0:00:10 > 0:00:12Good evening. now time for the news where you are.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15More than 350 men have now contacted the police to say they were abused
0:00:15 > 0:00:19by staff at a former North East detention centre.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22The men say the abuse took place between the 1960s and 1990s
0:00:22 > 0:00:25at Kirklevington near Yarm.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Cleveland Police has described the investigation
0:00:27 > 0:00:30as complex and extensive.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Stuart Whincup reports.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Many of the men sent to Kirklevington said
0:00:35 > 0:00:39they expected punishment - but not brutality.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Some say they were sexually abused, while others claim
0:00:41 > 0:00:44they were regularly beaten.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45You accept punishment.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48You accept punishment, because that's why you're there.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49But not like that.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Not like that.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Being beaten, beaten by a grown man when you're a teenager, is...
0:00:54 > 0:00:56something else.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Kirklevington is now a prison, but these allegations date back
0:00:59 > 0:01:02to when it was a detention centre.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04The abuse is said to cover a 30-year period
0:01:04 > 0:01:08from the 1960s to the 1990s.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Cleveland Police says 355 men have now contacted them
0:01:12 > 0:01:16to say they were abused at the detention centre here.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19It says it is now offering help and support to those men
0:01:19 > 0:01:21who have come forward.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It says this is a complex and extensive investigation
0:01:24 > 0:01:28and its enquiries are continuing.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30This solicitor says her firm is representing 80 men who say
0:01:30 > 0:01:33they were abused at Kirklevington.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Often, you get people contacting you and you are the first person
0:01:36 > 0:01:38that they've told.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Sometimes they've not even disclosed
0:01:39 > 0:01:42the full extent of what happened to family members and other people
0:01:42 > 0:01:43that are close to them.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Cleveland Police say two men previously arrested
0:01:45 > 0:01:47as part of its investigation
0:01:47 > 0:01:50have now been released without charge.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53But it says its enquiries are continuing and high numbers
0:01:53 > 0:01:57of people are still coming forward to report abuse.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03Stuart Whincup, BBC Look North, Kirklevington.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06A 77-year-old man had his life savings stolen by three men
0:02:06 > 0:02:10in a robbery at his County Durham home last night.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13He went to get some coal from his coal shed in Coronation,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16near Bishop Auckland at about 8.30,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20when the attackers hit him over the head with his coal shovel.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24He was then pinned down in his house whilst his belongings were searched.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28The victim was treated in hospital, then released.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31A young County Durham vet who left everything behind to care
0:02:31 > 0:02:34for neglected street dogs abroad is hoping to raise extra funds
0:02:34 > 0:02:37to get generously donated equipment from the North East
0:02:37 > 0:02:40to Southeast Asia.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Janey Lowes' inspirational work with some of the world's most
0:02:42 > 0:02:47unloved dogs is featured on tomorrow night's Inside Out.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51It was whilst holidaying in Sri Lanka that Janey was struck
0:02:51 > 0:02:54by the plight of the millions of street dogs and decided
0:02:54 > 0:02:56she had to do something.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Badger, as he became known, was typical.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03He had really bad skin and he had started to chew his foot off.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05He actually hated us right at the start, and wouldn't
0:03:05 > 0:03:07come close to us at all.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Janey has a local team and is joined by UK volunteer nurses and vets
0:03:10 > 0:03:12to treat the animals on the street.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14But equipment is basic.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16We don't have x-ray, we don't have ultrasound,
0:03:16 > 0:03:17we don't have gas anaesthetic.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22We have to sort of piece everything together.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Her inspirational work has led to some generous donations
0:03:25 > 0:03:26of veterinary equipment, but it is piling up
0:03:26 > 0:03:29in a Tyneside lock-up.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It is amazing to have all this stuff.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35However, we've got it stuck in England, because it costs us
0:03:35 > 0:03:40about ?2,500 to ship it over there.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Back in Sri Lanka, Badger is still wearing his bandage
0:03:42 > 0:03:45and has learned to trust Janey and the volunteers.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47You can see how he is completely transformed
0:03:47 > 0:03:52with a little love and care, on Inside Out tomorrow night.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56And that's here on BBC One at 7.30.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Let's have the weather forecast for the start of the new week now -
0:04:00 > 0:04:02here's Owain Wyn Evans.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Hello, hello.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05A chilly night to come across the North East and Cumbria,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08we'll see some fog patches forming and some frost as well,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and we'll be off to a pretty cold start to the day tomorrow morning.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14You can see some blue colours here on the map,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16those temperatures dipping close to, or below freezing,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18and that's even around town.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Some dense patches of fog, especially across parts
0:04:19 > 0:04:23of North Yorkshire, and you can see the overnight lows here on the map.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26So, tomorrow morning, there is a lot of brightness around.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Cumbria seeing some lovely blue sky first thing,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Northumberland, Teesside, County Durham and
0:04:30 > 0:04:33North Yorkshire enjoying this.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Just getting a bit cloudy across Western parts later.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Highs of about 7 Celsius tomorrow.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41So, some frosty mornings to come over the next few days,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and do watch out for those fog patches as well.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47That's the forecast, see you soon.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49And that's all from us this weekend.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51We're back with more in Breakfast tomorrow morning.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Have a good night.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Good
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Good evening.