:00:06. > :00:09.Welcome to Friday's Look North. In tonight's headlines:
:00:09. > :00:14.The North's biggest employer tells its staff it's raising the
:00:14. > :00:22.retirement age to 66. Find our hero. Two teenagers want
:00:22. > :00:27.to say thanks to the runner who helped save their lives. A big
:00:27. > :00:31.thank you. Desolately. If it wasn't for him... The we'd be dead.
:00:31. > :00:34.Academies row. Critics say good schools are being bribed to opt out
:00:34. > :00:36.of council control. And the grand design from a student
:00:36. > :00:38.that's caught the attention of a prestigious theatre.
:00:38. > :00:41.In sport, get your diaries handy because next season football
:00:41. > :00:51.fixtures are out. And striker Demba Ba is Newcastle's
:00:51. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:02.One in three workers in the region had a nasty surprise today. The
:01:02. > :01:07.Government confirmed it intends to make people like teachers, nurses
:01:07. > :01:10.and civil servants work much longer before they can claim their pension.
:01:10. > :01:14.At present, workers in the public sector pension scheme can retire at
:01:14. > :01:20.60. This will rise to 66 within a decade to match the state pension
:01:20. > :01:27.age. And, in future, it will be 68 at least for younger workers.
:01:27. > :01:35.Adrian Pitches reports. So, when are you hoping to retire?
:01:35. > :01:40.When? I think a good retirement age would be... Around about 50... 55
:01:40. > :01:45.would be nice. I don't think I'll be retiring until 70. I would like
:01:45. > :01:50.to retire in my mid-50s. I'd like to retire 55 so I am young enough
:01:50. > :01:54.to enjoy it. But I think financially I'm going to be older.
:01:54. > :01:57.60. The Government has said that, in future, public sector workers
:01:57. > :02:00.who currently retire at 60 won't be able to retire until the state
:02:00. > :02:08.pension age. And that age is increasing. Today, the state
:02:08. > :02:11.pension age is 60 years old for equalise to 65 for both sexes. But
:02:11. > :02:19.in 2020, the age will increase to 66, and future rises to even older
:02:19. > :02:29.The pension changes are worse for people under the age of 34 who face
:02:29. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:38.working until they're 68 or beyond. I'm 32. I've seen the past -- in
:02:38. > :02:44.the past, I would expect to work until I was 60. That was increased
:02:44. > :02:51.to 65, and now what is potentially 68. The concern is by the time I am
:02:51. > :02:55.68, will I be able to retire, or will the goalposts be moved again?
:02:55. > :03:04.As a new mum, you stop thinking, will my children have to support
:03:04. > :03:08.me? It is not a nice thought when your child is only four weeks old.
:03:08. > :03:14.The majority of workers in the public sector, particularly in the
:03:14. > :03:19.local government, are women and the average pension for a woman council
:03:19. > :03:24.work is �2,800. The average pension for men and women is �4,200, so we
:03:24. > :03:28.are going to see a disproportionate impact within women on this region
:03:28. > :03:31.and the public sector. Public sector pensions matter in the North
:03:31. > :03:36.East because a third of the work force is employed in the public
:03:36. > :03:43.sector. One of the biggest employers is the Department for
:03:43. > :03:49.Work and Pensions. 7,500 people work for the Department. And none
:03:49. > :03:52.of them will want to see their pension age increased by six years.
:03:52. > :03:55.A pair of teenagers who spent a terrifying half hour fighting for
:03:55. > :03:58.their lives in the River Wear want to meet the young man who helped
:03:58. > :04:02.save them. 16-year-old Jade fell backwards into the river, and her
:04:02. > :04:05.best friend, Parishe, jumped in to try to save her. Their screams
:04:05. > :04:09.alerted the attention of a lone jogger, who, they say, saved their
:04:09. > :04:16.lives. Now they want to meet him personally to say thanks. Lyttanya
:04:16. > :04:22.Shannon reports from Sunderland. It started as a leisurely stroll by
:04:22. > :04:27.along Sunderland's Quayside. But it soon turned into a nightmare.
