12/04/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday's Look North.

When a loved one doesn't come home - we go behind the scenes

with Durham Police as they race against time to track

He died from a heart condition aged just 16 -

but it inspired a fundraising campaign to pay for

We're looking for you and we'll catch you -

the uncompromising message from the police to drivers

And making rail history, the steam train that hit 100 male miles per

hour. And making railway history -

the steam locomotive that hit 100mph And, in sport, a trophy at last

for the football team which once went three years

without scoring a goal. Dozens of children are reported

missing across the North East It's a nightmare for their

parents and carers - but it's also a big challenge

for the police. Tonight a new national TV series

follows the work of a specialised unit of Durham Police leading

the hunt for missing people. "Reported Missing" looks at some

of the largely unseen work Here's our News

Correspondent Mark Denten. Because he could have

been hit by a car. I've explained the dangers,

and strangers. They're feelings we hope we'll

never feel, experiences But 47 children are reported missing

in County Durham every week. Imagine what that feels

like for their parents. Reported Missing on BBC One tonight

tells some of their stories, including that of Josh,

just 12 and with The Durham Police inspector featured

in tonight's programme says parents You want to comfort

the person and say, "Look, we'll find your loved

one, don't worry." You can't do that, but what you can

do is reassure them that every available resource,

everybody that we have, will go The programme also features Katie,

missing from her home in Ferryhill. Mountain rescue teams are called

in as the minutes turn into hours. We have a lot of help

from Mountain Rescue - they are fantastic and without their

support, particularly in rural areas, but they do come into towns

to help us as well - at times of limited resources,

we need help from partner agencies. All the families involved

gave their permission for footage Those behind it say making peak

time TV out of all this I think it helps members

of the public to see this sort of different side of policing,

and typically 20% to 25% of our work The rest of it can be, you know,

dealing with vulnerable people, and missing from homes takes up

a lot of our time I would just appeal to parents

to know where their children are, to use their mobile phones,

to encourage their children that if there's any problems

or they're going to be late, to ring their parents

and to let them know. And that's part of the programme

as well - it highlights some of our teenagers,

just what parents go The first part of Reported Missing

is at 9pm on BBC One tonight. Her son died from an undiagnosed

heart condition when he was just 16. It was an event that led

Karen Campbell from Middlesbrough to begin a fundraising campaign

which has now seen 400 people James Campbell died in his sleep

while away on a school trip in 2013. The charity, CRY, says around 12

young people a week in the UK die Just a genuine, kind,

funny, intelligent... Very special, yeah,

very special kid. Karen says James was

always happy and healthy. He'd been enjoying a school

trip in Hexham and had He went to bed early,

but in the morning his When we did get to the hospital

we were greeted with It's almost like something

you'd see in a film. Really did turn our world

upside down, yeah. But then we had to come home

and tell Adam, that's Karen set up a fund in James's

honour and that money is being used It's available for people between 14

and 35, and it can identify some Essentially what we're trying

to look for is structural causes of sudden cardiac

death as well as electrical abnormalities which we can

see on heart tracing. The figure that we have

is about one in 300 individuals have a heart condition that

could potentially lead to sudden cardiac death,

and that's why screening The cost of individual screenings

will soon go up to ?50 - and in the majority of cases

the money comes from fundraising I don't want other

families to go through it. It shouldn't be happening

and it is preventable. Stuart Whincup, BBC Look North,

in Middlesborough. A former priest has been found

guilty of sexually abusing a pupil at a Catholic boarding school

in the 1970s. Father Michael Higginbottom,

who's 74 and from West Farm Road in Newcastle, denied subjecting

a teenage boy to repeated sexual abuse while he was

a teacher in Lancashire. Unemployment in the north-east

fell by 4,000 between 83,000 people are now without a job,

equivalent to six point 4% of the workforce,

the highest total in the country, but the lowest

level since March 2008. Meanwhile in Cumbria

5,230 people claimed job seekers' allowance in March, a rise

of about 220 on the previous month. 5,205 people claimed Job Seekers'

