:00:11. > :00:16.Hello. Welcome to Look North. Tonight: The 17 year gap in life
:00:16. > :00:19.expectancy between Westminster and Wearside. Shocking figures from the
:00:20. > :00:24.Royal College of Nursing. Hopes fade for an eight year-old
:00:24. > :00:28.boy who is missing after he fell into a river.
:00:28. > :00:31.Why these campaigning father walked 500 miles to Downing Street and
:00:31. > :00:40.back. A former EastEnders star comes not
:00:40. > :00:43.to raise awareness about an illness that affects 150,000 people a year.
:00:43. > :00:47.And unravelling the petition which dates back to Queen Victoria's
:00:47. > :00:52.jubilee. In sport, we look at how the region
:00:52. > :00:55.will play host to a number of overseas Olympic stars.
:00:55. > :01:05.And how Hull City are hoping to make two trips to Wembley this
:01:05. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:10.month. It is a grim statistic. If you live in Sunderland you can
:01:10. > :01:13.expect to die 17 years sooner than if you live in Westminster. That is
:01:13. > :01:16.the shocking claim tonight from the Royal College of Nursing. The union
:01:16. > :01:22.says average life expectancy in Westminster is now 86, compared
:01:22. > :01:25.with just 69 in Sunderland. And it says it is alarmed that the
:01:25. > :01:29.Government may be considering a shake-up in NHS funding which it
:01:29. > :01:35.claims could widen the gap even further. But the Government says no
:01:35. > :01:37.decisions have been made. He was addressing clinical
:01:37. > :01:40.commissioners in London when the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley,
:01:40. > :01:48.suggested funding decisions should take into account the age of a
:01:48. > :01:58.population, rather than deprivation. A suggestion which has alarmed many
:01:58. > :02:03.in the North. I am horrified. It shifts health care resources from
:02:03. > :02:06.the poor to the less poor. It would almost certainly be damaging to our
:02:07. > :02:13.region. REPORTER: 1 do you want to see
:02:13. > :02:18.happen? As soon as Parliament gets back we will raise it in the House
:02:18. > :02:21.of Commons. So why the concern? Well, the North East and North West
:02:21. > :02:23.get more money per person for health care than the South because
:02:23. > :02:26.of a funding formula that tackles health inequalities. If that
:02:26. > :02:34.changes to give money to places where people live longer, the
:02:35. > :02:38.critics argue, the North could While it is narrowing, there is
:02:38. > :02:41.still a big difference in how long you might live, depending on where
:02:42. > :02:47.you are born. On average, nearly 65 per cent of men in the North East
:02:47. > :02:55.are expected to live until they are 75. This compares to 72 per cent of
:02:55. > :03:00.men in the South East. If you live in Sunderland you can expect to die
:03:00. > :03:05.17 years sooner than if you live in Westminster. I am sure many people
:03:05. > :03:09.are not aware and will be horrified. One reason we are trying to address
:03:09. > :03:17.health issues is to have adequate funding to meet the needs of the
:03:17. > :03:27.We asked for an interview with Mr Lansley. In declining, the
:03:27. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:37.Department of Health told us in a The Easter Lansley has said that we
:03:37. > :03:41.need to look at all of the data when looking at these decisions. --
:03:41. > :03:51.Mr Lansley has said. It should be seen as a big opportunity for the
:03:51. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :03:58.North East. The Government says no decisions have been made. And that
:03:58. > :04:01.the Health Secretary has now asked an independent body of experts for
:04:02. > :04:05.advice on how it the future funding formula should look.
