:00:00. > :00:14.Hello, welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight: The
:00:15. > :00:17.whistle`blower. The former Cleveland police officer
:00:18. > :00:21.who triggered the Operation Sacristy investigation speaks exclushvely to
:00:22. > :00:23.Look North. It is a matter of you to regret to me for the servicd that
:00:24. > :00:26.this investigation has been necessary.
:00:27. > :00:29.As the search for missing ddputy head Mark Bushnell enters its second
:00:30. > :00:39.day friends and colleagues `ppeal to him to get in touch. The messages
:00:40. > :00:42.just tell us you are safe. The internet troll ` and serving
:00:43. > :00:44.soldier ` who mocked a dead three year old. He receives a suspended
:00:45. > :00:48.prison sentence. And after a decade of delays, work
:00:49. > :00:50.begins on a development in Darlington which could create
:00:51. > :00:53.thousands of jobs. In sport ` a seven`match ban and
:00:54. > :00:56.another hefty fine for Newc`stle United boss Alan Pardew.
:00:57. > :00:58.And back on track ` the sport that's hoping to cash in on the cycling
:00:59. > :01:16.boom. He was Cleveland's most senhor
:01:17. > :01:21.detective. For five years hd was Head of Crime. But what a storm he
:01:22. > :01:23.started. Because he was also the man who first reported the allegations
:01:24. > :01:27.of corruption at Cleveland Police to the authorities. Back in 2000 ` Mark
:01:28. > :01:30.Braithwaite contacted Her M`jesty's Inspectorate after he received an
:01:31. > :01:32.allegation against the formdr head of the Police Authority. Those
:01:33. > :01:34.enquires were widened and eventually led to Cleveland's long running
:01:35. > :01:41.multi`million pound corrupthon investigation ` known as Opdration
:01:42. > :01:45.Sacristy. Ten people includhng the former Chief Constable Sean Price
:01:46. > :01:52.were arrested. Mark Braithw`ite has today spoken exclusively to our
:01:53. > :01:55.reporter Stuart Whincup. He was Cleveland's most senhor
:01:56. > :01:59.detective. Mark Braithwaite had over 30 years service with the police
:02:00. > :02:02.force. Now retired, he says he's been saddened to see Clevel`nd's
:02:03. > :02:13.reputation dragged through the mud by the corruption scandal. The force
:02:14. > :02:20.have been badly let down. The information that has recently being
:02:21. > :02:23.made available has caused m`ssive damage to public confidence and I
:02:24. > :02:28.can understand that. I am s`d and disappointed by self by what I have
:02:29. > :02:31.read. The public will be appalled by what they have read. In 2010 ` Mark
:02:32. > :02:35.Braithwaite received an alldgation that Dave McKluckie ` the then chair
:02:36. > :02:38.of the Police Authority had received a ?50 thousand pound bung ` to give
:02:39. > :02:41.a local businessman inside information about the sale of the
:02:42. > :02:45.Dunning Road police headquarters in Middlesbrough. There was no truth in
:02:46. > :02:53.that allegation ` but that's what started the whole corruption
:02:54. > :03:01.investigation. Was it difficult for you to raise those concerns? Not at
:03:02. > :03:10.all. It was entirely appropriate in my view. Why do you feel yot need to
:03:11. > :03:16.do that? Was it not enough just to tell the superiors that that would
:03:17. > :03:19.be enough? I felt like therd was sufficient public interest hn what I
:03:20. > :03:25.had raised, and I think it should have received consideration at a
:03:26. > :03:29.higher level. Mr Price was `lready a rare `` aware. Last week Dave
:03:30. > :03:32.McLuckie told Look North thd allegations against him werd
:03:33. > :03:35."laughable and completlety tntrue". And they didn't form part of the
:03:36. > :03:38.misconduct and criminal enqtires ` which were highly critical of those
:03:39. > :03:40.running the force. Those investigations found an "endemic
:03:41. > :03:42.culture of exploiting hospitality" with senior managers attendhng
:03:43. > :03:48.football and international rugby matches. In five years the Chief
:03:49. > :03:51.Constable and his deputy and the Chair and Chief Executive of the
:03:52. > :03:54.Police Authority spent around one hundred and sixty thousand pounds on
:03:55. > :03:58.meals, travel and and hotels on their corporate credit
:03:59. > :04:07.And it was claimed Sean Price and Dave McLuckie went around the world
:04:08. > :04:11.` sometimes travelling business class ` to conferences wherd there
:04:12. > :04:13.was little need for them to be there. Staying in luxury
:04:14. > :04:19.accommodation ` sometimes whth their partners ` at huge public expense. I
:04:20. > :04:22.am saddened and disappointed by what I have read, and I think thd public
:04:23. > :04:29.will be appalled at what thdy have read. It is a matter of hugd regret
:04:30. > :04:33.to me and to the service, a service that I was proud to serve for over
:04:34. > :04:39.30 years, that this investigation was necessary. But after ten
:04:40. > :04:43.arrests, four years and ?5 lillion, Operation Sacristy failed to a bring
:04:44. > :04:45.a single criminal charge. So was it all worth it.
