:00:02. > :00:05.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. In tonight's headlines:
:00:05. > :00:09.Art attack - the great and good descend on Tyneside for the
:00:09. > :00:13.prestigious Turner Prize. It is hoped it will bring millions into
:00:13. > :00:18.the region's economy. Electric shock. A nasty surprise
:00:18. > :00:22.for a farming couple from their energy company - a bill for �26,000.
:00:22. > :00:27.Home at last. A terminally ill grandmother, who was the victim of
:00:27. > :00:30.a hospital bed shortage, is moved closer to her loved ones.
:00:30. > :00:39.Getting set for the Olympics - but find out why hundreds of our
:00:39. > :00:43.schools could be missing out on free tickets. We do not want them
:00:43. > :00:45.to miss out on this! In sport, we're on the look-out for
:00:46. > :00:47.talented youngsters for our Sports Kids series - details of that,
:00:48. > :00:50.later. And after taking a while to find
:00:50. > :01:00.their rhythm this season, find out why Carlisle United are suddenly
:01:00. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:05.Damien Hirst's bisected cow. Tracey Emin's ummade bed. There's nothing
:01:05. > :01:10.quite like the Turner Prize for sparking public debate on what is
:01:10. > :01:13.art. Nevertheless, it is one of the most prestigious events in the art
:01:13. > :01:16.world. And this year, it is being hosted by Baltic in Gateshead - the
:01:16. > :01:22.first time it's been held by an organisation other than the Tate
:01:22. > :01:25.Gallery. Well, it opens to the public tomorrow, but today, the
:01:25. > :01:28.artists have been showing off their work in a special preview. Our arts
:01:28. > :01:38.and entertainment reporter, Sharuna Sagar, is outside Baltic now. So,
:01:38. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:44.Sharuna, what's it like? That would be telling ex-miner more on that in
:01:44. > :01:46.a moment, it is very interesting. There's a real buzz here at the
:01:46. > :01:49.Baltic this evening. Ordinarily, there's a huge appetite for
:01:49. > :01:52.contemporary art in the North East - the Baltic itself gets about half
:01:52. > :01:55.a million visitors a year - and that's without the added attraction
:01:55. > :02:04.of such household name like the Turner Prize, which will attract
:02:04. > :02:10.many more. Tonight, this is the place to be. More than a thousand
:02:10. > :02:14.invited guests are expected here for a preview. Earlier today, when
:02:14. > :02:17.things were a bit quieter, I got a chance to take a look.
:02:17. > :02:23.Not one of the shortlist, putting on their final touches, but a quick
:02:23. > :02:26.paint job by maintenance to complete the preparations. It has
:02:26. > :02:31.been a long time coming, but the Turner Prize is finally here at the
:02:31. > :02:34.Baltic. It has taken two years to turn a jury's decision into an
:02:35. > :02:44.exhibition. And as befits such a prestigious event, it is attracting
:02:44. > :02:48.lots of media interest. Us this is an incredibly exciting
:02:48. > :02:53.day. The Turner Prize is so prestigious, it is internationally
:02:53. > :02:58.we wound. It has a 27 year history and this is the first time it has
:02:58. > :03:01.been presented beyond the Tate Gallery, so for Baltic to be
:03:01. > :03:03.selected as the first place to organise it is astonishing, it is
:03:03. > :03:06.fantastic. What's more, irrespective of
:03:06. > :03:09.whether you actually appreciate this sort of art, it's not just the
:03:09. > :03:17.artist who wins - in this case, �25,000 and international prestige
:03:17. > :03:22.- but the local area. It is a very big deal. We have been
:03:22. > :03:28.on a journey of transformation and regeneration for a long time, and
:03:28. > :03:32.art has played a big part of that, and Baltic. I hope a lot of people
:03:32. > :03:34.will come to the region to benefit the local economy. They have
:03:34. > :03:44.already started arriving. Amongst them, the four nominees
:03:44. > :03:45.
:03:45. > :03:51.themselves. Is really fantastic,, Baltic has a
:03:51. > :03:57.really great history. And that spirals out and has a ripple effect
:03:57. > :04:00.through the city, the area and the regions. And for fellow artist
:04:00. > :04:03.Hilary Lloyd, it is a return home. She is a Newcastle Poly graduate.
:04:03. > :04:10.As such, the setting has given the whole experience an added poignancy.
