:00:10. > :00:14.Tonight, five years on from the Grayrigg train crash, an inquest
:00:14. > :00:18.finally opens into the death of this 84-year-old passenger.
:00:18. > :00:23.As the police slash millions of pounds from their budgets, one of
:00:23. > :00:28.our force he is will recruit more frontline officers.
:00:28. > :00:32.The operator of a scrap yard devastated by a major fire could
:00:32. > :00:37.face prosecution. And why the Prince paid a poignant
:00:37. > :00:41.visit to a Teesside blast furnace. Snl In sport a happy weekend for
:00:41. > :00:51.most of the region's football fans. We've the goals which kept
:00:51. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.Newcastle at the top and Sunderland Almost five years on from the
:01:04. > :01:09.Grayrigg rail crash in Cumbria, an inquest has finally opened into the
:01:09. > :01:16.death of an elderly who was a passenger on the train. The London
:01:16. > :01:21.to Glasgow express with over 100 people on board derailed in remote
:01:21. > :01:27.country side in February 2007. All nine carriageways careered off the
:01:27. > :01:33.rails. Margaret Masson died and nearly 30 others, including the
:01:33. > :01:38.driver, were injured. Alison, why has it taken nearly
:01:39. > :01:42.five years for this inquest to be held? Well, as the inquest opened
:01:42. > :01:48.this morning, the coroner apologised to Mrs Masson's family
:01:48. > :01:52.for it taking so long for it to get here. He pointed out similarities
:01:52. > :01:56.to the Grayrigg crash and the crash which happened in Potters Bar in
:01:56. > :01:59.2002 which claimed seven lives. He said those inquests had to be
:01:59. > :02:03.completed before this one could begin. The families of both sets of
:02:03. > :02:07.victims had called for the inquests to be held together because of the
:02:07. > :02:10.similarities. Both were caused by problems with track maintenance.
:02:10. > :02:13.But the Government ruled that couldn't happen. Better scrutiny
:02:13. > :02:18.would occur if they were held separately.
:02:18. > :02:23.Stphr it has finally started. What evidence have we heard today? Today,
:02:23. > :02:26.we've heard about what it was like to be on that train and why Mrs
:02:26. > :02:31.Masson was on there in the first place. Her daughter, Margaret
:02:31. > :02:35.Langley, described the family hadn't intended to travel north to
:02:35. > :02:38.Scotland until the following day but decided to take that evening
:02:38. > :02:42.train instead. Mrs Langley could remember nothing of the crash apart
:02:42. > :02:46.from waking up in hospital the next day. We heard a statement from her
:02:46. > :02:49.now late husband Richard, who died not as a result of the crash. He
:02:49. > :02:53.said he remembered being caught upside down in that carriage seeing
:02:54. > :02:57.his wife and mother-in-law lying together, calling out each other's
:02:57. > :03:03.names. We know Mrs Masson died soon after. We also heard from the drain
:03:03. > :03:07.driver, Iain Black. Who, despite being thrown from the driver's seed
:03:07. > :03:11.seat into the nose cone of the train and losing consciousness at
:03:11. > :03:16.times, he called ahead to ensure know others trains were sent down
:03:16. > :03:20.the tracks and into that wreckage. That's day one. What do we expect
:03:20. > :03:24.to hear tomorrow? Tomorrow, we'll hear further evidence from those
:03:24. > :03:30.first on the scenes from the rail accident investigation board. We'll
:03:30. > :03:33.here hear more about the problems about where the derailment happened.
:03:33. > :03:37.The inquest's expected to last two weeks.
:03:38. > :03:42.They've endured huge budget cuts and made scores of staff redundant.
:03:42. > :03:47.Now, Durham Police are starting to recruit frontline officers again.
:03:47. > :03:51.They are the first in the region to lift a recruitment freeze. It has
:03:51. > :03:55.been made possible by savings in the back office. Elsewhere, it
:03:55. > :03:58.looks bleak with tens of millions of pounds being slashed from police
:03:58. > :04:02.budgets across the North East and Cumbria.
