Newcastle headlines 20 July: Newcastle central motorway to hopefully re-open next week
A man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after he forced his victim to have sexual with him despite her telling him to stop. Newcastle central motorway to hopefully re-open next week. And finally a tweet from Newcastle Univeristy has gone viral after is sparked conversations online.
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00:00 I'm Imogen Holland, Tampa North East News Update.
00:05 A man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after he forced his victim to have sex with
00:09 him despite her telling him to stop.
00:11 Martin Lee initially denied the crimes but then pleaded guilty to three offences, including
00:16 two counts of rape.
00:18 The Central Mortuary in Newcastle is to be closed again to allow demolition works on
00:22 the building that caught fire last month.
00:24 The northbound closure will begin this Friday with the hopes that the Central Mortuary will
00:28 be fully reopened on Monday morning.
00:31 Police are treating the cause of the fire as a suspected arson and eight people in total
00:35 have been arrested as part of the investigation and have now been released on bail.
00:40 And finally, a tweet from Newcastle University has gone viral after it sparked conversations
00:44 online.
00:45 The video showed a graduate being proposed to at the graduation ceremony but people seem
00:50 to have mixed feelings about the proposal.
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