:04:05. > :04:08.The police have said tonight they are scaling down the search for
:04:08. > :04:11.eight year-old Ian Bell, who has not been seen since slipping into
:04:11. > :04:14.the River Wear as he played with friends last Friday. Ian fell into
:04:14. > :04:17.the swollen river near his home in Willington. The search for him has
:04:17. > :04:20.now covered more than 12 miles of river bank. Durham Police say they
:04:20. > :04:23.have taken what they say is a difficult decision after consulting
:04:23. > :04:26.other emergency services. Our chief reporter, Chris Stewart, has the
:04:26. > :04:28.story. Still no sign of Ian. And that
:04:28. > :04:32.despite the efforts of the rescue teams and the hundreds of
:04:32. > :04:35.volunteers. It started with just a few of them. And now there are
:04:35. > :04:42.hundreds. They arrived again today knowing what it is they are now
:04:42. > :04:46.looking for. There comes a stage in an operation like this when the
:04:46. > :04:51.police are forced to use a three- word phrase that nobody wants to
:04:51. > :04:57.hear. That is, hopes are fading. It came in a police announcement this
:04:57. > :05:00.morning. There is a guy Dan Dare who has been there all night
:05:00. > :05:05.providing us with tea and coffee and sandwiches. There are local
:05:05. > :05:12.people coming out and volunteering to search. It has been good
:05:12. > :05:15.community spirit. The guy he referred to is local man Maurice
:05:15. > :05:23.Holliday, who has turned his camper van into a canteen. He has been
:05:23. > :05:28.joined by friends and relatives. You emptied your fridge? And put on
:05:28. > :05:33.Facebook that if anybody could help. It is tremendous the help we have
:05:33. > :05:37.been getting. All the people in the surrounding areas, they just came
:05:37. > :05:40.with all this stuff. It has been a remarkable response but the outcome
:05:40. > :05:50.they have been praying for became remote once the police used those
:05:50. > :05:55.
:05:55. > :05:58.Police are continuing to question a man in connection with last week's
:05:58. > :06:01.murders in Middlesbrough and Whitby. James Allen, who is 36, was
:06:01. > :06:05.arrested in Leeds on Sunday morning after one of the region's biggest
:06:05. > :06:07.manhunts, involving police from three forces. He is being
:06:07. > :06:11.questioned in connection with the murders of 81 year-old Colin
:06:11. > :06:16.Dunford in Middlesbrough and 50 year-old Julie Davison in Whitby.
:06:16. > :06:19.They had both suffered head injuries.
:06:19. > :06:23.A young mother has died in hospital after she was engulfed in a ball of
:06:23. > :06:25.flames at her Teesside home two weeks ago. The 27 year-old had been
:06:25. > :06:29.fighting for her life at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle
:06:29. > :06:34.after suffering serious burns. She was discovered by police at her
:06:34. > :06:39.home in Southbank in Middlesbrough on 16th April. A 34 year-old man
:06:39. > :06:43.was arrested in connection with the incident and remains on police bail.
:06:43. > :06:46.Darlington Football Club look set to leave their stadium. It has
:06:46. > :06:49.emerged in the last hour that the group hoping to take over the
:06:49. > :06:52.Quakers have told the owners of the Arena they plan to ground-share
:06:52. > :06:56.next season. The troubled club are still in administration and have
:06:56. > :06:59.been relegated from the Blue Square Premier. The decision to move to
:06:59. > :07:06.the 25,000 seat Arena in 2003 has often been blamed for their
:07:06. > :07:09.financial problems. A man campaigning to see his nine-
:07:09. > :07:14.year-old son has arrived home after completing a walk to hand a
:07:14. > :07:21.petition to the Prime Minister in Downing Street. Mark Heslehurst has
:07:21. > :07:25.walked 500 miles from Middlesbrough He has not seen his son Edward for
:07:25. > :07:28.18 months after he and his wife separated and she took the child to
:07:28. > :07:31.Cambodia. This evening he said he would do the walk again if his
:07:31. > :07:40.pleas for help were ignored. Stuart Whincup watched him complete his
:07:40. > :07:45.long journey. I just thought of my son, put my
:07:45. > :07:49.head down and continued to work. I need my little boy back.
:07:49. > :07:52.Essentially, I cannot live without my son. Mark lost contact with his
:07:52. > :07:55.son three years ago. They were living in France when he lost his
:07:55. > :08:03.business, his house and life savings. His wife then moved with
:08:03. > :08:08.Edward to Cambodia, where she was born. I just need Edward back. It
:08:08. > :08:12.has been three years and that is the only thing that has kept me
:08:12. > :08:14.going through tiredness and pain and the many times I wanted to stop.
:08:14. > :08:17.Just days after leaving Middlesbrough, Mark was admitted to
:08:17. > :08:20.hospital with severe shin splints and urged by doctors to rest. But
:08:20. > :08:30.he carried on, eventually handing over his 100,000 signature petition
:08:30. > :08:30.
:08:30. > :08:35.at Downing Street. Four weeks and 500 miles later, he was back home.
