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North. Tonight: Day One of the Ashes. Thousands of | :00:07. | :00:15. | |
fans arrive to watch England take on Australia in the fourth Test. | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
from Melbourne. I live over here but my children have taken on the | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
Australian side, obviously. The best side! | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
Also tonight: A stark warning to bikers from the | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
police, after a spate of deaths in North Yorkshire. Treating it like a | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
racetrack leads to people dying on the roads. | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
Top doctors claim the Government's refusal to introduce a minimum price | :00:39. | :00:48. | |
for alcohol will lead to many deaths, here in the North. | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
A unique perspective from an incredible flying machine and it's | :00:50. | :01:00. | |
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not even the real thing. So, it's all eyes on County Durham | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
as the Ashes Test Match finally gets underway at Chester-le-Street. On | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
Day One, thousands of fans arrived to watch England take on Australia. | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
And it's not just about cricket. It is hoped the event will inject �20 | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
million into the local economy. Jeff Brown joins us live now, from | :01:17. | :01:26. | |
Chester-le-Street. Jeff, what's the atmosphere been like today? It's | :01:26. | :01:34. | |
been commended. The rain disappeared, the sun shone, 17,500 | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
fans loved being a part of cricketing, sporting history, with | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
the Ashes here for the very first time. All that was missing was a few | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
more runs from England but you can't have everything. We had a chance to | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
prove to the world that the North East can put on a show! We came down | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
earlier to catch up with both camps. The overnight rain had just blown | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
away in time for a little cricket-themed entertainment to be | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
set up early doors, in Chester-le-Street Town centre. Not | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
quite Bondi Beach yet but at least the umpires were up early. Show the | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
match ball. You've got an exclusive for the BBC. That's the close-up but | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
it has been chewed a little bit so I apologise. So how to get the sun | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
out? Recruit a town crier, of course. Greetings to townsfolk.And | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
look at our cricket carnival now. Any event worth up to �20 million to | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
the region's economy is worth making a song and dance about. Over at the | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
cricket ground, plenty arriving by car - some grumbles about the number | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
of southbound trains stopping at Chester-le-Street. But the vast | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
majority of the 17,000 sell-out crowd seemed to be in good time to | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
take their seats for the hottest ticket on our patch since the 1966 | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
World Cup quarterfinals. But is Durham's first Ashes Test match, | :02:53. | :03:01. | |
their fifth test in a fast-moving decade, destined to be a one-off? | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
No, I think we got it this year when we are still building our way up so | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
what is wrong with getting it in four years' time again? In between, | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
we have international matches every year that up to 2016 were the | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
allegations have been made. I am very confident of continuing down | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
that path. Early impressions of the North East? Nice. Cloudy but nice. | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
Hot fully the rain will hold out. It's brilliant. It's great to be | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
here in the North East. Not before time! What do you think about some | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
of the smaller grounds getting a chance to stage these things? The | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
fact I think it's good for county cricket, the locals, it's good. | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
is my spiritual home. We've got to win the series. We can't have | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
Australia, we are going there this winter, having them have the upper | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
hand and fingers got a draw. We've got to win it so we can go to | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
Australia with more confidence. fans have divided loyalties. Aisle | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
from Melbourne. I live over here but my children have taken on usually | :04:08. | :04:15. | |
inside. -- I am from Melbourne. best side. My wife is English.We | :04:15. | :04:21. | |
live in Suffolk. It is four years since Durham were awarded this test | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
match but this has been in the making for 20 years. Let's hope the | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
overnight rain was a blip and that the next five days go without a | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
blip. Among the spectators, one man who | :04:34. | :04:41. | |
played a huge heart in the story, the former typically leader of -- | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
