:00:00. > :00:15.Alice Ruggles was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, Trimaan Dhillon.
:00:16. > :00:18.After months of stalking, he cut her throat at her Gateshead flat.
:00:19. > :00:20.Alice's friends and family have started a trust to raise awareness
:00:21. > :00:24.of the signs of abusive relationships and stalking.
:00:25. > :00:27.Today, her flatmate and best friend, spoke exclusively to Look North
:00:28. > :00:44.about Alice and how they want to prevent a similar tragedy.
:00:45. > :00:49.So, I kept moving down very close to see if I
:00:50. > :00:54.Maxine McGill came home on October 12th last
:00:55. > :00:57.year to find the body of her flatmate, Alice Ruggles,
:00:58. > :01:10.Although I had seen what I've seen I still believed
:01:11. > :01:14.I just wanted someone there to help her, to bring her back.
:01:15. > :01:17.Deep down I knew that nothing would bring her
:01:18. > :01:24.Is that an image that stays with you?
:01:25. > :01:28.It is something that I do not ever think
:01:29. > :01:38.What saddens me the most about it is that it shadows my
:01:39. > :01:41.memory of Alice when she was alive and when she was happy.
:01:42. > :01:50.Last month, Alice's ex-boyfriend Trimaan Dhillon
:01:51. > :01:52.was jailed for 23 years by her murder.
:01:53. > :01:56.He'd been controlling and mean repeatedly throughout their
:01:57. > :02:03.She told me when she was in the shower one day, because he
:02:04. > :02:06.needed the toilet he made her get out and stand in her kitchen with
:02:07. > :02:15.What type of man would do that to anyone never mind
:02:16. > :02:21.That is where it became abusive for me.
:02:22. > :02:24.When Alice entered a relationship Trimaan Dhillon refused
:02:25. > :02:27.to accept it and stalked her before finally killing her.
:02:28. > :02:33.What with the real alarm bells for you?
:02:34. > :02:37.The level of contact that he was trying to make
:02:38. > :02:41.with Alice when she made it very clear that she did not want to have
:02:42. > :02:46.The messages, the phone calls, the letters, the
:02:47. > :02:52.He was watching her every minute of every day.
:02:53. > :02:55.Alice's friends and family have now set up a trust
:02:56. > :02:58.in her name to try and highlight the signs of abusive relationships.
:02:59. > :03:01.It doesn't feel like she's gone but that is more of a testament
:03:02. > :03:04.to her, she was so loved and she left such
:03:05. > :03:10.She was harassed, he was controlling and
:03:11. > :03:13.manipulative and emotionally abusive.
:03:14. > :03:18.It doesn't just end there, this is what
:03:19. > :03:22.it can escalate to and we people to know that because we didn't.
:03:23. > :03:40.I just want someone else not to lose their Alice.
:03:41. > :03:43.The friends of Alice Ruggles speaking earlier.
:03:44. > :03:45.Armed police are still surrounding a street in County Durham,
:03:46. > :03:50.where a man has been hurling petrol bombs at officers.
:03:51. > :03:53.The standoff, in Burnopfield, has already lasted more than ten hours.
:03:54. > :03:56.Negotiators have been trying to talk to the resident,
:03:57. > :03:59.but so far there seems little indication of a resolution.
:04:00. > :04:05.Unarmed police arrived here around lunchtime,
:04:06. > :04:10.They say they attended as part of a mental health issue,
:04:11. > :04:14.but during the afternoon matters escalated dramatically.
:04:15. > :04:16.As officers tried to negotiate, several petrol bombs were thrown
:04:17. > :04:28.The second burst into flames at the feet of the officers.
:04:29. > :04:54.All sides of the street were surrounded but most residents
:04:55. > :04:56.Many spent hours watching and waiting.
:04:57. > :04:59.Police, fire and ambulance crews train together
:05:00. > :04:59.for scenarios like this, but as a senior officer told me,
:05:00. > :05:00.the commander on the spot has to make the decision
:05:01. > :05:00.But there are a number of trained negotiators still around and it has
:05:01. > :05:03.been indicated to me that, as long as the situation remains
:05:04. > :05:06.stable, police are in no hurry to force an end to this incident.
:05:07. > :05:09.The police cordon remains in place here tonight.
:05:10. > :05:12.The man at the centre of it, a 47-year-old, is thought to be
:05:13. > :05:24.He is also believed to be known to the police.
:05:25. > :05:26.Two burst water mains in separate locations caused
:05:27. > :05:32.Traffic ground to a halt during the rush hour
:05:33. > :05:35.as the flooding overwhelmed roads, and parts of the Metro
:05:36. > :05:39.Meanwhile, 1,500 homes were without water.
:05:40. > :05:46.Not a canal, but one of the region's busiest rail lines.
:05:47. > :05:49.This was the Tyne and Wear Metro in West Jesmond this morning.
:05:50. > :05:54.Hundreds of metres of track under six feet of water.
