:00:00. > :00:00.died aged 88. That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to your Friday night Look North. In the he`dlines
:00:07. > :00:09.tonight: Forced to use a lehsure centre as a bathroom after this
:00:10. > :00:13.disabled man's stairlift is removed by his health authority.
:00:14. > :00:17.Convicted. The drugrunners who made more than 100 trips to Teesside from
:00:18. > :00:20.Manchester to sell heroin and cocaine.
:00:21. > :00:31.The miners' friend. Labour veteran Tony Benn will be fondly relembered
:00:32. > :00:35.in the North East. That your hand! And if you can't come to my concert,
:00:36. > :00:37.I'll come to your school! The famous jazz singer who surprised hhs
:00:38. > :00:41.youngest fan. In sport, we'll look ahead to a make
:00:42. > :00:43.or break game for the region's top basketball team.
:00:44. > :00:46.And in football, as Alan Pardew begins his stadium ban, can his
:00:47. > :00:51.Newcastle side do Sunderland a favour? And have the Black Cats
:00:52. > :01:08.shaken off their Wembley bltes? ''Barbaric and humiliating.'' That's
:01:09. > :01:11.the view of a Teesside woman who claims she's been forced to drive
:01:12. > :01:14.her severely disabled son to a local leisure centre for a shower every
:01:15. > :01:18.day after the stairlift was removed from their home. Marilyn Barker from
:01:19. > :01:21.Billingham says health officials removed her son Phillip's lhft last
:01:22. > :01:28.Christmas after it was deemdd unsafe. But three months on there's
:01:29. > :01:33.been no replacement. Stuart Whincup reports.
:01:34. > :01:38.Marilyn's son needs a shower. A simple task. But not anymord. Philip
:01:39. > :01:43.has autism and epilepsy, and this is the routine the family say they have
:01:44. > :01:50.to go through every day. It is barbaric. It is a barbaric
:01:51. > :01:56.situation. He should not have to go out, outside his own home, to get a
:01:57. > :02:01.shower. I have been, it has chewed me up. I felt as if I had ldt him
:02:02. > :02:05.down. Marilyn says the stairlift was taken from here back in Decdmber,
:02:06. > :02:09.because it was deemed "unsafe". But three months on there's no sign of
:02:10. > :02:12.it being replaced. So althotgh thousands of pounds has been spent
:02:13. > :02:17.adapting the bathroom, Philhp can't get to it. Staff here at thd
:02:18. > :02:20.Hartlepool and Stockton Clinical Commissioning Group say thex are
:02:21. > :02:24.very sorry to hear about thd distress face by Mrs Barker. They
:02:25. > :02:27.said they have currently received a complaint from the family and are
:02:28. > :02:31.hoping to reach a solution `s quickly as possible. But th`t
:02:32. > :02:35.doesn't help Marilyn now, and she says the last three months for her
:02:36. > :02:40.and Philip have been unbear`ble It is horrendous. Physically, lentally,
:02:41. > :02:46.emotional. Philip shouldn't have to go through any of this. As well as
:02:47. > :02:53.me, you know. For somebody who has had to look after a person for 5
:02:54. > :02:57.years it should not come to this. Marilyn says they can no longer
:02:58. > :03:00.carry on as things are. And now she says she's considering sellhng her
:03:01. > :03:10.home in an attempt to find somewhere more suitable for Philip.
:03:11. > :03:19.Well, Stuart Whincup is in our BBC Tees studio now. So what's going to
:03:20. > :03:22.happen next for Marilyn and Philip? The family say they are takhng legal
:03:23. > :03:27.action against the clinical commissioning group, they s`y the
:03:28. > :03:31.last three months have been unbearable and they demand that the
:03:32. > :03:35.stairlift is replaced. Thred months of campaigning and nothing has
:03:36. > :03:38.happened. As well as taking fell to the local leisure centre for a
:03:39. > :03:44.shower or a bath they say hhs life has been changed as he must now
:03:45. > :03:49.sleep downstairs in the den Ingram. Because he has regular seiztres has
:03:50. > :03:52.mother must sweep next to hhm. `` dining room.
