:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Monday's Look North.
:00:07. > :00:08.In the headlines tonight: 'An horrific ordeal' -
:00:09. > :00:11.Police confirm a mother snatched from Redcar seafront with her
:00:12. > :00:26.The victim was screaming for help as she was forced into the car, someone
:00:27. > :00:32.Durham Police say they'll give drugs to addicts to try to reduce crime.
:00:33. > :00:34.All I need is the air that I breathe.
:00:35. > :00:37.A radical plan to cut air pollution could take cars off the street.
:00:38. > :00:45.Could a Scottish tax cut spell trouble for North East airports?
:00:46. > :00:48.In this week's "Team Talk" we'll see which way the wind's blowing
:00:49. > :00:51.And we'll check out the "Teesside Tornado" -
:00:52. > :00:53.storming through to strike gold at the European Indoor
:00:54. > :01:13.A woman and her child abducted from the seafront at Redcar in broad
:01:14. > :01:17.The woman, who's in her 30s, was driven to a secluded lane
:01:18. > :01:19.in a nearby village before both men raped her.
:01:20. > :01:23.She and the toddler were then left at the side of the road nearby
:01:24. > :01:28.Our reporter Phil Connell is in Redcar tonight
:01:29. > :01:44.It is now three days since this horrific attack in Redcar. Our crime
:01:45. > :01:48.which really has shaken this local community. It is an abduction which
:01:49. > :01:54.happened hero in the seafront just behind me in broad daylight. What
:01:55. > :01:59.made it worse was the -- the women's young child was snatched as well.
:02:00. > :02:03.Both tonight were said to be receiving specialist support.
:02:04. > :02:04.It was say Cleveland Police aphoristic ordeal.
:02:05. > :02:08.In broad daylight on the seafront in Redcar, a woman and her young child
:02:09. > :02:10.were abducted by the two men lunchtime on Friday.
:02:11. > :02:13.They were bundled into the back of a dark blue saloon car
:02:14. > :02:19.and driven to the nearby village of Yearby where
:02:20. > :02:22.and driven to the nearby village of Yearby where the woman
:02:23. > :02:25.The ordeal is said to have five hours.
:02:26. > :02:28.At a press conference, the police confirmed they were
:02:29. > :02:29.looking forward two dangerous rapists.
:02:30. > :02:32.The victim was screaming for help as she was forced into the car.
:02:33. > :02:34.Someone must have seen and heard her.
:02:35. > :02:37.Both men did rape this woman which makes it even more
:02:38. > :02:43.horrific which is why both these men need to be identified and caught.
:02:44. > :02:46.This woman supports victims of rape in the
:02:47. > :02:49.Redcar area and says the victim and her child will now receive
:02:50. > :02:59.It was in broad daylight, they have obviously kept
:03:00. > :03:02.her for a number of hours and did whatever...the unthinkable
:03:03. > :03:05.That is unthinkable, the child was there and
:03:06. > :03:13.Police have released descriptions of the two men.
:03:14. > :03:15.The driver is described as white, in his late 20s or 30s,
:03:16. > :03:17.with the word "love" tattooed across his knuckles.
:03:18. > :03:20.The second man is also white, medium build with a local
:03:21. > :03:30.In a place like Redcar, how unusual is it for something like this
:03:31. > :03:36.This is extremely unusual for anywhere, not just Redcar.
:03:37. > :03:38.This is a very serious case but it is
:03:39. > :03:44.Police say additional officers are now patrolling the area
:03:45. > :03:55.and warn members of the public to be extra vigilant.
:03:56. > :04:02.Despite growing concerns hear tonight, police are trying to
:04:03. > :04:07.reassure local people. They say that is the possibility the victim may
:04:08. > :04:13.have known her attackers. They say incidents of this nature are
:04:14. > :04:15.relatively rare and believe this to be an isolated case. Thank you.
:04:16. > :04:20.Durham Police say it's the only option left
:04:21. > :04:22.to cut drugs crime - give some addicts
:04:23. > :04:28.By the end of this year the force says it could be giving a small
:04:29. > :04:30.number of the county's addicts free heroin.
