:00:16. > :00:41.His father tells Look North how much it means to him. I didn't rdalise
:00:42. > :00:48.how many people loved him or knew him but there appeared all who
:00:49. > :00:53.didn't know him who have cole. Also:
:00:54. > :00:56.Also in the programme, thousands of pupils in our region pick up their
:00:57. > :00:58.GCSE results. And so do somd of their parents.
:00:59. > :01:01.After a 69`year campaign and a bit of help from the Queen, pilot Wilson
:01:02. > :01:04.Taylor finally gets his Wings. In sport, we'll be talking live to a
:01:05. > :01:07.World Cup winning captain. And, after winning no senior medals,
:01:08. > :01:09.two come at once for this Middlesbrough teenager.
:01:10. > :01:21.And, after winning no senior medals, two come at once
:01:22. > :01:25.It was a day when a family, a football club and a city said
:01:26. > :01:32.Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral
:01:33. > :01:40.Liam, who was 28, was the first of the ten Brhtish
:01:41. > :01:44.victims to be identified from the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines
:01:45. > :01:47.flight MH17, which was shot out of the sky over Ukraine last month.
:01:48. > :01:51.Liam and fellow fan John Alder, who also died,
:01:52. > :01:54.were on their way to New Ze`land to watch Newcastle United play two
:01:55. > :02:04.they came to pay their final respects to Liam Sweeney.
:02:05. > :02:08.Among the mourners, a delegation from Newcastle United
:02:09. > :02:11.including manager Alan Parddw and captain Fabricio Colocchni.
:02:12. > :02:15.But so many others ` legendary former players
:02:16. > :02:20.Fans, friends and family, there to celebrate the life
:02:21. > :02:27.Exactly five weeks after thd MH 7 disaster,
:02:28. > :02:31.one of Newcastle's most loy`l fans ` a foot soldier of the Toon @rmy
:02:32. > :02:36.A Newcastle United shirt and scarf were placed
:02:37. > :02:41.The mourners were told Liam was a family man, a music fan,
:02:42. > :02:57.The Canon told the congregation that he was able kind and gentle man and
:02:58. > :03:03.always had a smile on his f`ce. He was an incredibly devoted Ndwcastle
:03:04. > :03:14.United supporter who deservds his place in Geordie mythology. "you
:03:15. > :03:28.regularly watched the U21s. You would fill in the gaps... " and
:03:29. > :03:40.prayers were said for the other Newcastle United fan killed in the
:03:41. > :03:58.a fantastic supporter. Not only him and John. The level of commhtment
:03:59. > :04:36.they showed to the club is As you saw in that report,
:04:37. > :04:38.the Newcastle United manager, Alan Pardew,
:04:39. > :04:40.was among those at Liam's ftneral. And this afternoon, at his weekly
:04:41. > :04:42.press conference, he took the opportunity to pay his
:04:43. > :04:44.own tribute. It was important for the city that
:04:45. > :04:47.we honoured the memory of Lham In my opinion, it was
:04:48. > :04:52.a great service this morning. We obviously were there to pay
:04:53. > :04:54.tribute to what was It's such a shame we've lost two
:04:55. > :04:57.of our greats, but I thought it was done in
:04:58. > :05:00.a very nice manner this morning and respect to everybody who was
:05:01. > :05:41.there. Yesterday, on the eve of thd
:05:42. > :05:59.funeral, his father paid his own personal tribute. A big lad, a
:06:00. > :07:18.It was a situation if he is looking down, you would think, wow! We had a
:07:19. > :07:29.good banter and it was all `bout Liam and John so it was really nice.
:07:30. > :07:37.It came from Clarence House so it was from royalty. It was from Prince
:07:38. > :07:42.Charles and it is a really nice letter. It was from the heart from
:07:43. > :07:51.him and his wife. It's amazhng. Liam and John have touched the hdarts of
:07:52. > :07:58.the whole world and when it comes from the Royals as well as the Prime
:07:59. > :08:03.Minister and the food will club he didn't love so much! What c`n I say?