:03:53. > :03:55.It was the biggest operation in the history of Cleveland Police and
:03:56. > :03:57.today following months of surveillance three members of a
:03:58. > :04:00.criminal gang were convicted for distributing heroin and coc`ine onto
:04:01. > :04:04.the streets of Teesside. Thd gang which was based in Manchestdr, had
:04:05. > :04:07.almost thirty members and m`de more than a hundred trips to the
:04:08. > :04:10.Middlesbrough area, dealing in drugs worth millions of pounds. Wdll our
:04:11. > :04:20.reporter Phil Connell has bden following the trial and joins us
:04:21. > :04:24.from Teesside Crown Court. Police have described this criminal
:04:25. > :04:29.gang as a highly organised team of professionals, with those at the top
:04:30. > :04:32.living the kind of lifestyld is that you would normally associatd with
:04:33. > :04:37.Premier league footballers. It came to a dramatic end last year
:04:38. > :04:44.following what detectives h`ve described as the biggest opdration
:04:45. > :04:48.in the history of Cleveland police. It was codenamed operation cobweb,
:04:49. > :04:52.and this is the high`speed car chase that followed extensive surveillance
:04:53. > :04:59.by Cleveland police. Using the chase, which at one stage p`ssed
:05:00. > :05:03.through another town, heroin worth ?100,000 was thrown from a car
:05:04. > :05:07.window. At the Saint Crown Court today three members of an almost 30
:05:08. > :05:12.strong gang were convicted for their role in the operation. Two of them,
:05:13. > :05:17.Robert Heckman and Scott Pickering are used as couriers, the loving
:05:18. > :05:25.drugs from Manchester to thd streets of Teeside, with millions of pounds
:05:26. > :05:29.changing hands. `` the drugs. One kilo would have made six kilos,
:05:30. > :05:35.increasing the price. It wotld have covered multiple kilos, with various
:05:36. > :05:41.agents as well. This would have been distributed through a series of
:05:42. > :05:44.networks onto the streets. The two along with other gang members who
:05:45. > :05:50.have already pleaded guilty will be sentenced later, with lows `t the
:05:51. > :05:53.top described as serious crhminals. Then Crombie who headed the
:05:54. > :05:58.operation with a luxury lifdstyle in Manchester. This police viddo shows
:05:59. > :06:02.his palatial home which camd with expensive cars and private dducation
:06:03. > :06:06.for his children. The teams of couriers recruited by the g`ng
:06:07. > :06:10.leaders in some cases came from respectable walks of life. Bank
:06:11. > :06:14.workers and business people who are here on the streets of the safe it
:06:15. > :06:18.was thought, would not arouse suspicions and would not be caught.
:06:19. > :06:24.A lot of decision went into choosing the people, we had a 55`year`old
:06:25. > :06:30.businessman in a nice suit `nd hire car, he had props with him, property
:06:31. > :06:34.portfolios, and to an onlooker would appear to be a legitimate
:06:35. > :06:40.businessman. But in excess of 3 trucks bringing multiple kilos into
:06:41. > :06:42.Cleveland and taking cash b`ck. Drug rehabilitation groups say the gang
:06:43. > :06:47.conviction will undoubtedly make the streets safer. A multi`millhon pound
:06:48. > :06:54.operation removed from the side with those at the top now facing likely
:06:55. > :06:59.terms imprisoned. `` facing lengthily terms. The impact of these
:07:00. > :07:04.convictions has already been seen in Teeside, in Stockton police say the
:07:05. > :07:10.amount of heroin being sold on the streets as significantly reduced.
:07:11. > :07:14.Last year agreed workers were put on stand`by to potentially help addicts
:07:15. > :07:18.cope with withdrawal symptols because police say the sheer volume
:07:19. > :07:28.of heroin is simply no longdr available.
:07:29. > :07:30.Tributes have been paid to Cumbria 's richest man, the pharmacduticals
:07:31. > :07:35.magnate, Lord Ballyedmond, has died in a helicopter crash close to one
:07:36. > :07:39.of his other homes in Norfolk. He was killed along with three other
:07:40. > :07:42.people when the craft came down in thick fog last night. Lord
:07:43. > :07:45.Ballyedmond, who set up his pharmaceuticals business, Norbrook
:07:46. > :07:48.in 1969, moved to Great Corby near Carlisle in 1994. Today, those who
:07:49. > :08:04.knew him have been paying tribute, as Mark McAlindon reports.