:04:28. > :04:30.was sitting on the back pole, one leg either side, and I kept telling
:04:30. > :04:35.her to get down because I had a horrible feeling something was
:04:35. > :04:42.going to happen. She lifted her leg up to get over the other side and
:04:42. > :04:47.she fell backwards. I just heard a splash and I couldn't see her. I
:04:47. > :04:52.looked over the bars and I couldn't see her. When I got to the top, I
:04:52. > :04:56.saw her at the top, and I was absolutely screaming. I thought I
:04:56. > :05:01.was dead. Parishe, being a strong swimmer and knowing her best friend
:05:01. > :05:07.suffered from asthma, was faced with a decision. There was nobody
:05:07. > :05:11.about, I didn't have a phone. Jade dropped her phone in the refer. I
:05:11. > :05:14.jumped in because I didn't want to see her, like, suffered by herself.
:05:14. > :05:17.The girls say they were left treading water for around 15
:05:17. > :05:21.minutes in what was a mid-tide. All the time screaming for help.
:05:21. > :05:23.Eventually, it came in the form of a young man who threw them a
:05:23. > :05:31.lifebelt and called the emergency services. But in the commotion of
:05:31. > :05:37.the rescue, they never got to meet him. He was really calm, light, he
:05:37. > :05:43.just kept looking over. He just kept talking to us, asking our
:05:43. > :05:47.names. And now they just have one thing to say. A big thank you.
:05:47. > :05:50.it wasn't for him, we'd be dead. was the fire service and RLNI who
:05:50. > :05:54.rescued the girls from the river, but even the professionals have
:05:54. > :06:01.praise for this unknown good Samaritan. No doubt, or without him,
:06:01. > :06:05.the girls, given the -- giving seek emergency services and accurate
:06:05. > :06:08.location, it would have been a totally different outcome. As it
:06:08. > :06:18.stands, the girls are fine. But if they've taken anything from this,
:06:18. > :06:19.
:06:19. > :06:23.it's a hard lesson on how to be The inquest into the death of
:06:23. > :06:26.gunman Raoul Moat is set to focus on the time he was contained by the
:06:26. > :06:29.police in the Northumberland village of Rothbury to the moment
:06:29. > :06:33.he was declared dead. The details were revealed during a pre-inquest
:06:33. > :06:38.review at Newcastle Civic Centre. The hearing in September is due to
:06:38. > :06:41.last around four weeks. The brother of the Sunderland
:06:41. > :06:46.footballer, Titus Bramble, has been found guilty of raping a teenager
:06:46. > :06:49.at this Newcastle hotel. Tesfaye Bramble, who's 30 and a former
:06:49. > :06:51.professional footballer, was convicted at Leeds Crown Court of
:06:51. > :06:56.raping a 19-year-old woman in the Vermont Hotel in Newcastle
:06:56. > :07:00.following a night out. He's been warned he faces jail. He'll be
:07:00. > :07:03.sentenced in August. Teachers running the North's newest
:07:03. > :07:08.academy schools believe pupils will receive more funding by opting out
:07:08. > :07:11.of local authority control. Yesterday, the Government announced
:07:11. > :07:15.plans for up to 16 failing primary schools to become academies across
:07:15. > :07:19.the North East and Cumbria. A lot of successful schools have already
:07:19. > :07:22.chosen to become academies. Critics say schools are being "bribed" to
:07:22. > :07:28.take part, and that pupils at other schools which choose not to become
:07:28. > :07:32.academies could lose out. Emily Unia reports.
:07:32. > :07:34.Lunchtime at Seaton Academy in Workington. Last September, it was
:07:34. > :07:37.the first school in Cumbria to take-up the government's offer for
:07:37. > :07:43.outstanding schools to leave local authority control and convert to
:07:43. > :07:46.academy status. For pupils there, there's a new name and new uniforms,
:07:46. > :07:56.but for those running the school, it means no more queuing for
:07:56. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:00.handouts. Primarily, for us, it was about freedom and independence.
