:00:10. > :00:12.Northumbria University has been fined ?400,000
:00:13. > :00:17.after two students nearly died taking part in an experiment.
:00:18. > :00:20.Alex Rossetto and Luke Parkin, who were both sports science
:00:21. > :00:22.students, were mistakenly given enough caffeine for 300
:00:23. > :00:31.Our News Correspondent Mark Denten reports.
:00:32. > :00:33.This was an experiment that had been done many times before,
:00:34. > :00:38.The volunteer students were given caffeine,
:00:39. > :00:43.they then exercised and the effect on the body was measured.
:00:44. > :00:46.On the 23rd of March, 2015, something went badly wrong
:00:47. > :00:55.We were told in court they should have had 0.32 grams
:00:56. > :01:00.of caffeine but were actually given 100 times that, 30.7
:01:01. > :01:05.grams of caffeine which is equal to 300 cups.
:01:06. > :01:09.On the left-hand side of the screen, you can see the spoon, this is how
:01:10. > :01:14.And on the right-hand side that pile is the amount
:01:15. > :01:17.The court was told it had an immediate physical effect,
:01:18. > :01:19.it was highly toxic, they had palpitations,
:01:20. > :01:24.blurred vision, they also vomited and went to hospital.
:01:25. > :01:28.One of the students ended up in intensive care and also
:01:29. > :01:34.on dialysis to remove all of the caffeine from their system.
:01:35. > :01:36.Fining Northumbria University ?400,000, the judge said
:01:37. > :01:39.the university had inadequate training and supervision in this
:01:40. > :01:41.case and outside court, the Health and Safety Executive
:01:42. > :01:48.who brought this case gave their reaction...
:01:49. > :01:50.University completely failed to control the risks during these
:01:51. > :01:53.experiments and two young students fell seriously ill and in
:01:54. > :01:56.intensive care in hospital for a number of nights.
:01:57. > :01:59.In other reported cases, persons have died after taking doses
:02:00. > :02:14.which were far less than those administered to the two students.
:02:15. > :02:16.All organisations engaging experiments where people are given
:02:17. > :02:17.chemical substances should ensure the risks fully identified
:02:18. > :02:20.and strict procedures are followed to ensure that the experiments can
:02:21. > :02:24.The court heard only their youth and their fitness saved the lives
:02:25. > :02:27.Northumbria University s Vice Chancellor was not in court today
:02:28. > :02:29.but left without speaking to the press.
:02:30. > :02:31.The university has issued a statement tonight saying
:02:32. > :02:33.it is genuinely sorry for what happened to the two
:02:34. > :02:36.students and this was an isolated incident and the welfare of staff
:02:37. > :02:45.One footnote to all this, the two students both graduated
:02:46. > :02:48.and are both back to full fitness and one of them took a Masters
:02:49. > :03:00.Police have released CCTV footage of the moments an arson attack
:03:01. > :03:03.caused a fire to rip through a pub in Newcastle, while the landlord
:03:04. > :03:13.A window was smashed at The Jubilee in Fawdon in the early
:03:14. > :03:15.hours of Sunday morning, and accelerant was poured inside,
:03:16. > :03:18.Officers say it's fortunate nobody was killed.
:03:19. > :03:21.The real worrying thing is that the family of the licensee
:03:22. > :03:26.were in bed above the pub, in the accommodation above the pub.
:03:27. > :03:28.Obviously, they're really quite shaken by what has gone on.
:03:29. > :03:32.Had one of them not woken up as a result of the sound
:03:33. > :03:34.of the breaking glass, this could have been a real tragedy
:03:35. > :03:37.and I think it has really shaken the family up quite badly
:03:38. > :03:40.and they are thinking about what could have been,
:03:41. > :03:43.A Hartlepool man accused of the brutal murder of a pensioner
:03:44. > :03:46.has been giving evidence in his defence today.
:03:47. > :03:50.The body of Norma Bell was found in her burned out home last April.
:03:51. > :03:53.Garreth Dack told Teesside Crown Court she was a "wonderful woman"
:03:54. > :03:55.and denied having anything to do with her death.
