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ITV News
a day ago
- Health
- ITV News
Assisted Dying Bill passed: How did MPs from the North East and North Yorkshire vote?
MPs have voted in favour of the assisted dying bill which will legalise the right for terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their own life with medical assistance. On Friday MPs voted 314 to 291 in favour of the bill, backing the right for adults with less than six months to live to choose to end their own lives. 16 MPs in the North East and North Yorkshire region voted for the bill, 19 were against, while there was one did not vote. We have a breakdown of what our MPs voted for what in this historic vote. Which MPs voted in favour of the bill? Luke Akehurst - North Durham MP Lewis Atkinson - Sunderland Central MP Jonathan Brash - Hartlepool MP Sir Alan Campbell - Tynemouth MP Luke Charters - York Outer MP Mark Ferguson - Gateshead Central and Whickham MP Emma Foody - Cramlington and Killingworth MP Tom Gordon - Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Kevin Hollinrake - Thirsk and Malton MP Alison Hume - Scarborough and Whitby MP Keir Mather - Selby MP Rishi Sunak - Richmond and Northallerton MP Anna Turley - Redcar and Cleveland MP Joe Morris - Hexham MP Luke Myer - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Kate Osborne - Jarrow and Gateshead East MP Which MPs voted against the bill? Mary Kelly Foy - City of Durham MP Mary Glindon - Newcastle Upon Tyne East and Wallsend MP Ian Lavery - Blyth and Ashington MP Emma Lewell - South Shields MP Rachael Maskell - York Central MP Andy McDonald - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East MP Chris McDonald - Stockton North MP Lola McEvoy - Darlington MP Catherine McKinnell - Newcastle Upon Tyne North MP Grahame Morris - Easington MP Dame Chi Onwurah - Newcastle Upon Tyne Central and West MP Bridget Phillipson - Houghton and Sunderland South MP Sam Rushworth - Bishop Auckland MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke - Wetherby and Easingwold MP David Smith - North Northumberland MP Julian Smith - Skipton and Ripon MP Alan Strickland - Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP Liz Twist - Blaydon and Consett MP Matt Vickers - Stockton West MP Others: Sharon Hodgson - Washington and Gateshead South MP (no vote recorded, as she was not present). MPs began voting on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill, brought forward by Labour backbencher Kim Leadbeater, just after 2pm as opposition and pro-change campaigners gathered outside Parliament. It came after a highly emotional debate in the Commons with MPs from across the political divide making impassioned arguments for and against. Friday's vote does not mean the bill immediately becomes law as it will now transfer to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. The Upper House can make amendments to the bill and pass it back to MPs but it is expected this process will happen fairly quickly as the final date they can currently consider a Private Members' bill in this parliamentary session is 11 July. There are several more stages of scrutiny in both chambers for the bill to go through before it heads to the King to receive royal assent and become law.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Gavin & Stacey star Larry Lamb, 77, goes shirtless in navy swim shorts as he braves a chilly dip in the sea at Tynemouth beach
Gavin & Stacey star Larry Lamb went shirtless in navy swim shorts as he braved a chilly dip in the sea at Tynemouth beach on Thursday. The actor, 77, proved age is just a number as he took a bracing early morning swim in the North Sea. Larry arrived by taxi at the beach just before 8am, where he wasted no time stripping off and heading straight for the water. Onlookers were stunned as Larry swam confidently in the chilly sea for nearly 40 minutes, emerging refreshed and beaming as he dried off. One witness said, 'He looked totally at ease - like it was just another morning routine. Fair play to him!' Larry is best known for his role in the now concluded sitcom where he plays the lovable Mick Shipman. His trip to Newcastle comes after last month Larry revealed that two actors objected to Smithy and Sonia getting married during Gavin and Stacey's Christmas special and stormed off the set during filming. He confessed that the scene of the famed final episode caused huge upset with unknowing extras who did not know what to do with the news. Speaking on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Larry explained the two actors 'had enough' and 'thought no he shouldn't'. He told Chris: 'When you're doing film and television it's all according to locations it's not at all according the clock or the calendar. 'So you can do jobs where you do the end on the first day because they could only get that location for that day but this they'd engineered it so we were going to be filming the last day on the last day, which was extraordinary, just amazing, but you still had to go through it and it got really, really emotional.' To which Chris replied: 'Of course you knew it was coming because you read the script 10 months ago, but your character can't know it's coming because that's not what happened. Larry said: 'You've got to live with it and watch all the extras sitting in the wedding scene, watching their faces because they didn't know anything about this. 