:00:15. > :00:18.Good evening. The future of Darlington Football Club remains
:00:18. > :00:21.unclear tonight as fans and players await a further statement from club
:00:21. > :00:25.officials. Some fear the side could go into administration for the
:00:25. > :00:27.third time in nine years. Keith Akehurst has the latest.
:00:27. > :00:30.Storm clouds are gathering again over Darlington Football Club.
:00:30. > :00:32.Rumours abound that the Blue Square Premier League Club could go into
:00:32. > :00:35.administration. A three-line statement on the club's website
:00:35. > :00:37.says owner Raj Singh is meeting advisors and there will be a
:00:38. > :00:47.further statement next week. The players, though, have apparently
:00:48. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:14.been using social media to vent We've been through the same
:01:14. > :01:17.situation before. We thought it might have been different with Raj.
:01:17. > :01:21.But the lack of communication has really bothered a lot of us this
:01:21. > :01:24.time. Even amongst the turmoil, fans have
:01:24. > :01:28.been buying tickets for Sunday's game against Gateshead. Here we go
:01:28. > :01:32.again. There is just no stability. It is at times like this that you
:01:32. > :01:35.feel sorry for the people involved in the club. If Mr Singh does bring
:01:35. > :01:45.in administrators, it will be the third time it has happened to the
:01:45. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:50.Quakers in less than a decade. No one would be interviewed from the
:01:51. > :01:57.club on camera. All they would do was come from what was on their
:01:57. > :02:00.website. Nothing further would be said until next week.
:02:00. > :02:03.A man's died in a crash on the A1 motorway in Northumberland this
:02:03. > :02:07.afternoon. Two cars were involved in the accident on the northbound
:02:07. > :02:12.carriageway near the Swarland turnoff. An 80-year-old man was
:02:12. > :02:15.pronounced dead at the scene. A prison officer who was stabbed by
:02:15. > :02:17.an inmate and left with life- threatening injuries is to meet the
:02:17. > :02:20.Prisons Minister. Along with two colleagues at Durham's Frankland
:02:20. > :02:23.Prison, Craig Wylde was attacked with a broken bottle by convicted
:02:23. > :02:25.killer Kevan Thakrar. Last month, Newcastle Crown Court heard Thakrar
:02:25. > :02:28.was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and that he'd
:02:28. > :02:31.lashed out because he feared he was about to be attacked. He was
:02:31. > :02:34.cleared of two charges of attempted murder. Mr Wylde's family are now
:02:35. > :02:37.calling for Thakrar to be retried. A West Cumbrian man who went
:02:38. > :02:42.missing three weeks ago has been found safe and well. John Walker,
:02:42. > :02:45.who's 60 and from Whitehaven, was found last night in Middlesbrough.
:02:45. > :02:52.A grandmother from Washington is getting used to being able to walk
:02:52. > :02:55.again after having both her legs amputated. Vivienne Bell nearly
:02:55. > :02:58.died when she contracted meningitis for the second time. But now she's
:02:58. > :03:02.out of her wheelchair and even managed a bit of dancing this
:03:03. > :03:07.Christmas. Joanne Carter reports. Vivienne lost most of her fingers
:03:07. > :03:12.as well as her legs when meningitis struck three years ago. She was a
:03:12. > :03:14.hairdresser. Her husband, a professional chef, is now her carer.
:03:14. > :03:17.It has been a tough emotional rollercoaster for all her family.
:03:17. > :03:24.So getting her prosthetic limbs signifies a giant step towards a
:03:24. > :03:29.better quality of life. delighted. I really am. I just
:03:29. > :03:33.thought I would never be able to manage it when I was so poorly. Now
:03:33. > :03:38.that I am using my legs every day, it is like getting a new lease of
:03:38. > :03:45.life. Vivienne has survived meningitis
:03:45. > :03:52.twice. Once in 1983 and then again in 2008. The second time around, it
:03:52. > :04:00.left her fighting for her life in a drug induced coma for nine weeks.
:04:00. > :04:03.My legs were amputated from just below the knee. The problem was my
:04:04. > :04:08.skin was so fine and, unfortunately, it has taken so long to heal.
