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North. Tonight: Day One of the Ashes. Thousands of

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fans arrive to watch England take on Australia in the fourth Test.

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from Melbourne. I live over here but my children have taken on the

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Australian side, obviously. The best side!

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Also tonight: A stark warning to bikers from the

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police, after a spate of deaths in North Yorkshire. Treating it like a

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racetrack leads to people dying on the roads.

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Top doctors claim the Government's refusal to introduce a minimum price

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for alcohol will lead to many deaths, here in the North.

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A unique perspective from an incredible flying machine and it's

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not even the real thing. So, it's all eyes on County Durham

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as the Ashes Test Match finally gets underway at Chester-le-Street. On

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Day One, thousands of fans arrived to watch England take on Australia.

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And it's not just about cricket. It is hoped the event will inject �20

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million into the local economy. Jeff Brown joins us live now, from

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Chester-le-Street. Jeff, what's the atmosphere been like today? It's

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been commended. The rain disappeared, the sun shone, 17,500

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fans loved being a part of cricketing, sporting history, with

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the Ashes here for the very first time. All that was missing was a few

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more runs from England but you can't have everything. We had a chance to

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prove to the world that the North East can put on a show! We came down

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earlier to catch up with both camps. The overnight rain had just blown

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away in time for a little cricket-themed entertainment to be

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set up early doors, in Chester-le-Street Town centre. Not

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quite Bondi Beach yet but at least the umpires were up early. Show the

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match ball. You've got an exclusive for the BBC. That's the close-up but

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it has been chewed a little bit so I apologise. So how to get the sun

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out? Recruit a town crier, of course. Greetings to townsfolk.And

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look at our cricket carnival now. Any event worth up to �20 million to

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the region's economy is worth making a song and dance about. Over at the

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cricket ground, plenty arriving by car - some grumbles about the number

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of southbound trains stopping at Chester-le-Street. But the vast

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majority of the 17,000 sell-out crowd seemed to be in good time to

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take their seats for the hottest ticket on our patch since the 1966

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World Cup quarterfinals. But is Durham's first Ashes Test match,

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their fifth test in a fast-moving decade, destined to be a one-off?

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No, I think we got it this year when we are still building our way up so

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what is wrong with getting it in four years' time again? In between,

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we have international matches every year that up to 2016 were the

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allegations have been made. I am very confident of continuing down

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that path. Early impressions of the North East? Nice. Cloudy but nice.

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Hot fully the rain will hold out. It's brilliant. It's great to be

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here in the North East. Not before time! What do you think about some

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of the smaller grounds getting a chance to stage these things? The

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fact I think it's good for county cricket, the locals, it's good.

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is my spiritual home. We've got to win the series. We can't have

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Australia, we are going there this winter, having them have the upper

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hand and fingers got a draw. We've got to win it so we can go to

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Australia with more confidence. fans have divided loyalties. Aisle

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from Melbourne. I live over here but my children have taken on usually

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inside. -- I am from Melbourne. best side. My wife is English.We

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live in Suffolk. It is four years since Durham were awarded this test

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match but this has been in the making for 20 years. Let's hope the

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overnight rain was a blip and that the next five days go without a

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blip. Among the spectators, one man who

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played a huge heart in the story, the former typically leader of --

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deputy leader of the cricket club, Malcolm Pratt. You played a huge

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part in driving this forward, making sure Durham got round. How proud are

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you? Very proud. It is a wonderful day for the North East. When we were

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trying to sell the project, and there was a lot of opposition, I

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kept saying to people that it would not only be good for

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Chester-le-Street and County Durham but also the wider region. I think

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that has been to this weekend. said, there was quite a bit of

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opposition. How top was it to convince people this was a good

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idea? Extremely tough. This land was being used by a farmer. There were a

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couple of not very good football pitches and virtually nothing else.

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People did not want to see this green area taken away. I don't think

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they, with respect to them, had the vision to see what could happen. We

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all see what has taken place. you ever think you would see an

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Ashes test match here? I think that is a difficult question to answer

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because I think we probably thought that in some time, because it was a

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new developments and there was the capacity to build a test match

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stadium, that sometime down the line we might get one but not a test

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match, not so sure. What a great week for the region? Marvels.

