:00:55. > :02:26.For more than 40 miles throtgh Northumberland,
:02:27. > :02:31.Turning it into dual carriageway is a popular option.
:02:32. > :02:34.I think they could probably spare a bit extra to dual it up hdre,
:02:35. > :02:41.Generally, it is not the best road to travel on if you've ever
:02:42. > :02:47.Dualling the A1 here and further north won't comd cheap.
:02:48. > :02:51.Now the BBC has discovered just how much dualling might cost to turn all
:02:52. > :02:57.An estimate produced for Northumberland County Council
:02:58. > :03:00.puts the price tag at more than ?14 million a mile for 42 miles,
:03:01. > :03:04.The cost of turning it into a motorway would be
:03:05. > :03:09.But compare that to the cost of building
:03:10. > :03:12.the proposed high speed rail link which won't even come to thhs
:03:13. > :03:22.This is the only part of a major economic highway
:03:23. > :03:29.from Northumberland to Scotland that isn't dual in this country
:03:30. > :03:33.This is the thing that will drive the economy of the North East,
:03:34. > :03:36.as the North East is one of the few areas where exports are
:03:37. > :03:39.greater than imports, and wd need this to sprout throughout
:03:40. > :03:45.Those whose businesses depend on moving goods around would also
:03:46. > :03:51.One transport boss argues the road is not fit for purpose
:03:52. > :03:54.We avoid going north wherevdr possible because
:03:55. > :04:01.We tend to try and subcontr`ct it to someone else and not do ht.
:04:02. > :04:07.If it was dualled, we would then do those loads ourselves.
:04:08. > :04:09.There is also another argumdnt for dualling the A1:
:04:10. > :04:10.Alexander Gibson's son, also called Alexander,
:04:11. > :04:17.If the road was dualled and had a central barrier,
:04:18. > :04:21.he would have just drifted and banged against the barrher
:04:22. > :04:25.and no other car would have been involved as such like, you know
:04:26. > :04:28.And they reckon he would have had about a 90% chance
:04:29. > :04:31.So, will the Government find thd cash?
:04:32. > :04:34.This was the Roads Minister last week when he was in the reghon.
:04:35. > :04:37.I'll make a decision and announce it, not after the
:04:38. > :04:41.election, but before the eldction, before the end of this year.
:04:42. > :04:48.But it is not clear what it might be and whether a future Governlent
:04:49. > :04:59.in Scotland devolved or inddpendent might help meet the costs.
:05:00. > :05:02.So, Fergus, we know how much it might cost to dual all the @1.
:05:03. > :05:07.But the half a billion pound question is, just how likelx is it?
:05:08. > :05:10.Well, all the mood music coling out of Government, as we heard hn that
:05:11. > :05:13.clip from the Roads Minister at the end of my package, is that something
:05:14. > :05:16.will be announced soon, most likely in or after the Chancellor's Autumn
:05:17. > :05:21.The hints have been some money for some dualling will be announced
:05:22. > :05:24.But it's unlikely that will be to dual all
:05:25. > :05:29.the A1 through Northumberland that isn't now dual carriageway.
:05:30. > :05:32.Whether a future government in Scotland up the road here, whatever
:05:33. > :05:35.shape that might take, would help meet the costs is, of coursd,
:05:36. > :05:52.As you mentioned, Scotland, the campaign is reached the north`east
:05:53. > :05:57.today. The campaigners were gathered in South Shields. They want the
:05:58. > :06:01.north`east to say, Scotland, please do not leave.
:06:02. > :06:06.In the morning mist, you might feel you're in Scotland.
:06:07. > :06:09.A group of people calling for that country to stay in the UK.
:06:10. > :06:11.South Shields Town Hall this morning, and the Better Togdther
:06:12. > :06:14.campaign gathered with a celebrity signing, TV presenter Dan Snow.
:06:15. > :06:16.When I look at the UK, what a fantastic place.
:06:17. > :06:18.As different peoples, we have put aside historic
:06:19. > :06:25.differences and have worked together to create a remarkable country.
:06:26. > :06:27.If Scotland does vote yes, the politicians get involved, it
:06:28. > :06:31.be like a divorce, the only people who will get rich is the lawyers.
:06:32. > :06:34.The yes campaign say the North East and Cumbria would do best
:06:35. > :06:36.if Scotland does leave the TK and become independent.
:06:37. > :06:39.If we get independent and m`ke a success, and we have confhdence
:06:40. > :06:50.we will, it is something thd British Government and Westlinster
:06:51. > :06:56.They have ignored it for donkeys' years.
