:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Monday's Look North.
:00:07. > :00:13.A woman demands answers after her father's organs
:00:14. > :00:15.were stored for 22 years after his death.
:00:16. > :00:17.A soldier goes on trial charged with murdering his ex girlfriend
:00:18. > :00:23.The Price of Wales starts a two day visit to Cumbria.
:00:24. > :00:27.And one man and his ferret set off on an 84 mile trek along
:00:28. > :00:33.In football - another blank weekend for our two Premier League clubs,
:00:34. > :00:37.and not much joy further down the divisions.
:00:38. > :00:40.But there's a World Cup medal for our teenage Olympian -
:00:41. > :00:56.He died more than 20 years ago after falling from a block
:00:57. > :01:02.But now the family of Terry Simpson say they're shocked and confused
:01:03. > :01:04.after discovering some of his organs were taken away and
:01:05. > :01:11.It's emerged the Northumbria and Cleveland Police forces
:01:12. > :01:16.are visiting at least a dozen other families to tell them they've
:01:17. > :01:18.found tissues belonging to their loved ones, too.
:01:19. > :01:21.Tonight, the police said they're offering support to those affected.
:01:22. > :01:27.Our correspondent Peter Harris reports.
:01:28. > :01:29.22 years after her dad's death, Sarah Simpson is facing up
:01:30. > :01:35.The police called to say body parts - she says including his brain -
:01:36. > :01:44.We didn't know that any organs had been taken out.
:01:45. > :01:47.We knew the postmortem had been carried out,
:01:48. > :01:50.but we thought he would be fully intact once he was
:01:51. > :01:55.He used to always say, you do not know what parts
:01:56. > :02:02.And we thought we'd done the right thing at the hospital by saying
:02:03. > :02:07.Terry Simpson died here at Newcastle General Hospital in 1995.
:02:08. > :02:12.His organs have subsequently been found at South Tyneside Hospital.
:02:13. > :02:15.Northumbria Police say this is the result of an audit
:02:16. > :02:24.They also say that they are confident the risk of this happening
:02:25. > :02:26.again is low because the rules around which human tissues
:02:27. > :02:32.The police say before new rules came in, some forces kept human tissue
:02:33. > :02:42.They were taken to South Tyneside by a pathologist who covered
:02:43. > :02:45.the North East and kept them for what the police now say
:02:46. > :03:13.In a statement, the Human Tissue Authority said...
:03:14. > :03:16.Relatives like Sarah say all of this has stoked the grief
:03:17. > :03:20.The life and soul of the party. He was a good bloke.
:03:21. > :03:28.I am going to be putting a complaint into the police, the coroner.
:03:29. > :03:35.Yes, I will go for legal action if they don't get the right answers,
:03:36. > :03:44.Peter, there still seem to be some unanswered questions here?
:03:45. > :03:50.One of them will be how many people are involved. We know Cleveland
:03:51. > :03:54.Police are in the process of speaking to 13 families and
:03:55. > :04:00.Teesside, but we don't know how many people are involved in Northumbria.
:04:01. > :04:06.How often where this whole body organs, and how often it was this
:04:07. > :04:10.sample is? They often would keep some samples in unexplained deaths.
:04:11. > :04:16.This family we have been speaking to us and, as far as they are aware,
:04:17. > :04:19.his death was not suspicious, the verdict was misadventure, as they
:04:20. > :04:25.can't understand why it was necessary to retain key at all. --
:04:26. > :04:30.tissues. A court's heard how a soldier
:04:31. > :04:32.accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend stalked her before
:04:33. > :04:34.slitting her throat. The prosecution was outlining its
:04:35. > :04:37.case against Lance Corporal Trimaan Dhillon - also known as Harry -
:04:38. > :04:40.over the death of Alice Ruggles. The 24-year-old was found in a pool
:04:41. > :04:43.of blood in her bathroom The 26-year-old soldier
:04:44. > :04:48.denies the charge. Alison Freeman was at Newcastle
:04:49. > :05:04.Crown Court and joins us now. The prosecution described Lance
:05:05. > :05:07.Corporal Trimaan Dhillon as a controlling, obsessive and
:05:08. > :05:16.manipulative man who stopped Alice Ruggles in the run-up to her death.
