:00:02. > :00:07.North. Tonight, Cleveland's top two police
:00:07. > :00:11.officers are arrested and suspended. Sean Price and Derek Bonnard were
:00:11. > :00:16.detained early this morning. We're live with the latest and ask who's
:00:16. > :00:19.running the force tonight. Also tonight, aftershock.
:00:19. > :00:29.Sellafield shuts one of its plants in the wake of the Japanese
:00:29. > :00:30.
:00:30. > :00:34.earthquake. Hundreds of workers are effected. We have people there, 600
:00:34. > :00:39.families, who will be concerned, and we need to reassure them we
:00:39. > :00:43.will work on their behalf and that their talent will be redeployed.
:00:43. > :00:52.Honoured for their gallantry. The families of two servicemen killed
:00:52. > :00:55.in Afghanistan help unveil new homes for soldiers in their memory.
:00:55. > :00:59.And just who is the man who can't walk past a car without scratching
:00:59. > :01:02.it? So far he's caused more than �50,000 worth of damage.
:01:02. > :01:07.In sport, Joey Barton quotes George Washington, as the Twitter war of
:01:07. > :01:17.words rages on. And what price loyalty? Thousands
:01:17. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:26.flock to honour Hartlepool's player First, the dramatic news that's
:01:26. > :01:29.rocked one of our police forces. Tonight, Cleveland's chief
:01:29. > :01:33.constable and his deputy are under arrest by officers investigating
:01:33. > :01:37.corruption allegations. Sean Price and Derek Bonnard are being
:01:37. > :01:41.questioned at a police station in North Yorkshire. Both have been
:01:41. > :01:45.suspended from duty. As you can imagine it's caused turmoil at
:01:45. > :01:55.Cleveland Police. Let's cross live to the forces headquarters on
:01:55. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:02.Teesside and join our chief reporter, Chris Stewart.
:02:02. > :02:06.You say turmoil, but the arrest of these two are top officers is not
:02:06. > :02:10.the whole story. We also have a woman being arrested as part of the
:02:10. > :02:14.same operation. We will wait to see what happens next.
:02:14. > :02:17.It's been a torrid few months for this force and it gets no easier.
:02:17. > :02:20.Today, its two top officers under arrest. Sean Price and Derek
:02:20. > :02:25.Bonnard, both taken to a police station in North Yorkshire where
:02:25. > :02:29.they've spent much of the day being questioned. And the offences being
:02:29. > :02:37.investigated are serious. Misconduct in a public office,
:02:37. > :02:40.fraud by abuse of position and corrupt practice. For three months
:02:40. > :02:43.now, a number of people connected to the force here have been under
:02:43. > :02:46.investigation for what has been referred to as "the manner in which
:02:46. > :02:48.they've conducted business". That investigation was ordered by Her
:02:48. > :02:52.Majesty's Inspectorate of Contabulary, which has asked the
:02:52. > :02:55.Chief Constable of Warwickshire police to take overall command.
:02:55. > :03:02.Today, though, Warwickshire Police had nothing to add to these latest
:03:02. > :03:05.developments. Cleveland Police, too, didn't want to comment. What we do
:03:05. > :03:09.know, though, is that police premises have been searched today.
:03:09. > :03:12.Search teams are also understood to have visited residential addresses.
:03:12. > :03:17.Sean Price became Chief Constable in 2003, having previsouly served
:03:17. > :03:20.in the Merseyside and Nottinghamshire forces. He's one of
:03:20. > :03:25.the country's top-paid policemen understood to earn more than
:03:25. > :03:29.�200,000 a year. He's already the subject of another, but completely,
:03:29. > :03:31.separate inquiry. That's being carried out by the Independent
:03:31. > :03:37.Police Complaints Commission, following an allegation that he
:03:37. > :03:41.used his position to try to secure somebody a job with his force. He
:03:41. > :03:45.denies that ever happened. Tonight, ordinary officers here have been
:03:45. > :03:51.left wondering where all this will end. The Police Federation said
:03:51. > :03:59.this latest news had come as a massive shock.