:08:35. > :08:39.He has been absolutely amazing. To get out there and walked to London
:08:39. > :08:43.and then walk back again is absolutely unbelievable. The first
:08:43. > :08:48.time I met him, his single-minded determination was the thing that
:08:48. > :08:51.impressed me more than anything else. That is all he is concerned
:08:51. > :08:55.about. He's not bothered about anything else apart from getting
:08:55. > :08:58.his son back. Mark hopes the walk will raise the profile of his
:08:58. > :09:05.problem and he wants the Government to help reunite him with his son.
:09:05. > :09:10.His dream, he says, is a very simple one. To be able to take him
:09:10. > :09:18.to school, sit with him when he is ill... The things I have missed and
:09:18. > :09:21.perhaps normal fathers take for granted. I need my son back.
:09:21. > :09:25.They affect 150,000 of us every year, but how much do we ever hear
:09:25. > :09:28.about strokes? People who have suffered them say they often feel
:09:28. > :09:31.neglected, or even abandoned, by health and social services. Well,
:09:31. > :09:34.today, stroke survivors in County Durham welcomed the actress Natalie
:09:34. > :09:44.Cassidy, best known as Sonia in EastEnders, of course, as a high-
:09:44. > :09:44.
:09:44. > :09:48.profile cheerleader for their cause, as Gerry Jackson reports.
:09:48. > :09:52.Lunch time at the Durham Stroke Club, with a special guest. It is a
:09:52. > :09:56.long way from the glamour of her profession but Natalie Cassidy is a
:09:56. > :10:02.hugely appreciated figurehead here and here is a rare and badly needed
:10:02. > :10:07.place. It is the right you have died and then you come back to live,
:10:07. > :10:12.because you have to start moving again, talking again, eating again.
:10:12. > :10:15.Everything is hard at first. streak Association report says 38 %
:10:15. > :10:19.of patients get no assessment of their needs when they leave
:10:19. > :10:23.hospital. Most of the rest get only one in the next three years.
:10:23. > :10:28.Natalie is here because the health Lottery Fund has donated thousands
:10:28. > :10:33.to keep his place going. It will also provide a physio and speech
:10:33. > :10:37.therapy that campaigners claim they are not getting enough of elsewhere.
:10:37. > :10:40.Where is the after-care? Places like this are going to help with
:10:40. > :10:45.that. It is important to show people these clubs are really
:10:45. > :10:50.important. Their wives or daughters phone me up and say we are
:10:50. > :10:55.desperate for our father or mother to get out but she will not venture
:10:56. > :11:00.out. They are pessimists when they bought in the door, and optimists
:11:00. > :11:07.when they walk out. The association says this is a Cinderella condition.
:11:07. > :11:13.It gets few headlines that affects the 900 people a year in one county
:11:14. > :11:18.alone. You are isolated. You get depressed and things like that. So
:11:18. > :11:28.this place helps a lot of people. The long-term benefits are
:11:28. > :11:31.
:11:31. > :11:37.tremendous. It brings back live. -- You can find out what others are
:11:37. > :11:40.saying about that on of Facebook Page.
:11:40. > :11:44.You are watching Look North. Still to come this Tuesday evening: Jeff
:11:44. > :11:50.is here with the sports desk and Paul is out and about with the
:11:50. > :11:56.weather. Join me later for the full regional
:11:56. > :11:58.forecast and some news for dog- walkers.
:11:58. > :12:04.Later this month, Cumbria Archive Service will put a massive and
:12:04. > :12:07.previously unseen 85ft long document on display in west Cumbria.
:12:07. > :12:10.The petition of 1600 names was collected in Workington in 1897 by
:12:10. > :12:17.people hoping to open up a route through council land to celebrate
:12:17. > :12:23.Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. But, as Mark McAlinden reports, it
:12:23. > :12:27.may have been a ploy by speculators to force up land prices.
