:00:04. > :00:06.Hello and welcome to BBC Look North. In the programme tonight: Mind
:00:06. > :00:09.power - an exclusive report on the north-east soldier injured or
:00:10. > :00:15.Afghanistan, as surgeons prepare to give him an arm he can operate with
:00:15. > :00:19.his brain. Also tonight: Found dead in his cell - the Tyneside
:00:19. > :00:22.paedophile serving 16 years for child abuse.
:00:22. > :00:27.The young rower battling for a place in the British Paralympic
:00:27. > :00:30.team after losing most of a leg to cancer. And the story of a football
:00:31. > :00:32.club on the brink of extinction. Not Darlington, though. A new
:00:33. > :00:38.exhibition recalls the nail-biting weeks when Middlesbrough faced
:00:38. > :00:41.bankruptcy. Later we'll talk to one of
:00:41. > :00:44.Middlesbrough's current stars ahead of this weekend's FA Cup derby at
:00:44. > :00:54.Sunderland. And we'll find out which of these characters will be
:00:54. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:03.tackling the region's newest marathon race.
:01:03. > :01:06.He is only 24 but his story is becoming ever more remarkable. Two
:01:06. > :01:09.years ago, Corporal Andrew Garthwaite lost an arm when he was
:01:09. > :01:13.blown up in Afghanistan, another young casualty having to come to
:01:13. > :01:15.terms with life changing circumstances. Now, in an operation
:01:15. > :01:23.lasting six hours, surgeons in Vienna have rewired his nervous
:01:23. > :01:26.system so he can operate a bionic arm with his mind. Andrew, from
:01:26. > :01:29.South Tyneside, is the first person in the UK to receive the pioneering
:01:29. > :01:38.treatment. Our reporter Sharon Barbour has been following
:01:38. > :01:41.developments in Vienna and has this exclusive report.
:01:41. > :01:45.I press the button and then I get an audible tone to say that the arm
:01:45. > :01:48.has come on. Andrew Garthwaite's story is already remarkable. After
:01:48. > :01:55.his arm was blown off in Afghanistan, he was the first
:01:55. > :01:59.soldier from the UK to have a bionic arm fitted. He could ride
:01:59. > :02:03.his bike after another arm was made for him. But the soldier's story
:02:03. > :02:06.became even more extraordinary. He is about to have pioneering surgery,
:02:06. > :02:16.a reconstruction of his nerve system so that he can operate a
:02:16. > :02:27.
:02:28. > :02:31.bionic arm by thought control. Andrew has come to Vienna for
:02:31. > :02:37.ground-breaking surgery. Doctors hope that he will be able to
:02:37. > :02:41.operate his bionic arm will using just his mind. Andrew will be one
:02:41. > :02:44.of the few people in the world to have the operation, so to find out
:02:44. > :02:47.what it will be like, we visited Robert Schilef. He had the nerve
:02:47. > :02:54.surgery six months ago and is learning to operate a bionic arm
:02:54. > :02:58.with his mind.. He thinks of flexing the elbow and it flexes. He
:02:58. > :03:08.could not do that six months ago. Now I tell him, for example, to
:03:08. > :03:08.
:03:08. > :03:16.open the hand. Perfect. How much does it mean to you to have some of
:03:16. > :03:19.that feeling back? He says that it makes a huge difference to him.
:03:19. > :03:28.these boys made world headlines when they chose to have their own
:03:28. > :03:33.hands amputated and bionic ones fitted. With a new hand it is
:03:33. > :03:43.really 100% better than before. do not call it my prose thesis,
:03:43. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:49.this is my hand. We have come to meet the engineers
:03:49. > :03:59.working closely with the surgeons at the hospital. I want to find out
:03:59. > :03:59.
:03:59. > :04:07.from them have it will be that Andrew's mind will control his arm.
:04:07. > :04:13.He can use the same muscles and nerves as he did before, and the
:04:14. > :04:16.nerves generate the muscle signal. So the operation tomorrow should
:04:17. > :04:19.mean that, far from being robotic, his arm movement should be natural.
