:00:05. > :00:10.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight, anger over a
:00:10. > :00:16.�250,000 pay off to one of the north's former Chief Constables..
:00:16. > :00:22.am stunped by this figure. Over �250,000 of tax payers' money
:00:22. > :00:26.paying off a chief of police, only the second Chief Constable to have
:00:26. > :00:29.been found guilty of gross misconduct in the history of
:00:29. > :00:33.British policing. A former policeman goes on trial accused of
:00:33. > :00:37.being part of a massive cigarette smuggling racket. The radical new
:00:37. > :00:41.way of treating stroke patient, that was developed here in the
:00:41. > :00:46.north. Decision day on plans for a controversial shopping development
:00:46. > :00:54.in one of our cities. And Brita's got talent. The Swedish-born artist
:00:54. > :00:57.who has a town's traders down to a T. Sport we are live in Durham City
:00:58. > :01:07.as professional cycling comes back to the region and find out what it
:01:08. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:18.First tonight, anger and dismay over a �250,000 pay out for North
:01:18. > :01:22.Yorkshire ice former Chief Constable. Grahame Maxwell, who
:01:22. > :01:27.left his job on Tuesday, was disciplined for gross misconduct
:01:27. > :01:31.last year, after attempting to help a relative get a job with the force.
:01:31. > :01:36.When his contract wasn't renewed he was given the pay out as
:01:36. > :01:40.compensation for not reaching his full pension entiet.. Now the Home
:01:40. > :01:44.Office says it to review payments given to those involved in
:01:44. > :01:48.misconduct hearings. He is thought to be the first Chief Constable to
:01:48. > :01:53.have faced gross misconduct charges in a generation. But Grahame
:01:53. > :01:57.Maxwell has walked away almost �250,000 in compensation. He was
:01:57. > :02:03.represented last year after helping a relative with a police job
:02:03. > :02:08.application, though he allowed to stayment months later he his
:02:08. > :02:16.contrauct wasn't renewed. The award makes up for lost pension due early
:02:16. > :02:20.retirement. We could not break the law. The figures are those that Mr
:02:20. > :02:25.Maxwell is entitled to under the law. Under regulations. Grahame
:02:25. > :02:29.Maxwell became head of the north Yorkshire force in 2007. Just three
:02:29. > :02:33.years later, he was charged with gross misconduct, after assisting a
:02:33. > :02:40.relative in a police recruitment drive. In May last year, a final
:02:40. > :02:44.written warning was -- issued, then this week he retires at the age of
:02:44. > :02:48.51. Grahame Maxwell left the force two days ago. He seven titled to
:02:48. > :02:52.this compensation but taxpayers aren't happy that police rules
:02:52. > :02:57.permit such a high pay out under these circumstances. Why should he
:02:57. > :03:02.get that money, gets a good waim any way. Why should he get that?
