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Welcome to Friday's Look North. In tonight's headlines — Work to clean

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up Sellafield will continue under the management team accused of

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wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money.

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Derby day disorder. It's revealed a 15—year—old who took part had been

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drinking at a bar owned by Newcastle United.

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A warning that European restrictions over e—cigarettes could make smokers

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return to their old habits. And a Teesside comedian and actor

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prepares to take to the floor to stay in Strictly Come Dancing. I

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think my little one will be upset if I get some bad comments, but it

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should be OK. In sport — more honours for Durham's

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Championship winning cricketers. And we look ahead to a tough weekend for

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our Premier League bosses — could Ball still be in charge next week?

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The private partnership which runs the Sellafield site in West Cumbria

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had its contract renewed today despite widespread criticism of its

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performance in the past. Nuclear Management Partners, which is made

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up of French, American and British companies, is tasked with

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decommissioning the site, a job that will cost an estimated £67.5

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billion. The group, which first won the contract to run Sellafield back

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in 2008, will now stay in charge for another five years. Megan Paterson

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sent us this report. 70% of the country's most hazardous

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nuclear waste is stored here at Sellafield, and the contract to

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clean this site up is worth billions of pounds. It'll stay with Nuclear

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Management Partners, but improvements must be made. We've

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decided that extending into a second five—year term was the best decision

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at this time. It was the best opportunity to allow the improvement

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programme that has been put in place to educate cold. Sanctions have been

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imposed and they will continue be imposed. We will absolutely take

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sanctions against poor performance. The Government hoped introducing

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private sector expertise in Sellafield's operation would improve

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the running of the site. But earlier this year the Public Affairs

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Committee heavily criticised NMP for failing to deliver value for money

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and for delay in completing work. Unions also raised concern about

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communications with the consortium. They hope that will improve. It is

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all about the future for us. But there are issues. We cannot deny

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that. We have had issues with the major project on the Sellafield

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site. We will need to see improvements in the future. At the

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end of the day, we are still dealing with the same organisation. Only

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time will tell. Craig and around 10,000 others work at the site —

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it's crucial for the local economy but there's some doubt that

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community investment by the management partners has reached

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expectations. If they want to turn the page, if they want to be gained

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the support of this community, it has got to do what it promised it

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would do. I would like to see some of these investments. Let's stop

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decisions about Zumbathon being made 5000 miles away in the United

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States. —— Sellafield. We want to see a prosperous future this area.

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Progress on the site will be reviewed before the end of the year.

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NMP's chairman says the group is well placed to make improvements and

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to take on challenges — the hope here is the next five years will be

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brighter than the last. It's a match that a 50 new role by

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who took part following the time/we're Derby —— Tyne—we're was

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sinking in a bar owned by Newcastle United.

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Derby day in April this year, and the police moved swiftly to prevent

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a full—scale riot. Troublemakers are identified and it is clear that

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many, if not most of those arrested, have been drinking. We now know that

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among those was a 15—year—old who had been drinking right here at St

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James's Palace. The judge said this was a matter of grave concern, that

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a young person to be jinking here when trouble was expected right

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opposite —— drinking. He said he hoped his comments to be noted by

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the owners. And the people who own it by Newcastle United football

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club. It is a major embarrassment. After leaving here, the boy, and

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Newcastle fan, was seen throwing bottles and trying to confront

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Sunderland supporters. Two other boys were given six and eight months

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detention and training orders will stop the 15 you're old admitted

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violent disorder. The youth offender panel will now work with him to try

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to improve his behaviour. What particularly concerned the judge was

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that the 50 told him that nobody here checked his age and nobody

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checked if he had ID. The club has failed to comment, but Northumbria

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Police say they will be making further enquiries.

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Over 20% of us still smoke in the North East, but increasingly

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ex—smokers are turning to e—cigarettes. They produce vapour —

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not smoke — and you can use them in places like bars and restaurants.

