:00:00. > :00:12.We are back with the late news at 10 o'clock.
:00:13. > :00:16.A murder investigation is now underway after a man who was stabbed
:00:17. > :00:19.in Newcastle city centre, nearly a week ago,
:00:20. > :00:24.The 22-year-old was involved in an incident last Monday.
:00:25. > :00:29.Police have already charged two people with grievous bodily harm.
:00:30. > :00:32.Voters in Copeland believed Labour was out of touch
:00:33. > :00:34.on some key issues and that contributed
:00:35. > :00:37.to the party's defeat, according to Teesside MP Alex
:00:38. > :00:41.He told BBC's Sunday Politics that Labour needed to get its message
:00:42. > :00:51.across to voters better, especially on the nuclear industry.
:00:52. > :00:54.Jeremy made it clear, I made it clear on the
:00:55. > :00:57.doorstep as well, that we were very much committed to that industry.
:00:58. > :00:59.Nobody's going to throw away thousands of well-paid jobs, and I
:01:00. > :01:02.think it's important that we continue to try to get that message
:01:03. > :01:06.A Durham man who, at seven foot seven, was Britain's tallest,
:01:07. > :01:10.Neil Fingleton made a career first as a basketball player
:01:11. > :01:13.and then as an actor, and starred in TV shows like
:01:14. > :01:19.It's reported he suffered heart failure.
:01:20. > :01:22.An Army captain has climbed North Yorkshire's Roseberry Topping
:01:23. > :01:26.29 times, to raise money for an 11-year-old girl seriously
:01:27. > :01:30.Maisie Welsh, from Marske, was left blind in one eye
:01:31. > :01:34.and suffered life-changing facial injuries in the accident.
:01:35. > :01:36.Captain Chris Hames set himself the challenge to raise
:01:37. > :01:42.Even after nearly 30 years in the Army, this was one of
:01:43. > :01:45.Chris's toughest challenges ever, but worth every step to raise funds
:01:46. > :01:53.And I think, probably, that's where it's going to stop.
:01:54. > :01:58.I think that's probably round about the 80 kilometre mark.
:01:59. > :02:01.And height climbed, I'm not sure, but it's a lot.
:02:02. > :02:07.And every time Chris climbed the 1050 feet here to the summit,
:02:08. > :02:10.he marked off the achievement right here.
:02:11. > :02:17.I can't put into words just how generous and how
:02:18. > :02:21.kind, and even his team have been supportive.
:02:22. > :02:24.The mountain behind us, the hill - I don't know how we
:02:25. > :02:27.describe that - but he's been up that 29 times so far.
:02:28. > :02:28.Maisie was in my daughter's football team.
:02:29. > :02:32.I didn't really know her that well, to be fair, or her dad.
:02:33. > :02:34.But it's going to give her a better quality of life.
:02:35. > :02:37.I think that's the best way of summing it up.
:02:38. > :02:39.She's got lots of operations and lots of treatment yet
:02:40. > :02:44.that she'll need, and there's so much they can do with the money
:02:45. > :02:47.that it'll just make a big difference in her life
:02:48. > :02:51.And Chris' Moving Mountains For Maisie campaign has already
:02:52. > :03:01.One of our best known entertainers is writing a TV drama based
:03:02. > :03:07.Sir Lenny Henry has become fascinated with the story
:03:08. > :03:10.of policeman John Kent, who pounded the beat nearly
:03:11. > :03:14.He enlisted the help of historical novelist Philippa Gregory
:03:15. > :03:21.I've never seen anything like this before, it's amazing.
:03:22. > :03:26.Carlisle Records Office is where you will find clues
:03:27. > :03:30.about the amazing life of John Kent, a history maker.
:03:31. > :03:35.John Kent was this country's first black
:03:36. > :03:44.policeman, striding the streets in his swallowtail coat
:03:45. > :03:46.with his stout top hat, carrying an oaken staff,
:03:47. > :03:48.striking terror into the local children.
:03:49. > :03:50.Is that him there, is that Kent there?
:03:51. > :03:53.The swashbuckling officer joined Carlisle Police Force in 1837.
:03:54. > :03:55.Now he has caught the eye of Lenny, who
:03:56. > :03:59.wants to turn his life into a TV drama, and these records are a
:04:00. > :04:04.We are interested in how someone like Kent would have
:04:05. > :04:08.interacted with the local community, and we know that it says here that
:04:09. > :04:11.he was used as a kind of bogeyman - if you don't behave yourself,
:04:12. > :04:15.John Kent's father, Thomas, was a slave
:04:16. > :04:19.who arrived in Whitehaven and then won his freedom.
:04:20. > :04:28.My reaction, obviously, was surprise, being a white farmer,
:04:29. > :04:30.to find out I had a black slave in the ancestry.
:04:31. > :04:33.All feedback I've had in the past year has all
:04:34. > :04:37.All been saying what a wonderful story.
:04:38. > :04:39.I'd quite like to look at her transcript, really.
:04:40. > :04:48.Lenny will be pitching his script to broadcasters soon.
:04:49. > :04:51.And find you can out more about the amazing life of John Kent,
:04:52. > :04:57.tomorrow on BBC Inside Out at 7:30pm, here on BBC One.
:04:58. > :05:01.Let's have the weather forecast now, with Jen Bartram.
:05:02. > :05:05.It's been a fairly blustery afternoon and the
:05:06. > :05:08.strong winds continue as we head into this evening and overnight.
:05:09. > :05:11.Most of the heavy rain from earlier across Cumbria has died away,
:05:12. > :05:14.but through the night we will see further showers pushing in and some
:05:15. > :05:17.of these could be a touch wintry over higher ground.
:05:18. > :05:18.Temperatures overnight dropping down to around
:05:19. > :05:24.So it will be quite chilly start for a morning.
:05:25. > :05:27.There could be a few icy patches here and there, but generally
:05:28. > :05:30.we are looking at a day of sunny spells and some scattered showers.
:05:31. > :05:33.Some of these showers will have some hail,
:05:34. > :05:35.some thunder as well, and over higher ground they will be
:05:36. > :05:41.Temperatures tomorrow up to a high of around seven Celsius, so feeling
:05:42. > :05:45.We keep the cold theme as we go into Tuesday with some
:05:46. > :05:51.I'll be back with the late news, at 10:20pm.
:05:52. > :06:19.Good evening. The fifth named storm of the season has been affecting the
:06:20. > :06:22.west of the UK, and it was named Ewan by the Irish meteorological
:06:23. > :06:25.service because that is where the impact was expected, but it has been
:06:26. > :06:29.quite wet for some and the wettest weather is moving northwards across
:06:30. > :06:32.the North of Scotland and the stronger winds go with that. Strong
:06:33. > :06:36.winds pushing away towards the east with showers and then further
:06:37. > :06:40.showers behind overnight, and some of the showers will contain some
:06:41. > :06:41.wintry weather. It will be quite cold for