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Thank you, Tomasz. That is all from the News At Six,

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Hello and welcome to Friday's Look North. Tonight: A royal double act.

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Prince William and Prince Charles on separate visits to the North.

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The mother of an American student ` missing for more than three weeks `

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says she believes her son is still alive.

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The soldier who survived Afghanistan now facing a battle with leukaemia.

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And a happy 40th birthday to one of the BBC's most successful local

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radio stations. In sport, will it be a warm welcome

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at St James's for one of the Magpies' former managers?

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And with Sunderland's head coach insisting he'll have the final veto

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on January transfers, can Gus Poyet engineer a third win in a row?

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First tonight: A double royal visit for the North. Prince Charles has

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been on Teesside today ` while Prince William paid a visit to

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Tyneside and Wearside. The Prince of Wales was in the North to mark 50

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years of trade through Tees Dock. His son meanwhile visited the

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homeless charity Centrepoint and opened a new leisure centre. Damian

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O'Neil is live for us now at the first of Prince William's calling

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points in Sunderland. Damian. He came through these doors.

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The Duke of Cambridge arrived shortly after 11 o'clock this

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morning to an enthusiastic welcome from the staff and users of the

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Centrepoint hostel, of which he is patron. He was taken on a guided

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tour before sitting down to chat one to one with some of the young people

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who've been helped by Centrepoint and the Prince's Trust. What did you

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talk about? About job opportunities and about our lives. I would never

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have imagined meeting him. He was down`to`earth. It was an real. What

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did you talk about? I have started volunteering with oxen. We talked

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about that. `` volunteering with boxing.

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The management of Centrepoint and the Prince's Trust believe that the

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positive impact of a visit such as this goes far beyond the day itself.

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It gives them an aspiration to go to work or to training. After a visit

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lasting around two hours, Prince William then left for South Shields,

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where he officiay opened the new Haven Point Leisure Centre.

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Well the Duke of Cambridge met a local celebrity when he was at the

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new Haven Point Leisure Centre in South Shields. Josef Craig, the

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Paralympian swimming gold medal winner, who's from South Tyneside,

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was at the pool ` and Prince William took the time to chat to him and to

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admire his medals. Josef, who's 16, apparently challenged the prince to

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a game of water polo. As we've said, Prince Charles has

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been on Teesside today, visiting the headquarters of the company that

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runs Teesport. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve was there

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and sent us this report. A royal seal of approval for a

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business whose importance isn't widely known. Teesport is the

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country's fourth biggest port, employs 800 people and handled 38

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million tonnes of cargo last year. It was the Middlesbrough

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headquarters that was visited. He is passionate about engineering and

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manufacturing. He wants to develop renewables. He wants to make this

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place a success in the future. His charities are working hard to

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support that. The prince also met young people

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helped by the port's charity, the Hightide Foundation. It aims to

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raise their aspirations and enthuse them about jobs in shipping. We went

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on a container ship to St Petersburg. We did maintenance work.

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We learned how they did their jobs. We got to meet the crew and to work

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with them. We got to climb up and down the stairs every single day.

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And then something of a lesson on the importance of Teesside's economy

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to the country as a whole. A message that appears to have been made

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before. A fairly unusual day. To Royal

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visits. A 12`year`old boy has died after

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being struck by a bus. It happened in Sunderland this afternoon. Police

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say the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The family are being

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supported by specially trained officers.

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The mother of the American student Sope Peters ` who's been missing in

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Durham for more than three weeks ` says she believes her son is still

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alive. 20`year`old Sope disappeared during a night out with friends at

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the end of October. His mother, Tolu, has flown over from Virginia

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in the United States to visit the city where he was last seen. Jury

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Smith reports. The hope that Sope Peters is still alive has brought

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his mother to the city of Durham. I will hopefully take him back with

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me. I believe he is alive. I wanted to come here and be as close to him

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as possible. He was captured on CCTV walking down

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the steps to the river bank. There is speculation. Nobody knows

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for a fact. We believe he is alive. Keep those posters up. Let people

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think about it. There has been a great sense of shock and sadness.

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Our students continue to distribute leaflets and posters. We continue to

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hope for good news. Police are continuing their search.

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They have officers searching the river banks. That research has been

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halted because of river conditions. We have our suspicions. But we need

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the final piece of the jigsaw. Where ever he is, God is with him as well.

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It is day by day. It is God that gives grace.

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Tributes have been paid to a man from Middlesbrough who's been found

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dead after going missing in south east Asia. The body of John`Paul

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Conley, who was 35, was found four days after he was caught in strong

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currents while swimming in a river in Southern Laos. He was travelling

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with his partner Kate Downey. His friends set up a fundraising website

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to pay for a search. But this morning the site announced that

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John`Paul's body had been recovered by a fishing boat.

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Now, to have served in Afghanistan and survived a gun attack by a rogue

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policeman was an ordeal in itself. But now a soldier from Teesside is

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facing a new battle ` a battle with leukaemia ` and for a second time at

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that. But now the only option for Ian Young from Teesville near

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Redcar, is a bone marrow transplant. Richard Thomas has the story.