:05:55. > :05:56.Thousands of gallons sent into nearby gardens and then
:05:57. > :06:01.cascading down an embankment and onto line.
:06:02. > :06:08.Residents were woken at five this morning by police.
:06:09. > :06:10.Looked out the window couldn't believe it.
:06:11. > :06:13.It was like a waterfall coming from opposite,
:06:14. > :06:14.through the allotment over the paving,
:06:15. > :06:22.This is a flash flood from the burst water main that has affected
:06:23. > :06:25.the busiest part of the Metro system.
:06:26. > :06:28.That was clearly a huge disruption to our passengers.
:06:29. > :06:32.Four miles away, up to 1500 homes were without water until lunchtime
:06:33. > :06:37.after a second burst water main in the east of the city.
:06:38. > :06:44.Bottled water was handed to residents.
:06:45. > :06:46.Five days after an international cyber attack, patients
:06:47. > :06:49.in our region's biggest health trust are still facing disruption.
:06:50. > :06:53.Northumbria Health Trust cancelled over 20 operations today
:06:54. > :06:57.and orthopaedic clinics at three of its hospitals.
:06:58. > :06:59.Our news correspondent, Mark Denten, has been talking
:07:00. > :07:04.to the Trust's Medical Director, Dr Jeremy Rushmer.
:07:05. > :07:08.I think by tomorrow we will have got all of our elective activity up
:07:09. > :07:12.There have been some cancellations for some elective
:07:13. > :07:15.activity through this week, but the amount of work that we have
:07:16. > :07:23.We're now processing GP samples, with reconnecting to other parts
:07:24. > :07:27.of the NHS and we just, we can see the path back
:07:28. > :07:33.It isn't just about updating the operating systems on a few
:07:34. > :07:35.Microsoft computers, we are a very, very technology heavy
:07:36. > :07:39.business, so we need to work really closely
:07:40. > :07:46.about getting the appropriate software patches.
:07:47. > :07:49.But your trust in that statement on Friday,
:07:50. > :07:52.when all this started, said that you had robust continuity
:07:53. > :07:54.plans in place for any unexpected circumstances,
:07:55. > :08:00.They can't do that robust otherwise you would still not
:08:01. > :08:09.The emergency department has been open through out all that time,
:08:10. > :08:13.we've honoured a very large proportion, we have done far
:08:14. > :08:27.I think we have really minimalist destruction to patients.
:08:28. > :08:33.-- minimalise disruption to patients.
:08:34. > :08:35.We have also been contacted by some of your staff,
:08:36. > :08:38.some of your nursing staff who say that the weekend, and the situation
:08:39. > :08:42.You have been playing this down, haven't you?
:08:43. > :08:44.I don't think so, there was a very serious and appropriate response.
:08:45. > :08:48.There are lessons for the whole of the NHS in the north-east.
:08:49. > :08:49.It is about how we organise our business.
:08:50. > :08:52.A century after he died in battle, a Yorkshire Regiment soldier
:08:53. > :08:56.Private Henry Parker was 23 when he was killed
:08:57. > :08:58.during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
:08:59. > :09:01.But his body was lost, and his bones were only recovered
:09:02. > :09:06.DNA tests have led to relatives being traced
:09:07. > :09:11.and today he was buried with full military honours.
:09:12. > :09:14.Football, and Sunderland's under-23's hopes of lifting
:09:15. > :09:16.their first Premier League International Cup crown
:09:17. > :09:20.were crushed by FC Porto at the Stadium of Light tonight.
:09:21. > :09:23.Full marks for effort, but it just wasn't to be.
:09:24. > :09:36.Time now for the weather with Paul Mooney.
:09:37. > :09:47.Thanks very much. A lot of dry weather around tonight. The last
:09:48. > :09:54.remnants of the weather front are clearing away over the North Sea.
:09:55. > :09:59.Clear skies and light winds so temperatures will drop. Mostly dry
:10:00. > :10:06.start tomorrow with one or two showers morning at -- across parts
:10:07. > :10:10.of Cumbria. Then showers breaking out across the north-east but good
:10:11. > :10:15.sunny spells in between. Sunny across most areas by the end of the
:10:16. > :10:20.afternoon just some showers lingering in North Yorkshire.
:10:21. > :10:32.A mostly light south-westerly breeze. Low pressure dominates over
:10:33. > :10:36.the next few days. This low on the eastern side could bring more
:10:37. > :10:40.persistent rain on Friday. But essentially it is sunny spells and
:10:41. > :10:46.scattered showers for the next few days. The cloud thickens on Friday
:10:47. > :10:52.and more prolonged rain through the middle part of the day, especially
:10:53. > :10:57.in the east. For the weekend, Saturday will see sunny spells and
:10:58. > :11:04.scattered showers. Fairly light wind and Sunday sees similar picture.
:11:05. > :11:06.showers. But it will be a bit warmer.