:03:02. > :03:06.doesn't make a sense to ordinary people, does it. It is disgusting,
:03:06. > :03:10.really, to get such a huge amount of money when really at the root of
:03:10. > :03:15.this problem is most misconduct. Grahame Maxwell's compensation
:03:15. > :03:20.comes as forces are facing kus of 20%. At the Police Federation
:03:20. > :03:23.conference, Theresa May said reforms are essential, including
:03:23. > :03:27.changing the retirement rules. Commenting on the north Yorkshire
:03:27. > :03:31.case, she said: Police authoritys signed up to these arrangements
:03:31. > :03:35.several years ago but we are looking at them in right of the
:03:35. > :03:39.Winsor Review. He recommended misconduct hearings tould should
:03:40. > :03:43.have the power to remove all or part of a severance payment. The
:03:44. > :03:51.police authority could have extended his contract to avoid the
:03:51. > :03:55.compensation. The decision was taken to let him go. Among those
:03:55. > :03:59.angry about his pay out is Julian Smith, the Conservative MP for
:03:59. > :04:07.Skipton and Ripon. Earlier he joined me from our Westminster
:04:07. > :04:10.studio and gave this reaction. stunned by this figure, over
:04:10. > :04:14.�250,000. It transpires tonight these may not be the final figure,
:04:14. > :04:18.I have had to this afternoon ask the north Yorkshire police
:04:18. > :04:23.authority which hasn't been covered in glory throughout the Maxwell
:04:23. > :04:27.years for clarification, to see if this is the final number. But the
:04:27. > :04:32.problem here is, it is Home Office rule, isn't it. He is entitled to
:04:32. > :04:36.this pay out, if he hasn't completed 30 years service and not
:04:36. > :04:40.entitled to his full pension. true the current regulations mean
:04:40. > :04:45.he is entitled to this money. That is why I asked in Parliament today,
:04:45. > :04:49.the question to the Government, and that is why I am meeting with the
:04:49. > :04:53.police minister so that when all of these reviews are completed on
:04:53. > :04:57.police pay and conditions we can never again have a situation where
:04:57. > :05:02.a chief of police can be found guilty of gross misconduct, stay in
:05:02. > :05:06.his job and get a huge amount of taxpayers cash. But in the meantime
:05:06. > :05:11.this is going to cause yet more unhappiness in the rank-and-file,
:05:11. > :05:17.because at the moment they are facing 20% cuts? I think that the
:05:17. > :05:22.number you have quoted is not actually correct, first of all, but
:05:22. > :05:25.secondly, it does bother the rank- and-file police officers, men and
:05:25. > :05:29.women across North Yorkshire, that their chief has been allowed to
:05:29. > :05:32.stay in this job, and then is also getting this huge amount of money.
:05:32. > :05:35.I would like to reassure your listeners and viewers that I will
:05:35. > :05:40.be doing everything I can to make sure that this situation in terms
:05:40. > :05:46.of a chief of police getting these sorts of numbers, if they are
:05:46. > :05:52.subject to disciplinary action, should never happen again. A former
:05:52. > :05:57.Cleveland Police officer has gone on trial accused of being part of a
:05:57. > :06:04.cigarette smuggling racket. It is allege he and other men conspired
:06:04. > :06:08.to evade more than � 11 million tax. Two have already pleaded guilty.
:06:08. > :06:13.Anthony Lamb retired from Cleveland Police in 2006. Three years later
:06:13. > :06:19.it is allege head joined an already complex and elaborate conspiracy.
:06:19. > :06:24.The prosecution barrister told the court that between July 2007, and
:06:24. > :06:29.October 2009, the conspirtors arranged for 21 hip -- shipping
:06:29. > :06:36.containers to be imported. Of these, seven were seized by customs, and
:06:36. > :06:41.in total they contained just under 60 million cigarettes. The tax and
:06:41. > :06:45.VAT on those cigarettes alone was worth �11 million. The prosecution
:06:45. > :06:50.says Anthony Lamb was in league with another former Cleveland
:06:50. > :06:54.officer Gary Thompson and a or -- lorry driver list. Thompson and
:06:54. > :06:59.lust eer have admitted guilt. The jury has to decide whether Mr Lam
:06:59. > :07:02.new and participated in what was going on. It is alleged the
:07:03. > :07:07.conspirators rented business addresses round the north, using
:07:07. > :07:11.false identities, but the names of existing legitimate companies.
:07:11. > :07:17.These were used to set up bank accounts and pay import fees. The
:07:17. > :07:21.court heard that surveillance teams often saw Anthony Lamb and Gary
:07:21. > :07:25.Thompson together and Mr Lamb's fingerprints were on vital
:07:25. > :07:31.documents. The prosecution say the suggestion that he, Mr Lamb,
:07:31. > :07:34.remained ignorant of the true position is incredible. Lam, who is
:07:35. > :07:44.from Coxhoe denies the single charge of conspiring to avoid duty
:07:45. > :07:52.
