:00:09. > :00:12.Hello, welcome to Friday's Look In tonight's headlines, a high
:00:12. > :00:15.price for cheap booze. Research suggests a shocking rise in the
:00:15. > :00:25.number of young people made seriously ill by alcohol. Doctors
:00:25. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:28.demand action. Alcohol is far too cheap, far too available and too
:00:28. > :00:31.heavily promoted. Caught on camera, the rapist who
:00:31. > :00:33.calmly tried to dispose of the clothes he knew would incriminate
:00:33. > :00:35.him. A gift from the Olympics, but there
:00:35. > :00:38.are fears that council cuts may jeapordise the sporting legacy of
:00:38. > :00:40.the London games. And comic book hero, find out why
:00:40. > :00:42.Simon Donald from Viz is championing young people with
:00:42. > :00:45.dyslexia. We're live once again at the
:00:45. > :00:48.Stadium of Light with the latest on Sunderland's mission to make Martin
:00:48. > :00:50.O'Neill their new manager. And there'll be an emotional day at
:00:50. > :01:00.Newcastle tomorrow but plans to pay tribute to former midfielder Gary
:01:00. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:11.Liver specialists in the region say they're fighting an epidemic of
:01:11. > :01:14.alcoholic liver disease in the young. Latest figures suggest that
:01:14. > :01:17.in less than a decade, the number of people in their early thirties
:01:17. > :01:22.who've been admitted to hospital with the disease has gone up by
:01:22. > :01:25.400%. The national average is 61%. Hospital consultants across the
:01:25. > :01:28.North East and Cumbria have signed a letter calling for stricter
:01:28. > :01:30.legislation to control the sale and advertising of drink. Our health
:01:30. > :01:40.reporter Sharon Barbour joins us live from outside Newcastle's A&E
:01:40. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:48.department to tell us more. kidneys is it is Friday night and
:01:48. > :01:52.the Christmas celebrations have began -- the good news is it is
:01:52. > :01:56.Friday night. The doctors are expecting a very busy night though.
:01:56. > :02:02.People will come in as a result of consuming too much alcohol. But
:02:02. > :02:07.their real concern is long-term impact of alcohol. The message is
:02:07. > :02:10.that doctors across the region have written and open it as the
:02:10. > :02:13.government following statistics that there has been a 400% rise in
:02:13. > :02:18.the number of people in their thirties being admitted to hospital
:02:18. > :02:21.as a result of alcohol-related liver disease and that is bad news.
:02:21. > :02:24.An epidemic. That's what doctors here are calling the shocking rise
:02:24. > :02:29.in the North East of the number of people suffering from alcoholic
:02:29. > :02:33.liver disease. An epidemic the liver specialists say must be
:02:33. > :02:43.urgently be tackled. So they've written an open letter to the
:02:43. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:48.Government. During my career as a doctor, there's again and in
:02:48. > :02:52.enormous increase in alcohol consumption. This has led to a
:02:52. > :02:57.great deal of increase in liver disease and we are seeing the
:02:57. > :03:05.effect in young people. This epidemic of alcoholic liver disease
:03:05. > :03:09.and hospital admissions as a result in very young people. This is all
:03:09. > :03:19.because alcohol is far too cheap, far too available and far too
:03:19. > :03:19.
:03:20. > :03:26.heavily promoted. Alcoholic liver disease can be treated. If caught
:03:26. > :03:27.early but can be fatal if discovered too late. It is often
:03:27. > :03:30.too late. Mother-of-three, Joanne Patterson
:03:30. > :03:33.of Sunderland, was diagnosed with cirrhosis at just 39. She needs to
:03:33. > :03:43.take nearly 100 pills a week. And her heavy drinking means she now
:03:43. > :03:44.
:03:44. > :03:48.needs a liver transplant. On a daily basis, what I can remember,
:03:48. > :03:54.usually three bottles of wine. Started off with one and just went
:03:54. > :03:58.on from there. If it was not quite enough, you wanted one more glass
:03:58. > :04:01.of wine. And then after that you have done two bottles of wine, the
:04:01. > :04:05.same thing happens to that and it goes on and on and on.
:04:05. > :04:07.It's the young drinkers the doctors want to reach but those we spoke to
:04:07. > :04:12.said today's statistics would not change their drinking behaviour
:04:12. > :04:16.until they were older. And this is the problem. The North East already
:04:16. > :04:19.has the highest rate in England of 11-15-year-olds who drink. And the
:04:19. > :04:28.region's liver experts say they took the action today, desperate to
:04:28. > :04:33.break a cycle they say is destroying young people's lives.