:08:04. > :08:07.Absolutely tremendous. Lots of people haven't got their loved ones
:08:08. > :08:12.back and it is very difficult. I know how difficult it will be for
:08:13. > :08:16.them. If the world can becole a better place because of what
:08:17. > :08:20.happened to Liam and John, that would be great. There are more nice
:08:21. > :08:23.people then not so nice people but in Iraq, the Palestine and the UK
:08:24. > :08:32.body leaders have to get together and sort something. I mentioned
:08:33. > :08:39.those threes `` three places but there are other places in the world
:08:40. > :08:41.and people had to stop fighting The religious side of things isn't
:08:42. > :08:46.really religious. I don't rdally want to get involved in relhgion, I
:08:47. > :08:48.just want to make sure the two lads didn't die in vain.
:08:49. > :08:49.Strong words there from Barry Sweeney. We send them our vdry best
:08:50. > :08:51.wishes. The Teesside`born comedian,
:08:52. > :08:54.Roy "Chubby" Brown has been fined after he was caught reading
:08:55. > :08:56.a newspaper while driving. The 69`year`old from East H`rlsey
:08:57. > :08:58.near Northallerton, whose real name is Royston Vasey,
:08:59. > :09:01.was caught on camera on the A19 He pleaded guilty, by post,
:09:02. > :09:05.to "driving without due card He's been given four points
:09:06. > :09:20.on his licence. Production at Nissan'sSunderland
:09:21. > :09:23.plant has been temporarily stopped. Repairs are being carried ott.
:09:24. > :09:32.Nissan says assembly will bd resumed in the coming games `` days and they
:09:33. > :09:36.expect it to be a short`terl issue. The union says it is working with
:09:37. > :09:39.management and they hope normal production can be resumed qtickly.
:09:40. > :09:45.Cleveland police confirmed two of its dogs are going to be put down.
:09:46. > :09:53.Last month, one pensioner dhed four days after being attacked bx a
:09:54. > :09:55.police dog lost officers se`rched a house and last week, a membdr of
:09:56. > :10:10.staff was bitten on the arm. Some schools have had unpredictable
:10:11. > :10:19.results in this years grades. There are lots of smiles
:10:20. > :10:22.and perhaps the odd frown as GCSE students at Kenton School
:10:23. > :10:24.in Newcastle get their results. Overall the great here
:10:25. > :10:26.have never been better. I got two Cs in maths and English
:10:27. > :10:28.so good. I would have hoped
:10:29. > :10:33.for a few more As, but I passed I thought I was going
:10:34. > :10:36.to do slightly worse. Parents weren't only anxious
:10:37. > :10:51.about their own children, some had also taken English and Maths GCSEs
:10:52. > :10:54.themselves to share the expdrience Pleased with that? Yes, verx
:10:55. > :11:05.pleased. I got an A in my maths so I'm
:11:06. > :11:10.delighted. Staff were able to celebratd
:11:11. > :11:14.the performance of parents Any parents who would've bedn
:11:15. > :11:22.interested in taking GCSE m`ths or English would have been people who
:11:23. > :11:26.didn't succeed as much as they wanted to when they were at school
:11:27. > :11:30.and it will help to give thdm confidence and perhaps compdte with
:11:31. > :11:35.their own children and perh`ps competition raises standards so that
:11:36. > :11:39.would be great and it's worked. Her son outperformed her,
:11:40. > :11:47.but she'll be back for more. I hated maths
:11:48. > :11:56.at school with a vengeance. To sit and be taught in a rdlaxed
:11:57. > :11:59.environment was just good ftn. I made a lot of friends and I
:12:00. > :12:08.enjoyed it and I will come back So success here for
:12:09. > :12:14.students and parents at Kent but also some unpredictabilhty, some
:12:15. > :12:19.surprises because the staff here say changes in the GCSE syllabuses have
:12:20. > :12:23.made it harder to predict what For that reason,
:12:24. > :12:31.unions say it is time the government stop tinkering and allowed schools
:12:32. > :12:44.to get on with teaching. Who is like the government or the
:12:45. > :12:49.schools? The government has taken away a speaking and listening test
:12:50. > :12:53.that was seen as an easy wax of boosting marks and it has m`de it
:12:54. > :13:00.harder for schools to that people in multiple times. Some say it makes it
:13:01. > :13:04.more rigorous now and students know it is worth what it says on the
:13:05. > :13:10.paper. Schools aren't against all the changes but they say work that
:13:11. > :13:15.might have got an a grade l`st year went this year. So there ard
:13:16. > :13:23.unpredictable results which are an settling. Michael Gove, not always
:13:24. > :13:26.the most possible `` popular person, and there is a new Secretarx of
:13:27. > :13:36.State which might mean more new changes. We had an inspection rash
:13:37. > :13:41.and some of our schools werd found to be in the bottom two tiers. One
:13:42. > :13:52.in special measures saw a significant increase in its
:13:53. > :14:00.results. Southfield saw a bhg drop in its results and Richard Rose
:14:01. > :14:04.Academy saw a drop in its rdsults with 33.9%. A lot of work to do in
:14:05. > :14:09.those schools. Thank you.
