:00:12. > :00:15.?9 million is to be spent on improving security
:00:16. > :00:18.at a Stockton Prison to try to stop any drugs getting in.
:00:19. > :00:21.Body scanners, extra staff and improved security
:00:22. > :00:24.are being installed at Holme House Prison.
:00:25. > :00:27.Many jails have a serious problem with drugs being smuggled in,
:00:28. > :00:30.including those formerly known as legal highs.
:00:31. > :00:32.Extra money will also be spent treating inmates
:00:33. > :00:37.with addictions, as Lee Johnson reports.
:00:38. > :00:40.Drugs have always been rife inside our prisons.
:00:41. > :00:43.These CCTV pictures show visitors bringing them to inmates.
:00:44. > :00:47.In recent years, new psychoactive substances, formerly
:00:48. > :00:49.known as legal highs, have become more popular
:00:50. > :00:55.I've seen a lot of people flopping about, in the three years.
:00:56. > :01:01.It happens on a day-to-day basis sometimes.
:01:02. > :01:04.Jails have been here a lot of years, and they've never stopped
:01:05. > :01:07.them in all them years, so how are they going to do it now?
:01:08. > :01:10.Staff at Holme House have described one drug, Spice -
:01:11. > :01:12.a synthetic cannabis - as the biggest threat
:01:13. > :01:15.It's a massive problem, and it's dangerous,
:01:16. > :01:19.because people under the influence of it are unpredictable.
:01:20. > :01:22.They seem to get superhuman strength as well.
:01:23. > :01:25.There's been a number of times staff of had to go off duty
:01:26. > :01:30.because they've inhaled the toxins that Spice has given off.
:01:31. > :01:32.The most common way drugs get into our prisons
:01:33. > :01:35.is through prisoners or visitors smuggling them in.
:01:36. > :01:39.Anyone coming here to Holme House has to go through a security system.
:01:40. > :01:42.But the prison's been given millions of pounds to invest in new,
:01:43. > :01:45.full-body scanners and other security measures to try and crack
:01:46. > :01:51.It's in the hope of making Holme House completely drug free.
:01:52. > :01:54.Earlier this year, the Government handed some prison governors
:01:55. > :01:58.Holme House is among the first in the scheme.
:01:59. > :02:01.The man running the jail has extra resources to try
:02:02. > :02:05.Over the course of three years, it'll be approaching
:02:06. > :02:09.That's going to be significant in terms of doing the best
:02:10. > :02:13.that we can to prevent drugs coming into the prison and help them get
:02:14. > :02:16.off drugs and lead drug-free lives when they leave prison.
:02:17. > :02:19.Do you think it's possible to make Holme House 100% drug-free?
:02:20. > :02:21.We're going to talk about people leading drug-free lives,
:02:22. > :02:24.and we're going to do whatever we possibly can to make
:02:25. > :02:26.that possible while they're in the prison.
:02:27. > :02:28.And we're going to do whatever we can tosupport them
:02:29. > :02:32.when they get out of prison at the end.
:02:33. > :02:35.We're going to make sure we use that public money as smartly and wisely
:02:36. > :02:40.The POA has welcomed this news, this extra funding means there'll be
:02:41. > :02:43.an extra 50 members of staff coming to work here at Holme House
:02:44. > :02:47.They'll be a mixture of officers and drug workers.
:02:48. > :02:49.There's going to be an emphasis on drug treatment here,
:02:50. > :02:51.for prisoners both inside and outside the jail.
:02:52. > :02:55.The POA says that's positive step, and says in the last three years
:02:56. > :02:57.it's lost a third of its workforce here,
:02:58. > :02:59.so any extra members of staff coming into the system,
:03:00. > :03:02.at a time when there's unrest in prisons across the country,
:03:03. > :03:06.Meanwhile, management say the new security should
:03:07. > :03:08.be here and in place by spring next year.
:03:09. > :03:13.Lee Johnson, BBC Look North, Stockton.
:03:14. > :03:16.The mother of a man whose body was found tied up in a house
:03:17. > :03:20.in County Durham says the family has been left distraught by his death.
:03:21. > :03:23.Mark Shaw was found on Saturday after a passing police officer
:03:24. > :03:25.became suspicious and forced their way
:03:26. > :03:29.into a house in Grange Villa, near Chester-le-Street.
