:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Look North.
:00:00. > :00:08.Rape crisis workers welcome plans to re`investigate 11 alleged sdx
:00:09. > :00:10.attacks previously discountdd by the police.
:00:11. > :00:13.It's often a very positive experience to be
:00:14. > :00:18.listened to again and think, at last I'm going to be belheved
:00:19. > :00:26.Tributes to a Cumbrian man who fell to his death while working
:00:27. > :00:31.It's obviously absolutely devastating for Eastbourne.
:00:32. > :00:35.And I as the MP pass on the condolences of the whold town to
:00:36. > :00:38.his friends and family in Ctmbria. It is a sad moment.
:00:39. > :00:43.Three decades on ` we remember the siege of Easington,
:00:44. > :00:46.one of the most bitter battles of the year`long miner?s strike
:00:47. > :00:49.And a golden anniversary for the riding centre originally set
:00:50. > :00:53.up to provide therapy for children living with polio.
:00:54. > :00:57.In sport, we'll have the best of the `ction
:00:58. > :01:00.And we'll catch up the gold medal`winning sprinter
:01:01. > :01:14.who's passing on a few tips to the next generation.
:01:15. > :01:17.Up to 11 alleged rape victils could have to undergo the trauma of
:01:18. > :01:23.re`living what happened to them for a second time. It follows concerns
:01:24. > :01:26.that their cases weren't properly dealt with by the police whdn their
:01:27. > :01:31.attacks were first reported. An audit by Her Majesty's Inspdctorate
:01:32. > :01:35.found Northumbria Police wrongly judged that "no crime" had been
:01:36. > :01:39.committed after the allegathons were made. As we first reported late last
:01:40. > :01:43.night a number of police officers involved in the cases have been
:01:44. > :01:45.moved to other duties. Todax, Rape Crisis workers welcomed the news
:01:46. > :01:50.that the investigations are to be re`opened. Alison Freeman rdports.
:01:51. > :01:54.It's something we hope will never happen to us or our loved ones.
:01:55. > :01:57.Being the victim of, and reporting a sex crime.
:01:58. > :02:01.Here at Weardale Women in Need they provide support those
:02:02. > :02:06.They say they welcome the re`examination of eleven
:02:07. > :02:21.alleged rapes which were dedmed ?no crime? by Northumbria Policd.
:02:22. > :02:30.It depends on the individual. It will be traumatic. But if there has
:02:31. > :02:34.been a miscarriage of justice where the law has not been used to protect
:02:35. > :02:38.them, it is often a positivd experience to be listen to `gain and
:02:39. > :02:41.think, at last I am going to be believed and that last I will have
:02:42. > :02:52.some justice. When a rape is reported to
:02:53. > :02:55.police it's recorded as a crime It can then be ?no`crimed?
:02:56. > :02:57.if the police judge that no crime This year 33 rapes that werd
:02:58. > :03:01.reported to Northumbria Polhce After a review it has been found
:03:02. > :03:06.that 11 of those have been incorrectly recorded
:03:07. > :03:08.and need to be reinvestigatdd. The 15 officers who made
:03:09. > :03:10.the original judgements havd been A number
:03:11. > :03:14.of the alleged rapes happendd within existing relationships or where
:03:15. > :03:26.the victim was drunk. There were a number of concdrned
:03:27. > :03:30.women who reported rape who had had a great deal to drink. The following
:03:31. > :03:43.day the police would intervhew the man and he would say she had
:03:44. > :03:49.consented. When a female victim has had a huge amount to drink, they
:03:50. > :03:56.don't have the capacity to consent or say no to sex. So each one of
:03:57. > :04:03.them was a crime. They will look back at cases as far back as 20 1.
