:00:13. > :00:16.They'd only been deployed to Afghanistan three weeks ago. Now
:00:16. > :00:25.their deaths have taken the loss of British lives in the Afghan
:00:25. > :00:30.conflict to more than 400. It showed them the money, townsfolk
:00:30. > :00:40.showing their reaction to the changes in parking. We could damage
:00:40. > :00:45.the jewel of the area. And here is the anonymous knitter? The row over
:00:45. > :00:49.the Derby game rumbles on with both clubs in trouble, and the latest
:00:49. > :00:59.from the swimming trials, with one of our youngsters are monks the
:00:59. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.medals. They'd only been deployed to Afghanistan three weeks ago. Now
:01:08. > :01:11.their deaths have taken the loss of British lives in the Afghan
:01:11. > :01:13.conflict to more than 400. The terrible news that six British
:01:13. > :01:17.soldiers have been killed in a single explosion in Afghanistan has
:01:17. > :01:19.been keenly felt here in the North. Five of the men were from the
:01:19. > :01:22.Yorkshire Regiment which recruits across Yorkshire and the North East.
:01:22. > :01:25.And the other casualty was from the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment which
:01:25. > :01:35.is based at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire. Peter Lugg is
:01:35. > :01:36.
:01:36. > :01:42.there now. Behind me in the fading light you can probably just see the
:01:42. > :01:46.flags above the headquarters, at half mast. This is the headquarters
:01:46. > :01:52.of the army and today must have been one of the saddest days. This
:01:52. > :01:59.figure of the 400 dead in Afghanistan is seen as highly
:01:59. > :02:03.significant. The first Duke of Lancaster, was here, in
:02:03. > :02:07.accommodation blocks tonight, they must be thousands of young men who
:02:07. > :02:11.know what it is like to patrol in Afghanistan in one of these
:02:11. > :02:21.armoured cars. They will know the dangers they face from these
:02:21. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:26.devices. Nicola was recently on a menu though with the regiment.
:02:26. > :02:28.over a week ago I was invited to Wiltshire to meet the soldiers of
:02:28. > :02:33.the third Battalion at the Yorkshire Regiment as they made
:02:33. > :02:37.their final preparations for Afghanistan, these men are due to
:02:37. > :02:40.deploy in the next few weeks, but today they face the news that five
:02:40. > :02:44.of their comrades are dead after their armoured vehicle was caught
:02:44. > :02:51.in an explosion in the Helmand Province. The soldiers were
:02:51. > :02:57.carrying out a patrol in a tank around Highway 1, the main arterial
:02:57. > :03:02.routes, it is grim news for the soldiers back home. Just 12 days
:03:02. > :03:09.ago they told me about their fears. As any person who says they are not
:03:09. > :03:14.know this is a liar. Getting shot, stuff like that, every day is a
:03:14. > :03:22.risk. I just had a friend to has lost his brother. It is not good to
:03:22. > :03:27.hear of but you are doing your job. You have to get on with it. A 6th
:03:27. > :03:33.soldier is also thought to have died in the blast, if confirmed it
:03:33. > :03:37.will take the British death toll to 404. Our thoughts are with the
:03:37. > :03:42.family and friends of these brave servicemen. This would be the
:03:43. > :03:47.largest loss of life in a single instance its sights 2006. We owe
:03:47. > :03:53.all of them an immense debt of gratitude and our thoughts are with
:03:53. > :03:56.their family, friends and colleagues at this time.
:03:56. > :04:02.underlines the Daily dangers faced in Afghanistan more than 10 years
:04:02. > :04:07.after the campaign began. Yesterday an inquest took place into the
:04:07. > :04:10.death of a soldier who died in a bomb blast last year, the coroner
:04:10. > :04:17.said the cause was more sophisticated explosive devices
:04:17. > :04:21.being used by the Caliban. The flank in Wiltshire was at half mast
:04:21. > :04:31.and a candle was lit in memory of the six soldiers. Their families
:04:31. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:35.We don't know yet whether any personnel from here were personally
:04:35. > :04:38.involved but we know that many families around here know exactly
:04:39. > :04:44.what it is like to live with the nightmare of a phone call from the
:04:44. > :04:51.MoD and this is what some people in the nearest town, Richmond, had to
:04:51. > :04:58.say to me earlier. It is shocking news. Now is the time to think
:04:58. > :05:04.about the people in Afghanistan, the soldiers. To think about the
:05:04. > :05:11.suffering going on. It is horrific, we should pull them out. I know we
:05:11. > :05:17.are there to help, but we are losing too many of our young men.
