we have won in darlington — do you own? we have won in darlington towne _ do you own?h smaller scale operation and _ airport. it is a much smaller scale operation and events zara. - airport. it is a much smaller scale operation and events zara. yes. i airport. it is a much smaller scale - operation and events zara. yes. what would our operation and events zara. jazz what would your advice be to other people who might find that they are running a small business, the naming something to them but perhaps a larger concern isn't very happy with what you chose what advice you give? there has been around ten other businesses i've spoken to that are in the same situation from zara. all completely different names and not similar to completely different names and not similarto zara completely different names and not similar to zara but they are in this position. now that i've won i think of the first and i was say keep fighting. it is worth it in the end. if you believe in your brand and you built that dream up, don'tjust close it down because someone is sending you a fancy lett

in darlington.y, but darlington and teesside is still a place i want to make sure that government investment is coming. now, we've got a lot to get through... but it's not a big city and that's what i was talking about and there'll be lots of people watching this who don't live in big cities and they will agree with what i'm saying and say, "i live in a town, i live in a rural area and it's right we get investment, too." there's a lot of priorities you identified and i want to give you the chance to go through those emergencies, so let's move on to another you called an emergency — the state of the national health service. two thirds of conservative party members in a recent poll said that the nhs already had enough funding. you said to conservative members you needed to stop the nhs, and i quote, "swallowing up so much money". is that it, the nhs has got as much as it needs then? hang on, five minutes ago, you were saying i raised all this extra money for the nhs so that people canjudge me on my re

at the end of last year we were selected to deploy the first smr at their darlington site as early as 2028. we will be in the process of submitting a license to construct this year, but following that competition there were many others that followed in their steps. you mentioned tba, was now partnered with -- in licensing this design in both the u.s. and canada, they announced that we are supporting them for the development of a construction permit application that will be submitted to the u.s. embassy as early as the end of next year. asked our also selected our technology. -- fast hour also selected our technology. in europe we are seeing tremendous energy as well. since those energy which is part of a large private industrial company signed a letter of intent with us to deploy at least 10 by the minute early 20 30's -- made it to early 20 30's. heavy dependence on coal, another partnership which is the largest estate owned energy company in poland. their joint ventures for the purpose of deploying the smr as a look to define their company to be a clean energy producer. another comp

george temperley—wells is believed to have travelled from darlington to the antalya area of turkey with with the four—year—old's father, 41—year—old scott wells, while in turkey. seven men have been charged with 32 counts of rape after a mass assault of eight women who were making a music video at an abandoned mine nearjohannesburg last month. the men were among more than 60 suspects who appeared in court on immigration and firearms charges. a beluga whale that became stuck in the river seine in france has been put down, after a major attempted rescue operation. experts had used a net and a crane to hoist the four—metre long mammal out of the water and into a lorry, but it had to be euthanised after developing breathing difficulties. the uk's largest water company says people will have to use and waste less water to deal with the effects of hotter, drier summers. thames water is due to impose a hosepipe ban on 15 million customers in london and southern england soon. as the heat across the country continues to build — an amber weather alert comes into force tomorrow lasting until sunday

the two people vying to replace borisjohnson have been taking part in a hustings event, in darlingtonyou'd expect, what's been the focus this time? sis you'd expect, that question of the cost of living, the energy bill rises that are expected and how exactly the government can help people with that has really dominated the hustings in darlington tonight. it's actually still ongoing at the moment, but both rishi sunak and liz truss have given their opening statements, they've been interviewed on stage and they've taken questions from the audience. borisjohnson did say as we heard there that he expects his successor will have something to say about the cost of living — that's accurate, but liz truss and rishi sunak have very different policies of the moment, and they've been quite critical of each other�*s it was rishi sunak who went first tonight when it came to being quizzed on his plans. his plan at the moment, he's made it clear, he will be giving further support of people to deal with their energy bills as of next month, we will start seeing a policy he put in when he was chancello

he's thought to have travelled from darlington on 29th june with his mother, brogan elizabeth temperleytalya. a man who's alleged to have belonged to an islamic state cell, which was nicknamed the beatles because of its members' english accents, has appeared in court on terrorism charges. aine davis, who's 38, was arrested at luton airport yesterday. he denies being part of the group which murdered hostages in syria. our correspondent, helena wilkinson, is outside westminster magistrates' court. tell us more about what happened. aine davis had been on his way back from turkey where he had been deported. the court heard today he is facing three charges. those allegations relate to 2013 and 2014. he is accused of asking for and receiving money for terrorist purposes including requesting his wife send funds to him in syria, and he is also accused of possessing a firearm. he didn't indicate how he would play today. he has been remanded in custody to appear at the old bailey next month and he has spent more than seven years in a prison in turkey for being a member of the islamic state group.