:05:17. > :05:19.She saw her on Facebook and they started an online relationship. That
:05:20. > :05:25.choice and ship was soured when he returned from Afghanistan. His
:05:26. > :05:33.aggressive behaviour started to make Allah is not such a bubbly person
:05:34. > :05:41.any more. The court was told -- Alice's behaviour was not as bubbly.
:05:42. > :05:49.What happened on the evening of her death? The prosecution said today
:05:50. > :05:54.that Alice tried to end the relationship. That lead to emotional
:05:55. > :06:01.blackmail, the threat of putting Internet images on the Internet.
:06:02. > :06:08.Hacking her phone. -- Internet images. The continued to contact
:06:09. > :06:13.her. She did not want him to be arrested. That was a move the
:06:14. > :06:18.prosecution site may have cost her her life. On the 12th of October
:06:19. > :06:24.last year, it is alleged that Lance Corporal Trimaan Dhillon lay in wait
:06:25. > :06:28.from her. When she returned from work, he broken, a struggle ensued,
:06:29. > :06:33.and he is alleged to have slit her throat. The defence will say he was
:06:34. > :06:40.trying to stop Alice from harming herself.
:06:41. > :06:42.A priest who's accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy
:06:43. > :06:45.during the 1970s has today been described as caring -
:06:46. > :06:47.Father Michael Higginbottom, who's been suspended
:06:48. > :06:50.from St Augustine's Church in Darlington, is alleged to have
:06:51. > :06:52.carried out the abuse at Upholland Seminary in Lancashire.
:06:53. > :06:54.Fr Higginbottom's friends have been giving evidence today
:06:55. > :06:59.His defence say the complainant has made up his story
:07:00. > :07:05.Father Higginbottom denies eight offences.
:07:06. > :07:08.A paramedic called to the scene of a gas explosion in York has told
:07:09. > :07:11.an inquest he thought a plane had crashed when he arrived
:07:12. > :07:16.Paul Willmott was killed in the explosion last February
:07:17. > :07:18.after a gas pipe fractured under his home in Haxby.
:07:19. > :07:30.The house that was demolished is in the process of being rebuilt.
:07:31. > :07:33.While the houses alongside it are being repaired as well.
:07:34. > :07:35.Life here on Springwood is slowly turning to normal.
:07:36. > :07:37.14 months ago, things were far from normal here.
:07:38. > :07:46.With this residential road making national headlines.
:07:47. > :07:48.On the 19th of February last year, people living on Springwood,
:07:49. > :07:56.a quiet residential road in York, woke to a catastrophic scene.
:07:57. > :07:58.At around 7:30, number 20, a detached property,
:07:59. > :08:00.was destroyed in what was later
:08:01. > :08:08.The owner of the house, 63-year-old Paul Wilmott was found
:08:09. > :08:11.The inquest heard he'd suffered serious head injuries
:08:12. > :08:15.Andrew Hewison, an ambulance paramedic seen on the right,
:08:16. > :08:17.was one of the first emergency workers to arrive.
:08:18. > :08:20.Today, he described a scene of devastation.
:08:21. > :08:23.Mr Hewison was asked by the coroner at what he saw when he arrived.
:08:24. > :08:26.He said it was evident that one house was completely missing.
:08:27. > :08:33.He says residents looked dazed and confused.
:08:34. > :08:41.He was then asked, what did you think happened?
:08:42. > :08:43.To that, he replied, I thought a plane had crashed.
:08:44. > :08:47.Paul Wilmott's partner, Olivia Costello, told the jury
:08:48. > :09:01.there had been a strange now in the house several weeks before,
:09:02. > :09:05.but an ants nest was discovered in the wall and that,
:09:06. > :09:07.they thought, was to blame rather than leaking gas.