:04:10. > :04:14.It feels brilliant to be nominated. I was very excited it was in
:04:14. > :04:21.Newcastle because I love Newcastle, and I loved the bridges. And when I
:04:21. > :04:29.decided to come here to study, it was because of the bridges.
:04:29. > :04:31.feats of structural Engineering aside, we are here to see the
:04:31. > :04:35.offerings of the country's next great contemporary artist. Now,
:04:35. > :04:38.today, the great and the good got their chance to see the art, but
:04:38. > :04:47.tomorrow, the Great Public get to see it for the first time. Let the
:04:47. > :04:52.judging commence! And it is not easy to judge. We
:04:52. > :04:57.have a painter, at a sculptor, at a video maker and an installation
:04:57. > :05:01.artist all vying to be crowned there were not on 5th December. But
:05:01. > :05:06.back to now, and tomorrow, these doors will be open to the harshest
:05:06. > :05:16.critics of all, the general public. And I will be back here to find out
:05:16. > :05:16.
:05:16. > :05:18.what they think of the Turner Prize A former and serving officer from
:05:18. > :05:22.Cleveland Police have been arrested, on suspicion of misusing public
:05:22. > :05:26.funds. Both men have been released on bail, and the serving officer
:05:26. > :05:28.has returned to duty after suspension. The arrests are not
:05:28. > :05:38.being linked to the ongoing investigation into alleged
:05:38. > :05:41.
:05:41. > :05:44.corruption at Cleveland Police. The Newcastle United striker Nile
:05:44. > :05:46.Ranger has been charged with drink driving. The 20-year-old was
:05:46. > :05:49.arrested last month in an early- morning incident. He was granted
:05:49. > :05:52.bail until today. He has now been charged to appear before Newcastle
:05:52. > :05:56.Magistrates on November the 10th. Electricity bills are a shock for
:05:56. > :05:59.most of us these days, but imagine this. A couple from North Yorkshire
:05:59. > :06:02.who run a farm shop and cafe business were slapped with a bill
:06:02. > :06:05.for �26,000. Karl and Mandy Alvison, from Pickering, were stunned when
:06:05. > :06:15.npower said it was taking the sum out of their bank account.
:06:15. > :06:19.Charlotte Leeming reports. Col's family have farmed here at
:06:19. > :06:22.Pickering for generations, but the recession hit this industry
:06:22. > :06:29.particularly hard and so he had to think of new ways to help it
:06:29. > :06:33.survive. So in 2007, Karl and Mandy Alvison decided to diversify and
:06:33. > :06:39.opened this shop and cafe thinking it would make for far more viable.
:06:39. > :06:44.It actually led to a financial nightmare. That was caused after a
:06:44. > :06:51.new electricity meter was installed last year by energy provider npower.
:06:51. > :06:55.They had been paying about �600 a month for electricity, but that
:06:55. > :07:01.rose to �1,500. When he asked about the increase, npower said they had
:07:01. > :07:06.been under charging him for 3.5 years and, as a result, he owed
:07:06. > :07:11.them �26,000 which they would take out his account the following week.
:07:11. > :07:16.I rang npower immediately and spoke to a lady and said, this must be a
:07:16. > :07:21.joke, there is something wrong. And then we went into shock after that.
:07:21. > :07:25.There was nothing we could do apart from get a solicitor immediately
:07:25. > :07:31.and stop the proceedings of trying to work out what had happened and
:07:31. > :07:35.why. -- start at. We have worked hard for four years to build the
:07:35. > :07:39.business and should be concentrating on that. We have no
:07:39. > :07:43.concentration, no energy, it has been really difficult. I look
:07:43. > :07:49.forward to hearing from you after you have spoken to the Ombudsman.
:07:49. > :07:54.Back then the couple received a phone call from npower.
:07:54. > :07:58.customer service officer has now acknowledged my case for the first
:07:58. > :08:08.time, because of the television coming. She has never seen my case
:08:08. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:22.previously. In a statement, the A dying Cumbrian grandmother who
:08:22. > :08:25.was stranded in a Newcastle hospital has finally been found a
:08:25. > :08:28.bed in her home town of Whitehaven. Carol Ritson has an inoperable
:08:28. > :08:37.brain tumour, with just weeks to live, and after treatment at the
:08:37. > :08:41.RVI, wanted to return home. Carol Ritson is dying and her final
:08:41. > :08:46.which was to come home after treatment in Newcastle. Tonight,
:08:46. > :08:50.she is, but her son says it has been a battle to get Terry hospital
:08:50. > :08:55.bed in her home town. It has been difficult but she is much happier
:08:55. > :09:00.she is home. But I am not satisfied with the way the hospital have
:09:00. > :09:06.dealt with it. I do not see how anybody could. I do not believe the
:09:06. > :09:10.people of West Cumbria are allowing this to happen to our main source
:09:10. > :09:15.of care, and before we know it, it would just be an elderly care home
:09:15. > :09:19.and no-one will have done anything about it. I think it is a disgrace.