:04:46. > :04:51.I believe the investigation was necessary. People in public office
:04:52. > :04:56.have got significant response political power and control, and
:04:57. > :05:01.whenever there are misconduct allegations, they should be
:05:02. > :05:10.investigated. Public confiddnce demands it. Stewart joins us now. Mr
:05:11. > :05:16.Braithwaite clearly has no regrets about speaking out. Yes, th`t's
:05:17. > :05:24.right. He said he had the rdsponse ability and duty. It led to the
:05:25. > :05:30.corruption investigation. A lot of people have been critical of
:05:31. > :05:34.Operation Sacristy, the cost and the fact it did not deliver any criminal
:05:35. > :05:38.charges. Mark Braithwaite s`id the these things needed to be examined
:05:39. > :05:41.carefully, and it was appropriate that they were thoroughly
:05:42. > :05:45.investigated. The sadness about this is that the force's reputathon has
:05:46. > :05:52.been battered over the last couple of days, and he says there hs good
:05:53. > :05:55.work being taken out by offhcers on a daily basis. That has been
:05:56. > :06:05.undermined, and that is a great sadness. The family and colleagues
:06:06. > :06:09.of missing private schoolte`cher Mark Bushnell say they know of no
:06:10. > :06:12.reason why he should have ldft home and disappeared. Mr Bushnell, a
:06:13. > :06:16.deputy head at the Durham School, left his home on Sunday morning His
:06:17. > :06:19.car was found yesterday near the coast at Blackhall Rock. Since then
:06:20. > :06:27.an intensive search has been underway. Mark McAlindon reports.
:06:28. > :06:30.This morning, the search for Mr Bushnell continued at Blackhall
:06:31. > :06:36.Rock. It is a popular spot for walkers. Mr Bushnell's car was found
:06:37. > :06:44.here, but the look for him grows more pressing. There is growing
:06:45. > :06:50.concern, and we are confident that he was there at around about midday
:06:51. > :06:53.on Sunday, so anyone who wotld have been there on Sunday, and also
:06:54. > :07:00.Monday and Tuesday of this week they should contact us and let us
:07:01. > :07:07.know. Many pupils and parents have been offering to help with the
:07:08. > :07:11.search. Because of the nature of the terrain, the search should be left
:07:12. > :07:16.to specialists, but they ard grateful for the offers of support.
:07:17. > :07:23.Both the police and colleagte 's of Mark Bushnell say they would not
:07:24. > :07:27.know why they committed famhly man with leave home and not rettrn. We
:07:28. > :07:30.are not aware of anything in his life which is anything other than
:07:31. > :07:40.the normal. Certainly on Sunday he was getting clothes washed for the
:07:41. > :07:47.week as many would do. Mark Bushnell had travelled to London on Saturday
:07:48. > :07:53.to watch his son play rugby. He has been here for over 20 years. He has
:07:54. > :07:58.the highest standards. He works in the interests of the pupils which
:07:59. > :08:02.respect his consistency and his judgement. He will go the extra mile
:08:03. > :08:09.for any pupil, and he is soleone who in those moments as a headm`ster,
:08:10. > :08:13.you want to make a decision, he is the person I can rely on to make the
:08:14. > :08:25.right decision. For now, police and members of the Coast Guard `re
:08:26. > :08:34.scaring `` scouring the shore line. The message is just tell us that you
:08:35. > :08:37.are safe. Meanwhile, in the hunt for the missing York shop worker Ben
:08:38. > :08:40.Clarkson, police have released CCTV images which they hope may finally
:08:41. > :08:44.give them an insight into what happened when he left a citx centre
:08:45. > :08:47.nightclub at the beginning of the month. Adrian Pitches reports: Ben
:08:48. > :08:51.Clarkson can be seen in this CCTV image.
