:00:09. > :00:11.Hello. Welcome to Thursday's Look North.
:00:11. > :00:14.In tonight's headlines. Sellafield Ltd admits it allowed
:00:14. > :00:18.four bags of radioactive waste to go to landfill. A court hears how
:00:18. > :00:21.failure went to the highest levels. As the Government announces cash
:00:21. > :00:24.for flood protection schemes, a long awaited defence for Morpeth is
:00:24. > :00:27.set to get the final nod. Waiting for a lift at the platform.
:00:27. > :00:31.It's been there for several months. Find out why you can't use it.
:00:31. > :00:35.And for sale. A pretty cottage near the water, but you'll really need a
:00:35. > :00:40.boat if you want to live there. In sport, we look ahead to the
:00:40. > :00:43.start of the new Superleague netball season. And we speak to new
:00:43. > :00:53.Sunderland striker Danny Graham about being a Newcastle fan and
:00:53. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :01:04.being booed at the Stadium of Light just days before he signed.
:01:04. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:14.I sort of expected it and they just It was a failure that went to the
:01:14. > :01:16.very highest levels of the company. That was the indictment from
:01:16. > :01:20.prosecutors today of the blunders which allowed low level nuclear
:01:20. > :01:23.waste to be dumped in a landfill site by the owners of Sellafield.
:01:23. > :01:26.Sellafield Ltd today pleaded guilty at Workington Magistrates Court to
:01:26. > :01:29.seven charges relating to the disposal of four bags of waste at
:01:29. > :01:39.Lillyhall, just outside Workington. The court heard how a doctor's
:01:39. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:43.report revealed that landfill staff were exposed to radioactivity. And
:01:43. > :01:46.the disposal was only discovered by chance, by a worker on a training
:01:46. > :01:52.exercise. Magistrates today said that although the risk was low, it
:01:52. > :01:55.should never have arisen. And they say their powers of sentence are
:01:55. > :02:02.not strong enough, so they have sent the case to the Crown Court.
:02:02. > :02:12.Mark McAlindon joins us now from outside the magistrates court.
:02:12. > :02:23.
:02:23. > :02:29.You may ask her Material of this kind can end up like this. But this
:02:29. > :02:37.case is shocking. A monitoring machine which is supposed to
:02:38. > :02:43.separate claim waste from dirty was set to zero. An employee on a
:02:43. > :02:51.training and exercises put a bag of contaminated waste through that
:02:51. > :02:54.monitor and it came out clean. That rang alarm bells. It launched an
:02:54. > :02:58.investigation which has ended up in the magistrates' court today. In
:02:58. > :03:08.court today, we were told that the feelings in this case went to the
:03:08. > :03:13.
:03:13. > :03:19.highest level of the company. The prosecutions were brought by the
:03:19. > :03:25.Environment Agency. The overriding aim is to ensure protection of the
:03:25. > :03:32.public and the environment. We do this by a regulation and that is
:03:32. > :03:38.why we brought this prosecution. Are these breaches serious?
:03:38. > :03:43.carried out a full investigation and we have already required
:03:43. > :03:47.Sellafield are limited to put in improvements so this sort of thing
:03:47. > :03:52.will not happen again. discovered the blunder was only
:03:52. > :04:00.discovered by chance, by an employee on a training exercise.
:04:00. > :04:05.That discovery kick-started an intensive investigation. It was low
:04:05. > :04:10.level, but left to landfill workers exposed. Doctors say that some
:04:10. > :04:19.groups of people would have been exposed and would have been hailed
:04:19. > :04:25.re due activity from waste at the landfill site. -- in healed. Week
:04:25. > :04:31.require their nuclear industry to control its hazards. Where
:04:31. > :04:37.necessary, we will take enforcement action to protect people in society
:04:37. > :04:41.from the these hazards. Afterwards, Sellafield limited declined to be
:04:41. > :04:47.interviewed because they said sentencing was not complete in
:04:47. > :04:51.court, a barrister said the company accepted this was a source of deep
:04:51. > :04:56.disappointment. What happens next?
:04:56. > :05:02.As you say, this sentencing will now go to the Crown Court because
:05:02. > :05:10.magistrates do not believe they have got sufficient power.
