17/06/2011 Look North (North East and Cumbria)


17/06/2011

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 17/06/2011. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Welcome to Friday's Look North. In tonight's headlines:

:00:06.:00:09.

The North's biggest employer tells its staff it's raising the

:00:09.:00:14.

retirement age to 66. Find our hero. Two teenagers want

:00:14.:00:22.

to say thanks to the runner who helped save their lives. A big

:00:22.:00:27.

thank you. Desolately. If it wasn't for him... The we'd be dead.

:00:27.:00:31.

Academies row. Critics say good schools are being bribed to opt out

:00:31.:00:34.

of council control. And the grand design from a student

:00:34.:00:36.

that's caught the attention of a prestigious theatre.

:00:36.:00:38.

In sport, get your diaries handy because next season football

:00:38.:00:41.

fixtures are out. And striker Demba Ba is Newcastle's

:00:41.:00:51.
:00:51.:01:00.

One in three workers in the region had a nasty surprise today. The

:01:00.:01:02.

Government confirmed it intends to make people like teachers, nurses

:01:02.:01:07.

and civil servants work much longer before they can claim their pension.

:01:07.:01:10.

At present, workers in the public sector pension scheme can retire at

:01:10.:01:14.

60. This will rise to 66 within a decade to match the state pension

:01:14.:01:20.

age. And, in future, it will be 68 at least for younger workers.

:01:20.:01:27.

Adrian Pitches reports. So, when are you hoping to retire?

:01:27.:01:35.

When? I think a good retirement age would be... Around about 50... 55

:01:35.:01:40.

would be nice. I don't think I'll be retiring until 70. I would like

:01:40.:01:45.

to retire in my mid-50s. I'd like to retire 55 so I am young enough

:01:45.:01:50.

to enjoy it. But I think financially I'm going to be older.

:01:50.:01:54.

60. The Government has said that, in future, public sector workers

:01:54.:01:57.

who currently retire at 60 won't be able to retire until the state

:01:57.:02:00.

pension age. And that age is increasing. Today, the state

:02:00.:02:08.

pension age is 60 years old for equalise to 65 for both sexes. But

:02:08.:02:11.

in 2020, the age will increase to 66, and future rises to even older

:02:11.:02:19.

The pension changes are worse for people under the age of 34 who face

:02:19.:02:29.
:02:29.:02:32.

working until they're 68 or beyond. I'm 32. I've seen the past -- in

:02:32.:02:38.

the past, I would expect to work until I was 60. That was increased

:02:38.:02:44.

to 65, and now what is potentially 68. The concern is by the time I am

:02:44.:02:51.

68, will I be able to retire, or will the goalposts be moved again?

:02:51.:02:55.

As a new mum, you stop thinking, will my children have to support

:02:55.:03:04.

me? It is not a nice thought when your child is only four weeks old.

:03:04.:03:08.

The majority of workers in the public sector, particularly in the

:03:08.:03:14.

local government, are women and the average pension for a woman council

:03:14.:03:19.

work is �2,800. The average pension for men and women is �4,200, so we

:03:19.:03:24.

are going to see a disproportionate impact within women on this region

:03:24.:03:28.

and the public sector. Public sector pensions matter in the North

:03:28.:03:31.

East because a third of the work force is employed in the public

:03:31.:03:36.

sector. One of the biggest employers is the Department for

:03:36.:03:43.

Work and Pensions. 7,500 people work for the Department. And none

:03:43.:03:49.

of them will want to see their pension age increased by six years.

:03:49.:03:52.

A pair of teenagers who spent a terrifying half hour fighting for

:03:52.:03:55.

their lives in the River Wear want to meet the young man who helped

:03:55.:03:58.

save them. 16-year-old Jade fell backwards into the river, and her

:03:58.:04:02.

best friend, Parishe, jumped in to try to save her. Their screams

:04:02.:04:05.

alerted the attention of a lone jogger, who, they say, saved their

:04:05.:04:09.

lives. Now they want to meet him personally to say thanks. Lyttanya

:04:09.:04:16.

