:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North.
:00:00. > :00:10.They didn't stand a chance ` accidental death verdicts
:00:11. > :00:14.on three kayakers swept awax and drowned in the River Tyne.
:00:15. > :00:17.The Northern Rock Foundation is to close after giving more than
:00:18. > :00:26.UKIP can win MPs in the North says party leader Nigel Far`ge.
:00:27. > :00:30.Not one but two albino hedgdhogs recovering at an animal sanctuary
:00:31. > :00:38.In sport we begin our look `head to the new basketball season with
:00:39. > :00:43.And Dummett's the hero at P`lace as a cup win gives the Magphes
:00:44. > :01:01.The families of three men khlled in a kayaking accident on the
:01:02. > :01:05.River Tyne near Hexham have demanded urgent action to stop such
:01:06. > :01:09.Brothers Mark and Darren Thorpe died alongside
:01:10. > :01:15.their cousin Gavin Bradley when they were overwhelmed at a weir.
:01:16. > :01:17.Today, an inquest heard thex were probably taken by surprise
:01:18. > :01:24.But the family say they're pleading for better river safety measures
:01:25. > :01:27.and now the coroner has pledged to raise the issue.
:01:28. > :01:29.They thought they knew what to expect.
:01:30. > :01:34.Two brothers and their cousin kayaking on thd Tyne.
:01:35. > :01:37.As they approached the weir at Riding Mill, they found
:01:38. > :02:01.We now know that the area is a very dangerous, sinister feature on the
:02:02. > :02:03.River. Anyone who finds himself on the river at that flow rate, is
:02:04. > :02:06.heading towards certain death. Their sit`on kayaks,
:02:07. > :02:08.the inquest heard, on this day, certain to be overwhelmed
:02:09. > :02:21.by the sheer pull of the water. The conditions were lethal. The
:02:22. > :02:25.brother was high. The current would have been significant and flowing
:02:26. > :02:27.fast and with an great a distance, it would have been willing strongly
:02:28. > :04:31.over. It's really worrying becausd over
:04:32. > :04:37.recent years, there have bedn less and less funding available `nd more
:04:38. > :04:44.charities needing to set up to meet social and economic need. There are
:04:45. > :04:46.more of us trying to take from an ever shrinking pot.
:04:47. > :04:51.In truth, doubts about the Foundation's future
:04:52. > :04:54.were first raised when Northern Rock collapsed in 2008 and continued when
:04:55. > :04:58.The big problem was that whhle Virgin Money offered to support
:04:59. > :05:02.the foundation, giving it ?0 million a year for the next five ye`rs.
:05:03. > :05:06.It would only do so on the condition the Foundation matched it
:05:07. > :05:13.by raising ?3 million pounds a year from the private sector loc`lly
:05:14. > :05:22.What they have said is that they will be happy to put ?1 million per
:05:23. > :05:28.year in but they want other companies from this area to
:05:29. > :05:33.contribute as well. There are 1 other companies that are a lot
:05:34. > :05:36.bigger than Virgin Money. If everybody could contribute
:05:37. > :05:44.something, hopefully we can get more than the 4 million pounds `` ?4
:05:45. > :05:47.million per year that is nedded Kath says her charity helps people
:05:48. > :05:50.who have nowhere else to turn. What, she asks,
:05:51. > :05:53.will happen to them if it's soon Well, Stuart joins me from the
:05:54. > :05:56.BBC Tees newsroom now. What charity funding will
:05:57. > :06:09.be available going forward? After heeding the foundation was
:06:10. > :06:16.likely to close, Virgin Mondy said it would put ?1 million into the
:06:17. > :06:22.community. The bulk of it whll go towards a youth centre. The money
:06:23. > :06:26.was welcomed but to put it hn context, at its height, the
:06:27. > :06:32.foundation was putting ?127 million per year and to local charities
:06:33. > :06:36.There is a big gap there. A lot of charities say they will havd to
:06:37. > :06:40.battle each other for the slall amount of grants that are available.
:06:41. > :06:46.It is inevitable that some charities will have to close.
:06:47. > :06:50.Police are appealing for information after a wom`n
:06:51. > :06:56.in her 40s was raped in a Stnderland park on Monday afternoon.
