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Hello and welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight: The storms

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keep on coming, flood warnings in place for coastal communities in

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Cumbria. Also tonight, police release more

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information about the death of a boxer at a New Year party.

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Racing the tide, rescue services pull a woman from her car after it

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lands on rocks at Whitley Bay. And The Railway Man, we meet the

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stars of the new film about a Northumberland prisoner of war's

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search for his tormentor. And in sport, Durham's Scott

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Borthwick hopes to start the new year in style with an England debut

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in tonight's final Ashes Test. But no New Year celebrations for our

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football managers, who began 2014 with a whimper rather than a bang.

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Coastal communities in Cumbria have been put on flood alert, as the next

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storm system bears down on the west. The risk is at its highest tomorrow,

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due to a combination of strong winds and very high tides. The Environment

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Agency has issued a flooding warning for the Cumbrian coast running from

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Gretna at the top of the Solway to St Bees Head. Mark McAlindon

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reports. Storms from the Atlantic have

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battered Britain in recent weeks, sometimes with tragic consequences.

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One man was swept out to sea in Cornwall, while a woman drowned off

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the coast in Devon. Here in Cumbria, there are warnings that coastal

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flooding is likely tomorrow. We currently have two flood warnings in

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place for the west coast of Cumbria, one from Gretna down to

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select, and another down to St Bees Head, and the remainder of the coast

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remains on flood alert, so the people in those areas need to take

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immediate action to prepare for flooding and be aware of flooding.

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In Whitehaven, people are braced for the worst, but it's hoped water

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management in the harbour can help prevent flooding elsewhere. What we

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can do is actually lower the level of water in the inner harbour, which

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means that the run`off from the rest of the town and the surrounding

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countryside can be absorbed into the inner harbour. So when the tide goes

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out in the outer harbour, we can let water out again, shut the gates and

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be prepared for the next heavy rainfall or tidal surge. In Cumbria,

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the coastline is a popular place, and stormy seas make for a

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spectacular sight. But the advice is it would be foolish to get too

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close. The police income rear are

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especially keen that people stay away from coastal paths and the

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foreshore tomorrow if conditions that are predicted materialise. ``

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the police in Cumbria. They believe there is an increased risk of people

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being swept and it into the sea with tragic consequences. Rain is

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predicted overnight, but strong winds and high tides will be at

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their peak tomorrow lunchtime. Well, Hannah Bayman is with me now.

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Hannah, why is there so much concern about our coastal communities in

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Cumbria? It is a number of elements coming together, let's take a look

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at this pressure sequence, a deep area of low pressure heading from

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the west across the UK through tonight and into tomorrow morning.

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That will cause very strong onshore winds, but it is combined with a

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very high spring tides tomorrow lunchtime, that makes the weather

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event that could cause coastal flooding. I will be back with a full

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forecast later in the programme. The family of a former boxer who was

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killed with an ice axe at a New Year's Eve party say they're

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heartbroken and devastated by his death. 31`year`old Mark Denton from

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Hartlepool was killed on Tuesday night despite brave attempts by

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partygoers who desperately tried to save his life. One teenager and two

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men in their twenties have been arrested on suspicion of murder, and

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are being questioned by detectives. Stuart Whincup reports.

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Mark Denton has been one of the country's best amateur boxers and

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was well`known in Hartlepool. He had been at a party here when he was

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attacked with an ice axe in front of guests. He died a short time later.

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For a second day, forensics officers have been at the house while friends

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continued to leave flowers outside. He was a lovely person, he was

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dedicated, he put as much effort in as any boxer I have had in the gym.

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A lot of my other boxers fed off that, and it is just tragic, like

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you say, what has happened. He was the heart and soul of the party as

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well, he would get on with anybody. A 17`year`old male and two men in

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their 20s have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Detectives are

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offering support to guests at the party who witnessed the brutal

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attack. A number of people were trying to help him, but people were

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in a state of chaos and fear, trying to leave the address. Police have

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tried to speak to those at the time, but I have no doubt that there

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will be people who have left who may have very significant information

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into this inquiry. Hundreds of tributes have been added to a

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Facebook page set up in memory of the former boxer. Late this

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afternoon, his family released a statement saying they were

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absolutely heartbroken and devastated to lose him in such a

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tragic way. They said he was a much loved son, brother and uncle. He

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will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, they added.