:04:20. > :04:28.But first he needs a six-hour operation to rewire his nerves into
:04:28. > :04:33.his chest. This means that we take all of the
:04:33. > :04:37.nerves originally from his arm and it re-route them to muscles in his
:04:37. > :04:42.chair so that, when he thinks of moving his hand, are more fingers,
:04:42. > :04:48.the different muscles in his chest wall will start a fire. Then it
:04:48. > :04:53.will take up to six months to start to read -- retrain my brain. It
:04:53. > :04:59.will feel like it is going in my chest at first and then after 18
:04:59. > :05:06.months I should be an expert. is really a remarkable story for
:05:06. > :05:12.you to be part of, isn't it? It has been. I am just back from Vienna. I
:05:12. > :05:15.was really struck by the interest. There were a lot of people taking
:05:15. > :05:20.photographs and a huge surgical team and bionics team working with
:05:21. > :05:26.Andrew. This is the first of two parts. Tomorrow we will look at
:05:26. > :05:30.surgery taking place. Because his arm was blown off in Afghanistan
:05:30. > :05:34.they normally do not do that. They have to find the nerves that they
:05:34. > :05:38.can rewire into his chest so that he can use his arm and his hand
:05:38. > :05:46.again. We will have the second part of his story tomorrow night. Thank
:05:46. > :05:49.you very much. It's one of the strangest crime stories we have
:05:49. > :05:51.seen. And today it took another twist with the news that the
:05:51. > :05:54.convicted paedophile Martin Smith has been found dead in his prison
:05:54. > :05:57.cell. Smith was sentenced to 16 years at Carlisle Crown Court last
:05:57. > :06:00.year. But before that happened, his partner was arrested for the murder
:06:00. > :06:08.of their two young children in Spain. Our chief reporter, Chris
:06:08. > :06:13.Stewart, has the story. He was an amateur hypnotist who wanted to
:06:13. > :06:22.become famous, but he became infamous instead. Martin Smith was
:06:22. > :06:27.jailed for the repeated abuse of a girl over nearly ten years. What he
:06:27. > :06:31.did had a devastating effect on her. Today he begins a lengthy prison
:06:31. > :06:35.sentence. And I hope that the outcome of this case will help the
:06:35. > :06:39.victim move on with her life. She has shown great courage in
:06:39. > :06:46.reporting what happened and in giving evidence against him during
:06:46. > :06:50.the trial. The victim was Sarah, the daughter of Smith's Park are.
:06:50. > :06:58.That emerged only when Sarah we've -- waved her legal right to
:06:58. > :07:00.anonymity. The Smiths had lived in Carlisle. Leanne worked in the
:07:00. > :07:05.children's services department for Cumbria County Council. After his
:07:05. > :07:10.arrest, the pair fled to Spain. This bizarre story became even more
:07:10. > :07:14.tragic. Leanne had moved into a hotel on the Costa Brava, and it
:07:14. > :07:19.was here that a two youngest children died - Rebecca, who was
:07:19. > :07:23.five, and 11 month-old Daniel, who had been suffocated. Leanne was
:07:23. > :07:26.arrested. Spanish police said she told them she had killed them
:07:26. > :07:31.rather than risk them being taken into care because of the
:07:31. > :07:35.accusations against Martin Smith. Those accusations were true and now
:07:35. > :07:42.Martin Smith's life has ended in a cell at Strangeways Prison in
:07:42. > :07:46.Manchester. There is now to be an inquiry. No other prisoner is
:07:46. > :07:56.suspected of involvement. The man at the centre of this strange case
:07:56. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:00.is believed to have hanged himself. A former Cleveland police officer
:08:00. > :08:02.who lost his job after he was falsely imprisoned has been awarded
:08:02. > :08:06.nearly �400,000 in compensation. Traffic officer Sultan Alam was
:08:06. > :08:10.sacked after being convicted in a car ringing trial. He spent time in
:08:10. > :08:18.prison before the conviction was overturned. As well as the six-
:08:18. > :08:21.figure sum in damages, his loss of earnings is still to be calculated.
:08:21. > :08:24.Police say at least five families have come forward to ask about the
:08:24. > :08:27.woman whose body has been a exhumed from Malton cemetery in North
:08:27. > :08:31.Yorkshire. Her body was discovered near Sutton Bank in 1981 but no one
:08:31. > :08:40.knows who she was or how she died. Tests have been done to extract a
:08:40. > :08:43.DNA to find out her identity. The body has been reburied today.
