:27. > :08:41.thank the pilots, paramedics Well, to give you an idea of the
:08:42. > :08:47.workload, this aircraft has been out more than 500 times in the last year
:08:48. > :08:53.alone, and in the ten years of dedicated service, Cumbria air
:08:54. > :08:56.ambulances have flown more than 400,000 times `` 4000 times.
:08:57. > :08:58.We can't know how may lives they've saved or transformed
:08:59. > :09:01.by being able to reach any hospital in the North within around half
:09:02. > :09:04.an hour, but triathlete Alastair, who broke his neck and back
:09:05. > :09:13.It could have been two or three hours bumping along in an ambulance
:09:14. > :09:18.with my spine in a very precarious condition, so it could be the
:09:19. > :09:23.difference between walking and talking and making a full recovery.
:09:24. > :09:27.Five years ago, my son had an accident and the speed of getting
:09:28. > :09:28.there in the Air Ambulance from the pick`up made all the difference to
:09:29. > :09:31.him. I think he would have died. But this and the other two
:09:32. > :09:34.Great North Air Ambulances get no The Cumbria craft was grounded
:09:35. > :09:45.for a while for lack of money. Whether it is our salaries, the
:09:46. > :09:47.fuelling of the aircraft, the running of it, we depend on the
:09:48. > :09:50.public for our donations. And on the day Prince William
:09:51. > :09:52.revealed his new job as an Air Ambulance pilot,
:09:53. > :10:00.words of encouragement. It is just doing a job but I do know
:10:01. > :10:08.we do make a difference and it is very worthwhile. So far the big
:10:09. > :10:21.difference is not being shocked at! `` shot at! An agreement announced
:10:22. > :10:27.this morning will keep train services running till 2026 and will
:10:28. > :10:31.include services from Bradford to King's Cross and means they can
:10:32. > :10:34.invest in further stock. There will be car park in facilities at
:10:35. > :10:46.stations served by the new route. Since 2009, the council has lost two
:10:47. > :10:55.separate cases at the High Court over Carlisle airport. The council
:10:56. > :11:01.said legal costs which total around ?450,000 were unavoidable.
:11:02. > :11:05.Less government money is being spent on infrastructure in the north`east
:11:06. > :11:09.than in any other part of England. That is according to a think`tank.
:11:10. > :11:13.Researchers looked at spending on transport, broadband, flood defences
:11:14. > :11:20.and other major project and said while more than ?5,000 a head was
:11:21. > :11:22.spent in London, only ?223 per person was dedicated to the
:11:23. > :11:24.north`east, lower than any other region.
:11:25. > :11:26.York has been ranked the fourth`best`performing shopping
:11:27. > :11:30.The city came behind Surrey, Oxfordshire and Brighton,
:11:31. > :11:33.but ahead of parts of London, in research to find the UK's
:11:34. > :11:41.Here's our business correspondent, Ian Reeve.
:11:42. > :11:51.York's shopping scene. Amidst the city and its upmarket shops, they
:11:52. > :11:54.now have the title of the UK's for most healthy retail location. But
:11:55. > :11:58.what is meant by healthy? The company that took up the research
:11:59. > :12:05.has looked at how much it shoppers spend, what type of shops there are
:12:06. > :12:10.and how many shops are vacant. York beat parts of London. Not a surprise
:12:11. > :12:15.here at this department store. Leeds used to dominate and it is not doing
:12:16. > :12:20.that any more. We are bringing them across and bringing in some of the
:12:21. > :12:23.senior retailers, who have put their flagships here into Stonegate and
:12:24. > :12:28.bought some new restaurants, so we are seeing a lot of changes in York,
:12:29. > :12:33.which is what people enjoy, of course, and that stimulates
:12:34. > :12:39.interest, and we are seeing footfall growing. But not everybody thinks
:12:40. > :12:42.York is quite so free of problems. It is structurally challenged by the
:12:43. > :12:47.Internet. And we have been battling with the closure of an important
:12:48. > :12:55.bridge and the opening of the new out of town outlets where there is
:12:56. > :12:59.free parking. But it could be worse. Out of 128 UK areas, towns and
:13:00. > :13:05.cities which had their retail pulse taken, our region has plenty bumping
:13:06. > :13:11.along the bottom. Sunderland in 111th place. Parts of Teesside at