:08:52. > :08:54.And the man in a light jackdt behind him appeared to be taking a similar
:08:55. > :08:59.route away from Fibbers nightclub at the same time as Ben. Policd need to
:09:00. > :09:02.know if he noticed which wax Ben went. And while this strand of the
:09:03. > :09:04.investigation offers possible new leads, Ben's girlfriend Rachel
:09:05. > :09:08.Peatfield has persisted with her own leafletting campaign on the streets
:09:09. > :09:11.of York. Again, given the chty's busy nightlife and large sttdent
:09:12. > :09:15.population, there is still ` chance that the 22`year`old ` himsdlf a
:09:16. > :09:19.former student at the University ` will have been spotted. But for now,
:09:20. > :09:35.he disappears off the radar on that walk home from the nightclub a week
:09:36. > :09:38.ago this weekend. The Royal College of Nurses claims
:09:39. > :09:42.the North East is losing experienced nurses. The RCN's Northern branch
:09:43. > :09:46.claims that in the two and ` half years to last September, thdre was a
:09:47. > :09:49.drop of up to 21% in the most senior nursing grades. The Departmdnt of
:09:50. > :09:53.Health says nationally therd are over 4,500 more nurses on the wards
:09:54. > :09:58.than there were in May 2010, and it's for hospitals to decidd how
:09:59. > :10:02.many are needed on each ward. North East MPs are petitionhng the
:10:03. > :10:04.government to try to stop the closure of the eating disorder unit
:10:05. > :10:07.at Newcastle's Royal Victorha Infirmary. The Richardson E`ting
:10:08. > :10:10.Disorder Service could be ctt back, which means patients who nedd
:10:11. > :10:13.treatment for anorexia or btlimia will have to travel to Darlhngton.
:10:14. > :10:21.Seven local MPs have signed a join letter to the Minister of Hdalth
:10:22. > :10:24.urging him to think again. Scarborough Council is to ask North
:10:25. > :10:27.Yorkshire County Council and the Environment Agency for help to fund
:10:28. > :10:30.a new sea defence scheme. The project includes shoring up the
:10:31. > :10:34.cliffs and protecting nearlx 40 properties and will cost 24 million
:10:35. > :10:37.pounds. The council was due to pay half that, but says it can't afford
:10:38. > :10:50.to. A council meeting today agreed to ask for help from other `gencies.
:10:51. > :10:56.He posted a racist rant on Facebook, about a death of a little boy.
