0:00:09 > 0:00:11Good evening.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13It's estimated that within five years, the National Health Service
0:00:13 > 0:00:17across the North East and Ctmbria will be over budget by more
0:00:17 > 0:00:21than ?1 billion if nothing is done to reduce spending.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24And tomorrow, a group of calpaigners will begin a march between hospitals
0:00:24 > 0:00:26in County Durham and Teesside to draw attention to
0:00:26 > 0:00:31what they claim are plans to cut services as a result.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33NHS bosses in the region admit they're having
0:00:33 > 0:00:35to make efficiency savings, but argue they'll also deliver
0:00:35 > 0:00:38better care for patients by changing how, and from where
0:00:38 > 0:00:39services are delivered.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Fergus Hewison has more.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Mappping out the future of the NHS.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Jo and other campaigners have become so concerned about what might happen
0:00:50 > 0:00:53to the service where they live, they're marching from hospital
0:00:53 > 0:00:55to hospital for an entire wdek.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58All services in our NHS footprint area, which is the area
0:00:58 > 0:01:02that we are walking, are under threat.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07We know that we could end up with only one A in this area.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10What Jo and other campaigners are worried about are what's known
0:01:10 > 0:01:13as Sustainability and Transformation Plans.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15These have been drawn up for each health region,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17or "footprint", across the country,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and have now been submitted to NHS England.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22In the North East and Cumbrha, draft plans and other documents
0:01:22 > 0:01:26this programme has seen say the NHS here will be more than ?1 billion
0:01:26 > 0:01:31over budget by 2021 if it doesn't make efficiency savings and change
0:01:31 > 0:01:34the way health care is delivered.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37On Teesside, that might mean the downgrading of
0:01:37 > 0:01:40accident and emergency units at either, or both,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42North Tees Hospital in Stockton,
0:01:42 > 0:01:46or here at the Darlington Memorial Hospital.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And across the wider Teesside area, other services
0:01:48 > 0:01:51are also under review.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53We asked those behind the NHS Sustainability
0:01:53 > 0:01:55and Transformation Plans for Durham and Teesside for an interview -
0:01:55 > 0:01:57they declined.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Instead, we were given a st`tement:
0:02:30 > 0:02:33And the Health Secretary said this week that a more effichent
0:02:33 > 0:02:36health service doesn't mean a worse one.
0:02:36 > 0:02:44What I don't accept is that in order to make those efficiency savings,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47you have to make changes that will impact negatively on c`re.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49And there's more on that in Sunday Politics
0:02:49 > 0:02:52this Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, here on BBC One.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55An inquest's ruled a decision to terminate a prisoner's hospital
0:02:55 > 0:03:01visits to see her newborn baby probably contributed to her death.
0:03:01 > 0:03:0433-year-old Michelle Barnes from Cumbria was found hangdd
0:03:04 > 0:03:08in her cell at Low Newton Prison in Durham last December.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11She had wanted to keep her child in jail with her, but Cumbria Social
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Services decided it was in the best interests for the baby
0:03:14 > 0:03:17to be placed in care.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19At the inquest, coroner Andrew Tweddle said
0:03:19 > 0:03:23he had serious concerns about her treatment.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Earlier, our reporter Stuart Whincup sent this report.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Well, back in June 2015, Michelle Barnes was sent to prison
0:03:30 > 0:03:32for two years for drugs offences.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Now, at the time, she was pregnant and she was wanting to be
0:03:35 > 0:03:37transferred from Low Newton to another prison with
0:03:37 > 0:03:39a mother and baby unit.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42She was wanting to take care of the child.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44But Cumbria Social Services decided it was in the best
0:03:44 > 0:03:47interests of that child, when it was born, that it
0:03:47 > 0:03:50should be taken into care.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54She was told this by a social worker and she replied to that,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57"If they take my baby, I will go, too."