:06:57. > :06:58.It happened in Mowbray Park, between 4:30pm and 5:30pm.
:06:59. > :07:00.Officers say the woman was approached by an Asian
:07:01. > :07:06.Officers are carrying out extra patrols in the area.
:07:07. > :07:08.The County Durham breeder of American Bulldogs,
:07:09. > :07:12.who was attacked by two of his own dogs, has lost his arm as a result.
:07:13. > :07:16.Stephen Potts was mauled in High Pittington on Sunday.
:07:17. > :07:20.Horrified neighbours tried to help, and police firearms officers
:07:21. > :07:24.Now Mr Potts' father has told the BBC his son has had
:07:25. > :07:29.his right arm amputated and that he's in a 'stable' condition.
:07:30. > :07:32.Two teenage boys in Carlisld had to be treated in hospital after smoking
:07:33. > :07:35.e`cigarettes which, police suspect, may have contained a synthetic form
:07:36. > :07:40.A 15`year`old boy had to be taken twice to the Cumberland Infhrmary
:07:41. > :07:45.while a 14 year`old was also given treatment after collapsing.
:07:46. > :07:48.A 55`year`old man and a 52`xear`old woman were arrested at a shop
:07:49. > :07:53.on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a Class B drug
:07:54. > :07:56.They've been bailed until the end of next month.
:07:57. > :08:00.The first is that children `re potentially getting hold
:08:01. > :08:06.The second, larger issue is that whatever these children havd been
:08:07. > :08:12.consuming and inhaling is potentially harmful to their health.
:08:13. > :08:16.A new claim about contaminated sweets has come to light involving
:08:17. > :08:18.a Newcastle factory at the centre of an investigation.
:08:19. > :08:20.Prescription drugs were discovered last month on the Jelly Tots
:08:21. > :08:25.production line at Nestle's sweet factory in Fawdon.
:08:26. > :08:28.Now a woman in Peterborough says she found an ibuprofen tablet in
:08:29. > :08:34.But Nestle says it's conducted a full investigation and cotld find
:08:35. > :08:41.nothing to indicate the pill entered the product in its factory.
:08:42. > :08:43.Poor behaviour in classrooms in England is damaging children s
:08:44. > :08:45.education according to an Ofsted report published today.
:08:46. > :08:48.It suggests 'low`level disrtption' causes some pupils to lose tp to
:08:49. > :08:54.Graham Satchell's been to one school in Stockton`on`Tees, which has
:08:55. > :09:04.Lunchtime at North Shore Ac`demy and the head, Mr Rogers,
:09:05. > :09:10.Two years ago, this school was in special measures.
:09:11. > :09:13.It had some of the worst behaviour anywhere in the country.
:09:14. > :09:15.Typical behaviour would be smoking in school, swearing at membdrs
:09:16. > :09:24.of staff, climbing out of whndows, running away during the day.
:09:25. > :09:28.After lunch, the children line up in sildnce
:09:29. > :09:33.Today, under the new regime, there is no tolerance
:09:34. > :09:41.We are extremely strict with our students.
:09:42. > :09:44.We have nonnegotiable rules regarding behaviour.
:09:45. > :09:47.But they are in the best interests of crdating
:09:48. > :09:57.This school is turning itself around but today's report bx Ofsted
:09:58. > :10:01.says poor behaviour in schools is damaging like chances of chhldren.
:10:02. > :10:05.The report talks of behaviour that might appdar quite
:10:06. > :10:14.trivial like using mobile phones, swinging on chairs, even hulming.
:10:15. > :10:18.The students here say low`ldvel disruption in the past meant the
:10:19. > :10:21.culture in the school was one where learning wasn't taken seriotsly
:10:22. > :10:24.Disrespect towards teachers and I think that affected a lot
:10:25. > :10:31.I was thick when I first st`rted but I think I'm starting to learn a load
:10:32. > :10:40.If there is so much bad beh`viour in schools, who's to blame?
:10:41. > :10:43.Ofsted are pointing the finger squarely at headteachers.
:10:44. > :10:46.In the report, two thirds of teachers say school leaddrs are
:10:47. > :10:52.failing to assert authority when dealing with poor dischpline.
:10:53. > :10:54.It is a claim that has angered some headteachers.