:04:33. > :04:36.And one other point, the North-East also has the highest number of
:04:36. > :04:40.underratings admitted to hospital because of alcohol and the doctors
:04:40. > :04:49.who wrote that letter say they are the people who will be the liver
:04:49. > :04:52.disease statistics of tomorrow -- "A loathsome man who refused to
:04:52. > :04:55.show sympathy or remorse" - the judgement on a Carlisle man who
:04:55. > :04:57.brutally raped a 16-year-old girl as she walked home from a city
:04:57. > :05:00.centre party. 50-year-old Mark Jackson attacked the girl in the
:05:00. > :05:06.Denton Holme area of the city before calmly trying to clean and
:05:06. > :05:09.dispose of the clothes he knew would incriminate him. Today, a
:05:09. > :05:18.judge at the city's crown court jailed him for 12 years. Mark
:05:18. > :05:23.Within hours of the attack, Jackson - seen here in police interviews -
:05:23. > :05:26.was the prime suspect. Initially, he refused to admit what he'd done,
:05:26. > :05:31.at one point even telling officers to "respect his feelings". But CCTV
:05:31. > :05:39.in the hostel where he lived was to expose his lies. Here he is coolly
:05:39. > :05:43.taking away the clothes he'd worn during the attack in October.
:05:43. > :05:48.Jackson is a particularly loathsome individual. 17 police interviews
:05:48. > :05:52.and not once did he show a shred of remorse or sympathy towards the
:05:52. > :05:56.young lady at the centre of this incident. He continued to deny any
:05:56. > :06:03.involvement despite the evidence being put to him, including
:06:03. > :06:08.scientific and accused officers of been underhand. The defendant was
:06:08. > :06:16.exhausted through lack of sleep. A statement was read on her behalf.
:06:16. > :06:21.would like to stress the importance of people thinking that this may
:06:21. > :06:25.not happen to anybody else at there. Your innocence is taken away and he
:06:25. > :06:30.will never get it back. Police say a steady Safe and make sure that
:06:30. > :06:34.you get home safe. Jackson had lived here in this hostel since
:06:34. > :06:42.March. He had convictions for violence against women are nothing
:06:42. > :06:45.I central -- sexual nature. But sentencing him today, Judge Paul
:06:45. > :06:48.Batty said it was clear he had carried out a premeditated attack.
:06:48. > :06:51.Jackson had stalked a vulnerable girl as she made her way home. He
:06:51. > :06:54.jailed Jackson for 12 years and said he would be on the sex
:06:54. > :06:57.offenders register for life. Judge Batty also saluted the courage of
:06:57. > :07:04.the young victim who'd been in court to see her tormentor face
:07:04. > :07:07.justice. Sporting facilities across the
:07:07. > :07:10.North East and Cumbria have shared an extra �750,000 thanks to the
:07:10. > :07:13.London 2012 Olympics. But there's concern that this Olympic legacy in
:07:13. > :07:16.the region is being undermined as our local authorities make cuts in
:07:16. > :07:22.their own leisure and sport budgets. Luke Walton reports.
:07:22. > :07:25.Ponteland Rugby Club. Plenty of skill on show, but these players
:07:25. > :07:29.don't just have to contend with the opposition. The big problem here is
:07:29. > :07:38.waterlogged pitches that mean matches get cancelled. Now �50,000
:07:38. > :07:43.is being spent to improve drainage and it's all thanks to the Olympics.
:07:43. > :07:46.This is very much about community sport. Getting more people to
:07:46. > :07:49.participate and having something that you can turn round after the
:07:49. > :07:52.Olympics and said that if it was not for the Olympics, we would not
:07:52. > :07:55.have these local clubs. Other sports picking up Lottery
:07:55. > :07:58.cash include cricket at Billingham, football at Stockton, rowing and
:07:58. > :08:03.fencing in Durham. But triathlete Elizabeth Oates from Crook hasn't
:08:03. > :08:06.noticed a 2012 dividend. Along with cycling, her sport requires
:08:06. > :08:14.swimming. But her local pool and gym recently closed as part of
:08:14. > :08:18.millions of pounds of council cuts. My training has really been
:08:18. > :08:22.affected by it. And no local people feel the same as may they might not
:08:22. > :08:25.be able to travel further, they will stop in the house, it will
:08:25. > :08:28.affect their health and lifestyle. That concern is shared here.