:07:52. > :07:56.on cigarettes. The trial is 31 Yorkshire-based Territorial Army
:07:56. > :08:00.sowns who have returned from Afghanistan met Prince Andrew today
:08:00. > :08:03.at a ceremony in York. The men and women of the 4th Battalion the
:08:03. > :08:09.Yorkshire Regiment were presented with Operational Service medals, to
:08:09. > :08:13.mark the end of their six month tour of duty. The head of the
:08:13. > :08:18.Newcastle-based bakery chain Greggs has been in London to a new attempt
:08:18. > :08:23.to prevent the pasty tax going I had. The chief executive Ken
:08:23. > :08:29.McMeikan met a Treasury minister to present alternative proposals. They
:08:29. > :08:34.say they could impose VAT on takeaway food that is kept hot but
:08:34. > :08:36.to allow pasties and pies to remain tax free. Radical new away of
:08:36. > :08:41.treating stroke patients has been developed here in the north they
:08:41. > :08:44.will Troy their hand at some surprising new skill, lion taming,
:08:44. > :08:46.plate spinning and high diving among them. But they will be
:08:46. > :08:51.learning tem through individual crow games which have been designed
:08:51. > :08:55.to help them reuse their hand and arm after a stroke. And today, a
:08:55. > :09:02.further 1.5 million was pledged to fund the project. Here is our
:09:02. > :09:06.health reporter. In her Whickham home Catherine is turning into a
:09:06. > :09:10.pretty awesome gamer. But this video game is helping her to reuse
:09:10. > :09:16.her arm, after a stroke. I didn't feel too well. My son phoned me up,
:09:16. > :09:20.and when I answered the phone, he didn't recognise my voice. So there
:09:20. > :09:27.was some distortion within my voice, within a few minutes I had
:09:27. > :09:30.collapsed to the floor. The game she was playing was deviced by
:09:30. > :09:35.neuroscientists at Newcastle University. The brain is able to
:09:35. > :09:39.relearn how to use an arm, and for arm movement you have to practise
:09:39. > :09:44.probably about 40 minutes day, every day, perhaps for a year, to
:09:44. > :09:49.get your movement control back. And so we basically put a person in the
:09:49. > :09:54.situation where Tay can play the game, have a lot of fun, win, and
:09:54. > :09:59.forget that they are doing therapy. And to fund their work, another
:09:59. > :10:03.�1.5 has been announced from the Wellcome Trust and Department of
:10:03. > :10:06.Health. I have come to the games lab at Newcastle university --
:10:06. > :10:12.university and it is here they have been developing the games. Why is
:10:12. > :10:18.their work so vital, and exciting? Well across the UK, every year, up
:10:18. > :10:23.to 150,000 people suffer a stroke. Of those, up to 80% of patients
:10:23. > :10:27.don't fully recover the use of their arm and hand. And that costs
:10:27. > :10:33.the country billions of pounds. So it is hoped the video games
:10:33. > :10:37.developed here will make a big difference. Based round circus acts
:10:37. > :10:42.users can try their hand at lion taming. Plate spin organise have a
:10:42. > :10:45.go at the trapeze. Just today, we have seen the movements come back,
:10:45. > :10:50.just through that repeated action of doing those tasks. Before a
:10:50. > :10:54.stroke your movements are automatic. After a stroke they aren't you
:10:54. > :10:59.brain has to learn these movements again, so anything that is going to
:10:59. > :11:03.help your brain to do the movements in an automatic way is just really
:11:03. > :11:08.really important and hopefully that is what the game will do.
:11:08. > :11:15.scientists now hope to design games for other conditions, such as
:11:15. > :11:19.cerebral palsy, diabetes and dementia. So what do you think of
:11:19. > :11:24.that? You can have your say and find out what ours think on the
:11:24. > :11:33.Look North Facebook page. Details on the screen now. Sadly you can't
:11:33. > :11:38.play the games there. Still to come. We meet the artist whose latest ex
:11:38. > :11:43.-- exhibition features the people who run Berwick on Tweed. And we
:11:43. > :11:48.will hear from the gold medal winning cyclist who is about to
:11:48. > :11:52.tackle the streets of Durham City. Planners in York are deciding this
:11:52. > :11:57.evening on one of the city's most controversial developments in years.
