:00:06. > :00:13.Welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight, is the party city
:00:13. > :00:17.suffering a massive hangover? The �160 annual billion bill for
:00:17. > :00:21.Newcastle problem. How thousands of pasheant face delays when arriving
:00:21. > :00:28.at hospital by ambulance. Farewell to one of our oldest soldiers, the
:00:28. > :00:32.funeral takes place of Tommy Sivell who has died aged 105. And icon of
:00:32. > :00:38.the Tyne. Our bridge reaches its tenth anniversary and why hundreds
:00:38. > :00:42.of sheepdogs have converged on a Cumbrian town. In sport a fight for
:00:42. > :00:52.the Falcons two matches into the new season and why Jean's Genies
:00:52. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:03.are planning to take the Great Not long ago it was known at as the
:01:03. > :01:06.party city but knewsicalsle could be suffering from a massive
:01:06. > :01:13.hangover, a new report says drink- related problems are thought to
:01:13. > :01:16.costing the city as much as �160 million a year. Alcohol is
:01:16. > :01:20.shortening live, fuelling violent crime and causing a strain on NHS
:01:20. > :01:24.resources. But, at the same time, it concedes that booze is also
:01:24. > :01:27.boosting the local economy and providing vital jobs. Our political
:01:27. > :01:33.editor has been studying the report's findings and is in
:01:33. > :01:38.Newcastle now. Yes, round this time the pubs are starting to warm up.
:01:38. > :01:42.But this report produced for Newcastle City Council paints a
:01:42. > :01:45.sobering impact of drink on Newcastle. Three out of every
:01:45. > :01:48.adults have a drink but it is the amount they are drinking. One in
:01:49. > :01:54.ten drink more than twice the safe amount of units a week. Some as
:01:54. > :01:59.many as 50. One in three admit binge drinking and then there is
:01:59. > :02:02.the age. Seven% of 11-year-olds have had a drink in the last week.
:02:02. > :02:07.13% of 14-15-year-olds say they drink more than the maximum number
:02:07. > :02:12.of units for an adult each week. All that drinking is taking a heavy
:02:12. > :02:16.toll. It is estimated men in Newcastle lose 13-and-a-half months
:02:16. > :02:20.off their lifespan because of alcohol abuse, women lose round
:02:20. > :02:28.five months. The city has 50% more alcohol admissions to hospital than
:02:29. > :02:32.the national average. All of -- half of all violent crimes involve
:02:32. > :02:36.drinkers and half of the deliberate fires set are caused by drinkers.
:02:36. > :02:40.This report talks about the change in drinking habits. Something
:02:40. > :02:43.called preloading, where instead of people going into a pub and having
:02:43. > :02:49.their first drink there, they buy cheap booze from supermarkets, get
:02:49. > :02:54.drunk at home and then come out in the evening. That is concerning the
:02:54. > :02:57.council. The leader says something needs to be done about it. We need
:02:57. > :03:02.people to drink less but we need to tackle this particular phenomenon.
:03:02. > :03:05.People drinking at home before they go into town. We can tackle that
:03:05. > :03:08.through minimum pricing, by cracking down on some of the cut
:03:08. > :03:12.price supermarket deals and the subsidies that supermarkets put
:03:12. > :03:19.into their cheap alcohol. It is clear, we need to do some work
:03:19. > :03:25.round this. So talk about a minimum price perunit, perhaps 50 pence
:03:25. > :03:30.that might help. But are we already living with this legacy already.
:03:30. > :03:36.Colin is from a group called Balance. Here is what he had to say.
:03:36. > :03:39.We have constantly seen average age lifespans getting older, my worry
:03:39. > :03:44.is that my children's generation will die at a younger age than we
:03:44. > :03:47.do. It is that serious. We will see more children under 18, there are
:03:47. > :03:50.children under 18, getting specialist treatment for alcohol
:03:50. > :03:54.problems. We will see more people in that situation. We will spend
:03:54. > :03:59.more and more money on treating people, we will spend more money on
:03:59. > :04:02.police keeping a lid on problem, and we can't afford do that.
:04:02. > :04:06.there is an obvious down site, but the report talks about how
:04:07. > :04:11.lucrative the pubs and clubs are for the city. Doesn't it?
:04:11. > :04:16.Absolutely. The party city does generate money. I mean it helps to
:04:16. > :04:23.bring about 100,000 people into the city centre, each Friday night.