:09:08. > :09:11.The Tees Valley Mayor will want to bring high quality
:09:12. > :09:14.new jobs to the region - but will also have to make
:09:15. > :09:16.sure people here have the ability to do those jobs.
:09:17. > :09:19.Skill is an area the mayor will have some direct power over.
:09:20. > :09:23.David Macmillan has been trying to find out, with the help of one
:09:24. > :09:25.of the region's greatest inventions.
:09:26. > :09:27.It is nearly 200 years since John Walker invented the friction
:09:28. > :09:32.One of the mayor's jobs is to pass on that flame of skill and agility.
:09:33. > :09:35.In the college, the students are preparing for a career
:09:36. > :09:39.To me, the aerospace injury is the very cutting
:09:40. > :09:44.I am in the process of joining the Royal Navy.
:09:45. > :09:46.I want to get on an advanced apprenticeship course.
:09:47. > :09:49.The college principal says the mayor will have to keep an eye
:09:50. > :09:50.on the latest industrial developments.
:09:51. > :09:52.Energy and this concept of the circular economy,
:09:53. > :09:55.we have advanced manufacturing, and also the digital sector.
:09:56. > :09:58.What we try to do here at Hartlepool College is make sure
:09:59. > :10:00.that young people get the skills and qualifications needed to exploit
:10:01. > :10:07.How can the powers of the mayor influence skills?
:10:08. > :10:10.The mayor will be providing guidance to colleges as to what sort
:10:11. > :10:13.of skills need to be taught to make sure that the jobs in
:10:14. > :10:15.the Tees Valley that needs than are getting done
:10:16. > :10:17.by people with the right qualifications and abilities.
:10:18. > :10:20.For example, the mayor might say, I want Hartlepool to become
:10:21. > :10:24.As such, I need people to the taught chopping.
:10:25. > :10:28.I need people to be taught roasting, I need people to be
:10:29. > :10:32.Of course, advanced manufacturing will probably be more of a priority
:10:33. > :10:40.Some Teesside firms are already out on the cutting edge.
:10:41. > :10:42.CPI helps people develop their bright ideas.
:10:43. > :10:45.This is a region that has always been at the forefront of innovation.
:10:46. > :10:54.Very much at the forefront of the iron and steel industry
:10:55. > :11:01.Whatever the mayor does with their brief, they may never
:11:02. > :11:03.produce an innovation in the Tees Valley as revolutionary
:11:04. > :11:09.But if the the mayor can get it right on skills,
:11:10. > :11:15.they will provide a huge boost to the economy.
:11:16. > :11:18.The Prince of Wales has been in Cumbria today at the start
:11:19. > :11:22.Prince Charles attended engagements in Barrow,
:11:23. > :11:36.A regular visitor and firm supporter, he still drives
:11:37. > :11:40.Everyone in the front row had a word with him, you know.
:11:41. > :11:43.It was good. I was quite impressed with him.
:11:44. > :11:45.Treated to a performance of a clog dance, a piece
:11:46. > :11:47.composed in Whitehaven, he is following the Queen Mother
:11:48. > :11:49.and Princess Margaret on the Rosehill royal guest list.
:11:50. > :11:51.He is search a friendly, warm personality.
:11:52. > :11:58.And he really seemed to enjoy the performance.
:11:59. > :12:02.The theatre has been closed since 2015 for extensive refurbishment.
:12:03. > :12:06.This is the first performance since that work has been completed.
:12:07. > :12:11.He was very impressed by the restoration.
:12:12. > :12:15.He said it was very good to see buildings like this
:12:16. > :12:19.He was also very impressed with the Association of Apprentices.
:12:20. > :12:22.Taking to the stage himself, the prince was presented
:12:23. > :12:24.with an award in recognition of his continued support
:12:25. > :12:39.As you know, will go on doing whatever I can to help.
:12:40. > :12:41.His Royal Highness hopes this visit highlights the importance
:12:42. > :12:44.of maintaining local heritage sites like this one.
