:00:00. > :00:11.Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Look North. Tonight: 130
:00:12. > :00:15.firefighters to go from one of the North's brigades.
:00:16. > :00:24.Unions describe the cuts as devastating. If these cuts kept ``
:00:25. > :00:28.go ahead we will have 88. That is a 50% reduction. It is impossible to
:00:29. > :00:31.retain the level of cuts and maintain the same level of cover.
:00:32. > :00:35.Is there fresh hope for the family of a little girl who went missing
:00:36. > :00:39.more than thirty years ago? Mind the doors ` the new safety
:00:40. > :00:41.campaign on the Metro after a series of shocking incidents.
:00:42. > :00:44.The number of pub closures continues to rise. But can the trend be
:00:45. > :00:48.reversed? And voila! The route of the Tour de
:00:49. > :00:52.France through our region is unveiled in Paris. We visit one of
:00:53. > :00:55.the towns to welcome the big race next year.
:00:56. > :00:58.In sport, a good night for three of our Football League clubs. Catch all
:00:59. > :01:02.the goals and meet the ex`Whitehaven head coach, leading Scotland into
:01:03. > :01:18.the World Cup at Workington The most devastating cuts in the service's
:01:19. > :01:21.history. The most devastating cuts in the history of the service.
:01:22. > :01:23.That's the verdict of the Fire Brigades Union following the
:01:24. > :01:27.announcement that more than five million pounds is being cut from the
:01:28. > :01:31.Tyne and Wear Fire Service. It will see 131 firefighters go over the
:01:32. > :01:36.next few years ` that's one in five of front line staff. Fire engines
:01:37. > :01:39.and stations are also under threat. Our Political Editor Richard Moss is
:01:40. > :01:48.outside one of the stations that could be affected now. This is
:01:49. > :01:54.Gosford fire station and it is one station which could be closed as
:01:55. > :01:58.part of the cuts. In the past, Chief Fire officers have said we will make
:01:59. > :02:02.sure the public will not notice the difference. This time the chief fire
:02:03. > :02:05.officer says this is front line and the public will notice the
:02:06. > :02:11.difference. We will get two fires in slower times than they have done up
:02:12. > :02:16.to now. Why is that the case? 131 firefighters as you mentioned will
:02:17. > :02:25.go. One in five fire engines, 65 Rangers will go. Three fire stations
:02:26. > :02:31.will also close. One aerial platform will also be lost to the service.
:02:32. > :02:36.There will be a new fire station in Benton. For smaller targeted
:02:37. > :02:44.response are alliances will be available. They can only tackle
:02:45. > :02:47.minor fires. Devastating cuts and the chief fire officer admits that
:02:48. > :02:52.and said the public will notice the difference. They will notice that
:02:53. > :02:57.there are less fire engines on the street. When a call 999 we may take
:02:58. > :03:03.longer to get there. I like to reassure everyone, our focus is on
:03:04. > :03:08.speed of response to life risk. If that is life risk at the incident,
:03:09. > :03:12.we will respond as quickly as possible and we expect that response
:03:13. > :03:17.to be very close to how fast we are today. The unions believe these cuts
:03:18. > :03:23.are as bad as anything they have seen. They say their members are
:03:24. > :03:29.angry today. Not just because they will lose jobs but because they have
:03:30. > :03:33.been put in a compromised position. Their own safety and public safety
:03:34. > :03:40.could be a risk. This is the view of the union. To lose a firefighters
:03:41. > :03:45.and six fire engines and two stations is devastating. We had a
:03:46. > :03:50.firefighters less than ten years ago. We will now have eating eat. It
:03:51. > :03:57.is impossible to sustain that level of cuts and been saying the same
:03:58. > :04:05.level of cover. `` 88. Can anything stop the cuts? The fire station said
:04:06. > :04:08.it wants EU views from the public. The public and the MPs are
:04:09. > :04:13.encouraged to get behind a campaign to reverse the cuts. However, the
:04:14. > :04:17.fire service will need more money from the government. The government
:04:18. > :04:21.said fire rescue was very important but all of the public sector needed
:04:22. > :04:25.to play a part in cutting the deficit. There could be things like
:04:26. > :04:31.sharing services and changing shift patterns. The fire service says they
:04:32. > :04:36.have done all that. They cannot cut into the front line to make savings.