:05:10. > :05:13.Thank you. And Cumbria's nuclear waste row
:05:13. > :05:15.took a potentially sinister twist today. Police could be called in to
:05:15. > :05:17.investigate allegations of intimidation of county councillors
:05:17. > :05:23.in Cumbria after they rejected the multi-billion pound plan for an
:05:23. > :05:25.underground nuclear waste facility in the Lake District. The former
:05:25. > :05:28.Environment Secretary Patrick Jenkin told the House of Lords that
:05:28. > :05:31.he had obtained what he called a chilling email sent by an anti-
:05:31. > :05:37.nuclear campaigner. He has called for an investigation. Stephanie
:05:37. > :05:40.Cleasby reports. The nuclear waste vote caused
:05:40. > :05:44.passions to be raised on both sides of the argument in Cumbria. And
:05:44. > :05:47.today we got an insight into just how heated it got. In the House of
:05:47. > :05:50.Lords, the Conservative former minister, Lord Jenkin, said he had
:05:50. > :06:00.been given what he called a chilling email sent out by a
:06:00. > :06:37.
:06:37. > :06:41.campaigner opposed to the nuclear The Energy Minister Lady Verma says
:06:41. > :06:43.it could be a matter for the police. But the Deputy Leader of the
:06:43. > :06:46.council, who also received the email in question, says the
:06:46. > :06:48.intimidation issue has been blown out of proportion. A did not feel
:06:49. > :06:51.intimidated by it. People have strong views of these issues. But
:06:51. > :06:55.are the Cabinet members are all experienced counsellors and had
:06:56. > :07:04.been in situations similar to this in the past and are well used to
:07:04. > :07:07.immortal representations from members of the public. In another
:07:07. > :07:09.twist, Councillor Tim Knowles, who was responsible for nuclear issues,
:07:09. > :07:19.has resigned from the authority's cabinet following last week's
:07:19. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:22.decision. Stephanie Cleasby, BBC Police searching for a missing
:07:22. > :07:27.Harrogate man have found a body. Keith Broadbent, who's 61, was
:07:27. > :07:30.reported missing on Tuesday evening. Officers carrying out searches of
:07:30. > :07:33.the River Nidd near Conyngham Hall in Knaresborough found a man's body
:07:33. > :07:36.this afternoon. Mr Broadbent's next of kin have been informed, but
:07:36. > :07:46.formal identification hasn't yet been carried out. The search for Mr
:07:46. > :07:49.Broadbent has been stood down. The debate over where the remains
:07:49. > :07:52.of Richard III should be buried took a fresh turn today. Earlier
:07:52. > :07:56.this week, it was announced that bones found in a Leicester car park
:07:56. > :07:59.were those of the monarch, who died in 1485. He was the last King of
:07:59. > :08:02.the House of York and thousands of people have signed a petition
:08:02. > :08:05.calling for him to be buried in York. Now York Minster has released
:08:05. > :08:10.a statement saying they support the view that Richard should be
:08:10. > :08:12.reinterred in Leicester Cathedral. The long-awaited flood protection
:08:12. > :08:15.scheme for Morpeth in Northumberland is set for final
:08:15. > :08:18.approval by councillors tonight. A storage reservoir upstream of the
:08:18. > :08:24.town should prevent any future floods like those of 2008 and 2012.
:08:24. > :08:26.The county council will pay more than half of the �23 million bill.
:08:26. > :08:29.New flood protection schemes announced today include: Keswick
:08:29. > :08:37.surface water work, a flood storage scheme for Pickering and coastal
:08:37. > :08:40.protection work at Sandsend near Whitby. Adrian Pitches reports.
:08:40. > :08:45.This was Paul Gillie's bed and breakfast beside the River Wansbeck
:08:45. > :08:50.last September. And this was his B&B today. The workmen are almost
:08:50. > :08:55.finished and he is back in business. We're just days away from opening
:08:55. > :09:01.again. That is how close we are. We have had some delays, but we are
:09:01. > :09:04.nearly there. Just doing the finishing touches. Just got the the
:09:04. > :09:07.last little bits done on the ground floor. The builders are doing their
:09:07. > :09:10.snagging lists. Just days away, thankfully.