:03:30. > :03:32.Two men are being held in custody on suspicion of murder,
:03:33. > :03:33.three people have been released on bail.
:03:34. > :03:41.29-year-old Mark Shaw had been subjected to a prolonged attack.
:03:42. > :03:47.Three days on, and forensic work is expected to carry on tomorrow.
:03:48. > :03:51.This afternoon, his mother, Valerie Watson, issued a statement.
:03:52. > :04:14.We spoke to a woman who lives next door to the crime scene.
:04:15. > :04:22.Quiet at times, apart from his music, but used to tell him
:04:23. > :04:26.about it and he was very apologetic and everything.
:04:27. > :04:33.As you can see, the investigation is still ongoing.
:04:34. > :04:37.The specialist search team are out here looking for evidence.
:04:38. > :04:40.There has been a huge amount of activity at the other end
:04:41. > :04:44.A search was happening on this land next to a golf course.
:04:45. > :04:46.Members of the public weren't allowed in.
:04:47. > :04:48.Tonight, this murder investigation in a small,
:04:49. > :04:59.A County Durham teenager's been sentenced to almost nine years
:05:00. > :05:02.in jail after admitting killing 32-year-old Dale Arnold
:05:03. > :05:07.Mr Arnold was stabbed to death in the main street
:05:08. > :05:11.Josh Johnson, who's 19 and from Ushaw Moor
:05:12. > :05:14.near Durham City, pleaded guilty to his manslaughter last month.
:05:15. > :05:17.At Teesside Crown Court today, he was jailed for
:05:18. > :05:22.Northumbria Police have expressed their sorrow
:05:23. > :05:25.at the terrorist attack on Berlin's Christmas Market.
:05:26. > :05:28.The force was criticised by some earlier this month for posting
:05:29. > :05:32.pictures on social media of armed officers at Newcastle's
:05:33. > :05:35.Christmas Market, posing with members of the public.
:05:36. > :05:39.The leader of Newcastle Council has also written to the mayor of Berlin
:05:40. > :05:44.to express Newcastle's condolences, and solidarity with the city.
:05:45. > :05:47.The Cumbrian business that makes the polymer films for the
:05:48. > :05:52.new ?5 pound note is to be sold to a Canadian packaging company.
:05:53. > :05:55.Innovia, which employs 750 people in Wigton,
:05:56. > :06:01.is being bought by Toronto based CCL for ?680 million.
:06:02. > :06:05.A spokesperson for the Innovia Group says CCL would be an excellent
:06:06. > :06:10.owner, and it expected the deal to be completed soon.
:06:11. > :06:13.Campaigners against fracking received a blow today.
:06:14. > :06:16.Protesters in North Yorkshire have lost a legal challenge against one
:06:17. > :06:20.of the first planning applications to carry out fracking in England.
:06:21. > :06:23.The High Court's dismissed an application for a judicial review
:06:24. > :06:27.of a decision to allow the company, Third Energy, to frack for shale gas
:06:28. > :06:31.The county council welcomed the decision,
:06:32. > :06:35.but campaigners said they were disappointed.
:06:36. > :06:38.We're not going to be changing our minds,
:06:39. > :06:45.The bottom line is, we're opposed to further
:06:46. > :06:48.We're looking to the future, which, unfortunately,
:06:49. > :06:54.The Newcastle United player, Jonjo Shelvey, has been
:06:55. > :06:59.banned for five matches and given a fine of ?100,000
:07:00. > :07:03.for a racist remark aimed at a Wolverhampton Wanderers player.
:07:04. > :07:06.The incident's alleged to have taken place during a Championship game
:07:07. > :07:11.Shelvey's remarks to the Wolves player, Romain Saiss,
:07:12. > :07:13.are said to have contained a reference to the Morroccan's
:07:14. > :07:20.Newcastle are considering whether to appeal the decision.
:07:21. > :07:22.A County Durham family say they've been given their best
:07:23. > :07:27.Christmas present ever, with their 15-month-old son home
:07:28. > :07:29.from hospital in time for the festivities.
:07:30. > :07:31.Lennox Knight, from County Durham, was born
:07:32. > :07:38.After surviving his first Christmas in Newcastle's Freeman hospital,
:07:39. > :07:41.his family have finally been allowed to take him home.