:05:17. > :05:23.was in the forces myself, you see it on the news all the time. About
:05:23. > :05:30.getting kilts and it is not very nice. I was in Iraq for the second
:05:30. > :05:39.Iraq war. When you see it happening, luckily we did not lose anybody,
:05:39. > :05:44.but we know of regiments who did. It is awful. We know it that it has
:05:44. > :05:51.now been recovered, and the names will be released in the next 24-48
:05:51. > :05:54.hours. Three men have been arrested on
:05:55. > :05:57.suspicion of murder after the body of a man was found in Newcastle
:05:57. > :06:03.this morning. Police were called to Wingrove Avenue in Fenham just
:06:03. > :06:06.before 5:30am following reports a man had been assaulted.
:06:06. > :06:11.A service for PC David Rathband will be held in Newcastle on
:06:11. > :06:14.Saturday, organised by his brother. The police officer, who was shot
:06:14. > :06:18.and blinded by Raoul Moat, was found hanged at his home in Blyth
:06:18. > :06:20.last week. The service will be held at St Nicholas Cathedral where the
:06:20. > :06:27.memorial service organised by Northumbria Police will also take
:06:27. > :06:31.place, on March the 19th. The latest big city council to fix
:06:31. > :06:34.its budget is meeting tonight. And Newcastle City Council is planning
:06:34. > :06:41.the biggest savings outlined so far - thirty million pounds in cuts to
:06:41. > :06:45.services, and up to 360 job losses. Before the budget meeting, public
:06:45. > :06:50.sector unions protested at the Civic Centre. Newcastle's budget
:06:50. > :06:54.cuts for 2012/13 follow Sunderland's this afternoon: �28
:06:54. > :06:58.million in cuts. Middlesbrough Council met last night and agreed
:06:58. > :07:02.�14 million in savings. Last week, Gateshead signed off �22 million in
:07:02. > :07:06.cuts. In Cumbria the county council has announced cuts of �20 million
:07:06. > :07:08.and 100 job losses. All councils are implementing the Government's
:07:08. > :07:14.spending review unveiled in 2010 which will see local authority
:07:14. > :07:24.funding reduced by more than a quarter by 2015. Gerry Jackson
:07:24. > :07:24.
:07:24. > :07:30.reports. Labour supporters protesting a Labour Budget. It will
:07:30. > :07:34.probably cut �30 million from the spending plans. Who is to blame?
:07:34. > :07:39.The funding cuts we have had from the government. If they were fair
:07:39. > :07:43.we would have �20 million extra. There would be no need for cuts.
:07:43. > :07:47.Labour says the cut in central government funding has been much
:07:47. > :07:54.bigger than for places with far smaller deprivation problems. Step
:07:54. > :07:58.forward last year's leader. We are still lobbying for a fairer basis
:07:58. > :08:03.for the cuts. Newcastle quite rightly gets a significantly higher
:08:03. > :08:08.level of support per head of the population than other wealthier
:08:08. > :08:11.parts of the country. It is almost 18 months since the big spending
:08:11. > :08:17.review, they think that this financial year could be where it
:08:17. > :08:22.really begins to bite for the unions. The council says it will
:08:22. > :08:27.protect frontline services, but even so it looks like 360 jobs will
:08:27. > :08:31.go. This is the first year when Newcastle council may have to make
:08:31. > :08:37.significant redundancies. Even though the government would like us
:08:37. > :08:41.to think this is business that has usual, it is not acceptable.
:08:41. > :08:45.Opposition councillors suggest savings in management, even funding
:08:46. > :08:50.for union officials. Labour say the cuts are deeper and faster than
:08:50. > :08:53.under Margaret Thatcher. The scale of the financial reductions, the
:08:53. > :08:58.cuts which the government are making and the timescale are
:08:58. > :09:02.unprecedented. The public finances were allowed to get into a terrible
:09:02. > :09:12.state under the previous government. This is a pay-day we are all having
:09:12. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:24.Five factories with workers with disabilities are to close with the
:09:24. > :09:25.
