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Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. In the headlines

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tonight. A coroner's damning verdict on the

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mental health charity which sent a young care worker to her death at

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the hands of a deranged man. The girl hit by a high speed train.

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Surgeons are confident they've saved the arm severed by the impact.

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Bring your own booze. The nightclub owner who says he can't compete

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with cheap supermarket alcohol. Rather than drink it before you

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come into town, bring it with you. Bring it in a more convenient way

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and enjoy your night. An inspiration to us all. BBC Radio

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Cumbria's Val Armstrong is Cumbria's Woman of the Year.

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And another high flyer. The astronaut from East Cleveland who's

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been honoured by Teesside University. I could see England

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from Southampton to the Scottish Borders and I could very clearly

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see the coast of North Yorkshire. That reminded me that, as far away

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as you go, you are never far from home.

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In sport. Newcastle's longest running fans mag takes a leap into

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the 21st century. And looking on the bright side of

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life. The caretaker boss who has just lost six of his first team

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A verdict of unlawful killing has been recorded by the coroner at the

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inquest into the death of a young charity worker. 22-year-old

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Ashleigh Ewing was killed in Newcastle in 2006 in a frenzied

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knife attack. She died at the hands of paranoid schizophrenic Ronald

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Dixon after she had been sent to visit him alone by the mental

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health charity that housed him and that she worked for. Dixon admitted

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manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in 2007

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and was detained indefinitely at Rampton Hospital. At the inquest,

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Ashleigh's employers, Mental Health Matters, were criticised. Stephanie

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Lloyd's been at the inquest today. Some shocking revelations were

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made? Yes, we heard about the major

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failings in the management of Mental Health Matters. Ashleigh was

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just starting her career when she was brutally killed after being

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sent to his house alone. He had recently been released from a high-

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security prison. He had stopped taking his anti-psychotic

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medication and was drinking. Despite all this, alarm bells did

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not bring and Ashleigh was stabbed repeatedly. The charity had not

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carried out an annual risk assessment on it Dixon for over

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three years despite knowing he had stopped taking his medication. The

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director of the charity said that vital information had not been

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passed on. She did not know about his violent past. She admitted that

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she should have known. Has it there been a change in

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procedure? Mental Health Matters has accepted

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a lack of assessment and they were fined �30,000 for failing to

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protect Ashleigh. The chief operating officer of the charity

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has said a better protection has been put in place. We offer our

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sincere sympathies to the family of Ashleigh Ewing. There has been a

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thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.

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The coroner has been rightly critical of the management of the

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service in which Ashleigh worked. We acknowledge that mistakes were

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made. The service manager is no longer employed by Mental Health

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Matters. The tragic death of Ashleigh has affected us all and we

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will live with us for ever. Be deeply regret the failings that

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have been identified. Our practices and controls have been reviewed and

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revised and we carry on are a vital and much-needed work in supporting

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1500 people every day who live in the community with mental health

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needs. Has Ashleigh's family said anything?

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Yes, they have. Tonight, a statement was read out on behalf of

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the family. Ashleigh's untimely and avoidable death was, in our opinion,

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due to systematic failures Bice -- by various agencies in failing to

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share knowledge and failing to carry out accurate risk assessment.

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Ashleigh wanted to make a difference to people's lives. But

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it is heartbreaking that she had to pay with her own life. During the

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inquest, Ashleigh's cousin at read an emotional statement saying that

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the family's only hope was to gain safer working practices for the

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Ashleighs of the future. Saved, but with just minutes to

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spare. It has emerged just how close the Newcastle schoolgirl

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whose arm was severed by a high speed train was to losing the limb.

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Surgeons in Newcastle managed to reattach 12-year-old Rebecca

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Huitson's arm shortly before the arm became lifeless. Our health

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reporter Sharon Barbour has the story.

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It happened in seconds. 12-year-old Rebecca Huitson was hit by a high

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speed train at an un-manned crossing in Dudley, North Tyneside.

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Her arm was ripped off. Rebecca was raced to hospital. Then it is

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understood her severed arm was found by a police officer.

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As the arm was intact, there was a chance it could be reattached. But

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the surgeons here at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary were

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racing against the clock. Altogether, it was about five hours

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the arm was without blood supply. The limit is four to six hours.