:04:37. > :04:40.We have the fastest response times in the country in Tyne Wear but
:04:41. > :04:48.that may not last after these cuts. Thank you. It's more than thirty
:04:49. > :04:52.years since she disappeared. But today a man from Hartlepool says
:04:53. > :04:55.he has fresh hope that his daughter is still alive. Katrice Lee went
:04:56. > :04:59.missing on her second birthday from a shop in Paderborn in Germany where
:05:00. > :05:05.her father was serving in the army. Her family have always believed she
:05:06. > :05:07.was abducted. With the fresh publicity surrounding the
:05:08. > :05:11.disappearance of Madeliene McCann, and the appeal to find the parents
:05:12. > :05:14.to a young girl in Greece, they now have renewed hope that Katrice may
:05:15. > :05:18.be found. Andrew Hartley has the story Katrice Lee hasn't been seen
:05:19. > :05:27.for 32 years. She went missing on her second birthday in 1981. Katrice
:05:28. > :05:30.disappeared from a supermarket on an army base in Germany where her
:05:31. > :05:35.father was stationed. Her family have claimed all along that she was
:05:36. > :05:43.stolen to order. We were last at and accused of clutching at straws. What
:05:44. > :05:47.is possibly baiting them on the backside now, and they are focusing
:05:48. > :05:52.on the theory that she was sold to a childless couple.
:05:53. > :05:54.That belief Katrice was abducted was strengthened by last week's
:05:55. > :05:59.discovery of a four`year`old child living in a Roma settlement in
:06:00. > :06:02.Greece. Maria was found with a couple who were not her biological
:06:03. > :06:11.parents. They've been charge with abduction. I have always said that
:06:12. > :06:15.there was an issue of human trafficking and children were being
:06:16. > :06:21.sold. We were laughed at and accused of clutching at straws. What has
:06:22. > :06:26.come to pass has proven that what we said 30 years ago is true and has
:06:27. > :06:29.been prevalent for 30 years. Last year the Royal Military Police
:06:30. > :06:33.opened an inquiry into Katrice's disappearance ` with three lines of
:06:34. > :06:40.inquiry ` that she fell into a nearby river and drowned. She was
:06:41. > :06:44.abducted and murdered. Or thirdly, that she was kidnapped or stolen to
:06:45. > :06:48.order and she is alive and well today ` probably unaware of her true
:06:49. > :06:51.identity. They've now discounted the possibility that Katrice drowned `
:06:52. > :06:58.the major line of inquiry in 1981. Which leaves the family claiming the
:06:59. > :07:04.original investigation was botched. They lost a lot of opportunities.
:07:05. > :07:12.When you consider that in the first 24 hours, even the border crossings
:07:13. > :07:15.to all the different countries, they were not informed that my daughter
:07:16. > :07:23.had gone missing. Six weeks later the cashier in the shopping complex
:07:24. > :07:28.where she went missing was then interviewed. This length of time a
:07:29. > :07:31.loud these perpetrators to get away with it. Andrew Hartley joins me
:07:32. > :07:39.now. I understand there've been further developments on this story
:07:40. > :07:42.tonight? I can reveal that Katrice's father, who you saw in that piece,
:07:43. > :07:52.met members of the investigative team at the Royal Military Police
:07:53. > :07:55.this afternoon. And whilst Mr Lee's concerns at what he sees as
:07:56. > :07:59.incompetence and cover up in the original inquiry remain ` he was at
:08:00. > :08:02.least brought up to speed on the latest developments. I've been
:08:03. > :08:04.speaking this evening with the officer in charge of the
:08:05. > :08:08.investigation Major Clive Robins He told me that despite the fact that
:08:09. > :08:12.this case has gone on for so very long there are reasons to be
:08:13. > :08:17.optimistic that they will get to the bottom of this case. That's because
:08:18. > :08:20.he has a large team working on the case in a major incident room and
:08:21. > :08:27.because policing and forensics have developed so much in the last three
:08:28. > :08:34.decades. So hope is still there. Thank you.
