:00:00. > 3:59:59Ukrainians in crime era, as the high-level talks to resume the
:00:00. > :00:08.crisis continue. Hello, welcome to Look North. In the
:00:09. > :00:11.programme tonight. It's takdn four years, and it's cost four mhllion
:00:12. > :00:20.pounds. But the investigation into alleged corruption in the Cleveland
:00:21. > :00:25.Police Force ends with no charges. The investigation has been
:00:26. > :00:28.completely thorough and it hs clear the problems relate to a sm`ll
:00:29. > :00:31.number of the very top people. Also tonight, are they playhng the
:00:32. > :00:33.Last Post? Teesside's only remaining steelworks band is running out of
:00:34. > :00:36.members. It's not Sochi, but Cumbria's winter
:00:37. > :00:39.Olympic figure`skater is on hand to pass on tips at a brand new
:00:40. > :00:41.ice`rink. And the new arts festival
:00:42. > :00:48.celebrating the region's industrial and geological landscapes.
:00:49. > :00:51.In sport, a new director of football's in the pipeline for one
:00:52. > :00:54.of our top clubs. And a big decision in store for the fans of ond of our
:00:55. > :01:07.rugby clubs. It's one of Britain's biggest
:01:08. > :01:12.investigations into police corruption. It's taken four years,
:01:13. > :01:15.cost ?4 million and led to ten arrests. Operation Sacristy was
:01:16. > :01:20.investigating allegations of corruption at Cleveland Polhce
:01:21. > :01:27.Authority. But today it was announced not a single person will
:01:28. > :01:29.face a criminal charge. Tonhght on Look North we can exclusively reveal
:01:30. > :01:34.the initial complaint that started the whole inquiry. The clail that a
:01:35. > :01:39.member of the Police Authorhty had accepted a payment for information.
:01:40. > :01:51.Our reporter Stuart Whincup has been following the story and joins us now
:01:52. > :01:56.from Cleveland Police headqtarters. The criminal investigation started
:01:57. > :02:00.in May 2011 but the first corruption allegations came only year before
:02:01. > :02:07.that including the extraordhnary claim that the then head had
:02:08. > :02:11.accepted money to give priv`te information to a property ddveloper.
:02:12. > :02:18.That claim was false but th`t sparked the entire investig`tion.
:02:19. > :02:22.Tonight, Cleveland's top two police officers are arrested and
:02:23. > :02:29.suspended. I have done nothhng criminal. This is about the actions
:02:30. > :02:35.of one man, not the force. People should be presumed innocent. Charges
:02:36. > :02:38.will be brought if there is sufficient evidence or it whll be
:02:39. > :02:43.wrapped up. Tonight we can reveal how it all
:02:44. > :02:49.started. The false allegation that led to one of Britain's's bhggest
:02:50. > :02:54.allegations into police corruption. It all revolves around the former
:02:55. > :03:01.chair of the police authority. Back in 2010 there were rumours he had
:03:02. > :03:08.accepted a ?50,000 bomb frol a local property developer. `` bung. The
:03:09. > :03:17.claims although completely false where investigated. It was
:03:18. > :03:23.laughable. I did not believd it at first and when it was obviots it was
:03:24. > :03:29.serious, I denied it immedi`tely because it was not true and clearly
:03:30. > :03:34.has not been through. It all snowballed from that. Questhons were
:03:35. > :03:40.also raised about the sale of another police building. Thdre were
:03:41. > :03:44.claims plumbing contracts wdre awarded in exchange for fred
:03:45. > :03:49.bathrooms and boilers and there was said to be lavish spending on
:03:50. > :03:56.corporate credit cards. How do you account for ?50,000? Part of my job
:03:57. > :03:59.is to be on lots of committdes which involves a lot of travel. If you
:04:00. > :04:06.compare my expenditure with any other chief constable you whll see
:04:07. > :04:13.it is on a par. At its height, 7 officers were said to be working on
:04:14. > :04:22.Operation Sacristy. It was said the investigation was costing ?070, 00 a
:04:23. > :04:25.month. Before being elected, Cleveland's claim commissioner said
:04:26. > :04:33.it could bankrupt the entird authority. The investigation is
:04:34. > :04:39.needed like a hole in the hdad. While all this was going on,
:04:40. > :04:46.completely separate to the criminal investigation Sean Price was sacked
:04:47. > :04:51.as chief constable. He was found guilty of misconduct in getting his
:04:52. > :04:57.boss's. The job. He has let down the police and the public of Cldveland.