:12:45. > :12:46.Here in the kitchen and in the new restaurant,
:12:47. > :12:52.he is meeting people who will generate extra revenue
:12:53. > :12:55.to keep this old favourite a sustainable business in the future.
:12:56. > :12:57.There was praise for local businesses in Ennerdale, too.
:12:58. > :13:00.Where the Prince celebrated the success of the community hub.
:13:01. > :13:01.Amid the handshaking and plaque unveiling,
:13:02. > :13:04.it is hoped this Royal's love of Cumbria will encourage
:13:05. > :13:14.Now, many a foot-sore tourist has walked all 84 miles
:13:15. > :13:16.of Hadrian's Wall between Wallsend and Bowness on Solway.
:13:17. > :13:19.But, to our knowledge, no-one has ever done it with a ferret!
:13:20. > :13:25.Today, one man and his pet ferret, called Bandit, began their epic
:13:26. > :13:27.journey to raise money for a good cause.
:13:28. > :13:33.Little legs - but a big journey ahead for this furry friend.
:13:34. > :13:39.Bandit - perhaps the first ferret in history to walk Hadrian's Wall.
:13:40. > :13:42.We are raising money for the Saint Elizabeth's Hospice in Ipswich.
:13:43. > :13:50.It is a little bit bonkers, isn't it?
:13:51. > :14:03.For me, it is out there, but it is not unfamiliar ground.
:14:04. > :14:09.With Bandit a couple of months ago, we walked Mt Snowden together.
:14:10. > :14:12.So we have done it before, but this is the longest
:14:13. > :14:16.It'll take the little creature four days to make the 84 mile journey
:14:17. > :14:20.along the northern frontier of the once mighty Roman Empire.
:14:21. > :14:23.It is a long way for a human to walk over three or four days.
:14:24. > :14:29.I think we have what it takes to do it together.
:14:30. > :14:32.The route will take them from Tyneside, through the rugged
:14:33. > :14:34.Northumberland countryside and on into Cumbria,
:14:35. > :14:38.ending on the banks of the Solway at Bowness on Thursday.
:14:39. > :14:41.No creature comforts for this pair - they're camping.
:14:42. > :14:44.But they did manage to ferret out some support -
:14:45. > :14:50.members of North East Ferret Rescue on hand for the send-off.
:14:51. > :14:53.A man, his pet and a trip through some of England's
:14:54. > :15:10.Thanks Carol - not one of our better weeks -
:15:11. > :15:17.And yet again, no goals for either Sunderland or Middlesbrough.
:15:18. > :15:35.We said it was in the week for Middlesbrough. Sadly, one point.
:15:36. > :15:37.I think the biggest worry for Sunderland fans
:15:38. > :15:39.David Moyes already warning fans there'll be another
:15:40. > :15:42.rebuilding job next season, with so many players out of contract
:15:43. > :15:53.It could be a while before they are back. The longer they are down
:15:54. > :15:59.there, if they go down, the harder it will be to come back. They could
:16:00. > :16:07.do a backbone and disappear without a trace? Too big a club to do that.
:16:08. > :16:16.Plans are already affluent to bounce back. What is a red card? I think it
:16:17. > :16:30.is more orange! He is leaving a bit on him. Lots to think about for the
:16:31. > :16:37.owner. They have lost six games since their trip to New York. They
:16:38. > :16:39.haven't scored since. What about the lack of goals.
:16:40. > :16:41.It is not just down to any one person.
:16:42. > :16:43.We haven't necessarily scored from a set piece.
:16:44. > :16:45.Not necessarily scored a shot from outside the box
:16:46. > :16:49.So all that we have to try and improve.
:16:50. > :16:57.We didn't get the result, we haven't had the result
:16:58. > :17:00.But we are professional footballers and we have heart
:17:01. > :17:02.and we have fact and pride, and we will fight until
:17:03. > :17:06.So - win all seven games left and Sunderland
:17:07. > :17:08.would have 41 points - just about enough to stay up!