:03:56. > :04:15.caring for over 50 children during her lifetime.
:04:16. > :04:18.Norma Bell was found dead at her home in Westbourne Road
:04:19. > :04:24.is accused of using little cables to strangle her inside the home.
:04:25. > :04:26.He is accused of setting several fires inside the property
:04:27. > :04:28.and turning on the gas hob, hoping an explosion
:04:29. > :04:36.Gareth Dack denied calling a soft porn TV station from her landline
:04:37. > :04:40.The jury heard he sold drugs and was an occasional cocaine user.
:04:41. > :04:44.Today he spoke in his defence and said he had known the women
:04:45. > :04:49.for a number of years and lived just down the road from work
:04:50. > :04:53.and described her as a wonderful woman and in the past had
:04:54. > :05:05.He had borrowed money from her and had fixed
:05:06. > :05:08.He spoke at the shock of being arrested and said
:05:09. > :05:11.he did not expect for one moment to be charged with murder.
:05:12. > :05:13.The prosecution asked them why he responded, no comment,
:05:14. > :05:17.Why should I make their job easier, he replied.
:05:18. > :05:21.Norma Bell's injuries were read out by the prosecution.
:05:22. > :05:34.Northumbria Police say 25 victims have come forward since they started
:05:35. > :05:39.investigating allegations of sexual abuse in sport.
:05:40. > :05:41.The force says it relates to eight suspects across nine different
:05:42. > :05:43.sporting clubs including Newcastle United and Sunderland's
:05:44. > :05:48.The police are urging anyone who hasn't come
:05:49. > :05:55.Most visits to patients at the Cumberland Infirmary
:05:56. > :05:58.in Carlisle have been suspended as staff try to tackle a continuing
:05:59. > :06:03.The Trust which runs the hospital says the virus
:06:04. > :06:07.which causes it is dangerous for vulnerable patients.
:06:08. > :06:09.People are being asked not to visit until further notice -
:06:10. > :06:11.with the exception of maternity, children's, intensive care
:06:12. > :06:18.The Conservative Party has selected its candidate to fight
:06:19. > :06:21.the parliamentary by-election in Copeland in West Cumbria.
:06:22. > :06:24.It's Trudy Harrison, who's a married mum of four from Bootle.
:06:25. > :06:30.The by-election will take place on February the 23rd.
:06:31. > :06:35.Fifteen months on from the closure of the Thai company SSI's blast
:06:36. > :06:38.furnace and steel works on Teesside, the task force set up to deal
:06:39. > :06:40.with the aftermath of the closure has revealed new figures showing
:06:41. > :06:46.The majority of former workers are no longer claiming benefits,
:06:47. > :06:48.and over three hundred new businesses have either been set
:06:49. > :06:50.up by former steelworkers or are in the planning.
:06:51. > :06:57.Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports.
:06:58. > :07:00.It was an event - more than a year ago -
:07:01. > :07:03.After 170 years of iron and steel-making, the end,
:07:04. > :07:08.as SSI's Redcar blast furnace was shut down.
:07:09. > :07:14.But the unemployment fall-out has been less than expected.
:07:15. > :07:19.So, today, of the 2,150 people who claimed benefits in the wake
:07:20. > :07:25.of the 2015 closure, 2,107 no longer are.
:07:26. > :07:28.And also revealed today, a staggering 248 businesses have
:07:29. > :07:36.80 more are in the pipeline, thanks to help from the task force
:07:37. > :07:45.Businesses like Matthew's Middlesbrough-based truck training
:07:46. > :07:47.and haulage company, built up to a fleet of 26
:07:48. > :07:55.We cannot believe how well it is gone.
:07:56. > :07:57.By the middle of February we will have ten people working
:07:58. > :08:00.for us who used to be working in the steelworks.
:08:01. > :08:03.Many love it, they are earning more than they did at the steelworks.
:08:04. > :08:09.So tonight, in Redcar, there's another task force event
:08:10. > :08:10.offering advice for former steelworkers who might
:08:11. > :08:15.want to emulate Matthew and work for themselves.