:04:58. > :05:02.Derek Bonner was cleared of any criminal charges but sacked for
:05:03. > :05:09.misconduct but this could not disguise the feelings of Opdration
:05:10. > :05:12.Sacristy. It had cost ?4 million and lead to ten arrests but not one will
:05:13. > :05:16.face a single criminal charge. As we saw there, Stuart, ond of the
:05:17. > :05:24.most high profile arrests w`s the former Cleveland Chief Constable
:05:25. > :05:27.Sean Price? He went overnight from being one of the longest serving
:05:28. > :05:32.chief constables to the first in more than 50 years to be arrested.
:05:33. > :05:41.Today he described Operation Sacristy as a big `` as a dhsgrace
:05:42. > :05:45.and said the arrest ruined his life. It was completely disproportionate
:05:46. > :05:49.and I have been found to be correct. There never was any claim to be
:05:50. > :05:55.investigated and my treatment was appalling. I spent two and ` half
:05:56. > :06:01.years finding justification that what happened should not have been
:06:02. > :06:08.done. Will you get an apology? Not unless I force it through the
:06:09. > :06:16.courts. The Independent polhce complaints commission called you
:06:17. > :06:19.shameful and the bully. I do not recall anybody ever saying H do not
:06:20. > :06:25.recall anybody ever seeing ` bully them at the hearing, distorted as
:06:26. > :06:28.that was, but I was not even able to call key witnesses because of the
:06:29. > :06:33.enquiry and those witnesses are very keen to come forward and an appeal
:06:34. > :06:41.against my dismissal is going to be high on my priority list. In terms
:06:42. > :06:47.of the investigation and thd way it has been handled, how do yot feel
:06:48. > :06:52.that was? I was engaged for a long time and trying to explain to
:06:53. > :06:56.members of Operation Sacristy that I felt part of the operation was being
:06:57. > :07:06.performed unlawfully but got nowhere with that. When confidential files
:07:07. > :07:12.were lost, I got a search tdam out and recover them for them btt the
:07:13. > :07:16.whole thing at times has bedn badly handled. When I was arrested I was
:07:17. > :07:21.interviewed on a foreign trhp and they had to say you have thd wrong
:07:22. > :07:26.Sean Price, and you cannot forget that sort of mistake. Much has been
:07:27. > :07:36.made of spending on your corporate credit card of 25,000 on hotels and
:07:37. > :07:42.5000 on restaurants. It is ` lot of money and as I have said to you
:07:43. > :07:46.before, it was all part of ly duties as being chief constable and you can
:07:47. > :07:50.be sure that after two and ` half years if there was anything wrong
:07:51. > :07:54.about it I would have been charged. It is again about trying to find
:07:55. > :08:01.some sort of justification for the horrendous mess of this operation.
:08:02. > :08:05.What about the future for you? It is time to take stock because H have
:08:06. > :08:10.not been able to move on because of this tremendous weight. Two and a
:08:11. > :08:15.half years is a long time so my family are delighted and we can now
:08:16. > :08:22.move forward but it will take a while to move on from the d`mage
:08:23. > :08:24.done to friends and family `nd just feeling bad and people starhng at
:08:25. > :08:28.you, it takes a long time. A lot of criticism there. What does
:08:29. > :08:39.Keith Bristow, the man who's led the investigation, have to say? He said
:08:40. > :08:42.the investigation had been successful at uncovering misconduct
:08:43. > :08:46.and a lot of people in senior positions have now been sacked and
:08:47. > :08:52.moved on but he is fully aw`re much money has been spent and it has been
:08:53. > :08:58.a long investigation, and whth no criminal charges he knew he would
:08:59. > :09:01.face some uncomfortable questions. It has been a three`year
:09:02. > :09:11.investigation was no charges, are you ashamed or embarrassed? People
:09:12. > :09:18.have left the organisation `s a result of the findings are chosen to
:09:19. > :09:20.resign. Our job is to collect and present the evidence and thd Crown
:09:21. > :09:27.Prosecution Service decide based on that. I accept their decision. You
:09:28. > :09:30.have heard the chief constable said it has enabled the forced to move
:09:31. > :09:33.forward. So Mr Bristow says he's enabling the
:09:34. > :09:36.Cleveland Force to move on. But can it do that? Isn't its reput`tion
:09:37. > :09:46.badly damaged, even though Sacristy has ended with no criminal charges?
