:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Monday's Look North. Tonight:
:00:00. > :00:09.Bitten by a venomous spider ` how this woman had to have a finger
:00:10. > :00:17.amputated after being attacked by a false widow.
:00:18. > :00:24.The pain was something I have never been through in my life. By the time
:00:25. > :00:28.I got to hospital, the fingdr was burst open. They told us if I had
:00:29. > :00:29.been two hours later I would have been dead.
:00:30. > :00:32.Stay safe when you're out on the town. The message to thousands of
:00:33. > :00:36.university students after a series of deaths in the North's rivers
:00:37. > :00:38.Dealing with our nuclear waste stockpile ` can we learn anxthing
:00:39. > :00:42.from the American experiencd? A special report coming up.
:00:43. > :00:46.Newcastle are still winless and head to Stoke with even the owner jesting
:00:47. > :00:52.And an instant impact for Ctrle as Carlisle pick up their first win of
:00:53. > :01:10.Doctors told her she was just two hours from death. Andrea Wallace
:01:11. > :01:14.from Seaham in County Durhal was bitten by a spider ` and it was an
:01:15. > :01:17.attack that left her with a flesh eating bug. Andrea says it was like
:01:18. > :01:20.living through a horror movhe as the poison ran through her veins. The
:01:21. > :01:23.44`year`old had to have one of her fingers amputated and after ten
:01:24. > :01:25.weeks of treatment, she's now been discharged from hospital.
:01:26. > :01:36.Andrea had been playing with her children when she was bitten on her
:01:37. > :01:40.finger. At first she thought it was a midge bite. But the pain became
:01:41. > :01:43.unbearable. She'd been bittdn by one of these ` a false widow spider,
:01:44. > :01:46.which was carrying a flesh dating bug. Doctors told Andrea shd was
:01:47. > :02:01.The pain with something likd I have never been through in my life. By
:02:02. > :02:08.the time I got to hospital, my finger was burst open. The pass was
:02:09. > :02:15.changing colour. It was horrendous. I also had a red mark at me an pet
:02:16. > :02:20.by the time I got to hospit`l. They said if I had been two hours later,
:02:21. > :02:24.I'd have been dead. Within `n hour of arriving at hospital, shd was
:02:25. > :02:29.rushed into surgery as doctors try to stop the poison spreading from
:02:30. > :02:35.her hand up her arm. She spdnt ten weeks in hospital and underwent 14
:02:36. > :02:39.separate operations before doctors said they could not save her finger.
:02:40. > :02:44.Despite her injuries, experts say the false widow is not conshdered
:02:45. > :02:49.dangerous. Experts stress hdr problems were caused not by the bait
:02:50. > :02:56.by the flesh eating bug it passed on. The bite it gives is mahnly
:02:57. > :03:01.defensive. There is a greatdr chance of dying of a wasp or be sedn. But
:03:02. > :03:06.it is very uncomfortable and the swelling can get to the sizd of a
:03:07. > :03:10.tennis ball. Andrea is the hairdresser and says she dotbts she
:03:11. > :03:14.will work again. As she recovers, she still believes she has been
:03:15. > :03:16.lucky. I feel as though it hs a small price to pay to lose ` finger
:03:17. > :03:25.because I could have lost mx life. Stay safe when you're out on the
:03:26. > :03:28.town. That's the message to thousands of students across the
:03:29. > :03:30.North as universities resumd after the long summer break. Alre`dy this
:03:31. > :03:33.year five young people have lost their lives in our rivers. Now
:03:34. > :03:36.officials are using freshers' week to warm students of the dangers of
:03:37. > :03:39.going near the water after drinking alcohol. Phil Connell is live for us
:03:40. > :04:00.in York tonight. Here, the river is one of the
:04:01. > :04:03.city's biggest attractions. This year, they represent the making
:04:04. > :04:07.headlines for the wrong reasons Three deaths so far this ye`r and
:04:08. > :04:11.with thousands of students now arriving in the city, offichals are
:04:12. > :04:20.keen to ensure they are now more needless tragedies. The winner gets
:04:21. > :04:28.an iPad... A friendly welcole to the start of the academic year. In York,
:04:29. > :04:33.it is freshers' week. For m`ny students, the first taste of
:04:34. > :04:36.freedom. There are no parents to stop you doing anything. I could
:04:37. > :04:45.have gone out until the AM hf I wanted. It is that sense of freedom.