:08:05. > :08:08.The helicopter came down in a field close to telling all, the stately
:08:09. > :08:11.home in Norfolk owned by Lord Ballyedmond, but around half past
:08:12. > :08:17.seven last night. `` at arotnd half past seven. Lord Ballyedmond was
:08:18. > :08:21.killed alongside the other people. This morning those who knew him were
:08:22. > :08:25.quick to pay tribute. Is very sad news to you of his death and my
:08:26. > :08:30.condolences go to his wife `nd family, a very tragic affair. I
:08:31. > :08:35.always found him a very hospitable man, very friendly towards le and
:08:36. > :08:38.very engaging. He was a verx strong personality and an eminentlx
:08:39. > :08:43.successful businessmen. Lord Ballyedmond was worth a reported
:08:44. > :08:47.?500 million, and he could be controversial. Local businessman
:08:48. > :08:51.Malcolm Ward crossed swords with him in a two`year legal battle over a
:08:52. > :08:56.local planning row. He stards that despite that he came to admhre his
:08:57. > :09:03.opponent. He had not been formidable he would not have achieved `ll that
:09:04. > :09:06.he has achieved. He was cordial and does not bear grudges and gdt on
:09:07. > :09:13.with life. He did have that character about ten, that hd could
:09:14. > :09:18.look upon the future and not bear grudges. Behind these gates is Corby
:09:19. > :09:24.Castle, Lord Ballyedmond's home just a few miles east of Carlisld. He but
:09:25. > :09:27.that just short of ?2 million in Wales has business interests you
:09:28. > :09:30.were well`known it is also true that Lord Ballyedmond was a generous
:09:31. > :09:35.benefactor, supporting charhties and local good causes. One of those was
:09:36. > :09:41.a military museum at Carlisle Castle. Lord Ballyedmond who owns
:09:42. > :09:47.the recent Carlisle airport until the sold it in 2008 leaves ` wife,
:09:48. > :09:51.two sons and a daughter. Nick Clegg was in the region today
:09:52. > :09:54.to confirm a so`called 'citx deal' for Sunderland and South Tyneside.
:09:55. > :09:57.It means both councils are given more powers and allows them to
:09:58. > :10:00.invest cash that would otherwise have gone to the government. The
:10:01. > :10:03.Deputy Prime Minister also revealed a ?5 million investment in ` new
:10:04. > :10:10.business park. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports
:10:11. > :10:13.The factory that defines a city Where else would the Deputy Prime
:10:14. > :10:17.Minister be other than Niss`n in Sunderland to confirm a so`called
:10:18. > :10:20.city deal? It means Sunderl`nd and South Tyneside have some frdedom
:10:21. > :10:24.from Whitehall controls, and as part of that Mr Clegg said the government
:10:25. > :10:29.will invest ?5 million into the new automotive business park close the
:10:30. > :10:32.plant. The government is putting some money in the start preparing
:10:33. > :10:35.the ground, the design and feasibility phase of building a new
:10:36. > :10:41.manufacturing park which will generate thousands of jobs hn the
:10:42. > :10:48.years to come. The business park will take more than 20 years to
:10:49. > :10:52.develop, the hope is for 5000 jobs. But only if the companies come. Of
:10:53. > :10:55.course, of course, and I believe companies now are looking at
:10:56. > :10:59.Sunderland and South Tyneside at this very moment and saying "That is
:11:00. > :11:03.where we need to be." If th`t is the case the government will no doubt
:11:04. > :11:11.think it's ?5 million has bden well spent.
:11:12. > :11:14.Nick Clegg was one of many politicians from all parties who
:11:15. > :11:18.paid tribute to Labour veteran Tony Benn after his death, aged 88. Tony
:11:19. > :11:21.Benn was a fierce opponent of the pit closure programme in thd North
:11:22. > :11:25.East and he made regular appearances at the Durham Miners Gala dtring his
:11:26. > :11:30.long political career and wdll into retirement. When I first cale 4
:11:31. > :11:34.years ago there were 126 pits in the Durham coalfield and each c`me by
:11:35. > :11:38.with a banner and a band. Now they have closed all the pits. Btt the
:11:39. > :11:41.traditions go on. You see the whole of human life. You see kids playing,
:11:42. > :11:44.you see disabled miners in wheelchairs, you see policelen
:11:45. > :11:49.dancing with girls with the banners. It is an amazing event, for me when
:11:50. > :11:54.I come recharges my batterids. I love it. I have learned mord from
:11:55. > :12:06.the miners that I have from any other group in Britain.
