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from the Atlantic. Thank you very much. That's it from us.

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Welcome to Friday's Look North. In tonight's headlines: A life sentence

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for a man who set fire to the home of a vulnerable father of three.

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Battle for compensation. A thalidomide victim takes his case to

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Europe. A small North Yorkshire company

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takes on a pharmaceutical giant in a row over new technology.

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And rail restoration. Could an independent Scotland bring a

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transport boost to our region? In sport, can Newcastle United end a

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run of three straight defeats? Can Sunderland take their Cup form into

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the League? And can the most successful team in

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British basketball end a year`long wait for a trophy?

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"You took advantage of a vulnerable man who showed you nothing but

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kindness." The words today of a judge who sentenced 30`year`old Paul

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Nash to life in prison. He started a fire last year which killed father

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of three Andrew Simon in his home in Hartlepool. Mr Simon, who had mental

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health problems, had suffered years of abuse from drug users before his

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death. Stuart Whincup reports. This is Andrew Simon placing a bet

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just hours before his death. He suffered mental health problems and

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four years was bullied, abused and exploited. His home in Hartlepool

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was well`known to the police. It was a meeting place for drug addicts and

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alcoholics who he was too frightened turn away. Even people who annoyed

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him, he would let them sit there. That's why I used to make him a meal

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and stuff, just to give back to him. Paul Nash was one of those who

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regularly visited Andrew Simon's home. When he came here last June,

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another group already in the house turned him away. Footage from the

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CCTV camera at the top of the street showed Nash walking in and out the

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house. Detectives believe that that snub angered him, and that is why he

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came back to the house at around midnight. He went inside and started

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the fire on the sofa as Andrew Simon was asleep on the sofa upstairs.

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Then Andrew Nash walked outside and watched through the window as the

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fire took home. `` Paul Nash. This was the moment Paul mash was

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arrested for killing Andrew Simon. `` Paul Nash. People's sole reason

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for going there was to take drugs and alcohol. Andrew was vulnerable.

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Paul mash will serve a minimum of ten years in prison. The judge said

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he had taken advantage of of honourable man who had shown him

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nothing but kindness. A Cumbrian teenager has been

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sentenced to ten years for armed robbery. Conner Newall, who's 19 and

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from Wigton, threatened a woman with a gun before taking her car. He went

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on to Kirkbride, where he carried out an armed raid on the Post

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Office. He was then involved in a high`speed police pursuit in West

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Cumbria involving armed officers and the National Police Air Service,

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before being stopped on the A596 near Prospect. Newall was sentenced

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at Carlisle Crown Court for two counts of armed robbery, possession

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of a firearm with intent and dangerous driving.

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A former teacher from Durham, who's a BNP activist, is challenging a

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lifelong teaching ban. Adam Walker resigned from Houghton Kepier Sports

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College in 2007 after calling some immigrants "savage animals" on an

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internet forum using a school laptop. He was banned from teaching

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after receiving a suspended sentence for chasing three boys in his car

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and slashing their bike tyres in 2011. At a hearing in Leeds, the

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44`year`old claimed the decision to ban him was prejudiced because of

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his BNP support. The judge indicated he will reserve his judgement.

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A date's been fixed for the demolition of a second block of

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flats on a Tyneside housing estate devastated by flooding. The flats at

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Spencer Court in Newburn were inundated by water after a nearby

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culvert collapsed in 2012. One block has already been demolished. Dunelm

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Homes says it plans to demolish a second block next Wednesday. It'll

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cause disruption in the area for two weeks.

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The crew of a ship detained in the Port of Tyne for almost two months

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are on their way home to the Philippines. Eleven sailors have

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already gone, leaving just the captain and two others aboard. The

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Donald Duckling was detained by the Coastguard at North Shields early in

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November when it was deemed unseaworthy. Its Taiwanese owners

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failed to pay the crew wages or carry out repairs. Local people and

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the Mission to Seafarers fed the sailors and even provided phones for

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them to make calls to their families.

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They had been fishing over the sides, anything they could catch.