:04:46. > :04:50.`` three o'clock in the morning If you're drunk, anything can happen.
:04:51. > :04:53.One tradition of freshers' week is to introduce students to thd city's
:04:54. > :04:59.bars and clubs but this week in your, there is a serious message.
:05:00. > :05:05.The dangers of the rivers and the tragic stories that have cole all
:05:06. > :05:09.too familiar. In 2014, the rivers here have claimed the lives of the
:05:10. > :05:13.people. Megan Roberts was 20 years old and a student at York St Jon
:05:14. > :05:18.University. There have been similar tragedies in Durham. This rhver
:05:19. > :05:24.claimed the lives of students this year. You will have been out and in
:05:25. > :05:29.the pubs, you will have nothced there is a large river runnhng
:05:30. > :05:34.through the centre. In some cases, alcohol was thought to contribute.
:05:35. > :05:41.In York today, student safety officers were using freshers' week
:05:42. > :05:49.to make students more aware. We use figures from the emergency services
:05:50. > :05:53.to show that if you end up hn the river, it is not very forgiving It
:05:54. > :06:04.makes you realise it is verx serious. I think we will st`y well
:06:05. > :06:10.away from the river. Similar advice is also being given in Durh`m this
:06:11. > :06:13.week. 2014 was a tragic year from which it is hoped important lessons
:06:14. > :06:20.will not be learned. An important lesson indeed. What
:06:21. > :06:28.else is being done to help prevent the loss of lives? It is an issue
:06:29. > :06:30.the council and police and University are taking seriotsly
:06:31. > :06:36.They have been looking at solutions to us. One idea is to have ` patrol
:06:37. > :06:39.boat on the river at certain busy times of the week. Another
:06:40. > :06:44.suggestion is to perhaps fends off certain parts of the river, like
:06:45. > :06:49.this, to make it more securd. One recurring theme in all of this, it's
:06:50. > :06:53.how we make young people drhnk more sensibly and to that end, b`rs here
:06:54. > :06:59.in York are on the lookout for that kind of thing. Student union members
:07:00. > :07:01.will be in the city to help young people, who may be slightly worse
:07:02. > :07:05.for wear. Thanks for that. Next year, the Government is due to
:07:06. > :07:09.make a key decision about what to do with a dangerous by`product of
:07:10. > :07:11.nuclear power generation. At the moment, Sellafield in West Cumbria
:07:12. > :07:13.houses the world's biggest civil stockpile of plutonium. It's
:07:14. > :07:16.estimated there'll be 140 tonnes of the highly`radioactive material by
:07:17. > :07:18.2020. The long`term options include burial or ` the Government's
:07:19. > :07:20.preferred route ` converting the fuel for use in the next generation
:07:21. > :09:17.of nuclear stations. But as Chris workers in running nuclear projects.
:09:18. > :09:19.The advice for Cumbria... It seems to me they are not falling what is
:09:20. > :09:24.happening in the United States. It is as if they have no knowlddge of
:09:25. > :09:29.the mass of problems here. Xou might have a feeling of deja vu, watching
:09:30. > :09:35.this. In 2011, Sellafield controversially closed its own
:09:36. > :09:40.plant, costing millions of pounds. Three years later, there is talk of
:09:41. > :09:42.building another one. I havd been trying to speak to someone from the
:09:43. > :09:47.Department of Energy and Clhmate Change. But in the last few months,
:09:48. > :09:51.no one was available to answer questions on camera. The Government
:09:52. > :09:58.has elected to the agency responsible for nuclear waste to
:09:59. > :10:01.explain. I will not say that the service was a success. We nded to
:10:02. > :10:06.learn the lessons from that project. We went to America and one of the
:10:07. > :10:15.critics they said what is h`ppening here. Are you? Absolutely. We work
:10:16. > :10:18.closely with the US Departmdnt of energy and talk to them regtlarly.
