:00:10. > :00:14.Copeland MP Jamie Reed, a leading critic of Jeremy Corbyn,
:00:15. > :00:19.But Mr Reed says he's leaving to take a job at Sellafield,
:00:20. > :00:20.and not because of any disillusionment with
:00:21. > :00:27.It does though trigger a tricky by-election for his party.
:00:28. > :00:32.Jamie Reed's majority in Copeland was just 2,564.
:00:33. > :00:34.Here's our Political Editor Richard Moss.
:00:35. > :00:38.It's not the Christmas present Labour would have wanted.
:00:39. > :00:41.Jamie Reed's resignation will lead to a bruising
:00:42. > :00:48.The Copeland MP is quitting Parliament to take up a job
:00:49. > :00:50.at Sellafield as the nuclear site's head of Development
:00:51. > :00:53.Reed has been a big supporter of the nuclear industry
:00:54. > :00:56.and was a press officer at Sellafield before becoming
:00:57. > :01:01.He was soon seen as a man with the potential to
:01:02. > :01:05.The US Embassy invited him to observe the 2008 Presidential
:01:06. > :01:11.election as they saw him as a future UK political leader,
:01:12. > :01:20.As well as his backing for nuclear power, health has been an important
:01:21. > :01:24.He served as a Shadow Health Minister, and has been
:01:25. > :01:26.at the forefront of the campaign to protect services
:01:27. > :01:28.at the West Cumberland Hospital in his constituency.
:01:29. > :01:30.But he's had his own health problems, spending time in that
:01:31. > :01:32.very hospital in 2010 after being diagnosed with diabetes.
:01:33. > :01:35.And it's not the first time a Jamie Reed resignation has caused
:01:36. > :01:39.He quit as a Shadow Minister just seconds into Mr Corbyn's
:01:40. > :01:44.Since then he's been a fierce critic of a man he sees as leading Labour
:01:45. > :01:48.Jeremy is not suited to lead Labour, not suited to be a potential,
:01:49. > :01:51.Jeremy Corbyn is making life difficult for people who need
:01:52. > :01:55.But he insists today's resignation isn't about the leadership
:01:56. > :01:58.or direction of the party - simply about serving the community
:01:59. > :02:02.He says it's the most difficult decision he's ever made.
:02:03. > :02:06.It will now be down to someone else to defend a Labour majority
:02:07. > :02:13.in Copeland over the Conservatives of just over 2,500.
:02:14. > :02:16.Well earlier I spoke to Richard and I asked him whether the labour
:02:17. > :02:19.party had paid tribute to Jamie Reed, despite the MP not
:02:20. > :02:25.seeing eye-to-eye with leader Jeremy Corbyn.
:02:26. > :02:28.Yes, the Labour leader put out a statement saying Jamie Reed
:02:29. > :02:30.was a powerful voice for rural communities and served
:02:31. > :02:34.And people we spoke to in Whitehaven his constituency today,
:02:35. > :02:44.He's actually personally helped me out in the past.
:02:45. > :02:47.And he's been there as a local MP when people needed help.
:02:48. > :02:54.He's the only one who fight for us in Parliament really.
:02:55. > :03:03.That last question is going to be at the forefront
:03:04. > :03:13.The timing of this is dictated by the availability
:03:14. > :03:20.Jamie Reed knows it's awkward timing for Jeremy Corbyn
:03:21. > :03:23.Certainly the Conservatives are already eyeing this
:03:24. > :03:26.He hasn't actually taken a seat as a labour opposition
:03:27. > :03:28.from a Conservative government since 1982.
:03:29. > :03:31.I think there are opportunities for my party in this election.
:03:32. > :03:34.I think it is important we get a good candidate who is pro-nuclear,
:03:35. > :03:39.wants to see Cumbria grow, expand and develop and I will
:03:40. > :03:43.Ukip might fancy their chances in a seat where 60% of people voted
:03:44. > :03:46.for Brexit and over the border is Tim Farron, an army of Lib Dems
:03:47. > :03:49.who might come into trying and mop up the Remain vote.
:03:50. > :03:52.So it will be crucial for Labour to find the right candidate.