:04:04. > :04:08.We will deal with their needs sympathetically, profession`lly and
:04:09. > :04:11.support them through what troubles they have, and that includes the
:04:12. > :04:18.investigations. We have also said, and have always done, investigations
:04:19. > :04:22.to a high standard, everythhng done to a high level of detail and with
:04:23. > :04:23.the utmost integrity. I will ensure these cases we have talked `bout fit
:04:24. > :04:32.that bill. Alison Freeman joins me now. Alison,
:04:33. > :04:34.how was it possible for the police to make what they admit could be
:04:35. > :04:48.wrong decisions? They can be classed as no crime when
:04:49. > :04:53.the alleged victim has their complaint or when the policd think
:04:54. > :04:57.no crime has taken place. A lawyer we spoke to this afternoon wondering
:04:58. > :05:02.if this is the thin end of the wedge when it comes to complaints that
:05:03. > :05:08.need reinvestigating. We sotght the Rape Crisis worker who said some
:05:09. > :05:15.victims will see this as a chance to get justice. But someone else said
:05:16. > :05:18.these reinvestigation is will rely on the person who made the complaint
:05:19. > :05:20.in the first place and some of them will have moved on and put ht behind
:05:21. > :05:26.them. Police investigating the
:05:27. > :05:30.disappearance of three brothers from Sunderland say all seven people
:05:31. > :05:33.arrested in connection with the case have now been released on b`il. No
:05:34. > :05:35.charges have been brought as inquiries continue. The boys were
:05:36. > :05:38.found in Lancashire last Frhday The boys were found in Lanc`shire
:05:39. > :05:40.last Friday. Tributes have been paid to
:05:41. > :05:42.a Cumbrian man who's fallen to his death while working
:05:43. > :05:44.on the fire`damaged pier 44`year`old Stephen Penrice
:05:45. > :05:48.from Maryport fell from the main platform onto the beach
:05:49. > :06:12.and suffered fatal head injtries. Fire swept through the peer in July
:06:13. > :06:15.and within hours it was redtced to a skeleton. Stephen Penrice, `long
:06:16. > :06:19.with others from Maryport w`s working on the restoration when he
:06:20. > :06:24.felt late yesterday afternoon. A player with his local rug club, he
:06:25. > :06:33.was hugely popular in his hometown. Never heard a wrong word ag`inst
:06:34. > :06:37.anybody. He never did anythhng bad. It is a tragedy. The club is in
:06:38. > :06:44.absolute shock. We cannot gdt over it. It has knocked everybodx
:06:45. > :06:54.sideways. He was a great lad. I looked up to him all of my life
:06:55. > :06:57.Great rugby player. He had ` lot of friends in Maryport and everybody
:06:58. > :06:59.liked him. Stephen leaves a partner and two grown`up stepchildrdn. His
:07:00. > :07:10.death has touched people in Eastbourne, touched by the work he
:07:11. > :07:16.was doing. The work and the peer, everyone was trying to work on it.
:07:17. > :07:20.It is very sad. When the fire happened it was lucky nobodx was
:07:21. > :07:26.hurt and it is such a tragedy. That something like that had to happen.
:07:27. > :07:30.Compounded with the tragedy yesterday evening, it has m`de
:07:31. > :07:46.things difficult for people. The height of the season as well. The
:07:47. > :07:54.tributes had not just come from his friends, given the fire has been
:07:55. > :08:00.treated at the peer has been treated as arson, it is clear peopld in the
:08:01. > :08:13.town say they hope Stephen Penrice and his fellow workers, a ddbt of
:08:14. > :08:19.honour. The MP, Stephen Lloxd said he will assure the thoughts of
:08:20. > :08:22.everyone with his family. Hd has been part of the team who h`s been
:08:23. > :08:24.coming down and working herd for about seven or eight years. He will
:08:25. > :08:25.have friends in the town as well has his colleagues. It is absolttely
:08:26. > :08:28.devastating news for Eastbotrne and I as the MP pass on the condolences
:08:29. > :08:29.of the whole town to his frhends and family. The police and Health and
:08:30. > :08:30.Safety Executive are investhgating. Finding out how he fell to his
:08:31. > :08:35.death, could take some time. Live now to our reporter, Claudia
:08:36. > :08:38.Sirbayzis who's in Eastbourne for Claudia, this death has caused
:08:39. > :08:54.quite a reaction there hasn't it? One tribute said, from southerners
:08:55. > :08:56.to a northerner, rest in pe`ce. I spoke to somebody working in a shop
:08:57. > :09:02.on the promenade this morning, who said lots of Stephen Penricd's
:09:03. > :09:07.colleagues were coming down to the seafront. Then they felt
:09:08. > :09:12.uncomfortable as a shock to be selling seaside memorabilia. So they
:09:13. > :09:17.decided to close the shop, `nd they put up a sign saying they h`d closed
:09:18. > :09:22.as a mark of respect but today the Stephen Penrice. Thanks verx much.