deputy leader of the cricket club, Malcolm Pratt. You played a huge | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
part in driving this forward, making sure Durham got round. How proud are | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
you? Very proud. It is a wonderful day for the North East. When we were | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
trying to sell the project, and there was a lot of opposition, I | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
kept saying to people that it would not only be good for | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Chester-le-Street and County Durham but also the wider region. I think | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
that has been to this weekend. said, there was quite a bit of | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
opposition. How top was it to convince people this was a good | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
idea? Extremely tough. This land was being used by a farmer. There were a | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
couple of not very good football pitches and virtually nothing else. | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
People did not want to see this green area taken away. I don't think | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
they, with respect to them, had the vision to see what could happen. We | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
all see what has taken place. you ever think you would see an | :05:39. | :05:46. | |
Ashes test match here? I think that is a difficult question to answer | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
because I think we probably thought that in some time, because it was a | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
new developments and there was the capacity to build a test match | :05:54. | :06:00. | |
stadium, that sometime down the line we might get one but not a test | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
match, not so sure. What a great week for the region? Marvels. | :06:05. | :06:10. | |
Economically, it will probably bring in 20 million for the North East. -- | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
marvellous. Just as important, we are giving a lot of pleasure to | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
cricket lovers. Things very much. That is it from here. I will be back | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
later with more on the cricket and the rest of the sports news. | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
Thank you, Jeff. Two 17-year-old boys have been | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
convicted of the murder of a County Durham man. David Scott, who was 33 | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
and from South Stanley, died two days before Christmas last year. | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
He'd been found with stab wounds in a back lane. The teenagers were | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
found guilty of his murder at Newcastle Crown Court. They'll be | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
sentenced next month. The mother of one of them is awaiting sentence for | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
perverting the course of justice. A nurse has been suspended from | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
Scarborough Hospital after claims of inappropriate behaviour with a | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
patient. North Yorkshire Police say they're working with the hospital to | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
investigate the allegation, which involves an 80-year-old woman. | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
No-one was hurt and no arrests have been made. | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
One of our most senior police officers has accused a hard core of | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
bikers of treating parts of North Yorkshire like a racetrack. Last | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
night, a motorcyclist was killed and this morning another was seriously | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
injured. Eleven bikers have died in the county so far this year. Richard | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
Thomas reports. -- John reports. Thomas reports. -- John reports. | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
How it looks from the Baker's point of view, dangers highlighted where | :07:35. | :07:36. | |
of view, dangers highlighted where police often have to pick up the | :07:37. | :07:39. | |
of view, dangers highlighted where police often have to pick up The | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
number of biker deaths on North Yorkshire's Rhodes has taken a | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
serious turn for the worse. Last night, a 48-year-old biker was | :07:46. | :07:52. | |
killed in a collision with a car. Road deaths, up to this period, has | :07:52. | :07:59. | |
good in 2010 at 11, -- had stood at 11, don't just to last year at this | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
year back to 11. We've got to concentrate on the motor cycling | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
routes and those people who are stupid enough, or reckless enough, | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
to do things like try to create speed records in market towns. We | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
will do everything our power to prosecute them and take licences | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
away. This is the Road between Helmsley and Stokesley, a popular | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
route for bikers. Too often, in the past for speedsters, the scene of | :08:25. | :08:32. | |
death and injury. So we knows the hazards only too well. It is a fast | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
road. It's got good visibility but also areas of hidden junctions. You | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
got a farm entrance to your right. A lot of motorcyclists don't | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
appreciate that fact written to the writing. County's mobile safety | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
cameras have been helping trap from speedsters. Two motorcycles coming | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
