durham. sean: police say the woman was dragged and then run over by her own car as she was leaving a friend's home yesterday. wmur's ray brewer joins us live this morning in durham to explain how this happened. good morning, ray. ray: police say a witness called 911 around 3:30 yesterday afternoon, reporting someone had been hit by a car along bagdad road. officer say when they arrived at the scene, they found an 86-year-old woman with very serious injuries. she would later die at the hospital. investigators say the woman had been visiting friends. band when she left, she started , the door and got out. officer: it appears the vehicle was in reverse and rolled down the driveway into the street, and then came to rest off of the road near a telephone pole. ray: the woman was found in the road, her car just a few feet away and still running. investigators say it is likely they will be able to release her name later this morning. meanwhile the crash does remai reporting live in durham, ray brewer, wmur news 9. sean: well investigators are , trying to figure out what sparked a fire in conway that

durham. sean: police say the woman was dragged and then run over by her own car as she was leaving a friend's home yesterday wmur's ray brewer joins us live from durham to explain how it happened. good morning. ray: police say a witness called 911 around 3:30 yesterday afternoon, reporting a woman had been struck by a car along injuries. she would later die at the hospital. investigators say the woman had been visiting friends. when she left, she started backing down the driveway, but for some reason opened the door and got out. >> it appears the vehicle was in reverse, and rolled down the driveway into the street, and came to rest off of the road near a telephone pole. ray: the woman was found in the road and her car was still running just a few feet away likely release her name later this morning, however, the crash does remain under investigation reporting live in durham, ray brewer ,wmur news 9. sean: investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire in conway that forced five people from their home. a viewer shared this video with us showing the intense flames engulfing the home

this primary school in durham, and the uk's youngest police force. l be participating in. it was set up by durham constabulary for children aged nine to 11. what is the main thing police do? rescue and help. this is giving them an insight into all of the roles the police force do. and i think it is changing children's perceptions. i signed up because it gives you an opportunity to do stuff that you don't normally do. i wanted to be helpful to people and i wanted to be kind, because i don't really speak that much because i'm shy. have you become less shy as a result? yes. the main aim behind the mini police is not so much law enforcement but more engagement. begin the process early and it is hoped the benefits could be profound. music plays. a lantern parade in durham city centre, and the mini police are on patrol, overseen by the man who set up the project. first initial contact between the police and children, often it is negative. what we are doing with the programme is trying to have that first contact being positive, and that will stay with them i

good morning from durham police headquarters. we are here as part of a series on policing britain.live in the call centre where they are dealing with the 999 called this morning. more on that a bit later on. in the sport, head injuries in by on. in the sport, head injuries in rugby union must be taken more seriously, according to a review into an incident involving wales international george north, which has made nine recommendations to change the way concussions are handled. and carol has the weather. this morning across england and wales we have some patchy fog and some frost. some of that will be slow to clear but most will see a dry day with some sunshine and just a few showers. scotland and northern ireland, still very windy, especially across scotland, with some showers, some of which will be wintry. more in 15 minutes. 0ur our main story: german security services are facing questions about why they ended a surveillance operation on a suspect who is now the subject of europe wide man—hunt following the berlin lorry attack. anis amri was known to have ties to a radical islamis

frank clark was killed by a durham police officer last week. according to the report from the durham police department, master officer charles barkley is the one who shot clark. clark's family and their attorney say that berkeley has a history of poor relations with residents. they are calling for changes at how police operate in mcdougald terrace. they are asking that all officers be in marked patrol >>> duke university sent out a crime alert to its students after a reported sexual assault near campus. a woman told police she was walking on swift avenue from duke university road just after 10 am. she said she encountered a man who took her into the woods and sexually assaulted her at knife point. so far, no arrests. >>> blue cross blue shield of north carolina is preparing for hundreds of thousands of new obama care customers. the company spokesman's tells wral they hired hundreds of additional staff to handle extra enrollments. the insurer is the only company offering marketplace coverage and all 100 north carolina counties. additional staffi

