:00:02. > :00:05.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. In the headlines
:00:05. > :00:09.tonight. A coroner's damning verdict on the
:00:09. > :00:14.mental health charity which sent a young care worker to her death at
:00:14. > :00:17.the hands of a deranged man. The girl hit by a high speed train.
:00:17. > :00:21.Surgeons are confident they've saved the arm severed by the impact.
:00:21. > :00:24.Bring your own booze. The nightclub owner who says he can't compete
:00:24. > :00:28.with cheap supermarket alcohol. Rather than drink it before you
:00:29. > :00:38.come into town, bring it with you. Bring it in a more convenient way
:00:39. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:42.and enjoy your night. An inspiration to us all. BBC Radio
:00:42. > :00:45.Cumbria's Val Armstrong is Cumbria's Woman of the Year.
:00:45. > :00:47.And another high flyer. The astronaut from East Cleveland who's
:00:47. > :00:50.been honoured by Teesside University. I could see England
:00:50. > :00:53.from Southampton to the Scottish Borders and I could very clearly
:00:53. > :00:57.see the coast of North Yorkshire. That reminded me that, as far away
:00:57. > :01:04.as you go, you are never far from home.
:01:04. > :01:09.In sport. Newcastle's longest running fans mag takes a leap into
:01:09. > :01:12.the 21st century. And looking on the bright side of
:01:12. > :01:22.life. The caretaker boss who has just lost six of his first team
:01:22. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:30.A verdict of unlawful killing has been recorded by the coroner at the
:01:30. > :01:33.inquest into the death of a young charity worker. 22-year-old
:01:33. > :01:37.Ashleigh Ewing was killed in Newcastle in 2006 in a frenzied
:01:37. > :01:40.knife attack. She died at the hands of paranoid schizophrenic Ronald
:01:40. > :01:45.Dixon after she had been sent to visit him alone by the mental
:01:45. > :01:47.health charity that housed him and that she worked for. Dixon admitted
:01:47. > :01:52.manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in 2007
:01:52. > :01:56.and was detained indefinitely at Rampton Hospital. At the inquest,
:01:56. > :01:58.Ashleigh's employers, Mental Health Matters, were criticised. Stephanie
:01:59. > :02:08.Lloyd's been at the inquest today. Some shocking revelations were
:02:09. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:15.made? Yes, we heard about the major
:02:15. > :02:18.failings in the management of Mental Health Matters. Ashleigh was
:02:18. > :02:28.just starting her career when she was brutally killed after being
:02:28. > :02:29.
:02:29. > :02:33.sent to his house alone. He had recently been released from a high-
:02:33. > :02:37.security prison. He had stopped taking his anti-psychotic
:02:37. > :02:45.medication and was drinking. Despite all this, alarm bells did
:02:45. > :02:51.not bring and Ashleigh was stabbed repeatedly. The charity had not
:02:51. > :02:57.carried out an annual risk assessment on it Dixon for over
:02:57. > :03:03.three years despite knowing he had stopped taking his medication. The
:03:03. > :03:10.director of the charity said that vital information had not been
:03:10. > :03:14.passed on. She did not know about his violent past. She admitted that
:03:14. > :03:17.she should have known. Has it there been a change in
:03:17. > :03:23.procedure? Mental Health Matters has accepted
:03:23. > :03:29.a lack of assessment and they were fined �30,000 for failing to
:03:29. > :03:34.protect Ashleigh. The chief operating officer of the charity
:03:34. > :03:42.has said a better protection has been put in place. We offer our
:03:42. > :03:48.sincere sympathies to the family of Ashleigh Ewing. There has been a
:03:48. > :03:51.thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.
