:00:00. > :00:08.Hello. Welcome to Friday's Look North. In tonight's headlines:
:00:09. > :00:11.Operation Sanctuary ` police investigating sexual exploitation on
:00:12. > :00:17.Tyneside say they now need to speak to 80 women and girls.
:00:18. > :00:20.Calls for a college to apologise after mistakes were made which led
:00:21. > :00:24.to a three`year`old girl dying at its nursery.
:00:25. > :00:37.Jobs shock ` the impact of six hundred posts disappearing from one
:00:38. > :00:40.market town in just a few months. And helped bring out the bonding for
:00:41. > :00:43.a cycling event. Things will be a better different
:00:44. > :00:45.over the weekend because of the high pressure.
:00:46. > :00:49.In sport, a big weekend for both our Premier League clubs. From Derby day
:00:50. > :00:52.defeat to impossible dream. And can Newcastle be the first to
:00:53. > :00:56.beat Mourinho at Stamford Bridge? And can the in`form Black Cats beat
:00:57. > :01:07.their old boss Brucey on his return to the Stadium of Light?
:01:08. > :01:11.Police investigating the sexual exploitation of girls and young
:01:12. > :01:17.women on Tyneside say they now need to speak to 80 women. At least 15 of
:01:18. > :01:20.them, they say, are the victims of sexual assault. Detectives working
:01:21. > :01:23.on Operation Sanctuary have arrested 30 people on suspicion of conspiracy
:01:24. > :01:24.to rape, that's 28 men and two women, at addresses in Newcastle,
:01:25. > :01:30.Gateshead and South Tyneside. women, at addresses in Newcastle,
:01:31. > :01:33.Gateshead and South They describe the victims as vulnerable young
:01:34. > :01:36.women, often under the influence of drink or drugs, who have been
:01:37. > :01:39.groomed by older men over a period of time before being taken to
:01:40. > :01:40.private houses where, it's suspected, they're subjected to
:01:41. > :01:44.sexual assault or rape. women, often under the influence of
:01:45. > :01:48.Our news correspondent Adrian Pitches joins me now. Adrian, we
:01:49. > :01:55.first reported on this operation nearly two weeks ago, so what are
:01:56. > :01:57.the latest developments? What we have learned today is that initially
:01:58. > :02:04.they were talking about 30 bit for witnesses. Today we are told 80.
:02:05. > :02:09.Almost three times as many. They are saying 15 victims have been
:02:10. > :02:12.identified but they want to talk to another 65 young women and girls to
:02:13. > :02:18.investigate these crimes. I spoke to the deputy Chief Constable this
:02:19. > :02:21.morning. What is consistent so far in this investigation is that there
:02:22. > :02:26.is a common factor that binds those victims together. That is their
:02:27. > :02:31.vulnerability. Vulnerability about her chew of their age, in some
:02:32. > :02:34.cases, but in many cases because of their susceptibility to grooming,
:02:35. > :02:43.there are addiction to alcohol or indeed other substances. So in many
:02:44. > :02:48.cases, these are teenagers and women who live in a part of any community
:02:49. > :02:53.across Newcastle, Gateshead and the whole area. Northumbria Police have
:02:54. > :02:56.said throughout this investigation that no single group is responsible
:02:57. > :03:00.for these crimes. Is that still the case?
:03:01. > :03:06.Any much so. What links these 30 arrests is basically despicable
:03:07. > :03:09.behaviour. There from a variety of backgrounds, nationalities, right
:03:10. > :03:14.across the area. It is very difficult to pinpoint one factor
:03:15. > :03:18.which bounds altogether other than to say it is the appalling conduct
:03:19. > :03:20.towards vulnerable women and girls that absolutely binds them
:03:21. > :03:23.together. That is criminal and that is what this is about.