:09:47. > :09:51.There has been a shadow over the entire force for some time. A lot of
:09:52. > :09:55.talk about moving on but th`t has been difficult to do while the
:09:56. > :10:00.investigation has been ongohng. The new chief constable has madd the
:10:01. > :10:03.point it is time to move on and a lot of these problems where in the
:10:04. > :10:10.past and a lot of people responsible no longer at the organisation. She
:10:11. > :10:17.is stressing today these actions are from a minority of people and does
:10:18. > :10:20.not reflect the force itself. The investigation has been completely
:10:21. > :10:25.thorough and it is clear thd problem is clear the problems relatd to a
:10:26. > :10:29.small number of the very top people. Knowing their sound underst`nding
:10:30. > :10:34.the impact and consequences means I can work with the vast majority of
:10:35. > :10:38.the workforce who remain to this day absolutely committed to doing a
:10:39. > :10:41.professional job in difficult and challenging times. There's one more
:10:42. > :10:50.thing everyone wants to know, of course. Operation Sacristy has cost
:10:51. > :10:55.?4 million ` who's footing the bill? ?4 million and with the disciplinary
:10:56. > :10:59.about another ?1 million. The majority comes from the Homd Office
:11:00. > :11:09.so in truth it will be paid by us all. One final thought, 15 xears ago
:11:10. > :11:15.this force had a corruption investigation which cost millions
:11:16. > :11:19.and a lot of time was spent and we were told lessons had been learned
:11:20. > :11:24.and we would not be in the same situation. The feeling tonight as we
:11:25. > :11:26.have in the same position again what the a lot of time and money but no
:11:27. > :11:33.charges. Police frogmen have carried out a
:11:34. > :11:36.second day of underwater se`rches for a missing York man. Divdrs have
:11:37. > :11:39.been searching the River Foss for Ben Clarkson, a 22`year`old shop
:11:40. > :11:42.assistant who was last seen outside a nightclub on Sunday. The
:11:43. > :11:45.University of York students' union has suggested launching latd night
:11:46. > :11:53.patrols by students to warn people about the dangers of nearby
:11:54. > :11:56.waterways. The Thai`based steel`maker SSI says
:11:57. > :11:59.that its Teesside plant and blast furnace should make a profit in the
:12:00. > :12:03.first quarter of the year. SSI reopened the plant nearly two years
:12:04. > :12:06.ago after it had been mothb`lled by the previous owner Tata Stedl in
:12:07. > :12:09.2010. But so far it hasn't lade a profit, despite setting a ndw
:12:10. > :12:15.production record by making five million tonnes of steel a ydar.
:12:16. > :12:19.Meanwhile, the last remaining works band connected with steel`m`king on
:12:20. > :12:22.Teesside has issued an appe`l for its own survival. The South Bank
:12:23. > :12:27.Brass Band has more than 150 years of history, but will have to close
:12:28. > :12:35.if new members don't come forward. Phil Chapman went to their rehearsal
:12:36. > :12:40.last night. It is rehearsal night tonight but
:12:41. > :12:45.while the band plays on thex are not sure how many more performances they
:12:46. > :12:50.might have. A recent succession of members passing away or becoming ill
:12:51. > :12:58.has left them not knowing if they can move on bringing to an dnd a
:12:59. > :13:06.years of heritage. The band started in the 1850s and the first recording
:13:07. > :13:13.of the band was in 1877 when it took part in a contest. We are the one
:13:14. > :13:18.band that is left from the bands that were set up from the iron and
:13:19. > :13:20.steel industry down the rivdr and they would be bitterly disappointed
:13:21. > :13:29.to see the band go out of existence. It is 100 years old.
:13:30. > :13:36.Friendship and memories mean a band like this is about far more than the
:13:37. > :13:42.music. We are about 13 or 14 members when we should be about 25. We have
:13:43. > :13:47.tried hard to recruit but for whatever reason we have failed. As
:13:48. > :13:53.one of the newest members, Kate hopes more will follow her hnto the
:13:54. > :14:00.band. I joined about two ye`rs ago and I have only recently cole back
:14:01. > :14:05.after having a baby and the difference in those ten months is
:14:06. > :14:13.really quite sad. There are a lot fewer people which is a real shame
:14:14. > :14:18.because the band is so old `nd has been going for so long it would be a
:14:19. > :14:23.shame and I would hate to bd part of the generation where it failed. The
:14:24. > :14:27.band is desperately hoping lore local musicians come forward to
:14:28. > :14:29.prevent a piece of heritage fading into history.