:10:19. > :10:22.We are learning a lot from them You're correct that recent history
:10:23. > :10:27.suggests building the plant can be challenging. Can you stand here
:10:28. > :10:35.today and tell me it will not cost a penny more than you think? Ht is a
:10:36. > :10:40.handful of billions of pounds for any of the options. The Govdrnment
:10:41. > :10:45.will make a decision on what to do next year. Meanwhile, the Sdllafield
:10:46. > :10:47.plutonium stockpile, contintes to grow.
:10:48. > :10:49.And you can see what advice the American nuclear workers have for
:10:50. > :10:56.the people of Cumbria on Inside Out, here on BBC One tonight at 7:30pm.
:10:57. > :10:59.A 22`year`old man is still hn police custody following the death of a man
:11:00. > :11:02.in North Tyneside. The dead man s been named as Uriel Moskwa, who was
:11:03. > :11:06.43 and lived in North Shields. He was found in Aldwych Drive hn the
:11:07. > :11:09.town on Saturday, with a st`b wound to the thigh. Two other men and a
:11:10. > :11:17.A roller`coaster in North Yorkshire had to be closed after it hht a
:11:18. > :11:21.deer. Passengers on the ridd ` at Lightwater Valley near Ripon ` were
:11:22. > :11:23.unhurt, but some were left with blood on their clothing. Thd animal
:11:24. > :11:26.was killed instantly after being struck by the "Ultimate Trahn"
:11:27. > :11:32.roller`coaster ride on Saturday morning.
:11:33. > :11:35.There've been plenty of big speeches at the Conservative party conference
:11:36. > :11:37.today ` including one by thd Chancellor, George Osborne. But one
:11:38. > :11:40.unexpected star attraction was a former Northern Rock worker from
:11:41. > :11:42.Newcastle. Paul Bunyan told delegates life ` for him ` had
:11:43. > :11:45.improved under the coalition. Our political editor, Richard Moss, is
:11:46. > :11:59.at conference and a short while ago I asked him what Mr Bunyan had said.
:12:00. > :12:06.P2P conference back to 2008 when he was working in the Newcastld branch
:12:07. > :12:12.of northern rock. He had to deal with those massive queues pdople can
:12:13. > :12:16.remember from that time. His insecurity was whether he would keep
:12:17. > :12:24.his job. He is now married `nd happy and working for virgin monex. He was
:12:25. > :12:27.delighted to take George Osborne around his branch because hd thinks
:12:28. > :12:33.Government policy is to be thanked for his own position at the position
:12:34. > :12:36.of the economy. I was delighted It seemed fitting that the company most
:12:37. > :12:40.people associate with the start of the financial crisis had bedn
:12:41. > :12:43.transformed into the companx that the Chancellor visited on the day
:12:44. > :12:54.was officially confirmed our economy was bouncing back. A positive
:12:55. > :12:57.mention for virgin money. Btt George Osborne saw this as music to his
:12:58. > :13:04.ears. He returned the favour by mentioning pol in his speech. He
:13:05. > :13:10.knows because seven years ago he was working in northern rock. Hd watched
:13:11. > :13:13.the queues of people desper`te to withdraw savings before the bank
:13:14. > :13:25.collapsed. He saw Britain on the brink and he says we must ndver go
:13:26. > :13:31.back and so do we. One Northern Star at virgin today. What powers might
:13:32. > :13:41.the Conservatives offer at the North to compete with Scotland? That has
:13:42. > :13:43.been the discussion here. After the Independence Referendum. George
:13:44. > :13:51.Osborne mentioned he would pass on further powers to England btt was
:13:52. > :13:56.not specific. Cumbrian MP, Rory Stewart, believes Boris Johnson
:13:57. > :14:03.style mayor 's for counties and cities is a good idea. I thhnk we
:14:04. > :14:10.can learn from the United States. People are very proud to be merits
:14:11. > :14:16.and governors of states. I think that would be a more satisfxing job.
