:00:05. > :00:10.Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Look North. In the headlines
:00:10. > :00:14.tonight: A rehab hospital fit for heroes, a recovery centre for
:00:14. > :00:18.injured soldiers in the North. The Southern Cross crisis, could
:00:18. > :00:22.high rents have pushed the care homes giant to the brink?
:00:22. > :00:26.Honoured at last, a Wimbledon champion from the North East, but
:00:26. > :00:29.we are still waiting for the next 1,100 years later.
:00:29. > :00:33.An Springwatch comes to Tyneside, the boys are in town but what are
:00:33. > :00:37.they looking for? In sport, Sunderland rubbish claims
:00:37. > :00:47.they have tried to sell the record signing. Newcastle's skipper is on
:00:47. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :01:00.the verge of leaving St James's for I 50-bed rehabilitation centre for
:01:00. > :01:05.soldiers injured in conflicts is to be built at Catterick Garrison. It
:01:05. > :01:07.is one of five to be built in a �70 million programme paid for by the
:01:07. > :01:12.Help For Heroes charity. For injured servicemen and women from
:01:12. > :01:19.the North, it could be a godsend as they can be treated nearer to home.
:01:19. > :01:24.Peter Lugg is at Catterick. The military say that a new centre
:01:24. > :01:28.to be pulled here at Catterick will be for the so-called Afghan
:01:28. > :01:31.generation, providing care and recuperation but that -- facilities
:01:31. > :01:35.for a growing number of servicemen and women returning from combat
:01:35. > :01:40.overseas were terrible injuries. At the moment, those soldiers have to
:01:40. > :01:45.travel down south, to national centres and to Midlands -- to the
:01:45. > :01:51.Midlands. This is the site at Gaza Barracks, whether personal recovery
:01:51. > :01:54.and assessment centre will be killed. Richmondshire District
:01:54. > :01:59.Council is already considering a planning application for the unit,
:02:00. > :02:04.which will cost �12 million. It will be similar to this one already
:02:04. > :02:09.operating in Edinburgh, and one of five to the will to run the country.
:02:09. > :02:13.You will come some of the worst casualties of war, men like soldier
:02:13. > :02:17.James Rose, who lost ball of his legs in a bomb blast. Others who
:02:17. > :02:21.have been blinded or who are suffering from post-traumatic
:02:21. > :02:26.stress syndrome. All to be rehabilitated and assessed as to
:02:26. > :02:30.what their future roles might be. This will benefit the wider
:02:30. > :02:36.community of soldiers, whether injured in action or as part of the
:02:36. > :02:42.routine daily life. We are delivering here a facility that has
:02:42. > :02:47.put residential four-day visitors and also to administer feet process
:02:47. > :02:53.in terms of fitness suites, his crash in classes, and it is located
:02:53. > :02:58.well, with Garrison rehabilitation, resettlement and general facilities.
:02:58. > :03:02.Help For Heroes is pretty in �70 million for the national build. The
:03:02. > :03:09.Royal British Legion will put a further �50 million towards the
:03:09. > :03:13.running costs. In future, the facilities needed by soldiers like
:03:14. > :03:17.James, who we saw there, could be provided right you are on the
:03:17. > :03:22.doorstep. The planning application is with Richmondshire District
:03:22. > :03:29.Council. It could be built from September of this year. It could be
:03:29. > :03:33.operational some time next year. A retired couple had a lucky escape
:03:33. > :03:41.after a car smashed into their house and push a wall on to the ban.
:03:41. > :03:44.It happened last night in Rocha in Sunderland. -- on to their dead.
:03:44. > :03:48.Luckily they were not at home on the time.
:03:48. > :03:53.They are more cunning ways to be woken, but not for the residents of
:03:53. > :03:57.the street in Sunderland. There premature we Cup call came in the
:03:57. > :04:06.form of this estate car, demolished in the front end of this bungalow.
