:00:00. > :00:00.A reminder of our main story. Thousands of protest to remain
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to Friday's Look North. Our top stories tonight.
:00:09. > :00:13.A charge, more arrests and more vulnerable women victims coming
:00:14. > :00:16.forward. We've a live update on the Tyneside sex investigation Operation
:00:17. > :00:19.Sanctuary. Brave Abbie says catch whoever did
:00:20. > :00:24.this to me, after a glass bottle thrown at her Grandmas's car scars
:00:25. > :00:27.her for life. A new Bishop but an old fight! The
:00:28. > :00:36.Right Reverend Paul Butler says Government policies are causing
:00:37. > :00:41.widespread hardship. There are changes that might be needed, but
:00:42. > :00:44.there when working is not working. Robot wars breaks out in Durham `
:00:45. > :00:51.kids have a smashing time but apparently they're learning
:00:52. > :00:54.something too. In sport, what difference will the return of
:00:55. > :00:59.strikers made to the season finale is of Sunderland and Newcastle? And
:01:00. > :01:12.the biggest rugby match. Police investigating the sexual
:01:13. > :01:16.exploitation of girls and young women on Tyneside have charged a man
:01:17. > :01:21.with rape and he's been remanded in custody. He's the first person to be
:01:22. > :01:23.charged in a wide`ranging investigation called Operation
:01:24. > :01:28.Sanctuary that has resulted in nearly 50 arrests. Our news
:01:29. > :01:31.correspondent, Adrian Pitches, is at Northumbria Police headquarters now.
:01:32. > :01:42.Adrian, what are the latest developments? What we have learned
:01:43. > :01:47.this evening is that indeed one person has been charged under
:01:48. > :01:51.Operation Sanctuary. He appeared before Newcastle magistrates on
:01:52. > :01:57.Wednesday, charged with rape of a girl under 16. He is 21`year`old
:01:58. > :02:02.Abdul Jelilou Ouro Kefia from the East End of Newcastle. He was
:02:03. > :02:07.remanded in custody. We also learned that a number of people arrested in
:02:08. > :02:13.connection with Operation Sanctuary, this wide`ranging
:02:14. > :02:23.operation, the number has risen to 46. 44 men and two women. Two weeks
:02:24. > :02:28.ago it was just 30. This investigation has led to the arrest
:02:29. > :02:31.in Newcastle and Gateshead. The police have enlisted people and
:02:32. > :02:37.businesses across Tyneside to assist with Operation Sanctuary haven't
:02:38. > :02:44.they? That is right. They are asking people to be vigilant. We saw a
:02:45. > :02:48.couple weeks ago that they visited businesses, taxi drivers and take
:02:49. > :02:52.aways, because they are asking people to look out for things that
:02:53. > :03:00.are wrong. If it looks wrong, it probably is wrong. If you see young
:03:01. > :03:06.girls look in the whistle where with older men `` looking the worse for
:03:07. > :03:13.wear. Abdul Jelilou Ouro Kefia will appear before Newcastle Crown Court
:03:14. > :03:16.on March the 5th. A nine`year`old girl almost blinded
:03:17. > :03:20.a week ago when a beer bottle was thrown through a car windscreen has
:03:21. > :03:23.been talking to Look North this afternoon about her ordeal. Abbie
:03:24. > :03:26.Keers was a front seat passenger in her grandmother's car on the A693 at
:03:27. > :03:30.Stanley in County Durham when somebody threw the bottle from the
:03:31. > :03:33.entrance to a pedestrian subway. The police say it's time the culprit
:03:34. > :03:37.came forward ` or was turned in. Our Chief Reporter Chris Stewart has the
:03:38. > :03:41.story. This was Abbey a week ago.
:03:42. > :03:44.This was Abbie a week ago. Scarred physically, but not mentally.
:03:45. > :03:51.Because this was Abbie this afternoon. We were just driving
:03:52. > :04:00.along and I was playing. I dozed off. I turned my iPod off. Then the
:04:01. > :04:09.bottle came through the window. I thought a tyre had popped. It was
:04:10. > :04:15.more a barren than a glass breaking. We could see there was glass and her
:04:16. > :04:24.face. We couldn't do anything. We had to watch her bleed. Once that
:04:25. > :04:30.was sorted, then you think how will this affect her mentally. Will she
:04:31. > :04:36.get back in a car? Will she get back on her grandmother's car? Well I
:04:37. > :04:44.have to change my car? She has been super. What did your friends think?