:08:43. > :08:45.Petrol tanker drivers on Teesside are striking for a second day. They
:08:45. > :08:49.claim their employer, haulage firm Wincanton, is trying to reduce
:08:49. > :08:52.their pay by as much as 20%. And as the strike is due to last until
:08:52. > :08:57.next week, the drivers claim petrol supplies to motorists could be
:08:57. > :08:59.affected. Our business correspondent Ian Reeve reports.
:08:59. > :09:02.The striking drivers claim that their employer wants to erode their
:09:02. > :09:09.terms and conditions and that new contracts will effectively mean a
:09:09. > :09:12.20% pay cut. They take petrol from this refinery at Seal Sands on
:09:12. > :09:20.Teesside and deliver it to nearly 400 Jet service stations around the
:09:20. > :09:30.country. About 100 drivers are on strike and the claim is that we
:09:30. > :09:30.
:09:30. > :09:34.will see an impact at Jet stations, a dwindling of supplies.. What we
:09:34. > :09:39.have is drivers delivering vehicles with up to 40,000 litres of fuel on
:09:39. > :09:43.the back. There are 123 drivers on strike and they make up to three
:09:43. > :09:48.deliveries a day. It doesn't take a mathematician to work out that we
:09:48. > :09:50.are talking about and one million gallons of fuel per day. The unions
:09:50. > :09:54.say that the pressure to renegotiate the drivers' terms has
:09:54. > :09:57.come from the company that runs the refinery. And while it is true that
:09:57. > :10:00.refining has been hit by the high price of crude oil but the low
:10:00. > :10:10.price of refined products, it says it has nothing to do with the
:10:10. > :10:14.
:10:14. > :10:18.dispute. It is quite incredible saying that the oil companies --
:10:18. > :10:22.seemed that the oil companies have made the largest profits they ever
:10:22. > :10:29.have. These conditions have been fought for over a number of years.
:10:29. > :10:33.Enough is enough. For its part, the company that employs the drivers
:10:33. > :10:39.says that it is just trying to provide a competitive service and
:10:39. > :10:42.to ensure that it gets its contract renewed. By going on strike, the
:10:42. > :10:52.drivers have now jeopardised In spite of that, the drivers say they
:10:52. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :11:01.will carry on with the strike until next Tuesday. -- have now
:11:01. > :11:06.jeopardised their jobs. A young rower from Northallerton
:11:06. > :11:08.who lost most of his right leg Is fighting for a place in the
:11:08. > :11:11.British Paralympic team. Laurence Whiteley, now 20, has been
:11:11. > :11:15.inspired by the memory of a North Yorkshire servicemen killed in Iraq
:11:15. > :11:18.whose memorial trust is now sponsoring his campaign. A winter's
:11:18. > :11:25.day on the River Tees. A biting wind and a gentle swell
:11:25. > :11:30.and one determined young man. Laurence Whiteley. I started rowing
:11:31. > :11:38.when I was young. I got born cancer in my leg. I am now training for
:11:39. > :11:42.the Paralympics. Doctors at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in
:11:42. > :11:44.Newcastle got him back on his feet again and rebuilt his leg using
:11:44. > :11:50.titanium. Since taking up adaptive rowing, Laurence's one goal has
:11:50. > :11:56.been the Paralympics. He has been very successful. He decided to take
:11:56. > :12:06.as -- a change of direction and start growing. He has been asked to
:12:06. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:11.go and train with the British team. -- start row when. To help him get
:12:11. > :12:14.there, he has won sponsorship from the Ben Hyde Trust, named after the
:12:14. > :12:20.young Northallerton military policeman murdered in Iraq in 2003.
:12:20. > :12:24.Buckle I was impressed by the courage and determination that he
:12:24. > :12:29.had. He was always determined about everything that he did. I thought
:12:29. > :12:35.it would make him an ideal candidate for funding. The trials
:12:35. > :12:40.for the 1,000 metres adaptive rowing will be held in March.
:12:40. > :12:45.a few seconds behind my main rival. I will do the race a couple of
:12:45. > :12:48.times, crunch the numbers. Whatever happens, Laurence will have some
:12:48. > :12:58.part to play in this summer's spectacle. He has already been
:12:58. > :12:58.