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further delay, and the surgery may not have been possible. But after a

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six-hour operation, the surgeons are now cautiously optimistic

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Rebecca will be able to use her arm again. Now I can say I am pretty

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confident. It is nearly 48 hours and the blood supply to the arm has

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been re-established for that time. It would be very unlikely for it to

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fail now. Doctors at the Royal Victoria

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Infirmary say replantation of a completely severed limb is a rare

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and complex procedure and the surgical team had to prepare the

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arm to be reattached. They had to reattach the bone and reconnent the

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blood supply. That it appears to have all worked is a remarkable

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achievement. In a statement, Rebecca's parents have expressed

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their thanks to the paramedics and the police at the scene. They also

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thank the nursing and medical staff at the hospital. Rebecca's parents

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are at her bedside. Back at the scene, the council is already

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looking at the safety of the crossing. A has to be consultation

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before changing a write-off way. But we do have to look at it.

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is a full investigation underway but it appears that it was an

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accident. Now, on the surface, it seems like

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a great idea. Buy your alcohol in a supermarket and then go to a

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nightclub and drink it. But this is what one nightclub owner says he is

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being forced to do in order to stay open. Durham Live club says it can

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no longer compete with the cheap supermarket booze, so for a small

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fee you can drink your off-sales on their premises. The radical

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approach does have its critics though. There is flash photography

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Partying hard at Durham's Live club. It's a city not known as a hot spot

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for clubbers. But with a huge student population, it should be a

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goldmine for bar owners. But it isn't. We are competing against the

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supermarket prices, which are cheaper. So Bob's answer is to

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charge six quid at the door and you can bring your own booze. It's a UK

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first and is being trialled on Fridays and Mondays. It's either

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this or close. We are saying, and bring it with you, do not drink are

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there at home, enjoy your night. Without this radical measure, the

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nightclub will close. He says he is not in breach of licensing laws.

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The police will monitor the situation closely. But the idea

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does have its critics. Not least from the Safer Durham Partnership

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which fears the idea could catch on. They are likely to be bringing him

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up spirits rather than beer. The amount they will consume is higher.

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There is a greater risk of anti- social behaviour. This city is home

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to 20,000 thirsty students. But there wasn't overwhelming support

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for the club's radical new approach. If people bring their own drink,

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they will be absolutely hammered and there will be lots of fights.

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Usually, you pay for drinks in there. If you pay for your own, you

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can take as much as you want. can go to Tesco's and by drink at

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50 pence Akam. It is a controversial idea. Licensees and

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health experts do agree on one thing though - the need for minimum

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An area of Northumberland badly hit with the expected loss of 500 jobs

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at the Alcan smelter has something to celebrate this evening. 80 jobs

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are being created. With new customers already on its books,

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Tharsus Engineering has been offered nearly �700,000 from the

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Government's Regional Growth Fund. Recruitment begins in January.

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Julie Smith reports. Growing bigger for a global market.

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The injection of �690,000 of Government funds is a financial

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boost to Tharsus Engineering. Part of a total �3 million of investment

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by them in new technology and expansion of premises. We have a

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number of significant new customers who have recently started to trade

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with us and a couple of bigger opportunities. We could not have

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convinced those businesses to give us the opportunities if we had not

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invested. The money allows us to invest confidently.

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And a morale boost too for Northumberland. It means 80 job

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vacancies for local people. I have already been in touch with people

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who are specifically interested in some of the apprenticeships and

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they may not be able to complete with Alcan and will see if they can

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join our company. The news couldn't have come at a

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better time for some. It is job security and, personally for me, I

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have a newborn child coming and to hear that the business is flying is

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excellent. It is a weight off our shoulders. It feels brilliant.

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is really positive news, a nice Christmas present. This successful

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Growth Fund bid was teamed with other manufacturing companies in

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the north east. Altogether they were awarded �1.79 million and all

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of them intend to create more jobs. Julie Smith BBC Look North Blyth in

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Protests from local people have forced a hostel in Carlisle to

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close temporarily after one of its residents admitted raping a 16-

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year-old girl. Mark Jackson, who's 50, attacked the girl last month

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and is awaiting sentence. Impact Housing, which runs the centre in

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the Denton Holme area, says it doesn't know when it will reopen.

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It says it's listened to the victim's family and local people.

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The operator of the Tyne and Wear Metro has confirmed that the entire

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network will be shut down next Wednesday, November 30th. This

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follows a strike ballot by members of the RMT union, who will be

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joining other public sector workers protesting at changes to their

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pensions. You're watching Look North. Still

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to come: Dawn has the sport and Trai has

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your weather forecast. Plus: He boldly went where no man from

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the North East had gone before. Astronaut Nicholas Patrick is

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honoured back home, on Earth. weather looks pretty rough at times

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BBC Radio presenter Val Armstrong has been named Cumbria Woman of the

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Year. Diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time just last year,

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Val has used her battle with the illness to inspire others. The

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committee said the BBC Radio Cumbria presenter had used her

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"honesty and humour" to reassure and encourage other women, as well

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as being a great voice for the county. Alison Freeman went to see

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The 2011 Cumbria woman of the year is the formidable, redoubtable,

