27/03/2017

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:00:12. > :00:15.A minute's silence has been held in memory of two teenage boys

:00:16. > :00:18.who died after falling from cliffs in Saltburn.

:00:19. > :00:21.The tribute was paid at their former school today where pupils and staff

:00:22. > :00:26.17-year-old Harry Watson and Alex Yeoman were found on Friday

:00:27. > :00:38.It's a place of great beauty, but a place marked today

:00:39. > :00:52.Since Friday, flowers have been left in several places along the cliffs

:00:53. > :00:55.at Saltburn in memory of the two teenagers both described as

:00:56. > :00:58.Harry Watson and Alex Yeoman were 17.

:00:59. > :01:00.Harry, an aspiring actor, was studying drama and Alex had

:01:01. > :01:03.Today friends were at a loss as to why or

:01:04. > :01:11.I can't wrap my head around it, they're too young, not even 18.

:01:12. > :01:13.His birthday was in a couple of weeks.

:01:14. > :01:27.They were so kind, they'd do anything for you, honestly.

:01:28. > :01:29.Kind-hearted people and I'm going to miss them

:01:30. > :01:36.Both teenagers lived in Loftus, and today at their

:01:37. > :01:38.former school, a minute's silence was held in their memory.

:01:39. > :01:41.They had been pupils here for five years, both of

:01:42. > :01:44.them characters described by teachers as popular and bright.

:01:45. > :01:46.They were fantastic, they were full of

:01:47. > :01:50.life and one of the last things Harry did was featured in the

:01:51. > :01:56.performance of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

:01:57. > :02:00.Both he and Alex were good friends in school and

:02:01. > :02:03.we have lots of very happy memories of them.

:02:04. > :02:06.Very positive role models for other students and really valued

:02:07. > :02:15.The circumstances of the teenagers' deaths tonight remains a mystery.

:02:16. > :02:19.Two young lives lost in what appears to be a tragic accident.

:02:20. > :02:25.A woman remains in a critical condition tonight

:02:26. > :02:28.It happened on Saturday on the A69 in Northumberland.

:02:29. > :02:31.Police say the car was travelling at around 60 miles

:02:32. > :02:34.an hour at the time, when she ended up by the roadside

:02:35. > :02:37.The vehicle was believed to be a black Ford Fiesta.

:02:38. > :02:41.The Government's being urged to review its handling

:02:42. > :02:45.of benefit claims after a disabled man

:02:46. > :02:49.The man, from Bishop Auckland, had to undergo a face-to-face

:02:50. > :02:54.assessment for Employment and Support Allowance,

:02:55. > :02:57.despite doctors warning he was suffering from mental illness.

:02:58. > :03:00.His MP, Labour's Helen Goodman, raised the case in the Commons

:03:01. > :03:09.with the Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green.

:03:10. > :03:11.Could the Secretary of State please ensure

:03:12. > :03:12.that when doctors say that

:03:13. > :03:20.people with mental health conditions should not have face-to-face

:03:21. > :03:25.assessments, they do NOT have face-to-face assessments?

:03:26. > :03:27.The Minister expressed his sincere sympathy to the man's family.

:03:28. > :03:33.He said the Government was investing more in mental health services.

:03:34. > :03:39.We know have more clinical expertise available to assessors who can look

:03:40. > :03:41.at the individual cases and those who have conditions which can only

:03:42. > :03:44.stay the same market worse, we have no ended reassessment so we are

:03:45. > :03:56.taking steps to try and minimise those effects.

:03:57. > :03:58.A business centre that houses around 50 businesses

:03:59. > :04:00.is being closed down forcing the owners

:04:01. > :04:05.Middlesbrough Council say the Southlands Business Centre

:04:06. > :04:08.The council says it will help those affected.

:04:09. > :04:19.Dave Brown has been running his window design and repair company

:04:20. > :04:24.from the Southlands Centre for eight years.

:04:25. > :04:28.There are, he says, no huge profits in his work and his room,

:04:29. > :04:34.Where do people go who haven't got funds off their parents to set up

:04:35. > :04:35.businesses in a town like Middlesbrough?

:04:36. > :04:38.There's loads of people like that and I was

:04:39. > :04:44.Where did you go now to try to start a business when you have low

:04:45. > :04:45.rents, easy in and out, you have support?

:04:46. > :04:47.Middlesbrough Council says it sympathises with the businesses

:04:48. > :04:50.inside the old school, but it all comes down to money.

:04:51. > :04:54.The council says the business centre is costing ?200,000 a year in

:04:55. > :05:00.On top of that, it says it spends another ?600,000 on essential

:05:01. > :05:06.The 48 small businesses here have been told they

:05:07. > :05:10.It's fine getting the big companies in here,

:05:11. > :05:13.but don't ignore the little companies.

:05:14. > :05:16.When we've looked at other business centres, they are a lot

:05:17. > :05:20.more expensive, plus we have to pay VAT, which we don't have to here,

:05:21. > :05:27.which is another 20% on top of the costs we have to find.

