:00:01. > :00:04.night Look North as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
:00:04. > :00:08.Gateshead Millennium Bridge and the biggest weekend in the Northeast
:00:08. > :00:14.calender with the Great North Run. In the headlines...
:00:14. > :00:17.She confronted two brutal thugs to save an injured man. Amazing
:00:17. > :00:19.footage of a 22-year-old heroine shielding the victim from further
:00:19. > :00:22.attack. He killed his girlfriend by
:00:22. > :00:26.dangerous driving and he had done it before. Today he was jailed for
:00:26. > :00:32.seven years. And about that blinking bridge -
:00:32. > :00:37.celebrations on land and water to mark 10 years since it opened.
:00:37. > :00:40.And haven't those 10 years gone in the blink of an eye! I am here on
:00:40. > :00:42.the bridge and I will be bringing your Great North Run preview with
:00:42. > :00:46.the race starter and 5,000 metres world champion Mo Farah.
:00:46. > :00:50.In sport, we look forward to a busy weekend of football.
:00:50. > :01:00.We count down to the 31st Great North Run, and it is GB versus the
:01:00. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:12.First tonight, an extraordinary story of a young woman's bravery in
:01:12. > :01:16.a violent situation. Just 22, she went to the aid of an injured man
:01:16. > :01:19.as he was brutally assaulted by two drunken thugs in a busy street. The
:01:19. > :01:22.pictures of the attack are sickening and we will not show you
:01:22. > :01:25.the worst footage. But what is equally shocking is that so many
:01:25. > :01:30.people simply drove past as heroic Aimee Yule stood her ground and
:01:30. > :01:33.protected the victim from repeat attacks by his assailants. This was
:01:33. > :01:43.the moment when taxi controller Aimee Yule put the safety of a
:01:43. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:51.total stranger ahead of her own. The 22-year-old is seemingly
:01:51. > :02:01.unfazed by the attackers' size and violence, and their determination
:02:01. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:07.to continue their ferocious assault. One of the lads was quite big but
:02:07. > :02:11.it was not them I was scared of. I was scared for the lad, that he
:02:12. > :02:16.could have been more injured than you already was. That is what made
:02:16. > :02:22.me approach him. I could see blood. I could see they were stamping on
:02:22. > :02:25.his head and that is not nice for anyone to see. It was my initial
:02:25. > :02:28.thought to help him first. They were my last worry.
:02:28. > :02:33.From her desk, Aimee Yule had watched the assault unfold in broad
:02:33. > :02:35.daylight on Darlington's Northgate. The attackers, Simon Taylor and
:02:35. > :02:38.Ryan Pickford, repeatedly punched and stamped on Jason waters,
:02:38. > :02:48.returning when he was lying unconscious in the middle of the
:02:48. > :02:51.
:02:51. > :02:58.road. No one else was intervening. As I approached the lad, they came
:02:58. > :03:04.back for another boat, to boot him in the head. I kind of, I was a bit
:03:04. > :03:08.scared because I thought they would hit me. Then obviously they went
:03:08. > :03:12.but then the police turned up and the ambulance. Actually a doctor
:03:12. > :03:22.pulled over at the side of the road from Darlington Memorial Hospital
:03:22. > :03:22.
:03:22. > :03:26.came and gave me a hand. It was not nice, but just helping, at I would
:03:26. > :03:33.expect anyone to do it for me. Of tonight the police praised what
:03:33. > :03:36.Aimee did. The attack was horrific. Your viewers will have seen it on
:03:37. > :03:42.the video. It is quite shocking but fortunately rare. Aimee was
:03:42. > :03:47.magnificent. A lot of people walked by. She stepped in and certainly
:03:47. > :03:50.saved Mr Waters from having much more severe injuries.
:03:50. > :03:52.Simon Taylor and Ryan Piggford were jailed for four years and eight
:03:52. > :04:00.months after admitting grievous bodily harm. Their victim, Jason
:04:00. > :04:06.Waters, has made a full recovery from the attack in July. He has
:04:06. > :04:09.never been back in touch with Aimee. Amazing woman.