:06:57. > :07:00.Back at South Shields, the plans are going up and the council le`der says
:07:01. > :07:02.what ever happened on Thursday, our region needs more power.
:07:03. > :07:05.There is going to have to bd a mature conversation with
:07:06. > :07:08.Because you can't have a situation where Scotland `chieves
:07:09. > :07:13.a greater devolution, more powers, more self`determination, but the
:07:14. > :07:19.North East and other regions like Yorkshire and the North West do not.
:07:20. > :07:21.Three days to go, and these people want Scotl`nd to
:07:22. > :07:26.But none of them will have ` vote on Thursday, it is out
:07:27. > :07:32.of their hands and too closd to call.
:07:33. > :07:42.Two more days to go. And thd polls have come out focusing on the views
:07:43. > :07:47.of our region. Some broadcasters do carry`out
:07:48. > :07:52.polls. One survey says two thirds of people
:07:53. > :07:58.said they did not want Scottish independence. It is a small sample,
:07:59. > :08:01.just over 500 people. It dods add to this debate with just two d`ys of
:08:02. > :08:10.full campaigning to go. Now, are you or will you be
:08:11. > :08:13.reliant on the state pension? Well,
:08:14. > :08:16.around a third of people qudstioned in a survey for tonight's Inside Out
:08:17. > :08:19.programme say they haven't hnvested in a private pension
:08:20. > :08:22.because they can't afford it. The poll
:08:23. > :08:24.by the ComRes organisation `sked why around half of British adults still
:08:25. > :08:26.don't have a private pension. Inside Out's Chris Jackson has been
:08:27. > :08:42.to Wearside, where one 83`ydar`old We will see if we can help save
:08:43. > :08:49.on your energy bills. A call centre in Sunderland.
:08:50. > :08:52.When would be the best time to catch him?
:08:53. > :08:54.Most of the members of staff are in their 20s.
:08:55. > :08:59.One notable exception is Charles West.
:09:00. > :09:31.I do not think my pension will be enough.
:09:32. > :09:34.People do not understand what it is like.
:09:35. > :09:37.To supplement what he receives from the state, he works the phones four
:09:38. > :09:43.What is it like being surrotnded all these young people?
:09:44. > :10:06.Charles is not as unusual as you might think.
:10:07. > :10:08.The number of over`65s working has mord
:10:09. > :10:11.They are now more than 1 million working pensioners.
:10:12. > :10:16.That number is set to doubld again in just six years.
:10:17. > :10:18.It is one of the greatest achievements of mankind
:10:19. > :10:21.The critical issue is we must plan for this.
:10:22. > :10:24.It is almost an education issue in schools to help people plan
:10:25. > :10:27.Just about the time when you should be relaxing and
:10:28. > :10:30.maybe watering the garden, xou could find yourself stuck in the office.
:10:31. > :10:41.And you can find out more about that survey, and catch up with Charles,
:10:42. > :10:45.in tonight's Inside Out, here on BBC One at 7.30.
:10:46. > :10:49.And, two years after a man was attacked
:10:50. > :10:52.in York, two people have bedn arrested on suspicion of murder
:10:53. > :10:54.Stephen Eastwood died earlidr this year, after being struck with
:10:55. > :11:00.A man and a woman are in police custody.
:11:01. > :11:02.And a 22`year`old man's appdared in court in Peterlee,
:11:03. > :11:05.The body of 42`year`old Michael Outhwaite was found
:11:06. > :11:08.in a field in Willington in County Durham on Friday.
:11:09. > :11:09.Mr Outhwaite, who was originally from Sunderland,
:11:10. > :11:18.Daniel Oxley, from Murton, has been remanded into custody.
:11:19. > :11:20.A campaign to marginalise loan sharks is underway in Cumbrha.
:11:21. > :11:23.The county council says Copdland and Allerdale are worst affdcted
:11:24. > :11:28.Trading Standards officers will be explaining the help available
:11:29. > :11:30.for anyone who's already taken out an illegal loan, and encour`ging
:11:31. > :11:39.They are the most highly`rated part of our education systel.
:11:40. > :11:41.But dozens of specialist cotncil nursery schools have closed over
:11:42. > :11:50.The North East and Cumbria now has only around 40 left.
:11:51. > :11:52.Many are rated outstanding. But one County Durham MP has
:11:53. > :11:54.warned that more will close, unless they're given extra funds.
:11:55. > :11:58.Our political editor, Richard Moss, reports.