:04:02. > :04:06.They are cuts the police described as savage. But now Durham says it
:04:06. > :04:10.can finally start bringing in fresh frontline bobbies like these once
:04:10. > :04:15.again. All those officers will be moving into the neighbourhood
:04:15. > :04:21.policing teams. So, there will be 20 communities that will see an
:04:21. > :04:25.extra officer walking their streets and making the community safer.
:04:25. > :04:32.Like many others, Durham Police has had a recruitment freeze. Recent
:04:32. > :04:37.times have certainly been chilling. A 20% budget cut over four years.
:04:37. > :04:40.139 staff made redundant in a 12 month period. The Police Federation
:04:40. > :04:46.says once Durham had 1700 police officers, the new target strength
:04:46. > :04:50.is more than 300 less than that. But the federation agrees the end
:04:50. > :04:55.of the recruitment freeze is clearly good news. 20 new officers
:04:55. > :04:59.is better than none, it says. The Police Authority says restructuring
:04:59. > :05:04.done, it's good housekeeping, like trimming the back office and
:05:04. > :05:07.anticipating the cuts in advance which means it can now move forward
:05:07. > :05:12.again. It wasn't a pleasant experience for us. We could see
:05:12. > :05:17.what was going to occur. We took these decisions very early on.
:05:17. > :05:21.We've had to restructure the force. There's been no view expressed to
:05:21. > :05:26.me or anyone imsee aware of that any member of the public has seen a
:05:26. > :05:29.change in the delivery of service. Durham says the first of its 20 new
:05:29. > :05:35.bobbies, who've already been assessed, will areef before
:05:35. > :05:39.Christmas. -- will arrive before Christmas.
:05:39. > :05:42.Peter joins me now. What's happening with the rest of the
:05:42. > :05:46.region's forces? Nothing's happening. That's reality problem.
:05:46. > :05:50.They are not reciting police officers. If you don't recruit,
:05:50. > :05:53.when people retire, you don't have people replacing them. Your numbers
:05:53. > :05:58.will fall. This is all because of the police force's financial
:05:58. > :06:03.situation. We can show you the figures now. You will' see the
:06:03. > :06:07.extent of the cuts. Cleveland are losing �24 million over four years.
:06:07. > :06:11.Northumbria, �17 million this financial year. Cumbria, �18
:06:11. > :06:16.million over four years. North Yorkshire are telling us they are
:06:16. > :06:20.making 61 redundancies. They will be civilian staff. You cannot make
:06:20. > :06:24.police officers redundant. It is complex but clearly lots of change
:06:24. > :06:28.ahead for our police forces. Thank you.
:06:28. > :06:32.The operator of a Tyneside scrap yard which was engulfed by fire
:06:32. > :06:35.earlier this year could face prosecution. The blaze in the Byker
:06:35. > :06:39.district of Newcastle was seen from miles around as firefighters
:06:39. > :06:46.battled to bring it under control. There have been many other fires at
:06:46. > :06:50.scrap yards froplts -- prompting fierce about health and
:06:50. > :06:55.environmental risks. The fire broke out at the scrap
:06:55. > :07:05.yard in Byker about 45 minutes ago. The smoke can be seen from several
:07:05. > :07:06.
:07:06. > :07:13.May this year, and Tyne and wear fire service is tested to the limit
:07:13. > :07:19.tack alg huge blaze in Byker. Dbg tackling a huge blaze in Byker.
:07:19. > :07:26.It was black. God knows how these people suffered living here. It is
:07:26. > :07:30.only 50 or 100 yards away. It was really bad. I had to put me card
:07:30. > :07:37.began over me nose an mouth. The police were telling everyone to get
:07:37. > :07:45.in their houses and shut doors and windows cos it was toxic. This is
:07:45. > :07:51.one of the a number of scrap yard fires recently. You're looking at
:07:51. > :07:58.carbon fibres from fuels and oils. There are polymers. Plastics. It is
:07:58. > :08:02.difficult to say what is in the smoke plume from a scrap yard fire
:08:02. > :08:06.but you can say with a fair degree of accuracy, none of it you should
:08:06. > :08:10.be breathing. The Byker blaze started by accident. Clearing the
:08:10. > :08:13.site operator of any blame. But that's not the end of the matter.