:09:10. > :09:17.Nearly 1000 homes and businesses were overwhelmed in the floods of
:09:17. > :09:20.September 2008. The need for better defences was undeniable. But the
:09:20. > :09:22.plans were put on hold until last year when the county council
:09:22. > :09:30.offered to pay more than half the bill. With planning permission
:09:30. > :09:33.secured tonight, work can get underway within days. We will be
:09:33. > :09:36.having a small opening ceremony next week where we will start
:09:36. > :09:39.taking down some of the trees we need to take down to start building
:09:39. > :09:45.some of the defences. We will be constructing new defences and
:09:45. > :09:49.refurbishing some of the existing defences in the town. We will start
:09:49. > :09:52.when the weather gets better in the spring, moving upstream. We will be
:09:52. > :09:56.building a large dam to act as a flood storage reservoir in times of
:09:56. > :10:00.high flow. With homes and businesses getting
:10:00. > :10:03.back on their feet, 2013 looks a lot brighter, but there is a cloud
:10:03. > :10:06.on the horizon and that is the insurance deal there has to be
:10:06. > :10:08.struck between the government and the Association of British Insurers.
:10:08. > :10:18.Without that deal, 200,000 homes could be without insurance by the
:10:18. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:22.middle of this year. For years, rail travellers at
:10:22. > :10:25.Alnmouth station in Northumberland have had to rely on a high
:10:25. > :10:29.footbridge if they wanted to cross to another platform. Last year, a
:10:29. > :10:32.lift was finally installed. Good news for people with disabilities,
:10:32. > :10:35.or pushchairs or heavy luggage. But nine months on, not a single
:10:35. > :10:41.passenger has been in it. Because as Gerry Jackson reports, a lift
:10:41. > :10:44.without a phone is like a pub with no beer - not much use!
:10:44. > :10:51.Alnmouth, a quiet sort of place, apart from the occasional gentle
:10:51. > :10:55.cursing perhaps. Humping a heavy case between rail platforms is no
:10:55. > :10:58.fun when you are able bodied. But if you are not so mobile, or just
:10:58. > :11:03.in a hurry, it must be a relief to see a brand new lift installed
:11:03. > :11:07.after years of waiting. But hold on. The thing is, even a shiny, brand
:11:07. > :11:12.new lift has to have an emergency phone or intercom put in in case it
:11:12. > :11:19.breaks down. In this case, they built the nice lift all right, but
:11:19. > :11:23.the phone lines never got put in. And it is not allowed to be used
:11:23. > :11:25.until the phones work. The lift has been waiting for passengers for the
:11:25. > :11:30.last nine months and the passengers are waiting for the phone
:11:30. > :11:32.engineers... To get their finger out and get it fixed. You would
:11:32. > :11:37.think disabled access was a priority. It's crazy. What happened
:11:37. > :11:42.before we had phones? We had lifts before we had phones. If people get
:11:42. > :11:45.stuck, they can shout. The station is run by Northern Rail.
:11:45. > :11:47.It said, we are currently awaiting confirmation from BT as to when
:11:47. > :11:50.this work can be completed. Our passengers are our priority and
:11:50. > :12:00.unfortunately, we cannot allow the lifts to be used until every
:12:00. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:13.provision has been made for their safety. I did see you huffing and
:12:13. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:22.BT have told us that the work has ended up costing more than planned
:12:22. > :12:26.and has only recently got the go- ahead. It expects to have the less
:12:26. > :12:31.operating in the meantime. I did say you huffing and puffing a
:12:31. > :12:41.little bit. Just a little bit. There is quite a bit of luggage in
:12:41. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:48.there. A phone line. The that It's a two bedroomed cottage near
:12:48. > :12:51.York with a nice garden and beautiful views. And all for the
:12:51. > :12:54.bargain price of �70,000. But you're unlikely to get a mortgage
:12:54. > :13:00.or insurance and you'll definitely need to leave room in your budget
:13:00. > :13:03.for a boat. Olivia Richwald reports. No man is an island, but here in
:13:03. > :13:08.North Yorkshire, buy this property and you could live on one, albeit
:13:08. > :13:15.an occasional island. Every time it floods, that is several times a
:13:15. > :13:18.year, these two homes are marooned and now one of them is for sale.
:13:18. > :13:22.For the past couple of years, it has been getting in three, four or
:13:22. > :13:25.five times a year. You are marooned for about a fortnight, nobody can
:13:25. > :13:29.get into you and you cannot get out. The top road floods.
:13:29. > :13:33.Retired lock keeper Rob Gaskill has lived here for 30 years. But he has
:13:33. > :13:36.had enough and is moving onto a narrow boat to enjoy his retirement.
:13:36. > :13:41.Nevertheless, he does have fond memories.