:11:58. > :12:01.The proposals for a new shopping development at Monk's Cross have
:12:01. > :12:11.attract criticism from many quarters but supporters say it prom
:12:11. > :12:11.
:12:11. > :12:15.Is Is a new Community Stadium that will house the city's sports clubs.
:12:15. > :12:20.-- promises. Interest in this plan is so strong, The Guild Hall simply
:12:20. > :12:25.wasn't big enough. A local hotel has to be booked, and even then, it
:12:25. > :12:30.was standing room only. Developers want to build a new retail park,
:12:30. > :12:33.with a John Lewis, marks and Spencers and a Community Stadium.
:12:34. > :12:39.Opponents claim it will drive shoppers out-of-town leading to
:12:39. > :12:43.shop closures and job losses. It also threatens the survival of
:12:43. > :12:47.another shopping development, one in the city centre. A long plan and
:12:47. > :12:51.much cherrished aspiration of the council. Supporters claim it could
:12:51. > :12:57.boost the local economy, and it would deliver the Community Stadium.
:12:57. > :13:01.A new home for the city's professional clubs, including the
:13:01. > :13:07.FA Trophy winning York City. Let us join Danny live in York. Do we have
:13:07. > :13:11.a decision on those plans yet? do. Just minutes ago, we got a
:13:11. > :13:15.final result after more than nine hours debate. Councillors have
:13:15. > :13:21.agreeded by ten votes to four, to approval the developments so the
:13:21. > :13:24.retail element and the city stadium. This is a subject that is divided
:13:24. > :13:27.the city. That building behind me, The Guild Hall is where decisions
:13:27. > :13:31.like this would normally be made. But so many people wanted to take
:13:31. > :13:37.part in this day, they had to relocate to a hotel thon side of
:13:37. > :13:40.the river. There were 200 people in the room. 40 people spoke in the
:13:40. > :13:44.debate and there were impassioned views on both sides. There was the
:13:44. > :13:47.conservation trust saying 1,000 of the city's listed buildings are
:13:47. > :13:51.owned by independent traders and this proposal could rip the heart
:13:51. > :13:57.out of the city. There was the football club, saying that they
:13:57. > :14:03.would lose their 120 youth development boys if it didn't go
:14:03. > :14:07.ahead. They relieved tonight. -- decision, you bang up-to-date on
:14:07. > :14:13.that. It is an exhibition with a difference because it features real
:14:13. > :14:18.life local firms and the people who run them. It is the work of Brita
:14:18. > :14:24.Granstrom, who is originally from Sweden. Paul has been to look at
:14:24. > :14:29.her work and meet some of her subjects. Brita Granstrom wasn't
:14:29. > :14:33.born in ber wick but for the last 16 year she has been proud to call
:14:33. > :14:39.the town her home. I think because it is a town on its own right, and
:14:39. > :14:44.it so close to the border, and it is just, in a way, it is a bit of a
:14:44. > :14:51.time capsule I think, which I think is very special about Berwick. This
:14:51. > :14:57.latest exhibition, with the portrait, it all got kicked off by
:14:57. > :15:04.the shops closing, which forced me to go in to, put myself and go into
:15:04. > :15:09.the shops and actually make this portrait. So with my paintings I go
:15:09. > :15:14.out and paint on the spot so I thought why don't we meet the
:15:14. > :15:20.character, the meet the people. So once I have painted the brother, I
:15:20. > :15:24.went on the paint the butcher. A butcher with a four digit phone
:15:24. > :15:28.number. When I asked David if he wanted to be painted he said you
:15:28. > :15:33.wouldn't fit your'sle so I painted the shop, from the other side of
:15:33. > :15:37.the road and half an hour he came out and said "Come in tomorrow, at
:15:37. > :15:44.one clock," so from then I came back a few days and he was a
:15:44. > :15:49.fantastic subject to paint. It was great. I am a butcher. I am David.
