:00:00. > :00:13.with to come. That's all from the BBC News at
:00:14. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight: Cleared of all
:00:20. > :00:23.charges, the nursery worker, on trial over the death of a three
:00:24. > :00:27.year`old girl. Six arrests and more than 50 dogs seized in dawn raids on
:00:28. > :00:29.suspected illegal puppy farms. Old and cold.
:00:30. > :00:31.The campaign to help elderly people cope with soaring fuel bills this
:00:32. > :00:34.winter. And Matthew's big moment. A Tyneside
:00:35. > :00:43.skater achieves his season's best at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
:00:44. > :00:49.We salute the stars of 2013 at our glitzy awards ceremony and Tyneside.
:00:50. > :01:00.And not a bad time to launch a football history exhibition, showing
:01:01. > :01:06.all your best bits. First tonight: a children's
:01:07. > :01:10.assistant has been cleared of all blame over the death of a
:01:11. > :01:13.three`year`old girl on her first day at nursery. Sophee Redhead, who's
:01:14. > :01:16.24, was found not guilty of the manslaughter of Lydia Bishop by
:01:17. > :01:23.gross negligence and not guilty of failing to take care of the child.
:01:24. > :01:25.But tonight police have strongly criticised York College, where the
:01:26. > :01:29.tragedy happened eighteen months ago, after a jury found it had
:01:30. > :01:34.failed to ensure the safety of children in its care.
:01:35. > :01:39.Sophee Redhead, hurrying from court with her parents this afternoon,
:01:40. > :01:43.after a jury had cleared her of charges that she had faced for the
:01:44. > :01:48.past 18 months. You must be very relieved. But still, the tragedy of
:01:49. > :01:52.three`year`old Lydia Bishop, the little girl excited before her first
:01:53. > :01:58.day of nursery has said, love you, mummy, see you later, but hours
:01:59. > :02:05.later, she was dead, strangled by a rope on the site at York college
:02:06. > :02:09.nursery a grunt. She should had been `` nursery playground. She was not
:02:10. > :02:16.supervised. Today, a jury decided that York college had failed Lydia.
:02:17. > :02:18.There are safety precautions had tragically fallen short. The rope
:02:19. > :02:25.should never have been left on the slide. It took the jury hear less
:02:26. > :02:31.than four hours to clear Sophee Redhead of any blame in connection
:02:32. > :02:35.with the blade `` with the death of Lydia Bishop. She was in tears on
:02:36. > :02:38.hearing the verdict, but the college itself has been found guilty of
:02:39. > :02:45.failing to ensure the health and safety of children at its nursery.
:02:46. > :02:46.Tonight, the senior North Yorkshire police investigating officer in the
:02:47. > :03:10.case said in a statement: it is more than just a tick box
:03:11. > :03:15.which must... York College will be sentenced next week for their
:03:16. > :03:20.failings. They said in a statement saying that they were devastated by
:03:21. > :03:23.the awful events of September 17, 2012 and deeply regret what happened
:03:24. > :03:27.and cannot begin to imagine the pain experienced by Lydia's family and
:03:28. > :03:33.everyone affected by this terrible tragedy. Sophee Redhead made no
:03:34. > :03:38.comment and she left court, and Lydia Bishop's family hurried away
:03:39. > :03:43.as well. In every one's minds, the breeze of what happened to little
:03:44. > :03:48.Lydia that terrible September day. The sharper the memories of what
:03:49. > :03:53.happened `` the memories of what happened.