:04:23. > :04:26.That earns Newcastle 360 million a year. It sustained more than 7,000
:04:26. > :04:28.jobs. The licencees say they would favour a minimum price for alcohol
:04:28. > :04:31.because they believer their business is suffering because
:04:31. > :04:40.people are buying from supermarkets. Not coming into town until later.
:04:40. > :04:43.Spending less when they get there. This is Bob Senior. We can't
:04:43. > :04:47.reinvest in pub, we can't make a profit because we are come piste
:04:47. > :04:51.Peteing with the supermarket. We should have a quality drink.
:04:51. > :04:55.Newcastle eighth in the world for a party night out. You can't have a
:04:55. > :05:00.party without a drink but it should be a quality drink. The problem is
:05:00. > :05:03.Newcastle sets a minimum price, people would go to Gateshead or
:05:03. > :05:05.neighbouring places so the council say it is time for action across
:05:05. > :05:09.the North East but perhaps nationally to try and tackle this
:05:09. > :05:16.problem. Otherwise, we will be left with an awful legacy from all this
:05:16. > :05:19.drinking. Thank you. Thousands of patients across the North East face
:05:19. > :05:22.delays in being handed over to hospitals when they arrive by
:05:22. > :05:25.ambulance. Figures released to the BBC show that delays in
:05:25. > :05:30.transferring patients from ambulances to hospital mount up to
:05:30. > :05:33.thousands of hours. The North East Ambulance Service has lost over
:05:33. > :05:41.30,000 hours in the last three years. Here sour health reporter
:05:41. > :05:48.Sharon Barbour. Dialling 999, the flashing blue lights and siren,
:05:48. > :05:51.getting a patient to hospital is often an emergency. The North East
:05:51. > :05:55.Ambulance Service aims to get all its critically ill patients to
:05:55. > :06:00.hospital within eight minutes. But what is happening to all patients,
:06:00. > :06:04.when they arrive at hospital? Well, many it appears are having to wait
:06:04. > :06:09.to be seen by doctors. According to a Freedom of Information Request by
:06:09. > :06:14.the BBC, many patients are facing increasing delays, in being handed
:06:14. > :06:18.over to hospitals. The total delay in turn round times has increased
:06:18. > :06:23.year on year for the last three years. And it is more than doubled
:06:23. > :06:30.over two years. Over three years the North East Ambulance Service
:06:30. > :06:33.has lost over 30thou hours to from delayed turn rounds. In a statement,
:06:33. > :06:37.the North East Ambulance Service says it was working with local
:06:37. > :06:43.hospitals and commissioners to achieve the best turn round time
:06:43. > :06:47.possible for patients. However, periods of heavy demand mean delays
:06:47. > :06:51.can happen. And the NHS North of Tyne who commissioned the Ambulance
:06:51. > :06:55.Service say they are monitoring the situation very closely. They have
:06:55. > :06:59.performance measures in the contracts for hospitals and the
:06:59. > :07:05.Ambulance Services. And they say significant progress has been made
:07:05. > :07:09.to improve the turn round times in the past year. They add that new
:07:09. > :07:13.technology in ambulances mean paramedics can liaise with doctors
:07:14. > :07:23.about arrival time. The technology identifies which A&E departments
:07:24. > :07:28.
:07:28. > :07:33.More of the day's news now and a senior officer involved in the hunt
:07:33. > :07:36.for Raoul Moat was asked today if police had wanted the gunman dead.