:12:07. > :12:09.The Home Secretary has been in the region today amid claims Government
:12:10. > :12:11.cuts are causing a rise in crime. Northumbria's Police Commissioner
:12:12. > :12:14.Vera Baird says relatively low`level crime like shoplifting is increasing
:12:15. > :12:18.and wanted to meet Theresa Lay during her visit to Berwick but
:12:19. > :12:21.claims she was snubbed. That's a claim the Home Secretary denies Ms
:12:22. > :12:34.Baird says the police are under pressure. We have done some work
:12:35. > :12:40.recently which showed shoplhfting going up as much of it accotntable
:12:41. > :12:45.to new entrants. 46% of whol were women. That is a very unusu`l
:12:46. > :12:48.position. It is a cause of concern and I wanted to tell her love this
:12:49. > :12:55.to see if there was scope of easing off the cuts but I will not get the.
:12:56. > :12:57.What I want to do is sit down with officers here and talk to those on
:12:58. > :13:02.the ground at you from them, directly about what they ard saying
:13:03. > :13:05.about cream and the local area. We know crime is falling, I want to
:13:06. > :13:09.hear from officers about thd experience. The policing minister
:13:10. > :13:12.will come up the week after next to speak to the Police and Crile
:13:13. > :13:14.Commissioners to meet and t`lk with her.
:13:15. > :13:17.You're watching Look North. Still to come this Friday evening, Jdff has
:13:18. > :13:20.all the weekend sporting action plus, the singer who came to school.
:13:21. > :13:29.Gregory Porter's young fan couldn't get to his gig, so he came to her
:13:30. > :13:33.assembly. It is merely the weekend, I will be here to tell you where the
:13:34. > :13:38.best spots will be to find some weekend sunshine.
:13:39. > :13:42.Both the government and Labour are under pressure to find ways of
:13:43. > :13:46.getting our young people back to work. One in four under 25s in the
:13:47. > :13:49.North East is currently on the dole. But one businessman in County Durham
:13:50. > :13:53.believes the charity he's formed may offer a solution. Our Polithcal
:13:54. > :13:58.Editor Richard Moss has been to find out why.
:13:59. > :14:01.Bill Marley has spent more than 30 years in industry. But he dhscovered
:14:02. > :14:08.a new mission when he began working with some of County Durham's
:14:09. > :14:15.deprived young people. I saw so many people on Jobcentre plus, they were
:14:16. > :14:20.stuck in the benefits systel. They were unable to get out. We did not
:14:21. > :14:24.have the confidence. I wantdd to show these youngsters and the
:14:25. > :14:27.parents that there is anothdr life out there. And so Bill formdd a
:14:28. > :14:30.charity and bought this factory in Peterlee. It's now self`fin`ncing
:14:31. > :14:33.with young people working on genuine contracts for a minimum of dight
:14:34. > :14:41.weeks. For some it's been a lifeline. I was applying for about
:14:42. > :14:45.20 jobs each day and with some I was getting nowhere. So when thd job
:14:46. > :14:50.centre sent me here I was over the moon. Like I was going somewhere in
:14:51. > :14:55.life. Everyone says get expdrience but how do you get it? If there is
:14:56. > :14:59.nowhere to it from. That is what this place offered me. The chance to
:15:00. > :15:02.have experience, to go other places and get the job.
:15:03. > :15:06.And some are moving on, 85 per cent of the young people have fotnd
:15:07. > :15:11.full`time work. Melissa is one who's now on a placement at this
:15:12. > :15:15.electronics firm. I don't w`nt to ever go on the door, I want to
:15:16. > :15:19.always be in work, be able to have the money in my pocket. I dhdn't
:15:20. > :15:24.want to rely on other peopld giving me money, or relying on my lum. I
:15:25. > :15:28.don't want to ask other people for it. What we can prove to other
:15:29. > :15:33.people, if they worked here for a minimum of eight weeks, we can prove
:15:34. > :15:36.that this guy will come through the door every day. It's still darly
:15:37. > :15:40.days for the Trust but both Bill Marley and these young people think
:15:41. > :15:44.this is an idea politicians need to look at.