:03:59. > :04:06.Indeed a massive shock, Chris. Do they know who's in charge tonight?
:04:06. > :04:12.A very good question. Nothing is official but we understand that an
:04:12. > :04:16.Assistant Chief Constable is doing the job. This investigation has
:04:16. > :04:24.also involve the Cleveland Police Authority. In May, a councillor,
:04:24. > :04:28.who was the chairman of the Roddick, stepped down from his position,
:04:29. > :04:32.having been told he could be part of it, although he said he had done
:04:32. > :04:35.nothing wrong. Five months ago, Japan was rocked
:04:35. > :04:38.by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Today, the ripple effect hit
:04:38. > :04:43.Cumbria's west coast, with news that 600 jobs are to go at the
:04:43. > :04:47.Sellafield Reprocessing Plant. The so-called MOX plant makes fuel from
:04:47. > :04:49.spent nuclear rods. But it's only customers were Japanese nuclear
:04:49. > :04:55.power plants, many of them suffering the effects of the recent
:04:55. > :05:04.earthquake. Let's cross live to our business correspondent, Ian Reeve,
:05:04. > :05:08.who's at Sellafield tonight. This is the end of the MOX plant
:05:08. > :05:13.and it will shut as soon as possible. We probably should have
:05:13. > :05:17.seen this coming when the earthquake hit in March in Japan,
:05:18. > :05:25.given that his only plant was in that country. It may have been a
:05:25. > :05:30.world away, but the Japanese earthquake has damaged jobs in West
:05:30. > :05:38.Cumbria. The plant in Tokyo is to close. In need to build a protected
:05:38. > :05:44.sea wall. Japan was its only customer. The terrible events in
:05:44. > :05:49.Japan have meant our first customer for fuel is no longer able to take
:05:49. > :05:54.it. There have been further delays as well, and as a result, it is no
:05:54. > :05:59.longer practical to continue with the plant as it is, so we had
:05:59. > :06:03.decommission bit and it operations have come to an end. Although 600
:06:03. > :06:08.people will lose their jobs, it is very likely they will be redeployed
:06:08. > :06:14.across the vast Sellafield site. Unions are hope for schools will
:06:14. > :06:17.transfer. We have got people, 600 families, who will be concerned,
:06:17. > :06:22.and we need to reassure them we will work on their behalf and tried
:06:22. > :06:30.to get them redeployed and we are confident we can redeploy them.
:06:30. > :06:37.Whilst this is a blow, but plant has cost a considerable sum, it is
:06:37. > :06:43.not the end of the area's nuclear aspirations. There is a �300
:06:43. > :06:49.billion market in Eastern Europe that we can access. With luck, the
:06:49. > :06:55.MOX plant closure is just a blip. Admittedly, though, 600 people and
:06:55. > :07:00.their families might find that of little consolation tonight.
:07:00. > :07:06.Jamie Reed, the Labour MP for Copeland, is here now. Are you as
:07:06. > :07:14.hope as the unions that these 600 people can be redeployed? I am
:07:14. > :07:17.certainly optimistic. I have spoken to the site manager and the
:07:17. > :07:21.prospects for considerable redeployment there. We are working
:07:22. > :07:25.very, very hard to make sure that can happen. Don't forget,
:07:25. > :07:31.Sellafield was already in the middle of a significant job
:07:31. > :07:35.recruiting process, so there will be consequences with that, too.
:07:35. > :07:41.we think of these people as specialist people dealing with
:07:41. > :07:43.plutonium. But they are also engineers and draughtsman?
:07:43. > :07:48.people at this plant a fantastically well skilled and
:07:48. > :07:52.flexible. They can be deployed across a variety of projects across
:07:52. > :07:58.the site and we will be working flat out starting today to make
:07:58. > :08:03.sure they can be. Fingers crossed, not a hammer blow for the West
:08:03. > :08:09.Cumbrian economy? No, I feel our best days are ahead of us. Thank
:08:09. > :08:15.you for your time. Let's hope those 600 affected workers can find
:08:15. > :08:17.alternative work on this must Sellafield site.