:08:28. > :08:32.Middlesbrough Council is consulting on whether to shut this athletics
:08:32. > :08:35.stadium and sell the site. It plans to build a new, better track
:08:35. > :08:41.elsewhere in the town. But some question if that promise will be
:08:41. > :08:46.delivered. My main concern is well they have the money to deliver what
:08:46. > :08:53.is promised, having sold this? If they cannot, it will be devastated
:08:53. > :08:55.for this area. -- devastating. The more gold medals we win next
:08:55. > :08:57.year, the more inspiration for young people like these. But
:08:57. > :09:01.whether they also get the opportunities and facilities they
:09:01. > :09:04.need after 2012 is still an open question.
:09:04. > :09:10.And the region's MPs will be discussing the Olympics legacy in
:09:10. > :09:13.Sunday's Politics Show. That's at noon on BBC One.
:09:13. > :09:17.He made his name as a cartoonist and writer of the Geordie adult
:09:17. > :09:23.comic Viz as a teenager. But at the age of 40, Simon Donald was
:09:23. > :09:25.diagnosed with dyslexia. Now he's become the patron of Dyslexia North
:09:25. > :09:35.East, and hopes to be an inspiration to other young people
:09:35. > :09:36.
:09:36. > :09:40.with the condition. Chris Storey Silly songs and poems, some of them
:09:40. > :09:43.just a little bit rude. Viz founder Simon Donald entertains children at
:09:43. > :09:53.the Dyslexia North East Christmas party. He's the new patron of the
:09:53. > :09:59.
:09:59. > :10:04.One of the things that dyslexia has had a great impact on my life is
:10:04. > :10:07.the root my life took. If I had not been lucky enough to work with my
:10:07. > :10:11.brother and make the comic that was very successful, I do not know what
:10:11. > :10:13.would have happened to me. Long before Viz started them
:10:13. > :10:16.laughing, it was Simon's school reports that read like a joke.
:10:16. > :10:18.Though he understood the language perfectly, he couldn't read and
:10:18. > :10:23.write like other children. That's because dyslexics have a
:10:23. > :10:26.neurological condition that impairs their ability to read. Written off
:10:26. > :10:36.as disruptive and lazy, he left school with just two O-Levels. But
:10:36. > :10:37.
:10:37. > :10:42.as Simon was to prove, dyslexic people can be touched with talent.
:10:42. > :10:48.The interesting thing about dyslexics is they are genuinely not
:10:48. > :10:56.a less able than other people, in fact a lot of them are more able.
:10:56. > :11:01.In terms of ability to cope, that is why dyslexics come into their
:11:01. > :11:05.own. When they are very young, their brain has to find another way
:11:05. > :11:08.of coping with a normal situation. Dyslexia North East supports
:11:08. > :11:15.children and parents at home and in school, adding the key ingredient
:11:15. > :11:21.of confidence. We are thrilled to have signed a helping us because he
:11:21. > :11:26.is dyslexic and he is able to show us that if you are dyslexic, you
:11:26. > :11:30.can still succeed and it helps other people understand that you
:11:30. > :11:33.can do things and learn things and succeed in life even if you are
:11:33. > :11:36.dyslexic. Most of his writing for Viz
:11:36. > :11:39.involved words of around four letters. But since being diagnosed
:11:39. > :11:49.at the age of 40, Simon's treatment has allowed him to write his
:11:49. > :11:54.
:11:54. > :11:56.autobiography. Not bad for someone Where do you go when you've
:11:56. > :12:00.travelled the world and photographed it, and are looking
:12:00. > :12:04.for your next challenge? Back home to Northumberland, of course! For
:12:04. > :12:14.this week's Look North Report, Trai Anfield caught up with a man who's
:12:14. > :12:22.
:12:22. > :12:25.returning to his roots for Chris Weston is one of the world's
:12:25. > :12:30.most influential wildlife photographers. His work is not just
:12:30. > :12:40.to market -- dramatic and beautiful, shot like these helped to save them
:12:40. > :12:48.
:12:48. > :12:55.Today, his focus is on landscape. He was born in and make but he has
:12:55. > :13:05.been challenged now to following a photographer and I am keen it to
:13:05. > :13:06.
:13:06. > :13:13.A pewter for sport. Why are we in this place? This location? The idea
:13:13. > :13:19.basically was I came across this book in the local bookshop and it
:13:19. > :13:23.is these pencil drawings of Northumberland around 150 years ago.
