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Our welcome to Friday's Look North. That's all from the BBC

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Our welcome to Friday's Look North. Plans to close a Northumberland

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Middle School. Angry parents say history is repeating itself. And you

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heard and a new beginning at a college after the devastation of

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foot and mouth. Put us in the picture. Claims the north`e`st is

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missing out on TV and film contracts because of its neighbours to the

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north and south. And going the extra mile for Sport Relief. It m`y not be

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Everest, but it will be by the end of today. I need someone to carry

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me, that's for certain! A vhtal weekend for Sunderland against

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Norwich. As Alan Pardew prepares to sit out another game, it's not the

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first time he's had to face the music. # I'm feeling glad all

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over... He'll be mad all ovdr if they pinched the points agahnst

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Crystal Palace. Ten years ago, parents took to the

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streets in protest at plans to shut Northumberland's middle schools

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Now, ten years on, parents `t a middle school threatened with

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closure, say history's repe`ting itself. Guidepost Middle School

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could close in a few months but families whose children attdnd the

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school say more could follow. Our Political Correspondent Mark Denten

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is there now. Yes, this is Guidepost Middle School. It's one of 29 in

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Northumberland at the moment but by the start of the autumn terl, it may

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well be just 28 because Northumberland Council would like to

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close this particular school. Of course, there are the stand`rd

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concerns from parents about where their children will go, how they

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would get there on transportation, but something else. They're also

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claims among those that Northumberland Council actu`lly

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wants to kill off this type of school completely. Home timd this

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afternoon at Guidepost Middle School. In July, this could be

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happening here for the last time. Northumberland County Counchl wants

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to close the school at the dnd of the summer term. It's terrible.

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There's not going to be a local school here. It's a small community.

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We all live together and th`t's not going to be a normal Middle School

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for the children. The proposal to close the school comes after it was

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put into special measures l`st October and Northumberland council

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is looking at reorganising the way schools work in the area. Children

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will go to primary school and then on to secondary school and would

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mean the closure of that school That sounds a bit grey and technical

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to you. Think again. Here in Northumberland, it brings b`ck

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memories of whopping great row. It is 2004 and parents are on the

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march. Angry at Northumberl`nd County Council's plans to scrap 45

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Middle schools across the country full sub schools like Guidepost

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survived that but Ofsted sahd Northumberland should look closely

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at their three tier system. Ten years ago, there were 44 middle

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schools in Northumberland. 05 closed since then. 29 remain. The parents

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claim what is proposed here is just part of a plan to kill off liddle

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schools right across Northulberland. Whether its financial, whatdver

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it's clear the plan may havd, they closed so many and they are

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proposing to close this one. It hasn't had a great Ofsted, but the

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Secretary of State does say it should be given a year to come out

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of special measures. You don't think the school is given a chancd to

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improve? I certainly don't. The council says there is no ovdrriding

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policy to shut middle schools and decisions are made on the b`sis of

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any particular area. Northulberland council did not want to be

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interviewed tonight that thdy categorically say there's not a

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hidden plan to close all middle schools in Northumberland. There

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will be a decision on this one early next month. The council says the

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real priority is getting good standards of education not just for

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children at the school but for all schools throughout the county. Mark,

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thank you. Northumbria Police have made five more arrests in Operation

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Sanctuary, an investigation into allegations of sex crimes committed

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against vulnerable women and girls. It brings the total arrests to 4.

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Eight people have been charged and officers have identified around 80

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victims or potential complahnants. Police are continuing to appeal to

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the public to contact them with information. The Conservative Party

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Chairman says he loves a gale of bingo following a row over ` poster

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on Twitter. Grant Shapps was in Carlisle, visiting a graphic design

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company. He posted an advert after the Budget claiming cuts to duty on

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bingo halls and beer would help hard`working people do more of the

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things they enjoy. Critics, including the Liberal Democrat MP

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for Redcar, Ian Swales, said it was condescending. But Mr Shapps was

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unrepentant when he spoke to BBC Radio Cumbria's Emily Unia. We can

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all argue about whether the word should be they or us or whatever.

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Personally, I drink beer and I love a game of bingo. I just can't see

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why on earth they think that this is more important than talking about

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the long`term economic future of our country. Supporting, actually,

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sectors like bingo, where wd're halving the tax, or the loc`l pubs

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where we're helping them to stay open. I would have thought that s

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more important. They've got nothing to say about it in Labour at all.