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They cooked it on the deck of the ship. By the time they reached

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here, they only had two days supply of food left. By the Monday, they

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didn't have any food, which is when we put the appeal out. It's just

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unbelievable. In this day and age, you can't understand that this is

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going on. A thalidomide victim from North

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Yorkshire has been in Brussels for talks with the European Health

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Commissioner. It's over his long`running fight for compensation.

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Guy Tweedy is hoping to negotiate with the German pharmaceutical

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company Grunenthal. The drug was given to pregnant women in the late

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1950s and early 60s to combat morning sickness. It was withdrawn

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after it was linked to limb deformities in newborn babies. Anna

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Crossley reports. At the time it was deemed a wonder drug, but these

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days, it is synonymous with one of the biggest pharmaceutical disasters

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this country has ever seen. Fill in the `` thalidomide was prescribed to

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pregnant women in the 1960s for morning sickness. It was withdrawn

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after thousands of children were born with crippling defects. The

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UK's first memorial to thalidomide victims is here in Harrogate. This

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tree was planted to mark the 50th anniversary of the pill's withdraw

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from the market. This plaque commemorates the babies and families

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whose lives were devastated by the drug. The memorial was paid for by

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thalidomide victim Guy Tweedy. He spent the last decade trying to get

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Grunenthal, the Germany company who made the drug, to compensate

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victims. Today he has been in Brussels to try to broker talks

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between the German government and Grunenthal. It is very sad that I am

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still fighting after tenures. What we are looking for from Grunenthal

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is an apology and a financial settlement, to make the last part of

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the lives of thalidomide victims more comfortable. Guy has been

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supported by the chair of the all party Parliamentary group for

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thalidomide. Grunenthal do have a responsibility to help with those

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funds. We sometimes forget that people who are victims of

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thalidomide are now moving into a later stage of life. Now it is the

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fact that they have had to use their mouths for much of their lives,

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their jaws are starting to crumble, so there are other issues coming to

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the fore. Guy says his meeting with the EU commissioner was positive,

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and hopes that victims could be moving closer to receiving the

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compensation they feel they deserve. The wreck of the sunken cruise ship,

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the Costa Concordia, could be on its way to Teesside. Ship recycler Able

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UK is one of 12 companies bidding to take the liner apart when it's

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refloated in the summer. The company wants to dismantle the wreck at its

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Seaton facility near Hartlepool. 32 people died two years ago when the

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vessel sank off the Italian holiday island of Giglio. Able should find

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out if it's been successful in its bid to recycle the ship by early

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March. The giant Swiss health care company

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Roche has been accused of breaking contracts with, and taking ideas

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from, a tiny business in our region. Roche was interested in a DNA

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analysing machine developed in North Yorkshire, but then walked away.

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However, it then brought out its own DNA machine. Now the company, IT`IS

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International, which is based in Stokesley, has accused Roche of

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using its technology. Here's our business correspondent, Ian Reeve.

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This North Yorkshire company thought an approach from the health care

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giant Roche could be the making of it. The Swiss business was

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interested in a DNA analysing Sheen developed here in Stokesley, used to

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identify cancers or food contamination. We allowed Roche

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assess the machine as part of a feasibility study. It was shown to

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them under a confidentiality agreement. However, Roche opt its

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interest, but then brought out its own DNA machine. This company says

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that is based on intellectual property that has been taken. The

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intellectual property we create is our lifeblood, and without taking

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forward those ideas, we simply cannot survive, so we have two

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respond and protect those ideas. The upshot is the dispute will soon be

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played out in a German court. It will be a David versus Goliath

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battle. Roche is 118 years old. It is the world's biggest health care

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company. It has 82,000 employees and turns over about ?30 billion a year.

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By contrast, here, turnover is ?4 million, and there is 13 staff. One

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of them is Roderick, who worked for Roche 13 years. They respect the

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intellectual property of others and they respect confidential

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disclosures. Unfortunately, in our opinion, in this case, that doesn't

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seem to have happened. The court case to decide those issues should

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start next month. For Roche's part, it should only confirmed their legal

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proceedings between itself and the company here. It says it never in

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such circumstances. Still to come tonight: a spot of

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north`east Passion, as our region starts preparing for a major Easter

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event. And mud, sweat ` but hopefully no

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tears ` for one of the toughest things you can do on two wheels. As

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the skies clear and cold air comes in from the west, we are in for a

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frosty night tonight. Join me later for the full weekend forecast.