'They're in there watching a wedding and all and so it's like, "what's going on here? Do we laugh? Do we cry? What are we supposed to do?" 'And they asked for people to stand up, two of the extras at the back, they just got up, they'd had enough, they thought, "no, he shouldn't". That was never written, they just thought, "no he shouldn't".' The Christmas special and finale came five years after the show's last Christmas instalment in 2019. It was hailed 'perfect' by viewers, who were left in tears as the long-running show finally aired its last episode after 17 years. While fans tuned into the episode to see whether Smithy had accepted Nessa's proposal from the 2019 Christmas Special, a five-year time jump revealed that he was indeed set to tie the knot, but all was not as it seemed. It was revealed that Smithy had instead got engaged to his girlfriend Sonia, who failed to impress the Shipman/West clan when she met them in the last festive episode. Fans were also treated to the surprise return of Sheridan Smith as Smithy's sister Rudi, and Pam Ferris as his mum Cath. It was hailed 'perfect' by viewers, who were left in tears as the long-running show finally aired its last episode after 17 years Yet when it came to Smithy's big day he realised that Nessa was his one true love and called off the wedding. The entire family jumped into Dave's coach and rushed to Southampton, where Nessa was preparing to set sail, and in a scene 17 years in the making, he declared his love for her, and asked her to reconsider leaving. While an ever-stoic Nessa insisted she wouldn't propose to Smithy again, instead he returned her offer from five years earlier, finally getting down on one knee and asking her to marry him. The episode then cut to Smithy and Nessa exchanging their vows at long last in an intimate ceremony in Barry, with the series ending with an emotional montage of the family marking the occasion at The Dolphin pub, before posing for a family snap together.
BBC News
14-06-2025
- BBC News
North Tyneside anti-social behaviour crackdown returns
Mobile CCTV is to be used as part of efforts to crack down on anti-social behaviour at a popular beach and nearby transport a stretch of North Tyneside through the summer months, Operation Coastwatch will also see foot patrols carried out to identify "hotspot areas".Now in its 11th year, the partnership between North Tyneside Council, Northumbria Police and Metro operator Nexus will be paying "special attention" to the southern end of Longsands beach at Tynemouth, where large groups of youngsters have been gathering on Friday and Saturday weeks have seen alcohol-related incidents and fire crews being called out, the local authority said. While it added "most of the gatherings are good natured", dispersal powers will be used "where necessary to manage large crowds".Councillor Sandra Graham, cabinet member for crime and community safety, said: "We know most young people come to the beach to enjoy the warm weather and spend time with friends - and they do so responsibly."But where there are concerns, especially involving alcohol or fire-setting, it's important we step in."The Metro was described as a "key route into North Tyneside," by Erika Allen, of said police patrols on the network's trains and at its stations would provide re-assurance and deal with any anti-social behaviour, including fare dodging.A text message alert system is also available for passengers to report issues. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
How brothers survived rip current surf terror
On Saturday 17 May, two brothers got caught in a terrifying rip current at a popular surfing beach in north-east England. They hope sharing their experience will save lives. It was a great day for a surf, with 5ft-high swells sweeping along the shore at Tynemouth. Euan, 21, and Andrew, 19, were among the dozens dotting the breaking blue waves at Longsands that lunchtime. When they rented their boards from a hire centre at the beach, the pair from Gateshead were advised of the safest spots to surf. But, unwittingly, they were being blown by a northerly wind towards a rip current, a permanent fixture beside the lido at the southern end of the mile-long beach. By the time they realised, it was too late. Andrew was the first to get caught, he had stayed out on the water while his brother went ashore to get a different surfboard. "I did not really know what was going on," Andrew says. "I was going full pelt and not getting anywhere." When Euan returned, he instantly saw his younger brother was in trouble and went out to try and help him, getting himself caught in the current. "It was like trying to swim on a treadmill," Euan, 21, recalls. No matter how hard he swam, he found himself and his brother being pulled out to sea by the current. Both quickly realised how serious their situation was, and it became even more perilous when they began to get separated. While each was struggling to keep themselves afloat, they also had the added fear of not knowing