:03:54. > :03:57.Councils across the North are making thousands of pounds from parents who
:03:58. > :04:08.take their children out of school for family holidays. Last year one
:04:09. > :04:11.council made nearly ?9,000 in fines. Action is being taken against
:04:12. > :04:14.parents whose children are regular truants, as well as those opting to
:04:15. > :04:17.take their annual break during term time, when travel is cheaper. It is
:04:18. > :04:20.the time of year, when for many people, thoughts turn to the annual
:04:21. > :04:25.family holiday. These days I'm a fines can be impressed `` these
:04:26. > :04:30.days, fines can be imposed on parent to take their children on holiday
:04:31. > :04:35.during term time. Last year, Stockton Council collected almost
:04:36. > :04:41.?2000 from parents, but in Cleveland, fines of more than ?8,000
:04:42. > :04:45.were imposed. The figure was even higher for durum Council. Those in
:04:46. > :04:49.charge of children's education say that cases are looked at
:04:50. > :04:53.individually, though parents who blatantly break the law will be
:04:54. > :04:57.fined. It is possibly a wake`up call for the family that we are dealing
:04:58. > :05:02.with, and also, when the message gets around, it might be a bit of a
:05:03. > :05:06.wake`up call to other people, that their children's education, what
:05:07. > :05:11.ever it is, is very important for that child. For many parents, the
:05:12. > :05:16.cost of a holiday during school breaks can be too expensive. From
:05:17. > :05:19.our inquiries, for a family of four, seven days in Spain during the
:05:20. > :05:30.school snowbird `` school summer holidays this year would cost him
:05:31. > :05:33.his ?4000. For the same holiday in June, the price significantly drops,
:05:34. > :05:38.with savings of almost ?1700. We cannot afford holidays during the
:05:39. > :05:42.school year and we cannot afford a holiday because of the situation.
:05:43. > :05:46.Just cannot do it. You are better off paying the fine. If you have got
:05:47. > :05:49.a number of children, you are better off paying the fine. I think
:05:50. > :05:54.children need a break, parents need a break. I do not think they should
:05:55. > :05:59.be fined for doing that. For many parents, it is a moral dilemma, but
:06:00. > :06:06.councils say they will enforce the law, and pursue offenders through
:06:07. > :06:12.the courts if necessary. With me in the studio now is John
:06:13. > :06:14.Hays from Hays Travel. The fact the travel industry increases the cost
:06:15. > :06:19.of holidays during school breaks, that is just unfair, isn't it was
:06:20. > :06:27.Jamar I am afraid it is supply and demand. We know that if we `` well,
:06:28. > :06:33.I am afraid it is supply and demand. It is supply and demand, I am
:06:34. > :06:37.afraid. But it turned with a child at school, the travel industry has
:06:38. > :06:41.you at their mercy, is there an answer? There are a couple of
:06:42. > :06:45.things. The government could help. For example, I am going away next
:06:46. > :06:49.week with my family at half term, and paying an awful lot for the
:06:50. > :06:55.flights and accommodation, certainly more than if I went this week. It
:06:56. > :06:59.would be quite simple to stagger the holiday, so if that half term was
:07:00. > :07:03.done every three weeks, then the different schools, different weeks,
:07:04. > :07:07.then there would not be such a big peak. That is one thing the
:07:08. > :07:15.government could do and it would be quite easy. We as an agent, ten
:07:16. > :07:22.years ago, we started a scheme called every school day counts,
:07:23. > :07:24.where we try to bring it home that schooldays are important. If parents
:07:25. > :07:28.take the kids away during the holidays, they are going to have a
:07:29. > :07:33.substantial discount. It has been selected as best practice in
:07:34. > :07:37.Parliament. Most councils in the North East are doing it now. We have
:07:38. > :07:41.given over ?1 million away in discounts in the scheme. Sounds
:07:42. > :07:49.good. White do the rest of the travel agencies not do this? ``
:07:50. > :07:54.why. The answer is to contract both. Parents have a nasty dilemma, the
:07:55. > :07:59.kids schooling is important, but prices do go up if there is a peak.
:08:00. > :08:03.Thank you very much for coming in. Well, that's a story that's got you
:08:04. > :08:07.going on the Look North Facebook page. If you'd like to add to the
:08:08. > :08:10.debate, why not log on and let us know what you think. The details are
:08:11. > :08:13.on your screen now. More than 50 dogs have been seized
:08:14. > :08:16.and six people arrested in early`morning raids in East Durham.
:08:17. > :08:19.The police and RSPCA officers visited six properties at dawn,
:08:20. > :08:23.where organised criminals are said to be running illegal puppy farms.
:08:24. > :08:25.Many of the dogs fall ill and some even die once they've been sold.