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Campaigners for Scottish independence say a Yes vote in

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September's referendum could create new transport opportunities for the

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North of England. The Waverley Line, which used to run through the

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Scottish Borders, is being restored between Edinburgh and Tweedbank. But

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for many, the long term aim is to restore it all the way to Carlisle.

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The question is, under whose rule is it most likely? In the final report

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looking at whether an independent Scotland would be a friend or a foe

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for our region, here's Emily Unia. The Waverley line ran through the

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Scottish borders from Edinburgh to Carlisle. The closed in 1969. But in

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2006, The Scottish Parliament passed the Waverley Railway Act, making way

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for the partial restoration of the service. On the scottish side of the

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border, work's already under way. But extending the line all the way

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to Cumbria is still only an ambition. Let's not underestimate `

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this is the single biggest restoration project ever in the UK.

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It's over 30 miles. There's still 60 miles to go. It's a great ambition

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and it will take a long time. It's an achievable ambition, and I do

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believe that it can be done. The current restoration only goes from

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Edinburgh to Tweedbank. Those backing a Yes vote in September's

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referendum say independence will help extend the line back to Cumbria

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once more. As a long term objective, I believe it's essential and will

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ensure that there's meaningful communication and connection between

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Carlisle through the border to Edinburgh. This is Scotch Dyke, just

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north of Longtown in Cumbria. The Waverley route once ran through

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these fields, and restoring the line would create new links between the

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north of England and southern Scotland. But down the road in

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Carlisle, transport links are just the beginning when it comes to

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cross`border communication. I think transport is a major factor but

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there are other issues that we're working on and that we would want to

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work in collaboration with our Scottish neighbours. That's on

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tourism, that's on rural issues, it's on retail. Carlisle is the

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capital of this particular area, this economic functional area, and

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our catchment for retail is a 400,000 population. So it's a huge

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area that we attract, or connect to, so it's really important. But the

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prospect of an independent Scotland on Carlisle's doorstep is viewed as

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more of a challenge than an opportunity to those supporting a No

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vote. Carlisle is at the centre of the United Kingdom at present. If

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there was to be an independent Scotland we would really be a border

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city. I do not think that is for the benefit of Scotland. I don't think

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it would benefit Carlisle and I don't think it would benefit

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England. I think we're better as a united country. Exactly how Northern

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England can benefit from Scottish independence is still far from

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clear, but the very fact that the referendum's happening at all is

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certainly focusing minds in Cumbria. And Sunday Politics will be

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discussing how independence could affect the north`east and Cumbria

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this weekend. That's at 11:00am on BBC One this Sunday morning.

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We might only have just got over Christmas, but there are already big

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plans in place for Easter on South Tyneside. Bents Park in South

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Shields is to retell the story of the Passion of the Christ ` using

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shipping containers. It's all part of a big live event to be broadcast

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on BBC One later in the year. Amy Lea has been finding out more The

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perfect place to enjoy the great outdoors, to walk the dog and even

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to watch the birds. But Bents Park in South Shields is

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preparing to take centre stage in this year Easter celebrations on the

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BBC. It's difficult to imagine on this chilly winter's day than in the

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slightly warmer temperatures, hopefully, of Easter. Behind me will

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be a giant shipping container. It will be one of 100 that will make up

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a giant cross here in Bents Park. What makes the shipping containers

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special is not the number of them, or that they will be arranged in a

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giant cross, but that 12 of them are going into communities right across

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the north`east, from Northumberland to Sunderland. They will decide how

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to illustrate the 12 stations of the Cross. Each of the communities will

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work with an artist to come up with their interpretation. So it could be

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love. What does love mean in the 21st`century? What does it mean to

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that community? It could be represented in the form of dance or

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through digital. It could be interactive with the people who are

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attending. It will be a massive, massive event. In 2012, Preston

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hosted its own version of the Passion, which was televised live.

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This year's is hoping to show what the story of the crucifixion of

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Christ means to people living in the north`east today.

