:00:00. > :00:00.to British coastlines, with winds of up to 80 mph. That's all from the
:00:00. > :00:07.Hello. Welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight: The review of
:00:08. > :00:10.child heart surgery. Look North is told of more delays,
:00:11. > :00:14.and a charity claims lives are being put at risk.
:00:15. > :00:16.Also tonight: pioneering research is launched in Newcastle to help
:00:17. > :00:22.children with potentially`deadly brain tumours.
:00:23. > :00:26.The power of nature ` hundreds of trees in just one forest are felled
:00:27. > :00:29.by the storms. Sending out a signal ` defiant
:00:30. > :00:34.campaigners put their town back on the motorway map, despite warnings
:00:35. > :00:37.from the council. And on Valentine's Day, the
:00:38. > :00:41.declaration of true love that's spreading from the Continent ` but
:00:42. > :00:45.is it just an eyesore? In sport, Sunderland already have
:00:46. > :00:48.one Cup final date at Wembley. Can they take a step closer to a second
:00:49. > :00:50.this weekend? And can Gary Mills' in`form
:00:51. > :00:52.Gateshead keep their push for promotion on track and make it ten
:00:53. > :01:19.games unbeaten tomorrow? Scientists in Newcastle have been
:01:20. > :01:24.given a share of ?4 million to carry out research into some of the
:01:25. > :01:27.deadliest brain tumours. They are hoping to save more young lives and
:01:28. > :01:37.their children from unnecessary drug treatments.
:01:38. > :01:40.12`year`old Cameron Angus from Gosforth was diagnosed with a brain
:01:41. > :01:43.tumour when he was just seven. He's now healthy and happy, but underwent
:01:44. > :01:48.gruelling courses of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. I can remember I
:01:49. > :01:55.used to get really frightened and get all tents, and dad was trying to
:01:56. > :02:04.tell me to relax, but it was difficult. I felt tired and wanted
:02:05. > :02:07.to fall asleep and not feel any pain. Scientists will study the
:02:08. > :02:09.genetic and biochemical features of brain tumours in children like
:02:10. > :02:12.Cameron. That information will then be used to tailor`make treatments,
:02:13. > :02:17.which could mean lower doses of chemotherapy. Currently, only a
:02:18. > :02:25.handful of children out of the 500 diagnosed every year receive the
:02:26. > :02:30.more personalised treatment. Weigh the best analogy we can use is that
:02:31. > :02:35.of trying to fix a car without being able to open the bonnet. But we can
:02:36. > :02:42.do now is open the cancer cell and understand its inner workings and
:02:43. > :02:47.understand the ways to stop the cancer cells. The team in this lab
:02:48. > :02:52.say their research is vital to making sure children aggressive
:02:53. > :02:53.brain tumours aren't giving unnecessary and potentially damage
:02:54. > :02:56.treatment. Cameron's father, James, sat through
:02:57. > :02:59.hours of chemotherapy with his son. He welcomes anything which could
:03:00. > :03:10.potentially lower doses and increase the chance of a cure. We didn't know
:03:11. > :03:15.just how toxic some of these therapies are. Cancer has a hangover
:03:16. > :03:22.from that. His hearing was affected. He had to have a daily growth
:03:23. > :03:26.hormone. This was a direct receipt `` result of the treatment. If you
:03:27. > :03:37.can reduce it at all, it can only be a good thing.
:03:38. > :03:40.It cost ?6 million and took nearly five years, but last year, a huge
:03:41. > :03:44.review of child heart surgery units was pretty much thrown out by the
:03:45. > :03:47.Health Secretary ` and a whole new review began. That was expected to
:03:48. > :03:50.deliver its conclusions sometime this year. But Look North has been
:03:51. > :03:53.told it'll be ANOTHER year before any final decisions are made.