:08:17. > :08:25.He's built his reputation on straight talking and acerbic
:08:25. > :08:29.personality. A true dragon. Duncan Bannatyne, from the BBC's Dragons'
:08:29. > :08:32.Den, has sounded off on a social networking site. He's offering a
:08:32. > :08:41.reward for information leading to the arrest of someone threatening
:08:41. > :08:49.his daughter. He first used his Twitter account to offer a reward
:08:49. > :08:52.for information leading to an arrest. But he had to delete tweets
:08:52. > :08:54.suggesting he'd pay double if the man was injured. Keith Akehurst
:08:54. > :08:58.reports. He's the tough guy who doesn't hold
:08:58. > :09:00.back. Not in his professional life. Not in his private life. So when
:09:00. > :09:05.Duncan Bannatyne's daughter was threatened he responded.
:09:05. > :09:07.Aggressively. A man called Yuri Vasilyev sent messages to the
:09:07. > :09:11.Darlington multi-millionaire's Twitter site saying, "We will bring
:09:11. > :09:14.hurt and pain into your life", and, "We are the men from Belarus. We do
:09:14. > :09:21.not give up. Give us �35,000 or your 26-year-old daughter will be
:09:21. > :09:25.hurt". Duncan Bannatyne called on his 370,000 followers. "I offer
:09:26. > :09:28.�25,000 reward for the capture of the coward. Double if his arms are
:09:28. > :09:35.broken first", a tweet he was forced to replace with, "OK,
:09:35. > :09:43.�30,000 reward for info leading to his arrest". His reaction didn't
:09:43. > :09:49.surprise his local newspaper, where he's a regular contributor. He came
:09:49. > :09:54.in here to edit the paper for a date in March, and he was typically
:09:54. > :09:59.brisk and abrupt. He reduced some of our hard hats to tears almost!
:09:59. > :10:01.That is what has got him into a bit of difficulty here. Mr Bannatyne's
:10:01. > :10:07.fortune of a reported �400 million has been amassed from businesses
:10:07. > :10:12.run from here. Duncan Bannatyne declined an interview and Durham
:10:12. > :10:15.Police have confirmed their conduct inquiries. We spoke to an officer
:10:15. > :10:19.involved in this kind of investigation before, who says
:10:19. > :10:23.police inquiries would have been easier if it had not been in the
:10:23. > :10:26.public domain. A Teesside man accused with his
:10:26. > :10:30.wife of selling chemicals over the internet to make drugs will be
:10:30. > :10:33.extradited to America within the next month. Brian and Kerry Anne
:10:33. > :10:37.Howes were accused of supplying chemicals to make crystal meth to
:10:37. > :10:40.at least 70 illegal drug laboratories in the USA. The couple,
:10:40. > :10:46.who recently lost their four-year appeal, against extradition have
:10:46. > :10:50.always claimed they ran a legitimate business.
:10:50. > :10:54.It used to be one of the nicer parts of the work routine. The
:10:54. > :10:56.annual pay rise. But not, it seems, any longer. With private businesses
:10:56. > :11:00.and the public sector both tightening their belts, three
:11:00. > :11:03.quarters of workers in the North aren't getting a pay rise. It's the
:11:03. > :11:09.highest figure in the country. Our political correspondent, Mark
:11:09. > :11:17.Denten, reports. It's one of the warmest days of the
:11:17. > :11:23.year so far, with soaring temperatures. Now, it is a shirt
:11:23. > :11:27.sleeves to weather today, but do not be fooled. We are in the middle
:11:27. > :11:29.of a big freeze. What's frozen is our pay. A survey by the Chartered
:11:29. > :11:33.Institute of Personnel Development suggests three quarters of workers
:11:33. > :11:42.in the North East have had a pay freeze. That compares to just 56%
:11:42. > :11:49.in London and the South East. Have you had a pay rise? No. Not for the
:11:49. > :11:53.last three years, I think. I have only just started my job so not yet.
