:00:12. > :00:17.An American surgeon has told a Teesside family that he believes
:00:18. > :00:25.he's destroyed 90% of their son's rare brain tumour.
:00:26. > :00:34.Five-year-old Finley Ingles underwent groundbreaking
:00:35. > :00:36.Laser Ablation Surgery in Houston yesterday after a fundraising
:00:37. > :00:39.campaign saw his family raise ?200,000 to pay for the treatment.
:00:40. > :00:41.The tumour couldn't be operated on in this country
:00:42. > :00:44.Stuart Whincup sent this report from the hospital in Texas.
:00:45. > :00:47.After a nine-hour operation, the Leeds surgeon said he believes
:00:48. > :00:50.he destroyed 90% of the tumour by burning it with a laser.
:00:51. > :00:52.The hope now is that that will end Finley's seizures.
:00:53. > :00:55.Now, remember, he can suffer up to 15 seizures in a single day.
:00:56. > :00:57.Now his family spent last night by his bedside
:00:58. > :01:01.and he is recovering from the surgery.
:01:02. > :01:05.Remarkably, because this technique involves making just a small hole
:01:06. > :01:09.in the skull the size of a pen top, some patients are actually
:01:10. > :01:15.And we will have all the reaction from Finley's family and the surgeon
:01:16. > :01:20.who carried out that successful operation on Monday's programme.
:01:21. > :01:23.Stewart Whincup, BBC Look North, at a Texas children's
:01:24. > :01:31.Three heroin users have died on Teesside in the past week
:01:32. > :01:35.after taking what police say are low-grade supplies in the area.
:01:36. > :01:37.A 35-year-old man from Stockton died last Saturday.
:01:38. > :01:40.Another 35-year-old from the town and a woman aged 27
:01:41. > :01:47.Cleveland Police says batches of particularly harmful heroin
:01:48. > :02:00.on the streets are being passed off by dealers as a higher standard.
:02:01. > :02:03.A Carlisle man has been charged with a racially aggravated
:02:04. > :02:05.public order offence following a football match.
:02:06. > :02:07.23-year-old Steven Bell was arrested after the Carlisle United match
:02:08. > :02:10.He's due before North Cumbria Magistrates' Court this Thursday.
:02:11. > :02:13.The mass planting of snowdrops has begun again at Wallington Hall
:02:14. > :02:17.The National Trust's encouraging volunteers to give
:02:18. > :02:23.And over the next few days, they're planning to plant more
:02:24. > :02:27.than over 100,000 bulbs as Jim Knight reports.
:02:28. > :02:33.And among the families getting down and dirty among
:02:34. > :02:41.the snowdrop bulbs today, some very young helpers.
:02:42. > :02:44.I helped Grandpa stick the snowdrops in and then he helped me crumple
:02:45. > :02:47.the soil that came out of the back of these.
:02:48. > :02:56.Wallington already has a national reputation
:02:57. > :03:10.for its snowdrop displays - but after this third year of mass
:03:11. > :03:15.planting, it will soon be in a league of its own.
:03:16. > :03:18.If like me, you enjoy walking through the trees and admiring
:03:19. > :03:19.the huge sprays of these delicate white flowers.
:03:20. > :03:22.If we were to let them spread naturally, it
:03:23. > :03:29.So if we do it this way and just give things a little bit of a push,
:03:30. > :03:33.we can get at how we want it a lot more quickly and we get
:03:34. > :03:38.And, of course, when you come across into the East Wood,
:03:39. > :03:40.you can really see the fruits of the labour.
:03:41. > :03:42.These snowdrops were planted here about two years ago and now
:03:43. > :03:44.there are some magnificent sprays among the trees.
:03:45. > :03:46.Jim Knight, BBC Look North, Wallington.
:03:47. > :03:48.Onto football now - and in the FA Cup at
:03:49. > :03:51.the Riverside, Boro just managed to book a place in the quarter
:03:52. > :03:54.finals with a late goal from Christian Stuani securing a 3-2
:03:55. > :04:00.In League Two - Carlisle kept promotion hopes alive with a 2-1 win
:04:01. > :04:03.Hartlepool drew 1 each with Plymouth Argyle.
:04:04. > :04:06.In the National League - York drew 1 each with Boreham Wood.
:04:07. > :04:09.But Gateshead kept their play-off hopes alive with a 3-1 win over
:04:10. > :04:12.And in Scottish League Two - Berwick Rangers beat Forfar
:04:13. > :04:19.Dare I say it, it's feeling a tad milder.
:04:20. > :04:21.Let's find out what is happening with the weather.
:04:22. > :04:26.Well we are ending the day with patchy, light rain and drizzle
:04:27. > :04:31.Overnight there will be some clear spells on the east of the Pennines,
:04:32. > :04:34.still further spots of drizzle pushing in at times and it is going
:04:35. > :04:38.to be a fairly mild night, with temperatures dropping down no
:04:39. > :04:41.Tomorrow again we're looking at variable,
:04:42. > :04:45.The cloud will always be thickest across Cumbria where there could be
:04:46. > :04:49.The best of any bright spells in the east of the Pennines
:04:50. > :04:51.and temperatures around 11, maybe 12 degrees.
:04:52. > :04:59.Look North is back at ten to six tomorrow.
:05:00. > :05:25.It has been a mild day to day and some of us have seen some spring
:05:26. > :05:29.sunshine. Blue skies and sunshine here above the River Thames. It has
:05:30. > :05:33.not been sunny everywhere, though. We have got more cloud around across
:05:34. > :05:37.more northerly parts of the country. Some rain to come tonight across
:05:38. > :05:41.Scotland and northern England, all clearing away by the time we get to
:05:42. > :05:44.Sunday morning. And it will be quite chilly start to Sunday, particularly
:05:45. > :05:48.in the south-east corner, where there could be some mist and fog
:05:49. > :05:53.first thing. Away from the south and south-east, it is a milder start to
:05:54. > :05:54.the day. Still quite cloudy on Sunday in the