Allowance, up by about 130 Police are appealing for witnesses

after a serious collision It involved a VW Polo

on the northbound carriageway The occupants of the car

were taken to hospital, and two children aged 11 and 13

remain in hospital in The road was closed

for three-and-a-half hours to allow for the recovery of the vehicle

and to carry out A pilot of the Great North Air

Ambulance helicopter suffered temporary blindness,

when a laser beam was shone into the cockpit of his aircraft

as he prepared to land. It happened on Sunday night

at Durham Tees Valley Airport when the helicopter

was at around 700 feet. The aircraft was carrying a crew

of medics on a flight from James Cook University

hospital in Middlesbrough. Despite tougher new penalties,

police in North Yorkshire say too many drivers are risking lives

by using phones and other electronic Now officers have started

using an unbranded truck to try to spot drivers

breaking the law. Phil Bodmer's been given exclusive

access to the operation. Yeah, was he texting

or is he on the phone? Texting, phone in his left

hand, looking down. It's the Vectra, he's looking

down, he's been looking down for an age as we've

been filming him. We are looking for you,

we do want to catch you, you will be Uncompromising words of advice

from traffic constable Dave Sievers It's just after 10am

and Operation Tramline is underway. On board this unmarked truck

are two police officers. Within five minutes a driver

is seen using a phone. Yeah, he's on the phone

now, look, isn't he? The vehicle is stopped by a marked

police car and the driver cautioned. He said he was operating

the screen of his iPhone, looking through the apps -

he actually denied that he was texting or making a telephone call,

but the fact is he's still got his phone in his hand, he's using it,

that's going to be a distraction to him while he's driving,

and it is an offence so he's been People are ignoring it,

they don't realise the And we've been running,

we are on day four now, and we're catching people

on a regular basis. Yesterday we had four

on a mobile phone in an hour One of the problems

the police face is actually spotting drivers on mobile

phones and using electronic devices What the truck does is gives

them the elevation to see exactly what

motorists are up to. A short time later the truck spots

another motorist flouting the law. White transporter,

to the near side of us - None of the drivers stopped

while we filmed wanted Police say six points

and a ?200 fine reflects the severity of the offence -

if it saves a life, that's Phil Bodmer, BBC Look North,

on the A1M, North Yorkshire. A Hartlepool offshore yard

is gearing itself up to take delivery of the heaviest single

structure ever lifted in the history Able UK will recycle

the 24,000-tonne Delta platform from Shell's Brent field

in the North Sea. It'll arrive in early

May and create 50 jobs. Our business correspondent

Ian Reeve reports. The Brent oil and gas field

in the North Sea has produced Its wells will be

plugged and secured. And this Hartlepool

company sees that as an opportunity, bringing ashore

the field's redundant A first contract will

bring jobs. It depends how many

we get in the future. This one at the moment,

it's the only one we've got coming at the moment,

we have other tenders out there. So at the moment there'll be

50 persons, roughly, The first rig, or at least

is the platform that sits above the water line, will come

into the yard here in early May. In preparation, the company has

built Europe's strongest quayside. And it will be quite a sight -

this massive ship lifts the topside off its legs - an advance over

the previous costly and dangerous method of partially

dismantling installations at sea. Then the monolith will slowly

make its way to Teesside before transferring the topside

to a massive barge, two And this structure,

which weighs 24,000 tonnes, will be on the front

of the barge, and then we'll put them onto quay six,

which is a new quay that has been constructed particularly

for the contract. William's been involved

in the preparations for bringing the Shell-owned Delta

topside ashore - the start of what Over the next ten years

109 platforms should be When this one goes

well - which it will, I've got no doubt about that -

we've got another four to go at, and then the sky's the limit,

I suppose. And a pleasing symmetry to seeing

rigs dismantled here. ANNOUNCER: Out of the basin,

the jacket is taken in tow by the two most powerful

tugs in Europe. In the 70s the yard,

then under different ownership, built them -

sending out some of the biggest Less than a month, then,

before it welcomes one back. Ian Reeve, BBC look

North, Hartlepool. Over the past week we've been

looking at the forthcoming Tees Valley Mayoral Election

using iconic objects We've already talked about skills,

culture, transport and identity. But our final film looks

at the issue which drives the whole The Tees Valley has five

similarly-sized economies, And since the mayor's job is to lock

them together successfully, the shipping container seems

like a perfect symbol. Every container that you see around

you coming in has to go somewhere because either they are goods to be

