:00:13. > :00:14.North Yorkshire Police is investigating after a confrontation
:00:15. > :00:17.between a huntsman and a protestor at the Middleton Hunt
:00:18. > :00:21.Charles Carter, from Birdsall near York, was caught on camera
:00:22. > :00:24.making sexual comments to Linda Hoggard, when she
:00:25. > :00:30.He has now resigned his position as a Conservative
:00:31. > :00:33.district councillor. John Cundy reports.
:00:34. > :00:36.Excuse me, did you know hunting was banned?
:00:37. > :00:38.The moment when Linda Hoggard approached Charles Carter to
:00:39. > :00:47.The hunt protester challenges Mr Carter and he starts filming her.
:00:48. > :00:50.I would quite like to shoot you, actually.
:00:51. > :01:01.Charles Carter has been a district councillor in
:01:02. > :01:03.Norfolk for five years but he resigned overnight
:01:04. > :01:05.after the revelations of his conduct.
:01:06. > :01:07.His council leader said he was appalled.
:01:08. > :01:10.In June 2015 Charles Carter, as master of the west Norfolk fox
:01:11. > :01:17.hounds, was interviewed about the ban on fox hunting.
:01:18. > :01:19.Having to look over one's shoulder all the time in fear of
:01:20. > :01:24.breaching bad law is not what the country should be about.
:01:25. > :01:28.But Charles Carter has now moved his home near York and
:01:29. > :01:31.the Middleton Hunt, with whom he now rides,
:01:32. > :01:34.is described as one of the most historic in north
:01:35. > :01:37.Yorkshire, going back more than 200 years.
:01:38. > :01:40.Now Charles Carter's comments have bought controversy to
:01:41. > :01:45.I don't know if it has been blown out of proportion.
:01:46. > :01:46.He has definitely stepped over the line.
:01:47. > :01:55.That's not relevant to the situation at all.
:01:56. > :01:59.It is now understood that Mr Carter has
:02:00. > :02:02.now phoned Linda Hoggard to apologise for his behaviour.
:02:03. > :02:05.We hear of a number of reports of people who are abused
:02:06. > :02:08.and spat at, harrassed, intimidated, this is a
:02:09. > :02:10.problem that is seemingly getting out of control,
:02:11. > :02:14.one of the problems is that the hunt lobby organisation has
:02:15. > :02:17.refused pointedly to condemn or to apologise
:02:18. > :02:26.for these incidents and they are getting worse and worse.
:02:27. > :02:31.North Yorkshire Police have confirmed they are
:02:32. > :02:42.Andrew Bell was the first person from the UK to undergo
:02:43. > :02:44.treatment that he hopes will help him walk again.
:02:45. > :02:47.Andrew, who's from County Durham, was left paralysed after a motorbike
:02:48. > :02:51.Doctors told him he would never walk again.
:02:52. > :02:54.But he's just returned from a second trip to Thailand
:02:55. > :02:56.where doctors say he's moving towards a point where he'll
:02:57. > :02:58.become the first patient with complete spinal injury
:02:59. > :03:05.Our health reporter Sharon Barbour has this exclusive report.
:03:06. > :03:09.Standing is a remarkable achievement for Andrew Bell.
:03:10. > :03:11.Indescribable to look at myself in the mirror pretty
:03:12. > :03:17.Andrew from County Durham was paralysed from the waist down
:03:18. > :03:21.after a motorbike incident and told he would never walk,
:03:22. > :03:29.But a former fighter, he wasn't ever going to give up trying.
:03:30. > :03:34.He went out to Bangkok where doctors injected millions of embryonic chord
:03:35. > :03:38.stem cells and an electrical stimulator was fitted
:03:39. > :03:43.For the last three months he's been back in Thailand
:03:44. > :03:53.And here he's been learning to walk again.
:03:54. > :03:55.And for his mother, earlier this month, a birthday message,
:03:56. > :04:01.Hi, Mum, I just wanted to say - hope you have a fantastic birthday,
:04:02. > :04:03.sorry I can't be there but
:04:04. > :04:14.Having been told 18 months ago round a hospital bed that
:04:15. > :04:20.he was paralysed, be able to stand or walk again, and then to see
:04:21. > :04:24.on my birthday there is Andrew in Thailand standing,
:04:25. > :04:31.Yes, I couldn't wish for anything more.
:04:32. > :04:35.When we last filmed Andrew, he was starting to move his feet
:04:36. > :04:42.His progress, according to a stem cell professor
:04:43. > :04:48.Phenomenal to say the least, the fact he can stand for an hour
:04:49. > :04:53.with relatively little aid, little support, after such
:04:54. > :05:00.What we think is going on is that the injected stem cells
:05:01. > :05:02.were capable of providing what we call growth factors
:05:03. > :05:06.and other chemicals that induced the stem cells which already exist
:05:07. > :05:12.in Andrew's body to regenerate themselves.
:05:13. > :05:15.The doctors in Thailand now believe he may become the first patient
:05:16. > :05:20.with complete spinal chord injury to be able to walk again.
:05:21. > :05:23.Andrew hopes for even more than that.
:05:24. > :05:28.extremely fit and I've done the Great North Run so
:05:29. > :05:37.my ultimate goal is to do the Great North Run again.
:05:38. > :05:40.A court's heard claims that a man would rather be convicted
:05:41. > :05:42.of a horrendous murder than reveal details
:05:43. > :05:46.Gareth Dack, who's 33, is accused of strangling 79-year-old
:05:47. > :05:49.Norma Bell before setting fire to her house in
:05:50. > :05:54.Dack denies murdering the pensioner and today he told the court
:05:55. > :05:57.he couldn't be convicted of something he didn't do.