:04:31. > :04:33.It says that will cut crime and save lives.
:04:34. > :04:36.But critics say the idea will just attract addicts from across the UK -
:04:37. > :04:38.drawn to the North East for a free fix.
:04:39. > :04:51.Here's our News Correspondent Mark Denten:
:04:52. > :04:55.Some politicians say there should be a war on drugs - but how to fight
:04:56. > :04:58.In County Durham both the Police And Crime Commissioner
:04:59. > :05:01.and Chief Constable have long argued against arresting your way out
:05:02. > :05:04.Three years ago the BBC's Inside Out programme took
:05:05. > :05:06.Durham's Chief Constable Mike Barton to Compenhagen where legal
:05:07. > :05:09.consumption rooms allow addicts to have free injections in a safe
:05:10. > :05:11.In Denmark the addicts bring their own
:05:12. > :05:22.drugs but in Durham the police would supply them.
:05:23. > :05:30.Individuals will go to a centre and there is they will inject
:05:31. > :05:34.diamorphine and they do that with clean needles and be supervised and
:05:35. > :05:39.there will be a wraparound package to support those individuals, using
:05:40. > :05:41.the recovery community we have across Durham constabulary.
:05:42. > :05:43.The scheme is called heroin assisted treatment or HAT.
:05:44. > :05:45.A heroin subsitute Diamorphine would be prescribed for addicts
:05:46. > :05:50.Although there are thought to be around 2,000 heroin
:05:51. > :05:58.The scheme would be targetted at a small number of them.
:05:59. > :06:05.We are trying to prevent crime and it is part of a treatment plan. It
:06:06. > :06:10.is not just providing them with Edwin, it is seeking to get off
:06:11. > :06:14.heroin to improve their health and also for the wider community, so
:06:15. > :06:18.they stop committing the crime which funds their habits.
:06:19. > :06:22.But critics say the plans could do more harm than good.
:06:23. > :06:29.You have an obvious consequence where it will draw in other people.
:06:30. > :06:34.The message says you can get free drugs. I think it is a
:06:35. > :06:41.legitimisation of the euthanasia of people with mental illness. I know
:06:42. > :06:42.those are strong terms but it is the marginalisation of the mentally ill.
:06:43. > :06:45.Durham Police hope to have the new scheme operating
:06:46. > :06:51.So the police want to introduce this scheme by the end of the year.
:06:52. > :06:53.What are the chances of that happening?
:06:54. > :07:01.In some ways died in police a good position to face down their critics.
:07:02. > :07:05.A report last week said they are the only police force in Britain with an
:07:06. > :07:10.outstanding rating. That is paying for it of course. Some of the police
:07:11. > :07:17.budget will go towards it but the police are talking to Darlington and
:07:18. > :07:20.Durham Council. They have public health budgets so that is used for
:07:21. > :07:28.things like obesity programmes and projects in public park and we want
:07:29. > :07:32.to get a bit of that programme. A cautious statement tonight from
:07:33. > :07:36.Durham council who confirmed they have been asked by the police to put
:07:37. > :07:42.forward an options paper and are on the early stages of that one. Any
:07:43. > :07:43.such project would have to be part of a number of evidence -based
:07:44. > :07:46.treatment packages. Thank you. A 19-year-old man has been arrested
:07:47. > :07:53.on suspicion of murder in York. The police were called after reports
:07:54. > :07:56.of a man with blood on his hands near the railway station
:07:57. > :07:59.in the early hours of today. They later found the body of a man
:08:00. > :08:02.in his 50s in a flat nearby. It's claimed that thousands
:08:03. > :08:05.of people are dying unnecessarily every year from air pollution
:08:06. > :08:07.in our traffic congested In York alone it's estimated that
:08:08. > :08:10.a hundred people die But are we doing enough
:08:11. > :08:14.to find long term solutions This exclusive report
:08:15. > :08:19.from Inside Out's Chris Jackson. Latest figures indicate that air
:08:20. > :08:21.pollution is contributing to thousands of early deaths
