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Tonight, five years on from the Grayrigg train crash, an inquest

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finally opens into the death of this 84-year-old passenger.

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As the police slash millions of pounds from their budgets, one of

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our force he is will recruit more frontline officers.

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The operator of a scrap yard devastated by a major fire could

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face prosecution. And why the Prince paid a poignant

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visit to a Teesside blast furnace. Snl In sport a happy weekend for

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most of the region's football fans. We've the goals which kept

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Newcastle at the top and Sunderland Almost five years on from the

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Grayrigg rail crash in Cumbria, an inquest has finally opened into the

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death of an elderly who was a passenger on the train. The London

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to Glasgow express with over 100 people on board derailed in remote

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country side in February 2007. All nine carriageways careered off the

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rails. Margaret Masson died and nearly 30 others, including the

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driver, were injured. Alison, why has it taken nearly

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five years for this inquest to be held? Well, as the inquest opened

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this morning, the coroner apologised to Mrs Masson's family

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for it taking so long for it to get here. He pointed out similarities

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to the Grayrigg crash and the crash which happened in Potters Bar in

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2002 which claimed seven lives. He said those inquests had to be

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completed before this one could begin. The families of both sets of

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victims had called for the inquests to be held together because of the

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similarities. Both were caused by problems with track maintenance.

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But the Government ruled that couldn't happen. Better scrutiny

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would occur if they were held separately.

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Stphr it has finally started. What evidence have we heard today? Today,

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we've heard about what it was like to be on that train and why Mrs

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Masson was on there in the first place. Her daughter, Margaret

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Langley, described the family hadn't intended to travel north to

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Scotland until the following day but decided to take that evening

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train instead. Mrs Langley could remember nothing of the crash apart

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from waking up in hospital the next day. We heard a statement from her

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now late husband Richard, who died not as a result of the crash. He

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said he remembered being caught upside down in that carriage seeing

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his wife and mother-in-law lying together, calling out each other's

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names. We know Mrs Masson died soon after. We also heard from the drain

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driver, Iain Black. Who, despite being thrown from the driver's seed

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seat into the nose cone of the train and losing consciousness at

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times, he called ahead to ensure know others trains were sent down

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the tracks and into that wreckage. That's day one. What do we expect

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to hear tomorrow? Tomorrow, we'll hear further evidence from those

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first on the scenes from the rail accident investigation board. We'll

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here hear more about the problems about where the derailment happened.

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The inquest's expected to last two weeks.

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They've endured huge budget cuts and made scores of staff redundant.

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Now, Durham Police are starting to recruit frontline officers again.

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They are the first in the region to lift a recruitment freeze. It has

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been made possible by savings in the back office. Elsewhere, it

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looks bleak with tens of millions of pounds being slashed from police

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budgets across the North East and Cumbria.

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They are cuts the police described as savage. But now Durham says it

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can finally start bringing in fresh frontline bobbies like these once

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again. All those officers will be moving into the neighbourhood

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policing teams. So, there will be 20 communities that will see an

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extra officer walking their streets and making the community safer.

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Like many others, Durham Police has had a recruitment freeze. Recent

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times have certainly been chilling. A 20% budget cut over four years.

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139 staff made redundant in a 12 month period. The Police Federation

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says once Durham had 1700 police officers, the new target strength

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is more than 300 less than that. But the federation agrees the end

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of the recruitment freeze is clearly good news. 20 new officers

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is better than none, it says. The Police Authority says restructuring

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done, it's good housekeeping, like trimming the back office and

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anticipating the cuts in advance which means it can now move forward

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again. It wasn't a pleasant experience for us. We could see

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what was going to occur. We took these decisions very early on.

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We've had to restructure the force. There's been no view expressed to

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me or anyone imsee aware of that any member of the public has seen a

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change in the delivery of service. Durham says the first of its 20 new

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bobbies, who've already been assessed, will areef before

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Christmas. -- will arrive before Christmas.

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Peter joins me now. What's happening with the rest of the

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region's forces? Nothing's happening. That's reality problem.

