16/02/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

The deepening. A nine`year`old girl European MP, fearing The

The deepening. A nine`year`old girl from County Durham has undergone

emergency plastic surgery after a beer bottle `` a beer bottle was

thrown through the window of a car she was travelling in. Abbie Keers

from Stanley was being driven by her grandmother when the incident

happened on Valentine's Day. Police have described it as random and

mindless acts. It happened on Friday night when a bottle was thrown

through the window of the car being driven by the grandmother. Police

believe that beer bottle was thrown from the darkness of this sub way at

around half past ten. They say it was thrown with significant force,

fitting the car's passenger window and shattering the glass into the

little girl's face. The police officer investigating the incident

said the girl was host to losing her sight and she had to undergo

emergency plastic surgery. Whether this was done on purpose whether it

a mindless act, people need to think about the consequences of what they

do. Throwing anything into a carriageway can have serious

consequences. police have appealed to witnesses to contact them.

Dealing with the psychological impact of what happened may take a

long time. Up to 100 skiers helped shovel

through more than 20 feet of snow as avalanche warnings were issued

across parts of the Lake District Fells today. Five metre high

snowdrifts covered the Raise mountain near Patterdale, with heavy

recent snowfalls covering huts and the mountain side's ski tow.

Pumping equipment's been sent from County Durham and Darlington Fire

Service to parts of Southern England that have been flooded. One of the

service's swift water rescue teams has also been based in the Thames

Valley. Now, the coming week provides the

last chance to see the most famous steam engine in the world alongside

the five other remaining locomotives in its class. The Mallard and her

siblings are attracting thousands to the National Railway Museum at

Shildon. Andrew Hartley reports. The fastest steam engine in the

world. 75 years ago, the Mallard hit 126 miles an hour ` a record that

stands to this day. As part of the celebrations, the locomotive has

been re`united with the five other surviving engines of this classic

breed. Magestic stream`lined thoroughbreds. This is probably the

last time the six iconic engines will be together in our lifetime.

Steam enthusiasts have come in their hundreds to see this moment for

themselves. we have had enquiries from all over the UK, we know people

have travelled from across the world as well. People have been booking

flights and contacting us about flight arrangements so we expect

high visitor numbers and lots of people to be enjoyed the event. I

spent my entire married life visiting steam Railway museums and

the opportunity to see six of these in one place was not an opportunity

to be missed. the sites and the smells of the engine, it is great.

The six locomotives will stand together at the National Railway

Museum in County Durham until Saturday.

From homelessness to opera star ` it's been an extraordinary journey

for one Tyneside woman. Tomorrow night's Inside Out looks at the

charity Streetwise Opera which brings together people living

through difficult circumstances to sing through their problems.

Bridgette Foley who was homeless for a few months is one of the rising

stars and says singing has helped transform her life. I think it is

what you do get out of it. In all music, it can change a lot of

people's life in totally different ways. Whether you can sing

professionally or things to a certain standard, who cares, as long

as you get something out of it. Football ` and Sunderland have been

drawn away to Gus Poyet's former side Brighton or Steve Bruce's team

Hull in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. The game will be played on the

weekend of March the 8th/9th. And in the Winter Olympics at Sochi,

Middlesbrough's John Baines has been competing for Britain in the two`man

bobsleigh this evening. Baines, who's at the back, and his team`mate

Lamin Deen got off to a good start but crossed the line in 57.54

seconds which put them in 21st spot after the first of four heats.

So to the weather now, and here's Jennifer Bartram with the forecast.

Goody`goody. It certainly has been a lovely day for many of us and as we

going to night, we will have some clear skies for a time and that will

give us a touch of frost. This Bill is particularly across the

north`east. Things turning cold quickly. Through the night, we see

the cloud building from the west and that will bring light rain and

drizzle. Temperatures in the towns and city down to two degrees. Winds

moderate from the West. For Monday morning, though `` tomorrow the

temperatures will get up to eight Celsius. As we had through Tuesday

and Wednesday, it is looking mostly cloudy and dry.

Celsius. As we had through Tuesday and Wednesday, it is looking That is

all so far this Sunday. Have a good evening.

Whilst we are talking about wet and windy weather in the week ahead we

will lose the extremes of last week. The first glow of the week will

approach overnight. Clear skies will cause temperatures to fall awake,

and we are looking at a frost in eastern England and for northern

Scotland with