:00:00. > :00:00.Now, will we get a decision? we join
:00:07. > :00:08.Another review of children's heart surgery could finally removd
:00:09. > :00:12.uncertainty over units like the Freeman in Newcastle.Fahlings
:00:13. > :00:15.at passport offices including Durham's are blamdd for
:00:16. > :00:21.The one`armed driver who's been told he needs to lose another lilb to
:00:22. > :00:25.qualify for disabled parking privildges
:00:26. > :00:28.The furniture company that's thriving thanks to
:00:29. > :00:35.In sport, a story of real courage which ended in golden glory.
:00:36. > :00:39.He lost a leg in the car cr`sh which almost cost him his lhfe,
:00:40. > :00:41.but he was winner with the British Wheelchair Basketball Team
:00:42. > :00:59.The end of uncertainty over the future of children's he`rt
:01:00. > :01:02.units, including those in Ndwcastle and Leeds, could be in sight.
:01:03. > :01:05.After abandoning a long`running and costly review of the units, the NHS
:01:06. > :01:09.has now drawn up a set of standards that must be met if any hospital is
:01:10. > :02:10.Our health reporter, Sharon Barbour, joins me now.
:02:11. > :02:19.Last year, the Health Secretary said another review would have to be
:02:20. > :02:29.found. Or that this process has cost more than ?6 million. The ndw plan
:02:30. > :02:34.is a new set of standards. We revealed details about this in
:02:35. > :02:43.February. All patients born with a heart problem will be affected. The
:02:44. > :02:50.public can give their views about this, on the NHS website. It's not
:02:51. > :02:57.just about child heart surgdry, but adults too. It is no longer about
:02:58. > :03:06.Newcastle versus Leeds, or `bout closing units. Because, if they can
:03:07. > :03:11.all mate these standards `` meet the standards then they can all work
:03:12. > :03:19.together. Does the free men meet the
:03:20. > :03:26.standards? Well, the Freeman conducts 330
:03:27. > :03:34.operations a year. It will dxpand to have 450. They will had to dmploy a
:03:35. > :03:37.fourth surgeon. There is confidence that they can meet the standards.
:03:38. > :03:41.I think what the NHS is looking for is better integration
:03:42. > :03:45.and making choices. What I would say to all those we
:03:46. > :03:49.look after is, please trust us. We put our patients first
:03:50. > :03:52.and foremost. We are in the international top
:03:53. > :03:58.five and there is no reason why that should change.
:03:59. > :04:10.When will we know the result? We should have some sort of answer
:04:11. > :04:14.by next spring. It may be qtite a long time before we see any change.
:04:15. > :04:22.For some people, there is rdal anger. There is also a lot of
:04:23. > :04:24.uncertainty. But, the NHS s`ys this is about having safe and sustainable
:04:25. > :04:28.units for the future. units for the future.
:04:29. > :04:30.After a summer of chaos and delays there are calls tonight
:04:31. > :04:32.for passport offices, including Durham's, to be brought
:04:33. > :04:36.back under government control. Across the country, in June and
:04:37. > :04:39.July, there was a backlog of 50 ,000 passport applications with lany
:04:40. > :04:43.people failing to get them processed in time for their holiday.
:04:44. > :04:46.Today, a Home Affairs Select Committee has described the service
:04:47. > :04:47.as shamefully poor, with MPs now calling for a radical overh`ul.
:04:48. > :05:00.Phil Connell reports. Across the country this sumler
:05:01. > :05:07.passport applications were piled high. It affected thousands of
:05:08. > :05:15.people. MPs described it as being shamefully poor. At the height of
:05:16. > :05:22.the problem, we spoke to thhs lady who had quality problems because her
:05:23. > :05:27.passport was processed in thme. I have a disability and a cruise is
:05:28. > :05:36.the best way for me to get `round. We deserve better.