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They are not reciting police officers. If you don't recruit,

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when people retire, you don't have people replacing them. Your numbers

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will fall. This is all because of the police force's financial

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situation. We can show you the figures now. You will' see the

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extent of the cuts. Cleveland are losing �24 million over four years.

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Northumbria, �17 million this financial year. Cumbria, �18

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million over four years. North Yorkshire are telling us they are

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making 61 redundancies. They will be civilian staff. You cannot make

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police officers redundant. It is complex but clearly lots of change

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ahead for our police forces. Thank you.

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The operator of a Tyneside scrap yard which was engulfed by fire

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earlier this year could face prosecution. The blaze in the Byker

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district of Newcastle was seen from miles around as firefighters

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battled to bring it under control. There have been many other fires at

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scrap yards froplts -- prompting fierce about health and

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environmental risks. The fire broke out at the scrap

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yard in Byker about 45 minutes ago. The smoke can be seen from several

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May this year, and Tyne and wear fire service is tested to the limit

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tack alg huge blaze in Byker. Dbg tackling a huge blaze in Byker.

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It was black. God knows how these people suffered living here. It is

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only 50 or 100 yards away. It was really bad. I had to put me card

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began over me nose an mouth. The police were telling everyone to get

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in their houses and shut doors and windows cos it was toxic. This is

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one of the a number of scrap yard fires recently. You're looking at

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carbon fibres from fuels and oils. There are polymers. Plastics. It is

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difficult to say what is in the smoke plume from a scrap yard fire

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but you can say with a fair degree of accuracy, none of it you should

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be breathing. The Byker blaze started by accident. Clearing the

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site operator of any blame. But that's not the end of the matter.

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The Environment Agency completed its investigation. We can reveal

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that court action could follow. The yard operator's been questioned

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under caution about the amount and type of waste stored there. I

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understand they've been ordered to change the way they operate the

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site. Particularly the way waste is stored and handled. A decision on

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charges is expected in December. You can see more on that story in

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tonight's Inside Out on BBC One at 7.30pm.

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Five months ago, the Prince of Wales visited Teesside and saw

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first-hand the grim reality of the mothballing of the Redcar blast

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furnace. Since then. Complex has been bought. Its new Thai owner,

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SSI, has promised to create 1900 jobs. The Prince was back again

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today. As you would expect, Prince of

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Wales met the bosses of steel company SSI today. But at the end

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of the line, a more human touch. The widow and son of the union

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leader Geoff Waterfield. His lobbying, including that of the

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Prince himself, is in part to thank for the return of steel to Teesside.

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This is where it will be made. The very heart of the blast furnace.

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Here to help make it, will be Graham Dunn. Last time we met him,

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he'd lost his job. The blast furnace was mothballed and the

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future was grim. You met the Prince. What did he say to you? He asked if

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I'd worked here before. I said for 36 years. He asked if the wife was

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happyed aide come back. He said very happy. I was happy to be back.

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We were built on iron. Been making iron and steel since the mid-19th

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century. Let's get it going again. How close are we to seeing steel

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being made once more? The date is 8th December. We are working hard

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towards that. We are in the process of reviewing everything and making

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sure the suppliers are delivering on time. The Prince said he was

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extremely impressed with what he saw in the blast furnace. With the

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royal diversion now over, working start again on trying to get it

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back online by December 8th. Still to come tonight: Monday's

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sports desk. Plus: Good evening. Join me on Look

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North later where I'll sell you legally blonde at the Empire over

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Christmas. Court is in session! I'll pedal less breezy conditions

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He lost his right arm in Afghanistan. But now Corporal Andy

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Garthwaite from Newcastle hopes to build a career in civvy street with

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the help of a new recovery and today in Catterick in North

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Yorkshire. Andy fancies retraining as a health and safety officer or

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maybe a MOT other cycle mechanic. Young servicemen and women listen

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to advice on how to rebuild their lives after being seriously injured