:10:57. > :11:01.Today, Carlisle soldier Warren Butler avoided jail, but he was told
:11:02. > :11:09.that what he did was despic`ble and hugely damaging for the British
:11:10. > :11:14.Army. He was given a suspended sentence. He had received ddath
:11:15. > :11:22.threats for his comments. Wrote Warren Butler wrote was basdd in
:11:23. > :11:29.order ship. One Saturday in January, following a day of drinking, he
:11:30. > :11:37.posted a grossly offensive comment about the missing toddler Mhkel
:11:38. > :11:45.Kula. His mother was later charged with his murder. He said th`t he
:11:46. > :11:51.only intended his comments to be shared by friends, but hundreds of
:11:52. > :11:59.people were outraged by his remarks. The district judge said that the
:12:00. > :12:03.attitudes Warren Butler had grown up with had become ingrained, `nd his
:12:04. > :12:09.post on Facebook was hugely damaging for the British Army. He received
:12:10. > :12:19.816 week suspended sentence, and was ordered to do 250 hours of community
:12:20. > :12:23.sentence. `` 16 week suspended sentence. He has had his mobile
:12:24. > :12:26.phone and Internet access t`ken away from him. The army is still
:12:27. > :12:32.discussing what action it should take. Warren Butler is now one of
:12:33. > :12:35.hundreds of people each year who face criminal charges based on
:12:36. > :12:40.comments made on Facebook and Twitter, and is yet another example
:12:41. > :12:41.of the far reaching consequdnces that posting on social medi` can
:12:42. > :12:55.have. A year after the closure of one of
:12:56. > :12:59.Cumbria's most high`profile department stores ` the building is
:13:00. > :13:02.still standing empty. More than 80 jobs were lost when Hooper's closed
:13:03. > :13:06.in Carlisle. The property w`s sold at auction for ?1 million months
:13:07. > :13:07.later ` only for the sale to fall through. Since then there's been no
:13:08. > :13:11.movement. The RSPB in Cumbria is attelpting to
:13:12. > :13:14.recruit as many people in the county as possible in its hunt for hen
:13:15. > :13:17.harriers. They're highly distinctive, but now very r`re. The
:13:18. > :13:20.charity has relaunched its Hen Harrier Hotline in the hope of
:13:21. > :13:24.discovering where these birds are likely to be breeding. You can find
:13:25. > :13:31.details of how to get involved on the RSPB website.
:13:32. > :13:34.Coming up later in Look North, Jeff Brown's here with the sports news,
:13:35. > :13:38.as Newcastle Manager Alan P`rdew is hit with a stadium ban. And a year
:13:39. > :13:41.ago he almost died from a brain haemorrhage, now North East musician
:13:42. > :13:47.Allan Hyslop is celebrating the release of his band's debut single.
:13:48. > :13:52.After another day of gloriots sunshine, we need these are the next
:13:53. > :14:03.few days? Joiners at the end of a programme to find out. `` join us.
:14:04. > :14:06.Product placement there! After a ten`year wait, work has fin`lly
:14:07. > :14:09.started on one of the biggest development sites in the region
:14:10. > :14:13.Central Park in Darlington will see offices, homes and hotel buhlt on a
:14:14. > :14:16.vast tract of town centre l`nd. Two thousand jobs could be created. Our
:14:17. > :14:23.Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports.
:14:24. > :14:28.We find here the Centre for process innovations. 75 acres of town centre
:14:29. > :14:32.land. 75 acres of opportunity. 5 acres that could bring enorlous
:14:33. > :14:35.benefits to Darlington. In 25 years, in the future what you will
:14:36. > :14:42.see here is a business park which will have grade a listed businesses,
:14:43. > :14:46.and you will have a Hotel and other commercial buildings which will
:14:47. > :14:50.enable people to have jobs. About 2000 jobs in the long term. Today,
:14:51. > :14:56.what we are going to see thd first phase of that being started. And
:14:57. > :14:59.today, after ten years of trying to get this scheme underway, a
:15:00. > :15:02.ground`breaking. The site ` to be called Central Park ` is on the
:15:03. > :15:05.brink of development after the government's homes and commtnities
:15:06. > :15:13.agency inherited some of thd land. The council will manage the scheme.
:15:14. > :15:21.This will be the engine that drives Darlington's economy for thd next 50
:15:22. > :15:27.to 100 years. It is as signhficant as when engines came to Darlington.
:15:28. > :15:30.Others are rather less enthtsiastic. This long`established signs business
:15:31. > :15:33.will close because of the ndw development, as will a scrap
:15:34. > :15:36.merchant around the corner. But Darlington does need Central Park
:15:37. > :15:43.and the new businesses that could come. It's been a long time since
:15:44. > :15:51.its mighty forge made the vdry town rumble making huge castings for the
:15:52. > :15:55.Queen Mary liner. Surely, the old country, the Darlington Forge, are
:15:56. > :15:59.entitled to a pat on the back for another record. Or that it
:16:00. > :16:07.considered itself a railway town. And Darlington needs jobs. There are
:16:08. > :16:10.nearly 5,000 unemployed people in the town. This scheme, remelber
:16:11. > :16:17.claims that it will create 2,00 jobs. Surely the clinching `rgument.
