:00:00. > :00:14.Two Newcastle MPs say they're angry that child heart surgery
:00:15. > :00:18.NHS England says the Freeman Hospital needs
:00:19. > :00:21.to bring all its specialist children's services together.
:00:22. > :00:23.At the moment some are provided three miles away,
:00:24. > :00:27.at the Great North Children's Hospital.
:00:28. > :00:31.Our health reporter, Sharon Barbour, has the story.
:00:32. > :00:33.Rachel in Middlesbrough knows how difficult it is to watch your own
:00:34. > :00:40.Her son Theo has needed it three times.
:00:41. > :00:45.We owe them everything, we really do, they are just outstanding.
:00:46. > :00:48.And an outstanding team, and we still have contact with them, now.
:00:49. > :00:54.On a three-yearly basis, now, which is fantastic.
:00:55. > :00:57.We never, ever thought we would see that.
:00:58. > :01:01.He's one of more than 2,000 heart and lung transplant patients that
:01:02. > :01:03.have been saved by the Freeman Hospital.
:01:04. > :01:07.But BBC Look North has revealed for the Freeman Hospital to be able
:01:08. > :01:10.to continue its life-saving complex child heart surgery,
:01:11. > :01:14.NHS England says it needs to be on the same site as other
:01:15. > :01:21.And today Newcastle Hospitals confirmed it was drawing up
:01:22. > :01:24.plans to move everything across to the Royal
:01:25. > :01:32.NHS England have made it very clear that they really do wish us to move.
:01:33. > :01:36.We would need to re-equip two operating theatres,
:01:37. > :01:39.we would need what's called a cardiac catheterisation
:01:40. > :01:43.laboratory, we would need a large dedicated children's intensive care
:01:44. > :01:56.area, a high-dependency area, ward beds and an outpatient clinic.
:01:57. > :01:59.The move will be a huge challenge and will cost many tens
:02:00. > :02:02.NHS England say Newcastle Hospitals will have to find that money
:02:03. > :02:07.The news has drawn strong criticism from Newcastle MPs.
:02:08. > :02:10.Chi Onwurah is writing to the Health Secretary asking
:02:11. > :02:12."whether forcing it to move across the city is really
:02:13. > :02:16.And Nick Brown was also shocked to hear the news.
:02:17. > :02:21.The issue here is between rational argument, and the weight of evidence
:02:22. > :02:26.is clearly on Newcastle's side, versus political decision-making,
:02:27. > :02:31.and there of course we come down to the Secretary
:02:32. > :02:34.of State Jeremy Hunt, so we'll both be putting pressure
:02:35. > :02:37.on the Secretary of State to at least play fair.
:02:38. > :02:41.NHS England says Newcastle will have extra time to draw up their plans.
:02:42. > :02:46.The Hospital Trust says the actual move could mean building a whole
:02:47. > :02:50.new heart and transplant unit on the RVI site and that the whole
:02:51. > :02:58.process could take years, but they have no option.
:02:59. > :03:00.Three men have appeared in court in connection with a shooting
:03:01. > :03:06.A doorman was injured outside Tup Tup Palace in 2015.
:03:07. > :03:09.Two men, both from the Walker area of the city, were remanded
:03:10. > :03:13.in custody accused of conspiracy to murder.
:03:14. > :03:17.A third man was released on bail charged with assisting an offender.
:03:18. > :03:21.An internet troll from South Shields who made death threats to an MP has
:03:22. > :03:24.been jailed for two years and three months.
:03:25. > :03:29.Two related to emails he sent to the Merseyside Labour
:03:30. > :03:35.He told her she would "get it like Jo Cox", the MP
:03:36. > :03:39.The 28-year-old appeared before Newcastle Crown Court,
:03:40. > :03:46.The judge said John Nimmo's need for notoriety grossly
:03:47. > :03:49.outweighed his concern for others and that he terrified his victims
:03:50. > :03:52.from his home, where he thought he could remain anonymous.
:03:53. > :03:54.Today, the 28-year-old from South Shields was jailed
:03:55. > :03:58.for nine charges relating to threatening and offensive
:03:59. > :04:02.messages he'd sent to a number of victims via the internet.
:04:03. > :04:05.In July last year, he sent death threats via email to Liverpool MP
:04:06. > :04:09.Luciana Berger just weeks after her fellow MP Jo Cox
:04:10. > :04:15.was stabbed and shot at her constituency office.