:13:24. > :13:29.We are trying to recreate with a photograph, the drawings as we see
:13:29. > :13:34.them. It will show how it has changed over the past 150 years. I
:13:34. > :13:40.want to get a sense of the framing of the image, try to make sure
:13:40. > :13:50.everything is in the drawing which is still here and is still in the
:13:50. > :13:55.
:13:55. > :14:04.frame. I think that has done it. If we can
:14:04. > :14:13.find that, that will give us our central point. There are our arches.
:14:13. > :14:22.And there it is, excellent! It hasn't changed that much.
:14:22. > :14:26.original buildings, aren't they? It is too busy with the cars now
:14:26. > :14:31.but I will take one shot for the record. There's one thing that
:14:31. > :14:37.would make it more authentic, to replicate this woman here you need
:14:37. > :14:47.to go and borrow a bucket and walk around with a bucket on your head!
:14:47. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:54.Landscape photography particularly in the UK, lots of places are
:14:54. > :15:00.photographed constantly over and over again. That is the idea, how
:15:00. > :15:03.do you photo something but do it in a different way? The original
:15:03. > :15:08.picture had a lot of sea in the foreground and I will try to
:15:08. > :15:12.replicate that with grass which is now on the dunes. I need to get
:15:12. > :15:22.some movement and I will use a slow shutter speed and to get the lack
:15:22. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:28.of light from the lines I will use You read a lot about Northumberland
:15:28. > :15:32.and its natural beauty as a photographer. It is stunning and I
:15:32. > :15:37.love the wildness of it, the ruggedness. Very different to the
:15:37. > :15:43.south of England so yes, it is a stunning place and it is nice to be
:15:43. > :15:51.back. In 150 years' time, we may do the same thing again with a new set
:15:51. > :15:56.of photographs. That body of work is out in the new year. You can see
:15:56. > :16:02.those photographs online Still to come tonight, meet the man known as
:16:02. > :16:12.Mr Volleyball. He could be this year's Unsung Sporting Hero.
:16:12. > :16:12.
:16:12. > :16:14.And I will have the region's first Time for sport now and the BBC
:16:14. > :16:17.understands that Martin O'Neill is on the verge of becoming
:16:17. > :16:20.Sunderland's new manager following the sacking of Steve Bruce on
:16:20. > :16:23.Wednesday. Talks have been taking place in London today with the
:16:23. > :16:30.owner and chairman Ellis Short and now we appear to be playing a
:16:30. > :16:37.waiting game. Jeff Brown is outside the Stadium of Light for us tonight.
:16:37. > :16:40.Any news? They do say no news is good news but I am not sure that is
:16:40. > :16:44.true in football. We are still waiting for official confirmation
:16:44. > :16:48.that Martin O'Neill has accepted the deal. We have been told he has
:16:48. > :16:52.agreed in principle. The club have issued this statement, Sunderland's
:16:52. > :16:55.quest to fill the vacant managerial position is in full flow and the
:16:55. > :16:59.club will make a statement in due course. We are still waiting for
:16:59. > :17:05.that statement. With everything going on around this, it is easy to
:17:05. > :17:08.forget that there's an important game on Sunday. Yes, the players
:17:08. > :17:18.returned to training today for the first time since Steve Bruce was
:17:18. > :17:19.
:17:19. > :17:22.sacked. Ironic, the play Wolverhampton Wanderers, managed by
:17:22. > :17:27.the Mick McCarthy who knows what it is like to be sacked by Sunderland.
:17:27. > :17:28.Eric Black will be in charge him Molineux on Sunday. Elsewhere,
:17:28. > :17:31.Newcastle have an important game tomorrow.