:13:41. > :13:48.People, the weather, the views, peace and quiet, security. I like
:13:48. > :13:52.it when it floods. It is the nearest I will get to living in a
:13:52. > :13:55.castle surrounded by water. I know we're not going to get burgled.
:13:56. > :13:59.The cottage is owned by the Canal and River Trust. It needs a lot of
:13:59. > :14:02.work and flooding is guaranteed. The first public viewing last week
:14:02. > :14:11.had to be cancelled because, you guessed it, this was as close as
:14:11. > :14:16.you could get. Today, it's better and the auctioneer is positive.
:14:16. > :14:22.would buy it tomorrow. It is a holiday opportunity for an investor.
:14:22. > :14:25.You can get very good returns for this sort of property. It has got a
:14:25. > :14:31.lot of potential. A unique position. I think it could be a good
:14:31. > :14:35.investment for someone. A lot of work to do, but it is probably
:14:35. > :14:38.worth a punt for a developer like myself.
:14:38. > :14:42.Buying the property behind me is not for the faint-hearted, or those
:14:42. > :14:46.who are afraid of water. There have been seven floods inside the house
:14:46. > :14:50.since the year 2000. But if you look at the chart over here behind
:14:50. > :14:54.me, there have been many floods here since the 1980s. Finally, some
:14:54. > :14:58.advice from Rob. Buy a dinghy, have a life jacket
:14:58. > :15:02.and get some waders. But don't bother with insurance, because you
:15:02. > :15:11.will not get it. The cottage goes under the hammer
:15:11. > :15:13.on February the 20th. Plenty more to come in tonight's
:15:13. > :15:16.programme. We hear from Sunderland's new signing about
:15:16. > :15:26.divided loyalties. As Valentine's Day draws near, some
:15:26. > :15:27.
:15:27. > :15:37.tips from a best selling romantic novelist. But who is Jessica Blair?
:15:37. > :15:39.
:15:39. > :15:49.And I will be here with you Visit County Durham launched its
:15:49. > :15:51.
:15:51. > :15:54.biggest ever marketing campaign Valentine's Day is just a week away
:15:54. > :15:57.and perhaps you're looking for inspiration as to how to show that
:15:57. > :16:00.special person in your life how much you care. Well, it just so
:16:00. > :16:02.happens that here in the region we have one of the country's most
:16:03. > :16:05.successful authors of romantic fiction. Peter Lugg's been getting
:16:06. > :16:10.some tips from Bill Spence who writes under a female pen name.
:16:10. > :16:12.You need some ideas for Valentine's Day? Look no further than your
:16:12. > :16:16.local bookshop. The section you will need is romantic fiction.
:16:16. > :16:18.Listen to this. Kate froze. She saw him stiffen as their eyes locked.
:16:18. > :16:23.The moment seemed to last an eternity. Then Titus turned and
:16:23. > :16:28.walked away briskly. She stared after him, unable to move.
:16:28. > :16:31.The author is local, perhaps we should meet. The inspiration for
:16:31. > :16:36.these novels lies behind the door of a picture-postcard cottage in
:16:36. > :16:43.Ampleforth. A workstation is littered with the trappings of
:16:43. > :16:53.romance. This is the home of the author Jessica Blair. John swept
:16:53. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:05.her into his arms. Jessica Blair is the nom de plume of wartime bomber
:17:05. > :17:08.crew Bill Spence who now, aged 87, has more than 20 romantic novels to
:17:08. > :17:11.his name. Or her name. The publishers, when I submitted the
:17:11. > :17:17.first book, they decided that they would like to publish it but wanted
:17:17. > :17:20.to use a female name. You don't say no to publishers.
:17:20. > :17:26.In his younger days, and under several different names, Bill also
:17:26. > :17:33.wrote westerns and war stories. But it's romance where his expertise
:17:33. > :17:38.really lies. Just ask his daughters. He's always been a ladies' man. He
:17:38. > :17:41.has always been in a house of women, basically. The wife always says I
:17:41. > :17:47.should be more romantic. What would you do before you got married? You
:17:47. > :17:52.would court her. You would court your sweetheart. Once you get
:17:52. > :17:56.married, don't stop courting. Court her all her life, she will
:17:56. > :18:06.appreciate that. Do what you would have done when you were trying to
:18:06. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:30.get her interested in you. Thank you. It is simple.