Shannon reports from Sunderland. It started as a leisurely stroll by

:04:16.:04:22.

along Sunderland's Quayside. But it soon turned into a nightmare.

:04:22.:04:27.

was sitting on the back pole, one leg either side, and I kept telling

:04:28.:04:30.

her to get down because I had a horrible feeling something was

:04:30.:04:35.

going to happen. She lifted her leg up to get over the other side and

:04:35.:04:42.

she fell backwards. I just heard a splash and I couldn't see her. I

:04:42.:04:47.

looked over the bars and I couldn't see her. When I got to the top, I

:04:47.:04:52.

saw her at the top, and I was absolutely screaming. I thought I

:04:52.:04:56.

was dead. Parishe, being a strong swimmer and knowing her best friend

:04:56.:05:01.

suffered from asthma, was faced with a decision. There was nobody

:05:01.:05:07.

about, I didn't have a phone. Jade dropped her phone in the refer. I

:05:07.:05:11.

jumped in because I didn't want to see her, like, suffered by herself.

:05:11.:05:14.

The girls say they were left treading water for around 15

:05:14.:05:17.

minutes in what was a mid-tide. All the time screaming for help.

:05:17.:05:21.

Eventually, it came in the form of a young man who threw them a

:05:21.:05:23.

lifebelt and called the emergency services. But in the commotion of

:05:23.:05:31.

the rescue, they never got to meet him. He was really calm, light, he

:05:31.:05:37.

just kept looking over. He just kept talking to us, asking our

:05:37.:05:43.

names. And now they just have one thing to say. A big thank you.

:05:43.:05:47.

it wasn't for him, we'd be dead. was the fire service and RLNI who

:05:47.:05:50.

rescued the girls from the river, but even the professionals have

:05:50.:05:54.

praise for this unknown good Samaritan. No doubt, or without him,

:05:54.:06:01.

the girls, given the -- giving seek emergency services and accurate

:06:01.:06:05.

location, it would have been a totally different outcome. As it

:06:05.:06:08.

stands, the girls are fine. But if they've taken anything from this,

:06:08.:06:18.
:06:18.:06:19.

it's a hard lesson on how to be The inquest into the death of

:06:19.:06:23.

gunman Raoul Moat is set to focus on the time he was contained by the

:06:23.:06:26.

police in the Northumberland village of Rothbury to the moment

:06:26.:06:29.

he was declared dead. The details were revealed during a pre-inquest

:06:29.:06:33.

review at Newcastle Civic Centre. The hearing in September is due to

:06:33.:06:38.

last around four weeks. The brother of the Sunderland

:06:38.:06:41.

footballer, Titus Bramble, has been found guilty of raping a teenager

:06:41.:06:46.

at this Newcastle hotel. Tesfaye Bramble, who's 30 and a former

:06:46.:06:49.

professional footballer, was convicted at Leeds Crown Court of

:06:49.:06:51.

raping a 19-year-old woman in the Vermont Hotel in Newcastle

:06:51.:06:56.

following a night out. He's been warned he faces jail. He'll be

:06:56.:07:00.

sentenced in August. Teachers running the North's newest

:07:00.:07:03.

academy schools believe pupils will receive more funding by opting out

:07:03.:07:08.

of local authority control. Yesterday, the Government announced

:07:08.:07:11.

plans for up to 16 failing primary schools to become academies across

:07:11.:07:15.

the North East and Cumbria. A lot of successful schools have already

:07:15.:07:19.

chosen to become academies. Critics say schools are being "bribed" to

:07:19.:07:22.

take part, and that pupils at other schools which choose not to become

:07:22.:07:28.

academies could lose out. Emily Unia reports.

:07:28.:07:32.

Lunchtime at Seaton Academy in Workington. Last September, it was

:07:32.:07:34.

the first school in Cumbria to take-up the government's offer for

:07:34.:07:37.

outstanding schools to leave local authority control and convert to

:07:37.:07:43.

academy status. For pupils there, there's a new name and new uniforms,

:07:43.:07:46.

but for those running the school, it means no more queuing for

:07:46.:07:56.
:07:56.:07:57.

handouts. Primarily, for us, it was about freedom and independence.