:03:54. > :03:56.Tonight, one national charity told us the ongoing indecision over the
:03:57. > :04:00.future of the units ` including those in Newcastle and Leeds ` means
:04:01. > :04:03.children's lives are being "put at risk." More on that shortly. First,
:04:04. > :04:11.our health reporter, Sharon Barbour, has a reminder of the ups and downs
:04:12. > :04:17.of the last five years. July, 2012. Cheers in Newcastle,
:04:18. > :04:20.inconsolable in Leeds. The Government's review of children's
:04:21. > :04:24.heart units had come down in the Freeman Hospital's favour. Surgery
:04:25. > :04:29.in Yorkshire would end, Tyneside would be a new specialist paediatric
:04:30. > :04:34.centre. But Newcastle's joy was shortlived. A protracted battle
:04:35. > :04:39.followed ` still with no end in sight. In 2011, although agreed by
:04:40. > :04:42.the clinicians that fewer larger specialist units would be safer and
:04:43. > :04:45.more sustainable, the public consultation saw emotions run high
:04:46. > :04:55.as campaigners fought for their own hospitals. July 2012 brought D`day `
:04:56. > :04:58.it's announced the Freeman will be one of seven specialist children's
:04:59. > :05:03.heart hospitals ` but Leeds loses out. A month later, and Leeds
:05:04. > :05:10.challenges the decision. By October, the Government had
:05:11. > :05:13.ordered a review of the review. In March last year, the Leeds
:05:14. > :05:18.campaigners won a High Court battle claiming the original review was
:05:19. > :05:23.flawed. And by June, the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, had
:05:24. > :05:27.announced the whole plan was off. Finally, in August, NHS England said
:05:28. > :05:34.a fresh look at heart surgery could take at least a year to complete.
:05:35. > :05:38.And so campaigners are left in limbo. 19 months after Newcastle
:05:39. > :05:42.celebrated winning the survival fight, there is uncertainty and
:05:43. > :05:45.anxiety. It'll be a long time yet before parents and staff know the
:05:46. > :05:52.long`term future of children's heart surgery in our region.
:05:53. > :06:00.Earlier, I spoke to Sharon Barbour and asked what sort of effect this
:06:01. > :06:05.continued delay is having. I think part of the delay is about the sheer
:06:06. > :06:09.size. There were originally looking at child surgery. It now includes
:06:10. > :06:16.adult right through to end of life care. Also delays because of the
:06:17. > :06:19.local government elections in May. This has become a political issue.
:06:20. > :06:25.Some are unhappy about the time it is taking. Tonight, the charity told
:06:26. > :06:30.us in a statement they were concerned about the safety in units
:06:31. > :06:36.now, and they say they have concerns about the harm, indecision and an
:06:37. > :06:37.absurdity of what it is having on children's at services across the
:06:38. > :06:48.country. They urge the NHS England to address
:06:49. > :06:50.these problems to ensure children being treated now receiving a
:06:51. > :07:01.surface. What is the situation now? being treated now receiving a
:07:02. > :07:05.investment. That is not the case where the Freeman is concerned.
:07:06. > :07:11.There is concern about how much they are investing, and in expanding
:07:12. > :07:15.their heart unit. I have and will always have every
:07:16. > :07:18.confidence in the work that was done by the safe and sustainable process.
:07:19. > :07:22.I think the outcome was appropriate, it was well`managed, and it fell at
:07:23. > :07:25.the last hurdle, really, to legal management. As things stand, I'm
:07:26. > :07:28.very confident with this second view, they will recognise the
:07:29. > :07:31.breadth and scope of the services here in Newcastle upon Tyne, and
:07:32. > :07:42.we're getting on to secure everything in the public interest.
:07:43. > :07:45.I think one of the reasons for that optimism is transplant. The first
:07:46. > :07:52.review felt that transplant could not be moved. The second review said
:07:53. > :07:56.that is the tail wagging the dog. You should not have transplants stop
:07:57. > :08:02.the process, will be the deciding factor. Since looking into this
:08:03. > :08:04.further, the current review is saying it would be difficult for
:08:05. > :08:12.transplant to be moved from Newcastle. Any of the recipients
:08:13. > :08:15.over the years would like to see transatlantic given due and proper
:08:16. > :08:17.consideration. There are two excellent national centres. Great
:08:18. > :08:21.Ormond Street in London and ourselves, and I believe they are
:08:22. > :08:27.there for the long term. When will we know what will happen? It is no
:08:28. > :08:32.longer about choosing one hospital. It is a plan of what services are
:08:33. > :08:36.needed across England. They will be a three`month public consultation in
:08:37. > :08:40.the summer. That was due in the spring, and then a model set out.
