:00:00. > 3:59:59That's it for now we'll be back at 6pm. Stay with us on BBC One. It's
:00:00. > :00:11.time for Good afternoon. A memorial service
:00:12. > :00:15.is taking place this lunchtime for four track workers killed in the
:00:16. > :00:19.Tebay Rail accident in Cumbria ten years ago today. They died when a
:00:20. > :00:23.Runaway trailer crashed into them while they were working on the West
:00:24. > :00:34.coast mainline at Tebay. It led to a campaign for new safety equipment. A
:00:35. > :00:39.simple windswept Memorial records the names of four men who died doing
:00:40. > :00:47.their jobs. Crushed to death by a runaway trolley careering out of
:00:48. > :00:52.control along the main railway line one morning in February 2004. Those
:00:53. > :00:59.who saw what happened will never forget it. Just saw a black object
:01:00. > :01:06.come whizzing past us and then run right over the lads stop no
:01:07. > :01:12.warnings. If you hadn't stepped away, you would have been killed
:01:13. > :01:20.to? Yes, they would have been more fatalities. An investigation into
:01:21. > :01:27.the accident highlighted various shortcomings that led to tragedy.
:01:28. > :01:30.Network Rail said today that a secondary protection system which
:01:31. > :01:36.sounds an alarm to warm crews of a runaway approaching will be in place
:01:37. > :01:39.across the country by June. Four adults and three children have
:01:40. > :01:42.escaped injury after a suspicious house fire in Stockton last night.
:01:43. > :01:45.The police say a "flammable liquid" was thrown at the property on
:01:46. > :01:48.Kingston Road around nine o'clock. Two men were seen running away
:01:49. > :01:51.shortly afterwards. There are new calls for extra funds
:01:52. > :01:54.and powers to be handed to our councils. The thinktank IPPR
:01:55. > :01:57.believes the fortunes of northern communities could be revived if
:01:58. > :02:00.money currently spent in Whitehall on transport, housing and skills was
:02:01. > :02:03.handed over to councils currently enduring big cuts. It also believes
:02:04. > :02:18.city mayors for areas like Tyne and Wear and Teesside could help.
:02:19. > :02:22.It could make a huge difference. Having stronger local government and
:02:23. > :02:31.stronger local leaders can mean you are able to get a fair share of
:02:32. > :02:35.resources, public money, helping the economic investment. At the moment
:02:36. > :02:39.that is skewed towards London and the devolved nations.
:02:40. > :02:43.And Sunday Politics will be talking to the new leader of a combined
:02:44. > :02:46.group of North East councils about the future funding for local
:02:47. > :02:48.authorities tomorrow on BBC One at 11am.
:02:49. > :02:52.Football and no Premier League this weekend as it's the FA Cup and
:02:53. > :02:54.Sunderland are one of the 16 teams still in it. They're currently
:02:55. > :02:57.playing Southampton at home having kicked off 20 minutes ago. And
:02:58. > :03:00.currently the score is 0`0. Commentary of that match over on BBC
:03:01. > :03:03.Newcastle. Elsewhere it's 12th plays 13th in
:03:04. > :03:05.the Championship as Middlesbrough travel to Watford.
:03:06. > :03:10.In League Two Carlisle are also away, at Crawley. Hartlepool play
:03:11. > :03:13.Newport and York have made the long journey to Plymouth.
:03:14. > :03:16.In the Conference Premier Gateshead entertain Woking.
:03:17. > :03:20.In Scotland, Berwick are at home to Elgin.
:03:21. > :03:30.Let's have the weather forecast now. Good afternoon. Wet and windy
:03:31. > :03:38.weather will continue this afternoon. Some showers will merge
:03:39. > :03:44.into longer spells of rain. It will start to clear later on.
:03:45. > :03:51.Temperatures up to a high of seven Celsius will stop overnight, showers
:03:52. > :03:57.dying out. Tomorrow morning we could see a touch of Frost.
:03:58. > :04:14.And that's all for now. Goodbye. Good afternoon. It looks as though
:04:15. > :04:17.we could be heading towards a sunny Sunday, something I assure we will
:04:18. > :04:19.all be grateful.