:04:09. > :04:11.A learner driver has been jailed for seven years for killing his
:04:11. > :04:15.girlfriend in a high-speed crash. Astonishingly, Graeame Eden has
:04:15. > :04:17.been to prison before after killing another passenger in another crash.
:04:17. > :04:26.Newcastle Crown Court heard 31- year-old Eden's last crime came
:04:26. > :04:32.about because he was showing off in his powerful car.
:04:32. > :04:36.Graeame Eden, described in court as a speed freak. A man obsessed. Back
:04:36. > :04:40.in 2002 he had killed the pillion passenger on his motorbike.
:04:40. > :04:45.Travelling too fast, he had lost control. Sent to jail for three
:04:45. > :04:53.years, he then turned to cars. One of his regular runs would take him
:04:53. > :04:57.along this road at Penshaw in Sunderland, not far from his home.
:04:57. > :05:02.Eight years after killing one passenger he killed another. He was
:05:02. > :05:06.a learner driver in a sports car capable of 150 mph. One motorist
:05:06. > :05:11.who saw him accelerate along the road turned to his passenger and
:05:11. > :05:15.said, look at that jackass. Another motorist said she was horrified by
:05:15. > :05:21.the way he was driving. As he reached this roundabout, he lost
:05:21. > :05:25.control. His car fishtail and then went side on into a car coming in
:05:25. > :05:27.the opposite direction. Victoria little died at the scene from
:05:28. > :05:31.multiple injuries. This was Victoria, caring and kind,
:05:31. > :05:39.she left behind a daughter, Paige, who is now 12. Victoria's parents
:05:39. > :05:47.Paul and Sheila spoke to Look North after seeing her killer sentenced.
:05:47. > :05:54.Graeme Eden has deprived our granddaughter of a mother. Page is
:05:54. > :05:59.by herself now, 12 years old. Her mum was her best friend. Whatever
:05:59. > :06:06.sentence has been handed down, it will never be enough as it could
:06:06. > :06:13.never bring Victoria back. Eden was also banned for driving -- banned
:06:13. > :06:15.from driving for 10 years. The judge said he hoped Victoria's
:06:16. > :06:18.family would understand he had to follow sentencing guidelines.
:06:19. > :06:21.A soldier killed on patrol in Afghanistan has been named as Lance
:06:21. > :06:24.Corporal Jonathan McKinlay from Darlington. He served in the First
:06:24. > :06:27.Battalion The Rifles and leaves a widow and three children. His
:06:27. > :06:30.commanding officer said he was one of the company's most colourful and
:06:30. > :06:36.vibrant characters, a man with a huge personality and irrepressible
:06:36. > :06:38.optimism. A Wearside man has been convicted
:06:38. > :06:43.of murdering his teenage nephew after a petty argument over a
:06:43. > :06:46.mobile phone. Jordan Cooper, who was 14, was stabbed to death by his
:06:46. > :06:51.uncle Alan Cooper at the house they shared with Jordan's grandmother in
:06:51. > :06:56.Washington. Alan Cooper was told he faces a life sentence when he
:06:56. > :06:59.returns to court a week today. Some of the North's biggest
:06:59. > :07:03.councils are failing to use local companies to supply a majority of
:07:03. > :07:08.their services. Instead they use suppliers from elsewhere in the UK
:07:08. > :07:13.or even abroad. The Politics Show has found out that in the past year,
:07:13. > :07:17.Redcar and Cleveland has reduced its total contracts by 17 %. But
:07:17. > :07:24.the council says, at a time of cuts, it is vital to get food good value
:07:24. > :07:26.for taxpayers. After a few tough months this
:07:27. > :07:36.Hartlepool engineering firm has just landed a �200,000 order for
:07:37. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:41.paving work. The customer is the local council. The by local message
:07:41. > :07:44.does not seem to have got through to everyone. The Politics Show has
:07:44. > :07:47.discovered big variations in the amount our councils spend in the
:07:47. > :07:50.region. Here in Hartlepool 62 % of council
:07:50. > :07:54.contracts are placed with North East firms. In Newcastle it is 51 %.
