:00:00. > 3:59:59struggled with an Australian barrage all tour. Let's hope this guy has a
:00:00. > :00:20.lot Good evening. We start with a very
:00:21. > :00:23.happy Christmas at the double. We told you in October about twins Luke
:00:24. > :00:27.and Ryan who survived against all the odds. Mum Adele had all kinds of
:00:28. > :00:31.serious complications when she was pregnant. The boys were then born
:00:32. > :00:35.incredibly early. And a bed shortage meant Luke was in hospital in
:00:36. > :00:37.Gateshead while his twin was in hospital in Middlesbrough. Now
:00:38. > :00:40.though, they're finally at home together to enjoy a Christmas they
:00:41. > :00:44.don't think will ever be bettered. Our Chief Reporter Chris Stewart
:00:45. > :00:47.went to their home at Newcastle to meet them and witnessed something
:00:48. > :00:50.very special indeed. If there is a better Christmas
:00:51. > :00:57.present, we would love to hear about it. Because it is remarkable these
:00:58. > :01:01.two are here at all. All kinds of problems meant they were operated on
:01:02. > :01:06.to save their lives whilst still in the womb. Then they were born ten
:01:07. > :01:12.weeks early. So did mum and dad think Christmas would ever be so
:01:13. > :01:16.happy? I didn't. Once I knew they were born, then I thought, yeah, we
:01:17. > :01:23.will get them home. But up until that point, you just didn't know.
:01:24. > :01:29.My pregnancy, I just zoned it out. I never thought this day would come.
:01:30. > :01:34.I would not buy anything for them. I just never believed I would have
:01:35. > :01:39.them both. At 17 weeks old, Luke still has to be fed oxygen 23 hours
:01:40. > :01:42.a day. But he is up to eight pounds. Ryan is a couple of pounds heavier.
:01:43. > :01:50.That might have accounted for this. Yeah, he... Did you see that? That's
:01:51. > :01:54.a smile! Ryan's very first smile. Hiya! And two minutes later,
:01:55. > :02:03.unbelievably, Luke decided it was time for his first smile too. Look.
:02:04. > :02:10.Oh! SHE LAUGHS. Hey! Well, they like being on camera, don't they?
:02:11. > :02:19.And to be honest, we haven't stopped smiling either. I can't believe
:02:20. > :02:22.that's happened! LAUGHTER. Fantastic.
:02:23. > :02:26.The police are continuing their search for a 65`year`old woman who's
:02:27. > :02:29.now been missing from her Northumberland home for five days.
:02:30. > :02:32.Janis Hall, who's 65, was reported missing from her home at Catton near
:02:33. > :02:35.Hexham last Thursday. Extensive searches have been carried out
:02:36. > :02:37.around the village and surrounding areas of Tynedale.
:02:38. > :02:40.The bad weather's continuing to cause disruption in parts of the
:02:41. > :02:43.region. Homes and businesses in West Cumbria have been clearing`up after
:02:44. > :02:47.overnight flooding. Today, high winds have been causing problems for
:02:48. > :02:50.travellers as Graham Moss reports. Sandbags, the tell tale sign. The
:02:51. > :02:54.flood water came quickly and almost as swiftly subsided. Here in
:02:55. > :02:58.Whitehaven, as well as Distington and Egremont. Torrential. Water
:02:59. > :03:06.everywhere you look, from every direction. Just coming out of walls.
:03:07. > :03:12.It was coming down Wellington Road at about a rate of 30`40 mph. You
:03:13. > :03:16.could not even stand up on it. It was awful. Repeated downpours have
:03:17. > :03:22.left the ground waterlogged and rivers swollen. While the worst of
:03:23. > :03:25.the heavy rain may have gone, for the time being, the problem now
:03:26. > :03:27.strong winds. The weather continues to cause problems over the Christmas
:03:28. > :03:36.holiday period. Comedy duo the Chuckle Brothers
:03:37. > :03:41.guest edited today's edition of The Northern Echo. The pair are starring
:03:42. > :03:47.in panto in Darlington and made the short trip across town to the
:03:48. > :03:49.paper's offices yesterday. They picked their favourite jokes and
:03:50. > :03:56.selected the front page story. Some parts had a bit of snow
:03:57. > :03:59.earlier, but I think that's all the white stuff we're getting for now.
:04:00. > :04:03.Good evening. Very windy conditions with the risk of gales into this
:04:04. > :04:06.evening, so we still have a weather warning for wind in force. Also a
:04:07. > :04:09.fair few showers continuing to push southwards, bringing wintry
:04:10. > :04:12.conditions in places, but clearing away southwards. An improvement
:04:13. > :04:14.towards the end of the night, most places seeing drier conditions
:04:15. > :04:17.developing. And the frost with temperatures falling back to around
:04:18. > :04:20.two or three degrees. There could be the odd icy stretch into tomorrow.
:04:21. > :04:25.Christmas Day itself looks largely dry and fine. A lighter breeze,
:04:26. > :04:28.feeling chilly if you're out and about. Around six or seven degrees.
:04:29. > :04:35.And finally, a church in York's been told it can keep ?100,000 left on a
:04:36. > :04:43.doorstep in a bin bag. The bag was found in August, prompting a police
:04:44. > :04:47.investigation. A court's now awarded the money to St Thomas and St
:04:48. > :04:51.Maurice. And that's all from us. We get the day off tomorrow. But I'll
:04:52. > :04:55.be back with our next update at one o'clock on Boxing Day lunchtime. It
:04:56. > :04:56.just remains for me to wish you a very happy and peaceful Christmas
:04:57. > :05:02.and have a good evening. Goodbye. it from us - we are back on Boxing
:05:03. > :05:15.Day at One o'clock. Merry Christmas. Hello. The weather has been a little
:05:16. > :05:20.kinder today to travellers and last-minute Christmas shoppers
:05:21. > :05:25.across England and Wales. Not as bad as we feared across Northern
:05:26. > :05:30.Ireland. We have a warning out across parts of Scott and for that
:05:31. > :05:34.strong wind through this evening. Up to 80 miles an hour across the far
:05:35. > :05:36.north of Scotland for a