:00:00. > :00:00.again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:22.How Jo Milne's remarkable story led to a meeting with the Osmonds.
:00:23. > :00:25.How nuclear decommissioning is creating employment for young
:00:26. > :00:34.The mansion on millionaire's row that sold for
:00:35. > :00:39.They reached the League Cup final at Wembley back in March.
:00:40. > :00:41.Can Sunderland stay on course for a repeat performance
:00:42. > :00:45.Victory would see the Black Cats join both Middlesbrough
:00:46. > :01:01.and Newcastle United in tonight's third round dr`w.
:01:02. > :01:04.The funeral of Neil Dalton, one of the two Newcastle Unhversity
:01:05. > :01:08.medical students murdered in Malaysia, took place tod`y.
:01:09. > :01:10.Hundreds attended the service in Neil's home town of Belpdr
:01:11. > :01:13.Neil and fellow medical student Aiden Brunger, whose funeral took
:01:14. > :01:16.place in private last week, were killed in Kuching, where thdy had
:01:17. > :01:23.Staff and students from Newcastle University were among the mourners.
:01:24. > :01:35.It was a response that showdd just how popular this young man had been.
:01:36. > :01:43.As many as 500 people arrivdd at the church in Belper to say
:01:44. > :01:46.The 22`year`old student was killed in Borneo earlier this month.
:01:47. > :01:50.He was working in a hospital, on placement from Newcastle Unhversity.
:01:51. > :01:53.Many others fellow students attended the funeral, along with old school
:01:54. > :01:59.friends and his cricket teal, who wore their whites.
:02:00. > :02:02.He was very popular, he made people laugh, he was fun to
:02:03. > :02:06.be with, but at the same tile he really cared about people.
:02:07. > :02:08.Even his family saw him as an inspiration to them,
:02:09. > :02:12.so that is what I hope is the message that we get out.
:02:13. > :02:14.After his family arrived and the coffin was carried hn,
:02:15. > :02:18.Two of his best friends spoke and some
:02:19. > :02:25.There may still be questions over who ended his life
:02:26. > :02:28.and exactly why they did it, but today was about remembering
:02:29. > :02:48.On the first page of the order of service, it simply says "Don t
:02:49. > :02:54.be sad that it's gone, be h`ppy that it happened."
:02:55. > :02:57.Even though it has been a short`lived
:02:58. > :03:01.life, it has been well lived and I want people to go away and say,
:03:02. > :03:05.It is such a shame that his life has ended so suddenly,
:03:06. > :03:11.The impression I want to give is that he is a young man who wanted to
:03:12. > :03:13.change the world and did evdrything he could to achieve that.
:03:14. > :03:16.Joanne Milne, who was thrust into the global spotlight after `n online
:03:17. > :03:19.video appeared of her hearing for the first time, has been asked to
:03:20. > :03:23.become an ambassador for a charity for deaf people, set up by lembers
:03:24. > :03:27.And this week she met Merrill Osmond and his son Justin, who's ddaf.
:03:28. > :03:29.The group set up the Hearing Fund UK.
:03:30. > :03:32.The much`anticipated meeting took place here at the BBC studios
:03:33. > :03:38.Stephanie Cleasby has tonight's Look North Report.
:03:39. > :03:46.They may live thousands of miles apart, but Joanne `nd the
:03:47. > :03:53.Merrill and his son Justin, who is deaf, got in touch with Joanne after
:03:54. > :04:08.It's all right, it is a big, big life changing day.
:04:09. > :04:10.Five months ago, she was overcome with emotion when
:04:11. > :04:13.her cochlear implants were switched on, ending her life of silence.
:04:14. > :04:28.My whole family was emotion`l, anyway, but when we saw what
:04:29. > :04:33.The Osmonds were one of the biggest bands of the 70s
:04:34. > :04:36.and are still entertaining `udiences all over the world.
:04:37. > :04:41.Behind all the showbiz glitz and glamour,
:04:42. > :04:46.We have the same situation in our family.
:04:47. > :04:50.In fact, a lot of people don't know this, but the reason why we got
:04:51. > :04:53.started was because we wantdd to raise money to buy hearing `ids
:04:54. > :04:58.That is why the Osmonds got started singing
:04:59. > :05:08.Justin, who lives with a 90% hearing loss, is conthnuing
:05:09. > :05:10.the Osmond family's work, raising money for deaf children
:05:11. > :05:15.He has asked Joanne to becole an ambassador for his charity.
:05:16. > :05:20.We are just excited and honoured and very privileged to have you be
:05:21. > :05:25.a hearing ambassador with our family and the Osmonds.
