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Good evening. The Queen visits York to hand out Royal Maundy money.

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Thousands line the streets to catch a glimpse of the monarch. Is it the

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first time you have seen her? When will the power come back on?

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Hundreds of homes are still without power.

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While the District holiday town has been hit by the rising cost of fuel.

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We preview an Easter football programme which could shake play-

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off hopefuls. With the US Masters getting under

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way, we are looking for the North's golf stars.

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After a couple of weeks of extreme weather, I will bring you an Easter

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have forecast. Huge crowds lined the streets of

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York today as the Queen visited the city. The monarch was joined by the

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Princess Beatrice. It is a special year or the Queen. York is

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celebrating 100 years since it got the Royal Charter.

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It has been leading with history and tradition. For many people, the

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visit of a monarch is want to be celebrated. Thousands of people

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were here hours before her Majesty was due to arrive. She has

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rededicated herself to the service of her country. People who have

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shown dedication to their communities have been the theme.

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The enterprising, the socialising, this is upon us.

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The harmonising, they were all on the streets of York today. It is

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fantastic. In Canada, it is the same. I saw her when I was a child.

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She is beautiful. Is it worth coming here? Exactly yes. Is that

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the best seat in the house? Yes. Her Majesty bound to tradition and

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head into an area up. On words to the minister when the crowds were

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four or five deep. I don't know when I'll get another chance to see

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her. For I saw the Queen. It is 40 years since she came to York to

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hand out the Maundy money. Much has changed. The warmth of the

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reception has not changed. Thousands lined the streets for

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more than an hour before the royal procession arrived. Even if they

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got a fleeting glance, it has been a grand day out. But she waves?

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We said congratulations. My son gave her a card. I was so excited.

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It was nice to see them. A little later, the worm -- there were more

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Mormons stolen by a lucky few. was a fantastic day. We are very

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lucky. A lot of countries envy us. A Diamond Jubilee and the 800th

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anniversary of the York getting a royal charter.

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It was 800 years ago or that King John granted 0 its Royal Charter.

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Queen Elizabeth I or pinned an exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum.

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Hundreds lined the gardens as she arrived. She opened a new

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exhibition. It sure cases the major events that have shaped York.

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start with the Charter being granted. From there, we cover the

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people of York, how the people main disintegrates. It was Ken John he

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granted Yorker Royal Charter in 1212. Before that, that person in

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charge of the city which has been the sheriffs. He had sole

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responsibility for collecting taxes. Yorke was strategically important

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then. There were disagreements between traders and sheriffs. By

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granting a charter, King John alight the people the right to

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collect their own taxes. The charter was a legally-binding

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charter. In exchange, the citizens made a down-payment plus an annual

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sum of �160 each year. It is just us call it financial bargain. --

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squalid. The significant is the -- significance is that it is the

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first crack in the feudal system. This exhibition formed the first

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steps to democracy, helping the city flourished in the RIAS cents.

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-- years. SN today was about history and tradition but I wonder

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how many people will treasure today in. One child entrusted me with

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this letter, it says the Queen. It is my responsibility to for word it.

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Sky News has admitted hacking into the e-mail accounts of John Darwin.

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A not -- a journalist was authorised. Mr Darwin faked his own

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death in an insurance pension fraud. The evidence was handed to the

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police. Inquiries are ongoing into how the emails were in -- obtained.

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48 hours on and hundreds of homes are still without power. As many as

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80,000 people were hit by power cuts. Much of North Yorkshire is

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still affected. Some people feel they were not given enough

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information by electricity supply companies. Mary is 90. She has on

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two days without power. I cannot keep warm. She learns that

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Westerdale. Questions are being directed at the power companies.

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we had known how long the power when be off, we could have done

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something about it. We have not been able to get any information.

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An adviser comes on the line. What you need? I need to keep warm. This

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is where the calls are handled. They have had 13 times more

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inquiries than usual. These are the worst areas. Those blue Arrow's

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represents an electricity sub- station. 1,500 people are effect in

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the it in that area. There are always things we can do better. I

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am pleased with our response. We will look at communication. We are

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personally looking after the 96 and vulnerable customers we have.

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County Durham, relief. This no is gone. It was difficult, but we just

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wrapped up warm. We had to get portals ready. I run a slimming

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world class. The power went off and I had to decide whether I was going

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to run the class. I was ready to run it by candlelight. The power

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came on. No such luck for some in North Yorkshire. NorthernPowergrid

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seat many were connected this afternoon. For care home in

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Darlington has been warned to make immediate improvements following an

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unannounced visit by the inspectors. The Care Quality Commission found

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it failing to ensure people wear protective against mismanagement of

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medicines. For John Todd losing his wife was

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hard. The former army mechanic says he is devastated after inhaling

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asbestos from his overalls. Helene washed his clothes daily when the

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lead in Germany. He has won a long legal battle with the Ministry of

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Defence to get them to admit responsibility.

