24/03/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)


24/03/2017

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A North East offshore worker has been exposed to radiation

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while working on an oil rig in the North Sea.

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Steve Innes, from Sunderland, was working on the giant

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He was told the job, didn't require extra protection.

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But he's now been told he was contaminated

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It's unclear how his health might be affected.

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Our Business Correspondent, Ian Reeve, reports.

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Steve has worked offshore for 30 years.

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But late last year he was exposed to radioactive materials

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during a shutdown on an oil and gas rig in the North Sea.

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It was, he says, a massive failing on behalf of the company

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he was working for, as well as the owner of the rig.

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Something that shouldn't have happened.

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HSE came down when we were working down on one of them and they told us

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they had done a reading the night before and it was off

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the map so then they did a reading on the one

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we were on and that was off the map so the work stopped.

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The company that Steve was working for - the Wood Group on the Thistle

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platform in the North Sea - says the health and safety

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All six workers involved in the incident were

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They believed they were working in a safe environment.

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No one would expect that to happen and obviously you would expect

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safeguards the burdens of that couldn't happen and people

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Once everyone was aware it had happened, they were taken to a room,

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there was a professor brought in who explained the dangers,

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I think it was the radiation they were exposed to,

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the long-term effects could be cancer or leukaemia

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and they would have to get regular blood checks and that this

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Steve can't claim for personal injury until there's proof

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that his health has suffered because of the incident.

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But he does want the issue to be taken more seriously

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than he feels it has been, given the effect on him

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Some of the lads, some of them can't go to work,

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on medication, can't sleep, worried about it, he has been sent

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Waiting for results coming back like we all are.

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And we are just hoping that somebody will step forward and take a hold

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of the situation and start doing the right thing, you know?

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Rather than trying to sweep it under the table and under the carpet.

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Four months ago Colin Flannery was at home in Whitley Bay

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on North Tyneside when his heart suddenly stopped.

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Today he met the paramedics who helped to save him.

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But first on the scene was his neighbour, Colin tells his story.

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I was sitting in the front lounge on my iPad.

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Next thing Gail knew my iPad had dropped to the floor.

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She looked over and I was slumped in the lounge.

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I was just calling his name and he didn't come round,

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so I phoned the services straightaway and they told me

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to get him on his back and try and start resuscitating him.

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I think because it was my own, I was in a panic, and I rang to get

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The worst-case scenario was unfolding.

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He didn't look well at all, so it was just a case of getting air

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Seemed like minutes, probably was, but I carried on and all of a sudden

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Colin just gave this huge gasp and I thought, "Well,

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Derek did a fantastic job and it made not have had the outcome had it

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not been for Derek's actions and being so quick delivering CPR.

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I would encourage anyone who knows CPR, if you ever have

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I feel so grateful that the paramedics have saved my life

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and also my neighbour, who initially started

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Sunday is Mother's Day - a lovely day for many,

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but if your Mum has died recently, it can be really tough.

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Tynedale Hospice at Home in Northumberland has been working

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with children who've suffered that loss.

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To help explain the work the charity does, the children made a film.

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This film is made by young people who go to Rainbow Club

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My favourite memory of mum is when we went

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to Disneyland Florida and rode on dolphins.

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I remember roller-skating for her and slipping over

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We are all unique, so different things have helped us

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That's all from the late team, enjoy your weekend -

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Don t forget the clocks spring forward an hour tomororw night..

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Let's get weekend weather prospects now with with Jen Bartram.

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A lovely weekend of weather but clear skies mean there will be a

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chill start to Saturday morning, temperatures overnight dropping down

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to freezing or above. Mist and fog developing as well. A cold start but

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it will not last long, the mist and fog lifts and then a story of a

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lovely blue skies, light winds tomorrow and temperatures up to a

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high of 14 or 15 Celsius. As we head into Sunday, another fairly decent

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day, a chilly start but we will see sunshine coming through. Turning

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Haysie in the afternoon, some cloud rolling in from the east and it will

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feel cooler. Temperatures in double figures. This is the outlook.

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weather outlook for the whole of the UK.

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Good evening. It is good news on the weather front for most of the UK. We

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have been forecasting fine weather for a few days. It has certainly

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arrived. Beautiful picture today. The skies are clearing across the

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UK. Temperatures are falling as well. Pretty nippy. Already a frost

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developing in northern areas as this high establish its hotels across the

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UK. It is the windlass zone in the centre of the high where those

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temperatures dropping. Some fog in places, such as the Vale of York.

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For most, a starry, starry night. Towns and cities

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