:08:13. > :08:19.The Environment Agency completed its investigation. We can reveal
:08:19. > :08:22.that court action could follow. The yard operator's been questioned
:08:22. > :08:25.under caution about the amount and type of waste stored there. I
:08:25. > :08:29.understand they've been ordered to change the way they operate the
:08:29. > :08:37.site. Particularly the way waste is stored and handled. A decision on
:08:37. > :08:47.charges is expected in December. You can see more on that story in
:08:47. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:52.tonight's Inside Out on BBC One at 7.30pm.
:08:52. > :08:57.Five months ago, the Prince of Wales visited Teesside and saw
:08:57. > :09:03.first-hand the grim reality of the mothballing of the Redcar blast
:09:03. > :09:10.furnace. Since then. Complex has been bought. Its new Thai owner,
:09:10. > :09:15.SSI, has promised to create 1900 jobs. The Prince was back again
:09:15. > :09:20.today. As you would expect, Prince of
:09:20. > :09:24.Wales met the bosses of steel company SSI today. But at the end
:09:24. > :09:27.of the line, a more human touch. The widow and son of the union
:09:27. > :09:31.leader Geoff Waterfield. His lobbying, including that of the
:09:31. > :09:36.Prince himself, is in part to thank for the return of steel to Teesside.
:09:36. > :09:40.This is where it will be made. The very heart of the blast furnace.
:09:40. > :09:44.Here to help make it, will be Graham Dunn. Last time we met him,
:09:44. > :09:52.he'd lost his job. The blast furnace was mothballed and the
:09:52. > :09:57.future was grim. You met the Prince. What did he say to you? He asked if
:09:57. > :10:01.I'd worked here before. I said for 36 years. He asked if the wife was
:10:01. > :10:07.happyed aide come back. He said very happy. I was happy to be back.
:10:07. > :10:11.We were built on iron. Been making iron and steel since the mid-19th
:10:11. > :10:17.century. Let's get it going again. How close are we to seeing steel
:10:17. > :10:22.being made once more? The date is 8th December. We are working hard
:10:22. > :10:27.towards that. We are in the process of reviewing everything and making
:10:27. > :10:31.sure the suppliers are delivering on time. The Prince said he was
:10:31. > :10:35.extremely impressed with what he saw in the blast furnace. With the
:10:35. > :10:44.royal diversion now over, working start again on trying to get it
:10:44. > :10:50.back online by December 8th. Still to come tonight: Monday's
:10:50. > :10:56.sports desk. Plus: Good evening. Join me on Look
:10:56. > :11:03.North later where I'll sell you legally blonde at the Empire over
:11:03. > :11:13.Christmas. Court is in session! I'll pedal less breezy conditions
:11:13. > :11:16.
:11:16. > :11:19.He lost his right arm in Afghanistan. But now Corporal Andy
:11:19. > :11:28.Garthwaite from Newcastle hopes to build a career in civvy street with
:11:29. > :11:30.the help of a new recovery and today in Catterick in North
:11:30. > :11:36.Yorkshire. Andy fancies retraining as a health and safety officer or
:11:37. > :11:41.maybe a MOT other cycle mechanic. Young servicemen and women listen
:11:42. > :11:46.to advice on how to rebuild their lives after being seriously injured
:11:46. > :11:52.in Afghanistan. Men like Corporal Andy Garthwaite from Newcastle who
:11:52. > :11:58.lost an arm while on foot patrol. I'm waiting for word from the army
:11:58. > :12:03.for an operation date to get the new by onic arm. Me brain will be
:12:04. > :12:10.able to talk to the prosthetic arm. I should be able to move my right
:12:11. > :12:15.arm. Feen Hicks house, a recovery and assessment centre -- Phoenix
:12:15. > :12:18.House, opened today. It apes to give wounded soldiers the
:12:18. > :12:23.confidence they need to return to the army or build a new career in
:12:23. > :12:28.civvy street. It's funded by the taxpayer and two charities. It is
:12:28. > :12:32.will all about what you can do, not what you can't do. If someone's had
:12:32. > :12:38.their lives changed they can no longer be number one on the machine
:12:38. > :12:41.gun, they come and spend a couple of weeks on a course and realise
:12:41. > :12:46.how they can transfer skills. isn't about the the Government, it
:12:46. > :12:51.is about an obligation which we as a count Rio to young men and women
:12:51. > :12:55.who we ask to put themselves in harm's way. I don't want to get
:12:55. > :12:59.involved in the politics of this. But as a charity, we saw there was
:12:59. > :13:05.a need. We're very happy to contribute towards the operational
:13:05. > :13:09.costs of all the centres which are opening. It is a major commitment,
:13:09. > :13:13.�50 million, the legion's guaranteed over the next ten years.