towards us. We gauge their speed to see if they are a speeding the | :08:53. | :09:00. | |
limit. You can see from the digital side, we're coming up to the bikes | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
and can get their rear plates as they go away. All three systems are | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
linked together into one so we can capture them coming towards, passing | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
and progressing from the vehicle. Bikers have been clocked at speeds | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
over 100 miles an hour, doing wheelies and standing up in the | :09:14. | :09:21. | |
saddle out on the road. Could have a huge impact on resources. It has an | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
impact on communities also. All those aspects are concerning but | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
mainly it is the tragic waste and loss of life. River's fault it is, | :09:29. | :09:37. | |
the disturbing rise in biker deaths, police are clear about one thing, it | :09:37. | :09:44. | |
is speed that kills. -- River's folders. | :09:44. | :09:51. | |
-- whoever's fault. Campaigners in Cumbria are calling | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
for heavy goods vehicles to be diverted away from two villages, to | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
improve road safety. People living in Warwick Bridge and Little Corby, | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
near Carlisle, want HGVs to be re-routed onto the nearby A689. | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
Local Conservative MP John Stevenson raised concerns on a visit to the | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
area with the Secretary of State For Transport. I think what John | :10:10. | :10:18. | |
Stephenson is pushing for is for this road to be... There has been a | :10:18. | :10:25. | |
petition signed by 6000 people. It means the County Council to apply to | :10:25. | :10:32. | |
the County Council for it to be trucks. There might be other things | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
we can do, perhaps some new signs to take some of the pressures of this | :10:36. | :10:43. | |
road. So we can take the public to other directions. If think there is | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
a case to reduce the heavy traffic going through the villages. | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
"You've let us down." That's the message to the Government from 20 of | :10:50. | :10:52. | |
the region's liver specialists. They say the Government's refusal to | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
introduce a minimum price for alcohol will put many lives at risk | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
across the North. But ministers say they simply don't have enough | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
evidence that a ban on cheap booze would work. Here's our political | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
correspondent, Mark Denten. Supermarket booze - the cheap prices | :11:06. | :11:13. | |
are enough to temp most of us but are they killing us too? -- to tempt | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
many of us. Last month, the Government delayed a minimum alcohol | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
price saying that it could hit responsble drinkers. Now, 20 North | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
East liver doctors have hit back. In an open letter released today, they | :11:22. | :11:24. | |
don't mince their words. The doctors say? | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
We are extremely disappointed that the Government has reneged on its | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
commitment to tackle the problems commitment to tackle the problems | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
caused by In the North East, we have the | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
highest rate of alcohol-related hospital admissions. We need the | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
Government to stand firm on its promise. The North East has been let | :11:42. | :11:44. | |
down by this decision. down by this decision. | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
Alcohol advice charities in the down by this decision. | :11:49. | :11:51. | |
Alcohol advice charities in the we would say to the Government, very | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
strongly, is that there is a compelling case for minimum unit | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
price. There is a huge amount of evidence in its favour. We would | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
urge them to introduce it as soon as possible to save lives. At this | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
Blaydon local, landlord Carl supports a minimum price but he says | :12:06. | :12:14. | |
there's a health impact too. Once you buy alcohol at a supermarket, | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
they are not responsible any more for how much you drink. When you | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
drink it, where you drink it. Whereas, we are responsible for the | :12:23. | :12:25. | |
customer that gets in here. Carl's locals are divided over | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
whether they want a minimum alcohol price. Gets up to the individual to | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
decide, you know? How much you want to drink and what price you are | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
prepared to pay. I will still go to the supermarket for my cheap lager | :12:41. | :12:48. | |
as well. You back a minimum price? Yes, I do. Because then people would | :12:48. | :12:50. | |
start coming back to pubs. Government says a minimum alcohol | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
price remains under consideration. Well, Mark Denten joins me now. | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
Mark, despite today's criticism, the Government says it hasn't done a | :12:56. | :13:06. | |
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U-turn? They say that the idea of a minimal -- minimum price is still | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
under consideration, they were worried that it would hurt people on | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