:11:53. > :11:58.10p! Binman Mick Dobson hasn't even had that much. His pay's been
:11:58. > :12:02.frozen two years, and like many public sector workers, he's angry.
:12:02. > :12:06.The likes of holidays, you can forget about that, but even your
:12:06. > :12:11.day-to-day living, with fuel, petrol and food prices going up, it
:12:11. > :12:14.is becoming harder to feed ourselves. But at this engineering
:12:14. > :12:22.firm in South Shields, they've had a pay freeze for even longer -
:12:22. > :12:27.three years. They said they could not afford it on the basis that we
:12:27. > :12:30.could not pass on the rises to customers. Managers say there was
:12:30. > :12:37.no alternative. And workers like Carl say "better no rise than no
:12:37. > :12:41.job". Things are now moving on. They have told us we can be winning
:12:41. > :12:45.new orders left right and centre. Summer's here, but for many bosses
:12:45. > :12:48.in the North, it seems the time is not yet right to give the rest of
:12:48. > :12:51.us a rise. Still making huge losses, but
:12:51. > :12:55.things are on the mend. That was the message from the Northern Rock
:12:55. > :12:58.today, as it announced it might make a profit next year. Half-year
:12:58. > :13:01.results show it lost �78 million to the end of June, but that's much
:13:01. > :13:05.less than the �140 million losses at this stage last year. And the
:13:05. > :13:08.bank thinks it might be back in the black in 2012. Voluntary groups in
:13:08. > :13:11.the region, however, fear they'll be plunged into crisis when the
:13:11. > :13:15.bank is sold off. The Rock's charity arm has given millions to
:13:15. > :13:25.good causes. Now there are fears the cash will dry up under new
:13:25. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:32.owners, as Peter Harris explains for tonight's Look North report.
:13:32. > :13:40.To them, this means everything, but soon they might be forced it to
:13:40. > :13:44.stop? -- forced to stop. Why? Because the charity from Northern
:13:44. > :13:48.Rock might have nothing left to give them. The funding has been
:13:48. > :13:52.crucial. They would be absolutely devastated if they lost their
:13:52. > :13:56.funding. It is a very big part of their lives and something that
:13:56. > :14:00.affects their lives, but also they do a lot of work with younger
:14:00. > :14:09.disabled people, so it is really important there is that role of
:14:09. > :14:13.people. It is good because you can throw whatever you have got in your
:14:14. > :14:23.own life away and become somebody else. Basically, we are like a
:14:24. > :14:23.
:14:24. > :14:28.family. I had this ambition since I was five to do something with drama.
:14:28. > :14:33.And now it has come to fruition. When you were singing, how do you
:14:33. > :14:38.feel? Like a superstar. This is whether banking crisis hits the
:14:38. > :14:42.most vulnerable. Part of Northern Rock's profits were given to his
:14:42. > :14:47.charity arm, even when the Bank was nationalised, and the Government
:14:47. > :14:50.agreed to keep funding good causes like this. But the bank is due to
:14:50. > :14:55.be privatised again, and what if the new owner decides it does not
:14:55. > :15:00.want to pay for this kind of thing? That means they are gone. Some MPs
:15:00. > :15:08.have urged the Government de force the next owner to keep the charity
:15:09. > :15:16.on going. In 13 years, the foundation has made 3,700 grants to
:15:16. > :15:22.nearly 2000 groups. The total given away is put at �87 million. -- �187
:15:22. > :15:26.million. At South Shields, they help from and homelessness.