:09:23. > :09:25.The people of Carlisle will tonight be able to see for themselvds the
:09:26. > :09:29.detailed plans for redeveloping the city centre over the next 14 years.
:09:30. > :09:31.The City Council says expansion of the shopping area is needed to fight
:09:32. > :09:34.off competition from out of town centres and that could mean the
:09:35. > :09:36.demolition of their own civhc centre, which has dominated the
:09:37. > :09:40.skyline for more than 50 ye`rs. The plans will be available for scrutiny
:09:41. > :09:43.by the public at the civic centre, the city's central library `nd
:09:44. > :09:50.It's the UK's biggest indepdndent travel agent,
:09:51. > :09:54.And now Sunderland`based Haxs Travel has taken
:09:55. > :09:59.The company has become something of a Wearside success story with an
:10:00. > :10:05.And that's projected to risd to ?1 billion by 2019.
:10:06. > :10:26.Congratulations. Hays recruhts hundreds of the year and tr`ins them
:10:27. > :10:34.in their own way. It is seen as a good, local employer. I havd always
:10:35. > :10:38.loved trouble `` travel. I have always booked through Hays `nd it is
:10:39. > :10:46.a fantastic 1p. It is local and not far from home. `` company. Ht is
:10:47. > :10:52.really good because it is the largest independent travel `gency in
:10:53. > :10:56.the UK and it is a local colpany. I did not want to sit in colldge all
:10:57. > :11:02.of the time, I wanted to st`rt earning money and getting experience
:11:03. > :11:07.as well. Hays is an accredited trainer, awarding NVQs and has to be
:11:08. > :11:15.inspected by Ofsted. We had an Ofsted inspection last year and we
:11:16. > :11:24.got a really good result. I was very proud of it. Hays goes from strength
:11:25. > :11:30.to strength. Annual turnover last year was ?530 million. This year it
:11:31. > :11:35.was excellent and ?50 million and within five years they hope to hit
:11:36. > :11:40.?1 billion. What is this colpany doing right, when so many of the big
:11:41. > :11:46.boys have been faltering? Wd are large so we can give good v`lue for
:11:47. > :11:51.money. We have good buying power. But we are still personal and
:11:52. > :11:58.independent. A lot of peopld realise if you go to the branch of ` big
:11:59. > :12:04.tour operator, you are going to get something that is the tour
:12:05. > :12:08.operator's products. When pdople come to us, we sell everyond. Three
:12:09. > :12:12.quarters of a million peopld but the holidays with the company l`st year.
:12:13. > :12:16.You could say the company h`s put Sunderland on the world map.
:12:17. > :12:19.Still to come on Wednesday's Look North:
:12:20. > :12:21.Mark Tulip with tonight's sports news.
:12:22. > :12:23.Plus, celebrating a golden anniversary ` the riding centre
:12:24. > :12:35.set up 50 years ago to provhde therapy for children with polio
:12:36. > :12:42.I will be here where the we`ther forecast at the end of the news
:12:43. > :12:44.30 years ago, a County Durham community w`s caught
:12:45. > :12:48.up in one of the most bitter battles of the Miners' Strike.
:12:49. > :12:50.One man's attempt to return to work in August 1984 sparked what some
:12:51. > :12:56.It was a stand`off that went on for a fortnight
:12:57. > :12:59.and left lasting scars in the community which still linger today.
:13:00. > :13:07.Our Political Editor, Richard Moss, has been back to Easington Colliery
:13:08. > :13:14.to hear from those who were involved for tonight's Look North report
:13:15. > :13:20.High stakes, high tension hhgh feelings. Five months into the
:13:21. > :13:28.strike, the scenes became common. But at this choleric, it had been
:13:29. > :13:32.peaceful until a minor tried to return to work. Striking miners
:13:33. > :13:42.gathered here under the impression police would bring the minor through
:13:43. > :13:47.a back door. The pickets got angry and then anger turned to violence.
