a 1a—year—old boy who was stabbed and killed in gateshead has been named.ured on monday night. more now from our correspondent in gateshead, mark denten. a desperate case. what more are the police saying? bill. a desperate case. what more are the police saying?— police saying? all, the police are still continuing _ police saying? all, the police are still continuing to _ police saying? all, the police are still continuing to search - police saying? all, the police are still continuing to search the - police saying? all, the police are| still continuing to search the area behind me, which is a nature park in gateshead. they tell us that they are investigating and it is very much ongoing, as you said, a few hours ago they named the 1a—year—old who died as tomasz 0leszak. tomasz we are told was a keen sportsman and a member of a local and a fifteens football club and had just played his last match on sunday, just a day before he died. tomasz was attacked and stabbed around eight o'clock on monday night, he was taken to hospital but sadly he died in the early h

dominic hughes, bbc news, gateshead.ly years alliance, the biggest membership organisation for childcare providers in england, is urging the new prime minister to make the sector a top priority. they say childcare is underfunded and in the middle of a recruitment crisis. our education correspondent elaine dunkley has this report. nice and high! at these sessions in manchester, a chance for toddlers to play and parents to have a catch—up. and it's notjust crying babies keeping them awake at night, but the eye—watering cost of childcare. more than my wage for the day to send them both to childcare, and before i've even left the door, i'm out of pocket. every week, i'm thinking, what can i cut down or how can i cut down this, and bills...? it's just endless stress, i suppose, now, it really is. natasha has also had to make big changes. she was a geography teacher and is now a stay—at—home mum. the joy of having a family has meant giving up a job she loved. for us, when we had one, she was in three days a week, and that was

mark denten there in gateshead. much _ beyond belief. mark denten there in gateshead.ave a look at the weather prospects. most of us will see some rain at some stage today. most of us are ending the day with bright skies. some heavy showers around in cumbria. a lot of the showers going to fade away into tonight. you will see where they keep on going, though, particularly across western parts of scotland. much cooler than last night, especially in wales and england. 5—10 cooler than it was this morning. there will be a few showers in going again. a cloudy zone across north wales, northern england, with some showery rain developing here. largely staying dry further south. gust of wind stronger than this, 40—50 mph, across northern areas, and it will be on the cool side in northern england and scotland, some sunshine towards the southeast. 20, 20 one celsius. turning lesser in the end of the day and scotland for saturday, across the uk, looks mainly dry —— turning wetter. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: after a u—turn on tax and a possible squeeze on benefits, the

police trott is in gateshead. say that the boy's family are devastated police say that the boy's familytate after eight o'clock last night. 0ne resident told us she was putting her daughter told us she was putting her daughter to bed when she heard someone screaming, and another resident told us that they saw a group of lads running past, shouting and screaming. an ambulance was called on the boy was taken to hospital with suspected stab wounds but he died overnight and then hours later, as his classmates were going to school, there was a minute's silence held for him, we have been told. flowers have been left at the scene here as well. one of the messages reads, you were an amazing friend to many and you had the most contagious smile. northumbria police say they are supporting the family in every way that they can. they are patrolling the estate this evening to reassure people, they have said this, that in this in —— region incidents of this nature are rare and when you speak to people here they are shocked and upset but there is anger as well, which is why the police are asking them n

dominic hughes, bbc news, gateshead.ke at night, but the eye—watering cost of childcare. more than my wage for the day to send them both to childcare, and before i've even left the door, i'm out of pocket. every week, i'm thinking, what can i cut down or how can i cut down this, and bills...? it's just endless stress, i suppose, now, it really is. natasha has also had to make big changes. she was a geography teacher and is now a stay—at—home mum. the joy of having a family has meant giving up a job she loved. for us, when we had one, she was in three days a week, and that was £700 a month. then, for two, it was £1,400 a month. ijust didn't earn enough for it to cover that, and so i would be going to work and losing money. so, we've got our baby shakers... currently, there is no funding for nursery places for children under the age of two across the uk. low income families with two—year—olds in england and wales are entitled to up to 15 hours per week. all three—to—four—year—olds can access up to 15 hours a week of childc