:08:22. > :08:23.across the North - particularly for people
:08:24. > :08:30.already in poor health. I'm conscious of the fact that I'm
:08:31. > :08:32.walking in between exhausts and things like that and you can
:08:33. > :08:36.feel it on your chest. constantly covering up my face being
:08:37. > :08:42.conscious of the air around me. That isn't necessarily as clean
:08:43. > :08:44.as what I'd like it to be When you're exposed to exhaust
:08:45. > :08:50.fumes, particularly the fine particulates,
:08:51. > :08:52.then there is an acute risk to you if you have a background
:08:53. > :08:56.of heart problems, lung problems, it significantly increases your risk
:08:57. > :08:59.of having something like a heart There's an extensive programme
:09:00. > :09:03.of pedestrianisation, park and ride schemes and a fleet
:09:04. > :09:10.of electric buses - but even here in York health
:09:11. > :09:12.officials estimate that to around a hundred early
:09:13. > :09:15.deaths every year . So York is trying harder than most
:09:16. > :09:20.to cut air pollution - is one of the most environmentally
:09:21. > :09:26.friendly Cities in Europe and it's introduced some strict policies
:09:27. > :09:36.to get cars off it's streets. If you want to own
:09:37. > :09:38.a house that's fine - but if you also want to own a car,
:09:39. > :09:42.you have to buy a parking space and that will cost,
:09:43. > :09:44.wait for it, 20,000 euros. Do you have any evidence that
:09:45. > :09:48.by taking some of the cars out the city that pollution,
:09:49. > :09:50.air quality is improved in the city? We have good results in the last ten
:09:51. > :10:00.years in Freiburg, we reduced Whilst such radical solutions might
:10:01. > :10:06.raise eyebrows back in York - with growing evidence of the link
:10:07. > :10:08.between air pollution and poor health - doing nothing to tackle
:10:09. > :10:13.the problem isn't an option. And there's more on that story
:10:14. > :10:20.in tonight's Inside Out, Newcastle Airport is warning it
:10:21. > :10:34.could lose nearly one million passengers a year if plans to cut
:10:35. > :10:37.air taxes in Scotland - Figures released today suggest
:10:38. > :10:40.the change could also cost the North East economy hundreds
:10:41. > :10:43.of millions of pounds - Here's our Political
:10:44. > :10:45.Editor Richard Moss. But behind the bustle,
:10:46. > :10:48.there's worry. Next year Scotland takes
:10:49. > :10:50.control of its air taxes. The SNP - which runs
:10:51. > :10:53.the government there - That could offer long haul
:10:54. > :10:57.passengers like these a saving of at least ?75 per flight north
:10:58. > :11:14.of the border. We live in Cumbria so it is 18 miles
:11:15. > :11:21.to get hear so to go a little bit further to go up to Glasgow would be
:11:22. > :11:27.easier. We would consider that if there was a significant saving.
:11:28. > :11:30.Widget? Yes, we would. I think we would do that, it is all about
:11:31. > :11:35.suggest if Scotland abolished air taxes, the impact would be
:11:36. > :11:38.Newcastle could lose between 500 and 900,000
:11:39. > :11:40.passengers a year, threatening services, stalling expansion,
:11:41. > :11:47.and taking ?44 to ?78 million out of the North East economy.
:11:48. > :11:52.The Scottish government had signalled their intention to start
:11:53. > :11:57.reducing the rate of tax from next year so the impact could start to
:11:58. > :12:02.happen next year. Airlines are already making their decisions about
:12:03. > :12:05.next year now. That is why we are urging the government that now is
:12:06. > :12:09.there's concern in the business community too.
:12:10. > :12:11.This airport gales with freight as well as passengers,
:12:12. > :12:13.a trade that's grown enormously since Emirates began flights
:12:14. > :12:23.It started in September 2007, we were doing ?20 million worth of air
:12:24. > :12:30.freight out of this airport. This year we will touch 400 million. This
:12:31. > :12:35.just shows what we can do when we actually start something hear but it
:12:36. > :12:38.also reflects what will happen if we put it to risk. -- at risk.
