:00:00. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to Monday's Look North. In the headlines tonight.
:00:13. > :00:15.He strangled three teenage boys and now he admits killing a fourth. But
:00:16. > :00:20.Stephen Grieveson denies it was murder.
:00:21. > :00:25.Plunged into a freezing sea. The blunder on her dream holiday that
:00:26. > :00:28.led to a woman's death. Breaking the heart of Hartlepool.
:00:29. > :00:31.The economist who says it's time to abandon industrial towns on the
:00:32. > :00:34.decline. And how safe is festival food? A
:00:35. > :00:37.special investigation into the street stalls that can give you more
:00:38. > :00:40.than you bargained for. In sport, we meet the Premier League
:00:41. > :00:44.footballers throwing their weight behind a scheme to boost disability
:00:45. > :00:47.sport. It's been another winning weekend
:00:48. > :01:01.for Hartlepool and Colin Cooper's men aren't the only team to have
:01:02. > :01:08.turned things around! Good evening. A man sentenced to
:01:09. > :01:12.life for murdering three teenage boys in the 1990s has appeared in
:01:13. > :01:15.court today to be tried for the murder of a fourth.
:01:16. > :01:17.Steven Grieveson, who's now 42, was convicted of the murders in
:01:18. > :01:20.Sunderland of 18`year`old Thomas Kelly, and 15`year`olds David Hanson
:01:21. > :01:23.and David Grieff. At Newcastle Crown Court today, a jury was told he also
:01:24. > :01:29.admitted killing 14`year`old Simon Martin. But Grieveson says Simon's
:01:30. > :01:31.death, and the three others, were accidental. He denies murder. Our
:01:32. > :01:40.Chief Reporter, Chris Stewart, has the story.
:01:41. > :01:43.Simon Martin died in 1990. And now, after all this time, the man who
:01:44. > :01:47.took his life was before a jury charged with his murder. And this is
:01:48. > :01:51.Steven Grieveson who says, yes, I killed him, but it was an accident.
:01:52. > :01:55.So he pleads not guilty. It happened here on Sunderland seafront. Simon's
:01:56. > :02:08.body found in a derelict building called Gillside House. Gillside has
:02:09. > :02:12.long gone. A new building stands in its place. Not far from here in 1993
:02:13. > :02:15.and 1994, Steven Grieveson would take three more lives. Those three
:02:16. > :02:18.victims were all strangled and their bodies badly burned. Steven
:02:19. > :02:21.Grieveson was convicted of those crimes. Today, he sat in the dock
:02:22. > :02:27.accompanied by five prison officers. He said he wanted to talk about
:02:28. > :02:31.Simon's killing. In that interview, he said it had haunted him for 20
:02:32. > :02:36.years and driven crazy and he wanted peace of mind for the family of
:02:37. > :02:39.Simon and for himself. Mr William Low QC, for the prosecution, told
:02:40. > :02:42.the jury Grieveson had said he'd engaged in homosexual activity with
:02:43. > :02:45.his victims, that he was threatening them to prevent others learning of
:02:46. > :02:52.his sexuality and that the deaths were accidental.
:02:53. > :02:57.The jury heard that in relation to Simon's killing, Steven Grieveson
:02:58. > :03:02.had stated, I got scared and started shouting at him not to tell anyone.
:03:03. > :03:12.I just flipped for a minute and started strangling him. The
:03:13. > :03:20.prosecution said that witnesses would say that he could not exercise
:03:21. > :03:28.self`control, at the prosecution did not accept it for the moment.
:03:29. > :03:31.A man's appeared in court charged with murder after the discovery of a
:03:32. > :03:35.body in Darlington last week. Alan Youngson's body was discovered in a
:03:36. > :03:37.wooded area in the town. The 25`year`old had been missing since
:03:38. > :03:40.August. Daniel Dodsworth, who's 28 and from Branksome Green in
:03:41. > :03:42.Darlington, appeared before magistrates in Peterlee. He was
:03:43. > :03:46.remanded in custody to appear in Crown Court on Wednesday. Four other
:03:47. > :03:53.men have been released on police bail.
