00:00 I'm Imogen Holland, time for your North East News update.
00:06 A man who stole from two women has been jailed for three and a half years.
00:10 Geoffrey O'Brien entered an older woman's home after claiming he had cleaned her guttering
00:14 and demanded payment.
00:16 He took her purse and later approached another woman on her own and took her bag.
00:22 There is new hope for the Gateshead Leisure Centre to reopen as it has now received some
00:26 of the millions pounds worth of funding from the government.
00:30 The site was closed after budget cuts but the site will now receive £105,000 from the
00:35 Swimming Pool Support Fund.
00:39 And finally, this year's Phoenix Window theme has been unveiled.
00:42 This year's theme is the classic tale of the Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion, the Witch
00:46 and the Wardrobe and follows the four children discovering the magical world of Narnia.
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