:12:39. > :12:43.would make sure Newcastle Airport did not lose out.
:12:44. > :12:46.But it says it won't now take action until we've left the European Union.
:12:47. > :12:53.What is the point of talking about and Northern Powerhouse if you
:12:54. > :12:57.impact on what -- one of the most important part of a regional
:12:58. > :13:00.infrastructure. It is not good enough for the government to say
:13:01. > :13:02.they will look at after the event. We need some now.
:13:03. > :13:12.The government says it remains committed to supporting
:13:13. > :13:15.But airport managers fear without action soon damage
:13:16. > :13:17.to their business and the region is inevitable.
:13:18. > :13:21.Still to come - Jeff and Steve have all the weekend's football news
:13:22. > :13:24.Two young women meet to chat about family, friends -
:13:25. > :13:36.There is some rain in the forecast. Not all bad news, tomorrow looks
:13:37. > :13:38.like a decent day. Join me later for the full story.
:13:39. > :13:45.They live close to each other in Northumberland,
:13:46. > :13:50.Yet they'd never met - that was until they both discovered
:13:51. > :13:54.They now share their stories of major brain surgery,
:13:55. > :13:57.how they told their families, and fears over their next scans.
:13:58. > :13:59.In a special report to mark Brain Tumour Awareness Month,
:14:00. > :14:10.our health reporter Sharon Barbour has been to meet them.
:14:11. > :14:19.When we heard about the cancer, the as my mum, is she going to die?
:14:20. > :14:22.Natalie Sweeney and Angela Conway both 28, and from neighbouring
:14:23. > :14:24.Northumberland towns of Bedlington and Ashington have
:14:25. > :14:34.I had my surgery a year ago and a month later I decided I should be
:14:35. > :14:41.Angela's had major surgery, although the cancer is still there.
:14:42. > :14:47.We always knew they would not be able to take the entire tumour
:14:48. > :14:51.because of the location sold the surgery was to take as much as
:14:52. > :14:56.possible. We are living with uncertainty. It might never grow
:14:57. > :14:57.again, it could grow in 50 years, we do not know.
:14:58. > :15:20.I get scanned every six months and then they will decide whether to
:15:21. > :15:22.give me more chemotherapy or radiotherapy, they will do that
:15:23. > :15:24.until they cannot do anything anymore.
:15:25. > :15:27.They have both been awareness and money for brain tumour research
:15:28. > :15:29.and treatment and today visited the new Wolfson childhood cancer
:15:30. > :15:31.research centre in Newcastle to meet scientists developing
:15:32. > :15:43.This is not science that we do in a laboratory which has no relationship
:15:44. > :15:49.to the clinic. We work next to the hospital. What is exciting is the
:15:50. > :16:01.ability to turn that science into something which benefits patients.
:16:02. > :16:08.Brain tumours are the leading cause of death in children. Scientists are
:16:09. > :16:13.looking at this to discover what is happening at a cellular level and
:16:14. > :16:16.deliver precise and targeted treatments. Those latest treatments
:16:17. > :16:24.are already helping patients like Natalie. She has been fantastic
:16:25. > :16:28.throughout the whole thing. Good luck for the scan. Thank you.
:16:29. > :16:37.but she's about to undergo an MRI scan - to find out
:16:38. > :17:00.Our very best wishes. Now it is time for a team talk.
:17:01. > :17:08.Thanks, Carol. We're into March, the business end for the football
:17:09. > :17:14.season. Not the time for Middlesbrough and Sunderland to find
:17:15. > :17:19.themselves in their relegation zone. We have been talking about their
:17:20. > :17:25.lack of goals. The danger is that is a gap opening up between the bottom
:17:26. > :17:32.three and the rest. Swansea this weekend. It is a shame that game has
:17:33. > :17:36.been moved. It is clear why it does seem like both teams are going down.