:09:19. > :09:23.It is only a few hundred yards to the West Cumberland Hospital in
:09:23. > :09:27.Whitehaven from the home of Carol Ritson. Simon is delighted his
:09:27. > :09:31.mother would be coming home shortly, but he says if there is to be a
:09:31. > :09:36.lack of beds here, other families may end up as distraught as his
:09:36. > :09:40.have been. If they are not coping now, what will they be like? We
:09:40. > :09:45.only need head there so I can get the house ready for her to come
:09:45. > :09:55.home so she can be in her own place and die with dignity. The West
:09:55. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:20.Glad it is resolved. The city of York has been celebrating the
:10:20. > :10:24.contribution French and then made during World War II. More than up
:10:24. > :10:29.2,000 and flying planes like this launch bombing raids from the area.
:10:29. > :10:35.Today, at a war memorial was unveiled in that on at York Minster.
:10:35. > :10:38.Out of the stunning blue they came, one of York's most spectacular
:10:38. > :10:43.flight passing years. The French and British aircraft were paying
:10:43. > :10:47.tribute to the French and then stationed here during the war. They
:10:47. > :10:52.left 66 years ago today, having risked their lives flying bombing
:10:52. > :11:01.missions to occupied France. Around half were killed. In York Minster
:11:01. > :11:06.today, they were remembered, in English and in French. A memorial
:11:06. > :11:09.stone to the 216 French men who died was given to the Minster and a
:11:09. > :11:15.book of remembrance recording the names of the dead was carried out
:11:15. > :11:20.to waiting veterans, all in their eighties and nineties. To have this
:11:20. > :11:30.memorial in the cathedral is there forever now. So they are at peace
:11:30. > :11:35.now. How have they been tears? Some! -- have there been any tears.
:11:35. > :11:40.Some of very hard men, but they can cry if they want. And out in the
:11:40. > :11:44.sunshine, the five French veterans who have travelled to York gathered
:11:44. > :11:51.with their Ambassador and a cheese to watch 16 aircraft fly overhead,
:11:51. > :11:54.while hundreds of servicemen and women watched in tribute to --
:11:54. > :12:00.Ambassador and air Chiefs. And I think it is fantastic to see France
:12:00. > :12:04.and Britain working together and remembering together what happened
:12:04. > :12:09.in the Second World War. It was really important it was celebrated
:12:09. > :12:14.here today, and it was lovely to see so many French people together
:12:14. > :12:21.with English people. It was a day when two countries came together in
:12:21. > :12:25.York to remember a shared past and celebrate the United future.
:12:25. > :12:28.A memorable day. They call it the Oscars of the demolition world. And
:12:28. > :12:32.while their work could never be called glamorous, a firm from our
:12:32. > :12:33.region is in the running for a major award - for their work in
:12:33. > :12:38.knocking things down. Peter Harris reports.
:12:38. > :12:48.These are big boys' toys. But the work is serious. They work by night
:12:48. > :12:54.
:12:55. > :12:59.and they work fast. And we are given 16 and was out of an 18 a
:12:59. > :13:05.road closure through the night on a Saturday to take the bridge, the
:13:05. > :13:09.main part of the bridge down, and remove it and get the road safe to
:13:09. > :13:13.reopen again with the crash barriers erected again and the road
:13:13. > :13:15.swept. So good are they are at knocking
:13:15. > :13:21.things down, they're off to the World Demolition Awards. Yes, they
:13:21. > :13:25.really do exist. To describe it as the Oscars,
:13:25. > :13:30.presumably you are not making an awful speech if you win the World
:13:30. > :13:34.Demolition Awards? I do not think how will make a dreadful find his
:13:34. > :13:43.speech. It will just be thank you to my eyesight team who have got us
:13:43. > :13:48.where we are. Plenty more to come, including how the North's school
:13:48. > :13:52.children can be missing out on free tickets to the Olympics. And In
:13:52. > :13:57.Grundy's North - John takes a tour of the North's reservoirs.