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But next week, the European Parliament will vote on new

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regulations for e—cigarettes, officially classifying them as

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medicines. And one Euro MP says that'll simply drive people back to

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smoking. Here's our Political Correspondent, Mark Denten.

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It is a sight you don't see today. People smoking in a pub. But this is

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today and it is absolutely legal. Add it up and astonishingly this

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small group smoked cigarettes for a total of 170 years. Today they are

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still smoking, but these are e—cigarettes. I breathe more easily,

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certainly. I have got my sense of smell back. My wife tells me my

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complexion is much nicer these days. I wouldn't care to comment on that.

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I started this and five days later, I wasn't thinking of cigarettes at

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all. It was that quick. E—cigarettes do contain nicotine. They produce

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vapour rather than smoke. It's thought 1.3 million people in

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Britain use them. But health campaigners say new restrictions are

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needed. If new restrictions on e—cigarettes are agreed by the

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European Parliament on Tuesday they could be introduced by 2016. People

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here think that could lead to new restrictions. If they be classified

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as a medicine, I would immediately need to be looking at taking action

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next October as much as I possibly can. I don't want to go back, but if

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I have to, I would have to go back down the smoking Brit. These

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proposals would involve them being more tightly regulated, subject to

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approval. My worry is that this will drive them underground and make it

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more difficult for more smokers to get them, and make them less widely

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available than conventional cigarettes and I think that would be

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a mistake. But health campaigners seek new restrictions are needed. At

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the moment they are not regulated at all. A smoker can buy them and there

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may not even be nicotine in them, and others could have high levels.

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But nicotine is still a toxic chemical, so let's put them under

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regulation like other nicotine products. If the new regulations are

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agreed by the European Parliament on Tuesday, they could be into just by

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2016. —— introduced. And you can have your say on this

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story on the Look North Facebook page. The address is on your screen

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now. A lorry driver has been sentenced to

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18 months in prison after being found guilty of causing the deaths

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of two soldiers by dangerous driving. Colin Paterson, seen here,

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was cleared of the more serious charge of death by dangerous

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driving. The accident took place last year. A 40 old soldier and a

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23—year—old soldier died when their army Land Rover was hit by

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Paterson's HGV. A County Durham man has been ordered

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back to prison after having his sentenced increase from 18 months to

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five years. He was found with a pistol and ammunition. The Attorney

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General referred the case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly

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Lenient Sentence Given. Conservative Lord Howell caused

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outrage when he suggested the "desolate" North East could be the

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right place for fracking. But it seems hydraulic fracturing is a

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possibility in our region. Companies already have rights to explore for

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the shale gas that fracking could unlock. Some think it could provide

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jobs and cheap energy, but others fear environmental disaster. Our

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Political Editor Richard Moss reports.

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The North East has plenty of former coal fields, but actually this is

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the most likely location for fracking — the North York Moors.

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There are 11 licences to look for gas in the Thirsk and Malton

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constituency. But its MP doesn't seem to be as keen on fracking as

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some of her Conservative colleagues. I take the approach that those that

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are recommending fracking as being the next dash for gas probably don't

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have fracking possibilities in their constituencies. I do believe there

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are very serious environmental issues and I don't believe that the

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countryside will be left in the same state it currently is in. I think

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the beauty of the countryside, to me, is absolutely paramount. And

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others are worried too. This is part of a growing band of anti—fracking

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protesters in the north. They say they're not eco—warriors, but just

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ordinary people who've done their research. We've looked at what has

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happened in the USA, Canada, Australia, and it has been and

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unmitigated environmental disaster. It affects people 's health, it

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affects the food chain, it affects the water. We don't feel there has

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been enough research into this before it goes ahead. But the

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industry and the Government believe those concerns are unfounded. And

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one academic expert says the more dramatic claims don't stand up to

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scrutiny. There isn't any evidence to support fracking itself causing

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pollution of water supplies. It is not fracking we need to be concerned

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about. It is all of the other processes, spillages, and the well

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is that the drill that need to be sealed properly. Fracking itself,

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the cracking of rock underground, almost certainly does not cause

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water contamination. As yet there are no planning applications to

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frack in the north, but if the Government remains keen on the idea,

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it does seem we could be part of a new dash for gas.

