:00:07. > :00:10.Welcome to Look North. Tonight: Sold for nearly �750 million. The
:00:10. > :00:13.bank that almost collapsed. Now the Northern Rock name will be
:00:13. > :00:17.consigned to history. It is good news for the North East.
:00:17. > :00:23.It is good news for Newcastle. Under new ownership, Northern Rock
:00:23. > :00:28.can go from strength to strength. Is there a glimmer of hope for the
:00:28. > :00:32.Alcan plant? Could the Blues be on the move?
:00:32. > :00:35.Speculation that Carlisle United may leave its Brunton Park ground
:00:35. > :00:37.is growing. We are live at Lumiere, the
:00:37. > :00:41.spectacular light show that's back in the North.
:00:41. > :00:47.We take to the water with our latest Sportskid and the only way
:00:47. > :00:57.is up for Kat as the world number one aims to bounce her way through
:00:57. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:08.Sold for �747 million, the Northern Rock has been bought by Virgin
:01:08. > :01:13.Money. News of the deal which will mean no compulsory job cuts for the
:01:13. > :01:17.next three years has been widely welcomed. Since the Rock was
:01:17. > :01:22.nationalised in 2008, 3,000 jobs have gone but today there were
:01:22. > :01:27.cheers at the bank's Newcastle headquarters from where Chris
:01:27. > :01:30.Stewart joins us now. The taxpayer has taken a hit,
:01:30. > :01:35.although it could have been worse. We must not forget those jobs that
:01:35. > :01:44.have been lost, 3,000 of them, as you say. It is better news for our
:01:44. > :01:52.region today. It's the kind of news we need.
:01:52. > :01:57.Meeting the Minister and smiles all round. If you want to know what it
:01:57. > :02:04.has been like here, you don't have to look far. The deal was kept
:02:04. > :02:07.secret until this morning and then... A big woop! A cheer. Quite
:02:07. > :02:12.a lot of shock because people weren't expecting to hear so soon.
:02:13. > :02:16.On a Thursday as well. We usually here at the end of the week.
:02:16. > :02:21.reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. There was an audible
:02:21. > :02:24.cheer in the building when the news came out this morning. Staff are
:02:24. > :02:28.delighted. They have every reason to be. It is a very good outcome
:02:28. > :02:32.for the company, for staff and for the North East. The Minister has a
:02:32. > :02:36.constituency in Hampshire but he just happens to be from the North
:02:36. > :02:46.East. His parents still live in Durham. It is where I come from. It
:02:46. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:52.is where my roots are. You didn't want to get told off by your mum
:02:52. > :02:55.and dad either?! No smiles four years ago. Customers queued to get
:02:55. > :02:59.their money out of the Rock, those with shares didn't know what to do
:02:59. > :03:04.for the best. Those who hung on to them lost the lot when the
:03:04. > :03:09.Government took over. They have now gone to the European Courts looking
:03:09. > :03:12.for compensation. I'm hopeful, the hedge funds have spent �5 million
:03:12. > :03:17.on legal fees, they wouldn't be wasting their money unless they
:03:17. > :03:21.thought they had a case. The pensioners who have lost everything,
:03:21. > :03:25.they deserve to get compensation for having their assets for their
:03:25. > :03:30.grandchildren taken off them without any say so. What about the
:03:30. > :03:38.bloke who told the world that the Rock was on the rocks? The tragedy,
:03:38. > :03:43.and it is a tragedy, is... Yes, him. Does he think Richard Branson can
:03:43. > :03:47.take this new North East business to the top? Northern Rock when
:03:47. > :03:52.combined with Virgin Money is still a small operation, perhaps a tenth
:03:52. > :03:58.of the size of its main UK competitors. So at this stage, you
:03:58. > :04:02.would see him as being a bit of a thorn in the side of the big banks
:04:02. > :04:06.rather than somebody who is going to transform the banking landscape.
:04:06. > :04:11.Virgin Money says it won't make any redundancies and in fact it wants
:04:11. > :04:16.to open more branches. And the price? A good one, for everyone.
