:00:12. > :00:12.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:13. > :00:14.They've travelled 5,000 miles to the United States for the surgery
:00:15. > :00:20.Five-year-old Finley Ingles from Middlesbrough has
:00:21. > :00:22.a rare brain tumour, which can't be operated
:00:23. > :00:31.Stuart Whincup sent this report from Texas.
:00:32. > :00:35.After years of planning and tireless fundraising,
:00:36. > :00:53.This trip, they say, is Finley's last hope.
:00:54. > :00:55.Finley's brain tumour can't be removed in the UK
:00:56. > :00:58.because it is too deep, so surgeons here at Texas Children's
:00:59. > :01:00.Hospital will now use lasers to try and shrink it.
:01:01. > :01:01.It's everything, absolutely everything.
:01:02. > :01:05.I cannot put into words just how much Finley needs this surgery.
:01:06. > :01:10.It will change his life, and it's what we hoped for for months.
:01:11. > :01:12.But it's still quite nerve-racking to know that you're
:01:13. > :01:17.going to hand your child over for a procedure.
:01:18. > :01:22.Finley's online fundraising campaign started slowly,
:01:23. > :01:26.but support quickly grew as across Teesside people
:01:27. > :01:41.Since leaving the UK a fortnight ago Finley has had daily tests,
:01:42. > :01:47.Entire days have been spent in waiting rooms.
:01:48. > :01:49.But he does have a way of passing the time.
:01:50. > :01:52.# Yeah, Bob the builder
:01:53. > :01:59.More than 1500 people donated to Finley's fundraising cause,
:02:00. > :02:03.so he could travel from Teesside to Texas for this surgery.
:02:04. > :02:06.And as well as the big cheques from local businesses,
:02:07. > :02:08.there were his classmates and school friends who donated
:02:09. > :02:20.All so Finley could have the surgery that his family believes
:02:21. > :02:24.If you come across him, he's an amazing little boy,
:02:25. > :02:29.He just trundles on through it all, you know?
:02:30. > :02:31.Seizure after seizure, appointment after appointment -
:02:32. > :02:36.And we can't ask anything more of him, really.
:02:37. > :02:54.The Prime Minister has insisted she remains fully committed to plans
:02:55. > :02:58.for a new nuclear power station next to Sellafield, amid growing
:02:59. > :03:01.Theresa May was in the Cumbrian constituency of Copeland ahead
:03:02. > :03:07.But she refused to be drawn on whether the Government will match
:03:08. > :03:10.Labour's pledge to underwrite the proposed plant at Moorside.
:03:11. > :03:11.Yesterday, the scheme's main investor, Toshiba,
:03:12. > :03:16.said it would look to sell its stake before construction began.
:03:17. > :03:18.It is the Conservative government that is putting
:03:19. > :03:25.It is the Conservative government that has agreed new nuclear build.
:03:26. > :03:28.We recognise the importance of nuclear.
:03:29. > :03:31.Jeremy Corbyn was asked five times in one interview to back Moorside
:03:32. > :03:36.It is the Conservative government who recognises the importance
:03:37. > :03:41.of Moorside and the nuclear industry in the UK.
:03:42. > :03:43.Labour has accused the Prime Minister of ducking vital questions
:03:44. > :03:48.about new nuclear jobs in West Cumbria and the future
:03:49. > :03:53.A full list of candidates in the Copeland by-election
:03:54. > :03:59.A wealthy businessman has told a court that claims he abused boys
:04:00. > :04:03.75-year-old Colin Gregg, from Gosforth in Newcastle,
:04:04. > :04:08.is accused of indecently assaulting four boys over a period
:04:09. > :04:12.Giving evidence at Leeds Crown Court he denied all the allegations.
:04:13. > :04:15.When asked by his barrister if he had ever sexually abused
:04:16. > :04:21.The court has heard Colin Gregg, a former head teacher,
:04:22. > :04:24.had helped build the Gregg's bakery chain and raise millions
:04:25. > :04:28.He denies nine counts of indecent assault on boys aged 10 to 14,
:04:29. > :04:36.Teachers in Cumbria say plans to scrap the county's school nurses
:04:37. > :04:41.The council says its six school nurses are unaffordable.
:04:42. > :04:44.It's replacing them with a service based in Carlisle, and schools
:04:45. > :04:47.will have to pay for it from their existing budgets.
:04:48. > :04:52.Here's our News Correspondent, Mark Denten.
:04:53. > :04:55.The school nurse, often cheaply dubbed the nit nurse,
:04:56. > :04:58.but only ever behind her back, used to be a key part
:04:59. > :05:02.Cumbria still has 11 of them for its 69,000
:05:03. > :05:07.The council says the ?927,000 service is unaffordable.
:05:08. > :05:09.It is being replaced by six school-age health
:05:10. > :05:14.Schools will have to pay for them out of existing budgets.
:05:15. > :05:24.What we are being asked to do is buy back the school nurse service,
:05:25. > :05:29.but the implication of that is, a service that was previously paid
:05:30. > :05:32.for through funding to health, will be shifting to being paid
:05:33. > :05:40.Is there a money for heads to say, we can pay for that?
:05:41. > :05:47.There has been a 13% fall in November of school nurses
:05:48. > :05:49.since 2010, leaving 2,606 NHS nurses across the country,
:05:50. > :05:57.You know, children are mini versions of us.
:05:58. > :06:04.They have mental health problems, stress, emotional concerns,
:06:05. > :06:08.they are victims of bullying, and all of those things that
:06:09. > :06:14.they need support from a health practitioner to deal with.
:06:15. > :06:16.But the County Council says scrapping its school nurses
:06:17. > :06:19.will actually result in a better service for the county's children.