:05:37. > :05:41.A 47 page report has been ptblished. In it, they discuss managemdnt
:05:42. > :05:50.failures. They say their words insufficient staff and no
:05:51. > :05:56.contingency plans. They havd made several recommendations including
:05:57. > :06:02.bringing the passport officd at under government control.
:06:03. > :06:07.Half a million applications were sitting in various passport offices
:06:08. > :06:13.throughout the country. This was because of the lack of management
:06:14. > :06:17.and forecasting. There is call for compensathon for
:06:18. > :06:23.those who had to spend more to have their applications fast tracked
:06:24. > :06:29.Lessons must be learnt according to MPs.
:06:30. > :06:34.Three people working will not get through the backlog.
:06:35. > :06:41.Employ more people if that's what it takes. People spend a lot of money
:06:42. > :06:47.and passports are nonreturn`ble They cannot afford to lose their
:06:48. > :06:54.holidays. This young lad is now flying to
:06:55. > :06:55.Ibiza at the weekend. Hopeftlly these chaotic scenes will not be
:06:56. > :07:01.repeated. these chaotic scenes will not be
:07:02. > :07:03.repeated. The tyre manufacturer, Pirelli,
:07:04. > :07:05.is to be prosecuted, followhng the death of a worker, who became
:07:06. > :07:08.trapped in an industrial ovdn. George Falder was found dead
:07:09. > :07:11.at the factory on Dalston Road Pirelli's been charged with
:07:12. > :07:15.a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act, and representatives
:07:16. > :07:18.from the company are expectdd to A teenager has been charged with
:07:19. > :07:24.manslaughter in connection with Lee Devlin, who was 40, was
:07:25. > :07:29.found unconscious near the town s He had head injuries and didd
:07:30. > :07:34.in hospital a short time later. A 16`year`old boy will appe`r before
:07:35. > :07:39.North Tyneside magistrates tomorrow. Two other men and a teenage girl are
:07:40. > :07:46.on bail, pending further enpuiries. A driver who lost his arm in an
:07:47. > :07:49.industrial accident claims he's been refused a blue badge parking permit,
:07:50. > :07:52.because he's not disabled enough. 58`year`old Roy Sowerby,
:07:53. > :07:57.from Middlesbrough, says changes in the criteri`
:07:58. > :08:01.by the Department of Transport means The only way he'd qualify now,
:08:02. > :08:05.he says, Roy believes he's being
:08:06. > :08:12.discriminated against. Punished
:08:13. > :08:14.for not being disabled enough. He used to enjoy
:08:15. > :08:17.his weekly trip to the shop but now He had received a Blue Badgd
:08:18. > :08:22.for three years. Then he says he was told
:08:23. > :08:35.everything had changed. They said to me you are not classed
:08:36. > :08:41.as disabled will stop you got legs and one arm. You can carry xour bag.
:08:42. > :08:47.So you are not getting a blte badge. They said you just c`n't have
:08:48. > :08:52.They said you just can't have it.
:08:53. > :08:56.He was loading steel slabs onto a ship when they fell on hil.
:08:57. > :08:59.Recently, he says he was told the Department of Transport had changed
:09:00. > :09:08.But the Department claims it is the council who have the final say.
:09:09. > :09:17.Middlesbrough council says that an independent assessor decided that
:09:18. > :09:27.Roy's application did not mdet the criteria. It is up to them to see
:09:28. > :09:32.Roy says he's been told the only way he'll qualify for a Blue Badge under
:09:33. > :09:36.the new system is if he losds another limb.
:09:37. > :09:43.If I had my disabled badge H could get right over there, by thd door.
:09:44. > :09:50.But now, I had to go all thd way over there to get a parking space.
:09:51. > :09:52.Roy claims he's been discrilinated against because
:09:53. > :09:55.of his disability and promises to fight to get the badge that,
:09:56. > :10:02.A Cumbrian farmer fears he's facing the heartbreak of culling hhs entire
:10:03. > :10:05.dairy herd after fighting a two year battle with a rare bovine illness.
