:00:00. > :00:15.Teachers at a troubled school in west Cumbria have
:00:16. > :00:18.again been out on strike, in protest at the actions of its
:00:19. > :00:25.Staff at the Whitehaven Academy say the Trust has led the school
:00:26. > :00:27.into special measures and is failing the pupils there.
:00:28. > :00:29.But Bright Tribe insists it is improving standards.
:00:30. > :00:38.This is the second day of strike action this week
:00:39. > :00:41.involving three trade unions, teachers here fulfilling a threat
:00:42. > :00:44.first made before Christmas to use industrial action to force changes.
:00:45. > :00:50.I think it's a massive decision, particularly for ATL,
:00:51. > :00:54.this is the first strike we've ever had locally, we've only had two
:00:55. > :01:01.We've had local ones in other areas but this is the first in Cumbria.
:01:02. > :01:03.Staff say the Bright Tribe Trust has broken its promises
:01:04. > :01:05.to improve the school, has left buildings to decay
:01:06. > :01:09.and allowed it to drift into special measures.
:01:10. > :01:12.The teachers here don't want to go on strike.
:01:13. > :01:14.We recognise that it can be inconvenient for some people,
:01:15. > :01:18.but we do need to see progress here, because actually, one day,
:01:19. > :01:22.if we see substantial improvement in the school,
:01:23. > :01:28.The Bright Tribe Trust told us they didn't have anyone available
:01:29. > :01:30.for interview but did provide a statement.
:01:31. > :01:34.It said Bright Tribe is fully committed to working with all staff
:01:35. > :01:37.and trade unions in order to improve standards and provide a good level
:01:38. > :01:42.of education for students at the Whitehaven Academy.
:01:43. > :01:44.Some parents too have joined in, trying to increase
:01:45. > :01:50.We've collected over 1,000 signatures from the community
:01:51. > :02:01.showing support for the teachers and what they're doing,
:02:02. > :02:04.the action they have taken, cos a lot of the parents feel very
:02:05. > :02:06.strongly about what's been happening the school
:02:07. > :02:08.and we want to show our support for the teachers.
:02:09. > :02:10.It's created 500 jobs and invested ?35 million in Morpeth.
:02:11. > :02:15.But the property company which developed the Sanderson Arcade
:02:16. > :02:18.shopping centre could sell up and leave the town.
:02:19. > :02:21.It objects to a planned new retail park on the site
:02:22. > :02:24.of the old County Hall, claiming it'll take shoppers away
:02:25. > :02:30.Our Business Correspondent, Ian Reeve, reports.
:02:31. > :02:33.Morpeth's Sanderson Arcade, a shopping centre that is created
:02:34. > :02:38.500 jobs since opening in 2006, but its property company
:02:39. > :02:43.owner could be on the verge of selling up,
:02:44. > :02:46.dismayed by plans for a retail park on the edge of town, and Hannah,
:02:47. > :02:48.running a baking business in the arcade, doesn't
:02:49. > :02:55.If it does go ahead, it's going to ruin some
:02:56. > :02:58.of the hustle and bustle of Morpeth, it's got quite a nice
:02:59. > :03:02.reputation as a market town, it would be a shame to see it go.
:03:03. > :03:07.The retail park would be here on the current site
:03:08. > :03:11.of Northumberland County Council's County Hall after it sells the land.
:03:12. > :03:14.A new school would be built as well as 200 homes.
:03:15. > :03:17.Joan and Ken have many concerns over the scheme,
:03:18. > :03:21.but claim the county council won't discuss them.
:03:22. > :03:24.They have refused repeatedly to come and talk to us.
:03:25. > :03:27.We have a forum where we're supposed to be talking to the county council
:03:28. > :03:31.We have specifically invited them again just before Christmas
:03:32. > :03:37.The town has got a fantastic functioning town centre
:03:38. > :03:40.and for the last 30 years, up and down the country,
:03:41. > :03:43.towns have been really hit hard by out-of-town retailing and we just
:03:44. > :03:52.feel that this is a wrong proposal for Morpeth.
