:00:05. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight, hundreds of
:00:09. > :00:13.new jobs from the north as an engineering firm wins a contract to
:00:13. > :00:18.build train parts. Also tonight, how this little girl's life was
:00:18. > :00:22.saved by a quick thinking bin man out on his rounds. I don't know
:00:22. > :00:25.what would have happened if he couldn't have started her breathing
:00:25. > :00:31.again, because the ambulance wasn't near. Nobody else was doing
:00:31. > :00:35.anything. Jailed. The man who beat a woman with a steel bar and then
:00:35. > :00:39.raped her in an horrific attack. The children of today remember a
:00:39. > :00:46.disaster which claimed the lives of 183 youngsters more than a century
:00:46. > :00:50.ago. And down to a tea. How experts have come up with a formula for
:00:50. > :00:54.making the perfect cuppa. In sport disappointment for Blue Bajan in
:00:54. > :00:58.the Royal Ascot Gold Cup and revolving doors at St James' Park
:00:58. > :01:08.as Kevin Nolan signs for West Ham, hammers striker Demba Ba arrives on
:01:08. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:17.First tonight, the engineering company Siemens is to create up to
:01:18. > :01:23.300 jobs on South Tyneside. The company's won a deal to make Compo
:01:23. > :01:27.nens for train carriages at its factory in Hebburn. It is a
:01:27. > :01:32.contract that will see 2,000 new jobs across the UK as part of a
:01:32. > :01:38.deal to build trains for Thameslink. Ian Reeve joins us from Hebburn. It
:01:38. > :01:41.goes without saying this news has been widely welcomed. Yes, it has,
:01:41. > :01:48.because it, as you say excellent news but it is being reported that
:01:48. > :01:51.Siemens which is a German company, won this train order of a UK based
:01:51. > :01:58.company leaving it with a dearth of orders. Well, is that the case?
:01:58. > :02:02.This is the company's response. Firstly bombardier is a Canadian
:02:02. > :02:07.company and very much under separate ownership, but Siemens has
:02:07. > :02:12.a long history in the UK. 160 plus years in the UK. This plant alone
:02:12. > :02:16.has been here 100 years and the plant on the north of the Tyne, the
:02:16. > :02:22.parson's facility has been here 100 years, there is 2,000 people in
:02:22. > :02:26.this area employed by Siemens so we are a localised company. Well of
:02:26. > :02:31.course many of us remember this place as the former ray roll
:02:31. > :02:35.factory that employed up to 12,000 people. I have been speaking to two
:02:35. > :02:41.workers who while welcoming this new order remember this place in
:02:41. > :02:45.its heyday. As you come on to the site, the site is well done on what
:02:45. > :02:49.down on what it used to be. But we are still here we are still
:02:49. > :02:56.fighting. We still have lads here who have been here as long as I
:02:56. > :02:59.have, now that we have the news we have received this order, it is
:02:59. > :03:04.fantastic news. Really good. They are talking about five years work
:03:04. > :03:11.and that is brilliant in anybody's book. That is brilliant. So it will
:03:11. > :03:16.see me until I I'm 606789 you know, that will be great. -- 60. Not
:03:16. > :03:23.surprisingly the Government is being basks in -- basking in these
:03:23. > :03:28.good news. This is the Transport Minister. This is good news for the
:03:28. > :03:32.North East, and it comes hard on the heels of the announcement on
:03:32. > :03:36.the InterCity express programme, which means that we will see a
:03:36. > :03:39.train assembly plant at Newton Aycliffe, so together these
:03:39. > :03:43.announcements are seeing something of a renaissance in the train
:03:43. > :03:47.business, for the North East, demonstrating once again the
:03:47. > :03:52.strength of the manufacturing capacity in the North East, and the
:03:52. > :03:57.competitiveness of what the North East is able to offer. Ian, there
:03:57. > :04:02.is another Siemens factory nearby which is shedding job, will those
:04:02. > :04:06.workers move into the new posts? That is right. There is a factory
:04:06. > :04:10.owned by Siemens that is shedding 90 jobs and moving a full order
:04:10. > :04:14.book to Germany. So I asked the company would those people, those
