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And that is all from us for this evening. Now on BBC One,

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Good evening. Police have arrested a 43`year`old man on suspicion of the

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murder of a seven`year`old girl more than 21 years ago. Nikki Allan was

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found dead in Sunderland in 1992. Since then, her mother has fought to

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keep the investigation alive, and a renewed appeal was made on the BBC's

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Crimewatch programme last September. Sharuna Sagar reports.

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Nikki Allan's murder is a case that has never gone away for Northumbria

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Police. The circumstances of her death appalled detectives and the

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public alike. A seven`year`old girl, playing near her home in the Wear

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Garth area of Sunderland ` found dead in the`then derelict Old

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Exchange building. It's been redeveloped into a venue but then it

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was used by vagrants and drug abusers. Police are still keen to

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speak to anyone who hung round here in those days to see if they

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remember any information that will them with the case. There was an

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arrest ` and trial at the time ` but the defendant was cleared. While the

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investigation has continued over the decades. For Nikki's mother, the

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impact of her daughter's death is still raw. I have been in hospital.

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I have lost that much weight, I am on drugs from the doctor. I still

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have the strength to carry on. Last September, the BBC's Crimewatch

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programme stepped in to give a further impetus to the efforts of

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the police's Major Crime Team. It was hoped a reconstruction of events

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leading up to Nikki's death might jog a memory somewhere to provide

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that vital snippet of information. This evening, as a man arrested on

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suspicion of murder is bailed pending further enquiries, the fresh

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call for witnesses is as important as ever. Sharuna Sagar, BBC Look

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North, Sunderland. A controversial plan to scale down

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children's and maternity services at the Friarage Hospital in

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Northallerton is to go ahead. All sick children who need overnight

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care and mothers having high`risk births will now have to travel

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elsewhere. Doctors say it's the only way to provide sustainable care,

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while campaigners believe it could threaten patient safety. There were

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not prepared to listen to anything other than their own solution which

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came forward well over two years ago and has not been changed one iota.

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Children should be looked after in big units with lots of well`trained

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staff who do emergency stuff every day. When people say it is a

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world`class service, you think it is not? I think it has been but other

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services have improved the standards. The leader of

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Northumberland County Council has pledged that each and every pothole

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on the county's roads will be filled by the end of June. Our Political

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Editor, Richard Moss, reports. Suspension`wrecking, tyre`bursting,

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anger`inducing: Potholes are part and parcel of driving in

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Northumberland. But if you believe the leader of the County Council,

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not for much longer. He says they'll all be gone by the end of June. When

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we became the administration we had 35,000 potholes. We whittled it down

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to just over 12,000 and believe over the next 18 weeks, by adding the

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additional money from the insurance fund, we can eliminate them by that

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time. The Council says it can make that pledge because it has invested

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in kit like this jet patcher which can fill holes quickly. And because

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it's putting a further ?600,000 in to the roads budget. But some are

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deeply sceptical. It shows a lack of understanding. . To think the

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problems can be fixed by June is clou` cuckoo land. Will you have a

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day of celebration when you fill in the last one? We will introduce a

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meter on the web page and people will see the numbers drop. I am sure

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they will put a smiley face at the bottom when they are done. And the

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challenge to achieve that smiley face ` fill the small matter of 100

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holes a day for the next four months.

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Rail enthusiasts have been flocking to the Locomotion Rail Museum at

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Shildon this week for a unique event in steam rail history. Six A4

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Pacific locos have been on show, attracting some 60,000 visitors

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already, with three days of the exhibition left. Jonathan Swingler

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reports. The museum predicted 68,000 visitors

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over nine days. They went through that target yesterday. Entry is

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free. A train enthusiast from China landed at Heathrow this morning. I

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did know it was a unique gathering. I thought it was a

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once`in`a`lifetime opportunity. John is happy. He sold his painting. A

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gentleman came from Ipswich for the exhibition and saw it. His father

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drove the engine and wanted it for his collection. The owners of this

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pub are amazed people are coming from all over, with one customer

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coming in from America. Somebody came from Los Angeles? Yes, he flew

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in and out the next day, just to see the trains. Did he come in here? .

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We generally have 100 people on Thursday, and at the moment it is up

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to 300 people. It is fantastic. Visitor numbers today did not

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disappoint with people queueing for 45 minutes to stand on the

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footplate. It is great. Very unusual and probably the last time they are

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together. They are here for another three days and staff can expect to

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be busy. And they had some decent weather there. Can we all have some

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tomorrow, Hannah Bayman? There will be some sunshine for the

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north`east and North Yorkshire in particular but a few showers in the

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West. Showers will be wintry over the hills but there will be bright

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spells of global temperatures will be lower than this afternoon. They

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will be tempered by brisk south`westerly wind is which

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continue to be strong. Things will go downhill after the start of the

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weekend when on Sunday there will be heavy rain on the way.

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weekend when on Sunday there will be the outlook. On Sunday, we have grey

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skies and a bit of drizzle, too Good evening. You may have had the

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latest from the Met Office about the rainfall we have had this winter,

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the wettest winter on record. It is sometimes difficult to visualise the

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numbers. Let me explain how much rain we had. If you think about a

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stretch of land across the UK, we had about half a metre of rainfall

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falling so far this winter. That is, if the water didn't sleep into the

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ground. We have a huge amount of water brought in by areas of low

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pressure. 15 of them have been big storms, causing lots of damage. As

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far as the shorts is concerned, it is just a breeze. We have a few

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shells on the horizon and that is pretty much it. You can see where

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the weather is coming from the moment. It has come in from the

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Atlantic. Just a few scatter shower words here and there. It is going to

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be a bit colder tonight compared to last night. Last night tempered

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