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She died in 2010 from malignant mesothelioma sudden months after

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diagnosis. Her husband brought the dust into their warm. They all use

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does best us. Either heat shields for the exhausts or four-engined

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covers. -- Ford engine covers. She was killed in the service of the

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country, keeping me clean. John has various interests, but the pain of

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his wife's loss still hurts. It was nurses who suggest it be a couple

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should claim compensation. He says That the amount of compensation

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paid is determined by common law principles which takes account of

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an individual's pain and suffering as well as past and future

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financial losses and a level of care required.

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Although it was his wife who started the case, John thought that

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was it his duty to follow through after she died.

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The water company United Utilities has been fined �200,000 for

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polluting a Cumbrian river. Workington magistrates heard the

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company discharged sewage into the River Keekle from its Cleator

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treatment works 22 times. The Environment Agency said the

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incident could have caused significant environmental harm.The

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firm was also ordered to pay �4,000 in costs. You're watching Look

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North. Still to come this Thursday evening. Mark's here with the sport.

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The holiday blues hit the tourist industry in Cumbria as traders say

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the rising cost of fuel is keeping visitors away.

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On a fine evening, I am out and about with all of you weather for

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the Easter weekend. An inquest has heard how a soldier

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from County Durham was killed when his patrol stopped, to allow the

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Afghan police to take a prayer break. Lance Corporal Jonathan

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Mackinlay, from Darlington, died in Helmand Province in September last

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year, leaving a wife and three children. Damian O'Neil reports.

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The funeral of 34-year-old Lance Corporal Jonathan James Mackinlay,

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of 1st battalion the rifles, took place in October last year, a month

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after he died doing the job he loved. He served in Northern

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Ireland and Iraq before his career took him to Afghanistan, and on

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September 14th, he was part of a 16-man patrol in Nar-e Saraj

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district which was made up of British soldiers, Afghan policemen

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and an interpreter. The Afghans wanted to stop for prayers, and

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while the patrol was halted, it came under heavy and sustained fire.

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Jonathan was killed almost immediately. The inquest today

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heard from three witnesses, including Sgt Tom Fitzgerald, who

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was the first to reach Jonathan after he'd been hit. He said he

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detected no signs of life. As he described to the court, the moment

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the patrol came under fire, his voice cracked and he had to stop

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for several more minutes to compose himself. At this point, the

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soldier's mother went out of her seat and went over to console him.

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The coroner recorded that a lance- corporal was shot by insurgents

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while on active military service in Afghanistan.

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The Traders in a Lake District tourist hotspot say their takings

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are down by up to 50% on last year and they're blaming the rising cost

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of fuel. Shop owners in Keswick say the price of petrol is deterring

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people from travelling to Cumbria from other parts of the country.

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And those who do make the journey are spending less when they get

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there. Alison Freeman has the story. June Houghton's shop is on a busy

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street in Keswick. But despite a milder winter, her takings since

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December are down 30% on last year. She says high fuel prices are

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hitting her regulars. They are coming but not as often because it

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is costing so much to get here but once they do get here, they cannot

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afford to take themselves. They are cutting back like everyone else.

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Artizan, takings are down by almost a third too and fuel prices are

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again blamed. They love coming to the Lake District and spending time

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here. They love coming round a little independent shops but they

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do not have the money to spend. There has however been no huge drop

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in accommodation bookings. But B&B owners say their guests are

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shopping around for the best deal, often online, and spending more

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wisely when they are here, buying alcohol to drink back at their

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rooms and not treating themselves in the shops. We are obviously

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coming out of a recession and I do think people are watching their

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funds very carefully and planning their trip -- trips in a considered

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way. Weekends are getting busier and we have seen and not left in

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visitors to attractions. I am sure this season will pick up from now

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on in. The full car park at Honister slate mine tells a

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different story. Despite the eight mile drive bookings for tours are

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up on last year. But they're not complacent. I think this problem

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has to be nipped in the bud and quickly before it does untold

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damage to the tourism industry. We're going into a pivotal year

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with an expectation that tourism will be down because of the

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Olympics. If people are having to pay more at the petrol pump, it is

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a double whammy. The quiet start to the year has been reflected across

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tourist towns, but many businesses say sales this Easter weekend will

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be a key indicator as to whether things are going to get better Now,

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Easter I remember last Easter the weather was scorching.

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I cannot remember last Easter but it was nice. Are you one of those

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people who can work out when Easter is going to be? I am not good at

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that and use the calendar! I don't know. Stick to football

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full stop Now, Easter is often make or break time for football clubs at

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both ends of the league table, let alone one of the busiest weekends.

