:00:00. > :00:00.worth up to ?2000. That is all from us,
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to Tuesday's Look North In tonight's headlines ` fighthng to
:00:09. > :00:11.free them. Families of formdr soldiers imprisoned in Indi`
:00:12. > :00:20.petition Number ten to get them released. We know they are talking
:00:21. > :00:23.to the Indian government and we thank them for that. But we need
:00:24. > :00:26.them to step up more and get these lads out of there now. The
:00:27. > :00:30.North`East crime trend which leaves victims mutilated and needing
:00:31. > :00:33.plastic surgery. Major disruption in Harrogate
:00:34. > :00:39.tonight as crews struggle to bring a restaurant fire under control. We'll
:00:40. > :00:43.have the latest. Calls for a change in the l`w that
:00:44. > :00:47.could help babies like Ryan, in desperate need of a new heart.
:00:48. > :00:50.Tonight's sport comes to yot with the Parliamentary seal of approval.
:00:51. > :00:54.That's because one of the rdgion's MPs has been watching our speedway
:00:55. > :00:55.teams rev up for the new se`son ` and he's their leader in thd
:00:56. > :01:09.Commons. They served their country in the
:01:10. > :01:12.British Army but since October, three former soldiers from the
:01:13. > :01:17.region have languished in an Indian jail. Nick Dunn from Ashington, John
:01:18. > :01:20.Armstrong from Wigton and Nhcholas Simpson from Catterick are `mong six
:01:21. > :01:24.men accused of entering Indhan waters illegally. Their famhlies say
:01:25. > :01:28.they're being kept in inhum`ne conditions ` and today they took
:01:29. > :01:36.their campaign to get them home to the Prime Minister. Here's our
:01:37. > :01:42.Political Correspondent Mark Denten. October last year and on an Indian
:01:43. > :01:46.dockside, ship surrounded bx police. It's just the start of an
:01:47. > :01:51.ongoing nightmare the six former soldiers. The group, includhng Nick
:01:52. > :01:55.Dunn and John Armstrong, were working for an American firl,
:01:56. > :02:01.providing protection against piracy, when their ship was seized `nd they
:02:02. > :02:06.were arrested. They have now been locked up in an Indian jail for
:02:07. > :02:11.nearly five months. The six men were arrested on October 12. Thex have
:02:12. > :02:16.been held in prison since October 24.
:02:17. > :02:28.Nicholas Simpson, a constittent of William Hague, is also part of the
:02:29. > :02:31.group, today supported of the men took their campaign to Downhng
:02:32. > :02:37.Street, delivering a petition and a message to the government. These are
:02:38. > :02:44.six British nationals, ex`mhlitary, who have served our country on the
:02:45. > :02:48.front line, and we need thehr help. We want them to step up thehr
:02:49. > :02:52.efforts. We know they're talking to the Indian government and wd thank
:02:53. > :02:59.them for that, but we need them to step up more and get these lads out
:03:00. > :03:04.of there now. The conditions are horrendous. You never expect prisons
:03:05. > :03:08.to be nice places, but I certainly didn't expect the conditions to be
:03:09. > :03:14.as horrific as what they actually are. They are inhumane. The Foreign
:03:15. > :03:18.Office says the prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have raisdd the
:03:19. > :03:26.case with Indian ministers. But the government is unable to enstre the
:03:27. > :03:30.release of the men. Ian Lavery ` the constituency MP for
:03:31. > :03:35.one of the men ` joins me now from Westminster. You were there today,
:03:36. > :03:39.but the problem is surely that we can't just demand that the Hndian
:03:40. > :03:44.government hand over these len? Of course, you can demand that another
:03:45. > :03:50.country just releases men bdcause another country says that they
:03:51. > :03:55.should. That is understandable. But we have to realise that we have six
:03:56. > :04:02.lead in prison in Chen I, in squalid, terrible conditions, and I
:04:03. > :04:09.think, 140 odd people handed the position in, we just asked the prime
:04:10. > :04:13.Minster to intervene, step tp to the plate and try and put more political
:04:14. > :04:17.pressure on the Indian authorities to at least release the indhviduals
:04:18. > :04:23.on bail so they can start to live a normal life again. They havd been in
:04:24. > :04:28.jail for five months. Is it realistic that this process can be
:04:29. > :04:32.speeded up? I think it is, think they have been that many full story
:04:33. > :04:39.was, it's unreal. We are hoping that the judgement from the magistrate
:04:40. > :04:42.will be made either tomorrow or on Thursday, and we have got otr
:04:43. > :04:46.fingers crossed, hoping that this time, they will be released. If they
:04:47. > :04:51.are released, it will mean that they can at least live in decent
:04:52. > :04:56.conditions, in a hotel or other until the court case is heard. And
:04:57. > :04:58.hopefully, the court case whll not be delayed either, and that's the
:04:59. > :05:09.second problem we face. North Yorkshire Police say they re
:05:10. > :05:12.about to reveal new leads in the case of the missing York wolan
:05:13. > :05:15.Claudia Lawrence. It's five years today since Claudia was last seen.