:07:57.:08:00.

Money was a factor. When we converted, one of the first things

:08:00.:08:05.

we did, because we were then in full control of our funds, was to

:08:05.:08:09.

carry out some essential and a long awaited repair us. By this autumn,

:08:09.:08:12.

dozens more schools in the north east and Cumbria will have chosen

:08:12.:08:15.

to become academies and it seems money is a motive, but critics say

:08:15.:08:17.

the system's divisive. Academies will continue to divide opinion,

:08:17.:08:21.

but one thing's certain - the government wants more of them.

:08:21.:08:24.

is trying to bribe schools, the better schools into becoming

:08:24.:08:29.

Academies. It doesn't make sense. It is like robbing Peter to pay

:08:29.:08:36.

Paul, which isn't a moral stance, because you then think, I am -- I

:08:36.:08:40.

am all right, Jack, it is just our school. But if you look wider and

:08:40.:08:49.

have properly funded education throughout, that is much better.

:08:49.:08:52.

The government wants more of these kinds of Academies.

:08:52.:08:55.

And MPs will be debating the new academies on the Politics Show,

:08:55.:08:59.

that's this Sunday, at noon, here on BBC One.

:08:59.:09:02.

A North East Euro MP says 80 workers at a Northumberland factory

:09:02.:09:06.

have been left in limbo without work or pay. Liberal Democrat Fiona

:09:06.:09:09.

Hall says staff at HA Interiors in Cramlington haven't been paid for

:09:09.:09:14.

May and it's feared they won't be paid for June as well. She says

:09:14.:09:17.

she's asked the German parent company for answers. No-one from

:09:17.:09:22.

the firm was available for comment. 26 jobs are to go at Newcastle's

:09:22.:09:25.

Evening Chronicle, as printing of the newspaper is moved out of the

:09:25.:09:29.

city. The Chronicle will now be produced in Middlesbrough at the

:09:29.:09:33.

Teesside Gazette print works. 15 print jobs will go, while 11

:09:33.:09:38.

editorial posts will disappear. The Chronicle, currently printed mid-

:09:38.:09:41.

morning, is to move to a single edition, meaning the paper will be

:09:41.:09:45.

available in shops two to three hours earlier.

:09:45.:09:48.

A �750,000 footbridge installed as part of Carlisle's controversial

:09:48.:09:53.

Millennium scheme has shut. And it's likely to be closed for some

:09:53.:09:56.

time. The Irishgate Bridge was designed to reunite the city's

:09:56.:10:00.

walls with the castle. But corrosion, caused by winter ice,

:10:00.:10:08.

has forced it to close on safety grounds. Mark McAlindon reports.

:10:08.:10:10.

The installation of Irishgate Bridge one spring night 11 years

:10:10.:10:13.

ago was the centrepiece of what was a controversial Millennium scheme.

:10:13.:10:17.

It was designed to help get people to and from the city centre and the

:10:17.:10:24.

historic castle, but now stands shut. There was some concerns

:10:24.:10:29.

raised about a point where the bridge was connected to the main

:10:29.:10:33.

girder, a supporting structure, and the concern was what I had got into

:10:33.:10:37.

the girder, causing it to rust, and earlier on in the winter when we

:10:37.:10:42.

had a cold winter, we think some of the water froze, expanded and did

:10:42.:10:47.

some damage to the metalwork of the bridge frame. There is no doubt

:10:47.:10:50.

this caused an awful lot of controversy when this bridge was

:10:50.:10:56.

opened. It was installed at a cost of �750,000 and it wasn't popular.

:10:56.:11:00.

The Civic Trust criticised it for being too modern and out of

:11:00.:11:03.

character. It seems people here want to see it reopened and

:11:03.:11:12.

reopened quickly. It is a path away from here across to the castle.