:13:13. > :13:18.This temporary centre will be replaced by a state-of-the-art
:13:18. > :13:25.facility this time next year and take its place as one of a number
:13:25. > :13:29.of multimillion pound centres being built around the country.
:13:29. > :13:32.What a great idea. Last year, it was a white Christmas.
:13:32. > :13:39.We're talking about the stage show here. This year, it will be more of
:13:39. > :13:44.a blonde Christmas -- well a Sunderland at least. Legally blonde
:13:44. > :13:48.the musical is coming to the city's Empire Theatre. Joining the cast
:13:48. > :13:58.are TV personality turned actor Matthew Kelly and former Atomic
:13:58. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:07.Kitten and celebrity MasterChef Here is the brief. When a college
:14:07. > :14:12.sweetheart is dumped by her boyfriend for a more serious one
:14:12. > :14:15.and she decides she will go to Harvard Law School. The where
:14:15. > :14:24.better to launch this hundred and leg of the UK tour than the City's
:14:24. > :14:29.magistrates court. Legally Blonde The Musical is a success story from
:14:29. > :14:36.Broadway and the West End. Joining the tour in Sunderland is the man
:14:36. > :14:42.with stars in his eyes, Matthew Kelly. It is a brilliant show.
:14:42. > :14:47.There are kids there and they loved it. Even the men, and they start
:14:47. > :14:51.off with their arms folded and think it is not for them. There are
:14:52. > :14:56.dancing in the aisles at the end. The audience stands at the end.
:14:56. > :15:03.After her acclaimed performance in the musical earlier this summer,
:15:03. > :15:06.former Atomic Kitten singer Liz McClarnon returns as Pollet. She is
:15:06. > :15:12.described as the ultimate tarred with a heart. She is so endearing.
:15:12. > :15:19.When I saw her on the West End, a friend of mine said so that I
:15:19. > :15:25.should play the part. I have had my heart set on it for a while. It is
:15:25. > :15:30.bright, clever, it has everything. The cast are amazing. There are 29
:15:30. > :15:39.of them, nine in the orchestra and four dogs. They flog themselves to
:15:39. > :15:43.death. My character is the only person in the show he has a
:15:43. > :15:48.specific American accent. In Liverpool, if you want to do a
:15:48. > :15:53.Liverpool accent, you get advice. For Boston, do you meant to say
:15:53. > :16:02.parked the car in Harvard Yard. It is kind of English sounding. It is
:16:02. > :16:06.not easy to learn. The show opens at the Sunderland umpire on sixth
:16:06. > :16:13.December and runs through the festive season until New year's Eve.
:16:13. > :16:16.-- the umpire Theatre. Winner of several major awards, and this all-
:16:16. > :16:21.singing, all-dancing romantic comedy is all about knowing who you
:16:21. > :16:28.are and showing what you have got. It promises to be in must chic --
:16:28. > :16:32.must see show this Christmas. Case closed.
:16:32. > :16:35.Well, Team Talk comes round once again. Top of the agenda this week,
:16:35. > :16:37.Newcastle United, who aren't that far from being top of the Premier
:16:37. > :16:40.League! Fantastic, isn't it? They probably
:16:40. > :16:45.wont win it, but they closed the gap on Chelsea and Manchester
:16:45. > :16:48.United, who both lost yesterday. The Magpies are now joint third,
:16:48. > :16:51.and only a point behind Manchester United in second. Newcastle,
:16:51. > :16:55.leaders Man City and Huddersfield are the only unbeaten teams in the
:16:55. > :17:00.country. 48,000 watched them beat Wigan at
:17:00. > :17:03.the weekend. They're hoping to push back over that 50,000 mark.
