:00:08. > :00:12.Good evening. An investigathon's underway after more than fifty
:00:13. > :00:15.prisoners took over part of a wing at a prison in Northumberland last
:00:16. > :00:17.night. The Prison Officers' Association says it believes
:00:18. > :00:22.staffing cuts at HMP Northulberland in Acklington have made it harder
:00:23. > :00:28.for officers to tackle disorder Stuart Whincup reports.
:00:29. > :00:30.The police and riot officers from neighbouring jails were called last
:00:31. > :00:34.night after prisoners at HMP Northumberland refused to rdturn to
:00:35. > :00:38.their cells. More than 50 inmates took over part of a wing. The Prison
:00:39. > :00:43.Officers Association said some of its members were left fearing for
:00:44. > :00:47.their safety. Staff withdrew, they say it was an unsafe environment,
:00:48. > :00:49.they weren't happy with the staffing numbers in the prison and the
:00:50. > :00:56.prisoners caused significant damage in the prison.
:00:57. > :00:59.The Prison Officers Association says the disturbance comes four lonths
:01:00. > :01:06.after the French company took over the running of the jail. During that
:01:07. > :01:11.time, it says 130 uniformed staff have lost their jobs here as the
:01:12. > :01:14.company looks to make big s`vings. Now, the association is questioning
:01:15. > :01:20.whether there are another staff to control the 1300 prisoners. Sedexo
:01:21. > :01:24.would not comment on its st`ffing levels but said it was now carrying
:01:25. > :01:36.out an investigation into l`st night's disturbance.
:01:37. > :01:41.A body has been found by rescuers searching for a man in his 60s. The
:01:42. > :01:45.search started yesterday after the man failed to return from a walk.
:01:46. > :01:50.The body was found by the rdscue team this morning. A man's died
:01:51. > :01:51.after being hit by a car on North Tyneside.
:01:52. > :01:55.The 60`year`old pedestrian was on the slip road for Battle Hill, off
:01:56. > :01:58.the coast road in Wallsend late last night. A 28`year`old man has been
:01:59. > :02:01.arrested on suspicion of catsing death by careless driving.
:02:02. > :02:05.Two women from South Tyneside were among the first gay couples in the
:02:06. > :02:09.country to get married todax. Same`sex marriage became legal in
:02:10. > :02:14.England and Wales at midnight. Martin Forster went to see them tie
:02:15. > :02:17.the knot. Something that most of us c`n take
:02:18. > :02:22.for granted, Mandy Hutchinson and Patricial Doyle never thought they
:02:23. > :02:24.would be allowed a wedding day. But this morning at South Shields
:02:25. > :02:31.Registry Office, they were larried, just like any other couple. It is
:02:32. > :02:34.not quite often you get govdrnment legislation with champagne corks
:02:35. > :02:37.popping but this is one of them It is monumental and historic `nd
:02:38. > :02:44.everybody who knows us knows how much we love each other and it's
:02:45. > :02:48.something that is meant to be. And it looks like today is the first of
:02:49. > :02:51.many. At an event yesterday in Newcastle, there was no shortage of
:02:52. > :02:55.same sex couples wanting more information about getting m`rried.
:02:56. > :02:59.We have people signed up to get married in the city, as early as
:03:00. > :03:03.next week, others in the sulmer What we are doing at the molent is
:03:04. > :03:06.promoting the various places and the ways people can get married in
:03:07. > :03:10.Newcastle because we want to make sure everybody has the chance to
:03:11. > :03:16.celebrate what is a significant step forward.
:03:17. > :03:21.The search to find a student missing in the Lake District is continuing.
:03:22. > :03:24.This evening, friends of 20`year`old Matthew Jordan, from Middlesbrough,
:03:25. > :03:27.released this photo of him taken during their trip to Winderlere in
:03:28. > :03:33.the hope that someone may rdcognise him. He was last seen in Bowness in
:03:34. > :03:36.the early hours of Thursday. Meanwhile, police are searching for
:03:37. > :03:39.a missing 92`year`old man from Corbridge in Northumberland. Thomas
:03:40. > :03:43.Diggle, from Abbeyfield House in Market Place, hasn't been sden since
:03:44. > :03:47.Thursday night. One of the biggest boxing contests
:03:48. > :03:50.to be staged in the region takes place tonight. Darlington boxer
:03:51. > :03:54.Stuart Hall defends his IBF world bantamweight title against Durham's
:03:55. > :03:58.Martin Ward ` in what will be the first all`North East world title
:03:59. > :04:01.fight. The historic clash is at the Newcastle Arena.
:04:02. > :04:05.And BBC Tees will have commdntary of the fight with all the build up from
:04:06. > :04:08.nine tonight. Football and in the Premier League
:04:09. > :04:12.Southampton strolled to a 4`0 win over a very poor Newcastle `nd
:04:13. > :04:15.jumped above them in the le`gue In the Championship, Middlesbrough won
:04:16. > :04:18.2`0 away at Brighton. In Le`gue One, a goalless draw for Carlisld away at
:04:19. > :04:24.Tranmere. In League Two, Hartlepool zero, Cheltenham one.
:04:25. > :04:30.And York zero, Burton zero. Let's get the weather forec`st now
:04:31. > :04:33.with Jennifer Bartram. Hello, the clocks go forward an hour
:04:34. > :04:37.through the night but not mtch change to the weather through the
:04:38. > :04:41.next 24 hours. It will be a fairly mild night on the cards, we hang
:04:42. > :04:44.onto cloud across the North East, maybe patches of mist and fog but a
:04:45. > :04:51.fairly mild nights, temperatures falling back to six or 7degrees
:04:52. > :04:54.Through Sunday, a similar d`y across the north`east, we hang on to the
:04:55. > :05:01.cloud, temperatures to but ` decent day across Cumbria with highs of
:05:02. > :05:05.16degrees. That's the latest news and sport. We're back at ten to six
:05:06. > :05:14.tomorrow evening. Have a lovely evening, bye for now.
:05:15. > :05:21.Good evening. We achieved 20 degrees in the sunshine today but, in
:05:22. > :05:26.contrast, under the cloud in Northern Ireland, just nine. With
:05:27. > :05:30.the cloud, just seven in the North East. We take the contrast into
:05:31. > :05:31.tomorrow. At least