:17:31. > :17:35.Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has challenged his side to still be in
:17:35. > :17:39.the top four at Christmas. Tomorrow United take on Chelsea in the first
:17:39. > :17:42.home game since the ground was renamed. While the players have to
:17:42. > :17:44.try to focus on taking all three points, the fans will be
:17:44. > :17:46.remembering their former midfielder Gary Speed who died tragically last
:17:46. > :17:56.weekend although the special tributes planned for before kick-
:17:56. > :18:01.Fans have created a shrine to their much-loved number 11 and captain
:18:01. > :18:04.which grows by the day. Gary Speed made almost 300 appearances for
:18:04. > :18:08.Newcastle between 1998 and 2004 and was as highly regarded off the
:18:08. > :18:13.pitch as he was on it. Tomorrow's official matchday programme will
:18:13. > :18:16.have Gary's picture on the front cover. However the planned tributes
:18:16. > :18:19.before kick-off have been postponed at the request of Gary's wife
:18:19. > :18:22.Louise who wants to attend the tributes herself. They'll now take
:18:22. > :18:26.place ahead of the Swansea game. There'll still be a minute's
:18:26. > :18:31.applause though as fans remember a life so full of promise and so
:18:31. > :18:34.shockingly cut short. The effect of Gary Speed's death
:18:34. > :18:40.has been profound and nowhere more so than at Newcastle's training
:18:40. > :18:45.ground. The training ground has been heavy, particularly the first
:18:45. > :18:48.few days because a lot of staff and players not just remembering him as
:18:48. > :18:51.a great player but as a great person as well. It has been a
:18:51. > :18:55.difficult week and even today, things were a bit low but by the
:18:55. > :18:58.time the game comes round, we can prepare ourselves mentally for the
:18:58. > :19:00.game. And they'll need to. Chelsea may
:19:00. > :19:03.have been struggling under new manager Andre Villas-Boas but the
:19:03. > :19:11.Newcastle boss pays no heed to those who have his side down as
:19:11. > :19:15.favourites to win. The new manager has tried to put changes in and
:19:15. > :19:20.that is difficult in an established group like I think they will get
:19:20. > :19:24.that right and nothing he will get it right. I hope they do not do it
:19:24. > :19:32.against us because it is a very difficult game for us and we are
:19:32. > :19:35.certainly not favourites. Middlesbrough are looking to bounce
:19:35. > :19:38.back from their midweek defeat to West Ham when they take on Bristol
:19:38. > :19:41.City. Tony Mowbray will be expecting a reaction after his side
:19:41. > :19:44.lost at home for the first time since February in front of their
:19:44. > :19:52.biggest crowd of the season. But City are unbeaten in six games
:19:52. > :19:56.following the appointment of a new manager. Derek McGuinness.
:19:56. > :19:59.Two of our sides are in action in the second round of the FA Cup
:19:59. > :20:03.action this weekend. Carlisle have a tough tie away at League One
:20:03. > :20:06.leaders Charlton who beat them 4-0 in the league earlier in the season.
:20:06. > :20:09.And it's no easy ride for Gateshead either. They take on fellow
:20:09. > :20:12.Conference side Tamworth at the International Stadium, who are four
:20:12. > :20:20.points and four places behind them. It's 56 years since Gateshead have
:20:20. > :20:23.been in the third round. A massive game for the club and the City and
:20:23. > :20:31.the north-east. It is a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity for a lot of
:20:31. > :20:35.these players. A few of them are just getting past their first round
:20:35. > :20:38.so getting into the third round, getting in the spotlight, that is
:20:38. > :20:44.the dream. We are under no illusions, Saturday will be a very,
:20:44. > :20:47.very difficult game. Good luck to them.
:20:47. > :20:50.And good luck tonight to Newcastle Eagles who are a step away from
:20:50. > :20:53.reaching the final of the BBL Cup. Table-topping Eagles take on
:20:53. > :20:56.Leicester Riders at Sport Central in the second leg of their semi-
:20:56. > :20:59.final tie with the scores at 90 apiece. And Newcastle Falcons must
:20:59. > :21:08.beat Gloucester tonight if they're to have any hope of reigning in a
:21:08. > :21:11.nine-point gap at the bottom of Now to the last of our three
:21:11. > :21:14.candidates vying for the title of the region's Unsung Sporting Hero.
:21:14. > :21:17.The winner will be announced at the prestigious North East Sports
:21:17. > :21:27.Awards at Gateshead College next week. And we sent the former
:21:27. > :21:32.
:21:32. > :21:35.Olympic swimmer Chris Cook to meet Steve has been involved in
:21:35. > :21:40.volleyball for 40 years and has been a huge influence on the sport
:21:40. > :21:45.within the region. Steve -- Steve coaches volleyball and trains up to
:21:45. > :21:50.80 people per week. Here in the north-east, he is known as Mr
:21:50. > :21:58.volleyball. Mr volleyball is the perfect way to describe him. He is
:21:58. > :22:03.so enthusiastic. Everybody in this area, as soon as they hear
:22:03. > :22:13.volleyball, they associated with Steve. He wants to see the sport
:22:13. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :22:19.develop and continue. Good lad. He contributes to volleyball
:22:19. > :22:22.England's management and running of the courses. But also to the
:22:22. > :22:29.administration and development, bringing people into the
:22:29. > :22:34.development into the sport. former PE teacher, Steve got into
:22:34. > :22:41.the sport almost by accident. the youngsters were leaving school
:22:41. > :22:45.and there was no way to play so they said to me, would I set up a
:22:45. > :22:49.volleyball Cup for them? They remember the words are used, which
:22:49. > :22:53.were yes, I will set it up, we will set up a facility for Friday night
:22:53. > :22:58.but if we struggle to get a team out, then we will have to stop I am
:22:58. > :23:06.afraid. That is where we started an here we are, 40 years later. He has
:23:06. > :23:12.brought so many people through. I have been one of the scholars and
:23:12. > :23:17.he organises so many tournaments as well as doing local things as well.