:05:16. > :05:19.Police are seeking informathon from the public about two vehiclds seen
:05:20. > :05:25.near her home around the tile she disappeared. Police believe she was
:05:26. > :05:32.murdered ` but her family still hope she's alive. They have been
:05:33. > :05:38.extremely thorough, a compldtely new team are on, very experiencdd team,
:05:39. > :05:43.and yes, I do hope that this is going to get somewhere. But you
:05:44. > :05:46.can't be too hopeful. It's a crime that leaves victims
:05:47. > :05:52.mutilated and with injuries that cost thousands to put right. And now
:05:53. > :05:55.the toll of ear bite attacks in our region has been revealed. One
:05:56. > :05:59.hospital kept the figures ` which showed nearly 250 victims in less
:06:00. > :06:03.than ten years. A surgeon h`s told Look North parts of our reghon seem
:06:04. > :06:10.to have a particular problel with biting. Our News Corresponddnt Peter
:06:11. > :06:14.Harris reports. A night out with his girlfrhend and
:06:15. > :06:19.for Marco, this is how it ended Part of an ear bitten off in a pizza
:06:20. > :06:23.shop. Before I knew it, he hit us a few times and then got us on the
:06:24. > :06:31.floor and went on to say he was going to bite my ear off and
:06:32. > :06:35.actually bit my ear off. Thdy took the cartilage from my right ear and
:06:36. > :06:38.shaped it into an ear shape, and took some skin membrane frol beneath
:06:39. > :06:42.the scalp to go over the cartilage and made it to become living and
:06:43. > :06:48.took a skin graft from inside my arm and put that over. That was nearly
:06:49. > :06:51.two years ago, but still nobody has been caught. Ear bites achidved a
:06:52. > :06:57.higher profile when the actor Clive Mantle was bitten in Newcastle, but
:06:58. > :07:00.they are peculiarly common. Here in Middlesbrough they kept the figures
:07:01. > :07:03.and found that since 2005, 246 people were admitted here for ear
:07:04. > :07:11.bites and of those, around half 120, subsequently needed surgery. In
:07:12. > :07:15.some communities, they will resort to punching and kicking and beating
:07:16. > :07:24.people up, other places thex will use baseball bats, other pl`ces they
:07:25. > :07:28.will use sharp implements or guns. In Teesside, it's one of thd places
:07:29. > :07:34.where we do get people who have been bitten. It seems extraordin`ry, why
:07:35. > :07:38.would that be? What drives someone to bite someone else is absolutely
:07:39. > :07:41.beyond me, because apart from the physical injury that it causes, the
:07:42. > :07:44.person that's doing the bithng might have any number of infections that
:07:45. > :07:50.they could pass on to the pdrson they have written. Ear biting is
:07:51. > :07:58.usually drink related, it costs the NHS a fortune. For victims like
:07:59. > :08:01.Marco, the sickening knowledge as well that nobody was ever c`ught for
:08:02. > :08:10.maiming him. Angry, deep down inside. Just have to try and move
:08:11. > :08:14.on, don't you? Peter Harris joins me now. Is there any evidence that bite
:08:15. > :08:19.attacks are becoming more common in our region? Is something I had never
:08:20. > :08:23.really thought of but according to the surgeon there, the top of
:08:24. > :08:27.violence that gets used varhes from place to place and in his vhew, on
:08:28. > :08:34.Deeside, ear bite attacks are more common. Is it getting worse? There
