:00:00. > :00:12.Good evening. Now it's time for the news where
:00:13. > :00:15.There's been an angry reaction in the region to the news that
:00:16. > :00:17.a breast cancer drug, trialled at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital,
:00:18. > :00:21.won't be routinely available on the NHS.
:00:22. > :00:23.The drug, Kadcyla, has offered extra months
:00:24. > :00:29.But it's been decided that it will cost the health service too much.
:00:30. > :00:31.One woman who's benefited from the drug says
:00:32. > :00:38.Our Political Editor, Richard Moss, reports.
:00:39. > :00:42.It looks insignificant but each dose of Kadcyla can be
:00:43. > :00:46.precious for patients with advanced breast cancer.
:00:47. > :00:48.Newcastle health care worker Michelle Robson's life has been
:00:49. > :00:52.transformed since she started taking it six months ago.
:00:53. > :00:55.The other drugs I've been on make you feel absolutely horrendous.
:00:56. > :00:59.This one, I can leave work, I go get it, I go back to work
:01:00. > :01:02.Kadcyla is such a huge advance because it delivers
:01:03. > :01:05.toxins straight into the cancer cell, meaning they don't spread
:01:06. > :01:09.around the body and don't produce the debilitating side`effects
:01:10. > :01:14.But a year's treatment costs ?90,000.
:01:15. > :01:18.Those in charge of NHS medicines say that is too expensive
:01:19. > :01:24.The NHS has to recognise it has to provide for all diseases
:01:25. > :01:28.and conditions and so it has to balance the benefits
:01:29. > :01:34.that a new treatment brings with what the NHS is expected to pay.
:01:35. > :01:35.For Michelle and her consultant, though,
:01:36. > :01:42.I do not think you can put a price on the next Christmas or the next
:01:43. > :01:46.Those are the memories that those kids will carry with them
:01:47. > :01:53.It's about people's lives and their value in society.
:01:54. > :01:57.These suits sit behind a desk and make these decisions without getting
:01:58. > :02:02.out there and asking patients, seeing the difference that it makes.
:02:03. > :02:07.Could they sit and say to my family, "Sorry, we can't afford this."
:02:08. > :02:10.For now, doctors will still be able to apply to a special fund
:02:11. > :02:15.But as that pot of money runs out in 2016, there is now
:02:16. > :02:18.a huge question mark over a treatment that is not yet
:02:19. > :02:22.curing cancers but is giving patients an extra six extra months
:02:23. > :02:31.of quality life they didn't think they'd get.
:02:32. > :02:32.Three men, arrested in Borneo over the killing
:02:33. > :02:35.of two Newcastle University medical students, have tested positive
:02:36. > :02:41.Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, who were both 22, were stabbed
:02:42. > :02:45.in the city of Kuching. Mark Denten reports.
:02:46. > :02:46.Paying tribute today to two colleagues.
:02:47. > :02:50.Medical staff at Sarawack General Hospital mourning
:02:51. > :02:53.the loss of two young men, Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, who came
:02:54. > :02:58.to Malaysia to save lives, only to have theirs cut tragically short.
:02:59. > :03:01.They were heading back to their hostel here when they were attacked.
:03:02. > :03:03.Malaysian police have arrested four men and say they've admitted
:03:04. > :03:07.their crime. In a preliminary report seen by the BBC,
:03:08. > :03:09.police say three of the suspects have tested positive for
:03:10. > :03:14.the drug crystal meth, known locally as syabu and reportedly available
:03:15. > :03:18.Meanwhile, Newcastle University staff are
:03:19. > :03:23.They are part of our Newcastle family and the wider family
:03:24. > :03:29.I have to say the grief and sadness is shared not only
:03:30. > :03:32.by all the medical staff that they have come in touch with
:03:33. > :03:37.and the hospitals, but also the general population of Kuching.
:03:38. > :03:40.Local people coming to light candles, put flowers,
:03:41. > :03:46.and wreaths from just about every organisation of substance here.
:03:47. > :03:50.Everybody in this society is stunned and shocked.
:03:51. > :03:53.Tributes have also been paid by British tourists in the area.
:03:54. > :03:59.We just wanted to pay respects for the loss of these two lives, really.
:04:00. > :04:04.The guys were in the same bar as us earlier on in the evening.
:04:05. > :04:08.Everyone seemed to be having a good time, you know.
:04:09. > :04:11.Just everyone having a drink, like you do.