tobacco harm in gateshead costs about £62 million a year, about £9 million to the nhs. would deliver levelling up. but with inflation at 10%, eating into government budgets, and spending cuts in prospect — what chance is there of levelling up places like blyth and bishop auckland and burnley? amidst days dominated by political movements in westminster sima kotecha has been talking to families to see how the cost of living crisis is affecting them. louisa�*s on her half term break and her grandparents have brought her here to this place on the outskirts of burnley, where ponies and horses rescued from cruelty are taken care of. but people are feeling the pain of the economic crisis, with some contemplating cutting back on day trips to save a few pounds. my granddaughter absolutely loves coming here, and i do bring her quite often. it�*s £5, which is not a lot of money. but, you know, if you keep coming once a week, it does add up. i try my best to give to charities. i do donate through my wage every week through work, which i�*ve done for the last 20 years, donated £5. b

fiona trott, bbc news, gateshead. suffered loss during the pandemic — and she promised that they would be at the heart of her investigation. the inquiry is expected to last at least a year — as our health editor hugh pym reports. hello. i'm abi williams. hello, i'm peter openshaw. hi. i'm doctor sanjay bhagani. three experts. a care home boss, a scientist on a government advisory committee, and an infectious diseases consultant. all three saw the early impact of covid before lockdown in march 2020. the world they knew was about to change. i can never forget that day. 0n the 16th of march when i received a call from one of my senior members of staff. she was actually on night duty. she called me about 2am in the morning and said, "abi, i'm sorry to tell you that we have our first "covid case." how did you feel when you lost your first resident? i cried. i did cry. and... i was just devastated, really. because i felt i was asking myself the question, "am i doing everything right?" i felt i wasn't doing enough. it was a

our correspondent fiona trott has been giving us the latest from gateshead. evening. it happened here on the springwell estate just after eight o'clock last night. one resident has told us she was putting her daughter to bed when she heard someone screaming another resident has told us that they saw a group of lads running past shouting and screaming. an ambulance was called the boy was taken to hospital for suspected stab wounds but he died overnight. then hours later as his classmates were going to school there was a minute silence held for him. we have been told. now flowers have been left at the scene here as well one of the messages reads, you were and an amazing friend to many and you had the most contagious smile. northumbria police are supporting the family in every way and are patrolling the estate this evening to assure people. they had said this in this region incidents of this nature are rare. and when you speak to people here they are very shocked, they are very upset but there is anger to which is why the police are asking them not to speculate

dominic hughes, bbc news, gateshead. least three gunmen, have been killed in a major israeli raid against a militant group in the occupied west bank. the israelis carried out the raid in the city of nablus, and claimed they were acting against militants who've been carrying out attacks on israeli soldiers and civilians. palestinians say it's one of the biggest israeli offensives in more than a decade. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. explosion. israel's special forces move in after midnight. they say they've come to target the leader of the lions' den, a rising palestinian militant group. palestinians use loudspeakers for a call to defend the city. and many answer. gunfights break out between militants and israeli troops. israel's search and arrest raids in the occupied west bank have been mounting for months, and this was one of the biggest in years, killing five, including the militant commander. with a strike now closing shops, people emerged to streets cleared of trade but full of the talk of death.