:08:35. > :08:38.is no evidence for that but nearly 250 people with ear bite wotnds here
:08:39. > :08:43.in Middlesbrough in ten years is a lot of victims, and for the NHS
:08:44. > :08:47.that means a lot of expense because surgery to correct this typd of
:08:48. > :08:51.injury tends to be long and complex. A man accused of starting a fire on
:08:52. > :08:55.a ferry from North Shields `t Christmas says the court has no
:08:56. > :08:58.jurisdiction in the case because it happened "on the high seas". Boden
:08:59. > :09:02.Hughes ` who's from Sunderl`nd ` has been charged with arson and affray
:09:03. > :09:06.after a fire broke out on a DFDS service to Amsterdam in Decdmber. A
:09:07. > :09:13.hearing will be held in May ` where the issue of jurisdiction whll be
:09:14. > :09:17.sorted out. A Cleveland Police officer who was
:09:18. > :09:20.killed when he was hit by a train had been arrested two days
:09:21. > :09:23.previously on suspicion of ` sexual offence. 41`year`old Ged Sw`sh had
:09:24. > :09:27.been released on bail in connection an alleged offence while off duty.
:09:28. > :09:30.Mr Swash died on a level crossing at Cowpen Bewley in Billingham last
:09:31. > :09:34.Tuesday. It's one of only two child heart
:09:35. > :09:37.transplant centres in the UK ` but surgeons say an outdated rule is
:09:38. > :09:41.stopping them from saving even more lives. Babies who die under the age
:09:42. > :09:44.of two months in this country are not allowed to be declared "brain
:09:45. > :09:48.stem dead" ` which means thdir organs can't be used to savd the
:09:49. > :09:51.lives of similarly`aged babhes. So, instead, infants here have to wait
:09:52. > :09:54.until an organ from abroad can be found. It's a crazy double standard,
:09:55. > :10:04.say the surgeons at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital. Our Chief Reporter
:10:05. > :10:08.Chris Stewart has the story. This is Ryan. Six months old, but so
:10:09. > :10:12.small that only a tiny new heart will save him. And he's one of three
:10:13. > :10:15.children at the Freeman right now whose lives will depend on ` tiny
:10:16. > :10:21.heart arriving from abroad. His mum and dad are from Wolverhampton ` and
:10:22. > :10:26.are finding it difficult to accept. We have been here so long, `nd we
:10:27. > :10:31.could save so many babies lhves I think it's really important because
:10:32. > :10:34.in the rest of the world, Etrope, we had to get hearts from therd in our
:10:35. > :10:43.own country, we should be able to do that, really. We have been waiting
:10:44. > :10:46.for five months now. I think which are just scrap the rule. Thdre are
:10:47. > :10:52.loads of babies who possiblx could have been a donor from Ryan, we
:10:53. > :10:56.wouldn't even be here. We would have been spending our time with him and
:10:57. > :10:59.our other son. The UK rules on declaring a young baby brain stem
:11:00. > :11:02.dead date back to a time long before transplants for babies was dven a
:11:03. > :11:05.possibility. And they were drafted when the available technology meant
:11:06. > :11:16.making a brain death diagnosis was more difficult. The surgeons are as
:11:17. > :11:19.frustrated as the parents. Ht is just a crazy situation, and it's
:11:20. > :11:23.difficult to see how it has arisen but what we would like to do is see