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It's often a defining period and this year European and promotion

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play-off ambitions will be tested. Keith Akehurst looks ahead to the

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packed holiday programme. After brushing aside Liverpool,

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Newcastle travel to Swansea tomorrow. A team who've won many

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friends for their attractive style of play. Swansea are playing an

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open game. They look to stretch the pitch but they give you chances as

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well and we have to try to take them. Newcastle are aiming for

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their fourth consecutive win against a side that have beaten

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Manchester City and Arsenal at home. On Easter Monday, United entertain

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Bolton who've had three straight wins in their bid to avoid

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relegation. Sunderland should be confident after their excellent

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result at Man City. Unlucky to be pegged back to a draw by two late

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goals. Now, it's free scoring Spurs at the Stadium of Light, another

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Champions League contender. On Monday, they play Everton for the

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fourth time this season, hoping to make amends for their F.A. Cup exit.

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Middlesbrough have slipped out of the Championship's top six and meet

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two play-off rivals in three days. Only five points separate fifth

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from ninth and Boro need at least one win over the two cities of

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Cardiff and Hull. It really could be a pivotal weekend. In League One,

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Carlisle are on a great run of four wins and three draws that've taken

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them into a play-off place. have to keep the for going and I

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think the way we're going, you tend to think they're not going to get

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beat. It would be massively important to get us into the six.

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It could be a genuine threat. Hartlepool will hope their good

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away form continues at Colchester. Eight wins and six draws in 20

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games mean they have one of the best travelling records in the

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League. In the Conference Premier,

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strugglers Darlington still face an uphill battle for survival on and

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off the pitch while Gateshead have their work cut out to join York

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City in the play-off places. Their holiday programmes kick off on

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Easter Saturday with Grimsby, Barrow and leaders Fleetwood Town

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the visitors to our three clubs. Berwick, though, are away at Annan

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in the Scottish Third Division. The eyes of the golfing world will

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be trained on Augusta for the rest of this week as Tiger Woods

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launches the next stage of his comeback at the US Masters. But

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come the summer, the Rory Mcllroy of the future will have a chance to

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strut their stuff here in the North East. Mark Drury reports from

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County Durham. It may not be The Masters, but a

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little closer to home, our region's amateur golfers are being given

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something else to look forward to. A new tournament at Europe's

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longest golf course, and it's here in Hurworth. Then there are the

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masters of the competition for amateur golfers across our region.

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They will be named the best amateur in the North of England. This is a

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fantastic test of golf here. As it matures, it will grow to be a

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fabulous golf course. We're looking to try and attract big golf

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tournaments to the North East. We haven't had one for such a long

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time. It would be nice for the North East to get something back.

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We haven't had anything for that and it would be nice to get

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something back in the area. Knight is Rockliffe Hall's Director

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of Golf. He hopes the Northern Masters can establish itself on the

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calendar as a major event. It has always been our goal to hold a full

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tour of it. You have to start somewhere. We did a cruel way to a

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last year and again this year. -- trilby tour. We're talking to the

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PGA and the Women's PGA. tournament will be held on 19

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August, when hopefully, the weather will be a little better than this.

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Such we have all been talking about it, the weather. During the script

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check, our weather girl was engulfed by East! Have things

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engulfed by East! Have things A glorious evening tonight and I

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have come out to make the most of the late -- late sunshine. Heading

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into the bank holiday weekend, it will not be as bright as earlier

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today. Our picture shows the Shun shine came out today to melt away

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the snow but it will be the sunshine we wave goodbye to over

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the next few days. It is looking cloudy for most of the Easter

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weekend. Also attach wetter at times and rain increasing into

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longer spells by Monday. Add on not be as chilly as it has been this

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week. We have lost that biting wind. With a first cap for this evening,

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you can see her disguise have clear at the Mollet. Tonight, the cloud

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will cascade across the border from Scotland and that will stop a

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temperatures from dropping to par. To the says, they could be looking

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at temperatures below freezing. Here, it will stop at around 4

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Celsius. With all the cloud around, over night, heading into tomorrow,

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quite a dull start to the day. We never really shift that cloud

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through Good Friday. Pretty grey through the day with one or two

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later flashes a brightness. Just one or two showery outbreaks of

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rain blowing in from the west as well. For most of us, the majority

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of the day will be cloudy but dry. Top temperatures on a par with

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today, around 10 Celsius. We will have a repeat of that going into

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tomorrow. Into the weekend, here is the pressure charts. Saturday, we

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have this cold front coming down. It will bring a little bit more

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rain into the north-eastern Cumbria. Mainly dry on Saturday. Sunday, the

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rain takes hold in the east of the region. The wet weather makes more

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of an impact then and on Monday, the next lot of rain sweeps in from

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the West later on. Up we are looking at increasing amounts of

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grain through towards the end of your bank holiday weekend. In

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summary, Good Friday and Saturday mostly dry it with a little bit of

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grisly end. Temperatures will stubble into double figures for

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some of us. Into Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday, chances of

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rain increase and it could be quite persistent and headed by Easter

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Monday. Make the most of it any brightness and I whether you see.

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Keep your umbrella handy. From us, on an icy evening, we will make the

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most of it. Have a great Easter Now for a last look at tonight's

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headlines. A hosepipe ban has been introduced

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across parts of southern and eastern England after two of the

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driest winters on record. And thousands of people lined the

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