:17:37. > :17:57.They do not score enough goals. This has to be one of the worst free
:17:58. > :18:06.kicks have ever seen. A bit unlucky. He goes a little bit early, he is
:18:07. > :18:13.rightly called offside. They need these ones to go in. Good pass in a
:18:14. > :18:22.great effort but just cannot quite get on target. Sunderland did pretty
:18:23. > :18:30.well in the first half. Needed to hold on to half-time and did not
:18:31. > :18:40.manage it. A little unlucky year. A change of pace. Incredible skill, as
:18:41. > :18:49.was this one, the first Stoke goal against Boro. Well taken goal. Boro
:18:50. > :18:56.had been quite solid defensively but they are just leaking goals and not
:18:57. > :19:02.scoring. Yes, was the first contact and lost the second, very
:19:03. > :19:07.disappointing. They have got decent goalkeepers. Jordan Pickford is
:19:08. > :19:13.backing the team and that work for them. We have to keep going and
:19:14. > :19:18.grinding it out. Unfortunately they got two goals. We were chasing the
:19:19. > :19:24.game. These are the games we have to target and get the wins. On and off
:19:25. > :19:30.the pitch, we have good team spirit, we just have to keep plugging on to
:19:31. > :19:34.get a win. For any team at this time, there is speculation about the
:19:35. > :19:48.manager, do you feel safe about your position? My control is to work
:19:49. > :19:49.harder every day. We shall say. It looks like one or both of those
:19:50. > :19:52.teams will be swapping places. Well it's looking likely that one
:19:53. > :19:56.or BOTH of those teams will be swopping places with Newcastle
:19:57. > :19:57.United. Two tough-looking games -
:19:58. > :19:59.away at the sides immediately above and below them
:20:00. > :20:01.in the Championship - brought the Magpies all six points,
:20:02. > :20:03.taking them 11 clear And when you're on top,
:20:04. > :20:11.you tend to get the breaks, Steve? Just a little bit of contact, as you
:20:12. > :20:16.say, if you work hard to get the results. Newcastle have had a few
:20:17. > :20:26.breaks recently. A well taken penalty. When the Reading game and
:20:27. > :20:31.hopefully, home and dry. You would think so. He just wrestled this away
:20:32. > :20:38.from their goalkeeper. Does not get enough credit for this finish.
:20:39. > :20:43.Huddersfield got back into it but Newcastle just have that resilience.
:20:44. > :20:49.Goalkeeper made some good saves. There is a clever change from the
:20:50. > :20:56.manager later on. You will have sympathy for the keeper year? Yes,
:20:57. > :21:01.just catch it and take a red card. We all have some we want to forget!
:21:02. > :21:10.I will not mention them. They did very well. The work of the team was
:21:11. > :21:14.fantastic. You could say the players at the end, the wheelie celebrated.
:21:15. > :21:20.The connection with the fans. So I feel everybody was pushing, I feel
:21:21. > :21:25.these two games, really pleased. You conceive a response from your
:21:26. > :21:29.players. Great win for Hartlepool and Carlisle are just about managing
:21:30. > :21:37.to hang onto an automatic promotion place. Three defeats in a row. They
:21:38. > :21:58.are just tailing off in the patch are -- NAPAC are catching them.