:12:58. > :13:02.selected to carry the Olympic torch. Residents in Newcastle will get the
:13:02. > :13:06.chance to vote on the idea of having their own mayor sooner than
:13:06. > :13:10.planned. 11 cities are set to have a referendum on the idea in May.
:13:10. > :13:18.And if people vote Yes to it, the actual elections could happen in
:13:18. > :13:20.November. The Government hopes city mayors will help boost the economy.
:13:20. > :13:23.The Cumbria-based Stobart Group has secured the naming rights to Rugby
:13:23. > :13:25.League's elite club competition. The agreement will see the
:13:25. > :13:29.competition become the Stobart Super League, and a brand new logo
:13:29. > :13:32.will be put on more than 100 of its trailers. It will be launched next
:13:32. > :13:40.Wednesday with a convoy of branded Eddie Stobart trucks driving from
:13:40. > :13:43.Widnes to Old Trafford. Coming up: Jeff has the latest on
:13:43. > :13:46.the sports front. And, go on then, give us a laugh - the challenge to
:13:46. > :13:53.budding scriptwriters as the BBC looks for the next generation of
:13:53. > :14:00.comedy talent. And the weather for Burns Night is
:14:00. > :14:02.no laughing matter. Join me for the full core of -- forecast later. The
:14:02. > :14:05.gates were padlocked and the football club just minutes away
:14:05. > :14:11.from extinction. It sounds familiar but this time the plot isn't
:14:11. > :14:13.centred around struggling Darlington. It's what happened to
:14:13. > :14:16.Middlesbrough football club in 1986, when their financial problems left
:14:16. > :14:19.them on the verge of being thrown out of the league.Now a new
:14:19. > :14:29.exhibition's opened in the town, celebrating that period, as Stuart
:14:29. > :14:31.
:14:31. > :14:34.Whincup reports. The 'Back from the Brink' exhibtion is part of
:14:34. > :14:37.celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the re-birth of the
:14:37. > :14:39.football club. The team - made up largely of local lads who've
:14:39. > :14:48.remianed friends - trained on park pitches, sometimes without pay,
:14:48. > :14:51.unsure if their hometown team would survive. We can look at our
:14:51. > :14:56.neighbours in Darlington. Everybody seems to be aware of every meeting
:14:56. > :15:01.that is going on. In 1986 it was a bit more closed than that. The
:15:01. > :15:05.players were kept in the dark. When you hear the stories of being 37
:15:05. > :15:08.minutes from liquidation, it would have been quite daunting, I think,
:15:08. > :15:11.at the time. Middlesbrough's financil problems were eventually
:15:11. > :15:13.resolved, with a young Steve Gibson signing the Football League forms
:15:13. > :15:17.that guarenteeing their survival just minutes before the deadline.
:15:17. > :15:25.The next day they kicked off at Hartlepool and a young team went on
:15:25. > :15:29.to win back-to-back promotions. There was still a lot of work to do,
:15:29. > :15:33.even after the club had been saved. Out of that adversity I think we
:15:33. > :15:40.had a great togetherness with the lads who stayed involved in the
:15:40. > :15:43.club. I think we use that to her advantage to gain promotions.
:15:43. > :15:44.exhibition also boasts memorabilia from before and after the club's
:15:44. > :15:47.flirtation with liquidatiuon, including Alf Common's
:15:47. > :15:51.international cap. He became the world's first �1.000 player when he
:15:51. > :16:01.joined Boro from Sunderland in 1905. And there's a very special tribute
:16:01. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:11.to one of Middlesbrough's best Last year we told you how the North
:16:11. > :16:15.East was chosen to be the centre of the BBC's search for its next
:16:15. > :16:20.generation of comedy talent. So have we found it? 600 comedy
:16:20. > :16:23.scripts and sketches turned up and today at team from Northern Film
:16:23. > :16:31.and Media unveiled some of the best writers and performers they have
:16:31. > :16:35.found. Gerry Jackson reports. If success is 1% inspiration...
:16:35. > :16:41.Have a look at the chart on the far wall and read as far down as you
:16:41. > :16:46.can. And 99% perspiration, back rooms
:16:46. > :16:54.like these are where you sweat. Comedy is a serious business and
:16:54. > :16:58.behind the glitz and the glory are hours of graft. Be careful not to
:16:58. > :17:01.fall into the fiery pit of eternal damnation on your where it will --
:17:01. > :17:05.on your way out. We will have to get that fix.