:07:54. > :07:57.But what is perhaps more concerning is that some of our councils have
:07:57. > :07:59.actually reduced the amount they are spending in the region.
:08:00. > :08:03.Middlesbrough Council has reduced the percentage of local contracts
:08:03. > :08:09.by 8 % and Redcar and Cleveland Council have seen a 17 % drop in
:08:09. > :08:13.its North East contracts. On Redcar's seafront, a vertical peer
:08:13. > :08:17.and new sea defences are taking shape. But large parts of this work
:08:17. > :08:21.went to companies based outside the region. But the council is also
:08:21. > :08:29.making �17 million of cuts. It says that means council taxpayers demand
:08:29. > :08:36.the best deal. I think people expect value for money. They also
:08:36. > :08:46.expect a good job. Don't get the job done dirt cheap if it is not
:08:46. > :08:48.
:08:48. > :08:56.fit for purpose. This Gateshead stationery firm used to supply four
:08:56. > :09:06.councils in the Northeast. The last company that got a contract was
:09:06. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:10.The Government says private firms will help the Northeast absorb job
:09:10. > :09:11.losses at our councils, but some firms say they cannot do that
:09:11. > :09:15.unless councils support them as well.
:09:15. > :09:18.And you can see more on that story on the Politics Show which starts
:09:18. > :09:27.its new series on Sunday afternoon on BBC One. That is at 1:40pm after
:09:27. > :09:31.Sylvia Hall went into hospital able to walk but came out totally
:09:31. > :09:36.immobile. The case of the disabled 76-year-old grandmother from North
:09:36. > :09:39.Yorkshire has been highlighted by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.
:09:39. > :09:41.They say they have evidence that the lives of 6,000 people with the
:09:41. > :09:50.rare muscle-wasting condition across Yorkshire are being put at
:09:50. > :09:54.risk by inappropriate treatment in hospital.
:09:54. > :09:59.She has been stuck in his one run since May. Trapped between the bed
:09:59. > :10:04.and the commode she cannot get to on her own. Sylvia has muscular
:10:04. > :10:07.dystrophy and has had mobility problems for years. Before a stake
:10:07. > :10:11.in Walton Hospital for a suspected broken knee, she could get out and
:10:11. > :10:14.about. Her family say they repeatedly told staff that her
:10:14. > :10:18.condition meant she should not be left immobile, that they should
:10:18. > :10:23.seek advice from her specialists. We did try to tell them and they
:10:23. > :10:28.tried to tell them that I could not just lie in bed. But I never
:10:28. > :10:35.expected when I tried to get out that I couldn't stand. That was
:10:35. > :10:41.quite a shock. Because I had been standing before so you expect to
:10:41. > :10:45.come out the same way. Her husband is disabled as well so four times a
:10:45. > :10:50.day care is coming to help Sylvia to the commode and to bed. We told
:10:50. > :10:53.them not to keep her bed-bound because of what would happen. We
:10:53. > :10:57.explain the muscular dystrophy. You can maintain the level of fitness
:10:57. > :11:02.you had but you cannot regain it after it is lost. She said the
:11:02. > :11:07.other day when I asked about her life, she said it is over.