:08:26. > :08:36.Richard Thomas joined today's operation.
:08:37. > :08:39.Just after 5:00am they gathered. 70 police and around 30 RSPCA officers.
:08:40. > :08:43.Months of planning had gone into Operation Waxbill. The plan was to
:08:44. > :08:47.put an end to unlicensed puppy dealing. The raids centred on two
:08:48. > :08:54.farms and four houses in the Shotton Colliery and Haswell areas. I have
:08:55. > :08:57.got a warrant to search the property.
:08:58. > :09:01.At this farm, just one puppy was found together with two adult dogs.
:09:02. > :09:05.But as the morning went on, better news.
:09:06. > :09:09.This is one of the six addresses that was rated this morning. We are
:09:10. > :09:13.told by the police that in the back of this house there are puppies. A
:09:14. > :09:21.that is with them now and they were taken away by the RSPCA. `` a
:09:22. > :09:25.veterinarian. These operations take time to plan and prepare. We had to
:09:26. > :09:28.ensure that we could carry out the operation, and the amount of
:09:29. > :09:36.resources that we have had to date demonstrates how seriously we take
:09:37. > :09:39.this issue thus record the date `` today demonstrates how seriously we
:09:40. > :09:43.take this issue. Officers discovered more than 20
:09:44. > :09:46.dogs at this farm alone. And by mid morning, the number of puppies
:09:47. > :09:49.seized was 12, together with more than 40 adult dogs. A lot of these
:09:50. > :09:53.puppies have died soon after they have been sold, so that is possibly
:09:54. > :09:59.12 lives that have been sold. We'll be fined in circumstances, if ``
:10:00. > :10:03.what we find in these circumstances, if they are female dogs, there could
:10:04. > :10:07.be a litter of nine off of each of those, so we are looking at hundreds
:10:08. > :10:10.of dogs that we have potentially taken off the streets today.
:10:11. > :10:14.Those arrested have all been questioned under the Animal Welfare
:10:15. > :10:26.Act. All the dogs seized are for the moment under the care of the RSPCA.
:10:27. > :10:29.Tens of thousands of people die every winter as a result of the cold
:10:30. > :10:33.weather, and with energy costs rising, heating your home is not
:10:34. > :10:36.getting any easier. Now a group of charities and other organisations is
:10:37. > :10:39.trying to do something about it. This week is Cold Homes Week, a
:10:40. > :10:44.series of events designed to draw attention to the problem.
:10:45. > :10:49.The walls are insulated and the house is not very big, that this
:10:50. > :10:54.woman, from Washington, still sometimes struggles to keep warm. My
:10:55. > :11:00.scarf keeps me that little bit warmer. If I get too cold, I have
:11:01. > :11:08.got some special socks. I usually have my feet in the today so I do
:11:09. > :11:15.not get the draft. With energy prices rising, she has, like many of
:11:16. > :11:20.us, had to ration her heating. I can bear the cold till about three, and
:11:21. > :11:27.then I will put the heat on low, and then about six o'clock, when I am
:11:28. > :11:33.getting my evening meal, I turn it up higher than. Now she can share
:11:34. > :11:37.her experience with others. An event is being organised here in the city
:11:38. > :11:41.said people can exchange ideas on how to beat the cold. The charity
:11:42. > :11:46.says it is not about staying comparable, it is about staying
:11:47. > :11:50.healthy. For older people, it can be dangerous. If they have a long tomb
:11:51. > :11:55.in the shin or a chest infection `` long`term infection, or a heart
:11:56. > :12:00.disease, it can be fatal. So, how have people been managing to keep
:12:01. > :12:04.warm and healthy? We resolved that we would downsize, move into a more
:12:05. > :12:13.modern flat, with higher insulation, better roofing insulation. I am
:12:14. > :12:17.really concerned about those who need it and it is not there and it
:12:18. > :12:21.should be. There is no wonder people are finding it tough. Gas prices
:12:22. > :12:26.have more than doubled in real terms over the last ten years. So if
:12:27. > :12:33.Lillian still has to wrap up in her efficient home, how must `` how hard
:12:34. > :12:39.must it be for others? Still to come on Thursday's Look
:12:40. > :12:43.North, tonight's sport with Mark. I cannot say more, really. Plus,
:12:44. > :12:47.we're with the proud and emotional parents of figure skater Matt Parr
:12:48. > :12:50.as his big moment arrives at the Winter Olympics.