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Economically, it will probably bring in 20 million for the North East. --

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marvellous. Just as important, we are giving a lot of pleasure to

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cricket lovers. Things very much. That is it from here. I will be back

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later with more on the cricket and the rest of the sports news.

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Thank you, Jeff. Two 17-year-old boys have been

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convicted of the murder of a County Durham man. David Scott, who was 33

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and from South Stanley, died two days before Christmas last year.

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He'd been found with stab wounds in a back lane. The teenagers were

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found guilty of his murder at Newcastle Crown Court. They'll be

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sentenced next month. The mother of one of them is awaiting sentence for

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perverting the course of justice. A nurse has been suspended from

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Scarborough Hospital after claims of inappropriate behaviour with a

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patient. North Yorkshire Police say they're working with the hospital to

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investigate the allegation, which involves an 80-year-old woman.

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No-one was hurt and no arrests have been made.

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One of our most senior police officers has accused a hard core of

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bikers of treating parts of North Yorkshire like a racetrack. Last

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night, a motorcyclist was killed and this morning another was seriously

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injured. Eleven bikers have died in the county so far this year. Richard

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Thomas reports. -- John reports. Thomas reports. -- John reports.

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How it looks from the Baker's point of view, dangers highlighted where

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of view, dangers highlighted where police often have to pick up the

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of view, dangers highlighted where police often have to pick up The

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number of biker deaths on North Yorkshire's Rhodes has taken a

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serious turn for the worse. Last night, a 48-year-old biker was

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killed in a collision with a car. Road deaths, up to this period, has

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good in 2010 at 11, -- had stood at 11, don't just to last year at this

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year back to 11. We've got to concentrate on the motor cycling

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routes and those people who are stupid enough, or reckless enough,

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to do things like try to create speed records in market towns. We

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will do everything our power to prosecute them and take licences

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away. This is the Road between Helmsley and Stokesley, a popular

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route for bikers. Too often, in the past for speedsters, the scene of

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death and injury. So we knows the hazards only too well. It is a fast

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road. It's got good visibility but also areas of hidden junctions. You

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got a farm entrance to your right. A lot of motorcyclists don't

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appreciate that fact written to the writing. County's mobile safety

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cameras have been helping trap from speedsters. Two motorcycles coming

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towards us. We gauge their speed to see if they are a speeding the

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limit. You can see from the digital side, we're coming up to the bikes

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and can get their rear plates as they go away. All three systems are

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linked together into one so we can capture them coming towards, passing

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and progressing from the vehicle. Bikers have been clocked at speeds

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over 100 miles an hour, doing wheelies and standing up in the

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saddle out on the road. Could have a huge impact on resources. It has an

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impact on communities also. All those aspects are concerning but

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mainly it is the tragic waste and loss of life. River's fault it is,

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the disturbing rise in biker deaths, police are clear about one thing, it

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is speed that kills. -- River's folders.

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-- whoever's fault. Campaigners in Cumbria are calling

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for heavy goods vehicles to be diverted away from two villages, to

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improve road safety. People living in Warwick Bridge and Little Corby,

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near Carlisle, want HGVs to be re-routed onto the nearby A689.

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Local Conservative MP John Stevenson raised concerns on a visit to the

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area with the Secretary of State For Transport. I think what John

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Stephenson is pushing for is for this road to be... There has been a

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petition signed by 6000 people. It means the County Council to apply to

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the County Council for it to be trucks. There might be other things

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we can do, perhaps some new signs to take some of the pressures of this

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road. So we can take the public to other directions. If think there is

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a case to reduce the heavy traffic going through the villages.

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"You've let us down." That's the message to the Government from 20 of

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the region's liver specialists. They say the Government's refusal to

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introduce a minimum price for alcohol will put many lives at risk

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across the North. But ministers say they simply don't have enough

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evidence that a ban on cheap booze would work. Here's our political

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correspondent, Mark Denten. Supermarket booze - the cheap prices

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are enough to temp most of us but are they killing us too? -- to tempt

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many of us. Last month, the Government delayed a minimum alcohol

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price saying that it could hit responsble drinkers. Now, 20 North

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East liver doctors have hit back. In an open letter released today, they

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don't mince their words. The doctors say?