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All they want to do is talk about the trivia rather than the real

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issues. It's claimed the North East is missing out on millions of pounds

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of investment from major film and TV productions, because other regions

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have more money to offer thdm. Campaigners in the industry want the

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region to set up the same khnd of multi`million pound producthon fund

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that exists in Scotland and Yorkshire. Our Political Edhtor

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Richard Moss reports. Chopwdll Woods in Gateshead. The base this week for

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BBC childrens' drama, Wolfblood Now shooting its third series entirely

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in the North East. But it's one of the few major TV series basdd here.

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Some say that's a big miss. Undoubtedly television prodtction

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brings money. And whether it's actually from our point of view

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employing local crews, to hotels, to locations. So, yeah, what wd're

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missing out on is the area hs not being represented both on screen and

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we're not getting the financial benefit of having that prodtction

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work in the region. So why `re we not seeing more filming across our

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region? Well, money may be one reason. While Scotland and other

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English regions have film commissions offering grants of up to

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half a million pound to lurd in crews, the North East can offer at

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most ?3,000. In Scotland thdy've got a ?5 million production fund.

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Yorkshire have a ?7.5 million fund that's just recently been doubled to

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?15 million. So we are literally surrounded by regions that can

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entice film and TV projects with financial investment. We can't at

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the moment. A bid though is now being put into persuade the Local

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Enterprise Partnership to sdt aside European money for the North East's

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own multi`million pound production fund. If it happens it could help

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these Sunderland University media students stay in the region. The

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chances are pretty much all of them, certainly a big majority of them,

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will end up having to leave the north`east in order to get work So,

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it would be a missed opporttnity, I think, not to try and support the

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industry in this region. Thhs week The Dumping Ground, another

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children's programme shot in the North East, won a Royal Teldvision

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Society award. But when it comes to film and television, while the North

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East can boast quality, quantity remains a problem. And therd'll be

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more on that story with Richard on BBC One's Sunday Politics at 11am

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this Sunday. We haven't heard it for more than a decade but farmhng

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leaders say their industry could at last be on the way up. Todax near

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Penrith, Newton Rigg agricultural college opened its new ?2.5 million

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dairy unit. Student numbers are booming, evidence, say many in the

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industry, of a justified confidence. Our Chief Reporter Chris Stdwart

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tells us more and his report does contain a little surprise. Bless

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these cows and the milk thex produce. Difficult to remember the

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last time we saw a Bishop blessing a herd of cows. Difficult also to

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remember the last time this industry seemed so, well, bullish. Btt

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student numbers who have dotbled to more than 600 and 300 of thdm are

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from non`farming families. Like Jessica. I'm 18 and I'm frol Silith.

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And for some reason I just did not enjoy sixth form. I thought I want

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to do something more practical with my life. Agriculture was just there

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at the perfect time and I absolutely love it to pieces now. The dairy

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herd here was lost 13 years ago to foot and mouth but it's back with

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151 heifers. Actually, make that 152. Yes, born while we werd

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filming. Did you organise that? It's fantastic. As well as the stnshine,

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to have a calf born on our opening event is wonderful, we're rdally

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pleased. As you can see, our students are hands`on involved and

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that's what new dairy unit hs about. Newton Rigg is one of a grotp of

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eight such colleges in our region. Students come here as an alternative

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to working straightaway or going on to A`levels. And their confhdence is

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reflected by the industry as a whole. Agriculture is not jtst an

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industry people turn to when they got nothing else to do. This is a

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career of choice for more and more young people. And people ard seeing

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a future for agriculture, the countryside, the professions related

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to agriculture because it is so important. Young Will is from a

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farming family. From an early age, it's all I've ever wanted to do I

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can't see myself doing anything else. Despite your mum and dad

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telling you how tough it is? Despite that. It's a very good industry to

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get into. We need more young people getting into the industry. So, from

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blessing bishops to bovine births, a day to remember for the students and

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for our region's farming industry. Very sweet. Plenty more to come in

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tonight's programme. A steep challenge on the Cumbrian fdlls for

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Sport Relief. Go on. Go on. The moment a grey seal is released back

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into the wild. It's a rare sight on the Northumberland coast. Whntry

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showers tonight, clear spells and icy roads and pavements. More

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details later in your weekend forecast. It's often easy to forget

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about what's lying around otr homes but if you look closely enotgh you

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may just uncover a piece of history. For more than 70 years this iron

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bell sat in a garden. It turns out that it belonged to a German

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warship, which played an important part in the first attack on British

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soil in World War One. The story began nearly 100 years ago off the

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North East coast. Chris Robhnson reports. When German battleships

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attack Britain in December 0914 Hartlepool took a direct hit. The

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intense shelling killed mord than 100 people injuring hundreds more.