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And there'll be more about fracking on this weekend's Sunday Politics at

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11am on BBC One. Every year about 50,000 people in

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the UK are told they have breast cancer. It's the world's most common

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cancer in women. Well this month is National Breast Cancer Awareness

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Month, and one of the people backing the campaign is singer Michelle

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Heaton from Gateshead. It's a cause which is very close to her heart and

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tonight she's hosting a Zumbathon in Newcastle.

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So you out there tonight in Newcastle by the name back there ——

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Zumbathon there... Yes, I have been involved in Manchester, Newcastle,

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and I am in Glasgow tomorrow personally. There are thousands

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around the UK. For those people who don't know, you have a very personal

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reason for raising awareness. Last year added my own thing to prevent

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breast cancer. I was diagnosed with the gene that gives me an 85% risk

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of breast cancer and in November I decided to do this exhibition to

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prevent that risk being so high. I did that pretty quickly. The risks

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were so high. I was under the impression that I didn't want to

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wait for cancer to get me, I wanted to get it fast. So that was my

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fight. That was last year. You had a baby, you had a double mastectomy,

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you are pregnant again. Don't you feel exhausted? I have to admit, I'm

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getting close to being exhausted! I am just so excited to be involved.

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Last year when I went through, I knew about the gene before October,

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and October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There were so many

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charities and different organisations there for me, so this

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is the least I could do. I hesitate to say it was part of your identity,

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but you are glamorous woman and it must have been difficult to make

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that decision. Do you know what, it was such an easy decision. It was

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one of the easiest things I've ever done. When you are faced with such a

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high risk and you have just had a baby and you are married and you

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want to have more children and be done for your family, why did you

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have this dark cloud over your head and over your family's Ed? But you

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are doing something really positive now. It is quite something. It is

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very high energy and great fun. I think the great thing about it is

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that in the month of October, if you did come to a Zumbathon as a way

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in, you will soon get attached to the dancing. I might see you there,

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then! Please do. My word! Michelle, all of the best you. Thank you.

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If you need cheering up after all this rain, you could probably do

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worse than head for the Quayside in Gateshead this weekend. Some big

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names are lined up at the Jesterval comedy festival on Baltic Square,

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including Marcus Brigstocke and Ed Byrne. But there's plenty of local

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talent — tonight it's Geordie Gala Night and tomorrow it's the turn of

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the Sunderland Psychic, as Damian O'Neil reports. ??NEWLIN If this is

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the first you've heard of the Jesterval festival, it's because

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it's all a bit low—key and there's not a huge advertising budget, but

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that doesn't mean it's just a tent full of nobodies. I'm hosting the

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Gallatin, Bobby Patterson will be on. He is a fantastic north—east

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comic. And then later tonight we have Ed Byrne. And then on Saturday

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I have my own show. There is a website, go and check it out. Jason

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Cook, creator of the hit TV series Hebburn, is one of the acts in a

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line—up that wouldn't look out of place at any comedy club. Hebburn,

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now in its second series, will be recognisable to a lot of people but

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Jesterval is about showing there's a lot more coming out of the

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North—East's comedy circuit. Geordies are quite popular at the

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moment. Ross Noble has always been a legend. He's not a Geordie. Oh, come

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on, he's a Geordie. He's like our Andy Murray. Do you know you look

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dangerously like Barry? I try to do that. Tomorrow is Marilyn Monroe

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day. Do you drive a Dodge Charger? I will! I will net clung on the

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quayside, just to keep up with the Geordie spirit. If you're watching

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this you've just missed the start of the first show but there's still

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time to get to the Geordie Gala and to see Mickey Hutton and Ed Byrne

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among others at the late show. I don't know about the Sunderland side

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kick, but I predict there will be some football in the sport tonight.

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Well done! Newcastle pay their first top—flight

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visit to Cardiff in over half a century tomorrow. The Magpies are

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looking to bounce back after successive league defeats, whilst

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Cardiff go into the match on the back of an impressive win at Fulham.