durham police say 789-year-old janet du nham was dragged down own car as she was either getting into or out of it. she later died at the hospital. police say she was visiting friend at a knitting club. tom: new details tonight about the man accused of running from a crash scene in merrimack this week. we learned today he had just left court on an unrelated matter. we are live now with that story. reporter: authorities say that the man was leaving court after appearing before a judge on other charges when he ran a red light, crashed into another police say he was able to i will ruled authorities for more than an hour after the crash in a parking lot on the daniel webster highway. authorities say about 16 officers from several departments searched the wood and several developments in the area. a state police k-9 was brought in and he was eventually arrested. his lawyer says this all started when the suspect saw federal immigration officials in the court parking lot who have a >> my client did not engage in any criminal behavior, judge when he left the courtroom, or the courthouse, rathe

reporter: durham police say it was about 3:00 this afternoon when they got a call that somebody had been struck by a car on baghdad road. police say someone who witnessed

reporter: durham police say it was about 3:00 this afternoon when they got a call that somebody had been struck by a car on baghdad road. police say someone who witnessed located an 86-year-old woman who sustained very serious injuries. reporter: police say the woman had been visiting friends on baghdad road. when she got in car to leave she started to back her toyota down the driveway but then opened the door. >> it appears that she stepped out of her vehicle, and had left the car in reverse stepped out, , the car rolled back and struck her. reporter: police say the woman was found in the road with traumatic injuries, her car idling just feet away. >> it appears that the vehicle was in reverse and had rolled him a driver into the street and came to rest of the road near a telephone pole. reporter: the woman was transported to portsmouth regional hospital where she later died. bagdad road was closed for several hours during the late afternoon as investigators tried to reconstruct the accident. >> the accident investigation is ongoing. we have enlisted the services of an accident team. th

durham police investigating a report of a 'sexual assault' near duke university. it happened around 10-10 this afternoon... on 'swift avenue' between 'campus drive' and 'duke university road'. the ictim told police... a guy grabbed her by the arm... and forced her into nearby woods at 'knife point'... where she was sexually assaulted. police only have a vague description of the suspect. new tonight -- a 'training - exercise' for the 'real deal' for officers. police say officers -- and the department's k-9 unit -- were training in a wooded area along 'shaw mill road' when they found a man's body. the body will be sent to the medical examiner's office to determine a cause of death. you can look for updates on this story on 'abc-11- dot-com.' new tonight - cary police releasing 'surveillance video' -- from a bank robbery in downtown cary. the 'fidelity bank' on chatham street -- hit just after nine o'clock today. police say a man wearing sunglasses -- and a multi-colored scarf over his mouth... handed the teller a cash. he did not display a weapon. if you know 'who'

we have mike barton, chief constable of durham police. a youth violence consultant and campaigner. why do you think violent crime is on the rise? two things. the first is that violent crime encompasses a wide area. harassment, stalking. 60% of all violent crime does not involve any injury. but when we look at the top end, which is knife crime, if you ask offenders what induces them to still commit a crime, it is the fear of getting caught. so if they don't fear getting caught, then they are more likely to commit that sort of serious crime. what do you think? you work with young people and you have been involved —— who had been involved in gangs and knife crime.|j would say it is the need for better partnerships with the community and with services that will prevent a young person from even carrying a knife. stop and search is a cure, not a prevention, it is getting into the minds of young people while they feel the need to carry a knife. you do not think stop and search is good? i think it is necessary but i don't think the police... the

this primary school in durham, and the uk's youngest police force. to 11. what is the main thing police do? rescue and help. this is giving them an insight into all of the roles the police force do. and i think it is changing children's perceptions. i signed up because it gives you an opportunity to do stuff that you don't normally do. i wanted to be helpful to people and i wanted to be kind, because i don't really speak that much because i'm shy. have you become less shy as a result? yes. the main aim behind the mini police is not so much law enforcement but more engagement. begin the process early and it is hoped the benefits could be profound. music plays a lantern parade in durham city centre, and the mini police are on patrol, overseen by the man who set up the project. first initial contact between the police and children, often it is negative. what we are doing with the programme is trying to have that first contact being positive, and that will stay with them into adulthood. we would like to see that all forces in england and wales and scotla