:11:59. > :12:01.Oxclose Nursery School in W`shington is the first encounter thesd
:12:02. > :12:04.three`year`olds will have whth education.
:12:05. > :12:07.But as they only spend a ye`r here, what difference can it make?
:12:08. > :12:15.You just have to see the group of children that I have, nurture
:12:16. > :12:18.We learn from the children and they learn from us.
:12:19. > :12:20.And the achievements of state nursery schools
:12:21. > :12:23.57% are currently rated as outstanding by inspectors,
:12:24. > :12:25.while only 17% of primary schools got that top rating.
:12:26. > :12:29.At the heart of that, highly`qualified staff.
:12:30. > :12:32.As well as a head teacher, others are graduates or trahned
:12:33. > :12:36.But nurseries don't get any more funding than early
:12:37. > :12:43.Those in charge say that's short`sighted.
:12:44. > :12:46.Within Sunderland, there ard nine nursery schools doing very well
:12:47. > :12:54.But not being recognised as needing funding.
:12:55. > :12:57.It is expensive, but it is an investment in children.
:12:58. > :13:07.If we can get it right from the beginning, then th`t
:13:08. > :13:10.doesn't need to be so much loney spent catching up as we grow older.
:13:11. > :13:13.But more than 60 state nursdries have closed in the last dec`de.
:13:14. > :13:16.And one North East MP organhsed a Commons debate to appeal
:13:17. > :13:27.All I wanted to do was to wake up ministers
:13:28. > :13:29.to the centres of excellencd, proven centres of excellence, we are
:13:30. > :13:33.Wake up to the fact and do something about it.
:13:34. > :13:36.But ministers say they aren't prepared to provide dxtra
:13:37. > :13:40.49 local authorities do not have any maintained nursery schools,
:13:41. > :13:47.33 only have one or two maintained nursery schools.
:13:48. > :13:58.But specialist state nurserhes fear their a future won't be as bright
:13:59. > :14:06.And you can see more on that story by finding
:14:07. > :14:09.Sunday Politics for the North East and Cumbria on the BBC iPlaxer.
:14:10. > :14:12.It provides a much`needed transport service to cancer patients who're
:14:13. > :14:18.And now, the charity Daft As A Brush is welcoming the seven new `rrivals
:14:19. > :14:22.Earlier today, volunteers, patients and local school children
:14:23. > :14:24.gathered for the official ribbon`cutting ceremony.
:14:25. > :14:31.The latest recruits to Daft As A Brush.
:14:32. > :14:33.The Newcastle charity set up to provide transport for cancer
:14:34. > :14:40.Marie Affleck from Westerhope has blood c`ncer.
:14:41. > :14:44.She's been relying on the service for a year.
:14:45. > :14:47.It just gives you complete peace of mind.
:14:48. > :14:51.It is bad enough having to go to the hospital on a regular b`sis
:14:52. > :14:55.and to have the treatment I am having.
:14:56. > :15:02.This year, the charity will have been involved
:15:03. > :15:06.Next year, with the feet up to 6, it's hoped
:15:07. > :15:14.Which means the role of the volunteer is more important than
:15:15. > :15:17.And it's never too early to get involved.
:15:18. > :15:19.These seven new ambulances have each been adopted by local schools.
:15:20. > :15:23.18 schools are involved in adopting the ambulances.
:15:24. > :15:31.Hopefully it will spread all over the world, but that is for tomorrow.
:15:32. > :15:36.Brian Burnie called his charity Daft As A Brush bec`use
:15:37. > :15:41.But, five years down the line, turns out he's not as daft
:15:42. > :15:52.One of Europe's best`preserved former lead mines is being given
:15:53. > :15:54.a quarter`of`a`million`pound makeover, to preserve it
:15:55. > :15:59.Nenthead mine once employed thousands,
:16:00. > :16:02.but it's now a vital visitor attraction in the North Pennines.
:16:03. > :16:06.Mark McAlindon went to have a look around.
:16:07. > :16:14.The views are stunning, but work must have been tough
:16:15. > :16:17.as volunteers working on the renovation acknowledge.
:16:18. > :16:19.In the 18th and 19th centurx, it was better than a subsistence
:16:20. > :16:24.It was a hard life, life expectancy was quite short
:16:25. > :16:26.This building is an explosives store, to hold dynamite.
:16:27. > :16:32.There are so few left in England, it is not unique but nearly.
:16:33. > :16:41.This network of lead mining works in the Pennines is one
:16:42. > :16:46.of the best preserved in Europe which is why Natural England are
:16:47. > :16:50.applying a quarter of million pounds into preserving them.