:18:30. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :18:36.Nothing wrong with garage floors. He has made no secret of the fact
:18:36. > :18:40.that he's a Newcastle United fan but Danny Graham is now committed
:18:40. > :18:43.to the Sunderland cause. Some might think it's a brave move joining a
:18:43. > :18:46.club where some of the fans clearly didn't want him. But the 27-year-
:18:46. > :18:49.old Tynesider is desperate for the chance to show them what he can do.
:18:49. > :18:52.You would not have put too much money on Danny Graham leaving
:18:52. > :18:54.Swansea for Sunderland after this reception at the Stadium of Light.
:18:54. > :18:55.BOOING. But what a difference five days can
:18:55. > :18:58.make. CHEERING.
:18:58. > :19:04.When you came off the pitch with Swansea, a lot of fans were booing,
:19:04. > :19:09.what was going through your mind? Not a lot to be honest. I expected
:19:09. > :19:13.it. There was a lot of stories flying around in the press. I sort
:19:13. > :19:17.of expected it and I just got on with it. But never once did it put
:19:17. > :19:25.me off in terms of wanting to move here. I just took it on the chin
:19:25. > :19:28.and moved on from it. That initial animosity sprang from a fanzine
:19:28. > :19:31.interview some years ago when Gateshead born Graham made a jokey
:19:31. > :19:36.reference to the fact he would never support Sunderland.
:19:36. > :19:42.It was tongue in cheek, a long time ago. The things were said, I am not
:19:42. > :19:45.going to hide from that, but I am here now. The reception I got on
:19:45. > :19:49.Tuesday to the one I got on Saturday was great. A lot of them
:19:49. > :19:53.seem to have forgotten about it. I hope they know I am here to do well
:19:53. > :19:58.and that I'm 100 per cent committed. The move has led to a bit of a
:19:58. > :20:01.Teesside reunion. Graham left Chester-le-Street to team up with
:20:01. > :20:05.Lee Cattermole and Alan Johnson at the Riverside the year after the
:20:05. > :20:09.two of them helped Boro win the FA Youth Cup in 2004. While he is now
:20:09. > :20:12.a �5.5 million striker, he has had to work hard to get where he is.
:20:12. > :20:15.Being a young boy at Middlesbrough, a Premier League club at the time,
:20:15. > :20:19.it was great for a young footballer, but that changed. Players came in.
:20:19. > :20:26.It was always going to be tough. It was always going to be a case of
:20:26. > :20:31.getting first-team football and Carlisle give me that opportunity.
:20:31. > :20:34.I had two good years there. Watford, I had to prove myself again. In the
:20:34. > :20:43.Premiership, last year, I had to prove myself again. I've risen to
:20:43. > :20:45.every challenge and I'm hoping to do the same again here.
:20:45. > :20:49.Since last summer's Olympics, women's sport has been enjoying a
:20:49. > :20:51.higher profile than ever before. Netball has seen a huge resurgence
:20:51. > :20:54.in popularity and after England's recent historic series win against
:20:54. > :21:00.Australia, there's more excitement than usual ahead of the new
:21:00. > :21:03.Superleague Season. Team Northumbria fly the flag for the
:21:03. > :21:06.elite game in our part of the world, and their match against fierce
:21:06. > :21:09.rivals Loughborough Lightning next Monday is already a sell out as
:21:09. > :21:12.Dawn Thewlis reports. It's been a long pre season for
:21:12. > :21:15.these players who have been in training since September and they
:21:15. > :21:18.cannot wait to get started. Lisa Stanley has taken on the coaching
:21:18. > :21:21.role full time which will benefit the team and her.
:21:21. > :21:27.I've got plenty of time for the girls. I can see them when they're
:21:27. > :21:31.training. I am head of netball at Northumbria University, I have got
:21:31. > :21:34.five teams as well. Much better than last year when I was working
:21:34. > :21:39.two jobs. We have a much stronger team this year so I hope we get
:21:40. > :21:42.into the top four this year. The team is made up of a PE teacher,
:21:42. > :21:45.a physiotherapist a solicitor and students, of whom only three are
:21:46. > :21:49.imports, and home grown talent now makes up the bulk of the team.
:21:49. > :21:52.For me, that is really where we needed to get to with Team
:21:52. > :21:57.Northumbriaa. The imports are a support to us rather than an
:21:57. > :22:00.integral part. We're looking at a team full of people that have
:22:00. > :22:03.learnt their trade in the north- east. We have got home grown talent
:22:03. > :22:13.coming through. And we've got people like myself who have been
:22:13. > :22:16.around for a long time who are excited still to be part of it.