and we head to a village near gateshead on the hunt for an unusual visitor which is becoming a social. politicians in northern ireland have until midnight tonight to restore the power sharing executive — or face new elections. members of the northern ireland assembly will hold a special sitting aimed at appointing a new speaker — the first step in forming a new devolved government — but the bid is expected to fail due to opposition from the democratic unionist party. 0ur ireland correspondent charlotte gallagher is at stormont for us and joins us live. this has been rather protracted process and there this has been rather protracted process and there has this has been rather protracted process and there has been this has been rather protracted process and there has been no functional government for a very long time. explain why we are where we are now. there has been no functioning government since february and they held the last elections here and the results came in with sinn fein for the first time the largest party and the democratic unionist party at the second largest. when the

carol's work in gateshead is funded by the council, but the money comes from central government, a grantse public health grant shows that taking inflation into account since 2015 it's been cut by nearly a quarter. stop smoking services have been hardest hit with budgets down by more than a0%. money for adult drug and alcohol services has been reduced by more than a quarter. and sexual health services saw funding for more than 20%. despite that cut, in sheffield, those same sexual health services which offer advice on contraception have managed to drastically reduce the number of teen pregnancies for bethany, reduce the number of teen pregnancies. for bethany, it is a vital resource. healthcare is a basic right, everyone should have healthcare. so, cuts would mean what, do you think? well, it means that there will be longer waiting times, it could be pushed back months, and they have got a risk of being pregnant again, and i might not even be financially stable in that time, so... i like having a right to choose. and the local director of public health warns that in cities like sheffield,

been to gateshead latel ? world cup too. been to gateshead lately? not _ world cup too.e my luck. ifound him! i found the walla by! he's just run off. well, this is honestly a bit of a pinch yourself moment. i've done it. my mission is complete. i've been asking around, and no—one seems to know where the wallaby came from, but he seems friendly enough and he isn't going away any time soon. i would love to see a wallaby in the wild you see itjust then? that wasn't in the flesh. i could sit in my bed and watch it. {30 wasn't in the flesh. i could sit in my bed and watch it.— wasn't in the flesh. i could sit in my bed and watch it. go home, get out our my bed and watch it. go home, get out your binoculars _ my bed and watch it. go home, get out your binoculars and _ my bed and watch it. go home, get out your binoculars and you - my bed and watch it. go home, get out your binoculars and you might i out your binoculars and you might find one. dressing up dogs now. if you don't approve of dogs being dressed up, now is the time to leave the room because there is a debate about

a 14 year—old boy who was stabbed and killed in gateshead has been named by police.n suspicion of assisting an offender. there have been renewed calls today for more aid to help the victims of drought in somalia, following our special report last night. hundreds of thousands of people there are facing starvation after the worst drought in a0 years. the republic of somalia, in the horn of africa, has a long history of droughts. but there�*ve been more and more recently, driven by climate change, and many people have been forced from their homes. those that remain are cut off from potential help by a long—running insurgency by islamist forces. getting aid to them is dificult because al—shabab militants, who control parts of the country seen here in black, regularly launch attacks. the whole country is affected, but it�*s the areas in brown, that are controlled by militants, where people are suffering the most as famine looms. our africa correspondent andrew harding has been working on this report for months. the threat from militants meant he could only reach the city

a ia—year—old boy who was stabbed and killed in gateshead has been named by police.a ia—year—old boy arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody, as does a 13—year—old girl who is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. rail services across the uk are being disrupted again as around 9,000 train drivers from the aslef union take part in another large—scale strike. the 2a—hour walkout is about the continuing row over pay. these are the companies that are either offering no services or limited services. some stations are also closed. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is at birmingham's new street station. is there any sign of this being sorted out?— is there any sign of this being sorted out? ~ ,., , .,, , sorted out? well, so they has been no trains here _ sorted out? well, so they has been no trains here today _ sorted out? well, so they has been no trains here today and _ sorted out? well, so they has been no trains here today and many - no trains here today and many passengers around the country are wondering, how long can this go on for? the

i've been a practice manager for 15 years in i a practice managerfor 15 years in gateshead and we have disproportionately affected by inequalities and the cost of living rise is made that works for us and we have huge problems with people not being able to heat their houses, not being able to heat their houses, not being able to heat their houses, not being able to eat and many, many people are coming to the practice because they have a social need that impact their health, so we have to think differently about managing those people. find think differently about managing those people-— think differently about managing those people. think differently about managing those ieoile. . , ., those people. and those impacts are on ih sical those people. and those impacts are on physical and _ those people. and those impacts are on physical and mental— those people. and those impacts are on physical and mental health. - on physical and mental health. absolutely. we see mental health problems across all age groups now, young people, teenagers, everyone affected and we are seeing almost every othe