:15:49. > :15:54.I was a bit fat on them but I thought, the whole town, you know,
:15:54. > :15:59.it's, everywhere you go I have seen the paintings, that is good. Next
:16:00. > :16:05.stop the free trade. And Berwick's longest serving landlady. I heard
:16:05. > :16:10.about Brenda long time before I met her, and that she was such a great
:16:10. > :16:15.landlady and "You should meet her." A friend introduce me one night and
:16:15. > :16:24.I came back and spent a whole week in here, painting Brenda. She is a
:16:24. > :16:32.lovely model. My name is Brenda Collins. I have been here nearly 41
:16:32. > :16:37.years it was built in 1769. The hand pumps are 1967. I feel as if I
:16:37. > :16:42.have been here since then. When I sit on the street or stand on the
:16:42. > :16:51.corner, the characters walks into my pictures which is exciting. The
:16:51. > :16:55.show is called Bucker, Baker and it is on at Northumbria university.
:16:55. > :16:59.love the way she captures the wood. It is time for sport. A few striems
:16:59. > :17:04.been tempted to tell Jeff Brown to get on his bike. He hasn't taken
:17:04. > :17:08.the hint but plenty others have. Isn't that right? It is a good job
:17:08. > :17:14.I never listen to anything you say. I enjoy cycling into work but tot
:17:14. > :17:19.when the weather is like this. I will leave to it the professionals.
:17:19. > :17:24.We have ten professional teams taking part in the popular Halford
:17:24. > :17:26.Tour Series. It kaifbgd in Kirkcaldy. This is round two and
:17:26. > :17:34.among the riders taking frart the Rapha Condor Sharp which won last
:17:34. > :17:39.year, is Ed Clancy. Olympic gloemedist -- gold medallist. It is
:17:39. > :17:44.not always as wet as this. I should hoth hope not! It looks good. It is
:17:44. > :17:47.a nice course. It is a bit slippery 2000 the back end. Aim looking
:17:47. > :17:51.forward to race. I was going say cobbled stone, a bit of rain and
:17:51. > :17:56.cycling, that is a recipe for disaster. Those things don't
:17:56. > :18:00.usually mix, but throw a corner in and it is a real recipe for
:18:00. > :18:03.disaster, we thrive on that sort of thing and hopefully everyone will
:18:03. > :18:06.behave and once we get a feel for it we will be all right. Is this
:18:06. > :18:11.all part of training for London? Hopefully, touch wood, you know,
:18:11. > :18:15.the selections have been made, so yes, this is all part of mine and
:18:15. > :18:20.Andy's, we ride for the same team, we are using it for training.
:18:20. > :18:25.is expected of the cyclist, can you deliver? I like to think, so but we
:18:25. > :18:30.will give it our best and what will be, will be. We wish the you the
:18:30. > :18:34.best for that. Enjoying the race is the leader of the council who
:18:34. > :18:39.helped put this on. A bit of disruption to the city but it is
:18:39. > :18:42.worth it? Yes, just one night but it is fantastic publicity for us,
:18:43. > :18:45.it is great to have races of this calibre, we have backbench trying
:18:46. > :18:49.to build a number of cycling races during the year and get a
:18:49. > :18:55.reputation for that, and just add to the number of sports that take
:18:55. > :18:58.place here, so it is wonderful. you a cyclist yourself? I can't
:18:58. > :19:01.came to -- claim to that, but I think it is tremendous, and I have
:19:01. > :19:05.my admiration to those cyclists who will be going round the track
:19:05. > :19:11.tonight. It is not easy, going round this course, there are
:19:11. > :19:15.cobbles, steep hills and so onful. You are putting Ed off now! Thank
:19:16. > :19:19.you and good luck for tonight and the Olympics. On the cricket and
:19:19. > :19:22.the first test of the summer, England against the West Indies at
:19:22. > :19:25.Lords, there was disappointment for Graham Onions who has been out of
:19:25. > :19:30.the international picture for over a year because of injury. Instead
:19:30. > :19:34.the last place in the bowling attack went to Tim Bresnan and
:19:34. > :19:41.Bresnan was joined by his county team-mate Jonny Bairstow, making
:19:41. > :19:45.his England debut. From York schoolboy to playing at Lords,
:19:45. > :19:50.quite a journey for Jonny Bairstow, at just 22, given his first test
:19:50. > :19:56.cap this morning. And this is where his talent was spotted and nurtured.
