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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,

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Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North.

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They didn't stand a chance ` accidental death verdicts

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on three kayakers swept awax and drowned in the River Tyne.

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The Northern Rock Foundation is to close after giving more than

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UKIP can win MPs in the North says party leader Nigel Far`ge.

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Not one but two albino hedgdhogs recovering at an animal sanctuary

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In sport we begin our look `head to the new basketball season with

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And Dummett's the hero at P`lace as a cup win gives the Magphes

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The families of three men khlled in a kayaking accident on the

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River Tyne near Hexham have demanded urgent action to stop such

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Brothers Mark and Darren Thorpe died alongside

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their cousin Gavin Bradley when they were overwhelmed at a weir.

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Today, an inquest heard thex were probably taken by surprise

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But the family say they're pleading for better river safety measures

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and now the coroner has pledged to raise the issue.

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They thought they knew what to expect.

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Two brothers and their cousin kayaking on thd Tyne.

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As they approached the weir at Riding Mill, they found

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We now know that the area is a very dangerous, sinister feature on the

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River. Anyone who finds himself on the river at that flow rate, is

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heading towards certain death. Their sit`on kayaks,

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the inquest heard, on this day, certain to be overwhelmed

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by the sheer pull of the water. The conditions were lethal. The

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brother was high. The current would have been significant and flowing

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fast and with an great a distance, it would have been willing strongly

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over. It's really worrying becausd over

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recent years, there have bedn less and less funding available `nd more

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charities needing to set up to meet social and economic need. There are

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more of us trying to take from an ever shrinking pot.

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In truth, doubts about the Foundation's future

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were first raised when Northern Rock collapsed in 2008 and continued when

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The big problem was that whhle Virgin Money offered to support

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the foundation, giving it ?0 million a year for the next five ye`rs.

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It would only do so on the condition the Foundation matched it

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by raising ?3 million pounds a year from the private sector loc`lly

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What they have said is that they will be happy to put ?1 million per

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year in but they want other companies from this area to

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contribute as well. There are 1 other companies that are a lot

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bigger than Virgin Money. If everybody could contribute

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something, hopefully we can get more than the 4 million pounds `` ?4

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million per year that is nedded Kath says her charity helps people

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who have nowhere else to turn. What, she asks,

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will happen to them if it's soon Well, Stuart joins me from the

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BBC Tees newsroom now. What charity funding will

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be available going forward? After heeding the foundation was

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likely to close, Virgin Mondy said it would put ?1 million into the

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community. The bulk of it whll go towards a youth centre. The money

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was welcomed but to put it hn context, at its height, the

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foundation was putting ?127 million per year and to local charities

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There is a big gap there. A lot of charities say they will havd to

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battle each other for the slall amount of grants that are available.

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It is inevitable that some charities will have to close.

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Police are appealing for information after a wom`n

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in her 40s was raped in a Stnderland park on Monday afternoon.

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It happened in Mowbray Park, between 4:30pm and 5:30pm.

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Officers say the woman was approached by an Asian

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Officers are carrying out extra patrols in the area.

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The County Durham breeder of American Bulldogs,

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who was attacked by two of his own dogs, has lost his arm as a result.

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Stephen Potts was mauled in High Pittington on Sunday.

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Horrified neighbours tried to help, and police firearms officers

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Now Mr Potts' father has told the BBC his son has had

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his right arm amputated and that he's in a 'stable' condition.

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Two teenage boys in Carlisld had to be treated in hospital after smoking

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e`cigarettes which, police suspect, may have contained a synthetic form

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A 15`year`old boy had to be taken twice to the Cumberland Infhrmary

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while a 14 year`old was also given treatment after collapsing.

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A 55`year`old man and a 52`xear`old woman were arrested at a shop

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on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a Class B drug

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They've been bailed until the end of next month.

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The first is that children `re potentially getting hold

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The second, larger issue is that whatever these children havd been

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consuming and inhaling is potentially harmful to their health.

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A new claim about contaminated sweets has come to light involving

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a Newcastle factory at the centre of an investigation.

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Prescription drugs were discovered last month on the Jelly Tots

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production line at Nestle's sweet factory in Fawdon.

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Now a woman in Peterborough says she found an ibuprofen tablet in

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But Nestle says it's conducted a full investigation and cotld find

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nothing to indicate the pill entered the product in its factory.

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Poor behaviour in classrooms in England is damaging children s

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education according to an Ofsted report published today.

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It suggests 'low`level disrtption' causes some pupils to lose tp to

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Graham Satchell's been to one school in Stockton`on`Tees, which has

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Lunchtime at North Shore Ac`demy and the head, Mr Rogers,

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Two years ago, this school was in special measures.

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It had some of the worst behaviour anywhere in the country.

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Typical behaviour would be smoking in school, swearing at membdrs

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of staff, climbing out of whndows, running away during the day.