we get that more evenly spread, for example, we have seen the treasury north on campus going to darlington going to teesside, so it is about trying to spread it more fairly because the previous formula simply kept the same money going to seem places, where others were being neglected. do you think now this is going to snowball, though, it is going to have to go around explaining that is what he meant? because that is not really what most people have taken from that video and if you know tunbridge wells, it is a very nice place, but it is not the sort of place, but it is not the sort of place that people think needs an injection of cash, for the most part. injection of cash, for the most art. ~ ~' ., , ., injection of cash, for the most art. ~ ~ ., , ., ., ., part. well, i think of my own area in north somerset, _ part. well, i think of my own area in north somerset, people - part. well, i think of my own area in north somerset, people think i part. well, i think of my own areal in north somerset, people think of weston—super—mare is a really nice seaside town and yet it has got real pocket

darlington police are still looking for a four—year—old who is believed to have travelled to turkey.gs who has died at the age of 88. he's best known for the 1978 classic the snowman, as well as creating much loved books including father christmas, fungus the bogeyman and when the wind blows. 0ur correspondent david silito looks back at his life. it's become part of christmas — the story of a snowman who comes to life. magical, heart—warming, and at the end, the snowman melts. # we're walking in the air # a very raymond briggs twist. he was a children's author who was never writing for children. a strip cartoon, raymond briggs, children's department. that's been the attitude in england — a strip cartoon, children's book. but we're growing out of that a bit now. i don't think about what children want. you get an idea and you just do it. you don't think, "0h, children of ten won't want this," or...you don't think like that at all. you don't think about the audience. couldn't possibly. you've just got this idea in your head and you could do it how you want it. it was his father christma

rishi sunak has had is embarrassing, that he i has had is embarrassing, that he thought darlington wasng if you ignore you are effectively handing the political debate to the first minister and she will seize that territory in the absence of an account of enlargement. did she at all address that criticism of her remarks of her rather contemptuous view of ms. sturgeon? this evening, i haven't view of ms. sturgeon? this evening, i haven't heard _ view of ms. sturgeon? this evening, i haven't heard about _ view of ms. sturgeon? this evening, i haven't heard about earlier - view of ms. sturgeon? this evening, i haven't heard about earlier today i i haven't heard about earlier today liz truss was chartering a distillery close to elgin and she was asked there and she did sidestep that. not sure if she is reeled back on that or change her opinion. we have heard from the snp today and they of said neither candidate has provided a solution to the cost of living crisis. they said whoever ends up in number ten would just bolster support for independence. thank you very much. good to speak to you.

i think what strikes me are schools like this and another when i visited in darlington last septemberhildren, is there is a great deal of creative resourceful teaching going on and a lot of schools. we hear that they don't have the funding that they would like some of the time, but because of those shared skills and commitments of both staff and schools they are adding value and they are taking a lot of them don't have english as a first language, they have those barriers to overcome. with the right support at age 16 we have seen some extraordinary results here today, of course not everyone gets the results they want, not everyone can but schools are so good at guiding children who are not high achievers into post—16 education. that's the other thing i've learned today is that there are so many options, ten, 20 years ago it doesn't have to be a levels it can be more vocational technical training that is actually leads you to a job where employers are getting the skills from you that they already need. i feel quite optimistic about all of it today. your focus on the overall happiness a

what strikes me is schools like thism — and another one that i visited in darlington last september ino overcome and with the right support, at the age of 16, we have seen some extraordinary results here today. of course, not everyone gets the results they want. not everyone can. but schools are so much better equipped these days at being able to guide children, whether they are high achievers or not doing as well as they would like into post—16 education. that is the other thing i have learned very much today. there are so many more options and there were say, ten or 20 years ago. it does not have to be a—levels. it can be more vocational, technical training, that actually leads you to a job, where employers are getting the skills from you that they already need. i feel quite optimistic about what we have heard today. that was martin in luton with students getting those results and we are hearing very big differences with what has been a turbulent few years for those students and the first year to sit exams since the pandemic. some breaking news to bring you here at bbc news. an updat

i had a backing towards darlington, the underdog, but it didn't make the shortlist either.city of culture but then we left the eu, so they are already doing an event anyway and are properly keen to make it an even bigger one. {lila are properly keen to make it an even biner one. , ., bigger one. 0k, scott, we shall wait and see. bigger one. 0k, scott, we shall wait and see- we — bigger one. 0k, scott, we shall wait and see. we shall _ bigger one. 0k, scott, we shall wait and see. we shall speak— bigger one. 0k, scott, we shall wait and see. we shall speak about - bigger one. 0k, scott, we shall wait and see. we shall speak about this i and see. we shall speak about this in the coming months. thank you very much. staying on the subject of ukraine — and mcdonalds has announced plans to reopen its outlets across the country — after it shut them following russia's invasion in march. the american fast food giant says it hopes the move will help restore a "small but important sense of normalcy" in the country. michelle fleury reports. mcdonald shut its restaurants in ukraine afte