:08:35. > :08:37.A man's been remanded in custody charged with the murder of estate
:08:38. > :08:41.agent Nicole Waterhouse in York. Her body was found in an apartment at
:08:42. > :08:44.Phoenix Boulevard on Sunday night. 25`year`old Jeremy Green is also
:08:45. > :08:51.charged with the attempted murder of another woman. He'll appear at Leeds
:08:52. > :08:54.Crown Court next month. It's emerged that a third person's
:08:55. > :08:56.been arrested on suspicion of assault by police investigating
:08:57. > :09:00.concerns at a Penrith nursing home. Last month a man aged 21 and a woman
:09:01. > :09:03.aged 22 were arrested in connection with the incidents at the Beacon
:09:04. > :09:07.Edge Nursing Home. They've been bailed until later this month. Now a
:09:08. > :09:12.20`year`old woman has also been detained and bailed until November.
:09:13. > :09:16.Operators of the Tyne and Wear Metro have begun a campaign to try to stop
:09:17. > :09:22.people interfering ` and taking chances ` with train doors. It
:09:23. > :09:25.follows a number of incidents where people have become trapped and
:09:26. > :09:33.dragged along platforms. Gerry Jackson reports.
:09:34. > :09:37.Most of us, at some point, have left it to the last moment ` but push it
:09:38. > :09:41.that bit too far, and like this woman in Newcastle, you could be
:09:42. > :09:46.risking your life. You As was this man at South Hylton station ` again,
:09:47. > :09:49.a hand trapped by a closing door. And in yet another example, in
:09:50. > :09:54.Jarrow, a woman was dragged along the platform by an accelerating
:09:55. > :09:59.train... Passengers managed to free her just in time. The problem ` even
:10:00. > :10:02.on the most modern Metro carriages, the doors won't necessarily spring
:10:03. > :10:10.back open and an obstruction won't necessarily prevent the train
:10:11. > :10:16.moving. The doors are designed to large objects. But when people put
:10:17. > :10:21.hands and smaller objects, the doors do not recognise them and will stoke
:10:22. > :10:27.flows. That is how things can become very dangerous for customers.
:10:28. > :10:35.At the Haymarket a woman jams a stick into the train doors ` the
:10:36. > :10:38.stick travels without her. Of course these are extreme examples but Metro
:10:39. > :10:42.say doors are obstructed in some way around 20,000 times a year. All
:10:43. > :10:49.evidence they say that travellers are taking too many chances. Just
:10:50. > :10:55.ask the drivers. We do have monitors on the platform which I was to
:10:56. > :10:59.operate the doors in a safe manner but obviously when people jump on
:11:00. > :11:07.the last minute it is dangerous. Are putting yourself at risk and you're
:11:08. > :11:11.putting the driver risk. You could potentially go to jail.
:11:12. > :11:17.In theory, you can be heavily fined for not minding the doors, please.
:11:18. > :11:23.The operators hope this new slightly tongue in cheek information film
:11:24. > :11:28.will help with the message. Look before you leap. I think it is
:11:29. > :11:34.beneficial what they are doing. Safety is a good idea but I do not
:11:35. > :11:40.see that practised as much as it used to be. They should be updating
:11:41. > :11:47.the Metro so they do not do that. I can see why they are doing it, it
:11:48. > :11:50.makes sense. You're watching Wednesday's Look
:11:51. > :11:57.North. Dawn joins me for tonight's sport shortly. Also still to come...