:08:16. > :08:21.Or for those now in work but who want something better.
:08:22. > :08:24.About 60% of people are taking a significant drop in their wages
:08:25. > :08:31.and they ask us to help them to really step up to a better job,
:08:32. > :08:33.and what we want to do now is to work with people
:08:34. > :08:37.so that they can make that step up and get a better job
:08:38. > :08:44.This event then for those planning a life after steel...
:08:45. > :08:47.But there is, it appears, still life in steel.
:08:48. > :08:50.British Steel, which sprang out of Tata's unloved
:08:51. > :08:53.long products division, including here at Lackenby
:08:54. > :08:55.on Teesside, said today that after seven months of independence,
:08:56. > :09:08.Maybe steel is starting to take centre stage on Teesside once more.
:09:09. > :09:11.It's a priceless piece of silver which for 125 years has taken
:09:12. > :09:16.pride of place at one of our best known museums.
:09:17. > :09:18.Now though, the famous silver swan at the Bowes Museum
:09:19. > :09:21.in Barnard Castle is taking flight and heading to the Science Museum
:09:22. > :09:25.The swan will feature in a new exhibition there -
:09:26. > :09:28.The swan will be back though, in time for Easter.
:09:29. > :09:31.Time for the weather now with Paul Mooney.
:09:32. > :09:39.Lovely sunshine today, but it's turning bitterly cold...
:09:40. > :09:46.Yes, cold is a word you will hear several times, temperatures dipping
:09:47. > :09:52.to freezing under clear spies dashed clear spells. A widespread frost,
:09:53. > :09:57.cloud thickening through the night, it may bring wintry flurry dashed
:09:58. > :10:03.flurries and one or two snow drifts running the risk of icy patches.
:10:04. > :10:07.Temperatures down to minus two Celsius. Tomorrow, cold and cloudy
:10:08. > :10:15.from many places, a a few breaks in the cloud, we will see afternoon
:10:16. > :10:20.temperatures reaching three Celsius at best. Elsewhere, the number is
:10:21. > :10:25.struggling to get much above freezing and with the brisk south
:10:26. > :10:29.easterly wind, it really will feel bitterly cold tomorrow. A cold
:10:30. > :10:33.nights to Roy Knight as well, we are heading towards the weekend before
:10:34. > :10:39.any significant change, a cold day on Friday and the weekends he's more
:10:40. > :10:42.cloud and the winds tending south-westerly with temperatures
:10:43. > :10:48.slightly recovering. Friday, cold and cloudy, a south-easterly wind,
:10:49. > :10:54.temperatures slightly up on Thursday, highs of four or five
:10:55. > :10:57.Celsius. The weekend sees a slight improvement in temperatures, some
:10:58. > :10:59.showers, but mostly dry and bright on Sunday. A chilly summary.
:11:00. > :11:07.take a look at the Outlook towards the weekend.
:11:08. > :11:13.Good evening. If you think it was cold today, for many it will be
:11:14. > :11:17.colder still tomorrow. Cold even when we have the sunshine today.
:11:18. > :11:19.This was one of the wonderful weather watcher pictures we had sent
:11:20. > :11:26.in from Cornwall. It contrasts with a cloudy and foggy eastern half of
:11:27. > :11:30.the country, and a bank of cloud. Still foggy, but it is starting to
:11:31. > :11:33.lift. It is being pushed north and west, this bank of cloud. That will
:11:34. > :11:38.continue through the night. We will still have some fog sitting on the
:11:39. > :11:42.hills. Even with the cloud, it will be a cold night, with temperatures
:11:43. > :11:46.away from the far north and west falling to freezing. In the
:11:47. > :11:50.countryside, well below freezing. And on the wind and it will feel
:11:51. > :11:54.better, it already feels better. Giving us some freezing drizzle and
:11:55. > :11:59.snow as well. Although the fog will not be as extensive as recent
:12:00. > :12:05.nights, it will still be heading on the hills and ice will become a
:12:06. > :12:06.player in places. Some drizzle and snow grains falling