:13:12. > :13:22.116th. No doubt both would happily swap places with retail`healthy
:13:23. > :13:27.York. Now, the North Yorkshire town of Knaresborough might not be the
:13:28. > :13:35.most obvious place for a festival but they have been creating a beach
:13:36. > :13:41.in the middle of town. It is open to the public as part of the festival
:13:42. > :13:45.which runs until the 17th of August. They obviously approached the art
:13:46. > :13:49.and craft centre and asked us to host it here, which goes to show all
:13:50. > :13:53.the different ideas they have. The festival is always changing and
:13:54. > :13:57.bringing new things to Knaresborough. Obviously we are a
:13:58. > :13:58.happy to host this event and think it is really incredible. It will
:13:59. > :14:02.bring an awful lot of fun here. Still to come on
:14:03. > :14:13.Thursday's Look North, tonight's And I will be here with a fall
:14:14. > :14:14.weather forecast, with details of how Hurricane Bertha could affect
:14:15. > :14:17.our weather. 100 years ago,
:14:18. > :14:20.at the start of the First World War, The conscientious objectors,
:14:21. > :14:24.who refused to fight on the grounds In North Yorkshire,
:14:25. > :14:28.one group of these men became known In the fourth in our series
:14:29. > :14:31.of special reports commemorating the start of war, Phil Connell
:14:32. > :14:50.investigates their story. It is watched over Richmond for
:14:51. > :14:57.almost a thousand years. `` it has. An imposing castle. At the start of
:14:58. > :15:01.the First World War, the cells here at Richmond Castle housed a group of
:15:02. > :15:09.men that many recorded in Britain as cowards. Conscientious objectors who
:15:10. > :15:14.became known as the Richmond 16. They simply would not do anything.
:15:15. > :15:19.They maintained an utterly rigid stance over any action that could be
:15:20. > :15:25.seen to further the war effort. So what was it that drove these men?
:15:26. > :15:29.What were their beliefs? For the majority of us just conviction. That
:15:30. > :15:33.they should not in any way participate in the harm of other
:15:34. > :15:39.human beings. One of the best`known members was Norman Gordy, a keen
:15:40. > :15:43.sportsman who played cricket and football for both Darlington and
:15:44. > :15:49.Sunderland. Sport was very important. It was a very important
:15:50. > :15:52.part of his life. They weren't really any other entertainment for
:15:53. > :15:59.young men in those days. `` there weren't. His daughter`in`law says he
:16:00. > :16:05.refused to fight on religious beliefs and as a Quaker family, it
:16:06. > :16:10.is still a view they support. He was absolutely certain in his own mind
:16:11. > :16:15.that he was not going to fight. I think it was the courage of his
:16:16. > :16:32.convictions that he felt there was no other way.
:16:33. > :16:40.At the start of the war, a national campaign was launched to recruit
:16:41. > :16:44.thousands of volunteers to the war effort. Later, conscription
:16:45. > :16:51.followed, though the conscientious objectors still refuse to serve
:16:52. > :16:55.their country as soldiers. The Richmond 16 were held in the cells
:16:56. > :17:01.for just several weeks. Today it is part of a castle that is not open to
:17:02. > :17:04.the public. The reason being to preserve the historical graffiti
:17:05. > :17:14.scratched onto the walls here by the men who refused to fight. This is
:17:15. > :17:20.one of the cells, tiny. Not necessarily any heating. A very
:17:21. > :17:29.plain bed. But in this cell Norman was held and here we have a more
:17:30. > :17:33.sketch of a classic sort of late Victorian`Edwardian lady. As
:17:34. > :17:38.casualties rose on the battlefield, the actions of the Richmond 16 were
:17:39. > :17:43.seen as unacceptable. They were sent to France to be court`martialed and
:17:44. > :17:47.executed, though the orders were overturned at the 11th hour. The men
:17:48. > :17:53.returned to Britain as social outcasts, there lies never quite the
:17:54. > :17:58.same again. After he was released from prison, he found it very hard
:17:59. > :18:06.to get any work. People did not want to employ someone who had been,
:18:07. > :18:11.according to them, a coward. 100 years on, the sketches and writings
:18:12. > :18:15.of these 16 men are now part of history. For them, a different kind
:18:16. > :18:23.of war fought on the grounds of religious or political beliefs.