:04:16. > :04:19.think we have made a really strong financial offer. We are also
:04:19. > :04:23.committed to Newcastle and the North East and all of the great
:04:23. > :04:27.people that I think have been brilliant in getting Northern Rock
:04:27. > :04:32.to where it is today and creating a business that is so ripe for this
:04:32. > :04:37.sort of move. So, praise for her new employees and she wasn't the
:04:37. > :04:44.only one who wanted to reassure them. I really want to say to them,
:04:44. > :04:47.you know, I know, everybody knows, this was not the fault of the
:04:47. > :04:52.individual employees, especially at that level in the company. This was
:04:52. > :04:57.about taking the wrong kind of banking model and applying it in
:04:57. > :05:02.the wrong way and looking for short-term profits rather than
:05:02. > :05:07.long-term sustainable business which will bring profits back to
:05:07. > :05:14.the community and secure people's jobs. We are over the moon with it.
:05:14. > :05:19.We think that the previous four years, the redundancies, 2,500,
:05:19. > :05:25.3,000, to get stability back will be great. The criticisms will come,
:05:25. > :05:28.sold too cheap, sold too late. But sold not at all? That was the
:05:28. > :05:32.alternative. As well as the criticism, there
:05:32. > :05:37.will be a certain amount of speculation as to why this deal is
:05:37. > :05:41.going ahead now? Yes, there will. One theory doing the rounds is that
:05:41. > :05:44.the Chancellor, George Osborne, sold the Rock now because he
:05:44. > :05:49.expects the eurozone to get an awful lot worse very quickly. Then
:05:49. > :05:56.he would find it very hard to sell. There is another theory, though,
:05:56. > :06:00.slightly more fundamental. Richard Branson isn't the kind of chap who
:06:00. > :06:04.would spend four years trying to buy a dud.
:06:04. > :06:08.One of the first questions posed by the Virgin takeover is what will
:06:08. > :06:13.happen to the Northern Rock Foundation? The charitable body has
:06:13. > :06:23.supported good causes across the North East and Cumbria for 15 years.
:06:23. > :06:27.In 2010 it distributed �12 million in grants.
:06:27. > :06:29.Very few theatre groups have roles for people with learning
:06:30. > :06:33.disabilities, but Headway Theatre does. That is the only
:06:33. > :06:37.qualification for joining the group. Like thousands of charitable groups
:06:37. > :06:41.in our region, they have had a helping hand from the Northern Rock
:06:41. > :06:44.Foundation. The Northern Rock Foundation money has been crucial
:06:44. > :06:49.to Seven Stars. They would be devastated if they lost the funding.
:06:49. > :06:53.It is a big part of their lives. It is something that affects their
:06:53. > :07:00.lives but they do a lot of work with younger learning-disabled
:07:00. > :07:05.people so it is important that that kind role there for young people.
:07:05. > :07:12.Since the Foundation was launched, more than 3,700 grants have been
:07:12. > :07:16.awarded to more than 2,000 groups. It is from this converted chapel
:07:16. > :07:20.that �220 million of charitable grants have been handed out in the
:07:20. > :07:23.15 years since Northern Rock was demutualised and the new private
:07:23. > :07:28.bank started handing over a proportion of its profits to the
:07:28. > :07:32.charitable arm. There is still �30 million in the bank. The future
:07:32. > :07:36.remains uncertain with the Virgin takeover of Northern Rock.
:07:36. > :07:40.welcome the announcement. It is very important that we work
:07:40. > :07:43.successfully with the new bank owners and they have already said
:07:43. > :07:47.they are committing themselves a similar arrangement for the next
:07:47. > :07:50.two years as we already had, but I think it is important that they
:07:50. > :07:53.work in partnership with us and we are looking forward to discussing
:07:53. > :07:58.how we can do that together. Thousands of community groups
:07:58. > :08:05.across our region will hope that Virgin can work with the Northern
:08:05. > :08:08.Rock Foundation. Now, to the other big industry
:08:08. > :08:11.story dominating the news. The closure of the Alcan plant at
:08:11. > :08:15.Lynemouth in Northumberland with the loss of hundreds of jobs. One
:08:15. > :08:18.man who is not taking that news lying down is the Wansbeck MP Ian
:08:18. > :08:22.Lavery. He says there may be credible interest from potential
:08:22. > :08:30.buyers for the plant and he is calling on the company that runs it
:08:30. > :08:34.to reveal who they are. The morning after the bombshell
:08:34. > :08:38.before. But according to the local Northumberland MP, it doesn't have
:08:38. > :08:43.to be the end for aluminium smelting here in Lynemouth. He
:08:43. > :08:48.believes there are still buyers for the plant out there. And doubts the
:08:48. > :08:53.company's dismissal of them as being not credible. What the unions
:08:54. > :08:59.are wanting to know is who are these organisations who they deem
:08:59. > :09:04.to be non-credible. If we can speak to those, if we can get financial
:09:04. > :09:09.assistance from the Government, speak to the people who may be
:09:09. > :09:13.interested, give them the views of the Government, who knows, we could
:09:13. > :09:19.come up some sort of package that would maintain 650 well-paid jobs
:09:19. > :09:21.here. Pressure on the plpbt's owner Rio Tinto to reconsider -- on the
:09:21. > :09:30.plant's owner Rio Tinto to reconsider not ending the life of
:09:30. > :09:37.the plant is also coming from the unions. It is bewildering, �60
:09:37. > :09:45.million out of the local economy, �100 million out of the regional
:09:45. > :09:51.economy. There is an apparent growing fight to keep Alcan open.
