02/03/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Good evening. There is more throughout the

Good evening. We start tonight with footb`ll and

the Wearside invasion of Welbley. More than 30,000 fans travelled

south to London to see Sunddrland take on red hot favourites

Manchester City in the Capital One Cup Final. Among a crowd of almost

85,000 at the National Stadhum was our sports reporter Jeff Brown.

The atmosphere has been fantastic here. Dear to dream was the slogan

that the football club was tsing. That dream very nearly came through

the capital started I barelx saw as man city fan. Hopefully this time. I

was here in 73. At salute the fabulous. Came back on the train.

Sunderland were brilliant in the first half. A superb passagd. He

fired the Black Cats in front. It was a lead they held until darly in

the second half. Barely 90 seconds later, their final was turndd on its

head. Sunderland pressed for an equaliser. But it was 3`1 in the

last minute. Disappointment for the fans who made the trip south.

Sunderland! It is 4:30am and already thousands of fans are lined up eager

for their adventure to begin. It is good to be a fantastic day. I was

there in 1973. I was 18 years old. I am now 59. It is going to bd a

fantastic day. I am over thd moon. Come on, the lads! Then the first of

the 49 coaches were off. On their way from Wearside to Wemblex. As

kick`off approached, the city centre in deed and people gathered in clubs

and pubs. It started so well. `` emptied. But two quick second`half

goals put an end to the dre`m. Even in defeat amid the tantrums and the

tears, there was immense prhde in their team's performance. Jtst over

the moon that they have got that far and they have done so well. Very

proud of them. The game over, they were beaten, but not silencdd.

Newcastle manager Alan Parddw has been fined ?100,000 and givdn a

formal warning by the club for headbutting a player during

yesterday's match. Pardew w`s sent to the stand after the incident

involving Hull midfielder D`vid Meyler. In a statement Newc`stle

United said Pardew deeply rdgretted his actions and had offered his

sincere apologies. The FA h`s said it will investigate the inchdent.

And Late Kick Off returns tomorrow night with more on both those

stories at 11.20pm. The Government has been urgdd to

give more funding to rural `reas like Cumbria. The county gets ? 40

per head for local services ` ? 00 less than Newcastle. Penrith and the

Border MP Rory Stewart told the BBC's Sunday Politics he was

supporting a new campaign to get fairer funding for rural ardas. What

we would like is a commitment from the government that over a five`year

period they rebalance this. They begin to get a feel deal for rural

areas so we get something closer to head `` close ahead then sole urban

areas. We would like to see a direction of travel, we would like

to see the government to sax, this is our plan for the next five years

and we will narrow the gap. It was a great night for thd BBC at

the regional Royal Television awards last night. The Centre Award, for a

significant contribution to the TV industry in the region, went to

Jacqui Hodgson, the series producer of Inside Out. She was given the

award for her passionate colmitment to regional broadcasting at a time

when it was under threat of severe cutbacks. Dan Farthing, also from

Inside Out, received Scoop of the Year and Alison Freeman was named

Journalist of the Year. Our technical colleagues also c`me up

trumps with Keith Blackburn collecting the cameraman aw`rd while

John Scott Paterson picked tp the top prize for graphics.

Let's take a look at the we`ther prospects now with Kay Crewdson

Good evening. Rain continues to track through the east. There will

be some heavy bursts. Getting clearance from the West so ht will

be cleaner gear, a touch of frost is possible and also the risk for ice

tomorrow morning. Northumberland and the far north`east, cloudy `nd damp.

That will brighten up. A risk of the odd isolated shower. Highs of eight

degrees. And that his own ndws so far. We will have an update here at

around 10:15pm will be back.

Good evening. The chances are, you are enjoying your evening on a nice

warm sofa while it rains outside. Pretty heavy rain in parts of the

country and for tomorrow morning, wrap up warmly, it will be a cheap

upstart right across the country. This is where the rain is right now

from Portsmouth to London across to the north-east and the east of the

country and it will push out into the North Sea. Not all of the rain

will clear away but it will be cold enough for some icy stretches across

parts of Northern Ireland, the Northwest of England, too, but

everywhere will have a chilly start. Not exclusively snow to higher

ground, maybe to some lower land, too,