02/04/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)


02/04/2017

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Good evening.

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Bradley Lowery - the five-year-old from County Durham -

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has been accepted onto a cancer trial at Great Ormond

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Street Hospital.

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Bradley is terminally ill with a rare type of childhood cancer

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called neuroblastoma.

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His parents say they're meeting with a professor at the hospital

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in London this week to finalise the the decision once they know

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the results of his latest scan.

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The trial has been funded by Cancer Research UK.

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Labour's Shadow Housing Minister says people in the North East

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are losing their homes because the Government's

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new benefits system is pushing them into debt.

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City of Durham MP Robert Blackman-Woods said universal

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credit was failing.

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Not only are people having to wait six weeks, often they are waiting

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three months and ending up in huge debt.

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A lot of people in the private sector are losing their homes.

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So this whole system which is supposed to support

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the most vulnerable is attacking them and making large

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numbers of people homeless.

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Stockton Conservative councillor Matthew Vickers said universal

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benefit was more straightforward - and fairer - than

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what it had replaced.

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This change simplifies a huge mess of benefits that were all different.

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It's fair for people paying for it, it's fair

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for the people claiming it.

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It's not about how well you know your way around

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the system to claim it.

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It's simple, it avoids fraud, it will reduce the administration

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costs and it is a fair system that will help people get back into work

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and will not penalise them if they try to get off benefits.

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A woman has died in a diving accident

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off the coast of Northumberland.

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The diver disappeared after surfacing earlier today

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near the Farne Islands.

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She was rescued following a search by a coastguard helicopter crew

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and lifeboats from Seahouses, but died at the scene.

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal

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road crash in Stokesley.

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A 63-year-old female pedestrian from the Hartlepool area

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was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A scheme run by members of the Sikh community in Middlesbrough

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is helping to feed those homeless in the town.

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And they hope to expand their work to reach more of the estimated 2,000

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homeless in the North East.

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Jonathan Swingler reports.

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A car park in Middlesbrough.

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Hot food prepared at the Sikh temple down the road has been transported

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to people who have gathered here.

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What does it taste like?

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It's absolutely gorgeous.

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Not too spicy for you there?

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No, spot on.

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It just goes to show you that there are people out

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there that care about people.

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Because people forget about the people that are on the street.

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It's very important because it is part

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of our Sikh culture - by helping people

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and people in need.

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We are always open to helping anyone and our Sikh temples

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are open to anyone as well.

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David has a roof over his head but says life is getting

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increasingly difficult.

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I'm on benefits, I'm on low benefits, so it is

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hard for me to get by.

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You get choked up, you think, well, you are doing something good

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for somebody else and hopefully you will never be in that

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position and if you ever do fall on bad times,

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there's somebody there to help you.

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A much-needed hot meal has been provided and the people

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who come here are sent away with food for later.

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More than 100 elite cyclists have been competing

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in the first East Cleveland - Klondike Grand Prix.

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Three times Olympic Champion Ed Clancy was among the country's top

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cyclists taking part in the event, which is a qualifier

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for the Tour De Yorkshire.

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In the end, Chris Latham from Team Wiggins won the race

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after a sprint finish.

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In football news...

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In the Premier League, a goalless draw for Middlesbrough

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away at Swansea's Liberty Stadium - doing little to ease

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their relegation fears.

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The weather now, with Alena Jenkins.

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If you enjoyed the sunshine today, there is more to come tomorrow.

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A dry night, clear skies at first.

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But we see some low-level cloud with patchy mist and fog developing.

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Temperatures low enough in the countryside

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for a touch of frost.

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2C or 3C here, but 4C or 5C in the centre of town.

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Mist and fog lifts readily tomorrow morning and then plenty

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of sunshine once again.

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That sunshine slightly hazy through the afternoon across Cumbria

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with some high cloud ahead of some rain in the evening and overnight.

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But in the sunshine, a very pleasant 14 degrees.

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Rain moving eastwards overnight tonight.

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That clears through Tuesday morning and much of the week,

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aside from an isolated shower, looks to be mainly

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dry with sunshine.

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But overnight could be chilly with a chance of frost.

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Goodbye.

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That's it from us.

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Some

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Some lovely

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Some lovely spring

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Some lovely spring sunshine

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Some lovely spring sunshine on

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