:00:00. > :00:09.Thank you very much. That is it from
:00:10. > :00:13.Good afternoon. The 150th Tyne`Wear Derby at St
:00:14. > :00:15.James' Park kicked off 20 minutes ago, and Northumbria Police are
:00:16. > :00:19.calling on Newcastle and Sunderland fans to help make sure the day is
:00:20. > :00:22.remembered for the right reasons. Around 1,000 police officers have
:00:23. > :00:26.been deployed in Newcastle to ensure there's no repeat of the disorder
:00:27. > :00:35.that surrounded last year's match in the city. Peter Harris reports.
:00:36. > :00:41.There is a very heavy police presence in the centre of Newcastle.
:00:42. > :00:48.As the Sunderland fans were marched up from the station, there were some
:00:49. > :00:51.missiles there. The police are hoping that this year will be very
:00:52. > :00:56.different to last year after the game when there was widespread
:00:57. > :01:00.disorder. It should be said that trouble of that scale has been the
:01:01. > :01:05.exception rather than the rule. The police are hoping there will be a
:01:06. > :01:10.return to normality this year. The response after last April was that
:01:11. > :01:14.they were disgusted and embarrassed. We need to capture that and work
:01:15. > :01:19.with the fans. I want is to make sure that the Derby is a safe event.
:01:20. > :01:23.I want the fans to be involved in how we take that forward. There was
:01:24. > :01:27.controversy about the arrangements of the fixture as there was a plan
:01:28. > :01:30.that the Sunderland fans can only come in as part of official
:01:31. > :01:37.transport on buses that would have cut out the problem of what he saw
:01:38. > :01:44.of the fans being marched. That plan was abandoned. From a policing point
:01:45. > :01:52.of view, the ideal outcome would be and all of the talk after the match
:01:53. > :01:57.would be of the football itself. The current school is Newcastle nil,
:01:58. > :02:00.Sunderland two. `` school. Remember there's full commentary on
:02:01. > :02:03.today's game live on BBC Newcastle, and we'll have a match report on
:02:04. > :02:06.Look North later. Members of the Unite union who work
:02:07. > :02:09.for Yorkshire Ambulance Service have walked out for 24 hours over working
:02:10. > :02:12.practices and shift hours. The union says proposed shift patterns could
:02:13. > :02:15.see staff working more than ten hours without a meal break. The
:02:16. > :02:18.Chief Executive of Yorkshire's Ambulance Service says the strike is
:02:19. > :02:21.reckless and neglectful of patient care. The action will finish at
:02:22. > :02:24.midnight. A four`hour strike is also planned for Monday afternoon.
:02:25. > :02:32.Meanwhile, the Meanwhile, the Alston Community
:02:33. > :02:36.Ambulance in Cumbria has been saved. Alston's had it own ambulance for
:02:37. > :02:38.around 45 years, it's owned by the North West Ambulance Service but
:02:39. > :02:41.crewed by volunteers. The operation of the service had been under
:02:42. > :02:45.review. The Conservative MP Rory Stewart has praised the hard work of
:02:46. > :02:49.people in the town who campaigned to keep the ambulance.
:02:50. > :02:51.Back to today's football and in the Championship Middlesbrough visit
:02:52. > :02:54.in`form Doncaster Rovers. Carlisle are at League One
:02:55. > :03:00.strugglers Bristol City. Hartlepool are at home to Scunthorpe
:03:01. > :03:03.in League Two. ?NEWLINE While York City take on Fleetwood. Full
:03:04. > :03:07.coverage on all your BBC local radio stations.
:03:08. > :03:11.To the weather now and it's turning stormy, with flood warnings issued
:03:12. > :03:18.along Cumbria's coastline. Jennifer Bartram has the forecast. After a
:03:19. > :03:24.promising start to the morning for many, it is set to turn wet and
:03:25. > :03:32.windy. The Met Office has a flood warning in force. Elsewhere, some
:03:33. > :03:36.heavy showers which could give some hail or thunder. Temperatures up to
:03:37. > :03:42.six or seven Celsius. Through this evening, showers tend to die out as
:03:43. > :03:46.we go through the night. By dawn, things will be cloudy.
:03:47. > :03:49.That's all for now. We'll be back with an update at five past seven
:03:50. > :03:52.tonight, including, of course, the Tyne`Wear Derby result and the rest
:03:53. > :04:03.of today's football scores. Enjoy your afternoon.
:04:04. > :04:09.Do have a very good afternoon. Goodbye.
:04:10. > :04:15.Some of us will have to brace ourselves today. Leaning forward
:04:16. > :04:20.into the wind. If you live over the west of the UK, there are gale-force
:04:21. > :04:25.winds on the way, but the main hazards are the gales and the
:04:26. > :04:29.potential for flooding. Tomorrow, a blustery day but on balance, it will
:04:30. > :04:33.be a better day. This is the current storm that is just about approaching
:04:34. > :04:38.the UK now. It looks like from space you can see a swirl of cloud. The
:04:39. > :04:42.worst of the weather is close to the centre of the storm. You can see how
:04:43. > :04:48.clear the east of the country is. Lovely sunshine this morning and at
:04:49. > :04:52.lunch time. Here the strength of the wind will be felt over the western
:04:53. > :04:57.and southern areas, especially across the south-west and the Welsh
:04:58. > :05:03.coasts. Gusts up to 07 miles an hour. And of
:05:04. > :05:08.course -- gusts up to 70 mierls an hour.
:05:09. > :05:09.-- miles. Severe