:11:24. > :11:26.it resolved. In the last 18 months or so, five little babies who have
:11:27. > :11:33.died because they didn't get a donor organ in time. Are you saying that
:11:34. > :11:37.if those babies have been in France or Italy, they would have lhved
:11:38. > :11:41.They would have a much bettdr chance of getting a donor, yes. Thd science
:11:42. > :11:57.behind the UK guidelines is currently under review and ` report
:11:58. > :12:00.is due this summer. Crews are struggling to bring a large fire
:12:01. > :12:04.under control in Harrogate. Heavy smoke from a fire in a rest`urant is
:12:05. > :12:11.causing major problems in the area, with many roads in the town now
:12:12. > :12:14.affected. Fire and thick smoke, which could be
:12:15. > :12:19.seen for miles around the cdntre of Harrogate. Firefighters havd spent
:12:20. > :12:25.the day tackling the blaze, which is believed to have started in the
:12:26. > :12:30.kitchen of an Italian restr`int We were called here this morning with
:12:31. > :12:33.reports of smoke, because of the nature and design of the buhlding,
:12:34. > :12:38.it has been able to spread between the floors. We have been trxing to
:12:39. > :12:42.understand the layout of thd building, so it has passed through
:12:43. > :12:45.these areas and detected, wd have been admitting breathing apparatus
:12:46. > :12:52.teams into these areas to try and locate the conditions. But we have
:12:53. > :12:57.had to try and attack the fhre from the outside. The fire startdd in
:12:58. > :13:05.this restaurant behind us at around 11:30am, and now, almost five hours
:13:06. > :13:09.on, the blaze is still going on with around 100 firefighters tackling it.
:13:10. > :13:13.Several streets have been cordoned off for most of the day. Thd flats
:13:14. > :13:18.above the restaurant have bden evacuated. Tonight, those lhving
:13:19. > :13:26.there have been moved into dmergency accommodation. Luckily, no one is
:13:27. > :13:29.thought to have been injured. We will have more on that storx in our
:13:30. > :13:32.late news. England and Durham cricketer Sir Ian
:13:33. > :13:35.Botham was in Darlington today opening a new Clinical Rese`rch
:13:36. > :13:40.Centre at the town's Memori`l Hospital. The new centre ` the
:13:41. > :13:43.biggest in the North East ` will carry out drug trials and rdsearch
:13:44. > :13:46.into a number of conditions, including cancer and diabetds. Sir
:13:47. > :13:49.Ian, who lives in Darlington, revealed that his family has a
:13:50. > :13:57.particular interest in the treatment of diabetes. My daughter has brittle
:13:58. > :14:01.diabetes, which is the worst form. She was injecting at least four
:14:02. > :14:07.times a day. Now she is on the pump, she spends a lot of time rushed into
:14:08. > :14:13.hospital, in intensive care, here or Northallerton. So yes, anything to
:14:14. > :14:16.help. You're watching Look North. Still to
:14:17. > :14:20.come in tonight's programme ` the region's four speedway teams get a
:14:21. > :14:23.political blessing. The lost mountaineer ` photos and
:14:24. > :14:28.memorabilia of a legendary climber are about to go on public dhsplay.
:14:29. > :14:32.We have a weather front comhng through from the West, that will
:14:33. > :14:35.bring in some wet and windy weather and introduce some cooler wdather so
:14:36. > :14:41.we could be back to overnight frosts by the weekend.
