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A landmark case at Newcastle Crown Court last month ruled that evidence | :00:00. | :00:15. | |
from so-called paedophile hunters can be used to gain a conviction. | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
Some say the activities of these groups jeopardise police work | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
and that it's vigilantism, but it's getting results | :00:24. | :00:25. | |
In this exclusive report, Andrew Hartley's been to meet | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
members of one of the country's leading paedophile hunter | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
Don't start turning on the tears with me... | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
Because if there was a real child to meet you here tonight, | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
Darren Heywood from Stockton had thought he was meeting | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
For 16 days, he had been grooming her and another girl | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
But he'd really been talking to this man. | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
What we're doing is making a difference. | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
Joe Jones is a full-time activist with Guardians of the North. | :01:04. | :01:10. | |
Joe claims his crew of undercover volunteers has caught more than 80 | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
would-be sex offenders in the year since the group was set up. | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
We've got people serving prison sentences. | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
Carly, not her real name, is also a member. | :01:22. | :01:29. | |
We've agreed to hide her identity because of fears for her safety. | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
Today she's agreed to show me how they operate on Facebook. | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
Within minutes, Carly has five adults chatting online. | :01:39. | :01:51. | |
Oh, they're nice clothes that you've got on. | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
Children will think that this person is just being nice and friendly. | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
Some people say what you're doing is entrapment. | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
It's not because we give them every opportunity | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
Are you, as some people allege, vigilantes? | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
No, because a vigilante takes the law into their own hands | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
whereas we gather the evidence, and everything that we gather | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
Many of those caught by Guardians of the North end up here, | :02:24. | :02:30. | |
Newcastle Crown Court, and are jailed. | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
So you'd think the police would appreciate their work. | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
The body that represents the country's top police officers | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
says the activities of groups such as Guardians of the North can put | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
And in a statement, Northumbria Police urged members | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
of the public not to take the law into their own hands. | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
Meanwhile, at Durham Crown Court, it's time for Darren | :02:57. | :02:58. | |
There too is Jo, who's hoping Heywood will go to prison. | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
Heywood admits a charge of inciting a child to sexual activity and he's | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
We're glad this man's off the streets. | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
Child abuse has dominated the headlines in recent years, | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
and many now believe there's a need for urgent action. | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
Guardians of the North says it's simply acting on that demand. | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
Police have named a man found dead in Newcastle. | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
21-year-old Paul Brettwood was discovered by officers | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
called out to Joan Street in Benwell early yesterday. | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
A 29-year-old man who was arrested has since been released. | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
The Mayor of Copeland, the West Cumbrian district once | :03:51. | :03:52. | |
dubbed the fattest in England, says the council is doing | :03:53. | :03:54. | |
In 2014, more than three quarters of those who lived | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
Although that figure has dropped, the borough's now signed up | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
to a programme to improve fitness and wellbeing. | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
Whitehaven, the main town in Copeland, enjoys | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
But in 2014, it's idyllic facade hid an embarassing secret. | :04:12. | :04:18. | |
Too many people here were overweight or obese. | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
For mayor of Copeland Mike Starkie, tackling poor | :04:23. | :04:24. | |
We are getting out into the primary schools and talking | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
I think just by highlighting the issue and making people aware | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
of some of the things that caused the issue and some of the things | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
that can possibly solve it, will go a long way to improving matters. | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
It's easy to eat on the move here, convenience is everywhere. | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
These people think that plays a part in poor diet. | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
People my age have all the time in the world but the young ones | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
There are a lot of restaurants in Whitehaven. | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
But for Mike Starkie, it's not about intervening in the market, | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
but encouraging people to make their own decisions. | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
You cannot make choices for people and the reality is the types | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
of foods that are sold in these fast food outlets, you can go | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
into the supermarkets and buy those foods much cheaper out | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
