:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening. There is more throughout the
:00:10. > :00:12.Good evening. We start tonight with footb`ll and
:00:13. > :00:15.the Wearside invasion of Welbley. More than 30,000 fans travelled
:00:16. > :00:18.south to London to see Sunddrland take on red hot favourites
:00:19. > :00:22.Manchester City in the Capital One Cup Final. Among a crowd of almost
:00:23. > :00:41.85,000 at the National Stadhum was our sports reporter Jeff Brown.
:00:42. > :00:46.The atmosphere has been fantastic here. Dear to dream was the slogan
:00:47. > :01:10.that the football club was tsing. That dream very nearly came through
:01:11. > :01:18.the capital started I barelx saw as man city fan. Hopefully this time. I
:01:19. > :01:25.was here in 73. At salute the fabulous. Came back on the train.
:01:26. > :01:38.Sunderland were brilliant in the first half. A superb passagd. He
:01:39. > :01:44.fired the Black Cats in front. It was a lead they held until darly in
:01:45. > :01:52.the second half. Barely 90 seconds later, their final was turndd on its
:01:53. > :01:58.head. Sunderland pressed for an equaliser. But it was 3`1 in the
:01:59. > :02:15.last minute. Disappointment for the fans who made the trip south.
:02:16. > :02:20.Sunderland! It is 4:30am and already thousands of fans are lined up eager
:02:21. > :02:29.for their adventure to begin. It is good to be a fantastic day. I was
:02:30. > :02:35.there in 1973. I was 18 years old. I am now 59. It is going to bd a
:02:36. > :02:42.fantastic day. I am over thd moon. Come on, the lads! Then the first of
:02:43. > :02:47.the 49 coaches were off. On their way from Wearside to Wemblex. As
:02:48. > :02:57.kick`off approached, the city centre in deed and people gathered in clubs
:02:58. > :03:06.and pubs. It started so well. `` emptied. But two quick second`half
:03:07. > :03:11.goals put an end to the dre`m. Even in defeat amid the tantrums and the
:03:12. > :03:15.tears, there was immense prhde in their team's performance. Jtst over
:03:16. > :03:20.the moon that they have got that far and they have done so well. Very
:03:21. > :03:31.proud of them. The game over, they were beaten, but not silencdd.
:03:32. > :03:34.Newcastle manager Alan Parddw has been fined ?100,000 and givdn a
:03:35. > :03:37.formal warning by the club for headbutting a player during
:03:38. > :03:39.yesterday's match. Pardew w`s sent to the stand after the incident
:03:40. > :03:44.involving Hull midfielder D`vid Meyler. In a statement Newc`stle
:03:45. > :03:49.United said Pardew deeply rdgretted his actions and had offered his
:03:50. > :03:55.sincere apologies. The FA h`s said it will investigate the inchdent.
:03:56. > :03:59.And Late Kick Off returns tomorrow night with more on both those
:04:00. > :04:02.stories at 11.20pm. The Government has been urgdd to
:04:03. > :04:12.give more funding to rural `reas like Cumbria. The county gets ? 40
:04:13. > :04:15.per head for local services ` ? 00 less than Newcastle. Penrith and the
:04:16. > :04:18.Border MP Rory Stewart told the BBC's Sunday Politics he was
:04:19. > :04:21.supporting a new campaign to get fairer funding for rural ardas. What
:04:22. > :04:24.we would like is a commitment from the government that over a five`year
:04:25. > :04:30.period they rebalance this. They begin to get a feel deal for rural
:04:31. > :04:37.areas so we get something closer to head `` close ahead then sole urban
:04:38. > :04:40.areas. We would like to see a direction of travel, we would like
:04:41. > :04:47.to see the government to sax, this is our plan for the next five years
:04:48. > :04:50.and we will narrow the gap. It was a great night for thd BBC at
:04:51. > :04:54.the regional Royal Television awards last night. The Centre Award, for a
:04:55. > :04:57.significant contribution to the TV industry in the region, went to
:04:58. > :05:00.Jacqui Hodgson, the series producer of Inside Out. She was given the
:05:01. > :05:03.award for her passionate colmitment to regional broadcasting at a time
:05:04. > :05:07.when it was under threat of severe cutbacks. Dan Farthing, also from
:05:08. > :05:09.Inside Out, received Scoop of the Year and Alison Freeman was named
:05:10. > :05:12.Journalist of the Year. Our technical colleagues also c`me up
:05:13. > :05:15.trumps with Keith Blackburn collecting the cameraman aw`rd while
:05:16. > :05:19.John Scott Paterson picked tp the top prize for graphics.
:05:20. > :05:28.Let's take a look at the we`ther prospects now with Kay Crewdson
:05:29. > :05:33.Good evening. Rain continues to track through the east. There will
:05:34. > :05:37.be some heavy bursts. Getting clearance from the West so ht will
:05:38. > :05:44.be cleaner gear, a touch of frost is possible and also the risk for ice
:05:45. > :05:52.tomorrow morning. Northumberland and the far north`east, cloudy `nd damp.
:05:53. > :05:57.That will brighten up. A risk of the odd isolated shower. Highs of eight
:05:58. > :05:59.degrees. And that his own ndws so far. We will have an update here at
:06:00. > :06:09.around 10:15pm will be back.
:06:10. > :06:14.Good evening. The chances are, you are enjoying your evening on a nice
:06:15. > :06:17.warm sofa while it rains outside. Pretty heavy rain in parts of the
:06:18. > :06:21.country and for tomorrow morning, wrap up warmly, it will be a cheap
:06:22. > :06:24.upstart right across the country. This is where the rain is right now
:06:25. > :06:28.from Portsmouth to London across to the north-east and the east of the
:06:29. > :06:32.country and it will push out into the North Sea. Not all of the rain
:06:33. > :06:40.will clear away but it will be cold enough for some icy stretches across
:06:41. > :06:43.parts of Northern Ireland, the Northwest of England, too, but
:06:44. > :06:47.everywhere will have a chilly start. Not exclusively snow to higher
:06:48. > :06:49.ground, maybe to some lower land, too,