:00:10. > :00:12.A report - commissioned by Durham's Police and Crime Commissiondr -
:00:13. > :00:15.highlights a disturbing rise in "survival" sex
:00:16. > :00:18.work here in the North, where women and men need thd cash
:00:19. > :00:22.just to pay for a roof over their heads or to eat.
:00:23. > :00:25.We've been talking to one woman who was a sex worker
:00:26. > :00:30.She became a sex worker aftdr seeing how much a friend earned.
:00:31. > :00:33.I knew what she was making and thought, I could do that,
:00:34. > :00:36.I could come out in half an hour and get what she is making.
:00:37. > :00:52.She was coming out within h`lf an hour, ?100, ?150.
:00:53. > :00:54.I think people don't see what is going on because
:00:55. > :00:58.They don't want to acknowledge that this thing is
:00:59. > :01:03.They'll say, well, she's a prostitute,
:01:04. > :01:06.because she wants to be, she is a slag, she does this,
:01:07. > :01:08.she does that, and sometimes, but it's because you
:01:09. > :01:12.It is their partner making them do it, or because you don't
:01:13. > :01:15.want to see your children shtting crying because they're hungry.
:01:16. > :01:18.In my case, it was because ly partner wouldn't go out and work
:01:19. > :01:21.because he said I could makd more money than he could.
:01:22. > :01:35.It's not going to make monex just to pay for your drug habit.
:01:36. > :01:39.Some of it is, but some people go out and make their money
:01:40. > :01:41.to pay the rent, to keep a roof over their heads,
:01:42. > :01:46.to feed themselves and their family, to feed their children.
:01:47. > :01:50.And some of them do it to stop their boyfriends or husbands
:01:51. > :01:55.beating them and sexually abusing them, mentally abusing them, even.
:01:56. > :01:58.Because that's what happened with me, as well.
:01:59. > :02:02.So sex survival is just really having sex with people, or
:02:03. > :02:16.your partner, or whatever, to keep everything in your life right.
:02:17. > :02:18.Some of them have been doing this all their lives.
:02:19. > :02:20.Some of them haven't had the upbringing I've had.
:02:21. > :02:25.Some of them started off where their dads had
:02:26. > :02:27.abused them or grandads, brothers, and then they
:02:28. > :02:30.thought that this is just normal, that is normal life.
:02:31. > :02:33.And some of the women have only recognised in the past year,
:02:34. > :02:36.whilst we've been doing the research, and in a way,
:02:37. > :02:38.I only realised most of what had been happening to me
:02:39. > :02:44.over the past ten years had been down to sexual exploitation.
:02:45. > :02:46.The charity Changing Lives carried out the research
:02:47. > :02:49.into the sex industry in Durham City and Darlington.
:02:50. > :02:51.And earlier on Look North, its Chief Executive Stephen Bell
:02:52. > :02:55.explained why the research was needed now.
:02:56. > :02:58.I think this is different from the traditional sex work.
:02:59. > :03:01.Firstly, can I just thank the police and crime commissioner for `ctually
:03:02. > :03:06.And I think what's known in the past as prostitution,
:03:07. > :03:08.what we're dealing with now is people who are actually
:03:09. > :03:10.selling their bodies to acttally survive in the world.
:03:11. > :03:14.They're selling their bodies to put a roof over their head or gdt food,
:03:15. > :03:20.but also it is sometimes to fund a drug habit and what goes tnnoticed
:03:21. > :03:23.is that a lot of the people we're working with were forced
:03:24. > :03:26.into prositution at a very xoung age, under the age of ten,
:03:27. > :03:33.An investigation's underway by the Health and Safety Exdcutive
:03:34. > :03:36.into the death of a man at a firm in Darlington.
:03:37. > :03:40.Emergency services were called to the Cleveland Bridge plant
:03:41. > :03:43.after reports of an accident involving a 58-year-old electrician.
:03:44. > :03:50.The Transport Secretary Chrhs Grayling says Heathrow's thhrd
:03:51. > :03:53.runway could transform the North East's economy.
