:00:02. > :00:05.Hello, and welcome to Look North. Coming up. The end of Southern
:00:05. > :00:09.Cross care homes. But is that the end of uncertainty for residents
:00:09. > :00:17.and their relatives? A mother is warned she could be
:00:17. > :00:23.jailed for leaving her three children in a baking hot car.
:00:23. > :00:27.I am in an County Durham and, and that is a �2 million tunnel to know
:00:27. > :00:29.where. Find out more later. And they do, again. The couple
:00:29. > :00:32.posing for their wedding album, three years after they got married.
:00:32. > :00:35.In Sport, find out which of our Premier League fixtures have been
:00:35. > :00:45.chosen for live TV. And why this goal wasn't enough for
:00:45. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:55.two North-East footballers to avoid It is the end of the line for
:00:55. > :00:58.Southern Cross care homes. The Darlington-based company cares for
:00:58. > :01:02.more than 30,000 people in their homes, thousands of them in our
:01:02. > :01:06.region. But after months of uncertainty over its financial
:01:06. > :01:10.stability, Southern Cross has announced it is closing. So what
:01:10. > :01:20.does the future hold now for its residents and their relatives? Our
:01:20. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:24.business correspondent, Ian Reeve, joins us now. Ian.
:01:24. > :01:28.It is obviously not good news with the winding up of the company, but
:01:28. > :01:34.it is a much better scenario than what we could have seen and it
:01:34. > :01:38.brings a degree of certainty for residents and their relatives.
:01:38. > :01:41.Jerry's Selby's wife Joyce has been in a Southern Cross home for seven
:01:41. > :01:46.years and is one of the many relatives left not knowing what
:01:46. > :01:51.could happen to their loved ones. Four weeks ago, it looked like the
:01:51. > :01:56.company could go bust and the nightmare scenario was a redundancy
:01:56. > :02:00.-- was redundancies and residents taken from their homes. We know it
:02:00. > :02:05.happened, you may remember they said, we are no -- we have a
:02:05. > :02:11.problem but we are not going to lay off staff and do this, we are going
:02:11. > :02:15.to do this. Various things. If you weeks later, what happened? We are
:02:16. > :02:20.laying off 3,000 people. Heck but now the landlords who owned the
:02:20. > :02:24.Southern Cross homes are taking them back to run them themselves.
:02:24. > :02:30.The Director of the company has given Gerry some assurances.
:02:30. > :02:35.she said Joyce would never lose her place in that home. I known -- I
:02:35. > :02:40.now know she will not. A Southern Cross has been brought down by two
:02:40. > :02:43.things, it sold 750 homes and rented them back, getting caught
:02:43. > :02:47.out in a falling market. And it suffered from a big reduction in
:02:47. > :02:51.the fees local councils would pay for residents. But the company
:02:51. > :02:57.since -- but the company insists looking after those residents is it
:02:57. > :03:02.priority. It means the process we have been embarked upon for some
:03:02. > :03:05.months of maintaining continuity of care will be achieved. And all our
:03:05. > :03:11.landlords and lenders and other creditors have been very supportive
:03:11. > :03:15.of the process which delivers that outcome. 250 homes are about to
:03:15. > :03:19.imminently transfer back to their landlords. The remaining 500 will
:03:19. > :03:22.follow, probably over the next four months.
:03:22. > :03:24.Throughout this crisis, it is the relatives of people in Southern
:03:24. > :03:34.Cross homes who have been most affected by all the uncertainty
:03:34. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:42.over the future. There has been uncertainty for everyone, but it is
:03:42. > :03:49.the relatives who perhaps have suffered most. Our reporter has
:03:49. > :03:54.been to see and 83-year-old man. His wife, Grace, lives in a
:03:54. > :04:01.Southern Cross home, and I'll reporter has been to gauge his
:04:01. > :04:04.reaction. -- our reporter. It has been an unsettling time lately for
:04:04. > :04:08.Peter Carle. His wife, Grace, a resident at Charlton House in
:04:08. > :04:10.Wallsend for the last 14 years. He woke up to today's news of a wind-
:04:11. > :04:14.down. It is up in the air, there is nothing concrete, you wonder what
:04:14. > :04:18.is going to happen. And when your wife is in there, you want her
:04:18. > :04:23.looked after properly and do not know where it will end. I just hope
:04:23. > :04:26.something can be sorted out and the patients can be left where they are.