:04:12. > :04:13.A post mortem examination has been carried out on the bodies
:04:14. > :04:18.Five other Newcastle University students,
:04:19. > :04:24.who were working with them, are expected back in the UK tomorrow.
:04:25. > :04:26.Martin Callanan, the former Conservative MEP for the
:04:27. > :04:30.The former leader of the Conservatives
:04:31. > :04:34.in the European Parliament lost his seat at the Euro elections in May.
:04:35. > :04:43.He's among 22 working peers announced by Downing Street.
:04:44. > :04:46.The father of a seven`year`old girl who was born with a rare
:04:47. > :04:48.eye condition is taking part in a 100`mile charity
:04:49. > :04:50.bike ride this weekend to raise money for research which might,
:04:51. > :04:54.Ella Chapple, from Morpeth in Northumberland,
:04:55. > :04:57.was born with aniridia, a condition which has left her blind.
:04:58. > :05:01.Her dad hopes to raise ?12,000 at the Ride London event,
:05:02. > :05:04.towards research at the Moorfields Eye Hospital.
:05:05. > :05:07.Her parents say stem cell transplantation could eventually
:05:08. > :05:15.Fingers crossed, what we are funding eventually will help Ella, and
:05:16. > :05:19.until that point we will just keep her eyes as healthy as we can, and
:05:20. > :05:26.hope in the future, at some point, she will have some sight restored.
:05:27. > :05:29.Now, he was almost drowned, lived rough for 15 years on
:05:30. > :05:32.Seaham Docks and lost an eye in a fight with his brother.
:05:33. > :05:36.But now, 20`year`old Nelson, has been named National Cat of the Year
:05:37. > :05:41.His incredible life story convinced the charity to choose him
:05:42. > :05:44.as their Cat of the Year, at a ceremony in London last night.
:05:45. > :05:48.His owners, Andrea and Dave are thrilled to have
:05:49. > :05:53.found him and it looks as though Nelson's pretty content too.
:05:54. > :05:56.I thought his story was a good one, otherwise I wouldn't have done it.
:05:57. > :05:59.I thought he had a chance of winning a category, which was
:06:00. > :06:05.When I saw the other finalists, they were lovely stories, as well,
:06:06. > :06:08.but I thought he's probably in with a chance of winning that category.
:06:09. > :06:11.Then all the winners in the individual categories were put
:06:12. > :06:18.in towards the National Cat award, which he then went on to win.
:06:19. > :06:20.Well, that's all from me this Friday night.
:06:21. > :06:23.Now let's have a look at the weekend's weather with Hannah.
:06:24. > :06:28.We've had heavy rain this evening, Hannah. Any better tomorrow?
:06:29. > :06:35.We have had some very intense than the storms through this evening but
:06:36. > :06:38.they are clearing away and the forecast for Saturday is much
:06:39. > :06:45.brighter. Mostly dry across the region with good spells of sunshine.
:06:46. > :06:50.Lots of sun to come tomorrow morning and one or two isolated light
:06:51. > :06:53.gassing showers to lunch time and into the early afternoon. By
:06:54. > :06:58.tea`time most part is fine and dry with temperatures reaching 20
:06:59. > :07:03.Celsius. A change in the weather by Sunday. What is left of hurricane
:07:04. > :07:08.Bertha swells across the UK, bringing heavy, possibly thundery
:07:09. > :07:14.showers and a Met Office warning for anything up to two inches of
:07:15. > :07:18.rainfall with some strong wind along the north`east coast. Monday sees
:07:19. > :07:23.the weather stay very breezy indeed and still with further showers to
:07:24. > :07:29.come although slowly starting to get drier, particularly further south.
:07:30. > :07:31.In a moment it is time for the National forecast but he is a
:07:32. > :07:42.reminder of Saturdays forecast. Good evening. We saw some torrential
:07:43. > :07:46.thunderstorms earlier today. Tomorrow looks like a better day for
:07:47. > :07:50.most places. It will go downhill into Sunday. This is heading our
:07:51. > :07:56.way. This is a couple of day's worth of satellite imagery. This is what
:07:57. > :07:59.was the hurricane. Moving from North America, heading towards the United
:08:00. > :08:04.Kingdom, pushed along by the jet stream. Heading towards the United
:08:05. > :08:07.Kingdom for Sunday. A lot of thunderstorms today. The worst was
:08:08. > :08:08.this