30/03/2017

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:00:13. > :00:17.But tonight Colin Gregg, whose family set up the Newcastle

:00:18. > :00:21.bakery chain Greggs, is starting a 13 and a half year

:00:22. > :00:25.prison term for a string of sex attacks on boys.

:00:26. > :00:27.Today, a Judge told the former headteacher, he'd hidden behind

:00:28. > :00:30.a cloak of respectability, and showed not a pang

:00:31. > :00:37.Peter Harris was at Newcastle Crown Court for the sentencing.

:00:38. > :00:41.He had left court when he was found guilty showing no remorse.

:00:42. > :00:43.Today, Colin Gregg was back to be sentenced.

:00:44. > :00:48.He evaded the waiting cameras but he could not evade justice.

:00:49. > :00:52.Some of Colin Gregg's victims were in court.

:00:53. > :00:55.The judge said Gregg had led a life of wealth.

:00:56. > :00:59.He had been a teacher and a head teacher but he had used that cloak

:01:00. > :01:02.of respectability to hide behind in order to abuse boys.

:01:03. > :01:06.He said he had shown no remorse and not a pang of conscience.

:01:07. > :01:12.In fact, he had shown nothing but contempt for the boys

:01:13. > :01:14.when he abused them and now as men when they had made

:01:15. > :01:18.The court heard from one of those victims.

:01:19. > :01:21.He said, "I hope I never hear the name Colin Gregg again.

:01:22. > :01:24."I feel saddened but mostly angered that Gregg has been unable

:01:25. > :01:29."I hope he will reflect on this in prison."

:01:30. > :01:32.And prison is quite a fall from grace.

:01:33. > :01:35.Once he had rubbed shoulders with Prince Andrew when he was

:01:36. > :01:38.administrator of the yellow Brick Road fund set up to better

:01:39. > :01:43.His status from the 1960s onwards was an aggravating feature.

:01:44. > :01:48.It had been the cover for abusing boys down the decades.

:01:49. > :01:51.One boy said he had such respect for Colin Gregg he could not take

:01:52. > :01:53.in what had happened, and as an 11-year-old

:01:54. > :02:00.Tonight, Colin Gregg is starting 13-and-a-half years in jail

:02:01. > :02:07.He will be in his 80s when he comes out of prison and will be

:02:08. > :02:11.a registered sex offender for the rest of his days.

:02:12. > :02:15.I think one of the most striking things from today's court case

:02:16. > :02:22.was Colin Gregg's reaction - there wasn't a flicker of emotion

:02:23. > :02:26.and there certainly does not appear to be any remorse of any kind.

:02:27. > :02:29.Outside court the police were telling us this case shows

:02:30. > :02:31.it is never too late for victims of abuse to come forward.

:02:32. > :02:36.They were saying, partly off the back the Jimmy Savile

:02:37. > :02:39.investigations, there has been a large increase in reports

:02:40. > :02:42.of historic abuse and this case shows, with the defendant getting

:02:43. > :02:46.more than 13 years in prison, there is always time to come forward

:02:47. > :02:53.The police have been praised today for the thoroughness of that

:02:54. > :02:55.investigation because it is worth bearing in mind it has

:02:56. > :02:57.taken around 20 years, through various court cases,

:02:58. > :03:05.Well, tonight he starts the 13 and a half year prison sentence,

:03:06. > :03:08.condemned, in the words of the judge, as a sophisticated

:03:09. > :03:16.Peter Harris, BBC Look North, Newcastle Crown Court.

:03:17. > :03:20.A North Yorkshire care home's been fined ?50,000

:03:21. > :03:22.after one of its residents killed herself by jumping

:03:23. > :03:26.Dora Strickland, who was 90, took her own life at the Red Lodge

:03:27. > :03:35.The owners, the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust,

:03:36. > :03:37.were found guilty of failing to adequately assess

:03:38. > :03:41.This trial at York Crown Court has lasted almost two weeks.