:07:42. > :07:48.Baby Lennox Knight and his family have faced an uphill struggle
:07:49. > :07:53.At just three days old, he had to undergo major surgery.
:07:54. > :07:57.He came back and just wasn't well at all.
:07:58. > :08:04.He went onto the highest form of life support for the first time,
:08:05. > :08:07.he had a really rough ride, and we finally got him off that.
:08:08. > :08:09.He came back from theatre for about an hour, and then
:08:10. > :08:12.he arrested, and the life just drained from his body.
:08:13. > :08:16.We could only put full trust in the team at the Freeman,
:08:17. > :08:18.their speed and dedication was the only thing
:08:19. > :08:23.The operation was followed by another 11 procedures, and Lennox
:08:24. > :08:28.All his parents could do was watch and hope.
:08:29. > :08:33.Just seemed to pull through, he got through Christmas,
:08:34. > :08:39.and then he got to February, and since then he's
:08:40. > :08:48.I thought he had problems with his airways, he went down again,
:08:49. > :08:51.needed a lot of reconstruction on his airway,
:08:52. > :08:57.Throughout his treatment, the Sick Children's Trust supported
:08:58. > :08:59.Lennox's family with free accommodation near
:09:00. > :09:05.But now, after 373 days in hospital, Lennox is back home with his
:09:06. > :09:10.mum and dad and his two brothers for their first family Christmas.
:09:11. > :09:13.Whatever happens in the future, we can always say we had them
:09:14. > :09:16.memories with all three of the boys together.
:09:17. > :09:18.What's it like having him back for Christmas for you?
:09:19. > :09:36.Is well now, a few days ago, we were still wondering about a white
:09:37. > :09:43.Christmas, now we're wandering about storms?
:09:44. > :09:48.Yes, the jet stream is driving Atlantic flows into our area. Some
:09:49. > :09:52.rain around just now, some heavy outbreaks of rain, briefly clearing
:09:53. > :09:56.through early hours of the morning. The winds ease, temperatures cold
:09:57. > :10:02.enough for a touch of ground frost at the tail end of the night. A dry,
:10:03. > :10:08.chilly started tomorrow, not for too long, a band of rain coming in from
:10:09. > :10:11.the less. Heavy at times, still missing through, many places drier
:10:12. > :10:16.by the afternoon. Temperatures peaking around eight Celsius. The
:10:17. > :10:20.wind brisk at times tomorrow. Keeping an eye on the pressure
:10:21. > :10:24.charts, lots of isobars, staying fairly windy throughout the week.
:10:25. > :10:29.You're looking up at this next deep Atlantic alone. The second named
:10:30. > :10:37.storm of the season, Storm Barbra set to bring wet and windy weather
:10:38. > :10:42.into Friday and Christmas Eve. Thursday a windy day, many eastern
:10:43. > :10:45.areas fairly dry and bright. Temperatures up to 8 degrees.
:10:46. > :10:52.Blustery in many areas. By Friday, the winds get their act together,
:10:53. > :10:57.dusting of 60mph in places. Heavy rain for a time, passing through
:10:58. > :11:00.very quickly. There is a yellow warning from the Met Office, we'll
:11:01. > :11:03.keep you updated on your making a journey elsewhere in the
:11:04. > :11:10.country it's worth knowing the national forecast. Over now to
:11:11. > :11:14.Tomasz. So, the weather's going to blow a
:11:15. > :11:19.few cobwebs away in the coming days and maybe a few other things, as
:11:20. > :11:23.well. How stormy is it going to get? For most of us probably not too
:11:24. > :11:30.terrible. It is, however, going to be very nasty across parts of
:11:31. > :11:36.Scotland on Friday. The clouds are racing across the Atlantic and we
:11:37. > :11:38.will see a storm by the time we get to around about Friday and then
:11:39. > :11:41.Friday night. At the moment we have a weather
:11:42. > :11:44.front crossing the country, we have had dreadful weather in the
:11:45. > :11:47.north-west, it was cold and raining in Northern Ireland and western
:11:48. > :11:53.Scotland. This band of rain will be somewhere here by the end of the
:11:54. > :11:57.night. Behind it a shot of cooler air, colder air and frequent
:11:58. > :12:00.showers. This is what Wednesday looks like. Lots of showers around
:12:01. > :12:02.across northern parts of the country, some of