:14:17. > :14:23.People working for four days in Westminster and the days in their
:14:24. > :14:30.constituency could in this way focus on local areas. There is mention of
:14:31. > :14:38.railway lines today. Yes. There was a mention of a plan to upgr`de the
:14:39. > :14:43.A1. Also, the East Coast Mahn Line. The idea is to re`privatise it to
:14:44. > :14:46.improve services. There has been a lot of scepticism from Labotr and
:14:47. > :14:50.the trade unions, who believe the opposite. Tomorrow, attention will
:14:51. > :14:55.turn to Boris Johnson, Mayor of London. That should be interesting.
:14:56. > :14:59.Health bosses in Cumbria have promised the West Cumberland
:15:00. > :15:02.Hospital has a secure futurd. They say when a new hospital opens in
:15:03. > :15:05.Whitehaven next year, it will have an A department and will still
:15:06. > :15:08.treat the vast majority of patients in West Cumbria. They do, however,
:15:09. > :15:10.accept problems remain with acute medical services ` because the
:15:11. > :15:13.hospital no longer has any junior doctors. A public meeting to discuss
:15:14. > :15:23.the hospital's future is behng held in Whitehaven tonight.
:15:24. > :15:31.I am looking forward to meeting the staff and public. I want to assure
:15:32. > :15:36.them that our hospitals are making great progress and that we have
:15:37. > :15:40.improved our outcomes by making the changes we have made. And that we
:15:41. > :15:43.have every intention of keeping open intensive care, A and a whde range
:15:44. > :15:46.of services. And BBC Radio Cumbria will have more
:15:47. > :15:49.on that story in their breakfast show with Mike Zeller, tomorrow
:15:50. > :15:54.morning from 6:30am. A new drug treatment for brdast
:15:55. > :15:57.cancer ` trialled at the Frdeman Hospital in Newcastle ` has been
:15:58. > :16:00.shown to extend patients' lhves by up to five years. The trials ` on
:16:01. > :16:03.women with advanced HER2`positive breast cancer ` were conducted at
:16:04. > :16:06.the Northern Cancer Care Centre The drug is now available on thd NHS in
:16:07. > :16:18.England, via the Cancer Drugs Fund. In a sense, we have turned breast
:16:19. > :16:26.cancer from a disease which kills people supposedly quickly into a
:16:27. > :16:31.disease where even those with the disease, no measure it in ydars not
:16:32. > :16:34.weeks and months as it used to be. On to sport now, and on a Monday
:16:35. > :16:39.night ` that means "Team Talk". Top marks to new Carlisle m`nager
:16:40. > :16:42.Keith Curle ` the Blues picking up their first win of the season. But
:16:43. > :16:45.for once it's Newcastle owndr Mike As a rule he doesn't give interviews
:16:46. > :16:53.to anybody ` not just us ` but a newspaper reporter who caught him
:16:54. > :16:56.outside a pub in London's Soho at the weekend was given a world
:16:57. > :16:58.exclusive. He apparently told Ashley who he was, asked for an interview
:16:59. > :17:02."on the record" ` and the M`gpies' owner reportedly said if Unhted lose
:17:03. > :17:04.at Stoke tonight, then manager Alan Pardew is: "Dead. Finished. Over.
:17:05. > :17:13.One more game and that's it." Interesting that he recentlx banned
:17:14. > :17:16.a couple of newspapers from St James's Park for suggesting
:17:17. > :17:18.something similar! When the story broke, Ashley's lawyer clailed his
:17:19. > :17:21.client's response was "tongte in cheek" and that he'd been
:17:22. > :17:34."humouring" the reporter. Hhlarious. I have been under pressure `t this
:17:35. > :17:38.club for a number of weeks. All I can focus on is the team and that is
:17:39. > :17:44.what I will do. Sometimes things are taken out of context. You know, if
:17:45. > :17:48.it was a sit down interview any serious manner, I would be lore
:17:49. > :17:52.concerned than I am today. For sure. You have to be focused on your
:17:53. > :18:00.goals. We have a simple goal, that is Monday night. We want to get a
:18:01. > :18:01.win. Down to ten men in extra time on Wednesday, that spirit shows we
:18:02. > :18:02.are fighting. Full match commentary from the
:18:03. > :18:07.Britannia Stadium on BBC Newcastle. And it's Stoke who're next tp for
:18:08. > :18:10.Sunderland ` like the Magpids, still looking for their first League win
:18:11. > :18:13.of the season, because it's now five draws and one defeat in six
:18:14. > :18:31.matches. You get these games sometimds.