low incomes. They say that if you have more income you can take the | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
hit of an increase in price. And they say there will be cuts in | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
supermarket booze from next year anyway because sales will be banned | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
below the level of alcohol duty plus VAT. In other words, you won't be | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
able to pick up a can of ordinary strength lager, Carol, for anything | :13:31. | :13:40. | |
less than 40p. That his action. But Labour is not accepting that. | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
No. Famously Labour said the Government couldn't organise an | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
alcohol policy in a brewery. They say they back a minimum price but | :13:47. | :13:50. | |
interestingly, Labour sources I've spoken to today say there is no | :13:50. | :13:56. | |
guarantee it would be in their election manifesto. So expect those | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
20 doctors and others to keep up the pressure on Ed Miliband, not just | :14:00. | :14:10. | |
the Government. Thank you very much. You're watching Friday's Look North. | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
We're heading back to join Jeff at Chester-le-Street, for tonight's | :14:13. | :14:22. | |
sports news shortly. Also coming up: All eyes on the skies as fanatics of | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
the Vulcan Bomber come together for a very special event. | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
It has been sunny at Chester-le-Street but what does the | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
weather holds? I will be here with a detailed weather forecast for the | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
cricket and the rest of the region. It was the end of an era at | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire today, as a parade was | :14:42. | :14:46. | |
held to mark the disbandment of an army unit that can trace its roots | :14:46. | :14:51. | |
back to before the World War II. Martin Forster was there. | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
It's not the largest number of soldiers ever to be disbanded, but | :14:55. | :14:58. | |
the Royal Signals' history at Catterick goes back to its early | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
days, before World War Two. So today marks the end of nearly a century's | :15:02. | :15:10. | |
history for the Corps, and for Richmondshire. Of Ousely, I'm very | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
proud. I've had a little over two years in command of this fine bunch. | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
We went through a lot of training together, Canada, Kenna, here in UK. | :15:20. | :15:27. | |
We deployed on an operational tour with full brigade. -- tenure. We | :15:27. | :15:32. | |
went to Afghanistan. We work extremely well. We are a very | :15:32. | :15:35. | |
close-knit bunch and it has been wonderful command in them and | :15:35. | :15:38. | |
working with them. The soldiers of 204 Signal Squadron learned they | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
were to be disbanded on their return from service in Afghanistan. It's | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
part of a major restructuring of the army, known as Army 2020, that will | :15:45. | :15:51. | |
see troop numbers reduced by one fifth over the next seven years. | :15:51. | :15:54. | |
initial feeling is of Ousely one of sadness because it is your friends, | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
your family, essentially, that are going to be sent away but also the | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
fact that the unit history, the unit is disbanding. Once you get over | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
that, it is actually a joyous occasion, the fact that we can | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
celebrate our history and our existence in this garrison before we | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
all were separate ways together. disbanded squadron will re-form as | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
part of 21 Signal Regiment in 2015. But as they prepare to leave | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
Catterick, today's parade brought out well-wishers of all ages. | :16:24. | :16:31. | |
you get a large army, you only get a small signal pigeon and they get | :16:31. | :16:38. | |
very close. I've lost some friends there. Today, my daddy was marching | :16:38. | :16:47. | |
with the song on. I felt proud of my daddy and he was marching. Because | :16:47. | :16:57. | |
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he does lovely things and he helps me learn. Will fade. -- well fed. | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
It was designed for use in the Cold War, and saw sterling service in the | :17:06. | :17:09. | |
Falklands. Now, the last Vulcan Bomber flying is being helped to | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
stay in the skies - by its little brother! This weekend, the Large | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
Model Association is flying scaled down aircraft at the Yorkshire Air | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
Museum near York, and for the first time it's raising money for the Sky | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
Trust, which hopes to keep the Vulcan airborne as long as possible. | :17:23. | :17:30. | |
Phillip Chapman follows. Our camera gave a unique perspective | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
of the incredible Vulcan Bomber in this guys today. It is not even the | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
real thing. In fact, it is a very expensive version of a classic toy. | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
This aircraft was designed from one of the little kids that as a child | :17:45. | :17:50. | |
you build and are very true to school. Many years ago, I have | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
always been a Vulcan fanatic, many years ago, in the 90s, I built a ten | :17:56. | :18:03. | |
foot 's ban -- wingspan one and then I built this one. I would love to | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