:06:20. > :06:22.We are trying to integrate the whole service and make sure
:06:23. > :06:28.that more people are, I say, responsible for the health
:06:29. > :06:30.of our young people, rather than its just being,
:06:31. > :06:32."Oh, well, we will wait until the school nurse comes
:06:33. > :06:41.I don't like to really imagine children going out
:06:42. > :06:44.without the health care support that they need, or children
:06:45. > :06:48.having their education impaired by loss of services,
:06:49. > :06:50.but it is quite clear that with fewer teachers,
:06:51. > :06:53.fewer school nurses, we are sailing into
:06:54. > :07:08.Cumbria's school nurses will be replaced from April.
:07:09. > :07:10.Unemployment in the North East has jumped by 11,000,
:07:11. > :07:16.In Cumbria 4,650 people claimed job seekers'
:07:17. > :07:20.allowance in January, a rise of about 200
:07:21. > :07:25.And in North Yorkshire the total stands at 4,540,
:07:26. > :07:34.The Teesside pawnbroker Ramsdens made its stock market debut today.
:07:35. > :07:36.The Middlesbrough-based business is probably best known
:07:37. > :07:40.for sponsoring the shirts of the town's football club.
:07:41. > :07:42.The company is now worth more than ?25 million.
:07:43. > :07:44.Here's our Business Correspondent, Ian Reeve.
:07:45. > :07:49.Mandy has worked for this Teesside pawnbroking business, Ramsdens,
:07:50. > :07:57.It's changed immensely, gone upmarket and does far
:07:58. > :08:01.When I started, over 20 years ago, we had two branches.
:08:02. > :08:07.We offered three products, pawnbroking was the key factor.
:08:08. > :08:13.Then we used to do cheque-cashing and a few sales and now you can
:08:14. > :08:17.see that we do over ten products and services.
:08:18. > :08:24.Three quarters of Ramsden's business is now in foreign exchange.
:08:25. > :08:26.It changed over ?300 million last year.
:08:27. > :08:30.And figures like that, and future growth, have brought it
:08:31. > :08:32.a stock market flotation today, trading its shares at 86p each.
:08:33. > :08:35.But is there still something of a stigma over the industry.
:08:36. > :08:38.People who don't understand it, yes, there is.
:08:39. > :08:46.People who use it, no, because it's absolutely transparent.
:08:47. > :08:49.It's a loan against an asset, so the person has got
:08:50. > :08:54.They're raising the cash against that asset, then they repay
:08:55. > :08:57.the loan and get that asset back, and that happens 80% of the time.
:08:58. > :08:59.Of course on Teesside, the Middlesbrough-based business
:09:00. > :09:04.It's the football club's shirt sponsor, something that's
:09:05. > :09:06.sent its logo around the world, brought it welcome exposure.
:09:07. > :09:11.And now Ramsden's is also Middlesbrough's only
:09:12. > :09:22.A goal achieved after 30 years in business.
:09:23. > :09:29.I enjoyed a sunny walk this morning and it did feel like Spring.
:09:30. > :09:40.It will stay mild over the next few days but that is only part of the
:09:41. > :09:43.story. There is rain around as well. Outbreaks of rain at the minute and
:09:44. > :09:46.then they will tend to die away as they move to the east through the
:09:47. > :09:51.night and in most places dry through the later part of the night. The
:09:52. > :09:58.south-westerly breeze will prevent temperatures from dropping any lower
:09:59. > :10:01.than five or six. Tomorrow it is a day of broken cloud, some sunny
:10:02. > :10:07.intervals. A few showers as we had through the morning. Eastern parts
:10:08. > :10:09.will hang on to the best of the brightness in the afternoon before
:10:10. > :10:17.more rain comes into Cumbria by the end of the day. Temperatures on
:10:18. > :10:20.paper will be similar to today. The West or south-westerly wind will be
:10:21. > :10:25.quite brisk and make it feel a bit cooler perhaps. As we head towards
:10:26. > :10:29.the end of the weaker ridge of high pressure builds for Friday and keeps
:10:30. > :10:32.things fairly quiet and then a low pressure system pushes the weather
:10:33. > :10:39.front towards us as we head into the weekend. It will be quite breezy at
:10:40. > :10:44.times through the weekend. Friday looks like a mostly dry day, broken
:10:45. > :10:48.cloud and sunny intervals. Temperatures up to ten with very
:10:49. > :10:52.light winds, so feeling a bit warmer. Saturday and Sunday are
:10:53. > :10:57.breezy at times and the clouds thicken after rain, especially in
:10:58. > :10:58.the west on Saturday. Most places dry on Sunday. That is the way it's
:10:59. > :11:02.looking and I leave you with the the weekend. Wouldn't promise you
:11:03. > :11:04.two dry days but you never know, here is Nick with the national
:11:05. > :11:09.picture. Hello. We put that cold weekend well
:11:10. > :11:13.behind us now. Temperatures edging upwards and our weather watchers are
:11:14. > :11:16.seeing plenty of signs of spring. Spending more time looking down than
:11:17. > :11:20.looking up at the skies, we see these early blooms. They are set to
:11:21. > :11:24.continue as we are set to stay mild for several more days to come.
:11:25. > :11:27.Average daytime temperature this time of year around eight, but
:11:28. > :11:33.getting into double figures all the way through the weekend. The start
:11:34. > :11:37.of next week into the mid-teens potentially, very mild indeed. It
:11:38. > :11:41.was 14 in Lincolnshire today. A lot of heavy rain to end the day. That
:11:42. > :11:44.clearing from Yorkshire to the North Sea. A few showers in the west and
:11:45. > :11:48.the odd one may continue into the night. Many becoming dry, just this
:11:49. > :11:49.rain