:15:45. > :15:47.And there'll be more debate on what can be done to tackle youth
:15:48. > :15:53.unemployment on BBC One's Stnday Politics at 11am on Sunday.
:15:54. > :16:00.Time for sport now, and so nearly a great success story, Jeff? We have
:16:01. > :16:06.too many of these. The Lichfield was. `` heroic failures.
:16:07. > :16:09.For a few, tantalising minutes this afternoon, it looked like one of the
:16:10. > :16:13.biggest prizes in horse rachng, the Cheltenham Gold Cup ` was on its way
:16:14. > :16:16.to the North East, courtesy of Tyneside businessman Graham Wylie
:16:17. > :16:20.and his 16`1 shot, "On His Own" Ridden by top jockey Ruby W`lsh On
:16:21. > :16:24.His Own led for much of the race, before being caught near thd line by
:16:25. > :16:27.Lord Windermere and losing out by a short head. There was a lengthy
:16:28. > :16:30.stewards' enquiry, and it w`s decided Lord Windermere had
:16:31. > :16:39.interfered with On His Own, but not enough to change the outcomd of the
:16:40. > :16:44.race. There was disappointmdnt to today for Durham cricketer Ben
:16:45. > :16:48.Stokes, he will miss the upcoming G20 World Cup in Bangladesh after
:16:49. > :16:52.breaking a bone in his wrist. He packed up the injury during a game
:16:53. > :16:55.with the West Indies yesterday. Not well batting or balding but after
:16:56. > :17:02.the punched a locker in the dressing room having been bowled out. He
:17:03. > :17:07.called it an error of judgelent I am sure there are other
:17:08. > :17:10.descriptions. Both Sunderland and Newcastle United will be under the
:17:11. > :17:13.spotlight. Now, on to footb`ll. The Magpies, because their game at
:17:14. > :17:16.Fulham will be the first without manager Alan Pardew, who st`rts his
:17:17. > :17:19.three`match stadium ban. And the Black Cats, because the visht of
:17:20. > :17:22.relegation rivals Crystal P`lace is like another Cup final.
:17:23. > :17:25.If a week's a long time in politics, two weeks in football is like a
:17:26. > :17:29.lifetime. Last Sunday's horror show at Hull shut off the route back to
:17:30. > :17:32.Wembley. But instead of worrying about missed Cup finals, thd boss
:17:33. > :17:40.says everyone on Wearside should understand what's at stake. I think
:17:41. > :17:48.we must be more realistic, overall, as a club, as a group of fans, as
:17:49. > :17:53.the staff. This is the first time in 20 years that we are in this
:17:54. > :17:56.situation. We have been in this situation many times over the past
:17:57. > :18:01.15 years. We must accept re`lity and make sure it does not happen again.
:18:02. > :18:05.Many supporters were unhappx with the team at Hull, but the lhne`up
:18:06. > :18:13.tomorrow will be close to the Wembley one. What he also ndeds is
:18:14. > :18:18.to have the fans back on side. I said, I hope I can give you
:18:19. > :18:25.something back. I think for what I have been receiving, the messages,
:18:26. > :18:30.they have absolutely had a great time in London. We must try and
:18:31. > :18:35.enjoy a special day even if we did not win the cup. Now I am sorry but
:18:36. > :18:38.I must ask you again for thd help because we needed. What Sunderland
:18:39. > :18:41.could also do with is a helping hand from their neighbours tomorrow.
:18:42. > :18:44.Newcastle, without Alan Pardew, are at bottom of the table Fulh`m. And
:18:45. > :18:48.given the manager's record `t Craven Cottage, it might be just as well
:18:49. > :18:55.that he won't be allowed anxwhere near the ground. At 18, it hs my
:18:56. > :18:59.father 's team and I have ndver had much luck there going back with
:19:00. > :19:04.Newcastle. It might be best thing that I am not there. It is ` big
:19:05. > :19:08.game for film and the big g`me for us. We are looking to get a victory.
:19:09. > :19:11.Elsewhere tomorrow, Middlesbrough, who are 13th in the Championship,
:19:12. > :19:14.have a mid`table battle at Bournemouth, who are 12th.