:03:51. > :03:55.The coroner has been rightly critical of the management of the
:03:55. > :04:01.service in which Ashleigh worked. We acknowledge that mistakes were
:04:01. > :04:06.made. The service manager is no longer employed by Mental Health
:04:06. > :04:12.Matters. The tragic death of Ashleigh has affected us all and we
:04:12. > :04:19.will live with us for ever. Be deeply regret the failings that
:04:19. > :04:24.have been identified. Our practices and controls have been reviewed and
:04:24. > :04:29.revised and we carry on are a vital and much-needed work in supporting
:04:29. > :04:35.1500 people every day who live in the community with mental health
:04:35. > :04:41.needs. Has Ashleigh's family said anything?
:04:41. > :04:49.Yes, they have. Tonight, a statement was read out on behalf of
:04:49. > :04:59.the family. Ashleigh's untimely and avoidable death was, in our opinion,
:04:59. > :05:04.due to systematic failures Bice -- by various agencies in failing to
:05:04. > :05:13.share knowledge and failing to carry out accurate risk assessment.
:05:13. > :05:21.Ashleigh wanted to make a difference to people's lives. But
:05:21. > :05:28.it is heartbreaking that she had to pay with her own life. During the
:05:28. > :05:34.inquest, Ashleigh's cousin at read an emotional statement saying that
:05:34. > :05:44.the family's only hope was to gain safer working practices for the
:05:44. > :05:48.Ashleighs of the future. Saved, but with just minutes to
:05:48. > :05:51.spare. It has emerged just how close the Newcastle schoolgirl
:05:51. > :05:53.whose arm was severed by a high speed train was to losing the limb.
:05:53. > :05:55.Surgeons in Newcastle managed to reattach 12-year-old Rebecca
:05:56. > :05:57.Huitson's arm shortly before the arm became lifeless. Our health
:05:57. > :06:02.reporter Sharon Barbour has the story.
:06:02. > :06:06.It happened in seconds. 12-year-old Rebecca Huitson was hit by a high
:06:06. > :06:13.speed train at an un-manned crossing in Dudley, North Tyneside.
:06:14. > :06:16.Her arm was ripped off. Rebecca was raced to hospital. Then it is
:06:16. > :06:19.understood her severed arm was found by a police officer.
:06:19. > :06:22.As the arm was intact, there was a chance it could be reattached. But
:06:22. > :06:32.the surgeons here at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary were
:06:32. > :06:35.racing against the clock. Altogether, it was about five hours
:06:35. > :06:38.the arm was without blood supply. The limit is four to six hours.
:06:38. > :06:40.further delay, and the surgery may not have been possible. But after a
:06:40. > :06:50.six-hour operation, the surgeons are now cautiously optimistic
:06:50. > :06:54.
:06:54. > :06:57.Rebecca will be able to use her arm again. Now I can say I am pretty
:06:57. > :07:00.confident. It is nearly 48 hours and the blood supply to the arm has
:07:00. > :07:08.been re-established for that time. It would be very unlikely for it to
:07:08. > :07:11.fail now. Doctors at the Royal Victoria
:07:11. > :07:13.Infirmary say replantation of a completely severed limb is a rare
:07:13. > :07:17.and complex procedure and the surgical team had to prepare the
:07:17. > :07:20.arm to be reattached. They had to reattach the bone and reconnent the
:07:20. > :07:22.blood supply. That it appears to have all worked is a remarkable
:07:22. > :07:25.achievement. In a statement, Rebecca's parents have expressed
:07:25. > :07:32.their thanks to the paramedics and the police at the scene. They also
:07:32. > :07:35.thank the nursing and medical staff at the hospital. Rebecca's parents
:07:35. > :07:43.are at her bedside. Back at the scene, the council is already
:07:43. > :07:50.looking at the safety of the crossing. A has to be consultation
:07:50. > :07:53.before changing a write-off way. But we do have to look at it.