:08:00. > :08:05.Money was a factor. When we converted, one of the first things
:08:05. > :08:09.we did, because we were then in full control of our funds, was to
:08:09. > :08:12.carry out some essential and a long awaited repair us. By this autumn,
:08:12. > :08:15.dozens more schools in the north east and Cumbria will have chosen
:08:15. > :08:17.to become academies and it seems money is a motive, but critics say
:08:17. > :08:21.the system's divisive. Academies will continue to divide opinion,
:08:21. > :08:24.but one thing's certain - the government wants more of them.
:08:24. > :08:29.is trying to bribe schools, the better schools into becoming
:08:29. > :08:36.Academies. It doesn't make sense. It is like robbing Peter to pay
:08:36. > :08:40.Paul, which isn't a moral stance, because you then think, I am -- I
:08:40. > :08:49.am all right, Jack, it is just our school. But if you look wider and
:08:49. > :08:52.have properly funded education throughout, that is much better.
:08:52. > :08:55.The government wants more of these kinds of Academies.
:08:55. > :08:59.And MPs will be debating the new academies on the Politics Show,
:08:59. > :09:02.that's this Sunday, at noon, here on BBC One.
:09:02. > :09:06.A North East Euro MP says 80 workers at a Northumberland factory
:09:06. > :09:09.have been left in limbo without work or pay. Liberal Democrat Fiona
:09:09. > :09:14.Hall says staff at HA Interiors in Cramlington haven't been paid for
:09:14. > :09:17.May and it's feared they won't be paid for June as well. She says
:09:17. > :09:22.she's asked the German parent company for answers. No-one from
:09:22. > :09:25.the firm was available for comment. 26 jobs are to go at Newcastle's
:09:25. > :09:29.Evening Chronicle, as printing of the newspaper is moved out of the
:09:29. > :09:33.city. The Chronicle will now be produced in Middlesbrough at the
:09:33. > :09:38.Teesside Gazette print works. 15 print jobs will go, while 11
:09:38. > :09:41.editorial posts will disappear. The Chronicle, currently printed mid-
:09:41. > :09:45.morning, is to move to a single edition, meaning the paper will be
:09:45. > :09:48.available in shops two to three hours earlier.
:09:48. > :09:53.A �750,000 footbridge installed as part of Carlisle's controversial
:09:53. > :09:56.Millennium scheme has shut. And it's likely to be closed for some
:09:56. > :10:00.time. The Irishgate Bridge was designed to reunite the city's
:10:00. > :10:08.walls with the castle. But corrosion, caused by winter ice,
:10:08. > :10:10.has forced it to close on safety grounds. Mark McAlindon reports.
:10:10. > :10:13.The installation of Irishgate Bridge one spring night 11 years
:10:13. > :10:17.ago was the centrepiece of what was a controversial Millennium scheme.
:10:17. > :10:24.It was designed to help get people to and from the city centre and the
:10:24. > :10:29.historic castle, but now stands shut. There was some concerns
:10:29. > :10:33.raised about a point where the bridge was connected to the main
:10:33. > :10:37.girder, a supporting structure, and the concern was what I had got into
:10:37. > :10:42.the girder, causing it to rust, and earlier on in the winter when we
:10:42. > :10:47.had a cold winter, we think some of the water froze, expanded and did
:10:47. > :10:50.some damage to the metalwork of the bridge frame. There is no doubt
:10:50. > :10:56.this caused an awful lot of controversy when this bridge was
:10:56. > :11:00.opened. It was installed at a cost of �750,000 and it wasn't popular.
:11:00. > :11:03.The Civic Trust criticised it for being too modern and out of
:11:03. > :11:12.character. It seems people here want to see it reopened and
:11:12. > :11:16.reopened quickly. It is a path away from here across to the castle.