:09:25. > :09:27.loss of 153 jobs. The Remploy factories are in Cleator Moor,
:09:27. > :09:29.Spennymoor, Gateshead, Newcastle and Ashington. The Minister for
:09:29. > :09:33.Disabled People, Maria Miller, said the Remploy board was proposing to
:09:33. > :09:35.close the sites by the end of the year because they were unlikely to
:09:35. > :09:36.achieve independent financial viability. The Sunderland factory
:09:36. > :09:39.is also under consideration of closure.
:09:39. > :09:42.Some good news for people struggling to get on the housing
:09:42. > :09:45.ladder in the Lake District. Eleven new affordable homes are going to
:09:45. > :09:48.be built on land in Keswick. There had been some opposition to the
:09:48. > :09:51.proposal to build on land next to the graveyard at St John's Church.
:09:51. > :09:54.But the Lake District National Park Authority approved the application
:09:54. > :10:03.this morning. Eighty new affordable homes are needed in the town by
:10:03. > :10:07.2016. We were concentrating on young families. 11 a three-bedroom
:10:07. > :10:13.houses will be built, we have other things to get in place and other
:10:13. > :10:19.funding. We must get approval from other organisations. The HCA, and
:10:19. > :10:22.various other things, but it is very good news.
:10:22. > :10:25.A Newcastle United fan who painted the words "St James" on the stadium
:10:25. > :10:28.wall after the original sign was removed has been ordered to pay
:10:28. > :10:30.costs to the club but says he doesn't regret doing it. Michael
:10:30. > :10:32.Atkinson from Newbiggin Hall pleaded guilty to criminal damage
:10:32. > :10:42.after his graffiti protest following the stadium's rebranding.
:10:42. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:49.Adele Robinson was at Newcastle Magistrates court. This bucked his
:10:49. > :10:53.actions, one of fans passionate stance against the Establishment.
:10:53. > :10:59.The word since James graffiti it back onto the wall. That was nearly
:10:59. > :11:05.three weeks ago, today he had to answer for it. I am glad it is all
:11:05. > :11:11.over. To do you regret it? His it is son James's Park, it will always
:11:11. > :11:16.be. I was very passionate, I knew thousands of people were behind me
:11:16. > :11:22.who would do the same thing. He had drunk eight cans of lager before
:11:22. > :11:27.heading to the stadium and was caught red-handed, covered in paint
:11:27. > :11:31.in the act. He told police they would have done the same. The
:11:31. > :11:35.magistrate told Mr Atkinson that his actions were fairly stupid and
:11:35. > :11:41.whilst he would not be commenting on the renaming of the stadium, it
:11:41. > :11:46.was clear that what Mr Atkinson did was a criminal act. The 29 year old
:11:46. > :11:52.was sentenced to a discharge for six months, and ordered to pay �100
:11:52. > :11:58.in costs. He has a lot of support, and many people are collecting for
:11:58. > :12:08.his fine. They said they would collect and the rest would go to
:12:08. > :12:13.the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. you feel proud of him? Yes.
:12:13. > :12:23.Atkinson has been banned from the stadium, and he says the ban is
:12:23. > :12:24.
:12:24. > :12:27.much worse than the costs he has to pay.
:12:27. > :12:30.You're watching Look North. Still to come, the townsfolk digging deep
:12:30. > :12:32.to fight their council over parking charges. Plus, an intriguing yarn
:12:32. > :12:37.from Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Who's knitting the sporting scarf that's
:12:37. > :12:42.appeared on the pier? One or two wintry showers, some icy spells,
:12:42. > :12:45.join me later for the full forecast. While many businesses are suffering
:12:45. > :12:47.in these tough financial times, a village cooperative in West
:12:47. > :12:50.Cumbria's going from strength to strength. Locals in Ennerdale
:12:50. > :12:53.Bridge have taken over their village pub and now they're turning
:12:53. > :13:00.their attention to an ambitious new shop, offices and visitor centre
:13:00. > :13:04.hub. Our Cumbria reporter Alison Freeman went to find out more.
:13:04. > :13:08.fox and hounds is thriving today - but just a year ago it was boarded
:13:08. > :13:15.up. So villagers sprang into action, raising the sixty seven thousand
:13:15. > :13:18.pounds they needed to reopen it just in eight days. The beer was
:13:18. > :13:28.flowing again within a month and in eleven months it's turned over more
:13:28. > :13:29.