:12:51. > :12:55.No real winter weather tomorrow, but it looks like a decent day for us
:12:56. > :13:02.for most of us. Changes in the conditions for the weekend. Join me
:13:03. > :13:05.later for the full story. Campaigners fighting to establish a
:13:06. > :13:11.Care Hotel in York for people with multiple sclerosis are asking for
:13:12. > :13:13.help to make their plans a reality. Currently there's no dedicated
:13:14. > :13:18.respite centre for MS sufferers between Scotland and the Midlands.
:13:19. > :13:20.Now a new charity has been formed to try to give those with the
:13:21. > :13:29.condition, and their families, much`needed holidays in York.
:13:30. > :13:33.Every day life can be very tough for people with MS, and the idea of a
:13:34. > :13:37.Care Hotel, where they can enjoy a break like anyone else, is hugely
:13:38. > :13:42.appealing to people like this couple. Brian would travel to such a
:13:43. > :13:48.hotel from his home regularly. Just to get away and be looked after. You
:13:49. > :13:53.use everything you can. You just have a nice and relaxing week. It
:13:54. > :13:57.would benefit me greatly, and a lot of my fronts as well, because there
:13:58. > :14:07.really is not the where to go. I cannot walk. I have to go around in
:14:08. > :14:13.my wheelchair all the time. You want people there to be able to help you
:14:14. > :14:22.with things. If I want a drink or what ever, it has to be done for me.
:14:23. > :14:25.MS is eight degenerative neurological condition that affects
:14:26. > :14:29.the central nervous system through damage to protective coating around
:14:30. > :14:33.nerves, and can cause many problems, including problems with
:14:34. > :14:37.the senses, and for those with a more serious kind, it can lead to
:14:38. > :14:45.public with the following, seizures and even paralysis. The strike rate
:14:46. > :14:52.can lead to problems with swallowing. `` it can lead to
:14:53. > :14:57.problems with swallowing. We can get people in and out of bed. There will
:14:58. > :15:02.be proper wet rooms in every room. We will have a series `` we will
:15:03. > :15:08.have a group of carriers who we have been talking to that can be used as
:15:09. > :15:11.a bank of carriers. The charity behind the scheme faces a massive
:15:12. > :15:16.task to raise the money that they need without a major financial
:15:17. > :15:22.backer. We have estimated that we are going to need about ?2.5 million
:15:23. > :15:26.to build the centre that we would like. It is going to be a hotel that
:15:27. > :15:32.is fitted up said people in wheelchairs can move about freely.
:15:33. > :15:36.`` picked it up so people. It would be great if somebody would be
:15:37. > :15:39.prepared to put their hands in their pockets and say, here it is, but we
:15:40. > :15:44.anticipate we have got a lot of hard work between now and the eventual
:15:45. > :15:49.building of it. The initial cost of establishing a fund`raising shop
:15:50. > :15:53.here has been met, and now the real challenge of raising ?2 million to
:15:54. > :16:00.create a very different kind of care experience for people with MS and
:16:01. > :16:04.their families across the North. Sounds like a great idea. And so is
:16:05. > :16:08.this one! A lorry, packed with charitable donations, has set off on
:16:09. > :16:11.a 3,000 mile journey to take vital supplies from the North East to
:16:12. > :16:16.people caught up in the civil war in Syria. The items were donated to the
:16:17. > :16:20.Teesside charity One Nation. It'll take three weeks for the aid to
:16:21. > :16:22.arrive in Syria, where it's thought around 130,000 people have been
:16:23. > :16:25.killed. The organisers of the charity trip say donations came from
:16:26. > :16:31.people on Teesside, Wearside and Tyneside. It's their second trip to
:16:32. > :16:36.Syria. There are masked men, gunmen in the
:16:37. > :16:40.streets, they are intimidating at times, so you have to make it known
:16:41. > :16:43.that you are here for charitable purposes so people do not feel
:16:44. > :16:47.threatened or get the wrong impression. It is so sad to see that
:16:48. > :16:51.there is so much need. You can see the look in their eyes. What is
:16:52. > :16:55.humbling is that a lot of these people will not say, give me, gave
:16:56. > :17:03.me, they will not beg, you will have to go to them and give them things.