:17:05. > :17:10.Hundreds of people sent in material. They have been whittled down to 31
:17:10. > :17:15.and they now get the chance to pitch their ideas to radio and
:17:15. > :17:18.television bosses at the BBC. of them are immediately funny,
:17:19. > :17:22.others you think, that is not funny yet but it could be with a bit of
:17:22. > :17:26.help. There are people in the room who have written for the first time.
:17:26. > :17:31.We feel like we're really going to discover people who are going to go
:17:31. > :17:36.on and be the stars of tomorrow. A fantastic is that? One writer from
:17:36. > :17:42.Newcastle gave up a 20-year retail Korea for a shot at comedy. She is
:17:42. > :17:45.one of those shortlisted. It is really just in the last three a
:17:45. > :17:48.four years that it has hit me that I did not want to do that job for
:17:48. > :17:55.the rest of my career, I really wanted to do something more
:17:55. > :17:58.creative. I am going to give it a go. Why not? I think this is a
:17:58. > :18:01.great project because a lot of comedy comes out of London, but
:18:01. > :18:10.something like this means there are a lot of people who might want to
:18:10. > :18:19.do it in the region. This gives them opportunity. Ashore at
:18:19. > :18:23.Newcastle's Live theatre will be broadcast on the BBC over Easter.
:18:23. > :18:28.Then, who knows? Somebody might make it big and become a comedian.
:18:28. > :18:33.The only way to find out if these people can do it is to do it.
:18:33. > :18:40.would you advise them? I would advise them to grow thick skin and
:18:40. > :18:43.keep going. Geoff, we started with something
:18:44. > :18:50.tonight that I could see you signing up for.
:18:50. > :18:54.I do not want to go on about my knee.
:18:54. > :18:59.If you are keen runner and you fancy tackling a marathon for the
:18:59. > :19:03.first time, the date for your diary is May the 6th. The Marathon of the
:19:03. > :19:08.North will happen on the streets of Sunderland. It is part of a weekend
:19:08. > :19:14.of Bank Holiday events. Last year the region's most successful
:19:14. > :19:18.athlete launched Sunderland's owned 10 grey to run. This year there
:19:18. > :19:22.will be the city's first marathon and a whole host of events centred
:19:22. > :19:28.around the Stadium of Light. City Council are keen to develop a
:19:28. > :19:35.portfolio of events right through the summer. On the Saturday we will
:19:35. > :19:40.have some kids events, toddler events. There will be some
:19:40. > :19:46.entertainment at the stadium which will be free. There will be running
:19:46. > :19:54.events on the Sunday. It will be sunny, I hope. I am really looking
:19:54. > :19:58.forward to it. A in his first two marathons, Charlie Spedding led the
:19:58. > :20:04.field home before winning bronze at the Los Angeles Olympics. He was an
:20:04. > :20:13.overnight sensation. Well, sort of. The first two marathons I ran, I
:20:13. > :20:17.won. I had years of preparation and then I just had to do a bit of
:20:17. > :20:23.specific marathon training. Most people who are going to run the
:20:23. > :20:26.marathon in the North probably do not have that much background.
:20:26. > :20:31.1,500 runners have already signed up for the big one and if you fancy
:20:31. > :20:37.it you have got just over three months training time left.
:20:37. > :20:40.I am not sure what those characters were. There you go.
:20:40. > :20:44.Talks to secure the long-term future of Darlington have been
:20:44. > :20:48.going on. The players left have been reflecting on a fourth
:20:48. > :20:55.successive league defeat, which leaves them just two places above
:20:55. > :21:00.the conference relegation zone. The team saluted the fans who had made
:21:00. > :21:04.the long journey south. York City picked up and away. Back
:21:04. > :21:07.last night. Middlesbrough's at Argentinian
:21:07. > :21:17.midfielder Julio Arca has been reliving the moment he realised he
:21:17. > :21:22.
:21:22. > :21:32.had been banned from Sunday's FA Cup Reunion with Sunderland.
:21:32. > :21:43.