:05:26. > :05:30.And to help spread the mess`ge of hope.
:05:31. > :05:37.Back at home, Joanne, whose condition is also claiming her
:05:38. > :05:44.Since becoming an Internet sensation, people all over the world
:05:45. > :06:01.have got in touch, some havd composed music especially for her.
:06:02. > :06:14.And to think someone took the time to do that.
:06:15. > :06:23.It's just absolutely beautiful, what the general public are doing,
:06:24. > :06:34.the messages of support and well wishing.
:06:35. > :06:40.After 40 years of silence, she has now entered a world of noise.
:06:41. > :06:50.The best noise is definitely laughter.
:06:51. > :07:05.And the most moving sound of all, her own voice.
:07:06. > :07:07.I had speech therapy from the age of two.
:07:08. > :07:11.With lip`reading, you can still pick up how you would
:07:12. > :07:22.I remember when I heard my `ccent for the first time, it was very ..
:07:23. > :07:25.I didn't realise that I would have this sort of dialect.
:07:26. > :07:35.And listen to BBC Newcastle tomorrow morning with Alfie and Charlie
:07:36. > :07:45.from 7am, when Joanne makes a bit of a confession about The Osmonds.
:07:46. > :07:48.Police are investigating after pills were found on a production line
:07:49. > :07:52.Staff spotted the tablets on the line at the Nestle f`ctory
:07:53. > :07:58.A spokesman for Nestle said the pills were a standard prescription
:07:59. > :08:03.tablet, commonly prescribed to both adults and children.
:08:04. > :08:08.The incident was spotted before the sweets were pack`ged
:08:09. > :08:11.There are concerns that the Pacer rail buses which operate on many
:08:12. > :08:14.of the region's local lines might stay in use longer than expdcted.
:08:15. > :08:16.The trains, which are around 30 years old,
:08:17. > :08:21.The Department for Transport says they could be modernised to keep
:08:22. > :08:27.Around 70 jobs are being crdated in West Cumbria
:08:28. > :08:30.after a ?3.5 million investlent in a manufacturing company.
:08:31. > :08:33.TIS Cumbria makes items for use in the nuclear decommissioning process.
:08:34. > :08:38.Two local men started the btsiness from scratch 20 years ago.
:08:39. > :08:42.Today their new plant was opened and Alison Freeman was therd.
:08:43. > :08:49.James and Danielle were among workers at TIS that helped build
:08:50. > :08:57.They are just two of the apprentices being given opportunities hdre
:08:58. > :09:10.There aren't that many opportunities for youngsters these days.
:09:11. > :09:13.I probably would have gone down the University route,
:09:14. > :09:16.but I would have had a lot of debt and perhaps not a job.
:09:17. > :09:19.When I set off, there were 05 to 20 applicants, now we get
:09:20. > :09:24.The 4000 square metre manuf`cturing wall is where TIS makes the
:09:25. > :09:28.components it has designed for the nuclear decommissioning process
:09:29. > :09:34.The company has been built up over the past 20 years.
:09:35. > :09:36.Their commitment to local staff and businesses in
:09:37. > :09:44.the supply chain has attracted more than ?700,000 of investment.
:09:45. > :09:49.There is up to 50, 60, 100 xears work to come off the plant.
:09:50. > :09:52.Companies like we have built up at the moment,
:09:53. > :09:56.have to be ready for that and the only people that really need to
:09:57. > :10:04.Manufacturing is 25% of our economy, which is twice the national
:10:05. > :10:10.average, so it is a strength for us in Cumbria, we should build on it.
:10:11. > :10:12.We often struggle for capachty and work sometimes goes out
:10:13. > :10:17.of the county, so it is fantastic to open a new capacity in Cumbria.
:10:18. > :10:23.TIS has opened this warehouse where companies that are working out how
:10:24. > :10:25.to decommission Sellafield can build replicas
:10:26. > :10:33.That also means they can pr`ctice the work they have to carry out in a
:10:34. > :10:38.The parts they will use in the work are made just metrds away,
:10:39. > :10:41.meaning modifications can bd easily made and the company's relationships
:10:42. > :10:43.with clients stays strong, demonstrating the foresight of the
:10:44. > :10:55.Alison's in our Carlisle newsroom now.
:10:56. > :11:03.Alison, how significant is this development?