:07:36. > :07:38.Chief Inspector Jo Farrell seen here in the middle told the inquest
:07:38. > :07:43.into Moat's death she was determined to see him face trial
:07:43. > :07:47.for his crimes and her primary objective was public safety. She
:07:47. > :07:51.said the decision to use Tasers was given to give officers the chance
:07:51. > :07:56.to bring him in alive. His sawn-off shotgun was passed frowned the jury
:07:56. > :07:59.to examine. Man has been arrested after an incident onboard a
:07:59. > :08:03.Thompson jet flying holiday-makers home to the North East. It is
:08:03. > :08:07.alleged a passenger tried to force an emergency door open, as it was
:08:08. > :08:11.flying at 36,000 feet from Majorca to Newcastle early yesterday. He
:08:11. > :08:18.was restrained by cabin crew and passengers while the plane was
:08:18. > :08:24.diverted to Gatwick. A 22-year-old man from Ashington was arrested on
:08:24. > :08:29.endangering suspicion of endangering an aircrat. The widow
:08:29. > :08:31.of a Red Arrow pilot killed last month is taking part in the Great
:08:31. > :08:35.North Run. Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging died after his plane came
:08:35. > :08:38.down at Bournemouth airshow. They will fly over the start of the
:08:38. > :08:42.Great North Run this Sunday, before carrying out their traditional
:08:42. > :08:46.shows over the Tyne Bridge and at the finish line. Dr Emma Egging
:08:46. > :08:52.will run wearing a red number four to northern her husband who flew
:08:52. > :08:57.red four in the team. Shoppers and staff escaped without injury when a
:08:57. > :09:00.three storey shop collapsed in County Durham this afternoon. A
:09:00. > :09:03.Durham fire brigade spokeswoman said staff at the Mothercare store
:09:03. > :09:07.in Bishop Auckland reported hearing a loud noise before the back of the
:09:08. > :09:11.building collapsed, bringing down the roof and part of a wall. Three
:09:11. > :09:20.floors collapsed. No-one was hurt. Neighbouring shops have been
:09:20. > :09:23.cordoned off. Now the funeral's taken place of Tommy Sivell, the
:09:23. > :09:31.oldst survivor of the Green Howards regiment. Tommy died last week at
:09:31. > :09:38.the age of 105. He was an accomplished accordionist and a
:09:38. > :09:43.popular figure on Tyneside. Tommy Sivell accumulated many friends in
:09:43. > :09:48.his 105 year, among them his former comrades in the Green Howards who
:09:48. > :09:51.formed an honour guard. Draped in the flag of his renment, Tommy's
:09:51. > :09:57.coffin passed before standard bearers into the chapel. He was
:09:57. > :10:04.remembered as a modest God fearing man.. He was a loyal friend. And he
:10:04. > :10:12.kept many a party going, many a party with his accordion playing.
:10:12. > :10:20.The last count he had about 14 accordions. He was great fun really
:10:20. > :10:25.for 105, he made other people, especially me feel older than him.
:10:25. > :10:30.He was very fright sli. The end of a legend. Tommy was a much loved
:10:30. > :10:33.veteran of the regiment which marked his 100th birthday with a
:10:34. > :10:38.special celebration and there were cards from not one but two monarch,
:10:38. > :10:42.the Queen and King Harald of Norway. Tommy joined up in the '20s and
:10:42. > :10:46.left in 1932 but he signed up again on the outbreak of World War II and
:10:46. > :10:51.fought throughout the six year campaign. The comradeship of the
:10:51. > :10:58.regiment sustained him throughout the rest of his very long life.
:10:58. > :11:03.see, I class all my pals in the regiment as brothers. You know, it
:11:03. > :11:11.is like, like a brotherhood, you know. And you think of all the good
:11:11. > :11:15.things. Tommy's other passion was the accordion and he was a member
:11:15. > :11:18.of the Liberal Party for more than 70 years. The last time he really
:11:18. > :11:24.appeared at a political event was in the general election last year.
:11:24. > :11:29.He came to our head quarters to see how we were getting on and see if
:11:29. > :11:33.he could help stuff a few envelopes. He apologised for not being able to
:11:33. > :11:43.canvas. He said the secret of his long life was be kind to people
:11:43. > :11:46.
:11:46. > :11:50.perhaps we should all take a leaf Funeral of Tommy Sivell today.
:11:50. > :11:53.Plans to move Cumbria's fire control room out of the county were
:11:53. > :11:57.agreed by County Councillors today. It means emergency calls will be
:11:57. > :12:01.answered in Warrington, there has been concern over a loss of local
:12:01. > :12:04.knowledge and handling fire calls but councillors agreed to move,
:12:04. > :12:07.saying it won't compromise safety. The Princess Royal has been
:12:07. > :12:12.continuing her tour of our region today. This morning she arrived at
:12:12. > :12:16.a new million pound training centre for apprentices at System Training
:12:16. > :12:23.near Carlisle. The Princess was welcomed by local children before
:12:23. > :12:29.taking a toufr the site. A piece of art put on eBay by Newcastle City
:12:29. > :12:33.Council has been bought for more than �1200. The so-called Lego Men
:12:33. > :12:37.artwork used to stand in Haymarket but was taken down in 2009. One of
:12:37. > :12:46.them was put up for auction, with the money raised benefiting city
:12:46. > :12:50.You're watching Look North. Still to come, Thursday's sports desk,
:12:50. > :12:57.plus: Penrith plays host to the world sheepdog trials - bringing
:12:57. > :13:05.sights like this. I will be here with a full forecast for the north
:13:05. > :13:14.east and Cumbria and a look forward This weekend sees the 10th
:13:15. > :13:17.anniversary of the Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne. The �22
:13:17. > :13:20.million structure opened to the public on September the 17th 2001,
:13:20. > :13:23.and it's become a much loved icon. For tonight's Look North Report,
:13:23. > :13:33.Keith Akehurst's been looking back on the Millennium Bridge's first
:13:33. > :13:37.