:17:04. > :17:06.The Winter Olympics doesn't formally open until tomorrow, but figure
:17:07. > :17:10.skater Matt Parr has already had his moment in the spotlight. And the
:17:11. > :17:14.23`year`old was delighted with the outcome, a season's best on the
:17:15. > :17:17.biggest stage of all in Sochi this afternoon. For his parents, back on
:17:18. > :17:21.Tyneside, seeing Matt reach the pinnacle of his sport was reward for
:17:22. > :17:24.years of hard work. Watching with them, was Peter Harris.
:17:25. > :17:30.If the tension was a stomach churning in Sochi, it was unbearable
:17:31. > :17:33.back home. Jill and Steve have travelled thousands of miles to
:17:34. > :17:40.support their son's career, and all for this moment. First up, the
:17:41. > :17:46.four`time ridges champion started skating at the age of seven. Awful!
:17:47. > :17:51.I cannot wait till it is over. You want to see it. It is like watching
:17:52. > :17:55.a car crash. You want to look but you do not want to look. Matt was
:17:56. > :18:01.the first man on the ice today, the first mailed written on this level
:18:02. > :18:02.for 16 years. A four`time British champion, he did not waste his big
:18:03. > :18:23.moment. Yes! Oh, he held it together. Yes!
:18:24. > :18:31.It is what he has aimed for since he was a boy, and he has got there the
:18:32. > :18:34.I'm shocked. I am so sorry. We are so grateful to all of the people
:18:35. > :18:41.that have helped him, from Francis Smith at the ice rink it `` giving
:18:42. > :18:48.him three things, working with him so he had potential to move on. I
:18:49. > :18:56.cannot say anymore, really. Seasons passed. His adventure might end
:18:57. > :19:02.here, but he will forever be an Olympian.
:19:03. > :19:08.But a bit choked there, watching that one. He is a lovely lad and he
:19:09. > :19:14.came in the other day to chat to us. Fantastic. Well done to him. Rest of
:19:15. > :19:18.the sport while I recover. They're eighth in the Premier League
:19:19. > :19:20.and have just parted company with their unpopular director of
:19:21. > :19:25.football. But Newcastle fans in truth have needed cheering up this
:19:26. > :19:28.week. Chiek Tiote's joined a long injury list following the latest
:19:29. > :19:31.derby defeat and a transfer window, which saw the club's star player
:19:32. > :19:34.leave without being replaced. So what better antidote than a new
:19:35. > :19:37.exhibition, charting highlights from the Magpies' long history.