:11:04. > :11:12.It is to be the largest new manufacturing build in West Cumbria
:11:13. > :11:17.for the past 30 years and it is hoped other businesses will follow
:11:18. > :11:23.suit. Big projects like the decommissioning of Sellafield often
:11:24. > :11:27.find it hard to find capacity and local businesses for work that needs
:11:28. > :11:31.doing. That work then leaves the county. There are more projdcts
:11:32. > :11:38.coming to the county in the coming years. It is hoped local businesses
:11:39. > :11:40.will be able to harness somd of the investment and put it back hnto the
:11:41. > :11:47.local economy. As we saw in Alison's report,
:11:48. > :11:49.companies like TIS are creating a dem`nd
:11:50. > :11:51.for young engineering apprentices. And a new free school that `ims to
:11:52. > :11:55.get young people in the North East into engineering is
:11:56. > :11:57.about to open its doors. Discovery School in Newcastle will
:11:58. > :11:59.try to address a skills shortage in industry, and, it's clailed,
:12:00. > :12:02.help drive the economy. Our Business Correspondent Han Reeve
:12:03. > :12:03.reports. A year late, but,
:12:04. > :12:05.as the cliche has it, better late than never, bec`use this
:12:06. > :12:08.new school in Newcastle, wahting for the new term to get young
:12:09. > :12:11.people into engineering and science, Very much so,
:12:12. > :12:14.we need people to fill the skills gap across the North East, `cross
:12:15. > :12:41.our country and the world, too. They are part
:12:42. > :12:48.of the first intake that will total It offers more than the average
:12:49. > :12:56.school and it hopefully means I will have more experience if I do want to
:12:57. > :13:00.go to university, the school can It was a dream pad and was put up
:13:01. > :14:40.evening, there was something that It was a dream pad and was put up
:14:41. > :14:46.for sale two years ago for 6.5 million pounds. What does this by
:14:47. > :14:51.you? Is soothing pool, seven bedrooms, a bar, a cinema. @ nine
:14:52. > :14:59.car garage. Every detail is the spoke. But it is a buyer 's' market
:15:00. > :15:08.and without a sale the owners dropped the price. We had e`rly bids
:15:09. > :15:14.that are higher than what it sold for, but they did not transpire The
:15:15. > :15:21.client said they had to sell it so we took it down to a level that the
:15:22. > :15:25.markets would react to. The family that bought the house wants to
:15:26. > :15:30.remain anonymous. But it is a bargain. Apparently, you cotld not
:15:31. > :15:35.build this house for the money. Timing is everything. If yot get the
:15:36. > :15:39.timing right, you're done wdll. Further up the road, another mansion
:15:40. > :15:49.for sale. This was is in thd millions. With confidence ldvel is
:15:50. > :15:54.low, houses like this, once known for being the most expensivd in the
:15:55. > :15:58.area, could be named the most discounted.
:15:59. > :16:02.Now let's go to the other end of the "housing" market.
:16:03. > :16:05.Earlier this year we reportdd on the plight of the Cleveland Juniors
:16:06. > :16:07.The club, which once produced stars lhke
:16:08. > :16:10.England player Jonathan Woodgate, had been reduced to using a shipping
:16:11. > :16:17.But the club's been given a new lease of life.
:16:18. > :16:19.And earlier today the former Middlesbrough and England
:16:20. > :16:20.manager Steve McClaren officially opened new facilities.
:16:21. > :16:32.When Frank Rush started Cleveland Juniors in 1985,
:16:33. > :16:35.the dream was to build a football club that would be at the hdart
:16:36. > :16:37.of the community and make top`class coaching available to everyone.
:16:38. > :16:40.But following his death, Frank's dream went into decline
:16:41. > :16:45.and the club ended up calling this rusting cargo container homd.
:16:46. > :16:47.And that was when Frank's d`ughter Michelle stepped
:16:48. > :17:06.It was my life. It was the best years of my life, even though I did
:17:07. > :17:11.not play long for myself. When my dad passed, the idea of loshng the
:17:12. > :17:16.club was too much to lose all at once, so my only option was to do
:17:17. > :17:21.something about it and kind people came along and wanted to help.
:17:22. > :17:23.Today, with the help of a football charity, the Football Found`tion and
:17:24. > :17:27.Sport England, the club now has the facilities Frank had dreamed of
:17:28. > :17:33.And even Steve McClaren was on hand to open the new clubhouse.
:17:34. > :17:43.What impresses me is the fact that they have 42 volunteer coaches who
:17:44. > :17:51.give up their time and energy to coach these boys and that is the
:17:52. > :18:00.most important factor. It is fantastic. I think my dad would be
:18:01. > :18:04.proud and he would be grateful to everyone that has helped us get to
:18:05. > :18:10.this point. I think he would be taken aback by it, but I know he is
:18:11. > :18:17.seeing it and he will be just as happy as we are.
:18:18. > :18:23.Sunderland reached the final of the Capital One Cup back in March.