:03:54. > :03:56.An inquest has heard that the death of a cruise ship passenger was
:03:57. > :03:58.hastened after she fell ill and the attempt to transfer her to a
:03:59. > :04:01.lifeboat went catastrophically wrong. Janet Richardson from
:04:02. > :04:05.Penrith, who was 72, died in hospital in Cumbria three weeks
:04:06. > :04:08.after she was dropped into the icy waters off the coast of Norway in
:04:09. > :04:11.March 2011. Today, a pathologist said she believed the minutes Mrs
:04:12. > :04:16.Richardson spent in the sea accelerated her demise. Alison
:04:17. > :04:20.Freeman was at the inquest in Carlisle and she joins me now.
:04:21. > :04:26.Alison, have we found out more about how this happened?
:04:27. > :04:29.We heard from eyewitness Colin Prescott who was another passenger
:04:30. > :04:34.on board the Ocean Countess on the Northern Lights cruise. He told the
:04:35. > :04:38.inquest how, on the 29th of March 2011, he heard a scraping sound
:04:39. > :04:41.which prompted him to go onto the deck where he saw the rescue
:04:42. > :04:44.operation taking place. Mr Prescott said that Mrs Richardson was being
:04:45. > :04:51.passed from the cruise ship to the lifeboat on a stretcher. The gap
:04:52. > :04:55.between the rescue vessel and the ship suddenly grew to about 12 feet
:04:56. > :05:00.and the lifeboat crew let go of the stretcher. It was then he said that
:05:01. > :05:03.the stretcher acted like it was on a hinge, falling flat against the side
:05:04. > :05:08.of the cruise ship, sliding into the water. He said she was in the water
:05:09. > :05:11.for around eight minutes. She was eventually rescued and taken to a
:05:12. > :05:17.Norwegian hospital for a few weeks, before returning to Carlisle and the
:05:18. > :05:28.Cumberland Infirmary where she died. How did this affect Mrs Richardson?
:05:29. > :05:31.Mrs Richardson was already extremely unwell. She'd been found unconscious
:05:32. > :05:35.in her cabin by her husband and was suffering from internal bleeding.
:05:36. > :05:38.She was to be taken to the shore by lifeboat for hospital treatment.
:05:39. > :05:41.Pathologist Dr Alison Armour carried out the postmortem examination on
:05:42. > :05:44.Mrs Richardson and she explained that she was already suffering from
:05:45. > :05:46.a number of natural diseases including liver disease. She said
:05:47. > :05:50.although these illnesses were the primary cause of death, she had no
:05:51. > :05:57.doubt that the fall into the icy waters off Norway was significant
:05:58. > :06:02.and had contributed. Dr Armour said the near drowning experience had
:06:03. > :06:08.accelerated her demise. What's happening tomorrow?
:06:09. > :06:11.The inquest is expected to conclude tomorrow, but first we'll be hearing
:06:12. > :06:20.from Mrs Richardson's husband George to hear his version of events.
:06:21. > :06:24.Should future investment in towns like Hartlepool and Middlesborough
:06:25. > :06:30.be abandoned in favour of bigger cities like York and Newcastle?
:06:31. > :06:33.That's the controversial view of a journalist writing in this week's
:06:34. > :06:36.Economist magazine. He believes some towns in the North East simply
:06:37. > :06:39.should not be preserved. Not surprisingly, these views have
:06:40. > :06:50.ruffled a few feathers. Phil Connell has the story.
:06:51. > :06:56.It is one of the world's most respected financial magazine, but in
:06:57. > :07:01.this week, a report on parts of the north`east has caused outrage.
:07:02. > :07:04.According to the article, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough are in terminal
:07:05. > :07:10.decline and continued attempts to rescue them are a waste of time.