:04:14. > :04:18.losing their jobs be able to transfer. Siemens said they train
:04:18. > :04:21.people to allow them to move elsewhere within the company, but
:04:21. > :04:28.there doesn't seem to be any guarantee the 890 people losing
:04:28. > :04:32.their jobs can have any of these 300 new ones. Thank you. He has
:04:32. > :04:36.been hailed a hero. Bin man Paul Thompson saved the life of a two-
:04:36. > :04:39.year-old girl as he was out on his rounds in Middlesbrough. Paul
:04:39. > :04:43.sprang into action after the grandmother of Farrah Appleby ran
:04:44. > :04:49.into the street screaming for help with Farrah in her arms. The tot --
:04:49. > :04:56.toddler has suffered a fit but Paul managed to revive her. Alive, well
:04:56. > :05:00.and back in the arms of her Nana. But this time last week, the scene
:05:00. > :05:04.was very different. I was babysitting my granddaughter, she
:05:04. > :05:08.collapsed on the floor but she I was shaking, and her eyes were
:05:08. > :05:13.going back. I panicked. So I grabbed Farrah and ran across the
:05:13. > :05:17.street, to my neighbour, and I just like took her, and I said something
:05:17. > :05:20.the matter with her. Hold her, but she didn't really know neither what
:05:20. > :05:27.was the matter with her. Fortunately bin man Paul Thompson
:05:27. > :05:32.was just round the corner, and he did know, having done a council
:05:32. > :05:38.first-aid course. I saw the little girl in her grandma's arms, and she
:05:38. > :05:41.was struggling to breathe. She was purple in the face, so, and
:05:41. > :05:46.everybody was panicking and hysterical. There was no control.
:05:46. > :05:49.So I decided to act and run over quick, I asked her grandmother for
:05:49. > :05:53.the child. She passed me the child and I put her in the recovery
:05:53. > :05:59.position and I put my finger in her mouth because her tongue was
:05:59. > :06:03.blocking her airway. I pulled the tongue forward with my finger, and
:06:03. > :06:06.she gasped for air. We don't know what would have happened if he
:06:06. > :06:10.couldn't have saved her, started her breathing because the ambulance
:06:10. > :06:14.wasn't near. Nobody else was doing anything. Loads of people in the
:06:14. > :06:20.street, but thrps there was only Paula, like, everybody was
:06:20. > :06:30.panicking, they didn't know. So yes. Paul was brilliant. Really nice guy
:06:30. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:40.He degraded and humiliated his Vic tiing in a horrific attack. Michael
:06:40. > :06:44.Preston beat a woman over the head with a steel bar and then raped her.
:06:44. > :06:51.Today, 31-year-old Preston from Hartlepool was told he was serve a
:06:51. > :06:55.minimum of six-and-a-half years in prison. Michael Preston had just
:06:55. > :07:02.been released from prison when he subjected his victim a judge said,
:07:02. > :07:07.to the most awful physical and sexual violence. Then the police
:07:07. > :07:11.say he tried to destroy the evidence. Outside court, a police
:07:11. > :07:16.officer read out a statement on behalf of Preston's victim.. Now he
:07:16. > :07:20.has been sentenced it stops him attacking anybody else. I have
:07:20. > :07:22.nightmares but I am hoping with time these will fade. I reported
:07:23. > :07:28.the attack because I wanted the man to be caught and brought to justice.
:07:28. > :07:31.Now he has, I can move on. It was here at Thornaby rail depot he
:07:31. > :07:37.carried out the attack. When his victim tried to run away, he picked
:07:37. > :07:41.up a metal bar, and hit her over the head. He then raped her. After
:07:41. > :07:46.the assault he picked up the metal bar again and continued to hit her
:07:46. > :07:52.over the head. Leaving her for dead, he ran away. Amazingly somehow she
:07:53. > :07:56.managed to move herself from here and get help. It was an horrific
:07:56. > :08:00.violent sexual attack which no human being should suffer. The
:08:00. > :08:03.victim showed a great deal of bravery. She was in and out of
:08:03. > :08:08.consciousness and it was a case of pursuing bits of information that
:08:08. > :08:11.we had and she could fill the gaps in, which was difficult but she was
:08:11. > :08:15.very brave. The judge warned him he would serve a long time in prison.