:10:55. > :10:56.It's terribly demoralising for headteachers who feel under
:10:57. > :11:06.What surprises me about this report is that Ofsted has consistently
:11:07. > :11:09.said that behaviour is very good in the majority of schools and that
:11:10. > :11:12.raises big questions about the validity of the inspection findings.
:11:13. > :11:16.Ofsted changed the way they inspect school behaviour in January.
:11:17. > :11:19.They are urging headteachers to follow Mr Rogers's example,
:11:20. > :11:26.to be a visible presence and crack down hard on bad behaviour.
:11:27. > :11:29.The UKIP leader Nigel Faragd says the North East
:11:30. > :11:33.and Cumbria 'mustn't miss ott' if Scotland is given extra powers.
:11:34. > :11:36.Mr Farage says the Barnett Formula, which allocates more Governlent
:11:37. > :11:42.money to Scotland than northern England, must be reviewed
:11:43. > :11:47.Our political editor Richard Moss met up with him ahead of his party's
:11:48. > :11:50.conference in Doncaster and began by asking him what he'd do to help
:11:51. > :12:01.There's a huge appetite in the North of England and elsewhere across the
:12:02. > :12:10.country that be want English only votes in Westminster, the North in
:12:11. > :12:13.particular. They have been disadvantaged by the Barnett Formula
:12:14. > :12:22.and I think it is outrageous that Miller band, Cameron and Cldgg Nadir
:12:23. > :12:29.promise without referring to anybody about giving more capital to the
:12:30. > :12:32.north of the country. Even the man who invented it said it was based on
:12:33. > :12:37.a miscalculation from the start If Scotland was more devolved power,
:12:38. > :12:46.fine, but it also has to st`rt losing its own money. You fhnished
:12:47. > :12:51.second in the by`elections. You have an MEP in the north. They w`nt to
:12:52. > :13:03.win MPs in the North? `` do you want. Yes. The Labour state that
:13:04. > :13:08.represents many big cities, I'm not seeing it as an easy nut to crack.
:13:09. > :13:13.But there is no genuine opposition apart from UKIP. What happened in
:13:14. > :13:21.South Shields in a very short space of time shows that you can have huge
:13:22. > :13:29.potential and the North of Dngland. `` UKIP have. Would it really be a
:13:30. > :13:40.success if you got a few thousand votes in that seat and put ` Labour
:13:41. > :13:43.member in there? James Wharton is desperate for written to st`y part
:13:44. > :13:49.of the European Union. He's on my side. You've been putting hhm out
:13:50. > :13:54.for a Labour member who didn't want a referendum at all. He shotld
:13:55. > :14:02.probably thank me because pdople probably take more Labour sdats
:14:03. > :14:07.there than Tory ones. The ?600 million figure we got last week He
:14:08. > :14:16.said that will be money well spent is that the UKIP commitment? No it
:14:17. > :14:26.is the UKIP opinion. `` the UKIP opinion. MPs and MEPs lobby to try
:14:27. > :14:30.to get things changed. You want Labour votes but how does that
:14:31. > :14:36.square with Paul Nuttall, your deputy who says that, I would like
:14:37. > :14:45.to congratulate the governmdnt for bringing a weft of privatis`tion.
:14:46. > :14:53.The Labour have done a phenomenal amount and cost taxpayers bhllions
:14:54. > :15:05.to privatise the NHS. I think it has gone too far.
:15:06. > :15:09.Bamburgh Castle stars in the latest BBC drama serhes to be
:15:10. > :15:13.The latest prickly customers to arrive at an animal sanctuary
:15:14. > :15:28.And I love the weather forecast live from the 2014 illuminations `` I'll
:15:29. > :15:33.have the weather. One of Northumberland's most iconic
:15:34. > :15:35.landmarks has been transforled into a military defence resdarch
:15:36. > :15:37.centre, complete with mysteries It's for a new CBBC series,
:15:38. > :15:42.which airs next summer, the latest in a long line of children's dramas
:15:43. > :15:46.breathing life into Our arts reporter Sharuna S`gar has
:15:47. > :15:52.been on location with the c`st An ancient Northumbrian is
:15:53. > :15:56.the star of the BBC's new children's Castles all over
:15:57. > :16:01.the country were auditioned but Bamburgh was chosen bec`use it
:16:02. > :16:06.just perfect for the part d`rling. We just kept coming
:16:07. > :16:19.back to Bamburgh. It had all the things we wanted that
:16:20. > :16:25.were in the script. It had ` military feel to it. It had stunning
:16:26. > :16:28.views. We have a small vill`ge close by which is actually in the script
:16:29. > :16:30.so it is as if the writers `ctually wrote about Bamburgh Castle.
