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Hello, welcome. Tonight, hundreds of workers from a

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doomed aluminium plant begin their search for a fresh start.

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We are winding-down, we need to start concentrating on the future.

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Floundering fish get a helping hand in a drought-stricken river.

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Balmy temperatures give way to bitter conditions in the north as

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winter makes a brief return. And, a double celebration in a

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Cumbrian town, the 700 and 50th anniversary, and a visit from

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Prince Charles. We are assessing the fortunes of

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speedway teams. And, the weather has got worse

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because the new cricket season is The hunt for new jobs has begun in

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earnest for workers laid off at Alcan in Northumberland. The

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closure means 500 people will lose their jobs. Most of them will leave

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by the end of May, but today a recruitment fair at the Plant gave

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new hope that at least some of them Like hundreds more, Allen had a

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weight is about to be out of a job, with mouths to feed. On Thursday,

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he cast the last rate of aluminium. The day when it finally came, we

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switched off the power, it hit home. The power is off, we are winding

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down. We need to start concentrating on the future. We

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have got a jobs for today, and hopefully, I will meet some

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recruiters and some big companies. I will give my CV out. What are the

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chances of being made permanent? is looking to one company for

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salvation. Nissan is the same sort of skill set, production. The same

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sort of culture. Between 50 and 80 have put in for Nissan. There is

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also the chemicals company from Teesside. And, representatives from

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the oil and gas industry. The big question workers like Alan Hadaway

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is asking it, or are they handing out jobs or just information packs?

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This is a genuine event with genuine opportunities, we are

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delighted with the response from some of the best employers to talk

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to our employees about their vacancies. Hopefully, we will get a

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lot out of today. It will be nice to see people being positive.

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has considered moving away from Britain altogether. If he is to

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find a job as good as the one he has got now, it is unlikely to be

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around here. I have got eight weeks left, it will be a big impact, once

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the site rolled up. People moving away for jobs. The north-east as a

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whole, especially Northumberland, it will become really quiet. It

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The Labour leader Ed Miliband has launched his party's campaign for

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the local elections in the region. He met party members in Carlisle, a

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crucial target. He admitted Labour had lost trust with the voters in

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the past but said the party can now make the most of frustrations with

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the government. He is the leader of the opposition,

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and opposition is where his party has been in Carlisle for 13 years.

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He launched his campaign for the local elections with a speech to

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party members, but why did so many other voters in the City for out of

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love with the Labour Party? We know we lost trust and we lost touch

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with people. After two years, people are starting to think, you

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promised change, things are getting worse, living standards are getting

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worse, and we have got to show that we have got on alternative.

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Labour Party have been out of power since 1999 here, they have not had

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an MP here since the last general election, so how does he think they

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all come to win back the lost support? We are campaigning on how

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Labour councils can make a difference, even when there is less

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money, one living standards, jobs, crime. If you do not take control,

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that is a disaster for the Labour Party. The media loves having this

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commentary. Let's think about the people of Carlisle. They make the

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decision as to who they want. We should talk about the issues,

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bothered and anticipating the result. Nearly two years into the

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government... Pointed towards will be contested next month.

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-- 22 wards. We will bring you the other party

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launches throughout the campaign. The past master found guilty of

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murdering his wife at the shop Dave Ryan in North Yorkshire will have

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an appeal against his conviction heard in May. Robin Garbutt was

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found guilty of killing Diana Garbutt last year. He was sentenced

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to life. He had always denied murdering her, claiming she had

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been attacked by armed robbers. For several years, we have reported

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on floods, but now drought is affecting some rivers in parts of

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North Yorkshire. Today, the Environment Agency moved to save

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the wild fish population are stranded by falling river levels.

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It is the earliest time of year they have had to direct.

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It is only just a prop, but the Environment Agency is carrying out

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the fish rescue because of drought. Part of the River Rye have cried

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out. Fish that can normally go where they will are now trapped in

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the port that remain. They will run out of oxygen and die, so they have

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to be moved. An electric current stuns them, they rise to the

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surface, and they all put into buckets. They are none the worse

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for their epic ordeal. It is not that unusual in high summer. In the

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first week of April, it is unheard. This is how bad things have already

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got. This is where they are fishing, and here, the river has run dry. In

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parts of Yorkshire, the Environment Agency has already declared a

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drought. There is plenty to drink, but obviously, not enough for

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wildlife. It is not just fish. Dozens of species of insects will

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suffer, and so will the birds that eat them. And it is nesting time.