:12:27. > :12:29.It is a feat of effort and skill to unravel this fascinating piece of
:12:29. > :12:31.local history. This 85ft, handwritten petition lay
:12:31. > :12:41.undiscovered for nearly 100 years before archivists realised its
:12:41. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:48.importance. It is May 1897 and 6,800 people in Workington have
:12:48. > :12:52.signed their names and addresses to a petition to Workington Town
:12:52. > :12:57.Council to petition the council to extend Oxford Street survey can
:12:57. > :13:03.have a procession down there for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in
:13:03. > :13:09.the June. The route was to go through some allotments, but was
:13:09. > :13:13.this really an example of Victorian People Power? People wanted a way
:13:13. > :13:18.through here for the Jubilee Parade but Archive lists suspect it was
:13:18. > :13:23.actually wealthy landowners who put this petition together, forcing the
:13:23. > :13:31.council to buy their land and make them even wealthier. We suspect
:13:31. > :13:35.this was manufactured by the landowners. We think these people
:13:35. > :13:44.are speculators sitting on the land and looking for the right time to
:13:44. > :13:47.sell it to the council. They failed in 1897 but a route was opened up
:13:47. > :13:50.some years later. However, from next week, people will be able to
:13:50. > :13:52.see the petition at the archives office and see if their forebears
:13:52. > :13:55.were among those hoping to celebrate a previous diamond
:13:55. > :13:57.jubilee. Now, it is best known for its waxed
:13:57. > :14:01.jackets amongst of the country set but now the Tyneside company
:14:01. > :14:04.Barbour has set up an academy to entice young people into a career
:14:04. > :14:08.in the closing industry. The South Shields-based business
:14:08. > :14:11.will train 50 students at a time with the prospect of a job in what
:14:11. > :14:17.in recent years has been a dwindling sector. Our business
:14:17. > :14:19.correspondent, Ian Reeve, reports. A sight to gladden the heart. 150
:14:19. > :14:26.machinists beavering away, actually making something, here in a factory
:14:26. > :14:29.in the North East. And what is being made is the famous Barbour
:14:29. > :14:33.waxed jacket. But the company is now trying to find the next
:14:33. > :14:43.generation of workers by setting up an academy. 50 students, some
:14:43. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:49.unemployed, will attend for up to year. It is all companies'
:14:49. > :14:53.responsibility at the moment, with youth unemployment, which is such a
:14:53. > :14:57.tragedy. If you have the opportunity to help young people in
:14:57. > :15:01.this way it is great and other companies should try to follow our
:15:01. > :15:07.lead. At the end of the course every student will get an interview
:15:07. > :15:11.at Barber. 20 year-old Abigail Ward has her fingers crossed. It is
:15:11. > :15:19.something I really want to do. I have grasped the opportunity with
:15:19. > :15:25.two hands. I am doing the training and I will have fully get the job
:15:25. > :15:28.at the end of it. -- hopefully. if Abigail is successful, she will
:15:28. > :15:30.be helping to stem a skills shortage in the textile industry, a
:15:30. > :15:37.reflection of its dwindling regional presence, something the
:15:37. > :15:41.college delivering the academy lessons wants to reverse. About 15
:15:41. > :15:45.months ago and they had a problem with the 15 -- with the skill of
:15:45. > :15:48.their staff. Today is the culmination of a lot of work to try
:15:48. > :15:51.to encourage people into the textile industry. Barbour, then,
:15:51. > :15:54.will be able to look in-house for new workers, to keep its workforce
:15:54. > :15:57.at 450. But, perhaps more importantly, it will be more than
:15:57. > :16:07.doing its bit for an industry that, in the main, seems to have packed
:16:07. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:16.up and gone abroad. That is something to be applauded.
:16:16. > :16:21.Football season. Not quite at an end. Some big games still to come.
:16:21. > :16:26.Huge gains, yes. Newcastle and Chelsea away tomorrow. And
:16:26. > :16:30.Newcastle and Sunderland could both have a big say in the Premiership
:16:30. > :16:34.this season. Bat has almost got you interested.
:16:34. > :16:38.Almost! May is a huge month for York City.
:16:38. > :16:40.Already in one Wembley final, the FA Trophy, they could be back there,
:16:40. > :16:43.eight days later, for the Conference play-off final, battling
:16:43. > :16:46.for the right to return to the Football League. That is if they
:16:46. > :16:53.can overcome Mansfield in the semifinal. The home leg is tomorrow
:16:53. > :16:56.night. And that is not all. A decision on their plans to move to
:16:56. > :17:06.a new ground is due in little more than a fortnight. Exciting times,
:17:06. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:11.as Andrew Hartley reports. We are absolutely delighted with
:17:12. > :17:15.the season. It has been tremendous. To be in an FA Trophy final at
:17:15. > :17:19.Wembley and also to be in the play- offs with the potential to go to
:17:19. > :17:26.Wembley again is amazing for York City. The success we have to put
:17:27. > :17:32.down to our manager, who has been absolutely at standing. Some of the
:17:32. > :17:42.York players made an early visit to Wembley last week to see it ahead
:17:42. > :17:46.of the FA Cup final. People keep saying to me you are not mentioning
:17:46. > :17:50.the trophy but I have gone the other way. It is a motivational
:17:50. > :17:57.thing for the players that we talk about why have we got to the trophy,
:17:57. > :18:01.how have we got to Wembley? By being a good side. May is a huge
:18:01. > :18:06.month for York. The council meets on the 17th to decide whether to
:18:06. > :18:11.give the club probation to build a new 6,000 capacity stadium on the
:18:11. > :18:15.outskirts of the city. All our fans realise that to give the club the
:18:15. > :18:22.future we need and to progress, unfortunately, we need to leave
:18:22. > :18:27.this lovely historic Heron that we have.