:04:06. > :04:15.I was in bed. There was a big bang. It was like a bomb. I got up, the
:04:15. > :04:21.wife said, there is a car there. Get out of your house, we said. We
:04:21. > :04:26.got out. The car careered through these events, across the garden,
:04:26. > :04:30.narrowly missing this House, but hitting the front bedroom and a gas
:04:30. > :04:34.pipe head on. Fortunately, the people living here were not in at
:04:34. > :04:39.the time. Emergency services say it is down to that fact that no one
:04:39. > :04:44.was killed. That would have been the potential for a gas explosion
:04:44. > :04:48.at the time when the vehicle hit the gas intake, so we are very
:04:48. > :04:52.fortunate that did not occur. If they had been anyone in the bedroom
:04:52. > :04:57.at the time, we could have been looking at a fatality. There is
:04:57. > :05:00.great belief that tragedy was avoided, but now it the efforts of
:05:00. > :05:03.the Housing Group who own the property is on stabilising the
:05:03. > :05:08.building. We will not leave the site until the property is secured
:05:08. > :05:13.and save. The main thing from our point of view is that tenants are
:05:13. > :05:23.supported, with the cup to their needs. A 34-year-old man has been
:05:23. > :05:28.
:05:29. > :05:33.arrested on suspicion of dangerous It looks after 3,500 vulnerable
:05:33. > :05:37.people in more than 100 care homes across our region, but tonight the
:05:37. > :05:42.fate of Southern Cross remains unclear. At a crisis meeting today,
:05:42. > :05:46.ministers sat down with the company and its landlords, and it has now
:05:46. > :05:50.emerged that one of those landlords, which owns six Southern Cross you
:05:50. > :05:58.homes in the North, is also in trouble. Unions fear a financial
:05:58. > :06:01.domino effect. Mark Denten reports. The twists and turns of the punt --
:06:01. > :06:06.the Southern Cross saga are personal for this man. Brian's wife
:06:06. > :06:11.is a resident of one of the company's homes in Darlington.
:06:11. > :06:18.trauma if they had to move could have fatal consequences, it could
:06:18. > :06:22.hasten the death. They are very unwell people. The talks today
:06:22. > :06:25.between the Government, Southern Cross and its landlord were
:06:25. > :06:30.designed to reassure people like Brian as the company attempts to
:06:30. > :06:35.weather a financial storm. Some of the landlords also have problems.
:06:35. > :06:45.The DEC understands a landed on this Southern Cross home is in
:06:45. > :06:45.
:06:45. > :06:51.administration and has been for over a year. -- the BBC understands.
:06:51. > :06:56.Figures obtained by the GMB union suggests Southern Cross is paying
:06:56. > :07:00.�66,000 per year rent on this nursing home at �845,000 in total
:07:00. > :07:05.for five nose in homes in the North East. The union says that is
:07:05. > :07:09.excessive. How can that be right and how can that be viable or
:07:09. > :07:15.ethical for them to do that? And also have a situation where the
:07:15. > :07:18.company the other one would for is in financial difficulty itself.
:07:18. > :07:25.Southern Cross say continuity of care for their residents is a
:07:25. > :07:28.priority but they will not comment on the level of their rents.
:07:28. > :07:34.One politician who has been observing developments at Southern
:07:34. > :07:39.Cross is the Wansbeck MP, E Lavery. He has 11 Southern Cross comes in
:07:39. > :07:44.his constituency. -- Ian Lavery. I spoke to him at Westminster and
:07:44. > :07:49.asked him what he wanted to see happen next. The Government have
:07:49. > :07:53.got to take some form of responsibility immediately, but in
:07:53. > :07:57.to place an emergency plan where they will take control of all the
:07:57. > :08:00.residential homes, where they would finance it, and it would be
:08:00. > :08:03.controlled by local Government, therefore people should be relaxed
:08:03. > :08:10.about it, they should not be feeling about what will happen to
:08:10. > :08:13.them. I have today written to Andrew Lansley to ask him for a
:08:13. > :08:19.public inquiry into the way in which the financial dealings have
:08:19. > :08:23.been allowed to take place within Southern Cross and all the equity
:08:23. > :08:27.partners involved in this absolutely horrendous fiasco.
:08:27. > :08:31.does seem you are calling for a bail-out, but the Government surely
:08:31. > :08:36.cannot afford to do that. I am not asking for a bail-out for Southern
:08:36. > :08:39.Cross, but a guarantee from the Government that they will provide
:08:39. > :08:44.their local Government, they will provide access to finance is to
:08:44. > :08:50.ensure that every single one of those 31,000 elderly aunt frail
:08:50. > :08:56.residents are guaranteed somewhere to live for the future. -- elderly
:08:56. > :09:01.and frail. The Government must take control of the elderly people, is
:09:01. > :09:08.that not a great idea to use finances? If we can bail out the
:09:08. > :09:11.banks, we can help vulnerable old and often disabled people.
