:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Look North.
:00:09. > :00:13.Tonight: The Labour MP for Copeland, Jamie Reed, is resigning
:00:14. > :00:15.from Parliament to take a job at Sellafield.
:00:16. > :00:19.The number of people who say they were abused at a County Durham
:00:20. > :00:23.Could Brexit hit farmers' grazing rights in parts
:00:24. > :00:28.And how this Springer Spaniel has become a worldwide
:00:29. > :00:34.In sport, Newcastle moves a step closer to hosting a major
:00:35. > :00:41.And after four years in exile, Darlington Football Club is all set
:00:42. > :00:59.First tonight: The Labour MP for Copeland and leading
:01:00. > :01:01.critic of Jeremy Corbyn, Jamie Reed, is resigning
:01:02. > :01:07.But Mr Reed says he's leaving to take a job at Sellafield,
:01:08. > :01:08.and not because of any disillusionment with
:01:09. > :01:14.It does, though, trigger a tricky by-election for his party.
:01:15. > :01:18.Jamie Reed's majority in Copeland was just 2,564.
:01:19. > :01:27.Here's our Political Editor Richard Moss.
:01:28. > :01:29.It's not the Christmas present Labour would have wanted.
:01:30. > :01:31.Jamie Reed's resignation will lead to a bruising
:01:32. > :01:35.The Copeland MP is quitting Parliament to take up a job
:01:36. > :01:37.at Sellafield as the nuclear site's head of Development
:01:38. > :01:40.Reed has been a big supporter of the nuclear industry
:01:41. > :01:43.and was a press officer at Sellafield before becoming
:01:44. > :01:47.He was soon seen as a man with the potential to
:01:48. > :01:51.The US Embassy invited him to observe the 2008 Presidential
:01:52. > :01:53.election as they saw him as a future UK political leader,
:01:54. > :02:00.As well as his backing for nuclear power, health has been an important
:02:01. > :02:04.He served as a Shadow Health Minister, and has been
:02:05. > :02:06.at the forefront of the campaign to protect services
:02:07. > :02:08.at the West Cumberland Hospital in his constituency.
:02:09. > :02:11.But he's had his own health problems, spending time in that
:02:12. > :02:14.very hospital in 2010 after being diagnosed with diabetes.
:02:15. > :02:17.And it's not the first time a Jamie Reed resignation has caused
:02:18. > :02:22.He quit as a Shadow Minister just seconds into Mr Corbyn's
:02:23. > :02:28.Since then he's been a fierce critic of a man he sees as leading Labour
:02:29. > :02:33.Jeremy is not suited to lead Labour, not suited to be a potential,
:02:34. > :02:38.Jeremy Corbyn is making life difficult for people who need
:02:39. > :02:42.But he insists today's resignation isn't about the leadership
:02:43. > :02:45.or direction of the party - simply about serving the community
:02:46. > :02:50.He says it's the most difficult decision he's ever made.
:02:51. > :02:53.It will now be down to someone else to defend a Labour majority
:02:54. > :02:59.in Copeland over the Conservatives of just over 2,500.
:03:00. > :03:06.Jamie Reed and Jeremy Corbyn didn't see eye to eye
:03:07. > :03:09.on the future of their party, but the Labour leader has
:03:10. > :03:23.Yes. A lot of Jeremy Corbyn supporters, do not like Jamie Reed
:03:24. > :03:30.but Jeremy Corbyn said that he was powerful for his constituency, and
:03:31. > :03:35.helping infrastructure get to Cumbria. And people that we spoke to
:03:36. > :03:37.today also recognise the work he has done.
:03:38. > :03:41.He's actually personally helped me out in the past.
:03:42. > :03:48.The only one who fights for us in Parliament.
:03:49. > :04:08.there is a question a lot of people are going to be asking. We have not
:04:09. > :04:14.been able to talk to Jamie Reed, but he has also got four children, and
:04:15. > :04:21.does not like travelling to Westminster. Sharp operator. And he
:04:22. > :04:27.knows that this is going to be seen as a taste for Jeremy Corbyn. It is
:04:28. > :04:46.a rare opportunity for the Conservatives to take a Labour seat
:04:47. > :04:55.since 1982. And a lot of Cumbria Lib Dems may try to mop up the Remain
:04:56. > :05:04.vote. Ed Balls has been mentioned. More used to a fox trot. But tactics
:05:05. > :05:12.are to choose someone local. The future of the hospital could be key.
:05:13. > :05:16.But the locals better brace themselves, because that means
:05:17. > :05:23.campaigns, politics, and media types like us.