:16:18. > :16:21.A singer`songwriter ` who ndarly died from a brain haemorrhage ` is
:16:22. > :16:25.celebrating the release of his band's debut single. Allan Hyslop is
:16:26. > :16:27.the frontman of Kosoti ` a band from Newcastle currently busy rehearsing,
:16:28. > :16:29.ahead of their first major gig at the Sage Gateshead. Phil Ch`pman
:16:30. > :16:41.went to meet him. Just over a year ago, animals
:16:42. > :16:47.enjoying life in his early 20s, with a budding musing career. `` Allen
:16:48. > :16:53.was enjoying life in his early 0s. Then the worst happened. I had a
:16:54. > :16:57.seizure, collapsed, and enddd up with paramedics standing ovdr me in
:16:58. > :17:01.my kitchen, which was a bit of an ordeal. Then I have gone on to have
:17:02. > :17:04.part of my brain removed, embolisation as well, and yds, a
:17:05. > :17:15.pretty hard few months. All on the mend now.
:17:16. > :17:30.Now recovered and performing under a new band name of Kosoti, Al`n has
:17:31. > :17:35.got a new lease of life. He realises how close he came to losing it at a
:17:36. > :17:39.young age. It has given me something to focus on. The ordeal has given me
:17:40. > :17:44.something to write about and keep going, to be honest. It has been a
:17:45. > :17:49.good focus. After all you h`ve been through, what does the future hold
:17:50. > :17:53.now? I'm going to focus on ly music. I am going to get everything in
:17:54. > :17:56.place so I can be as successful as possible. It has been a lifd
:17:57. > :18:00.changing experience, and I `m not going to compromise with wh`t I am
:18:01. > :18:04.going to do. I have got focts and drive. And that drive to continue
:18:05. > :18:12.with his music has led to a new single called War. He has won his
:18:13. > :18:29.own battle to survive. # It won t be scarred.
:18:30. > :18:35.Sport now ` and the big news is Newcastle United will have to do
:18:36. > :18:38.without manager Alan Pardew for the next seven games. That's his
:18:39. > :18:41.punishment for headbutting Hull City player David Meyler in a Prdmier
:18:42. > :18:44.League match, ten days ago. Was that the sort of punishment everxone was
:18:45. > :18:47.expecting, Jeff? Certainly `long those lines, Carol ` although the
:18:48. > :18:50.fact was the Football Assochation had never before had to deal with an
:18:51. > :18:52.incident like this. Eight m`nager who was in a fight with an
:18:53. > :18:56.opposition player. "nonstandard , they called it ` which is why we
:18:57. > :19:00.were all waiting to see what the outcome would be. Just to rdcap for
:19:01. > :19:03.anyone who's been on another planet recently, Meyler ` who used to play
:19:04. > :19:07.for Sunderland, incidentallx ` barged past Pardew as he went to
:19:08. > :19:11.pick up the ball, after it went out of play. Pardew swore at hil and
:19:12. > :19:14.then pushed his head into Mdyler's face. Meyler was given a yellow
:19:15. > :19:17.card, and Pardew was sent to the stands, and that night, Newcastle
:19:18. > :19:20.fined their manager ?100,000 and gave him a formal warning. @nd what
:19:21. > :19:23.happened today? Well, Pardew had already accepted the charge of
:19:24. > :19:28."misconduct". He was fined ` further ?60,000 ` and there are two parts to
:19:29. > :19:31.his ban ` he can't even go hnto the stadium where Newcastle are playing
:19:32. > :19:35.their next three games, and for four matches after that he can go, but he
:19:36. > :19:39.won't be allowed on the touchline ` he'll have to sit in the st`nds Ten
:19:40. > :19:44.Premier League games left ` so he won't be back in his old role until
:19:45. > :19:49.the Magpies go to Arsenal at the end of April. But back before the end of
:19:50. > :19:52.the season anyway. So what's the feeling? Is this about right or has
:19:53. > :19:56.he got off lightly? Well, some people were asking for him to be
:19:57. > :19:58.sacked, which was never going to happen, once Newcastle took
:19:59. > :20:02.immediate action by giving him a fine. He does have "previous", of
:20:03. > :20:05.course. A few weeks ago he was caught on camera, mouthing ` pretty
:20:06. > :20:08.horrible insult at the Manchester City manager, Manuel Pellegrini
:20:09. > :20:12.Then if you go back to last season, he pushed what we used to c`ll a
:20:13. > :20:15."linesman" during a game with Spurs ` he got a ?20,000 fine and a
:20:16. > :20:20.two`match touchline ban. Before that, he had a go at Martin O'Neill,
:20:21. > :20:23.who was manager of Sunderland at the time. And back in 2006 he ptshed the
:20:24. > :20:28.Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger ` that's when Pardew was in charge of
:20:29. > :20:31.West Ham. But he did accept this charge straightaway ` and that seems
:20:32. > :20:35.to have worked in his favour. You can bet he'll be on his best
:20:36. > :20:38.behaviour from now on ` but you can also bet there'll be a camera
:20:39. > :20:42.trained on him, watching his every move, when he does finish the ban!
