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A political earthquake in Cumbria after Labour loses

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Copeland to the Tories - a seat it previously held

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The people of Copeland are going to see that they have elected a member

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of Parliament who is going to listen to their concerns,

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But she will ensure that she delivers for the people of Copeland.

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We'll be live in Whitehaven with the latest.

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People power - a lunchtime march to oppose plans

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for a retail park and hundreds of new homes in Northumberland.

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Thousands of jobs are promised when this fertiliser mine

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Today it was named after the geologists who discovered it.

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And the offensive, anonymous letter writer, targeting people who don't

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In sport, the battle for Premier League survival and championship

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promotion hots up this weekend. And it's tense at the top of League 2

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for Carlisle's Curle, head of a huge match with a special guest

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appearance. They had a quiet confidence,

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but no more than that. Just before three o'clock

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this morning, though, that feeling among Conservatives

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in Copeland turned to jubilation when they snatched

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the seat from Labour. The area had been in Labour's hands

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for more than 80 years, and yesterday's by-election came

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about after the surprise Well, today Theresa May was among

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the first to travel to Cumbria to congratulate the

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new MP, Trudy Harrison. But there are huge

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questions for Labour. Let's join Megan Paterson,

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who's in Whitehaven tonight. Good evening. It's no exaggeration

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to say that this was Labour heartland. The former MP Jamie Reed

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retained his seat at the last general election in 2015, with a

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majority of over 2500 votes. But this is Labour land no more. Trudy

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Harrison, the Conservative candidate, took the polls yesterday.

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She won the seat with a majority of over 2000 votes. Pushing into second

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place, Gillian Troughton from Labour. And into third place,

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Rebecca Hanson from the Liberal Democrats. Going into the polls

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yesterday, the bookies were tipping the Conservatives as the favourites,

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but this doesn't make it any less of a surprise. As much interest here in

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Copeland and Cumbria as it is across the country.

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Copeland was the focus of lots of media attention today.

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Not so long ago the headlines here would have been

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In this area's change from Red to Blue is a remarkable reality.

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I'm absolutely delighted to be able to be here with the new member

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of Parliament for Copeland, Trudy Harrison.

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This is an astounding victory for the Conservative Party,

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Campaigners fought on many issues here, but these two

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were perhaps the most divisive - the protection of services

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at the West Cumberland Hospital, and the future of nuclear power

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For many voters, Jeremy Corbyn's previous views

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The Corbyn factor was a reason for defeat.

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But those in his campaign team say that's not the case.

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Jeremy Corbyn's been the leader of the Labour Party

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And Jeremy didn't certainly, as far as I was concerned,

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Jeremy didn't crop up on the doorstep.

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We think it's just a protest against Corbyn. Do you think the

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Conservatives will represent people in Copeland better? Not really, no.

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I think it's just a protest because people don't like Corbyn. The first

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time in my life I've ever voted Conservative. Because we've got a

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Conservative government and I think she'll have more chance of accessing

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the ministers. It all comes down to who is leading the party. That's

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what it's all about. Whether it's the leader's

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stance, or disaffection with the Labour Party as a whole,

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the appetite for change was made The challenge for Trudy Harrison

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is to meet the electorate's I'm really looking forward

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to getting on with the job. I'm very much looking forward

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to going down to London on Monday and making sure that we deliver

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on the plan that I've been pledging Trudy Harrison and there, raring to

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start work. Labour activists here say they have a job ahead of them as

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well, trying to begin crucial support after that dramatic defeat.

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Megan, thanks very much for that. Well, our Political Editor,

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Richard Moss, is with me now. So what does this result mean for

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politics in our part of the world? It's fair to say it was a safe seat.