:03:24. > :03:26.And to help with the investigation, the police are enlisting taxi
:03:27. > :03:29.drivers and owners of business premises? That is right. They have
:03:30. > :03:33.been out handing out leaflets this evening. They have been at hotels,
:03:34. > :03:37.taxi drivers, take away that have actually been saying to these people
:03:38. > :03:41.that they are their eyes and ears. "If you see the sort of behaviour,
:03:42. > :03:45.reported to us." Beyond that, there are saying that there is a
:03:46. > :03:48.collective responsibility of all others. If you see inappropriate
:03:49. > :03:55.behaviour, something that looks wrong and feels wrong, it probably
:03:56. > :04:01.is wrong and people should phone 101 and say they want to talk about
:04:02. > :04:04.Operation Sanctuary. There are calls tonight for York
:04:05. > :04:07.College to say sorry for the mistakes which led to the death of
:04:08. > :04:10.Lydia Bishop, the little girl who died on her first day at its
:04:11. > :04:14.nursery. Yesterday, nursery assistant Sophee Redhead was cleared
:04:15. > :04:20.of all blame for the death of the three`year`old. But the jury found
:04:21. > :04:24.the college had failed to ensure the safety of children in its care. Now,
:04:25. > :04:33.a mother whose children went to the same nursery says the college should
:04:34. > :04:36.apologise. John Cundy reports. Claire's children wear at the York
:04:37. > :04:43.College Nursery the day Lydia tragically died. Strangled by a rope
:04:44. > :04:46.wrongly left on a slide. Clear says shocked parents like ourselves were
:04:47. > :04:50.kicked in the dark about what had happened. Then the College Nursery
:04:51. > :04:55.shop, that support just stopped. We had a message to say that we had to
:04:56. > :04:58.come and collect our belongings from reception and I turn up and there
:04:59. > :05:03.was a carrier bag for each of my children and that was that. The
:05:04. > :05:07.nursery shut immediately after the Lydia Bishop tragedy. It will now
:05:08. > :05:11.every open. Now, the college faces fines or possibly tens of thousands
:05:12. > :05:16.of pounds after a jury found the nursery had failed to ensure the
:05:17. > :05:21.safety of children in their daily care. There is no apology to the
:05:22. > :05:26.girl's family. There is no apology to the staff, to the parents and the
:05:27. > :05:31.children. I am really angry with the college for that. Nursery assistant
:05:32. > :05:36.Sophie redhead was cleared yesterday by a jury of any blame in connection
:05:37. > :05:38.with Lydia's death. I do not think Sophie should have been held
:05:39. > :05:46.accountable for what happened that day. Somebody else did not do their
:05:47. > :06:08.job properly. You know, and a little girl lost her life as a result.
:06:09. > :06:13.A man accused of his wife's murder has told a jury he developed tunnel
:06:14. > :06:17.vision and snapped, stabbing his wife after she told him she was
:06:18. > :06:21.having an affair and wanted to leave him. Heather Arthur was stabbed in
:06:22. > :06:24.the study of the couple's home in Gosforth in Newcastle, last April.
:06:25. > :06:27.Her husband, Mark Arthur, 50, said his blood pressure rose and he heard
:06:28. > :06:31.his own heart racing after she launched a tirade about his
:06:32. > :06:42.character. He said his whole world collapsed in a second. He admits
:06:43. > :06:44.manslaughter but denies murder. The trial continues.
:06:45. > :06:47.A careworker has pleaded guilty to abusing elderly residents at a
:06:48. > :06:50.Cumbrian nursing home. Claire Strong, 20, from Penrith, admitted
:06:51. > :06:52.three charges of ill treatment and wilful neglect when she appeared at
:06:53. > :06:54.Carlisle Magistrates' Court. Mark McAlindon reports.