:18:32. > :18:39.Sunderland had better chancds but just could not score. Five league
:18:40. > :18:47.goals so far this season. It is just not happening for them. Everything
:18:48. > :18:54.this player touched last ye`r when Tim and that is not happening now.
:18:55. > :19:04.After this performance, that will not stop a second yellow and a read.
:19:05. > :19:22.Steven Fletcher hasn't scordd since last Christmas. What does hd see
:19:23. > :19:28.here? Probably don't. We had a lot of chances. We tried from corners
:19:29. > :19:40.and free kicks and crosses. We only missed one or two goals. I `m
:19:41. > :19:41.convinced this is the way. H would worry if there was fighting but
:19:42. > :19:45.we're in the game the time. In the Championship,
:19:46. > :19:47.Middlesbrough couldn't quitd make it Which is a shame because thdy could
:19:48. > :19:52.have jumped up to third place. Some tired legs
:19:53. > :19:56.after that incredible cup m`tch For Albert Adomah,
:19:57. > :20:02.who missed the penalty that handed the Merseysiders victory,
:20:03. > :20:04.it wasn't the best of weeks. Although the Ghanian very ndarly
:20:05. > :20:06.gave Boro the lead before Boro certainly had plenty
:20:07. > :20:10.of chances ` and some fans thought this one from Patrick Bamford had
:20:11. > :20:15.initially gone in... But it wasn't all Boro `
:20:16. > :20:18.Charlton had their fair share This incident saw Adomah sent
:20:19. > :20:21.off for a second yellow card. Pretty much both to blame
:20:22. > :20:29.for that one, I would have thought! Boro then had to fend off a late
:20:30. > :20:32.onslaught at The Valley ` btt fend it off they did to earn a v`luable
:20:33. > :20:36.point ` and another perform`nce of which Aitor Karanka was justifiably
:20:37. > :20:38.proud. And Hartlepool boss Colin Cooper was satisfied with hhs team's
:20:39. > :20:41.point against Portsmouth as the sides drew 0`0 at Victoria Park for
:20:42. > :20:44.the third consecutive season. The visitors had the best of thd chances
:20:45. > :20:47.and Pools are still strugglhng to find that cutting edge in front of
:20:48. > :20:50.goal, but they did at least keep a clean sheet. The result movds them
:20:51. > :20:53.out of the relegation zone but And worrying times for York City
:20:54. > :21:03.manager Nigel Worthington as his side dropped to fourth bottom ` just
:21:04. > :21:06.a point above Hartlepool following defeat to Dagenham and Redbridge. It
:21:07. > :21:09.might have been different if any of these early efforts had gond in but
:21:10. > :21:13.two goals from Joss Labadie sealed the result to take the Daggdrs above
:21:14. > :21:20.the Minstermen. Well, we've saved the best of
:21:21. > :21:25.the Football League until l`st. And not the first time the
:21:26. > :21:28.appointment of a new manager has had We're talking of course abott Keith
:21:29. > :21:32.Curle, who replaced Graham Kavanagh at Carlisle ` cleared everything out
:21:33. > :21:34.of the manager's office and his clean sweep had an hnspiring
:21:35. > :21:37.effect on the pitch as well. In the first half,
:21:38. > :21:40.there were several decent chances for the home side, who hadn't won
:21:41. > :21:44.in the league for 15 matches. The all`important only goal of
:21:45. > :21:47.the game came when David Amoo got on Tranmere guilty of missing chances
:21:48. > :21:54.as well ? couldn't find an dqualiser They're still bottom
:21:55. > :21:58.but closing the gap on the likes of Hartlepool and York ` who also
:21:59. > :22:11.find themselves in trouble. It is a little bit fragile. The
:22:12. > :22:16.players needed that bit of belief in themselves. We know where wd are.
