28/09/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Hello, good evening. RAF air strikes

against the so`called Islamhc State in Iraq have won the support

of a majority of the region's MPs. Three North East Labour MPs,

Blyth's Ronnie Campbell, Jarrow's Stephen Hepburn

and Easington's Grahame Morris, voted AGAINST military involvement.

But speaking on today's Sunday Politics programme,

their Labour colleague Andy McDonald said he believed his Middlesbrough

constituents generally supported the military action.

Ultimately I thought it was necessary we react to repel the

genocide. I think the comparison is with the lander and Bosnia. We have

these murderous psychopaths rampaging across Iraq killing people

of all faiths and we cannot stand by and allow it to happen.

Police have named a man who died after being stabbed

in North Tyneside. He was Uriel Moskwa who was 43

and lived in North King Strdet in North Shields.

He was found with a stab wound to the thigh in Aldwych

Drive in the town early yesterday. A man and a woman are being

questioned on suspicion of lurder. Two other men have been reldased

on bail. People who've been traffickdd

into the UK are being helped by a new charitable initiathve

at Ripon Cathedral. It's encouraging visitors to bring

clothing to donate to victils, as well as groceries

for its Foodbank service. Phil Chapman reports.

For most families this would be early filled the weekly shopping

trolley. For the people the cathedral are reaching out to help

the are essentials. We have got essentials, tea, coffee, sugar,

Bebe's nappies. Also things like pyjamas, nightwear and underwear

because the victims of trafficking often when they get to the place of

safety have absolutely nothhng. The goods are for traffic familhes

mainly in South Yorkshire btt lots of local families are being helped

as well. The food bank helpdd 5 different households, 23 falilies

with children. September is a particularly difficult time for

families living on the brink of poverty. Children go back to

school, they need school unhforms and that money comes out of the food

budget. Boxes like this are lifted the week at the doors of thd

Cathedral and the chances are they will continue to do so for the

foreseeable future. Thousands

of British seamen lost their lives on what Winston Churchill c`lled

"the worst journey in the World . There are now just a few hundred

survivors of the Arctic sea convoys of the Second World War

Among their number: 91`year`old Arthur Laws

from Tyneside. And tomorrow he travels to London to

receive a Russian bravery mddal Andrew Hartley reports.

They called it the hell run. Arctic convoys

from Britain to northern Russia with supplies for the Soviet Union.

Under constant threat of attack they also had to deal with

severe cold, storms, and icd. 3,000 died,

over 100 ships were lost. Arthur from Tynemouth made

the journey three times. During the night you used to hear

bangs, cracks and wallops. Xou never knew what was going on but the next

morning you would see if anx of the merchant ships had been sunk.

Arthur's already received one medal from Moscow, that was 20 ye`rs ago.

But the British government banned him from wearing it.

Now after a campaign the MOD will let the veterans wear

a different Medal. The Ushakov medal will be awarded to

Arthur and other survivors at the Russian Embassy in London

on Tuesday. Out of the blue after all this time

it is a very pleasant surprhse. A charity says it's optimistic that

it could still buy Blencathra ` the Cumbrian mountain put up

for sale earlier this year. Lord Lonsdale announced the sale

of the mountain, also known as Saddleback,

to pay an inheritance tax bhll. The Friends of Blencathra's

original offer was unsuccessful The Newcastle Eagles lost

their opening game of the sdason by 81 points to 86

against Worcester Wolves. As the team aim for another year

at the top of British basketball ` the BBC's Inside Out progralme has

been given an exclusive inshght in what drives their all conquering

coach Fab Flournoy. He grew up in a tough New York

neighbourhood and used sport to escape crime and poverty.

I have lost family members. I have been poor. Those are the thhngs that

absolutely make you or break you. Onto today's rugby union. W`sps beat

Newcastle by 35 points and 08. Now the weather. Good evening. Through

this evening they will stay mostly dry with" and some clear spdlls It

looks like it will stay that way overnight. Some fog patches

developing and a light breeze. Tomorrow morning we will lose the

mist and fog quite early. There will be more cloud pushing up and a

scattering of showers arrivhng as we head through the afternoon.

Good evening. For many, September 2014 will probably hold fond

memories. A warm and dry month. Today we had a high of 25 Celsius,

77 Fahrenheit in Kew Gardens to the west of London, way above the

average for this time of year. Through the night tonight relatively

quiet conditions, with clearer skies in the south. I want to draw your

attention to these showers in southern Spain and across the

Pyrenees. Moist air may trigger showers over channel coasts by dawn.