01/01/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

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Northumbria Police say they've disrupted what they say

It was held in an old lift shaft of the Tyne Bridge.

The revellers had barricaded themselves in.

The police are trying to trace the organisers.

Police say around 200 people were inside the 120-foot high tower

when officers arrived, shortly before two

They'd been alerted by members of the public, who heard

But the police found their way in barred and had to force an entry.

First by smashing a wooden barrier, and then using a circular saw to cut

Inside they found sound equipment, illegally connected

They evicted the revellers and say they're now trying to trace

the event organisers, including three men,

seen in a white van below the bridge on Friday and Saturday.

Public events have been held in the hidden recesses of this

famous 90-year-old bridge, but none like the one last night.

The body of a man has been found in the River Ouse

Police say they are investigating how he came to be in the river.

Foodbanks in the region say they've had one

They are urgently in need of donations with Newcastle's West

End Foodbank saying supplies are at a record low.

A Hartlepool man has today embarked on a huge challenge,

which will take him a year to complete.

Paul Suggitt plans 10,000 miles of gruelling events.

It takes something quite special to get people to turn up for a run

along Hartlepool seafront first thing on New Year's Day

Hartlepool man Paul Suggitt has taken this hat up mountains,

cycling coast to coast and all manner of other

places, during his mission to get fit and fundraise.

And in 2017, he's planning to walk, run and cycle a staggering

I'm in my 40s and again it shows I am probably above the threshold

that people think you can't do these kinds of things.

I have had eight months of training to train me

for the weather I have got, the distances I am going to be

covering throughout this challenge, throughout the year.

The year of gruelling challenges, which averages about a marathon

a day, is to raise money for North East Charity

the Chris Lucas Trust, and its founder was on hand

For someone to approach me and say, Lynne, I want to do something

for you, it's absolutely fantastic and we will do everything

No parent should outlive their children to cancer,

but through Paul's money, research can make a big

Destination number one is Whitby, then Hull, but you can expect to see

Paul at events around our region throughout the year.

Hundreds of people gathered on the seashore in North Tyneside

this morning, for the annual Whitley Bay New Year's Dip.

Although slightly less cold than usual, it was still

a challenging experience for those brave enough to take the plunge.

It has got rid of the hangover though.

When you go in, you just can't breathe.

I've got a big birthday this year and I

thought I'd do lots of things I haven't done before, so I thought

I was just about to dive in and I slipped on a

Thankfully I have borrowed a friend's wet suit,

Were you more cold then you have ever been?

The weather now with Ashling Creevey.

Already turning very cold out there and we continue to see that

mixture of clear spells and scattered showers,

but showers increasingly becoming confined to the east coast

Temperatures are widely falling to freezing or below freezing,

so the risk of some icy stretches first thing in the morning.

A cold and frosty start to tomorrow morning.

As we had through the day, we do see a lot of sunshine around.

There's a little bit more cloud running along the coast and the risk

of a few showers here, but for most, it's a dry day

It stays cold over the next couple of days, we do see a little bit more

cloud around as we head to Tuesday, but for the first week

of the New Year, it's a cold and frosty one.

That's it from us for now, we are back tomorrow.

For many, New Year's Day was a shocker with all of that rain

around. Tomorrow will be sunny, but it is getting colder. This is rain

clearing from the south-east. These specks of white as snow mixed in

with showers across parts of northern England, particularly

across Scotland, low levels here. I say that they hazard in northern and

eastern areas. I would not rule out slippery areas almost anywhere by

the morning, by which time temperatures will be close to or

below freezing in many places. A bright and sunny start, but still

wintry showers, sliding down