:07:11. > :07:14.Instead, future investment should go to bigger cities like Leeds and
:07:15. > :07:21.Newcastle. These towns grew up in the big Taurean either with a
:07:22. > :07:27.specific purpose. These industries have declined. `` Victorian era.
:07:28. > :07:33.Unless you can find new industry to replace them, these towns are too
:07:34. > :07:40.big. But should areas like this effectively be abandoned? The report
:07:41. > :07:46.says that the new marina may have softened the town's image, but has
:07:47. > :07:52.failed to attract new investment. But Hartlepool's MP says the
:07:53. > :07:58.magazine has got it wrong. Look at what he is saying here. What is he
:07:59. > :08:04.now about the area? Absolutely nothing. The owner of this coffee
:08:05. > :08:09.shop has described the comments as unfair and insulting. The area is
:08:10. > :08:14.fighting all the time for investment. He is saying to forget
:08:15. > :08:23.about it, make it a dormitory town. What? The Economist is standing by
:08:24. > :08:27.its story, claiming areas in decline must actually define themselves.
:08:28. > :08:42.Like a man who has lost weight, towns and cities also need to find
:08:43. > :08:46.new clause that fit. `` clothes. So, should places like Hartlepool
:08:47. > :08:49.simply be allowed to die? It's a question I put earlier this
:08:50. > :08:51.afternoon to the town's MP, Iain Wright.
:08:52. > :08:57.I think it is a ridiculous idea and I expect better from the Economist.
:08:58. > :09:02.Hartlepool does have real problems, and it is difficult to adjust when
:09:03. > :09:07.you have lost ?700 for every man, woman and child that lives in the
:09:08. > :09:12.town as a result of government cuts. But the idea that we should just
:09:13. > :09:21.shut up shop is ridiculous. We have got some great prosperity available,
:09:22. > :09:28.some great promise. And the great people of Hartlepool are is greatest
:09:29. > :09:34.asset. One of the arguments is that Hartlepool has had a lot of money
:09:35. > :09:38.spent on it without necessarily creating a lot of jobs. Should it
:09:39. > :09:42.receive more money in what are difficult economic times? I think
:09:43. > :09:48.government spending should be focused on need but also potential.
:09:49. > :09:53.If you look at Hartlepool and the great industry that could be
:09:54. > :10:00.prosperous for the 21st`century, selling renewable energy to the rest
:10:01. > :10:09.of the world, things we do have in Hartlepool, I think resources should
:10:10. > :10:13.be focused on that. Hartlepool had a great 19th century, we lead the
:10:14. > :10:17.world in the industry revolution, we can do so again in the 21st`century
:10:18. > :10:23.based upon engineering, high file you manufacturing. But most of all
:10:24. > :10:34.these on the great resilience of people in Hartlepool. `` high`value
:10:35. > :10:37.manufacturing. The Chancellor, George Osborne, is
:10:38. > :10:40.in China this week trying to drum up business for UK companies as the
:10:41. > :10:44.Government attempts to double trade with the country by 2015. From the
:10:45. > :10:47.North East alone, more than ?300 million worth of goods were exported
:10:48. > :10:51.to China last year. But it still lags far behind the UK's top region
:10:52. > :10:53.which exports almost ten times that amount. Our Business Correspondent,
:10:54. > :10:56.Ian Reeve, reports. This will be the latest model to
:10:57. > :11:00.drive off Nissan's production line. A luxury car, made in Sunderland and
:11:01. > :11:04.aimed, at least in part, at the affluent Chinese motorist. Nissan is
:11:05. > :11:08.not alone in seeing the potential of the Chinese market. In the North
:11:09. > :11:13.East alone, we export goods to China worth ?327 million. That's well
:11:14. > :11:18.below the West Midlands though, the top region, that rakes in over ?3
:11:19. > :11:22.billion. Most of our exports are machinery and transport equipment
:11:23. > :11:24.worth nearly ?200 million. This Middlesbrough company first
:11:25. > :11:32.discovered the opportunities in China in 1996. It supplied
:11:33. > :11:34.puncture`proof bike tyres. Today it makes wheelchairs for export, even