:04:45. > :04:49.They said it was disgusting. She is a very brave girl. It has been a
:04:50. > :04:52.traumatic experience. It's thought whoever was responsible was probably
:04:53. > :04:59.here with others, which means there were witnesses. The police are
:05:00. > :05:03.working their way through CCTV material, including a number of
:05:04. > :05:06.tapes which have been taken from local off`licences. It wasn't the
:05:07. > :05:11.beer bottle itself which could Abbey, it was the glass from the
:05:12. > :05:18.broken windscreen. Had been the beer say please, then this crime could
:05:19. > :05:26.have been more serious. Do you want to tell people what you did two days
:05:27. > :05:33.after? I went to a competition. A gymnastics competition. I've
:05:34. > :05:36.finished second. What did you get? A silver medal. Had it been a bravery
:05:37. > :05:44.competition, she would have won gold.
:05:45. > :05:46.The new Bishop of Durham has hit out at the Coalition Government's
:05:47. > :05:49.welfare reforms. He says they're causing widespread hardship and
:05:50. > :05:54.leaving society's most vulnerable people in poverty. The Right
:05:55. > :05:56.Reverend Paul Butler has spoken out on the eve of his enthronement at
:05:57. > :06:01.today's traditional Falchion ceremony in Darlington. He says that
:06:02. > :06:04.like his predecessor Justin Welby, now the Archbishop of Canterbury,
:06:05. > :06:11.he'll continue to fight for the people of the northeast. Phil
:06:12. > :06:17.Connell reports. It as a custom which has taken place
:06:18. > :06:22.here for a thousand years. The first official welcome for the Bishop with
:06:23. > :06:27.The Right Reverend Paul Butler today approaching his new dieses from the
:06:28. > :06:31.south side of the River Tees. These days it is the Mayor of Darlington
:06:32. > :06:37.who makes the official greeting, present the Bishop with the sword.
:06:38. > :06:43.It was a weapon according to legend used to slay an evil dragon. The
:06:44. > :06:48.Bishop's welcome may be marked with ancient tradition, but he arrives
:06:49. > :06:52.here with new and challenging ideas, division which has already put him
:06:53. > :06:59.at odds with the Prime Minister and the Coalition Government. This week
:07:00. > :07:04.is one of 27 bishops and he has condemned the Prime Minister's
:07:05. > :07:10.welfare reforms, accusing the coalition of creating hunger and
:07:11. > :07:13.hardship. I have met too many parish priests and people who work in the
:07:14. > :07:20.food banks, not just here but where I was before, you are meeting people
:07:21. > :07:24.who are struggling to make ends's meter, whose children are not
:07:25. > :07:30.getting fed or living in cold conditions. David Cameron has
:07:31. > :07:37.described these conditions as a moral mission. He says it needs
:07:38. > :07:43.changing. The raw changes. The way they are working at the minute is
:07:44. > :07:48.not working well. He is the latest in a controversial line`up bishops
:07:49. > :07:52.appointed in Durham. In the 1980s, David Jenkins caused outrage with
:07:53. > :07:58.his comments on the resurrection. Justin Welby also spoke out about
:07:59. > :08:02.poverty, raising concerns about payday loan companies. Now,
:08:03. > :08:10.Durham's latest Bishop is set on a similar path. Politics and religion.
:08:11. > :08:14.Are they to things which mix well? Religion has always had an impact on
:08:15. > :08:19.how people live privately and publicly. They do mix. BNF Royal
:08:20. > :08:30.Mint takes place at Durham Cathedral tomorrow. `` it takes place
:08:31. > :08:34.tomorrow. Well, while the Bishop of Durham was
:08:35. > :08:37.arguing on one side of the welfare debate, a few miles away in
:08:38. > :08:40.Middlesbrough the mayor, Ray Mallon suggested that too many unemployed
:08:41. > :08:43.people either didn't bother to apply for jobs in the town or have the
:08:44. > :08:46.necessary skills. Our correspondent Peter Harris is in our Teesside
:08:47. > :08:54.newsroom now. Peter, what exactly did the mayor say? This feeds into a
:08:55. > :08:59.very topical issue of how we tackle what some would call a benefit
:09:00. > :09:07.culture. The mayor says there often is work, but people won't or can't
:09:08. > :09:15.get it. We are producing the drops. People aren't applying to them. Out
:09:16. > :09:23.of an 88,000 working population, over 20,000 people on benefits, some
:09:24. > :09:28.of them need to be on benefits, some don't. Not a novel people in a
:09:29. > :09:41.position to get good education to apply for it `` enough people. Here
:09:42. > :09:46.is Amy, who is a single mother. She is restricted in our shooters. She
:09:47. > :09:55.says there is no incentive to go to work. Am I going to be able to pay
:09:56. > :10:00.this? Can I do this job? If you can't I get fired you're not
:10:01. > :10:04.entitled to any money. I understand why a lot of people don't want to
:10:05. > :10:10.take themselves out of their safety net into the big bad world, and not
:10:11. > :10:15.be able to manage and not to be able to pay the bills. You get in more
:10:16. > :10:22.debt and more stress as a result. It is a bit of a vicious cycle.