:14:30. > :14:33.Still to come in tonight's programme we're, not quite, dancing on ice.
:14:34. > :14:44.And changing times for thesd young footballers, who soon won't be
:14:45. > :14:46.having to get changed, in these And it is all change weather`wise
:14:47. > :14:54.after a few frosty nights. Cumbria's winter Olympic
:14:55. > :14:57.figure`skater David King has been passing on some tips to kids at
:14:58. > :15:01.Carlisle's new synthetic icd`rink. The rink, in the city's Bitts Park,
:15:02. > :15:06.officially opens at the end of the week, but Mark McAlindon got a
:15:07. > :15:09.preview. With partner Stacey Kemp, D`vid King
:15:10. > :15:14.is an eight`time British ch`mpion and this year's games in Sochi were
:15:15. > :15:18.their second Winter Olympics. But today David was back in his home
:15:19. > :15:29.county to see school kids trying out a long awaited ice rink in Carlisle.
:15:30. > :15:33.We only do it for the love of it and if a few of these kids end tp loving
:15:34. > :15:39.the sport as well and that hs enough. You can always go f`ster and
:15:40. > :15:42.learn something else and put another rotation in the jump sort is an
:15:43. > :15:47.amazing sport and you cannot actually reach perfection. @t any
:15:48. > :15:53.level you can be learning. @nd there's already confidence the rink
:15:54. > :15:58.will prove popular. People `re already saying it should be bigger
:15:59. > :16:03.and effort goes that will, there is nothing stopping us from taking
:16:04. > :16:08.another tennis court or movhng it. It is a really good because I have
:16:09. > :16:12.always wanted an ice rink. Ht is really good. The kids have lore
:16:13. > :16:19.activities and it is really enjoyable. The city council has been
:16:20. > :16:25.under tremendous pressure for closing play parks as a cost`cutting
:16:26. > :16:28.measure. They say the ice rhnk could be an exciting opportunity for our
:16:29. > :16:38.kids from Carlisle and further afield.
:16:39. > :16:41.Before you ask they did not have books big enough for him! 30 years
:16:42. > :16:44.ago today, strike action by members of the National Union of Mineworkers
:16:45. > :16:48.began spreading around the country. A week later, NUM leader Arthur
:16:49. > :16:50.Scargill called a national strike. To coincide with this annivdrsary,
:16:51. > :16:55.the AV Festival is celebrathng the industrial and geological l`ndscape
:16:56. > :17:00.of the North East. It includes 1 new commissions and 25 UK premieres.
:17:01. > :17:03.For tonight's Look North report arts reporter Sharuna Sagar has been
:17:04. > :17:14.looking at how the event's theme of Extraction could uncover new
:17:15. > :17:18.audiences. A symbol of the region's industrial
:17:19. > :17:21.past. Dunstan Staiths in Gateshead ` where trains used to transport
:17:22. > :17:30.millions of tonnes of coal to ships on the Tyne. Abandoned for decades
:17:31. > :17:40.but now for the first time, it's to be the setting for a unique audio
:17:41. > :17:45.visual spectacle. When audidnces are on the River Tyne going along and
:17:46. > :17:49.experiencing the sound and loving images they will see it in ` way
:17:50. > :17:52.never seen before. It'll top off a whole month of avant garde `rt
:17:53. > :18:00.across Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside. The festival is ddfinitely
:18:01. > :18:03.contemporarily and experimental and presents challenging work and it is
:18:04. > :18:11.important for us to be able to present this to lots of people. The
:18:12. > :18:14.theme of extraction means there is a great connection with the Ldgion and
:18:15. > :18:20.its industrial heritage and history. The last time the dvent was
:18:21. > :18:23.held in 2012, the biennial dvent brought nearly ?2 million into the
:18:24. > :18:27.local economy, attracted 94,000 visitors, an increase of more than
:18:28. > :18:29.30% on the previous AV festhval so hopes are high for this year's
:18:30. > :18:40.eclectic programme of screenings, concerts and exhibitions such as
:18:41. > :18:43.these. These paintings are on display. These are a new colmission
:18:44. > :18:47.by artist Jessica Warboys. She took these canvasses down to the beach,
:18:48. > :18:50.she threw powder paint on them and dragged them through the se` and
:18:51. > :18:57.onto the sand. They've effectively painted by nature.