:06:55. > :06:57.Claire Strong, seen here leaving court, pleaded guilty to three
:06:58. > :07:00.charges of ill treatment or neglect of residents at the Beacon Edge
:07:01. > :07:03.Nursing Home in Penrith. They happened on three separate
:07:04. > :07:06.occasions, between January and June last year. It was revealed in court
:07:07. > :07:09.that Strong had taken pictures of residents in humiliating
:07:10. > :07:12.circumstances. Speaking on her behalf, Strong's solicitor said she
:07:13. > :07:18.was highly immature and that her mother, also a care worker, was
:07:19. > :07:21.appalled by her behaviour. It comes after an investigation was carried
:07:22. > :07:25.out into behaviour at the nursing home last year. Two other people are
:07:26. > :07:28.also facing a total of 18 charges between them. Chevonne Benson, 22
:07:29. > :07:33.and also from Penrith, faces seven counts of ill treatment or neglect
:07:34. > :07:37.of residents at Beacon Edge. And William Bowman, 21 and also from
:07:38. > :07:41.Penrith, faces ten charges of ill treatment or neglect of residents at
:07:42. > :07:46.Beacon Edge. He's also charged with carrying out a sexual offence
:07:47. > :07:49.against a woman in the Penrith area. Claire Strong will next appear at
:07:50. > :07:52.Carlisle crown court in March, while Chevonne Benson and William Bowman
:07:53. > :07:57.face a plea and management hearing at the crown court in May. Mark
:07:58. > :08:02.McAlindon, BBC Look North, Carlisle Magistrates' Court.
:08:03. > :08:05.It's North Yorkshire's county town but it's reeling from 600 job
:08:06. > :08:09.losses, all announced in just a few months. Today, Northallerton's Rural
:08:10. > :08:15.Payments Agency, which employed 350 people, closed its doors for the
:08:16. > :08:19.final time. The local prison has also shut down. So where does the
:08:20. > :08:29.town go from here? Our political correspondent Mark Denten is in
:08:30. > :08:34.Northallerton now. This is a town but it is a time
:08:35. > :08:38.right in the heart of the North Yorkshire countryside. 12,000 people
:08:39. > :08:41.live here. The headquarters of the County Council is here and some very
:08:42. > :08:46.famous teashops are just on the high street as well. But if you thought
:08:47. > :08:54.that a big job losses only happen in the big cities, think again. They
:08:55. > :08:59.are happening here and the heart. It is a bustling market town still
:09:00. > :09:05.bustling this afternoon but battered also by a succession of job losses.
:09:06. > :09:11.Just that bustling high street, a nearly empty car park tells the
:09:12. > :09:16.story. 350 workers used to process the farmers' grants at the rural
:09:17. > :09:21.payments agency offices. 250 of them will do that in Europe from Monday,
:09:22. > :09:27.the rest took voluntary redundancy. The office shot. It leaves a great
:09:28. > :09:29.big economic hole. 350 jobs in Middlesbrough wouldn't make the
:09:30. > :09:38.difference it does in this time. We are so small. It will have an effect
:09:39. > :09:46.on the retail side of the town. They could have looked right across the
:09:47. > :09:53.entire agency for voluntary volunteers for voluntary redundancy
:09:54. > :09:56.and saved cost that way, rather than crudely closer than others. While
:09:57. > :10:00.the workers are moving out today, the thing is that this market town
:10:01. > :10:05.has been hit by a succession of public sector job losses. You have
:10:06. > :10:09.only got to walk over the road to find someone else which has also
:10:10. > :10:15.been hit by job losses and the closure. The prison closed last
:10:16. > :10:21.month. It is another empty site, with all told 600 public sector job
:10:22. > :10:26.losses for a small market town. When a market town like this is relying
:10:27. > :10:32.on jobs that nature and there is nothing to replace them, is there?
:10:33. > :10:34.Isn't hard finding work? It is hard for full`time work. A lot of it is
:10:35. > :10:41.either part`time or just a few hours. So the challenge for the
:10:42. > :10:46.planning people, what do you do with a big empty office and an empty
:10:47. > :10:51.prison? These two sites are significant sized sites in the town
:10:52. > :10:53.centre and they do offer a once in a generation opportunity to look at
:10:54. > :11:01.redevelopment and free use of the sites. The Rural Payments Agency say
:11:02. > :11:06.closing the building will save the taxpayer many millions of pounds
:11:07. > :11:10.over the next decade. The MP around here is the Foreign
:11:11. > :11:14.Secretary William Hague. He actually has his constituency office in the
:11:15. > :11:18.town. We asked for his comments on those job losses but he was not
:11:19. > :11:24.available. I guess the dilemma for Mr Hague and indeed other local
:11:25. > :11:29.politicians is this, too big empty buildings right in the centre of
:11:30. > :11:35.this market town, where hundreds of jobs used to be.