:03:42. > :03:44.During that time, we have heard how Dora Strickland had failed

:03:45. > :03:47.a care home on the outskirts of York.

:03:48. > :03:51.Just weeks before she died after jumping from a second-floor

:03:52. > :03:56.window, she had told staff at the home she was depressed

:03:57. > :04:06.While the owners of the home, the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust,

:04:07. > :04:09.were acquitted of putting residents' lives at risk, they were today fined

:04:10. > :04:11.?50,000 for failing to adequately assess the risks that residents

:04:12. > :04:19.Since 2011, we have implemented a robust risk assessment relating

:04:20. > :04:22.to windows in our care homes, and will learn any lessons from this

:04:23. > :04:26.case to ensure we put residents and their safety and well-being

:04:27. > :04:35.We want to reassure our residents and families in all our care homes

:04:36. > :04:39.they are safe and will continue to receive high-quality care.

:04:40. > :04:42.As well as fining the trust ?50,000, the judge also ordered them

:04:43. > :04:51.Mrs Strickland's family meanwhile have welcomed that

:04:52. > :04:54.lessons have been learned, and believe that if things had

:04:55. > :04:55.been done differently, their mother's suicide

:04:56. > :05:02.It was a request for a sidecar by a dad who wanted

:05:03. > :05:07.to take his dying son out for one last ride.

:05:08. > :05:13.Mark Hartley's son, Jamie, has been given just months to live.

:05:14. > :05:16.Sharon Barbour's been to meet the family in Blyth to hear

:05:17. > :05:19.how their request for a little help went viral - and now more

:05:20. > :05:23.than a thousand bikers are expected at Blyth Beach this weekend.

:05:24. > :05:31.When Jamie Hartley had a massive seizure last month,

:05:32. > :05:33.his family were told he may now only have months to live.

:05:34. > :05:38.Instead of having a year-and-a-half left with my son in order to plan

:05:39. > :05:41.trips and fun times, then all of a sudden it

:05:42. > :05:48.Um, and to try and make it the best couple of months

:05:49. > :05:57.You're on camera, you can show off now.

:05:58. > :06:04.Jamie has always loved motorbikes and his dad wanted them

:06:05. > :06:14.I put out to 30 members, my friends, that's all it was,

:06:15. > :06:18.asking them if anybody could lend me a sidecar just so we could do a last

:06:19. > :06:25.The idea was just me, a couple of friends and a sidecar.

:06:26. > :06:28.But the post went viral and before I knew it there was thousands

:06:29. > :06:32.and thousands of hits and ended up being several hundred thousand hits.

:06:33. > :06:34.Jamie and his brother were both diagnosed with Juvenile Huntington's

:06:35. > :06:42.His brother Kyle now lives in a care home.

:06:43. > :06:47.But Jamie could die any day, and the bike ride is about creating

:06:48. > :06:55.It's amazing that these people all came out to help.

:06:56. > :07:00.The family hopes the event to mark Jamie's last ride at Blyth Beach

:07:01. > :07:13.A Scottish businessman, who's hoping to run Middlesbrough's

:07:14. > :07:15.?30 million Snow Centre, says it'll transform the town,

:07:16. > :07:18.create hundreds of jobs and bring millions of pounds into the area.

:07:19. > :07:21.Jamie Smith already runs two big snow and ice centres in Scotland.

:07:22. > :07:23.Councillors will decide on the plans for Middlehaven tomorrow.

:07:24. > :07:26.Stuart Whincup's been to meet the man supporting one of Teesside's

:07:27. > :07:44.This is one of Europe's most successful Snow Centres.

:07:45. > :07:46.Now, the man behind it has big plans for Teesside.

:07:47. > :07:50.In terms of pulling in 350 jobs, I think they will make those

:07:51. > :07:56.If anything, I think their estimates are conservative.