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The majority was relatively narrow for Labour. The nuclear industry was

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a problem because of Corbyn's long-standing views on that. But

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there was also a trump card. Major concerns about the NHS moving to

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Cumberland Hospital. It highlights a new Conservative threat in some of

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the seats in our region. The kind of swing we saw in Copeland would sweep

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away the current boundaries. Middlesbrough South, Darlington,

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Bishop Auckland. Even the Labour MP in Workington. But of course there

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are other issues which came out of the by-election. Copeland shed a

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light on those - the isolation of the constituency, the problems at

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the hospital, the new Conservative MP will have to go down to London

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and try to get those tackled. The Prime Minister was pretty equivocal

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about the hospital on her visit. There are other issues - Road, rail,

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broadband reception. A lot of politicians have been surprised by

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what they found in Copeland. Now they have to rely on her to

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incorporate both and get some action. Richard, thank you.

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More than 1,000 demonstrators have been marching in Morpeth,

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angry about plans for a retail park and hundreds of new homes

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on the site of the current Northumberland County

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Labour councillors insist redeveloping the 37 acres of land

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and moving county hall to Ashington will save money

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But protestors claim it'll destroy the town's historic character.

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Here's our Political Correspondent, Luke Walton.

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They've long had Northumberland County Council on their doorstep.

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Today the people of Morpeth came out in force to accuse that same local

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authority of threatening to blight their town.

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Their target - a multi-million pound scheme to redevelop

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The heart is being ripped out of Morpeth.

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All the shops will lose out if they put supermarkets.

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And my other big concern is putting a McDonald's opposite a school.

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We're on the verge of having 3,300 new houses in this town.

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And the character of Morpeth as a market town will change

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These protesters say Morpeth's already had more than its fair

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share of development, with housing estates

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But Northumberland's Labour leadership see the proposals

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as part of a wider plan to boost regeneration.

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The retail park developers, Maple Grove, said in a statement

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that the new shops will create employment and complement

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What I fear will happen is that this retail edge town development

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will take away people from shopping in the centre of Morpeth.

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They'll feel there's no need to go shopping in the centre of Morpeth,

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and that will just kill Morpeth dead.

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Northumberland Council wouldn't do an interview because the planning

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application was active, but said all views would be

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It's previously argued that moving its HQ from Morpeth to a smaller,

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more efficient building in Ashington would save taxpayers' money

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Claims hotly contested by critics, who vowed to fight on.

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We'll take this to court, we'll fight it all the way.

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There's grounds why this should be refused.

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There's over 1,500 objections on the website against this.

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Over 1,000 people turned up today to show the strength of the feeling.

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With council elections also due in Northumberland this spring,

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this bitter planning dispute looks set to become a bruising

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An outbreak of avian flu has been found at a farm near Haltwhistle.

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Defra says a three kilometre protection zone has been

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The H5N8 virus was found in a flock of around 35 chickens.

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Plans to move consultant-led maternity services out

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of the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven were opposed by 85%

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of the people who responded to a public consultation.

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That's according to a report published today by Cumbria's

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NHS managers say recruitment problems mean a number of services,

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including maternity, would be better centralised

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Pirelli's been given the go-ahead to expand its Carlisle factory,

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in a move the firm says will secure almost 4,000 jobs.

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The tyre manufacturer is set to add a new extension to the plant,

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which will be used on tyres produced there to "cure" them -

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that's a process which gives the product its final shape.

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More than 100 teaching assistants held a protest outside

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They're concerned they'll face substantial pay cuts

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Plans to re-hire assistants on the new arrangement

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were suspended, following strike action in December -

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but Unions say the threat hasn't gone away.

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What we want? Fair pay!

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When do we want it? Now!

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These teaching assistants say they're still facing a 23% pay cut.

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Plans to re-hire them on a new contract are

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But many staff are concerned it's a stalling tactic by the council,

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and that they will, in the end, have the new contracts

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I am going to be losing nearly 300 a week.

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And I'm a single parent with a disabled son.

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I've done this all of my working life.

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They're actually cutting people who can help education.

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And a 23% pay cut, a 23% pay cut is ridiculous.

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Durham County Council says it's working hard with recognised trade

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unions to complete the proposed review of the roles, functions,

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job descriptions and activities of teaching assistants.