:05:24. > :05:26.A man who claims he was abused at a children's home has
:05:27. > :05:27.been awarded thousands of pounds in compensation.
:05:28. > :05:30.Hundreds of men are suing the Catholic Church over historical
:05:31. > :05:33.abuse at the St Williams approved school in East Yorkshire, which was
:05:34. > :05:36.Three other men today lost their case for compensation
:05:37. > :05:39.at the High Court in Leeds and another will be
:05:40. > :05:51.For these men, today's High Court judgement wasn't
:05:52. > :05:57.It was the proof they needed that after over 30 years,
:05:58. > :06:08.I still have to live with nightmares of this.
:06:09. > :06:11.It's the worst feeling you can have, to be called a liar,
:06:12. > :06:17.As boys they were delinquents who were sent to the Catholic run
:06:18. > :06:20.St Williams approved school in East Yorkshire.
:06:21. > :06:27.He was one of the boys the former principal,
:06:28. > :06:30.He's been jailed three times now for physically and sexually
:06:31. > :06:34.The former chaplin was jailed in January
:06:35. > :06:41.The home was run by the Diocese of Middlesbrough and the Delacal Order.
:06:42. > :06:44.It is these two Catholic organisations that the former
:06:45. > :06:51.249 men are carrying out this litigation.
:06:52. > :06:54.But it started with just five test cases.
:06:55. > :06:56.Judgements handed down at the High Court in Leeds
:06:57. > :07:01.The judge found only in favour of one claimant.
:07:02. > :07:10.It's become a war of attrition, this case.
:07:11. > :07:12.I'm confident the evidence I've heard, men crying
:07:13. > :07:19.in my office about their cases, means we will succeed.
:07:20. > :07:41.The last judgement in this case will be handed down in the new year.
:07:42. > :07:43.1,400 people have now come forward to say
:07:44. > :07:45.they were abused at the former Medomsley Detention
:07:46. > :07:49.Durham Police's Operation Seabrook has been running for two and a half
:07:50. > :07:51.years and it's spoken to around 20 suspects.
:07:52. > :07:53.The investigation unit is looking at allegations of abuse
:07:54. > :07:58.Our Correspondent Mark Denten is outside the former
:07:59. > :08:14.Than Meadomsley centre closed 20 years ago, but before that it was a
:08:15. > :08:26.crucial part of the criminal justice system. Dealing with what was known
:08:27. > :08:31.as juvenile delinquents. Back at 1985, we were told that the
:08:32. > :08:36.programme was simple. Physical exercise, team building, and hard
:08:37. > :08:43.labour. What that was a front for some of the staff to abuse inmates.
:08:44. > :08:45.And that has been reading to one of the biggest investigations of its
:08:46. > :08:46.time. That was what Medomsley
:08:47. > :08:50.Detention Centre promised. Boys sent here for minor offences
:08:51. > :08:52.would be given three months, But many who walked in here have
:08:53. > :08:56.suffered a much longer punishment. One that's stayed
:08:57. > :08:58.with them for life. It's not the sort of
:08:59. > :09:00.thing you talk about. I have a daughter I
:09:01. > :09:05.want to cuddle, kiss. This is one of the staff
:09:06. > :09:24.who abused Peter. Neville Husband was convicted
:09:25. > :09:27.and he's now died. But Durham Police have since been
:09:28. > :09:30.contacted by 1,400 people who say For two and a half years officers
:09:31. > :09:34.have been painstakingly 20 suspects have been questioned,
:09:35. > :09:40.but the sheer scale of this task Straight away, dealing
:09:41. > :09:50.with 1,400 people. Pretty straightforward getting
:09:51. > :10:00.an account, then it's We've been doing this
:10:01. > :10:07.for two and a half years. But 30 years ago, expectations
:10:08. > :10:19.of victims are I want justice, soon. Two and a half years
:10:20. > :10:22.later, no conclusion. 30 years on, what went on behind
:10:23. > :10:26.the security gates here is steadily A teenager's appeared in court
:10:27. > :10:41.charged with the murder of a man The body of 29-year-old Mark Shaw
:10:42. > :10:45.was found in an upstairs Kieran Adey, who's 18
:10:46. > :10:48.and from Queen Street in Grange Villa, appeared
:10:49. > :10:50.at Peterlee Magistrates' Court Farmers in Cumbria have been able
:10:51. > :10:58.to graze their animals on common But now some are worried
:10:59. > :11:02.about their rights after we leave They want to form a Commons Council,
:11:03. > :11:06.which they believe would give them a voice if there any changes
:11:07. > :11:09.in the law following Brexit. Judy Hobson has been speaking
:11:10. > :11:13.to one farmer in Orton. Like many farmers in Cumbria,