:18:24. > :18:26.Amazing story. Now, working for military
:18:27. > :18:28.intelligence might sound like But right now, the Army is looking
:18:29. > :18:33.for around 90 new recruits who'll They'll end up joining
:18:34. > :18:37.the reserves in Gateshead. Special agent Jonathan Swingler
:18:38. > :18:42.reports. Think of military intelligence
:18:43. > :18:44.and images of the Cold War spring to mind,
:18:45. > :18:55.and of course, all the fun gadgets. So we were surprised to be invited
:18:56. > :19:08.here to this building in Gateshead but I am a bit disappointed
:19:09. > :19:11.it is not a glamorous secret base. I'm just going to have a look
:19:12. > :19:15.inside to see what is going on. Some parts of the military are being
:19:16. > :19:18.cut but here they are looking In this area we intend to expand
:19:19. > :19:22.from a detachment of 12 to Tonight's new recruits are being
:19:23. > :19:36.taught about intelligence cells. The fictional scenario involves
:19:37. > :19:38.investigating drug dealing For the people starting out
:19:39. > :19:49.in military intelligence, what Of course James Bond! It doesn't
:19:50. > :19:53.matter, if you ask anyone, if someone says, no, that is not what I
:19:54. > :19:58.thought of, they are probably lying. I imagined going down the outside of
:19:59. > :20:05.the building, smashing through a window ` all that good stuff! Emily
:20:06. > :20:09.has just finished her maths degree. Hidden underground with all this
:20:10. > :20:17.information, people running around, quite secretive. That is the image
:20:18. > :20:21.in my head! To be involved in the action and to be responsible with
:20:22. > :20:26.safeguarding the territory of the UK, quite a responsibility but I
:20:27. > :20:30.feel I can do it. So who is the ideal candidate for this kind of
:20:31. > :20:34.work? We have had firemen,
:20:35. > :20:40.astrophysicists, policewoman. Really we are a very, very broad church.
:20:41. > :20:44.The last few hours have been spent looking at maps and charts. Sadly,
:20:45. > :20:53.there weren't any car chases and not a single explosion!
:20:54. > :20:57.Still looked like fun, didn't it? Time for the sport now, and a few
:20:58. > :21:02.big names have already been announced for the Great North Run.
:21:03. > :21:09.What is one of them? Yes! Mo Farah will be pounding the route for a
:21:10. > :21:13.second year running. He has taken part in a number of events over the
:21:14. > :21:17.past few years but last year was his first attempt at the famous half
:21:18. > :21:22.marathon itself, where he was beaten into second place. He pulled out of
:21:23. > :21:26.the Commonwealth Games after not recovering in time from an illness.
:21:27. > :21:35.He is currently preparing for the 10000 and 5000 metres double. Lord
:21:36. > :21:39.Coe will play a key role in the celebrations. That is after the
:21:40. > :21:45.Great North Run becomes the first running event in the world to record
:21:46. > :21:56.its 1,000,000th runner. In football, Al Hatch bar has joined
:21:57. > :22:00.Bastille on loan. The Black Cats have confirmed another loan deal for
:22:01. > :22:07.Argentinian centre back Santiago Regine E has been done. Also
:22:08. > :22:10.returning to the region is Stephen Elliott, who has just signed a
:22:11. > :22:15.one`year deal with Carlisle United of League Two.
:22:16. > :22:19.The football league season kicks off in less than 48 hours time, with
:22:20. > :22:24.Middlesbrough ready for their first full season with their head coach.
:22:25. > :22:29.The Spaniard has made a nub of changes over the summer but what do
:22:30. > :22:35.the fans make of it all? The best way of finding out what the public
:22:36. > :22:43.is thinking is to ask a cabbie! I've got a good feeling about this
:22:44. > :22:46.season. The players coming in. The players out of international duty.