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And that's being done with the support of two work streams.

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One comprising of 15 teaching assistants,

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But, clearly, it's going to take more than that to convince these

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A new mine in North Yorkshire that'll create 1,000 jobs

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The scheme, near Whitby, is to be called the Woodsmith Mine -

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a contraction of the surnames of two geologists who worked

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The duo identified the massive underground

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resources of polyhalite - a mineral that can be used

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Our Business Correspondent, Ian Reeve, reports.

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The first work on the first mine to be sunk in this country

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Officially unveiling the name of this new mine.

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Millions of tonnes of the minimal polyhaylite are beneath

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the surface here near Whitby, resourced to be used as a fertiliser

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and identified by these two geologist whose surnames,

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Woods and Smith, give the mine its name.

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Very humbling. A very humbling experience.

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It is rather rare for geologists to get this sort of recognition.

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It's the Woodsmith Mine, in perpetuity.

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1,000 workers will eventually be here.

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It's more of a sort of symbolic mine, I guess, in terms

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-- it's more of a sort of symbolic moment.

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But it's a good one to recognise the contribution of a couple of key

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individuals to name the mine and change it from being

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Because it's bad luck to change mine's name once you've given it.

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So therefore, hopefully, that name will be there forever.

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And as the Woodsmith Mine, the government's claiming

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it's the biggest project in the Northern Powerhouse.

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And one of 13 being marketed to overseas potential investors.

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If you look at what's happening in terms of foreign direct

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investment in the north, it's growing at twice

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So the efforts of the government and businesses themselves is having

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a real impact in times of closing the gap between investment

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The mine company has already raised ?1 billion,

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though, and more will come, overseas investment or not,

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with an eye to starting production in 2021.

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Plenty more to come in Friday's Look North.

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Mark Tulip will have all the weekend sport,

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plus we take a look around the Lake District island that's just

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And we go into the weekend with a yellow warning for heavy rain. I'll

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have all the details later in the programme.

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Now, do you bring in your dustbin as soon as it's been emptied

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Well, in the North Yorkshire village of Osmotherly, offensive,

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anonymous letters have been sent to some residents accusing

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them of being "lazy" and leaving their bins on public view.

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Phil Connell has been to investigate.

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It's a sleepy North Yorkshire village where outbursts

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Recently, though, the issue of household bins in Osmotherley has

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triggered strong words and a series of mystery letters.

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The anonymous letters are being sent to residents in the village

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who are leaving their bins in areas like this.

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Eight letters have so far been sent, with a Teesside postmark the only

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clue as to who and where they've come from.

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It's a quiet village, there's not a lot else going on.

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For someone to have that bubbling resentment around something

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as innocuous as wheelie bins, really, is quite surprising!

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A lot of people think it's absolutely ridiculous.

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Who has the time to even go out of their way to do this?

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In the letters, the anonymous sender makes their feelings felt, writing,

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"You obviously feel it's fine to leave your filthy,

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Perhaps it is your upbringing, or laziness, or simply

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Michael Rowe has received not just one, but two

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This second letter is offensive, yes it is.

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And the concern is that there's a third and a fourth,

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and they get more offensive and they get more threatening.

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Not at all. No idea at all, no.

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The village is now watching and waiting to see what happens next.

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And with bin day not till next Friday, it may be an anxious week.

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The National Trust tries to ensure Britain's most beautiful scenery

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and architecture is preserved and can be enjoyed by everyone.

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One of its founding fathers was inspired to set it up

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when he saw an island in the Lake District offered up

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He was outraged that it would become private property,

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rather than a space to be used by everyone.

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Now the Trust has finally taken possession of Grasmere Island,

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Grasmere Island lies at the heart of the Lake District.

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Wordsworth is said to have picnicked here frequently.

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But back in 1893, the island was put up for sale.

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And the thought of this idyllic spot becoming private property

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outraged local clergyman, Hardwicke Rawnsley.