:13:48. > :13:54.The atmosphere was electric, we knew there was going to be trouble. There
:13:55. > :13:58.was a battle, it lasted a couple of hours, maybe a bit more. But the
:13:59. > :14:09.police have their batons out and against that, once they werd raised,
:14:10. > :14:13.the lads defended themselves. It was so unexpected, BBC crews only
:14:14. > :14:18.arrived to film the aftermath and the injuries. But then what followed
:14:19. > :14:23.was a fortnight of clashes `t the police sealed off the pit m`king it
:14:24. > :14:28.hard for the NUM to bring in more pickets. The rights of movelent were
:14:29. > :14:34.ignored. People were not allowed in or out of the village. We wdre not
:14:35. > :14:38.allowed to get more pickets in an ordinary people going about their
:14:39. > :14:44.business were turned back. For families of the miners, quidt
:14:45. > :14:48.village became a battlefield. My friend opened her front door. She
:14:49. > :14:50.lived on the front Road and although where was the police, shoulder to
:14:51. > :14:56.shoulder outside her front door She just shut the door and brokd down.
:14:57. > :15:00.The return to work of one m`n represented a symbolic victory for
:15:01. > :15:09.the coal board and the government, even though it would take another
:15:10. > :15:13.six months to defeat the NUL. The village closed in 1993. The village
:15:14. > :15:17.has never recovered and divhsions persist. If you meet some of those
:15:18. > :15:24.early strikebreakers, do yot talk to them? No, I wouldn't. Peopld don't,
:15:25. > :15:32.they will pass them as if they were invisible. Once a, always a scab.
:15:33. > :15:37.Some say those providing melories will not help the village c`rve out
:15:38. > :15:42.a new future. It is important to respect and honour our heritage I
:15:43. > :15:49.grew up here. But it is important not to dent morale when things are
:15:50. > :15:54.starting to work in the north`east. We have hard`working, good`hearted,
:15:55. > :15:57.community spirited people. Not just because of the industry, thdy were
:15:58. > :16:02.like that before mining and after mining. But some don't want to
:16:03. > :16:07.forget or forgive. Feeling ht the siege had turned out in a dhfferent
:16:08. > :16:13.way, this community might still be mining and thriving.
:16:14. > :16:15.It was set up to provide riding therapy
:16:16. > :16:18.Now 50 years on the Washington Riding Centre is
:16:19. > :16:22.These days, it provides horse riding lessons for both disabled
:16:23. > :16:24.and able`bodied riders and ht's going from strength`to`strength
:16:25. > :16:41.Mounting her horse, Fergus, Kirsty has been coming for the past 15
:16:42. > :16:47.years. For four years of th`t as a disabled rider after being diagnosed
:16:48. > :16:50.with MS. If I couldn't ride, I don't think how we would cope with my
:16:51. > :16:58.illness. Being able to carrx on doing something I was always able to
:16:59. > :17:07.do is fantastic. I need help to attack my horse up and I nedd help
:17:08. > :17:11.getting on and off. There is always people around when I am ridhng in
:17:12. > :17:17.case I have an accident. In 196 when the centre was first sdt up it
:17:18. > :17:26.consisted of a field in South Shields. It moved here in 1877 and
:17:27. > :17:33.now caters for over 100 dis`bled riders every week. This man has been
:17:34. > :17:41.involved from the start and continues as the director. When we
:17:42. > :17:44.got this place built, I project managed for 15 months. When we were
:17:45. > :17:46.finished we had to have somdbody living on`site. I moved into the
:17:47. > :17:51.bungalow. I have been here `ll of that time. I am getting to the time
:17:52. > :17:55.when I should be retiring. The centre has been taking on
:17:56. > :18:01.able`bodied riders since 2000 and has many more plans for the future
:18:02. > :18:05.thanks to some funding. We `re going to take this area down and replace
:18:06. > :18:09.it with purpose`built stablds. We will have a teaching area bdcause
:18:10. > :18:16.what we find is when we are trying to teach people in wheelchahrs or
:18:17. > :18:18.with limited mobility, if wd are teaching them grooming or t`cking
:18:19. > :18:23.up, they are in a confined space in the stable, which could be
:18:24. > :18:29.dangerous. But what will continue is the ethos is to enhance livds by
:18:30. > :18:36.offering this unique form of therapy.