:15:26. > :15:31.would be a massive blow and I would urge the Government that whatever
:15:31. > :15:34.the future of the Northern Rock bank, there are safeguards or sum
:15:35. > :15:42.contributions made to the Northern Rock Foundation, to safeguard the
:15:42. > :15:47.work going on around the region, which is excellent. Jenny and James
:15:48. > :15:52.live at the project's house. would be homeless if this was not
:15:52. > :15:56.available. It is a nice place to get on your own feet and give us a
:15:56. > :16:04.sense of general independence. have been able to improve myself
:16:04. > :16:08.confidence. To find my own way to get my own place. The collapse of
:16:09. > :16:11.the Northern Rock was never going to be painless. If the foundation
:16:11. > :16:16.does appears, though, it is the most vulnerable who might suffer
:16:16. > :16:18.the most. Still plenty more ahead in
:16:19. > :16:22.tonight's Look North, including the latest on Joey Barton's situation
:16:22. > :16:32.with Newcastle United. Plus, a rest from the Nuclear
:16:32. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:36.fallout. Youngsters from Chernobyl enjoy a month on Teesside.
:16:37. > :16:41.And two big changes in the weather by the weekend. See what it means
:16:41. > :16:43.what your plans later on. They were killed serving their
:16:43. > :16:45.country and today their sacrifice was remembered. Two new
:16:45. > :16:51.accommodation wings at Catterick Garrison were officially named
:16:51. > :16:54.after two young soldiers killed in Afghanistan. The Brownson and
:16:54. > :17:00.Brelsford Blocks, as they're to be known, will stand as an inspiration
:17:00. > :17:02.to future trainees at Catterick. Peter Lugg reports.
:17:02. > :17:05.A simple naming ceremony to remember two young soldiers who
:17:05. > :17:12.lost their lives in Afghanistan and whose names will now be an
:17:12. > :17:14.inspiration to generations of recruits to come. Corporal Lee
:17:14. > :17:20.Brownson, from Bishop Auckland, and Sergeant Craig Brelsford, from
:17:20. > :17:30.Nottingham. Both cut down on the battlefield, both awarded medals
:17:30. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:37.for bravery. To be killed in action is a great... An act of great
:17:37. > :17:41.honour on behalf of their friends, regiment and country. These two
:17:41. > :17:46.young men not only were killed in action, they were killed during
:17:46. > :17:49.axed -- extraordinary acts of valour, and that is why it is
:17:49. > :17:51.important they are represented here. The accommodation wings, which now
:17:51. > :17:58.bear the soldiers' names, are part of the ongoing transformation of
:17:58. > :18:02.facilities at Catterick. This dormitory is typical of the type of
:18:02. > :18:06.accommodation you get here, and which the two soldiers would have
:18:06. > :18:12.had if they were starting now. A typical bed with pin ups and
:18:12. > :18:15.posters of loved ones, and there will be 392 places for soldiers in
:18:15. > :18:20.these new buildings. Lee Brownson's family believe the buildings are a
:18:20. > :18:27.fitting tribute to their son's outstanding military career. This
:18:27. > :18:31.is like Butlins. And they deserve it. This is what they need.
:18:31. > :18:36.general said your son had helped make the world a safer place. Do
:18:36. > :18:39.you feel that? Definitely. Tens of thousands of pounds worth
:18:39. > :18:42.of damage has been done to cars belonging to people living near
:18:42. > :18:46.Whitehaven. A serial car scratcher has made repeated attacks on
:18:46. > :18:51.vehicles in several roads over a number of years. Today a man was
:18:51. > :18:56.arrested in connection with the damage, as Alison Freeman reports.
:18:56. > :19:06.Do you know this man? In the past two years, he's caused �56,000 of
:19:06. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:12.damage, just by scratching more than 100 cars in Hensingham. These
:19:12. > :19:16.scratches have been caused over the last 18 months or so. All by the
:19:16. > :19:25.same person. It is not mindless vandalism like a drunk coming out
:19:25. > :19:30.of town. It is just the frustration of, again, you know... The damage
:19:30. > :19:33.has not been repaired because there is no point until it stops.