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That looks good, but we can top that! Get on with the sport!

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We'll start tonight with basketball, because Newcastle Eagles are up for

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the Cup this weekend. On Sunday, they meet Leicester Riders in the

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BBL Cup final in Birmingham. For two of the veterans of the side, it's a

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chance to make up for the disappointments of last season.

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This is what we're used to seeing ` the Eagles, carrying off yet another

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trophy. But 12 months ago, the champagne dried up. It's the memory

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of that barren campaign that's driving them on now. It happened a

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couple of years ago, and the guys came back really focused, and we

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were able to get all four pieces of silverware. This year, our main

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focus is this one. Charles Smith and coach Fab Flournoy have been the

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backbone of the Newcastle set`up for more years than they care to

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remember. But that hunger for success is what keeps them going. It

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would have been easy for me to stop a few years ago, when we won or

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four. I considered it, but I came back, and I am even more motivated

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this year because I didn't win anything last year. I am going to

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ride this as long as I possibly can. It is just like the final. You don't

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know how long it is going to last. This could be the last one. This

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could be my last season. I don't know, so I am enjoying it and I am

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taking it as it comes. The Riders downed the Eagles five times last

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season. Surprisingly, they haven't faced each other since Leicester

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triumphed in the Play`Off final last April. For Newcastle, it's a

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long`awaited chance to put the record straight.

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After three straight defeats there's another tough game for Newcastle

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this weekend, at home to Manchester City, on Sunday. Before then, a

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sell`out away crowd will cheer on Sunderland at Fulham tomorrow, on

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the back of three home games in six days. To help fans with the cost of

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a busy fixture list, the club's offering free buses for supporters

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travelling to the League Cup semifinal second`leg tie at Old

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Trafford later this month. Gus Poyet's job now is to find a way to

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transfer their cup form to the Premier League.

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There's no doubt Sunderland's Cup runs are making the burden of

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propping up the Premier League easier to bear, but they have

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another chance to move off the bottom this weekend which they've

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got to take. It's how to do it that's the problem. I tried to make

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them think that we are playing in the cup on Saturday. I am looking at

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the difference, if there is a difference between one or the other.

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We will try to do what we do in the league. Sunderland will have to get

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over any nerves quickly when they run out at Craven Cottage `` Craven

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Cottage. No one knows better than Gus Poyet that the danger man will

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be Dimitar Berbatov. I had the pleasure to coach him for a year. I

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can tell you, he is unique. The things he can do on the pitch. I

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like him. I'm really looking forward to seeing him. I hope he doesn't

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have a good day. Nearly five months on, Alan Pardew still thinks media

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criticism of his thumping at Manchester City at the start of the

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season was over the top. Newcastle gradually put that behind them, and

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a recent run of form has only been ended by a cup exit. One came at the

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weekend against Arsenal. I felt we lacked a bit of ambition against

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Arsenal. I would like to do a bit more against Manchester City. They

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are a side that can turn on the gas and blow you away. Pardew is looking

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to make at least one new addition to his squad, but he is hoping to hang

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onto his star performers in the January transfer window, including

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Yohan Cabaye. He has two years on his contract left in the summer, and

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we are looking forward to him playing for Newcastle for the rest

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of the season. We will take it from there in the summer.

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Elsewhere tomorrow, in the Championship, 20`year`old Nigerian

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defender Kenneth Omeruo could make his debut for Middlesbrough away at

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Blackpool, who're managed, of course, by former Boro skipper Paul

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Ince. In League One, Carlisle have a tough trip to play Leyton Orient,

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who are just one place off the top. Hartlepool are at home to Rochdale

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in League Two, while York go to bottom club Northampton. And in

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Scottish League Two, it's Berwick Rangers against Annan Athletic.

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Coverage of all those games on your BBC local radio station.