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After months of dry weather, what is needed is heavy, prolonged

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rainfall. Otherwise, the outlook could be bleak. It could be

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terrible if it does not rain and if we have a very hot summer. We are

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not talking about a water supply track, but in terms of ecology, it

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could have a long-term impact. was the same stretch in June 2005.

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Devastating floods swept through Helmsley. Another extreme of our

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changing climate. Somehow, the river and its wildlife seemed to

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recover, but the benefit -- but they benefit from help. They have a

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new home, where the river flows clear and high. But with problems

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like this in April, there is genuine concern about what the

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In 2008, Beverley Brown had an award-winning stirred and stables

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in County Durham. Today, her business is in ruins and her dreams

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shattered. She claims her problems were caused by Northumbrian Water

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carrying out flood alleviation work on her land.

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Four days ago, Beverley Brown's business was on the rise, she was

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breeding our award-winning courses and planned to build a venue for a

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question events. But then, Northumbrian Water installed flood

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prevention works. The peace and shattered. You need tranquillity to

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be able to get them settled, and you have a couple of trucks driving

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past, it is not feasible, because these pipes disrupted the business.

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The work went on for eight months, picking up five acres of land. The

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impact is still being felt. Vital grazing land has never recovered,

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and a year on, the fields were flooded, but this image. We had

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little grazing in the field they have taken, and we have 10 acres of

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other field that we could have put them on, but it was full of water,

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sewage. She says her business was effectively ruined. She had to lay

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off seven staff and shelve plans to create another 20 jobs. The

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European Grand had to be handed back because she could not find the

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money to match it. If everything had gone according to plan, I would

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be standing next to an indoor arena capable of international standard

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events. Because of the problems, or what is there, the foundations. We

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can -- Northumbrian Water says it has offered adequate compensation,

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but Beverley Brown says it is nowhere near enough to claw back

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losses of �750,000. She is campaigning for a change in the

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door so that the compensation is agreed before the work begins,

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avoiding the legal battle she is now locked into. This could go one

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for 20 years, and I will not be here. They will not be any

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compensation to pay. We have put blood, sweat and tears into this.

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In the last four years, there have been more tears than we can cope

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with. It has been really hard. change in the law will not affect

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her case, but she hopes it might prevent others having their dreams

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Plenty more to come. We have the sport. Paul Collingwood

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talks about his pride at being asked to carry the Olympic torch.

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We meet a flower girl fit for the Queen.

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And, more snow fall to come for part of the region tonight. I am

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back with the weather forecast later.

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Despite bitterly cold weather, the crowds have turned out to greet the

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Prince of Wales on a day-long tour of Cumbria. He started in the south

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of the counter this morning, before moving north to help Wigton

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celebrate the 700 and 50th anniversary of it Mark -- its

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market town status. There may have been a belated icy

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blast of winter in Cumbria today, but it did nothing to dampen the

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enthusiasm for a royal visit. The cheers cut through the driving seat

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-- driving sleet and arctic wind. It is great he was, in, we have had

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the day off work. We were looking forward to read. It is a shame

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about the weather, but it is really nice to see him. For such a small

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town, it is great, to get everybody together. 750 years ago, it was

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given its market town status. Times have been tough of late, as one of

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the famous sons acknowledged. hard for small towns like this, but

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the people in the town are really fighting back. Prince Charles, when

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he came, he gave it a boost, people were glad that he came. Many hope

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the heir to the throne could help bring another era of prosperity.

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believe it is a beautiful place, it has had a great history, but if we

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can really focus on improving the High Street, getting jobs and

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getting the right kind of attractions, we can get it taking

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off again. They say that the visit will give a huge boost to the

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regeneration hopes, but the MP has also told me that he is hoping to

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persuade Prince Charles to provide architects and designers from his

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foundation to give their time free of charge to help redesign streets

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like this one. We will have to wait and see if he agrees to the request,

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but as his visit showed, he seems to have a special relationship with

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Cumbria. The periphery of a young girl from

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your car has been recognised this week -- bravery. She was born with

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a hole in her heart and underwent surgery when she was three years

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old. She has been chosen to give the Queen a Posy when she arrives