:03:53. > :03:55.More famous for his Foxtrott these days than his politics,
:03:56. > :03:59.but they are likely to pick someone who is local because the key
:04:00. > :04:01.to this campaign could be the West Cumberland hospital.
:04:02. > :04:05.A teenager's appeared in court charged with the murder of a man
:04:06. > :04:09.The body of 29 year-old Mark Shaw was found in an upstairs bedroom
:04:10. > :04:12.Kieran Adey, who's 18 and from Queen Street
:04:13. > :04:14.in the village, appeared at Peterlee Magistrates' Court
:04:15. > :04:19.A man who's served over 15 years in prison for a murder he didn't
:04:20. > :04:21.commit has been freed by the Appeal Court.
:04:22. > :04:23.Jonathan Embleton, who is now 42, always denied being involved
:04:24. > :04:31.The 67 year-old was attacked by a group of men he caught
:04:32. > :04:35.trying to steal from him at his Middlesbrough home in 1999.
:04:36. > :04:38.Mr Embleton's defence team said the emergence of a police report,
:04:39. > :04:42.cast doubt on the reliability of a witness.
:04:43. > :04:50.Two men found guilty of the murder at the same time remain convicted.
:04:51. > :04:54.A man who claims he was abused at a Children's home has
:04:55. > :04:57.been awarded thousands of pounds in compensation.
:04:58. > :04:59.Hundreds of men are suing the Catholic Church over historical
:05:00. > :05:02.abuse at the St Williams approved school in East Yorkshire,
:05:03. > :05:04.which was owned by the Diocese of Middlesbrough.
:05:05. > :05:06.Three other men today lost their case for compensation
:05:07. > :05:09.at the High Court in Leeds and another will be
:05:10. > :05:19.Diocese of Middlesbrough, we say shame on you.
:05:20. > :05:23.Desperate to get their voices heard, for these men, today's
:05:24. > :05:26.High Court judgment wasn't just about compensation.
:05:27. > :05:31.It was thr proof they needed that after 30 years they had
:05:32. > :05:36.I still have to live the nightmares of all this.
:05:37. > :05:39.It's the worst feeling you can have, to be called a liar
:05:40. > :05:48.As boys, they were delinquents who were sent to the Catholic-run St
:05:49. > :05:53.William's approved school in East Yorkshire.
:05:54. > :05:56.He was one of the boys the former principal,
:05:57. > :06:00.He's been jailed three times now for physically and sexually
:06:01. > :06:05.The former chaplain, Anthony McCallum was jailed
:06:06. > :06:08.in January for abusing boys in his care.
:06:09. > :06:12.The home was run by the Middlesbrough dioceses
:06:13. > :06:19.It's these two catholic organisations that the former pupils
:06:20. > :06:22.249 men are carrying out this litigation,
:06:23. > :06:26.but it started with just five test cases.
:06:27. > :06:28.Judgments handed down here at the High Court in Leeds
:06:29. > :06:34.The judge found only in favour of one of the claimants.
:06:35. > :06:42.It's become a bit of a war of attrition this case and I'm
:06:43. > :06:45.confident the evidence that I've heard, the men crying in my office
:06:46. > :06:50.about their cases means we will succeed ultimately.
:06:51. > :06:54.One isn't good enough for me, it should have been all
:06:55. > :07:05.The last judgment in this case will be handed down in the New Year.
:07:06. > :07:09.1,400 people have now come forward to say they were abused
:07:10. > :07:12.at the former Medomsley detention centre near Consett.
:07:13. > :07:15.Durham Police's Operation Seabrook has been running for two and a half
:07:16. > :07:18.years and it's spoken to around 20 suspects.
:07:19. > :07:22.The investigation unit is looking at allegations of abuse
:07:23. > :07:26.Our Correspondent Mark Denten sent this report.
:07:27. > :07:36.That was what Medomsley Detention Centre promised.
:07:37. > :07:39.Boys sent here for minor offences would be given three months here,
:07:40. > :07:43.But many who walked in here have suffered a much longer punishment.
:07:44. > :07:45.It's not the sort of thing you talk about.
:07:46. > :07:48.It's not the sort of thing I would discuss with anybody.