:14:42. > :14:46.The North East has the highdst number of hospital admissions for
:14:47. > :14:50.eating disorders in the country ` and numbers are growing at `n
:14:51. > :14:54.alarming rate. But a change in the way our health service treats people
:14:55. > :14:57.` means that those who need to be admitted to hospital ` must now
:14:58. > :15:01.travel to the only NHS commhssioned centre in Darlington. In protest,
:15:02. > :15:04.seven MPs have written to the Health Minister calling for the downgrading
:15:05. > :15:12.of the service in Newcastle to be reconsidered. Those affected most
:15:13. > :15:15.are patients and their families Our health reporter Sharon Barbour has
:15:16. > :15:19.the story. I always remember my mum saxing to
:15:20. > :15:25.me, no parent should ever h`ve to bury their child. And yet on a
:15:26. > :15:28.number of occasions, that is kind of what she thought was going to
:15:29. > :15:33.happen. Steven Brown developed an eating disorder as a teenagdr. I
:15:34. > :15:37.always strived to do the best, not the best I can do, but the best
:15:38. > :15:43.full stop. It begins to takd over, in a sense. The eating disorder was
:15:44. > :15:46.my form of control. At its worst, he was the weight of a small child
:15:47. > :15:49.half the weight he is today, and critically ill. He says the
:15:50. > :15:53.Newcastle eating service saved his life. It was life`threatening. I
:15:54. > :15:58.needed to be admitted and ttbe`fed, so I ended up on the medical ward.
:15:59. > :16:05.The team very carefully explained this to me step`by`step. But
:16:06. > :16:08.Newcastle can no longer admht patients for specialist card after
:16:09. > :16:17.the contract was awarded instead to a centre in Darlington. And if
:16:18. > :16:22.that's full, to other centrds further away. I can't imagine how
:16:23. > :16:25.difficult it is to be a mother or father, watching their child go
:16:26. > :16:29.through something like this, but then having them taken away into
:16:30. > :16:33.hospital. Sonya ` not her rdal name ` is one of those parents. Her
:16:34. > :16:36.daughter is also anorexic. Ly daughter was seriously ill, it
:16:37. > :16:40.wouldn't be an exaggeration to say her life was at risk, and she was
:16:41. > :16:44.absolutely terrified. The only thing that made it bearable for any of us
:16:45. > :16:47.was that she was treated in Newcastle, close to our homd, which
:16:48. > :16:50.was vitally important for pdople with this terrible illness, they
:16:51. > :16:55.need the love and support of their family to fight back. That hs why
:16:56. > :17:00.NICE guidelines recommend that patients are treated close to home.
:17:01. > :17:03.The North`East has the highdst number of hospital admissions in the
:17:04. > :17:06.country for eating disorders and seven MPs have now called on the
:17:07. > :17:11.government to reverse the downgrading of Newcastle. The real
:17:12. > :17:15.challenge with anorexia and eating disorders and what makes so many
:17:16. > :17:21.parents so worried is that ht does kill. And having the right care in
:17:22. > :17:25.your community, with your f`mily, able to go to school, that's got to
:17:26. > :17:31.be an important part of makhng sure young people survive these kinds of
:17:32. > :17:34.terrible afflictions. NHS England wouldn't be interviewed but say
:17:35. > :17:38.daycare is available in Newcastle and in the last year say less than a
:17:39. > :17:47.handful of patients have nedded to travel out of the region for
:17:48. > :17:51.inpatient care. If you or a member of your family
:17:52. > :17:53.are affected by an eating dhsorder you can more help and inforlation on
:17:54. > :18:03.the NHS Choices website. In mountaineering circles, he's a
:18:04. > :18:07.legend. You might never havd heard the name of Joe Tasker, but he was
:18:08. > :18:12.tipped to become as famous `s Chris Bonington. Joe, who grew up in the
:18:13. > :18:16.North East, died with his colleague Pete Boardman on Mount Everdst more
:18:17. > :18:19.than thirty years ago. Now, a substantial archive of Joe's papers,
:18:20. > :18:22.photos and writings are to go on public display for the first time.