:11:35. > :11:44.though, given low Chinese wage levels, they could be built there
:11:45. > :11:50.far more cheaply than on Teesside. They certainly do make it cheaper in
:11:51. > :11:54.China than we do. But people in China do like the European badge. It
:11:55. > :12:00.is synonymous with quality, high standards, well designed and well
:12:01. > :12:02.built. This County Durham subsea business has grasped that
:12:03. > :12:05.opportunity. In Darlington, it made 3D models that helped in the raising
:12:06. > :12:09.of the sunken liner Costa Concordia. But in China, it's digging a trench
:12:10. > :12:23.for one of the biggest pipelines in the world, piping gas from the
:12:24. > :12:30.mainland to Hong Kong. China is not one of the major subsea markets in
:12:31. > :12:34.the world, but it is an important market for us. As we know though,
:12:35. > :12:36.it's not all one`way traffic. The Chinese own Northumbrian Water and
:12:37. > :12:40.Northern Gas Networks. And the country imports over ?2.5 billion
:12:41. > :12:42.worth of goods from China every month, including some surprising
:12:43. > :12:51.ones. From water to wheelchairs. From carrots to cars. When you open
:12:52. > :12:55.the box, everyone is exactly the same. Absolutely perfect. Having
:12:56. > :13:01.said that, for the last 35 years, the biggest supplier of garlic is
:13:02. > :13:04.China as well. China then is touching our lives in many ways. And
:13:05. > :13:08.with the Government's aim of doubling trade with the Far East
:13:09. > :13:18.tiger by 2015, it may be about to do so even more.
:13:19. > :13:23.Carrots from China? You learn something new everyday.
:13:24. > :13:26.You're watching Look North. Still to come this Monday evening, Dawn has
:13:27. > :13:29.the weekend sports round`up. Plus... How safe is our street food? A
:13:30. > :13:32.special Inside Out investigation lifts the lid.
:13:33. > :13:41.Wind and rain have affected most of us today. Things set to stay very
:13:42. > :13:44.unsettled. A BBC investigation has revealed
:13:45. > :13:47.high levels of bacteria in some street food. The Inside Out
:13:48. > :13:51.programme sampled the fare on offer at two events in Newcastle, finding
:13:52. > :13:53.that in nearly two`thirds of dishes, levels of bacteria were
:13:54. > :13:56.unsatisfactory. Earlier this year, more than 400 people contracted food
:13:57. > :14:04.poisoning at a festival in the city. Chris Jackson reports.
:14:05. > :14:07.February this year ` the Street Spice festival in Newcastle. A
:14:08. > :14:16.charity event. With an unwanted lasting impact. I was being sick, I
:14:17. > :14:22.had diarrhoea and stomach cramps. We have had some bugs in the past, but
:14:23. > :14:28.nothing on this scale. We started getting tweets on Sunday and were
:14:29. > :14:38.wondering what had happened there. In total 413 people reported similar
:14:39. > :14:41.symptoms. We did an enormous and very detailed investigation and we
:14:42. > :14:46.found the cause of the outbreak was curry leaves which had been
:14:47. > :14:51.contaminated in Pakistan. The Inside Out programme conducted its own
:14:52. > :14:54.investigation. Food scientist Jim Francis visited two events ` the
:14:55. > :14:59.weekly Quayside Market and the annual Mela Festival. I have seen
:15:00. > :15:03.people physically wiping their nose and then going on to handle food. We
:15:04. > :15:13.have seen people handling food with their rear hands, handling salad,
:15:14. > :15:17.bread and then handling meat dishes. And of 13 samples he tested in a
:15:18. > :15:20.lab, eight contained unsatisfactory levels of entero bacteria. It isn't
:15:21. > :15:28.a bacteria which would make anyone ill, but it does indicate poor
:15:29. > :15:35.hygiene. Often it's a case of poor handling practices. Eight out of 13
:15:36. > :15:45.is a high number. Yes and it is indicative of poor practice. So how
:15:46. > :15:48.do you make sure hygiene is the same at every stall? As of this month,
:15:49. > :15:51.the Nationwide Caterers Association has taken over as the primary body
:15:52. > :15:55.responsible for street food safety. It's aiming to regulate training and
:15:56. > :16:01.certification to make sure all traders sell food safely.