get my hands on one of these flying machines. On a windy day like this, | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
I don't fancy the �20,000 insurance claim that David would put in if I | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
crashed it into a field nearby. The real Vulcan, making an appearance | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
this weekend, costs �2 million per year to keep in the air and that is | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
where events like this coming. Large Model Association, each year, | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
we donate money to charity. The last couple of years before and for the | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
Battle of Britain flight. This year, we decided that the Balkan | :18:33. | :18:37. | |
Association needed the money to try to keep it in the air for the next | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
two years. -- Balkan Association. You have probably already seen the | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
large one in our association and the big one is going to be even better. | :18:47. | :18:53. | |
This weekend is not all about the Vulcan. This, it airline are gone | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
already been built and his son flies it for him. I have been building | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
models of my life. You started a small thing, those of us who are my | :19:05. | :19:07. | |
age can remember all the kids that we all built as youngsters and | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
enjoyed. Looks like there will be something super for all tastes this | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
weekend but no doubt the biggest crowd these will be the Vulcan, big | :19:15. | :19:24. | |
and small. -- crowd-pleaser. My brother had one but that takes | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
the biscuit! Jeff is flying high because of the cricket. We cannot | :19:28. | :19:35. | |
renew down. England have done their best to do. It has been a great | :19:35. | :19:40. | |
occasion. Hardly the most thrilling the's play, that has to be said, | :19:40. | :19:46. | |
especially if you are an England fan. For the locals, there was the | :19:46. | :19:48. | |
disappointing news that local lad, the Durham seam bowler Graham | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
Onions, had failed to force his way into an unchanged England team, who | :19:52. | :20:02. | |
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batted first. Then they lost a lot of the kids. A work in progress from | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
the artist in residence. The International Cricket ground looking | :20:07. | :20:13. | |
an absolute picture, with the weather slightly overcast at times, | :20:13. | :20:19. | |
not an easy decision to bat first. England made a store solid enough | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
start but they lost Joe Root after a review of this decision. Eventually, | :20:23. | :20:33. | |
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he had to go. They slowly got into the stride, to the annoyance of fun. | :20:33. | :20:38. | |
The aerial view was equally pleasing for Durham and England fans. The | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
commentators still had time to tell lovely ghost stories. Kevin | :20:43. | :20:50. | |
Pietersen had to exit stage right. Next to go was the captain. Ian Bell | :20:50. | :20:58. | |
was not distance -- destined for a big cry the same. Although | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow reviewed his dismissal, he was soon on his | :21:01. | :21:08. | |
way. Stuart Broad sums up the late afternoon collapse. The Wellcome | :21:08. | :21:18. | |
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fund is shining on the trillions. -- welcomes fun. England resume | :21:19. | :21:22. | |
tomorrow on 230 849. On to football. Just two games into | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
the new season, Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray is already | :21:25. | :21:27. | |
feeling the heat. Beaten by Leicester City last weekend, and | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
then dumped out of the Capital One League Cup by Accrington Stanley | :21:31. | :21:34. | |
midweek, it is hardly the best preparation for tomorrow's trip to | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
Charlton. But new signing Albert Adomah is in the squad and Mowbray | :21:37. | :21:46. | |
is hoping he'll give the Teessiders a lift. We haven't won any of the | :21:46. | :21:51. | |
first two games. We have to rebound this weekend. We have to go to | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
Charlton, a tough game, and try and get the points. You know, then we | :21:56. | :21:58. | |
will be looking a lot rosier for the home game. | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
Elsewhere, Carlisle boss Greg Abott says their Capital One Cup win over | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
Blackburn has helped draw a line under last weekend's 5-1 hammering | :22:05. | :22:12. | |
by Leyton Orient. Not a great way to start the season. | :22:13. | :22:14. | |
start the season. Tomorrow, the Blues go to | :22:14. | :22:15. | |
start the season. Tomorrow, the Blues go to In League | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
Two, York City go to Dagenham, while Colin Cooper's first home match as | :22:19. | :22:20. | |
Hartlepool manager is against Southend. | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
And Berwick Rangers open their Scottish Division Two campaign at | :22:23. | :22:24. | |
Scottish Division Two campaign at Clyde. | :22:24. | :22:27. | |
Newcastle United take on the Portuguese side, Sporting Club | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
Braga, at St James' Park tomorrow, in what is their only pre-season | :22:30. | :22:33. | |
home game. Tomorrow is, of course, Sir Bobby Robson National Football | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
Day. 150 events to celebrate the life of the former Newcastle boss | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
have been lined up by the Football Association, which is in its 150th | :22:41. | :22:48. | |
year. Among many players who owe so much to Sir Bobby, is the Magpies' | :22:48. | :22:57. | |
defender, Steven Taylor. Absolutely, for him to be given the opportunity | :22:57. | :23:03. | |