:16:31. > :16:33.And the story they wrote, set in and around those majdstic
:16:34. > :16:37.walls, is about six teenagers who get caught up in adventures within
:16:38. > :16:40.a military defence research centre with the ever`present threat
:16:41. > :16:43.But despite the location, there's only one North East actor
:16:44. > :16:46.in the cast and he started off in the region's most famous
:16:47. > :16:57.I've always had this idea of being on the Northumberland coast and
:16:58. > :17:03.shooting close to home. Then I got a call from my agent to do eg for a
:17:04. > :17:14.show called World's End. He asked if I knew Bamburgh. I was excited as
:17:15. > :17:15.soon as I got the call. And the chance to film closd to home
:17:16. > :17:27.is also welcomed by local crew A lot of people have left the
:17:28. > :17:35.north`east after Byker Grovd because there wasn't much around, btt it is
:17:36. > :17:46.coming back now, which is great It is later different people hdre, we
:17:47. > :17:56.don't just wanted your days `` we don't just want geordies. It follows
:17:57. > :18:03.on many dramas that were filmed in this region. It is safe to say it is
:18:04. > :18:14.fast becoming the centre for children's drama in the UK.
:18:15. > :18:17.Sunderland's former striker Asamoah Gyan has held
:18:18. > :18:20.a press conference to deny killing his best friend after the rtmour
:18:21. > :18:28.Gyan is the country's all`thme top scorer as well as a pop star but
:18:29. > :18:32.after suggestions he murderdd fellow rapper Castro, who he appeared with
:18:33. > :18:35.in this video, in a ritual sacrifice, he felt he had to come
:18:36. > :18:41.The rumours spread after Castro and his girlfriend disappeared while
:18:42. > :18:58.Well, it was a good night for Alan Pardew last night, a r`re thing
:18:59. > :19:02.at the moment for the Newcastle boss as the Magpies pulled off a late win
:19:03. > :19:09.Alan Pardew was feeling the love at his old club ` cheers
:19:10. > :19:12.from the home fans and no protests from the travelling Toon Arly.
:19:13. > :19:17.Both sides rang the changes ` 11 for Crystal Palace but it was
:19:18. > :19:20.never going to be an easy g`me for United against a side rejuvdnated
:19:21. > :19:24.And against the run of play it was the home sidd that
:19:25. > :19:26.went ahead after Daryl Janm`at needlessly brought down Wilfried
:19:27. > :19:31.Zaha in the box, leaving Dwhght Gayle to convert the penaltx.
:19:32. > :19:33.But Newcastle deservedly levelled the score through Manu Rividre with
:19:34. > :19:35.his first competitive goal for the club.
:19:36. > :19:42.And when Sammy Ameobi went down in the box,
:19:43. > :19:45.just after the break the ?6 million summer signing from Monaco, made it
:19:46. > :19:48.But just as it looked like they'd clinched victorx,
:19:49. > :19:51.Kaikai came off the bench to send the game into extra time.
:19:52. > :19:55.United were down to ten men for most of the period when Medhi Abdid was
:19:56. > :19:58.sent off for a second yellow card but they showed plenty of fhght
:19:59. > :20:00.Gayle had an acrobatic volley ruled ott for
:20:01. > :20:02.offside and it was the youngsters who finally sealed the deal.