:08:41. > :08:43.Then next year, the process of buying services and putting
:08:44. > :08:48.everything in place. NHS England say they will not be rushed. An
:08:49. > :08:59.excellent clinical outcome for every patient is the most important issue.
:09:00. > :09:03.Think you very much. York College has been fined ?175,000
:09:04. > :09:07.after the death of a three year`old girl at its nursery. Lydia Bishop
:09:08. > :09:10.died after being caught in a rope on a slide in 2012. At Leeds Crown
:09:11. > :09:14.Court, the College was found guilty of health and safety failings. It's
:09:15. > :09:18.also been ordered to pay ?45,000 in costs.
:09:19. > :09:20.North Yorkshire Police are asking witnesses who claim they were
:09:21. > :09:24.sexually assaulted by a former Scarborough Mayor to contact them as
:09:25. > :09:27.soon as possible. Peter Jaconelli ` seen here with his friend Jimmy
:09:28. > :09:31.Savile ` was a prominent councillor and businessman in the town, up
:09:32. > :09:34.until his death in 1999. Last Monday's BBC Inside Out programme
:09:35. > :09:37.said it had spoken to five men who claimed they'd been sexually
:09:38. > :09:41.assaulted or propositioned by Mr Jaconelli when they were boys. North
:09:42. > :09:46.Yorkshire Police now say they want to hear from people who took part in
:09:47. > :09:48.the programme. The weather's heading downhill again
:09:49. > :09:53.today, with attention once again focused on the flood`hit South. But
:09:54. > :09:57.just take a look at this ` trees, 50ft tall, brought down by 80mph
:09:58. > :10:00.winds. 500 of them have been blown down in a forest in Upper Weardale,
:10:01. > :10:03.with the worst of the damage happening this week when the last
:10:04. > :10:08.storm blasted through. Here's our Correspondent, Mark Denten.
:10:09. > :10:11.Felled by the sheer force of the wind last night. 50ft spruces
:10:12. > :10:21.flattened. Upper Weardale, the Killhope Mining Museum last night,
:10:22. > :10:25.bits of which had a narrow escape. Last night, we lost the timber edge
:10:26. > :10:28.that is behind us now. There is a building there, the washer boys'
:10:29. > :10:34.hut, where the men working on the site had taken shelter. A very large
:10:35. > :10:45.tree fell and missed the building by about eight inches. What happened
:10:46. > :10:48.here last night is just the latest part of the story. Since Christmas,
:10:49. > :10:55.around 500 trees have been brought down by 80mph winds up here. A
:10:56. > :11:05.five`year plan to carefully fell these trees has been accelerated by
:11:06. > :11:07.nature. We had a management plan approved for five years of careful
:11:08. > :11:11.management, but nobody anticipated the speed and volume of wind that
:11:12. > :11:21.came down over the last few weeks, and clearly we have to rethink that
:11:22. > :11:26.process. Just a skeleton staff working in the winter, ironically
:11:27. > :11:30.some of them in tree felling. They have already had to evacuate the
:11:31. > :11:37.site once this winter because of the severe winds. Have you ever seen
:11:38. > :11:40.anything like this before? No. This has just punched a huge hole in our
:11:41. > :11:49.operation. The museum here reopens on one April, with hopefully some
:11:50. > :11:53.trees left. A Carlisle man ` who ran an illegal
:11:54. > :11:58.butcher's business from a filthy garage ` has been given a suspended
:11:59. > :12:00.jail sentence and fined ?20,000. Richard Ferguson, from Moorhouse
:12:01. > :12:05.Road, pleaded guilty to nine breaches of food hygiene
:12:06. > :12:07.regulations. Mouldy lamb and rodent droppings were found when
:12:08. > :12:12.environmental health officers raided his garage last year. Today, at
:12:13. > :12:17.Carlisle Crown Court, he was jailed for six months ` suspended for a
:12:18. > :12:21.year. An MP has stepped into the row over
:12:22. > :12:23.the future of a local maternity unit. The plans under consideration
:12:24. > :12:26.would see the closure of North Tyneside Hospital's midwifery`led
:12:27. > :12:29.maternity unit. Instead, expectant mothers would go to a new hospital
:12:30. > :12:35.under construction near Cramlington ` or to Newcastle's Royal Victoria
:12:36. > :12:38.Infirmary. Health bosses say the North Tyneside unit is under`used `
:12:39. > :12:42.but the Labour MP for Tynemouth doesn't agree.