:09:11. > :09:16.An increasing number of councils are switching to fortnightly
:09:16. > :09:20.rubbish collections, according to a survey. Hartlepool, Redcar,
:09:20. > :09:24.Hamilton and Richmondshire have all moved to four-night feet refuse
:09:24. > :09:28.collection. Derwentside also has its general waste picked up every
:09:28. > :09:30.two weeks what the rest of County Durham joining them in the spring.
:09:30. > :09:34.Yesterday the Government said he could not enforce weekly
:09:34. > :09:39.collections. Trees have been paid to the former
:09:39. > :09:42.Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, who has died aged 82.
:09:42. > :09:45.Bishop Ambrose Griffiths was being treated for leukaemia. He is
:09:45. > :09:50.reported to have passed away peacefully yesterday.
:09:50. > :09:54.It is expected that the Chancellor will confirm tonight that Northern
:09:54. > :09:59.Rock will be sold off. The bank was taken into public ownership during
:09:59. > :10:04.the credit crisis when it suffered the first run on a British bank in
:10:04. > :10:09.150 years. Now at the bank will be privatised. Potential buyers
:10:09. > :10:14.include Virgin and Tesco. Our business correspondent Ian Reeve
:10:14. > :10:18.joins me now. Well Northern Rock customers be affected?
:10:18. > :10:22.We will know that an to we know the name of the company whose
:10:22. > :10:27.purchasing head, whether they will retain the Northern Rock men, what
:10:27. > :10:35.financial products they will sell. The name in the frame include Tesco,
:10:35. > :10:39.Virgin Money, N DMK that, headed by Gary Hoffman who is a former Chief
:10:39. > :10:44.Executive on Northern Rock. Also at auction - back Yorkshire Building
:10:44. > :10:53.Society. George Osborne has turned down the pleading of some MPs to
:10:53. > :10:58.turn Northern Rock back into a building society. The Treasury is
:10:58. > :11:00.hoping to raise about �1 billion from the sale. We should know the
:11:00. > :11:04.name of the successful bidder before the end of the year.
:11:04. > :11:08.There might be implications for jobs as well. With the unemployment
:11:08. > :11:16.figures out today, there has been a surprise fall in the number of
:11:16. > :11:23.unemployed in our region. In the North East, we have seen a
:11:23. > :11:28.reduction by -- to 118,000. The North East has his unwanted
:11:28. > :11:32.accolade of being the country's unemployment blackspot. In Cumbria,
:11:32. > :11:41.there are about 8,500 people claiming jobseeker's allowance in
:11:41. > :11:47.May. The big surprise today has been the fall in youth unemployment.
:11:47. > :11:52.19-year-old Andy Parr hits a pretty good cover-drive. But then, he has
:11:52. > :11:56.a lot of time to be affected. He cannot find the work he wants. He
:11:56. > :12:01.has been offered places training to be aghast heating engineer, but no
:12:01. > :12:07.companies are willing to sponsor him. -- to be aghast heating
:12:07. > :12:12.engineer. Some companies have answered me, saying we have nothing
:12:12. > :12:17.at the moment but we will keep you one file. Water companies have not
:12:17. > :12:21.bothered to reply, which has been frustrated. -- a lot of companies.
:12:21. > :12:25.But there might be some good news in today's and employment figures.
:12:25. > :12:32.In the 16-24 age group, there has been a huge drop in unemployment.
:12:32. > :12:41.They are now 895,000 unemployed 16 to 20 - at 16-24-year-old across
:12:41. > :12:45.the country, a cut of 79,000 crossed a lot -- the last quarter.
:12:45. > :12:49.There is anecdotal evidence that companies are looking to recruit.
:12:49. > :12:56.Some, like John Lees's civil and structural engineering company,
:12:56. > :13:01.cannot find suitable workers. And he needs trainees. Some other
:13:01. > :13:05.senior people I employ a have not be able -- do not have people to
:13:05. > :13:09.pass on their knowledge to. I do try to get some of the younger
:13:10. > :13:13.people involved. The trick now is matching up young unemployed people
:13:13. > :13:18.with companies like John's. If they get together, the unemployment
:13:18. > :13:28.figures should keep falling. And people like Andy will have rather
:13:28. > :13:29.
:13:29. > :13:31.You are watching Look North. Still to come. Katie has summer transfer
:13:32. > :13:36.news and we have a changing weather forecast.