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in Afghanistan. Men like Corporal Andy Garthwaite from Newcastle who

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lost an arm while on foot patrol. I'm waiting for word from the army

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for an operation date to get the new by onic arm. Me brain will be

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able to talk to the prosthetic arm. I should be able to move my right

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arm. Feen Hicks house, a recovery and assessment centre -- Phoenix

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House, opened today. It apes to give wounded soldiers the

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confidence they need to return to the army or build a new career in

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civvy street. It's funded by the taxpayer and two charities. It is

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will all about what you can do, not what you can't do. If someone's had

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their lives changed they can no longer be number one on the machine

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gun, they come and spend a couple of weeks on a course and realise

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how they can transfer skills. isn't about the the Government, it

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is about an obligation which we as a count Rio to young men and women

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who we ask to put themselves in harm's way. I don't want to get

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involved in the politics of this. But as a charity, we saw there was

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a need. We're very happy to contribute towards the operational

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costs of all the centres which are opening. It is a major commitment,

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�50 million, the legion's guaranteed over the next ten years.

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This temporary centre will be replaced by a state-of-the-art

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facility this time next year and take its place as one of a number

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of multimillion pound centres being built around the country.

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What a great idea. Last year, it was a white Christmas.

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We're talking about the stage show here. This year, it will be more of

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a blonde Christmas -- well a Sunderland at least. Legally blonde

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the musical is coming to the city's Empire Theatre. Joining the cast

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are TV personality turned actor Matthew Kelly and former Atomic

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Kitten and celebrity MasterChef Here is the brief. When a college

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sweetheart is dumped by her boyfriend for a more serious one

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and she decides she will go to Harvard Law School. The where

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better to launch this hundred and leg of the UK tour than the City's

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magistrates court. Legally Blonde The Musical is a success story from

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Broadway and the West End. Joining the tour in Sunderland is the man

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with stars in his eyes, Matthew Kelly. It is a brilliant show.

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There are kids there and they loved it. Even the men, and they start

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off with their arms folded and think it is not for them. There are

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dancing in the aisles at the end. The audience stands at the end.

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After her acclaimed performance in the musical earlier this summer,

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former Atomic Kitten singer Liz McClarnon returns as Pollet. She is

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described as the ultimate tarred with a heart. She is so endearing.

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When I saw her on the West End, a friend of mine said so that I

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should play the part. I have had my heart set on it for a while. It is

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bright, clever, it has everything. The cast are amazing. There are 29

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of them, nine in the orchestra and four dogs. They flog themselves to

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death. My character is the only person in the show he has a

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specific American accent. In Liverpool, if you want to do a

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Liverpool accent, you get advice. For Boston, do you meant to say

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parked the car in Harvard Yard. It is kind of English sounding. It is

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not easy to learn. The show opens at the Sunderland umpire on sixth

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December and runs through the festive season until New year's Eve.

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-- the umpire Theatre. Winner of several major awards, and this all-

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singing, all-dancing romantic comedy is all about knowing who you

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are and showing what you have got. It promises to be in must chic --

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must see show this Christmas. Case closed.

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Well, Team Talk comes round once again. Top of the agenda this week,

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Newcastle United, who aren't that far from being top of the Premier

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League! Fantastic, isn't it? They probably

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wont win it, but they closed the gap on Chelsea and Manchester

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United, who both lost yesterday. The Magpies are now joint third,

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and only a point behind Manchester United in second. Newcastle,

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leaders Man City and Huddersfield are the only unbeaten teams in the

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country. 48,000 watched them beat Wigan at

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the weekend. They're hoping to push back over that 50,000 mark.

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That's right - this afternoon they launched a new season ticket drive.

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Hundreds of fans turned up to take advantage of the offer, and it has

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giving them plenty to sing about. Current season ticket holders can

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buy additional half price season tickets for the rest of the

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campaign. Some of the players turned up to help out as well. The

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offer means children can get to see matches for just over �2.50 - and

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there's not much you can buy for that these days!