:11:12.:11:16.

need this Bridge Road and because all the buses coming in with

:11:16.:11:20.

tourists, they find it difficult to access the city. But it could be

:11:20.:11:25.

some time. We need to do some calculations on the load-bearing

:11:25.:11:28.

effect on the bridge, where there is worry about the structural

:11:28.:11:32.

integrity of the bridge. And until we have done that, it is difficult

:11:32.:11:35.

to say what repairs need to be done, therefore it is difficult to say

:11:35.:11:40.

how long it will take. Three quarters of a million pounds

:11:40.:11:44.

has been donated by the Enid Blyton Trust for Children to Seven Stories,

:11:44.:11:47.

the National Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle. Last year, the

:11:47.:11:50.

centre bought the rare and original typescripts of some of her best-

:11:50.:11:52.

known work, like the Famous Five, Secret Seven and Noddy series,

:11:52.:11:58.

founding the only publicly accessible archive of Enid Blyton.

:11:58.:12:02.

The Trust has now decided to donate all its assets to support the work

:12:02.:12:12.
:12:12.:12:17.

of Seven Stories. The man who has taken thousands of people to the

:12:17.:12:19.

Farne Islands including the Queen Mother has died in hospital

:12:19.:12:23.

Newcastle. He has been -- he had been conducting the boat trips for

:12:24.:12:30.

more than 60 years. He was what -- he was awarded an MBE in 19 in

:12:30.:12:33.

other news, the Lake District is the setting for another great North

:12:33.:12:36.

event. I in a North Northumberland coast

:12:36.:12:43.

and I will be back at the end with They are only ten centimetres high,

:12:43.:12:45.

but their antics below the floorboards have captivated

:12:45.:12:49.

children for decades. Ever since the author Mary Norton introduced

:12:49.:12:54.

them in 1952. They are, of course, The Borrowers, and the sets were

:12:54.:12:58.

beautifully scaled-up for TV and film. Well, now you can see them

:12:59.:13:01.

again, painstakingly recreated by a young design student at Cleveland

:13:01.:13:11.
:13:11.:13:14.

College in Hartlepool. Peter Lugg You'll remember the Borrowers from

:13:14.:13:21.

children's television in the 1980s. Say -- based on the books by Mary

:13:21.:13:24.

Norton, it told of a world below the floorboards. Little people who

:13:24.:13:27.

lived their lives separate from humans, but who got by by borrowing

:13:27.:13:31.

and adapting things they found in the big house. Well, here they are,

:13:31.:13:33.

brought back to life through the imagination of designer Nicholas

:13:33.:13:43.
:13:43.:13:45.

Hope. I love the story, I loved the idea of the small people, taking

:13:45.:13:49.

things. And utilising them to build a home and learning to survive, and

:13:49.:13:54.

this is what I have made, a borrowed home to human scale.

:13:54.:13:56.

impressive are Nick's borrowed creations that Newcastle's Theatre

:13:56.:13:59.

Royal will be using them as sets for a new children's place. --

:13:59.:14:06.

children's play. It is about a little girl who, through a personal

:14:06.:14:10.

crisis, she wishes the ground would open up and swallow her. Next thing,

:14:10.:14:15.

she has fallen through the floorboards, sitting in dust, and

:14:15.:14:22.

is in a place where their promising things for around her. -- where

:14:22.:14:26.

there are missing things. And Nick isn't the only student whose work

:14:26.:14:29.

has caught the eye at Cleveland College's graduation show. This lot

:14:29.:14:32.

could be coming to a theme park near you. The guests will go and

:14:32.:14:38.

interact, that is the idea, interaction. At moving dinosaurs,

:14:38.:14:43.

riding a gold river at the end of it. And if you feel the need for

:14:43.:14:45.

some artistic inspiration, the exhibition remains open until

:14:45.:14:53.

tomorrow afternoon. They are slow, noisy, not very good

:14:53.:14:57.

at going up hills, and some of them are held together with bits of

:14:57.:15:03.

string. But the an Volkswagen -- Volkswagen Campervan remains as

:15:03.:15:06.

popular as ever. This weekend, VWs of all shapes and sizes are

:15:06.:15:08.

expected at Druridge Bay in Northumberland, for the annual

:15:08.:15:11.