:11:16. > :11:20.need this Bridge Road and because all the buses coming in with
:11:20. > :11:25.tourists, they find it difficult to access the city. But it could be
:11:25. > :11:28.some time. We need to do some calculations on the load-bearing
:11:28. > :11:32.effect on the bridge, where there is worry about the structural
:11:32. > :11:35.integrity of the bridge. And until we have done that, it is difficult
:11:35. > :11:40.to say what repairs need to be done, therefore it is difficult to say
:11:40. > :11:44.how long it will take. Three quarters of a million pounds
:11:44. > :11:47.has been donated by the Enid Blyton Trust for Children to Seven Stories,
:11:47. > :11:50.the National Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle. Last year, the
:11:50. > :11:52.centre bought the rare and original typescripts of some of her best-
:11:52. > :11:58.known work, like the Famous Five, Secret Seven and Noddy series,
:11:58. > :12:02.founding the only publicly accessible archive of Enid Blyton.
:12:02. > :12:12.The Trust has now decided to donate all its assets to support the work
:12:12. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:19.of Seven Stories. The man who has taken thousands of people to the
:12:19. > :12:23.Farne Islands including the Queen Mother has died in hospital
:12:24. > :12:30.Newcastle. He has been -- he had been conducting the boat trips for
:12:30. > :12:33.more than 60 years. He was what -- he was awarded an MBE in 19 in
:12:33. > :12:36.other news, the Lake District is the setting for another great North
:12:36. > :12:43.event. I in a North Northumberland coast
:12:43. > :12:45.and I will be back at the end with They are only ten centimetres high,
:12:45. > :12:49.but their antics below the floorboards have captivated
:12:49. > :12:54.children for decades. Ever since the author Mary Norton introduced
:12:54. > :12:58.them in 1952. They are, of course, The Borrowers, and the sets were
:12:59. > :13:01.beautifully scaled-up for TV and film. Well, now you can see them
:13:01. > :13:11.again, painstakingly recreated by a young design student at Cleveland
:13:11. > :13:14.
:13:14. > :13:21.College in Hartlepool. Peter Lugg You'll remember the Borrowers from
:13:21. > :13:24.children's television in the 1980s. Say -- based on the books by Mary
:13:24. > :13:27.Norton, it told of a world below the floorboards. Little people who
:13:27. > :13:31.lived their lives separate from humans, but who got by by borrowing
:13:31. > :13:33.and adapting things they found in the big house. Well, here they are,
:13:33. > :13:43.brought back to life through the imagination of designer Nicholas
:13:43. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:49.Hope. I love the story, I loved the idea of the small people, taking
:13:49. > :13:54.things. And utilising them to build a home and learning to survive, and
:13:54. > :13:56.this is what I have made, a borrowed home to human scale.
:13:56. > :13:59.impressive are Nick's borrowed creations that Newcastle's Theatre
:13:59. > :14:06.Royal will be using them as sets for a new children's place. --
:14:06. > :14:10.children's play. It is about a little girl who, through a personal
:14:10. > :14:15.crisis, she wishes the ground would open up and swallow her. Next thing,
:14:15. > :14:22.she has fallen through the floorboards, sitting in dust, and
:14:22. > :14:26.is in a place where their promising things for around her. -- where
:14:26. > :14:29.there are missing things. And Nick isn't the only student whose work
:14:29. > :14:32.has caught the eye at Cleveland College's graduation show. This lot
:14:32. > :14:38.could be coming to a theme park near you. The guests will go and
:14:38. > :14:43.interact, that is the idea, interaction. At moving dinosaurs,
:14:43. > :14:45.riding a gold river at the end of it. And if you feel the need for
:14:45. > :14:53.some artistic inspiration, the exhibition remains open until
:14:53. > :14:57.tomorrow afternoon. They are slow, noisy, not very good
:14:57. > :15:03.at going up hills, and some of them are held together with bits of
:15:03. > :15:06.string. But the an Volkswagen -- Volkswagen Campervan remains as
:15:06. > :15:08.popular as ever. This weekend, VWs of all shapes and sizes are
:15:08. > :15:11.expected at Druridge Bay in Northumberland, for the annual
:15:11. > :15:21.Mighty Dubfest. So why do people love these old relics? Our reporter,
:15:21. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:31.Damian O'Neil, has been finding out. I first need to decline and I am
:15:31. > :15:37.not an impartial reporter. -- to declare. I am mad about the
:15:37. > :15:43.Campervan. This is mine, in Riviera, imported from America, and it is 34
:15:43. > :15:48.years old, about the same age as me. What I really like is the fact this
:15:48. > :15:55.came over from California and it had a life over there for 30 years.