:03:53. > :03:55.Monday is the last day for people to have their say on the scheme
:03:56. > :03:58.and the county council said it can't say anything at the planning
:03:59. > :04:09.A spokesman did however add that in the interests of impartiality,
:04:10. > :04:11.I should say that Monday is the last day for public
:04:12. > :04:13.consultation, rather than the last day for objections.
:04:14. > :04:15.In case people want to make supportive comments.
:04:16. > :04:19.Well, currently, 1,065 people have objected.
:04:20. > :04:32.A Northumbria Police officer has been given a suspended prison
:04:33. > :04:36.sentence for offences involving indecent images of children.
:04:37. > :04:39.PC Paul Sharp appeared before North Tyneside magistrates
:04:40. > :04:42.and admitted two charges of making indecent images of children
:04:43. > :04:45.and one of possession of extreme pornography.
:04:46. > :04:47.He was sentenced to a total of 36 weeks in jail,
:04:48. > :04:49.suspended for 12 months, and ordered to attend
:04:50. > :04:55.The 34-year-old from North Tyneside was suspended from duty at the start
:04:56. > :05:01.of the investigation and now faces a police misconduct hearing.
:05:02. > :05:04.A blue plaque has been unveiled in Sunderland to mark
:05:05. > :05:10.It's in honour of two Wearside sisters who helped scores of Jewish
:05:11. > :05:15.Ida and Louise Cook used their love of opera to travel to Germany
:05:16. > :05:18.and smuggle goods out in the 1930s, raising funds for Jews hoping
:05:19. > :05:25.The plaque was unveiled at their childhood home in Croft Avenue.
:05:26. > :05:30.Their nephew said his aunts were simply doing the right thing.
:05:31. > :05:40.Their motives, and I'm often asked and my cousins are often asked,
:05:41. > :05:47.They saw people who they perceived as being in trouble and they did
:05:48. > :05:53.That they were Jews didn't enter into it.
:05:54. > :05:56.Just two days after the National Television Awards named them Best TV
:05:57. > :05:58.Presenters for the 16th year running, Ant and Dec
:05:59. > :06:00.were at Buckingham Palace this morning to collect
:06:01. > :06:07.For once they appeared separately - with Dec going first -
:06:08. > :06:09.to receive their OBEs from the Prince of Wales.
:06:10. > :06:11.The Newcastle pair, who met as young actors on the children's
:06:12. > :06:14.TV show "Byker Grove", were each given the honour
:06:15. > :06:21.for "services to entertainment and broadcasting."
:06:22. > :06:24.Time for the weather now with Jennifer Bartram.
:06:25. > :06:27.It felt really cold today Jen, please don't say it s going to get
:06:28. > :06:37.It will not be getting any worse but it will still be a cold weekend, not
:06:38. > :06:41.quite as cold as we have had in the last couple of days. There will be
:06:42. > :06:46.some rain overnight tonight, which will be with us first thing tomorrow
:06:47. > :06:51.morning, a murky start, wet for some time, but as we head into tomorrow
:06:52. > :06:56.afternoon, it will begin to break up and become more drive. We will see
:06:57. > :07:05.bright and sunny spells. Tomorrow, at seven Celsius. Less cold than it
:07:06. > :07:10.was today. Into Sunday, we begin with a few showers around. Some
:07:11. > :07:15.lovely crisp winter sunshine through Sunday morning, and gradually, as we
:07:16. > :07:21.head into the afternoon, that clouds roll in from the West and outbreaks
:07:22. > :07:26.of rain as well. Temperatures of about 7 degrees again. At the start
:07:27. > :07:30.of next week, we continue with a mild trend, and we will see a lot of
:07:31. > :07:32.cloud, outbreaks of rain and highs of about 11