:19:33. > :19:37.suspect appears to follow a route up Hensingham Road and into
:19:37. > :19:44.Hensingham main street. The chip shop owner and his staff have all
:19:44. > :19:49.had their cars vandalised. You just look at the car and you feel sick
:19:49. > :19:54.that it has been scratched again. Once, where we have the car
:19:54. > :20:02.scratched, we to kit into get repaired and I bought it out at 4pm
:20:02. > :20:07.and at 7pm, it was scratched again, the same day. You will know the
:20:07. > :20:12.emotional impact it has and then the financial impact, the excess,
:20:12. > :20:15.the policy. I think it is a wicked, selfish act. The police reckon the
:20:15. > :20:19.vandal has been at work for two years, but some victims reckon
:20:19. > :20:21.their cars have been attacked as far back as eight years ago. Now
:20:21. > :20:31.they just want a solution - something that will stop them
:20:31. > :20:31.
:20:32. > :20:41.spending thousands of pounds on car repairs every year. Today, a man
:20:42. > :20:44.
:20:44. > :20:50.was arrested and is being questioned by police.
:20:50. > :20:53.On to the sport, and one high- profile departure.
:20:53. > :20:56.Yesterday he was quoting George Orwell. Today Joey Barton chose the
:20:56. > :21:00.words of George Washington, as the midfielder hinted he might stay at
:21:00. > :21:02.Newcastle despite not being wanted by the club. In any case, with
:21:02. > :21:07.Liverpool targeting full-back Jose Enrique, Barton may not be the
:21:07. > :21:09.first out of the door anyway. Here's Katie Gornall.
:21:09. > :21:13.Whatever you think about Newcastle's "persona non grata",
:21:13. > :21:16.he's certainly not afraid to speak his mind. Despite being put on the
:21:16. > :21:19.transfer list and made to train alone after criticising the club's
:21:19. > :21:25.hierarchy, Joey Barton today hinted that he might run down his contract
:21:25. > :21:29.at United. The 28-year-old said on Twitter, "Just because you're told
:21:29. > :21:34.to jump, it does not necessarily mean you have to. I may choose to
:21:34. > :21:38.stand perfectly still. It's my right. Just a thought". Questions
:21:38. > :21:41.about Barton were off limits at last night's friendly at Gateshead.
:21:41. > :21:43.Meanwhile, the odds have shortened on left-back Jose Enrique leaving
:21:43. > :21:53.Tyneside before Barton, with Liverpool believed to be the
:21:53. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:08.The spirit of performance. Just don't mention that word. It is a
:22:08. > :22:14.difficult situation, but what pleased me about tonight was the
:22:14. > :22:17.way the players mixed. For most important thing to me is this game
:22:17. > :22:21.tonight and the way the boys are doing.
:22:21. > :22:24.Now, away from the war of words on Twitter, a very different kind of
:22:24. > :22:27.football story. Loyalty in the modern game does seem to be going
:22:28. > :22:30.out of fashion, so it was great to see nearly 6,000 fans converge on
:22:30. > :22:40.Hartlepool's Victoria Park last night to honour the man voted the
:22:40. > :22:44.
:22:44. > :22:46.club's Player of the 20th Century. Please welcome Ritchie Humphreys!
:22:46. > :22:49.Ritchie Humphreys, Hartlepool's record appearance holder, reminded
:22:49. > :22:53.older fans of the days when players would often remain at the same club
:22:53. > :22:56.for ten years or more. A great reception from the home crowd and
:22:56. > :22:59.sizeable away following the man who'd made the shortish trip down
:22:59. > :23:02.the A19 from Sunderland for this testimonial game. On a night all
:23:02. > :23:04.about veterans, it was perhaps fitting that the 36-year-old summer
:23:05. > :23:09.signing Nolberto Solano should open the scoring, although that was as
:23:09. > :23:12.good as it got for Pools on the night. In fact, the home side were
:23:12. > :23:15.3-1 down when Humphreys was substituted. The standing ovation,
:23:15. > :23:19.a fitting tribute to years of loyalty from this man of steel.