:12:43. > :12:46.I think where maternity services are concerned, there are often
:12:47. > :12:49.particular worries. Mothers want to have their babies locally, but they
:12:50. > :12:55.also want to make sure they deliver them safely. I think these are
:12:56. > :12:59.questions that my constituents will want to ask, as to whether they may
:13:00. > :13:05.have to travel further to deliver their babies.
:13:06. > :13:16.And there's more on that story on Sunday Politics here on BBC One, at
:13:17. > :13:19.11 o'clock on Sunday morning. Defiant campaigners ` hoping to put
:13:20. > :13:22.their North Yorkshire town back on the map ` have today re`erected
:13:23. > :13:25.their own makeshift road`sign on the A1 ` despite warnings from the local
:13:26. > :13:28.council. Business owners in Masham say they've been hit by falling
:13:29. > :13:32.visitor numbers since official brown tourist signs on the A1 were removed
:13:33. > :13:35.when the road was widened in 2009. The DIY sign has already been
:13:36. > :13:38.removed once because Harrogate Council said it breached Highways
:13:39. > :13:41.Agency rules. But today, campaigners put it back up, hoping to use a
:13:42. > :13:53."sign`amnesty" on the run`up to the Tour De France this summer. Phil
:13:54. > :13:56.Chapman reports. Defying the authorities to attract
:13:57. > :14:01.more visitors, but it is no wonder the people of Masham want to show
:14:02. > :14:04.the whole world how to get there. They have not one but two fence
:14:05. > :14:09.breweries. Since they lost their official signs an A1, businesses say
:14:10. > :14:12.takings are down, and they want to make sure they smack is on the map,
:14:13. > :14:19.especially as the Tour de France gets near. We wanted an amendment
:14:20. > :14:25.for the Tour de France, and we are hoping we will get it. Campaign is
:14:26. > :14:30.realised their DIY sign is not ideal, and want to raise the ?32,000
:14:31. > :14:36.for an official sign. We have set up a crowd funding site. You were to
:14:37. > :14:42.get donations coming in at visitmasham.com. We are asking local
:14:43. > :14:47.businesses to donate to the costs of a room for one night. We understand
:14:48. > :14:52.if the sign is dangerous, it cannot be placed. We have asked the plan is
:14:53. > :14:57.if that is their view to look at the sign and perhaps we can discuss
:14:58. > :15:01.that. As the planning authority has already said the sign is visually
:15:02. > :15:06.intrusive, it is out of keeping with its rural surroundings, and says
:15:07. > :15:09.even the Tour de France planning amnesty will not cover the sign
:15:10. > :15:13.because of its position next to the A1.
:15:14. > :15:18.Ironically, the row over the sign is bringing attention to Masham. It is
:15:19. > :15:23.not the publicity they want, but they hope the next sign will be
:15:24. > :15:35.erected to be the official one permanently.
:15:36. > :15:38.Valentine's Day might put some people in a romantic mood. But some
:15:39. > :15:41.people have been expressing their love in a rather unusual way. More
:15:42. > :15:44.and more padlocks have been appearing on one of our local
:15:45. > :15:51.bridges. Jonathan Swingler reports. # This love is unbreakable.