:10:23. > :10:28.Jobcentre plus says there are 20,000 vacancies in a 40 mile radius of
:10:29. > :10:39.Middlesbrough. The difficulty is that can be get them. That is a key
:10:40. > :10:44.issue as to how he in centre influence people. So, I'm joined now
:10:45. > :11:00.by our Political Editor Richard Moss. Who is right in this
:11:01. > :11:03.situation? In Middlesbrough, the last figures we have available
:11:04. > :11:08.suggested there were 15 people chasing every vacancy in the
:11:09. > :11:13.Jobcentre. That can't marry up. There was a significant drop in
:11:14. > :11:18.claimant in bottles for last year. 19% fall. There was not a rise in
:11:19. > :11:25.employment. Not all of those people ended up in work. Ray Mallon has a
:11:26. > :11:30.point on education. 10% of people have no qualification. In
:11:31. > :11:35.Middlesbrough, that a 17%. While 34% have a degree in England, it is 21%
:11:36. > :11:39.in Middlesbrough. Longer term solution needed. The Bishop of
:11:40. > :11:44.Durham is one to sign an open letter talking of a national crisis. The
:11:45. > :11:54.church seems in a collision with the government. Will that bother the
:11:55. > :11:58.politicians? The bishops have repeatedly clashed with the
:11:59. > :12:03.government. The government says they are trying to create jobs and make
:12:04. > :12:07.it not easy to set their on benefits and just language. They have made it
:12:08. > :12:11.clear that in terms of people use in food banks, it is mistakes by
:12:12. > :12:15.officials they are blaming. Bishops say they want a bit more compassion
:12:16. > :12:19.for people on benefits, rather than condemnation.
:12:20. > :12:22.The man arrested by police on suspicion of the murder of a
:12:23. > :12:26.seven`year`old girl in Sunderland in 1992, is 43`year`old Steven
:12:27. > :12:29.Grieveson. The Sunderland man has now been questioned and bailed.
:12:30. > :12:34.Nikki Allan was found dead in the then derelict Old Exchange Building,
:12:35. > :12:37.in October, 1992. It was close to her family home in West Garth.
:12:38. > :12:43.Northumbria Police recently made a fresh appeal for information on the
:12:44. > :12:46.BBC's Crimewatch programme. Northumbria Police are investigating
:12:47. > :12:50.a robbery in Newcastle where a woman was found tied up. It happened at
:12:51. > :12:53.the Post Office in the Gosforth Shopping Centre, just off the High
:12:54. > :12:56.Street, at around 8.15am this morning. A man stole a large amount
:12:57. > :12:59.of cash before making his way towards the nearby park. Officers
:13:00. > :13:04.were called after the alarm system was triggered. The woman suffered
:13:05. > :13:13.minor injuries and was left shaken. Extra officers are in the area
:13:14. > :13:19.tonight. When you hear that happens in the
:13:20. > :13:23.place you're living at, it is a bit of a shock. As we came through the
:13:24. > :13:30.centre, a gentleman said the post of us have been robbed and somebody had
:13:31. > :13:35.been tied up and held hostage. What are your thoughts? Horrified. I
:13:36. > :13:38.suppose in this day and age these things happen.
:13:39. > :13:42.A debate has started over the identity of a whale which has been
:13:43. > :13:46.washed up and has sadly died on the Cumbrian coast. It could be one of
:13:47. > :13:49.two species, but either way it's one of our biggest whales and normally
:13:50. > :13:52.swims in the Atlantic. Quite why it's here, and how it became
:13:53. > :14:01.stranded on a remote beach, no`one knows. We sent Jim Knight to try to
:14:02. > :14:06.find out more. It makes for a lonely and somehow
:14:07. > :14:09.forlorn sight. One of the largest animals in the world, just lying
:14:10. > :14:14.there on the sand at the northern tip of the Ravenglass estuary.