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Last December, she was found hanged in her prison cell.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Andrew Tweddle said he had rarely had so many major concerns
0:04:04 > 0:04:06about so many issues.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09He said, clearly, the prison had no clear plan in place
0:04:09 > 0:04:13for what they were going to do when she was discharged from hospital.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17He described her birthing plan as confusing and inadequate
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and simply not fit for purpose.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23He said some witnesses had told the inquest she would be able
0:04:23 > 0:04:26to visit her baby in hospit`l, but other witnesses had said
0:04:26 > 0:04:29she would have no chance wh`tsoever of visiting her baby.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33He said there were clear concerns about the birthing plan
0:04:33 > 0:04:35for pregnant women at the prison and he said he felt those
0:04:35 > 0:04:41needed to be addressed to prevent future fatalities.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44A man's been charged with the murder of Jodie Wilkinson,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46the 27-year-old who was stabbed in Stanhope Street
0:04:46 > 0:04:47in Newcastle, on Monday.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49David Waterston, who's 43, and of Hamilton Place
0:04:49 > 0:04:52in the city, will appear at Magistrates Court tomorrow.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Eight other people arrested in connection with the investigation
0:04:54 > 0:04:59have been released on police bail.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02A man's died after falling from one of the cargo ships anchored
0:05:02 > 0:05:03off the coast of Tynemouth.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06The seaman from Ukraine was working on board the ship,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09one of three which have been there since July.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11The vessel has been taken into the Port of Tyne
0:05:11 > 0:05:16while police carry out an investigation.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Ten months after it was wrecked by Storm Desmond, a major play area
0:05:19 > 0:05:23in Carlisle re-opened to the city's children todax.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28?200,000 has been spent restoring the Bitts Park playground,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30next to the castle, in the city centre.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36Some of it's been designed to be used by children with disabilities.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39It is a destination park here, lots of things go on.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43And we want people to enjoy the city centre and be able to come
0:05:43 > 0:05:45to the park at the same timd.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It is a lovely place and people have constantly been asking us,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50when is it going to be reopened?
0:05:50 > 0:05:55And it was important to get this open, but also get it right.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57A baby boom is under way in Northumberland -
0:05:57 > 0:05:59and it could be a record brdaker.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01The pupping season for grey seals on the Farne Islands lasts
0:06:01 > 0:06:04from October until December, and this year there could be
0:06:04 > 0:06:062,000 seals born there.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09National Trust wardens spray them with a harmless dye to keep a count
0:06:09 > 0:06:12of the new arrivals as the population grows.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15The seals will start pupping, usually late September,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17we see one or two.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20But it really gets going in November, so our busiest time
0:06:20 > 0:06:23is kind of early, mid-November.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26And they pup mainly in the Outer Group,
0:06:26 > 0:06:30so 1,876 pups born on here last year,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33of which about 1,100 were born on Staple and Brownsman,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37so they are the main islands that the seals use.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39That's all from us, have a good night and weekend.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Let's find out the forecast with Jen Bartram.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Hello there, good evening.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Plenty of dry, fine and settled weather to be had this weekend.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47High pressure in charge.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50It means that we will see some bright spells at times,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52but with an easterly breeze, we'll continue to see some
0:06:52 > 0:06:55showers, especially along the North East Coast.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58First thing tomorrow morning, there will be some patches
0:06:58 > 0:07:00of mist and fog initially, but generally, we are
0:07:00 > 0:07:04looking at a dry day with some bright spells.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08But those showers, as you c`n see, still coming in along the coast,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10they will be fairly few and far between, though.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Temperatures tomorrow afternoon around 11 to 13 degrees.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Into Sunday, and we do it all again, really.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19The breeze might pick up a little bit and that will blow in a few more
0:07:19 > 0:07:22showers, but generally, Sunday is looking like a drx day,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24plenty of sunshine, especially in the West,
0:07:24 > 0:07:29temperatures reaching a high of 11 or 12 Celsius.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Here is the outlook for the weekend, and with the national forec`st,