:15:52. > :15:57.# It's unmistakable. #.
:15:58. > :16:02.Padlocks have appeared on bridges all over the world in recent years.
:16:03. > :16:06.They are seen as a symbol of love. Some say it is inspired by an
:16:07. > :16:12.Italian book written in the 1990s. Others say b.i.d. Goes back further.
:16:13. > :16:19.You will find hundreds in our region. What do people think? Is the
:16:20. > :16:23.pressure on? It could be. We might come back here later on and put one
:16:24. > :16:29.on. We will have a coffee first and then come by and put one on. Is
:16:30. > :16:39.makes people happy to put something up, fair enough. To use it as a
:16:40. > :16:47.romantic gesture? Yes. We might buy one and put it on on our way back.
:16:48. > :16:54.Fantastic. Other people are going to the padlock idea. I'm off to make a
:16:55. > :17:03.present for him. It's a T`shirt. He loves T`shirts. He's an arborist, so
:17:04. > :17:06.he likes chainsaws, so I will get one that says, you never forget your
:17:07. > :17:15.first... And a picture of a chainsaw. LAUGHS. This bridge is
:17:16. > :17:19.grade one listed, leaving some people angry about what they see as
:17:20. > :17:26.an eyesore developing. Some businesses could do well out of this
:17:27. > :17:34.development. We picked up some sales this morning. Some people put their
:17:35. > :17:40.names, the date engraved on the back of it. My cameramen and I had an
:17:41. > :17:44.idea. The problem is, some people have made comments about it making a
:17:45. > :18:03.mess of a historical bridge. We will take us down. `` take owls down.
:18:04. > :18:08.I've never heard of that. It is all the rage in Paris. A huge tourist
:18:09. > :18:16.attraction. A new one for me. Time for the sport.
:18:17. > :18:20.There's just one of our clubs left in the FA Cup ` and a lunchtime
:18:21. > :18:23.kick`off at the Stadium of Light could see Sunderland become the
:18:24. > :18:27.first team to claim a place in the quarter finals. They're up against a
:18:28. > :18:29.Southampton side who they've got to know pretty well ` as Jim Knight
:18:30. > :18:32.reports. There can't be too many secrets
:18:33. > :18:36.between this lot ` not when they're about to play each other for the
:18:37. > :18:39.fourth time this season. The good news for Sunderland is that in two
:18:40. > :18:43.Premier League meetings and a Capital One Cup tie with the Saints,
:18:44. > :18:46.the Black Cats are unbeaten. But with Wednesday's trip to Manchester
:18:47. > :18:49.City having been blown off course by the storms, the Head Coach is now
:18:50. > :18:53.worrying about a late`season fixture pile`up. So would he rather lose
:18:54. > :19:02.tomorrow than add a replay into the mix? Yes. Yes. I want to have my
:19:03. > :19:07.next three months done and dusted. When we take a decision on a
:19:08. > :19:10.player, we know who we are playing in the next two weeks. Right now, we
:19:11. > :19:14.don't. Because of that postponement, Poyet is set to play a stronger side
:19:15. > :19:24.than he might have done. Emanuele Giaccherini is likely to start,
:19:25. > :19:28.along with new signing Nacho Scocco. He is playing tomorrow, yes. We need
:19:29. > :19:33.to help him and make him play as much as we can. We need to make sure
:19:34. > :19:39.he gets used to the pace of the game. I do it is the perfect game
:19:40. > :19:43.for him, because we need a quick passing style of football, which
:19:44. > :19:54.will be new for him. Looking forward to seeing him play up to 60 minutes.
:19:55. > :20:03.There will be full coverage of the match. You can listen to the radio.