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In Rugby Union, a disappointing result for Newcastle Falcons last

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night in the European Challenge Cup. They're all but out of the

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competition after losing to the French side, Brive. The Falcons went

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ahead at the end of an uninspiring first half, after Brive saw two men

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sent to the bin. Newcastle were awarded a penalty try after the

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scrum was pulled down again, leaving Joel Hodgson with an easy

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conversion. But with just five minutes left on the clock, the

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French side scored a penalty which saw them snatch victory by two

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points. So it's looking grim for the

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Falcons, and I'm afraid it's the end of the road for Hartlepool's Tony

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Eccles in the BDO Wolrd Darts Championships at Frimley Green. Tony

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was up against fourth seed Robbie Green in last night's quarterfinal

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at the Lakeside Country Club, the same stage he reached back in 2007.

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He put up a brave fight, before losing by five sets to two.

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Now the sport Extreme Enduro is one of the toughest things you can do on

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two wheels. First one home wins. You compete on different types of

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surfaces, with gruelling courses that in some cases can take days to

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complete, tackling a whole range of natural and man`made obstacles.

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Sounds just the thing for me! It's still quite new, and the best in the

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world is Graham Jarvis from Ripon. Nick Gemzoe reports.

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It has taken me to new places, like Australia and South Africa. Every

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event is different every year. They make a new course and you do not

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know what is ahead of you. Raymond Jarvis keeps winning Extreme

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Enduros. Several different events. As new races are created and the

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going gets tough, he's more determined than ever to keep

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winning. I have one every event at least once, so I need new

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motivation, and I think that comes from new riders coming in, new

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competition and new events. A lot to look forward to, and I've got to

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keep working hard, maybe harder than I ever have done to keep up with

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began to us. When the careers adviser at school asked Graham what

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he wanted to be when he grew up, he said, I'm going to be a professional

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motorcycle rider. By the age of 16, Graham had already been

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semiprofessional for five years. By 1993, he had reached fourth in the

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world rankings. Ten years later, he had won nine scotched trials and

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four British Championships. At the age of 32, he considered calling it

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a day. Then he had a go at a new type of riding ` Extreme Enduro. But

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success comes at a cost. It is hard being away from your family and away

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from home for long periods. At the end of the day, it's a job as well,

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and you come out there to win. Graham is moving to a new sponsor

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for 2014, and he is ready to take on the challenge of winning anything

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that Extreme Enduro can throw at him.

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Terrific pictures! Will you give it a go this weekend? If the weather is

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right. Perhaps on my trike. Now for the weather.

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Last night I said that the Northern lights might be visible.

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Unfortunately, it didn't happen, but there were some very clear skies at

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Whitley Bay. No show for the Northern lights, though. Tonight

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there was a chance that you might catch a glimpse of the Northern

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lights, because it will be dry and clear. A cold might as well, and we

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will see some ice forming in places. We have a weather front over us at

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the moment, which is clearing away south`east, taking with it the

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patchy rain. The cold air that comes in behind it is from the really cold

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weather over the states in the last week or so. It isn't going to bring

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us that extreme weather, but there will be widespread frost. After

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today's rain, ice, in Cumbria in particular. Something to watch out

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for on the roads as we head through tonight. One or two mist and fog

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patches, but the fog slowly lifting through the course of the morning.

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Most places having a fine day tomorrow. Plenty of weak January

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sunshine, especially in eastern areas, and most places stay dry.

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Temperature is nothing to write home about. The winds are drifting in

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from the west, not too strong. All in all, not looking too bad

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tomorrow. The ridge of high pressure that brings us dry weather also

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brings us a cold, clear, frosty night tomorrow. Later on Sunday,

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that weather front comes in for the west. Things dry up again on Monday.

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Through the course of the weekend, a lot of dry weather to be had. Best

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of the sunshine will be tomorrow, but temperatures struggle. Another

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frosty night tomorrow night. Most places dry, if a bit more cloudy,

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especially later in the day. Monday sees things brightening up again for

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most people. Rain will then spread in from the west as we head through

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Tuesday. If you are out and about over the weekend, we will keep you

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updated on your BBC local radio station. You can also use the free

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BBC weather app. Following the success of the current BBC Look

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North weather calendar, we are doing it again. If you have a picture that

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says January in our region, we would love to see it. Send those pictures

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to us on our website. Thank you. That's it from us

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tonight. Stephanie will be on later. Bring on the young ones! Good night.

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