:00:12. > :00:12.Good evening. night
:00:13. > :00:14.Almost a year and a half after the floods of Storm Desmond,
:00:15. > :00:18.nearly 300 householders in Cumbria are still waiting to move back home.
:00:19. > :00:20.Other people have been forced to return
:00:21. > :00:21.to bare and unfurnished property
:00:22. > :00:24.because insurance companies will no longer pay
:00:25. > :00:26.for temporary accommodation elsewhere.
:00:27. > :00:29.Some say it's left them feeling stressed and ill.
:00:30. > :00:34.From Carlisle, Mark McAlindon reports.
:00:35. > :00:36.Cold, bare houses with the comforts of home stripped out were a common
:00:37. > :00:40.sight in the weeks after Storm Desmond.
:00:41. > :00:42.Except this is Debbie Kirsopp's Carlisle terrace
:00:43. > :00:59.I needed to get on because no friend that the insurance was pain hasn't
:01:00. > :01:05.stopped and I could not afford to pay a mortgage and rent as well, so
:01:06. > :01:07.I have had to come home and make the best of a bad job.
:01:08. > :01:09.with constant headaches, high blood pressure,
:01:10. > :01:16.when she'll stop living rough in her own home.
:01:17. > :01:22.I sometimes go to the swimming baths so I can get a shower in the
:01:23. > :01:29.morning, and I will maybe go to somebody's house for my tea, my
:01:30. > :01:33.brother, my mother's my partner's. Anybody that will have me that has a
:01:34. > :01:37.shower. Sometimes get a better as well so it is a more comfortable. --
:01:38. > :01:39.I get a bed as well. Cases like Debbie's leave some
:01:40. > :01:42.to fear the real numbers of those still out of their homes
:01:43. > :01:44.after Storm Desmond are higher
:01:45. > :01:51.than the official 283. We are seeing unbelievable problems
:01:52. > :01:55.of people trying to manage that sort of experience on top of being
:01:56. > :02:01.flooded originally, so at the moment they are not coping well at all. On
:02:02. > :02:07.experience, we are looking at a minimum of two years before they are
:02:08. > :02:09.going to be one. -- going to be home.
:02:10. > :02:10.Another is Ann Hume, whose riverside cottage
:02:11. > :02:16.her insurance leapt to ?1,000 a month, a sum she couldn't afford.
:02:17. > :02:23.At which point it is going to be on the goodwill of friends.
:02:24. > :02:27.At which point it is going to be well over a year and a half? I
:02:28. > :02:32.thought I would be back in within maybe six months, seven months
:02:33. > :02:34.maybe. But it has been over a year, so I have just got to fight on and
:02:35. > :02:37.see what I can do myself. returned home after the latest
:02:38. > :02:41.floods is better than in the past, but that's little consolation
:02:42. > :02:48.to those still waiting. Hopes that Northumberland's Coty
:02:49. > :02:51.factory site might be given a new lease of life have been raised
:02:52. > :02:54.in Parliament this evening. 400 jobs are set to be lost
:02:55. > :02:57.with the closure of the cosmetics The Labour MP for Blyth Valley,
:02:58. > :03:02.Ronnie Campbell, called a special
:03:03. > :03:14.debate in the Commons. If the government was to give
:03:15. > :03:18.somebody a bit of incentive in this case, and I would like to hear the
:03:19. > :03:24.Minister, here what he has to say and what incentives are available if
:03:25. > :03:28.any to get somebody involved in this factory and get it started up again
:03:29. > :03:30.and give them employment rates back again to those people who were
:03:31. > :03:31.working there. A soldier accused of the murder
:03:32. > :03:33.of his ex-girlfriend has told a court her throat was cut
:03:34. > :03:37.as he tried to defend himself. Lance Corporal Trimaan Dhillon
:03:38. > :03:38.told Newcastle Crown Court he'd gone to Alice Ruggles'
:03:39. > :03:40.flat in Gateshead in October last year
:03:41. > :03:42.to collect his belongings. She'd ended their relationship after
:03:43. > :03:45.discovering he was cheating on her. Lance Corporal Timaan
:03:46. > :03:54.Dhillon told the court he had gone to see
:03:55. > :03:56.Alice Ruggles the day she died, because he wanted to get
:03:57. > :04:00.his belongings back. But he told the court
:04:01. > :04:02.after searching for his things, he went to leave her flat
:04:03. > :04:05.in Rawling Road in Gateshead, Lance Corporal Dhillon described
:04:06. > :04:10.a struggle in which Alice lost After coming round, the defendant
:04:11. > :04:18.claimed he told Alice he was planning to meet another