:13:29. > :13:34.than a quarter of a million pounds. 216 people now have shares in our
:13:34. > :13:38.local village pub. The vast majority of local people and from a
:13:38. > :13:44.business perspective, it is an issue which makes a difference. We
:13:44. > :13:48.have got 216 local people with a vested interest in keeping the pubs
:13:49. > :13:54.open. There is no debate about where to go. The answer is always
:13:54. > :13:59.the same. The like many businesses the pub in his first year has
:13:59. > :14:03.failed to make a profit, but it has proven it is a viable business. So
:14:03. > :14:09.much so that the village co- operative has decided to set its
:14:09. > :14:15.sights on the next project. That is just 100 yards up the road where
:14:15. > :14:19.this building could be turned into their local village shop. It is a
:14:19. > :14:23.big venture in a small community. We need that kind of facility in
:14:23. > :14:30.the village. Not just for the people in the village but for those
:14:30. > :14:38.who visit. We are the first stop on the the coast-to-coast walk, it is
:14:38. > :14:41.surprising the number of people who need a pair of dry socks. With some
:14:41. > :14:47.grant funding, it could include an information centre and offices for
:14:47. > :14:51.the partnership which looks after the valley. It is great to link the
:14:51. > :14:56.village to be ballet, so people can explore the opportunities there,
:14:56. > :14:59.then they can come to the valley. They are inseparable, they share
:14:59. > :15:05.the same name so it is totally appropriate that they should
:15:05. > :15:15.benefit from each other. The shop would be run like the pop, -- pub,
:15:15. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:28.They'll make a million but kill the town'. That's the claim from
:15:28. > :15:30.campaigners in Yarm after they launched legal proceedings in the
:15:30. > :15:33.High Court against plans by Stockton Council to introduce pay
:15:33. > :15:36.and display parking. Traders on Yarm's traditional cobbled High
:15:36. > :15:38.Street claim the move will net �1.3 million pounds for the cash-
:15:38. > :15:46.strapped council but Stockton says it'll simplify the system. Stuart
:15:46. > :15:50.Whincup reports: Once voted the best High Street, full of
:15:50. > :15:58.fashionable restaurants and boutiques, but the pretty exterior
:15:58. > :16:04.hides a battle with the local council. Look at Stockton High
:16:04. > :16:13.Street, they killed it. Then they try to tell us how to run our High
:16:13. > :16:16.Street. It is not the right thing. There is a zone where people can
:16:16. > :16:19.park for three and Stockton councils say the pay and display
:16:19. > :16:24.would be a good thing for businesses, offering greater
:16:24. > :16:29.flexibility. But traders on the High Street are not convinced. They
:16:29. > :16:33.have raised to �2,000 to pay for their legal challenge. The a
:16:33. > :16:38.general feeling is that it could only be a bad thing and we could
:16:38. > :16:42.ruin the jewel of the Tees Valley. It would have a terrible effect,
:16:42. > :16:49.people popping through for a couple of minutes, for a quarter of an
:16:49. > :16:54.hour to go into a shop, we would lose that trade. Despite the
:16:54. > :16:58.possibility of raising �1.3 million a year, the council say it is not
:16:58. > :17:03.about making money. They say 4000 parking tickets were issued last
:17:03. > :17:08.year to people who did not understand. They claim pay and
:17:08. > :17:14.display will make things easier. When we asked if free parking was
:17:14. > :17:19.an incentive, they said "know." they wanted easy parking, without
:17:19. > :17:24.the risk of getting a ticket. spite the opposition and legal
:17:24. > :17:34.challenges, the council is hoping to introduce the charges in the
:17:34. > :17:40.
:17:40. > :17:46.I love it. Great cafes and great Sport, this Derby think is going
:17:46. > :17:48.on? It's never going away. Three days since that explosive derby
:17:48. > :17:52.match on Tyneside and now the Football Association has stirred
:17:52. > :17:54.things up just a little bit more. Both clubs have been charged with
:17:54. > :17:57.misconduct. It all surrounds this challenge by Sunderland's James
:17:57. > :18:00.McClean on Newcastle's Danny Simpson, which led to a bit of a
:18:00. > :18:02.free-for-all. The FA charge says the clubs failed to ensure their
:18:02. > :18:07.players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained
:18:07. > :18:09.from provocative behaviour. They have until 4pm on Monday to respond.