:13:36. > :13:39.The Springwatch boys are out on the town. We have a sneak preview of
:13:39. > :13:45.their safari in Newcastle and Gateshead.
:13:45. > :13:55.I will be here with the Football round-up and a forecast for
:13:55. > :13:59.
:13:59. > :14:03.In two days time, rock royalty will be performing and what has become
:14:03. > :14:07.the North East's biggest music venue. The Kings of Leon concert at
:14:07. > :14:12.the Stadium of Light to complete a sell-out run for the venue
:14:12. > :14:16.following the four Take That shows earlier this month. A total of
:14:16. > :14:26.275,000 people have been through the turnstiles and millions of
:14:26. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:32.pounds had been poured into the They gig of the year. Take That
:14:32. > :14:35.fans would say the decade. The venue chosen for the first night of
:14:35. > :14:41.the biggest-selling UK tour in history, Sunderland's Stadium of
:14:41. > :14:45.Light. A we have been promoting this to her for years. There isn't
:14:45. > :14:49.enough music fans in the north-east to justify a concert of this scale.
:14:49. > :14:59.The north-east people have proved them wrong. And so has the home of
:14:59. > :15:01.a black cat. It is fit for a cane, or should I say Kings of Leon. In
:15:01. > :15:06.three weeks �18 million has been injected directly into the local
:15:06. > :15:12.economy, that is a quarter of a million people passing through the
:15:12. > :15:17.gates at the Stadium of Light and that is the same a seven home games
:15:17. > :15:22.for attendance. It is a massive event was dug in terms of the
:15:22. > :15:29.profile it is massive. The opening night of Take That was a media
:15:29. > :15:35.event worldwide. Kings of Leon Aramaic -- massive USA banned. That
:15:35. > :15:40.is money can't buy advertising. is also broadened the chief
:15:40. > :15:45.executive's musical tastes. playlist has changed. Sex on fire
:15:45. > :15:51.was the only track I knew from Kings of Leon. I have downloaded
:15:51. > :15:56.all their albums, I did the same with pink last year. I saw the fall
:15:56. > :16:02.dress-rehearsal here. I can sing every song from the Take That
:16:02. > :16:06.repertoire. The big question is, who is playing next? People used to
:16:06. > :16:11.ask me if I was going to sign Ronaldo, they are now asking me if
:16:11. > :16:15.I am going to sign lady gaga. If we are going to bring in some
:16:15. > :16:19.different bands. I have been quizzed by many people including my
:16:19. > :16:28.wife and my lips are sealed. he's not going to tell her, he is
:16:28. > :16:31.not going to tell me. Time now for Sport and lots to talk
:16:31. > :16:36.about on the football front starting with a potentially big
:16:36. > :16:41.departure at Newcastle United. It looks as though Newcastle's
:16:41. > :16:46.skipper and top scorer last season, Kevin Nolan is on the verge of Lou
:16:46. > :16:55.-- leaving the club for West Ham. He is due to have a medical
:16:55. > :16:59.tomorrow. Their feet, we believe, is �3 million. -- the FE. This
:16:59. > :17:04.comes after he rejected a new Dail at St James' Park.
:17:04. > :17:10.He is ready to make that dropped down to the Championship.
:17:10. > :17:15.His former boss at Alton, Sam Allardyce, his art had -- in charge
:17:15. > :17:19.at Upton Park. This is a bold move from the Newcastle hierarchy. He
:17:19. > :17:24.has two years left on his contract and Alan Pardew has previously
:17:24. > :17:29.stated he was to keep hold of him. It has cast further doubt on the
:17:29. > :17:33.other big earners including Joey Barton and Jose Enriques.
:17:33. > :17:39.Joey Barton has been busy on Twitter with his a reaction.
:17:39. > :17:43.He said he was sad and surprise. He described Kevin Nolan as a great
:17:43. > :17:49.player, lead and captain. He suggested that he, Jose Enriques
:17:49. > :17:53.and Jonas Guiterrez could follow. This time of year there is always
:17:53. > :17:58.lot of speculation and these were the headlines this morning. Alan
:17:58. > :18:02.Shearer would be managing Cardiff City the stop that hasn't happened.