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Violet was a seven`year`old girl at the time. She was interviewdd by the

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BBC for a recent documentarx. I went upstairs and looked at the bedroom

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window and I saw big flashes. I thought of were coming to the door

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to take us. One of the ships fought in the Battle of Jutland but after

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the war it was sunk by the German fleet when they surrendered. She

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remained submerged until 1938 venture was raised for scrap but

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part of her survived. Locked away in storage in Southampton, this is the

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ship's bell. It spent the l`st 0 years sitting in a garden. Ht's only

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when other items were being looked at auction but its history was

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retold. Having found it in the bush, and dug it out after a 20 mhnute

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flight, I thought it was solething special. I wasn't immediately sure

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full swing on top and did some research and then of course it

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became clear. How much of a significant find is this? Vdry

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significant. There's very fdw left in circulation. I know one hn

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Scotland on the act to Hebrhdes And another return to the German navy in

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the 1950s. It will be auctioned tomorrow where it is set to fetch up

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to ?5,000. There's already been interest from private collectors and

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German museums. A rare seal release has taken place on the

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Northumberland coast. The fdmale pup was found in trouble at Whitley Bay

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last month, and nursed back to health by volunteers from the Paws

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for Thought charity. Grey sdals rescued in our region usually get

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sent to Norfolk, but the RSPCA reserve there is full after the

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winter's tidal surges. Hann`h Bayman reports. Almost ready to go.

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Four`month`old grey seal Cullercoats was picked up last month suffering

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from digestive problems. Since then, she's more than doubled her body

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weight on a diet of herring here at the North East's first

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rehabilitation unit. Daily feed she has about six to eight kilograms of

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fish a day. Constantly being fed so we are trying to fatten her up as

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much as possible because thdy can live off that for a good cotple of

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weeks out in the wild if shd can't find food. Time to go back to the

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North Sea. Up to full strength and with a healthy layer of blubber

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It's a new thing. We are brdaking new ground here in Northumbdrland.

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Our seals normally go down to Norfolk after two days of

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rehydration. And then they `re released from Norfolk at 37 to 0

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kilos back to the Wash. It's very rare we bring one back to

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Northumberland so a really good job to get her up to this stand`rd and

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weight. Come on, out you cole. The crew have brought Cullercoats to a

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secluded spot at Alnmouth. OK, just take it away, just slowly. Ht's wet

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and windy but she's ready for freedom.

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Excellent. Excellent. She's just going over the waves. She rdally

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enjoyed being in the sea. You could see her flapping. She's really

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enjoying it. She's just offshore there now getting her bearings. And

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then she'll find her way back to her friends, I hope. It's amazing to

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think we've given her a second chance of survival and she's gone

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straight off into the sea and not looked back. It's hoped now she will

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join a colony and one day h`ve a pup of her own. That was really lovely

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to see, wasn't it? Now, how long do you reckon it takes to get to the

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top of the world's highest lountain, Everest? Days, weeks, longer? Well,

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if you're a member of a west Cumbrian running club raising money

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for Sport Relief, you'll know it takes just two hours. How? Lark

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Mcalindon explains. Three, two, one. They like a challenge, the lembers

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of the St Bees Triers. At ltnchtime today the countdown began on one of

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their most audacious to datd. We are running up and down Dent, which is

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our local Everest, as many times we can, to achieve what we would hope

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will be a multiple ascent of Everest. How many will it t`ke? 40

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ascents will get us one Everest About an hour in, with bright

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sunshine but bitter wind, the equivalent of base camp had been

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reached. So, anyone in need of a sherpa? I need someone to c`rry me,

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that's for certain. Yeah. They might not have encountered glaciers,

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avalanches or vast vistas of snow, but they were enjoying their journey

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to the top of the world. It gets easier the more you do it, H think.

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Fresh air. The views. Even when it's raining it just makes you fdel

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alive. You're coming down for the third time. There's isn't a bead of

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sweat I can see. You're not breathing deeply. You must be

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terrifically fit to do this. No I think the wind's blowing it all off.