:04:26. > :04:30.Peter visits Grace five days a week. His concern is she doesn't move to
:04:30. > :04:37.a hospital. He says visiting is too limited. He is hoping for answers
:04:38. > :04:42.today. She might have some information, the matron, give us
:04:42. > :04:48.some idea. The home wouldn't talk to us. But the Matron spoke with
:04:48. > :04:53.Peter. The matron hasn't got a lot of information at the moment. Just
:04:53. > :04:57.what she heard on the radio and over the great fine. But as far as
:04:58. > :05:05.she is concerned, the home will be safe and not close, just taken over
:05:05. > :05:10.by another company eventually. I want to come here and see Grace,
:05:10. > :05:18.that would be lovely. So I am hoping it is what she says and it
:05:18. > :05:22.will be all right. You mention the staff and
:05:22. > :05:27.shareholders, what happens to them now? The staff have been assured
:05:27. > :05:31.they will continue on their existing terms. Shareholders are
:05:31. > :05:35.stuffed. Shares have been suspended today, just over 6p, and
:05:35. > :05:45.shareholders will not get money back from the winding up of the
:05:45. > :05:49.
:05:49. > :05:52.company that was one -- that was once worth �1 billion.
:05:52. > :05:55."This was a horrific and despicable crime against a much loved
:05:55. > :05:57.grandfather.'' The words today of a senior police officer leading the
:05:57. > :06:00.investigation into the death of Terry McGlade. Initially, it was
:06:00. > :06:02.thought the 77-year-old pensioner died after a fire at his Redcar
:06:02. > :06:05.bungalow. Then a post-mortem examination revelled he had been
:06:05. > :06:07.assaulted. A 50-year-old man is being questioned by the police.
:06:07. > :06:10.Stuart Whincup has the story. A much-loved grandfather, killed in
:06:10. > :06:15.his own home. Detectives had thought Terry McGlade's death was
:06:15. > :06:25.the result of a tragic accident. Now they say he was attacked. The
:06:25. > :06:28.difficult question they are trying to answer is why? It is absolutely
:06:28. > :06:34.despicable. Terry, at 77, a grandfather, a lovely man, by those
:06:34. > :06:37.that know him. And well respected and well-liked within the local
:06:37. > :06:41.community. How anybody could possibly want to hurt someone like
:06:41. > :06:44.this is beyond me, this is the lowest of the low! For a third day
:06:44. > :06:47.running, forensic officers remain at the property. A small quiet
:06:47. > :06:55.community has become the scene of a major police investigation. Friends
:06:55. > :07:02.and neighbours say they are still in shock. He was always there if
:07:02. > :07:12.you had a problem. And I think it is sad that a man should reach that
:07:12. > :07:15.
:07:15. > :07:18.age and then ended like this. He was a nice guy and it is just sad.
:07:18. > :07:20.Detectives say they are looking at the possibility that the fire was
:07:20. > :07:23.started deliberately by the attacker in an attempt to destroy
:07:23. > :07:26.evidence. This evening, a 50-year- old local man is still being
:07:27. > :07:29.questioned by the police on suspicion of murder.
:07:29. > :07:32.A 46-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of
:07:32. > :07:37.manslaughter after an incident in Dalston, near Carlisle, last night.
:07:37. > :07:40.A 62-year-old man died after being injured at his home in Summerfields.
:07:40. > :07:43.The police were called by the ambulance service at around 8
:07:43. > :07:46.o'clock. A possible takeover of Northumbrian
:07:46. > :07:50.Water by a Hong Kong company has come a step closer. Northumbrian
:07:50. > :07:53.Water has received a bid from CKI, valuing the firm at �2.4 billion.