:07:53. > :08:03.is a full investigation underway but it appears that it was an
:08:03. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:10.accident. Now, on the surface, it seems like
:08:10. > :08:14.a great idea. Buy your alcohol in a supermarket and then go to a
:08:14. > :08:17.nightclub and drink it. But this is what one nightclub owner says he is
:08:17. > :08:20.being forced to do in order to stay open. Durham Live club says it can
:08:20. > :08:23.no longer compete with the cheap supermarket booze, so for a small
:08:23. > :08:26.fee you can drink your off-sales on their premises. The radical
:08:26. > :08:35.approach does have its critics though. There is flash photography
:08:35. > :08:38.Partying hard at Durham's Live club. It's a city not known as a hot spot
:08:38. > :08:48.for clubbers. But with a huge student population, it should be a
:08:48. > :08:48.
:08:48. > :08:53.goldmine for bar owners. But it isn't. We are competing against the
:08:53. > :08:57.supermarket prices, which are cheaper. So Bob's answer is to
:08:57. > :08:59.charge six quid at the door and you can bring your own booze. It's a UK
:08:59. > :09:09.first and is being trialled on Fridays and Mondays. It's either
:09:09. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:20.this or close. We are saying, and bring it with you, do not drink are
:09:20. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:30.there at home, enjoy your night. Without this radical measure, the
:09:30. > :09:34.nightclub will close. He says he is not in breach of licensing laws.
:09:34. > :09:39.The police will monitor the situation closely. But the idea
:09:39. > :09:45.does have its critics. Not least from the Safer Durham Partnership
:09:45. > :09:53.which fears the idea could catch on. They are likely to be bringing him
:09:53. > :09:59.up spirits rather than beer. The amount they will consume is higher.
:09:59. > :10:02.There is a greater risk of anti- social behaviour. This city is home
:10:02. > :10:06.to 20,000 thirsty students. But there wasn't overwhelming support
:10:06. > :10:11.for the club's radical new approach. If people bring their own drink,
:10:11. > :10:16.they will be absolutely hammered and there will be lots of fights.
:10:16. > :10:23.Usually, you pay for drinks in there. If you pay for your own, you
:10:23. > :10:28.can take as much as you want. can go to Tesco's and by drink at
:10:28. > :10:31.50 pence Akam. It is a controversial idea. Licensees and
:10:31. > :10:41.health experts do agree on one thing though - the need for minimum
:10:41. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:47.An area of Northumberland badly hit with the expected loss of 500 jobs
:10:47. > :10:52.at the Alcan smelter has something to celebrate this evening. 80 jobs
:10:52. > :10:54.are being created. With new customers already on its books,
:10:54. > :10:56.Tharsus Engineering has been offered nearly �700,000 from the
:10:56. > :11:00.Government's Regional Growth Fund. Recruitment begins in January.
:11:00. > :11:03.Julie Smith reports. Growing bigger for a global market.
:11:03. > :11:09.The injection of �690,000 of Government funds is a financial
:11:09. > :11:19.boost to Tharsus Engineering. Part of a total �3 million of investment
:11:19. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:29.by them in new technology and expansion of premises. We have a
:11:29. > :11:37.number of significant new customers who have recently started to trade
:11:37. > :11:40.with us and a couple of bigger opportunities. We could not have
:11:40. > :11:42.convinced those businesses to give us the opportunities if we had not
:11:42. > :11:45.invested. The money allows us to invest confidently.
:11:45. > :11:53.And a morale boost too for Northumberland. It means 80 job
:11:53. > :11:55.vacancies for local people. I have already been in touch with people
:11:55. > :11:59.who are specifically interested in some of the apprenticeships and
:11:59. > :12:02.they may not be able to complete with Alcan and will see if they can
:12:02. > :12:12.join our company. The news couldn't have come at a
:12:12. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:16.better time for some. It is job security and, personally for me, I
:12:16. > :12:23.have a newborn child coming and to hear that the business is flying is
:12:23. > :12:27.excellent. It is a weight off our shoulders. It feels brilliant.