:11:14. > :11:16.Mark's sheep and cattle It's an ancient right,
:11:17. > :11:23.dating back to medieval times. Mark believes the rights
:11:24. > :11:25.of commoners could be threatened We need a voice to support our side
:11:26. > :11:35.of the story so it stays how it is, moves forwards, so it's good
:11:36. > :11:42.for tourism and the environment. Still needs to be viable
:11:43. > :11:46.for us farmers to farm. Common land can be owned
:11:47. > :11:49.by individuals or an organisation. 82% of common land is
:11:50. > :11:51.within national parks A third of all common land
:11:52. > :12:00.in the UK is in Cumbria. 1,000 farmers in Cumbria use it
:12:01. > :12:04.to graze their animals. Commoners are different
:12:05. > :12:06.to other farmers. The EU pays them to
:12:07. > :12:08.look after the land - to keep it viable for farming,
:12:09. > :12:15.tourism and the environment. Many farmers see Brexit as a game
:12:16. > :12:17.changer for their industry. They know the British Government
:12:18. > :12:20.will have to develop its own Cumbrian farmers want
:12:21. > :12:28.to form a Commons Council. It would mean decisions it made
:12:29. > :12:30.would be legally binding and offer We don't want diseases from one
:12:31. > :12:41.flock caught by another. Better doing that in a council
:12:42. > :12:51.rather than everyone working solo. A third of land in the Lake District
:12:52. > :12:54.is common land and commoners here say they want to continue
:12:55. > :12:56.farming within this Unsurprisingly, Christmas
:12:57. > :13:06.is the busiest time of year for small businesses,
:13:07. > :13:08.but this year more than ever it's Concerns about the future
:13:09. > :13:11.are affecting confidence and a new survey shows 15% of those
:13:12. > :13:13.businesses won't capitalise Danni Hewson reports
:13:14. > :13:21.from North Yorkshire. It's an Aladdin's cave
:13:22. > :13:24.but it's not a shop - Based in Harrogate,
:13:25. > :13:27.the Great British Exchange works as a go-between,
:13:28. > :13:31.connecting independent producers to major retailers,
:13:32. > :13:35.giving them access to a market that In the absence of these guys
:13:36. > :13:40.having established brands, because they might be
:13:41. > :13:42.new businesses, it's all about the prominence,
:13:43. > :13:46.the background, it's Where the products were developed,
:13:47. > :13:53.how they were developed, and ultimately send that message
:13:54. > :13:55.to the retailers so they can This year more than ever,
:13:56. > :13:59.Christmas sales matter. A fifth of all profits is usually
:14:00. > :14:02.generated over the festive season, but a survey carried out
:14:03. > :14:05.by independent finance provider LDF suggests the current political
:14:06. > :14:11.situation will have an impact. A lack of confidence
:14:12. > :14:14.at the moment with Brexit. People are starting
:14:15. > :14:16.to wonder about next year - But with most of these companies
:14:17. > :14:22.this is when they make Get this wrong, the rest of next
:14:23. > :14:26.year they're playing catch up. While shoppers can get away
:14:27. > :14:32.with making last minute purchases, suppliers need to think ahead
:14:33. > :14:35.if they're going to make the most We're already planning
:14:36. > :14:39.next Christmas. We already booked shows,
:14:40. > :14:44.events, Christmas 2017. The founders of the Harrogate
:14:45. > :14:49.Candle Company aren't Their involvement with
:14:50. > :14:56.the Great British Exchange has seen them adopted by a big
:14:57. > :14:59.British department store. Business is booming but three years
:15:00. > :15:04.ago it was a different story. Pulled round the trolley,
:15:05. > :15:07.knocked doors, horribly Ultimately it will be consumers
:15:08. > :15:21.who write the end of this Will it be full of festive cheer or
:15:22. > :15:30.will the January blues come early? The County Durham poet and creative
:15:31. > :15:33.writing teacher Gillian Allnutt will be honoured by the Queen next
:15:34. > :15:35.year after winning Born in the London in 1949,
:15:36. > :15:39.she spent much of her childhood in Newcastle before studying
:15:40. > :15:41.at Cambridge University. She's lived in County Durham
:15:42. > :15:43.since the 1980s where she writes You're watching
:15:44. > :15:53.Wednesday's Look North. Still to come: Tonight's sports
:15:54. > :15:55.news with Jeff Brown. Also, how this little dog's
:15:56. > :15:59.adventures on the Lake District Fells have captured the imagination
:16:00. > :16:15.of people around the world! And these donkeys are more little to
:16:16. > :16:22.see a wet and windy Christmas than a white one!