:07:53. > :08:00.CKI has offered 465 pence a share, and Northumbrian Water has now
:08:00. > :08:03.agreed to open its books to the firm for a limited period.
:08:03. > :08:08.A Carlisle mother who left her three young children in a baking
:08:08. > :08:11.hot car for 45 minutes has been warned she may go to jail. Kelly
:08:11. > :08:16.Marie Langham, who is 26, admitted ill-treating the children, who are
:08:16. > :08:25.aged eight, five and two. Alison Freeman was there was at Carlisle
:08:25. > :08:28.Magistrates Court. The court heard how a scenes of
:08:28. > :08:31.crime investigator found the temperature in the car to have
:08:31. > :08:35.reached a sweltering 40 degrees last Monday morning. And one
:08:35. > :08:39.witness described how the baby strapped into the back of the car
:08:39. > :08:42.was in an extremely distressed state, despite the efforts of one
:08:43. > :08:48.of the older children to calm it down. The mother admitted three
:08:48. > :08:53.counts of neglect here in Carlisle. She said she had parked the car in
:08:53. > :08:58.Chapel Street to go to a nearby cash converters, but a large queue
:08:58. > :09:02.had held her up for 45 minutes, so the children were left alone. She
:09:02. > :09:08.said she had no idea of the temperature it could reach in the
:09:08. > :09:12.car. The defendant also admitted one count of possessing amphetamine,
:09:12. > :09:17.a Class B drug, which she said recently she had turned to to lift
:09:17. > :09:21.her spirits. The case was adjourned until August 1st when the defendant
:09:21. > :09:25.will be sentenced for all those four charges. The lead magistrate
:09:25. > :09:28.said he would not rule out a custodial sentence.
:09:28. > :09:31.A waste management company has been fined, after residents complained
:09:31. > :09:33.about the smell of a rubbish dump. People living in Houghton-le-Spring
:09:33. > :09:36.complained to the Environment Agency about the landfill site at
:09:36. > :09:42.Houghton Quarry, after finding the smell unbearable. The owners, Biffa,
:09:43. > :09:46.admitted two environmental offences and were fined �27,000.
:09:46. > :09:49.A Tyneside park is getting a huge funding boost. Exhibition Park, in
:09:49. > :09:53.Newcastle, has won a grant of �2.4 million from the Heritage Lottery
:09:53. > :09:55.Fund. It will be used to conserve the park's grade-two listed
:09:55. > :09:58.bandstand, the boathouse and croquet pavilion. It is hoped local
:09:58. > :10:06.people will be involved in designing and maintaining adventure
:10:06. > :10:09.play areas. Work on a �2 million underpass has
:10:09. > :10:13.ground to a halt, after it emerged that Network Rail don't own some of
:10:13. > :10:19.the land. It actually belongs to a small church, which has owned it
:10:19. > :10:23.for 50 years. Every day of the delay is costing Network Rail a
:10:23. > :10:27.small fortune. It now wants to buy the land and the church, but their
:10:27. > :10:31.journey is far from over. Sharuna Sagar reports.
:10:31. > :10:34.This is the pocket of land that is keeping Network Rail is out of
:10:34. > :10:44.pocket They started work on a 25ft underpass, only to be stopped in
:10:44. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:49.their tracks by a church. A were church members turned up on Sunday
:10:49. > :10:53.in February and discovered all the trees cut down. Network Rail had
:10:53. > :10:58.just come on without permission. They claimed they had the
:10:58. > :11:01.permission of the council. They do not own the land, we do. And for
:11:01. > :11:05.�10, a simple check with the Land Registry would have verified this.
:11:05. > :11:10.Or they could have just asked Clive next door.
:11:10. > :11:15.We moved here in 1979 and I have known about the land ever since. I
:11:15. > :11:21.knew it belonged to the church, yes. What do you think about this
:11:21. > :11:31.situation? There has been a big mess up somewhere along the line by
:11:31. > :11:41.