:13:57. > :14:06.And rain is on the way for parts of the north-east and Cumbria, at I
:14:06. > :14:09.will be back with the details. We all know how hard it is to get
:14:09. > :14:13.your hands on tickets to the London 2012 Olympics, but schools can win
:14:13. > :14:15.some of the 50,000 free tickets up for grabs if they sign up to the
:14:15. > :14:19.official Olympic education programme "Get Set." Hundreds of
:14:19. > :14:21.schools in our region are missing out though - with only about one in
:14:21. > :14:28.eight having signed up. Stephanie Lloyd has been to a Newcastle
:14:28. > :14:33.school that is getting set for the games.
:14:33. > :14:36.Thing you football team admire their kicked, at a reward for
:14:36. > :14:40.supporting the London Olympics -- the new football team. St George's
:14:40. > :14:45.Primary school has signed up to the Olympic education programme.
:14:45. > :14:54.they are getting a lot out of it, working together as a team, as a
:14:54. > :14:59.family. I learnt about the Olympics, about friendship, courage, respect,
:14:59. > :15:06.at and, like, it is not winning that counts but just taking part.
:15:06. > :15:11.We have now started a football team and it is just great! A colleague
:15:11. > :15:15.said to me last year that it is very much a London's games and in
:15:15. > :15:19.the north, we are not getting the benefit. And as his school, we felt
:15:19. > :15:24.strongly we wanted it to be away games and we should get involved --
:15:24. > :15:28.and as a school. It is not just London's. But hundreds of schools
:15:28. > :15:33.in the region could be missing out on free tickets to the games
:15:33. > :15:38.because they have not become full members. In the north-east, 67% of
:15:38. > :15:42.schools have registered but only 17% have followed through and
:15:42. > :15:50.applied. In Cumbria, 50% have registered but only 9% have signed
:15:50. > :15:55.up. This load take up compares to London schools where 50% are part
:15:55. > :15:59.of the scheme -- this lower take-up. The children may be able to take
:15:59. > :16:04.part in events nearby, it is chances they would not get if we
:16:04. > :16:10.are not part of this network. well as free tickets, pupils will
:16:10. > :16:14.be eligible to be a torch bearers. But time is running out, the
:16:14. > :16:19.deadline is December 16th. It is about making sure the Olympics is
:16:19. > :16:23.not just about London and corporate people going to be games, it is to
:16:23. > :16:27.make sure the whole of Britain, particularly the young, get a
:16:27. > :16:33.chance to be involved and understand the Olympic ideals.
:16:33. > :16:37.their run-out 281 days to go until the Olympic days. -- there are now.
:16:37. > :16:40.These children may live miles from the action, but they are determined
:16:40. > :16:43.to be part of it. And, as Steph said, the deadline
:16:43. > :16:50.for signing up to the official education programme, "Get Set," is
:16:50. > :16:52.December 16th. December 16th! You can find out more online.
:16:52. > :16:55.Britain's best-selling cookery writer, Delia Smith CBE, is
:16:55. > :16:58.becoming a patron of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. Delia, who is
:16:58. > :17:00.also a joint majority share holder in Norwich City Football Club, will
:17:00. > :17:10.attend Sir Bobby's Breakthrough Auction and Ball in Newcastle
:17:10. > :17:14.
:17:14. > :17:18.tonight. Good to have her on board! Indeed.
:17:18. > :17:23.You are not starting with Newcastle? Not today, Alan Pardew
:17:23. > :17:29.is in the studio, at back to that in a minute. Back in March, they
:17:29. > :17:32.won a Wembley Cup Final. Seven months on, they're targeting a
:17:32. > :17:34.promotion play-off place. And the next two matches will be a
:17:34. > :17:37.barometer of Carlisle's prospects. Away at the leaders Charlton on
:17:37. > :17:38.Saturday, followed by a home clash with third-placed Sheffield
:17:38. > :17:41.Wednesday three days later. Mark Tulip reports.
:17:41. > :17:46.Now part of every football league club manager's job these days is to
:17:46. > :17:51.be a good networker because you never know who you will bump into.