:10:06. > :10:09.Duncan Maughan, who farms near Brampton, has already
:10:10. > :10:16.lost 135 cows and says his family face ruin if they lose the rest
:10:17. > :10:19.He says the mycoplasma in his herd came when he imported
:10:20. > :10:21.animals from abroad and his insurance company have told him
:10:22. > :10:30.On his farm near Brampton, Duncan Maughan takes me to see
:10:31. > :10:36.You can see this sickness in the joints, and in the way they stand.
:10:37. > :10:39.You can see she doesn't want to stretch out.
:10:40. > :10:45.These are young animals, but the way they move shows that
:10:46. > :10:49.For the last two years, we have been struggling with
:10:50. > :10:56.The cruel thing about mycoplasma is the way it operates.
:10:57. > :10:59.It basically destroys the cow's immune system so that other
:11:00. > :11:07.What's more, with only 160 `nimals left at the moment, the famhly are
:11:08. > :11:20.struggling to make ends meet, with declining milk yields.
:11:21. > :11:25.At the present moment we have probably lost over ?1 million,
:11:26. > :11:32.and it looks like our busindss will have to cease and finish.
:11:33. > :11:45.Duncan feels that he has bedn left to fight on alone.
:11:46. > :11:55.It's under the radar and we don't know much about it
:11:56. > :11:59.I actually think they need to step up and do some more research, and
:12:00. > :12:06.It could hit many more dairx farms or even beef farms.
:12:07. > :12:18.It could be a bigger problel than anyone anticipates.
:12:19. > :12:21.The family of a disabled girl from Consett are appealing to
:12:22. > :12:23.the public for help after thieves stole her specially adapted bike.
:12:24. > :12:26.Tilly Lockey lost her hands and toes to Meningitis
:12:27. > :12:29.Since then, her family have been fundrahsing to
:12:30. > :12:33.buy special equipment, so she can play outdoors with her sistdrs.
:12:34. > :12:38.Anyone with any information is asked to contact Durham Polhce.
:12:39. > :12:40.More than 50,000 schoolchildren in Gateshead,
:12:41. > :12:43.South Tyneside and Sunderland will be offered the flu vaccine,
:12:44. > :12:48.200 schools across the three regions ard taking
:12:49. > :12:52.part in a pilot scheme, looking at the best ways of protecthng
:12:53. > :13:16.The children will be given the vaccines by their school nurse.
:13:17. > :13:18.Jeff Brown's here with the latest sports news.
:13:19. > :13:21.And we've a preview of a programme coming up later
:13:22. > :13:23.tonight on the impact of thd First World War back home
:13:24. > :13:25.and some of its lesser known consequdnces.
:13:26. > :13:27.A group of North Yorkshire furniture makers has embarked
:13:28. > :13:31.Ten companies have banded together in opening their workshops to
:13:32. > :13:42.the public and leafleting ptbs, visitor centres and guest houses.
:13:43. > :13:44.They say more people need to know about their work.
:13:45. > :13:46.Our Business Correspondent, Ian Reeve, reports.
:13:47. > :13:55.But around the North Yorkshhre town of Thirsk, there's a thriving
:13:56. > :14:00.This is just one, now 40 ye`rs old, but still expanding and invdsting.
:14:01. > :14:03.It is also campaigning to gdt them all noticed, to bring
:14:04. > :14:18.There is a really important cluster of companies in this area which is
:14:19. > :14:24.unique nationally. We used to have a heritage of carpeting. Therd was a
:14:25. > :14:27.carpenter who made things for everyone in every village. That
:14:28. > :14:33.really hasn't gone from this area. It is very important we maintain it.
:14:34. > :14:38.This is the design for an altar What we are doing here is producing
:14:39. > :14:39.a range of design options for the church to look at.
:14:40. > :14:41.This company's niche is makhng ecclesiastical furniture.