Mighty Dubfest. So why do people love these old relics? Our reporter,

:15:11.:15:21.
:15:21.:15:24.

Damian O'Neil, has been finding out. I first need to decline and I am

:15:24.:15:31.

not an impartial reporter. -- to declare. I am mad about the

:15:31.:15:37.

Campervan. This is mine, in Riviera, imported from America, and it is 34

:15:37.:15:43.

years old, about the same age as me. What I really like is the fact this

:15:43.:15:48.

came over from California and it had a life over there for 30 years.

:15:48.:15:55.

And now, it has another life in the north-east, I really love that. But

:15:55.:15:59.

I am far from alone in my enthusiasm. Here at the Mighty

:15:59.:16:04.

Dubfest, they have been queuing all morning to get a place. It is in

:16:04.:16:10.

the second year. Last year at Cosworth park. We know about

:16:10.:16:14.

Druridge Bay and it is a fantastic venue with its beach, its lake, so

:16:14.:16:18.

we came here and it has been fantastic. Sir what is the appeal

:16:18.:16:25.

of it? I have always been into them. I have had it about two years, it

:16:25.:16:30.

was rusty when I bought it and cost a lot, but it is in good condition

:16:30.:16:36.

now. A look around you, it is Family Fun! People think I am mad,

:16:37.:16:45.

but I think they are cool. It is a social thing. You meet friends you

:16:45.:16:49.

have not seen, and wait for the next weekend and you are a way

:16:49.:16:56.

again! For a cool. It is the freedom, they are not as big as

:16:56.:17:00.

some of the bigger things, and it is just brilliant. The Mighty

:17:00.:17:07.

Dubfest Runs until Sunday. The site is full for VWs, but you can still

:17:07.:17:12.

come with a tenth if you want to look. -- a tenth.

:17:13.:17:18.

I am jealous! I have always wanted to do that, but my luck -- but my

:17:18.:17:25.

wife once too much comfort! And a big date in the football world, and

:17:25.:17:31.

we have been waiting all week! Next season's football fixtures came out

:17:31.:17:34.

this morning, and it has thrown up some tough opening ties for our

:17:34.:17:39.

Premier League teams. The one all Sunderland and Newcastle fans look

:17:39.:17:43.

out for is the first derby of the season, and they won't have to wait

:17:43.:17:44.

very long. After leaving Sunderland for

:17:44.:17:48.

Liverpool in a �20 million deal last week, Gordon Henderson will be

:17:48.:17:51.

up against his old team-mate at Anfield on the first day of the new

:17:52.:17:56.

season and will inspect to be -- will expect to be on the winning

:17:56.:18:01.

side after a spending spree on Merseyside. And the first Derby is

:18:01.:18:05.

on the second weekend of the new campaign, but the kick-off on

:18:05.:18:12.

August 20th is likely to be brought forward. And at Newcastle will

:18:13.:18:17.

entertain Arsenal. This was a memorable draw last season. After

:18:17.:18:20.

travelling to Wearside the following week for the first Derby,

:18:20.:18:26.

the reverse fixture is on March 3rd. Meanwhile in the Football League,

:18:27.:18:30.

first up for Tony Mowbray and Middlesbrough is Portsmouth in the

:18:30.:18:33.

Championship, he had North. Followed by a clash against Leeds

:18:33.:18:43.
:18:43.:18:45.

at Elland Road. Carlisle begin with a tie against Notts County.

:18:45.:18:48.

Newcastle have signed former West Ham striker again Baba -- Demba Ba

:18:48.:18:52.

late this afternoon. The Senegalese international, who scored seven

:18:52.:18:55.

goals in 13 appearances for the Hammers last season, has signed a

:18:55.:18:57.

three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, and is Alan Pardew's second

:18:57.:19:01.

summer signing after French midfielder Yohan Cabaye. His

:19:01.:19:04.

arrival might go some way towards easing the disappointment of Kevin

:19:04.:19:07.