Copeland Council says leisure activities are now | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
It believes it can encourage a leaner, fitter future. | :05:32. | :05:42. | |
An ?8 million scheme to transform Middlesbrough's 128-year-old town | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
The council-led project involves creating a top-class entertainment | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
venue as well as revealing some of the building's hidden secrets. | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
It's been home to some of the world's best musicians, | :05:56. | :06:03. | |
from Elgar to Rachmaninov, from Bowie to Oasis. | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
But now, Middlesbrough's town hall is being transformed. | :06:10. | :06:16. | |
There'll be new bars, coffee shops and restaurants. | :06:17. | :06:26. | |
Improvements that it's claimed will make this the jewel | :06:27. | :06:28. | |
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
to a building of this importance to the town. | :06:33. | :06:34. | |
It's the biggest music venue in the area. | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
It's got nearly 130 years of history of gigs, | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
fantastic comedy shows, live music, classical music, | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
The building's past, hidden from public view, | :06:47. | :06:54. | |
will also be restored, including the old court room | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
and the police station along with its cells. | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
Complete with the original graffiti scrawled on the doors. | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
Some people have seen it on behind-the scenes-tours in the past. | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
But they'll only have seen it as storage space | :07:14. | :07:15. | |
Now we're going to open it up cfully for the public to appreciate | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
the heritage of Middlesbrough Town Hall. | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
It's hoped the transformed town hall will reopen next April. | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
Stuart Whincup, BBC Look North, Middlesbrough. | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
Four more plaques honouring local heroes from Tyneside have been | :07:37. | :07:39. | |
unveiled in a burgeoning Walk of Fame along the quayside. | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
And today, most of the latest nominations for hero status | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
were on hand to see their names revealed in bronze. | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
Time was you lived, you died and, if you'd been especially memorable, | :07:50. | :07:56. | |
they might put up a plaque to remind people of who you were. | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
Now here, if you fit the bill, they'll create a plaque, as they did | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
For the last four years, Gateshead and Newcastle have set | :08:05. | :08:13. | |
these bronze plaques into pavements around the Tyne Riverside. | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
Today, the actor Tim Healey, broadcaster Mike Neville, | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
former AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and historian John Grundy | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
I'm very lucky because this is just my hobby. | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
If you find a hobby that you get paid for, | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
Across the river, practically under the Tyne Bridge, one symbol | :08:34. | :08:41. | |
I never expected to be remembered, really. | :08:42. | :08:50. | |
And just yards further on, Brian Johnson couldn't make it | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
We're obviously really proud and Dad's really proud and thrilled. | :08:58. | :09:04. | |
We're just really happy we could come and be here today. | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
Back to the Newcastle side and a fitting end to our circuit | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
with the man who knows every inch of it. | :09:12. | :09:12. | |
This area and this place is the heart of the city, | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
and the city's right in my heart as well. | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
It's a place of immense historical significance and tremendous beauty. | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
I really do feel so lucky to be a permanent part of it now. | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
Gerry Jackson, BBC Look North, Tyneside. | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
OK, time for the weather now and it's been | :09:36. | :09:37. | |
a gorgeous day today, Paul. | :09:38. | :09:38. | |
There is a lot of cloud building up, maybe they can offer the odd spot | :09:39. | :09:55. | |
here in there. Amada night and the last few nights. Tomorrow, a few | :09:56. | :10:04. | |
bright spells around but more cloud around and that cloud will bring | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
showery outbreaks of rain as we head towards and through the afternoon. | :10:11. | :10:12. | |
Some of those showers could be on Some of those showers could be on | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
the heavy side, maybe even a rumble of thunder. There is more rain to | :10:16. | :10:25. | |
come tomorrow night. The temperatures 11 Celsius. | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
Temperatures picking up on the North Yorkshire coast but mist and low | :10:29. | :10:36. | |
cloud developing. There will be some rain to come tomorrow night. It | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
should clear away as we head through the course of Saturday so most | :10:42. | :10:43. | |
places drying up the time. More rain places drying up the time. More rain | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
on Saturday night in the Sunday without mixture of sunshine and | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
showers. After the overnight rain on Friday night, Saturday dries up the | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
many places, temperatures in the mid teens, a brisk south-westerly wind, | :11:00. | :11:00. | |
and sunshine and showers on Sunday. We want to see the economy | :11:01. | :11:02. | |
work for everybody, not Now the weather. | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
, yes a humid dead. We have had photographs of the | :11:10. | :11:38. | |
Now, humid air is coming in hyped. This cloud will be spreading | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
northwards bringing rain and showers. More cloud will | :11:45. | :11:45. |