:13:37. > :13:43.It was constructed six miles down river. A short, arduous journey,
:13:43. > :13:50.carried by the world's second largest floating item. 105 metres
:13:50. > :13:54.long. Not any room for error. It was perfect in every way. After
:13:54. > :13:59.four years of planning, the bridge was slotted into place at the
:13:59. > :14:06.margin of error was just one millimetre. It was one piece of a
:14:06. > :14:09.jigsaw plans to transform the area. This was part of linking these
:14:09. > :14:14.areas, Gateshead and Newcastle. And the wonderful things we do down
:14:14. > :14:20.here. We have got his Golden Mile, as I call it, between the swing
:14:20. > :14:26.bridge and this bridge. brilliant bridge is very simple.
:14:26. > :14:31.The arch and the curved deck, connected by thin wires. It had to
:14:32. > :14:36.complement the Tyne Bridge and not detract. Six teams were competing
:14:37. > :14:41.to win this particular project. The brief was quite constraining. We
:14:41. > :14:45.had to build the link from one site to the other and could not build
:14:46. > :14:50.anything on The Quayside. We had to have clearance in the middle of at
:14:50. > :14:55.least five metres. It was difficult to get over in a straight line. We
:14:55. > :15:00.had to have 25 metres high clearance for shipping and 30
:15:00. > :15:04.metres wide. We were on to something special. When it took its
:15:04. > :15:12.place, the Millennium Bridge became an icon. Loved by locals and
:15:12. > :15:20.visitors alike. Fantastic. Very good. Lovely. I really like it.
:15:20. > :15:25.Really nice. Do you like it? You like it when it goes off, did you?
:15:25. > :15:28.He has lived here as long as the bridge has. We have got a lot of
:15:29. > :15:33.family and friends visiting. This is one of the places we love to
:15:33. > :15:37.take them. We were talking about a little boy I brought here about
:15:37. > :15:41.eight years ago from Venice. He came running down the hill and look
:15:41. > :15:46.at the bridge and said, I did a project at school about that! He
:15:46. > :15:52.was very excited. I like the fact it opens at predictable times. That
:15:52. > :15:55.is good when we are showing visitors around. I take them down
:15:55. > :16:00.here just before midday and say, would you like to see the bridge
:16:00. > :16:08.open and I say, I will see what I can do! I disappear had never come
:16:08. > :16:12.back. I say, it will open in five minutes and of course it does!
:16:12. > :16:19.proud to be involved in this project. To see the effect it has
:16:19. > :16:26.had on the area, and really, it is wider than that, the region. We
:16:26. > :16:29.have had things and accolades everywhere. Who would have thought
:16:29. > :16:33.we could enhance it and make it even better? Better at photographs
:16:33. > :16:38.and images. People want to come here all the time and be on it,
:16:38. > :16:48.look at it and get better grass. They sent the pictures around the
:16:48. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:56.It has been described as the Olympic Games and World Cup rolled
:16:56. > :17:04.into one, with lucrative rewards for the winner. But this event has
:17:04. > :17:06.nothing to do with highly paid Premiership footballers. In the
:17:07. > :17:09.fields near Penrith in Cumbria, contestants from across the globe
:17:10. > :17:12.are fighting it out to become the World Sheepdog Trials Champion. And
:17:13. > :17:15.it's drawing in the crowds, as Mark McAlindon reports. 240 dogs from
:17:16. > :17:18.around 25 countries are taking part in the World Sheepdog Trials, the
:17:18. > :17:21.first time they've been held in Cumbria. Handlers from Scandinavia,
:17:21. > :17:24.America, Japan and New Zealand were among those who paraded through
:17:24. > :17:29.Penrith to mark the start of the event, all in boisterous mood and
:17:29. > :17:37.cheered on by hundreds of locals. And today, competition began in
:17:37. > :17:41.earnest on the Lowther Estate at Thrimby. It is huge. The equivalent
:17:41. > :17:48.of the World Cup and the Olympics for the handlers. They must be on
:17:48. > :17:54.top of their craft. The courses are set. The tests that they have are
:17:54. > :18:00.very severe. We will find out any weaknesses very quickly. Is it
:18:00. > :18:06.exciting? Very exciting, yes. It will be absolutely fascinating.