sold in a supermarket, or they are parcels for trains

or heavy engineering that needs So it's actually about the added

value that we as Teesside deliver But there's more to shipping

containers than imports and exports. At Teesside Park, they're

used as restaurants. They ask me, where did

you find this container, What did you do to convert

one shipping container They're all very shocked,

and they're, like, pleased to see something totally different,

instead of just like a normal little shop, it's actually a container

bringing good quality food. They are also commonly used

for storage when people move home, and housing is something the mayor

needs a strategy for. I think it will be about trying

to assess housing needs within the Tees Valley,

and that's for people who want to buy, who want to buy outright,

who need to rent for various reasons, or who want to be

flexible in how they can Back at Teesport, Frans Calje

believes that the mayor can change There's so much that the Tees Valley

can aspire to be, if people Since economic success is the key

driver behind the Tees Valley Mayor, the amount of shipping containers

coming in and out of here will be But the local community refused to

give up and stepped in to save it. Now, 25 years after its re-opening,

Jesmond Pool in Newcastle isn't just thriving,

it's become a model for others around the country who want

to rescue threatened services. Back then, like now,

people were fighting to save the community facilities

they love from cutbacks. In 1991, Jesmond Pool in Newcastle

closed when the City Council's poll They took a risk, got

the building back and it 25 years on, the volunteers

help others do the same. The critical thing is having

the community support. If you get some support

from the local authority too, that's a real bonus, and that's

fairly patchy all over the UK. But I think if the community

want the facility, we often use the term,

"use it or lose it", I think most of the ones that come

to us, they've got a reasonable facility but they've got

the enthusiasm and passion of the Among those inspired by this

successful social enterprise are supporters of the recently closed

Elswick Pool also in Newcastle. Different times, same theme,

the council can't afford to run it and there is now a bid to reopen it

as a separate venture. The key thing, as at Jesmond,

is community support. Now, obviously, to make this work

people have still got to come. At this pool, each year they get

about 130,000 visitors. That compares very well to when this

started out 25 years ago, because back then it was only

about 80,000 people The pool has had lottery support,

its board made up of local We actually feel

like part of a family. We chat away, and the kids

are great, and the staff are superb. We spoke to the staff on the day

before we opened saying, "Look, we can't guarantee we'll all have

jobs in three months' time." But actually, after about

two weeks we thought, I'm really proud of

what we've done here and I'm proud of the community,

what we've achieved against a lot of odds -

it has been very difficult for Now, a little bit of railway

history was made here The steam locomotive Tornado

was driven at 100 miles an hour It's the first time a locomotive has

reached that speed since steam power It was part of an experiment to see

if steam trains can run As the sun set in Doncaster

last night, Tornado and her crew prepared for

an extraordinary adventure. It has been 50 years

since steam was last pushed Under a cover of

secrecy and darkness, We've proven it's got

the horsepower to run at 90 miles an hour,

as we've seen. But we now want to be able to go

beyond that and just give ourselves that extra margin

of safety and performance. Tornado is usually limited

to 75 miles an hour, like other steam engines

on the mainline. They want to be able to regularly

run at 90, and as part of the tests they had official

permission to reach the magic three Everyone, everyone

jump up in the air! If there was any problem on the

footplate they would have backed off as soon as they'd

done the tonne, and they're just cruising

at Smooth maybe but, with

the needle all the way over, It took two men sharing the shovel

to provide tonnes of coal to satisfy Tornado's

voracious appetite. As they returned to York,

the driver and fire man were Quite rocky so, you know, we were

sort of swinging about a bit and We've got everything

from 99.9-and-a-who-knows-what to 101.6, and that's the problem

with doing these things with so many different speed recording

pieces of equipment. In '68 they said the

steam age was done. Last night proved legends

are still being written. Jeff is out and about tonight with a

story of an amazing turnaround. Jeff?

A great story of character and determination coming up in a minute.

first, worries that Darlington might be refused a place in

It all surrounds their new ground at at Blackwell Meadows.

The FA has said a shortage of covered seating means the Quakers

won't meet the criteria for promotion to the top tier

But on a happier note, what about this lot?

Chester Amazons - champions of Durham County FA

With me, the founder and chairwoman, Julie Scurfield -

and it's been quite a journey for the girls, Julie?

