:00:10. > :00:12.Hello, good evening. RAF air strikes
:00:13. > :00:17.against the so`called Islamhc State in Iraq have won the support
:00:18. > :00:20.of a majority of the region's MPs. Three North East Labour MPs,
:00:21. > :00:22.Blyth's Ronnie Campbell, Jarrow's Stephen Hepburn
:00:23. > :00:25.and Easington's Grahame Morris, voted AGAINST military involvement.
:00:26. > :00:28.But speaking on today's Sunday Politics programme,
:00:29. > :00:30.their Labour colleague Andy McDonald said he believed his Middlesbrough
:00:31. > :00:40.constituents generally supported the military action.
:00:41. > :00:50.Ultimately I thought it was necessary we react to repel the
:00:51. > :00:54.genocide. I think the comparison is with the lander and Bosnia. We have
:00:55. > :01:02.these murderous psychopaths rampaging across Iraq killing people
:01:03. > :01:09.of all faiths and we cannot stand by and allow it to happen.
:01:10. > :01:12.Police have named a man who died after being stabbed
:01:13. > :01:15.in North Tyneside. He was Uriel Moskwa who was 43
:01:16. > :01:17.and lived in North King Strdet in North Shields.
:01:18. > :01:20.He was found with a stab wound to the thigh in Aldwych
:01:21. > :01:23.Drive in the town early yesterday. A man and a woman are being
:01:24. > :01:25.questioned on suspicion of lurder. Two other men have been reldased
:01:26. > :01:27.on bail. People who've been traffickdd
:01:28. > :01:31.into the UK are being helped by a new charitable initiathve
:01:32. > :01:33.at Ripon Cathedral. It's encouraging visitors to bring
:01:34. > :01:35.clothing to donate to victils, as well as groceries
:01:36. > :01:41.for its Foodbank service. Phil Chapman reports.
:01:42. > :01:49.For most families this would be early filled the weekly shopping
:01:50. > :01:54.trolley. For the people the cathedral are reaching out to help
:01:55. > :02:00.the are essentials. We have got essentials, tea, coffee, sugar,
:02:01. > :02:05.Bebe's nappies. Also things like pyjamas, nightwear and underwear
:02:06. > :02:12.because the victims of trafficking often when they get to the place of
:02:13. > :02:15.safety have absolutely nothhng. The goods are for traffic familhes
:02:16. > :02:23.mainly in South Yorkshire btt lots of local families are being helped
:02:24. > :02:29.as well. The food bank helpdd 5 different households, 23 falilies
:02:30. > :02:33.with children. September is a particularly difficult time for
:02:34. > :02:37.families living on the brink of poverty. Children go back to
:02:38. > :02:43.school, they need school unhforms and that money comes out of the food
:02:44. > :02:47.budget. Boxes like this are lifted the week at the doors of thd
:02:48. > :02:49.Cathedral and the chances are they will continue to do so for the
:02:50. > :02:54.foreseeable future. Thousands
:02:55. > :02:56.of British seamen lost their lives on what Winston Churchill c`lled
:02:57. > :02:59."the worst journey in the World . There are now just a few hundred
:03:00. > :03:01.survivors of the Arctic sea convoys of the Second World War
:03:02. > :03:03.Among their number: 91`year`old Arthur Laws
:03:04. > :03:05.from Tyneside. And tomorrow he travels to London to
:03:06. > :03:11.receive a Russian bravery mddal Andrew Hartley reports.
:03:12. > :03:13.They called it the hell run. Arctic convoys
:03:14. > :03:16.from Britain to northern Russia with supplies for the Soviet Union.
:03:17. > :03:21.Under constant threat of attack they also had to deal with
:03:22. > :03:25.severe cold, storms, and icd. 3,000 died,
:03:26. > :03:26.over 100 ships were lost. Arthur from Tynemouth made
:03:27. > :03:41.the journey three times. During the night you used to hear
:03:42. > :03:46.bangs, cracks and wallops. Xou never knew what was going on but the next
:03:47. > :03:51.morning you would see if anx of the merchant ships had been sunk.
:03:52. > :03:55.Arthur's already received one medal from Moscow, that was 20 ye`rs ago.
:03:56. > :03:57.But the British government banned him from wearing it.
:03:58. > :03:59.Now after a campaign the MOD will let the veterans wear
:04:00. > :04:02.a different Medal. The Ushakov medal will be awarded to
:04:03. > :04:03.Arthur and other survivors at the Russian Embassy in London
:04:04. > :04:07.on Tuesday. Out of the blue after all this time
:04:08. > :04:18.it is a very pleasant surprhse. A charity says it's optimistic that
:04:19. > :04:20.it could still buy Blencathra ` the Cumbrian mountain put up
:04:21. > :04:22.for sale earlier this year. Lord Lonsdale announced the sale
:04:23. > :04:24.of the mountain, also known as Saddleback,
:04:25. > :04:30.to pay an inheritance tax bhll. The Friends of Blencathra's
:04:31. > :04:32.original offer was unsuccessful The Newcastle Eagles lost
:04:33. > :04:35.their opening game of the sdason by 81 points to 86
:04:36. > :04:39.against Worcester Wolves. As the team aim for another year
:04:40. > :04:43.at the top of British basketball ` the BBC's Inside Out progralme has
:04:44. > :04:46.been given an exclusive inshght in what drives their all conquering
:04:47. > :04:49.coach Fab Flournoy. He grew up in a tough New York
:04:50. > :04:59.neighbourhood and used sport to escape crime and poverty.
:05:00. > :05:06.I have lost family members. I have been poor. Those are the thhngs that
:05:07. > :05:30.absolutely make you or break you. Onto today's rugby union. W`sps beat
:05:31. > :05:35.Newcastle by 35 points and 08. Now the weather. Good evening. Through
:05:36. > :05:40.this evening they will stay mostly dry with" and some clear spdlls It
:05:41. > :05:47.looks like it will stay that way overnight. Some fog patches
:05:48. > :05:55.developing and a light breeze. Tomorrow morning we will lose the
:05:56. > :05:59.mist and fog quite early. There will be more cloud pushing up and a
:06:00. > :06:09.scattering of showers arrivhng as we head through the afternoon.
:06:10. > :06:16.Good evening. For many, September 2014 will probably hold fond
:06:17. > :06:22.memories. A warm and dry month. Today we had a high of 25 Celsius,
:06:23. > :06:29.77 Fahrenheit in Kew Gardens to the west of London, way above the
:06:30. > :06:32.average for this time of year. Through the night tonight relatively
:06:33. > :06:36.quiet conditions, with clearer skies in the south. I want to draw your
:06:37. > :06:44.attention to these showers in southern Spain and across the
:06:45. > :06:46.Pyrenees. Moist air may trigger showers over channel coasts by dawn.