:17:09. > :17:12.If you look at the table, though - you have to say it's looking
:17:13. > :17:29.Middlesbrough have some tough fixtures and Sunderland. A big ask
:17:30. > :17:37.for them. Only a goalless draw against Burnley. Try the things have
:17:38. > :17:44.that letting golden. Try to get back to basics. -- letting goals in.
:17:45. > :17:54.Really, if you are going to win any games, that was the one? An lucky
:17:55. > :18:03.there. -- an lucky. They did come close. Accidentally touches it away
:18:04. > :18:09.from goal. Just to compound the misery. Gets it back of the line not
:18:10. > :18:10.once but twice. It doesn't matter who you play,
:18:11. > :18:19.they are all difficult games. Against Burnley, against Manchester
:18:20. > :18:21.United, they are all difficult. We should have won today
:18:22. > :18:23.about the pleasing thing You can't fault us for
:18:24. > :18:28.effort and commitment. In the Championship,
:18:29. > :18:33.Newcastle are pretty certain to be promoted -
:18:34. > :18:36.but they're doing it the hard way. Beaten at Sheffield Wednesday,
:18:37. > :18:38.but once again fortunate the teams just below them couldn't put any
:18:39. > :18:40.pressure on them. Still that 10-point gap
:18:41. > :18:54.over Huddersfield - Four points will be enough. But they
:18:55. > :18:59.have to get over the line. Sheffield Wednesday the latest team to beat
:19:00. > :19:08.them. Straight to the football league. Bad news for Carlisle?
:19:09. > :19:16.Hanging on to the late -- last play-off spot. A big game coming up
:19:17. > :19:23.on Friday, Hartlepool against Carlisle. It looked like a good
:19:24. > :19:30.point before the Newport results came in. A massive game against
:19:31. > :19:37.Carlisle on Friday. Gateshead losing their way in the play-off race? Just
:19:38. > :19:47.coming up short this year. Plans in place for a big push next year. A
:19:48. > :19:49.very good when, 2-0 at Chester. Out of the relegation zone. Good size
:19:50. > :19:56.there. What a goal there. And we should say well
:19:57. > :19:59.done to Blyth Spartans - promoted, as champions
:20:00. > :20:01.of the Evo Stick Premier League. And South Shields, who're moving up
:20:02. > :20:04.out of the Northern League Steve thanks very much -
:20:05. > :20:08.we'll see you a week Now - what about the
:20:09. > :20:11.rest of the sport? 17-year-old County Durham gymnast
:20:12. > :20:20.Amy Tinkler put in a medal winning performance at the new World Cup
:20:21. > :20:22.of Gymnastics in front a a 12,000 strong crowd
:20:23. > :20:26.at the London's O2 Arena. Tinkler was fourth going into her
:20:27. > :20:28.favoured final round on the floor and an impressive display
:20:29. > :20:32.saw her add another bronze medal There was a dramatic last minute
:20:33. > :20:38.victory for Newcastle Falcons The Falcons had taken the lead
:20:39. > :20:42.through Juan Pablo Socino only for the visitors to level the score
:20:43. > :20:47.at 7-7 by half time. But Gloucester lead by a single
:20:48. > :20:50.point with seconds left on the clock only for the Falcons to be
:20:51. > :20:53.awarded a pnealty. Joel Hodgson shouldered the pressure
:20:54. > :20:59.to slot the kick and send almost 8,000 fans wild and keep Newcastle's
:21:00. > :21:01.faint hopes of But there was disapointment
:21:02. > :21:07.for Brian Ellison's Malton stable in the Grand Natonal when highly
:21:08. > :21:11.fancied Definitly Red was pulled up at Valentine's,
:21:12. > :21:13.although it was another day to remember for five-year-old
:21:14. > :21:16.Bradley Lowery and his family. The five-year-old Sunderland fan
:21:17. > :21:20.who has cancer was a special guest at Aintree and even got
:21:21. > :21:37.to meet the winner. Time for the weather. And news of
:21:38. > :21:46.our hotly contested where that calendar. To reveal our winning
:21:47. > :21:53.picture, we had to meet the person making the decision. Making a lady
:21:54. > :21:55.who helps look after one of the region's best kept secrets. --
:21:56. > :22:03.meeting a lady. I am Claire Marsland.