:03:54. > :03:56.On a visit to a Cramlington firm today he said new routes cotld be
:03:57. > :03:59.provided to both Newcastle and Durham Tees Valley airports
:04:00. > :04:02.boosting the economy of the entire region.
:04:03. > :04:06.But environmental campaigners say Heathrow's expansion will bd
:04:07. > :04:08."absolutely ruinous" and will take money from vital transport
:04:09. > :04:14.Our news correspondent Mark Denten reports.
:04:15. > :04:19.Newcastle Airport saw over 400, 00 passengers last month.
:04:20. > :04:23.It has one runway but for ydars it's been lobbying for another ahrport
:04:24. > :04:29.The announcement of plans for Heathrow's new runway
:04:30. > :04:32.could mean more connections for our region's airports,
:04:33. > :04:38.just the airport that glimpses an opportunity.
:04:39. > :04:40.This Cramlington firm makes attachments for
:04:41. > :04:47.A bigger Heathrow means potdntially bigger opportunities for thdm.
:04:48. > :04:50.We will be supplying equipmdnt, products that are made here,
:04:51. > :04:54.for the earth-moving machindry and constructing the runway.
:04:55. > :04:57.So the construction process we'll be involved in and benefit frol.
:04:58. > :05:01.Secondly, we are an international business so for ourselves,
:05:02. > :05:05.customers and suppliers, having an easier access into London
:05:06. > :05:09.as the key hub for us, is very important.
:05:10. > :05:12.Today, the Transport Secret`ry paid the firm a visit.
:05:13. > :05:17.He says the Heathrow expanshon could transform our region's economy.
:05:18. > :05:19.This is an area that will definitely benefit.
:05:20. > :05:21.You just have to listen to the businesses here
:05:22. > :05:24.Business leaders in the north-east who have been championing
:05:25. > :05:27.the expansion of Heathrow because they know that it
:05:28. > :05:29.will benefit the whole of the United Kingdom,
:05:30. > :05:32.they know it will benefit this region and its businesses,
:05:33. > :05:34.and I have been very clear hn saying that part
:05:35. > :05:38.of the capacity on this new runway has to be protected so that we have
:05:39. > :05:41.real and better links around the United Kingdom.
:05:42. > :05:49.There's also speculation th`t Durham Tees Valley Airport could
:05:50. > :05:57.The idea of expanding Heathrow has its critics to. It's been ddscribed
:05:58. > :06:01.should be put into local tr`nsport should be put into local tr`nsport
:06:02. > :06:06.projects instead, like expanding the metro. They said it also contradicts
:06:07. > :06:11.Government policies to try `nd reduce climate change. Eithdr way,
:06:12. > :06:14.nothing is going to happen puickly. The earliest is thought a third
:06:15. > :06:18.runway will be built at Heathrow would be 2025.
:06:19. > :06:20.Nurseries in Yorkshire say they re facing financial ruin
:06:21. > :06:22.if Government plans to make them provide 30 hours
:06:23. > :06:25.York is one of eight areas across the country
:06:26. > :06:28.trialling the scheme, where parents can claim 30 hours
:06:29. > :06:30.of free care for three and four year olds -
:06:31. > :06:32.that's double what's on offer elsewhere.
:06:33. > :06:35.The national roll-out starts in September 2017.
:06:36. > :06:40.But nursery bosses say the loney they get doesn't cover costs.
:06:41. > :06:43.The problem for us is we're already in a loss making situation
:06:44. > :06:47.We manage to find a way round that, at the moment.
:06:48. > :06:49.Once you move to September and they double
:06:50. > :06:57.The Government says it is investing a "record ?6 billion" in chhldcare
:06:58. > :07:03.and has boosted the amount that nurseries will receive next year.
:07:04. > :07:07.Strokes can happen to anyone, even children.
:07:08. > :07:10.Emily from Teesside suffered a stroke when she was just ten
:07:11. > :07:12.and she's still recovering four years on.
:07:13. > :07:15.This Saturday will be World Stroke Awareness Day
:07:16. > :07:18.and one of the messages is that anyone can be affected.
:07:19. > :07:26.At nine years old, Emily Silpson was a normal, active child with
:07:27. > :07:32.Less than a year later her relieved smile belies
:07:33. > :07:39.She's just survived not one stroke, but two.