:16:51. > :16:57.People here described lead lining as a Klondike.
:16:58. > :16:59.Peter Kempsey is a conservation architect whose work
:17:00. > :17:06.This is an important part of history, North Pennines history
:17:07. > :17:08.In a given period, the North Pennines was
:17:09. > :17:23.Industrial history of this kind is already hugely popular.
:17:24. > :17:26.It is hoped new generations will be encouraged to find out what
:17:27. > :17:34.Monday evening, plenty of sport on the menu.
:17:35. > :17:41.Top marks to Middlesbrough, our only winners this week.
:17:42. > :17:47.How long can Alan Pardew kedp his job as manager of Newcastle
:17:48. > :17:49.The answer is, probably for some time yet, because
:17:50. > :17:53.Mike Ashley will not be swaxed by what the fans think, which hs why
:17:54. > :17:58.Pardew's the second`longest serving manager in the Premier Leagte.
:17:59. > :18:01.But the owner clearly doesn't like the press pointing out some
:18:02. > :18:06.The list of newspapers banndd from St James's Park.
:18:07. > :18:09.It started with the local p`pers, the Newcastle Journal,
:18:10. > :18:14.Last week, they were joined by the Daily Telegraph and now the
:18:15. > :18:20.Let's hope we survive after pointing out that Alan Pardew
:18:21. > :18:31.Newcastle have only won six games since the start of the year. It is
:18:32. > :18:34.pointless trying to second`guess this man. His decisions comd
:18:35. > :18:41.straight out of the blue. It's clear what these fans want. You h`ve to
:18:42. > :18:45.blame the players as well. They didn't start at all at
:18:46. > :18:51.Southampton. The marking was terrible. Alan Pardew said they
:18:52. > :18:52.could not afford a repeat of the thrashing at Southampton in March.
:18:53. > :19:05.You wonder how much stuffing knocked out of thel. Their
:19:06. > :19:10.worst start since 2005. I am not sure how much notice the
:19:11. > :19:15.players take notice of the fans It was one`way traffic.
:19:16. > :19:22.At this stage, the heads have gone down.
:19:23. > :19:24.Before the game, the assist`nt manager had an argument with some of
:19:25. > :19:27.the supporters. Our fans were on us from thd start,
:19:28. > :19:30.me in particular. I don't think I do feel we have more qualhty
:19:31. > :19:34.than we showed today. We need to show more character
:19:35. > :21:06.to get ourselves out. Sometimes it is not about t`ctics,
:21:07. > :21:09.it is about winning to get It was a really difficult g`me
:21:10. > :21:22.and we got something from it. So, while Sunderland and Newcastle
:21:23. > :21:25.wait for their first win of the season, down in the Championship,
:21:26. > :21:27.Middlesbrough recorded their third . More than 3,500 fans saw
:21:28. > :21:30.the Teessiders take the lead, late And what a strike from Grant
:21:31. > :21:34.Leadbitter, who's really growing But the Terriers looked to have
:21:35. > :21:42.nicked a share of the points through another ex`Sunderland man Jon Stead
:21:43. > :21:45.who didn't score too many But he guided that one past
:21:46. > :21:49.Dimi Konstantopoulos. Deep into stoppage time, though
:21:50. > :21:53.justice was done. And up stepped the captain.
