:00:11. > :00:15.It needs to make savings of more than ?33 million in the next
:00:16. > :00:18.financial year yet Durham Council has agreed a rescue package
:00:19. > :00:24.?3.7 million of outstanding debt owed to the council will be
:00:25. > :00:30.This comes on the day teachhng assistants voted for strike action
:00:31. > :00:32.as Durham Council plans to cut their pay.
:00:33. > :00:41.After more than 20 years as a first-class county,
:00:42. > :00:46.Durham is a cricket club saddled with debt - more than ?7 million.
:00:47. > :00:50.Durham County Council is owed ?3.7 million with no prospect
:00:51. > :00:55.of repayment, and so today, the council vote to turn th`t debt
:00:56. > :00:59.I ask that everybody is in agreement with
:01:00. > :01:06.So the council has allowed the cricket club to live and hopes
:01:07. > :01:09.to be repaid at some stage in the future.
:01:10. > :01:14.Recently, we've closed care homes, we've closed leisure centres,
:01:15. > :01:17.we're restricting service to the old and the young,
:01:18. > :01:20.we've shut schools, and I don't think Joe Public out there's
:01:21. > :01:25.The council claims the cricket club brings millions into the economy,
:01:26. > :01:30.It brings an important profile, not just for the county of Durham,
:01:31. > :01:38.But is there much appetite `mongst local council taxpayers
:01:39. > :01:42.I would probably go against it but that's my belief
:01:43. > :01:48.If they go bust, to me, they half deserve it.
:01:49. > :01:52.If they have the problem, why give us the problem?
:01:53. > :01:55.Because if the council's bahling them out, it's going to impact
:01:56. > :02:03.The County Durham and the cricket club - help them out of trotble
:02:04. > :02:08.The council deal suggested by cricket's governing body,
:02:09. > :02:14.It relegated Durham for their financial dealings.
:02:15. > :02:17.It's been getting it in the neck for doing so.
:02:18. > :02:21.But it too has been lenient over money that Durham owes it.
:02:22. > :02:25.So the ECB has written off ?2 million worth of debt.
:02:26. > :02:29.It's paid off a loan company that was owed about ?800,000
:02:30. > :02:34.by Durham and it won't vigorously pursue another ?1.8 million
:02:35. > :02:45.And thanks to that and the council, Durham will live to play on.
:02:46. > :02:52.Well, teaching assistants in County Durham who are Unison
:02:53. > :02:56.members have voted for strike action over Durham Council's plan to pay
:02:57. > :03:01.While the council says the change is needed to abide by equal pay
:03:02. > :03:04.rules, some workers say they could lose nearly a qu`rter
:03:05. > :03:09.Our news correspondent, Mark Denten, reports.
:03:10. > :03:12.You could hear the anger when they gathered for a rally
:03:13. > :03:15.But words from the teaching assistants are about
:03:16. > :03:18.to turn into action - action which could have an hmpact
:03:19. > :03:23.on schools, pupils and parents across County Durham.
:03:24. > :03:27.Unison members have voted by 93% to strike.
:03:28. > :03:31.This shows absolutely the strength of feeling amongst our Unison
:03:32. > :03:34.teaching assistants about the way they're being treated
:03:35. > :03:42.We know that there was a strong solidarity amongst our membdrship
:03:43. > :03:45.and we hope that the council now sit up and listen and come back
:03:46. > :03:50.The strike is over plans by Durham Council to reduce
:03:51. > :03:54.the teaching assistants' pax just to turn time.
:03:55. > :03:57.GMB members have backed a compensation deal but workers
:03:58. > :04:02.who plan to strike say they've been left with little choice.
:04:03. > :04:04.We have taken this action with a heavy heart.
:04:05. > :04:06.We absolutely understand the impact and the disruption this
:04:07. > :04:10.will have for schools, for families, for children, but we
:04:11. > :04:14.The long-term impact and the long-term disruption
:04:15. > :04:17.to those families and schools and children will be far,
:04:18. > :04:20.far greater if those professional dedicated experienced staff
:04:21. > :04:24.are forced out of their jobs because they can't afford to live.
:04:25. > :04:29.The council says it's disappointed about the planned strike action
:04:30. > :04:33.There was a significant risk of an equal pay claim.
:04:34. > :04:36.We've had to do what we've done thus far and, of course, two
:04:37. > :04:39.of the unions have accepted the compensatory offer
:04:40. > :04:45.But clearly, our priority now is to work with school leaders,
:04:46. > :04:47.governors and headteachers to minimise the impact
:04:48. > :04:53.Their education is our primd concern at this time.
:04:54. > :04:56.Unison say, while there are no dates yet for strikes,
:04:57. > :04:59.they will definitely take place before Christmas.
:05:00. > :05:04.Mark Denten, BBC Look North, Durham.
:05:05. > :05:06.A family have spoken of their distress at the way
:05:07. > :05:09.their dying mother was treated in her final moments.
:05:10. > :05:13.An internal investigation is underway at Harrogate Hospital
:05:14. > :05:17.after Irene Simister was moved twice in the last half hour of her life.
:05:18. > :05:24.The hospital has now apologised, as Cathy Killick reports.
:05:25. > :05:27.It's just five days since the death of his mother, Irene,
:05:28. > :05:32.and David Simister is at her flat to start sorting out her affairs.
:05:33. > :05:35.His grief is still very raw and it's compounded by the manner
:05:36. > :05:38.of his mother's death at Harrogate Hospital.
:05:39. > :05:42.In her dying moments, a clinical bed manager insisted
:05:43. > :05:46.Irene was moved to make way for another patient.