:09:51. > :09:56.This woman's two sons work at the plant. They are taking it better
:09:56. > :09:59.than I thought they would. They have resigned themselves with all
:09:59. > :10:05.the rumours that have been going around. They are worried how they
:10:05. > :10:11.are going to pay their mortgage. One of them has been there 15 years,
:10:11. > :10:18.the other 11. So, you know, it is sad. Meanwhile, the local economy
:10:18. > :10:28.waits for the effects of any closure. The nearby angling shop is
:10:28. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:31.patronised by Alcan staff, as is the local takeaway.
:10:31. > :10:36.Ian is here now. Do we know anything about the people who
:10:36. > :10:39.expressed an interest in buying Alcan? Ian Lavery will be a
:10:39. > :10:42.disappointed man. There were a number of businesses who were
:10:42. > :10:46.interested but when it was explained to them by Rio Tinto the
:10:46. > :10:49.problems with the plant, mainly rising energy costs, they walked
:10:49. > :10:53.away. They also didn't have any finance in place. They hadn't
:10:53. > :10:57.borrowed the money to buy the business. One of the companies did
:10:57. > :11:01.visit Lynemouth but the proposal that it wanted to put on the table
:11:01. > :11:07.was particularly onerous. So it wanted Rio Tinto to pay it to take
:11:07. > :11:13.over the plant. It also wanted subsidies with energy costs, they
:11:13. > :11:18.wanted subsidies with raw materials and they also wanted a big
:11:18. > :11:27.Government subsidy. I think if Ian Lavery does discover who these
:11:27. > :11:29.people are, he will be disappointed. Newcastle United footballer Nile
:11:29. > :11:34.Ranger has appeared before magistrates on charges of assault
:11:34. > :11:38.and being drunk and disorderly. The 20-year-old has denied two counts
:11:38. > :11:44.of assault and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily
:11:44. > :11:48.harm following an incident outside Cosy Joe's pub in Newcastle in
:11:48. > :11:52.August. Ranger will re-appear before
:11:52. > :11:57.magistrates on January 13th when the matters will be committed to
:11:57. > :12:00.Crown Court. BBC Look North understands that
:12:00. > :12:04.Carlisle United could be considering a move away from its
:12:04. > :12:07.Brunton Park ground. The club commissioned a report into its
:12:07. > :12:11.long-term future this summer and the results are expected to be
:12:11. > :12:16.given to shareholders tonight. It is believed one option could be to
:12:16. > :12:20.ask fans if they would support a move possibly to the Kingmoor area
:12:20. > :12:23.of the city. Carlisle United are riding high on
:12:23. > :12:27.the verge of the League One play- off places. The big talking about
:12:27. > :12:31.in the city this week has been suggestions they could be looking
:12:31. > :12:34.for a new home. BBC Look North understands that discussions have
:12:34. > :12:38.taken place and that shareholders will hear tonight the results of a
:12:38. > :12:41.feasibility study commissioned to look at the future of the club. So
:12:41. > :12:45.far, Carlisle United have refused to comment saying only that
:12:45. > :12:49.shareholders should be the first to know of any future plans. In
:12:49. > :12:54.Carlisle today, most people seemed clear that a new ground would be a
:12:54. > :13:01.good idea. A new stadium, as long as it doesn't cost them too much is
:13:01. > :13:05.good. Might get in more supporters. They should stay where they are.