:14:15. > :14:17.Locals say it came ashore three days ago, and it's slowly embedding
:14:18. > :14:22.itself in the sand above the shoreline. Though it is lying miles
:14:23. > :14:26.from any road or track, plenty of people are still making the effort
:14:27. > :14:31.to hike along the beach just to see it. What are the circumstances
:14:32. > :14:39.surrounding it? Did it die and get blown this way, or did it just lose
:14:40. > :14:42.course? We go all over the place, walking, looking at the wildlife. To
:14:43. > :14:48.see something that that big, you can't really recognise it really. It
:14:49. > :14:52.is one big mass of blubber. It wasn't very good. You can see it's
:14:53. > :14:58.teeth sticking out. It smelt really bad. There has still been no formal
:14:59. > :15:03.identification of the whale, but marine experts say it is most likely
:15:04. > :15:07.to be a fin or sei well. Both are monsters of the sea and would
:15:08. > :15:13.usually spend their time in Atlantic feeding on plankton, crustaceans and
:15:14. > :15:16.small fish. So how did it get here? The most likely scenario is that the
:15:17. > :15:20.recent heavy storms battered it of course, driving it down into the
:15:21. > :15:27.Irish Sea and finally along the Cumbrian coast. It really is a
:15:28. > :15:31.rather strange sensation to be up close to one of these monsters of
:15:32. > :15:34.the sea. You can't help thinking about how it would be thundering
:15:35. > :15:40.through the ocean in its prime, and yet here it is just lying on this
:15:41. > :15:41.desolate beach in West Cumbria. There is something very moving about
:15:42. > :15:52.it. Still to come on tonight's Look
:15:53. > :15:56.North ` Mark Tulip is here to preview the weekend's football.
:15:57. > :16:05.Plus. You spend hours and hours making one and then you smash it up.
:16:06. > :16:10.Robot Wars comes to Durham. I will be here were full forecast for the
:16:11. > :16:20.weekend. At any time, any one of us may need
:16:21. > :16:25.a blood donation to save our life. Yet just 4% of the population are
:16:26. > :16:29.prepared to donate it ourselves. An NHS event today held at Newcastle
:16:30. > :16:35.University has found a new way of encouraging people become donors.
:16:36. > :16:39.Our reporter Bob Cooper was there. It is a novel way to use a cherry
:16:40. > :16:42.picker. Not picking fruit in this case, but draping this tree with
:16:43. > :16:50.knitted red blobs, supposed to represent blood. And the message?
:16:51. > :16:52.Blood doesn't grow on trees and we're encouraging people,
:16:53. > :16:56.particlarly young people, to come forward and register as blood
:16:57. > :17:00.donors. People have the perception that blood will always be there, but
:17:01. > :17:03.it would not be if people didn't come here to donate. Here in the NHS
:17:04. > :17:07.marquee, blood donation workers are trying to get people to sign up.
:17:08. > :17:11.This stuff is all good fun, but blood donation can be a very serious
:17:12. > :17:17.matter indeed. It can be a matter of life and death. Just over two years
:17:18. > :17:20.ago I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cancer,
:17:21. > :17:24.which is a blood cancer and needed intensive chemotherapy. I had 28
:17:25. > :17:29.units of blood and five transfusions. For one student who
:17:30. > :17:34.passed by today, blood donation means literally everything. I
:17:35. > :17:38.wouldn't be here if it wasn't for blood transfusion. My mum had an
:17:39. > :17:41.operation before I was born, so if it wasn't for blood transfusion she
:17:42. > :17:46.wouldn't be here and I wouldn't be here. He himself has given blood two
:17:47. > :17:58.or three times. The NHS hopes creative projects like this will
:17:59. > :18:01.encourage others to do the same. Now, Durham Cathedral is normally a
:18:02. > :18:07.place of tranquillity, prayer and reflection. But today it was the
:18:08. > :18:10.venue for a big fight. It's not the scene of a new action film, but an
:18:11. > :18:13.educational event. Primary school children brought along robots
:18:14. > :18:19.they've built and put them into battle. We sent Jonathan Swingler to
:18:20. > :18:23.watch the action. It's not the kind of thing that
:18:24. > :18:26.usually happens on the Palace Green outside the Cathedral. Each team of
:18:27. > :18:30.Primary school children spent five weeks building them with a budget of
:18:31. > :18:33.?500. They received help from staff at Durham University, only to have
:18:34. > :18:34.their carefully crafted creations confronted by this monster some
:18:35. > :19:07.adults built. I am very proud of you. When a robot
:19:08. > :19:10.loses it fails for a specific reason. The kids realise that
:19:11. > :19:17.failure is a result of something happening. They have to fix that
:19:18. > :19:22.problem and it won't fail again. It might look like mucking about with
:19:23. > :19:31.toys. The staff at Durham University say it is educational. A lot has
:19:32. > :19:38.been learned by the kids and others. There is also artwork involved. Just
:19:39. > :19:44.look at the designs. Anybody worked together as well. The kids have got
:19:45. > :19:47.a lot out of it. We wanted to make sure everybody was fully engaged
:19:48. > :19:52.with it, and as you can see from the children who turned up is an equal
:19:53. > :19:55.split between and girls. The children didn't seem to get too
:19:56. > :20:02.upset about their robots coming to an abrupt end. It has lost a wheel
:20:03. > :20:08.and we have tried to fix it as best as we can. How do you feel about
:20:09. > :20:12.that A bit devastated because when we start to drive it in the next
:20:13. > :20:18.round it will fall off. I feel excited. I like when the robot gets
:20:19. > :20:21.smashed up. The Robots Live event continues this weekend. So if
:20:22. > :20:25.watching giant bits of metal hurtling towards each other is your
:20:26. > :20:36.thing, you still have a chance to see it. Looks like fun.