:19:38. > :19:40.He knows what it's like to wind a major trophy. Former Newcastle
:19:41. > :19:44.skipper Bob Moncur was one of the first to look round the Toon Times
:19:45. > :19:47.exhibition commissioned by the NUFC Foundation. A Fairs Cup replica and
:19:48. > :19:52.plenty of photos for a memory that really doesn't need jogging. I came
:19:53. > :19:58.here in the 1960s as a boy, and obviously, there were some great
:19:59. > :20:01.players here. Joe Hardy became the manager very quickly, and I think he
:20:02. > :20:07.was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, because he actually
:20:08. > :20:10.managed to wind some trophies! Director of football Joe Kinnear's
:20:11. > :20:13.inglorious departure from the club on Monday night is unlikely to
:20:14. > :20:17.feature in future exhibitions. Manager Alan Pardew insisted he was
:20:18. > :20:20.sorry Kinnear had lost his job but hinted he may have a bigger say on
:20:21. > :20:23.new recruits during a summer overhaul in the next transfer
:20:24. > :20:26.window. We have got a list, as we did in the last window, and we
:20:27. > :20:29.worked towards that list, and obviously, we have got a lot of work
:20:30. > :20:32.to do, because over the summer, we have got a few players out of
:20:33. > :20:36.contract, we have got one or two areas that we really need to
:20:37. > :20:39.strengthen. Pardew's more immediate concern is
:20:40. > :20:43.to pick up the team's spirits after Saturday's derby defeat and Cabaye's
:20:44. > :20:47.departure. I think the club is stable at the moment. We were doing
:20:48. > :20:52.well. I think Allen said, you have got to wish him good luck, because
:20:53. > :20:56.he has done well this season. The whole club are obviously hurting at
:20:57. > :21:01.the moment, that it is something that we have experienced before. It
:21:02. > :21:06.is defeat, and it is important after defeat how you react, and we are
:21:07. > :21:13.looking for a very positive reaction, Saturday afternoon. ``
:21:14. > :21:16.reaction on Saturday afternoon. A Kevin Keegan fan as a child,
:21:17. > :21:19.Ameobi was at the exhibition, which opens to the public at Newcastle's
:21:20. > :21:22.Discovery Museum, on Saturday, with younger brother Sammy and defender
:21:23. > :21:25.Paul Dummett. Ex`players included a man who felt at home with the
:21:26. > :21:28.Victorian memorabilia and had this message for the current generation.
:21:29. > :21:31.Let's see Newcastle go out onto the pitch and earn the rights to wind
:21:32. > :21:43.the game, and if you do that, you are doing something right.
:21:44. > :21:46.Free admission, by the way. Meanwhile, Newcastle are widely
:21:47. > :21:48.reported this evening to have suspended reserve team coach Willie
:21:49. > :21:51.Donachie following an alleged altercation with an under`21s player
:21:52. > :21:53.after Monday's derby defeat at Sunderland.
:21:54. > :21:56.Now, as we were hearing from Jeff and Dawn in last night's Look North,
:21:57. > :22:00.the BBC's annual North East Sports Awards took place last night at
:22:01. > :22:02.Billingham on Teesside. The top prize, Sports Personality of the
:22:03. > :22:06.Year, went to Darlington's World champion boxer Stuart Hall.
:22:07. > :22:12.Where else to hold an awards ceremony as the Winter Olympics
:22:13. > :22:15.begin? Of course, an ice rink. The event at Billingham' Forum Leisure
:22:16. > :22:18.Centre attracted hundreds of sports fans and many of the region's top
:22:19. > :22:22.performers in a celebration of 2013. And what a year! European athletics
:22:23. > :22:25.at Gateshead, and the Ashes cricket at Chester`le`Street. The top prize
:22:26. > :22:31.` Sports Personality of the Year ` went to Darlington boxer Stuart
:22:32. > :22:35.Hall. He became the region's first world champion in 25 years when he
:22:36. > :22:41.won the IBF world bantamweight title.
:22:42. > :22:46.I did not even know I was getting an award! Honest! This is a proper
:22:47. > :22:51.surprise! I thought I had just been invited. I am flabbergasted. What
:22:52. > :22:57.does it mean, when you hear, world champion Mister Mark it is a short
:22:58. > :23:06.rope world champion? It is everything. I am getting `` when you
:23:07. > :23:09.hear, world champion? It is everything. I put my heart and soul
:23:10. > :23:15.into the fight and things like this do not happen to people like me.
:23:16. > :23:19.Last year's County Cricket champions Durham picked up the Team Award. And
:23:20. > :23:22.in the year he recovered from a heart attack, their former head
:23:23. > :23:24.coach Geoff Cook the Jackie Milburn award for lifetime achievement.
:23:25. > :23:27.Durham and England all`rounder Ben Stokes shared the Performance Award
:23:28. > :23:30.with Garrick Porteous the Morpeth golfer, last summer's British
:23:31. > :23:34.Amateur Champion. Swimmer Josef Craig won the Disabled Award,
:23:35. > :23:37.Gymnast Shanice Davidson the junior. The Sporting Inspiration Award went
:23:38. > :23:54.to Gill Prescott, World Masters Champion, from Durham Rowing Club.