:11:41. > :11:47.The tunnel is costing �1.8 million. Some people say that is a
:11:47. > :11:51.Conservative estimate. But Network Rail has confirmed every day this
:11:51. > :11:55.site stands idle is costing it thousands. And so to get the
:11:55. > :12:02.project back on line, Network Rail now wants to buy the land and the
:12:02. > :12:06.church for �65,000. We do not think that is enough. It is a challenge
:12:06. > :12:13.to take on a company the size of Network Rail. After all, we are
:12:13. > :12:23.only a small group of people. We are not wealthy. It is a bit of a
:12:23. > :12:25.
:12:25. > :12:29.David and Goliath. But David one! - - but David won! So there could be
:12:29. > :12:31.light at the end of this tunnel yet. Almost 70 years after the end of
:12:31. > :12:33.the Second World War, the contribution of Canadian airmen
:12:33. > :12:36.from North Yorkshire bases has finally been recognised. A monument
:12:36. > :12:39.was dedicated at the National Memorial Arboretum to the sacrifice
:12:39. > :12:48.of Canadians who flew bombers out of RAF Leeming and Linton on Ouse.
:12:48. > :12:52.Danny Carpenter was there. With proper ceremony and in the
:12:52. > :12:59.right place, at a memorial to the men of the Royal Canadian Air Force
:12:59. > :13:04.he flew in Bomber Command. Fantastic, beautiful memorial. I am
:13:05. > :13:08.so pleased they have done that because they took a lot of stick
:13:08. > :13:13.during the war and they did their part, they deserve a good memorial
:13:13. > :13:17.like that. Many were based at RAF Leeming and Linton on Ouse, they
:13:17. > :13:22.are remembered here, and that is why those serving here now raised
:13:22. > :13:28.the money for the monument. Almost 70 years after the end of the war.
:13:28. > :13:32.At long overdue, it yes, long overdue. I think we are at last
:13:32. > :13:37.going to make some acknowledgement of the services of the Canadians
:13:38. > :13:44.did during the war, came over here in droves. Good guys to fly with,
:13:44. > :13:50.generous, brave. A barrel of the memorials, simple stones in perfect
:13:50. > :13:55.formation in Harrogate cemetery -- there are other memorials. 600
:13:55. > :14:00.Canadian m men who flew from here. Or memorials are important, but
:14:00. > :14:05.this is noted by its absence. The contribution of the Canadians has
:14:05. > :14:09.not been overlooked but in some ways not rated, so this is quite
:14:09. > :14:14.this has been dedicated now. importance of the contribution of
:14:14. > :14:19.those who have gone before is rarely lost on servicemen and women
:14:19. > :14:28.today. They are like families and they have histories, histories
:14:28. > :14:31.there are honoured. Coming up next, proof that money
:14:31. > :14:34.does grow on trees. And later, a preview of the statue
:14:34. > :14:41.of the country's first black footballer, that will soon have a
:14:41. > :14:48.home in the North East. Weather Wise, not all plane sailing
:14:48. > :14:50.but fairly quiet over the next few days. Join me later for the details.
:14:50. > :14:53.The Great Yorkshire Show begins tomorrow, and farmers and
:14:53. > :14:55.horticulturalists all over the North are preparing for one of the
:14:56. > :14:58.highlights of the agricultural calendar. Among them, a farm in
:14:58. > :15:08.Northumberland that has an unusual specialism. It produces millions of
:15:08. > :15:09.