to play my debut -- to give me the opportunity to play my debut. I will | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
never forget what a legend he was. He deserves the respect that he has | :23:07. | :23:15. | |
around the whole country. Steven Taylor at the launch of a bar if | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
you're wondering what he's doing the pub. | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
Spennymoor Town fans will have no problem keeping up with the away | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
team this season. Their new strip was unveiled today and, as you can | :23:24. | :23:27. | |
see, it's a rather eye-catching shade of bright pink. The club | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
offered a vote to fans on what the away colours should be, and pink was | :23:31. | :23:33. | |
the clear favourite. One of Spennymoor's sponsors has also had | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
one of their trucks painted pink, and the club has linked in with | :23:37. | :23:44. | |
Cancer Research to hold fundraising events throughout the year. There | :23:44. | :23:50. | |
was blue, orange and pink and pink was the landslide winner. Have the | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
lads got a sense of humour? The only did on Tuesday but it's for a great | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
cause. Cancer and there is close to a lot of people's Hearts, myself as | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
well. I lost my cousin and also the German lost his mother so it is a | :24:05. | :24:13. | |
great cause. -- Vici lawman. -- the cheer man. | :24:13. | :24:16. | |
In other sport, good luck to Newcastle Falcons in tonight's | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
finals of the Premiership Rugby Union Sevens, and to Berwick | :24:19. | :24:28. | |
the age of 57, after battling cancer. Nixon, nicknamed the | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
Ferryhill Flyer, was runner-up in the 2007 BDO World Championship. If | :24:31. | :24:36. | |
you're looking for other sport, good luck to Newcastle Falklands who are | :24:36. | :24:43. | |
in the finals and the team hosting a world speedway Championship | :24:43. | :24:49. | |
tomorrow. If you're coming here for the cricket, let's hope for better | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
show from England. He sounds a bit disappointed. There | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
will be trouble. Hannah, the will be trouble. Hannah, the | :24:56. | :25:03. | |
weather? We got it right and as forecast it brightened up. Look at | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
these kind May, five of them, not just one for the five test. All | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
turning into cricket things including a ball! Our headline for | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
the next few days, sunshine and just a few showers which could hamper | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
play on Sunday. Through this evening and overnight, it is try and find | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
across the region for much of the night. Clothing overdoes the little | :25:22. | :25:28. | |
that towards dawn with one to showers possible in Cumbria. -- | :25:28. | :25:34. | |
cloudy overnight little bit towards dawn. First thing tomorrow, we're | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
expecting lots of sunshine across the region but also frequent showers | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
arriving from the West. Those showers should stay away from | :25:44. | :25:47. | |
Chester-le-Street for the second day of the fourth test but there is | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
possibly a 30% risk of one or two of them making their way to the ground. | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
Let's take a tour of the afternoon temperatures. Just down on today. | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
It's the high 60s in Fahrenheit. Just a touch cooler on the | :26:01. | :26:06. | |
Northumberland coast and as we tour westwards, things are quite | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
changeable in Cumbria. Showering but Rumsfeld country. Quite a changeable | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
day on Saturday. Across Cumbria, or for the weekend, we're expecting | :26:15. | :26:18. | |
Saturday to be the best day. Sunday turns increasingly showery, as does | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
Monday, particularly on Sunday morning when some of those showers | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
could be heavy, maybe with the Rumble two of thunder -- a rumble or | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
two of thunder. Sandia and is brighter and drier. Across the North | :26:32. | :26:35. | |
East, than they could also be a wet day, particularly early on. Things | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
should dry through Sunday afternoon and Monday looks largely fine and | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
dry, particularly for County Durham. What does all this mean for the | :26:43. | :26:49. | |
cricket? Let's take a look in detail at day two. We're expecting a bright | :26:49. | :26:52. | |
start for tomorrow. The best of the sunshine will be in the morning but | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
increasing amounts of cloud later in the day, as I say, with about a one | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
in three chance that there will be an afternoon chopper. Still, the | :26:58. | :27:04. | |
odds are for Saturday to be dry, not so on Sunday. Let's take a look at | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
the forecast for the third day. Much more showery first big in the | :27:07. | :27:09. | |
morning after overnight rain. It could be the afternoon before that | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
clears. Possibly some disruption to play. Monday and Tuesday of the test | :27:14. | :27:16. | |
look a lot brighter and drier. Carol. | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
Thank you, Hannah. Now, for a last look at tonight's headlines. | :27:22. | :27:24. | |
An investigation begins into the Government's controversial | :27:24. | :27:25. | |
billboards telling illegal immigrants to 'go home'. | :27:25. | :27:28. |