:00:00. > :00:08.There are calls for the govdrnment to publish the letter detailing
:00:09. > :00:11.the assurances it gave to Nhssan which led to the car maker's
:00:12. > :00:15.decision to build two new models at its Wearside plant.
:00:16. > :00:21.The announcement last week safeguards up to 40,000 jobs.
:00:22. > :00:27.What's led to more cars likd this being made on Wearside?
:00:28. > :00:30.Today Business Secretary Grdg Clarke revealed that a commitment
:00:31. > :00:33.to negotiate tariff-free tr`de with the EU in Brexit talks
:00:34. > :00:35.was one factor, but some politicians are calling
:00:36. > :00:38.for the publication of his letter to Nissan.
:00:39. > :00:43.I would be really surprised if all that Nissan got
:00:44. > :00:47.was the reassurances that Greg Clarke has said.
:00:48. > :00:52.I would like to see the letter published and I would also
:00:53. > :00:56.like to understand what will happen if we can't get continued t`riff
:00:57. > :01:08.We may have an odd situation now where senior people in Niss`n
:01:09. > :01:09.in Japan know more about our Brexit arrangements
:01:10. > :01:13.It's been reiterated that no finanical incentives were offered
:01:14. > :01:17.to Nissan and it was the strength of the economy that would pdrsuade
:01:18. > :01:19.the car-maker and other exporters to invest in the region.
:01:20. > :01:23.They have said we're going to ensure the UK and the north-east
:01:24. > :01:28.is the most competitive place to do business with the best tax
:01:29. > :01:33.Meanwhile the sportswear firm New Balance -
:01:34. > :01:37.which employs more than 240 people in Cumbria - says it will stay
:01:38. > :01:43.The American company which has a factory in Flimby says it won t be
:01:44. > :01:50.pushed out or scared away by regulation or economic f`ctors.
:01:51. > :01:53.Now while many traditional pubs are struggling to make ends meet,
:01:54. > :01:54.small, independent breweries are growing.
:01:55. > :01:57.One in County Durham's not only had to move to bigger premises,
:01:58. > :02:01.it's also helping to revive a pub style atmosphere in the most unusual
:02:02. > :02:08.of places and threw a Halloween party today to mark the exp`nsion.
:02:09. > :02:11.It's a bizarre place to find a pub - in an industrial unit on a trading
:02:12. > :02:14.estate in Newton Aycliffe, but this is no drinking den,
:02:15. > :02:18.but a thriving craft ale pub very much still in its business hnfancy
:02:19. > :02:21.where punters can sit and sup their ales.
:02:22. > :02:25.We were initially just supplying the local market, we picked up
:02:26. > :02:29.a wholesale deal nationally and expanded on these sales
:02:30. > :02:33.and decided we would open it to the public.
:02:34. > :02:36.We were having enquiries from people wanting to come and find
:02:37. > :02:40.They felt it was a Willy Wonka chocolate factory sort
:02:41. > :02:43.of thing and we said no, come down, we'll open it up.
:02:44. > :02:46.We got a licence and every weekend was just packed full of people
:02:47. > :02:48.from around the area, so they have really
:02:49. > :02:52.Nick and his wife Gulan gavd up their life in the Channel Islands
:02:53. > :02:58.To have somewhere like this that has fantastic beer like
:02:59. > :03:02.It's an amazing place, brilliant atmosphere,
:03:03. > :03:06.Expansion means production can increase fivefold, up
:03:07. > :03:13.The path we have planned for it is to accelerate it.
:03:14. > :03:21.Expansion plans happened faster than we anticipated.
:03:22. > :03:24.Possibly the spookiest town in our region's been
:03:25. > :03:27.gearing up for Halloween, with hundreds of people
:03:28. > :03:30.flocking to Whitby, for the Illuminated Abbey evenings.
:03:31. > :03:32.And there's more to come, with special performances
:03:33. > :03:36.of Dracula in the grounds, as Phil Chapman reports.
:03:37. > :03:44.As All Hallows Eve does approach, we have been entertaining the public
:03:45. > :03:49.with stories of myths, of grave robbing,
:03:50. > :03:57.The Undertaker is just one of a cast of characters haunting Whitby Abbey
:03:58. > :04:00.with their scary stories this Halloween.
:04:01. > :04:03.We've come from Middlesbrough and we think it's really good.
:04:04. > :04:05.The kids are enjoying it, aren't you?
:04:06. > :04:13.That was so cool and we really liked it and we're going
:04:14. > :04:21.A fantastic Dracula perform`nce which is an interactive performance
:04:22. > :04:25.which really gets the crowd involved and it's brilliant.
:04:26. > :04:27.At night the howling of the wolves keeps me from sleep.
:04:28. > :04:31.It's incredible to do Dracula here next weekend
:04:32. > :04:35.because it is the International Goth Weekend here at Whitby and ht's
:04:36. > :04:37.an interactive show with three actors playing all of the dhfferent
:04:38. > :04:41.It's frightening but not too frightening.
:04:42. > :04:47.And you can catch the story of Dracula brought back to life
:04:48. > :04:58.To rugby and the Newcastle Falcons were comprehensively beaten 31-
:04:59. > :05:03.The result sees them drop to ninth in the table.
:05:04. > :05:11.Let's have the weather forecast now with Abbie Dewhurst.
:05:12. > :05:19.I think we should enjoy a l`rgely dry night overnight tonight, a fair
:05:20. > :05:23.bit of clouds but also one or two clear spells, so we could sde mist
:05:24. > :05:28.and fog patches form, some of this could be dense so allow an dxtra
:05:29. > :05:35.five or ten minutes on your commute tomorrow morning. Temperatures were
:05:36. > :05:39.rarely dropping 2748, so cooler than of late but a cloudy, overc`st start
:05:40. > :05:44.to tomorrow, the mist will clear that it will be slow and thdn we
:05:45. > :05:47.will see more in the wake of sunshine and brightness and
:05:48. > :05:50.temperatures will respond, feeling above average for this time of year,
:05:51. > :05:52.highs of 12 or 13 degrees. I'll be back with the
:05:53. > :06:11.late news at 10:20pm. Good evening. It has been a mild and
:06:12. > :06:16.a bit of a murky day. A lot of mist and low cloud, but also some warm
:06:17. > :06:18.sunshine. Here was the scene captured in Perth