:12:27. > :12:29.is really positive news, a nice Christmas present. This successful
:12:29. > :12:32.Growth Fund bid was teamed with other manufacturing companies in
:12:32. > :12:35.the north east. Altogether they were awarded �1.79 million and all
:12:35. > :12:45.of them intend to create more jobs. Julie Smith BBC Look North Blyth in
:12:45. > :12:47.
:12:47. > :12:49.Protests from local people have forced a hostel in Carlisle to
:12:49. > :12:52.close temporarily after one of its residents admitted raping a 16-
:12:52. > :12:55.year-old girl. Mark Jackson, who's 50, attacked the girl last month
:12:55. > :12:58.and is awaiting sentence. Impact Housing, which runs the centre in
:12:58. > :13:00.the Denton Holme area, says it doesn't know when it will reopen.
:13:01. > :13:04.It says it's listened to the victim's family and local people.
:13:04. > :13:08.The operator of the Tyne and Wear Metro has confirmed that the entire
:13:08. > :13:11.network will be shut down next Wednesday, November 30th. This
:13:11. > :13:13.follows a strike ballot by members of the RMT union, who will be
:13:14. > :13:23.joining other public sector workers protesting at changes to their
:13:24. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:26.pensions. You're watching Look North. Still
:13:26. > :13:29.to come: Dawn has the sport and Trai has
:13:29. > :13:32.your weather forecast. Plus: He boldly went where no man from
:13:32. > :13:36.the North East had gone before. Astronaut Nicholas Patrick is
:13:36. > :13:45.honoured back home, on Earth. weather looks pretty rough at times
:13:45. > :13:51.BBC Radio presenter Val Armstrong has been named Cumbria Woman of the
:13:51. > :13:55.Year. Diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time just last year,
:13:55. > :13:58.Val has used her battle with the illness to inspire others. The
:13:58. > :14:01.committee said the BBC Radio Cumbria presenter had used her
:14:01. > :14:05."honesty and humour" to reassure and encourage other women, as well
:14:05. > :14:15.as being a great voice for the county. Alison Freeman went to see
:14:15. > :14:17.
:14:17. > :14:23.The 2011 Cumbria woman of the year is the formidable, redoubtable,
:14:23. > :14:26.wholly admirable Val Armstrong. It was a proud and emotional moment
:14:26. > :14:30.for Val Armstrong - honoured by her peers, in her home county for being
:14:30. > :14:33.their Woman of the Year. And what a year it's been for the BBC Radio
:14:33. > :14:36.Cumbria presenter. Having been diagnosed with cancer for a second
:14:36. > :14:46.time, she decided to make her fight with the illness public, to help
:14:46. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:51.other women. I am in shock, I am still in shock. There are almost
:14:51. > :14:55.100 women in the room behind us. Every single one of them has a
:14:55. > :15:00.story to tell. They are amazing women. For me to be chosen among
:15:00. > :15:05.them, to act to be included in the first place, I was shocked. To walk
:15:05. > :15:08.away with this is just fantastic. She's been telling her painful but
:15:08. > :15:11.inspiring story on the radio, TV interviews and an online blog,
:15:11. > :15:21.being open about details of the treatment itself - from her double
:15:21. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:26.mastectomy to the side effects of chemo therapy. I was crying all the
:15:26. > :15:31.way to the salon, I think I got rid of my tears. My mum is sad here, it
:15:31. > :15:39.is upsetting, isn't it? But I have got to be in control of this -- my
:15:39. > :15:42.mum is sat here. At her local breast cancer support group, she's
:15:42. > :15:45.also taken on the role of an ambassador to help raise awareness
:15:45. > :15:50.of the disease, to help more people catch cancer early. We chose one
:15:50. > :15:53.lady to represent all of those ladies. For her stoicism, the voice
:15:53. > :15:58.she has and the friend she is to people who have never even met her,
:15:58. > :16:01.he has been a shining example to all Cumbrian women. Val says her
:16:01. > :16:10.life's been filled with peaks and troughs, and today was most
:16:10. > :16:13.Carlisle United fans have had their first chance to examine plans to
:16:13. > :16:16.move the club's ground to an out- of-town, all-seater stadium. An
:16:16. > :16:24.open day at Brunton Park this afternoon attracted a good crowd,
:16:24. > :16:28.and most of them seemed to support the move. Mark McAlindon reports.