:19:57. > :20:01.His old school St Peter's in York. He had a natural talent. He has a
:20:01. > :20:05.very good eye. Very versus hands and he is a natural. He has got
:20:05. > :20:09.flair. He played school crickets he would score hundred after hurpbgs
:20:09. > :20:14.and mostly very quickly. It is perhaps not surprising lvings that
:20:14. > :20:19.he is so talented. His father was the Yorkshire and England cricketer
:20:19. > :20:24.David Bairstow, who took his life when his son was seven. But some
:20:24. > :20:30.similarities between the 13th father and son combination to play
:20:30. > :20:37.for England remain. Great dash, same sort of energy. Johnny very
:20:37. > :20:41.much a batsman, whereas David was more of a keeper. You have to stop
:20:42. > :20:47.the boundaries and secondly... While Johnny's career is just
:20:47. > :20:50.starting this is the last season for his former school coach. David
:20:50. > :20:54.Kirby has seen thousands of schoolboy cricketers but he knows
:20:54. > :20:59.bairs has been the best and his getting Pickford England a
:20:59. > :21:08.delightful retirement gift. It is a wonderful way to finish. It is a
:21:08. > :21:14.great finish. It couldn't be better. Perfect. Earlier we talked to Ed
:21:14. > :21:19.Clancy who is riding in two events at the Olympics. Kat Driscoll has
:21:19. > :21:23.one last test to get through before finding out if she had made the
:21:23. > :21:26.trampoline team. She is leading on points to qualify for London 2012.
:21:26. > :21:36.If she does make it, she will be the only British trampolinist at
:21:36. > :21:56.
:21:56. > :21:59.She has been described as one of A 26-year-old world number one,
:21:59. > :22:05.with the drive for gold. Everyone is going to say they want to come
:22:05. > :22:12.away with gold. You don't want to go into a comb tition aiming to be
:22:12. > :22:16.third or fourth or fifth. That would be my ultimate goal. She has
:22:16. > :22:20.an incredible chance of getting gold. She works hard and using her
:22:20. > :22:28.intelligence of what is happening round the world with other
:22:28. > :22:30.performer, the only ones to worry about are the Chinese. Technically
:22:30. > :22:37.demanding trampolining is -- trampolining is a sport in which
:22:37. > :22:41.Britain has never won a medal. Kat could be Team GBs only contend pore
:22:41. > :22:46.the London Olympics. It is pretty scare Troy think about it at fist,
:22:46. > :22:50.I think it is always an honour and privilege to compete for your
:22:50. > :22:54.country and know you are one of the best in your country. And have the
:22:54. > :22:59.union jack flag on you. To do it in front of a home crowd is special.
:22:59. > :23:03.The form was good, so that is what we want. Her original passion was
:23:03. > :23:08.swimming, but at seven, she discovered her true talent lay here,
:23:08. > :23:15.on the nets. And with London 2012 in her sight, she now trains seven
:23:15. > :23:19.days a week for up to four hours every day. It is the adrenaline on
:23:19. > :23:22.the trampoline, spinning round as much as we r I like the fear of
:23:22. > :23:32.knowing that something could go wrong and hurt myself which, most
:23:32. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:36.people think I am a bit strange for that, but it brings a nice buzz on.