:20:43. > :20:45.Interesting ` what else havd you got, Jeff?
:20:46. > :20:49.Well, three of our teams ard in action tonight. We'll start with
:20:50. > :20:55.Middlesbrough ` who ended their seven`match goalless run by beating
:20:56. > :20:58.Ipswich 2`0 at the weekend. This evening they're at home to
:20:59. > :21:01.Nottingham Forest, who're shtting comfortably in one of the Play`Off
:21:02. > :21:05.positions. Boro are currently nine points adrift of a top six spot ` so
:21:06. > :21:09.they need to keep winning. Commentary from the Riverside on BBC
:21:10. > :21:12.Tees, as usual. Meanwhile, in League Two, H`rtlepool
:21:13. > :21:16.United and York City will continue their push for the playoffs. Just a
:21:17. > :21:19.single point separates the two sides. Colin Cooper's men whll be
:21:20. > :21:22.looking to bounce back from their weekend defeat at Wycombe. @nd have
:21:23. > :21:24.a very winnable game away at third`bottom Accrington Stanley
:21:25. > :21:27.Nigel Worthington's side ard unbeaten in six games ` thex go to
:21:28. > :21:30.Mansfield. Cycle Speedway is a sport that's
:21:31. > :21:34.been around since the end of the Second World War. At one tile there
:21:35. > :21:37.were no fewer than 12 teams on Tyneside alone. In recent thmes
:21:38. > :21:41.though, the sport's hit the skids in the north as its popularity waned.
:21:42. > :21:44.But for the first time in the region, Cycle Speedway has hts own
:21:45. > :21:47.purpose`built track ` and hopes are high for a revival, as the new
:21:48. > :21:55.league season begins on Sattrday. Andrew Hartley reports.
:21:56. > :22:08.Cycle speedway. Just like speedway but without motorbikes. Della macro
:22:09. > :22:15.four laps of the race. This is fast, furious and fun. It is a close
:22:16. > :22:21.contact sport. It is the only cycling sport where contact is
:22:22. > :22:27.allowed. Elbows into the corners and everything. It is great stuff. When
:22:28. > :22:33.ECB elite league 's comment is the thrill of it. If you ever h`ve seen
:22:34. > :22:38.motorbikes speedway, it is for riders approaching that first
:22:39. > :22:45.corner. It is millimetres apart for cycle speedway. Is a dangerous? It
:22:46. > :22:51.can be. There is a team sport. There is a great camaraderie. Unlhke some
:22:52. > :22:55.forms of cycling, you do not have two have that much training. You can
:22:56. > :23:01.just have fun on the track, which is what it is all about. It is an
:23:02. > :23:05.official cycling discipline, along with track cycling and road racing.
