:00:11. > :00:16.The daughter of a Tyneside man killed by a drink driver has spoken
:00:17. > :00:21.56-year-old Gavin Bolam was hit in Hebburn
:00:22. > :00:25.by a driver who'd shared six bottles of wine in a nearby pub.
:00:26. > :00:28.Ahead of New Year's Eve, police are warning people
:00:29. > :00:38.I was woken up by the telephone ringing.
:00:39. > :00:42.The guy on the other end said he was a PC from Northumbria Police
:00:43. > :00:44.and said that my dad had been involved
:00:45. > :00:47.in a serious road traffic incident.
:00:48. > :00:51.So I asked the officer how bad my dad was and he said
:00:52. > :00:55.that he regretted to have to tell me that my dad hadn't survived.
:00:56. > :00:58.Kelly Bolam took this nightmare telephone call
:00:59. > :01:05.Her father Gavin was killed by 39-year-old drunk driver Alan Hale,
:01:06. > :01:08.who mounted the pavement in his Mercedes, hit Gavin,
:01:09. > :01:10.didn't stop, and then collided with other cars before
:01:11. > :01:17.He was later jailed for six years, but Gavin's family now have
:01:18. > :01:22.You can't help but be angry because that was his choice to go
:01:23. > :01:26.out that night to drink as much as he drank and then get behind
:01:27. > :01:30.Because he made that choice, he took my dad's life away from him.
:01:31. > :01:33.Kelly is speaking out in the hope that other families might be spared
:01:34. > :01:38.For Northumbria Police, this grim story is all too familiar
:01:39. > :01:43.It had an absolutely devastating effect on the family.
:01:44. > :01:46.Kelly might appear that she is altogether now but I can tell
:01:47. > :01:54.I have to do things like what the family liaison officer
:01:55. > :01:57.had to do for Kelly, knock on the door and give them that
:01:58. > :02:03.This is what we don't want to happen again.
:02:04. > :02:07.Damian O'Neill, BBC Look North, Newcastle.
:02:08. > :02:11.Meanwhile, North Yorkshire Police have received more than 70 tip offs
:02:12. > :02:13.about bad behaviour from motorists under "Operation Spartan"
:02:14. > :02:15.where people can report cases of bad driving
:02:16. > :02:19.The force says some drivers reported for being distracted
:02:20. > :02:26.by gadgets or technology could face prosecution.
:02:27. > :02:32.An online fundraising appeal for the family of baby triplets -
:02:33. > :02:34.after their mother's death has passed
:02:35. > :02:41.Rachel Park from Whitehaven died on Tuesday - having just
:02:42. > :02:44.spent her first Christmas at home - with her three girls.
:02:45. > :02:46.Police say her death's unexplained - but not suspicious.
:02:47. > :02:48.As you may have seen on the national news,
:02:49. > :02:50.the New Year Honours List has been announced.
:02:51. > :02:52.Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird
:02:53. > :02:54.becomes a Dame for services to women and equality.
:02:55. > :02:55.Among others honoured are Newcastle Eagles basketball
:02:56. > :02:58.player Fabulous Flournoy who gets the MBE.
:02:59. > :03:02.There'll be more on tomorrow's Look North.
:03:03. > :03:05.She's been singing all her life but this weekend Susan Robertson,
:03:06. > :03:15.an opera singer from Teesside, will be seen around the world.
:03:16. > :03:18.After 27 years of teaching others to sing,
:03:19. > :03:21.she's been given the starring role at this year's New Year's Day
:03:22. > :03:28.Rehearsing for the biggest role of her life,
:03:29. > :03:30.this Sunday, Susan Robertson from Wynyard, will be
:03:31. > :03:32.the star at London's famous New Year's Day parade.
:03:33. > :03:36.The event, seen here on a previous year, has a worldwide audience
:03:37. > :03:43.With Susan this year singing the all-important national anthem
:03:44. > :03:51.and a rousing rendition of Rule Britannia.
:03:52. > :03:53.For years and years, I've watched things like the rugby
:03:54. > :03:56.on television and watched people sing God Save The Queen
:03:57. > :03:58.at the beginning of national events and I've always thought,
:03:59. > :04:00.wouldn't it be lovely to do something like that.
:04:01. > :04:03.So, to be asked to do that, it's just wonderful.
:04:04. > :04:10.Susan, who's been a singing teacher for 27 years,
:04:11. > :04:14.was talent spotted for the role while singing at a friend's wedding.
:04:15. > :04:17.A performance which was to impress a very important guest.
:04:18. > :04:22.A chap just tapped me on the shoulder and said would I go
:04:23. > :04:29.It's a chap called Bob Rawls who, apparently, organises
:04:30. > :04:33.So, in that moment, I didn't realise who he was.
:04:34. > :04:41.I, sort of, said to him, that might be nice.
:04:42. > :04:46.So, for this north-east singer, the start to 2017
:04:47. > :04:52.A performance of a lifetime, it'll be watched by millions
:04:53. > :05:00.In tonight's football, in the Championship
:05:01. > :05:02.Newcastle got back to winning ways by beating Nottingham Forest
:05:03. > :05:07.A good end to 2016 for Hartlepool as well.
:05:08. > :05:10.And in Rugby Union, Newcastle Falcons lost at home
:05:11. > :05:16.Let's see what the weather holds in store now for New Year's Eve.
:05:17. > :05:19.Hello there. Good evening.
:05:20. > :05:22.It's going to be a fairly cloudy night
:05:23. > :05:24.and quite mild through the night to night, as well.
:05:25. > :05:27.We will see a few patches is of drizzly rain across Cumbria,
:05:28. > :05:30.further east there may even be some clear skies so we could even see
:05:31. > :05:32.the odd patch of mist and some frost in places.
:05:33. > :05:36.On the whole, it's a mild and breezy night with temperatures dipping down
:05:37. > :05:43.For New Year's Eve, then, it's a dry start to the day, on the whole.
:05:44. > :05:46.The cloud will break to give some sunny spells but later
:05:47. > :05:49.into the afternoon we're keeping an eye on this band of rain.
:05:50. > :05:53.Temperatures tomorrow will reach a high of ten or 11 degrees.
:05:54. > :05:56.As we approach midnight, that band of rain is going to sink
:05:57. > :05:59.gradually southwards so, for many others, it looks
:06:00. > :06:02.like New Year's Day is going to start off on a fairly wet note
:06:03. > :06:05.but parts of Northumberland will actually be dry
:06:06. > :06:08.and clear by the time the clock strikes midnight.
:06:09. > :06:11.Into New Year's Day, it's a much colder day that it
:06:12. > :06:15.should be dry and bright with spells of sunshine.
:06:16. > :06:19.Gerry Jackson is here with Look North tomorrow.
:06:20. > :06:42.Good evening. Looking ahead to 2017 it looks like we will start off on a
:06:43. > :06:47.cold note. This weather front will move south in the next day or so
:06:48. > :06:52.bringing rain with it, but also much colder air following a lull behind.
:06:53. > :06:54.It will sweep the fog away. It's grey for some places this