:11:58. > :12:01.Le grand depart! We look forward to the Tour de France cycle race which
:12:02. > :12:06.comes to the North for the first time in 2014. How was the weather?
:12:07. > :12:19.It looks decent for tomorrow but wet and windy again by Friday. Gianni
:12:20. > :12:23.Letta for the full forecast. More and more visitors are beginning
:12:24. > :12:26.to discover the attractions of the Eden district on the edge of the
:12:27. > :12:29.Lake District ` according to businesses in the area. A conference
:12:30. > :12:33.at the Center Parcs holiday village near Penrith today heard how the
:12:34. > :12:36.region can compete with the high fells of the Lake District. And with
:12:37. > :12:40.the economy said to be turning the corner, the sector could be set for
:12:41. > :12:43.growth and new jobs. It has been a tough four years for tourism. It has
:12:44. > :12:48.been hard going with the recession. Now we're coming out of recession
:12:49. > :12:51.and there is more to spend. This is an up`and`coming destination and we
:12:52. > :12:57.need to see Henry can use that to benefit the district to sustain and
:12:58. > :13:01.grow employment. More and more pubs across the North
:13:02. > :13:04.have been calling time, as difficult trading conditions force them out of
:13:05. > :13:07.business. The loss of village pubs has been widely reported, but those
:13:08. > :13:13.on housing estates in our towns and cities are disappearing even faster.
:13:14. > :13:17.But now, in Carlisle, the immediate future of two city pubs is being
:13:18. > :13:19.secured. As Graham Moss reports, beer campaigners hope it's evidence
:13:20. > :13:23.of a growing trend. These days The Sailor has little to
:13:24. > :13:27.be jovial about. You'll The pedestrians have walked elsewhere.
:13:28. > :13:35.Whole areas of Carlisle have been left without a local. Beer
:13:36. > :13:39.campaigners CAMRA says the national closure rate has risen from 18 pubs
:13:40. > :13:42.per week to 26 pubs a week closing on the latest figures. But there's
:13:43. > :13:44.cautious optimism the next set of information, currently being
:13:45. > :13:50.compiled, will show some improvement. Take The Currock which
:13:51. > :13:53.serves the estate of the same name ` here a change in the building's
:13:54. > :13:58.ownership ` has secured the future of the pub. Had means we can stay
:13:59. > :14:07.for a while longer yet. We have signed a lease. It means I can stay
:14:08. > :14:17.and continue and keep the pub open which is wonderful. No one is
:14:18. > :14:23.getting carried away, this is the magpie in, the local for this
:14:24. > :14:28.estate. It is grade two listed and has won awards at the last paint was
:14:29. > :14:32.signed here in the summer. It was probably my favourite pub in
:14:33. > :14:39.Carlisle at the time it closed. We really would like to see it
:14:40. > :14:45.reopened. It serves a big community. The locals really do miss it. Back
:14:46. > :14:54.here, the late afternoon trade is starting to arrive. Quite a few pubs
:14:55. > :15:00.have closed, this is all we have got left in the area. People support and
:15:01. > :15:07.enjoy them and it is a valuable part of the community. We are community
:15:08. > :15:10.pub that is run on regular base. Hopefully regulars will bring their
:15:11. > :15:16.friends in and they will bring friends. We are brilliant pub and
:15:17. > :15:19.there are going to characters that coming here. Whatever the figures
:15:20. > :15:23.show, these Carlisle drinkers seem just happy still to have a local
:15:24. > :15:30.pub. So, has your local closed recently?
:15:31. > :15:33.And what do think should be done to keep pubs open. Let us know what you
:15:34. > :15:39.think on the Look North Facebook page. The details on how to log on
:15:40. > :15:44.are on your screen now. It's official. The world's greatest
:15:45. > :15:47.cycle race ` the Tour de France ` will run through parts of our region
:15:48. > :15:54.next July. The final route was announced in Paris earlier today.