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More news now. TheyA man found with stab wounds in Carlisle is fighting

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for life in hospital. stab wounds in Carlisle is fighting

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were called to an address in Raffles Avenue early yesterday and found the

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23`year`old with serious injuries. He was taken to the Cumberland

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Infirmary and is now at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. Eight men,

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whose ages ranges from 23 to still being questioned.

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Police say they're hoping someone returning from a Christmas break

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might have the clue that will lead them to a missing Northumberland

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woman. It's two weeks since 65`year`old Janis Hall was last seen

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after leaving her home in the village of Catton. It's possible

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somebody might have seen her after that, but because they've been out

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of the region, they don't realise there is a search under way. Police

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also say they've been overwhelmed with offers of help from the public.

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Everyone who we have spoken to has been falling over themselves to do

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what ever they can, we had the Salvation Army out of searching on

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Monday, and obviously we give them guidance as to what they should and

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shouldn't do, but everyone is very concerned and want to come home.

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Equally, the family over Christmas and New Year, it has been a

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difficult time. We are all out there looking for her.

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Investigations are continuing after a car crashed through railings and

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landed on its roof near St Mary's Lighthouse at Whitley Bay. The

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emergency services had to free an injured woman from the vehicle as

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the tide moved in around them. Amy Lea reports.

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This was the dramatic scene just after midnight in Whitley Bay. The

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car you can see here crashed through railings at the foot of St Mary's

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Lighthouse south car park and onto the beach below. One of the main

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concerns for rescuers last night was not only the cold, the wind and the

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dark, but also the position of the car, around about here, and the

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advancing tide, which meant water was lapping around the car. Dave

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Bell, a captain with the Tynemouth Volunteer life Brigade, was there

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helped by the police, the fire brigade and paramedics. We were on a

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rising tide, it was on its way in, and at one point the waves were

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splashing on the back of the car. Obviously, we are in a situation in

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this location where the tide can run around behind us, so we have to

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ensure that the rescuers were kept safe. The woman was the only person

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in the car at the time and suffered spinal and pelvis interviews. She

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was released from hospital earlier this afternoon. The paramedics and

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the Fire Brigade actually put her on to a spinal board and recovered her

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from the car. They packaged her up, and then we physically carried her

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along the beach, up the stairs at the far end, trying not to fall in

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the pool at the bottom of the stairs. And then up to the waiting

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ambulance. Police say they are continuing their investigations into

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how the car came to smash through the barrier and onto the sand and

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are appealing for any witnesses. But they have praised the work of the

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rescue teams, who say this is one lady who has had a very lucky escape

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indeed. Police searching for a missing

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mother of three who is believed to have been murdered say they'll

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continue the hunt, as they did for the Moors murder victims.

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25`year`old Rania Alayed vanished in early June, but extensive searches

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of around the A19 near Thirsk in North Yorkshire have drawn a blank.

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Now police say it's possible Rania's body may have been moved. Julie

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Smith reports. Since last July, this stretch of A19

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near Thirsk has been at the centre of a cross`border police

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investigation. Rania Alayed is thought to have been taken in a

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white camper van in the early hours of June eighth from Manchester to

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this area, where police believe her body was buried or concealed. Police

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think the camper van pulled over on a northbound lay`by of the A19. But

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extensive searches of land, including the use of forensic

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experts and military expertise, have drawn a blank. It took us three or

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four weeks before we knew Rania was dead, from the time that she was

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killed. Now, we believe her body was brought here, and the question I got

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to ask is, as she be moved within that period? You might have seen

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somebody in one of these fields, these Labour eyes, something

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suspicious, and we would like to hear from those people. `` these

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lay`bys. Today Rania's uncle, Ali Aydi, was shown around the lay`bys

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where police have been searching. He didn't speak to the press but in a

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statement appealed to anyone with information to come forward. We have

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had dogs out, as well as line searches, digging holes just to try

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and get any gases off. But we have not found Rania. Look at the Moors

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murderer is, we will not rest, we will revisit and revisit. By no

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means is this finished, this part of it is finished, this had surge of

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these lay`bys. Two men have been charged with the murder and one with

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perverting the course of justice. The cost to the National Health

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Service of patients missing appointments is running to tens of