:11:36. > :11:44.Mark, thank you for that. Some better jobs news now. The company
:11:45. > :11:48.which took apart the so`called ghost ships has one a contract to
:11:49. > :11:51.dismantle four North Sea oil and gas rigs. 200 jobs will be created at
:11:52. > :11:55.Able UK's yard near Hartlepool over the six year life of the job. The
:11:56. > :11:58.structures, owned by Shell, will be transported from the Brent field,
:11:59. > :11:59.100 miles north east of Scotland. Our business correspondent, Ian
:12:00. > :12:02.Reeve, reports. This is the yard best known for
:12:03. > :12:06.dismantling the so`called ghost ships. Four former US Navy ships
:12:07. > :12:11.were taken apart here, amidst much sound and fury and claims of
:12:12. > :12:15.toxicity and mounds of asbestos. But a new contract win here will be far
:12:16. > :12:25.less contentious ` four oil rigs to take apart. It will be a six`year
:12:26. > :12:28.contract. In addition to that, we have over ?20 million worth of
:12:29. > :12:31.preparation work on the site right now. That'll be about 18 months and
:12:32. > :12:36.instructors will be brought in in about a year in the summer. `` the
:12:37. > :12:39.structures. Coming into the yard near Hartlepool, the rigs will be
:12:40. > :12:43.quite a sight, loaded in the North Sea on to the world's biggest
:12:44. > :12:46.lifting vessel. It will also be something of a homecoming. In the
:12:47. > :12:50.1970s, some of the biggest oil and gas rigs to make their way to the
:12:51. > :12:54.North Sea fields were built here. 2000 people worked in the yard at a
:12:55. > :13:00.time of prosperity in Hartlepool. Johnny and Derrick worked in the
:13:01. > :13:11.yard and cashed in. Islet the other job. I have been there many years
:13:12. > :13:19.and I got my three weeks' wages. I got ?2500 redundancy when it
:13:20. > :13:23.finished. I was a rich man! The workforce got very, very good money.
:13:24. > :13:27.They certainly were not shy about paying good money to get the right
:13:28. > :13:32.people in. It was a time where people were happy going to work.
:13:33. > :13:36.They knew it the end of the shift they would take a lot of money home.
:13:37. > :13:39.Today's contract win will create 200 jobs. Not quite the number the yard
:13:40. > :13:50.hit in its heyday but with hundreds of North Sea rigs needing recycling,
:13:51. > :13:53.it could be a start. Its critics dub it the bedroom tax
:13:54. > :13:56.and claim it's hurting the most vulnerable in society. But the
:13:57. > :13:59.Government says by removing what it calls the spare room subsidy it's
:14:00. > :14:02.saving the taxpayer millions. Either way, the introduction of housing
:14:03. > :14:05.benefit reform last April proved highly controversial in this region,
:14:06. > :14:12.with around 40,000 families facing a cut. But the reform has affected
:14:13. > :14:16.tenants in different ways. Some have lost out. Others have got a better
:14:17. > :14:18.home as a result, as our political reporter, Luke Walton, has been
:14:19. > :14:22.finding out. For Jean Lowes, this two bedroom
:14:23. > :14:27.flat in Stockton has been home for more than 20 years. But under the
:14:28. > :14:31.new rules, it's seen as too big for her needs. So despite being out of
:14:32. > :14:42.work, she's taken an ?11 a week cut in her housing benefit. I have found
:14:43. > :14:48.myself not being in a position to put food on my table as easily as I
:14:49. > :14:53.could. By accessing a local food bank occasionally, where I have been
:14:54. > :15:04.given a bag with some tea bags in it, bread, sugar, coffee etc and the
:15:05. > :15:07.basics, that enables me just to be able to breathe a bit more easily.