a 14—year—old boy who was stabbed and killed in gateshead has been named. their investigation is very much ongoing —— northumberland police. they named the 14—year—old who died as tomasz 0leszak, tomasz told was a keen sportsman and member of a local and a fifteens football club and had just played his last match on sunday, just the day before he died. tomasz was attacked and stabbed around eight o�*clock we are told on monday night, he was taken told on monday night, he was taken to hospital but sadly died in the early hours of tuesday morning and police at the moment are continuing to question two teenagers, the first a 14—year—old who was arrested on suspicion of murder and the second a 13—year—old girl who is being detained on suspicion of assisting an offender, both those teenagers at the moment are still in custody. police have thanked people on this housing estate here in gateshead for their assistance of information that they provided what they�*ve asked people not to speculate about the death of tomasz saying what might seem as an innocent social m

a11i—year—old boy has been charged with murder after another boy of the same age died in gateshead. has been remanded in custody. octopus energy has announced it will pay customers not to use power during times of high demand, after national grid warned of possible blackouts this winter. national grid have said they will pay people, possibly £10 a day, to use less energy. meanwhile, the bbc understands that ministers won't launch a campaign to reduce energy use, despite there having been discussions within government. our political correspondent alex forsyth is at westminster. what's going on within government? the pressure on energy supply and prices is well documented and in some european countries they are taking measures to try to reduce consumption. here, within the department for business they were looking at a possible campaign to try and advise people how to cut has been awarded an honorary international cap by the football assocation. jack leslie was the only black player in the english leagues when he made the squad. but he was then dropped — his family think this was beca

for now, in this moment, in this town, there is only overwhelming loss. of the same age died in gatesheadthe town. the suspect, who can't be named because of his age, appeared at newcastle magistrates�* court this morning. and has been remanded in custody. the rail operator avanti west coast has been told it has to drastically improve services after it was given only a six—month extension to its contract. avanti, which operates the line between london and glasgow, cut its services this summer with those between london and manchester the worst affected. with me is our business correspondent marc ashdown. is this the last chance saloon for avanti west is this the last chance saloon for ava nti west coast? is this the last chance saloon for avanti west coast? i is this the last chance saloon for avanti west coast?— avanti west coast? i think final written warning _ avanti west coast? i think final written warning is _ avanti west coast? i think final written warning is probably - avanti west coast? i think final| written warning is probably fair. this is a part of the route between london eu

also judith wood—archer from the citizens advice bureau in gateshead. welcome to you both.when the rebate payments are due. they want to know how the energy price cap works. and — perhaps after some scary newspaper headlines — how high energy prices could go. let's answer some of those. judith, on the energy rebates, what is the answer to the question about when the rebate payments are due? rebate payments, people should have received those already in october and the next set are due in november and the next set are due in november and it is a £a00 rebate and they are coming in equal payments through your bill, through direct debit customers, it should come through your bill. prepayment customers should be getting it added to their prepayment card orfob, whatever they use normally. home prepayment card or fob, whatever they use normally.— they use normally. how does the ener: they use normally. how does the energy price _ they use normally. how does the energy price cap _ they use normally. how does the energy price cap work? _ they use normally. how does the energy price c

a 14—year—old boy has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of 14—year—old in gateshead.arrogance, lack of respect or insecurity for not speaking to her properly since she became prime minister. ahead of the snp party conference, she�*s been speaking to our political editor chris mason, and he started by asking if they�*d even spoken since liz truss came to power. no, not yet. it�*s quite absurd in many ways. when i became first minister, david cameron was prime minister and i think we spoke on the phone the night i became first minister and i spoke on the phone with theresa may within a day of her becoming prime minister and ian with theresa may within a day of her becoming prime minister and with theresa may within a day of her becoming prime minister and same with borisjohnson, i�*ve got deep political differences with all of the politicians but we have a duty to work together constructively. it�*s not just me. mark drakeford is in the same position. not even a phone call? no, and i don�*t know whether that is arrogance, lack of respect or insecurity, whatever it is, i