:15:55. > :15:59.And now, it has another life in the north-east, I really love that. But
:15:59. > :16:04.I am far from alone in my enthusiasm. Here at the Mighty
:16:04. > :16:10.Dubfest, they have been queuing all morning to get a place. It is in
:16:10. > :16:14.the second year. Last year at Cosworth park. We know about
:16:14. > :16:18.Druridge Bay and it is a fantastic venue with its beach, its lake, so
:16:18. > :16:25.we came here and it has been fantastic. Sir what is the appeal
:16:25. > :16:30.of it? I have always been into them. I have had it about two years, it
:16:30. > :16:36.was rusty when I bought it and cost a lot, but it is in good condition
:16:37. > :16:45.now. A look around you, it is Family Fun! People think I am mad,
:16:45. > :16:49.but I think they are cool. It is a social thing. You meet friends you
:16:49. > :16:56.have not seen, and wait for the next weekend and you are a way
:16:56. > :17:00.again! For a cool. It is the freedom, they are not as big as
:17:00. > :17:07.some of the bigger things, and it is just brilliant. The Mighty
:17:07. > :17:12.Dubfest Runs until Sunday. The site is full for VWs, but you can still
:17:13. > :17:18.come with a tenth if you want to look. -- a tenth.
:17:18. > :17:25.I am jealous! I have always wanted to do that, but my luck -- but my
:17:25. > :17:31.wife once too much comfort! And a big date in the football world, and
:17:31. > :17:34.we have been waiting all week! Next season's football fixtures came out
:17:34. > :17:39.this morning, and it has thrown up some tough opening ties for our
:17:39. > :17:43.Premier League teams. The one all Sunderland and Newcastle fans look
:17:43. > :17:44.out for is the first derby of the season, and they won't have to wait
:17:44. > :17:48.very long. After leaving Sunderland for
:17:48. > :17:51.Liverpool in a �20 million deal last week, Gordon Henderson will be
:17:52. > :17:56.up against his old team-mate at Anfield on the first day of the new
:17:56. > :18:01.season and will inspect to be -- will expect to be on the winning
:18:01. > :18:05.side after a spending spree on Merseyside. And the first Derby is
:18:05. > :18:12.on the second weekend of the new campaign, but the kick-off on
:18:13. > :18:17.August 20th is likely to be brought forward. And at Newcastle will
:18:17. > :18:20.entertain Arsenal. This was a memorable draw last season. After
:18:20. > :18:26.travelling to Wearside the following week for the first Derby,
:18:27. > :18:30.the reverse fixture is on March 3rd. Meanwhile in the Football League,
:18:30. > :18:33.first up for Tony Mowbray and Middlesbrough is Portsmouth in the
:18:33. > :18:43.Championship, he had North. Followed by a clash against Leeds
:18:43. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:48.at Elland Road. Carlisle begin with a tie against Notts County.
:18:48. > :18:52.Newcastle have signed former West Ham striker again Baba -- Demba Ba
:18:52. > :18:55.late this afternoon. The Senegalese international, who scored seven
:18:55. > :18:57.goals in 13 appearances for the Hammers last season, has signed a
:18:57. > :19:01.three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, and is Alan Pardew's second
:19:01. > :19:04.summer signing after French midfielder Yohan Cabaye. His
:19:04. > :19:07.arrival might go some way towards easing the disappointment of Kevin
:19:07. > :19:15.Nolan's move to Upton Park. The striker himself is delighted to be
:19:15. > :19:20.on Tyneside. I do not know, I cannot wait to see.