:18:02. > :18:07.He released a statement late last night, it too late for the paper
:18:07. > :18:11.deadline, saying he was one of the candidates to succeed Dave Jones at
:18:11. > :18:14.Cardiff but despite been impressed by the board's ambition, those
:18:14. > :18:18.talks were unsuccessful on this occasion. It looks increasingly
:18:18. > :18:24.likely that Shearer will start the new season on the Match Of the Day
:18:24. > :18:27.sofa. He hasn't managed to Sen's those eight games in charge of
:18:27. > :18:32.Newcastle which ended with their relegation from a Premier League
:18:32. > :18:35.two years ago. Chris Hughton was also linked with the role but is
:18:35. > :18:40.now favourite to take over the vacant at Birmingham job.
:18:40. > :18:43.Niall Quinn has not been happy and has been on the offensive over
:18:43. > :18:47.rumours surrounding the future of their biggest signing?
:18:47. > :18:51.There was speculation this morning that Asamoah Gyan had been secretly
:18:51. > :18:55.offered for sale to other clubs. The Sunderland chairman took the
:18:55. > :19:00.unusual step of releasing a statement he said the suggestion
:19:00. > :19:04.that we have spoken to an agent to sell this play on our behalf is
:19:04. > :19:08.embarrassing to all concerned. I hope our fans would be smart enough
:19:08. > :19:11.to realise that this is probably some other club or outside agents's
:19:11. > :19:14.way of attempting to destabilise our relationship with one of our
:19:14. > :19:18.players. On to rugby. Jonny Wilkinson will
:19:18. > :19:23.get the chance to return to Newcastle next season after his
:19:23. > :19:28.French side, Toulon, were drawn with the Falcons in the European
:19:28. > :19:34.Challenge Cup. He scored over 2,000 points in 12 seasons at Kingston
:19:34. > :19:37.Park. Jemma Lowe has joined Jo Jackson in
:19:37. > :19:42.qualifying for the World Championships. The Commonwealth
:19:42. > :19:45.Games medallist won the hundred metres butterfly at the national
:19:45. > :19:48.swimming championships in Sheffield and represent Britain now in
:19:48. > :19:52.Shanghai next month. As the country gears up for
:19:52. > :19:58.Wimbledon, Tyneside has been celebrating its own champion tennis
:19:58. > :20:01.player. Muriel Robb won the Ladies' singles title in 1902 on was a
:20:01. > :20:06.pioneer of the game. If a parked on her achievement has been unveiled
:20:06. > :20:10.at her local club. -- a plaque. Muriel Robb was a superstar of her
:20:10. > :20:15.time the stock as well as the Wimbledons ladies' singles, she
:20:15. > :20:21.also took the mixed doubles, the Scottish, Welsh and Irish titles.
:20:21. > :20:26.She is not a well-known events around her home town of Newcastle.
:20:26. > :20:31.She is the only Wimbledon champion from north of Birmingham. The rest
:20:31. > :20:37.of the country up to Aberdeen hasn't got a Wimbledon champion. We
:20:37. > :20:41.are proud of that. With her dying so early that was tragic. She was
:20:41. > :20:46.only 28 when she died but her career was short and pioneering
:20:46. > :20:50.will stop she played when much of society, mainly the men, thought
:20:50. > :20:54.that women should have other things to do with their time. For they
:20:54. > :21:01.weren't quite sure what the ladies should play tennis. Championship
:21:01. > :21:08.tennis. There was a slight cloud over people's ethics it in that
:21:08. > :21:18.respect. I think she suffered a lack of appreciation because of
:21:18. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:25.this question. Should Ladies' be playing tennis at all? After Raul -
:21:25. > :21:30.- all she served over arm and nobody else did. She was something
:21:30. > :21:36.of a character. She had to play in an outfit you might have worn on an
:21:36. > :21:41.expedition to the North Pole. are very hot. They are hard to
:21:41. > :21:46.Rennes in, you can't rent as fast as you can in normal tennis outfits.
:21:46. > :21:55.She now has a plaque in her honour and it has only taken as a 109
:21:55. > :22:01.years to put it out. Durham beat Nottinghamshire last
:22:01. > :22:04.night in cricket. If you have been lapping up
:22:04. > :22:09.Springwatch on BBC Two for the past few weeks you will be delighted to
:22:09. > :22:13.learn that two the presenters have had a lads trip to Tyneside. Chris
:22:13. > :22:23.Packham was determined to show Martin used games a good time out
:22:23. > :22:30.