:18:23. > :18:28.For tonight's Look North Report Gerry Jackson's been looking at the
:18:29. > :18:34.legacy of a remarkable man. These days they'd call him ` poster
:18:35. > :18:39.boy. Joe Tasker certainly p`cked a lot into a short life. His darly
:18:40. > :18:43.childhood was spent on Teesside and at the age of twelve he left to
:18:44. > :18:48.train for the priesthood in County Durham. But life took a different
:18:49. > :18:51.turn. It was here developed a passion for climbing ` one that
:18:52. > :18:52.would bring him and two colleagues a reputation as the best young
:18:53. > :19:01.mountaineers of their gener`tion. In 1980, Joe, with partners Pete
:19:02. > :19:09.Boardman and Dick Renshaw, survived an avalanche on the world's second
:19:10. > :19:12.highest peak, K2. Undeterred, two years later they joined an `ttempt
:19:13. > :19:19.led by Chris Bonington on an unclimbed ridge of Mount Evdrest.
:19:20. > :19:29.Boardman and Tasker disappe`red Joe's body has never been found
:19:30. > :19:35.Well, this, when I discoverdd it and look through, I think is his first
:19:36. > :19:41.piece... At 34, his legendary status was already assured. Still ` hero to
:19:42. > :19:47.climbers around the world, but not even his family realised thd size
:19:48. > :19:50.the archive he had left behhnd. He developed a persona being qtite on
:19:51. > :19:56.the outside but deep thinker, he started writing and his writing was
:19:57. > :20:01.quite prolific. But I have `ctually found and uncovered in going through
:20:02. > :20:09.notes and diaries, this all came out, and I started to realise that
:20:10. > :20:13.he was quite a person. Joe had a philosophy degree, he was an
:20:14. > :20:14.accomplished geographer, caleraman and writer. His autobiography was
:20:15. > :20:37.published the year he died. The British Isles is the birthplace
:20:38. > :20:41.of rock climbing. Other countries have several museums, full of such
:20:42. > :20:47.fabulous material, and we w`nt to be able to do that here. It's hmportant
:20:48. > :20:51.to tell Joe's life story, what he started off doing, what he went on
:20:52. > :20:57.to achieve but also because I think it then inspires other people. Soon,
:20:58. > :21:01.fax to a Heritage lottery grant the archive of his life will go on
:21:02. > :21:09.permanent display at the Keswick Museum and every year, therd is an
:21:10. > :21:13.award for Mt inspired liter`ture. Joe said it wasn't just getting to
:21:14. > :21:16.the top of the mountain but it was to journey, and people understand
:21:17. > :21:19.that climbing is more than just the idea of getting to the top of the
:21:20. > :21:25.hill, it's the journey getthng there. There is a passage where he
:21:26. > :21:28.refers to, if anything happdned to me, I wouldn't want people to be
:21:29. > :21:38.sorrowful because I wouldn't be the person I am without doing what I do.
:21:39. > :21:49.A lot crammed into a young life Now we have the sport. Speedway
:21:50. > :21:52.starting! The new speedway season roars into life this weekend, with
:21:53. > :21:55.Workington Comets and Newcastle Diamonds facing each other ` first
:21:56. > :21:59.in Cumbria, and then on Tyndside. But all four of the region's teams
:22:00. > :22:01.were on parade at the Newcastle Stadium yesterday, for a show of
:22:02. > :22:14.strength which was given Parliamentary approval.
:22:15. > :22:20.It's a bit of a Speedway ritual Every year, each team goes through
:22:21. > :22:23.its own pre`season Press and practice day, to shake off the
:22:24. > :22:26.winter cobwebs and show off their colours. But this time it w`s
:22:27. > :22:29.different. Joining Newcastld at the region's oldest track, were riders
:22:30. > :22:32.from Workington, Redcar and Berwick ` a united front, officiallx blessed
:22:33. > :22:39.by the sport's leader in thd House of Commons. I'm the chairman of the
:22:40. > :22:44.Parliamentary group of MPs who support Speedway, it's a bit of fun
:22:45. > :22:49.for us, but we want to give the sport as much support as we can I
:22:50. > :22:56.have been a fan of Speedway since I first came to Newcastle in 0974 I
:22:57. > :23:01.gave it a break for a bit then came back and watched the diamonds in the
:23:02. > :23:07.1980s. I think it is mostly exciting and the idea is to pull the four
:23:08. > :23:13.Northern clubs together and say Speedway is alive and well here
:23:14. > :23:16.It's the first year we have done it, hopefully we can do it again,
:23:17. > :23:22.because it's working well, `nything that raises the profile is great. As
:23:23. > :23:28.with any professional sport, attracting the crowd is what it s
:23:29. > :23:34.all about. When we get the Northern tracks coming up, and we get
:23:35. > :23:38.Newcastle, Edinburgh, working, you get better support because xou get
:23:39. > :23:43.travelling support. We have the kids in free with an adult, that has got
:23:44. > :23:51.to help. The crowd are tickhng along nicely. But which of our fotr clubs
:23:52. > :23:54.will be challenging for honours Workington are favourites, they are
:23:55. > :23:58.confident they are going to do that, but Speedway has a habit of
:23:59. > :24:02.throwing things up. With thd play`off system, we topped the
:24:03. > :24:16.league and didn't win the championship, anything can happen.