:16:29. > :16:33.Club officials say it is vital that fans back their plans to move to a
:16:34. > :16:39.new ground. Today they talk to those who came for a closer look
:16:39. > :16:42.and said it has gone well. We have got to offer our fans, if you like,
:16:42. > :16:47.our customers at the end of the day, something different from a stadium
:16:47. > :16:52.that can be cold and wet and damp in the winter, no overhead shelter,
:16:52. > :16:59.not necessarily good catering facilities, and still with outside
:16:59. > :17:02.toilets. What we have to say is, what you expect out of football 25
:17:02. > :17:06.and 30 years later is significantly different and we have to provide
:17:06. > :17:10.that. Most people coming here today will have had a long association
:17:10. > :17:14.with Brunton Park, but most agree that for the club to move four, a
:17:14. > :17:20.new ground is needed. You have to move with the times. I think it
:17:20. > :17:24.would be a great thing for the club. A lot of questions, they don't want
:17:24. > :17:28.to answer, about who is going to own the ground. The ground is not
:17:28. > :17:32.up to standard as it is. Things have got to change. Big things for
:17:32. > :17:38.Carlisle. The manager thinks it will help his cause. It is an
:17:38. > :17:42.exciting venture, should it come off. I know the chairman's angle is
:17:42. > :17:45.to progress the football club. I have always talked about
:17:45. > :17:51.progressing on the football side, I think that is what John is talking
:17:51. > :17:55.about. It is time for the sport now.
:17:55. > :18:00.It is. Tyneside may have missed out on
:18:00. > :18:03.hosting Team GB's group football matches at the Olympic Games, but
:18:03. > :18:10.Stuart Pearce revealed he will be visiting the region with his
:18:10. > :18:14.England Under 21 side. Defeat to Belgium put the under 21 side's
:18:14. > :18:17.qualification for the championships on hold, but peers is looking
:18:17. > :18:23.forward to putting it right at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough
:18:23. > :18:27.in February. -- but Stuart Pearce is looking for. We have not been to
:18:27. > :18:31.the North East during my tenure. The nearest we have been his Hull.
:18:31. > :18:34.I am looking forward to coming here. I had two fantastic seasons. I have
:18:34. > :18:39.an affection with the people in this part of the world, they
:18:39. > :18:42.treated me fantastically well. I am looking forward to the game. Having
:18:42. > :18:45.local talent as well, Middlesbrough has supported England fantastically
:18:45. > :18:48.well. These are uncertain times for
:18:49. > :18:52.anyone involved with Darlington Football Club. The players have
:18:53. > :18:55.been asked to take a pay cut, some have left, and all eyes are on a
:18:55. > :18:58.chairman who's threatened to walk away. But there's one man keeping
:18:58. > :19:05.his head above water. Mark Tulip's been to meet him ahead of
:19:05. > :19:09.Saturday's home game with Tamworth. As both a player and coach, this
:19:09. > :19:12.isn't the first time Craig Liddle has been asked to write to
:19:12. > :19:18.Darlington's rescue. Inconsistency on the pitch and uncertainty about
:19:18. > :19:21.proposed redevelopment off it, led to the sacking of Mark Cooper and
:19:21. > :19:26.the German issuing warnings about his commitment. Even though he has
:19:26. > :19:31.lost half a dozen players -- the chairman. And players have accepted
:19:31. > :19:35.a pay cut, the bill is getting on with it. -- Craig Liddle is getting
:19:35. > :19:42.on with it. I have been through this a few times. Once you get out
:19:42. > :19:47.on the pitch, or your Abbey Stadium, you have 90 minutes to forget your
:19:48. > :19:51.problems and enjoy yourself -- and all you are at the stadium. Last