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We are extremely disappointed that the Government has reneged on its

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commitment to tackle the problems commitment to tackle the problems

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caused by In the North East, we have the

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highest rate of alcohol-related hospital admissions. We need the

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Government to stand firm on its promise. The North East has been let

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down by this decision. down by this decision.

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Alcohol advice charities in the down by this decision.

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Alcohol advice charities in the we would say to the Government, very

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strongly, is that there is a compelling case for minimum unit

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price. There is a huge amount of evidence in its favour. We would

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urge them to introduce it as soon as possible to save lives. At this

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Blaydon local, landlord Carl supports a minimum price but he says

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there's a health impact too. Once you buy alcohol at a supermarket,

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they are not responsible any more for how much you drink. When you

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drink it, where you drink it. Whereas, we are responsible for the

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customer that gets in here. Carl's locals are divided over

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whether they want a minimum alcohol price. Gets up to the individual to

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decide, you know? How much you want to drink and what price you are

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prepared to pay. I will still go to the supermarket for my cheap lager

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as well. You back a minimum price? Yes, I do. Because then people would

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start coming back to pubs. Government says a minimum alcohol

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price remains under consideration. Well, Mark Denten joins me now.

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Mark, despite today's criticism, the Government says it hasn't done a

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U-turn? They say that the idea of a minimal -- minimum price is still

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under consideration, they were worried that it would hurt people on

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low incomes. They say that if you have more income you can take the

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hit of an increase in price. And they say there will be cuts in

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supermarket booze from next year anyway because sales will be banned

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below the level of alcohol duty plus VAT. In other words, you won't be

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able to pick up a can of ordinary strength lager, Carol, for anything

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less than 40p. That his action. But Labour is not accepting that.

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No. Famously Labour said the Government couldn't organise an

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alcohol policy in a brewery. They say they back a minimum price but

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interestingly, Labour sources I've spoken to today say there is no

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guarantee it would be in their election manifesto. So expect those

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20 doctors and others to keep up the pressure on Ed Miliband, not just

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the Government. Thank you very much. You're watching Friday's Look North.

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We're heading back to join Jeff at Chester-le-Street, for tonight's

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sports news shortly. Also coming up: All eyes on the skies as fanatics of

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the Vulcan Bomber come together for a very special event.

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It has been sunny at Chester-le-Street but what does the

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weather holds? I will be here with a detailed weather forecast for the

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cricket and the rest of the region. It was the end of an era at

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Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire today, as a parade was

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held to mark the disbandment of an army unit that can trace its roots

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back to before the World War II. Martin Forster was there.

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It's not the largest number of soldiers ever to be disbanded, but

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the Royal Signals' history at Catterick goes back to its early

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days, before World War Two. So today marks the end of nearly a century's

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history for the Corps, and for Richmondshire. Of Ousely, I'm very

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proud. I've had a little over two years in command of this fine bunch.

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We went through a lot of training together, Canada, Kenna, here in UK.

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We deployed on an operational tour with full brigade. -- tenure. We

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went to Afghanistan. We work extremely well. We are a very

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close-knit bunch and it has been wonderful command in them and

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working with them. The soldiers of 204 Signal Squadron learned they

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were to be disbanded on their return from service in Afghanistan. It's

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part of a major restructuring of the army, known as Army 2020, that will

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see troop numbers reduced by one fifth over the next seven years.

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initial feeling is of Ousely one of sadness because it is your friends,

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your family, essentially, that are going to be sent away but also the

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fact that the unit history, the unit is disbanding. Once you get over

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that, it is actually a joyous occasion, the fact that we can

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celebrate our history and our existence in this garrison before we

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all were separate ways together. disbanded squadron will re-form as

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part of 21 Signal Regiment in 2015. But as they prepare to leave

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Catterick, today's parade brought out well-wishers of all ages.

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you get a large army, you only get a small signal pigeon and they get

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very close. I've lost some friends there. Today, my daddy was marching

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with the song on. I felt proud of my daddy and he was marching. Because

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he does lovely things and he helps me learn. Will fade. -- well fed.