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Andrew Hartley reports. Alan Pardew described his team's

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performance in Monday's 3—2 defeat by Everton, as unacceptable. The

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Magpies were comprehensively outplayed in the first half at

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Goodison Park before restoring some pride with two goals after the

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break. But they could not avoid going down to a second straight

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league loss — and are currently ranked a lowly 16th in the table.

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Rumours persisted earlier in the week that Pardew was on the verge of

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being dismissed but he has insisted it remains business as usual as he

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focuses on reviving the fortunes of his team. We have got to make sure

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that we are tighter as a team, that we work as a unit and that we work

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as one. If we can do that they may have got goals, and that is the only

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real thing I am leaning on this year. We are looking at the

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difference in as between the back end of last year. Trust me, the

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hardest thing in the Premier League scoring goals. Cardiff can also

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claim to know where the back of the net is — and they're are expected to

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be unchanged from the team that won at Fulham last time out. Newcastle

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have no fresh injury worries ahead of the game, and welcome back their

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Argentinian midfielder Jonas Gutteriez who's not played since the

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opening match of the season because of a hamstring injury.

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Caretaker boss Kevin Ball takes charge again this weekend as

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Sunderland take on Manchester United in tomorrow's early evening

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kick—off. The Black Cats are still bottom of the Premier League but

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might have their best chance yet of beating the Manchester giants who've

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had their worst start for 24 years. The last time Kevin Ball was

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Sunderland's caretaker boss he came away with a point against Man Utd —

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no doubt fans would settle for that this time around. But after winning

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just three league games under David Moyes and losing their last two many

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will feel there's never been a better time to play United. But

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Kevin's not playing ball on that one. What Manchester United have

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done or doing is nothing to do with me. All I am concerned with is what

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we do. Whatever Manchester United have to do, I am sure they will do

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it in time. It's thought Sunderland owner Ellis Short will appoint a new

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boss during next week's international break — a result

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against Man Utd might swing the pendulum in Ball's favour although

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he's still had no formal interview for the job. And while his focus is

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tomorrow's game, like the fans, he'd like to know what's happening sooner

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rather than later. I am literally seriously just thinking, forget all

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about everything and just concentrate on Saturday's game. I

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will take the opportunity then to speak with the board and find out

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what is happening going forward. That will be the right time. We have

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got training to plan next week as well. We have to be aware of that.

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There are scheduled to be sorted out and I need to be knowing who is

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going to do that. That is why I said so tight Saturday, then look at the

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future. And from five o'clock you can hear commentary on Sunderland v

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Manchester United with Nick Barnes and Gary Bennett.

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can hear commentary on Sunderland v Manchester United with Nick

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In the Championship Middlesbrough are just four points above the

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relegation zone and need a win at home to third bottom Yeovil to ease

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pressure on Tony Mowbray. Carlisle, who've won their last three games

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under new manager Graham Kavanagh, could jump up to 11th in League One

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if they beat Shrewsbury. And in League Two strugglers Hartlepool

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have a tough test away at third place Mansfield while York make the

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long trek to Torquay. Two of Durham's cricketers picked up

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national awards last night on the back of club honours this week.

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Ashes—bound all—rounder Ben Stokes was named Young Player of the Year

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by the Professional Cricketers Association. While his team—mate,

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Graham Onions, won the County Championship Player of the Year

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award after taking 70 wickets. Meanwhile Durham captain Paul

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Collingwood says next season could be his last as a player. The former

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England one—day and T20 skipper will coach Scotland this winter as he

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looks to the future off the field. Scotland have to qualify for the

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World Cup and the one at home, so a lot to do. One month in Dubai and

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one month in New Zealand. To me it is a great opportunity. I have got

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to look at different avenues for what I want to do further down the

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line. I will be 38 next season, so it probably will be time to hang the

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bits up and stop but you never know what will happen. We will wait and

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see how the year goes, C had the body is responding.