:05:58. > :06:03.Gareth Dack described Norma Bell as a wonderful woman who he knew
:06:04. > :06:06.well, but at a cross-examination by the prosecution he was today
:06:07. > :06:09.accused of trying to hoodwink the court, telling lies and bending
:06:10. > :06:16.the truth as he tried to account for his movements before her death.
:06:17. > :06:19.The night before Norma Bell's body was discovered at her home
:06:20. > :06:21.in Hartlepool, Gareth Dack said he had been selling drugs
:06:22. > :06:28.Standing in the witness box, the prosecution said
:06:29. > :06:34.credibility that he said who he sold cocaine to.
:06:35. > :06:37.Dack replied he could not give those names because some of the people
:06:38. > :06:39.he sold drugs to were solicitors and police community
:06:40. > :06:45.The prosecution said those people could provide him with an alibi
:06:46. > :06:48.and he would rather be convicted of this horrendous murder
:06:49. > :06:55.To that he replied he could not be convicted
:06:56. > :07:02.Gareth Dack said he visited Norma Bell to fix her gate the night
:07:03. > :07:04.before her body was discovered and he said she was
:07:05. > :07:09.He said his DNA was found in the pensioner's house
:07:10. > :07:22.The Conservatives have revealed their candidate
:07:23. > :07:29.Last week, Labour named Gillian Troughton and UKIP named Fiona Mills
:07:30. > :07:33.Rebecca Hanson is contesting the seat for the Liberal Democrats.
:07:34. > :07:35.The by-election, caused by the resignation
:07:36. > :07:38.of Labour's Jamie Reed, will take place on February 23rd.
:07:39. > :07:44.You can see a full list of candidates on the BBC News website.
:07:45. > :07:47.The only bar in Teesside which caters for people who don't
:07:48. > :07:50.drink alcohol enjoyed a successful opening tonight.
:07:51. > :07:52.The owners claim it offers a night out with a difference,
:07:53. > :07:54.serving food and soft drinks, whilst supporting people
:07:55. > :08:00.Phil Chapman sent this report from the venue.
:08:01. > :08:03.Dry January might be coming to an end for people trying
:08:04. > :08:06.to detox after the excesses of the festive season.
:08:07. > :08:08.But for those struggling with real drink problems,
:08:09. > :08:10.Bar Zero will provide a much-needed venue where they can
:08:11. > :08:16.My name's Miranda and I've been in recovery for nearly four years now.
:08:17. > :08:19.I think it's a great place to come, a nice safe environment.
:08:20. > :08:22.It's a place I'll bring my little boy to on a Saturday afternoon,
:08:23. > :08:26.watch the footy, something to eat, bring my family.
:08:27. > :08:31.It's just nice not to be in a rowdy bar or have temptation
:08:32. > :08:37.It's about recovery, shall we say, instead of being drawn
:08:38. > :08:45.into the dysfunctional behaviours that drugs and alcohol
:08:46. > :08:50.I'm a drug and alcohol treatment worker here in Middlesbrough
:08:51. > :08:54.and what our clients are feeding back to us is that after recovery,
:08:55. > :08:56.after we've been through treatment, there's no social activities.
:08:57. > :08:59.So to have a place to come to where it's actually quite
:09:00. > :09:03.a friendly atmosphere and it's a great community environment
:09:04. > :09:07.for people to stay in treatment and in recovery.
:09:08. > :09:10.After the official launch tonight, Bar Zero will be open every Friday
:09:11. > :09:33.One thing they didn't need there tonight was any ice in those drinks.
:09:34. > :09:40.It's going to be another cold one tonight. Temperatures sub zero
:09:41. > :09:47.widely. Some patchy cloud around and clear spells. -2, minus three
:09:48. > :09:52.Celsius. The air coming up of the continent is so cold and dry. You
:09:53. > :09:57.probably won't see that much in the way of frost forming, the error is
:09:58. > :10:00.to drive. Tomorrow a cold cold start with sunny spells in the morning
:10:01. > :10:03.before the Clydesdale to increase from south-west through the day and
:10:04. > :10:10.most of us will end the afternoon and a fairly cloudy note.
:10:11. > :10:16.Temperatures up on today, making two or three Celsius. Some in Penrith
:10:17. > :10:19.might not four or 5 degrees. We will get a weather front coming in from
:10:20. > :10:24.the west over the next few days bringing rain, also introduces a
:10:25. > :10:30.south-westerly wind, temperatures should start to recover. This
:10:31. > :10:35.frontal system on Sunday, not sure exactly how far north that rain will
:10:36. > :10:40.stretch. Saturday, after overnight rain, cloudy skies, showery
:10:41. > :10:43.outbreaks of rain and with that south-westerly breeze, the
:10:44. > :10:48.temperatures should make seven or eight Celsius despite the cloud.
:10:49. > :10:53.Sunday, most places dry and bright, again at seven or eight Celsius at
:10:54. > :10:56.best with lighter winds. Some thicker cloud and the odd spot of
:10:57. > :11:01.rain in southern area later in the day. I will leave you with the
:11:02. > :11:03.summary for tomorrow for the north-east and Cumbria.
:11:04. > :11:04.weekend. It's swings and roundabouts, higher temperatures but
:11:05. > :11:15.some rain as well. Good evening. It's been dry so far
:11:16. > :11:21.this January but as it draws to a close it looks like we will see some
:11:22. > :11:24.rain at last. It's been an interesting today a bitterly cold in
:11:25. > :11:30.Norfolk, way we kept the grey cloud all day and the grey cloud gave a
:11:31. > :11:34.dusting of snow in places. This is a lovely picture sent in from Sutton
:11:35. > :11:36.Coldfield. Rob Wales and much of Scotland it's been a beautiful day,