:20:37. > :20:39.Now if you're a Newcastle united fan who bought a half`season ticket for
:20:40. > :20:43.the Premier League run`in, you may be feeling pretty cheesed off with
:20:44. > :20:45.what you've seen so far. Four consecutive home defeats since late
:20:46. > :20:49.December. Ten goals conceded and none scored in a string of results
:20:50. > :20:52.that, as you can see, have been getting progressively worse. Surely
:20:53. > :20:57.Aston Villa can't add to that barren run when they visit St James Park on
:20:58. > :21:02.Sunday? Well Magpies boss Alan Pardew is optimistic that an upturn
:21:03. > :21:06.is on the way. Six hours of football at St James
:21:07. > :21:11.Park without a goal. Or a point. And ten conceded, including the latest.
:21:12. > :21:14.A 4`0 defeat to Spurs ten days ago. Manager Alan Pardew told his players
:21:15. > :21:23.a few home truths afterwards, and he believes it's done the trick. I
:21:24. > :21:26.thought it was important to remind players of the responsibility they
:21:27. > :21:30.have. No matter how uncomfortable we are in the league, there is a
:21:31. > :21:35.standard at this football club we expect. We didn't reach that
:21:36. > :21:38.standard. I made that clear that I won't stand for it. That'll be
:21:39. > :21:41.reflected in the selection of the team, and hopefully in the result.
:21:42. > :21:45.Newcastle are bolstered by the return of striker Loic Remy after a
:21:46. > :21:47.three match ban. Other key players, defender Fabricio Collocini and
:21:48. > :21:55.midfielder Check Tiote should also be available. If I am a player and I
:21:56. > :22:00.look around and see those players around me. If you compare that to
:22:01. > :22:03.Liverpool, it is like having free of their best players away. That is how
:22:04. > :22:07.important they are. Aston Villa are on a miserable run all their own.
:22:08. > :22:11.Just two wins in the last 13 league means they're not out of the
:22:12. > :22:16.relegation trouble. It could be a day when the result is much more
:22:17. > :22:21.important than the performance. Away from home we have been terrific.
:22:22. > :22:28.Nobody can bulldoze away from home. Our home phone, reform has been
:22:29. > :22:33.uneasy. We need to put that right. `` home form.
:22:34. > :22:36.Third bottom Sunderland will be wary of a Champions League backlash at
:22:37. > :22:39.Arsenal tomorrow. The Black Cats have gone six league matches without
:22:40. > :22:43.defeat but that recent record will be sorely tested at the Emirates.