:16:02. > :16:04.Tonight's Inside Out is a special programme on food safety and also
:16:05. > :16:07.features a report on an engineer from Northumberland who brought us
:16:08. > :16:10.something that revolutionised world trade and helped build the British
:16:11. > :16:16.Empire. That's on BBC One, tonight at 7.30pm.
:16:17. > :16:19.The TV geologist Professor Iain Stewart was at Durham University
:16:20. > :16:23.today to unveil a spectacular sculpture of the British Isles. The
:16:24. > :16:27.map is the first of its kind in the UK and is made of a mosaic of rocks
:16:28. > :16:29.representing geology from different parts of the country, from
:16:30. > :16:31.prehistoric coral reefs to the fossils of 360 million`year`old
:16:32. > :16:35.worms. It's hoped people will interact with the map by standing on
:16:36. > :16:44.their local area and then sharing the photos via social media.
:16:45. > :16:50.For a lot of people, they will wonder over the map and it is that
:16:51. > :16:53.kind of cute your city. The idea of what the stone is beneath their
:16:54. > :17:04.feet. I suspect, nobody thinks of that.
:17:05. > :17:10.Interesting. I like that, actually. Not much football at the weekend,
:17:11. > :17:14.but we did have a couple of winners. Yes, Hartlepool and Gateshead topped
:17:15. > :17:17.off a great week, both earning their third win in the space of seven days
:17:18. > :17:20.with victories against Exeter and Alfreton respectively. And for two
:17:21. > :17:22.players in particular it's been a week to remember.
:17:23. > :17:25.Colin Cooper's Hartlepool finally seem to have found their feet in
:17:26. > :17:29.League Two and winger Jack Compton seems to have found his shooting
:17:30. > :17:32.boots. Two goals in the 4`1 victory over Mansfield proved a real
:17:33. > :17:35.confidence boost as a well`worked corner saw him set up Jack Baldwin
:17:36. > :17:40.for Pools opener at Exeter's St James' Park. Compton was then
:17:41. > :17:44.involved in Hartlepool's second goal after the break when his fabulous
:17:45. > :17:47.pass found Luke James who lobbed the keeper for his fifth goal of the
:17:48. > :17:51.season. And it was Compton himself who put the result beyond doubt with
:17:52. > :17:57.a superb half volley to seal the win. Much to the delight of the 150
:17:58. > :18:01.or so fans who had made the 600`mile round trip. With three wins in a row
:18:02. > :18:04.now, Cooper must now be hoping his side have turned a corner after
:18:05. > :18:07.their terrible start which saw them go six games without a victory. In
:18:08. > :18:11.the Conference, Gateshead recorded their fifth victory in six league
:18:12. > :18:14.games under new boss Gary Mills. It wasn't until the second half that
:18:15. > :18:18.they made the breakthrough when Colin Larkin fired into the top
:18:19. > :18:22.corner. Gateshead then capitalised on Alfreton's misfortune of losing a
:18:23. > :18:26.man to a second yellow card for this offence. After scoring the winner
:18:27. > :18:30.against Hyde on Tuesday, on loan striker Jordan Hugill again came off
:18:31. > :18:43.the bench to score not once but twice to take a resurgent Gateshead
:18:44. > :18:45.up to 11th in the table. Well, Gateshead will find themselves
:18:46. > :18:49.up against Chester in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup. The
:18:50. > :18:52.draw also sees Marske, the lowest ranked team left in the competition,
:18:53. > :18:55.travel to Southport, four levels above them, while Workington are at
:18:56. > :18:59.home to Stourbridge. And, if West Auckland win their replay, they'll
:19:00. > :19:03.be away to Stamford. The ties will take place on Saturday 26th October.