:15:55. > :15:58.It'll be the first time le Grand Depart has been witnessed in the
:15:59. > :16:01.north of England ` and businesses deep in the Yorkshire Dales are
:16:02. > :16:04.hoping the massive event can help them turn around their fortunes
:16:05. > :16:12.after falling numbers of visitors in recent years. Phil Chapman has sent
:16:13. > :16:17.this report from Swaledale. We're taught away deep in the Yorkshire
:16:18. > :16:22.Dales National Park. Many people feel it has been forgotten until
:16:23. > :16:28.now. Keen cyclist will read this route every day but one weekend next
:16:29. > :16:33.summer, the whole world will meet `` see it, an estimated audience of 3
:16:34. > :16:36.billion viewers. They hope the added attention will bring a lasting
:16:37. > :16:43.legacy after being hit by the economic downturn in the last few
:16:44. > :16:47.years. It is going to be a fantastic opportunity for all the businesses
:16:48. > :16:54.to make a lot of money out of it to be honest. We expect thousands of
:16:55. > :17:00.people. We do not know how many. We think this place will be teeming
:17:01. > :17:02.with people. This is help was picked up within 24 hours of the
:17:03. > :17:06.announcement but has been tough recently. It has been quite
:17:07. > :17:11.challenging in the last couple of years. I suspect that is true for
:17:12. > :17:18.all hospitality businesses, especially in the North. Last year,
:17:19. > :17:26.not only the economic situation but also the weather was harsh. It is
:17:27. > :17:32.hoped the weather behaves itself for stage one on July five next year. It
:17:33. > :17:38.will make its way through the Yorkshire Dales before finishing in
:17:39. > :17:46.Hannah gets. Stage two to start the day after in your work. It will then
:17:47. > :17:52.head west back to York `` Heilig. People hope this could be the moment
:17:53. > :17:56.for this village. It is really exciting. We have perhaps been too
:17:57. > :18:01.far north and a lot of people when they visit the Yorkshire Dales. It
:18:02. > :18:05.needs rediscovering. That is where the legacy will live with the Tour
:18:06. > :18:10.De France. The owner of the cycle Centre believes people are not aware
:18:11. > :18:16.of the magnitude of this huge sporting events. It is difficult to
:18:17. > :18:25.comprehend if you're not a keen cyclist. I think it is sinking in
:18:26. > :18:32.around here. People are starting to prepare for it. This is the stretch
:18:33. > :18:37.of the route the cycling group will cover in July. Some people believe
:18:38. > :18:42.the summer of 2014 will be like the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee
:18:43. > :18:52.rolled into one. Then add to see if the hype will match the promises. ``
:18:53. > :18:58.now they will have two C. More excitement to come in sports
:18:59. > :19:04.News. Paul Collingwood has confirmed he
:19:05. > :19:14.will retire once his current deal with the 2013 county champions
:19:15. > :19:19.containing next September. He will coach Scotland this winter and he
:19:20. > :19:23.will be 38 by then. A pretty good innings. Fit ball now.
:19:24. > :19:29.Middlesbrough have signed Norwich defender Daniel Ayala on a three
:19:30. > :19:32.month loan. Tony Mowbray who was sacked as Manager on Monday had the
:19:33. > :19:35.Spaniard in his sights for some time. He came close to signing the
:19:36. > :19:39.central defender on transfer deadline day and before the QPR
:19:40. > :19:42.game. Ayala will go straight into the squad for Friday's match with
:19:43. > :19:45.Doncaster as Boro try to shore up their defence.