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After lunch, the children line up in sildnce

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Today, under the new regime, there is no tolerance

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We are extremely strict with our students.

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We have nonnegotiable rules regarding behaviour.

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But they are in the best interests of crdating

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This school is turning itself around but today's report bx Ofsted

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says poor behaviour in schools is damaging like chances of chhldren.

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The report talks of behaviour that might appdar quite

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trivial like using mobile phones, swinging on chairs, even hulming.

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The students here say low`ldvel disruption in the past meant the

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culture in the school was one where learning wasn't taken seriotsly

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Disrespect towards teachers and I think that affected a lot

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I was thick when I first st`rted but I think I'm starting to learn a load

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If there is so much bad beh`viour in schools, who's to blame?

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Ofsted are pointing the finger squarely at headteachers.

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In the report, two thirds of teachers say school leaddrs are

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failing to assert authority when dealing with poor dischpline.

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It is a claim that has angered some headteachers.

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It's terribly demoralising for headteachers who feel under

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What surprises me about this report is that Ofsted has consistently

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said that behaviour is very good in the majority of schools and that

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raises big questions about the validity of the inspection findings.

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Ofsted changed the way they inspect school behaviour in January.

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They are urging headteachers to follow Mr Rogers's example,

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to be a visible presence and crack down hard on bad behaviour.

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The UKIP leader Nigel Faragd says the North East

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and Cumbria 'mustn't miss ott' if Scotland is given extra powers.

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Mr Farage says the Barnett Formula, which allocates more Governlent

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money to Scotland than northern England, must be reviewed

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Our political editor Richard Moss met up with him ahead of his party's

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conference in Doncaster and began by asking him what he'd do to help

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There's a huge appetite in the North of England and elsewhere across the

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country that be want English only votes in Westminster, the North in

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particular. They have been disadvantaged by the Barnett Formula

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and I think it is outrageous that Miller band, Cameron and Cldgg Nadir

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promise without referring to anybody about giving more capital to the

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north of the country. Even the man who invented it said it was based on

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a miscalculation from the start If Scotland was more devolved power,

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fine, but it also has to st`rt losing its own money. You fhnished

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second in the by`elections. You have an MEP in the north. They w`nt to

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win MPs in the North? `` do you want. Yes. The Labour state that

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represents many big cities, I'm not seeing it as an easy nut to crack.

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But there is no genuine opposition apart from UKIP. What happened in

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South Shields in a very short space of time shows that you can have huge

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potential and the North of Dngland. `` UKIP have. Would it really be a

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success if you got a few thousand votes in that seat and put ` Labour

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member in there? James Wharton is desperate for written to st`y part

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of the European Union. He's on my side. You've been putting hhm out

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for a Labour member who didn't want a referendum at all. He shotld

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probably thank me because pdople probably take more Labour sdats

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there than Tory ones. The ?600 million figure we got last week He

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said that will be money well spent is that the UKIP commitment? No it

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is the UKIP opinion. `` the UKIP opinion. MPs and MEPs lobby to try

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to get things changed. You want Labour votes but how does that

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square with Paul Nuttall, your deputy who says that, I would like

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to congratulate the governmdnt for bringing a weft of privatis`tion.

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The Labour have done a phenomenal amount and cost taxpayers bhllions

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to privatise the NHS. I think it has gone too far.

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Bamburgh Castle stars in the latest BBC drama serhes to be

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The latest prickly customers to arrive at an animal sanctuary

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And I love the weather forecast live from the 2014 illuminations `` I'll

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have the weather. One of Northumberland's most iconic

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landmarks has been transforled into a military defence resdarch

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centre, complete with mysteries It's for a new CBBC series,

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which airs next summer, the latest in a long line of children's dramas

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breathing life into Our arts reporter Sharuna S`gar has

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been on location with the c`st An ancient Northumbrian is

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the star of the BBC's new children's Castles all over

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the country were auditioned but Bamburgh was chosen bec`use it

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just perfect for the part d`rling. We just kept coming

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back to Bamburgh. It had all the things we wanted that

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were in the script. It had ` military feel to it. It had stunning

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views. We have a small vill`ge close by which is actually in the script

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so it is as if the writers `ctually wrote about Bamburgh Castle.

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And the story they wrote, set in and around those majdstic

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walls, is about six teenagers who get caught up in adventures within

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a military defence research centre with the ever`present threat

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But despite the location, there's only one North East actor

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in the cast and he started off in the region's most famous

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I've always had this idea of being on the Northumberland coast and

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shooting close to home. Then I got a call from my agent to do eg for a

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show called World's End. He asked if I knew Bamburgh. I was excited as

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soon as I got the call. And the chance to film closd to home

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is also welcomed by local crew A lot of people have left the

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north`east after Byker Grovd because there wasn't much around, btt it is

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coming back now, which is great It is later different people hdre, we

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don't just wanted your days `` we don't just want geordies. It follows

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on many dramas that were filmed in this region. It is safe to say it is

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fast becoming the centre for children's drama in the UK.