:21:54. > :21:59.Grant Leadbitter's fourth Boro go to Cardiff tomorrow night
:22:00. > :22:07.just one point outside In League Two, 75 applicants
:22:08. > :22:11.but still no manager for Carlisle. Let's hope they weren't put off
:22:12. > :22:17.by this collapse, at home to Bury. Three unanswered second`half goals
:22:18. > :22:20.from the Lancashire side sent the Blues to the very bottol
:22:21. > :22:22.of the Football League, with just three points and no wins
:22:23. > :22:26.from the first seven matches. It looks like Paul Thirlwell
:22:27. > :22:28.and Tony Caig will still be in charge when the Cumbrians go to
:22:29. > :22:31.Shewsbury tomorrow. Amazingly, York City last lost
:22:32. > :22:35.a league match in January! But that extraordinary,
:22:36. > :22:37.23`match unbeaten run ended Burton took the lead through
:22:38. > :22:49.Lucas Akins' volley and this 25`yard shot from Mousinho sealed
:22:50. > :22:51.the win. And although Hartldpool also failed to score, they did at
:22:52. > :22:55.least earn a point at home to Tranmere. This effort from Ryan
:22:56. > :22:58.Brobbel on loan from Middlesbrough the closest Pools came to breaking
:22:59. > :23:01.the deadlock, but two clean sheets in a row is something for
:23:02. > :23:04.Colin Cooper's side to build on There was a rugby double he`der at
:23:05. > :23:09.Kingston Park yesterday, with mixed Thunder are through to the
:23:10. > :23:19.semifinals of rugby League's Championship 1 Playoffs. Thd bad
:23:20. > :23:21.news, Newcastle Falcons lost their first home game of Rugby Unhon's new
:23:22. > :23:24.Premiership season. It's now 18 matches since they last won in the
:23:25. > :23:26.league! London Irish were the last team
:23:27. > :23:29.the Falcons beat in the Preliership And in truth the Falcons should have
:23:30. > :23:33.beaten them this time as well. Josh Furno put Newcastle ahdad, the
:23:34. > :23:36.Falcons scoring three tries to the Exiles' two, but it was the goal
:23:37. > :23:39.kicking that made the difference. Shane Geraghty was on song, while
:23:40. > :23:42.Juan Pablo Socino had a day to forget. His normally reliable boot
:23:43. > :23:45.letting him down in the swirling Kingston Park wind. On targdt with
:23:46. > :23:50.just one of his seven attempts. While it was pleasing to sed the
:23:51. > :23:55.Falcons cross the whitewash, they've struggled in the goal`kicking
:23:56. > :23:58.department since the departtre of Jimmy Gopperth. This kick to secure
:23:59. > :24:02.a draw, bouncing off the post. Gateshead Thunder followed
:24:03. > :24:04.the Falcons onto the new artificial pitch to continue
:24:05. > :24:08.the exciting end to their sdason. Joe Brown opening the scoring
:24:09. > :24:11.for the home side in their Rugby League Champhonship 1
:24:12. > :24:15.playoff agasint Hemel Stags. But it was nip
:24:16. > :24:17.and tuck all the way and with scores level after 80 minutes
:24:18. > :24:20.the game went into extra tile. Just four minutes in,
:24:21. > :24:21.Matty Beharrell's dramatic golden`point drop`goal gave Thunder
:24:22. > :24:26.a thrilling 15`14 victory to set up a play`off semifinal next wdekend
:24:27. > :24:38.against Hunslet Hawks. And no cricket at Chester`ld`Street
:24:39. > :24:50.because of the rain. Things turned cloudy at the weekend.
:24:51. > :24:54.On Friday, I said the Northdrn lights might be visible and some of
:24:55. > :25:02.you had a look. Take a look at this picture, on top
:25:03. > :25:06.of one of the highest peaks of the North Lake Fells.
:25:07. > :25:11.You can see the Aurora bear. Thank you for that picture.
:25:12. > :25:24.And this picture, the Northtmberland coast.
:25:25. > :25:28.The moonrise gave a lovely show So, today, we have high pressure up
:25:29. > :25:33.to the north. No pressure to the south, combining to give an easterly
:25:34. > :25:37.wind. That where the fund is coming from the east giving thick cloud
:25:38. > :25:42.today and rain and drizzle. Still some patchy rain around this
:25:43. > :25:47.evening. It should peter out tonight, most places becoming dry,
:25:48. > :25:50.fairly cloudy and misty as well Temperatures will not be to cold
:25:51. > :25:55.overnight, nothing below 10 Celsius.
:25:56. > :26:01.We keep an easterly breeze. A great start tomorrow mornhng.
:26:02. > :26:07.Cloudy, misty, a few spots of rain. Through the day, the clouds will
:26:08. > :26:13.lift. It will break. Western areas should see a few sunny intervals in
:26:14. > :26:15.the afternoon. One or two afternoon showers.
:26:16. > :26:22.Temperatures in the west up to 1 Celsius.
:26:23. > :26:29.Further east, mid teens if xou are lucky in that easterly breeze.
:26:30. > :26:36.We have an easterly wind. Wddnesday, Thursday and Friday, we keep that
:26:37. > :26:44.combination. Eastern areas will tend to have a lot of cloud around.
:26:45. > :26:50.If you are out and about ovdr the next couple of days, tomorrow you
:26:51. > :26:53.will see a few bright spells. Western areas seeing the best.
:26:54. > :27:04.More cloud around generally on Wednesday.
:27:05. > :27:07.Highest temperatures will bd in the west.
:27:08. > :27:14.Join us again later after the Ten O'Clock News.