:08:15. > :08:25.Just because he was eligible for parole in six-and-a-half years he
:08:25. > :08:28.said, it was unlikely he would released then. Northern Rock is up
:08:28. > :08:32.for sale. The Chancellor George Osborne made the announcement last
:08:32. > :08:36.night at his Mansion House speech in London. The Newcastle-based bank
:08:36. > :08:40.was taken into public ownership in February 2008 but the intention of
:08:40. > :08:44.the current and previous Government was always to return it to the
:08:44. > :08:47.private sector. Earlier I spoke to the man who first broke the Tory of
:08:47. > :08:53.the Rock's severe financial problem, the BBC's business editor Robert
:08:53. > :08:57.Peston. I asked him who he thinks the likely bidders might be? Well,
:08:57. > :09:06.we know that the Coventry building society, the Yorkshire Building
:09:06. > :09:10.Society, a special company set up to buy banks, called NBNK. Virgin
:09:10. > :09:16.money, they have expressed an interest in at least getting hold
:09:16. > :09:20.of the books and deciding whether to make baid. It is too early to
:09:20. > :09:23.make a prediction about who in the end will put their money on the
:09:23. > :09:28.table and make a serious offer. lot of people still working for
:09:28. > :09:32.Northern Rock up here, what are the implications for jobs? You I know,
:09:32. > :09:37.more, you know I think there must be questions about the outlook for
:09:37. > :09:40.job, frankly whoever buys it. I think it is impossible to make
:09:40. > :09:45.concrete predictions about what will happen but I can understand
:09:45. > :09:49.why people would be nervous. the sale was announced last night
:09:49. > :09:55.but any idea of timescale for a deal? Well, the Treasury wants to
:09:55. > :10:00.get on wit as quickly as possible, they would like to be able to name
:10:00. > :10:05.a preferred buyer before the end of the year, but let us be clear, this
:10:05. > :10:08.is not an easy business to sell. It is loss making, it is relatively
:10:08. > :10:13.small, banking is not a particularly fashionable industry
:10:13. > :10:18.at the moment, there is a lot of money sort of sloshing round, so,
:10:18. > :10:21.you know, although the Government has been advised, that it is
:10:21. > :10:27.sellable, and although the Government is hopeful that it will
:10:27. > :10:34.get about �1 billion for it, we will see whether that turns out to
:10:34. > :10:39.be slightly too optimistic. You know, I think this is going to be a
:10:39. > :10:44.pretty difficult business to sell frankly. More news now and 16
:10:44. > :10:47.primary schools in the North East and Cumbria are in special measure,
:10:47. > :10:51.and face being taken out of council control. The Education Secretary
:10:51. > :10:55.Michael Gove wants to see 200 of the worst performing primary
:10:55. > :11:00.schools in England removed from Local Authority control, and turned
:11:00. > :11:03.into academies. The father of the missing chef Claudia Lawrence has
:11:03. > :11:08.been speaking at a Parliamentary inquiry into the rights of missing
:11:08. > :11:16.people's families. Claudia was last seen in York in March 2009. The
:11:16. > :11:21.session at Westminster looked at whether a legal guard yab ship
:11:21. > :11:26.could help manage affairs. There is no legal mechanism round in England
:11:26. > :11:30.and Wales, for people to deal with all the practical things that you
:11:30. > :11:35.need to do when a missing adult goes missing. Like Claudia, she was
:11:35. > :11:40.34 when she went missing, eshe had her own house, mortgage, car,
:11:40. > :11:44.insurance policy, and you have to try and deal with those with banks
:11:44. > :11:47.and insurance companies saying sorry, you are not our customer, we
:11:47. > :11:51.can't take instructions from you. There has to be something to
:11:51. > :11:55.alleviate that. Let us hope one day that mystery will be solved. It has
:11:55. > :11:59.been teetering on the brink for weeks but could the care home
:11:59. > :12:04.company Southern Cross be heading for better times? A deal has been
:12:04. > :12:07.struck with the Darlington firm's lands Lords which will allow them
:12:07. > :12:16.four months to restructure themselves. But some relatives of
:12:16. > :12:19.those in the homes are concerned. Multi-million pound loss, top level
:12:19. > :12:25.financial talks but actually this is the reality of Southern Cross
:12:25. > :12:27.for many people in our region, ordinary buildings like this one in
:12:27. > :12:34.Darlington where their loved-ones live. This afternoon at this care
:12:34. > :12:37.home, a meeting between residents, relatives, and the management. Now,
:12:37. > :12:41.Southern Cross didn't want us to hear what the relatives said in the
:12:41. > :12:46.meeting. They wouldn't allow us to film that event. It seems even with
:12:46. > :12:50.a financial deal struck for a few months, things are still sensitive.