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As we said, a win for Newcastle at the weekend, and for Sunderland.

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Both clubs left it a bit late! Just nine minutes left when Johan

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Cabaye broke the deadlock against lost any of the last 24 games he's

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played for club or country. And he's been threatening his first

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goal for the club for some time. But do you know why he ran to

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celebrate with the club masseur, Micky Holland? It's because every

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week Micky's been telling him he'd score a goal. This week, Cabaye

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said, "Don't say it and I might score". And he did! One piece of

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bad news for Newcastle, though - Shola Ameobi is out for up to six

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weeks with a hamstring injury. Elsewhere, a crucial win for

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Sunderland. They'd have slipped into the relegation zone if they'd

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lost at Bolton. Still goalless, with eight minutes to go, Stephane

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Sessegnon with his first goal of the season. You can see what it

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meant to the manager! Yes, Aston Villa and Darren Bent at

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the Stadium of Light next Saturday - you can imagine how the pressure

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would have been cranked up if they hadn't won this one. But here's

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another good stat - Niklas Bendtner has either scored or set up a goal

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in every game he's played this season!

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We're full of them this week, aren't we? If they hadn't picked up

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only their second win of the campaign, do you think Steve Bruce

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I never said I wouldn't. I worry about the people around me, not me.

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They get edgy and nervous. But thankfully, today is one of the

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reasons why I came. Were 1,500 came down. There are not many clubs to a

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fourth bottom of the league who can produce 4,500 people. We give them

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something to shout about today. And just as pleasing as those goals

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for both Newcastle and Sunderland, some important savesat the other

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end? Some absolutely vital ones.

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Again, late on in the Sunderland the Black Cats were trying to hold

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on to a one-goal lead. In the 89th minute, Simon Mignolet, with his

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feet blocking a shot from Darren Pratley. How important was that?

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His first clean-sheet since the 4-0 win over Stoke last month. And for

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that, he can also thank John O'Shea, captaining the side, with Lee

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Cattermole dropped. Former Middlesbrough defender, David

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Wheater, looked odds-on for an equaliser at the back post, but

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O'Shea just got up there to knock the ball away.

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And this is the reason why Newcastle could afford to let Steve

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Harper join Brighton on loan for the next month. He's been kept out

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of the team by Tim Krul, who pulled off this fabulous save from Victor

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Moses. Couldn't quite believe it, could

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he? Deflected off Steven Taylor. Great reactions from Krul. No

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doubting who's the manager's first He has not put a foot wrong this

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year. His kicking and distribution has been signed. He is at the top

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of his game. That is one he can put in his little DVD collection.

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Into the Championship, and Middlesbrough are back up to second

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place, after a long-overdue win at the Riverside - their first since

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the middle of August. Yes, they'd drawn four in a row

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since then. And Derby were level on points with them at the start of

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play. Two goals either side of half-time won it for the Boro. The

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first from Rhys Williams turning in Justin Hoyte's shot, and then

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Marvin Emnes got back on the score sheet after a few lean weeks with a

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fantastic header and his sixth goal of the season.

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17,000 fans, but could still do with a few more. Nigel Clough's

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Derby didn't make it easy, though. 15-year-old Mason Bennett hitting

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the bar with this shot on his debut - the youngest player in the club's

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Into League One, now. Last week, we were saying how Carlisle had hit

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form while Hartlepool were on a slump. A complete turn around this

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week - Carlisle thumped at Charlton, while Pools came from behind at

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Chesterfield to end a run of three Chesterfield to end a run of three

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straight defeats. Some great goals, too! A 20-yard

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header, from Paul Murray, launching himself at the ball from the edge

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of the box. The Poolie fans enjoyed it, cos you don't see many of

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those! Or these! Although James Poole has

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scored some beauties already this season. Andy Monkhouse had a go

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from 40 yards - worth a try! And then Poole's second of the

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afternoon wrapped it up. Hartlepool once again on the edge of the play-

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off zone. And they're back above Carlisle,

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who crashed 4-0 away at the League One leaders, Charlton - it wasn't

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really their day! They gave goals away, had Matty Robson sent off,

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and managed to miss a penalty as well! And to cap it all, this one

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went through the legs of Adam We will not be too many teams of

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three concede goals like that. Hopefully we will be all right.