:19:46. > :19:48.Now, it was a good night for three of our football league teams last
:19:49. > :19:51.night. Three games, two wins and a draw. There seems to be no stopping
:19:52. > :19:54.Colin Cooper's Hartlepool who claimed their fourth league victory
:19:55. > :19:57.in a row and Graham Kavanagh's Carlisle managed to get back on
:19:58. > :20:01.track as well. Carlisle were determined to get back
:20:02. > :20:04.to winning ways at MK Dons after a disapopinting weekend which saw them
:20:05. > :20:08.lose their first game in six under new manager Graham Kavanagh ` who
:20:09. > :20:11.was sent to the stands by the referee. The home side failed to
:20:12. > :20:15.make the most of their chances in the first half and that ended up
:20:16. > :20:18.proving costly when former Dons player Lewis Guy volleyed in his
:20:19. > :20:21.first league goal for the Cumbrians and ultimately the winner against
:20:22. > :20:26.his old club. Mark Gillespie protected their first half lead as
:20:27. > :20:29.MK Dons fought to get back into it. And Carlisle almost made it two late
:20:30. > :20:33.on, but sub Danny Livesey's shot hit the bar and Kavanagh's side held on
:20:34. > :20:36.to end the Dons unbeaten home run. There was an upbeat atmosphere at
:20:37. > :20:40.Victoria Park last night and no wonder ` Hartlepool are League Two's
:20:41. > :20:44.in form side right now and chalked up their fourth league win in a row
:20:45. > :20:47.against the other Dons of AFC Wimbledon. When James Poole was
:20:48. > :20:54.tripped in the area Simon Walton made no mistake from the spot to get
:20:55. > :20:58.Pools off and running. The visitors levelled the score though with a
:20:59. > :21:01.penalty of their own in the second half but Colin Cooper's side hit
:21:02. > :21:05.back soon after when Luke James grabbed his second goal in two games
:21:06. > :21:08.to head Pools into the lead. In a dominant display, Matty Dolan's low
:21:09. > :21:12.shot from 25 yards sealed all three points for Hartlepool who now move
:21:13. > :21:15.up to 14th in the table just three points off the play`off zone.
:21:16. > :21:19.York City had to settle for point at Chesterfield though ` The Minstermen
:21:20. > :21:22.must have thought they had the three points in the bag when they went
:21:23. > :21:26.2`nil up, a long range effort from Luke O'Neill put them ahead at half
:21:27. > :21:29.time, before Ryan Jarvis headed in their second after the break. But
:21:30. > :21:32.Armand Gnanduillet pulled one back from the penalty spot before setting
:21:33. > :21:36.up the Spirites equaliser ` whipping the ball in for substitute Jay
:21:37. > :21:43.O'Shea to rescue the home side from a third successive loss at the
:21:44. > :21:47.Proact Stadium. Now he may be a Wigan lad but the
:21:48. > :21:50.former Gateshead and Whitehaven head coach Steve McCormack has renewed
:21:51. > :21:53.his links with West Cumbria. That's because he's the man leading
:21:54. > :21:56.Scotland into the Rugby League World Cup ` with their first two pool
:21:57. > :22:00.matches being staged at Derwent Park in Workington. McCormack, who's 40,
:22:01. > :22:03.re`trained as a PE teacher and only coaches now part`time. He feels the
:22:04. > :22:12.competition, which starts in Cardiff on Saturday, will give the sport in
:22:13. > :22:19.Cumbria a huge boost. I do not think you can underestimate how important
:22:20. > :22:24.this is to the area. We will have our base camp in the middle of
:22:25. > :22:32.Workington. Everybody is stopping us to ask questions about the Scottish
:22:33. > :22:38.team. It's exactly the same in Whitehaven. This is a fantastic
:22:39. > :22:42.place to play. He is already known as one of North Yorkshire Police
:22:43. > :22:49.might best wildlife photographers, but now he has been named one of the
:22:50. > :22:55.best in the world. At a prestigious awards ceremony, like the Oscars, an
