Bad weather during the Great North Run on Sunday managed to disrupt a lot of people as they made their way home. A body has been found in the search for a missing man from Otterburn. And finally young adults with learning disabilities can now take part in a new supported internship programme.
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00:00 I'm Emma June Holland, Tamphire North East News Update.
00:06 Bad weather during the Great North Run on Sunday managed to disrupt a lot of people
00:09 as they made their way home.
00:11 South Shales Metro station had flooded and many people took to social media to say it
00:15 took them nearly three hours to get back to Newcastle from South Shales due to the flooding
00:20 in the streets.
00:21 The Metro station and the roads affected have since reopened.
00:25 A body has been found in the search for a missing man from Otterburn.
00:29 53-year-old John Black was reported missing on Friday.
00:32 An investigation was launched and police have sadly found the body of a man.
00:37 And finally, young adults with learning disabilities can now take part in a new supportive internship
00:42 scheme.
00:43 Newcastle City Learning have teamed up with Northumbria University to give young people
00:47 work-based opportunities to help them secure employment.
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