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Everything that went wrong for us when from today, so hopefully we

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will be fine after this. Let's change sports now. In rugby

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union, Newcastle Falcons lost at London Irish in the second round of

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pool games for the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Meanwhile, Cumbria staged a

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prestigious Rugby League challenge match.

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Yes, Whitehaven's Recreation Ground was the venue for Cumbria against

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England Knights - effectively the country's second team. Mark Tulip

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12 months ago, the England senior team were held 18 to 18 here. Most

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for anticipating a decent contest. The fixture had come about when

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Samoa's tour of the UK was cancelled. There are some who would

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like to see a combined county side eventually bid for a Super League

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franchise. But that debate's for another day.

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Despite putting England under sustained pressure, Cumbria went

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into the half-time break four advantage - a move started and

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finished by Luke Gale. Captain Kyle Amor finally got Cumbria on the

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scoresheet, with Workington's Darren Holt converting. After two

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more tries from the Knights, England academy captain Brad

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Singleton touched down for the home side. And, although England had the

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last word, Cumbria had put in a We did not have it easy. They play

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two divisions above most of us. But we did ourselves proud. It is

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bringing the Cumbrian League to Cumbria and we are given the chance

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to play at that level. That is when we can see if we can get a Super

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League team were not. The direction of the wind depends

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on how the seas are looking and our coastlines. The North Sea first -

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this picture is full of promise and serenity at the start of the

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weekend. The other face of it was seen today implies. You can see the

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waves really picking up. The lifeboat is chasing an abandoned

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jet-ski apparently! Luckily, nobody was hurt. The seas are really

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picking up at the moment. Through the rest of the week, we will see

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the breeze easing down. It will be a bit cooler. 16 or 17 Celsius

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today and a bit wet at times in good autumnal fashion. The wet

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weather starts tonight, coming up from the south-west. It is the

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North East coast there will be most affected. It clears through the day

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tomorrow. Wednesday - one a two showers particularly in the West.

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On Thursday, things start to settle down, although rain will come up

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from the south later on in the day. Or Friday, it does look like a good

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end to the week. You see this ridge of high pressure coming up and you

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can see Friday, it does not look bad. A bit of sunshine in the North

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East. Closer to home tonight, we have this cloud in place already.

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It is moving its way right the way across the region. You can escape

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the rain through the night in Cumbria, and it will concentrate on

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the North East flank. That rain just makes one or two inroads into

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north-central areas. Mostly, it will be the coast and there could

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be quite heavy by the end of the night. The cloud T -- keeps

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temperatures of than double figures. Tamara, a miserable start to the

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day in the North East. It could be wet. That will improve. You have

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dry weather across Cumbria for most of the day and it will push its way

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slowly northwards and Easter Sunday could end up with a bit of sunshine.

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The best of that will be in the West. Cumbria will have the best of

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the sunshine and temperatures. South-easterly breeze with a high

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of 15 Celsius. Through the rest of the week, into Wednesday, it looks

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a little unsettled and the West. Some showers in the West, but the

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North East is largely unaffected. Temperatures slide towards the end

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of the beak. Thurso, a bit more cloud, but the weather comes three

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Thanks, Trai. Now a look at tonight's headlines.

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David Cameron is facing a backbench revolt over whether a referendum

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should be held on Britain staying in the European Union.

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And the inquest has opened into the Grayrigg train crash in Cumbria -

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which killed an elderly woman passenger.

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Before we go tonight, news of a series of special reports this week

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here on Look North. With thousands of people on benefits in the region,

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we're asking how they'll be affected by the government's

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welfare changes. The highest unemployment rate in

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the country. Thousands of people on sickness benefits. In some parts of

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the north-eastern Cumbria, 90% of homes have no one in work. The

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