he potentially has up to 13 months to do that, and for ourselves in gateshead, we have a running rateturned and people get benefits but back in place, so i strongly suggest he gets advice. i willi but back in place, so i strongly suggest he gets advice. i will ask the question _ suggest he gets advice. i will ask the question why _ suggest he gets advice. i will ask the question why again? - suggest he gets advice. i will ask the question why again? why i suggest he gets advice. i will ask the question why again? why is i suggest he gets advice. i will ask| the question why again? why is it that people have to go through that process and end up with this final outcome? if they didn't come to you, they wouldn't get that. thea;r they wouldn't get that. they wouldn't and _ they wouldn't get that. they wouldn't and it's _ they wouldn't get that. they wouldn't and it's about i they wouldn't get that. ire: wouldn't and it's about people they wouldn't get that. iie wouldn't and it's about people not understanding how to fill in the form in the first place perhaps, so anybody thinking about a

residents living in a rural area of gateshead — in the north of england — have reported sightings ofater, i actually found it in our garden. a couple of my mates are calling me the wallaby whisperer! and like a boomerang, the wallaby keeps coming back. it's really strange. i mean, you don't expect it, do you? to see a wallaby bouncing about the streets. honestly, it's crazy. he likes to hang around, round the corners, and he loves to go in the gardens four doors down. well, having seen the footage, i was sent to find out more, and i couldn't believe my luck. ifound him! i found the walla by! he's just run off. well, this is honestly a bit of a pinch—yourself moment. i've done it. my mission is complete. i've been asking around, and no—one seems to know where the wallaby came from, but he seems friendly enough and he isn't going away any time soon. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, for many of us it has been a wet start, but it has been mild and this mild theme continues for the next few days. the heaviest rain pulling away to the east and lighter rai

a 1a—year—old boy has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of 1a—year—old in gateshead.ncy services say 11 people are now known to have died in russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia on thursday. rescue teams pulled 21 people from the rubble of two buildings and continue to search for victims. local authorities say two more attacks took place overnight, injuring one person, and that a drone was heard over the city for the first time. with me is our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. what more can you tell us about that series of attacks overnight and indeed yesterday and fears for more to come? ., ., ., ., ~ ., to come? yeah, good morning, annita. the death toll — to come? yeah, good morning, annita. the death toll now— to come? yeah, good morning, annita. the death toll now from _ to come? yeah, good morning, annita. the death toll now from those - the death toll now from those attacks yesterday has risen to 12. we were at the scene of the large apartment block, five—storey block, that was hit yesterday morning, more than 2a hours ago, we were there late

a 14—year—old boy who was stabbed and killed in gateshead has been named by police. suspicion of murder remains in custody — as does a 13—year—old girl, who is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. hundreds of new cases of alleged abuse in the church of england have been uncovered by an independent review — mostly involving children or vulnerable adults. the report says nearly 400 cases — all of which involve living members of the clergy, officers or volunteers — need further assessment. leading archbishops have apologised and spoken of their profound shame. it's weather time. it was a very blustery day today. the rain band was followed by sunshine and heavy showers and the temperatures did drop for a while. it means it's going to be quite a cool night tonight, i think, across the board. stays blustery and we'll have further showers, most of them affecting the north and the west of the country. this is where most of these weather fronts will be passing through, but lots of isobars on the chart, indicating it will stay blustery — especially in the north. s

