:00:07. > :00:11.Good afternoon, The family of a man who's been missing in York for
:00:12. > :00:14.almost three weeks say they're heartbroken after a body was found
:00:15. > :00:20.last night in one of the city's rivers. 22`year`old Ben Clarkson, a
:00:21. > :00:26.shop worker, disappeared after a night out with friends. The body
:00:27. > :00:29.found by police divers is still to be formally identified but hn a
:00:30. > :00:32.statement Ben's girlfriend Rachel Peatfield said she'd lost the love
:00:33. > :00:43.of her life and described Bdn as a wonderful character, who was kind
:00:44. > :00:46.and gentle. And the police searching for missing
:00:47. > :00:51.Durham teacher Mark Bushnell have been alerted to a report of a body
:00:52. > :00:57.on the beach close to where he was last seen. The report came from a
:00:58. > :01:01.member of the public and police are now at the scene close to Blackhall
:01:02. > :01:08.Rocks in Peterlee. A formal identification has yet to bd carried
:01:09. > :01:11.out. His family have been informed. Mr Bushnell, who worked at the
:01:12. > :01:13.prestigious boarding school Durham School, disappeared on Sund`y March
:01:14. > :01:16.ninth. Northumbria Police are appe`ling for
:01:17. > :01:19.witnesses after a robbery in Newcastle. Last night three masked
:01:20. > :01:25.men broke into a house in Hdaton Road. They threatened a man in his
:01:26. > :01:29.60s, and stole money and jewellery. Officers believe they left hn a blue
:01:30. > :01:33.Ford Focus. A short time later, at 7pm, a car matching that desciption
:01:34. > :01:36.was found on fire in Ripon Gardens, Newcastle.
:01:37. > :01:39.An exhibition from the national childhood collection at the Victoria
:01:40. > :01:45.and Albert Museum in London has opened in Newcastle's Great North
:01:46. > :01:48.Hancock Museum this morning. Magic Worlds gives visitors the chance to
:01:49. > :01:53.immerse themselves in the rdalms of fantasy, magicians and illusionists.
:01:54. > :01:56.Costumes, tricks, paintings and puppets are amongst the itels on
:01:57. > :02:08.display. The exhibition runs for three months.
:02:09. > :02:13.The exhibition has three mahn parts. The first part is mainly about
:02:14. > :02:17.fantasy literature and fairx tales. Then we entered into the illusion
:02:18. > :02:26.section which is all about lagic and optical illusion and the final
:02:27. > :02:30.section is enchantment, abott myths and dragons and theories.
:02:31. > :02:33.The Great North Passion is ` hugely ambitious live BBC event to mark
:02:34. > :02:36.Good Friday. A retelling of the Easter story, it will be held in
:02:37. > :02:39.South Shields, and brings together performers and communities from
:02:40. > :02:42.across the North East. Todax, people in North Shields began decorating a
:02:43. > :02:45.shipping container which will form one of the centrepieces of the show.
:02:46. > :02:49.To today's football, County Durham football club Tow Law make Northern
:02:50. > :02:54.League history today when they take on South Shields. It'll be their
:02:55. > :02:57.3,000th game and the match hs free. In the Premier League, Newc`stle at
:02:58. > :03:01.home to Crystal Palace as Stnderland travel to Norwich. Middlesbrough
:03:02. > :03:05.hosting QPR in the Championship In League One, Carlisle away to Notts
:03:06. > :03:09.County. To League two, Hartlepool away to Oxford United and York to
:03:10. > :03:13.Portsmouth. Gateshead host Lincoln City in the Conference. In the
:03:14. > :03:17.Scottish League, Berwick at home to Clyde.
:03:18. > :03:24.The weather now for the weekend Here's Jennifer Bartram.
:03:25. > :03:31.Good afternoon. After a bright morning for many of us, heavy
:03:32. > :03:36.showers this afternoon but these could be fairly wintery over higher
:03:37. > :03:41.ground. Sleet and snow with temperatures getting up to `round
:03:42. > :03:45.eight Celsius. Through the night, showers will continue and wd will
:03:46. > :03:49.have a problem with the ice as it will be another cold night on the
:03:50. > :03:50.cards with temperatures dropping back to around the Celsius.
:03:51. > :03:54.That's it for this lunchtimd, we are back at 5.20, do join us thdn. Have
:03:55. > :04:14.a good afternoon. Hello. The weekend started with
:04:15. > :04:18.snowcapped hills and blue sky. Since then, more clout has built and the
:04:19. > :04:25.showers have broken out widely. Some heavy downpours and hell stones --
:04:26. > :04:29.he'll stones. This is all part and parcel of the colder weather
:04:30. > :04:36.weekend. There is a wintry flavour to the showers. It is snow we and
:04:37. > :04:40.there are frosty and icy nights Over recent hours, you can see the
:04:41. > :04:46.cloud has built up as the showers have developed. There are organised
:04:47. > :04:47.showers moving east across England over the next two hours, and