:00:00. > :00:10.on the BBC News Channel, we are back with the late news 10:10. Now
:00:11. > :00:17.Cap Good evening. A 32`year`old woman has died after a
:00:18. > :00:21.house fire in Darlington. The fire started in the kitchen of a
:00:22. > :00:24.terraced house in Brunton Street in the town. The woman was rescued from
:00:25. > :00:27.the living room but was pronounced dead at the scene. An
:00:28. > :00:35.investigation's now underwax. Stuart Whincup sent this report. The
:00:36. > :00:39.emergency services were called to the street in Durban two, jtst one
:00:40. > :00:46.mile from the town centre, just after 11 o'clock this morning. A
:00:47. > :00:50.neighbour had seen smoke coling from the top window there. Neighbours
:00:51. > :00:54.said firefighters broke into the property and carried the lady from
:00:55. > :01:00.the house out into the stredt. There was little they could do in the
:01:01. > :01:06.street was cordoned off. Thd fire alarms going off. They kickdd the
:01:07. > :01:10.door in and pulled her out. The firemen tried and tried but they
:01:11. > :01:15.couldn't do anything. Neighbours have described her as kind `nd
:01:16. > :01:19.friendly and well liked. Officers have been seen carrying out her
:01:20. > :01:26.search to find out how the fire started. `` carrying out our search.
:01:27. > :01:30.The Bishop of Newcastle says the Government's welfare reforms have
:01:31. > :01:32.led to a crisis with thousands of people in the region relying on
:01:33. > :01:36.foodbanks. While the Governlent says its changes are designed to bring
:01:37. > :01:39.people out of poverty, the Bishop says at the moment they're laking
:01:40. > :01:46.life harder for some of the North's poorest people. In a relatively
:01:47. > :01:52.affluent society, the fact that people are having to resort to such
:01:53. > :01:59.measures. They are on the bread line. I think that the foodbanks are
:02:00. > :02:07.merely putting a sticking plaster over a wound. It is no longdr term
:02:08. > :02:10.solutions we need. And therd'll be reaction to the Bishop's colments
:02:11. > :02:13.from MPs on Sunday Politics ` tomorrow at eleven.
:02:14. > :02:16.A project which uses hens to help combat loneliness in the North East
:02:17. > :02:18.has won a major grant from the lottery.
:02:19. > :02:21.The Tyneside`based charity HenPower has been awarded a million pounds to
:02:22. > :02:29.expand its services. Jonath`n Swingler reports. The peopld at the
:02:30. > :02:35.sheltered housing scheme re`lly like their chickens. The hens were
:02:36. > :02:43.brought in a year ago. I thought it was a ridiculous idea, but ht has
:02:44. > :02:47.made 200% difference to my life getting out of the house. Pdople
:02:48. > :02:53.involved in the project say they have noticed the difference that has
:02:54. > :02:58.made to people with dementi`. They take the hens, live beings, they
:02:59. > :03:04.take an interest in it. Oncd they take an interest, their medhcation
:03:05. > :03:09.drops. So far there are eight projects running in Gateshe`d. 1
:03:10. > :03:16.million lottery grant means less is being rolled out across the country.
:03:17. > :03:20.Going further afield into Ctmbria and we're speaking to organhsations
:03:21. > :03:27.in, Birmingham and South London It is, acting on the nest and getting
:03:28. > :03:32.people outside, it could become a regular sight. `` combating
:03:33. > :03:34.loneliness. A popular wedding venue in
:03:35. > :03:37.Northumberland has suddenly closed. Longhirst Hall, near Morpeth, closed
:03:38. > :03:40.yesterday because the company which operates it is in the process of
:03:41. > :03:42.going into liquidation. Dozdns of couples now face finding an
:03:43. > :03:45.alternative venue. The closure doesn't affect the
:03:46. > :03:48.adjoining golf club. More than 30,000 Sunderland fans are
:03:49. > :03:51.heading to Wembley to see their team play in the League Cup Final against
:03:52. > :03:55.Manchester City tomorrow. Homes and shops on Wearside are flying red and
:03:56. > :03:59.white flags as the Black Cats try to bring silverware back to We`rside
:04:00. > :04:01.for the first time since 1973. We'll have a full report live frol Wembley
:04:02. > :04:03.tomorrow. Newcastle United claimed a
:04:04. > :04:07.comfortable victory this afternoon, but Newcastle boss Alan Pardew was
:04:08. > :04:12.sent off after an altercation with a Hull player on the touchlind. The
:04:13. > :04:15.final score Hull City one ` Newcastle United four.
:04:16. > :04:17.Middlesbrough lost 1`nil at Sheffield Wednesday in The
:04:18. > :04:20.Championship. Carlisle clailed a hard`earned point to boost their
:04:21. > :04:23.League One survival bid aftdr a goalless draw with Brentford. In
:04:24. > :04:31.League Two, decent wins for both Hartlepool and York.
:04:32. > :04:37.Let's take a look at the we`ther now with Jennifer Bartram.
:04:38. > :04:42.Hello again. Good evening, ` cold start to the evening, clear spells
:04:43. > :04:45.initially so temperatures whll fall but through the night this band of
:04:46. > :04:49.rain will fall but through the night this band of rainbow moving from the
:04:50. > :04:55.West and it could produce some hill snow or a time. Temperatures will
:04:56. > :05:00.drop to four Celsius. We cotld see a risk of ice first thing tomorrow
:05:01. > :05:05.morning. It will be a cold start and a cloudy start. We will see a band
:05:06. > :05:17.of rain moving Hello. For some of us, it was quite
:05:18. > :05:21.a decent state, some sunshine around, but not the case right now
:05:22. > :05:26.in Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland, chilly with some rain as
:05:27. > :05:30.well, you will have to warm yourself up a bit this evening. Rain on the
:05:31. > :05:34.way for tomorrow, this is the cloud streaming out of the Atlantic, this
:05:35. > :05:39.will be in place over our neighbourhood for most of tomorrow,
:05:40. > :05:42.you will need the umbrella. Here and now first of all, this cloud is
:05:43. > :05:46.bringing wet weather into Northern Ireland and western parts of
:05:47. > :05:50.Scotland, quite a chilly night, cold enough for hill snow across parts of
:05:51. > :05:54.Scotland. To the south of that, mainly rain and drizzle. In the
:05:55. > :06:00.early hours of Sunday, if you are on the roads in Northern Ireland, take
:06:01. > :06:04.it steady, they could be ice, parts of Scotland too. Not so cold further
:06:05. > :06:07.south. Tomorrow it is pretty great to start with, the winds will be
:06:08. > :06:09.freshening, clouds increasing, then