:18:09. > :18:11.And on tomorrow's programme we'll be hearing from Newcastle boss,
:18:11. > :18:14.Alan Pardew, with Sunderland manager, Martin O'Neill, having
:18:14. > :18:22.refuted the charge that his team deliberately set out to upset the
:18:22. > :18:25.Magpies. So we certainly haven't heard the last of that one. Most of
:18:25. > :18:27.last night's action was football- related, though, and it could prove
:18:28. > :18:30.significant in the race for promotion. As you can see,
:18:31. > :18:33.Middlesbrough have moved up a place to fourth in the Championship after
:18:34. > :18:43.a hard-earned victory in front of just under 15,000 at the Riverside
:18:44. > :18:44.
:18:44. > :18:47.last night. Here's Mark Tulip. If Middlesbrough could have turned a
:18:47. > :18:52.handful of their draws into victories they would be one of the
:18:52. > :18:56.favourites. Instead a playoff looks their likely reward, if they can
:18:56. > :19:01.ride-out important wins. Barnsley were determined and it took them an
:19:01. > :19:07.hour to bake through. Barry Robson's corner glanced home by Seb
:19:07. > :19:12.Nynes. The visitors came close to denying the precious points, but
:19:12. > :19:18.this clever chip punished Luke Steel's careless pass for 2-0. They
:19:18. > :19:24.are up to fourth and looking good for a top-six finish. Carlisle made
:19:24. > :19:30.heavy weather of beating Rochdale. This strike gave them a lead. The
:19:30. > :19:35.visitors equalised ten minutes later, but soon after, there was
:19:35. > :19:39.this shot to give a 2-1 win. The team's character and spirit coming
:19:39. > :19:45.to the fore. It doesn't seem to happen for us, comfortable wins, so
:19:45. > :19:53.we make it hard work. We concede and have to find another one and to
:19:53. > :19:59.be fair, the performance sums us up. For long periods Hartlepool
:19:59. > :20:03.threatened to dent Huddersfield's wishes. The visitors had chances of
:20:03. > :20:09.their own, but it was the home side that took the lead late on and
:20:09. > :20:15.despite the best efforts of Andy Monkhouse they missed out on an
:20:15. > :20:18.equaliser. On to swimming, and the British Championships, which are
:20:18. > :20:21.doubling as the Olympic trials, down at the new Aquatic Centre in
:20:21. > :20:24.London. There was more success for the region last night and one or
:20:24. > :20:26.two disappointments. A bronze medallist in Beijing four years ago,
:20:26. > :20:30.Richmond's Jo Jackson has waged a seemingly constant battle with
:20:30. > :20:35.illness and injury ever since. Earlier this week she took one of
:20:35. > :20:38.the home places in the women's 400m freestyle. But the British record
:20:38. > :20:42.holder over 200m, two lanes from the top here, could only finish
:20:42. > :20:46.fourth over the shorter distance - enough for a place in the 4x200
:20:46. > :20:49.relay team, but not good enough for a chance in the individual event.
:20:49. > :20:54.Tonight, North East attention turns to the final of the women's 200m
:20:54. > :20:57.butterfly. Hartlepool's Jemma Lowe was a fraction of a second outside
:20:57. > :20:59.qualification for the 100m, but led home Stockon's Jess Dickons in last
:20:59. > :21:02.night's second semi-final and was the second-fastest qualifier, with
:21:02. > :21:05.a time inside the Olympic qualifying standard. And the region
:21:05. > :21:12.picked up a medal in the shape of South Tyneside teenager, Josef
:21:12. > :21:15.Craig. The 15 year-old Paralympic hopeful from Jarrow, who has
:21:15. > :21:18.cerebral palsy, took bronze in the men's 100m freestyle, a fantastic
:21:18. > :21:28.effort for a youngster who's shown tremendous courage to fight back
:21:28. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:36.from serious illness. It's all hotting up. Now, staying on They're
:21:36. > :21:39.calling it the knitted wonder of the North East Coast - an Olympic-
:21:39. > :21:46.themed woolly scarf that stretches 50 metres out to sea along Saltburn
:21:46. > :21:49.Pier. A sporting theme. Yes, the scarf appeared out of the blue,
:21:49. > :21:52.created by anonymous knitters and locals swear it seems to grow a few
:21:52. > :21:56.feet every night. Chris Storey's been trying to unravel the mystery.