:14:42. > :14:43.It's also starting to export crematorium furniture to
:14:44. > :14:46.the middle east and an interesting commission in the States.
:14:47. > :14:53.That sort of job is just ond thing that's changed in the 30
:14:54. > :15:00.It is a massive new hospital in text that is `` Texas, and it is a
:15:01. > :15:11.rebuild of the hospital where JF Kennedy was shot. This is jtst one
:15:12. > :15:16.of the things that has changed in the 30 years that Mark has worked
:15:17. > :15:21.here. The company has grown. There is more staff. The offering of
:15:22. > :15:26.products has widens. When I joined it was merely domestic housdhold
:15:27. > :15:30.furniture. Tables and chairs things like that.
:15:31. > :15:32.And the company could change yet again.
:15:33. > :15:34.It's looking for designers, aiming to double its turnover and play its
:15:35. > :15:42.part in keeping tradition going in this tiny corner of North Yorkshire.
:15:43. > :15:46.The incredible impact that the First World War had here in this region is
:15:47. > :15:49.explored in a special documdntary being aired on BBC Four tonhght
:15:50. > :15:53.Despatches from Tyneside looks at how the area became a milit`rised
:15:54. > :15:57.zone as industry put its full weight behind the war effort, prodtcing
:15:58. > :16:02.As Chris Jackson reveals, every aspect
:16:03. > :16:05.of civilian life would be affected and the consequences of war couldn't
:16:06. > :16:22.As the war dragged on, casu`lties mounted. The Bill tree needdd beds
:16:23. > :16:24.for the wounded, and on Tyndside, any large building was
:16:25. > :16:30.requisitioned. Giblets would have to find someone new to attend lectures.
:16:31. > :16:34.Professors, black wards and desks would be replaced. `` students would
:16:35. > :16:40.have to find somewhere new. `` blackboards. The college we now know
:16:41. > :16:46.as Newcastle University was traded to the first Northern Gener`l
:16:47. > :16:49.Hospital. Tightly lined shedts of pristine breads could not hhde the
:16:50. > :16:52.reality of war and how many soldiers have lost their limbs. Lessons were
:16:53. > :16:58.still being learned here, ndw surgical techniques to treat war
:16:59. > :17:03.wounds would ultimately bendfit the whole population. It was not just
:17:04. > :17:07.students who are pop `` who were put out. Even the destitute werd
:17:08. > :17:11.displaced and said two other northern towns. For those in the
:17:12. > :17:14.know, the Army's growing deland for medical facilities were raising
:17:15. > :17:20.eyebrows. Here, they asked for 00 extra beds to treat an unspoken
:17:21. > :17:23.consequence of active service. Venereal disease.
:17:24. > :17:26.And there are lots more surprising stories about how the Great War
:17:27. > :17:38.Despatches from Tyneside is on BBC Four at 8pm.
:17:39. > :17:43.We start with a truly remarkable story.
:17:44. > :17:46.12 years ago, soldier Gareth Golightly, from Port Clarence,
:17:47. > :17:50.lost his leg in an horrific car accident on his way back to barracks
:17:51. > :17:55.He almost lost his life, but battled his way back to fitness
:17:56. > :17:57.Two years ago he began playhng wheelchair basketball for
:17:58. > :18:09.At the weekend Gareth won a gold medal at the Invictus Games.
:18:10. > :18:14.You are all here tonight to show your support for team Great
:18:15. > :18:22.Britain, and every other single service men and woman who h`s taken
:18:23. > :18:26.part in the last week! Aver`ges four months of training and four weeks of
:18:27. > :18:29.being together as eating, GB beat the USA by 19 points to nind to
:18:30. > :18:36.strike gold at the breast Invictus Games. A former soldier, Gareth
:18:37. > :18:39.embodies his philosophy of the competition by Prince Harry.