:05:47. > :05:48.It was very upsetting because we had prepared ourselves for our mother
:05:49. > :05:52.to pass away in the room she had been in for almost a week.
:05:53. > :05:55.She was comfortable there, she was settled there,
:05:56. > :05:58.she had cards from well-wishers there, she had flowers and she had
:05:59. > :06:01.a photograph of her and my father on their wedding day on the table
:06:02. > :06:06.In the melee that was to get her into this other sideroom
:06:07. > :06:07.before her death, that got knocked over.
:06:08. > :06:09.Some of her stuff was left in the corridor.
:06:10. > :06:13.And we were left with our mother dead in another room
:06:14. > :06:29.The nurses said they were doing it under sufferance and when mx mother
:06:30. > :06:31.under sufferance and when my mother died, the nurses were crying. They
:06:32. > :06:33.see death on a daily basis and died, the nurses were crying. They
:06:34. > :06:35.see death on a daily basis `nd they see death on a daily basis and they
:06:36. > :06:46.are used today but they werd not used to this particular death. Those
:06:47. > :06:49.final minutes after them further tainted by what happened.
:06:50. > :07:06.The hospital has apologised for moving her.
:07:07. > :07:11.I want to ensure that what happened to my mother and what myself
:07:12. > :07:15.and my family are experiencing, does not happen to anybody dlse
:07:16. > :07:28.For David, that means seeing protocols established
:07:29. > :07:35.to ensure dying patients aren't moved in future.
:07:36. > :07:40.Cathy Killick, BBC Look North, Harrogate.
:07:41. > :07:44.A sixth man is being questioned by police over the death of a woman
:07:45. > :07:47.27-year-old Jodie Wilkinson was stabbed on Monday
:07:48. > :07:52.Today, a 43-year-old man was arrested.
:07:53. > :07:56.Five other men arrested remain in custody.
:07:57. > :07:59.A 20-year-old man has died in a road crash on the A69 in Northumberland.
:08:00. > :08:02.It happened shortly after 1`m near the Bridge End
:08:03. > :08:07.A 27-year-old man and a wom`n aged 21 have been arrested
:08:08. > :08:12.on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
:08:13. > :08:15.Theresa May has rejected an appeal to intervene in the potential
:08:16. > :08:19.downgrading of health services at the West Cumberland Hosphtal
:08:20. > :08:21.Restructuring plans include the possible scaling back
:08:22. > :08:25.of consultant-led maternity and children's services.
:08:26. > :08:27.During Parliamentary Questions, Mrs May said the issue
:08:28. > :08:30.would be dealt with by local decision-makers -
:08:31. > :08:34.something opposed by the local community.
:08:35. > :08:37.I was disappointed and underwhelmed by the Prime Minister's response
:08:38. > :08:40.Either she's been given misleading information to use at the ddspatch
:08:41. > :08:43.box or she's choosing to use misleading information
:08:44. > :08:47.Ultimately, the question of maternity services, 24-hour
:08:48. > :08:49.consultant and maternity services at the West Cumberland Hospital,
:08:50. > :08:53.is a decision that will be made by the government.
:08:54. > :08:55.Unemployment's fallen across the region, according
:08:56. > :08:59.88,000 people were without ` job in the North East in
:09:00. > :09:02.the three months to August , that's down 9,000.
:09:03. > :09:07.There were falls too in Cumbria, where 4,445 people are clailing
:09:08. > :09:09.Job Seekers' Allowance, and in North Yorkshire,
:09:10. > :09:18.To football - Gateshead are out of the FA Cup
:09:19. > :09:20.after losing to Alfreton Town in their qualifying-round replay.
:09:21. > :09:24.They came from behind to le`d 2 1 at one point but eventually lost
:09:25. > :09:40.Time for the weather now with Paul Mooney.
:09:41. > :09:45.A bit of an east-west split the night. A lot of cloud in the
:09:46. > :09:45.A bit of an east-west split the night. A lot of cloud in thd east
:09:46. > :09:53.and showery outbreaks of rain. Some and showery outbreaks of rain. Some
:09:54. > :09:58.places in the East, temperatures in double figures. Some parts of the
:09:59. > :10:04.Cumbrian countryside cold enough for a touch of frost. It should start
:10:05. > :10:06.chilly but drying the West tomorrow and it should stay dry. Mord
:10:07. > :10:09.chilly but drying the West tomorrow and it should stay dry. More cloud
:10:10. > :10:14.east of the Pennines. The showers become fewer and further between.
:10:15. > :10:20.Most places should at least see blue sky, sunshine. Temperatures
:10:21. > :10:24.generally peak at 12 or 13 Celsius tomorrow afternoon. A light
:10:25. > :10:29.northerly breeze in the West, more to it along the north-east coast in
:10:30. > :10:33.North Yorkshire. We got high pressure trying to build an over the
:10:34. > :10:37.next few days, we get back into the setup we had joined the first top of
:10:38. > :10:39.this month with high pressure centred over Scandinavia fedding
:10:40. > :10:39.this month with high pressure centred over Scandinavia feeding in
:10:40. > :10:43.cold northerly winds. It dods depend cold northerly winds. It dods depend
:10:44. > :10:53.on how much shelter you get from that went. On Friday, we get a bit
:10:54. > :10:57.of shelter. Fairly cloudy skies and that north-easterly breeze. The
:10:58. > :11:02.weekend is similar. Shelter from the breeze, should see sunshine.
:11:03. > :11:09.that cool breeze to factor in. Here is Matt with the national outlook.
:11:10. > :11:12.Good evening. Just as the weather starts to quieten down across many
:11:13. > :11:18.parts of the country it notched up a gear across the east coast today.
:11:19. > :11:19.Near gale force winds whipping up rough seas for our weather watchers