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on Thursday. It is an honour she is My face will be shocked. I think it

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will. A boom would not be overwhelmed if they were invited to

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meet the Queen? Just two years ago, Margot was in intensive care

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recovering from surgery. The doctor find doubt that she had come armour

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in her heart. Then be found out that she had a hole in her heart so

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she had to be monitored for the first two years of her life. Then

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be found out when she was three that she would have to have open-

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heart surgery. Margot is now a happy and healthy young girl. After

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winning an award for her bravery, she has been chosen as one of four

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children who will present the Queen with flowers on Thursday. I am

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going to curtsy and give her some flowers. She will remember meeting

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the Queen or her life have. It will put the trauma at the start of her

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life in a positive light. She said it was good to have open-heart

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surgery because she is getting to do unusual things. Me T the Queen

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is an honour, but 1 Margot is prepared for. I will be very

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excited. I am wearing a grey dress with pink flowers. That is her out

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that sorted. I wonder what colour her Majesty will be wearing.

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She is a treasure. What a day to remember that will be.

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So what on earth happened? Well, perhaps we shouldn't be too

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surprised, but what a difference a week makes. Just a few days ago, we

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were basking in temperatures more typical of June or July. Today, it

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seems that we've been plunged back into normality. Our reporters Gerry

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Jackson and Olivia Richwald are out in the elements tonight. First to

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Gerry in County Durham. Cold enough for you?

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Thanks, Carol. It feels like we've time travelled back about 15 months.

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Welcome to Tow Law. Temperature about 4 degrees but, with the

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windchill, well below that. Let's compare and contrast with

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what was going on last week. This was Roker seafront at Sunderland on

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Tuesday last week. 20 or 21 Celsius that day. Compare that with the

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same scene today. 5 or 6 degrees - pretty miserable.

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This time last week, it was a good day to be alive. Today is probably

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a good day to hibernate. Now, the average temperature for

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our region, at this time of year, is about 10 degrees so you can see

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how spoiled we were last week. Basically, the winds were from the

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South, and the weather more like the Mediterranean.

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But all day, this weather has been moving down the region from the

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North. It has been worst on the high ground, of course, and it is

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being driven by strong, northeasterly winds. There were 70-

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mile-an-hour gusts at Holy Island this morning, for instance.

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Lindisfarne Castle was closed, as was Howick Hall not far away. Of

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course it's made getting around difficult but I think it's the

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shock of suddenly having to cope with these conditions just when we

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thought spring had properly arrived that has made the biggest impact on

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people. Last week, it's a lot different, and I did not think it

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would be as bad. I have been waiting all afternoon to go to the

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shop, I thought it was going to stop. But I have had to come out.

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It is just crazy. But you are used to it up here, hard winters? Not

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really, I've only been up here for a year. This is the first one I've

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seen. So all the balmy weather seems a distant memory. Why? Well,

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the land has been warming up, but the sea air is still very cold and

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that's where this has come from. More on the why's and wherefores

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from Hannah in the weather forecast shortly.

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Thanks, Gerry. And Olivia Richwald in North Yorkshire. What are

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conditions like where you are this evening?

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It is lovely inside. We will go outside in a minute and you will

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see this snow coming down. This time last week, it was 23 degrees

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here are the customers were outside sunbathing. How unexpected is the

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weather? We hoped the sun would keep shining over Easter. But

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perhaps it is just for one day. Fingers crossed, the sum that will

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be back tomorrow. In December 2010, we had all that snow. Seven people

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were stranded here because the pub was cut off. It started off fun,

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but then it got a bit boring. As you can see, the snow is coming

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down. We have just heard that two cars have just slipped off the road

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here. More snow is on the way. Olivia Richwald in North Yorkshire

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and Gerry Jackson in County Durham, thank you. And as Gerry said,

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Hannah will be here with the full forecast near the end of the

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programme. So the weather has gone to pot.

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That can only mean one thing - the cricket season is almost here. Who

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can forget the day, a few years ago, when Durham's first match was

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stopped by snow! Well, today was the county's annual photo-call. But

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plans to hold it on the pitch were - you've guessed it - scuppered by

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the weather. Keith Akehurst reports. A wintry scene at Chester-le-Street.

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Typical for the launch of England's summer sport. Team photos had to be

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taken inside. It's 20 years since Durham became a first class county.