:23:19. > :23:22.He's from Sheffield. At the end of the match, daughter Eliza was once
:23:22. > :23:30.again called upon to share the moment, leaving even grown men a
:23:30. > :23:33.little misty eyed. Being in front of the town and for me to be
:23:33. > :23:40.applauded in front of our supporters, I will never forget
:23:40. > :23:44.that. I want to soak up tonight and enjoy the game and a run-out, but
:23:44. > :23:50.overall, the elation at the end, my family in the stands and my
:23:50. > :23:53.daughter in my arms, I couldn't ask for anything else. It is a
:23:53. > :23:59.remarkable achievement and it is great that he has done a turn for
:23:59. > :24:03.us. I am sure he has enjoyed his night. Only Wes Brown and Seb
:24:03. > :24:06.Larsson of the summer signings were on show. Most of the rest will turn
:24:06. > :24:08.out at Darlington tonight. Goals for Asamoah Gyan, with a hint of
:24:09. > :24:11.offside, in-form youngster Jack Colback and new boy Larsson won't
:24:12. > :24:15.have done the confidence any harm ahead of the league opener at
:24:15. > :24:25.Liverpool. But the night belonged to one man, if not quite a national
:24:25. > :24:25.
:24:25. > :24:32.treasure yet, certainly the pride of Pools.
:24:32. > :24:41.In cricket, the home side are 416 runs behind. Durham held a 90-run
:24:41. > :24:44.lead over Nottingham. That is the sport.
:24:44. > :24:47.It's a holiday that few will ever forget. 24 children from Belarus
:24:47. > :24:51.who all suffered from the fallout of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986
:24:51. > :24:54.have been in the region today. They were in Middlesbrough as part of a
:24:54. > :24:56.month-long visit around the country. Belarus received 70% of the
:24:56. > :25:02.radioactive fallout from the explosion, and every year thousands
:25:02. > :25:07.of children there are born with or develop cancer. Bringing them over
:25:07. > :25:13.and giving them days out like this can extend their life span, because
:25:13. > :25:18.all of them are suffering from the effects of the Chernobyl disaster.
:25:18. > :25:28.It looks like it has been a nice day but not much of a summer so
:25:28. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:33.We have got the facts and figures for July, and no surprises. Much
:25:33. > :25:39.cooler than average and much wetter and done as well. If you needed
:25:39. > :25:43.your memory jogging, how about this from Alan Smith. Huge downpours at
:25:43. > :25:49.this regatta. The surfers are fighting their way through the mist
:25:49. > :25:54.here as well. And when we did get some blue-sky, what did we find?
:25:54. > :25:58.Huge waves crashing over the barriers. So quite a volatile July.
:25:58. > :26:05.We look forward to August and it looks like we will have a turn for
:26:05. > :26:09.the worse. Tomorrow looking particularly prone to rain, but for
:26:09. > :26:13.Friday, another change in the air. Much cooler and pressure to end the
:26:13. > :26:19.week with a little bit of sunshine and well worth the wait if you
:26:19. > :26:21.don't like the heat and humidity. Some nasty, thundery showers in
:26:21. > :26:30.North Yorkshire, which will be dying out in the next couple of
:26:30. > :26:36.hours or so. The majority of the night will be clear with dry spells,
:26:36. > :26:40.but into dawn, that is when the cloud moves in with the showers.
:26:40. > :26:44.Temperatures into the mid- teens. In the North East, a brief, bright
:26:44. > :26:50.start, but the cloud Press in East with and through the North East
:26:50. > :26:56.through much of the afternoon. Things should dry and brighten up
:26:56. > :27:05.by the end of the afternoon. Most should have a nice evening.
:27:05. > :27:10.Temperatures are subdued compared to today. For the rest of the week,
:27:10. > :27:15.on Friday, it will freshen up nicely. Feeling much cleaner with a
:27:15. > :27:20.lot more sunshine and a very bright end to the week, with temperatures
:27:20. > :27:24.steadily at around 20 to 21 degrees Celsius. By the weekend, a bit