:17:51. > :17:56.Take Carlisle boss Greg about hobnobbing with Roberto Mancini,
:17:56. > :18:03.manager of Manchester City, had a northern sports writer's event. Any
:18:03. > :18:09.deals? We asked about Tevez etc, I just learned what door is in
:18:09. > :18:12.Italian! That was Italian! The evening is invaluable to talk about
:18:12. > :18:16.the plight -- to talk about players and talk to these people, they find
:18:16. > :18:20.out what you are like as an individual and get more trust about
:18:20. > :18:25.whether to send people to you, so that was the key to mix with
:18:25. > :18:31.everybody and if we do get a chance to get any players, we know what
:18:31. > :18:35.type of people we are dealing with, which is excellent. Alone factor
:18:35. > :18:40.could be a key element as Carlisle looked a punch above their weight
:18:40. > :18:44.against the League's big spenders. I dare not say it but we are
:18:44. > :18:47.seeming to find consistency, but I do not want to say it too loud
:18:47. > :18:57.click because football kicks you in the teeth when you think you have
:18:57. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:03.cracked it. What a morale-booster it could be if they win this
:19:03. > :19:07.weekend. If we do well against this team, we can now really believe in
:19:07. > :19:12.ourselves because we know we have the quality and capacity of the
:19:12. > :19:17.greatest team. It is a real test for the team. We need this game for
:19:17. > :19:21.the future. Newcastle United manager Alan
:19:22. > :19:26.Pardew is live on BBC Newcastle's Total Sport programme tonight.
:19:26. > :19:29.He'll be taking fans' questions until 7:30. And with the Magpies
:19:29. > :19:30.4th in the Premier League and still unbeaten, there'll be plenty to
:19:31. > :19:33.talk about. Meanwhile, at this afternoon's
:19:33. > :19:38.press conference, the United boss said defender Danny Simpson does
:19:38. > :19:40.have a future at St James' Park. This follows the player's comments
:19:40. > :19:44.in court yesterday, when he told magistrates he expected to be
:19:44. > :19:46.transferred, and so needed a car to visit potential new clubs, after he
:19:46. > :19:48.admitted a speeding charge but claimed "exceptional hardship,"
:19:48. > :19:58.explaining his premature baby daughter's ill-health meant regular
:19:58. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:08.dashes to hospital. I think he had some bad advice and
:20:08. > :20:12.unfortunately at the moment, because of his child, he is in a
:20:12. > :20:16.stressful situation. His wife and the baby have had a real battle and
:20:16. > :20:20.it looks like they have come through the other side of that,
:20:20. > :20:25.which is great news. The baby is doing great. And even though he
:20:25. > :20:30.feels a little bit let down in himself really, it was nice that he
:20:30. > :20:35.has got his home life getting back on an even keel and he has been a
:20:35. > :20:38.great player for us. And he will be going forward as well. He wants a
:20:38. > :20:42.new contract and if he keeps playing like he is, there is a good
:20:42. > :20:46.chance he will get one. More from Alan Pardew on the late
:20:46. > :20:50.news. Now, if you have a sports-mad child
:20:50. > :20:52.in the family, you might like to know that, once again, we're on the
:20:52. > :20:54.look-out for youngsters for this year's Sports Kids series. Last
:20:54. > :20:57.year, we featured 11-year-old mountain biker Jack, from
:20:57. > :21:00.Guisborough, who's hoping to be World Champion one day. And we also
:21:00. > :21:03.met a couple of karate experts, Anna and Ester from Haltwhistle -
:21:03. > :21:08.just eight and nine years old respectively, and already black
:21:08. > :21:12.belts. So if you know a youngster with a passion and a talent for a
:21:12. > :21:21.particular sport, why not drop us a line at Sports Kids, BBC Look North,
:21:21. > :21:26.Newcastle, NE99 2NE? Or email us - tellmystory@bbc.co.uk.