:13:05. > :13:13.they are going to make a bigger stadium, they will make more money.
:13:14. > :13:18.I suppose so. Brunton Park has been Carlisle United's home since 1909.
:13:18. > :13:25.It survived a major fire in 1953 and the floods of 2005. Every
:13:25. > :13:29.supporter who has been here will no doubt have a special memory. But
:13:29. > :13:33.Brunton Park is an incongruous football ground. With the club at
:13:33. > :13:39.the top end of League One it is clear promotion is a possibility.
:13:39. > :13:46.Current rules are that all teams in the Championship must have all-
:13:46. > :13:56.satisfyer ground -- all-seater grounds. United would have to
:13:56. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :14:02.There will be live reaction on Ian Timms' Breakfast Show on BBC Radio
:14:02. > :14:06.Cumbria. So less than 24 hours to go before
:14:06. > :14:09.the start of this year's Children in Need Appeal and more than 200
:14:09. > :14:19.children from Chester-le-Street have already been very busy
:14:19. > :14:22.
:14:22. > :14:27.rehearsing a song for a special The wet weather was probably the
:14:27. > :14:34.only thing the TV crew couldn't control and with 200 school-
:14:34. > :14:38.children about to arrive for a dress rehearsal, this was a full
:14:38. > :14:43.BBC military operation. Just amazing being chosen to sing for
:14:43. > :14:51.Children in Need. When we got told, everyone was so excited to be on TV.
:14:51. > :14:57.They got off the buses, went inside, did a run-through of the song. Then
:14:57. > :15:06.we got BBC Look North to come in and they did a small interview with
:15:06. > :15:13.our teacher. Welcome to the Masonic Hall. In woman in charge is
:15:13. > :15:22.Joycelyn McMullen. Who have we got here? We have got 120 students and
:15:22. > :15:25.we have got over 102 students from the primary schools. So a lot of
:15:25. > :15:30.local schools from Chester-le- Street that have come together to
:15:30. > :15:36.sing music together, to raise money for Children in Need. It was the
:15:36. > :15:41.first time we could see all the different primary schools. The Look
:15:42. > :15:51.North people were really nice. Then we had a really good time and just
:15:51. > :15:55.being on TV was good. Did you enjoy that? ALL: Yes! That was brilliant.
:15:55. > :16:00.A nice round of applause for you all, I think. We found out we were
:16:00. > :16:04.probably going to do the song about a month ago. We were all selected
:16:04. > :16:07.because we do our choir anyway. When the opportunity came about we
:16:07. > :16:11.thought we would do it because it sounded really good. I love the
:16:11. > :16:21.song. It is a really good song, especially like for Children in
:16:21. > :16:23.
:16:23. > :16:27.Need. It's been really good and exciting. It's really fun getting
:16:27. > :16:33.together with all the different schools. I will be very nervous
:16:33. > :16:43.because it will be on live TV. I will probably end up being on the
:16:43. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:49.I hope they sleep tonight! If you want to watch the choir perform
:16:49. > :16:54.their song tomorrow night, Children in Need coverage starts tomorrow
:16:54. > :16:57.evening at 7.00pm on BBC One. How do you transform a city's familiar
:16:57. > :17:03.landmark's into a vast art gallery? That is what they are trying to do
:17:03. > :17:12.in Durham tonight with the launch of Lumiere. It is amazing. Mary
:17:12. > :17:17.Askew is live there for us now. You have joined me at exactly the
:17:17. > :17:22.right moment! Any minute now, all this noise is going to stop. The
:17:22. > :17:28.Cathedral behind me is going to be lit up. At the same time, all
:17:28. > :17:32.around the city of Durham more than 20 art installations are going to
:17:32. > :17:38.sparkle into life. The celebrations started about three-quarters of an
:17:38. > :17:43.hour ago when a parade of lanterns carried by over 200 children who
:17:43. > :17:48.made them themselves, they are spectacular. They wandered through
:17:48. > :17:52.the city's cobbled streets and made their way here to Palace Green. I
:17:52. > :17:57.am joined by one of the Festival's programmers. Can you tell us a
:17:57. > :18:00.little more about these lanterns that we are seeing? We wanted the
:18:00. > :18:03.Festival, although it is an international festival, to start
:18:03. > :18:07.really at home here in County Durham. So the children have been
:18:07. > :18:11.working with artists from the Liverpool Lantern Company and local
:18:11. > :18:15.artists to learn how to create these wonderful structures that
:18:15. > :18:22.Durham is surrounded by the River Wear, so the inspiration is the
:18:22. > :18:28.river. All the creatures are fish, herons... Tell us what else people
:18:28. > :18:38.are going to be able to see around Durham in the next four days?