:14:10. > :14:17.Coming up: How the RAF has lade Wilson Taylor'sday. And we have a
:14:18. > :14:23.World Cup winner. Going with the flow, how the project on a river is
:14:24. > :14:24.helping the environment do hts own thing.
:14:25. > :14:28.Plenty of showers around thhs Plenty of showers around thhs
:14:29. > :14:36.evening but they could be more on bank holiday weekend.
:14:37. > :14:39.Earlier this month, we brought you the story of wartime pilot Wilson
:14:40. > :14:42.Taylor. He actually qualifidd as a pilot just as the war was ending,
:14:43. > :14:45.which meant he didn't receive his Wings ` the pilots' Badge of Honour.
:14:46. > :14:49.But Wilson, who lives in Newcastle, never gave up. And after ne`rly 70
:14:50. > :14:51.But Wilson, who lives in Newcastle, never gave up.
:14:52. > :14:53.finally come true. Lara Rostron joined him at RAF Linton`on`Ouse in
:14:54. > :14:56.North Yorkshire, at the cerdmony he's been waiting for, for `ll those
:14:57. > :15:05.Yorkshire, at the ceremony he's been waiting for, for all those xears.
:15:06. > :15:14.Suited and booted, 89`year`old Wilson Taylor can't believe his
:15:15. > :15:21.luck. It's almost a dream. Ht is a dream! Today is the day he gets his
:15:22. > :15:26.wings retrospectively. At the time, war ended and he didn't fly another
:15:27. > :15:31.operational mission. Today, the clock was turned back and they were
:15:32. > :15:34.presented to him by the RAF second`in`command from the Linistry
:15:35. > :15:39.of defence. With his family close by, Wilson clearly enjoyed the
:15:40. > :15:49.unprecedented ceremony some 69 years overdue. It is an absolute "wow day
:15:50. > :15:54.for me. I have thought about this for 70 years and I was just saying
:15:55. > :16:03.to the Vice Marshal, that I have at least said once a day, "I whsh I got
:16:04. > :16:05.my wings". And that works ott at over 25,000 times that I've said it
:16:06. > :16:11.and today is happened. He's and today is happened. He's
:16:12. > :16:19.incredible. He was flying up to the age of 85. We are celebrating the
:16:20. > :16:24.life of someone who represents what is good about the Royal Air Force.
:16:25. > :16:28.What he has given back to society and the work he has done with the
:16:29. > :16:33.underprivileged and he strives to improve. So to give him another
:16:34. > :16:39.qualification, a really important badge at this stage of his life is
:16:40. > :16:43.a pleasure. Finally, he has his wings and it wouldn't have happened
:16:44. > :16:48.without the Queen'sintervention He wants to thank for answering his
:16:49. > :16:55.letters. I would like her to know that I've been successful in life,
:16:56. > :16:58.struggled to get there. No doubt the letter will get the royal sdal of
:16:59. > :17:08.approval even if the wings he got were those of King George VH.
:17:09. > :17:16.Fantastic and well done to Wilson. What is thought to be the l`rgest
:17:17. > :17:22.re`routing of a river in thd country has taken a major step forw`rd. It
:17:23. > :17:26.has been allowed to follow ` longer and more natural course. It will
:17:27. > :17:31.help prevent flooding furthdr down the river. Today, water started
:17:32. > :17:38.blowing along the new route and the fish would have an a helping hand.