:18:06. > :18:10.Today is likely to be the quieter event. But 40,000 people are
:18:10. > :18:16.expected to come to the Lowther Estate at Thrimby this weekend.
:18:16. > :18:21.BBBC will be here with a splash of celebrity colour. -- the BBC. But
:18:21. > :18:24.this is what people have come to see from around the world. One is
:18:24. > :18:29.former Cumbrian, Jim Wilson, now living in and competing for New
:18:29. > :18:37.Zealand. We have got other achievements. It would be great to
:18:37. > :18:43.be world champion. But with the trials, it will be somebody's day.
:18:43. > :18:47.They are all here with good people. You need the rub of the green and a
:18:47. > :18:53.bit of luck. Sheepdog handling might seem homespun in Cumbria, but
:18:53. > :18:58.it enjoys an internationmal following. I am from Norway and
:18:58. > :19:05.this location is very nice, very nice landscape. It is a nice place.
:19:05. > :19:15.I am from Holland and I am enjoying this date. The final is on Sunday -
:19:15. > :19:16.
:19:16. > :19:20.with cash prizes and huge prestige Those dogs are really clever but my
:19:20. > :19:26.dog does not look like that. It is an important weekend for the
:19:26. > :19:29.Premiership rugby team? Bottom of the table after two defeats and not
:19:29. > :19:33.a point to their name Newcastle Falcons have had the worst possible
:19:33. > :19:36.start to the new rugby union season. It means the pressure's on this
:19:36. > :19:40.weekend when they face Premiership giants Leicester - although so far
:19:40. > :19:43.the Tigers haven't been doing much better! There was a time not so
:19:43. > :19:45.long ago when games against Leicester were a sell out but- the
:19:45. > :19:50.economic squeeze and years of struggling on the pitch have put
:19:50. > :19:53.paid to that. A stadium that holds more then 10,000 was on average
:19:53. > :19:58.just over half full last season, and the opening day game against
:19:58. > :20:05.Bath saw the Falcons lowest ever premiership crowd. It is not a
:20:05. > :20:09.recipe for success. We are begging the crowds to stay. We have got to
:20:09. > :20:13.get numbers. The performances on the pitch have got a lot to do with
:20:13. > :20:20.the crowds we attract but there is a lot we can do off the pitch to
:20:20. > :20:29.attract the crowds to the game. We are doing a lot with local clubs
:20:29. > :20:32.and schools to get them to be the fans of the future. Teams you might
:20:32. > :20:35.have expected to be battling with the Falcons, Worcester and Sale
:20:35. > :20:37.already have ahead start. Leicester and London Irish wont stay at the
:20:37. > :20:40.bottom especially once their world cup players come back but there's
:20:40. > :20:45.fighting talk from the Falcons number 10. We will not be there
:20:45. > :20:49.either. It has been a bit of a problem. But we will put that right
:20:49. > :20:53.on Saturday and get a few boys back from the World Cup and the firing
:20:53. > :20:58.as well. When we get a sniff of wedding, it will go from there.
:20:58. > :21:03.have got to take this opportunity. Leicester are well short of key
:21:03. > :21:08.players. Have a taste of my medicine, you know what I mean?
:21:08. > :21:16.This is what we go through as a club. We have not got the
:21:16. > :21:19.superstars that Leicester have got. Perhaps that is part of the problem.
:21:19. > :21:21.They have only scored three Premier League goals all season but that
:21:21. > :21:24.hasn't stopped Newcastle United reaching the dizzy heights of
:21:24. > :21:28.fourth ahead of Saturday's trip to Aston Villa. Much of that has been
:21:28. > :21:30.down to a tight defence, which has conceded just once. And after a
:21:30. > :21:36.series of injury problems, former England Under-21 captain Steven
:21:36. > :21:40.Taylor is attracting many of the plaudits. He is probably playing
:21:40. > :21:44.the best football of his career. I think he has got a chance of being
:21:44. > :21:49.involved with England again. I think the management should come
:21:49. > :21:54.and have a look because I think he is doing that well. I am not sure
:21:54. > :22:01.if they had seen us this year or last year. There have been games in
:22:01. > :22:04.the North East. He would be welcome, certainly. On the minus side, full-
:22:04. > :22:07.back Davide Santon, who joined the Magpies last month, is having a
:22:07. > :22:10.scan on the same knee he's previously had cartilege trouble
:22:10. > :22:18.with. Durham's Ben Stokes is out of tomorrow's final one day
:22:18. > :22:21.international against India with a recurring finger injury. And
:22:21. > :22:24.despite victory in their final Division One match this afternoon -
:22:24. > :22:25.Durham have had to settle for 3rd place in the county championship
:22:25. > :22:27.place in the county championship behind Lancashire and Warwickshire.