:21:43. > :21:48.I saw the referee pulled Okada out. This was one of Julio Arca's 23
:21:48. > :21:52.goals during his spell at Sunderland. I was there from a
:21:52. > :21:58.young age. I did pretty well in my six years there. That is probably
:21:58. > :22:05.the reason why do people remember me. The connection with the fans
:22:05. > :22:10.was excellent. That is why he did not milk the celebration when he
:22:10. > :22:17.scored for Middlesbrough against Sunderland. It will be hard to
:22:17. > :22:20.watch from the sidelines on Sunday. Another big season for Northumbria
:22:20. > :22:23.university with its netball team due to stage his first Super League
:22:23. > :22:28.home game of the new campaign against the Celtic Dragon's this
:22:28. > :22:35.Saturday. Team Northumbria is one of only eight Super League
:22:35. > :22:41.franchises. It boasts talent from England, Australia and Namibia. The
:22:41. > :22:45.captain is back after a knee injury and is raring to go. I am back on
:22:45. > :22:50.court now. Last year it was mentally tough. I would come over
:22:50. > :22:55.from Australia ready to play. I have had three months of pre-season,
:22:55. > :22:59.and basically I could not played this and I was just there to
:22:59. > :23:03.support and learn more from a coaching perspective. It has come
:23:03. > :23:13.in handy this year, stepping up to the assistant coach role.
:23:13. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :23:21.Footballers and fast cars can beer volatile mix. But Sunderland
:23:21. > :23:30.Football Club has taken steps to combat that.
:23:30. > :23:37.Down at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland's Young Academy players
:23:37. > :23:39.are learning awareness and control. They are also ensuring that its
:23:39. > :23:47.young professionals stick to the straight and narrow when it comes
:23:47. > :23:50.to driving. Young footballers and fast cars, it is a heady mix. They
:23:50. > :23:53.are a high risk groups so we try to get them early and prevent them
:23:53. > :23:59.from getting in trouble. The club have been fantastic in supporting
:23:59. > :24:03.us. Jordan is making his home debut behind the wheel. I have never
:24:03. > :24:07.driven before but that was a great experience. The most important
:24:07. > :24:11.thing about it I would say his safety. That is why we're doing
:24:11. > :24:15.this course - there have been a few crashes. This will give us an
:24:15. > :24:20.insight into what safe driving is all about. In some ways, it is a
:24:20. > :24:24.good preparation for football itself as the master staying
:24:24. > :24:32.information, crossing and even a bit of dribbling. And of course
:24:32. > :24:36.there is dealing with a critical crowd.
:24:36. > :24:43.It all seemed sensible, doesn't it? Imagine getting behind the wheel of
:24:43. > :24:53.something like a Ferrari at the age of 19.
:24:53. > :25:03.Happy Burns Night to you, whether or not you are Robert tartan
:25:03. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:21.persuasion. -- you are all the It will be raining for most of this
:25:21. > :25:24.evening, that moves away, leaving a icy conditions later. The wet and
:25:24. > :25:29.windy weather continues to move away to the east through the night,
:25:29. > :25:33.followed by dry, clear conditions. The temperatures will be close to
:25:33. > :25:40.freezing point. The ground will freeze over readily during the
:25:40. > :25:44.second half of the night. The gritters will be out late in the
:25:44. > :25:54.night but they will not have much time between the rain stopping and
:25:54. > :25:58.the roads freezing. Tomorrow starts off icy in many places, but dry and
:25:58. > :26:03.bright for most. The last of the rain clears away from the North
:26:03. > :26:07.Yorkshire coursed quickly. Eastern areas will see the best of the
:26:07. > :26:12.January sunshine tomorrow. A little more cloud farther west. There will
:26:12. > :26:22.be one or two showers over high ground. There will be some sleet
:26:22. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:39.and snow one of 1,000 feet. -- sleet and snow above 1,000 feet. On
:26:39. > :26:42.Thursday and Friday there could be frosty nights. A bit of a battle
:26:42. > :26:48.starts to take place over the weekend. There is wet and windy
:26:48. > :26:58.weather trying to push in from the Atlantic, colder easterly winds
:26:58. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:08.trying to keep that at bay. Friday and Saturday will be mostly dry.
:27:09. > :27:13.There will be mostly bright spells, some risk of rain.
:27:13. > :27:20.Finally, the headlines: There are new fears that Britain could slip
:27:20. > :27:24.back into recession. The economy shrank by 0.2% in the last quarter
:27:24. > :27:28.of last year. Andrew Garthwaite, who lost his arm