:22:44. > :22:45.Back in the squad after his latest injury setback is Scotland
:22:46. > :22:48.international striker Steven Fletcher, who could yet be a vital
:22:49. > :22:58.figure in the Wearsiders' battle against relegation. I hope during
:22:59. > :23:07.this period we will rest him and give him the treatment he needs. It
:23:08. > :23:12.will be better for him to be fresh. I hope it is the right decision. I
:23:13. > :23:18.think it is perfect. It was planned and at the right time. We had other
:23:19. > :23:22.players fit and doing well. It is good he is back and we will use as
:23:23. > :23:26.much as we can. We hope he will score plenty of goals. A 20,000 plus
:23:27. > :23:28.crowd's expected at the Riverside tomorrow lunchtime for
:23:29. > :23:31.Middlesbrough's mid`table clash with Leeds United. It's veteran
:23:32. > :23:35.goalkeeper Shay Given's last game of his loan period. Given has kept nine
:23:36. > :23:38.clean sheets in 15 games since joining from Aston Villa. But Boro
:23:39. > :23:44.have failed to score in the last five matches and find themselves 11
:23:45. > :23:50.points off a play`off place. The confidence now is not good, but we
:23:51. > :23:56.are working this week. The most important thing is that the players
:23:57. > :24:00.don't get upset with the situation. Elsewhere in the Football League,
:24:01. > :24:02.Carlisle will hope to build on their midweek victory by beating fifth
:24:03. > :24:05.placed Rotherham in League One. Hartlepool travel to the side bottom
:24:06. > :24:10.of the Football League, Northampton, while York City are at home to
:24:11. > :24:16.play`off hopefuls Southend. The best coverage on your BBC local radio
:24:17. > :24:18.station. A couple of big fixtures this evening. Newcastle Eagles
:24:19. > :24:21.against league leaders Worcester Wolves in basketball's BBL Trophy
:24:22. > :24:24.quarterfinals. Meanwhile it's just over 12 months since Darlington
:24:25. > :24:27.Mowden Park hosted its first Rugby Union match inside the town's Arena,
:24:28. > :24:32.where Darlington Football Club used to play ITS games. Tonight
:24:33. > :24:35.international rugby arrives at the Arena. The England Counties,
:24:36. > :24:39.including several North East players, will take on an Ireland
:24:40. > :24:42.Club Fifteen in front of a crowd in excess of 3000, the biggest yet for
:24:43. > :24:54.a rugby match in the 25,000`seater stadium.
:24:55. > :25:08.I hope they get some decent weather for it. There is the risk of showers
:25:09. > :25:19.before kick`off. It is sunniest on Saturday. There will be sunshine
:25:20. > :25:25.first thing tomorrow. It'll be showery this evening. They will be
:25:26. > :25:32.wintry over higher ground. Through the night temperatures fall no lower
:25:33. > :25:37.than around for Celsius. Most of us are avoiding a frost. Westerly winds
:25:38. > :25:51.and tomorrow morning will be sunshine for the East, but showers
:25:52. > :25:55.in the West. Let's take a tour. It is still fine and dry for most of
:25:56. > :25:58.North Yorkshire. It'll stay that way. We are expecting it to cloud
:25:59. > :26:03.over, but the range should stay away. It'll be wet in
:26:04. > :26:09.Northumberland, with temperatures are reasonable eight or nine
:26:10. > :26:13.Celsius. The edge taken off those temperatures by those brisk wind is
:26:14. > :26:21.still blowing from the South West as they have done so much this winter.
:26:22. > :26:24.Eight or nine Celsius in the West and raining heavily and it will
:26:25. > :26:28.continue to rain across Cumbria through Saturday night and into
:26:29. > :26:35.Sunday morning. Just after midnight in the early hours of Sunday, there
:26:36. > :26:40.is a weather warning in place for Cumbria, not for the north`east
:26:41. > :26:43.Yorkshire, just for the West of our region for heavy and persistent
:26:44. > :26:47.rain. Let's take a look at the forecast here in detail. We expect
:26:48. > :26:51.on Sunday to be gloomy in the north`east but nowhere near as wet
:26:52. > :26:56.as it will be in Cumbria. It should stay dry but just overcast and grey.
:26:57. > :26:59.On Monday it will be brighter with just a few showers, but it is
:27:00. > :27:04.Cumbria where the focus is for the heavy rainfall. Warning in place all
:27:05. > :27:07.day Sunday and into first thing Monday.
:27:08. > :27:10.A EU`mediated peace deal's been signed in the Ukraine ` opening the
:27:11. > :27:14.way for an early presidential election this year ` but the
:27:15. > :27:18.question now is ` is it enough to satisfy protestors?
:27:19. > :27:22.Now, before we go, a quick reminder of a special series of reports next
:27:23. > :27:26.week on Look North ` "World War One at Home" brings you stories of our
:27:27. > :27:29.region's contribution to the war effort. We'll tell you how a County
:27:30. > :27:33.Durham mother lost four sons in the conflict, but saw the fifth sent
:27:34. > :27:41.home. All that and more from Monday ` here, online and on your BBC local
:27:42. > :27:47.radio station. Have a good weekend.