:16:23. > :16:25.Now, as we approach the festive period, we thought it would be nice
:16:26. > :16:28.to highlight some of those who think of others rather than themselves.
:16:29. > :16:31.Tonight we meet the women who've got together to collect toiletries
:16:32. > :16:34.and other items which will be put into handbags and given to women
:16:35. > :16:50.The majority of women would take all of these things for granted.
:16:51. > :16:52.But for those who are homeless, vulnerable, or simply
:16:53. > :16:54.struggling to make ends meet, sanitary and personal hygeine
:16:55. > :16:57.prodicts can be at the end of a very long list of things they need
:16:58. > :17:07.So Gill has set up a project which this Christmas will give
:17:08. > :17:09.handbags packed with these goods to charities, who will then pass
:17:10. > :17:13.them onto women to help them get through the next month with dignity.
:17:14. > :17:16.She was inspire by a Facebook post, depicting a homeless
:17:17. > :17:42.I thought it was upsetting. I did more research. And I find out that
:17:43. > :17:53.there was a need to do this. Sanitary products are classed as
:17:54. > :17:54.luxury in the UK. Taxed at 5%. I think it is essential to try to
:17:55. > :17:57.help. With an initial goal of just over
:17:58. > :18:01.1,000 bags to give out, Gill says it's more likely
:18:02. > :18:12.to be 3,000. But I am also a Joanne's house. One
:18:13. > :18:18.of 40 people collecting these vital items. These are some of the
:18:19. > :18:27.donations that we have received. Toothpaste, soap, foot... And one of
:18:28. > :18:38.the amazing things that has been done, women coming together. It is
:18:39. > :18:40.not just about helping the homeless? It has created a huge network of
:18:41. > :18:50.women, spreading awareness. And what has this meant to you? I cannot put
:18:51. > :18:59.that into words. It has been heart-warming. Fit to burst! I
:19:00. > :19:08.cannot put it into words. I just feel overwhelmed by the number of
:19:09. > :19:15.bags that have come in. The generosity of people, but also sad
:19:16. > :19:19.it is needed. I have started this, people have said it is such a
:19:20. > :19:28.wonderful job that I am doing, but why should we have to do this?
:19:29. > :19:30.When Kerry Irving began taking pictures of his dog Max
:19:31. > :19:32.and sharing them online, little did he realise that
:19:33. > :19:35.within months his dog would become so popular he'd be known
:19:36. > :19:38.Max's adventures on the Lake District Fells have drawn fans
:19:39. > :19:41.to the area from as far afield as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
:19:42. > :19:49.Max is a lucky boy - a nine-year-old springer living
:19:50. > :19:52.with Keswick locksmith Kerry and enjoying himself in some
:19:53. > :20:03.With me from 5am to the end of the day.
:20:04. > :20:06.Gets recognised in the towns from locals to tourists, every day.
:20:07. > :20:11.Every day Kerry chronicles Max's adventures: Taking and posting
:20:12. > :20:16.pictures on his very own Facebook page.
:20:17. > :20:20.Over the course of the last eight months or so, Max has been seen
:20:21. > :20:23.on some of the area's tallest peaks and frolicking on the most
:20:24. > :20:28.It's this that has made him a social media star.
:20:29. > :20:32.We've had people from the USA, Taiwan, Japan, the scout group
:20:33. > :20:38.from Hong Kong arrive to have a photo shoot.
:20:39. > :20:40.People from all over the world send messages daily
:20:41. > :20:49.Almost 13,000 people are following Max online.
:20:50. > :20:51.But Kerry doesn't just want Max to chase peoples' affections -
:20:52. > :20:54.he's hoping his profile can really improve access to his
:20:55. > :21:01.We've got involved with a charity called Freedom Wizard who have taken
:21:02. > :21:06.They have altered wheelchairs for disabled people, opening up
:21:07. > :21:13.We've done this successfully with a lady from Sheffield.
:21:14. > :21:18.She came up to Latrigg after never being there for 30 years.
:21:19. > :21:25.So much fun and I'd like to do more of that.