:23:36. > :23:41.Kat has so far completed three of four qualifying vents she has one
:23:41. > :23:46.more to go, the decider. Whoever has the most points at the end gets
:23:46. > :23:49.Britain's only Olympic spot. At the moment, Kat is in the lead. There
:23:49. > :23:53.still is the possibility everything could go wrong. I foe I am strong
:23:53. > :23:59.enough and I have put the work in, I have the results so hopefully it
:23:59. > :24:05.will all come good. She is ruthless actually. When she compete, she, it
:24:05. > :24:12.is very calm, but she is a very good, it is a very good trait in a
:24:12. > :24:17.person who is a winner. She is a born winner. Usually competition
:24:17. > :24:22.for Kat last round four days. At London 2012, all will be decided in
:24:22. > :24:32.two hours. A new challenge for Kat. But one she is aiming to reach new
:24:32. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:42.Good luck to Kat. Good luck tuel the cyclists taking part in
:24:42. > :24:47.tonight's series here in Durham City. Racing starts at seven, goes
:24:47. > :24:54.on till about 8.15. It is free, get yourself along if you can. I am
:24:55. > :25:00.feeling ill from those trampolining shots. What it was fantastic but
:25:00. > :25:03.sick-making. Both the weather comes with a warning. It is going to stay
:25:03. > :25:07.chilly, we have a beautiful weather shot to start us off. This was the
:25:07. > :25:12.scene a few morningsing a, sun roiz at Bamburgh on the North East coast.
:25:12. > :25:17.Thank you the Andy Grey. It won't be a scene like this tomorrow. We
:25:17. > :25:20.expect rain throughout the day and these will be worst right on the
:25:20. > :25:24.Northumberland coast. Tonight, rain North East, possibly wet again for
:25:24. > :25:28.the cyclists in Durham. I am sure we won't let that put them off
:25:28. > :25:33.though, and it will be driest in the west. Temperatures falling to
:25:33. > :25:37.round about four or five, in rural spots, a touch milder in the towns
:25:37. > :25:40.and cities. First thing tomorrow morning and that rain becomes more
:25:40. > :25:44.widespread across the North East, always driest in Cumbria, but
:25:44. > :25:48.cloudy here with just a few glimmers of brightness, for much of
:25:48. > :25:52.the North East as we take a tour through Friday afternoon, it is wet
:25:52. > :25:55.and cold as well, driving north- easterly winds, blowing this
:25:55. > :26:02.rainfall in off the North Sea, with temperatures very low indeed for
:26:02. > :26:05.the time of year. Just seven C for the coast with winds up over 20mph
:26:05. > :26:08.feeling more like February perhaps than May and even in Cumbria where
:26:08. > :26:13.it is drier, tomorrow those temperatures low for this time in
:26:13. > :26:17.the spring, the average will be nearer round 16C, so once again, we
:26:17. > :26:21.are quite within our rights to feel short changed temperature wise as
:26:21. > :26:24.well as weatherwise. Here is the reason, an area of low pressure
:26:24. > :26:28.which crosss the UK through tomorrow, it sinks southwards over
:26:28. > :26:31.the weekend, an area of high pressure to the north over Scotland,
:26:31. > :26:35.starts to attempt to settle things down a bitment so what that could
:26:35. > :26:39.mean, is that things stay largely dry, through Saturday and Sunday.
:26:39. > :26:43.It is likely to be quite chilly though, but mostly dry over the
:26:44. > :26:48.weekend with an increasing chance of bright innocence the North East
:26:48. > :26:53.on Sunday. The temperatures low but the forecast could be worst for the
:26:53. > :26:56.Keswick mown take festival. That gets going tomorrow. We expect the
:26:56. > :27:00.brightest day to be Sunday. The breezing should be light once the
:27:00. > :27:07.winds have climbed over the Pennines, good news for those
:27:07. > :27:10.hoping to enjoy the festivities there. Brightest on Sunday as I say.
:27:10. > :27:13.Thank you. I will be there. Before we go let us have the main news
:27:13. > :27:18.again. David Cameron has said he will do whatever it takes to
:27:18. > :27:25.protect Britain from the eurozone crisis. And there is anger after
:27:25. > :27:27.the former chief of North Yorkshire Police was given a pay off of