:11:07. > :11:10.Unfortunately stories like Sylvia's are far too common. These are rare
:11:10. > :11:15.conditions and often hospital staff are simply do not know enough about
:11:15. > :11:20.them. That is why we are calling on NHS bosses in the region to ensure
:11:20. > :11:24.that there are more specialists and posts on the ground and that staff
:11:24. > :11:27.in general hospitals are community in -- are communicating better with
:11:27. > :11:37.specialists to address the needs of patients like Sylvia and make sure
:11:37. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:43.they are not overlooked. Melton They have asked the family to
:11:43. > :11:48.contact them so they can look into the issues the stop there are a lot
:11:48. > :11:52.This weekend sees the 10th anniversary celebrations for the
:11:52. > :11:55.Gateshead Millennium Bridge. 10 years ago tomorrow, the bridge was
:11:55. > :12:05.opened to the public. Since then it is a sight that has become known
:12:05. > :12:05.
:12:05. > :12:11.across the world. Jeff is there for us now.
:12:11. > :12:14.It is a bit chilly and damp. I had to get my scarf out of the
:12:14. > :12:18.cupboard! I have to say, there are some people sightseeing on the
:12:18. > :12:23.bridge still because the views on the river are fantastic, whatever
:12:23. > :12:31.the weather. For one group of youngsters, the bridge has a strong
:12:31. > :12:38.personal connection. When I got a letter I thought it
:12:38. > :12:44.was from my mother and granny but it was not. It said: to the
:12:44. > :12:46.Millennium Bridge and celebrate your birthday. This is their
:12:46. > :12:50.Millennium Bridge moment, celebrating all their birthdays at
:12:50. > :12:55.once with the bridge they have grown up with. 10 years old
:12:55. > :13:00.tomorrow. A blink of the bridge, a flotilla of boats to mark the
:13:00. > :13:05.occasion. And a Millennium Bridge moment for the man who engineered
:13:05. > :13:09.the landmark. It feels like revisiting part of my life. It took
:13:09. > :13:15.over my life for about five years in the planning stages and design
:13:15. > :13:20.stages. To see it built now and still there 10 years, the real icon
:13:20. > :13:24.it has become, it is wonderful, amazing. You could not do better as
:13:24. > :13:28.an Engineer, as a local lad, you could not want for something better
:13:28. > :13:32.than this to mark your life. It is terrific. Sailing along with the
:13:32. > :13:40.fun of the day under the vast curves of the bridge. A sticky
:13:40. > :13:48.moment, take, they are glad they came. I have made some friends and
:13:48. > :13:52.I get take as well. Good because it is, like, it may not happen again.
:13:52. > :13:59.More moments and birthdays in the future but tonight's dreams will be
:13:59. > :14:04.off -- will be full of an historic occasion.
:14:04. > :14:08.It looks like they had a great day. This is the bridge that links
:14:08. > :14:12.Newcastle and Gateshead but the official name is the Gateshead
:14:12. > :14:16.Millennium Bridge. Gateshead council, the ones who pushed for
:14:16. > :14:19.the project to go through, and I am with the deputy leader of the
:14:19. > :14:25.council. End 10 years, what has the Bridgestone for the town? It has
:14:26. > :14:33.been fantastic apart from the weather today. It is very much part
:14:33. > :14:38.of Gateshead's council vision for the City, linking with the Baltic
:14:38. > :14:41.and the Sage and making it a major centre for tourism and encouraging
:14:41. > :14:46.further development into the quayside. It is key to our
:14:46. > :14:49.development. It has been fantastic for Gateshead and everyone who has
:14:49. > :14:55.visited. Colin Briggs has been looking at the history of the
:14:55. > :14:58.bridge and finding out how it works. There are other bridges around the
:14:58. > :15:03.country built to celebrate the millennium, some are very
:15:03. > :15:10.attractive. But none of them capture not just the imagination
:15:10. > :15:15.but the soul like this. It all came from such an unpromising start. If
:15:15. > :15:19.you look back to the Gateshead council minutes of May 1997 you
:15:19. > :15:28.will see a reference to a pedestrian bridge across the River
:15:28. > :15:37.Tyne. That was before they started the, oh, but moments. The you have
:15:37. > :15:43.to sit cyclists on there. But you'd have to get pedestrians on. It has
:15:43. > :15:48.to be tall enough for a tall ship. What the council got was not only
:15:48. > :15:52.an elegant design that echoes the Tyne Bridge, but a remarkably
:15:52. > :15:57.simple technical solution. Think of it as a giant see-saw, perfectly
:15:57. > :16:02.balanced to push and pull coming from hydraulic pumps. The sort of
:16:02. > :16:05.thing you see on a JCB digger, but much bigger. The works are down
:16:05. > :16:09.here below ground level, below water level for most of the time,
:16:09. > :16:14.by the side of the bridge. It is very straightforward. Electricity
:16:14. > :16:24.powers the pumps, they pressurise the pumps which then move the
:16:24. > :16:31.bridge. These are your mortars. kilowatt mortars, like a family car
:16:31. > :16:35.engine. We have the hydraulic pumps which build up the pressure. We
:16:36. > :16:43.have got four of them working at want. Microprocessors ensure the
:16:43. > :16:47.pressure is even on both banks. If it wasn't, you would break it.