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Sunderland's former striker Asamoah Gyan has held

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a press conference to deny killing his best friend after the rtmour

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Gyan is the country's all`thme top scorer as well as a pop star but

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after suggestions he murderdd fellow rapper Castro, who he appeared with

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in this video, in a ritual sacrifice, he felt he had to come

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The rumours spread after Castro and his girlfriend disappeared while

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Well, it was a good night for Alan Pardew last night, a r`re thing

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at the moment for the Newcastle boss as the Magpies pulled off a late win

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Alan Pardew was feeling the love at his old club ` cheers

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from the home fans and no protests from the travelling Toon Arly.

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Both sides rang the changes ` 11 for Crystal Palace but it was

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never going to be an easy g`me for United against a side rejuvdnated

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And against the run of play it was the home sidd that

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went ahead after Daryl Janm`at needlessly brought down Wilfried

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Zaha in the box, leaving Dwhght Gayle to convert the penaltx.

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But Newcastle deservedly levelled the score through Manu Rividre with

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his first competitive goal for the club.

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And when Sammy Ameobi went down in the box,

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just after the break the ?6 million summer signing from Monaco, made it

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But just as it looked like they'd clinched victorx,

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Kaikai came off the bench to send the game into extra time.

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United were down to ten men for most of the period when Medhi Abdid was

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sent off for a second yellow card but they showed plenty of fhght

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Gayle had an acrobatic volley ruled ott for

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offside and it was the youngsters who finally sealed the deal.

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17`year`old Adam Armstrong's cross headed in by Paul Dumlett

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Relief and as much as we should have won it in 90 minutes. It was a

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sloppy goal to give away. It was an entertaining game, there was a lot

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happening and I felt we showed a tremendous spirit of character to

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come through and some real puality performances, particularly from the

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captain. the stadium announcer revealed the

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winners would face Man City in the Rather like Alex Ferguson

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at Manchester United, basketball player`coach Fabulous Flournoy

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didn't enjoy immediate succdss But since winning that first trophy

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nearly ten years ago, His latest squad boasts somd old

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favourites, some new signings He's a man who doesn't take defeat

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too well but in the last decade Fab Just look at the number

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of trophies his teams have won. Since the 2004`5 season, thd Eagles

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have picked up an incredibld six British Basketball League thtles

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and five play`off crowns. This team is good. How good we will

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five times and the BBL Cup twice. This team is good. How good we will

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be, I don't know. What trials and tribulations we will have to go

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through, I don't know. We are unproven and we had to provd

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ourselves one way or the other `` have to prove.

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Even his most loyal lieuten`nts think Fab's a tough taskmaster.

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They were found 13 miles ap`rt in north Northumberland and they're

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Meet Tughall and Albie, rare albino hedgehogs

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but already looking sharper in the care of this rescue trust.

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Here, they look after up to 400 hedgehogs every year.

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At the moment, he will only eat chicken and a fairy cake, so he is

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quite particular about his diet and it has to be cooked chicken You're

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spoiling him. Absolutely! Btt she is a bit special.

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Their unusual colouring's the difference between them

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But that could make them less able to thrive, so Carol's `lready

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We've got to ensure that thdy put somewhere where they're going to be

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safe from public viewing because I think people would take an dnormous

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interest and may think they were nice as a pet. There are not pets,

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the whale animals and need to live in natural life. `` they ard wild.

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The hedgehogs will be released before the winter.

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I'm at the illuminations in Sunderland. Tonight is the launch of

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the 2014 one. John, what is new for 2014? Weird on the seafront for the

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first time `` we are on, plts a fairy tale theme including ` trawl

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which will terrify the little ones! `` troll. The illuminations help

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people feel better in the mhddle of winter. There is nothing better than

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having a slight in the middle of winter `` nice lights. It opens to

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the public this weekend. It didn't feel like winter this weekend. In

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Durham, it was up to 20 Celsius Overnight, the closure will be thick

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enough for patchy rain and drizzle, but with the south`westerly breeze,

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it is never going to be a cold night. We have mild here at the

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minute. The last remnants of the overnight closure to clean `way

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quickly tomorrow morning by 10:00am. Most places will bd getting

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brighter. By the afternoon, westerly winds will ease and temperatures

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will make it up to 17 Celsits at best. It is not going to fedl cold,

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but fresher. You can see a cold front clearing away tomorrow and

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high pressure building from the south. That takes control of the

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weather over the weekend. The weather front comes later on

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Saturday, but if we look at the outlook, it would suggest that will

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do is introduce some cloud `nd drizzle. But most places drx over

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the weekend with temperaturds up to 18 Celsius.

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