:22:04. > :22:08.I am the curator at Ushaw College. Which is a former Catholic seminary,
:22:09. > :22:11.now opening as a new visitor The term hidden gem
:22:12. > :22:17.is probably overused, but in terms of Ushaw College,
:22:18. > :22:19.it is quite accurate. It was also a large employer
:22:20. > :22:23.in the area for a very long time. There is so much social history here
:22:24. > :22:27.of what it was like as a school. We are still really uncovering
:22:28. > :22:37.the history of the place. Claire is used to delving
:22:38. > :22:41.way back in time. But we asked her to consider
:22:42. > :22:44.the more recent past in the shape Daffodils, crocus, lambs but then
:22:45. > :22:57.also the unexpected weather. You can never be quite sure
:22:58. > :23:00.what much is going to do. And when you look through
:23:01. > :23:02.the selection of weather pictures, Yes, definitely.
:23:03. > :23:16.There was a mix. It shows the snow had
:23:17. > :23:32.in the middle of March. The overall winner, that's
:23:33. > :23:50.really jumped out at me, I love historic buildings,
:23:51. > :24:02.and he has captured a wonderful And then very cleverly managed
:24:03. > :24:05.to get crows flying in the shot. I thought that's really stood out
:24:06. > :24:30.as the picture for March. is the March page of the weather
:24:31. > :24:34.calendar. After quite a hot weekend in places, it will stay generally
:24:35. > :24:40.try with a fresh appeal to things. It will be breezy and certainly
:24:41. > :24:44.cooler than it was over the weekend. Mostly dry picture this evening and
:24:45. > :24:53.overnight. The cloud in theory they can to produce the odd spot of rain.
:24:54. > :25:00.Most places dry. Gaps in the cloud. Temperatures dropping no lower than
:25:01. > :25:04.six or seven Celsius. Tomorrow, a mostly dry start. Most places dry
:25:05. > :25:08.through the day. Again, the odd like Chamakh here and there, but nothing
:25:09. > :25:16.really to talk about. Most places hang onto broken cloud, some blue
:25:17. > :25:20.sky and sunny intervals. A nice, dry bright, if rather breezy day. A
:25:21. > :25:29.ghastly westerly wind. Russian art through the course of the day. --
:25:30. > :25:35.gusty was the temperatures close to the seasonal average. Temperatures
:25:36. > :25:44.tomorrow afternoon peak around 12 Celcius, 54 Fahrenheit. I've
:25:45. > :25:47.pressure on the chart tomorrow. We keep a north-westerly breeze coming
:25:48. > :25:53.round of the high pressure. A couple of weather fronts. Its pieces of
:25:54. > :26:00.rain but not huge amount. Wind coming from that direction, things
:26:01. > :26:09.are unlikely to want up. When they looked like another mostly dry day.
:26:10. > :26:14.-- warm up is unlikely. Risk north-westerly wind making it feel
:26:15. > :26:19.cold. Similar numbers, 12 and 1330. The wind will make it feel cold on
:26:20. > :26:25.Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, not a great deal changes. Mostly dry.
:26:26. > :26:29.The risk of the odd shower on Thursday. Temperatures peaking at 12
:26:30. > :26:35.Celsius. Breezy said, thicker cloud fraternity for Good Friday. Similar
:26:36. > :26:38.numbers again, 11 and 12. Through the afternoon, and the cloud thick
:26:39. > :26:48.enough to produce patchy rain on times on Friday. That is the next
:26:49. > :27:01.few days. A closer look on the late programme. And you can get updates
:27:02. > :27:08.on the app. You promised us a great weekend and it was even better. We
:27:09. > :27:38.want a good Easter weekend. Never satisfied. Goodbye.
:27:39. > :27:41.There are times in the life of a nation
:27:42. > :27:45.when the choices we make define the character of our country,
:27:46. > :27:51.times when people stand up and demand real, significant change.