what was happening to the other, as they disappeared from each other's view. Their first urge was to panic and swim as hard as they could to get out of their predicament. "I could hear myself panicking but I just knew that would not help me," Euan says. He called at his brother to "just chill", which they laugh about now. But staying calm became key to their survival, the pair remembering the lessons taught to them by their father years before at their local swimming pool. Stay calm and float on your back, conserve energy. Andrew was being bombarded by the breaking waves, tumbling in the tumultuous North Sea. Luckily, he was thrust close to the rocks, which he was able to make a quick burst for and haul himself up on to. But Euan was too far away and being pulled further out to sea. He had seen his brother get out to safety, flooding him with relief, his attention now turning solely to his own predicament. "I was completely helpless," Euan recalls. "I was just very aware no matter how hard or long I swam there was no chance of me fighting this." Neither really knows how long the ordeal lasted or how far they travelled, but it felt like a long time and a long distance. They both say they had "pretty scary" and "dark" thoughts during their struggle, principally about what had happened to the other. Several members of the public, including a 10-year-old boy, saw what was happening and called for help. The RNLI Cullercoats team was paged at 12:09 BST, and 11 minutes later four crew members were aboard their boat Daddy's Girl, bursting out into Cullercoats bay and down the coast. Two minutes later they found Euan. He struggles to describe the relief he felt seeing the bright orange boat bearing down on him. "That was a great feeling," he says. He was hauled over the inflatable side and taken back to the Cullercoats lifeboat station to be checked over and treated with a bag of gummy sweets. He had not realised how cold he was until the paramedics started to look him over. The station's operations manager drove him back to Tynemouth for a reunion with his brother. "We gave each other a big hug," Euan says. Andrew, who was already out of his wetsuit and into his clothes, recalled the relief he felt at seeing his brother tempered by the soggy embrace from Euan's wetsuit. The pair drove home in a daze, Andrew putting I Will Survive on the car's radio. "We were in shock," Euan says. Andrew agrees: "I do not think either of us processed what we had been through." The rip current that caught them is a near permanent feature of Longsands, caused by the North Sea surging past the 1920s-built concrete lido. It is, according to the RNLI, "topographically constrained", while other rip currents can also regularly form along the beach. Rip currents can reach speeds of 5mph and pull anyone caught in them out to sea. They can be difficult to spot but are "sometimes identified by a channel of churning, choppy water on the sea's surface", the RNLI says. Rip currents are the number one source for lifeguard call-outs, Geoff Cowan, the RNLI Cullercoats safety advisor says. Geoff is full of praise for the brothers, first for their actions in the moment and secondly for speaking out about it afterwards in a bid to boost awareness of the perils of rip currents and what to do if caught in one. Advice if caught includes to not try and swim against the current, but rather try and head parallel to the shore until free from its grip. The brothers had several things in their favour, Geoff says, including being young and fit and, crucially, they were wearing wetsuits, which provided invaluable buoyancy aid. They also followed the Float to Live protocols, advice issued by the RNLI to prevent drowning. "We want people to enjoy the water but be mindful of what can go wrong and what to do if it does," Geoff says. Additional advice includes carrying a phone in waterproof pouch and using the SafeTtrx app, which would quickly enable the RNLI to locate those in trouble. Pressing the side button on a mobile phone five times will also start a 999 call, Geoff says. The brothers are yet to return to the sea, but they have been to the Cullercoats station with their family to thank those who came to their aid. "We are really pleased to see them both," Geoff says. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Fifty years of messing with boats and saving lives Beachgoers urged to listen to RNLI podcast RNLI Cullercoats
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
How brothers survived rip current surf terror