:21:59. > :22:09.They just cannot keep a clean sheet. Two big wins for Hartlepool. A very
:22:10. > :22:14.bad first half but got a response. Six points just as there were
:22:15. > :22:20.looking to get caught. A great touch with his feet, opens up the goal and
:22:21. > :22:24.smashes it in. A big week for Hartlepool, definitely. It looks
:22:25. > :22:31.like David Jones is starting to turn things around. Gateshead are finding
:22:32. > :22:38.form at the right time. Just outside the play-offs. York City would like
:22:39. > :22:43.they will come off the bottom of the table. It has been a tough couple of
:22:44. > :22:45.years, good to see them coming off the bottom. Looking forward to next
:22:46. > :22:47.week's games. Thanks Steve -catch up
:22:48. > :22:49.with you again next week. Now - away from football,
:22:50. > :22:52.there was ANOTHER gold medal performance from Teesside sprinter,
:22:53. > :22:53.Richard Kilty. In Belgrade, over the weekend,
:22:54. > :22:55.the 27-year-old from Stockton successfully defended his 60m title
:22:56. > :22:57.at the European Indoor Kilty - known as the
:22:58. > :23:00."Teesside Tornado" - won his heats and then went up
:23:01. > :23:03.through the gears in the final, I don't know what to say,
:23:04. > :23:11.there has been so many emotions My life has changed around
:23:12. > :23:18.now, different life. I just came out and defended my
:23:19. > :23:23.European championship. I've never been defeated
:23:24. > :23:25.in a major European championship, it feels absolutely
:23:26. > :23:28.awesome, I can't believe it. In rugby union's Premiership
:23:29. > :23:31.Newcastle Falcons lost at home in the league for the first time
:23:32. > :23:33.this year, to English The Falcons were unlucky to be
:23:34. > :23:41.18-6 down at half time after Sonatane Takulua came
:23:42. > :23:43.inches short of scoring - But the visitors started to run away
:23:44. > :23:49.with it after the break - It wasn't until Sarries had the game
:23:50. > :23:54.won that Newcastle fought back with two tries in the dying minutes
:23:55. > :23:56.but they ultimately And in rugby league,
:23:57. > :24:01.Newcastle Thunder beat Workington Despite a late try from Town,
:24:02. > :24:23.Thunder hung on for the win. Just as well I was in a tackle.
:24:24. > :24:31.Those were the backdrop looks like dress. It is not just thrown
:24:32. > :24:41.together this. This time of year we will seize some spring born lambs.
:24:42. > :24:45.This is one out in the Cumbrian countryside. This is Poppy the door
:24:46. > :24:59.-- dog inspecting these snowdrops. Tomorrow looks like a decent day,
:25:00. > :25:05.drive for most of us. Some rain tonight. Showery outbreaks of rain
:25:06. > :25:09.which should die away from most places through the latter part of
:25:10. > :25:16.the night. Dry with broken cloud, like twins meaning a chilly night,
:25:17. > :25:24.temperatures down to two or three Celsius. A touch of ground frost in
:25:25. > :25:29.12 spots. The odd patch of missed early on but they will clear
:25:30. > :25:33.quickly. Patchy cloud, sunny spells through the morning for many others.
:25:34. > :25:38.Most places remain fine and dry through the afternoon. You were
:25:39. > :25:48.serious then Cloud spreading in from the west. -- you will say this then
:25:49. > :25:56.cloud. Temperatures are around 10 Celsius in the sunshine. This is
:25:57. > :25:59.breeze picks up on the West, head of the thicker cloud and the rain out
:26:00. > :26:05.in the West. That's rain heads are we tomorrow night, courtesy of this
:26:06. > :26:10.weather system. Most of that rain clears away as we head through
:26:11. > :26:14.Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, there is the risk of rain from the
:26:15. > :26:18.south but generally speaking, there will be a fair amount of dry weather
:26:19. > :26:26.to be had across the North East and Cumbria. Eventually closing over
:26:27. > :26:31.from the West waited in the day. Wednesday, after the early rain,
:26:32. > :26:38.dries and brightens up. Temperatures around ten or 11 Celsius. Thursday
:26:39. > :26:42.and Friday, a lot of cloud around, especially when we get to Friday.
:26:43. > :26:48.They can offer some rain, especially in the West. Most places will have a
:26:49. > :26:53.fair amount of dry weather. Daytime temperatures into double figures. 11
:26:54. > :26:58.Celsius is typical for a Thursday and Friday. We should remain frost
:26:59. > :27:05.free through the night time. That's how it looks for the next few days.
:27:06. > :27:12.We will unveil our February winning weather picture. Keep your March
:27:13. > :27:16.pictures coming. Later in the north we will have a look at the weather
:27:17. > :27:24.for the week ahead. Thank you very much. That is very cute dog. Passive
:27:25. > :27:28.drummers, good. Goodbye. -- that is it from us.