18/04/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Good evening. back with the late news at 10pm.

Good evening. After months of preparation, today

saw the performance of The Great North Passion. The event, retelling

the Good Friday story through performance and artworks, drew in

communities from around the North`East and was staged in a

makeshift cathedral of shipping containers. Thousands of people were

in Bents Park in South Shields to watch the spectacle, which was

broadcast live to a national audience here on BBC One. Julie

Smith reports. All the hard work and finally on show. This is the Great

North Passion. # With my loving arms wrapped around

you. Alongside national stars, communities from across our region

marking Easter's significance. What a way to kick`off Easter and

understand what it is about and be reminded what it is about. It is a

real honour to be here. I used to sing Amazing Grace with my mum in

church so it was nice to be able to sing it today. Today we are dancing

to show the burden of Jesus Christ on the cross. We have been meeting

twice a week and it has been great fun. I'm just looking forward to

getting a chance to perform, to get out there and rock it. The energy

being shown here today has been capturing hearts and minds and of

course, all across the nation people have been enjoying what South

Shields has shown to be the story of the crucifixion. It was absolutely

brilliant. It brought the story into everyday living today in the

north`east. Ten out of ten. The sound quality was really good. There

is a lovely mix of the community spirit and the story of the passion

going on together. # Where do hearts go...

The artwork can still be seen on site and is open to the public

between 12:00pm and 4:00pm Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

A body found in the River Ouse in York is that of a missing soldier.

18`year`old Tyler Pearson vanished three weeks ago. It's thought he

tried to swim across the river. His body was recovered at Skeldergate

bridge yesterday. When 15,000 people turned up to

watch last year's Rugby League World Cup matches in Workington, it was

proof that west Cumbria remains a hotbed of the sport. But a study is

under way into the game's future in the area, with one possibility of a

merger of Workington and Whitehaven. Mark McAlindon met fans at the

clubs' Good Friday derby match. When this review was first

announced, this is what an official from the sport's governing body told

us ` that there were no preconceptions. We want to run a

consultation where people actually give as their views and back it with

evidence, so that we can come to whatever conclusion is best for West

Cumbria. But roads of both Whitehaven and Workington are down

and life is a financial struggle. `` crowds. So what do the fans arriving

here for the first meeting of the two rival clubs since the

announcement make of it? The area is not big enough to support two clubs.

If a club did merge, I would probably support that as well. I

would look at how each club can increase crowds rather than merge.

It would be advantageous for the area. The support's there, I think,

unfortunately, the separate entities don't have the population to support

a top team. On the pitch, the passion is as evident as ever. Not

just those here today but the thousands of fans in this region

will need to wait and see what the report recommends. That match ended

with a 22 16 victory for Whitehaven. Carlisle drew with Walsall, York

beat Oxford United, and Gateshead drew with Southport.

A North Yorkshire farm has had a rather unusual arrival in time for

Easter. A baby camel has been born, much to its owners' surprise.

Jonathan Swingler reports. At this time of year the farm

normally looks like this. So it was a bit of a surprise when he turned

up. Especially as there aren't any male camels at the farm. They didn't

know Dorris the mum was expecting. They bought her last May in

Cornwall, where she must have had a male friend. It turns out camels can

be pregnant for up to 15 months. He's just a few

sat down. Half an hour later, the nose and feet started to come, and

the rest is history. It was literally half an hour from start to

finish from the onset. They have had plenty of lambs here over the years

but this is the first Easter they have had a camel.

Let's take a look at the Easter weekend weather forecast now with

Hannah Bayman. Things look good through this evening. Late sunshine,

then after dark it stays dry and clear. It will be quite cold

temperatures close to freezing. Over the next couple of days, there will

be a change in the weather. Tomorrow looks fine and dry, particularly in

the West and North Northumberland. Notice the cloud that spills into

the south later in the afternoon. Things should stay dry, but a little

less bright than today. Tom temperature tomorrow 15 Celsius. Not

quite as mild in the north`east. Easter day sees the weather turned

gloomy across the north`east, well Cumbria stays fine

Today we have seen temperatures rising if Scotland but again

tonight, with the clear skies and light wind temperatures will fall

sharply, and for many of us, we are looking at a touch of frost. The

satellite picture tells a story nicely. This belt of cloud is

sitting in the far north-west of Scotland, we have had this cloud

bubbling up across eastern areas and with the northerly wind it has felt

cold in East Anglia. That cloud is going to melt away, we will get an

easterly breeze picking the cloud back in again later in the night in

eastern areas and we still have this cloud and rain in the far north-west

of Scotland, but for most we will have clear sky, light wind, Ness are

the temperatures in towns and city, spin it round into