:19:20. > :19:24.I am going to work harder to score goals, and after that, I have heard
:19:24. > :19:30.the atmosphere is great and unbelievable, so I cannot wait to
:19:30. > :19:37.get some goals to see how the fans will react. I am just happy I am
:19:37. > :19:40.playing in this club where will the famous striker's place. -- all the
:19:40. > :19:43.famous strikers play. Britain's biggest swimming event is
:19:43. > :19:46.taking place in the Lake District this weekend. It is the Great North
:19:46. > :19:50.Swim, and more than 10,000 people have entered to swim across
:19:51. > :19:56.Windermere. Here is Richard Askam. This is where the swimmers finished,
:19:57. > :20:02.after their two mile gruelling swim around Windermere. About 900 will
:20:02. > :20:06.take part today. 10,000 over the weekend. People from all over the
:20:06. > :20:11.country and north-east have come, and I have spoken to a lady from
:20:11. > :20:15.Southend, a man from Glasgow. Different swimmers, some very good
:20:15. > :20:20.swimmers and some not so good swimmers. It has really captured
:20:20. > :20:25.the imagination this year. With me is event director Alex Jackson. How
:20:25. > :20:31.pleased are you with how it has gone so far? They replaced, great
:20:31. > :20:37.to see so many people here. -- very pleased. We have Friday, Saturday
:20:37. > :20:43.and Sunday, it is Britain's biggest swimming event, fantastic. I has it
:20:43. > :20:50.surprised even knew how it has taken off? It has grown to 10,000
:20:50. > :20:54.swimmers. We started with one day in 2008 and have gone up to 10,000
:20:54. > :20:58.in three days and increased the number of races, so it has been
:20:58. > :21:02.phenomenal. It is get -- it is great to get people in the water
:21:02. > :21:07.and exercising. Has it affected preparations that you have to
:21:07. > :21:11.cancel it Austria because of algae in the water? Now we were very
:21:11. > :21:16.disappointed last year but safety is paramount and so we could not go
:21:16. > :21:23.ahead. We have brought the date forward to June this year and have
:21:24. > :21:29.a safety advisory group in place. We have rigid protocols on water
:21:29. > :21:35.testing. And results were clear so here we are having a great weekend.
:21:35. > :21:40.The weather has not been too bad, so a link will go off on Saturday
:21:40. > :21:43.and Sunday about 8:30am. -- the swimming will go off.
:21:43. > :21:48.In rugby union, Newcastle Falcons have signed South African fullback
:21:48. > :21:52.Greg Koussa. -- Greg Goosen. The 27 year old is a former ex-Natal
:21:52. > :21:56.Sharks player, but has been playing his rugby in France for the last
:21:56. > :21:58.five years with Racing Metro and La Rochelle. That was not him! He is
:21:58. > :22:01.due to join up with the Falcons on July 1st.
:22:01. > :22:03.The hectic schedule continues for our cricketers. Durham and
:22:03. > :22:08.Yorkshire meet in the County Championship tomorrow, but tonight,
:22:08. > :22:15.they are both trying to get their Twenty20 campaigns back on track.
:22:15. > :22:25.Durham are away at Leicestershire's... But rain has
:22:25. > :22:26.
:22:27. > :22:31.stopped play. And in the Roses clash at Headingley, Yorkshire
:22:31. > :22:34.could set a pretty decent score. It is a big weekend of motor-racing
:22:34. > :22:39.for the region. Top of the bill at Croft, near Darlington, will be the
:22:39. > :22:41.latest three rounds of the British Touring Car Championship. But the
:22:41. > :22:44.supporting races will also catch the eye because of some famous
:22:44. > :22:54.names. Mark Tulip explains. My brother is
:22:54. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :22:59.the best because he is fast and will be in Formula One one-day!