:07:49. > :07:50.I've got a daughter, I wanted to love her,
:07:51. > :07:53.I wanted to hug her, I wanted to kiss her, tell how much
:07:54. > :08:01.It's not so much of what actually happened to you,
:08:02. > :08:04.This is one of the staff who abused Peter.
:08:05. > :08:06.Neville Husband, was convicted and he's now died.
:08:07. > :08:10.But Durham Police have since been contacted by 1400 people who say
:08:11. > :08:16.For two and a half years, officers have been painstakingly
:08:17. > :08:20.20 suspects have been questioned but the sheer scale of this task
:08:21. > :08:32.Straightaway, we are dealing with 1400 people.
:08:33. > :08:34.That in itself, it's straightforward trying to get
:08:35. > :08:37.an account of somebody, it's corroborating that account
:08:38. > :08:39.and then it's the difficulties of supporting them people.
:08:40. > :08:42.One of the challenges we have is the length of time
:08:43. > :08:48.We've been doing this for at least two and a half years.
:08:49. > :08:50.The expectations of them victims are, I want some
:08:51. > :08:54.But in reality, it's two and a half years later and we still haven't
:08:55. > :08:59.30 years on and what went on behind the security gates here is steadily
:09:00. > :09:07.The County Durham poet and creative writing teacher Gillian Allnutt
:09:08. > :09:09.will be honoured by the Queen next year after winning
:09:10. > :09:14.Born in the London in 1949, she spent much of her childhood
:09:15. > :09:15.in Newcastle before studying at Cambridge University.
:09:16. > :09:18.She's lived in County Durham since the 1980s where she writes
:09:19. > :09:27.That's it from me this evening, time now to take a look
:09:28. > :09:44.Doesn't look like we'll be having the white stuff this Christmas?,
:09:45. > :09:47.more like it will be wet and windy. Despite the winter solstice today.
:09:48. > :09:52.Through the night we will see showers coming in from the West,
:09:53. > :09:56.turning wintry over the hills. But the temperatures will dip close to
:09:57. > :10:01.freezing. Don't think many of us will see a frost, it's a bit too
:10:02. > :10:06.windy. Need to be well sheltered from that breeze to see frost first
:10:07. > :10:11.thing tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning, showers again and they will
:10:12. > :10:16.be wintry over high ground. Longer sunny spells for many parts. It
:10:17. > :10:24.won't feel warm. Seven or eight at very best with a gusty winds.
:10:25. > :10:28.Watching what is happening in the Atlantic, Friday sees this storm
:10:29. > :10:32.Barbra coming in from the West. Brings wet and windy spell of
:10:33. > :10:37.weather. Bit of respite on Christmas Eve. Another Atlantic low increases
:10:38. > :10:41.the wind again for Christmas Day itself. Met Office be aware warnings
:10:42. > :10:45.out for the strength of those winds on Friday and Christmas Day. Friday
:10:46. > :10:50.is wet and windy through the middle part of the day. Expecting the rain
:10:51. > :10:54.not to cause too many problems but the wind could be disruptive if you
:10:55. > :10:59.are out and about. Saturday, Christmas Eve is a bit quieter.
:11:00. > :11:01.Still windy but mostly dry before the wind and rain returns on
:11:02. > :11:05.good for us. Mild by the time we reach Christmas Day.
:11:06. > :11:10.Hello there, there is wet and very windy weather on the way in the
:11:11. > :11:15.run-up to Christmas. The worst of the weather to the northern half of
:11:16. > :11:19.the UK. We have a strengthening jet out of North America that is
:11:20. > :11:23.propgating across the Atlantic. Rushing our way. Picking up low
:11:24. > :11:28.pressure, deepening them, tracking them to the north-west of Scotland,
:11:29. > :11:32.hence the wind and rain. Tonight, we have gale force winds in the
:11:33. > :11:36.north-west of Scotland. Wintry showers here. There is still come
:11:37. > :11:40.rain to clear from the south-east. It will go. The skies will clear. We
:11:41. > :11:44.get patchy fog in the south-east of England. Chilly where skies clear,
:11:45. > :11:47.particularly in the countryside, not far away from freezing. Further
:11:48. > :11:49.north we keep the showers going through the night and into the
:11:50. > :11:52.morning for the rush-hour. The threat of some icy roads,
:11:53. > :11:54.particularly on higher