:15:09. > :15:12.trees. Keith Akehurst reports. Nestling next to the banks of the
:15:12. > :15:22.river between Corbridge and Hexham, in the Tyne Valley, lies the most
:15:22. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:27.unusual farm. This looks like grass, it is not. There are about 1
:15:27. > :15:30.million conifer trees and when they have grown higher, they go off to
:15:30. > :15:32.forests like this. There are 90 acres of trees in all. 100
:15:32. > :15:36.different varieties, from conifers to broadleaves, evergreen to
:15:36. > :15:45.deciduous. From a few millimetres to a few metres in height. And this
:15:45. > :15:49.coming winter, they plan to sell three million trees. It tends to be
:15:49. > :15:54.farmers for farm woodlands, forestry for timber production, a
:15:54. > :15:59.landscape trees and native hedgerows. So it would be
:15:59. > :16:03.surprising for people to realise that you grow trees, millions, in a
:16:03. > :16:08.farm setting? Yes, a lot of local people I speak to, farmers, they
:16:08. > :16:11.never know what is going on down here. It is a really big production
:16:11. > :16:14.site. Trees Please are wholesalers supplying trees in their thousands,
:16:14. > :16:19.not the occasional specimen to the amateur gardener. Shows like the
:16:19. > :16:23.Great Yorkshire are essential to keep sales turning over. A lot of
:16:23. > :16:27.people do large-scale plantings and they might not want any more trees
:16:27. > :16:33.for the next four or five years, so we have to keep reminding customers
:16:33. > :16:40.we are still here and still doing the job of growing for trees.
:16:40. > :16:44.the trees. And that job involves weeding by hand. It is all right,
:16:44. > :16:53.after you have done eight seasons of it, you get used to it. Tyne
:16:53. > :16:56.Valley trees go all over the country. From Cornwall to Caithness.
:16:56. > :16:58.It was the biggest day of their lives. But newlyweds Caroline and
:16:59. > :17:01.Colin Heslop were left devastated when they saw the wedding pictures.
:17:01. > :17:05.So poor were the snaps, the photographer was ordered to pay
:17:05. > :17:08.them compensation. But now, years later, they have been back to
:17:08. > :17:13.church with a new photographer and done the whole thing again. Peter
:17:13. > :17:15.Harris reports. Here comes the bride, again. So
:17:15. > :17:25.angry were the couple with the original wedding pictures, they
:17:25. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:32.went back to church for a second take, three years on. I think I am
:17:32. > :17:35.nervous as I was on the day! We are both nervous, aren't we? And this
:17:35. > :17:37.is what went wrong first time around. Look North reported how
:17:37. > :17:43.they were eventually paid compensation for these shots of the
:17:43. > :17:48.big day, including one of the groom, complete with cigarette. The bride
:17:48. > :17:52.and groom have come outside now, no confetti, but the bridesmaids are
:17:52. > :17:55.he and behaving very well. But only one man really matters today, and
:17:55. > :17:58.that is him, the photographer. The Master Photographers' Association
:17:58. > :18:04.stepped in to help and provided a snapper for free, after seeing Look
:18:04. > :18:09.North's story on the couple. It has gone excellent, they have been
:18:09. > :18:12.great. They could very well, they were both extremely relaxed and
:18:12. > :18:15.very co-operative. And I am sure they will be delighted with the
:18:15. > :18:23.pictures! Pictures done, there was even time for the bridesmaids to do
:18:23. > :18:27.the conga. And for everyone else, at least a chance to dress up again.
:18:27. > :18:32.She is getting what she has had to fight for for three years, which
:18:32. > :18:36.has been heartbreaking at times. There have been tears, but we are
:18:36. > :18:41.getting there. We had a fantastic photographer today. You can see
:18:41. > :18:44.what he has done is fantastic. difference is unbelievable, no
:18:44. > :18:54.comparison to the one they had for the wedding. What did you think of
:18:54. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :19:00.the dress? Nice. Most men are only get to see the bright ones, you
:19:00. > :19:05.have seen her twice, how did she look today? Beautiful, as three
:19:06. > :19:09.years ago. They will have pictures to be proud
:19:09. > :19:12.of at last! They all looked very smart. The
:19:12. > :19:15.televised fixtures have been released for the first half of the
:19:15. > :19:18.new Premier League season, but the Wear-Tyne Derby on the second
:19:18. > :19:20.Saturday has not been selected for live TV, although the kick-off has
:19:21. > :19:30.been brought forward to 12 noon. However, Newcastle United's opening
:19:30. > :19:33.match at home to Arsenal will be on ESPN, with a teatime kick-off. And
:19:33. > :19:36.the Magpies will feature in another four matches, all shown by Sky.