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It's hard work but it's for a good cause. And it wasn't long bdfore the

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lung busting efforts had ch`lked up the equivalent of 8,850 metres give

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or take. Well it's just aftdr 2pm. John here is totting up the number

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of ascents. They've been running for about two hours and we think that

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these guys coming through the door now are 39, 40, 41. That's the first

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Everest completed. You can see what it means. Huge smiles on thdir faces

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and huge congratulations. Only two hours gone, and there will be many

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more Everests in the course of the next 22 hours. They are are still

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running now and into the night and into tomorrow lunchtime. It's a fund

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raising effort worth flying the flag for. Someone run a bath for them.

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Well done to them and everyone raising money today. If you want to

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take part in Sport Relief btt from the comfort of your sofa, the Sport

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Relief Appeal Show starts straight after this programme at 7pm. The

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comfort of your own soap sotnds very attractive to me as well. What is

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this about Alan Pardew? An alternative career in singing? We

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would come to that in a mintte. Injuries mean both our Premher

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League teams are without thdir leading strikers tomorrow.

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Sunderland are at relegation rivals Norwich minus Steven Fletchdr who

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has an ankle injury while Ndwcastle are without Loic Remy for the visit

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of Crystal Palace. And for once Black Cats fans will hope Ndwcastle

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win because it'll do them a big favour. Andrew Hartley reports. It

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was 0`0 the last time Sunderland played Norwich and no one's

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expecting a goal`fest tomorrow. I think it's going to be tight.

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Especially looking at the fhrst game. A proper 0`0. I cannot see too

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many goals, apart from some accidents, somebody sending off If

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City view this as a must`win fixture, what about Sunderl`nd who

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trail their hosts by four points? I think you're going to play the game

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from the beginning to win. The mentality of a football teal is to

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win anyway. Norwich haven't lost in front of their own supporters since

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the turn of the year. But Stnderland can point to excellent away form of

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late. Defeat at Arsenal last month ended a run of six league g`mes on

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the road without defeat. Al`n Pardew will be watching his side on the

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television again tomorrow as he serves the second match of his three

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game stadium ban. Difficult to assess the mood of the stadhum, the

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mood of the players, when it comes to a flat screen. It's not the first

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time that Alan Pardew has h`d to face the music. Here he is `s a

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Crystal Palace player ahead of 990 FA Cup Final. You always have links

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to your former club and it would be very very sad that they get

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relegated and I hope the sqtad and Tony keep them there. His whsh may

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come true. Tony Pulis has f`shioned Crystal Palace and aside to beat.

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They will be fighting in scrapping Antoni's teams are always vdry sure

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in terms of their jobs, and we need to come up with some more

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imagination than we did agahnst Fulham. And more cutting edge to our

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play. Newcastle won 3`0 in September but failed to score in eight of the

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last 11 league matches. I bdt he was happy to see that old footage again!

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Middlesbrough's clash with PPR at the Riverside has been made a whole

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lot tougher with the news that they'll be without Mustafa Carayol

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for the rest of this season and the start of next season after the

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winger ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament last weekdnd.

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There's commentary on BBC Tdes. In League One, BBC Radio Cumbrha will

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follow Carlisle who desperately need to pick up three points at bottom

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club Notts County to take them away from the drop zone and York City

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have an excellent chance to jump into the League Two play`off places

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if they beat struggling Portsmouth. Hartlepool United are also pushing

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for the play`offs and could go above York tonight if they win at the

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Kassam Stadium. Oxford may be sixth in the table but they haven't won in

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the last six games. Last wedk's 4`0 win over Bristol Rovers was a real

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confidence boost, but Oxford will be a much tougher test despite their

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recent poor form. It's all `bout consistency now if Pools ard to make

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the top seven. We've got five home games left and I think our home

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performances will be key to where we end up. But we have to be able to go

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away from home and try and pick things up as well, you know. If we

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are to bridge that little g`p now, we have to back up what we did last

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week at home with another performance down at Oxford `nd hope

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that gets us a little bit closer again. Cooper is putting his faith

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in his young players. 17`ye`r`old midfielder Brad Walker from

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Billingham has been named Ldague Two's Apprentice of the Year this

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week following in the footsteps of last year's winner Luke Jamds. I

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think we have to be very proud of what we have produced here. Luke is

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a smashing young fella. Brad's a great lad but what they both prove

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is they're both good enough to jump from scholarships to first`team

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football and hopefully that will continue in future because

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Hartlepool, I have to say, hs producing some fine young players

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and it makes my job a lot e`sier. What hasn't made his job easier was

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the sudden departure of his assistant Craig Hignett who left to

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become Aitor Karankas right hand man at Middlesbrough earlier thhs month.

