bra nwen jeffreys, bbc news and darlington.ky producers, supported the remain campaign, worried that brexit might affect exports. but now it seems some are having a change of heart, buoyed by the prospect of one—off trade deals with countries like india, where they currently face tariffs of 150%. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith has the story. the barley, the water and the weather make islay malt unique, and on this small island, whisky is very big business. almost 90% of scotland's amber liquor is exported overseas, so brexit will certainly be felt here. small distilleries, like kilchoman, don't want to lose the protected status for scotch whisky offered by eu law, and they worry about the bureaucracy that leaving the single market might entail. whereas it was very easy to export into europe, it's now going to be a little more difficult. certainly for smaller companies, i think, that will have an impact, because of the amount of people we have to comply with all the new regulations. many of the island's distilleries are owned b

she took on a darlington school in crisis. she worked to win trust from parents.it is not unique to this by a long stretch, they have social mobility that is incredibly low and don't leave the area. schools here get less funding than london and nicole told me many families have never moved from darlington. you have to take mum, dad, grandpa with me on that journey, so that we are all working together. there is nobody behind, we are all together. what other kind of fears they might have? the unknown, the lack of experience and lack of opportunities that they perhaps didn't have themselves, through no fault of their own. but it is the unknown and that fear of, we are all right as we are. some parts of england have reduced the education 93p- england have reduced the education gap. it's seven or eight months in tour hamlets, hackney and southwark, london boroughs. but it is 25 or 27 months in darlington, derby and south gloucestershire. £72 million of extra money to improve social mobility is going to some parts of england. but that money won't reach the streets in da

bra nwen jeffreys, bbc news and darlington.creased. the court of appeal ruled that ian paterson's initial fifteen—year jail term was unduly lenient and raised it to 20 years. our health editor hugh pym reports. that's now been increased to 20 years... yes! tracy and deborah, two of ian paterson's victims. news of the higher sentence was just what they'd hoped for. i felt very emotional. we wanted the right decision. the increase has given the right message. we've all got life sentences. but 20 years, to me, at least he'll serve a significant sentence. court of appealjudges said no sentence could properly reflect the suffering of paterson's patients, and they ruled he should serve an extra five years. the government lawyer who challenged the original sentence said justice had been done. the substantial increase in the sentence, to 20 years, sends out a clear message to the wider community that our system will not tolerate such egregious breaches of trust. paterson, seen here before his sentencing, mutilated patients after deceiv

bra nwen jeffreys, bbc news and darlington.t which was removed from the throat of a man who died following a police chase contained a mixture of paracetamol and caffeine. rashan charles was seen on a shop's cctv camera being apprehended by an officer and appearing to put something in his mouth. his death in east london sparked unrest in the local area. the independent police complaints commission is investigating. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories making the bbc news. british airways cabin crew have extended their long—running strike over pay, for a further two weeks from august 16th, until the end of the august bank holiday. members of the unite union have already taken 60 days of strike action. a benefits cheat who said he couldn't walk more than 50 metres, but managed to climb mount kilimanjaro and won a triathlon, has been sentenced to 20 weeks in prison by a court in south wales. mark lloyd, who is 33, received thousands of pounds in personal independence payments, yet continued to live an active lif

chester firefighters arrived to put it out they quickly found out the fire actually started nearby on darlington street. pee can he was called in and found a problem with unground cable was causing smoke to spew from manhole. fire chief mike mcdonald explains the chain reaction. >> what happened was, there was fire underground in a transformer electric wire so they feed all the homes. so it went down, you know, the conduit or whatever went into the panel box in the basement of the house and caught the basement the panel box on fire. >> reporter: the chief says the combustion underground sent high levels of carbon monoxide through the area. it sickened five firefighters, one assistant fire chief mark scanlon who sent out distress call. >> he love his consciousness just little bit. he's currently being treated at the hospital for possible co. >> reporter: the other four firefighters were taken to the hospital as a precaution. maria ruffin was walking by and took pictures of firefighter being scammed. >> they started giving him some oxygen, and treated him. >> reporter: still no word tonight from p