:22:17. > :22:20.The players needed that performance. That gives us something
:22:21. > :22:22.to build on. Away from football, only defeats
:22:23. > :22:25.to report for both rugby codes? Yes ` in rugby league there was huge
:22:26. > :22:29.disappointment for York Citx Knights who failed to make it through to the
:22:30. > :22:32.Championship 1 playoff Grand Final And there was yet another ddfeat for
:22:33. > :22:37.Newcastle Falcons in rugby tnion's Premiership which takes thehr
:22:38. > :22:42.winless run in the league to 20 Juan Pablo Socino was relathvely
:22:43. > :22:45.successful with the boot and on the up side they are scoring tries
:22:46. > :22:48.` scrum half Ruki Tipuna sctrrying across the line to make the half
:22:49. > :22:54.time deficit just six points. Individual errors meant thex failed
:22:55. > :22:57.to make the most of their chances which wasn't a problem for Wasps `
:22:58. > :23:00.Tom Varndell touching down twice, there was one for James Gaskell
:23:01. > :23:03.and for former Falcons fly half Rob Miller who sprinted over
:23:04. > :23:06.for the bonus point. Dean Rhchards must be concerned `
:23:07. > :23:08.his side now just two defeats away from equalling Worcester's record
:23:09. > :23:10.of 22 straight defeats after In basketball, Durham Wildc`ts
:23:11. > :23:25.bounced back from Friday night's defeat to Sheffield Sharks to beat
:23:26. > :23:28.one of the league's new sidds Leeds But the season started as the last
:23:29. > :23:34.one ended for Newcastle Eagles. The League winners narrowly beaten
:23:35. > :23:36.by the playoff champions It was a tight game all
:23:37. > :23:41.the way through between two of the teams likely to be fhghting
:23:42. > :23:44.it out for the title again. Wolves eventually clinching
:23:45. > :23:55.it 86 points to 81. There is a special report on Inside
:23:56. > :24:02.Out tonight. And in speedway, Newcastle Diamonds
:24:03. > :24:05.are through to the semi`fin`l of the Premier League Knock Out Cup, after
:24:06. > :24:07.home and away wins over Glasgow Next they'll be up against Ddinburgh
:24:08. > :24:10.Monarchs, whose 10`point victory at Derwent Park on Saturday night saw
:24:11. > :24:13.them top the qualifying grotp and put them into the play`off final, at
:24:14. > :24:25.the expense of both Workington Thank you very much. Time for the
:24:26. > :24:33.weather. It has been positively tropical!
:24:34. > :24:44.We have another day of high temperatures. Today, 20 Celsius
:24:45. > :24:49.Just a touch cooler on the Northumberland and North Yorkshire
:24:50. > :24:58.coasts. Here is a taste of `utumn. A white coat seal snapped on the farm
:24:59. > :25:06.islands. This was taken last Monday. Here is what he will look lhke as an
:25:07. > :25:13.adult. The headline for tomorrow is sunny spells, rain arriving in the
:25:14. > :25:18.West. Tonight, some light and patchy rain for North Yorkshire and parts
:25:19. > :25:25.of Cumbria. A real North`Sotth split with clear skies for much of the
:25:26. > :25:35.North, although a bit misty on the Northumberland coast. Fairlx mild
:25:36. > :25:41.temperatures. First thing, ht is sunny across much of the east of the
:25:42. > :25:46.region. Try in the West with one or two isolated showers in Cumbria The
:25:47. > :26:00.lunch time into the afternoon, rain spreads from the West. Fine, dry and
:26:01. > :26:04.warm again. 18 Celsius. Increasingly, it clouds over across
:26:05. > :26:30.the Northumberland National Park, the Pennines and the Yorkshhre
:26:31. > :26:33.tomorrow. It is a cool front. Cooler air through Wednesday. Pressure will
:26:34. > :26:41.be higher on Thursday, so expect a fine and dry day. Wednesday might be
:26:42. > :26:43.a bit cloudier but for most parts of the North East, dry with sole
:26:44. > :26:49.drizzle in the West. Now for a look at tonight's
:26:50. > :26:51.headlines: The chancellor h`s told the Conservative Party confdrence
:26:52. > :28:23.that a future Conservative you can switch your TV licence
:28:24. > :28:26.online.