:18:37. > :18:56.Time for the sport, what have you got?
:18:57. > :18:58.Boro needed to bounce back from the disappointing defeat at Leeds but it
:18:59. > :19:01.didn't look good when Seb Hhnes tripped Craig Davies in the area and
:19:02. > :19:05.Davies got up to put Bolton ahead. Fortune favoured the Teessiders when
:19:06. > :19:06.their former defender David Wheater's handball gifted them a
:19:07. > :19:09.penalty just before half tile. Grant Leadbitter equalised from the spot
:19:10. > :19:13.to his obvious delight. And it was three goals in four matches for
:19:14. > :19:16.summer signing Kite in the second half ` a neat finish to hand Boro
:19:17. > :19:20.in the second half ` a neat finish to hand Boro all three points.
:19:21. > :19:23.at your best if promotion is to be a serious prospect. A rainbow at
:19:24. > :19:25.Cheltenham had all sort of symbolism for Carlisle. Could this be a sign
:19:26. > :19:29.of brighter things to come `fter three defeats in league and cup
:19:30. > :19:32.Graham Kavanagh had his sidd fired up for the game and the Cambrians
:19:33. > :19:36.could have won it. They even had the ball in the net but the offside flag
:19:37. > :19:39.meant they had to settle for a goalless draw. According to the
:19:40. > :19:42.papers this is the first tile Hartlepool have lost their first
:19:43. > :19:46.three games of a Football Ldague season since 1950. Pools cotld have
:19:47. > :19:53.that but Dagenham's second goal after the break was the classic
:19:54. > :19:56.sucker punch. As for York Chty, rather than concede a stopp`ge time
:19:57. > :20:01.goal they had to battle back from two goals down at home to C`mbridge.
:20:02. > :20:05.Jake Hyde with the first and then eight minutes from time West
:20:06. > :20:11.Fletcher equalised from the spot. 2`2 it finished.
:20:12. > :20:14.But Berwick Rangers are out of the Scottish Challenge Ctp.
:20:15. > :20:16.Lee Currie's last minute eqtaliser had taken the tie
:20:17. > :20:19.However a Declan McManus hat`trick for
:20:20. > :20:25.In other sport well done to Hartlepool swimmer Jemma Lowe who
:20:26. > :20:27.helped Britain's mixed relax team to the gold medal
:20:28. > :20:29.in the 4x100 metres event at the European Swimming Champhonships
:20:30. > :20:33.One of the region's two medal whnners at
:20:34. > :20:36.the European Athletics Championships has been on Tyneside today putting
:20:37. > :20:41.Stockton sprinter Richard Khlty is gearing up for his appearance at
:20:42. > :20:55.With the count down onto a great sporting weekend at the start of
:20:56. > :21:01.September, Richard Kilty has returned to the region. He has had
:21:02. > :21:05.an impressive season and became the six and good metres champion, won
:21:06. > :21:10.Commonwealth games silver mddal for England and the gold medal last
:21:11. > :21:16.weekend. He had plenty of thps for keen runners at a school holiday
:21:17. > :21:21.club in Gateshead. With Rio coming up in 2016, we have the world
:21:22. > :21:24.championships next year in Beijing and then the 2017 world
:21:25. > :21:30.championships in London. Thhs will be the biggest three years of my
:21:31. > :21:35.career. It has also been an emotional after his friend died in
:21:36. > :21:41.the River Tees. This season is dedicated to him. I know he is
:21:42. > :21:45.looking down and feeling happy. He will be competing alongside some of
:21:46. > :21:53.the top athletes at the north city games, the day before the great
:21:54. > :22:01.North run. I want it when I was 18 or 19 and I want it as a reserve. It
:22:02. > :22:07.is going to be a massive ro`r from the crowd, so hopefully I c`n end my
:22:08. > :22:17.season in style, run a quick time. He has run a lot of medals. Here
:22:18. > :22:23.young athletes have been getting training from a champion sprinter
:22:24. > :22:27.and on the 6th of September, 25 000 fans will get the opportunity to get
:22:28. > :22:33.up close and purrs Sunil with some of the biggest names in athletics
:22:34. > :22:40.when they take to the quayshde. `` personal.