steph mcgovern has been behind—the—scenes at the new headquarters of durham police to find out more.tjobs that they deal with. i‘m pleased to say it has been fairly quiet for them overnight but i have also been told not to say the quiet word, someone just said in the background, she said quiet! 0n the whole, a lot of crime is falling but one area seeing a rise in violent crime and thatis seeing a rise in violent crime and that is what we are going to talk about now with mike barton, chief co nsta ble of about now with mike barton, chief constable of durham police, janet tells, president of the black police officers association, and cats need, youth violence consultant and campaigner. mike, why do you think violent crime is on the rise? two things, the first is that violent crime encompasses a wide area, so harassment, stalking things like that are included, and 60% of violent crime does not involve any injury, but when we look at the top end, which is knife crime, if you ask offenders what induces them to still committed that crime, it is the fear of getting caught, so if they don‘t

but durham police realised it was a much—bigger case, and have since been contacted by almost i,a00 peopleetectives have spoken to further suspects. the size and scale of this investigation is huge. the biggest of its kind. the volume is the big thing. straightaway, you know, we're dealing with i,a00 people. that in itself... it's pretty straightforward getting an account off somebody, it's trying to corroborate that account, then it's the difficulties of supporting them people. one of the challenges that we have is the length of time the investigation has taken. you know, we've been doing this for at least two and a half years. invariably, investigations now, we are dealing with them the next day, the offenders are caught very shortly, but when you're looking at offences that happened 30 years ago, the expectations of those victims are, "i want somejustice, i want it soon," but in reality it's two and a half years later and we still haven't come to a conclusion. there has been a huge increase in historical—abuse cases. bbc breakfast can reveal the number of victims who have come forward h

police in england and wales. good morning. i am at a training centre in durham. the number of people asking for help with their debts before christmas is at its highest level for at least four years. i'll be finding out what you should do if you're worried about overspending. in sport, two—time wimbledon champion, petra kvitova, says she's lucky to be alive, after a knife attack at her home in the czech republic. she won't play tennis for at least three months. and on the shortest day of the year, carol has hit shorthand. good morning. good morning from stonehenge. it is the window solstice. later on, between three and 5000 people are expected to come into stonehenge. we can hear the drums already in the distance as people prepare to come in later on this morning. rain clearing in the south—east. another band in the north of england. in between those, sunshine. northern ireland and northern scotland, showers with rain, hail, sleetand northern scotland, showers with rain, hail, sleet and thunder. northern scotland, showers with rain, hail, sleetand thunder. i wil

an elderly woman is dead after a tragic, freak accident in durham. police say the woman was dragged and then run over by her own car as she was leaving a friend's home yesterday on bagdad road. she later died at the hospital. investigators say they will likely release her name later this morning. the crash remains under investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire in conway that forced five people from their home. a viewer shared this video with us, showing the intense flames engulfing the home on mountain view road early yesterday afternoon. -- yesterday morning. firefighters did rescue one person from the home. it is not clear if that person was hurt. the garage was also damaged. but it took about an hour to get the fire under control. energy costs go up and down. at eversource, we don't like it any more than you do. it doesn't mean more money for us. it means that the market price of the energy we buy for you is changing. but we're working to increase the supply of clean, affordable energy across the region because more energy means lower e

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irregularities with the vocab s the board of elections ordered recount of votes counted in durham county, police are searching the smoky mountains for survivors of that massive wildfire that il seven. 200 firefighters are battling the blaze. safer people are being treated for injuries the flames that damaged more than 400 homes and businesses around gatlinburg an pigeon forge, dolly parton dollywood theme park is located. today she promised to help the victims. >> want wide helping hand to those who have lost everything make sure that we provide $1,00 per month to all of the familie that lost their homes in the fires until they get back on their feet. has been a trying time for by people, this will help. >> more than 40,000 people evacuated monday night, tonight they're waiting to see what is left of their homes and is the secondary season for severe weather starts the deep south in january called this is early, you can have a tornado i virtually any state in the unio in any month. it is more rare than in the other times but you can. >> reese also lightning here yesterday, a few lightning strike

mike is the chief comes to durham and the uk police lead on crime. at making sure that people know about crime. 0ne become better at making sure that people know about crime. one of the ways we can galvanise the public is to make sure they know that there is a risk and they can do something about it. we might even be partly to blame in the rising fear of crime. will he come and rescue the lorry which has broken down" a children's nursery in staple field, nottingham. thieves took a computer and empty the safe. why would somebody do that toa the safe. why would somebody do that to a nursery, and what were they expecting to find? absolutely devastating. i have had my house broken into in this area twice. in the last 10 years. it is definitely on the rise. it is getting worse? definitely. the truth is overall crime has been falling and it has fallen since 1995 every year. the police are investigating this glory but