doolittle and the young darlington. dr. doolittle would always say it is like the beagle is great merit naturalists like darwin they both love animals and they can was genuine the influence by dr. doolittle i have never seen any of the films they good as. [laughter] >> they are pretty good. >> well below one. if you really love the book the film will follow which. but he did influence me to value the nonhuman animals it away and might not have done. he is actually censored in a lot of public libraries because of racism that is just the symptoms of the '20s when he wrote the of books and every row racist type but in a very gentle kind of way dr. doolittle of more than makes up for it. >> the doctor doolittle as you point out fixes over and over but that is held doubt by the animals to figure out what's he needs in that is a rescue. >> he can talk to don humid levels of that is the plot of the whole story this is the one trick that he has like science fiction then everything else follows from that. >> is struck me in the last

and take a look at the way these darlington girls dress for the game.ho attended to report on it and administered it. you never saw such fast girls in your life. at least the 10,000 spectators think so. altogether there is a lot of pretty play. despite the sizeable crowd drawn to this fixture, the fa frowned on women's football for a while as "unladylike." i think if you talk to these players, of course they want to earn a living, and so they should, playing the game they love, but what makes them special and what is very visible when you work with them, is they haven't lost the feeling of being an amateur sportsperson. someone who had to battle through life to be the best you could be. and i think we want that sort of olympian spirit, if you want to call it that. shot—stopping practice for the london bees, putting in some preseason training this evening. they are semiprofessional players, earning several thousand pounds a season. but have other jobs. several are teachers. they are linked to the second division men's side, barnet. the women play to crow

chester firefighters arrived to put it out they quickly found out the fire actually started nearby on darlingtontreet. skyfox flew over the chaos as peco was called in and found a problem with an underground cable was causing smoke to spew from a manhole. fire chief mike mcdonald explains the chain leeing. >> what happened was there was a fire underground in a transformer electric wire. so they feed all the homes. so it went down, you know, the conduit or whatever went into the panel box in the basement of the house and caught the basement the panel box on fire. >> reporter: the chief says the combustion underground sent high levels of carbon monoxide through the area. it sickened five firefighters. one sift assistant fire chief who spent out a distress call. >> came out of the building and collapsed. to update him did he not have cardiac issue. he was not -- did he not -- he lost his consciousness a little bit. he's colonelly being treated at the hospital for possible co. >> reporter: the other four firefighters were taken to the hospital as precaution. maria was walking by and took pictures of

chester firefighters arrive to put it out, they quickly found the fire actually started nearby on darlingtonkyfox flew over the chaos, peco called in, found a problem with a underground cable was causing smoke to spew from a manhole. fire chief, mike mcdonald, explains the chain reaction. >> what happened was there was a fire underground, in a transformer, electric wire, so they feed all of the homes. so it went down, you know, the conduit, whatever, went into the panel box of the basement of the house and caught the basement, panel box on fire. >> the chief says the con bus ton underground sent high levels of carbon monoxide through the area. it sickens five firefighters, one assistant fire chief, mark scanlan, who sent out a distress call. >> it was actually came out of the building, and collapsed. to update him, did he not have a cardiac issue, he was not -- he did not -- he lost his consciousness, just little bit. he's currently being treated at the hospital for possible co. >> the other four firefighters were taken to the hospital as a precaution. maria roughin was walking by and took p

chester firefighters turned out to put it out quickly found out the fire actually started nearby on darlingtoneet. flew over the chaos, peco called in, and found a problem with a underground cable causing smell to spew from a manhole. >> fire chief explains what happened. >> what happened, fire underground, in a transformer, electric wire, so they feed all of the homes. so it went down, you know, the conduit whatever went into the panel box of the basement of the house and caught the basement, the panel box on fire. >> the cleve says the combustion underground sent high levels of carbon monoxide through the area. it sickens five firefighters, one assistant fire chief, mark scanlan, who sent out a distress call. >> it was actually came out of the building, and collapsed. >> to update him he did not have a cardiac issue. he lost his consciousness just a little bit, currently being treated at the hospital for possible co. >> the other four firefighters were taken to the hospital as a precaution. maria roughin was walking by, took pictures of a firefighter being examined. >> they started giving hi