:17:03. > :17:07.That's right - this afternoon they launched a new season ticket drive.
:17:07. > :17:10.Hundreds of fans turned up to take advantage of the offer, and it has
:17:10. > :17:13.giving them plenty to sing about. Current season ticket holders can
:17:13. > :17:19.buy additional half price season tickets for the rest of the
:17:19. > :17:22.campaign. Some of the players turned up to help out as well. The
:17:22. > :17:30.offer means children can get to see matches for just over �2.50 - and
:17:30. > :17:34.there's not much you can buy for that these days!
:17:34. > :17:38.As we said, a win for Newcastle at the weekend, and for Sunderland.
:17:39. > :17:45.Both clubs left it a bit late! Just nine minutes left when Johan
:17:45. > :17:48.Cabaye broke the deadlock against lost any of the last 24 games he's
:17:48. > :17:52.played for club or country. And he's been threatening his first
:17:52. > :17:54.goal for the club for some time. But do you know why he ran to
:17:54. > :17:57.celebrate with the club masseur, Micky Holland? It's because every
:17:57. > :18:01.week Micky's been telling him he'd score a goal. This week, Cabaye
:18:01. > :18:05.said, "Don't say it and I might score". And he did! One piece of
:18:05. > :18:07.bad news for Newcastle, though - Shola Ameobi is out for up to six
:18:07. > :18:10.weeks with a hamstring injury. Elsewhere, a crucial win for
:18:10. > :18:13.Sunderland. They'd have slipped into the relegation zone if they'd
:18:13. > :18:16.lost at Bolton. Still goalless, with eight minutes to go, Stephane
:18:16. > :18:19.Sessegnon with his first goal of the season. You can see what it
:18:19. > :18:22.meant to the manager! Yes, Aston Villa and Darren Bent at
:18:22. > :18:25.the Stadium of Light next Saturday - you can imagine how the pressure
:18:25. > :18:29.would have been cranked up if they hadn't won this one. But here's
:18:29. > :18:30.another good stat - Niklas Bendtner has either scored or set up a goal
:18:30. > :18:34.in every game he's played this season!
:18:34. > :18:37.We're full of them this week, aren't we? If they hadn't picked up
:18:37. > :18:47.only their second win of the campaign, do you think Steve Bruce
:18:47. > :18:48.
:18:48. > :18:53.I never said I wouldn't. I worry about the people around me, not me.
:18:53. > :18:58.They get edgy and nervous. But thankfully, today is one of the
:18:58. > :19:03.reasons why I came. Were 1,500 came down. There are not many clubs to a
:19:03. > :19:07.fourth bottom of the league who can produce 4,500 people. We give them
:19:07. > :19:10.something to shout about today. And just as pleasing as those goals
:19:10. > :19:11.for both Newcastle and Sunderland, some important savesat the other
:19:11. > :19:19.end? Some absolutely vital ones.
:19:19. > :19:22.Again, late on in the Sunderland the Black Cats were trying to hold
:19:22. > :19:25.on to a one-goal lead. In the 89th minute, Simon Mignolet, with his
:19:25. > :19:30.feet blocking a shot from Darren Pratley. How important was that?
:19:30. > :19:33.His first clean-sheet since the 4-0 win over Stoke last month. And for
:19:33. > :19:34.that, he can also thank John O'Shea, captaining the side, with Lee
:19:34. > :19:37.Cattermole dropped. Former Middlesbrough defender, David
:19:37. > :19:41.Wheater, looked odds-on for an equaliser at the back post, but
:19:41. > :19:44.O'Shea just got up there to knock the ball away.
:19:44. > :19:47.And this is the reason why Newcastle could afford to let Steve
:19:47. > :19:51.Harper join Brighton on loan for the next month. He's been kept out
:19:51. > :19:53.of the team by Tim Krul, who pulled off this fabulous save from Victor
:19:53. > :19:58.Moses. Couldn't quite believe it, could
:19:58. > :20:08.he? Deflected off Steven Taylor. Great reactions from Krul. No
:20:08. > :20:09.