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wholly admirable Val Armstrong. It was a proud and emotional moment

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for Val Armstrong - honoured by her peers, in her home county for being

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their Woman of the Year. And what a year it's been for the BBC Radio

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Cumbria presenter. Having been diagnosed with cancer for a second

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time, she decided to make her fight with the illness public, to help

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other women. I am in shock, I am still in shock. There are almost

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100 women in the room behind us. Every single one of them has a

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story to tell. They are amazing women. For me to be chosen among

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them, to act to be included in the first place, I was shocked. To walk

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away with this is just fantastic. She's been telling her painful but

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inspiring story on the radio, TV interviews and an online blog,

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being open about details of the treatment itself - from her double

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mastectomy to the side effects of chemo therapy. I was crying all the

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way to the salon, I think I got rid of my tears. My mum is sad here, it

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is upsetting, isn't it? But I have got to be in control of this -- my

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mum is sat here. At her local breast cancer support group, she's

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also taken on the role of an ambassador to help raise awareness

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of the disease, to help more people catch cancer early. We chose one

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lady to represent all of those ladies. For her stoicism, the voice

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she has and the friend she is to people who have never even met her,

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he has been a shining example to all Cumbrian women. Val says her

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life's been filled with peaks and troughs, and today was most

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Carlisle United fans have had their first chance to examine plans to

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move the club's ground to an out- of-town, all-seater stadium. An

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open day at Brunton Park this afternoon attracted a good crowd,

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and most of them seemed to support the move. Mark McAlindon reports.

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Club officials say it is vital that fans back their plans to move to a

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new ground. Today they talk to those who came for a closer look

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and said it has gone well. We have got to offer our fans, if you like,

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our customers at the end of the day, something different from a stadium

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that can be cold and wet and damp in the winter, no overhead shelter,

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not necessarily good catering facilities, and still with outside

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toilets. What we have to say is, what you expect out of football 25

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and 30 years later is significantly different and we have to provide

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that. Most people coming here today will have had a long association

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with Brunton Park, but most agree that for the club to move four, a

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new ground is needed. You have to move with the times. I think it

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would be a great thing for the club. A lot of questions, they don't want

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to answer, about who is going to own the ground. The ground is not

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up to standard as it is. Things have got to change. Big things for

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Carlisle. The manager thinks it will help his cause. It is an

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exciting venture, should it come off. I know the chairman's angle is

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to progress the football club. I have always talked about

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progressing on the football side, I think that is what John is talking

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about. It is time for the sport now.

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It is. Tyneside may have missed out on

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hosting Team GB's group football matches at the Olympic Games, but

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Stuart Pearce revealed he will be visiting the region with his

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England Under 21 side. Defeat to Belgium put the under 21 side's

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qualification for the championships on hold, but peers is looking

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forward to putting it right at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough

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in February. -- but Stuart Pearce is looking for. We have not been to

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the North East during my tenure. The nearest we have been his Hull.

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I am looking forward to coming here. I had two fantastic seasons. I have

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an affection with the people in this part of the world, they

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treated me fantastically well. I am looking forward to the game. Having

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local talent as well, Middlesbrough has supported England fantastically

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well. These are uncertain times for

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anyone involved with Darlington Football Club. The players have

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been asked to take a pay cut, some have left, and all eyes are on a

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chairman who's threatened to walk away. But there's one man keeping

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his head above water. Mark Tulip's been to meet him ahead of

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Saturday's home game with Tamworth. As both a player and coach, this

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isn't the first time Craig Liddle has been asked to write to

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Darlington's rescue. Inconsistency on the pitch and uncertainty about

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proposed redevelopment off it, led to the sacking of Mark Cooper and

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the German issuing warnings about his commitment. Even though he has

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lost half a dozen players -- the chairman. And players have accepted

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a pay cut, the bill is getting on with it. -- Craig Liddle is getting

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on with it. I have been through this a few times. Once you get out

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on the pitch, or your Abbey Stadium, you have 90 minutes to forget your

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problems and enjoy yourself -- and all you are at the stadium. Last

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Saturday spoke volumes, for 90 minutes they were fantastic -- all

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you are at the stadium. This is You are keeping your head above

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water, you have been here before. have got to be. If I feel down in

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the dumps, it will affect the lads. I have do look after the youth team,

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I just get on with it. At least striker Liam Hatch is staying for

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Other Newcastle fanzines have come and gone but The Mag has outlasted

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them all. For 23 years, it's given Magpies fans news, views and

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features on all things black and white. And now it's decided to move

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with the times and has launched an on-line version to tap in to the

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new media market. For almost a quarter of a century,

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buying The Mag has been as much part of the match day routine for