:04:19. > :04:21.woman that night. who took the knife again
:04:22. > :04:25.and came towards him. He said that as he tried to defend
:04:26. > :04:29.himself by deflecting her arm, and the defendant said he had
:04:30. > :04:38.to remove the knife from her neck. He said, "This is the point
:04:39. > :04:41.when I held the knife on my chest, "and the initial thought
:04:42. > :04:45.was to stab myself." Lance Corporal Dhillon said panic
:04:46. > :04:49.stopped him ringing for help. Throughout the trial,
:04:50. > :04:51.the prosecution claimed Dhillon but he told the court that Alice had
:04:52. > :04:56.been violent to him and accused him of
:04:57. > :05:00.looking at other women and ended the relationship when
:05:01. > :05:03.she found out he'd been unfaithful. The proseuction alleged that LCD had
:05:04. > :05:05.been stalking Alice he'd gone to her house
:05:06. > :05:09.unannounced just weeks before
:05:10. > :05:10.her death because he thought
:05:11. > :05:12.she might have been testing him and he wanted to prove
:05:13. > :05:20.that he was bothered about her. The defendant admitted hacking
:05:21. > :05:22.Alice's Facebook account to try to work out if she was seeing
:05:23. > :05:25.other people, because that, he said, would be the 'last straw'
:05:26. > :05:28.for their relationship. Tomorrow he will be
:05:29. > :05:35.cross-examined by the prosection. A group of traders in
:05:36. > :05:38.a Northumberland town have been fined by magistrates after refusing
:05:39. > :05:42.to pay a business charge. The Hexham Business Improvement
:05:43. > :05:44.District is designed to boost it's paid for by charging traders
:05:45. > :05:50.on top of their business rates. But more than 100 firms
:05:51. > :05:52.have refused to pay it, saying the new scheme
:05:53. > :05:55.won't help them. And today, Northumberland Council
:05:56. > :05:57.took them to court. Our News Correspondent,
:05:58. > :06:10.Mark Denten, reports. Mechanics, beauticians, hoteliers,
:06:11. > :06:14.all small business owners from Hexham. But not in Hexham today,
:06:15. > :06:18.they were heading for a courtroom instead. They have all refused to
:06:19. > :06:23.pay a new business charge in the town. They say it simply will not
:06:24. > :06:27.help them, so today they were summoned to Newcastle Magistrate's
:06:28. > :06:30.Court. It feels like a bullying tactic, actually. I don't really
:06:31. > :06:33.want to be here and away from my business, but I have to. At the
:06:34. > :06:37.heart of this row, Hexham's business heart of this row, Hexham's business
:06:38. > :06:41.improvement district. It is a scheme to boost the economy of the town,
:06:42. > :06:45.but it is also an extra charge for businesses on top of their business
:06:46. > :06:51.rates. Northumberland councils says 89% of it is being paid by other
:06:52. > :06:56.traders in Hexham, but not these ones. So today, they face
:06:57. > :06:58.magistrates. There was then an extraordinary stand-off for
:06:59. > :07:03.and a half. They are sure of the and a half. They are sure of the
:07:04. > :07:06.court wanted the traders to come in individually into the courtroom.
:07:07. > :07:08.They refused unless they could come in individually into the courtroom.
:07:09. > :07:11.They refused unless they could, and altogether. Eventually, the traders
:07:12. > :07:17.were allowed into the courtroom together. They were each given
:07:18. > :07:23.liability orders of ?185, for the original levy and court costs. They
:07:24. > :07:27.are still defiant. Basically what it means is the council insist that we
:07:28. > :07:31.all them the money and they send a liability order of, which gives us a
:07:32. > :07:35.certain amount of time to pay that and if that is not the case, they
:07:36. > :07:39.will send debt collectors in. So you are prepared to see debt collectors
:07:40. > :07:42.come round? If that aside for the council wants to take it then I am
:07:43. > :07:46.afraid so. Northumberland councils as it has taken the traders to court
:07:47. > :07:52.with regret, but the business improvement district in Hexham has
:07:53. > :07:55.already generated ?102,000 to boost the area's economy.
:07:56. > :07:57.The former Middlesbrough and England footballer Ugo Ehiogu is in hospital
:07:58. > :08:00.after collapsing at Tottenham's training centre,
:08:01. > :08:02.where he coaches their under-23s side.
:08:03. > :08:04.The 44-year-old spent seven years at the Boro
:08:05. > :08:08.and was part of their 2004 Carling Cup-winning side.