:19:04. > :19:06.Two Premier League footballers joined local youngsters on Tyneside
:19:07. > :19:09.this afternoon to celebrate the renewal of a grant which will help
:19:10. > :19:12.fund disability football coaching sessions for the next three years.
:19:13. > :19:15.The new funding has been made possible by the BBC's Children in
:19:16. > :19:20.Need campaign, as Mark Tulip reports.
:19:21. > :19:23.Children in Need awarded a three year grant to the Newcastle United
:19:24. > :19:30.Foundation, the club's official charity, back in 2010. The extra
:19:31. > :19:32.?75,000 will help fund nine out`of`school coaching centres in
:19:33. > :19:36.association with the Northumberland FA. Today's special guests at the
:19:37. > :19:39.Walker Activity Dome in Newcastle were French left`back Mossadio
:19:40. > :19:42.Hairdara and Dutch midfielder Vernun Anita, who have seen many of the
:19:43. > :19:46.Magpies' multi`national squad go away on international duty. They put
:19:47. > :19:54.youngsters from Woodlawn Special School in Whitley Bay through their
:19:55. > :19:57.paces in a one`off coaching session. They developed so much confidence
:19:58. > :20:02.when they come along to an activity like this. Being amongst the
:20:03. > :20:18.community as a whole is fantastic for them, coming to a community
:20:19. > :20:23.facility, being in such a lovely big arena is great.
:20:24. > :20:26.Vernun Anita, has by most accounts, enjoyed a good start to Newcastle's
:20:27. > :20:34.season although he was dropped to the bench for the away victory at
:20:35. > :20:42.Cardiff. Now he is targeting the visit to Liverpool. I think it will
:20:43. > :20:47.be a tough game. We now what they did to us this year, so we have to
:20:48. > :20:51.show our offence. And this year's BBC Children In Need
:20:52. > :20:56.fundraising day ` and night ` is a month tomorrow, November the 15th.
:20:57. > :21:04.Our outside broadcast will be in Hexham market place. It's a free
:21:05. > :21:08.event and everyone's welcome! On to basketball, and it was a good
:21:09. > :21:10.weekend for both of our top`flight teams. Newcastle Eagles scored
:21:11. > :21:13.back`to`back wins, beating Manchester Giants by 112 points to
:21:14. > :21:15.98 on Saturday night, after crushing Birmingham Knights 129`70 at
:21:16. > :21:18.Northumbria University's Sport Central 24 hours earlier. All five
:21:19. > :21:21.of the Eagles' starting team made a handy contribution and they broke
:21:22. > :21:25.the century mark after the first minute of the final quarter. And in
:21:26. > :21:31.their third season at this level, Durham Wildcats have made an
:21:32. > :21:35.encouraging start. Their win over Surrey United, by 100 points to 79,
:21:36. > :21:43.has taken them to fifth place in the BBL table.
:21:44. > :21:45.And after the first round of European rugby's Amlin Challenge
:21:46. > :21:48.Cup, Newcastle Falcons are top of their group after a narrow 13`12
:21:49. > :21:56.victory over Romanian side Bucharest Wolves.
:21:57. > :21:59.Thank you. Pupils at Walkergate Primary School
:22:00. > :22:03.in Newcastle have been experiencing art, close up. But instead of going
:22:04. > :22:05.to the gallery, the art came to them.
:22:06. > :22:08.Marine Set by Edward Wadsworth is owned by the city's Laing Art
:22:09. > :22:12.gallery and it's on`loan to the school as part of the BBC's Your
:22:13. > :22:15.Paintings campaign. It's one of 26 oil painting masterpieces on loan
:22:16. > :22:20.this month in the hope of inspiring youngsters all across the
:22:21. > :22:24.curriculum. Julie Smith reports. Out from storage at the Laing Art
:22:25. > :22:37.Gallery. This is Marine Set painted by Edward Wadsworth in 1936. Today
:22:38. > :22:40.it's being taken to a local school. He just seemed to love taking
:22:41. > :22:45.ordinarily and making it something different, something extraordinary.