:17:39. > :17:42.The catch of the day but thdse fish aren't for eating. They are being
:17:43. > :17:46.rescued from a man`made channel about to be filled in so thd river
:17:47. > :17:51.can be returned to its natural course. Today, the environmdnt
:17:52. > :17:58.agency team used and let trhck current to stun the fish. This kind
:17:59. > :18:04.of river, we just get the jtvenile fish like salmon and brown trout.
:18:05. > :18:13.Juvenile means we get Fridax which are this spring'shatching. Ht is
:18:14. > :18:18.important we keep them in the river system because they are our future.
:18:19. > :18:22.Work on what is thought to be the largest re`routing of a rivdr in the
:18:23. > :18:28.country has been going on hdre for two months. In June, before work
:18:29. > :18:33.started, it looked very different. To protect farmland, it has been
:18:34. > :18:38.forced along a 400 metres stretch which needs maintaining. Thd new
:18:39. > :18:42.route will see it meander more naturally over one owner half
:18:43. > :18:47.kilometres and the river will then be able to look after its sdlf. It
:18:48. > :18:53.is over three times as long as the original channel. It will h`ve
:18:54. > :18:59.wooded corridors like wildlhfe corridors effectively, new woodlands
:19:00. > :19:05.and it connects the river to its flood plains. There will be stalked
:19:06. > :19:12.gravels in the new channels which will help for flood Liebman. ``
:19:13. > :19:18.flood alleviation. There is still plenty of work to be done including
:19:19. > :19:22.reseeding and replanting but it is hoped that by spring nature will
:19:23. > :19:24.have done her staff and the evidence of man's intervention will no longer
:19:25. > :19:39.be here. Time for sport now. We have a very
:19:40. > :19:43.special guest. There is no doubt that the profile
:19:44. > :19:49.of women's sport has come on in leaps and rounds in the last couple
:19:50. > :19:52.of years. London 2012 have `n increased media coverage has started
:19:53. > :19:58.to make some of the stars household names so what impact will women s
:19:59. > :20:09.rugby club team winning the World Cup `` have? I'm delighted to say,
:20:10. > :20:14.Katie is here. Well done. Losing finalist 12 months ago. Has it sank
:20:15. > :20:18.in four days on? Two as it has been a whirlwind four days. Sund`y we
:20:19. > :20:23.lifted the trophy and now wd are here and we've done so much in
:20:24. > :20:30.between. Your feet have hardly touched the ground. Tell us about
:20:31. > :20:35.your media whirlwind. We arrived back on Monday into Heathrow after
:20:36. > :20:40.having great celebrations and going to a rest Conference at Twickenham,
:20:41. > :20:48.speaking to a lot of nation`l papers. There is the trophy. It has
:20:49. > :20:54.been endless. It is fantasthc for our sport. Your vice captain is from
:20:55. > :21:01.Tyneside and one of your te`m`mates so no homesickness. What can thing
:21:02. > :21:04.like this do for the club? The North has always been tremendouslx
:21:05. > :21:07.supportive so hopefully it will get more goals involved. More ghrls
:21:08. > :21:15.playing senior rugby too. Wd will playing senior rugby too. Wd will
:21:16. > :21:23.come down to the club and hopefully be more part of it and go on to win
:21:24. > :21:29.a World Cup. It will massivdly help our sport in terms of sevens and put
:21:30. > :21:35.it out there in terms of getting money into the sport. In just over
:21:36. > :21:40.two weeks, you are a primarx is Gould teacher and you have some
:21:41. > :21:45.catching up to do. I've had so much support from everyone at school All
:21:46. > :21:53.the girls and the family. I can t wait to get back and show them this.
:21:54. > :21:54.Here is the medal. You also won the MBE and you picked that up `t the
:21:55. > :22:05.Palace. They are very different. 20 win ``
:22:06. > :22:13.years of not winning a World Cup and now we have one. I know... Xou are
:22:14. > :22:20.out this weekend so try to get some rest. Thank you.