:12:50. > :12:56.But which did bump into Anne, off to that meeting. Her mum has been
:12:56. > :13:00.in this care home since January. So is she reassured by the latest
:13:00. > :13:04.deal? Not really. Is this particular home going to stay open?
:13:04. > :13:10.Or will it be taken over by another provider? These are the things I
:13:10. > :13:18.want to know. It does worry me when Southern Cross say that they are
:13:18. > :13:22.going to reduce care staff. Most of the people in these care homes are
:13:22. > :13:26.physically disabled, mentally impaired and these people need one-
:13:26. > :13:32.to-one care. An hour later Anne emerged from the meeting. No, there
:13:32. > :13:37.is no answers. It is all, you know, very much up in the air. So the
:13:37. > :13:41.concerns you had are still there? Yes, yes, it could take week,
:13:41. > :13:44.months. Southern Cross say while every effort will be made to
:13:44. > :13:52.minimise redundancies at the home, other changes they are introducing
:13:52. > :13:56.will improve care quality. Staying with financial matters, Newcastle
:13:56. > :14:01.Airport is calling for taxes on individual flights to be replaced
:14:01. > :14:04.with a tax on airport congestion instead. Newcastle is one of ten
:14:05. > :14:08.regional airports arguing that any increase in the current air
:14:08. > :14:12.passenger u duty system would damage business. It says London has
:14:12. > :14:16.the most congested airports and should pay more tax. To allow
:14:16. > :14:22.smaller airports to compete. It argues that flight taxes are
:14:22. > :14:25.deterring low and middle income families from flying. It would
:14:25. > :14:28.stimulate demand. More people would be able to afford to fly. That
:14:28. > :14:34.would allow us to put on more service, that would be beneficial
:14:34. > :14:38.to the private sector in the region. It would help rebalance the economy,
:14:38. > :14:43.and it would just give that stimulus to the regional economy we
:14:43. > :14:48.need. A Carlisle man with a muscle wasting disease is lobbying MPs and
:14:48. > :14:53.train companies in London today, to try to improve access a at railway
:14:53. > :14:57.stations. David Gale says a steep ramp and bridge at Carlisle make
:14:57. > :15:02.life difficult for people with mobility problem, although Virgin
:15:02. > :15:06.has promised to reinstate lifts by 2013 Mr Gale says most stations
:15:06. > :15:11.present problems. He is hoping the meeting will lead to changes.
:15:11. > :15:13.Basically today, I am down in Westminster, to meet many
:15:13. > :15:18.representatives from train operators to discuss disabled
:15:18. > :15:21.access, that is the main reason I'm going down to try and universely
:15:21. > :15:26.improve things on the rail network and hopefully everybody can have
:15:26. > :15:31.the same access. You are watching Look North. Still to come. This
:15:31. > :15:35.Thursday evening. What makes a perfect cup of tea? We reveal the
:15:35. > :15:39.formula the experts say produces the best brew. And there is rain on
:15:39. > :15:48.the way tomorrow, then an improving picture through the course of the
:15:48. > :15:52.weekend. I will have all the weather details shortly. It was
:15:52. > :15:57.billed as the greatest treat for children ever given. But it ended
:15:57. > :16:01.in the lofs 183 young lives. And today, pupils from four schools in
:16:02. > :16:05.Sunderland gathered to remember those who died in the Victoria Hall
:16:05. > :16:15.disaster nearly 130 years ago. They were crushed in a stampede for
:16:15. > :16:20.gifts after a show at the city's concert hall. A ceremony of
:16:20. > :16:27.remembrance. School-children reflecting on history. 183 children
:16:27. > :16:37.their age, died in the Victoria Hall disaster in 1883. Exactly 128
:16:37. > :16:38.