:20:09. > :20:13.doubting who's the manager's first He has not put a foot wrong this
:20:13. > :20:20.year. His kicking and distribution has been signed. He is at the top
:20:20. > :20:23.of his game. That is one he can put in his little DVD collection.
:20:23. > :20:26.Into the Championship, and Middlesbrough are back up to second
:20:26. > :20:30.place, after a long-overdue win at the Riverside - their first since
:20:30. > :20:34.the middle of August. Yes, they'd drawn four in a row
:20:34. > :20:38.since then. And Derby were level on points with them at the start of
:20:38. > :20:40.play. Two goals either side of half-time won it for the Boro. The
:20:40. > :20:44.first from Rhys Williams turning in Justin Hoyte's shot, and then
:20:44. > :20:52.Marvin Emnes got back on the score sheet after a few lean weeks with a
:20:52. > :20:56.fantastic header and his sixth goal of the season.
:20:56. > :21:01.17,000 fans, but could still do with a few more. Nigel Clough's
:21:01. > :21:05.Derby didn't make it easy, though. 15-year-old Mason Bennett hitting
:21:05. > :21:15.the bar with this shot on his debut - the youngest player in the club's
:21:15. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :21:21.Into League One, now. Last week, we were saying how Carlisle had hit
:21:21. > :21:24.form while Hartlepool were on a slump. A complete turn around this
:21:24. > :21:28.week - Carlisle thumped at Charlton, while Pools came from behind at
:21:28. > :21:31.Chesterfield to end a run of three Chesterfield to end a run of three
:21:31. > :21:34.straight defeats. Some great goals, too! A 20-yard
:21:34. > :21:37.header, from Paul Murray, launching himself at the ball from the edge
:21:37. > :21:39.of the box. The Poolie fans enjoyed it, cos you don't see many of
:21:39. > :21:42.those! Or these! Although James Poole has
:21:42. > :21:46.scored some beauties already this season. Andy Monkhouse had a go
:21:46. > :21:51.from 40 yards - worth a try! And then Poole's second of the
:21:51. > :21:53.afternoon wrapped it up. Hartlepool once again on the edge of the play-
:21:53. > :21:56.off zone. And they're back above Carlisle,
:21:56. > :22:00.who crashed 4-0 away at the League One leaders, Charlton - it wasn't
:22:00. > :22:05.really their day! They gave goals away, had Matty Robson sent off,
:22:05. > :22:15.and managed to miss a penalty as well! And to cap it all, this one
:22:15. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:22.went through the legs of Adam We will not be too many teams of
:22:22. > :22:25.three concede goals like that. Hopefully we will be all right.
:22:25. > :22:29.Everything that went wrong for us when from today, so hopefully we
:22:29. > :22:32.will be fine after this. Let's change sports now. In rugby
:22:32. > :22:35.union, Newcastle Falcons lost at London Irish in the second round of
:22:35. > :22:36.pool games for the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Meanwhile, Cumbria staged a
:22:36. > :22:39.prestigious Rugby League challenge match.
:22:39. > :22:41.Yes, Whitehaven's Recreation Ground was the venue for Cumbria against
:22:41. > :22:51.England Knights - effectively the country's second team. Mark Tulip
:22:51. > :22:54.
:22:54. > :23:01.12 months ago, the England senior team were held 18 to 18 here. Most
:23:01. > :23:04.for anticipating a decent contest. The fixture had come about when
:23:04. > :23:07.Samoa's tour of the UK was cancelled. There are some who would
:23:07. > :23:09.like to see a combined county side eventually bid for a Super League
:23:09. > :23:11.franchise. But that debate's for another day.