:19:36. > :19:38.Just two Sunderland matches have been chosen so far, though - the
:19:38. > :19:42.away games at newly-promoted Norwich and QPR - both weekday
:19:42. > :19:44.evening fixtures. They were just minutes away from a
:19:44. > :19:48.place in the World Cup semi-finals, but instead, England's women are
:19:48. > :19:51.back home from Germany today after losing to France on penalties.
:19:51. > :19:55.Among them are North East players Steph Houghton and Jill Scott, who
:19:55. > :20:05.scored the goal that looked to have secured England a place in the last
:20:05. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:10.four, for the first time in their It was a cruel end to a World Cup
:20:10. > :20:18.dream and, sadly for England, a familiar one. Denied once again by
:20:18. > :20:21.a penalty shoot-out, as France took their place in the semi-finals.
:20:21. > :20:25.Earlier, English fans were full of hope in Leverkusen, thanks to
:20:25. > :20:29.Sunderland born Jill Scott. For many, Scott has been England's
:20:29. > :20:32.player of the tournament, and she fired her team in front just shy of
:20:32. > :20:35.the hour mark. But with just minutes remaining, France equalised
:20:35. > :20:43.to force extra time, and would eventually send their opponents on
:20:43. > :20:47.a flight home. All the girls were obviously
:20:47. > :20:51.devastated, especially the way the game went, and the penalties. I
:20:51. > :20:56.think as time passes, we will probably look back and think we got
:20:56. > :21:01.a great result against Japan, who are 4th in the world, and we took
:21:01. > :21:07.fans right at the end. So as time goes by, we will be able to hold
:21:07. > :21:10.our heads up stop my --. Women's game has enjoyed a high
:21:10. > :21:13.profile in Germany, where many of the World Cup stars are household
:21:13. > :21:16.names. There has even, for the first time, been an official Panini
:21:16. > :21:18.sticker book of the competition. All a little overwhelming for
:21:18. > :21:23.someone making their World Cup debut. You used to collect them
:21:23. > :21:28.when you were drunk, the mail footballers. Now we have one, it is
:21:28. > :21:33.a real when people were you to sign their sticker. The experience was
:21:34. > :21:40.amazing, we had 26,000 in the crowd, the Act was -- the atmosphere was
:21:40. > :21:44.great. Like a man's football game. Really happy for the team. So amid
:21:44. > :21:52.the disappointment, still plenty to be proud of.
:21:52. > :21:54.Indeed. Middlesbrough long jumper Chris Tomlinson is the new British
:21:54. > :21:57.record holder. Tomlinson finished second in the Diamond League
:21:57. > :22:00.meeting in Paris, but his leap of 8 metres 35 in the competition
:22:00. > :22:03.extended the record by five centimetres. If he had jumped that
:22:03. > :22:06.distance at the Beijing Olympics, it would have been enough for a
:22:06. > :22:09.gold medal. Cricket, after defeat by Yorkshire
:22:09. > :22:12.in the Twenty20 Cup yesterday, Durham are away at Warwickshire
:22:12. > :22:22.hoping to keep alive their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals. They
:22:22. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:27.are batting and are 144 for 5 in the 7th over. Durham had a bright
:22:27. > :22:36.start. And then there was a brilliant run-out. At Scarborough,
:22:36. > :22:44.the Yorkshire captain awarded a cab to rising star Johnny Burstow. And
:22:44. > :22:47.the visitors were bowled out for 168. The Tykes a 141 for three.
:22:47. > :22:50.A statue of the country's first black professional footballer has
:22:50. > :22:52.taken a step nearer to being unveiled in his adopted town of
:22:52. > :22:55.Darlington. Arthur Wharton played in goal for
:22:55. > :22:57.the Quakers in the latter part of the 19th century, but until
:22:57. > :23:00.recently, his name was barely remembered. However, a long
:23:00. > :23:02.campaign to honour him is slowly coming to fruition. Andy Bell
:23:02. > :23:07.reports. Over a century of neglect, a lost
:23:07. > :23:09.icon of the sporting world. But now, the unveiling of a 9ft bronze
:23:09. > :23:12.statue in recognition of the world's first black professional
:23:12. > :23:15.footballer moves a step closer, after a mould replica by Southern
:23:15. > :23:18.artist, Viv Mallock, was given the nod of approval from the North East
:23:18. > :23:28.man who has fought for years to raise awareness of the Arthur
:23:28. > :23:30.
