25/05/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

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Hello. Good evening. A postmortem

examination is due to be carried out on the body of a man found dead at a

property in Newcastle at just after six o'clock this morning. A cordon

is in place at Leazes Court on Barrack Road, and extra officers are

fifties has been arrested on fifties has been arrested on

suspicion of murder. Detectives are asking who may have information

contact them. It's being claimed that people's

safety could be compromised by plans to close three major police stations

overnight. Cleveland Police will shut the three stations at

Hartlepool, Stockton and Kirkleatham from ten o'clock at night until

eight in the morning. The move's part of cost`cutting measures as the

force looks to save ?26 million from its budget over the next five years.

Stuart Whincup reports. Front line policing on the streets

and on patrol. This is what Cleveland's crime commissioner

claims he's trying to protect in the budget cuts. So to save money, he's

supporting plans to close three of its main police headquarters

overnight, in Hartlepool, Stockton and Kirkleatham. It's about making

the best use of the limited resources we have. We need to make

sure the police are efficient and effective and the public have been

best served. Those stations were only receiving one or two inquiries

per night, so what we were doing was staffing a front desk for the night

and getting one or two inquiries. Most people, he says, report

incidents over the phone and rarely walk into a station. But some claim

that would lead to an increase in crime and anti`social behaviour in

those areas. I think what we're seeing is the beginning of a serious

salami slicing, which will be at the detriment of Hartlepool. To actually

close the police station to the public whilst not having a manned

station there through the night is a very dangerous step. A lot of people

go to police stations as a place of safety. Cleveland Police says it's

not unusual for stations to be closed overnight. It says many

neighbouring forces already do the same. It's promised to fit a video

phone out the front so people can contact the main office in

Middlesbrough. But opponents say that is not good enough, and it is

wrong that the doors are closed when people come here needing help.

UKIP will be hoping to follow up its local election success by winning a

North East seat in the European Parliament tonight. The votes were

cast on Thursday, and the results will be announced later this

evening, with Sunderland the location for the North East count.

There are three North East seats up for election ` eight in the North

West, which includes Cumbria, and six in Yorkshire. We'll have all the

latest from Sunderland on our late bulletin. And the results programme

starts on BBC One from 11.00 tonight. There's also coverage

online. Conservationists in County Durham

who are trying to breed a rare type of butterfly say thieves may have

inadvertently set back three years of work. A large quantity of moss

has been taken from Burnhill Nature Reserve, and as Phil Connell

reports, the moss contains a plant crucial to the butterfly's survival.

It's the kind of moss that is highly prized by gardeners. On the Burnhill

Nature Reserve, though, sphagnum moss is being used to attract a rare

type of butterfly. The caterpillars that eventually turn into these

butterflies feed on these marsh violets that grow here inside the

moss. In the last few weeks, though, it's estimated around 50 large bags

of the moss have been stolen, possibly by a professional gang

selling it to gardeners for hanging baskets. Conservationists say the

endangered butterfly, the pearl`bordered fritillary, has seen

its numbers fall by 95%. And the removal of moss from the reserve

near Consett is the last thing they need. It's extremely annoying,

because there are that many people who put that much time and effort

into creating these places to try to save this butterfly, which 15 years

ago, all we find was maybe a dozen of these butterflies. To counter the

damage, volunteers have been planting new marsh violets in areas

of moss nearby, providing a crucial food source for caterpillars that

may have survived. After almost a year as caterpillars, butterflies

will be hatching in the next few weeks. Only then will Rangers know

exactly how much damage has been caused.

So, what about the region's weather prospects for our Bank Holiday

Monday? With the outlook, here's Jennifer Bartram.

Good evening. It's certainly been a wet day across parts of the North

East and Cumbria. The showers will continue as we head through this

evening and overnight. Again, they will be heavy at times, but they

will eventually die away in the early hours of Monday morning.

Things will be dry. Temperatures overnight will fall back to ten

degrees Celsius. We could have some patches of mist and fog across parts

of Cumbria initially, but many parts will have a dry and bright start to

the bank holiday Monday. Dry through much of the day, but showers will

start to get going later on in the afternoon, mainly across parts of

the Pennines. Temperatures tomorrow doing well with highs of around 18

degrees Celsius. As we go through the rest of the week, Tuesday is

looking like a decent day. It will be dry and cloudy for most of us,

but an area of rain is going to move in from the south`east, leading to

heavy downpours as we get into Wednesday.

And that's our summary. We're back at the later`than`usual time of

10.50 tonight, as the results are being counted in the European

Elections. Join us then if you can, and have a good evening.

Good evening. Some of us had a pretty good soaking. It downpours

around with thunder and lightning. It wasn't so bad everywhere. The

satellite picture across the Midlands, East Anglia and the south

coast, the Isle of Wight. A beautiful end to the day. You can

see further west and north and that is where the storm clouds will