:00:13. > :00:17.Good afternoon. The new Bishop of Durham's enthronement service is
:00:18. > :00:19.under way at Durham Cathedral. He's already condemned Government welfare
:00:20. > :00:24.reforms, accusing the Prime Minister of creating hardship and poverty.
:00:25. > :00:27.The Right Reverend Paul Butler was speaking at the falchion ceremony
:00:28. > :00:36.yesterday, an ancient ceremony to welcome him to the diocese ahead of
:00:37. > :00:40.his enthronement. I am new to the area so I will take time to get
:00:41. > :00:45.around and Lytton and so on but obviously there are issues around
:00:46. > :00:51.poverty and employment, particularly youth unemployment and so speaking
:00:52. > :00:55.up for those things and there is a genuine concern that region is
:00:56. > :00:59.distant from the metropolis get forgotten sometimes or not listened
:01:00. > :01:03.to adequately. And on the same day as the new
:01:04. > :01:06.Bishop of Durham is enthroned, a woman from Sunderland has also been
:01:07. > :01:10.enthroned in New Zealand. Reverend Dr Helen`Ann Hartley will become the
:01:11. > :01:13.seventh Bishop of Waikato. She is the first woman priest originally
:01:14. > :01:20.ordained in the Church of England to become an Anglican Bishop. Her
:01:21. > :01:23.parents, who live near Durham, have flown out for the service.
:01:24. > :01:29.This weekend marks a month since the disappearance of Megan Roberts. The
:01:30. > :01:32.20`year`old student from York St John University was last seen close
:01:33. > :01:37.to the River Ouse near Lendal Bridge in the early hours of Thursday 23rd
:01:38. > :01:40.January. The student union has been handing out leaflets to help in the
:01:41. > :01:43.search. Police investigating a robbery at a
:01:44. > :01:48.Newcastle post office are continuing to appeal for witnesses. Extra
:01:49. > :01:53.police officers are in the Gosforth area after the robbery in which a
:01:54. > :01:57.woman was found tied up. It happened at the post office in the Gosforth
:01:58. > :02:05.Shopping Centre off the high street yesterday morning. A man stole a
:02:06. > :02:08.large amount of cash before making his way towards the nearby park.
:02:09. > :02:11.Officers were called after the alarm system was triggered. The woman
:02:12. > :02:12.suffered minor injuries and was left shaken, but unhurt.
:02:13. > :02:16.Northumberland`based Gunners march onto parade today to troop the
:02:17. > :02:21.historic battle axe for the last time at Albemarle Barracks, in
:02:22. > :02:24.Newcastle. The tradition of Battle Axe Day goes back to when the
:02:25. > :02:30.Battery helped in the capture of Martinique in 1809 from the French.
:02:31. > :02:34.It's traditional that the tallest man always carries the battle axe on
:02:35. > :02:41.parade ` he's known as the "Axe Man" ` and traditionally he also wears a
:02:42. > :02:46.moustache. We will have a report on that tonight.
:02:47. > :02:49.To football ` and today's fixtures Sunderland are away at Arsenal in
:02:50. > :02:52.the Premier League, Middlesbrough have just kicked`off their game
:02:53. > :02:57.against Leeds United in the Championship at the Riverside
:02:58. > :03:00.Stadium. Carlisle hoping to build on their midweek victory by beating
:03:01. > :03:07.fifth placed Rotherham ` in League One. In League Two, Hartlepool
:03:08. > :03:10.travel to the side bottom of the Football League, Northampton, while
:03:11. > :03:13.York City are at home ` to play`off hopefuls Southend. Gateshead against
:03:14. > :03:16.Alfreton Town and in the Scottish League two, Berwick away to East
:03:17. > :03:24.Stirling Newcastle face Aston Villa tomorrow at St James' Park. Let's
:03:25. > :03:31.find out the weather prospects now for the rest of the weekend.
:03:32. > :03:36.A lovely morning for some bright sunshine for many of us but then the
:03:37. > :03:41.cloud will thicken from the West during the afternoon and in Cumbria,
:03:42. > :03:45.that will bring some light rain initially. Elsewhere, we will hang
:03:46. > :03:49.on to the sunshine particularly across the coast. Temperatures
:03:50. > :03:52.getting up to nine Celsius with the wind is fairly strong from the
:03:53. > :03:56.south`west. That rain increases as we go through the night. It will be
:03:57. > :04:00.a fairly cloudy night and windy as well with gales for many of us,
:04:01. > :04:09.temperatures down to seven Celsius. Turning wet and windy tomorrow.
:04:10. > :04:18.Good afternoon. It has been a lovely start with some very welcome winter
:04:19. > :04:22.sunshine. For the rest of the day, the further east you are, you will
:04:23. > :04:23.hang onto that for much of the time. The