:21:56. > :21:59.It can be a chilly spot in early spring, but whoever they may be,
:21:59. > :22:01.the phantom knitter of Saltburn Pier has been doing their level
:22:01. > :22:04.best to warm things up.Their creation tied to the handrail now
:22:04. > :22:07.stretches half way along between amusements at one end and bemused
:22:07. > :22:10.anglers at the other.The theme is Olympian - a weightlifter knitted
:22:10. > :22:20.here a canoeist purled over there and pretty well every other sport
:22:20. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:29.you could think of. It's all a bit of fun and much appreciated by
:22:29. > :22:33.those out for a stroll along the prom. It would take a lot of
:22:33. > :22:38.knitting, a lot of people. They've all been sown together individually
:22:38. > :22:42.when you look at them. Skiing. There's one up there, rifle
:22:42. > :22:47.shooting with the targets. We think it's amazing. I think it's amazing.
:22:48. > :22:57.Someone has come down here in the dark and they've actually sown it
:22:57. > :23:01.on to the peer. -- pier Are you knitters? No. It would be nice to
:23:01. > :23:04.get the full pier. The knitters' identity remains a mystery, but
:23:04. > :23:13.their skill is indisputable. If recognised by the Olympics, a
:23:13. > :23:17.recognised by the Olympics, a British gold would be assured.
:23:17. > :23:20.love that. Fantastic. I would love to see it in detail. We don't want
:23:20. > :23:26.it to be rained on, because it will stretch, Paul. Hopefully it will
:23:26. > :23:33.miss the showers today, because it was a blustery day of sunny spells
:23:33. > :23:37.and scattered showers. Tim caught this on a trip to Hadrian's Wall
:23:37. > :23:40.country. Bright, white clouds, bright blue sky behind. Overnight
:23:40. > :23:44.there will be a few shower clouds around. They'll put down the
:23:44. > :23:48.dusting of snow over some of the hills and in between the clouds
:23:48. > :23:51.cold enough for icy patches on the roads and pavements. Quite a
:23:51. > :23:56.dramatic satellite picture today. Last night's cloud and rain cleared
:23:56. > :24:03.away, to be followed by a rash of showers coming in on the cold
:24:03. > :24:05.north-westerly wind. Some of them turned a bit wintery over the hills.
:24:06. > :24:09.The trend continues through the evening. Although the showers are
:24:09. > :24:15.more isolated through the night. Don't be surprised to see a dusting
:24:15. > :24:23.on the hills. In between, as I say, the temperatures dip close to
:24:23. > :24:26.freezing. Tomorrow, a bit of a chilly start. Dry and bright know.
:24:26. > :24:30.Especially in the east. More cloud in the west. Thick enough for the
:24:30. > :24:33.odd spot of rain. That will tend to transfer eastwards as we head
:24:33. > :24:39.through the afternoon. Best chance of hanging on to the brightness in
:24:39. > :24:45.North Yorkshire. Best of the temperatures too. Up to nine. A
:24:45. > :24:49.breezy day, yes, but not as gusty as it was today. That's the picture
:24:49. > :24:56.for tomorrow. That warm front brings all the cloud. We stay in
:24:57. > :25:00.similar air for the next couple of days. A fair amount of cloud, but
:25:00. > :25:03.by the weekend the high pressure builds and breaks up the cloud so
:25:04. > :25:08.we should see sunshine over the course of the weekend. For Friday,
:25:08. > :25:12.it's a largely cloudy picture. Temperatures, despite the cloud,
:25:12. > :25:16.make it up to 13. Through the course of the weekend the cloud
:25:16. > :25:21.should become that bit more broken, so 12 or 13, but stays cloudy. A
:25:21. > :25:25.couple of degrees more where the sun comes out. We would love to see
:25:25. > :25:35.your weather pictures. Please, keep them coming. We'll bring you news
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:25:37. > :25:41.on what has been chosen as our February picture of the month.
:25:41. > :25:43.That's the way the weather's looking. And a final reminder of
:25:43. > :25:46.tonight's main headline. Six soldiers have been killed after
:25:46. > :25:49.their armoured vehicle was hit by an explosion in Afghanistan. Five
:25:49. > :25:59.were serving with 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. The other was
:25:59. > :26:01.