:21:26. > :21:31.Thank you. Now, most of us don't spend too
:21:31. > :21:35.much time wondering where our water comes from. In this country, it's
:21:35. > :21:38.on tap, isn't it? But John Grundy has just had some major plumbing
:21:38. > :21:41.done, and being an inquiring kind of man, he began to ponder just how
:21:41. > :21:44.his bath gets filled. So for this week's Grundy's North, he presents
:21:44. > :21:54.his Brief History of Plumbing. Do we really want to know about his
:21:54. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:15.waterworks?! This is my new bath. At last! It works. I have always
:22:15. > :22:20.been fascinated by the weight water gets to our taps. It seems a
:22:20. > :22:25.miracle of our civilisation. Originally, people will go down to
:22:25. > :22:30.the nearest stream for water and carry it home, which was all right
:22:30. > :22:38.while streams were still clean up. But then people looked for other
:22:38. > :22:43.signs of water. We searched for it underground. As time went on,
:22:43. > :22:47.sometimes wealthy and charitable people provided it white --
:22:47. > :22:52.provided fountains and piped water. By the early 19th century, all
:22:52. > :22:57.towns and villages have them. But then people started to have bigger
:22:57. > :23:04.ideas about how to get clean water to its. The Newcastle and Gateshead
:23:04. > :23:09.Water Company was founded in 1846 and they constructed these, the
:23:10. > :23:14.reservoirs, about 12 miles west of Newcastle. It was one of the first
:23:14. > :23:21.really big and successful water schemes in the country. But as
:23:21. > :23:25.towns grew, a lot more water was needed. This is another reservoir
:23:25. > :23:30.right near the Scottish border, which began in 1894 to begin each -
:23:30. > :23:35.- to bring even more water to Tyneside. It is all such wonderful
:23:35. > :23:39.Engineering, but this is my favourite bit. This is where they
:23:39. > :23:45.allowed the river, the river Reid, to flow out through the bottom of
:23:45. > :23:50.the damage. It is so romantic and powerful, atmospheric, the sort of
:23:50. > :23:54.thing nuns might have built. It was Victorians who created this
:23:54. > :24:01.wonderful Engineering. But even the Victorians have been put in the
:24:01. > :24:06.shade by the stuff the 20th century water engineers produced. The Grand
:24:06. > :24:11.daddy of reservoirs designed this place to keep the north-east in
:24:11. > :24:19.water forever. It does not provide water all the time and is kept here
:24:19. > :24:24.until it is needed, it when it is released and falls down. Until it
:24:24. > :24:30.reaches here. This is Northumbrian Water's pumping station, just west
:24:30. > :24:40.of Newcastle. When the water is needed, it is released and taken
:24:40. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:48.out here. And then it can be pumped by these gigantic engines to
:24:48. > :24:54.wherever it has to go up, but a long this County Durham water
:24:54. > :25:00.system. Or, if necessary, on the 21 mile tunnel as far as Teesside. Or
:25:00. > :25:09.two-minute Bath, which I am now going to run and enjoy! -- to my
:25:09. > :25:14.new Bath. Do not let us disturb you, but do not take the camera! Quickly
:25:14. > :25:24.the weather now! A better forecast, no frost
:25:24. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:34.A gorgeous weather pictures. The sun is shining. Nowhere near as
:25:34. > :25:38.cold tomorrow. We were down to minus two first thing tomorrow, but
:25:38. > :25:42.not tomorrow because a blanket of cloud and rain, particularly for
:25:42. > :25:46.the West but also to the east. For the Northern hills, the North
:25:46. > :25:51.Pennines come at a wet night. Getting a real soaking. But
:25:51. > :25:56.temperatures much higher than yesterday, 7, 8 Celsius to start
:25:56. > :26:01.Friday morning. Strong breezes and rain in the West. And for the
:26:01. > :26:07.Northern hills for a time. But sunshine into the afternoon for
:26:07. > :26:11.much of the north-east, and the rain will dry out in the West. 14
:26:11. > :26:18.Celsius is the top temperature, quite a strong breeze, but still
:26:18. > :26:24.feeling a lot milder than we have had. West, a bit more cloudy.
:26:24. > :26:29.Patchy outbreaks of light rainfall stop some brighter spells over the
:26:29. > :26:34.lakes. Temperatures around about 14, average for late October. Over the
:26:34. > :26:40.next couple of days, brighter skies to come, always in the north-east.
:26:40. > :26:45.Sunshine on Saturday, Teesside, Wearside and Tyneside, but in the
:26:45. > :26:49.West, a bit cloudier. And on Sunday, another weather system from the
:26:49. > :26:53.West will bring heavy rain for a time, but try in the north-east. If
:26:53. > :27:03.you have been out and about with your camera, send us your weather
:27:03. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:09.And I have just seen the proofs of the 2012 for the calendar, we will
:27:09. > :27:13.give you the details of how you can send off for yours in aid of
:27:13. > :27:15.Children in Need. Excellent. Now for a last look at
:27:15. > :27:18.tonight's headlines. There have been celebrations in Libya, after
:27:18. > :27:21.Colonel Gaddafi was shot dead, and graphic images of his body have
:27:21. > :27:24.been broadcast around the world. And Gateshead's Baltic Art Gallery
:27:25. > :27:31.is about to open its doors to the public for the Turner Prize, one of