On Saturday 17 May, two brothers got caught in a terrifying rip current at a popular surfing beach in north-east England. They hope sharing their experience will save lives. It was a great day for a surf, with 5ft-high swells sweeping along the shore at Tynemouth. Euan, 21, and Andrew, 19, were among the dozens dotting the breaking blue waves at Longsands that lunchtime. When they rented their boards from a hire centre at the beach, the pair from Gateshead were advised of the safest spots to surf. But, unwittingly, they were being blown by a northerly wind towards a rip current, a permanent fixture beside the lido at the southern end of the mile-long beach. By the time they realised, it was too late. Andrew was the first to get caught, he had stayed out on the water while his brother went ashore to get a different surfboard. "I did not really know what was going on," Andrew says. "I was going full pelt and not getting anywhere." When Euan returned, he instantly saw his younger brother was in trouble and went out to try and help him, getting himself caught in the current. "It was like trying to swim on a treadmill," Euan, 21, recalls. No matter how hard he swam, he found himself and his brother being pulled out to sea by the current. Both quickly realised how serious their situation was, and it became even more perilous when they began to get separated. While each was struggling to keep themselves afloat, they also had the added fear of not knowing what was happening to the other, as they disappeared from each other's view. Their first urge was to panic and swim as hard as they could to get out of their predicament. "I could hear myself panicking but I just knew that would not help me," Euan says. He called at his brother to "just chill", which they laugh about now. But staying calm became key to their survival, the pair remembering the lessons taught to them by their father years before at their local swimming pool. Stay calm and float on your back, conserve energy. Andrew was being bombarded by the breaking waves, tumbling in the tumultuous North Sea. Luckily, he was thrust close to the rocks, which he was able to make a quick burst for and haul himself up on to. But Euan was too far away and being pulled further out to sea. He had seen his brother get out to safety, flooding him with relief, his attention now turning solely to his own predicament. "I was completely helpless," Euan recalls. "I was just very aware no matter how hard or long I swam there was no chance of me fighting this." Neither really knows how long the ordeal lasted or how far they travelled, but it felt like a long time and a long distance. They both say they had "pretty scary" and "dark" thoughts during their struggle, principally about what had happened to the other. Several members of the public, including a 10-year-old boy, saw what was happening and called for help. The RNLI Cullercoats team was paged at 12:09 BST, and 11 minutes later four crew members were aboard their boat Daddy's Girl, bursting out into Cullercoats bay and down the coast. Two minutes later they found Euan. He struggles to describe the relief he felt seeing the bright orange boat bearing down on him. "That was a great feeling," he says. He was hauled over the inflatable side and taken back to the Cullercoats lifeboat station to be checked over and treated with a bag of gummy sweets. He had not realised how cold he was until the paramedics started to look him over. The station's operations manager drove him back to Tynemouth for a reunion with his brother. "We gave each other a big hug," Euan says. Andrew, who was already out of his wetsuit and into his clothes, recalled the relief he felt at seeing his brother tempered by the soggy embrace from Euan's wetsuit. The pair drove home in a daze, Andrew putting I Will Survive on the car's radio. "We were in shock," Euan says. Andrew agrees: "I do not think either of us processed what we had been through." The rip current that caught them is a near permanent feature of Longsands, caused by the North Sea surging past the 1920s-built concrete lido. It is, according to the RNLI, "topographically constrained", while other rip currents can also regularly form along the beach. Rip currents can reach speeds of 5mph and pull anyone caught in them out to sea. They can be difficult to spot but are "sometimes identified by a channel of churning, choppy water on the sea's surface", the RNLI says. Rip currents are the number one source for lifeguard call-outs, Geoff Cowan, the RNLI Cullercoats safety advisor says. Geoff is full of praise for the brothers, first for their actions in the moment and secondly for speaking out about it afterwards in a bid to boost awareness of the perils of rip currents and what to do if caught in one. Advice if caught includes to not try and swim against the current, but rather try and head parallel to the shore until free from its grip. The brothers had several things in their favour, Geoff says, including being young and fit and, crucially, they were wearing wetsuits, which provided invaluable buoyancy aid. They also followed the Float to Live protocols, advice issued by the RNLI to prevent drowning. "We want people to enjoy the water but be mindful of what can go wrong and what to do if it does," Geoff says. Additional advice includes carrying a phone in waterproof pouch and using the SafeTtrx app, which would quickly enable the RNLI to locate those in trouble. Pressing the side button on a mobile phone five times will also start a 999 call, Geoff says. The brothers are yet to return to the sea, but they have been to the Cullercoats station with their family to thank those who came to their aid. "We are really pleased to see them both," Geoff says. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Fifty years of messing with boats and saving lives Beachgoers urged to listen to RNLI podcast RNLI Cullercoats
