steven bridgett is an independent councillor for rothbury, in northumberland.ur area, we have about 160 properties that are still off—line. these properties are the most difficult ones to reach, they're in very remote, isolated locations and they have gone eight days without any electricity. some of them, we know, will be heading into their ninth day without it. northern power grid are working in the area but it's pretty daunting knowing you are going to be going into day nine without any power as well. the parents of a teenager accused of killing four of his fellow students have appeared in court charged with involuntary manslaughter. james and jennifer crumbley both pleaded not guilty to all charges. prosecutors say 15—year—old ethan crumbley carried out the shooting at his school on tuesday with a semi—automatic pistol which had been bought by his father. it's highly unusual for parents to be charged in connection with a school shooting. aruna iyengar has more. i'm jennifer crumbley. i'm james crumbley. ethan crumbley�*s parents, james and jennifer, were fou

earlier, i spoke to an independent councillor for rothbury in northumberland.es off—line. they've gone eight days without electricity and some of them we know will be heading into their ninth day. it's pretty daunting knowing that you're going to be going into day nine without any power as well. are you able to speak to them and if so, what are they telling you? i so, what are they telling you? i speak to them in the morning and in the evening and they give me the plan for the day and in the evening what they have done for the day what the plan is for the next day as well. the areas that we have got left are the really difficult areas, where either transformers are blown all the power lines and the polls are lying on the ground and they are going to take some time to fix. fire going to take some time to fix. are ou going to take some time to fix. are you satisfied with the speed of the response? i you satisfied with the speed of the resonse? ., ., ., i. response? i would love for everyone to have been — response? i would love for everyone to have been on _ respo

earlier my colleaguejames reynolds spoke to steven bridgett, an independent councillor for rothbury in without electricity and some of them we know will be heading into their ninth day. it's pretty daunting knowing that you're going to be going into day nine without any power as well. are you able to speak to them and if so, what are they telling you? i speak to them in the morning and in the evening and they give me the plan for the day and in the evening what they have done for the day what the plan is for the next day as well. the areas that we have got left are the really difficult areas, where either transformers are blown all the power lines and the polls are lying on the ground and they are going to take some time to fix. are you satisfied with the speed of the response? i would love for everyone to have been on for the next day and i would have loved for things to be done quicker but i think a major incident should have been declared a lot sooner. what is the single hardest part of the response at the moment? a lot of the areas don't have any means of communication, so some lan

customers can claim from suppliers has been lifted. 0ur correspondent peter harris sent this report from rothburynorthumberland. boots on the ground, the troops are taking supplies to those still without power. are you all right? i've come to make sure everything is all right. along rural farm tracks they are trying to find those in the most remote communities that could be in need and now face a 9th night without electricity. it was absolute destruction. the woods down there are completely flattened. not to call northumberland a national problem until this morning is extraordinary. the army's involvement follows northumberland county council declaring storm arwen a major incident. a season of goodwill, what could be more rewarding for our soldiers than being out in local towns and villages helping those genuinely in need. across scotland and northern england, freezing temperatures are persisting. in all around 5,000 homes are still cut off. northern power grid says it still has a 700 engineering jobs, repairs like this one to do, before it can fully restore the power across the north—east of eng

our correspondent peter harris sent us this update on the situation from rothbury in northumberland.gland, you are now down to about 5000 houses in all that don't have power at the moment. what we see here in northumberland today is the army out in rural communities, this is in response to yesterday's announcement that northumberland county council had declared storm arwen a major incident. it has become quite sporadic now, so they are going up ruralfarm tracks, looking for the odd house without power, even when the wider area around it is much improved. they are offering supplies as well asjust simple moral support. we're not out of the woods here yet, certainly in northeast england, northern power grid say it could be the middle of next week before they get everyone connected again, simply because of the number of repairs still needed. there is that warning for the power companies from ofgem that it may take enforcement action if it is deemed they did not restore power quickly enough. the pope has arrived in athens at the start of his two day visit to greece. speaking in athens — t

steven bridgett is an independent councillorfor rothbury in northumberland.ties that are still off—line. these properties are the most difficult ones to reach, they are in very remote, isolated locations. they've gone eight days without electricity and some of them we know will be heading into their ninth day without it but northern powergrid are working in the area, but, yeah, it's pretty daunting knowing that you're going to be going into day nine without any power as well. are you able to speak to them and if so, what are they telling the regulator, 0fgem, is carrying out an urgent review of the response by energy companies. the boss of 0fgem jonathan brearley says says the regulator has a range of options it can take to help those affected get some form of compensation. there is something called a redress of payment where companies go to customers they have let down and give them compensation for what has happened but also there is a range of options we can take including fines. we have already said to network companies, they have agreed, they have lifted