:20:03. > :20:05.17`year`old Adam Armstrong's cross headed in by Paul Dumlett
:20:06. > :20:18.Relief and as much as we should have won it in 90 minutes. It was a
:20:19. > :20:23.sloppy goal to give away. It was an entertaining game, there was a lot
:20:24. > :20:27.happening and I felt we showed a tremendous spirit of character to
:20:28. > :20:28.come through and some real puality performances, particularly from the
:20:29. > :20:39.captain. the stadium announcer revealed the
:20:40. > :20:43.winners would face Man City in the Rather like Alex Ferguson
:20:44. > :20:48.at Manchester United, basketball player`coach Fabulous Flournoy
:20:49. > :20:51.didn't enjoy immediate succdss But since winning that first trophy
:20:52. > :20:55.nearly ten years ago, His latest squad boasts somd old
:20:56. > :20:59.favourites, some new signings He's a man who doesn't take defeat
:21:00. > :21:06.too well but in the last decade Fab Just look at the number
:21:07. > :21:11.of trophies his teams have won. Since the 2004`5 season, thd Eagles
:21:12. > :21:15.have picked up an incredibld six British Basketball League thtles
:21:16. > :21:18.and five play`off crowns. This team is good. How good we will
:21:19. > :21:41.five times and the BBL Cup twice. This team is good. How good we will
:21:42. > :21:46.be, I don't know. What trials and tribulations we will have to go
:21:47. > :21:50.through, I don't know. We are unproven and we had to provd
:21:51. > :21:52.ourselves one way or the other `` have to prove.
:21:53. > :21:56.Even his most loyal lieuten`nts think Fab's a tough taskmaster.
:21:57. > :23:36.They were found 13 miles ap`rt in north Northumberland and they're
:23:37. > :23:40.Meet Tughall and Albie, rare albino hedgehogs
:23:41. > :23:44.but already looking sharper in the care of this rescue trust.
:23:45. > :23:48.Here, they look after up to 400 hedgehogs every year.
:23:49. > :24:03.At the moment, he will only eat chicken and a fairy cake, so he is
:24:04. > :24:11.quite particular about his diet and it has to be cooked chicken You're
:24:12. > :24:15.spoiling him. Absolutely! Btt she is a bit special.
:24:16. > :24:16.Their unusual colouring's the difference between them
:24:17. > :24:20.But that could make them less able to thrive, so Carol's `lready
:24:21. > :24:30.We've got to ensure that thdy put somewhere where they're going to be
:24:31. > :24:34.safe from public viewing because I think people would take an dnormous
:24:35. > :24:41.interest and may think they were nice as a pet. There are not pets,
:24:42. > :24:46.the whale animals and need to live in natural life. `` they ard wild.
:24:47. > :24:48.The hedgehogs will be released before the winter.
:24:49. > :25:20.I'm at the illuminations in Sunderland. Tonight is the launch of
:25:21. > :25:32.the 2014 one. John, what is new for 2014? Weird on the seafront for the
:25:33. > :25:41.first time `` we are on, plts a fairy tale theme including ` trawl
:25:42. > :25:50.which will terrify the little ones! `` troll. The illuminations help
:25:51. > :25:56.people feel better in the mhddle of winter. There is nothing better than
:25:57. > :26:05.having a slight in the middle of winter `` nice lights. It opens to
:26:06. > :26:23.the public this weekend. It didn't feel like winter this weekend. In
:26:24. > :26:27.Durham, it was up to 20 Celsius Overnight, the closure will be thick
:26:28. > :26:31.enough for patchy rain and drizzle, but with the south`westerly breeze,
:26:32. > :26:41.it is never going to be a cold night. We have mild here at the
:26:42. > :26:43.minute. The last remnants of the overnight closure to clean `way
:26:44. > :26:58.quickly tomorrow morning by 10:00am. Most places will bd getting
:26:59. > :27:00.brighter. By the afternoon, westerly winds will ease and temperatures
:27:01. > :27:10.will make it up to 17 Celsits at best. It is not going to fedl cold,
:27:11. > :27:12.but fresher. You can see a cold front clearing away tomorrow and
:27:13. > :27:18.high pressure building from the south. That takes control of the
:27:19. > :27:24.weather over the weekend. The weather front comes later on
:27:25. > :27:28.Saturday, but if we look at the outlook, it would suggest that will
:27:29. > :27:31.do is introduce some cloud `nd drizzle. But most places drx over
:27:32. > :27:38.the weekend with temperaturds up to 18 Celsius.
:27:39. > :28:22.On my sofa this week, hot new singer/songwriter George Ezra,
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