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Back then wicket keeper Andy Fothergill made the step up from

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minor counties. Now still connected with Durham, he works with one of

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the sponsors and admires a side that has tasted success and expects

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it again. Fantastic. You could not have dreamt of this up. Favourites

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again this year. Probably favourites for the next at three

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years. Ben Stokes was a baby when Andy played for Durham. Last year,

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the 20-year-old Cumbrian was a sensation until injury shortened

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his season after an England call-up. As long as we can come of way with

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some type of silverware, it will be great for the club. Durham have

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signed Australian seamer Mitchell Johnson for the T20 series. The ICC

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Cricketer of 2009 joins Herschelle Gibbs for the shorter format.

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have signed some big players were. We are looking to raise the bar and

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go and try and win the 2020. With the talent we have got here, the

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experience and youth, on paper, we have got a fantastic cricket side.

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But cricket is not played on paper, it is what happens out there.

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There's a long, hard six months ahead.

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You might have spotted the former England all-rounder, Paul

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Collingwood, in the Durham line-up there. As well as helping his

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county, this summer, he'll be doing his bit for the Olympics - as he

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told Dawn Thewlis. Paul Collingwood is more used to

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carrying his bat. An Olympic torch is something else. But he will be

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the proud bearer on a stretch of the route through Durham after

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being nominated by the county council. He cannot quite believe it.

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You have to pinch yourself at times. I am from the north-east through

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and through, very proud to come from here and for the county

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council to ask me to do it, and to carry the torch on a small part of

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its journey around England, I think it is very humbling. As a child

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growing up, you like to watch the Olympics and to be part of that in

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some small we is very exciting. will join at the long list of great

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names to have carried the torch. Cricket has just featured ones in

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Olympic history, but in the build up to vet London games, it is all

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refitting that someone should represent it. I am so proud to come

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from here. I don't know where I will be carrying the torch, but if

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it is anywhere near here, it will be a very proud day. Something I

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can look back on in years to come and remember for the rest of my

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life. Court flick, my children will be able to look back and remember

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it as well. On to speedway now, and Redcar

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Bears' revealed today their captain, Gary Havelock, could be out of

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action for a year following this crash at the South Tees Motor Sport

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Park last month. The former world champion is recovering in hospital

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in Leeds, with a broken shoulder. Meanwhile, two of the region's

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other teams met up on Tyneside this week, which gave us the the chance

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to check out the form of Newcastle Diamonds and Workington Comets.

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With an away win at Sheffield already under their belts, the

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Comets have started the season with a bang. They just don't want too

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many more crashes like this which put Kenny Ingalls out for the rest

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of the match. With former Newcastle star Rene Batch now on the books,

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Workington have been tipped for the top. We have got the last few years,

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but I think this your's team have the potential to improve.

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Diamonds also have great hopes. George English is now in his 16th

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year as co-promoter and team manager. So does he still look

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forward to the season with as much enthusiasm as ever? You do. You are

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also very worried because you do not know what is going to happen

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until you get out on track, until the next race starts. It is always

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a bit of a lottery. But yes, we are excited. For the record, a last

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heat 5-1 gave the Diamonds a narrow derby victory in this League Cup by

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46 points to 44. It could be an interesting season. It was quite

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sunny Wembley did those interviews, This southerly wind last week gave

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us high temperatures breaking records at some weather stations.

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this week, northerly breezes giving Sold for the her northern hills

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continues. A mix of snow and sleet for lower levels. But we could

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still get snow at lower levels as well. It should start to clear

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tomorrow. Temperature is down to freezing, or just above for most

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places. Very strong north-easterly winds as well. The snow will clear

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away first thing tomorrow morning. Most parts becoming dry and bright

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but a very chilly. Temperature is not much higher than they were this

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afternoon, between 5 and seven Celsius. The wind will make it feel

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much colder. It will feel just above freezing for most places. A

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little bit less breezy in the West, but even here, a cold field despite

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the bright skies. The cold us not just last a few days -- the cold

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snap just last a few days. The temperatures at start to return to

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average for the time of year. Good Friday, more traditional bank

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holiday weather. Things get considerably milder but wet. From

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the West, a spell of drizzly rain arrives in time for the bank

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holiday weekend. The cold snap will not last, but Moore has slowed to

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