:23:06. > :23:09.As well as the Northern league, there is an elite league, which one
:23:10. > :23:15.of our riders can `` partichpates in. There's also the world champ
:23:16. > :23:23.chips in Australia. This te`m is in the Northern league. They play
:23:24. > :23:25.against Edinburgh on Thursd`y. It is the first match on their
:23:26. > :23:32.purpose`built track in Cramlington. The sport has been around in seven
:23:33. > :23:35.`` for 70 years. It has been around since the Second World War, where it
:23:36. > :23:41.started in London around thd old bomb sites. People who watched
:23:42. > :23:46.speedway wanted to have a go themselves, so the next best thing
:23:47. > :23:49.was riding a bike around. There are a dozen tracks in the Newcastle
:23:50. > :23:57.area. If you were 12`year`old lad, you get a few friends together and
:23:58. > :24:02.build a track. The club is running taster sessions as it tries to
:24:03. > :24:13.recruit the next generation of riders. A lung busting alternative
:24:14. > :24:17.to computer games. Just timd to tell you about another champion for the
:24:18. > :24:20.region. She didn't quite make it to the Winter Olympics, but 20`year`old
:24:21. > :24:24.Mica McNeill from Consett in County Durham has won the British bobsleigh
:24:25. > :24:27.title ` that's her on the rhght with team`mate Nikki McSweeney. The
:24:28. > :24:28.event was held at the Olymphaworld track in Austria.
:24:29. > :24:45.Well done, Michelle! ``! I knew it was only a matter of time
:24:46. > :24:49.before someone complained! Ht is quite a range of temperaturds
:24:50. > :24:54.tonight because of the clear skies. Last night, we saw lows of linus
:24:55. > :25:04.four Celsius, many places stb zero. Today, clear skies cobble some ``
:25:05. > :25:12.clear skies. Thanks very much to Rob Graham for that shot. He was up
:25:13. > :25:20.bright and early at Ullswatdr. There was not a lot of cloud underneath
:25:21. > :25:24.the high`pressure, in fact virtually cloud free. There is not gohng to be
:25:25. > :25:30.a lot cloud around overnight. Same problem as last night. Therd are
:25:31. > :25:36.some missed and fog patches forming. There will also be some frost
:25:37. > :25:40.forming. Temperatures down to minus one Celsius, but like last night, a
:25:41. > :25:46.few spots could dip. One or two areas down as low as `3 mints four
:25:47. > :25:50.Celsius. A chilly start, tolorrow, and some mist and fog patchds to
:25:51. > :25:55.look out for. They should lhft and clear, and many places will have a
:25:56. > :26:02.fine and dry day. We will sde some cloud approach from the West. We
:26:03. > :26:07.will see a range of temperatures. Where it stays dry and sunnx, we
:26:08. > :26:13.will seek 12 or 13 Celsius hn the East. Further west, certainly on the
:26:14. > :26:23.coast, some cloud making its stake in single figures. High`pressure
:26:24. > :26:27.bringing us this fine weathdr, but a convocation late in the week as this
:26:28. > :26:31.low`pressure tries to educate. That will complicate things as f`r as the
:26:32. > :26:36.cloud goes, and also have an affect on temperatures. If you are out and
:26:37. > :26:42.about as we head towards thd weekend, in Cumbria, largelx dry.
:26:43. > :26:46.But cloudy skies. The other thing you will notice is that the breeze
:26:47. > :26:50.picks up as well. It will fdel a bit cooler if you are out. The
:26:51. > :26:54.north`east will be a little bit different, especially on Thtrsday.
:26:55. > :27:02.The attempt is take a littld bit of dip as the winds pick up. Rdmember
:27:03. > :27:12.to keep your weather picturds coming. Check out our website!
:27:13. > :27:17.Now for a look at tonight's headlines. Tributes have potred in
:27:18. > :27:20.for Bob Crow, one of Britain's best`known union leaders, who has
:27:21. > :27:24.died suddenly at the age of 52. He had been the head of the Rahl,
:27:25. > :27:25.Maritime and Transport union since 2002.
:27:26. > :27:28.And the senior detective who's concerns about alleged corrtption in
:27:29. > :27:31.Cleveland Police lead to Opdration Sacristy says he's been saddened to
:27:32. > :27:34.see the force's reputation dragged through the mud.
:27:35. > :27:40.Sacristy says he's been saddened That is it from your team this
:27:41. > :27:42.Tuesday. Our late news is b`ck at 10:25pm. Goodbye.