:05:28. > :05:29.The council says it's not turning its back on small business

:05:30. > :05:35.There is a package of money, ?100,000, to help the transition,

:05:36. > :05:38.things like moving costs, even talking about paying off debt,

:05:39. > :05:45.things like transitional rents, if friends are slightly higher, so

:05:46. > :05:49.there is no intention to close the doors on these people.

:05:50. > :05:53.So Dave and Mike now have until September to find a new home

:05:54. > :06:04.Leaders of some of the region's most important organisations,

:06:05. > :06:08.are planning to sleep rough for a night.

:06:09. > :06:10.More than 20 North East bosses hope to highlight

:06:11. > :06:13.the problems around homelessness by exchanging their cosy beds

:06:14. > :06:14.for hard stone floors in Durham Cathedral.

:06:15. > :06:24.You run multi-million pound organisations, employ hundreds of

:06:25. > :06:27.people, but someone will one day ask you to climb inside a sleeping bag

:06:28. > :06:38.The tricky task isn't a good cause because

:06:39. > :06:41.these bosses are among over 20 movers and shakers highlighting

:06:42. > :06:44.issue of homelessness, doing so by sleeping rough

:06:45. > :06:47.at Durham Cathedral raising money for the charity

:06:48. > :06:54.Mata tries to make awareness of a massive issue and

:06:55. > :06:59.connect people with the community because often they can live

:07:00. > :07:03.sheltered and comfortable lives not confronted with big issues and at

:07:04. > :07:06.events like this they are confronted with an issue and sometimes meet

:07:07. > :07:09.people who are homeless and share experiences and everyone benefits

:07:10. > :07:19.This is where the bosses will lay their weary heads,

:07:20. > :07:24.the stone floors of the cathedral cloisters.

:07:25. > :07:27.On a professional level, the men that I look after, a number

:07:28. > :07:33.of them homeless or with issues of homelessness related to the crime

:07:34. > :07:47.they caused, it is important to raise the profile.

:07:48. > :07:49.Homelessness this is certainly a barrier to someone

:07:50. > :07:51.rehabilitating suffer someone coming out of prison,

:07:52. > :07:53.not having an address is a barrier to gaining implement

:07:54. > :07:56.some of you are filling in a job application what is the employer

:07:57. > :08:19.and aims to raise money for homeless projects across the region.

:08:20. > :08:21.That's the late news, have a good evening.

:08:22. > :08:23.Inspired by this morning's sunshine, Paul, I bought

:08:24. > :08:31.Dare we hope for more sunshine tomorrow?

:08:32. > :08:41.Don't get too carried away! This week, it will be as straightforward

:08:42. > :08:46.as it was over the weekend when the sunshine lift the temperatures as

:08:47. > :08:50.high as 18 cells in some places. It will be unsettled and there will be

:08:51. > :08:57.some rain at times, but I'd stay relatively mild. Tonight, cloud. Low

:08:58. > :09:01.cloud and poor visibility in places, but mist it generally. Temperatures

:09:02. > :09:07.will hold up under the cloud, nothing more than about four

:09:08. > :09:12.Celsius. Tomorrow will be dry, but after a cloudy start, we will see a

:09:13. > :09:16.view breaks appearing. Brief, brighter spells before the cloud

:09:17. > :09:19.thickens up from the south-west later. That brings some showery

:09:20. > :09:24.outbreaks of rain across many parts as we head into tomorrow evening.

:09:25. > :09:31.Temperatures nowhere near as warm as the weekend, but still 14 Celsius,

:09:32. > :09:35.that's not too bad. 57 Fahrenheit. It is that southerly breeze that

:09:36. > :09:40.will help keep things fairly mild over the coming days. Tomorrow

:09:41. > :09:44.night, cloudy, sporadic rain, more especially in the West and

:09:45. > :09:51.underneath all that cloud with the southerly breeze, temperatures no

:09:52. > :09:55.lower than 7-8 C. That takes us into Wednesday, and still cloud around.

:09:56. > :10:03.Still rainy and more west of the Pennines. East of the Pennines, a

:10:04. > :10:11.few spots, but it will be drier. Temperatures of 13-14 C on Wednesday

:10:12. > :10:15.afternoon. There the messy weather chart for the middle of the week.

:10:16. > :10:20.There is low pressure on our weather fronts strung out around it. They

:10:21. > :10:25.will continue to feed cloud and rain at times over our neck of the words

:10:26. > :10:33.as we head toward the end of the week. Through the weekend, there is

:10:34. > :10:37.a bit of a split. On Thursday, cloudy, rainy, fairly light winds.

:10:38. > :10:44.Despite that, without southerly breeze, again, the temperatures may

:10:45. > :10:58.be 16 Celsius. Friday, cloudy. Especially in the West. Rain

:10:59. > :11:01.clearing eastern areas. 14-15 C. He the summary for Saturday and Sunday.

:11:02. > :11:04.He is the national forecast. showery on Saturday, dry and

:11:05. > :11:07.brighter on Sunday and if we go back to the temperatures in the next

:11:08. > :11:08.couple days, you see those highs on Thursday. He is John Hammond with

:11:09. > :11:24.the national this cyclone Debbie crashes onto the

:11:25. > :11:25.Queensland coast with