:00:11. > :00:14.Nissan's decision to invest in its Sunderland plant
:00:15. > :00:16.post-Brexit has prompted a growing chorus of questions about the deal
:00:17. > :00:19.Former industry minister Anna Soubry, who tried
:00:20. > :00:21.to keep the SSI steel plant open on Teesside,
:00:22. > :00:24.said today the Government h`d offered to underwrite any t`riffs
:00:25. > :00:27.But companies in Nissan's stpply chain aren't concerned
:00:28. > :00:45.about the politics, as our business correspondent Ian Reeve reports
:00:46. > :00:47.For a good news story Nissan's commitment to Sunderland has
:00:48. > :00:51.What did the Government prolise the company to keep producthon
:00:52. > :01:03.Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown says a helicopter plant thrdatened
:01:04. > :01:07.with closure in Somerset should get whatever Nissan got.
:01:08. > :01:09.For some, though, the story is wholly good.
:01:10. > :01:12.This Teesside logistics company takes in Welsh steel by trahn,
:01:13. > :01:15.then transports it by road to Nissan's plant, to be prdssed
:01:16. > :01:26.It's invested ?6.5 million in this vast warehouse.
:01:27. > :01:30.So yesterday's news gives it a return on that.
:01:31. > :01:34.This goes some way toward proving we have done the right thing.
:01:35. > :01:49.And a not so obvious sector says Nissan's news is good news.
:01:50. > :01:51.Wearside's software industrx employs about 4,500 people,
:01:52. > :01:54.some working on projects for the car giant.
:01:55. > :02:02.The fact it is remaining here gives more opportunities for work between
:02:03. > :02:03.the two sectors, also with the tech sector.
:02:04. > :02:06.And this Sunderland gaming and virtual reality company thinks
:02:07. > :02:08.there are more opportunities for tech businesses to get hnvolved
:02:09. > :02:10.with the automotive sector. Everyone now though
:02:11. > :02:20.I don't want to criticise what the Government has done in one regard
:02:21. > :02:22.because they should be moves like this for industry across thd country
:02:23. > :02:26.to make Britain a competitive place to do business but the terms of the
:02:27. > :02:28.deal have been somewhat chaotic and ad hoc and we do not know anything
:02:29. > :02:33.about them. 300 teaching assistants
:02:34. > :02:34.have protested outside Durham County
:02:35. > :02:36.Hall over plans to cut Members of two unions will strike
:02:37. > :02:42.next month over Durham Council's plans to pay them
:02:43. > :02:44.only during term time. Here's our correspondent,
:02:45. > :02:46.Mark Denten. The roundabout smack bang in front
:02:47. > :02:50.of Durham County Hall. For the past week, these te`ching
:02:51. > :02:52.assistants have been holding This was a noisy
:02:53. > :03:07.protest by members of Unison and the ATL who will strike next
:03:08. > :03:11.month over council plans to pay them only during term time,
:03:12. > :03:13.cutting some pay packets A lot of teaching assistants
:03:14. > :03:26.struggle already to get by, but if we don't strike
:03:27. > :03:28.we're going to be losing ?3000, ?4000, ?5000 a year,
:03:29. > :03:30.and we definitely can't I work three days a week in school
:03:31. > :03:34.and I'll still be losing potentially up to ?3000 a ydar,
:03:35. > :03:37.which is life changing - it means I have to re-evalu`te,
:03:38. > :03:40.my husband and I, all our fhnances, and I just feel it is incredibly
:03:41. > :03:42.unfair. But despite some unusual
:03:43. > :03:44.and unexpected sights here, no one left the council building
:03:45. > :03:46.to offer the protesters There was, though, some indhcation
:03:47. > :03:49.of growing support, because along with teaching assistants
:03:50. > :03:51.here today... It's critical we have
:03:52. > :03:57.teaching assistants, and good quality teaching assistants
:03:58. > :03:59.with the experience that thdse girls Now, nobody was available
:04:00. > :04:03.from the council to give a response to this demonstration today,
:04:04. > :04:05.but previously the council said that while it values the work
:04:06. > :04:08.of all teaching assistants, it has a legal and moral obligation
:04:09. > :04:12.to address the issue of equ`l pay, something that could potenthally
:04:13. > :04:14.lead to costly compensation Meanwhile, the teaching
:04:15. > :04:20.assistants' strike must happen On Monday we will know exactly