:22:56. > :23:00.image captured by Steve was selected from entries all over the world. It
:23:01. > :23:07.will now form part of a touring exhibition which will visit the
:23:08. > :23:10.North East and Cumbria. For any wildlife photographer it is
:23:11. > :23:16.the early birds who catches the worm. Steve often starts work at
:23:17. > :23:28.five in the morning, the best time of day to catch his award`winning
:23:29. > :23:33.pictures. It is the buzz of being outdoors in a wild place and sitting
:23:34. > :23:39.for a while quietly like here to see what comes across your path. It is
:23:40. > :23:44.this unusual image which has brought his talent to the attention of the
:23:45. > :23:50.world. At an awards night in London, the industry equivalent of
:23:51. > :23:54.the Oscars, the photograph was chosen out of 46,000 worldwide
:23:55. > :24:00.entries. Steve is one of just six Britons to be commended. To get this
:24:01. > :24:05.special moments of the birds offering the flowers to each other,
:24:06. > :24:10.and the necklace to go round the neck of the bird was exceptional. I
:24:11. > :24:14.thought it was amazing. People just look at it and think it is truly
:24:15. > :24:22.special. To see these birds interacting the way they do is
:24:23. > :24:27.amazing. His interest in wildlife began at the age of ten. Years
:24:28. > :24:34.later, hundreds of special moments have been captured on his camera. It
:24:35. > :24:38.can be instant like the bird image or you can spend a lot of time. But
:24:39. > :24:45.when you capture that special image, you just know that that is the one.
:24:46. > :24:51.His image is now part of a touring exhibition which will visit Redcar,
:24:52. > :25:03.Newcastle and Penrith. He is already up and out, searching for that next
:25:04. > :25:08.magic moments. That shot of that Fox was beautiful.
:25:09. > :25:12.Incredible. What do you have for is no?
:25:13. > :25:19.We have had a bit of everything recently. It is one of the quieter
:25:20. > :25:32.spells that is your cot at the mouth of Redcar. `` that of your court. It
:25:33. > :25:42.should be dry and the winds light. We should see some blue sky and
:25:43. > :25:45.sunshine. All change tomorrow. These southerly winds turned Westerly
:25:46. > :25:51.today. Things brightened up for the afternoon. Quite a few showers and a
:25:52. > :25:56.fresher feel as the weather came in from this Westerly direction. Still
:25:57. > :26:00.a few showers around this evening, but they will die away. We're in for
:26:01. > :26:07.a dry night. Those westerly breezes easing. We could see one or two
:26:08. > :26:12.missed patches forming. Temperatures much cooler than the Beano the last
:26:13. > :26:18.few days. There will be one or two spots down as low as five Celsius.
:26:19. > :26:25.And it in the first thing tomorrow. Early mist should clear quickly.
:26:26. > :26:32.Patches of cloud around but some decent sunny spells to be had.
:26:33. > :26:43.Essentially, dry and bright tomorrow. Temperatures peaked at 14
:26:44. > :26:48.Celsius. The winds will be lighter, the start of Westerly and turn more
:26:49. > :26:51.southerly during the day. Make the most of tomorrow while it lasts. A
:26:52. > :26:58.completely different picture on Friday. This law comes in from the
:26:59. > :27:07.Atlantic bringing wet and windy weather as we head into the weekend.
:27:08. > :27:12.But other showery rain to come. Some heavy rain in Cumbria on Friday,
:27:13. > :27:18.showers on Saturday with sunny spells, showers again on Sunday.
:27:19. > :27:27.Showers throughout the East. Thank you. A look at the headlines `
:27:28. > :27:31.thousands of jobs are at `` under threat as the Grangemouth plant in
:27:32. > :27:33.Scotland was closed following a dispute.
:27:34. > :27:39.The Fire Brigades union says cuts at the Tyne Wear Fire service are the
:27:40. > :27:43.most devastating in its history. That's it for tonight. Join us at
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