:15:08. > :15:10.Jean says she tried but failed to find a one bedroom flat. But
:15:11. > :15:15.Sunderland mum Stacey Lough has been on the move. She's upsized to a
:15:16. > :15:18.house with a garden as part of a home swap in which other tenants
:15:19. > :15:26.with spare rooms went somewhere smaller. And like the Government,
:15:27. > :15:29.she believes reform was justified. I can understand the frustration from
:15:30. > :15:33.people that are having to move. Obviously there are having to leave
:15:34. > :15:37.houses that they have lived in for a number of years due to this but
:15:38. > :15:41.people like myself and growing families need that extra space and
:15:42. > :15:43.would have had to wait a much longer period of time to benefit and get a
:15:44. > :15:46.bigger house. But some housing associations in the
:15:47. > :15:50.region complain they don't have the smaller properties for tenants to
:15:51. > :15:53.move to, with one bedroom homes in short supply. Ministers may insist
:15:54. > :15:56.the benefit bill had to be tackled. But ten months on from its
:15:57. > :16:07.introduction, this attempt to cut it still divides opinion.
:16:08. > :16:17.And there's more on this story on Sunday Politics at 11am on Sunday,
:16:18. > :16:20.here on BBC One. With the eagerly`awaited Tour de
:16:21. > :16:23.France coming to North Yorkshire in July, people have been encouraged to
:16:24. > :16:26.take up...no, not cycling ` knitting. The local authority in
:16:27. > :16:30.Harrogate has called on the public to make thousands of mini jerseys
:16:31. > :16:33.which can be used as bunting along the route. Our reporter Jonathan
:16:34. > :16:36.Swingler has been to one shop which, they're pleased to report, has been
:16:37. > :16:40.selling an awful lot of wool. People here have been busy. As an
:16:41. > :16:44.activity. It might not be as tiring as doing the Tour de France. But the
:16:45. > :16:50.2,000 of these made so far will brighten up the route. We have just
:16:51. > :16:54.been totally overwhelmed by the response we have had and it is
:16:55. > :16:57.fantastic that everybody wants to be part of this exciting thing coming
:16:58. > :17:03.to Yorkshire. What is really nice is that we can put our own Yorkshire
:17:04. > :17:07.spin on it. This is the county where we live in will heritage. That is
:17:08. > :17:10.what this county is all about. So it is fantastic that we can put a
:17:11. > :17:11.Yorkshire spin on the Tour de France.
:17:12. > :17:14.Mind you, once they have the predicted 7,000 jumpers fluttering
:17:15. > :17:20.in the wind, isn't our weather going to trash them? We are actually doing
:17:21. > :17:24.tests at the moment and checking for how much the cord actually sags and
:17:25. > :17:30.to make sure that we have got the fastenings correct. We have been
:17:31. > :17:33.inundated with these ones, not too difficult to make, apparently. These
:17:34. > :17:36.ones however our little bit more difficult. Not many have tried to
:17:37. > :17:40.make the King of the Mountains jumper. This customer is going to
:17:41. > :17:43.have a go at knitting a few though. I will struggle on! They would like
:17:44. > :17:50.to see some more male volunteers. Graeme is definitely in a minority.
:17:51. > :17:53.I think there is probably about four male knitters in the whole
:17:54. > :17:59.Harrowgate saw the rest of them are women. Why is that? I think in
:18:00. > :18:06.England it is predominantly a lady' craft. I know that in Europe a lot
:18:07. > :18:09.of men met very well. `` mitt. They've had people sending jumpers
:18:10. > :18:13.in from as far away as Switzerland and Canada. If you fancy making a
:18:14. > :18:16.few yourself, you've got until March ten to get the needles and wool out.