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millions of pounds, according to figures out today. Six North East

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health trusts, including Gateshead, Sunderland and Newcastle, say 600

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people a day failed to turn up at hospitals last year, at an estimated

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cost of ?24m. NHS managers also highlighted the knock`on effect on

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waiting lists. Some of us call it the hole in the

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wall, others the cash machine. Either way, it's often the easiest

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way to get your money. Unless, that is, you live in Chopwell near

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Gateshead. The village's only free cash machine has been broken for

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weeks. Now one local supermarket says unless it's fixed, they could

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go out of business. Here's our political correspondent, Mark

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Denten. Chopwell, and a local convenience

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store. If you have got any money left after Christmas and New Year,

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this place as the only free cash machine in the village. Or not so

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conveniently. Because the blank screen tells it all, it's out of

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action and has been for weeks, and Lorraine, who runs the shop, says

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that's threatening her business.And ironically the shop is also a

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business customer of Chopwell's Lloyds Bank. We have lost 50% of our

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turnover in the last few weeks. People are not spending the money,

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so we don't have the cash flow, and we are very, very close to running

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out of money. How long have you got? Probably five days. And for

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customers, frustration. It is the only place

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around here that has been free cash machine. I am on benefits, and I

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cannot afford to keep taking money out when it is costing ?1.85 a time

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to get the money. Ironically, the shop is a business customer of the

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local Lloyds bank. Just last week, they ran out of money themselves

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because obviously people cannot get the money from our cash machine, so

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they have gone to the bank and they ran out of money, so they asked us

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to pay our takings into give money out.

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The local MP says a bank still nearly a third owned by the taxpayer

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should do better. It is about public money, we have given them any to get

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back on an even keel after the recklessness of the last decade and

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yet they are treating people like this, ludicrous, it is not on.

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Lloyds Bank say they've had problems with intermittent telecoms issues

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and will replace certain parts today.

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Still to come tonight, Dawn will be here with the sports news. And we'll

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hear from the family of this loving couple who died within hours of each

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other over Christmas but left this as their legacy.

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Next week, The Railway Man opens in cinemas across the country. Starring

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Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, it's the true story of a Northumberland

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man, Eric Lomax. In 1942, Eric was sent to a Japanese prisoner`of`war

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camp, where he was regularly tortured. To help ease his suffering

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from post`traumatic stress, his wife Patti helped him track down and

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confront his tormentor. Our reporter Sharon Barbour has been to meet the

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stars of the film, and to talk to Patti in her Berwick home for this

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Look North Report. Eric Lomax from Berwick in

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Northumberland was a World War II prisoner. He was forced to work on

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the Thai Burma railway and was horrifically tortured. His book, The

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Railway Man, has now been turned into a movie with Hollywood stars.

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That is it, sir. Bombing Germany 24 hours a day! His experiences lead to

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decades of nightmares and post`traumatic stress disorder but

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then he learned one of his tormentors was still alive, and he

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set off to confront him. I suspected, and Eric told me later,

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that I had been correct that he really wish to have his revenge. The

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meeting was filmed by a documentary maker.

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You are very well, that is very good. I am very sorry, we have done

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very wrong things for you. It is kind of you to say so. In the film,

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the older Eric Lomax is played by Colin Firth, his wife by Nicole

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Kidman, huge stars who spent time in the Berwick home. By sheer

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coincidence, there was a big picture of Colin and his wife on the front

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page of the Daily Telegraph. Eric realised, he turned to me and said,

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I think we have got somebody famous here! After meeting Eric and

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learning about how much he had suffered, the role was the hardest

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Colin Firth says he had ever taken on. I have rarely felt quite so out

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of my depth, or as inadequate to capturing and experience, just

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because it is so immense. My own limitations as an actor, combined

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with the limitations of film`making, 90 minutes to get a

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fragment of this, were all pretty overwhelming.

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To build such a railway would not be an act of engineering but barbarity.

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Playing the young Eric is a rising star, Jeremy Irvine. It is a role I

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have not quite got over yet. I know you are close to his wife,

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supporting each other. 100%! I have always said, you know, if she didn't

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like it, all of this is for nothing. She is one of the most remarkable

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women I have met. I am finding it very moving. Of course, the book by

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Eric Lomax, The Railway Man, now made into this film, a story of

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survival, a story of courage, but most of all a story of forgiveness.