:07:40. > :07:41.The thought that children had strokes, it hadn't
:07:42. > :07:46.I remember when Emily was actually having her stroke,
:07:47. > :07:49.looking at her and thinking, you look as though you're h`ving
:07:50. > :07:53.a stroke, but you can't be, because you are a ten-year-old girl.
:07:54. > :07:58.And Emily is on a long road to recovery.
:07:59. > :08:01.She has only partial use of an arm and one leg.
:08:02. > :08:09.and a role model for some of the 400 children who suffer strokes
:08:10. > :08:15.She won a national award as a child of courage
:08:16. > :08:18.She went down to London and met some famous people.
:08:19. > :08:23.She has been nominated locally for an award as well.
:08:24. > :08:27.So fingers crossed she will get recognised there, as well.
:08:28. > :08:30.Stroke is caused by a heamorrhage or blood clot in the brain.
:08:31. > :08:36.If you notice a fall of one side of the face, slurred speech,
:08:37. > :08:40.or if the person has difficulty raising their arls,
:08:41. > :08:46.Simply put, the faster medical help can be given, the better
:08:47. > :08:51.Emily is one of 900,000 people in the UK living with
:08:52. > :09:06.She is living proof that it can happen to anyone.
:09:07. > :09:09.To football - and manager David Moyes was sent to the stands
:09:10. > :09:13.as the Black Cats were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the fourth
:09:14. > :09:15.Southampon's Sofiane Boufal scored with a stunning long-range
:09:16. > :09:17.strike to secure a place in the quarterfinals.
:09:18. > :09:19.Moyes was dismissed after the referee waved awax
:09:20. > :09:21.Sunderland's appeals for a late penalty.
:09:22. > :09:28.Time for the weather now with Jen Bartram.
:09:29. > :09:34.Some parts of the north-east and Cumbria got up to 15 degrees this
:09:35. > :09:37.afternoon. It's looking likd it s going to stay fairly mild as we go
:09:38. > :09:42.through the next few days. @ll thanks to the winds coming from a
:09:43. > :09:45.westerly direction, bringing in much milder Atlantic area. It is also
:09:46. > :09:51.bringing in a fair amount of cloud but we should see some sunnx spells
:09:52. > :09:55.but also some rain as well. This is how things are looking as wd go
:09:56. > :09:59.through the night tonight. We have a fair amount of cloud piercing into
:10:00. > :10:03.western parts, some clear spells as well and with that westerly breeze,
:10:04. > :10:07.it's going to help to keep the temperature is up. Lows of `round
:10:08. > :10:10.ten or 11 degrees. As we he`d through Thursday morning, wd will
:10:11. > :10:15.have some patches of mist and places to start with, if you outbrdaks of
:10:16. > :10:19.drizzly rain across Cumbria but a dry and cloudy start. Brisk westerly
:10:20. > :10:21.breeze and if you spells of sunshine to the afternoon. Temperatures again
:10:22. > :10:35.tomorrow up to a high of around 14 Celsius. @s we go
:10:36. > :10:38.through Thursday night and on towards Freddie, a bit of a murky
:10:39. > :10:40.start a cross-party Cumbria. Some outbreaks of rain, patchy mhst and
:10:41. > :10:42.fog. Outbreaks of rain on Friday afternoon, cloudy and overc`st.
:10:43. > :10:44.Temperatures around 13 degrdes. The Temperatures around 13 degrdes. The
:10:45. > :10:48.winds are much lighter to Freddie winds are much lighter to Freddie
:10:49. > :10:52.afternoon because high pressure is starting to build them. Tow`rds the
:10:53. > :10:55.weekend, it's looking like ` fairly calm picture. There will sthll be
:10:56. > :10:59.cloud around and it's going to be staying mild with highs of 04
:11:00. > :11:00.Celsius. Here's the reminder of tomorrow's
:11:01. > :11:02.out the outlook. Temperatures are looking very promising indeed. Nick
:11:03. > :11:14.Miller has the National forecast. If you like your forecast to include
:11:15. > :11:16.cold weather, this is not for you. Temperatures have