:07:57. > :07:59.Jamie Smith runs Snow Factory in Braehead, he also runs

:08:00. > :08:02.the world's largest indoor ice climbing venue.

:08:03. > :08:06.He is now hoping to become the operator

:08:07. > :08:10.For generations, this land was used for shipbuilding on the Clyde.

:08:11. > :08:13.But this site was transformed and the Snow Centre now brings

:08:14. > :08:16.in thousands of visitors to the area every week.

:08:17. > :08:20.It can shine a spotlight on the area.

:08:21. > :08:23.People can spend half their day at the snow centre, then spend time

:08:24. > :08:26.within Renfrewshire contributing to the local economy.

:08:27. > :08:31.This is how Middlesbrough's Snow Centre would look.

:08:32. > :08:34.Now we can show you what would be inside.

:08:35. > :08:39.At 168 metres, this main slope is around the same size as the one

:08:40. > :08:44.There will be an ice bar, an ice climbing wall like this one.

:08:45. > :08:49.Around the ski slopes there will be bars and cafes.

:08:50. > :08:54.Few here believed a ?30 million Snow Centre would ever be built

:08:55. > :09:00.There is always going to be naysayers and doubters.

:09:01. > :09:02.But they have done their homework, the site is fantastic,

:09:03. > :09:05.and you have got a really affluent population very close

:09:06. > :09:24.Plans for Middlesbrough's own ?30 million Snow Centre

:09:25. > :09:26.are expected to be approved by councillors tomorrow.

:09:27. > :09:30.Stuart Whincup, BBC Look North, in Braehead.

:09:31. > :09:45.-- that is it from me. We have plenty of variety and the weather

:09:46. > :09:51.today. More rain to come overnight and Cumbria bears the brunt of the

:09:52. > :09:55.heaviest and some persistent rain along the borders. Further south in

:09:56. > :10:05.this dryer with clearer spells. A very mild night. Tomorrow we start

:10:06. > :10:10.off on the cloudy side and some rain, especially in the West through

:10:11. > :10:15.the morning. By lunchtime it is becoming drier and the afternoon

:10:16. > :10:20.looks more promising with cloud more broken and the sun coming out for

:10:21. > :10:26.most places was just the odd afternoon shower. Not as warm as it

:10:27. > :10:28.has been but still a reasonable five for tomorrow although that

:10:29. > :10:37.south-westerly wind will be quite strong. -- reasonable hive. For the

:10:38. > :10:41.weekend low-pressure is in charge. April showers arrived right on cue

:10:42. > :10:46.and that ridge of high pressure builds to the second half of the

:10:47. > :10:51.weekend to bring some quieter and drier weather. Saturday a day of

:10:52. > :10:56.sunshine and showers, some heavy and perhaps the odd rumble of thunder

:10:57. > :10:58.but blue skies and sunshine in between. A cold mate on Saturday and

:10:59. > :11:00.leaving as a fine and time of year. The chance of a shower

:11:01. > :11:13.on Saturday. Sunday will be dry. Hello, it will cool off over the

:11:14. > :11:18.next few days but that's not unusual, given how warm it was

:11:19. > :11:22.today. This was London. We just had the warmest March day since 2012, 20

:11:23. > :11:27.two Celsius in the Sunnis skies in the south-east. It was much warmer

:11:28. > :11:31.than recently in north-eastern Scotland, but in between we had a

:11:32. > :11:33.zone of outbreaks of rain. It's pretty wet in south-west Scotland

:11:34. > :11:39.and North West England at the moment. This was the scene earlier,

:11:40. > :11:42.with rainy skies. There's more rain to come overnight. We could see a

:11:43. > :11:47.few splashes running eastwards into England, but most of the wet weather

:11:48. > :11:50.is further west. We will see heavy rain arriving in Northern Ireland.

:11:51. > :11:54.Further training north-west England and also for Scotland. -- further

:11:55. > :11:55.rain. It will stay very mild for the