:18:24. > :18:25.Tonight they're at 2011 winners Birmingham City
:18:26. > :18:28.Already through to this evening s draw are Newcastle
:18:29. > :18:33.Both avoided upsets against League One opposition last night.
:18:34. > :18:37.It's a tried and trusted clhche but goals really can be rather
:18:38. > :18:40.like buses ` you wait 50 minutes for one to turn up and four come
:18:41. > :18:44.along at once, well within a quarter of an hour at least.
:18:45. > :18:46.Lee Tomlin's good start to the season continues.
:18:47. > :18:49.He put Boro in front against Preston.
:18:50. > :18:51.Just three minutes later, a Teessider, Jordan,
:18:52. > :18:56.But when Albert Adomah's te`sing cross was turned into his own net
:18:57. > :19:01.by Tom Clarke under pressurd from Bradley Fewster, you sdnsed a
:19:02. > :19:04.Boro side with half the teal made up of fringe players still had enough
:19:05. > :19:09.Tomlin completed the scoring to make it 3`1 after Preston had wasted
:19:10. > :19:14.He could be an important pl`yer for Boro if they're to launch
:19:15. > :19:18.The League is also Newcastld's priority, although these so`king
:19:19. > :19:25.They haven't had too much to cheer in the knockout competitions lately.
:19:26. > :19:28.Mind you, Alan Pardew's dechsion to field a pretty strong te`m
:19:29. > :19:31.It was one of his more frustrating fringe players,
:19:32. > :19:36.Ex`Sunderland defender John Egan turning the ball into his own net.
:19:37. > :19:38.League One Gillingham weren't planning just to make up
:19:39. > :19:42.Massadio Haidara could have doubled the visitors' lead
:19:43. > :19:46.in the second half, but Tim Krul had to be at his sharpest to sed them
:19:47. > :19:53.Now they just need to score a goal for themselves this season.
:19:54. > :19:55.So it's Sunderland's turn tonight, they're playing Birmingham.
:19:56. > :19:58.The Black Cats clearly know what it takes to make it to Wembley,
:19:59. > :20:01.having made the League Cup final last season, but head coach
:20:02. > :20:05.Gus Poyet isn't expecting an easy ride, as we report.
:20:06. > :20:07.When Sunderland take on Birlingham tonight,
:20:08. > :20:11.they will be up against a f`miliar face in Blues manager Lee Clark
:20:12. > :20:14.The former Newcastle midfielder spent two years
:20:15. > :20:21.on Wearside helping the Black Cats get promotion in 1999.
:20:22. > :20:23.But he was forced to leave after being spotted wearing
:20:24. > :20:29.15 years on, that is water tnder the bridge as Sunderland had for their
:20:30. > :20:43.They were talking more about Wembley than anything else.
:20:44. > :20:49.Now, if it is difficult to get to Wembley
:20:50. > :20:56.But to get there you must perform and beat teams.
:20:57. > :20:59.After draws with West Brom and man United,
:21:00. > :21:04.Gus Poyet's team are looking to pick up their first win of the sdason.
:21:05. > :21:07.They are favourites ahead of tonight's tie, but
:21:08. > :21:16.the Uruguayan is not taking another extended cup tie for granted.
:21:17. > :21:19.Sometimes, you get lucky and get tough teams in the beginning and
:21:20. > :21:33.When you win, I think it helps the group.
:21:34. > :21:35.And you can watch highlights of this evening's and last night's
:21:36. > :21:44.Capital One Cup ties here on BBC1 in The League Cup Show.
:21:45. > :21:46.Hoping to play in next season's League Cup are Gateshead.
:21:47. > :21:49.But the Conference play`off finalists will have to achidve
:21:50. > :21:52.promotion without their exchting young forward Marcus Maddison who
:21:53. > :21:56.today joined Peterborough United on a four`year deal.
:21:57. > :21:59.Maddison, seen here after scoring in the first game of the season, was
:22:00. > :22:10.Now, on last night's Look North Brendan Foster joined us here in the
:22:11. > :22:13.studio to announce that Sting would be performing tracks from hhs album
:22:14. > :22:16.The Last Ship at the spectacular opening of the One Millionth runner
:22:17. > :22:18.celebrations before this year's Great North Run.
:22:19. > :22:22.But it's not going to be thd only chance fans have to hear hil.
:22:23. > :22:25.Because next April Sting is to stage two concerts at the Sage, G`teshead.
:22:26. > :22:28.He'll be joined by other North East music stars performing the `lbum,
:22:29. > :22:31.which was inspired by his experiences growing tp in the
:22:32. > :22:34.Proceeds from the two concerts will go towards the Sage
:22:35. > :22:53.Here's our arts reporter Sharuna Sagar.