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thousands of Newcastle fans as having a pie and a pint before the

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game - but in today's on-demand society, the man behind the Mag has

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decided it's time for him to embrace new technology and go

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online. There is an element of having to do it, but I think you

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need to want to do it. You want to do something that will really

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enhance what people expect these days. Newcastle fans have very high

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standards. It is great that we are coming along at the same time that

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Alan Pardew has got that team spirit going on the pitch, making

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the odd thing -- there might be the odd thing happening off the pitch

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that people are not happy with. The fans want the immediate thing you

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can get from a website. One week into the project and the response

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has been overwhelming. The website will complement rather than copy

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the magazine. Fans can comment through links to Facebook and

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Twitter, and Mark concedes that social media is changing the face

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of football. There were bad experiences with Joey Barton. Danny

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Simpson must love that he has so many followers. I think fans

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appreciate that if they can keep on in a more intelligent level,

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instead of may be letting themselves down, it is a way for

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fans to connect with the players that doesn't happen a lot these

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days. Not like me, when I used to queue for the autographs in the car

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park. There'll be plenty of autograph hunters if Newcastle win

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at Old Trafford - but can they beat Manchester United there for the

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first time since 1972? Manchester City maybe showed the shortcomings

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in terms of the size of the squad. I think everybody else is fair game.

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Manchester United, there has to be a time when we beat them again.

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Indeed, there does. Thanks!

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The man dubbed Yorkshire's highest flyer - NASA astronaut Dr Nicholas

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Patrick - today returned to the region with the message: "If I can

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do it, so can you." Dr Patrick was born in Saltburn, and it was there,

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at the age of just five, where it all started.

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While watching the Apollo 11 moon landing, he decided he too would go

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into space. Today he accepted an honorary degree from Teesside

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University. Mary Askew went to the ceremony.

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3, 2, 1, zero, all injured and it running, left off. We have lift-off.

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Astronaut Nicholas Patrick is now making his way out.

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From Saltburn schoolboy to NASA astronaut is not exactly a well-

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trodden career path, but it is inspirational. It is a long and

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winding path. The key for me is I loved maths and physics. I was

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inspired as a young boy, or five years old, when I watched the

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Apollo 11 moon landing. I decided then I wanted to become an

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astronaut. Teesside University hope today's ceremony will show the

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students that this guy quite literally is the limit to their

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potential. I am delighted to present the honorary degree of

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It was inspiring. I live in Teesside, live and work here. It

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was good. You can do whatever you want if you try. You feel like you

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can do anything now. Very exciting. To pursue his dream, Dr Patrick had

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to become a US citizen. But he remains a Yorkshireman at heart.

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career and the things I have experienced have been very unreal.

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You never really get too far away. One of the things that flying in

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space has done has given me a fresh perspective, but it has made me

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want to come back and see more of the Earth, and returns are the

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places I have already seen. I remember on my first fight, looking

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out of the windows on the flight deck at England, and I could see

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Southampton to the Scottish borders, and the coast of not sure -- of

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North Yorkshire here. It reminded me that as far as you go, your

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heart is always where you are born. If you're excited by outer space

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and the stars above, then you can visit the BBC stargazing website,

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bbc.co.uk/stargazing, ahead of a new series of Stargazing Live in

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What do we need? Clear skies. It is looking a little unsettled.

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We had clear skies today. James was in the Cleveland Hills catching

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race. This weekend, sunshine is going to be at a premium --

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Strong winds, a lot of cloud. It is going to be wet at times through

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Saturday and Sunday. It is certainly wet at the moment, this

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band of rain has been working its way in. It will continue its slow

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journey southwards and eastwards through the night, but it clears

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our region. Under the clear skies, temperatures will start to fall

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away. I think in more rural areas, down to two or three Celsius. A

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really chilly end to the night, and blowy with it. It means a bright

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start tomorrow, albeit a brief one. They blow in the next band of rain

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through the middle of the day. It is a strong wind, it blows it out

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the way. For tomorrow at the end of the afternoon, back in to clear

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skies and a bit of sunshine. Even with the sunshine, temperatures are

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not above seven Celsius tomorrow, and feeling cooler than that in a

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near gale force wind in places. It will be nippy to end the week on

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Friday. Into Saturday and Sunday, you can see from how tightly packed

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the lines on the charts are that it will be very windy. We have also

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got a few bands of rain or showers to come, particularly in Cumbria,

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and a more general smattering of showers in the cold north-westerly

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wind for Sunday. A bit of a rough ride for the next few days. Here is

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the story for the North East. Showers tomorrow. Saturday and

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Sunday, staying very windy and cooler than it has been. And

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Cumbria, you are always in the firing line for the first of the

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