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At home spending time with son Tommy. But only Ian can truly

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understand how precious these moments are. Last year he narrowly

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avoided being killed by a rogue Afghan policeman. An attack in which

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two colleagues died. But after surviving that ` when he

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returned home a year ago ` he fell ill. I was not as fit as I used to

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be. I got a rash on my arm. My sergeant major told me to get it

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checked out. It turned out it was leukaemia. Ian, who's 23 had

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responded well to the chemotherapy ` and in July got engaged to

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girlfriend Nicole and Tommy was born.

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But days before going back to his base ` with the Yorkshire regiment

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at Warminster in Wiltshire ` he was told the cancer had returned. I was

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not getting many infections. I was in remission for three months. I got

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diagnosed a game with the illness. This time it was more serious. We

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are absolutely devastated. You do not think it will happen to your

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child. He cannot wait to get back to normal.

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Ian's only hope now is a bone marrow transplant ` and he's urging people

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to join the donor register. His close family have been ruled out as

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matches ` and so an international search is underway. I want to get

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back into the army and back to normality. Seven years ago, hundreds

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of people were told by Gateshead Council that their homes were to be

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demolished as part of a regeneration plan. We reported on it, in fact.

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Well, after all kinds of delays, that demolition work in the Bensham

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area finally started this week. But this morning, it came to a sudden

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halt ` on the orders of a judge. Our Chief Reporter Chris Stewart has

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the story. Two days ago they were told to knock

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it down. Today they were told to knock it on the head. There are

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still people living in some of these houses. People who have refused to

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sell up to the council. This is the back lane. It is too

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dangerous for residents to be allowed to use it. This man has

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decided to sell up. It has always looked inevitable. If the council

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had said they would do a barrel renovation but you will have to

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leave I would have left with much better grace. I feel a great deal of

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affection for my particular place. I campaign group says the county is

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guilty of a scandalous waste of homes. The group is waiting to see

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if it will be allowed a judicial review. A judge told the council

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today to halt the demolition. Then if a court finally decides these

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houses are worth saving they would still be there to be saved. As for

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the council it is all it is trying to do is to provide greater choice

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and quality of homes. Concerns about the impact of next

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year's Tour de France on the Yorkshire Dales are said to have

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been allayed today, following a meeting organised by a local

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landowner. The race next July will cross a small part of Lord Peel's

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land at Grinton. With 30,000 spectators expected, there were

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fears of substantial damage to the environmentally sensitive area. Lord

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Peel is said to have been reassured after being told 20,000 volunteers

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were being trained to control crowds and vehicles.

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Still to come ` the weekend's sport with Dawn. Plus: The talk of the

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county ` BBC Radio Cumbria celebrates 40 years on the air.

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And I will have to fool forecast. A Cumbrian MP has called for urgent

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action to make railway stations fully accessible to disabled people.

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Penrith Station in Cumbria has no lifts and the northbound platform

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can only be reached by steep stone stairs. It's one of nine stations

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across our region that aren't fully accessible. Emily Unia reports.

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Penrith in North Cumbria. A busy station on the West Coast main line

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` but not one that many disabled people can use.

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If you're heading south from Penrith, access is fine ` platform

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one is next to the car park. But coming home again, the train arrives

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at platform two. If you cannot do this deal is you

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have to get somebody to help you across the tracks.

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But mobility scooters are not allowed over the tracks. So Elaine

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Waite can travel south, but she cannot come back. People without

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disabilities do not realise how hard it is.

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Across the region eight other stations still have barrel

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crossings. At Penrith the local MP has been

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campaigning hard. We will get their money from somewhere. It must

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happen. This is the only station on the West Coast Main line that does

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not have disabled access. The Department of Transport says it is

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spending ?100 million on improving access. A decision will not be made

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until next April. There's more on that story on Sunday

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Politics ` that's at 11 o'clock this Sunday morning here on BBC One.

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Now, it's long been one of the BBC's most successful local radio stations

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` and this weekend BBC Radio Cumbria celebrates its 40th birthday. It

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started life as Radio Carlisle in 1973, becoming "countywide" a few

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years later. The station's marking the anniversary by welcoming back a

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host of former presenters. Graham Moss reports.

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His was the first voice on Radio Carlisle in November 1973. Today a

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one off return to the breakfast show. Radio Carlisle gave a focus.

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We gave a focus to people to reflect their daily lives. The radio station

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has won awards and recognition because of the way it has responded

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to emergency situations. John Myers whose career has taken

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him from Radio Cumbria presenter to one of British Radio's top

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executives has always held his own local station in high regards. For

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40 years this radio station has been at the top of its game. It has won

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awards. That is because of the people it hires to broadcast and

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connect with a population. One presenter's been there

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throughout. I have done just about every programme. Doing a variety of

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programmes has been brilliant. Occasionally you get a programme

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right. For any radio station to make it to

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the 40 year mark proves there is still a need for local radio. On air

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celebrations continue over the weekend as the station looks forward

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to serving Cumbria for the next 40 years.