:08:09. > :08:12.So far, there's no update on his condition.
:08:13. > :08:18.ahead of the Tees Valley Mayoral elections on May the 4th.
:08:19. > :08:20.An audience at the Macmillan Academy in Middlesbrough
:08:21. > :08:23.questioned the main parties on issues including jobs,
:08:24. > :08:27.Among the topics discussed was the question
:08:28. > :08:36.does the Tees Valley even need a mayor?
:08:37. > :08:42.Now, the Tory Government has imposed it on us with the help and support
:08:43. > :08:46.of five Labour councils, to something in an area that doesn't
:08:47. > :08:51.exist called BT is valid. They have brought Durham into our area. We
:08:52. > :08:55.don't have Cleveland, we don't have Teesside, this is a complete
:08:56. > :08:58.nonsense. Give us a referendum, let the people have our say and I think
:08:59. > :09:01.you would find it would be overwhelmingly that we do not want a
:09:02. > :09:03.mayor and this devolution. And you can watch the candidates
:09:04. > :09:05.respond to that question and many others in our
:09:06. > :09:07.special programme It's coming up immediately
:09:08. > :09:11.after the news here on BBC One. Before that, we need to find out
:09:12. > :09:22.what the weather has in store Thanks very much. Well, some
:09:23. > :09:29.unexpectedly prolonged sunny spells today. Northumberland coast was the
:09:30. > :09:32.warmest place in the country at 18.6 degrees. There are still some gaps
:09:33. > :09:36.in the cloud in the east this evening, and through the night.
:09:37. > :09:40.Elsewhere, it stays cloudy with some patchy rain at times and there is
:09:41. > :09:43.enough cloud and breeze to stop the temperatures anywhere dropping much
:09:44. > :09:48.below about eight Celsius. That is the way we start tomorrow. A lot of
:09:49. > :09:51.cloud in the hall. Any brightness in the east will tend to feed through
:09:52. > :09:55.the day as the cloud filled in. Early patchy rain in the West
:09:56. > :09:59.becomes more located to the east of the Pennines later in the day and we
:10:00. > :10:03.will see temperatures a shade cooler than today, with more cloud
:10:04. > :10:08.generally, and the brisk west to north-westerly breeze. House
:10:09. > :10:13.tomorrow afternoon, 14 Celsius, 57 Fahrenheit. High pressure stays in
:10:14. > :10:16.charge of the weather on the hall. That is the weather front that
:10:17. > :10:21.brings tomorrow's patchy rain. As that clears away, mostly dry for
:10:22. > :10:24.Saturday. Old nights to come Friday and Saturday night, and then through
:10:25. > :10:28.Sunday this next frontal system eventually brings some rain from the
:10:29. > :10:33.north-west and freshens up the wind as well. As we head into the
:10:34. > :10:36.weekend, Saturday, most places dry, from bright spells. Not a huge
:10:37. > :10:41.amount of sunshine. A bit cooler after that cold start, just about
:10:42. > :10:44.making double figures to the afternoon, even with those light
:10:45. > :10:48.winds. Another cold night on Saturday night. A dry, bright start.
:10:49. > :10:52.Eventually some figurine coming in for the north-west later in the day
:10:53. > :10:56.as those westerly winds started to freshen up again. Top temperature,
:10:57. > :10:58.tell Celsius. That is the way it is looking as they headed towards the
:10:59. > :11:00.weekend. Here is the summary for tomorrow. Helen has the national
:11:01. > :11:05.forecast. week for much of the UK and for more
:11:06. > :11:10.about that and the UK outlook, Helen Willetts.
:11:11. > :11:16.The sunshine make such a difference this time of year, only 12 or so
:11:17. > :11:20.degrees under the cloud today but 19 in eastern Scotland not far away
:11:21. > :11:24.from St Andrews. Also in north-east England, where we had the majority
:11:25. > :11:29.of the decent sunshine. Even under cloud it was dry for the most part.
:11:30. > :11:32.We have this week whether forgiving showers in the south. This weather
:11:33. > :11:36.front starting to pep up in the North, it'll change the feel of the
:11:37. > :11:40.weather for all of us in the coming 36 hours. Through the night very
:11:41. > :11:45.little changes, cloud comes and goes, there will be missed a shallow
:11:46. > :11:49.fog south of the M4. Possibly the odd pocket of ground frost here and
:11:50. > :11:52.there. You can see the rain gathering further north and already
:11:53. > :11:54.by the time we get to morning we have colder air in across Orkney and
:11:55. > :11:55.Shetland with a