:04:08. > :04:11.She misses her high heels and has given away most of her shoes. But
:04:11. > :04:14.this Christmas, she was able to manage a little dance on a night
:04:14. > :04:18.out with friends. Something she never thought she would be able to
:04:18. > :04:22.do. Joanne Carter. BBC Look North, Washington.
:04:22. > :04:24.There is a busy football programme over the New Year weekend. It
:04:24. > :04:27.starts tonight as Carlisle travel to Huddersfield in League One,
:04:27. > :04:30.while in the Premier League, Newcastle take on Liverpool at
:04:30. > :04:33.Anfield, hoping a �35 million transfer deal does not come back to
:04:33. > :04:35.haunt them. 11 months after his shock record
:04:35. > :04:38.transfer to Liverpool, the shadow of Andy Carroll still looms over
:04:38. > :04:43.Tyneside despite his hometown club's surprisingly good start to
:04:43. > :04:46.the season. The England striker has not found it easy to settle into
:04:46. > :04:50.the Liverpool first team but his old boss says there are good
:04:50. > :04:55.reasons for that. He has not really had a run in that Liverpool side.
:04:55. > :04:57.Like all strikers, he probably needs a run. He is a great lad and
:04:57. > :05:00.a great player. Injuries to defenders Titus Bramble
:05:00. > :05:02.and Phil Bardsley along with Kieran Richardson missing training all
:05:02. > :05:07.week through illness have hampered new boss Martin O'Neill's
:05:07. > :05:13.preparations for Sunday's home game with leaders Manchester City. A
:05:13. > :05:19.daunting task. They seemed to be a work in progress some time ago, now
:05:19. > :05:27.they are the real deal. The number of points they have accumulated
:05:27. > :05:30.from the games they have played is excellent.
:05:30. > :05:32.Third placed Championship club Middlesbrough will hand a fitness
:05:32. > :05:34.test to injured striker Marvin Emnes before chasing a 5th
:05:34. > :05:39.consecutive win at home to Peterborough tomorrow.
:05:39. > :05:45.The Boro boss already has half an eye on the January transfer window.
:05:45. > :05:49.I think if we can add in the striking department, that will help.
:05:49. > :05:55.We have really only got two at the moment. We have to buy the right
:05:55. > :05:58.players for the right positions. Hartlepool, who're at Sheffield
:05:58. > :06:01.United tomorrow led by the newly re-appointed Neale Cooper, will
:06:01. > :06:07.honour the club's record goalscorer Ken Johnson, who died this week, at
:06:07. > :06:12.Monday's home game with Scunthorpe. Mark Tulip, BBC Look North.
:06:12. > :06:15.A Newcastle pub has been named among the top ten in Britain. The
:06:15. > :06:19.Free Trade Inn, overlooking the River Tyne at Byker, has been named
:06:19. > :06:21.in the book The Search For The Perfect Pub as a genuine Geordie
:06:21. > :06:23.Institution. It praised its friendly atmosphere, quality beer
:06:23. > :06:26.and decent music. A great to place to go, especially
:06:26. > :06:34.when it's a bit chilly outside! Here's Trai with the weather
:06:34. > :06:39.Here's Trai with the weather forecast.
:06:39. > :06:49.2011 was a second mildest year on record. Still at looking mild.
:06:49. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:55.Cloudy and damp tomorrow. It will turn up chillier after that.
:06:56. > :07:05.Tonight, it is dark and damp. The rain is digging its time to move
:07:06. > :07:06.
:07:06. > :07:14.into the North Sea. Temperatures of three to seven Celsius. Any
:07:14. > :07:21.brightness will be in the north East Coast. Cumbria always in the
:07:21. > :07:26.firing line for any rain coming in from the West. Tomorrow evening, it
:07:26. > :07:30.looks like most of us will see the end of the rain. It will be cloudy,
:07:30. > :07:40.not too cold. For New Year's Day, that is when they get the cold air
:07:40. > :07:46.coming in. Just a few showers in Cumbria. A quick summary. Getting
:07:46. > :07:49.chilly but bright as we see in the new year. A similar picture for
:07:49. > :07:51.Cumbria. That's how it looks so far this