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He hopes to find a replacemdnt soon. This week we're doing coachhng

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sessions, I'm trying to watch some games, trying to watch playdrs, so

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that's where you find yoursdlf spread a bit thin but I havd pretty

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broad shoulders. I can deal with things like that. I like to think I

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can get something in place before the end of the season just so I can

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plan this summer properly and we all come back ready and prepared and

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planned for next season. Good luck to them. Workington Comets `nd

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Newcastle Diamonds go head to head this weekend in the season opening

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Ian Thomas Shield. Both sidds will be hotly tipped to win the Premier

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League this season so it'll be interesting to see who comes out on

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top. The first leg is at Derwent Park tomorrow with the second leg at

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Newcastle's Brough Park on Sunday. The Comets are confident it's going

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to be a good campaign. It's solid. I think there will be four, possibly

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five, riders challenging for the number one place at the end of the

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season so, yeah, I think we can do something this year. So as long as

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we avoid injuries, as usual, but it's the same for every teal. If

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they all ride to their potential, there's no reason why we can't win

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something. Thanks for that. Now for the next few minutes we're leaving

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reality behind to delve into a world of fantasy, magic, illusion and

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enchantment. Be warned as M`gic Worlds could bring out the big kid

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in you. It's an exhibition from the national childhood collection at the

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Victoria and Albert Museum hn London. And it opens in Newcastle's

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Great North Museum Hancock tomorrow. Julie Smith reports. Pulling on

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costumes and exploring Magic Worlds. Looking in on Harry Potter or

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joining Alice in a tea partx. It's a mixture of fantasy and mythhcal

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magic in full flow here. Thd exhibition has toured the country

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and Newcastle is the last stop. I like the snakes and ladders. There's

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lots of different toys so you can play with them. What has bedn your

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favourite part of today? Thd fashion show and we got dressed up `nd I got

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dressed up as Alice in Wonddrland. It's been all about the country but

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it's bigger here. We have stch a wonderful big space, we've `dded our

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own collection to it. The fascination of illusion brings

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together a huge collection of tricks. This room is full of optical

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toys to trick the eyes and ht's been endorsed by the magic circld. Here,

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still things move and strange things happen. I wore a dragon costume with

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a striking puppet. I went down the slide fast and I really enjoyed it.

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The exhibition is open from tomorrow for three months. I don't know what

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happened to Paul. He must'vd been spirited away. He was meant to be

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here for the weather. Hang on. Watch yourself. Magic. I just hopd I don't

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set off the smoke alarms. No shortage of whether this weekend.

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Wintry showers around. It whll leave clearer skies obviously and that

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will lead to ice on the roads and pavements as we head into tomorrow

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morning. The showers are working their way in from the West. Some

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will have some sleet and snow over the high ground. Not too high. Sleet

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and snow settling on the North Pennines but clearing away later in

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the night. Temperatures dip down towards freezing and those hcy

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stretches will form fairly readily following those showers. Cold start

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tomorrow morning. Like todax, mixture of sunny spells and

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scattered showers. Wintry over the hills but there will be decdnt

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bright spells in between. Especially in eastern areas. Temperatures will

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stay in single figures. Likd today, eight Celsius, 46 Fahrenheit. Fairly

:26:25.:26:31.

breezy. West to south`westerly wind. Not as gusty as today, a brhsk

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wind, so it will never feel that warm even in the sunny spells. Low

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pressure to the north, cold westerly wind. High pressure building as we

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had through the weekend. Turning most of the showers off through

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Sunday. Drier on Monday and into Tuesday, the weather fronts starts

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to take over again. If you `re out and about over the weekend, a little

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bit of everything. Blustery showers, especially on Saturday. Snow over

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the hills. Sunshine in betwden. Gusty wind. Cater for that blocked

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and you won't go too far wrong. Showers on Sunday. Mostly dry for

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many of us. Decent spells. Before that, the cloud comes in on Monday

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night bringing some rain and cloud. Of course, we will keep you updated

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on the full forecast over the weekend on your BBC local r`dio

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station. You can check out the free BBC weather app. That was jtst

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magic. Thank you for that. H do like to make an entrance. That's it. We

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are back at 10:25pm. Bye byd.

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