:18:17. > :18:22.Jonathan Swingler, BBC Look North, Harrogate.
:18:23. > :18:26.One of those might fit me! Newcastle United have been fined
:18:27. > :18:29.?20,000 for that part `` their part in the problem at the end of the
:18:30. > :18:32.game at Norwich. It is not going to get much better.
:18:33. > :18:35.Reserve team manager Willie Donachie followed director of football Joe
:18:36. > :18:39.Kinnear out of St James Park last night. He resigned amid allegations
:18:40. > :18:41.that he hit one of his young players, Remie Street, after the
:18:42. > :18:44.under`21s were beaten by Sunderland. Not ideal preparation for a club
:18:45. > :18:48.facing the near`impossible task of trying to bounce back from another
:18:49. > :18:55.derby defeat against a Chelsea side who've never lost in the league at
:18:56. > :18:58.Stamford Bridge under Jose! Newcastle have beaten Chelsea this
:18:59. > :19:01.season, back in November at St James' Park when they put two goals
:19:02. > :19:04.past Jose Mourinho's side. But that was when the Magpies had Yohan
:19:05. > :19:08.Cabaye, whose brilliant free kick was converted by Yoan Gouffran. The
:19:09. > :19:11.second from Loic Remy a minute from time rounded off a famous victory.
:19:12. > :19:14.Tomorrow Alan Pardew will be without all three of those key players `
:19:15. > :19:18.Cabaye sold, Gouffran injured and Remy suspended. Add to that
:19:19. > :19:26.Chelsea's unbeaten home record under the special one and Alan Pardew
:19:27. > :19:30.knows they'll be up against it. They expect to win. They have the
:19:31. > :19:34.confidence that they expect to win. If you do not concentrate for 90
:19:35. > :19:38.minutes, they will win. If you can concentrate and do your job and for
:19:39. > :19:42.a goal for it, that is the big problem going to Chelsea. It is not
:19:43. > :19:45.about parking the bus, it is certainly about offering a threat.
:19:46. > :19:48.But you do need to defend well. That's made all the more difficult
:19:49. > :19:51.with the absence of injured captain Fabricio Coloccini and it's
:19:52. > :19:54.difficult to see where Newcastle's goal threat will come from for a
:19:55. > :20:00.side still reeling from the derby defeat. But they havent given up
:20:01. > :20:06.yet. We have managed to do things this season that people did not
:20:07. > :20:09.expect. So we will be going there Ousely a little bruised and battered
:20:10. > :20:15.after the result but ultimately, you know, if you look at the bigger
:20:16. > :20:19.picture, you know, there is three points to have and a fresh 90
:20:20. > :20:22.minutes to play. We Sunderland winger Adam Johnson has been named
:20:23. > :20:25.Player of the Month today and Gus Poyet hopes his good form will
:20:26. > :20:28.continue against Hull City tomorrow. They're just one place above the
:20:29. > :20:32.Black Cats and that's on goal difference. It's a huge game for
:20:33. > :20:35.both sides in the battle to avoid relegation and as Andrew Hartley
:20:36. > :20:39.reports, it means a return to the Stadium of Light for Steve Bruce for
:20:40. > :20:42.the first time since getting the sack two years ago.
:20:43. > :20:45.If Sunderland's three goal trouncing of Newcastle United at St James'
:20:46. > :20:49.Park last Saturday was the high`water mark of Gus Poyet's time
:20:50. > :20:54.at Sunderland. Then last November's 1`0 defeat at Hull City was probably
:20:55. > :20:58.his lowest point. It was the ugliest of beatings, one that seemed to
:20:59. > :21:01.confirm to all but the most optimistic of Sunderland fans that
:21:02. > :21:06.their side were already doomed, even though the clocks had only just gone
:21:07. > :21:10.back. An own goal and two red cards, as the Black Cats suffered their
:21:11. > :21:14.eighth loss in the first ten games of the season. But just one defeat
:21:15. > :21:18.in the last nine league matches has propelled Sunderland out of the
:21:19. > :21:22.relegation zone. And Poyet believes the seeds of his side's climb up the
:21:23. > :21:32.Premier League were sown during that defeat at Hull. We played more than
:21:33. > :21:36.35 minutes and we did not consider, OK. And on top of that, we had a
:21:37. > :21:42.good chance with Johnson. Then you take a point and you become probably
:21:43. > :21:47.one of the most famous games in your life. And that showed me that there
:21:48. > :21:50.were things that we were able to do in that game.