:04:16. > :04:18.In one email to Miss Berger, Nimmo referred to the murder,
:04:19. > :04:22.saying "she would get it like Jo Cox", accompanied
:04:23. > :04:34.He was also sentenced today for sending offensive emails
:04:35. > :04:36.to an anti-hate-crime organisation, in which he threatened
:04:37. > :04:38.to blow up a mosque, saying "death will come
:04:39. > :04:52.In a statement read out in court today from Miss Berger, she said...
:04:53. > :04:55.In mitigation, Nimmo's barrister said he had Asperger's syndrome
:04:56. > :05:02.He also said it was unlikely he wouldn't reoffend
:05:03. > :05:05.without therapy, due to psychological problems.
:05:06. > :05:09.It's not the first time Nimmo's been convicted for this type of offence -
:05:10. > :05:14.in 2014 he was jailed for offensive tweets to a journalist and an MP.
:05:15. > :05:17.Sentencing John Nimmo, Judge Robert Adams told him his
:05:18. > :05:21.actions had been cowardly and caused fear, misery and paranoia
:05:22. > :05:27.He also said it was of great concern that he had thought it was "fun"
:05:28. > :05:31.to get reactions from people whilst abusing them anonymously,
:05:32. > :05:37.and that his need for recognition had stopped any remorse.
:05:38. > :05:46.Bradley Lowery, the five-year-old Sunderland football fan
:05:47. > :05:48.who has terminal cancer, has had some special
:05:49. > :05:54.The Black Cats' top scorer Jermain Defoe and goalkeeper
:05:55. > :05:57.Vito Mannone popped in to see him, along with Seb Larsson
:05:58. > :06:02.A photo of Bradley falling asleep cuddling Defoe has been liked
:06:03. > :06:08.by tens of thousands of people on social media.
:06:09. > :06:11.Finally, the Minster Police, who protect the grounds
:06:12. > :06:14.of York Minster, are to get the same powers as regular police officers.
:06:15. > :06:18.Thought to be the oldest police force in the country,
:06:19. > :06:20.its officers have been looking after the cathedral
:06:21. > :06:24.Although it's a private force, they've had specialist training,
:06:25. > :06:39.Time now for the weekend weather forecast with Jen Bartram.
:06:40. > :06:43.We start tonight's forecast with a yellow warning
:06:44. > :06:45.for snow, falling as showers through the night tonight.
:06:46. > :06:47.Not all of us will catch them but on higher ground
:06:48. > :06:51.Those showers will be with us first thing tomorrow morning.
:06:52. > :06:55.They'll gradually start to turn more to rain as we head through the day.
:06:56. > :06:58.Parts of Cumbria staying largely dry but the showers will gradually start
:06:59. > :07:01.to push over as we head into the afternoon,
:07:02. > :07:07.Temperatures 4-6, but add on the strength of that brisk
:07:08. > :07:10.north-easterly wind and it will be feeling much colder than that.
:07:11. > :07:13.Into Sunday, many parts start off dry but there will be some further
:07:14. > :07:16.showers to come in the forecast, again, falling as snow
:07:17. > :07:22.Some brightness across western parts of Cumbria later on in the day
:07:23. > :07:26.Temperatures up to four or five degrees.
:07:27. > :07:29.Here's a reminder of the weather this weekend.
:07:30. > :07:33.Now the national forecast with Louise Lear.
:07:34. > :07:38.exception to that rule probably over the hills where again there could be
:07:39. > :07:45.a bit of snow, but not accumulating. Another cold
:07:46. > :07:50.However I paint this weekend's picture, I'll need a palette of
:07:51. > :07:54.grey. Thereby a a lot of cloud around but I managed to find some
:07:55. > :07:59.sunshine. I don't know how but there was a couple of hours towards the
:08:00. > :08:03.south-west in Cornwall, a beautiful day. The south-west saw glimpses of
:08:04. > :08:08.sunshine. Further east, cloudy, cold and grey with winds off the North
:08:09. > :08:12.seep and a scattering of wintry showers. Yes, rain sleet and snow, a
:08:13. > :08:18.dusting at lower levels through the day. It brought this beautiful
:08:19. > :08:28.picture on the outskirts of Aberdeenshire. But enough of the
:08:29. > :08:32.sun, let's get back to the nitty gritty and talk about the snow
:08:33. > :08:35.showers that will continue across the eastern half of the UK
:08:36. > :08:37.throughout the night. There will be some significant accumulations
:08:38. > :08:40.higher ground. A dusting at lower levels, and it will 's be cold
:08:41. > :08:41.further north and