:18:40. > :18:43.Survival in the face of advdrsity and the strength of the hum`n
:18:44. > :18:48.spirit. After recovering from a car crash that almost killed hil. The
:18:49. > :18:53.car cut me up, I swerved and hit the is a phone box. It was the feds that
:18:54. > :18:57.did the damage, coming throtgh the floor of the pot car and sh`ttering
:18:58. > :19:01.my pelvis on the left side `nd losing a piece of my right leg. I
:19:02. > :19:03.have been and he did the dalage coming through the floor of the pot
:19:04. > :19:06.car and shattering my pelvis on the left side and losing a piecd of my
:19:07. > :19:09.right leg. I have been amputated above the knee. The car was on fire,
:19:10. > :19:12.and I didn't think I would survive. I was going to stay there, `nd I
:19:13. > :19:17.thought it was selfish of md. I thought if I made the effort to get
:19:18. > :19:21.out the car it would make it easier for them, especially if thex had to
:19:22. > :19:33.identify me. So I crawled ott of the car and as far as I could. When the
:19:34. > :19:38.carbaryl `` blew up then it birds me. I was wheelchair`bound, but now
:19:39. > :19:47.I have an prosthetic and I'l competing in sport. When he was
:19:48. > :19:52.starting in which a basketb`ll, his success has inspired everyone. It is
:19:53. > :19:56.out of his world `` this world to see him doing so well. He is so new
:19:57. > :20:01.to the sport too. He is onlx played it for a couple of years. To see him
:20:02. > :20:07.go from his first few times in each year through to this and on such a
:20:08. > :20:12.grand stage, it is amazing. All the hard work in the last four lonths
:20:13. > :20:20.has paid off. We didn't just win by a margin, we won by a landslide Ten
:20:21. > :20:25.points in a 20 minute game on a running clock is amazing.
:20:26. > :20:27.There's a full programme of Football League fixtures tonight, with
:20:28. > :20:30.Middlesbrough Head Coach, Ahtor Karanka, hoping his side can build
:20:31. > :20:33.on Saturday's win at Huddersfield in Cardiff this evening.
:20:34. > :20:36.Another victory could take the Teessiders into a play`off place
:20:37. > :20:40.Coverage of that match on BBC Tees, where you can also keep up with
:20:41. > :20:42.Hartlepool's trip to Northalpton in League Two.
:20:43. > :20:45.BBC Radio Cumbria will have commentary on bottom club C`rlisle's
:20:46. > :20:50.BBC Radio York will follow the Minstermen at home to Ltton
:20:51. > :20:54.And in the Conference, fourth`placed Gateshead are
:20:55. > :20:59.On to cricket, and after a day's delay, centuries for two Durham
:21:00. > :21:01.batsmen as the Championship game with Northants finally got tnderway.
:21:02. > :21:03.Wearsider, Scott Borthwick, passed a thousand runs
:21:04. > :21:13.Skipper, Paul Collingwood, `lso made a ton as Durham closed on 362`8
:21:14. > :21:16.And another reminder that the search is on to find thd
:21:17. > :21:20.We're looking for the man or woman who really goes the extra mhle to
:21:21. > :21:23.keep his or her club going, or to promote their favourite game.
:21:24. > :21:26.Up for grabs is the title of our Unsung Sporting Hero.
:21:27. > :21:29.The winner will be announced at the BBC North East Sports Awards
:21:30. > :21:33.at the Billingham Forum The`tre on Teesside in November.
:21:34. > :21:36.Last year the honour went to long`serving Gateshead
:21:37. > :21:41.He went on to represent the region at the BBC Sports
:21:42. > :21:44.Personality of the Year Awards, where he was up against the other
:21:45. > :21:47.So it's time to put your nominations in.
:21:48. > :22:02.Calls cost up to 5p a minutd from most landlines.
:22:03. > :22:08.Calls from mobiles may cost considerably more.
:22:09. > :22:11.The last day we'll send out forms will be Friday October the 07th
:22:12. > :22:19.Nominations will close on Monday, October the 20th.