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It was designed for use in the Cold War, and saw sterling service in the

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Falklands. Now, the last Vulcan Bomber flying is being helped to

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stay in the skies - by its little brother! This weekend, the Large

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Model Association is flying scaled down aircraft at the Yorkshire Air

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Museum near York, and for the first time it's raising money for the Sky

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Trust, which hopes to keep the Vulcan airborne as long as possible.

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Phillip Chapman follows. Our camera gave a unique perspective

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of the incredible Vulcan Bomber in this guys today. It is not even the

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real thing. In fact, it is a very expensive version of a classic toy.

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This aircraft was designed from one of the little kids that as a child

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you build and are very true to school. Many years ago, I have

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always been a Vulcan fanatic, many years ago, in the 90s, I built a ten

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foot 's ban -- wingspan one and then I built this one. I would love to

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get my hands on one of these flying machines. On a windy day like this,

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I don't fancy the �20,000 insurance claim that David would put in if I

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crashed it into a field nearby. The real Vulcan, making an appearance

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this weekend, costs �2 million per year to keep in the air and that is

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where events like this coming. Large Model Association, each year,

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we donate money to charity. The last couple of years before and for the

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Battle of Britain flight. This year, we decided that the Balkan

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Association needed the money to try to keep it in the air for the next

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two years. -- Balkan Association. You have probably already seen the

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large one in our association and the big one is going to be even better.

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This weekend is not all about the Vulcan. This, it airline are gone

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already been built and his son flies it for him. I have been building

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models of my life. You started a small thing, those of us who are my

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age can remember all the kids that we all built as youngsters and

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enjoyed. Looks like there will be something super for all tastes this

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weekend but no doubt the biggest crowd these will be the Vulcan, big

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and small. -- crowd-pleaser. My brother had one but that takes

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the biscuit! Jeff is flying high because of the cricket. We cannot

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renew down. England have done their best to do. It has been a great

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occasion. Hardly the most thrilling the's play, that has to be said,

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especially if you are an England fan. For the locals, there was the

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disappointing news that local lad, the Durham seam bowler Graham

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Onions, had failed to force his way into an unchanged England team, who

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batted first. Then they lost a lot of the kids. A work in progress from

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the artist in residence. The International Cricket ground looking

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an absolute picture, with the weather slightly overcast at times,

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not an easy decision to bat first. England made a store solid enough

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start but they lost Joe Root after a review of this decision. Eventually,

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he had to go. They slowly got into the stride, to the annoyance of fun.

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The aerial view was equally pleasing for Durham and England fans. The

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commentators still had time to tell lovely ghost stories. Kevin

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Pietersen had to exit stage right. Next to go was the captain. Ian Bell

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was not distance -- destined for a big cry the same. Although

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Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow reviewed his dismissal, he was soon on his

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way. Stuart Broad sums up the late afternoon collapse. The Wellcome

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fund is shining on the trillions. -- welcomes fun. England resume

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tomorrow on 230 849. On to football. Just two games into

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the new season, Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray is already

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feeling the heat. Beaten by Leicester City last weekend, and

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then dumped out of the Capital One League Cup by Accrington Stanley

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midweek, it is hardly the best preparation for tomorrow's trip to

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Charlton. But new signing Albert Adomah is in the squad and Mowbray

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is hoping he'll give the Teessiders a lift. We haven't won any of the

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first two games. We have to rebound this weekend. We have to go to

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Charlton, a tough game, and try and get the points. You know, then we

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will be looking a lot rosier for the home game.

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Elsewhere, Carlisle boss Greg Abott says their Capital One Cup win over

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Blackburn has helped draw a line under last weekend's 5-1 hammering

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by Leyton Orient. Not a great way to start the season.

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start the season. Tomorrow, the Blues go to

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start the season. Tomorrow, the Blues go to In League

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Two, York City go to Dagenham, while Colin Cooper's first home match as

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Hartlepool manager is against Southend.

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And Berwick Rangers open their Scottish Division Two campaign at

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Scottish Division Two campaign at Clyde.