:19:15. > :19:16.Commentary on that one, on BBC Tees. In League One, a hugely`important
:19:17. > :19:19.relegation showdown at Brunton Park between Carlisle and Steven`ge,
:19:20. > :19:23.who're both just outside thd drop zone. Full coverage on BBC Cumbria,
:19:24. > :19:26.of course. In League Two, it's Hartlepool against Bristol Rovers
:19:27. > :19:29.and York versus Wycombe, our teams still with hopes of making the
:19:30. > :19:34.play`offs. And the same goes for Berwick, who visit the leaddrs,
:19:35. > :19:37.Peterhead, in Scottish Leagte Two. As the run`in to the end of the
:19:38. > :19:40.British Basketball season g`thers pace, there's a big League game for
:19:41. > :19:43.Newcastle Eagles tonight. F`b Flournoy's side take on title rivals
:19:44. > :19:47.Leicester Riders at Sports Central, just a week after pinching ` vital
:19:48. > :19:55.victory against them on thehr home court. Dawn Thewlis reports.
:19:56. > :19:58.There'll be no clean sweep for the Eagles this season but Fab
:19:59. > :20:01.Flournoy's men are in with ` very real chance of winning the BBL
:20:02. > :20:04.Championship. After beating Plymouth raiders last weekend they wdnt on to
:20:05. > :20:06.take a thrilling one point victory against their fiercest rivals
:20:07. > :20:09.Leicester inflicting a signhficant blow to the defending champhons
:20:10. > :20:16.hopes of retaining their title. So that means tonight there cotld be
:20:17. > :20:21.fireworks. Over the last two years, three years, it has been as and
:20:22. > :20:25.Leicester battling for a lot of top spots and that was the first time we
:20:26. > :20:30.beat them down here in two xears. So I expect it to be a real battle
:20:31. > :20:34.There's no love lost between the two sides, The Riders beat the Dagles in
:20:35. > :20:37.the BBL Cup Final in Januarx but Newcastle have the upper hand in the
:20:38. > :20:40.league narrowly winning both games so far, results which have seen
:20:41. > :20:43.emotions boil over on court. But Worcester are the main thre`t,
:20:44. > :20:47.sharing top spot with Newcastle but with a game in hand, they'll be
:20:48. > :20:53.keeping a close eye on tonight's game. I am pretty sure they are
:20:54. > :20:57.excited about that situation that we are battling each other, and either
:20:58. > :21:01.way it is a good result for Worcester. Hopefully we will, we've
:21:02. > :21:05.effectively. But point guard Drew Lasker is hoping Worcester's first
:21:06. > :21:09.domestic cup final at the end of the month will force them to take their
:21:10. > :21:13.eye off the ball. I think that plays on our hands because now thdy feel
:21:14. > :21:16.they have silverware in thehr reach and the will be more focused on that
:21:17. > :21:21.whereas our focus is on the league right now. It is not completely in
:21:22. > :21:25.our hands but if we take care of business I am pretty sure that they
:21:26. > :21:32.will slip up for us. This could be the game of the season. Tip off at
:21:33. > :21:37.7:30pm. It is a big weekend for three of our amateur rugby league
:21:38. > :21:46.clubs. Both have tough away ties in the challenge cup tomorrow with
:21:47. > :21:51.Egremont Rangers taking on `ll Workington take on Normanton. Your
:21:52. > :21:57.car a week to Whitehaven and Gateshead go to Swindon. It will
:21:58. > :22:01.only be the second competithve game of the season, and last timd they
:22:02. > :22:13.came from behind to beat Rockford by 47 points to 28. That is yotr sport.
:22:14. > :22:16.This seven`year`old is a big fan of the American jazz singer Grdgory
:22:17. > :22:21.Porter, who performs in Newcastle tonight. Her mum said she could not
:22:22. > :22:26.go because it was far too l`te. What mum says, goes.
:22:27. > :22:29.Her mother wrote to the arthst that he agreed to stage a surprise
:22:30. > :22:34.concert at her school, what the top man!
:22:35. > :22:45.Gregory Porter has built up a huge following with jazz fans. This
:22:46. > :22:47.evening the Grammy award winner is performing at the Newcastle
:22:48. > :22:52.nightclub. Sealey is his biggest fan. But the gig is on well past her
:22:53. > :22:55.bedtime saw her mum got in touch with the New Yorker asking hf he
:22:56. > :23:15.could visit her daughter 's primary school. This happened. # Let that
:23:16. > :23:30.water beat # There are people who are thirsty # The people ard thirsty
:23:31. > :23:35.# Clap your hands now Tell ts what just happened. Gregory Portdr just
:23:36. > :23:45.sang the songs in front of the whole school! Were you surprised? Yes
:23:46. > :23:48.What was that like? Excellent! I love how she responds to my music.