:22:16. > :22:19.As it's turned out new Australian import Sally Butters is going to
:22:19. > :22:23.miss the first few weeks of the season though injury. I don't think
:22:23. > :22:33.many people were happy when I told them I put my arm, skiing. Not on
:22:33. > :22:39.
:22:39. > :22:42.the netball court. A bad start. Sport is funding Netball to the
:22:42. > :22:45.tune of �25 million over the next four years. England Netball have
:22:45. > :22:48.worked incredibly hard to promote a sport which is an Olympic sport. It
:22:48. > :22:51.can get pushed to the sideline, but participation rates are some of the
:22:51. > :22:55.highest in the country. It is exciting that they have finally
:22:55. > :23:00.managed to recognise all that hard work.
:23:00. > :23:09.I am feeling a little bit nervous at this time. Paul is going to be
:23:09. > :23:13.talking about glamour calendars. The name Pirelli does, -- Does it
:23:13. > :23:17.conjured up a glamourous image. Combine that with the fact that
:23:17. > :23:27.they have a huge factory in Carlisle and it seems the ideal
:23:27. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:32.candidate to judge or January Who better to separate the high
:23:32. > :23:37.performance from the dodgy remould than two quality control experts,
:23:37. > :23:43.each with their own keen interest in photography. Pam concentrates on
:23:43. > :23:48.what comes into the factory, Peter on what goes out. What would they
:23:48. > :23:51.be looking for in their ideal January weather picture? Possibly
:23:51. > :23:56.some nice snow and quite vibrant colours, nice and sharp photographs,
:23:56. > :23:59.not too cluttered. Really looking for a nice, striking image,
:23:59. > :24:05.something that you would want to have on your wall for the whole of
:24:05. > :24:08.the month, that reflects the area that we live in.
:24:08. > :24:18.The quality control process begins. As always, it is not an easy job.
:24:18. > :24:22.
:24:22. > :24:26.But Peter and Pam narrow it down. The runners up. First of all, a
:24:26. > :24:29.lovely image from Luke who is only 17, of the phone box. It is a very
:24:29. > :24:35.striking image with very vibrant colours. Very bright. Yes, lovely.
:24:35. > :24:39.The other one that we liked was by Stuart Goodman from Wetherall. The
:24:39. > :24:46.reflections were so sharp and such a calm photo. Yes, it is, something
:24:46. > :24:49.you can put on your wall. What about the winner? We have
:24:49. > :24:59.picked our overall winner and it looks like the one from Blyth beach
:24:59. > :25:03.
:25:03. > :25:06.which, again, has very vibrant colours.
:25:06. > :25:10.The umbrella colours match the photo. That is why we really liked
:25:10. > :25:12.that one. I think it just goes to show what talented people there are
:25:12. > :25:22.across the region. Congratulations to George for a
:25:22. > :25:24.
:25:24. > :25:34.very good photograph. Thank you. Congratulations to
:25:34. > :25:34.
:25:34. > :25:40.Back to the weather in hand. Of mostly dry picture ahead as we head
:25:40. > :25:50.into the sea thing. We will see the cloud gradually thicken up, but not
:25:50. > :25:55.
:25:55. > :26:02.before temperatures drop and give a touch of frost. A bit of a grey
:26:02. > :26:08.start despite the icy patches. Many places will see some sunshine
:26:08. > :26:13.develop. The East Coast may hang onto some thicker cloud. Just the
:26:13. > :26:21.odd shower in Cumbria. Temperatures, like the last few days, will peak
:26:21. > :26:29.around four or five Celsius. That wind will feel a little bit more
:26:29. > :26:33.Prisca than it was today. That is the picture for tomorrow. That
:26:33. > :26:36.weather a fund clears away, it never quite clears the cloud away.
:26:36. > :26:41.Through the weekend, this more active with the system comes in
:26:41. > :26:48.from the West. Perhaps the risk of more widespread sleet and snow for
:26:48. > :26:53.the second half of the weekend. Over the next few days, some decent
:26:53. > :27:02.dry spells, but an increasing risk of patchy rain turning to sleet and
:27:02. > :27:08.snow at the end of the weekend. In the North East, a similar sort of
:27:08. > :27:17.picture, not as much in the way of brightness tomorrow. Temperatures
:27:17. > :27:27.has -- similar on Saturday, dropping on Sunday.
:27:27. > :27:27.