:18:38. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:43.have got 35 installations spread across the city. The Cathedral has
:18:43. > :18:47.an enormous installation on the outside. But also a fire garden on
:18:47. > :18:51.the inside using candles that people in cathedrals have used the
:18:51. > :18:55.world over. There is an enormous amount to see. It sounds incredible.
:18:55. > :18:58.What is your favourite? It is like choosing between your children -
:18:58. > :19:04.you can't! I heard somebody say that it is like Blackpool! What do
:19:04. > :19:08.you say to that? It was a posh Blackpool Illuminations. That is
:19:08. > :19:14.pretty good. It is out to entertain, to make people think a bit and to
:19:14. > :19:20.make them explore the city after dark. Thank you very much. I'm also
:19:20. > :19:28.joined by Simon Henig. It's oftenly going to look good. What good is it
:19:28. > :19:32.going to do for Durham? There are thousands on the street tonight in
:19:32. > :19:37.Durham City that wouldn't normally be here. It is fantastic. The shops
:19:37. > :19:40.and the bars are full. There's people queuing up. It will be a
:19:40. > :19:44.tremendous economic boost. There have people that have travelled
:19:44. > :19:48.from further afield and we have this for the next four nights. It
:19:48. > :19:52.is tremendous. Thank you. If you would like to see more of these
:19:52. > :19:56.fantastic installations, you can tune in tonight for the late Look
:19:56. > :20:01.North. It looks amazing.
:20:01. > :20:05.Nothing like Blackpool! Sport. By her own admission, she's
:20:05. > :20:07.probably one of the least well- known world number ones in the
:20:07. > :20:14.country. Kat Driscoll, who swapped Kent for the North East when she
:20:14. > :20:17.was 18, is one of our best medal prospects for the London Olympics.
:20:17. > :20:23.She is trying to keep her feet on the ground!
:20:23. > :20:27.When Look North last featured Kat Driscoll she was ranked second best
:20:27. > :20:31.woman trampolinist in the world. Now, the 25-year-old is looking
:20:31. > :20:35.down from the highest perch hoping to qualify for the Olympics this
:20:35. > :20:39.weekend. First, she has to reach the finals of the home World
:20:39. > :20:43.Championships in Birmingham with the individual team and pair
:20:43. > :20:47.competitions offering medal chances. Does her ranking put her under too
:20:47. > :20:52.much pressure? What I have done this season has no relevance on the
:20:52. > :20:56.competition that is coming up here. It proves I have been the most
:20:56. > :21:03.consistent gymnast. It is exciting we have a group of five girls that
:21:03. > :21:08.are doing fantastic. We have had different girls in the top eight.
:21:08. > :21:11.It could be any one of us that goes to the Olympic Games. Kat will be
:21:11. > :21:15.well supported. The North East is fantastic. It is the only place
:21:15. > :21:18.that I have felt complete and utter true support from everybody in the
:21:18. > :21:23.region. To the Championships this weekend, all the kids I train with
:21:23. > :21:33.are coming down with their parents to support me. We have clubs with
:21:33. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:43.buses of kids coming down to support me. It's good being where
:21:43. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:49.I'm from. They love what I do. They are getting it out there.
:21:49. > :21:55.As the build-up continues to Newcastle's top of the table clash
:21:55. > :21:59.at Manchester City, news that Sammy Ameobi has signed a new three-and-
:21:59. > :22:06.a-half year contract with the club. His manager has been speaking about
:22:06. > :22:10.the decision to re-name St James' Park. For the traditionalists, it
:22:10. > :22:16.is something that they are very upset at. It's still in the same
:22:16. > :22:20.place. It's still the Gallowgate End. You still walk to the stadium
:22:20. > :22:25.from the centre of town. It is where it is. Commercially, it will
:22:25. > :22:28.attract a big sponsor, we hope, and give us extra revenue to go forward.
:22:28. > :22:33.I can understand the arguments on both sides.