:22:30. > :22:34.but it doesn't seem they were hyped This weekend I am going tinted use
:22:34. > :22:39.Martin to a new form of wildlife watching. One which does not it
:22:39. > :22:43.involve horrible this comfort, campaign. Where you can wear your
:22:43. > :22:50.City garb and not get much all over your clothes. Way you can have a
:22:50. > :23:00.rich mix of culture and wildlife at the same time. This is my idea of a
:23:00. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:04.I must say, Chris is looking dapper today. I am not sure it is the
:23:04. > :23:09.right garb for wildlife watching. He has promised me a wildlife
:23:09. > :23:13.encounter but we're going to the art gallery. It is a bit of an
:23:13. > :23:19.obsession with him. I like art myself but right now I am more keen
:23:19. > :23:26.to see the living, breathing animals he has promised me. I think
:23:26. > :23:32.Martin is it -- appreciating theirs. He is going to love what is
:23:32. > :23:40.upstairs. Brace yourself. This is some of the finest art nature can
:23:40. > :23:46.offer. This is a beautiful sight. Look at that. Dozens of them stuck
:23:46. > :23:52.to the building the stock they are so dainty and neat. They know
:23:52. > :24:00.people can't reach them. They are very tolerant as long as you stay
:24:00. > :24:04.in your space. It is a brilliant place to watch their behaviour.
:24:04. > :24:10.You can see the full story of the boys' weekend on Springwatch
:24:11. > :24:20.tonight. That is over on BBC Two at 7:30pm. It has been so warm today.
:24:21. > :24:21.
:24:21. > :24:25.We have had summary temperatures and it is summer in June as far as
:24:25. > :24:35.meteorologists are concerned. Here a couple of images that tell the
:24:35. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:46.story of the North East. Thank you for these pictures. Here is the
:24:46. > :24:51.Teesside with the scent poking through above Middlesbrough. --
:24:51. > :24:57.with the sun. More sunshine tomorrow and showers. Feeling warm
:24:57. > :25:02.outside of the showers. They could be heavy in places. If skies are
:25:02. > :25:06.clear enough, you can see a total eclipse of the moon. It is moving
:25:06. > :25:12.into the earth's shadow and will turn a dark red colour. It will be
:25:12. > :25:16.visible after sunset tonight. It will start to get dark at 10pm
:25:16. > :25:20.tonight. We still have showers forecast along the east coast and
:25:21. > :25:24.parts of Cumbria but there is a little bit of clear skies over the
:25:24. > :25:30.Pennines and possibly a chance to see that eclipse from parts of the
:25:30. > :25:36.Tyne and Wear Valley's. Generally, it is a mixed night, disappointing
:25:36. > :25:40.far as who were hoping for a great view of the moon. Here is the
:25:40. > :25:47.picture by five tomorrow morning. Mild in places with clear skies but
:25:47. > :25:51.a few showers. Sunshine and showers through the morning in the West and
:25:51. > :25:57.the very best of tomorrow's sunshine will be in Cumbria those
:25:57. > :26:05.showers becoming widespread. By teatime they are sitting across the
:26:05. > :26:09.North-East. It is warm outside the showers, 21 degrees. Quite possible
:26:09. > :26:14.tomorrow for parts of North Yorkshire and the North East but a
:26:14. > :26:22.little bit cooler as we cross the Pennines. In Cumbria which ended
:26:22. > :26:25.the day with bright, blue skies. A lovely afternoon in the Lakes.
:26:25. > :26:32.Let's take a look at the big picture over the next few days.
:26:32. > :26:37.This low to the north-west. It is this one we are watching. It passes
:26:37. > :26:42.over the UK are Friday and Saturday. A squeeze on the isobars so strong
:26:42. > :26:45.winds and heavy rainfall to start the weekend. By Sunday, the isobars
:26:46. > :26:52.have stretched out and the wind will become lighter and the
:26:52. > :26:59.sunshine comes back. Hear what it means for the next few days. Wet a
:26:59. > :27:08.windy for Friday and Saturday, a few showers. Sunday is the best day
:27:08. > :27:12.A look at tonight's headlines. Public sector anger over pension
:27:12. > :27:17.cuts is growing. Thousands of civil servants had voted to strike on the
:27:17. > :27:21.30th of this month. Yesterday, two teaching unions voted for a walkout
:27:21. > :27:26.on the same date. A new military rehabilitation