:22:46. > :22:55.Putting all these items together to make you that you the viewer think
:22:56. > :22:58.as much as they the artist did. On show at Walkergate. This week's
:22:59. > :23:03.lessons have been inspired by Wadsworth. We are very keen on our
:23:04. > :23:11.children being involved in art in the community. We thought it was a
:23:12. > :23:15.fantastic way to do it. Every child in the school would get to see a
:23:16. > :23:20.painting. It is very detailed and looks real. It is about the seaside
:23:21. > :23:33.and is got lots of good description in the painting. That is a sign. I
:23:34. > :23:43.think everyone is surprised at how small it is. We thought it would be
:23:44. > :23:46.much bigger. Workshops with music, poetry and
:23:47. > :23:52.lots more are taking place. The children will never forget the day a
:23:53. > :23:56.Wadsworth painting came to school. And you can see hundreds of oil
:23:57. > :24:04.paintings from across the region by going to the Your Paintings website.
:24:05. > :24:10.Our producer cruelly suggested that I should hand over to Paul by saying
:24:11. > :24:16.over to somebody who is now oil painting. But you do have a lovely
:24:17. > :24:36.weather picture. Yes, take a look at this.
:24:37. > :24:42.The high pressure is firmly in charge of the weather. You can see
:24:43. > :24:51.that cloud spiralling around. More pressure, rather. Lots of cloud and
:24:52. > :24:59.rain coming in from the North Sea. `` low`pressure rather. With a cloud
:25:00. > :25:06.breaks, you might see some mist and fog patches forming. Temperatures
:25:07. > :25:10.down to seven or eight Celsius. In the east, staying in double figures.
:25:11. > :25:16.A bit of a grey start tomorrow, still some cloud around and Shari
:25:17. > :25:28.outbreaks of rain in the East. But they should die out for most. ``
:25:29. > :25:34.Shari outbreaks. That's showery. And the sunny spells to that later wind,
:25:35. > :25:41.and it should feel quite pleasant. A bit cooler further east, but the
:25:42. > :25:44.wind is lighter. That is a picture for tomorrow, a weak ridge of high
:25:45. > :25:49.pressure improves things through the day, but it does not last long.
:25:50. > :25:56.Wednesday sees a band of wind and rain coming in from the west. And
:25:57. > :26:05.another one comes in at the tail end of Friday. Anatomical picture. `` a
:26:06. > :26:15.typical autumn picture. Wednesday rain for most. Those dates on drier
:26:16. > :26:22.and brighter spells. `` Thursday some drier and brighter spells.
:26:23. > :26:29.Friday, the rain is back. A very similar picture for the north`east.
:26:30. > :26:39.A lot of cloud around. Thursday is one of the better days of the week.
:26:40. > :26:45.Remember to keep your October weather pictures coming. You can see
:26:46. > :26:49.them all on our gallery pictures on the website.
:26:50. > :26:53.Rotten weather, but you painted a lovely picture.
:26:54. > :26:59.Now for a look at tonight's headlines. Police investigating the
:27:00. > :27:07.disappearance of Madeleine McCann see it is vitally important that the
:27:08. > :27:11.speak to a man seen at the time. And a convicted killer has gone on trial
:27:12. > :27:14.for the murder of Simon Martin in Sunderland more than 20 years ago.
:27:15. > :27:17.Steven Grieveson, who's already serving life for the murder of three
:27:18. > :27:20.other teenage boys, has admitted killing 14`year`old Simon, but says
:27:21. > :27:22.the boy's death was accidental. That is it from us. See you tomorrow
:27:23. > :27:25.at the same time. Goodbye.