:16:47. > :16:54.There is an emergency generator for power failures and even a back-up
:16:54. > :17:00.for that. We have got the trustee hand pumped. Have you use that!
:17:00. > :17:08.several occasions. It builds up your muscles. It is very heavy.
:17:08. > :17:14.Maybe I should have had a go. I did not try that, but I did try this.
:17:14. > :17:18.This is the exciting bit, we have got the all-clear and this finger
:17:18. > :17:28.is going to do the business. Which wonder wipers? That one false top
:17:28. > :17:42.
:17:42. > :17:47.Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for troubling Gateshead Nellie and
:17:47. > :17:56.Bridge today. We hope you have enjoyed your journey and we saw you
:17:56. > :18:02.That is all from the Millennium Bridge for now but they have found
:18:02. > :18:08.me a brolly so I will be back with two of the biggest names in
:18:08. > :18:12.athletics. Then we will get the weather.
:18:12. > :18:15.This weekend is all about one thing. All about the Great North Run.
:18:15. > :18:17.We will turn our attention to Great North Run weekend shortly, but
:18:18. > :18:21.first to football. Middlesbrough are close to signing young
:18:21. > :18:24.Manchester City striker Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely on loan. Newcastle
:18:24. > :18:27.United's August signing Davide Santon will see a specialist next
:18:27. > :18:34.week about his knee injury while the Sunderland boss is hoping to
:18:34. > :18:37.draw a line under the shock departure of his star striker.
:18:37. > :18:41.Steve Bruce was on the golf course this week with chairman Niall Quinn
:18:41. > :18:48.and owner Ellis Short. So after a poor start to the season, how a
:18:48. > :18:51.patient is the American? He is disappointment -- disappointed like
:18:51. > :18:55.we are with the start. He understands that we have virtually
:18:55. > :18:59.build a new squad and team and that takes time. If I am being honest,
:18:59. > :19:03.the big thing I have got is to try and find the right balance of the
:19:03. > :19:06.team. To get a result and get us up and running is what everyone
:19:06. > :19:11.requires. Sunday's opponents Stoke drew their European League match in
:19:11. > :19:15.Kiev last night. They have been one of the big spenders in the transfer
:19:15. > :19:17.market and will not worry that they have not won on Wearside in nine
:19:17. > :19:21.attempts. Both goals in the 2-0 Sunderland win last season were
:19:21. > :19:24.scored by Asamoah Gyan, and he has now up sticks to the United Arab
:19:24. > :19:30.Emirates. A bit of a surprise for the Wearsiders' new loan signing
:19:30. > :19:32.from Arsenal. I thought we would be playing together. I do not know why
:19:32. > :19:35.he left. Meanwhile Newcastle, who didn't add another striker on
:19:35. > :19:42.transfer deadline day, travel to Aston Villa unbeaten and in 4th
:19:42. > :19:45.place. There is no sign of us getting carried away. We are under
:19:45. > :19:49.this management and we are where we deserve to be. From now on that is
:19:49. > :19:52.where we have got to try and stay. Flying high in the championship are
:19:52. > :19:58.Middlesbrough, who travel to Crystal Palace twice in four days
:19:58. > :20:03.in the League and League Cup. have to have concentration levels
:20:04. > :20:09.at the back and work very hard for each other. When the chances,, the
:20:09. > :20:19.strikers have to take them. We need to continue on Saturday and hope
:20:19. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:28.You can follow Chesterfield versus Carlisle and Hartlepool versus Bury
:20:28. > :20:31.on Radio Cumbria and BBC Tees respectively.