:04:21. > :04:30.when that date will be. Hospital bosses on South Tyneside
:04:31. > :04:32.have been criticised for fahling to properly monitor "at risk"
:04:33. > :04:35.children who used accident Inspectors said staff
:04:36. > :04:38.at South Tyneside District Hospital in South Shields didn't properly
:04:39. > :04:41.record data on youngsters at risk The Care Quality Commission has
:04:42. > :04:44.ordered rapid improvements. The hospital trust says it fully
:04:45. > :04:47.accepts the findings and work Well, my first response
:04:48. > :05:03.is that we accept the findings, and we are working
:05:04. > :05:07.quickly to ensure that the improvements that we have bden asked
:05:08. > :05:09.to make by the Care Quality Commission are implemented `s soon
:05:10. > :05:12.as possible. Figures seen by Look North show cuts
:05:13. > :05:15.to adult social care totallhng tens of millions of pounds
:05:16. > :05:17.are being planned by In Cumbria, the target is ?24
:05:18. > :05:26.millon over three years. Durham Council is consulting
:05:27. > :05:28.on savings of ?12.5 million, Newcastle is trying to cut lore
:05:29. > :05:31.than ?18 million over four xears, while Redcar and Cleveland council
:05:32. > :05:33.is cutting ?6.5 million. This week's Sunday Politics
:05:34. > :05:35.programme looks at the issud, There's just no money,
:05:36. > :05:49.there is just absolutely no funding. It's affecting the most vulnerable -
:05:50. > :05:51.these people can't Not everybody's like me,
:05:52. > :05:56.not everybody's... You've got to have a bit
:05:57. > :05:59.of confidence and I've had Even through children's services,
:06:00. > :06:02.you fight and fight, o'clock this weekend,
:06:03. > :06:14.here on BBC One. Volunteers have begun planthng
:06:15. > :06:17.crosses for the North's anntal Field of Remembrance,
:06:18. > :06:18.honouring those who have For the fifth year running,
:06:19. > :06:23.the event's being held By Remembrance Sunday,
:06:24. > :06:26.the Royal British Legion saxs the parkland will be a sea of
:06:27. > :06:28.10,000 wooden markers. It's a reminder we've
:06:29. > :06:30.almost reached November. These temperatures are pretty kind
:06:31. > :06:39.for the time of year, Jen? They have been, and they ard going
:06:40. > :06:44.to continue as we head to the weekend. A very mild weekend of
:06:45. > :06:48.whether to come. We start of Saturday morning with temperatures
:06:49. > :06:53.around eight or 9 degrees. @t the mist and fog across parts of
:06:54. > :06:57.Cumbria. Generally a cloudy start to the morning. There will be dreads
:06:58. > :07:01.and drops of rain for a timd and I think we will all have a generally
:07:02. > :07:06.cloudy take, but bright spells breaking through across parts of the
:07:07. > :07:14.Northeast and tomorrow's highest temperature, 14 Celsius, with a
:07:15. > :07:18.light westerly breeze -- thdre will be dribs and drabs. Sunday, the same
:07:19. > :07:24.again. Patchy fog to start the day. Then rain possible mostly across the
:07:25. > :07:27.Cumbrian fells. Temperatures reaching 13 or 14 degrees whth the
:07:28. > :07:31.sun breaking through. Mondax looks fairly quiet with cloud but turning
:07:32. > :07:32.wetter by Tuesday. This is the outlook for this weekend
:07:33. > :07:34.to come into the beginning of next week as well. Now the national
:07:35. > :07:44.picture. Hello, it's been a pretty good week
:07:45. > :07:48.for getting out and enjoying the autumn colours, especially if you
:07:49. > :07:54.have seen autumn sunshine. What sunshine, if you have been in
:07:55. > :07:59.Manchester or the Wirral, damp in places. Ty Gifford had it better,
:08:00. > :08:03.and Deal in Kent, with sunshine It's high pressure and settled
:08:04. > :08:07.weather but the flow of air may be mild but winning in moisture, not
:08:08. > :08:12.necessarily in the form of rain Many others will be staying dry but
:08:13. > :08:16.in the form of cloud. Some mild made it cloudy this weekend and
:08:17. > :08:18.patchy fog overnight and into the morning. Perhaps misty and murky
:08:19. > :08:24.across western hills of Britain through the night. England and Wales
:08:25. > :08:27.seeing patchy lower-level fog, developing into Northern Ireland as
:08:28. > :08:31.well, once we shift the drizzle some of that in northern England and
:08:32. > :08:32.West of Scotland. Eastern