:24:17. > :24:19.England's women ended their six Nations Rugby Championship hn fine
:24:20. > :24:23.style at the weekend, beating Italy by an unanswered 24 points. The team
:24:24. > :24:27.` captained by Tynesider Sarah Hunter and which includes a number
:24:28. > :24:30.of players from our region ` scored four tries to win their fourth game
:24:31. > :24:33.of the championship, although France took the title after beating
:24:34. > :24:41.Ireland, so there's still work to do. We will look long and h`rd at it
:24:42. > :24:51.and see the areas we can improve on but for now, we will enjoy ht. You
:24:52. > :24:59.have got to enjoy those momdnts Great try that was! Looked ` bit
:25:00. > :25:05.vicious! Now, how are we dohng about the weather?
:25:06. > :25:11.It is a bit cooler than last week, that trend continues. A lot of cloud
:25:12. > :25:18.around, and a lot of cloud `round overnight. Most places will be dry
:25:19. > :25:28.overnight, the temperatures won t drop because it stays prettx windy
:25:29. > :25:32.through the night. Tomorrow, very much of cloud around, a few breaks,
:25:33. > :25:38.and eastern areas will see the best of any brighter spells. Through the
:25:39. > :25:49.afternoon, it's thick enough to produce some patchy, light rain from
:25:50. > :25:53.time to time. Temperatures `re bit up on today but it will be windy,
:25:54. > :25:59.the south`westerly wind by the end of the afternoon will be stronger
:26:00. > :26:03.still than it was today. A blustery end to tomorrow. By Thursdax, I
:26:04. > :26:08.weather front on the way. A cold front coming in from the west,
:26:09. > :26:16.bringing in cloud, rain and gusty winds, and behind it, things are
:26:17. > :26:21.turning a bit cooler. For Ctmbria, as we head towards the weekdnd,
:26:22. > :26:24.temperatures dip down into single figures, there will be a pew
:26:25. > :26:31.blustery showers around as we had through Friday and Saturday, and
:26:32. > :26:33.quite windy with it as well. For the North`East, a similar picture, the
:26:34. > :26:43.showers are fewer and furthdr between. Daytime temperaturds in
:26:44. > :26:49.single figures. By the weekdnd, I returned to overnight frost. Get the
:26:50. > :26:59.latest forecast on the free BBC weather at.
:27:00. > :27:10.Good luck with that office cold It's a delight, isn't it? The
:27:11. > :27:13.headlines: Vladimir Putin h`s signed new treaties to pave the wax for
:27:14. > :27:17.Crimea to join the Russian Federation but said he doesn't want
:27:18. > :27:20.to break up Ukraine further. The EU and US have declared the action
:27:21. > :27:23.illegal and imposed sanctions. A petition has been handed hnto
:27:24. > :27:26.Downing Street calling for the government to do more to secure the
:27:27. > :27:30.release of six former soldidrs ` including three from this rdgion `
:27:31. > :27:34.who've been held in an Indi`n jail for five months. That's it. We are
:27:35. > :27:36.back at 1025 p.m..