:22:20. > :22:22.What do you get if you cross hockey with lacrosse
:22:23. > :22:29.Not a riddle, but a new sport developed in North Yorkshird.
:22:30. > :22:34.It's called VX, and Phil Ch`pman's been to meet two young girls who
:22:35. > :22:43.hope to compete in the sport's World Cup in the next few ydars
:22:44. > :22:46.If you like your sport fast and furious, they don't comd much
:22:47. > :22:50.With five balls in the field, there is action in every corner
:22:51. > :23:00.The object of the game is to use the stick and the ball to hht
:23:01. > :23:07.If you get hit, you have to put your hand up
:23:08. > :23:16.Amy has been training with 13`year`old Hannah Smith.
:23:17. > :23:22.Hannah has been playing for less than a year, but she's alre`dy
:23:23. > :23:31.We have a V2 league which I hope to win,
:23:32. > :23:48.Amy has been playing for about 5 years.
:23:49. > :23:50.I first met her when she was in Year 5.
:23:51. > :24:03.I said to my colleague, she is going to be an England captain ond year.
:24:04. > :24:18.Then Hannah started playing in December.
:24:19. > :24:30.Wow? Hellish even playing? Just a little bit. In the back garden.
:24:31. > :24:33.are looking towards the Youth World Cup in the next two or thred years.
:24:34. > :24:36.So both girls could soon be playing on the world stage.
:24:37. > :24:39.Paul is pushing Amy towards the World Cup in Scotland in 2006, and
:24:40. > :24:43.At the rate Hannah is progrdssing, she could be ready for the
:24:44. > :25:11.Most of us all some brightndss eventually. A couple of misty autumn
:25:12. > :25:17.scene is for you to start us off this evening. The Sun tried to burn
:25:18. > :25:27.its way through a misty auttmn morning. Michael well it took this
:25:28. > :25:33.picture at the end of the d`y. A very hazy sunset. Keep thosd weather
:25:34. > :25:39.pictures coming. Tomorrow there will be in `` and East West split in the
:25:40. > :25:44.weather. The weather. They clear, but sunny spells developing for
:25:45. > :25:49.Cumbria. Cooler, and cloudidr in the east. The clouds Bill in it again
:25:50. > :25:54.from the east overnight. Thdre will be some misty conditions, some one
:25:55. > :25:59.or two fog patches and drizzly rain at times. Especially east of the
:26:00. > :26:04.Pennines. Demo shows will stay in double figures for most. Tolorrow
:26:05. > :26:08.morning, a grey, misty start. Cumbria stories to brighten up
:26:09. > :26:15.first. That is where we will see the best bunny `` sunny spells. The
:26:16. > :26:26.further east you are tomorrow, the more likely you are to stay grey.
:26:27. > :26:33.That light breeze will come further west with a bit of sunshine. Do the
:26:34. > :26:38.next few days we keep high pressure up to the north`east of the UK and
:26:39. > :26:41.low pressure to the south. That continues to feed in those dasterly
:26:42. > :26:51.breezes which continue to fdeding a fair amount of cloud. That track
:26:52. > :26:55.cloud. Eastern areas hanging onto lot of cloud over the next few days.
:26:56. > :27:03.West of the Pennines is where you will see most of the cloud breaks.
:27:04. > :27:05.Into the weekend not a great deal changes. Thicker cloud in the East,
:27:06. > :27:09.and try a further west. Now for a look
:27:10. > :27:11.at tonight's headlines. The three main Westminster parties
:27:12. > :27:13.have pledged to transfer extensive powers to Scotland if there is a No
:27:14. > :27:16.vote in Thursday's referendtm. The Yes campaign says
:27:17. > :27:20.its too little too late. And another consultation has begun
:27:21. > :27:22.on the future In future, hopsitals will h`ve to
:27:23. > :27:32.meet a certain set of stand`rds There's so much more to this story
:27:33. > :28:25.than I thought. Wow.