:21:26. > :21:29.If you want to look Max up, go online and search for Max Out
:21:30. > :21:55.Little star! Does the dog have lighting!? Looks better than us! Do
:21:56. > :21:58.not say that! It'll be a very special
:21:59. > :22:00.Christmas for fans of one Darlington will make
:22:01. > :22:03.their long-awaited return to the town on Boxing Day,
:22:04. > :22:05.four years after the The new club has been steadily
:22:06. > :22:08.climbing the leagues while in exile in Bishop Auckland,
:22:09. > :22:18.and their new ?1 million They have had a new stadium before,
:22:19. > :22:26.it had 27,000 seats, and the chairman was famously proud of the
:22:27. > :22:35.facilities. It is state of the art. But it has gone badly wrong. The new
:22:36. > :22:40.ground is more modest. It is a programme and for myself and
:22:41. > :22:48.everybody involved. Fan owned. Everybody played a part. It feels as
:22:49. > :22:53.though Santa Claus has, Lally, the present for Darlington. It has a
:22:54. > :23:03.capacity of 3300. It is going to share it with the Darlington rugby
:23:04. > :23:08.club. Four year exile since the original Darlington went bust. The
:23:09. > :23:19.architecture has been easy. We have got the clubhouse, just designing
:23:20. > :23:22.the stands, the fencing, turnstiles, and everything to comply with the
:23:23. > :23:34.Football Association. What is this going to mean to the table? It is
:23:35. > :23:43.vital. Vital they come back to Darlington and fans can get here.
:23:44. > :23:48.Nod to the past as well. Steelwork comes from the old ground. It is
:23:49. > :23:57.expected when the team comes out against Halifax on Boxing Day, going
:23:58. > :24:01.to be greeted by a capacity crowd. Just two promotions away from the
:24:02. > :24:08.Football League. But having the team back at Darlington is a signal of it
:24:09. > :24:10.instead -- step in the rebirth. Switching to Rugby Union,
:24:11. > :24:12.but staying with sports grounds, and Newcastle United have moved
:24:13. > :24:14.a step closer to bringing the European club game's showpiece
:24:15. > :24:17.weekend to St James's Park The club confirmed today it's
:24:18. > :24:20.on the shortlist of candidate cities to host the 2018
:24:21. > :24:23.European Rugby Champions Cup final, the Challenge Cup final
:24:24. > :24:25.and the Challenge Cup Newcastle's application went in last
:24:26. > :24:32.week and has now passed through to the candidate stage,
:24:33. > :24:35.although tournament organisers aren't making public the number
:24:36. > :24:38.or identity of rival bids. They'll all now receive a site
:24:39. > :24:41.visit, before a final From Rugby Union to Rugby League,
:24:42. > :24:48.and the draw's been made for the first round of the 2017
:24:49. > :24:51.League One Cup, which takes The competition kicks off
:24:52. > :24:54.with a West Cumbrian derby: York City Knights are at home
:24:55. > :24:57.to North Wales Crusaders, while Newcastle Thunder
:24:58. > :25:08.travel to Hunslet. Thank you. Shall we mention this
:25:09. > :25:27.storm...? Friday! We have some of the festive weather
:25:28. > :25:35.pictures. And it would not be Christmas without some donkeys!
:25:36. > :25:41.These Northumberland donkeys! Tomorrow, it is going to be sunny
:25:42. > :25:54.spells and scattered showers. And things becoming even more unsettled,
:25:55. > :25:58.stormy weather. Wet. Very windy. But mild, especially Christmas Day. This
:25:59. > :26:06.evening, scattered showers, becoming more widespread over the early hours
:26:07. > :26:17.of the morning. And at lower levels, going to be fuelling cold. One, two,
:26:18. > :26:24.too much wind to allow frost. The itself, it is a mixture of sunny
:26:25. > :26:31.spells and scattered showers. Wintry over higher ground. Becoming fewer
:26:32. > :26:39.and farther between, but it is never going to feel warm. Seven, eight at
:26:40. > :26:46.best. Westerly wind. An eye on the wind... And we can see the storm,
:26:47. > :26:56.coming from the Atlantic and the wet weather is just going to be brief.
:26:57. > :27:03.Quieter spell before another Atlantic low. Wet and windy for
:27:04. > :27:14.Christmas Day. Some Met Office warnings. Friday, heavy rain passing
:27:15. > :27:20.through. Should clear by the end. Gusty winds. And those continue,
:27:21. > :27:29.westerly overnight. Christmas Eve is going to be quieter, largely dry.
:27:30. > :27:40.Rain for many from the west. Christmas Day itself, mild. I
:27:41. > :27:43.thought my children were going to bring the roof down, so hyper!
:27:44. > :27:54.Always inside! Thank you. Bye bye. The roads we walk have demons
:27:55. > :27:59.beneath them... ..and yours have been waiting
:28:00. > :28:05.for a very long time. What is this? We can't do this.
:28:06. > :28:13.Is this supposed to be a game? I thought this was some
:28:14. > :28:15.kind of... What? ..trick. Of course it's not a trick.
:28:16. > :28:17.It's a plan. What's the very worst thing
:28:18. > :28:21.you can do...