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And already veterans invited to see the film ahead of its release have

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begun to share their experiences. I had the job, amongst others, to drag

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out the corpses. It was the worst thing I ever did. Have you told many

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people about your story? No, no, no! I think he would have felt immensely

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proud that he got the message across, not for himself, but for the

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other people that died on that railway. 90,000 people died. Eric

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forgave and said he would not forget his cruel torture. He died last

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year, but his story now lives on, a story of letting go of their hatred.

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EZ, sometimes the hating has to stop, and that, I think, summed up

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the man, and he has that inscribed on his headstone. The Railway Man

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opens in cinemas on January the tent.

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`` January the tent. An amazing story about an amazing

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man. And the actors Colin Firth and Jeremy Irvine will be at a special

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screening of The Railway Man in Berwick tomorrow evening ahead of

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the film's general release in the UK on the tenth of January.

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Now, here's a railway story of a very different kind. The

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granddaughter of an elderly couple who died within hours of each other

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over Christmas has told Look North they've left a living legacy which

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has brought pleasure to millions. Tom Salmon was the founder of the

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway, and his wife Erica is also credited with

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much of its success. Joe Inwood has been to speak to their family.

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They called in the father of the railway, 1969, this is Tom Salmon

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signing the contract that laid the groundwork for its foundation. And

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here he is just a few months ago, celebrating the 40th birthday of the

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North Yorkshire Moors railway. At his side, his wife of 66 years,

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arrogant. This project was his inspiration, and a huge part of

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their lives. From the 1960s until the end of their lives, it played a

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very big part in our lives. It was his vision to save the railway from

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the Beeching cuts. My Nano was the greatest support to him, and he

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always said that, so to both of them it was extremely important. And

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important for this part of Yorkshire. His vision eventually

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turned into the UK's most successful heritage railway, carrying hundreds

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of thousands of passengers and contributing millions to the local

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economy. Tom's legacy is the railway, and the effect it has had

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of thousands of peoples lives, it will never die and he will always be

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with us. Tom and Eric had been unwell for some time and both passed

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away over Christmas less than 24 hours aboard. Without them, this

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railway would not exist, the jobs, the tourism, the history. To mark

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all that, red wreaths for the father of this railway.

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A happy couple indeed. Time for the sport now. Not a great set of

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results for the New Year. A pretty miserable start all around!

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Not a happy start to 2014 for our Premier League clubs. Newcastle lost

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their second match running, as well as key players to injury and

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suspension. And if Sunderland fans thought the great escape was on,

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they may be thinking twice about that this evening. Mark Tulip's

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report begins at the Stadium of Light.

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The optimism of youth. And that young man will have enjoyed

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Sunderland's bright opening in one of those games against fellow

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strugglers they really needed to win. They certainly need Steven

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Fletcher to find his shooting boots soon. And the Black Cats could do

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without the likes of Lee Cattermole committing early howlers like this

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one. A gift for Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor, who scored the

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only goal on Wearside 14 months ago. It could have been worse without

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some sharp keeping from Vito Mannone. And even though there was a

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sense of injustice that Fabio Borini's knock`down for Emanuele

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Giaccherini to slot home was ruled offside, the truth is that Villa had

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most of the better chances. One step forward over Christmas, two steps

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back at New Year. No wonder Gus Poyet is fed up.

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Unfortunately, the mistake was against us, and after that too much

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in attention, too much nerves, too many people in a hurry. It wasn't to

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be. It was also a pretty miserable day,

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in every sense, at the Hawthorns, not too many treasured memories on

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those smartphones. Both Newcastle and West Brom were guilty of

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spurning chances when it looked easier to score. But this game

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wasn't destined to be goalless. Yes, Mathieu Debuchy got the ball, but

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his reckless challenge cost him a red card which

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Magpies did nearly hold until the end. But Tim Krul up`ended Vydra to

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concede the penalty that Saido Berahino converted, to leave the

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Magpies losing ground on the European places and losing key men.

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It is a huge blow for us, because he has been to reflect for us, and

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there was no malice in the tackle. But by the rules as they state, you

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cannot do that, and that did change the game, and we were getting tired

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and losing bodies, we lost Coloccini to an injury, so a tough day for us.

