19/03/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

first look at the papers over on the BBC News Channel, but now on BBC

One, it's Good evening.

Detectives investigating thd ess appearance of York Chef Clatdia

Lawrence have revealed new lines of enquiry. It has been five ydars

since she vanished and BBC's Crimewatch has revealed mord

information. The lead detective on the Claudia Lawrence case h`s

described two cars being drhven close to her home on the morning she

disappeared. This car was phcked up on CCTV near where Claudia lives.

That vehicle is believed to be a hatchback. It breaks unexpectedly

made to her house. We want to know why it did and did it stop to give

Claudia a lift to work on it it sees something significant? Therd were

also two men seen in the arda. A witness says that on the morning of

Claudia's disappearance, he saw a male with grey hair and an he was

wearing a sandy coloured co`t. It is important we trace him. The first

man was seen during the week leading up to Claudia's disappearance. He

had tidy brown hair with a fringe. He was on the phone and he had a

rucksack on his back. He appeared to walk into a green door which will

thought was Claudia's door. The lady at the door seemed surprised and

then let him in. Detectives are now going through new information that

is coming in. The so`called makers, doers and

savers Budget has been welcomed by businesses and industry in the North

today. At a Budget event in Darlington there were hopes of

support for apprenticeship schemes and the Chancellor George Osborne

seemed to provide that by w`y of extending existing grants to smaller

firms. These could help lead to the creation of up to a 100,000

apprenticeships. Tax breaks and allowances, particularly in our

enterprise zones, were also popular. In Cumbria, people have also been

doing the numbers on today's Budget. While the nuclear industry sustains

many jobs the area's still plagued by high levels of youth

unemployment. Our Political Correspondent Mark Denten h`s found

out how the Budget's gone down in Whitehaven and Workington.

This is Gerard. He is worridd about high business rate at his whne

shop, so he is watching the Chancellor. Across town the local

food and have been doubled the amount of people this year. A number

of our clients are those who would be considered the working poor. Any

help that releases people from tax is a good thing. Also, help with

energy bills is really good. Few will poverty is a big issue. Do you

think the economy is recovering here? I have not seen it yet. It is

very tough. Back at the wind shop, is Gerard toasting the Chancellor

all drowning his sorrows? I'm doing neither. I do like the incole tax

reduction. The increase in the personal allowance will put money in

people 's's pocket and that is great. For me though, it's the

disease rates. That has a m`jor in pact on small businesses. Btt eight

miles up the road, Lillian hs a happy dingo player. `` bingo player.

It is a social event, so it is great for us. There are a lot of figures

for everyone to chew over today A 50`year`old man has been `rrested

on suspicion of assault aftdr the body of a man in his 60s was found

at a house in Middlesbrough. Police were called to Salisbury Terrace in

the South Bank suburb of thd city shortly after nine o'clock this

morning. They say they are treating his death as "unexplained".

People are being urged to donate clothes and food to those who lost

their belongings and homes hn yesterday's major fire in H`rrogate.

Firefighters have been damphng down on Albert Street following the blaze

which took hold in the Prezzo restaurant. At its height, `

spectacular blaze. Firefighters from two counties battling to brhng it

under control. The morning `fter ` ruin and for those affected,

resignation. They could not give me any information. I could do nothing.

For an independent shop likd myself, it is not good for us. I fedl bad

for the businesses that werd damaged, but they can afford to make

a loss. We cannot really afford to be out of business for a few weeks,

so I hope people will support us. The building is old, modifidd many

times and then now, unsafe. It is extremely difficult. The fire crews

worked under difficult circumstances. Some firefighters

were reluctant to come away when we provided relief for them. They

wanted to put out the fire. Once it has stopped smouldering, it will

have to be assessed by engineers. It could be a long time before things

are back to anything like normal. Time now for the weather.

A blustery spell of weather. Many places will be dry overnight. The

wind will keep the temperattre is up, even with clear skies in the

east. And mostly dry start tomorrow, but there is a weather front on its

way. The rain will be heavy at times and there could be some snow across

the tops of the hills. It whll clear by the end of the afternoon. Very

windy tomorrow. Temperatures in two double figures with highs of 13

degrees. Into the weekend it will be dry and bright, but it will be

colder. A few blustery showdrs, especially in the West, but some

sunny spells in between. A colder feel to things. The national weather

forecast to follow. night it will be heavy in places.

This is the outlook: Bright enough for Friday and the weekend but much

colder and some of the showers could have a wintry nature.

Cloud coming in from the Atlantic. When it moves through we will get

cooler conditions with lively showers. But mild overnight with the

south-westerly breeze dragging cloud across England and Wales. As you can

see the heaviest rain and strongest winds overnight are confined to

Scotland and northern Ireland. Wet and windy here but it is an mild

night with the cloud cover and breeze. But, a miserable start to

the day in Scotland. Wet and windy, gusty wind through the central

lowlands