:18:58. > :19:02.Nature is also a creative force in the sounds made by pioneering
:19:03. > :19:17.musician Akio Suzuki. So how has this part of the world infltenced
:19:18. > :19:28.him? It is nature but I also include the steel industries. It is using
:19:29. > :19:30.the buildings and these are different elements inspiring me But
:19:31. > :19:34.it's specificially the landscape from the Tyne to the Borders that
:19:35. > :19:38.attracted former rock music`n Susan Stenger back. Her latest work is
:19:39. > :19:49.inspired by a drawing by 18th Century mining engineer Nicholas
:19:50. > :19:56.Wood. I wanted to transform the geologic into the sonic and make a
:19:57. > :20:06.kind of sound equivalent. I first came to Newcastle as a 1980s indie
:20:07. > :20:13.rocker and we often played `t the Riverside and our music also worked
:20:14. > :20:20.with drones and with layers. In a way of this piece is just an
:20:21. > :20:23.extension of that. From coal seams to coal communities. The Miners
:20:24. > :20:26.Hymns, a film by American artist Bill Morrison first presentdd in
:20:27. > :20:29.Durham Cathedral, is tonight being shown in a special live performance
:20:30. > :20:42.at Sage Gateshead to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the
:20:43. > :20:51.beginning of the miners' strike Thought`provoking. Now we h`ve the
:20:52. > :20:53.art of sports presentation tonight. The nicest thing you have s`id to me
:20:54. > :20:56.all week! Sunderland are preparing to appoint
:20:57. > :20:58.Chelsea's former chief scout Lee Congerton as only the club's second
:20:59. > :21:01.director of football. The 40`year`old is currently thd
:21:02. > :21:04.technical director at German side Hamburg. The League Cup runners`up,
:21:05. > :21:07.who are preparing for Sundax's FA Cup quarterfinal at Hull, h`ve been
:21:08. > :21:09.without a director of footb`ll since Roberto Di Fanti was sacked in
:21:10. > :21:12.January. Just days before their team's rugby
:21:13. > :21:15.league season gets underway, fans of Gateshead Thunder are being invited
:21:16. > :21:21.to an Extraordinary General Meeting in the town to discuss sellhng their
:21:22. > :21:23.shares in the club. It's bedn reported today that Newcastle
:21:24. > :21:26.Falcons, the region's leading rugby union club, is interested in taking
:21:27. > :21:29.over Thunder, whose managing director Keith Christie will address
:21:30. > :21:34.members of the Official Supporters' Trust at tomorrow night's mdeting.
:21:35. > :21:36.Any such development could potentially see Gateshead moving
:21:37. > :21:40.from the International Stadhum to the Falcons' home ground Kingston
:21:41. > :21:43.Park. Meanwhile, the Falcons' prop, Kieran
:21:44. > :21:46.Brookes, has been handed a six week ban for pushing referee Greg Garner
:21:47. > :21:50.during Sunday's Premiership game with Leicester. The incident
:21:51. > :21:53.happened shortly before half`time, when Brookes ` here, wearing number
:21:54. > :22:01.three ` found the official blocking his way, as he tried to stop the
:22:02. > :22:04.Tigers' Ed Slater. Few people at Kingston Park spotted the offence
:22:05. > :22:09.and the referee himself took no action. But the charge was brought
:22:10. > :22:13.by the Citing Commissioner `nd after a hearing in Leeds last night,
:22:14. > :22:16.Brookes has been suspended tntil April the 20th.
:22:17. > :22:17.Now it's a football club for kids in Middlesbrough that's generated
:22:18. > :22:20.almost 40 professionals, including England internationals Adam Johnson
:22:21. > :22:23.and Jonathan Woodgate. But dven though it has 350 players, Cleveland
:22:24. > :22:29.Juniors FC has no facilities, except two rusting storage containdrs it
:22:30. > :22:36.uses as changing rooms. Now all that's about to change, as @ndrew
:22:37. > :22:39.Hartley reports. A junior football club with a proud
:22:40. > :22:43.history. Middlesborough stars past and present started here.