:23:49. > :23:55.It makes me think about what I am waiting. And how I sing it. `` what
:23:56. > :24:00.I am writing. It has been an unusual day for the school. Sometimds things
:24:01. > :24:05.like this happen and you run with it and get the benefit from it. They
:24:06. > :24:10.would forget about it in a hurry, will they? Now, and neither will I!
:24:11. > :24:20.For this seven`year`old it has been unforgettable.
:24:21. > :24:28.APPLAUSE That little girls face! You deserve
:24:29. > :24:32.the round of the clause. It is the weekend, what have you got?
:24:33. > :24:39.It doesn't look too bad but a sign of the spring weather. Puffhns have
:24:40. > :24:42.started returning to their breeding grounds on the farm a once hn
:24:43. > :24:47.Northumberland almost three weeks early. One of 500 of these cutesy
:24:48. > :24:51.birds return to the silence this week after the winter spent out at
:24:52. > :24:55.sea. Normally they wouldn't start coming back until the end of March
:24:56. > :24:59.and last year when we had that very cold spring the birds did not return
:25:00. > :25:05.until the first week of Aprhl. So we'll come back to them. Another
:25:06. > :25:10.sign of spring to start the forecast, thank you very much indeed
:25:11. > :25:15.to Jason Ferdinand all who sent this burning heather on the North York
:25:16. > :25:20.Moors. The headline to go whth it, warm weather over the weekend.
:25:21. > :25:24.Sunshine at times for most of us. Through the evening and overnight it
:25:25. > :25:28.is cloudy with a pixel drizzly rain in Cumbria and Northumberland. Any
:25:29. > :25:34.parts of the dry and everywhere is mild. One or two patches of Mr Rand,
:25:35. > :25:41.but no frost. Temperatures do not follow enough. `` mist around. There
:25:42. > :25:46.will be brisk westerly winds and overnight to make it will bd free
:25:47. > :25:51.and cloudy, and Cody first thing tomorrow. Further drizzle for
:25:52. > :25:54.Cumbria and Northumberland. Increasingly as we head tow`rds
:25:55. > :25:59.lunchtime and into the afternoon we closed nobody can sunshine will come
:26:00. > :26:07.out. Let's take a tour and see how Saturday shapes up. 13 or 14 degrees
:26:08. > :26:10.in East Yorkshire, the high 50s one of the warmest and mild list is we
:26:11. > :26:14.have had so far this spring. Noticeable breezes from the West and
:26:15. > :26:20.as he crossed the Pennines ht is a real dividing line for tomorrow s
:26:21. > :26:24.weather. Cloudy for the backbone of England with temperatures of
:26:25. > :26:30.suffering income via as a rdsult. Ten or 12, maybe 13 degrees with the
:26:31. > :26:33.breeze off the coast. Let's look at the big picture, high presstre
:26:34. > :26:36.through Saturday and Sunday with warm bright warm weather on Sunday
:26:37. > :26:41.for the East with a weak we`ther system in the North winning rainfall
:26:42. > :26:45.in Cumbria on Sunday and thdn on Monday pressure tries to hang on but
:26:46. > :26:50.it does not last. Increasingly it will crumple Edwards, having way too
:26:51. > :26:56.low pressure from the West. `` crumple inwards. Isobars sqteezing
:26:57. > :27:02.through late Monday and into Tuesday. The weather heading
:27:03. > :27:06.downhill. For the weekend Ctmbria will be gloomy on Sunday and we are
:27:07. > :27:12.expecting it to be largely dry on Sunday itself. It will have one or
:27:13. > :27:15.two spots of drizzly rain, heavy in places. On Monday that rain possibly
:27:16. > :27:22.likely to be heavier for parts of the county. For the north`e`st, a
:27:23. > :27:27.different picture. Bright skies on Sunday, feeling warm in the sunshine
:27:28. > :27:32.but cloudy on Monday. It will stay dry here, not so, though, on
:27:33. > :27:37.Tuesday. That's all from us. We are back with
:27:38. > :27:40.Hannah at 10:25pm. Have a good weekend.