:20:04. > :20:10.Hartl Paul's game is at Newport. You can hear action from the Yorks game
:20:11. > :20:17.at Plymouth. Scottish league manager of the month is hoping to keep hopes
:20:18. > :20:23.alive. Newcastle not in action this
:20:24. > :20:26.weekend, of course ` an unhappy Alan Pardew cancelling the players day
:20:27. > :20:30.off after their fifth successive home defeat on Wednesday. If you
:20:31. > :20:32.want to see some winning football on Tyneside, you might want to go along
:20:33. > :20:35.to the International Stadium tomorrow, where Conference Gateshead
:20:36. > :20:38.are looking to extend their nine`game unbeaten run and maintain
:20:39. > :20:41.their place in the playoff zone. This is a team brimming with
:20:42. > :20:44.confidence ` you can tell as much just by watching training. Gateshead
:20:45. > :20:48.are fourth in the league, and there's a real sense of excitement
:20:49. > :20:53.ahead of this weekend's game against an inconsistent Woking side. We are
:20:54. > :20:57.confident. We are run the home patch. We know teams come here to
:20:58. > :21:01.make it difficult. Teams might not like coming here because of the wind
:21:02. > :21:06.and rain, but we know how to play football here. The pitches in good
:21:07. > :21:12.condition, and we're for points. After Newcastle's result, they may
:21:13. > :21:16.be watching a small, they would be get to good to get a few more
:21:17. > :21:19.points. We have to watch their style of play. A team which couldn't find
:21:20. > :21:23.a win for love nor money at the beginning of the season now hasn't
:21:24. > :21:26.lost in the league since December ` thanks largely to former York City
:21:27. > :21:29.boss Gary Mills, who's turned the club's fortunes around. Get the
:21:30. > :21:32.players to believe in themselves. There is no point getting players on
:21:33. > :21:39.if they are not good enough. I have good players. It is the same new
:21:40. > :21:45.joys of players that were here, but it is just the mindset. We want to
:21:46. > :21:49.win and do well, and if they believe they can, it took a couple of weeks,
:21:50. > :21:52.but they have grown into that. They are enjoying football. Former
:21:53. > :21:55.Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Utd striker Jack Lester has been
:21:56. > :21:58.persuaded to come out of retirement and help the club push for promotion
:21:59. > :22:04.` which would be a huge achievement for Mills and Co. It would mean a
:22:05. > :22:13.lot to me. It would mean a lot with everyone connected with Gateshead. I
:22:14. > :22:17.know how difficult it is. I think if we can get Gateshead out it would be
:22:18. > :22:21.big achievement. We're not getting carried away. We know there is hard
:22:22. > :22:28.work to, but we think that hard work will get somewhere. Let's hope so.
:22:29. > :22:31.There are season openers for two of our rugby league teams on Sunday.
:22:32. > :22:34.Whitehaven start away at Keighley, and Wokington are at home to
:22:35. > :22:37.Doncaster in the Championship. In rugby union, there's a tough
:22:38. > :22:40.assignment for the Premiership's second`bottom club Newcastle Falcons
:22:41. > :22:42.tomorrow. They travel to director of rugby Dean Richards' former club,
:22:43. > :22:45.Harlequins. Watching from the sidelines will be new signing Lee
:22:46. > :22:49.Smith, who can play either at full`back or on the wing, and is
:22:50. > :22:51.switching rugby codes once again from league to union, having
:22:52. > :22:53.previously played for Wakefield Wildcats, Leeds Rhinos and London
:22:54. > :22:56.Wasps. I think after two or three weeks of
:22:57. > :23:00.training with the boys, and getting up to speed with their calls, where
:23:01. > :23:03.the patterns are, it is more important that I get through all
:23:04. > :23:17.that before putting a deadline on when I turn up.
:23:18. > :23:21.Now, as we've already mentioned, it IS Valentine's Day ` the one day of
:23:22. > :23:24.the year when it's almost compulsory to show your more romantic side.
:23:25. > :23:27.What might surprise you, though, is to hear that Cupid's arrow has
:23:28. > :23:31.rarely been fired more readily than in the fair city of Carlisle.