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Fabricio Coloccini's knee injury could, it's feared, sideline him for

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up to six weeks. Unfortunately, there wasn't much for

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fans of our other football teams to celebrate yesterday either, on what

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turned out to be a pretty dismal New Year's Day.

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It turned out to be another frustrating afternoon for

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Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka and one that Bolton defender Zat Knight

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would probably rather forget. In a nightmare first half, two awful

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mistakes allowed first Mustapha Carayol and then Curtis Main to put

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Boro two up inside 20 minutes. But the joy was short`lived, Alex

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Baptiste curling a lovely shot passed an outstretched Shay Given to

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reduce the deficit at the break. A fabulous save from the on`loan

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keeper kept this one out, but Middlesbrough missed the chance to

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claim a fourth consecutive Championship win when not for the

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first time this season they succumbed to a late equaliser.

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Two second`half goals gave League One strugglers Crewe the upper hand

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against Carlisle, and in dreadful conditions Tom Lawrence scored a

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consolation goal with this great free kick, but the home side

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survived a late barrage from the Blues to claim all three points.

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Conditions not much better at Hartlepool, where there was a shock

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result for Colin Cooper's side in League Two as Bury put three

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unanswered goals past them at Victoria Park.

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But York City provided some New Year cheer. They moved three points clear

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of the relegation zone with a 1`0 win over Morecambe, thanks to a Ryan

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Jarvis goal, their first win since October.

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It's been a miserable winter for England's cricketers, but our region

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could be celebrating another success story tonight. Durham all`rounder

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Scott Borthwick is tipped to make his Test debut in the final match of

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the Ashes series in Sydney. The 23`year`old would be the county's

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latest product to make it to the England team, following hot on the

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heels of his Durham team`mate Ben Stokes. England may be heading for a

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5`0 whitewash, but the youngster believes he can cope with the

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pressure. I hope so, I have never played Test cricket before, but just

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being in the squad and being on the DDF really excites me, I am thrilled

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to be here. We are trying to do our best to get a good win in Sydney and

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finished on a high. They could be five or and Yorkshire

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players in the starting line`up tonight, hopefully a chance to get

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one back. Time to hear more about those storms.

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I thought I would start with a picture to cheer us up, a Viking

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braving the weather at Whitley Bay! Definitely not beach weather

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tonight, strong winds developing across the region, staying very

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strong tomorrow, a weather warning for strong winds in force from

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midnight tonight for Cumbria until midnight tomorrow night. Overnight

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tonight, dry at first but it will not last. Through the early hours,

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showers splashing in from the West, widespread by dawn, accompanied by

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strong and gusty south`westerly winds. Those winds up over 25 mph

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quite easily along the Camry and Coast, with top temperatures

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overnight of around four or five Celsius. `` the Cumbrian coast.

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First thing tomorrow, a miserable morning rush hour for those of us

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who have returned to work, strong winds and spells of rain spreading

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in from the south and west, falling as snow over the North Pennines and

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the GBA tills. The winds by tea`time as strong as 25 mph for parts of the

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north`east. Gusts of up to 40 or 50 mph. Sustained wind speeds could be

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even higher in some spots. It will be feeling absolutely miserable out

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there with continued strong winds, almost touching gale force in

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Cumbria, even at tea`time tomorrow. Those are the sustained wind speeds

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of five minutes or more, so the gusts lasting just a few seconds

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could be up to 60 or 70 mph. Very, very unpleasant conditions there!

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Taking a look at the big picture, the pressure sequence, that locals

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in the wet weather will sweep away to the north, but it stays

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changeable over the next few days. Prior art Saturday, but it will not

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last. `` dryer on Saturday. Yet another system arrives at the

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weekend, bringing more wintry weather. Over the next few days,

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let's take a look in detail at the forecast. Dryer and brighter for a

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time across much of Cumbria on Saturday, but turning wet and windy

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on Sunday, very similar in the north`east, in fact a little bit

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less in the way of dry weather here on Saturday, especially around

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lunchtime. It is tomorrow lunchtime where those tides will be the

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highest in Cumbria, all eyes on the coasts.

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And he will bring us an update at 10:25pm. It is the first programme

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with us all back, so can we say happy New Year? Happy New Year!

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