:22:47. > :22:51.Definitely a good opening in the right direction.
:22:52. > :22:57.There is a feeling of optimism in Teesside. You can feel it in the
:22:58. > :23:04.air. To be honest, excited with the punters. They get in the car and
:23:05. > :23:09.talk about it. They have signed goalkeeper from Real Madrid. I think
:23:10. > :23:15.that is quite exciting, isn't it? They seem well optimistic about it.
:23:16. > :23:21.Exciting changes. Possibly a defined kind of football this year. A lot of
:23:22. > :23:25.attacking. Some tough teams in the
:23:26. > :23:33.championship. I think I would be happy with a play`off place. Not
:23:34. > :23:39.being too, like, optimistic. Much of the optimism stems from
:23:40. > :23:44.their head coach, who is enjoying his first full pre`season and has
:23:45. > :23:54.made some low`key but useful looking acquisitions. We won six in the last
:23:55. > :24:00.eight, we keep a clean sheet at the end and this is the way to build the
:24:01. > :24:06.team now. We're improving the squad with new players and every day we
:24:07. > :24:15.have to improve. I would like to have two or three more new players
:24:16. > :24:16.before the finish. He has taken the club forward
:24:17. > :24:19.because in the past it has lingered because in the past it has
:24:20. > :24:23.back on where it was and had a few back on where it was and had a few
:24:24. > :24:29.bad seasons and gone through thick and thin. I think he is taking the
:24:30. > :24:35.club in the right direction. Fingers crossed! We will have more
:24:36. > :24:37.football tomorrow. I had the sun cream out this
:24:38. > :24:48.morning. Briefly but it was hot! Absolutely. Lovely weather in
:24:49. > :24:54.Cumbria but a different story tomorrow. The headline to go with
:24:55. > :24:59.this photo, heavy showers, particularly for the coast and
:25:00. > :25:06.Cumbria. Sunshine with the sun not sitting until just before 9pm. Any
:25:07. > :25:11.isolated showers will dry up overnight. A cooler night than last
:25:12. > :25:15.night for many parts. Clear skies allowing temperatures to fall to
:25:16. > :25:20.around ten degrees by morning. First thing tomorrow, we are expecting
:25:21. > :25:25.more sunshine but it does not last. A weather warning in place from 10am
:25:26. > :25:31.for heavy, slow moving showers. So, first thing tomorrow, sunny in
:25:32. > :25:37.Cumbria with a lovely start to the day. But soon, the weather starts to
:25:38. > :25:42.turn in North Yorkshire, with those heavy showers spilling in from the
:25:43. > :25:47.south. That is late morning into the afternoon. Some of those showers are
:25:48. > :25:52.thundery. This isn't exactly where the lightning will strike. Just an
:25:53. > :25:56.indication of quite how unsettled tomorrow's weather could be. Many
:25:57. > :25:59.parts will avoid the showers as they are slow`moving, and places should
:26:00. > :26:06.be bright with temperatures up to 22. But the showers will be heavy
:26:07. > :26:11.and persistent in the West and this weather warning here is out till
:26:12. > :26:16.8pm. The north`east has no weather warning but there could still be
:26:17. > :26:20.heavy showers. This is the satellite image over the next few days. The
:26:21. > :26:24.pressure is low but that will clear on Friday and we expect a dry,
:26:25. > :26:30.bright day for most parts on Saturday. This system in the South
:26:31. > :26:37.is what will be left of ex`hurricane Bertha. She works her way north and
:26:38. > :26:42.east words through the end of the weekend and into Monday, so for us,
:26:43. > :26:47.that means heavy, prolonged showers, possibly thundery through
:26:48. > :26:51.the later part of Sunday, especially for the north`east coast. Even
:26:52. > :26:54.Monday, notice although the rain has cleared the north`east, it is still
:26:55. > :26:59.raining for much of Cumbria and the winds are likely to be strong. A
:27:00. > :27:00.real dartboard look to the pressure chart! Those winds are whirling
:27:01. > :27:08.around. Thank you very much. The girls are
:27:09. > :27:11.on duty tonight and tomorrow as well. Thank you for watching.
:27:12. > :27:14.Goodbye.