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Newcastle United take on the Portuguese side, Sporting Club

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Braga, at St James' Park tomorrow, in what is their only pre-season

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home game. Tomorrow is, of course, Sir Bobby Robson National Football

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Day. 150 events to celebrate the life of the former Newcastle boss

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have been lined up by the Football Association, which is in its 150th

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year. Among many players who owe so much to Sir Bobby, is the Magpies'

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defender, Steven Taylor. Absolutely, for him to be given the opportunity

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to play my debut -- to give me the opportunity to play my debut. I will

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never forget what a legend he was. He deserves the respect that he has

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around the whole country. Steven Taylor at the launch of a bar if

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you're wondering what he's doing the pub.

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Spennymoor Town fans will have no problem keeping up with the away

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team this season. Their new strip was unveiled today and, as you can

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see, it's a rather eye-catching shade of bright pink. The club

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offered a vote to fans on what the away colours should be, and pink was

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the clear favourite. One of Spennymoor's sponsors has also had

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one of their trucks painted pink, and the club has linked in with

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Cancer Research to hold fundraising events throughout the year. There

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was blue, orange and pink and pink was the landslide winner. Have the

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lads got a sense of humour? The only did on Tuesday but it's for a great

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cause. Cancer and there is close to a lot of people's Hearts, myself as

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well. I lost my cousin and also the German lost his mother so it is a

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great cause. -- Vici lawman. -- the cheer man.

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In other sport, good luck to Newcastle Falcons in tonight's

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finals of the Premiership Rugby Union Sevens, and to Berwick

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the age of 57, after battling cancer. Nixon, nicknamed the

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Ferryhill Flyer, was runner-up in the 2007 BDO World Championship. If

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you're looking for other sport, good luck to Newcastle Falklands who are

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in the finals and the team hosting a world speedway Championship

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tomorrow. If you're coming here for the cricket, let's hope for better

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show from England. He sounds a bit disappointed. There

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will be trouble. Hannah, the will be trouble. Hannah, the

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weather? We got it right and as forecast it brightened up. Look at

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these kind May, five of them, not just one for the five test. All

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turning into cricket things including a ball! Our headline for

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the next few days, sunshine and just a few showers which could hamper

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play on Sunday. Through this evening and overnight, it is try and find

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across the region for much of the night. Clothing overdoes the little

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that towards dawn with one to showers possible in Cumbria. --

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cloudy overnight little bit towards dawn. First thing tomorrow, we're

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expecting lots of sunshine across the region but also frequent showers

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arriving from the West. Those showers should stay away from

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Chester-le-Street for the second day of the fourth test but there is

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possibly a 30% risk of one or two of them making their way to the ground.

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Let's take a tour of the afternoon temperatures. Just down on today.

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It's the high 60s in Fahrenheit. Just a touch cooler on the

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Northumberland coast and as we tour westwards, things are quite

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changeable in Cumbria. Showering but Rumsfeld country. Quite a changeable

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day on Saturday. Across Cumbria, or for the weekend, we're expecting

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Saturday to be the best day. Sunday turns increasingly showery, as does

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Monday, particularly on Sunday morning when some of those showers

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could be heavy, maybe with the Rumble two of thunder -- a rumble or

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two of thunder. Sandia and is brighter and drier. Across the North

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East, than they could also be a wet day, particularly early on. Things

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should dry through Sunday afternoon and Monday looks largely fine and

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dry, particularly for County Durham. What does all this mean for the

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cricket? Let's take a look in detail at day two. We're expecting a bright

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start for tomorrow. The best of the sunshine will be in the morning but

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increasing amounts of cloud later in the day, as I say, with about a one

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in three chance that there will be an afternoon chopper. Still, the

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odds are for Saturday to be dry, not so on Sunday. Let's take a look at

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the forecast for the third day. Much more showery first big in the

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morning after overnight rain. It could be the afternoon before that

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clears. Possibly some disruption to play. Monday and Tuesday of the test

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look a lot brighter and drier. Carol.

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Thank you, Hannah. Now, for a last look at tonight's headlines.

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An investigation begins into the Government's controversial

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billboards telling illegal immigrants to 'go home'.

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