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Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley had a deep passion that everybody needed access

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The journey to Grasmere Island is an idyllic experience in itself.

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Back in 1893, the new owner decided to make a few additions,

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which didn't go down too well with the locals.

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A flagpole was erected and shrubbery planted, which caused a lot

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A respectful letter was written asking him to reconsider

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"If you and your friends felt so strongly about what happened

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to the island, you were perfectly competent to turn up to the sale,

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I suppose, really, that is exactly the issue that Rawnsley

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That bits of the Lake District were being sold off to the highest

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bidder, and they could do whatever they chose with them.

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He was passionate that ordinary people had access

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The loss of this island for public use proved the catalyst that

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inspired Rawnsley to become a founding father of

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But it's only now that the Trust has been able to take control of it.

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The last owner bequeathed it to them.

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Canon Rawnsley spent his final years at Allen Bank,

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From here he could view the island that inspired him to help

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And now, at last, that island is part of the Trust's portfolio,

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to be preserved and enjoyed by everyone, forever.

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Very nice indeed. It made you want to go out and spend the weekend

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that! Especially with good weather like that.

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After a break for the FA Cup, the Premier League returns

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Sunderland's band of Everton old boys may feel they have a point

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to prove at Goodison Park - a game they do really

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And what about Boro - can they emulate the Black Cats'

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victory at Big Sam's fellow strugglers Crystal, Palace?

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They may be teetering on the edge of Premier League survival,

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but they were certainly cheerful enough in training this week.

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Middlesbrough have managed plenty of draws, but haven't picked up

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three points so far in this calendar year - although that doesn't seem

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The people who come to watch our training sessions

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and to do interviews, or to do something, everybody says

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that they don't realise they were watching a session

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of a team which is in relegation position.

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So the players know how good they are doing everything.

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A high-scoring game seems unlikely on Saturday.

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Boro's problems have been largely in front of goal,

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with just two scored in the league in 2017.

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Crystal Palace haven't faired much betterr.

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With just three points seperating the two teams,

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Aitor Karanka says his team don't need reminding of the

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I can't and I don't want to put pressure on my players,

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because we don't have that experience.

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I can't be here telling them how important and massive this game

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So my job is to transmit all my confidence.

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Over on Wearside, it's been a difficult week,

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with the announcement of upcoming redundancies at Sunderland

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regardless of whether or not they stay up.

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It's certainly affected me and all the players in the club.

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We feel really sorry and sad for the people

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On Saturday, Moyes returns for just the second time to his former club,

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But in past great escapes Sunderland have beaten better

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teams away from home, including Everton two seasons ago.

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Towards the back end of the season there seems to be

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Experience of players having played enough in the Premier League.

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Also, players haven't been in this situation before.

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I think the one thing we all know is we've been worse situation

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and some managed to claw our way out of it.

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As Sunderland continue their battle to stay up, they'll be joined again

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by the embodiment of fighting spirit - cancer patient Bradley Lowery,

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And when England play Lithuania at Wembley in March,

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In the Championship, Newcastle United could

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strengthen their hold on pole position tomorrow.

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They're at home to struggling Bristol City, while second-placed

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Brighton take on fourth-placed Reading.

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The Magpies haven't always been at their best this season.

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But the fact is they're unbeaten in seven games and,

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as every supporter knows, what matters most is promotion back

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And, you know, we know they understand that also.

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Hopefully at the end of the year, if and when we get promoted,

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everybody will be happy, whether we played

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We feel pressure from the beginning, from

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We lost two games, and everybody was like, "Ooh, it

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Now we are much better, and we have two enjoyed

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it and try to be sure, as I said before, that we are

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Well, Newcastle aren't our only promotion chasers

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After a recent dip in form, third placed Carlisle

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are back to winning ways and chasing a third successive

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Rivals Portsmouth are the visitors to Brunton Park on a day

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which could prove pivotal on the pitch and emotional off it.

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When Carlisle slumped to a heavy home defeat by Blackpool,

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it looked as though the wheels might be coming off their promotion push.