:20:31. > :20:36.It is almost upon us, the 31st Great North Run, the world's
:20:36. > :20:40.biggest half-marathon. In less than 48 hours, 54,000 runners will set
:20:40. > :20:44.off on the 13.1 mile route from Newcastle to South Shields. But
:20:44. > :20:47.first it is Team GB against the USA as some of the world's top athletes
:20:47. > :20:57.compete in the streets of Newcastle and Gateshead in tomorrow's Great
:20:57. > :20:57.
:20:57. > :21:01.North City Games. It has become one of the most iconic sporting images,
:21:01. > :21:07.more than 50,000 runners pouring across the Tyne Bridge accompanied
:21:07. > :21:11.by the Red Arrows. They will complete the flyover at the start
:21:11. > :21:14.and finish lines. As usual, there will be an exciting mix of
:21:14. > :21:19.wheelchair races, fun and as an elite athletes and even for them it
:21:19. > :21:22.is all about the atmosphere. It is phenomenal. You are running and
:21:22. > :21:27.people shouting your name and also just having the privilege of
:21:27. > :21:32.running in a race with 54,000 people. It really lifts you and it
:21:32. > :21:35.is lovely to be part of it. Dean GB take on the USA in the City games
:21:36. > :21:40.on the quayside in a unique chance for spectators to get up close and
:21:40. > :21:43.personal with a host of Olympic and world champions and medallists.
:21:43. > :21:53.Andy Turner will be there as well as delight Phillips from the USA.
:21:53. > :21:56.It is very innovative. I was in Manchester earlier this year and
:21:56. > :22:04.they invited me to come so I am delighted to be a. The junior Great
:22:04. > :22:07.North Run takes it all off at 10am. -- kicks it all off.
:22:07. > :22:11.One man has been running coast-to- coast all week before his Great
:22:11. > :22:14.North Run. Horrible histories author Terry Deary was joined by
:22:14. > :22:17.our Hannah Bayman on day five of his 100 mile challenge for Durham
:22:17. > :22:26.charity Integrating Children, the pair were given a guard of honour
:22:26. > :22:34.by Brownies in Wylam in Northumberland. The excitement is
:22:34. > :22:38.mounting, so let's go back to Jeff, who is with two running legends.
:22:38. > :22:42.I am indeed. They are under a brolly. Sadly, it is too much of a
:22:42. > :22:45.squeeze to get 50,000 runners over the Millennium Bridge on a Sunday
:22:45. > :22:49.but there is still plenty going on all weekend. It is part of the
:22:49. > :22:56.Great North Run extravaganza. Here is the man who started it all,
:22:56. > :23:00.Brendan Foster. And you have brought Mo Farah. Brendan, 30 years
:23:00. > :23:06.ago, could you imagine all this would have happened? It wasn't
:23:06. > :23:11.raining 30 years ago. The weather was better. It has grown
:23:11. > :23:15.fantastically and the region have embraced it. It is a spectacle to
:23:15. > :23:18.behold and I am privileged to have this man coming to run here
:23:18. > :23:23.tomorrow of. I hope it will not be run -- and that it will not be
:23:23. > :23:31.raining for you tomorrow it is an honour for us to have him here.