in rothbury, small detachments collected supplies to take to remote and single households.t week's storm is still visible. this is just a small part of a deployment of around 80 troops who've fanned out across remote parts of northumberland today, checking on some of the last households without power that people are ok. in the hamlet of yetlington, we find one woman, though, who's struggling to cope. it's terrible. it's awful. have you been told when your power will be restored? wednesday. next wednesday? wednesday coming, hopefully. can you cope until next wednesday? i'll have to. we're into eight days and possibly for some heading into nine days. there's a lot of strong people that live round here. quite resilient communities. we experience a lot of harsh winters, and we've had a lot of other disasters. but i think the strain for some is beginning to show. so, the wait for power goes on. but stephen bridgitte says accommodation can be provided for those who want it. mark mcalindon, bbc news. four friends who are also dancers at the nupur arts dance academy in leicester ha

suppliers has been lifted. 0ur correspondent peter harris sent us this update on the situation from rothburyather here tonight, it is a slowly improving situation. across scotland and northern england, you are now down to about 5000 houses in all that don't have power at the moment. what we see here in northumberland today is the army out in rural communities, in response to yesterday's announcement that northumberland county council had declared storm are when a major incident. it has become quite sporadic now, so they are growing up ruralfarm tracks, looking sporadic now, so they are growing up rural farm tracks, looking for the odd house without power, even when the white area around it is much improved. 0ut there offering supplies as well as just simple moral support. supplies as well as just simple moralsupport. should supplies as well as just simple moral support. should i'm supplies as well as just simple moralsupport. should i'm not supplies as well as just simple moral support. should i'm not out of the woods here yet, certainly an awesome england, not in power grid say it could be

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forecast in some areas over the next 2a hours. 0ur correspondent peter harris sent this report from rothburyrthumberland. boots on the ground, the troops are taking supplies to those still without power. are you all right? i've come to make sure everything is all right for spy along rural farm tracks they are trying to find those in the most remote communities that could be in need and now face a 90 night without electricity. it was absolute destruction. the woods down there are completely flattened full stop not to call northumberland a national problem until this morning is extraordinary. the army's involvement follows northumberland county council declaring storm arwen a major incident. a season of goodwill, what could be more rewarding for our soldiers than being out in local towns and villages helping those genuinely in need. across scotland and northern england, freezing temperatures are persisting. in all around 5000 homes are still cut off. northern power grid says it still has a 700 engineering jobs, repairs like this one to do, before it can fully restore the power across the north

we metjoanne earlier in rothbury, a community centre where volunteers are laying on food.nd she is angry with her local mp, anne—marie trevelyan. you know, it is awful. she should be here. she should be sitting down at a table, getting people to come in saying, how can i help you? what can i possibly do? it is not good enough. joining joanne is neighbour anne. she is also enduring life without power. i feel like we have just been left out and forgotten about. i am more worried about the emergency services because where we were there are no signals. how is someone going to need an ambulance? how are they going to get hold of it? you going to have dead people out in the villages. as far as i am aware, _ the government hasn't done anything. we have relied on what we have done locally. i obviously, we have had support from the fire i and rescue services, _ the police, the mountain rescue and volunteers and obviously- from northern power grid as well. many of these residents . are going to be going over a week without any power. we need more resources, - simply if it isjust to

let's speak now to cllr steven christopher bridgett, independent councillor for rothbury in norhumberland how are things? at the moment, in our area, we've got around - how are things? at the moment, in our area, we've got around about i how are things? at the moment, in i our area, we've got around about 160 properties that are still off—line. these properties are the most difficult to reach. they are in remote, isolated locations and they have gone eight days without any electricity. some of them, we know we'll be heading into their ninth day without it. northern power are working in the area but it's pretty daunting knowing that you're going to go into day nine without power as well. �* , ., to go into day nine without power as well. �* ,. . , to go into day nine without power as well. �* ,. ., , ., to go into day nine without power as well. �* ., ,, ., to go into day nine without power as well. �* y., ., , ., , , ., ,, ., well. are you able to speak to them? if so, what well. are you able to speak to them? if so. what are _ well. are you able to speak to them? if so, what are they _ w

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we metjoanne earlier in rothbury, a community centre where volunteers are laying on food. services, the police, the mountain rescue and volunteers and obviously from northern power grid as well. many of these residents are going to be going over a week without any power. we need more resources, simply if it is just to make contact with these residents. i don't think people appreciate how remote and rural these places are. anne—marie trevelyan told the bbc she had been working flat out to provide help and had been in the constituency all day yesterday to see first hand the challenges faced by engineers. but in this village, they are still also off—grid. forjed walker that means keeping warm with a log burner. she also feels abandoned. this is huge and it is the worst it has been for decades. but, you know, communication is very important. and not to have heard a thing is pretty grim. back at home in harbottle, joanne is hunkering down to another cold night without power, still no nearer knowing when the lights will be back on. we arejust we are just hearing that the strateg