:21:51. > :21:53.Back to the Stadium of Light since his sacking is former Sunderland
:21:54. > :21:56.boss Steve Bruce, who brings a Hull City side to Wearside every bit as
:21:57. > :21:59.desperate for the points as his former charges. You have to be fair
:22:00. > :22:03.to glass, he has done a fantastic job in difficult circumstances. They
:22:04. > :22:06.have had a hell of a run. They are probably the best team in the bottom
:22:07. > :22:10.of the division so we know what to expect, a big game and big occasion
:22:11. > :22:14.for both sides. Geordie Steve Bruce isn't the only one who can expect a
:22:15. > :22:17.warm Makem welcome at the Stadium of Light tomorrow. Former Newcastle
:22:18. > :22:20.keeper Steve Harper will be between the sticks for Hull. I made get a
:22:21. > :22:26.bit of stick, a manager coming back! They're all coming back to
:22:27. > :22:29.Sunderland as well. Inform Sunderland. We need a result as
:22:30. > :22:33.well. A win tomorrow could put Sunderland into the top half of the
:22:34. > :22:37.table, a fact that tells you as much about the tight nature of the
:22:38. > :22:42.relegation battle as it does about Poyet's side's remarkable turnaround
:22:43. > :22:44.since that dark day in November. Middlesbrough have a tough game
:22:45. > :22:48.against fellow play`off hopefuls Blackburn. Boss Aitor Karanka is
:22:49. > :22:52.hoping former Boro player Danny Graham, who's returned to the club
:22:53. > :22:56.on loan, can start to reproduce some of the form that once made him one
:22:57. > :22:59.of the Championship's most feared strikers on his Riverside return.
:23:00. > :23:02.Meanwhile, struggling Carlisle take on Gillingham at Brunton Park in
:23:03. > :23:11.need of a victory. Graham Kavanagh's side are just three points above the
:23:12. > :23:15.relegation zone. I am sure they will cause one or two problems but, you
:23:16. > :23:19.know, we played them down there. We did not play anywhere near to our
:23:20. > :23:23.maximum. It was a game and somebody was sent off and we got done on the
:23:24. > :23:27.penalties are we feel we owe them one and with any luck, we can come
:23:28. > :23:30.in and probably not lose. It is a different approach maybe we have to
:23:31. > :23:33.take but one you're very much looking forward to.
:23:34. > :23:36.In League Two, York City have a real six pointer against Cheltenham.
:23:37. > :23:39.They're two of three sides on 35 points, along with Hartlepool who
:23:40. > :23:42.have a tough away tie at Dagenham, and Redbridge, who are pushing for
:23:43. > :23:45.the playoffs. Match commentary on your local BBC Radio Stations.
:23:46. > :23:49.Newcastle Falcons are back in Premiership action this weekend with
:23:50. > :23:52.a tough trip to third`placed Bath. The Falcons haven't beaten Bath
:23:53. > :23:56.since 2009 and lost to them on the opening day of the season.
:23:57. > :23:59.Argentinian international centre Gonzalo Tiesi makes his long`awaited
:24:00. > :24:02.Premiership debut for the Falcons after recovering from the injury he
:24:03. > :24:11.picked up in the Autumn internationals. You know, they are a
:24:12. > :24:15.top three side and they're going to finish up there and it will be
:24:16. > :24:19.really competitive this year. Our point of view, we have studied and
:24:20. > :24:23.met on occasions but I think we are getting a style that we really want
:24:24. > :24:26.to take. It has taken a while to get there but we are going to be all
:24:27. > :24:29.right. It is interesting that the weather conditions will be almost
:24:30. > :24:32.exactly the same as the first game of the season. It is going to be
:24:33. > :24:36.really wet and windy down there. It will be a hard game but we're
:24:37. > :24:38.looking forward to it. It is a real challenge.