:22:59. > :23:04.is not easy coming out of the shadow of a successful sibling, but
:23:04. > :23:08.Nicholas Hamilton is just a few races into his own motor racing
:23:08. > :23:13.career three years after half brother Lewis was crowned World
:23:13. > :23:18.Champion. Seven years younger than Lewis, Nick has cerebral palsy, so
:23:19. > :23:23.his car has had to be modified. Not to improve spewed -- not to improve
:23:23. > :23:29.speed or performance, but to enable him to compete against his more
:23:29. > :23:35.able-bodied counterpart. I am going to see it as an advantage and when
:23:35. > :23:39.we do finally succeed, it will be a bit more of an achievement than an
:23:39. > :23:44.able-bodied person, I guess. brothers have provided inspiration
:23:44. > :23:49.for each other and for each other closely. The she has come out we
:23:49. > :23:53.did not see any as a family as a racer because of my legs and the
:23:53. > :23:58.way everything has gone -- did not seen the. But Lewis is having to
:23:58. > :24:04.sit on the sidelines and watch me! Today, were brought together for
:24:04. > :24:09.the first time neck and Joshua, the son of Damien Hill and grandson of
:24:09. > :24:15.legendary Graham. So was he always destined to race? And I did not get
:24:15. > :24:20.into it until 15 so I was not interested in motor sport. I had a
:24:20. > :24:25.go in a go-kart and quite liked it, so I asked my Dad if I could go for
:24:25. > :24:30.it. We entered in the right and drive Championship and it went from
:24:30. > :24:37.there. It has not been a lifelong ambition, a pretty recent career,
:24:37. > :24:43.but it is going well so far off! It is a great event, we hope the
:24:43. > :24:53.weather also a good for them. Fat chance! Hannah has got the
:24:53. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :25:01.Bright here at Druridge Bay for the Mighty Dubfest. I answer for up --
:25:01. > :25:05.I am surrounded by VWs, and we have good weather, but quite breezy. It
:25:05. > :25:11.will be rainy on Saturday and Sunday, particularly heavy tomorrow.
:25:11. > :25:20.Pretty disappointing again for June. It will cloud over in the evening
:25:20. > :25:25.in the West. It will become widespread by the early hours and.
:25:25. > :25:33.The rain continues on Sunday temperatures no more than 16
:25:33. > :25:43.Celsius tomorrow, cooler than today. Rain will continue through the
:25:43. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:47.weekend. Possibly some sunshine on Sunday. For the next three days
:25:47. > :25:51.after tomorrow, it start off wet and breezy on Sunday in the north-
:25:51. > :25:56.east and Cumbria. It will be dry and brighter by the end of the day
:25:56. > :26:01.with potential for sunshine on Father's Day. On Monday and Tuesday,
:26:01. > :26:07.in the north-east and in the West, it will stay unsettled, with more
:26:07. > :26:13.showers or longer spells of rain to come. So again, a disappointing
:26:13. > :26:20.weekend after that very dry spring continues. A load of events this
:26:20. > :26:25.weekend, of course. Not just for Mighty Dubfest, but also the Great
:26:25. > :26:30.North Swim at Wind near, what we are expecting to be pretty wet, and
:26:30. > :26:39.the Whitehaven Festival. -- at Swindon near. Music fans will not
:26:39. > :26:46.let the weather put them off. Drizzle and rain both days. That is
:26:46. > :26:52.in Whitehaven. And local folklore has it the arrival of a hopping is
:26:52. > :27:02.in Newcastle will bring always sung wet weather, and this year is no
:27:02. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:13.different. -- The Hoppings. So very unsettled for the next few days and
:27:13. > :27:15.-- next week. Now for a final look at tonight's
:27:15. > :27:17.headlines. The Government has announced plans to reform public
:27:17. > :27:20.sector pensions, including making people contribute more and work
:27:20. > :27:23.until the age of 66. And two teenage girls, who were