:23:17. > :23:22.He has got massive enthusiasm for the game. There's certainly no sign
:23:22. > :23:26.of him slowing down any time soon. He will be doing this until... Well,
:23:26. > :23:33.I was going to say old and grey but he is already old and grey! But
:23:33. > :23:41.definitely many years after this. Another great candidate, Jeff, go
:23:41. > :23:44.There could be a bit of rivalry hotting up between two of the towns
:23:44. > :23:46.in our region. But for once, it's not over football. X Factor fans
:23:46. > :23:49.from Middlesbrough and South Shields will be busy voting for
:23:49. > :23:51.their two locals acts that have got through to this weekend's semi-
:23:51. > :23:56.final of the show. Joanne Carter reports.
:23:56. > :23:59.Back in 2009 it was more like Geordie Factor rather than X Factor.
:23:59. > :24:03.Joe McElderry's win, with a little bit of help from Cheryl, threw
:24:03. > :24:07.South Shields into the spotlight. Two years on and the town's done it
:24:07. > :24:11.again. This time round it's two girls. Jade Thirwell and Perrie
:24:11. > :24:19.Edwards who are through to the semi-finals as part of Little Mix.
:24:19. > :24:28.Middlesbrough's got a real chance too with comeback act, Amelia Lily.
:24:28. > :24:32.I hope Amelia Lily wins because she is the best singer. I like Little
:24:32. > :24:36.Mix but I love Amelia Lily. I don't know who will win.
:24:36. > :24:42.Could it become a real battle of the towns? Oh no, it won't, say the
:24:42. > :24:46.stars of pantoland in South Shields. We have had a really good run in
:24:46. > :24:56.South Tyneside because Emily Fleming was in the search for
:24:56. > :24:59.Dorothy on BBC and then to Joe and now Jade and Perrie Edwards who are
:24:59. > :25:04.real talents in their own right and they have formed this group and
:25:04. > :25:08.they are fantastic. So South Shields, is it a musical hotbed of
:25:08. > :25:13.talent? Only one way to find out. Let us go in here to find somebody
:25:13. > :25:23.to audition. # I am washing on a star.
:25:23. > :25:26.To follow where you are. # I am wishing on a dream. # To follow
:25:26. > :25:36.what it means. Hmmm, not sure what Simon Cowell
:25:36. > :25:40.
:25:40. > :25:50.I had better not comment! I knew it was chilly, but I did not know it
:25:50. > :25:53.Some photographers made it up the South Tyne Valley and I don't think
:25:53. > :25:58.these cyclists were prepared for the snow on the tops! These ladies
:25:58. > :26:02.caught in the snow, they look a bit more prepared. It looks like it has
:26:02. > :26:08.felt a bit more wintry on the high ground and that is the way it is
:26:08. > :26:13.set to continue this weekend. We have got the chilly north-westerly
:26:13. > :26:17.wind. For most of us it will be rain put on high ground, it will
:26:17. > :26:21.turn to sleet and snow. That is what is happening at the moment.
:26:21. > :26:27.This band of showery rain working across Cumbria. It will come east
:26:27. > :26:34.across the night. It will then go out to the North Sea. By tomorrow
:26:34. > :26:37.dawn, most places will be dry. Much more cloud generally and a much
:26:37. > :26:42.stronger wind which means temperatures not as low as last
:26:42. > :26:46.night. We were scraping frost of the night, lows of around three
:26:46. > :26:50.Celsius so not much of a frost. Into the weekend, Saturday starting
:26:50. > :26:55.briefly dry. Holding on that way in the north-east for the bulk of the
:26:55. > :26:59.day but for Cumbria with the West wind, you will always be on the
:26:59. > :27:04.front line for the showers coming in. There will be rain at low
:27:04. > :27:07.levels, they may turn wintry on the tops of the hills. If you're going
:27:07. > :27:14.fell-walking, do be prepared for the first wintry weekend of the