:24:39. > :24:42.I think the weather will play a big part in that game.
:24:43. > :24:47.It will. It has been a bit wet and wild this week for us but not as bad
:24:48. > :24:52.as that? It has turned a bit unsettled here
:24:53. > :24:56.but nothing like some other parts of the country are having to put up
:24:57. > :25:00.with. It was a decent day for most others. A calm looking day here.
:25:01. > :25:05.Thank you for this picture. It is a bit of a different story for the
:25:06. > :25:08.weekend. No pressure comes in and it will bring us some showers, longer
:25:09. > :25:12.spells of rain and gusty winds, especially on Saturday. Those winds
:25:13. > :25:18.will make it feel cold. Tonight, we sort of dry. That first band of rain
:25:19. > :25:22.is spreading from the West through the evening. It spread right across
:25:23. > :25:25.the region and might bring some Hillsborough. Through the early
:25:26. > :25:28.hours of the morning, the more rain clears away and we get some drier
:25:29. > :25:36.interludes. `` might bring some hill snow. We will stay frost`free
:25:37. > :25:40.because that wind eggs up strong. A strong, southerly wind picking up
:25:41. > :25:45.throughout the night. Tomorrow morning, it is a mostly dry start.
:25:46. > :25:49.If you broke spells in the east with one or two showers and as we head
:25:50. > :25:53.into the afternoon, they start to merge together. Some will be real
:25:54. > :25:56.downpours would heal and thunder and again, all for the tops of the
:25:57. > :26:00.hills, there will be some snow. By the end of the afternoon, the
:26:01. > :26:03.showers will become a bit more scattered. We will start to see a
:26:04. > :26:11.few drier interludes. Most others will see some heavy rain at times.
:26:12. > :26:17.Temperatures like today. Unlike today, there are strong, very gusty
:26:18. > :26:21.southerly winds and they will make it feel colder if you are out and
:26:22. > :26:24.about. It is this weather front that is bringing of that band of rain
:26:25. > :26:29.overnight tonight. It is driven by this Atlantic low pressure system.
:26:30. > :26:32.The weather front extends back to give of that second batch of rain
:26:33. > :26:36.tomorrow afternoon. That low pressure stays in charge of the
:26:37. > :26:39.weather to the weekend also but you can see the lines beginning to open
:26:40. > :26:43.on the charts. Less windy and the showers will maybe not be as
:26:44. > :26:47.widespread on Sunday. If you are out and about, I think most places will
:26:48. > :26:51.see some heavy bursts of rain at times. There will be one or two
:26:52. > :26:56.brighter interludes, especially in the east and especially through the
:26:57. > :27:02.morning. Similar figures for Sunday. By that time, the showers should be
:27:03. > :27:07.coming less widespread and Les Hedley and the winds of it later. We
:27:08. > :27:10.will keep you updated throughout the weekend on how the weather is
:27:11. > :27:15.shaking up on the radio. If you are out and about on the move, maybe
:27:16. > :27:19.moving further afield, you can get the latest information on the free
:27:20. > :27:23.BBC weather app. Now we are willing to separate, of course keep February
:27:24. > :27:26.weather pictures coming send them to the usual address or check out the
:27:27. > :27:30.website to see exactly what we are after.
:27:31. > :27:33.IQ very much. That is that from us. A bit of doom and gloom! Sorry about
:27:34. > :27:38.that. Some good news just in, it is Friday night! Unless you are on the
:27:39. > :28:24.late news, the weekend starts here. Have a good weekend. Goodbye.
:28:25. > :28:36.It's your job to keep law and order, isn't it?
:28:37. > :28:40.It must be exciting being a policewoman. It has its moments.