year—old boy is being held on suspicion of murder after another teenage boy was stabbed to death in gatesheade was dropped after defence lawyers claimed she had an episode of a rare sleep walking condition called sexsomnia. it is believed to be the first case of its kind in the uk. the cps now says it was wrong to drop the case and it should have gone to court. the bbc was following jade mccrossen—nethercotts case as events unfolded over three years. emma ailes has this exclusive report. what is your name, my love? i'mjade. jade. are you able to tell me what�*s happened, please? yes, i was at the friend's birthday party... it was after a night out thatjade, then 24, woke up with the man lying next to her. she felt like she had been violated and immediately reported it to the police. do you feel like that potentially someone had intercourse with you in anyway? yes. what we have to do now is report this as what we call rape. at the time, jade had no recollection of what happened, but dna evidence proved intercourse had occurred and a man was charged with rape. then just days before trial the cr

in the gateshead area alone, 65 establishments are opening their doors to people who need a place warmerat strange? it's just that i never thought about it and didn't expect it from the point of view of society - it's just a huge problem. this applies to people and not only those that you know, it's just hard to even universal credit is everywhere. it will be hard for everyone. it’s just hard to think about this when you don’t really care about it all for months, but it has a great influence on inna’s mother. i think the fact that people have to come here to at least keep warm. it's already something an incredible list of times the prime minister explicitly ruled out rationing during the election campaign. and this means that on the horizon, apparently a hopeless situation. chita for electricity is only part of the problem. this establishment also serves as a weekly food market. for 3 pounds. here you can choose what is offered, we predict that by january, every second, third family will experience difficulties with the basic necessary household expenses - this is a terrible number. i th

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we end at the sage in gateshead at the end of december. yeah, it does. are right. how do you do that? where - shop. is it seven? you are right. how do you do that? where do i shop. is it seven? you are right. i how do you do that? where do you shop. is it seven? you are right. - how do you do that? where do you get the energy from? you have got three kids, you have got a toddler. where do you find the energy and how do you keep fresh? you do you find the energy and how do you keep fresh?— do you find the energy and how do you keep fresh? you know, that is a concern. you keep fresh? you know, that is a concern- i — you keep fresh? you know, that is a concern. i think _ you keep fresh? you know, that is a concern. i think when _ you keep fresh? you know, that is a concern. i think when you _ you keep fresh? you know, that is a concern. i think when you are - you keep fresh? you know, that is a concern. i think when you are on - concern. i think when you are on tour you have to have a single focus. you forget about the gas bill for a minute. you have got pe

year—old boy is being held on suspicion of murder after another teenage boy was stabbed to death in gatesheadonday evening. a 13—year—old girl has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. rail services across the uk will be severely disrupted today as around 9,000 train drivers in the aslef union go on strike. the 24—hour walk—out means there will be no trains on lines run by firms including northern, avanti west coast and southeastern. other operators are running limited services, which will be very busy. the world's richest man, the tech billionaire elon musk, has apparently changed his mind about buying twitter, again. in a letter, mr musk has agreed to pay the price he offered months ago for the social media platform before trying to quit the deal. it comes just weeks before the two sides were due in court. north america technology reporter james clayton, has more. the world's richest man usually gets his way. but, in this case, it appears his hands have been tied. for months, he said, he didn't want to buy twitter, even accusing the company of fraud. then, a bombshell re

we'rejoined by the report's author dr bill kirkup, who's in gateshead, and dawn powell, whose son archiearrowing process to go through that, of course, — process to go through that, of course, not nearly as much as it was for the _ course, not nearly as much as it was for the families who were giving of themselves to help us understand what had — themselves to help us understand what had happened. i think what you picked _ what had happened. i think what you picked up _ what had happened. i think what you picked up when i presented the findings — picked up when i presented the findings in the press conference was that i'd _ findings in the press conference was that i'd literallyjust come from a meeting — that i'd literallyjust come from a meeting where i had told a great many— meeting where i had told a great many families the contents of the report— many families the contents of the report for— many families the contents of the report for the first time. and their reaction _ report for the first time. and their reaction was very, very strong, very emotional, _ reaction was very, very st