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In Rugby Union's Premiership Newcastle Falcons have a huge game

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away at bottom side Worcester. The Falcons, who narrowly lost to

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Gloucester last weekend, could drop into the bottom spot if they come

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away from Sixways empty handed — it's proved an unhappy hunting

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ground in the past. And thousands are heading up to

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Kielder in Northumberland for the Run Bike Run event tomorrow and the

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fourth Kielder Marathon on Sunday — and so far the weather's set fair!

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So far. He describes himself as an unlikely

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dancer. Not many big men from Grangetown near Middlesbrough, he

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says, are known for their tango and salsa skills. But Teesside actor

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Mark Benton has already wowed the judges in this year's Strictly Come

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Dancing. This weekend it gets serious as the first competitors are

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voted off the programme. Our reporter Stuart Whincup was allowed

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behind the scenes at Strictly and caught up with Mark and his partner.

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When I stood by that little screen for the tangle, I was just

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petrified. There are so many things going through your head. It was all

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a blur, really. It's a whirlwind, and then before you know it, you

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are. —— you are off. My partner is great. "Left, Right, left. Have fun.

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Have fun!" She's great. From Waterloo Road, Dr Who and

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Hustle, Mark's used to big primetime productions — but nothing like this.

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Now surrounded by pop stars, models, glitz and glamour, you have to ask,

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why did he sign up for Strictly? I have asked myself that many times. I

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think it was a few things, really. I have always steered clear of reality

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television because I am a bit shy about the celebrity part of all. I

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just stop, why not, have a go. Also, you have to learn to do something.

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Mark is partnered by the Lithuanian world champion. He is a really,

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really funny guy. No matter what had hit him, he tries and does it, he

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never complains. He says, OK, I will do it. It is a pleasure working with

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them. I have really enjoyed it. But I be ready for the judges? —— are

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ready. Craig... His comments, it's all part of the programme. I think I

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will just take it on the chin. After all of that time training together,

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they are actually beginning to sound like each other. Hi, my name is Mark

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Benton. I am an actor. This is my tangle face. She is now a fully

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fledged football fan. There you go. I have not introduced to

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Middlesbrough pies yet. What's that? A delicacy. Already, the

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outsiders have become unlikely challengers.

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Well, when he is not eating pies, he is the voice of ABC radio Tees and

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will be on their morning show every morning during Wrigley. Is it going

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to be nice this weekend? Yes, it is! It took this photographer all

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summer to get this beautiful long exposure shot of the sun as it rose

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and set from June to October over the skies in Newcastle. It shows

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what a great summer we had. And there will be more warm sunshine

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over the weekend, settling with some sunshine on Saturday. This evening,

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the rain finally clears away. It will stay quite cloudy in the West

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and it will be mild. Temperatures will be low, around 11 degrees. I'll

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start to Saturday and increasingly, a sunny day to come, especially

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across North Yorkshire and the north—east. A little bit cloudy at

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times, possibly up here as well, but some brightness should break through

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as well. Do tomorrow afternoon, it is likely that it is going to be the

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most sunny in North Yorkshire. 17 degrees possible, feeling very

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pleasant. Mostly light winds, and as we go north and west, it is settled

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as well, average of high pressure keeping the weather pleasant. So,

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across the region, it stays dry through Saturday, things will be

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starry overnight, but then increasingly cloudy on Sunday,

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especially in Cumbria, with outbreaks of drizzle. Possibly

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heavier rainfall on Monday as low pressure takes over from high. A

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bright weekend across much of the north—east, a little bit cloudy on

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Monday, but it stays dry. And notice the temperatures. It is mild for

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this time in early October. 18 Celsius, 64 in Fahrenheit. Starry

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skies tomorrow, so if you like to take advantage of them, head to

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Morpeth for the Astronomy Open Mind. The conditions could not be better,

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light and clear with low wins for all of those stargazers.

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light and clear with low wins for Thank you. That is all from Look

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North today. We'll be back at half—past ten for our late bulletin.

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Have a great weekend!

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