22/01/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)


22/01/2017

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Good evening. now time for the news where you are.

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More than 350 men have now contacted the police to say they were abused

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by staff at a former North East detention centre.

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The men say the abuse took place between the 1960s and 1990s

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at Kirklevington near Yarm.

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Cleveland Police has described the investigation

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as complex and extensive.

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Stuart Whincup reports.

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Many of the men sent to Kirklevington said

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they expected punishment - but not brutality.

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Some say they were sexually abused, while others claim

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they were regularly beaten.

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You accept punishment.

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You accept punishment, because that's why you're there.

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But not like that.

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Not like that.

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Being beaten, beaten by a grown man when you're a teenager, is...

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something else.

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Kirklevington is now a prison, but these allegations date back

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to when it was a detention centre.

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The abuse is said to cover a 30-year period

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from the 1960s to the 1990s.

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Cleveland Police says 355 men have now contacted them

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to say they were abused at the detention centre here.

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It says it is now offering help and support to those men

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who have come forward.

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It says this is a complex and extensive investigation

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and its enquiries are continuing.

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This solicitor says her firm is representing 80 men who say

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they were abused at Kirklevington.

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Often, you get people contacting you and you are the first person

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that they've told.

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Sometimes they've not even disclosed

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the full extent of what happened to family members and other people

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that are close to them.

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Cleveland Police say two men previously arrested

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as part of its investigation

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have now been released without charge.

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But it says its enquiries are continuing and high numbers

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of people are still coming forward to report abuse.

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Stuart Whincup, BBC Look North, Kirklevington.

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A 77-year-old man had his life savings stolen by three men

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in a robbery at his County Durham home last night.

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He went to get some coal from his coal shed in Coronation,

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near Bishop Auckland at about 8.30,

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when the attackers hit him over the head with his coal shovel.

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He was then pinned down in his house whilst his belongings were searched.

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The victim was treated in hospital, then released.

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A young County Durham vet who left everything behind to care

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for neglected street dogs abroad is hoping to raise extra funds

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to get generously donated equipment from the North East

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to Southeast Asia.

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Janey Lowes' inspirational work with some of the world's most

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unloved dogs is featured on tomorrow night's Inside Out.

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It was whilst holidaying in Sri Lanka that Janey was struck

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by the plight of the millions of street dogs and decided

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she had to do something.

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Badger, as he became known, was typical.

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He had really bad skin and he had started to chew his foot off.

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He actually hated us right at the start, and wouldn't

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come close to us at all.

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Janey has a local team and is joined by UK volunteer nurses and vets

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to treat the animals on the street.

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But equipment is basic.

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We don't have x-ray, we don't have ultrasound,

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we don't have gas anaesthetic.

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We have to sort of piece everything together.

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Her inspirational work has led to some generous donations

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of veterinary equipment, but it is piling up

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in a Tyneside lock-up.

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It is amazing to have all this stuff.

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However, we've got it stuck in England, because it costs us

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about ?2,500 to ship it over there.

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Back in Sri Lanka, Badger is still wearing his bandage

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and has learned to trust Janey and the volunteers.

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You can see how he is completely transformed

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with a little love and care, on Inside Out tomorrow night.

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And that's here on BBC One at 7.30.

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Let's have the weather forecast for the start of the new week now -

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here's Owain Wyn Evans.

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Hello, hello.

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A chilly night to come across the North East and Cumbria,

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we'll see some fog patches forming and some frost as well,

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and we'll be off to a pretty cold start to the day tomorrow morning.

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You can see some blue colours here on the map,

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those temperatures dipping close to, or below freezing,

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and that's even around town.

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Some dense patches of fog, especially across parts

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of North Yorkshire, and you can see the overnight lows here on the map.

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So, tomorrow morning, there is a lot of brightness around.

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Cumbria seeing some lovely blue sky first thing,

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Northumberland, Teesside, County Durham and

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North Yorkshire enjoying this.

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Just getting a bit cloudy across Western parts later.

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Highs of about 7 Celsius tomorrow.

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So, some frosty mornings to come over the next few days,

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and do watch out for those fog patches as well.

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That's the forecast, see you soon.

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And that's all from us this weekend.

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We're back with more in Breakfast tomorrow morning.

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Have a good night.

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Good

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Good evening.

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