:23:55. > :23:57.Talking of plaudits, the Newcastle Eagles Player`Coach, Fab Flournoy,
:23:58. > :24:01.will set a new all`time appearance record in the British Basketball
:24:02. > :24:04.League this weekend. The 40`year`old American equals the 540 appearances
:24:05. > :24:07.set by former Eagles player Pete Scantlebury when he plays against
:24:08. > :24:11.the Sheffield Sharks tomorrow, and should set the record outright on
:24:12. > :24:13.Sunday at Glasgow Rocks. But Flournoy, here watching a women's
:24:14. > :24:16.university match at Newcastle's Sports Central, is in no mood to
:24:17. > :24:19.celebrate as he ponders the implications of UK Sport's decision
:24:20. > :24:28.to withdraw its ?7 million funding for Olympic basketball.
:24:29. > :24:33.It is a devastating blow. You know, basketball has made great strides
:24:34. > :24:38.over the past five, six years stop it is kind of `` six years. It is
:24:39. > :24:41.kind of hard that a sport that reaches so many people on so many
:24:42. > :24:49.different levels, that there is no funding at all. It is just going to
:24:50. > :24:53.put more pressure on local clubs. It is just ridiculous. But it is just
:24:54. > :24:58.one battle, another battle that everyone in basketball is going to
:24:59. > :25:00.have to fight. And we will have a full weekend preview tomorrow.
:25:01. > :25:05.have to fight. And we will have a Time for the weather. I do not want
:25:06. > :25:09.to tempt fate, but I think we have been getting off lightly compared to
:25:10. > :25:12.what is going on in the south. Most places today had some dry and bright
:25:13. > :25:18.weather on the with some blue skies, like these over the Tyne
:25:19. > :25:24.Valley. Thank you to John for this shot. Tomorrow, most places will
:25:25. > :25:29.have some decent sunshine, and the odd passing shower. It will not be
:25:30. > :25:33.too windy. We have got rain on the way, working its way up from the
:25:34. > :25:36.South as we speak. I do not think it will quite make it up to the
:25:37. > :25:42.Scottish Borders, but most places will see some fairly heavy bursts of
:25:43. > :25:50.rain and some snow amongst it for a time, before it starts to dry up
:25:51. > :25:54.again late `` later. We will see one or two icy patches underneath that
:25:55. > :26:01.cloud. A couple of degrees milder there. The northwesterly breeze
:26:02. > :26:06.should clear the more persistent rain away very quickly tomorrow
:26:07. > :26:11.morning. The cloud will lift and break and most places should see
:26:12. > :26:17.some decent balls of sunshine. One or two passing showers, but they
:26:18. > :26:25.should not be too bad. There will be a noticeable south`westerly breeze,
:26:26. > :26:30.that's not too windy tomorrow. It all changes tomorrow night, because
:26:31. > :26:34.we are getting that next Atlantic flow coming in from the West, and it
:26:35. > :26:40.will dominate things over the weekend. Things will be quite
:26:41. > :26:44.changeable as we head into Sunday. Not as bad as it will be in other
:26:45. > :26:49.parts of the country. Tomorrow, there will be a fair amount of cloud
:26:50. > :26:53.at times in the West, but mostly dry through the day in that westerly
:26:54. > :26:57.breeze. Temperatures up to seven or eight degrees at the very best.
:26:58. > :27:03.Saturday we have got more persistent rain coming in from the West. The
:27:04. > :27:08.rain will be more showery on Sunday morning, and still one or two
:27:09. > :27:12.heavier ones west of the Pennines. It is a similar picture for the
:27:13. > :27:16.North East. Sunshine for tomorrow. The westerly breeze will keep things
:27:17. > :27:21.reasonably mild. The rain will be more showery on Saturday and the
:27:22. > :27:28.showers will be fewer and further between on Sunday. You can keep an
:27:29. > :27:33.up`to`date on the forecast and the free BBC weather app. That is the
:27:34. > :27:39.way it is looking tonight. That is it for us. Boys only tonight. Are we
:27:40. > :27:42.still boys Mister Mark we are back tonight at ten `` still boys? We are
:27:43. > :27:48.back at 10:25pm tonight. Goodbye.