we are being hosted this week by the police here in durham. this is a custody suite.wever earlier in the weekend it was quite different. hopefully you will never experience inside of one of these but as you can see this as the bedding. a solid platform at the bottom. a mattress, a fellow. you will be given a blanket. a toilet and washing facilities will stomp all the time—honoured set by video and by audio. a rather sobering message here. it is not love the queen of late to avoid further arrest ask to speak to the custody sergeant. that is the person who runs this place and is the very heart of it. but as you can imagine, as you can appreciate, this is not the kind of place remotely suitable to how someone place remotely suitable to how someone with mental hills issues. kind of mattress... it was a weird environment to be in. the last time that combines was that this police station he had been detained under the mental hills act and taken to the mental hills act and taken to the cells for this own safety. there we re the cells for this own safety. there were no secure

we now know the name of the elderly woman, killed in a freak accident in durham on wednesday. police say 86-year-old janet dunham of madbury was killed when her own car ran her over. they say she was either getting in or out of the car when it rolled backwards and dragged her down the driveway before running her over. dunham was visiting friends in a knitting club at the time of the accident. more than a dozen people have filed a lawsuit over a multi peirce island in portsmouth. the complaint says the federal government should step in and force the relocation of the plant to pease international tradeport. they're arguing that the facility is outdated and too small for portsmouth's needs and it would pose more environmental concerns. but the city's attorney disagrees. >> there is no room for improvement, expansion, approving the plan or doing any of that. and put it some place else is not realistic or helpful or practical. sean: the plan has until 2019 to become compliant with law. nashua's new safe stations program has already helped more than a dozen people struggling with addiction

police in county durham have arrested two people on suspicion of murder after the body of a man was foundt officers say he was local and in his late 20s. say he was local and in his late 205. a say he was local and in his late 20s. a 25—year—old man, and a woman who is 19, are now in custody. the government is drawing up plans to make all civil servants and holders of public office swear an oath to uphold values. the community secretary says he wants people to set an example to newly arrived migrants, but labour dismissed the idea as a gimmick, which would make no problems to the ideas of radicalisation and integration. the general secretary of britain's biggest transport union, the rmt, dismissed claims that it is organising strikes as part of a conspiracy to bring down the government. mish cash distanced himself from the remarks from the rmt's himself from the remarks from the rmt‘s president suggesting trade unions were co—ordinating industrial action to oust the conservatives. here's our business correspondent. some media reports suggest that trade unions are trying to bring down the

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the sbi and the raleigh police internal affairs department are looking into this incident. >>> the family of a durham man killed in an officer-involved shooting is now responding to a newly released lease report about the incident. frank clark was killed by a police officer last week at the mcdougald terrace apartments. according to the report, master officer charles barkley is the one who shot clark. clerks family and their attorney say that berkeley has a poor there is -- a history of poor ons there. cars. >>> camp lejeune officials say a colonel faces sexual assault charges this one. colonel daniel wilson is faces charges including sexual assault, cyclades of a child, assault by battery on a child under the age of 16 and conduct unbecoming of an officer. wilson has been reassigned to administered of duties while the investigation continues. >>> the crime alert has gone out to duke university students after reported sexual assault near campus. a woman told police she was walking on swift avenue from duke u 10 yesterday morning. she said she encountered a man who took her into the woods and sexually

. >>> happening on the east bay, police looking for two men who broke into a home in fremont near the intersection of pa dra parkway and durhamrs returned home after the break -in and it had jus begin. there was a brief police chase but the men got away. the homeowners were not injured. >>> happening today, a popular family ski resort in tahoe is set to reopen after a fire in a building on their appropriate. the homewood ski resort south lodge caught fire. they stayed on scene until early in the morning because they wanted to make sure there were no hot spots. the fire broke out in an administrative building and they want to make sure that there were no flare ups. >> we brought an excavator to the site and a allowed us to pull materials back from the structure and what that did is opened up pockets of heat that will actually flare up as you pull the material back and that's why it's so important that we do salvage to find the hidden fire. >> crews stayed there throughout the night to make sure there were no flare ups and still working to determine the cause of the fire. these small family resorts were closed for skiing yester