:18:27. > :18:30.-- historic home. On to basketball and Newcastle
:18:30. > :18:33.Eagles' player-coach Fab Flournoy has been named BBL Coach of the
:18:33. > :18:36.Year. The Eagles have won three trophies this season and remain on
:18:36. > :18:39.course for a clean sweep. They face Cheshire Jets in the two-legged
:18:39. > :18:45.semi-final of the play-offs this weekend. It is the fourth time Fab
:18:45. > :18:50.has won the award in his 10 years in the hot seat at Newcastle.
:18:50. > :18:55.Some of the world's top teams will be coming to play Olympic football
:18:55. > :18:59.in Newcastle but did you know some of the world's elite athletes will
:18:59. > :19:06.be in the North East to sharpen up before the Olympics? The trial and
:19:06. > :19:11.cannot badminton team will be in Durham. Sunderland is playing host
:19:11. > :19:16.to athletes and swimmers from Grenada, including a world champion.
:19:16. > :19:20.We went to Wearside to see how the team will be looked after.
:19:20. > :19:24.Sunderland University City space is a brand new purpose-built facility
:19:24. > :19:29.with everything on hand bat an Olympic team needs and who better
:19:29. > :19:34.to show us around than Steve Cram? City space will be the main hub for
:19:34. > :19:39.the team and as well as training, they can eat here, socialise and
:19:39. > :19:42.relax. If I know the athletes, it will be rooms like this that they
:19:42. > :19:46.will spend most of their time in because even if they are not
:19:46. > :19:52.injured they will want to spend time with the physio. They will
:19:52. > :19:56.work with the British team as well during the Olympic Games. The nose
:19:56. > :20:02.such luxuries for Steve back in 1980. He competed then in the
:20:03. > :20:06.Moscow Olympics. There was no support system around. No idea of,
:20:06. > :20:11.or would you like to come to spend some time here and get used to
:20:11. > :20:15.shiver through and climate? None of that. You went there three or four
:20:15. > :20:20.days beforehand. Times change and training camps are now part of the
:20:20. > :20:24.Olympic picture, good news for Sunderland. We are very pleased to
:20:24. > :20:30.have the team from Grenada here, athletes, swimmers and boxers and
:20:30. > :20:34.perhaps even a taekwondo performer. It will be a very exciting camp,
:20:34. > :20:39.quite a dour first camp. There is one athlete in particular that
:20:39. > :20:44.Steve Cram is really excited to meet. The fantastic 400m runner
:20:44. > :20:48.called Kirani James. He is a massive talent. He is already the
:20:48. > :20:52.Bob Champion. I have spoken to him already about Sunderland and I have
:20:52. > :20:57.told him how good the football team is, etc. More often than not it is
:20:57. > :21:02.about getting them in the right frame of mind so February if he
:21:02. > :21:07.does come to spend time here, we will be able to help him with that.
:21:07. > :21:11.-- so hopefully. Crunch time is approaching for all
:21:11. > :21:13.the athletes hoping to take part in London 2012. Among them are two
:21:13. > :21:15.local rowers, Kat Copeland and Rachel Gamble-Flint. They started
:21:16. > :21:20.rowing at the same school on Tyneside and are competing for
:21:20. > :21:26.Great Britain and the summer's World Cup.
:21:26. > :21:30.The Great Britain training camp in Italy Ed of the sport's World
:21:30. > :21:34.Championships. These brothers are the most likely to be in the final
:21:35. > :21:41.Olympic squad. Among them are Kat Copeland and Rachel Gamble-Flint.