:19:51. > :20:01.Saturday spoke volumes, for 90 minutes they were fantastic -- all
:20:01. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:14.you are at the stadium. This is You are keeping your head above
:20:14. > :20:21.water, you have been here before. have got to be. If I feel down in
:20:21. > :20:25.the dumps, it will affect the lads. I have do look after the youth team,
:20:25. > :20:35.I just get on with it. At least striker Liam Hatch is staying for
:20:35. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:41.Other Newcastle fanzines have come and gone but The Mag has outlasted
:20:41. > :20:44.them all. For 23 years, it's given Magpies fans news, views and
:20:44. > :20:47.features on all things black and white. And now it's decided to move
:20:47. > :20:52.with the times and has launched an on-line version to tap in to the
:20:52. > :20:56.new media market. For almost a quarter of a century,
:20:56. > :20:59.buying The Mag has been as much part of the match day routine for
:20:59. > :21:02.thousands of Newcastle fans as having a pie and a pint before the
:21:02. > :21:05.game - but in today's on-demand society, the man behind the Mag has
:21:05. > :21:08.decided it's time for him to embrace new technology and go
:21:08. > :21:11.online. There is an element of having to do it, but I think you
:21:11. > :21:14.need to want to do it. You want to do something that will really
:21:14. > :21:18.enhance what people expect these days. Newcastle fans have very high
:21:18. > :21:22.standards. It is great that we are coming along at the same time that
:21:22. > :21:26.Alan Pardew has got that team spirit going on the pitch, making
:21:26. > :21:29.the odd thing -- there might be the odd thing happening off the pitch
:21:29. > :21:37.that people are not happy with. The fans want the immediate thing you
:21:37. > :21:40.can get from a website. One week into the project and the response
:21:40. > :21:42.has been overwhelming. The website will complement rather than copy
:21:43. > :21:45.the magazine. Fans can comment through links to Facebook and
:21:45. > :21:55.Twitter, and Mark concedes that social media is changing the face
:21:55. > :21:59.of football. There were bad experiences with Joey Barton. Danny
:21:59. > :22:04.Simpson must love that he has so many followers. I think fans
:22:04. > :22:08.appreciate that if they can keep on in a more intelligent level,
:22:08. > :22:11.instead of may be letting themselves down, it is a way for
:22:11. > :22:15.fans to connect with the players that doesn't happen a lot these
:22:15. > :22:19.days. Not like me, when I used to queue for the autographs in the car
:22:19. > :22:22.park. There'll be plenty of autograph hunters if Newcastle win
:22:22. > :22:25.at Old Trafford - but can they beat Manchester United there for the
:22:25. > :22:30.first time since 1972? Manchester City maybe showed the shortcomings
:22:30. > :22:34.in terms of the size of the squad. I think everybody else is fair game.
:22:34. > :22:39.Manchester United, there has to be a time when we beat them again.
:22:39. > :22:41.Indeed, there does. Thanks!
:22:41. > :22:45.The man dubbed Yorkshire's highest flyer - NASA astronaut Dr Nicholas
:22:45. > :22:48.Patrick - today returned to the region with the message: "If I can
:22:48. > :22:51.do it, so can you." Dr Patrick was born in Saltburn, and it was there,
:22:51. > :22:55.at the age of just five, where it all started.
:22:55. > :22:57.While watching the Apollo 11 moon landing, he decided he too would go
:22:57. > :23:04.into space. Today he accepted an honorary degree from Teesside
:23:04. > :23:11.University. Mary Askew went to the ceremony.
:23:11. > :23:21.3, 2, 1, zero, all injured and it running, left off. We have lift-off.
:23:21. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:34.Astronaut Nicholas Patrick is now making his way out.