Nolan's move to Upton Park. The striker himself is delighted to be

:19:07.:19:15.

on Tyneside. I do not know, I cannot wait to see.

:19:15.:19:20.

I am going to work harder to score goals, and after that, I have heard

:19:20.:19:24.

the atmosphere is great and unbelievable, so I cannot wait to

:19:24.:19:30.

get some goals to see how the fans will react. I am just happy I am

:19:30.:19:37.

playing in this club where will the famous striker's place. -- all the

:19:37.:19:40.

famous strikers play. Britain's biggest swimming event is

:19:40.:19:43.

taking place in the Lake District this weekend. It is the Great North

:19:43.:19:46.

Swim, and more than 10,000 people have entered to swim across

:19:46.:19:50.

Windermere. Here is Richard Askam. This is where the swimmers finished,

:19:51.:19:56.

after their two mile gruelling swim around Windermere. About 900 will

:19:57.:20:02.

take part today. 10,000 over the weekend. People from all over the

:20:02.:20:06.

country and north-east have come, and I have spoken to a lady from

:20:06.:20:11.

Southend, a man from Glasgow. Different swimmers, some very good

:20:11.:20:15.

swimmers and some not so good swimmers. It has really captured

:20:15.:20:20.

the imagination this year. With me is event director Alex Jackson. How

:20:20.:20:25.

pleased are you with how it has gone so far? They replaced, great

:20:25.:20:31.

to see so many people here. -- very pleased. We have Friday, Saturday

:20:31.:20:37.

and Sunday, it is Britain's biggest swimming event, fantastic. I has it

:20:37.:20:43.

surprised even knew how it has taken off? It has grown to 10,000

:20:43.:20:50.

swimmers. We started with one day in 2008 and have gone up to 10,000

:20:50.:20:54.

in three days and increased the number of races, so it has been

:20:54.:20:58.

phenomenal. It is get -- it is great to get people in the water

:20:58.:21:02.

and exercising. Has it affected preparations that you have to

:21:02.:21:07.

cancel it Austria because of algae in the water? Now we were very

:21:07.:21:11.

disappointed last year but safety is paramount and so we could not go

:21:11.:21:16.

ahead. We have brought the date forward to June this year and have

:21:16.:21:23.

a safety advisory group in place. We have rigid protocols on water

:21:24.:21:29.

testing. And results were clear so here we are having a great weekend.

:21:29.:21:35.

The weather has not been too bad, so a link will go off on Saturday

:21:35.:21:40.

and Sunday about 8:30am. -- the swimming will go off.

:21:40.:21:43.

In rugby union, Newcastle Falcons have signed South African fullback

:21:43.:21:48.

Greg Koussa. -- Greg Goosen. The 27 year old is a former ex-Natal

:21:48.:21:52.

Sharks player, but has been playing his rugby in France for the last

:21:52.:21:56.

five years with Racing Metro and La Rochelle. That was not him! He is

:21:56.:21:58.

due to join up with the Falcons on July 1st.

:21:58.:22:01.

The hectic schedule continues for our cricketers. Durham and

:22:01.:22:03.

Yorkshire meet in the County Championship tomorrow, but tonight,

:22:03.:22:08.

they are both trying to get their Twenty20 campaigns back on track.

:22:08.:22:15.

Durham are away at Leicestershire's... But rain has

:22:15.:22:25.
:22:25.:22:26.

stopped play. And in the Roses clash at Headingley, Yorkshire

:22:27.:22:31.

could set a pretty decent score. It is a big weekend of motor-racing

:22:31.:22:34.

for the region. Top of the bill at Croft, near Darlington, will be the

:22:34.:22:39.

latest three rounds of the British Touring Car Championship. But the

:22:39.:22:41.

supporting races will also catch the eye because of some famous

:22:41.:22:44.

names. Mark Tulip explains. My brother is

:22:44.:22:54.
:22:54.:22:55.

the best because he is fast and will be in Formula One one-day!