:16:38. > :16:44.years ago today. The names of those lost, each read out. The service
:16:44. > :16:47.led by Father Stephen Edmonds. discovered that nothing is done to
:16:47. > :16:50.recognise this each year and we thought we would come together and
:16:50. > :16:54.acknowledge this event in our city's history. It is a great sign
:16:54. > :16:58.of hope for us, that in the middle of this disaster, here are children
:16:58. > :17:03.who want to tell the story and to be involved in telling that history,
:17:04. > :17:08.to grown ups. At the long demolished Victoria Hall an
:17:08. > :17:12.entertainer offered free Geoffs to children. Many in the gallery
:17:12. > :17:15.rushed down the staircase. They met a partly bolted inward opening door,
:17:15. > :17:22.they couldn't get out. Within minutes children were getting
:17:22. > :17:31.crushed. 100 were seriously injured and many died, but their story
:17:31. > :17:33.firmly present in the hearts and minds of those here today.
:17:33. > :17:40.people died. They thought have thought about the doors before they
:17:40. > :17:44.put so many children in there of them were really young. Like
:17:44. > :17:47.three-year-old. Made us quite upset. Nay have been studying in it school
:17:47. > :17:50.so we have tried to bring it the life and make it a community event.
:17:50. > :17:54.A lot of older people are interested in what they are
:17:54. > :17:59.studying in the classroom. In the Sunderland museum one of gift, a
:17:59. > :18:04.rocking horse damaged on the day in the chaos. After today's event, it
:18:04. > :18:14.is hoped that all schools in this community can be involved for the
:18:14. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:18.130th anniversary. Amazing. Now, just about everyone loves a cup of
:18:18. > :18:22.tea. Especially here in the north, where we drink more than seven
:18:22. > :18:27.million cups of the stuff every day. But do we know how to make it
:18:27. > :18:33.properly? Don't shout at once because researchers at Northumbria
:18:33. > :18:38.university have come up with the formula for the perfect cuppa. It
:18:38. > :18:45.doesn't involve warming the pot! There is nothing so British as a
:18:45. > :18:50.cup of tea. And nothing that can sometimes divide us more either
:18:50. > :18:55.like to squash mine against the cup with the spoon. A lot of guys make
:18:55. > :19:00.tea, they take the bag out and plop it on the bench. It is important
:19:00. > :19:06.how you have your tea. What do you think about putting the milk in
:19:06. > :19:13.second? Never. I always put the milling in last. Do you? What is
:19:13. > :19:16.your perfect cup of tea? Cider. what better news that that of a new
:19:16. > :19:21.formula for perfect cup of tea. Scientists at Northumbria
:19:21. > :19:27.university have spent months researching it We prepared 285 cups
:19:27. > :19:34.of tea. We use quite a few panellists to describe the tea. It
:19:34. > :19:37.is ball balanced. The flavour and milkyness is balanced. So with our
:19:37. > :19:43.region's rich history of tea making what better place to put to it the
:19:43. > :19:50.test than at ring on thes. So here it is, the formula for the perfect
:19:50. > :19:55.cuppa. So first it is TB, which is tea bag. You add freshly boiled
:19:55. > :20:04.water. Then BT. Brewing time. You need to leave it for two minutes.
:20:04. > :20:09.Thirdly. M. Milk. You need to add tenmls. Then brewing time again.
:20:09. > :20:15.Wait six minutes and then you should get your perfect cuppa at a
:20:15. > :20:19.temperature of 60 degrees. But do u the expects agree? Simon, what do
:20:19. > :20:23.you think? Well, for me, I would brow it for longer, everybody likes
:20:23. > :20:26.their tea their own individual way. I think I know my way and you
:20:26. > :20:31.probably know yours so I don't think in reality there really is a
:20:31. > :20:41.perfect way. So experts here at ring on thes say it is a personal
:20:41. > :20:43.
:20:43. > :20:47.choice. For me, it is missing a vital ingredient. A jammie dodger.
:20:47. > :20:51.Other biscuits are available. Of course! Not that I eat them any
:20:51. > :20:56.more. I do enjoy a cup of tea. I saw you with a biscuit the other
:20:56. > :21:06.day. You are fussy about your tea. I like the put the milk in second.
:21:06. > :21:08.
:21:08. > :21:10.If you put too much in first it is ruined. Men are so fussy! Big news.
:21:10. > :21:13.He led Newcastle United to promotion and helped them cement
:21:13. > :21:16.their place back in the Premier League, but today Kevin Nolan
:21:16. > :21:19.completed his transfer to relegated West Ham United. His five year deal
:21:19. > :21:22.is thought to be worth up to �4 million. Meanwhile a Hammers
:21:22. > :21:26.striker has been on Tyneside this afternoon, hoping to move in the
:21:26. > :21:29.opposite direction. Fellow midfielder Joey Barton,
:21:29. > :21:34.whose own future on Tyneside is uncertain, had already bemoaned the
:21:34. > :21:39.likely departure of Kevin Nolan via Twitter. "Great player, leader,
:21:39. > :21:42.captain, person, trainer and mostly a friend for life" he said.
:21:42. > :21:45.Nolan, who teams up again with old boss Sam Allardyce, the new West
:21:45. > :21:48.Ham manager, scored some important goals for Newcastle, but perhaps
:21:48. > :21:52.his leadership qualities in a squad renowned for its good team spirit
:21:52. > :21:55.will be most missed. The length of contract he wanted
:21:55. > :21:57.was the biggest sticking point according to Magpies boss Alan
:21:57. > :22:00.Pardew today, with the club's hierarchy unwilling to hand out
:22:00. > :22:05.long-term contract extensions to the likes of Nolan and Barton.
:22:05. > :22:08.Expect a more youthful squad at St James's come August.
:22:08. > :22:11.One of the new arrivals could well be West Ham's Senegalese striker
:22:11. > :22:15.Demba Ba, who arrived at St James's Park this afternoon to discuss a
:22:15. > :22:18.move from Upton Park. On Wearside, meanwhile, news that
:22:18. > :22:20.Sunderland supporters have been officially named as the best
:22:20. > :22:29.behaved in the Premier League last season. Chairman Niall Quinn will
:22:29. > :22:32.be asking fans how the �20,000 prize money should be spent.
:22:32. > :22:35.The draw for the first round of the Carling Cup hasn't thrown up any
:22:35. > :22:37.particular highlights for our teams. A League One clash for Hartlepool,
:22:37. > :22:42.who take on newly relegated Sheffield United at Victoria Park,
:22:42. > :22:45.while Carlisle travel to Oldham. But the former Middlesbrough boss,
:22:45. > :22:48.Steve McClaren, who succeeded Billy Davies as Nottingham Forest manager
:22:48. > :22:51.earlier this week, has a local derby on his hands. McClaren was
:22:51. > :22:54.presented to the media at the City Ground today, and now knows his
:22:54. > :23:03.first Cup tie back in English football will see his Forest side
:23:03. > :23:07.take on local rivals Notts County. Disappointment for the trainer and
:23:07. > :23:10.owner of Blue Bajan in this afternoon's Gold Cup at Ascot.
:23:10. > :23:14.Owner John Hollowood forked out �25,000 to enter his horse, trained
:23:14. > :23:19.at Middleham by David O'Meara, as a late runner, but it was one gamble
:23:19. > :23:22.that didn't pay off. Despite being well backed, Blue Bajan eventually
:23:22. > :23:28.crossed the line in tenth place in the oldest race at Royal Ascot.
:23:28. > :23:31.Favourite Fame and Glory was the winner.
:23:31. > :23:34.And Durham's cricketers are aiming to be Twenty20 winners tonight for
:23:34. > :23:37.the second time this week. After beating leaders Notts on Tuesday at
:23:37. > :23:40.Chester-le-Street, they'll be trying to do the double when the
:23:40. > :23:50.teams take to the field at Trent Bridge. The game starts at 7
:23:50. > :23:52.
:23:52. > :23:56.o'clock. The weather has been o'clock. The weather has been
:23:56. > :24:00.decent. But is it changable? It is very fickle. It is a case of making
:24:00. > :24:04.hay while the sunshines. Tonight's weather photographers have been
:24:04. > :24:11.doing just that. A lovely traditional blue sky looking out
:24:11. > :24:18.across Ullswater. This time of the year, another traditional shot,
:24:18. > :24:25.this time on Newcastle Town Moor. The Hoppings being set up at the
:24:25. > :24:31.minute. Lovely sunshine there. It gets under way tomorrow for nine
:24:31. > :24:34.days. Tomorrow, we have got rain on the way. It's a dry start for most.
:24:34. > :24:37.Rain spreading to most places through the course of day and it is
:24:37. > :24:40.changeable for the weekend as well. So more of that in a second. There
:24:40. > :24:44.were a few showers round today, most through the morning, they
:24:44. > :24:51.tended to fizzle out by the afternoon, clear away from that
:24:51. > :24:55.North East coast by tea time and most rounding the day on a fine day.
:24:55. > :24:59.One or two showers in western Cumbria. They might not disappear
:24:59. > :25:03.through the night but most places stay dry, the longest clear spells
:25:03. > :25:08.in the east again and temperatures, well generally down between eight
:25:08. > :25:13.and 10C but a few spots in the east could be a few degrees colder than
:25:13. > :25:18.that. Five or six in one or two spots by the end of the night.
:25:18. > :25:21.Those showers in the west first thing tomorrow, they will become
:25:21. > :25:24.more widespread. The early bright innocence the east starts to fade
:25:24. > :25:28.as the cloud thickens up and through the afternoon most places
:25:28. > :25:32.will see some outbreaks of rain. I say most places, if you are near
:25:32. > :25:36.the North East coast you will hang on to the cryest weather longest
:25:36. > :25:39.but by team time many of us will have seen some rain. The rain more
:25:40. > :25:48.persistent in the west. That is where temperatures will struggle.
:25:48. > :25:55.The eastern areas that will see the best temperatures. Come frt further
:25:55. > :25:59.west the rain is there the longest. 14 to 16 typical, that is round
:25:59. > :26:03.about 60 degrees Fahrenheit. South- easterly winds on the fresh side.
:26:03. > :26:06.That is bringing wet and windy weather. That low pressure and
:26:06. > :26:10.weather front. It hangs round for a time on Saturday. Gradually moves
:26:10. > :26:14.away as the low moves over Scandinavia and things improve as
:26:14. > :26:18.we head into Sunday. It looks as if you are out and about over the
:26:18. > :26:22.weekend, that Sunday looks the better of the todays. I think there
:26:22. > :26:26.will be dry bright weather in the west. Keswick, some bright spells.
:26:26. > :26:32.Further east we are more likely to see outbreaks of rain on and off.
:26:32. > :26:35.Eventually ta rain clearing away as we head into Saturday evening, and
:26:35. > :26:40.jou overnight and Sunday looks a much improved picture. Temperatures
:26:40. > :26:45.with sunny spell, maybe as high as 19C. Lighter wind all together a
:26:45. > :26:49.more summary feel for Sunday. Remember to keep your June weather
:26:49. > :26:54.pictures coming as well. You might be lucky and feature as the June
:26:54. > :27:01.page in our weather calendar. If you wanted to know how the e-mail
:27:01. > :27:08.them to us the details are on the website. That is the way the
:27:08. > :27:13.weather is looking. If it is the Hoppings it usually means rain. The
:27:13. > :27:19.headlines. Britain's high street shops saw a drop in sales last
:27:19. > :27:23.month. They fell by 1.4%. A bigger drop than predicted and 300 jobs
:27:23. > :27:28.look set to be create in the the North East as Siemens is named the