:21:41. > :21:45.They started rowing together at the school on Teesside. The reason why
:21:45. > :21:51.we have gone on and carried on our rowing careers was because it was
:21:51. > :21:55.Southend-on-Sea to begin with -- because it was such fun to begin
:21:55. > :21:59.with. Even in the hard winters and when it is raining you know it is
:21:59. > :22:03.worth it. We did our first international event together when
:22:03. > :22:08.we were 16. Both were part of Britain's Junior squad last summer.
:22:08. > :22:13.Catt was promoted after claiming a gold medal at the world and 23
:22:13. > :22:17.World Championships. Rachel is that his senior squad for the first time.
:22:17. > :22:22.Everyone on the squad is really close anyway but having people you
:22:22. > :22:27.have known for years is like having an old friend you can go and chat
:22:27. > :22:35.to. They are competing in the three World Cup regattas, starting at the
:22:35. > :22:41.beginning of May. Success could see them competing in London 2012.
:22:41. > :22:44.Could meet -- they could be medal winners.
:22:44. > :22:50.When I lived at the coast there was nothing I love more than walking
:22:50. > :23:00.the dog along the beach. But if you want to do that you might want to
:23:00. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:05.The 1st May, it is where many of our beaches become out of bounds to
:23:05. > :23:12.dogs in the summer months. Here in South Shields, dogs are not allowed
:23:12. > :23:19.now between 8am and 6pm. The rules and regulationss changed around the
:23:19. > :23:22.region so it is worth checking. The spring weather so far has thrown
:23:22. > :23:26.everything bar the kitchen sink at us. Let's have a recap before we
:23:26. > :23:33.look at what is coming in the near future. Marx was a month that was
:23:33. > :23:36.quite exceptional. It was very warm and very dry. That week of heat
:23:36. > :23:39.wave meant the temperatures averaged out a couple of degrees
:23:39. > :23:44.above average. The rainfall is just a fraction of what we would
:23:44. > :23:48.normally expect. It was all chained by the time we got to the end of
:23:48. > :23:54.April. A couple of degrees below average. Many parts of our region
:23:54. > :23:57.saw two or three times the average rainfall. And what about May?
:23:57. > :24:01.According to the gate is information from the Met Office, it
:24:01. > :24:05.looks as if changing conditions will prevail through the coming
:24:05. > :24:09.months. Rain at times and temperatures tended to be on the
:24:09. > :24:13.cool side of average. Back to the shorter term and the next few days
:24:13. > :24:17.through the rest of the week there will be a lot of cloud around. It
:24:17. > :24:22.will be on the cool side. There will be patchy rain at times. By
:24:22. > :24:29.the tail end of the week and the weekend things could be called a
:24:29. > :24:34.McChrystal. Tonight there is a blanket of cloud around. -- things
:24:34. > :24:38.could be colder still. The combination of the blanket of cloud
:24:38. > :24:45.and the North East wind tonight means that the temperature it
:24:45. > :24:49.should not Dick too cold tonight. That takes us into tomorrow morning.
:24:49. > :24:53.Wednesday is a bit of a dull start to the day. A lot of cloud around.
:24:53. > :24:57.Still patchy rain but much of that will peter out through the morning.
:24:57. > :25:03.An improving picture for the afternoon. The cloud lifts and
:25:03. > :25:07.brakes. Most places see some brightness. On the North East coast
:25:07. > :25:12.temperatures will probably stay in single figures but quite a change
:25:12. > :25:20.when to go further West. Get over the Pennines into Cumbria, a bit of
:25:20. > :25:25.sunshine through the afternoon. The north-easterly wind will probably
:25:25. > :25:28.Blair again tomorrow. Very gusty conditions in parts. The pressure
:25:28. > :25:32.sequence for the next few days shows that Wiki back north easterly
:25:32. > :25:39.wind foreign couple of days and eventually it is replaced by a cold
:25:39. > :25:43.northerly. Thursday, mostly dry. The best brightness in the West.
:25:43. > :25:53.Bit more cloud perhaps and things start to call down by the tail end
:25:53. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:00.of the week. -- cool down. Why A final look at the headlines. An
:26:00. > :26:04.influential group of MPs have branded Rupert Murdoch not fit to
:26:04. > :26:08.run a major international company. The damning report from the media
:26:08. > :26:11.committee said News Corporation had misled them about the extent of the
:26:11. > :26:15.phone hacking scandal. The Royal College of Nursing is
:26:15. > :26:19.concerned that the Government is planning a shake-up in NHS funding