:22:41. > :22:42.Jade Jones has won a bronze medal at the IPC European athletics
:22:43. > :23:03.Championships in Swansea. The feature race was won by
:23:04. > :23:23.Australia with great Gatsby coming home at 12`1. Exciting finish.
:23:24. > :23:25.A new season, a new squad, a new strip and a new pitch `
:23:26. > :23:28.ready for anything the region's weather can hurl at it.
:23:29. > :23:30.The mood was relaxed at this morning's photo call
:23:31. > :23:32.but with the new Premiership rugby union campaign just over a fortnight
:23:33. > :23:37.away Newcastle Falcons' plaxers know it's about to get serious.
:23:38. > :23:48.Is I was in France over the last year. I spent the last two xears in
:23:49. > :23:51.France. I was looking forward to getting experience in the
:23:52. > :23:57.Premiership because I reckon right now is one of the most compdtitive
:23:58. > :24:03.rugby clubs in Europe. I was keen to come over here and happy experience.
:24:04. > :24:10.Much of the talk was about the new state of the art, artificial pitch.
:24:11. > :24:14.A shrewd investment? Hopefully we will see more supporters through the
:24:15. > :24:20.turnstiles because the pitch we had last year was an issue in cdrtain
:24:21. > :24:23.games. It takes that out of the equation now, players can show off
:24:24. > :24:28.their skills and we should see some better rugby. We can get thd
:24:29. > :24:33.community more involved, Rugby club schools, universities playing here,
:24:34. > :24:38.so there is an obvious commdrcial benefit. Next up, home friendlies
:24:39. > :24:46.against Rotherham on Saturd`y and Edinburgh with the first le`gue
:24:47. > :24:50.match at Leicester on set the sixth. `` September the 6th.
:24:51. > :25:28.A cold night last night. Whdther from this morning. A double
:25:29. > :25:30.rainbow. The headline for tomorrow, we are expecting patchy outbreaks of
:25:31. > :25:36.rain so possibly the silver lining to the cloud will be more r`inbows.
:25:37. > :25:40.This evening, just a few showers across the North East. Dry `nd clear
:25:41. > :25:44.for most hard through the fhrst half of the night. Through the sdcond
:25:45. > :25:47.half of the night, rain sprdads in through the North and West.
:25:48. > :25:53.Widespread through dawn. Temperatures underneath the blanket
:25:54. > :25:59.of rain will not be as low `s they were under clear skies last night.
:26:00. > :26:04.Temperatures as low as around nine Celsius at their lowest at dawn
:26:05. > :26:10.tomorrow. First thing tomorrow, more rain across much of the reghon.
:26:11. > :26:15.Heavy at times across the Ctmbrian fells and the Yorkshire Dalds and
:26:16. > :26:20.possibly thunder. Generally things will dry out as we head through the
:26:21. > :26:25.afternoon. Dry spells and possibly sunshine, but breezy tomorrow from
:26:26. > :26:31.the south`west. Temperatures still low for the time of year. They got
:26:32. > :26:36.up to 1415 today, tomorrow ht is this the intending to be thd top
:26:37. > :26:44.temperature in the East, maxbe 6 or 17 in Cumbria. If we pick up the
:26:45. > :26:49.pressure sequence from tomorrow afternoon, low`pressure and another
:26:50. > :26:53.week front slipping across the UK from the north and it stays cool but
:26:54. > :27:02.Russia will rise from the South through Friday. `` pressure. The
:27:03. > :27:04.Bank Holiday weekend starts off very well and with high`pressure sneaking
:27:05. > :27:12.in, Sunday will be the best day of all three. Look to the West, rain
:27:13. > :27:22.possibly coming in on bank holiday Monday.
:27:23. > :27:33.A final look at the main stories. Militants have posted a viddo online
:27:34. > :27:35.which appears to show the bdheading of your American journalist, Richard
:27:36. > :27:43.Foley. And a Rape Crisis Ch`rity welcomes the news Northumbrhan
:27:44. > :28:14.police will look into previous discounted allegations of r`pe.
:28:15. > :28:17.We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks
:28:18. > :28:24.Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die!