:23:11. > :23:17.Despite putting England under sustained pressure, Cumbria went
:23:17. > :23:20.into the half-time break four advantage - a move started and
:23:20. > :23:22.finished by Luke Gale. Captain Kyle Amor finally got Cumbria on the
:23:22. > :23:24.scoresheet, with Workington's Darren Holt converting. After two
:23:24. > :23:27.more tries from the Knights, England academy captain Brad
:23:27. > :23:37.Singleton touched down for the home side. And, although England had the
:23:37. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:45.last word, Cumbria had put in a We did not have it easy. They play
:23:45. > :23:48.two divisions above most of us. But we did ourselves proud. It is
:23:48. > :23:52.bringing the Cumbrian League to Cumbria and we are given the chance
:23:52. > :24:02.to play at that level. That is when we can see if we can get a Super
:24:02. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:13.League team were not. The direction of the wind depends
:24:13. > :24:17.on how the seas are looking and our coastlines. The North Sea first -
:24:17. > :24:23.this picture is full of promise and serenity at the start of the
:24:23. > :24:29.weekend. The other face of it was seen today implies. You can see the
:24:29. > :24:34.waves really picking up. The lifeboat is chasing an abandoned
:24:34. > :24:38.jet-ski apparently! Luckily, nobody was hurt. The seas are really
:24:38. > :24:44.picking up at the moment. Through the rest of the week, we will see
:24:44. > :24:48.the breeze easing down. It will be a bit cooler. 16 or 17 Celsius
:24:48. > :24:53.today and a bit wet at times in good autumnal fashion. The wet
:24:53. > :24:56.weather starts tonight, coming up from the south-west. It is the
:24:56. > :25:00.North East coast there will be most affected. It clears through the day
:25:00. > :25:04.tomorrow. Wednesday - one a two showers particularly in the West.
:25:04. > :25:09.On Thursday, things start to settle down, although rain will come up
:25:09. > :25:13.from the south later on in the day. Or Friday, it does look like a good
:25:14. > :25:19.end to the week. You see this ridge of high pressure coming up and you
:25:19. > :25:23.can see Friday, it does not look bad. A bit of sunshine in the North
:25:23. > :25:29.East. Closer to home tonight, we have this cloud in place already.
:25:29. > :25:32.It is moving its way right the way across the region. You can escape
:25:33. > :25:36.the rain through the night in Cumbria, and it will concentrate on
:25:36. > :25:40.the North East flank. That rain just makes one or two inroads into
:25:40. > :25:44.north-central areas. Mostly, it will be the coast and there could
:25:44. > :25:49.be quite heavy by the end of the night. The cloud T -- keeps
:25:49. > :25:54.temperatures of than double figures. Tamara, a miserable start to the
:25:54. > :25:57.day in the North East. It could be wet. That will improve. You have
:25:58. > :26:02.dry weather across Cumbria for most of the day and it will push its way
:26:02. > :26:05.slowly northwards and Easter Sunday could end up with a bit of sunshine.
:26:05. > :26:10.The best of that will be in the West. Cumbria will have the best of
:26:10. > :26:15.the sunshine and temperatures. South-easterly breeze with a high
:26:15. > :26:20.of 15 Celsius. Through the rest of the week, into Wednesday, it looks
:26:20. > :26:24.a little unsettled and the West. Some showers in the West, but the
:26:24. > :26:29.North East is largely unaffected. Temperatures slide towards the end
:26:29. > :26:34.of the beak. Thurso, a bit more cloud, but the weather comes three
:26:34. > :26:37.Thanks, Trai. Now a look at tonight's headlines.
:26:37. > :26:40.David Cameron is facing a backbench revolt over whether a referendum
:26:40. > :26:44.should be held on Britain staying in the European Union.
:26:44. > :26:47.And the inquest has opened into the Grayrigg train crash in Cumbria -
:26:47. > :26:50.which killed an elderly woman passenger.
:26:50. > :26:53.Before we go tonight, news of a series of special reports this week
:26:54. > :26:56.here on Look North. With thousands of people on benefits in the region,
:26:56. > :27:04.we're asking how they'll be affected by the government's
:27:04. > :27:09.welfare changes. The highest unemployment rate in
:27:09. > :27:13.the country. Thousands of people on sickness benefits. In some parts of
:27:13. > :27:16.the north-eastern Cumbria, 90% of homes have no one in work. The