:23:34. > :23:39.From Saltburn schoolboy to NASA astronaut is not exactly a well-
:23:39. > :23:43.trodden career path, but it is inspirational. It is a long and
:23:43. > :23:46.winding path. The key for me is I loved maths and physics. I was
:23:46. > :23:50.inspired as a young boy, or five years old, when I watched the
:23:50. > :23:55.Apollo 11 moon landing. I decided then I wanted to become an
:23:55. > :23:57.astronaut. Teesside University hope today's ceremony will show the
:23:57. > :24:01.students that this guy quite literally is the limit to their
:24:02. > :24:11.potential. I am delighted to present the honorary degree of
:24:12. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:18.It was inspiring. I live in Teesside, live and work here. It
:24:18. > :24:23.was good. You can do whatever you want if you try. You feel like you
:24:23. > :24:28.can do anything now. Very exciting. To pursue his dream, Dr Patrick had
:24:28. > :24:32.to become a US citizen. But he remains a Yorkshireman at heart.
:24:32. > :24:36.career and the things I have experienced have been very unreal.
:24:36. > :24:39.You never really get too far away. One of the things that flying in
:24:39. > :24:43.space has done has given me a fresh perspective, but it has made me
:24:43. > :24:46.want to come back and see more of the Earth, and returns are the
:24:46. > :24:52.places I have already seen. I remember on my first fight, looking
:24:52. > :24:57.out of the windows on the flight deck at England, and I could see
:24:57. > :25:01.Southampton to the Scottish borders, and the coast of not sure -- of
:25:01. > :25:06.North Yorkshire here. It reminded me that as far as you go, your
:25:06. > :25:09.heart is always where you are born. If you're excited by outer space
:25:09. > :25:11.and the stars above, then you can visit the BBC stargazing website,
:25:11. > :25:21.bbc.co.uk/stargazing, ahead of a new series of Stargazing Live in
:25:21. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:37.What do we need? Clear skies. It is looking a little unsettled.
:25:37. > :25:42.We had clear skies today. James was in the Cleveland Hills catching
:25:42. > :25:51.race. This weekend, sunshine is going to be at a premium --
:25:51. > :25:56.Strong winds, a lot of cloud. It is going to be wet at times through
:25:56. > :26:00.Saturday and Sunday. It is certainly wet at the moment, this
:26:00. > :26:03.band of rain has been working its way in. It will continue its slow
:26:03. > :26:08.journey southwards and eastwards through the night, but it clears
:26:08. > :26:15.our region. Under the clear skies, temperatures will start to fall
:26:16. > :26:21.away. I think in more rural areas, down to two or three Celsius. A
:26:21. > :26:28.really chilly end to the night, and blowy with it. It means a bright
:26:28. > :26:31.start tomorrow, albeit a brief one. They blow in the next band of rain
:26:31. > :26:36.through the middle of the day. It is a strong wind, it blows it out
:26:36. > :26:40.the way. For tomorrow at the end of the afternoon, back in to clear
:26:40. > :26:45.skies and a bit of sunshine. Even with the sunshine, temperatures are
:26:45. > :26:50.not above seven Celsius tomorrow, and feeling cooler than that in a
:26:50. > :26:56.near gale force wind in places. It will be nippy to end the week on
:26:56. > :27:00.Friday. Into Saturday and Sunday, you can see from how tightly packed
:27:01. > :27:06.the lines on the charts are that it will be very windy. We have also
:27:07. > :27:10.got a few bands of rain or showers to come, particularly in Cumbria,
:27:10. > :27:15.and a more general smattering of showers in the cold north-westerly
:27:15. > :27:18.wind for Sunday. A bit of a rough ride for the next few days. Here is
:27:18. > :27:23.the story for the North East. Showers tomorrow. Saturday and
:27:23. > :27:26.Sunday, staying very windy and cooler than it has been. And
:27:26. > :27:29.Cumbria, you are always in the firing line for the first of the