:23:32. > :23:34.Yes, Carlisle has just topped the Royal Mail's official league table
:23:35. > :23:38.of love. With a rose clenched firmly between his teeth, Mark McAlindon
:23:39. > :23:42.has been to investigate. "To Mark, love always from all your
:23:43. > :23:45.thousands of admirers." Valentine's Day has clearly worked for me, but
:23:46. > :23:56.apparently Carlisle is the most romantic city in the country. Let's
:23:57. > :24:03.go and find out if that is true. I have no idea. No, not really. I hope
:24:04. > :24:07.I get one later on, but not this morning so far. The two of you are
:24:08. > :24:13.arm`in`arm. Is that a measure of your enduring Love? Of course. Every
:24:14. > :24:18.day is Valentine's Day. Did you get a card from him this morning? Blue
:24:19. > :24:24.Mac No. Don't need it. I don't need a card now. Can you give us a little
:24:25. > :24:30.kiss, then? Lovely. Thank you. Have a great day. It's my wife's birthday
:24:31. > :24:37.tomorrow, so I never give her a Valentine's Day card. I have to get
:24:38. > :24:41.a birthday card for tomorrow. Is this from you, dog? Found out who
:24:42. > :24:51.the card is from. It's not what I expected, but it is certainly more
:24:52. > :24:59.than I deserve. Thanks, dog. If you got the card from the dog, how did
:25:00. > :25:07.he sign it? How many did you get? Less than one. My wife has been
:25:08. > :25:11.busy. I got chocolates. There will be a card waiting when I get home.
:25:12. > :25:14.Time for a look at the weekend weather now. And tonight, it's
:25:15. > :25:19.coming all the way from London, with Alex Deacon.
:25:20. > :25:26.The weather is likely still out there this evening. If you are after
:25:27. > :25:29.fine weather, I can point you towards Sunday, but they will be
:25:30. > :25:35.last ray showers tomorrow. But Sunday, the weather is showing signs
:25:36. > :25:41.of calming down. Most of seeing sunshine. Sunshine in short supply
:25:42. > :25:45.today. Big area of cloud swamping the UK. It has been providing rain
:25:46. > :25:52.as well. Heavy bursts of rain have been steadily working their way.
:25:53. > :25:57.Plenty of showers. It is those showers that will continue to come
:25:58. > :26:02.in through the night. Those showers a bit wintry as well over the hills.
:26:03. > :26:08.We will continue to see snow. Treacherous conditions with snowfall
:26:09. > :26:12.and not pleasant wherever you are. If you were driving, there are a lot
:26:13. > :26:17.of panels and surface water. It is a blustery night as well, with the
:26:18. > :26:22.winds, clouds and rain. Temperatures only a few degrees above freezing.
:26:23. > :26:27.Saturday morning will feel chilly. Lots of cloud around. Showers
:26:28. > :26:31.continued to pile their way in. They could be on the heavy side. West
:26:32. > :26:38.Cumbria, they will be snow on the heels. Signs for the afternoon and
:26:39. > :26:44.into the evening, we was the show was dying down. For some, we see
:26:45. > :26:48.some sunshine at the end of the day. A brisk wind blowing. Temperatures
:26:49. > :26:52.up to seven degrees. A low pressure system bringing pretty wild
:26:53. > :26:58.conditions across the UK. That ebb away during the night. There is a
:26:59. > :27:01.tiny ridge of high pressure that promises a fine day for Sunday.
:27:02. > :27:06.Still a bit of wind, especially early. The north`east, lots of
:27:07. > :27:11.sunshine to come. Still some sunny spells next week, with the return of
:27:12. > :27:14.some rain. The rain next week should not be as intense, and the winds
:27:15. > :27:21.will not be as lively. Across Cumbria, Pledge of sunshine to start
:27:22. > :27:30.the day on Sunday. We might just see those clouds picking up a little bit
:27:31. > :27:33.through the afternoon. There are claims that there are more
:27:34. > :27:39.delays in the decision`making process about child heart surgery.
:27:40. > :27:45.See you next week.