:22:28. > :22:37.They beat Worcestershire by 151 runs. Three wickets apiece for
:22:37. > :22:40.Now one of the great features of Sunday's Great North Run will be
:22:40. > :22:43.the huge proportion of the 54,000 runners raising money for charity.
:22:43. > :22:45.Among them, three ladies calling themselves Jean's Genies. Yes,
:22:45. > :22:49.inspired by their mums, the best friends are running for Cancer
:22:49. > :22:59.Research - a cause very close to their hearts. So prepare to meet
:22:59. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:25.Justine, Bev and Jill as you've We were all actually called Jean.
:23:25. > :23:34.We will all diagnosed, our mothers were diagnosed last year. My mother
:23:34. > :23:37.had the all-clear. That is why we are called Jean's Genies. Justine
:23:37. > :23:43.and Julian our Great North Run red veterans and know what to expect
:23:43. > :23:50.but Beverley is a first-timer. is ready for it and really enjoys
:23:50. > :23:54.it. It does bring you along. You cannot run at an easy pace all
:23:54. > :24:01.along and take it easy and enjoy it and try not to beat the elite but
:24:01. > :24:05.we might! We are just going to enjoy it for what it is. A fun day
:24:05. > :24:11.but a serious effort to raise money to combat cancer. The brothers are
:24:11. > :24:15.the inspiration had been with them -- will -- be mothers have been the
:24:15. > :24:23.inspiration and will be with them every inch of the wave. I have
:24:23. > :24:27.bought her a hat as well. She knew I was doing it. She realised I was
:24:27. > :24:32.running as Jean's Genies and I know she is supporting me and she always
:24:32. > :24:42.will. Whatever I have ever done, she has always been supporting me
:24:42. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:01.It is one of the nicest things about the Great North Run, seeing
:25:01. > :25:09.about the Great North Run, seeing all of the runners. Now the weather
:25:09. > :25:17.have. It is not quite such a nice day tomorrow. Thank you very much
:25:17. > :25:23.for these photographs. Fine weather today but not good tomorrow. It is
:25:23. > :25:29.getting wet and breezy in the south and east of the region. It is clear
:25:29. > :25:34.in the West. But getting cloudy in the north east tonight. We will get
:25:34. > :25:40.18 showers by dawn tomorrow. In the West, a little bit colder. Seven
:25:40. > :25:46.degrees Celsius. Not enough for frost but feeling a bit more like
:25:46. > :25:51.autumn. Showers spreading across the region in the late morning and
:25:51. > :25:57.afternoon. Heavy at times and possibly as much as one inch of
:25:57. > :26:06.rain here. Friday afternoon will be wet and breezy. Picking up from the
:26:06. > :26:13.house -- South East. Just 13 degrees Celsius. 55 Fahrenheit.
:26:13. > :26:18.Cold, wet and breezy tomorrow. Lower pressure is in charge. It is
:26:19. > :26:22.sitting across the UK this weekend and it will make it unsettled. Slow
:26:22. > :26:30.moving showers on Saturday and possibly heavy enough to bring
:26:30. > :26:34.thunder. On Sunday, the Great North Run, this is going towards the east.
:26:34. > :26:40.Wind blowing across the region and it will be a colder day for the
:26:40. > :26:46.runners. A bit cold for the spectators. This is the junior
:26:46. > :26:51.Great not run on Saturday forecast as well. That is the direction we
:26:51. > :26:58.want the wind to be coming from but it does not. It is normally by
:26:58. > :27:08.Sunday. Not really the direction that we would wish golf. -- it is
:27:08. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:17.going north on the Sunday. -- that Not too bad for the runners. A
:27:17. > :27:22.major rescue operation is underway in Wales to free four people
:27:22. > :27:28.trapped underground in Swansea. Shocking figures show the cost of