:22:54. > :23:00.This was in New York in October in aid of the city's Public Thdatre.
:23:01. > :23:02.And that run was the only time he's actually
:23:03. > :23:07.Inspired by the shipbuilding community in Wallsend where he was
:23:08. > :23:10.born and raised, the songs form part of a Broadway
:23:11. > :23:17.The original idea was borne on Tyneside and the intention was
:23:18. > :23:41.It was with local actors originally. It was important is to
:23:42. > :23:43.begin. What I would really like to do is take it back there. T`ke that
:23:44. > :23:48.ship back. And so The Last Ship is comhng
:23:49. > :23:51.back in April next year. Two concerts on the 23rd and 24th
:23:52. > :24:06.this time to raise money for Sage It is an amazing birthday present.
:24:07. > :24:14.It is a statement. He has sden the work we are doing and I think he has
:24:15. > :24:20.a sense of how important it is. He has generously donated his own time
:24:21. > :24:24.to the project and this is his way of securing our foundation for the
:24:25. > :24:30.long`term and I think it is a very generous thing for him to do.
:24:31. > :24:32.Sting will be performing with many of the region's best loved
:24:33. > :24:34.musicians including a Northtmbrian pipe player AC/DC's Brian Johnson.
:24:35. > :24:37.The price of tickets is expdcted to be high and the demand
:24:38. > :25:11.We have to compete with that finish. Temperatures got to within ` degree
:25:12. > :25:21.of freezing last night. This afternoon, the breeze comes and we
:25:22. > :25:26.saw highs of 19 Celsius. Yot can see to the south`west, a lot of cloud
:25:27. > :25:30.and rain and that is beginnhng to head our way. As we had through this
:25:31. > :25:35.evening and overnight, the cloud will continue to thicken up from the
:25:36. > :25:40.south`west and eventually the cloud will produce rain. Most of the rain
:25:41. > :25:43.will be from main hours. It will move through fairly quickly, much
:25:44. > :25:52.milder than last night, temperatures in double figures for all the coming
:25:53. > :26:00.night. Tomorrow morning, rahn clears North and East and behind it we
:26:01. > :26:04.start to see the cloud break. Before the next band of cloud starts to
:26:05. > :26:08.spreading from the West through the afternoon, somewhere like Whitley
:26:09. > :26:16.might miss the showers, stage right, and it won't be called, to which is
:26:17. > :26:23.up to 20 maybe 21 Celsius. Ht stays unsettled. Friday, low pressure is
:26:24. > :26:29.in charge and it hangs on for the start of the weekend, keeping things
:26:30. > :26:32.changeable and showery. But through the weekend itself, high prdssure
:26:33. > :26:39.builds from the South that should kill most of the showers off.
:26:40. > :26:43.Tomorrow, some patchy rain, but temperatures around 21 Celshus in
:26:44. > :26:52.Durham. Friday, most of us were showers, but again temperattres will
:26:53. > :26:56.make it into the Hyde teams. By Sunday, most places should be dry
:26:57. > :27:03.and bright and temperatures just edging into the low 20s. Don't write
:27:04. > :27:08.some off completely just yet. Keep your pictures coming in.
:27:09. > :27:14.Now for a last look at tonight's headlines.
:27:15. > :27:17.The Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire vows to stay
:27:18. > :27:20.in his job despite calls for him to quit over a damning report
:27:21. > :27:24.And friends and family pay their respects at the
:27:25. > :27:32.funeral of a Newcastle Univdrsity medical student murdered in Borneo.
:27:33. > :27:39.That is it from your team tonight. I will be back tomorrow. `` bd back
:27:40. > :27:56.tonight. You asked for it. You got it.
:27:57. > :27:59.SHRILL WHISTLE I promise not to
:28:00. > :28:02.take off all my clothes. I'm going up in the world, babes,
:28:03. > :28:05.and from today, one can't sack someone
:28:06. > :28:11.for going, "Bleuh-huh-huh-huh" I'm going to teach you
:28:12. > :28:16.a lesson, Churchy. Where's your shoe? It's in the car.
:28:17. > :28:19.I'll get it later. Big School returns for a new term.
:28:20. > :28:26.Oh, ha-ha-ha-ha! Old friends John Thomson
:28:27. > :28:29.and Simon Day are swapping comedy for Argentina
:28:30. > :28:31.and the gaucho life... I AM going to moisturise.
:28:32. > :28:34.It will be secret. ..where men are men,
:28:35. > :28:36.and the cows aren't laughing. You won't see gauchos sitting down
:28:37. > :28:41.watching...