About 12 years ago I got a crazy idea to set up the first ever girls'

football team playing under this badge. It was just me and a bag of

balls and some cones on a school field one evening. And nine girls

came and joined me full of enthusiasm and said let's go for it.

But you couldn't win a goal. Three seasons it took us to even score a

goal and it was tough going. For those on the sidelines more so than

for the girls, because they played with bundles of enthusiasm. And

champions now. It feels incredible. And all the sweeter that having all

those losses behind us to finally find ourselves champions of a very

credible women's league in the north-east. We are so proud. You

should be. Enjoy your session. On to cricket, and Durham

have a tough start to life in Divison two of the County

Championship on Friday. They take on Notts - the other team

to have been relegated - Facing a huge points deduction it's

going to be an uphill But their new signing,

South African Test star Steve Cook Stephen Cook likes a challenge,

which is just as well. Warming up on the cold,

damp grass at the Riverside is just Very, very far removed

from what I'm used to. Some different attire

in my cricket back as opposed Some different attire

in my cricket bag as opposed to back home where it's just some

block and a cap, but a couple of jumpers and a couple of base

layers and we'll be there. The much bigger challenge apart

from the obligatory game of football before nets will be trying to get

Durham promoted following their relegation and massive points

poenalty for accepting a financial The first thing that came

to mind is what a If you can play some seriously good

cricket and get promoted at the first

attempt, what a story! And that is what you play cricket

for, you play for those moments when you can

create a little bit of history,

a little bit of magic. me, the guys in the

changing room are hugely motivated

by that and that possibility of what

if, I mean, This game stands to be one

of the toughest of the And if Durham's 48.2 deduction

wasn't bad enough, because Notts have already played

a game and one Durham are 70 points

adrift of Notts before they've

even hit a ball We have to wrap this stage in the

year: have to goat into it believing we can all win all three even though

there is a mountain to climb in all of them to start with. We won in

2013, we when. It's doable. It's not entirely different from what we have

done before. It won't be easy, nobody thinks that. But we are

approaching it with that intention. Both counties will have some

of their England players available for the game although Notts will be

without Stuart Broad. And it's hoped the crowds will get

behind Durham more than ever this season, as they'll need

all the help they can get. Back to football, finally -

and in Wallsend today the funeral took place of the lovely

Kath Cassidy, Newcastle United's tea Among the mourners, former

club captain Bob Moncur, chief executive Lee Charnley,

and my Monday night "Team Talk" And there was a wreath

from Kath's favourite Magpies Did you spot the chocolate chip

cookies amongst the flowers? A lovely sendoff for a wonderful

woman. Now we can see the long shadows and

glorious sunshine. A bright and breezy day and some

blue in the weather picture today. Some early bluebells. Now as we move

towards tomorrow there won't be as much blue sky. Fairly cloudy for

many, one or two showers. But the upside is the winds will be a little

lighter than today. As we had through this evening and overnight

generally try picture. Some gaps in the cloud but as they come and go

they will produce some light showers. It is the gaps between the

shower clouds and the breeze that is easing off that will allow the

temperatures to drop to four or five Celsius. Maybe some what colder in

the countryside. A chilly start tomorrow but a dry and bright start.

Sunny spells in eastern areas tomorrow morning. The cloud fills in

from the West as we had through the day and that cloud will be thick

enough to produce some patchy rain. Especially over the high ground.

Many places will have a largely dry if fairly cloudy day. Temperatures

peaking at around about 12 Celsius, 54 Fahrenheit. Westerly winds but

lighter than today. Certainly not as breezy tomorrow. As we head towards

Easter weekend, high pressure to the north-east. We are stuck in this

west to north-westerly airflow. It certainly won't be bone dry over the

weekend, but there will be big gaps in the cloud, most will see some

sunshine at times. As we head to Good Friday it is generally cloudy

picture. Mostly dry, temperatures at 12 or 13 Celsius and a light to

moderate westerly breeze. Saturday is back to bright and breezy, the

wind picks up from the North West but blue sky for many of us though

it might feel a bit fresh. Easter Sunday looks like it will have

thicker cloud, maybe some patchy rain. We keep you updated.

It was actually cold today I thought. The wind still feels cold.

That is it from us this evening. But I. -- goodbye.

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