:22:21. > :22:24.It was breaking news last nhght the Middlesbrough teenager winnhng
:22:25. > :22:35.bronze in the athletics Championships in Swansea. She
:22:36. > :22:43.eventually had to settle for third place. It is a stepping stone. It
:22:44. > :22:47.really helps to tell me what I need to do over 12 months to get me ready
:22:48. > :22:52.for the world Championships and then reopen. It really does help. I went
:22:53. > :22:57.into the season not having `ny senior medal so to have two, I'm
:22:58. > :23:02.really happy. Her fans must wish they could turn back the clocks
:23:03. > :23:08.In the last five `` fortnight we have seen a football team dtbbed out
:23:09. > :23:12.of the capital one. But all of the table, no goals and no points and to
:23:13. > :23:20.make matters worse, their brightest prospect wants to leave.
:23:21. > :23:25.Luke handed a transfer requdst in and we acknowledged that. I had a
:23:26. > :23:31.conversation with him and hd did himself credit in the match on
:23:32. > :23:40.Tuesday. That is something H will have two SS. My job is to try and
:23:41. > :23:44.find some players who will boost numbers and give us extra qtality to
:23:45. > :23:51.give us a chance to get our seizing up and running.
:23:52. > :23:55.He has just resigned the Middlesbrough striker, Charlie
:23:56. > :23:59.Cooper. And one person returning is,
:24:00. > :24:05.possibly, Gazza? Yes, he could be lacing his boots up
:24:06. > :24:09.in Dorset after a chance encounter with a taxi driver who also manages
:24:10. > :24:13.another team. It is ten years since he last played professional
:24:14. > :24:16.football. I will believe it when I sed it
:24:17. > :24:28.Time for the weather now. It has been cold today, yes. It will
:24:29. > :24:30.be cool over the next few d`ys to come back here is a beautiftl image
:24:31. > :24:47.to start us off on our forecast It should be a pleasant sunset
:24:48. > :24:55.tomorrow across most of the lake. Cloudy and showery in the
:24:56. > :25:01.north`east, though. This evdning, more showers across the north`east
:25:02. > :25:06.and some of them will be he`vy. Slowly dying away through the night.
:25:07. > :25:17.Underneath clearing skies, temperatures will slip into single
:25:18. > :25:23.figures. A chilly field to tomorrow. `` eight chilly feel.
:25:24. > :25:32.Lots of sunshine to come tolorrow morning first thing, especi`lly in
:25:33. > :25:36.Northumbria and Cumbria `` Northumbria.
:25:37. > :25:54.If you showers around tomorrow afternoon.
:25:55. > :26:01.Less of a chance of a shower but brisk breezes from the north`west
:26:02. > :26:10.tomorrow and for much of thd next few days. A week weather system
:26:11. > :26:16.brings showers late tomorrow and possibly through Saturday as well
:26:17. > :26:21.but then pressure starts to rise and it starts to dominate through
:26:22. > :26:24.Saturday and Sunday so a fine middle part of the bank holiday wedkend
:26:25. > :26:29.before lower pressure allows the system to sweep in from the West
:26:30. > :26:30.which brings strong breezes and heavy rain through bank holhday
:26:31. > :26:48.Monday. Try and find on Saturday and clear
:26:49. > :26:53.skies overnight could mean dight chilly start to Sunday and possibly
:26:54. > :26:58.a touch of grass frost in the countryside first thing on Sunday.
:26:59. > :27:01.But the weather system starts to arrive from the west and it will
:27:02. > :27:07.cloud over in the afternoon with a grain overnight on Sunday. Londay is
:27:08. > :27:13.self will be a mixture of stnshine and showers full is. One or two
:27:14. > :27:20.showers possible on Saturdax in the north`east.
:27:21. > :27:27.New details have emerged about the death of the American journ`list in
:27:28. > :27:30.Syria who was held captive by three British Jihad ease.
:27:31. > :27:44.The funeral took place todax of Liam Sweeney who was the first of ten Vic
:27:45. > :27:49.Tims to be identified from LH 1 `` first of the ten victims.
:27:50. > :28:14.We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks
:28:15. > :28:20.Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die!
:28:21. > :28:34.Make the most of your bank holiday, wherever you are.
:28:35. > :28:38.Use the BBC Weather app to stay one step ahead of the weather.