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I read my first news bulletin on radio Cumbria.

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He's only seven weeks into the job, but with the January transfer window

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looming, Sunderland's head coach Gus Poyet has insisted he will not

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tolerate players being recruited to the club that he doesn't rate. The

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Uruguayan's working relationship with director of football Roberto de

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Fanti will come under close scrutiny as the Black Cats seek to strengthen

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the first team squad in the New Year.

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Only around five of the 14 summer signings arranged by de Fanti for

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Poyet's predecessor, Paolo Di Canio, feature regularly in the first team

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squad. The new head coach clearly doesn't

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want a repeat of that situation. Some of this morning's newspapers

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have interpreted his comments to the written press, regarding having the

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final say on transfer targets, as a warning to the Stadium of Light

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hierarchy. Poyet was more circumspect on camera, though. It is

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clear that the manager needs to be happy. We had a meeting. I told them

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what I think. We will now get in contact to see the financial

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situation. Tomorrow's game at Stoke, also under

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new management, has been rightly targeted as winnable. But can

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Sunderland maintain the momentum from their surprise win over

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Manchester City? We need to make sure that we go the thinking we can

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win the game. Mark Hughes is trying to change things around. May as

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well. We need to when. It will be who is the stronger.

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Newcastle take on former boss Chris Hughton's Norwich City at St James'

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Park tomorrow. The Magpies come into the game off the back of victories

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against Chelsea and Spurs and with most of their international players

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having qualified for the World Cup. But, while the camp is buzzing, Alan

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Pardew wants his squad to forget that for now and capitalise on a

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healthy league position. An unexpected six points from their

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last two games means a victory against Norwich could see Newcastle

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within touching distance of the Champions League places. But their

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disappointing result against Hull shows the Magpies are more than

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capable of undoing all the good work. There has been many times when

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this club has shot itself in the foot. It is important that we show

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the consistency on Saturday. The outcome of the game could be

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significant for former boss Chris Hughton who watched United win at

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White Hart Lane. He's still under pressure at Norwich despite his

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side's 3`1 victory over West Ham last time out ` but says his players

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shouldn't be daunted by the trip to St James'. I would want every single

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one of my players to look forward to going there. It is a wonderful

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stadium. They can create a great atmosphere there. They can get

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behind 13. But they have been beaten at home this season. You need to

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look for all the positives that you can.

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Pardew will have to make changes to the back four with Mathieu Debuchy

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suspended and Fabricio Coloccini fit again. Mike Williamson's hoping to

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retain his place and is looking forward to seeing his old boss

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again. He is a great man. He gave me my chance to make a Premier League

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debut. I bought him a lot for that. `` I ought him a lot for that.

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Middlesbrough head coach Aitor Karanka says an away trip to Leeds

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is a great way to start his spell on Teesside.

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The former Real Madrid assistant boss, here on the right, takes

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charge of his first game at Elland Road ten days after being appointed

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by Boro at the start of the international break. He's already

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made an impression on his first team squad. He has won the champions

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league on numerous occasions. He has played for the best club in the

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world. We are all excited. We are keen to learn from him and to draw

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from his experience. It is something different now. It wakes people up.

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Full commentary on BBC Tees with all the build`up from 2pm.

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In League One Carlisle travel to Rotherham. Follow that one on BBC

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Radio Cumbria. BBC Tees DAB will have Hartlepool against Northampton

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in League Two. And York will try to bounce back

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from their midweek FA Cup exit at Southend.

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Good luck to Northern League Consett Football Club who take on a

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Newcastle United XI lead by Peter Beardsley tonight to celebrate the

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opening of their new stadium. The purpose built 3G pitch at the Belle

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Vue Stadium is finally ready after a decade of delays. As well as being

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the base for the club's teams it'll host community activities and

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training courses. Consett born Premier League official Mark

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Clattenburg will referee the game which kicks off at 7.45.

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Here is the weather. Frosty and 40 especially in Cumbria

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on Sunday. Overnight it stays dry and clear. Mist and fog developing

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over this county. First thing in the morning most of the mist and fog

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should lift. Not quite as much sun in the Northeast as we enjoy today.

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Temperatures lower than they have been. It gets colder as we go

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northwards. Light winds. It is coldest in the West. But most

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sunshine here. Over the next couple of these frosts and fog continue

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overnight. On Sunday that Ford could really linger, particularly in parts

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of Cumbria between the North Pennines and Lakeland. Where the fog

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lingers it will knock the temperatures. Three or four Celsius

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above freezing even into the afternoon. It will be less called

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for inland areas and four areas along the West Coast. That it stays

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cloudy until Monday by day. A few bright breaks possible on Monday. It

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stays dry over the weekend, but Frosty by night and 40 in Cumbria on

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Sunday. That is all for now. Goodbye.

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