:23:31. > :23:37.probably wasn't born in 1981? I was born in 1983. You are running
:23:37. > :23:41.tomorrow but you have been here before. I have. This is a great
:23:41. > :23:45.event. It is one of the biggest half-marathon is in the world so I
:23:45. > :23:50.am looking forward to it. I am doing the two mile. I am looking
:23:50. > :23:54.even more forward to racing a half- marathon. Life since the 5,000
:23:54. > :24:00.metres win, what has it been like? A little bit more busy with media
:24:00. > :24:05.stuff but other than that, this is what we work hard for. Brendan,
:24:05. > :24:11.getting people like Mo Farah to come a long is all about -- is what
:24:11. > :24:15.it's all about. That is right. are you coming to run here? I would
:24:15. > :24:19.love to compete. A couple of months ago there was talk of me competing
:24:19. > :24:23.but I have been tied up with the world championships. One day I will
:24:23. > :24:27.compete and I am looking forward to it. Get back name on the contract
:24:27. > :24:31.now, Brendan. It will be great to have a British winner, we have not
:24:31. > :24:36.had one for 26 years. Once he has got the Olympics, that little event
:24:36. > :24:39.in London, out of the way I hope we will see him here. We have got the
:24:39. > :24:43.best of the coverage of the Great North Run and the whole of the
:24:43. > :24:50.Great North Run weekend all over the weekend on BBC television,
:24:50. > :24:58.radio and online. What is the weather going to be like? I think
:24:58. > :25:01.We will have a difference of opinion split two ways for Sunday's
:25:01. > :25:04.weather. The crowds will not like the fact that it will be on the
:25:04. > :25:08.poolside with the odd shower but the runners could well be glad of
:25:08. > :25:11.that. Let's have a look at the first chart. It shows that as the
:25:11. > :25:17.elite wheelchair athletes get under way at just after 10am, it will be
:25:17. > :25:21.cool. There will be the chance of a shower throughout their journey to
:25:21. > :25:25.South seals. By the time they get there, and by the time the Red
:25:25. > :25:30.Arrows are celebrating with the runners, it will be well on the way
:25:30. > :25:36.to a sham very high of 15C. Lots of coverage across all of the BBC.
:25:36. > :25:41.Let's have a look at the rest of the weekend. They will be some big
:25:41. > :25:45.heavy showers through Saturday and won a to a brighter spells coming
:25:46. > :25:50.in between them. On a Sunday. And we have got his reign tonight
:25:50. > :25:54.thumping down here but it will drag itself into the North Sea over the
:25:54. > :25:59.next few hours. We will replace it by tomorrow morning with big, heavy
:25:59. > :26:03.and thundery showers moving in from the West. They will move into
:26:03. > :26:11.Cumbria by the end of the night so you could have a rude awakening in
:26:11. > :26:13.the early hours with thunder. Low temperature tonight 10C. We wake up
:26:13. > :26:19.to the weekend on Saturday morning with big showers in place already
:26:19. > :26:23.in the West. They will possibly turn thundery with some hail and
:26:23. > :26:27.after the -- and through the afternoon they would decrease in
:26:27. > :26:33.number and intensity. East of the Pennines you will always be in the
:26:33. > :26:42.shadows own for the showers. A better chance of bright spells
:26:42. > :26:47.later on. Temperatures tomorrow I'll in the mid- teens. Sunday will
:26:47. > :26:51.be the better of the two days. Saturday the biggest showers,
:26:51. > :26:56.Sunday some still left over not just for the Great North Run but
:26:56. > :27:02.also scattered around the region. They will be fewer in number and
:27:02. > :27:09.much lighter than on Saturday. Top temperatures on Sunday in the mid-
:27:09. > :27:12.teens again. 15-16, probably, at the South Shields. For most of us
:27:12. > :27:20.it will be a case of those temperatures stuck in that zone.
:27:20. > :27:25.Death, the runners might be happier than those waving them on -- chef.
:27:25. > :27:29.It will be a great sporting weekend whatever the weather.