:22:55.:22:59.

is not easy coming out of the shadow of a successful sibling, but

:22:59.:23:04.

Nicholas Hamilton is just a few races into his own motor racing

:23:04.:23:08.

career three years after half brother Lewis was crowned World

:23:08.:23:13.

Champion. Seven years younger than Lewis, Nick has cerebral palsy, so

:23:13.:23:18.

his car has had to be modified. Not to improve spewed -- not to improve

:23:19.:23:23.

speed or performance, but to enable him to compete against his more

:23:23.:23:29.

able-bodied counterpart. I am going to see it as an advantage and when

:23:29.:23:35.

we do finally succeed, it will be a bit more of an achievement than an

:23:35.:23:39.

able-bodied person, I guess. brothers have provided inspiration

:23:39.:23:44.

for each other and for each other closely. The she has come out we

:23:44.:23:49.

did not see any as a family as a racer because of my legs and the

:23:49.:23:53.

way everything has gone -- did not seen the. But Lewis is having to

:23:53.:23:58.

sit on the sidelines and watch me! Today, were brought together for

:23:58.:24:04.

the first time neck and Joshua, the son of Damien Hill and grandson of

:24:04.:24:09.

legendary Graham. So was he always destined to race? And I did not get

:24:09.:24:15.

into it until 15 so I was not interested in motor sport. I had a

:24:15.:24:20.

go in a go-kart and quite liked it, so I asked my Dad if I could go for

:24:20.:24:25.

it. We entered in the right and drive Championship and it went from

:24:25.:24:30.

there. It has not been a lifelong ambition, a pretty recent career,

:24:30.:24:37.

but it is going well so far off! It is a great event, we hope the

:24:37.:24:43.

weather also a good for them. Fat chance! Hannah has got the

:24:43.:24:53.
:24:53.:24:53.

Bright here at Druridge Bay for the Mighty Dubfest. I answer for up --

:24:53.:25:01.

I am surrounded by VWs, and we have good weather, but quite breezy. It

:25:01.:25:05.

will be rainy on Saturday and Sunday, particularly heavy tomorrow.

:25:05.:25:11.

Pretty disappointing again for June. It will cloud over in the evening

:25:11.:25:20.

in the West. It will become widespread by the early hours and.

:25:20.:25:25.

The rain continues on Sunday temperatures no more than 16

:25:25.:25:33.

Celsius tomorrow, cooler than today. Rain will continue through the

:25:33.:25:43.
:25:43.:25:43.

weekend. Possibly some sunshine on Sunday. For the next three days

:25:43.:25:47.

after tomorrow, it start off wet and breezy on Sunday in the north-

:25:47.:25:51.

east and Cumbria. It will be dry and brighter by the end of the day

:25:51.:25:56.

with potential for sunshine on Father's Day. On Monday and Tuesday,

:25:56.:26:01.

in the north-east and in the West, it will stay unsettled, with more

:26:01.:26:07.

showers or longer spells of rain to come. So again, a disappointing

:26:07.:26:13.

weekend after that very dry spring continues. A load of events this

:26:13.:26:20.

weekend, of course. Not just for Mighty Dubfest, but also the Great

:26:20.:26:25.

North Swim at Wind near, what we are expecting to be pretty wet, and

:26:25.:26:30.

the Whitehaven Festival. -- at Swindon near. Music fans will not

:26:30.:26:39.

let the weather put them off. Drizzle and rain both days. That is

:26:39.:26:46.

in Whitehaven. And local folklore has it the arrival of a hopping is

:26:46.:26:52.

in Newcastle will bring always sung wet weather, and this year is no

:26:52.:27:02.
:27:02.:27:04.

different. -- The Hoppings. So very unsettled for the next few days and

:27:04.:27:13.

-- next week. Now for a final look at tonight's

:27:13.:27:15.

headlines. The Government has announced plans to reform public

:27:15.:27:17.

sector pensions, including making people contribute more and work

:27:17.:27:20.

until the age of 66. And two teenage girls, who were

:27:20.:27:23.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS