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- Updates on Friday 17 April 2015
- News, sport, travel and weather updates return at 08:00 Monday
Dry overnight withclear spells and a northeasterly breeze.
Forecaster Kay Crewdson says: "It will become chilly by the dawn period, with a slight frost possible away from the immediate coast in rural areas."
BBC Look North
A lorry driver has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle half a million fake pound coins into the UK, the National Crime Agency says.
William Turnbull, 66, from Haltwhistle, Northumberland was caught at North Shields ferry terminal driving his HGV off a service from Ijmuiden in Holland.
The coins had been hidden under metal washers contained in barrels. Mr Turnbull will be sentenced later.
Boro defender Daniel Ayala (pictured) is a doubt with a thigh strain for tomorrow's trip to Carrow Road, while Jonathan Woodgate is out with a hamstring problem.
Winger Albert Adomah (calf and ankle) is doubtful, while Chelsea loanee Tomas Kalas plays his final game for Boro.Either team could top the Championship by the end of the day, with second-placed Norwich one point adrift of leaders Bournemouth and the visitors a point further back in fourth.
A Middlesbrough mayoral candidate has denied any wrongdoing after allegations he had broken election rules.
It has emerged Cleveland Police is investigating claims Independent candidate Andy Preston used his parents' address in Middlesbrough on his nomination papers.
Mr Preston said: "I'm going to be spending huge amounts of time there so, for correspondence, for late nights I'll be spending in town, for early mornings that I'll be at meetings that we'll be having in Middlesbrough, I need a base here.
"So I used my family address where I grew up and where my parents still live."
A South Tyneside man has been missing for a month and Northumbria Police are asking for help finding him.
Daniel Smith, 25, was living in Sunderland when he was last seen on 20 March in the city.
His family are desperate to hear from him, police say.
A driverblamed a change in his medication for him leading police on a chase through residential streets.
A team of armed police were dispatched with other officers to stop Gary Wilson when he sped off in his van after a row in the street.
BBC Business Reporter
No additional jobs will be created in the UK as a result of this£6.1bn order for 200 Trent 900 engines. This order 'secures the future' of the existing 24,500 workers at Rolls Royce here.
Emirates has ordered Rolls-Royce to supply engines for its super-jumbo fleet.
The firm will make many of the components in various UK sites such as Sunderland and Derby, but final assembly will take place in Singapore.
Jon Harle and Anne Leuchars
On tonight's programme, we'll be hearing from one of the first British soldiers to enter the Belsen concentration camp in Germany.
The day before a special memorial at Durham Cathedral to mark the anniversary, 94-year-old Dick Atkinson, says the horror has never left him.
Visitors to a County Durham tourist attraction will have the chance to see working horses in action over the weekend.Beamish Museum is hosting a special equine event featuring horse-drawn omnibuses and carriages, and demonstrations of pit ponies and heavy horses at work.
People will also have the chance see harness makers and farriers in action and watch traditional carriage painting.
Part of a beach in Northumberland is being fenced off during the summer to protect nesting birds.
Thecounty council has joined forces with conservationists, to provide a safe haven in an area of Druridge Bay.
It is hoped ringed plovers, oystercatchers and terns will be more successful in raising chicks if they are not disturbed by beach users and dogs.
A fire at Monument Metro Station in Newcastle has now been extinguished.Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service said an investigation into the cause of the blaze, which took place in the ceiling cavity, would now begin.
Keith Carruthers, from the service, said: "I would like to thank Nexus and the public for their co-operation."
Aaron Sneddon was last seen in the Leven Street area of Middlesbrough 06:40 BST in a distressed state.
He is described as of slim build, with mousey hair, 6ft tall and wearing a grey Adidas tracksuit with red and white on the top and white trainers.
A woman has been badly hurt in a crash in Newcastle city centre.Northumbria Police was called to a slip road of the New Bridge roundabout after two vehicles collided at about 09:50 BST.
The woman was taken to hospital, with injuries which although serious are not believed to be life-threatening.
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Crews are currently at a fire at the Monument Metro Station in Newcastle.
The Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service was called out to reports of a smell of smoke on platform level just after 12:30.
It is believed to involve a light fitting.Nexus says trains are running through but not stopping at the station, which has been evacuated.
The incident happened in the Maidenvale Junction area of Darlington at around on 26 March, when it is believed the cable was placed across the tracks in a direct attempt to cut and steal it.
Following a spate of thefts, a covert camera that had been placed in the area, which captured the image of someone the police want to get in touch with.
Newcastle United manager John Carver will "review" the club's captaincy this summer and could take the armband away from defender Fabricio Coloccini, 33, to give it to 25-year-old right-back Daryl Janmaat according to the BBC Sport Gossip page.Read more here.
Police are warning people to be on their guard after"extremely dangerous" pills were stolen.
Strong painkillers were reportedly stolen yesterday from an address in Chatsworth Gardens, Billingham.
The prescribed drugs are believed to be 100mg of slow release morphine.
They are little grey tablets with the letters 'MST' on the packet.
More than 100 Teessiders are set to brave a cold spring night by sleeping rough to help fight local poverty and homelessness.
The fifth Big Tees Sleepout, will take place at Durham University's Queen's Campus in Stockton tonight.
Organised by theMiddlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation, it aims to raise money and shine a light on the issues.
It follows a number of reports of headstones being damaged and items moved or stolen from graves.
Neighbourhood Inspector Lisa Laverick said: "It causes a huge amount of upset and distress to the families whose loved ones' graves has been affected.
"We will increase our patrols to help prevent any further incidents and offer reassurance to those visiting."
Water problems in Newcastle city centre were caused by the failure of a valve on a water main, during an excavation as part of cleaning work,Northumbrian Water has said.
Engineers have now isolated the burst and are working to repair the pipe.
Supplies have been restored and customers with discoloured water are advices to open the cold tap fully until it runs clear.
Drivers in Stockton may experience delays from Friday, thecouncil has warned.
It is as a result of changes to the traffic signal control at the A1044 Thornaby Road / A174 Parkway Extension junction, which are expected to last until May.
Drivers are advised to find alternative routes at peak times if at all practicable.
Politics Reporter, BBC North East and Cumbria
There's been another fall in the number of people out of work in the North East.
100,000 people in the region are unemployed - according to the latest jobs figures.
For the past five years the North East had the highest unemployment rate in the country at that remains unchanged with it now standing at 7.7%.
Read more aboutthe national figures here.
BBC Newcastle mid-morning presenter
A study finds that children are beingput off sports as a result of pushy parents, with nearly half of children surveyed saying that the bad behaviour of mums and dads on the sidelines makes them "not want to take part".
So what is the best way to support your child without crossing the line into putting them off.
I'll be talking to the mother of Paralympic swimmer Josef Craig.
Repairs to a burst water pipe are under way in Newcastle,as flood levels subside and households supplies return to households.
Road closures caused problems during rush hour, as diversions were put in place.
The medication, little grey tables containing 100mg of slow release morphine, could be extremely dangerous if taken by anyone other than the person they were prescribed.
Anyone who finds them is asked to hand them into any pharmacy or a police officer.
There is severe congestion between A189 St James Boulevard and Park Road in Newcastle.
The A695 Tyne And Wear and A695 Scotswood Road are closed in both directions because of a burst water main and emergency repairs.
It's also affecting Railway Street between Dunn Street and A695 Railway Street and Skinnerburn Road between Dunn Street and Shot Factory Lane.
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