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But after a perhaps timely wake-up call, they beat the leaders

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Doncaster in the very next game and then won at play-off hopefuls

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Manager Keith Curle was sent to the stands near the end of that

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game, but he was more relaxed this lunchtime, although he did issue

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this rallying call to stay-away fans ahead of tomorrow's big game.

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I want the whole of Carlisle bouncing.

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We're trying to create a rhythm to what we're doing,

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Yeah, it's frustrating when you get 18,000 against Everton,

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and then now we're playing top against the of the league last

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Now we're playing against a team that are potentially

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That shows people are buying into what I'm trying to do

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and what we're trying to do as a football club.

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But tomorrow's game also sees former Blues and Workington midfielder

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Tony Hopper make an emotional appearance as a special guest,

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following his diagnosis with motor neurone disease.

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Tony's three young sons will be mascots, and United plan to donate

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50p from the sale of every match programme to the Hoppers'

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Fightback Fund for the MND Association, as well as the club's

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The people that I've spoke to that know Tony personally,

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Gave it everything that he had fully football club.

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I think it's a great opportunity for the football club to recognise

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Also up against promotion hopefuls for the second weekend in a row -

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They're at Colchester, now just three points

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Finally, away from the men's and women's six Nations Championship

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there's a big weekend of club rugby - in both union and league.

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Newcastle Falcons' away trip at Exeter tomorrow

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At Kingston Park tomorrow, Newcastle Thunder are hosting

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Workington Town is the stand-out tie in rugby league's Challenge Cup

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with another regional derby, York versus Egremont,

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Time for the weather now. I'm glad I did the garden last weekend, because

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this weekend doesn't sound too much! It's not going to be great. We have

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had a decent day of whether compared to yesterday. I have a few Weather

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Watcher pictures to show you first of all. This picture, a very calm

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bay earlier this afternoon. Come up a little higher and we have snow

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over the hills. The highest of our pictures tonight, a snow-covered

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summit looking very chilly indeed. This way can we are going to see

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some heavy rain at times, cheaply across Cumbria and western parts of

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Northumbria and County Durham. -- chiefly across. But it is going to

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be a mild weekend. Let's take a look at why that's happening. A ridge of

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high pressure calmed things today, but this area of low pressure pushed

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on with ice bars packed tightly together, indicating a strong

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south-westerly wind. -- with isobars packed tightly together. A little

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respite, then another weather front will push in. This evening and

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overnight, outbreaks of rain pushing into Cumbria, eventually getting

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across to the north-east. It will be heaviest across the Cumbrian fells.

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Further east we may seem rain on and off through the East. Temperatures

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dropping down to around five Celsius. Through tomorrow, the rain

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is likely to be heavy and persistent. The Met office has a

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yellow warning in force chiefly for Cumbria and western parts of

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Northumbria and County Durham, because that rain will be heavy and

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persistent, coming down through much of the day. Western fells and up

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slopes will be most likely to get the highest totals - 60-70

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millimetres. Further east, we mostly rain on and off. Through the

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afternoon across Cumbria it will be wet and windy with temperatures

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around 9-10 Celsius. For some northern parts of Northumberland, we

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might see sunshine through the afternoon. Generally for the

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north-east, one of those days with lots of cloud. Rain on and off.

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Through Saturday night and into Sunday, the rain hangs around for a

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time but eventually it will move away so we end up with a dry night

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to take us into Sunday morning. Temperatures again dropping down to

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around five Celsius. Sunday starts promising. Try and bright with

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sunshine. But the wind still picking in the south-west. Sunday starts off

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dry, turns a bit west later on in the day. Again, some of that name

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will be heavy and persistent across Cumbria. Temperatures around 10-11

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Celsius. Into the start of next week, we will see some styles of

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sunshine on Monday. Chan was, colder.

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Thank you very much. The good news is it's Friday and the weekend

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started. The bad news is it's the end of half term and all because

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we're back on the road! Have a good weekend. Bye-bye. -- and

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