:22:44. > :22:47.Adam Johnson ` now at Sunderland. Jonathan Woodgate ` now plaxing for
:22:48. > :22:50.his hometown club. And 1990s Boro favourite ` Phil
:22:51. > :22:54.Stamp But although Cleveland Juniors is thriving ` 21 teams, 350 players
:22:55. > :23:02.` its basic surroundings ard a far cry from the Riverside.
:23:03. > :23:04.But although they are thrivhng, they're currently using these,
:23:05. > :23:13.storage containers, as changing rooms, but by August they should
:23:14. > :23:18.have facilities to be proud of. It will give us a base and somdwhere we
:23:19. > :23:23.know we can be sustainable `nd can grow and get the children somewhere
:23:24. > :23:27.to be together after a match rather than freezing and jumping into cars.
:23:28. > :23:31.They can be together and have some fun. Much of the ?400,000 for a
:23:32. > :23:37.clubhouse was raised by a Tdesside based group of England fans called
:23:38. > :23:42.Lionsraw. We have been the catalyst to pull people around the t`ble and
:23:43. > :23:47.we kept pushing and kept believing and decided we would find a way I
:23:48. > :23:53.know we are there. What I love is these people are committed to a free
:23:54. > :23:57.Academy. The long`term future of the club has also been secured, thanks
:23:58. > :24:11.to a 25 year lease deal for the pitches.
:24:12. > :24:14.Great stuff. The best till last with congratulations to Joe Root who
:24:15. > :24:18.scored his maiden one`day international century for England
:24:19. > :24:25.against the West Indies. Thdy need 304 to win the series. Not looking
:24:26. > :24:36.too bad here but it is not Barbados. A lot of talk about spring weather
:24:37. > :24:41.next week but things are colplicated between now and then. Tonight is a
:24:42. > :24:45.different story from last wdek and it is very different with the a lot
:24:46. > :24:50.of close around and breezy with rain around and much milder than it has
:24:51. > :24:57.been. Today a few bright spdlls in the East but the cloud thickening up
:24:58. > :25:00.from the East. Many places lanaged to stay dry today but it will be a
:25:01. > :25:06.different story for many of us overnight. Already producing some
:25:07. > :25:12.patchy rain and the rain becoming more widespread through Cumbria
:25:13. > :25:15.Some dry interludes east of the Pennines but with the blankdt of
:25:16. > :25:24.clouds and the south`westerly breeze, temperatures much mhlder
:25:25. > :25:27.than last week. A cloudy st`rt tomorrow and the rain in thd West
:25:28. > :25:35.will never be far away throtgh the day. A similar story for eastern
:25:36. > :25:39.areas where most places will probably stay that I and we may see
:25:40. > :25:46.some bricks appearing and the clouds from time to time and temperatures
:25:47. > :25:50.will affect that. Brisk southerly breeze and the rain is never far
:25:51. > :25:56.away from Cumbria where there will be heavy bursts in amongst ht. That
:25:57. > :26:02.same weather fronts blends `s more rain and through Friday it loves
:26:03. > :26:06.away southwards. A frosty nhght on Friday before the clouds and patchy
:26:07. > :26:13.rain returns for the weekend with a return to milder conditions. The
:26:14. > :26:17.tail end of the week and into the weekend itself, Friday sees things
:26:18. > :26:22.drying up with the touch of frost before the cloud and rain rdturns to
:26:23. > :26:28.many parts of Cumbria but d`ytime temperatures still very much
:26:29. > :26:36.respectable. Next week, the high pressure should bring some decent
:26:37. > :26:44.and mild weather for most of us Dyer east of the Pennines btt not
:26:45. > :26:51.bone dry. Daytime temperatures in double figures and it should stay
:26:52. > :26:55.frost free although on the PC side. Remember to keep your March weather
:26:56. > :26:59.pictures coming in because soon we will be unveiling the Febru`ry
:27:00. > :27:06.winning picture and we will keep you up`to`date with the latest forecast.
:27:07. > :27:09.Also on the Facebook page and Twitter.
:27:10. > :27:15.Is that enough! Thanks, Paul. A final look at tonight's headlines.
:27:16. > :27:18.Russia steps up its militarx presence in Ukraine as diplomats in
:27:19. > :27:23.Paris try to persuade President Putin to back down.
:27:24. > :27:25.And in our region, a ?4 million corruption investigation at
:27:26. > :27:37.Cleveland Police ends with no criminal prosecutions.
:27:38. > :27:41.That starts from as this Wednesday night, back later. Good night.