:22:34. > :22:37.It's time for the latest in our Sportskids series. We meet a
:22:37. > :22:45.youngster from Teesside who has shown he is willing to make
:22:45. > :22:55.sacrifices for the sport he loves and that goes for his parents, too.
:22:55. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:10.My name is Kris. I'm 13. My sport It's a sport about power, skill and
:23:10. > :23:14.speed. It helps if you can ignore the cold. It is just really fun
:23:14. > :23:19.going down the big water and having the thrill and the adrenaline of
:23:19. > :23:23.being able to go down the big drops and nail the moves. It feels good
:23:23. > :23:30.when you can do that. He is quite strong. That's good for the sport.
:23:30. > :23:40.It is short. It is a short distance. He is a sprinter. This year, Kris
:23:40. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:45.was select for the Team GB Under 14 squad. He shot through the
:23:45. > :23:51.divisions and he's made the England team this year. That is good.
:23:51. > :23:57.sounds quite like rapid progress? It is. Hopefully, it is to do with
:23:57. > :24:01.me! Whether it is or not, we will see. It is down to Kris's
:24:01. > :24:05.dedication. He will train three eveningings on a water after a
:24:05. > :24:09.6.00am run. He has strength and conditioning training and travels
:24:09. > :24:13.to competitions at weekends, all of which keeps his parents very busy.
:24:13. > :24:18.All our hobbies have had to go by the by. Dad used to do a lot of
:24:18. > :24:24.fishing. I used to do lots of other things. We have put it on hold. We
:24:24. > :24:28.are willing to support him. Sometimes I will take a night off
:24:28. > :24:34.and get the homework out of the way and I will do a circuit session at
:24:34. > :24:37.home to improvise for not going canoeing. He has missed out on
:24:37. > :24:43.birthday parties because he wants to canoe and get to where he wants
:24:43. > :24:48.to be. It is fantastic to see. day, Kris hopes to compete at the
:24:48. > :24:52.Olympics and so far he's navigating the course pretty well.
:24:52. > :25:01.He's doing really well. If he keeps going like he will, who knows, the
:25:01. > :25:06.going like he will, who knows, the sky is the limit.
:25:06. > :25:12.He is dedicated. All eyes on tomorrow. It is the
:25:12. > :25:18.yellow bear day. You will be wanting to know what
:25:18. > :25:22.the weather is like for your fund- raising activities. Tomorrow, it
:25:23. > :25:28.does look like we will have a wet start in Cumbria tomorrow morning.
:25:28. > :25:34.It will stay very, very mild for the time of year. Talking of
:25:34. > :25:39.animals, our focus goes from bears to birds. Paul on the road to
:25:39. > :25:49.Gretna watching the starlings gather. He said it is not just
:25:49. > :25:49.
:25:50. > :25:55.starlings, it is a bit like a dolphin! Thank you very much. The
:25:55. > :26:01.rain has already been piling in. It will turn quite heavy at times in
:26:01. > :26:06.the west overnight. As it travels eastwards, it won't make too many
:26:06. > :26:12.inroads into the North East. So tonight, with all the cloud, and
:26:12. > :26:18.quite a brisk southerly wind, it will be a very mild night indeed.
:26:18. > :26:23.Nowhere dropping below 6 or 7 Celsius. Into tomorrow, Children in
:26:23. > :26:26.Need morning, a bit damp in Cumbria. Fine in the North East. Some early
:26:26. > :26:29.brightness breaking through. That will be with you for the afternoon
:26:29. > :26:36.in the North East. A particular interest in Beamish because that is
:26:36. > :26:45.where we are having the big event. You will get the best of the
:26:45. > :26:50.temperatures in the west as well. Highs of 15 Celsius.
:26:50. > :26:57.Into the evening, for Paul, Pudsey, Colin and Charlie at Beamish, it
:26:57. > :27:02.looks like it will be a fine evening. Then, of course, beyond
:27:02. > :27:06.Friday, we are into the weekend. This weekend, both Saturday and
:27:06. > :27:11.Sunday, are very similar. Mainly dry. We have the breeze coming up
:27:11. > :27:17.from the south-west. That will keep it mild. There will be some bright
:27:17. > :27:22.spells on both days. All in all, it is not looking like a bad forecast.
:27:22. > :27:24.Here is a quick reminder of what we have in store. Still on the mild