:23:31. > :23:36.Wharton story. I am in absolute shock at the minute. Looking at
:23:36. > :23:42.that statue, and I am taken aback. It is fantastic, a new Viv could do
:23:42. > :23:48.that job beautifully and she has done us proud -- I knew. I am lost
:23:48. > :23:52.for words, almost. Viv has been working on the mould for months.
:23:52. > :23:56.had the whole thing and large for me and then I had to do the hands
:23:56. > :24:01.and the head separately. And then I married them together but they did
:24:01. > :24:10.not seem to work very well so I had to manipulate and put more plaster
:24:10. > :24:14.on, take some off elsewhere. In the end, it worked. So a fitting
:24:14. > :24:17.tribute to the man who first played in goal for Darlo all the way back
:24:17. > :24:21.in 1883. When completed, it is hoped the statue will travel the
:24:21. > :24:25.country. But for Shaun, there can be only one final home. He is going
:24:25. > :24:29.to return to Darlington in fine fettle. He is going to return to
:24:29. > :24:36.Darlington, which I see as his natural home, to be frank. Yes, he
:24:36. > :24:39.is coming home, for short! -- the shore at!
:24:39. > :24:41.Some great news now following our Transplant Week on Look North. You
:24:41. > :24:43.may remember the line-up of youngsters on Friday night's
:24:43. > :24:47.programme waiting for a heart transplant at the Freeman Hospital
:24:47. > :24:49.in Newcastle. Well, a match was found for Noah here, and he went
:24:49. > :24:59.into the operating theatre this morning for a transplant. We wish
:24:59. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:13.him all the best. A mixed bag again over the weekend.
:25:13. > :25:17.Things were variable at the north- east's biggest regatta. These
:25:17. > :25:23.scenes were taken on Saturday off the coast at wife, torrential rain
:25:23. > :25:31.under a thunderstorm. -- at life. Same venue 24 hours, completely
:25:31. > :25:35.different, beautiful sunshine. Over the next few days, sunshine and
:25:35. > :25:41.showers, the mixture continues. But the sunshine will dominate and the
:25:41. > :25:46.shower -- showers become fewer. A few showers the seething over the
:25:46. > :25:53.Pennines, but they will disappear and most places will be dry -- if
:25:53. > :25:59.you show us this evening. -- a few showers. Temperatures no lower than
:25:59. > :26:05.10 Celsius. Tomorrow, a large week right picture. Most places having
:26:05. > :26:12.broken cloud, sunny spells -- a largely right picture. Cumbria
:26:12. > :26:21.probably more likely to see showers tomorrow. Temperatures, at 19, 20
:26:21. > :26:29.Celsius in the West. In the north- east, a bit cooler, 15, 16. The
:26:29. > :26:35.breezes coming in off the North Sea. Into Wednesday, high-pressure keeps
:26:35. > :26:40.control of the weather and into first date. It will keep us strive
:26:40. > :26:48.for a few days because -- before the end of the week. A few showers
:26:48. > :26:52.around tomorrow, but fewer on Wednesday. Most of us, fine and dry.
:26:52. > :27:00.Temperatures a bit cool for the middle of July, 18 Celsius is
:27:00. > :27:04.typical. By Thursday, it should warm up a bit, temperatures back
:27:04. > :27:11.into 21 Celsius. Make the most of that sunshine, cloud and rain
:27:11. > :27:14.And now for a look at tonight's headlines. The News of the World
:27:14. > :27:16.paid a police officer for information on senior members of
:27:17. > :27:18.the Royal Family. The News Intertnational bid for BSkyB has
:27:18. > :27:20.been referred to the Competition Commission.