:00:00. > :00:00.Hello. Welcome to Tuesday's Look BBC One we join
:00:07. > :00:12.Hello. Welcome to Tuesday's Look North. In tonight's headlinds. A
:00:13. > :00:15.police inquiry into activithes at a funeral parlour after a gridving
:00:16. > :00:20.daughter is refused the right to say her final goodbyes. A warning that
:00:21. > :00:22.money problems at UK Coal could leave the North with a big clean`up
:00:23. > :00:25.bill. Overwhelmed and underfunded. It s
:00:26. > :00:29.claimed our local charities are running out of cash.
:00:30. > :00:33.Meet Lauren the life`saver ` a cool`headed seven year`old, who knew
:00:34. > :00:43.what to do when her mum slipped into a coma.
:00:44. > :00:47.I knew she was having a hypdr so I picked up the phone and called the
:00:48. > :00:51.police. In sport ` Sunderland boss Gus Poyet says only a miracle can
:00:52. > :00:55.save them now. A fabulous fhrst goal for Lee Cattermole isn't enough to
:00:56. > :00:58.change their fortunes as a thrashing at Spurs leaves the Black C`ts
:00:59. > :01:12.rooted to the bottom of the Premier League. Police have begun a theft
:01:13. > :01:15.and fraud investigation at ` funeral parlour after a grieving datghter
:01:16. > :01:23.was refused permission to s`y her final goodbyes. Pauline Kent had
:01:24. > :01:26.died from breast cancer. But the funeral director told her d`ughter
:01:27. > :01:28.Tina she couldn't see the body because of a highly contagious
:01:29. > :01:30.infection. The coroner becale involved. This afternoon,
:01:31. > :01:37.Northumbria Police confirmed they're now involved. Our chief reporter,
:01:38. > :01:40.Chris Stewart, has the storx. Pauline Kent died from breast
:01:41. > :01:43.cancer. She was 58. The hospital mortuary contacted a funeral
:01:44. > :01:48.director and she was taken to this funeral parlour at South Hylton in
:01:49. > :01:52.Sunderland. Her daughter Tina asked to see her one last time, btt was
:01:53. > :01:56.told no, because of the presence of a highly contagious infection. That
:01:57. > :02:00.wasn't correct. Tina has bedn asked by the police not to speak `bout
:02:01. > :02:10.what happened. But a friend says she was left devastated. She is
:02:11. > :02:13.brokenhearted. She is having to see a counsellor. She has been put on
:02:14. > :02:20.medication because she is not sleeping. The whole family hs
:02:21. > :02:24.absolutely distraught and trying to make sense of everything. The
:02:25. > :02:27.funeral director involved is Tony Clarke, seen here on his colpany
:02:28. > :02:31.website. Unusually, the Coroner s Office intervened and there has now
:02:32. > :02:34.been an inquest. At that inpuest, Mr Clarke said a form given to him by
:02:35. > :02:44.the mortuary led him to belheve there was an infection presdnt. The
:02:45. > :02:48.coroner said he found Mr Cl`rke s evidence unreliable and if he was
:02:49. > :02:52.unclear, all he had to do w`s ring the hospital. He said what he did
:02:53. > :02:55.undermined the integrity thd death certificate.
:02:56. > :02:56.the hospital. He said what he did undermined the integrity thd The
:02:57. > :02:59.police are saying little, other than that they've received a number of
:03:00. > :03:02.reports relating to possibld theft or fraud offences involving a
:03:03. > :03:05.50``year`old man. And that hnquiries are ongoing.
:03:06. > :03:08.or fraud offences involving a 50``year`old man. Pauline Kdnt's
:03:09. > :03:11.body was removed from Mr Cl`rke s funeral parlour and she was laid to
:03:12. > :03:15.rest after a second undertaker was instructed to take over. We did
:03:16. > :03:23.manage to speak to Mr Clarkd by telephone, but he declined to
:03:24. > :03:26.comment. There's a warning that financial problems at UK Co`l could
:03:27. > :03:33.damage the environment in the North and cost taxpayers thousands of
:03:34. > :03:36.pounds. The firm says it nedds to raise ?10 million of investlent
:03:37. > :03:38.within weeks to save itself from insolvency. Now, an environlental
:03:39. > :03:41.group called the Loose Anti`Opencast Network says the Government should
:03:42. > :03:44.halt UK Coal's plans for fotr new surface mines in our region. Mark
:03:45. > :03:54.Denten, has been following the story. UK Coal has financial
:03:55. > :04:03.problems. Why could that be an issue for our region? Last month, UK Coal
:04:04. > :04:06.said it was consulting on plans to close two pits in Yorkshire and
:04:07. > :04:10.Nottinghamshire leading to 0,30 job losses. The firm says it nedds to
:04:11. > :04:12.raise ?10 million in investlent within weeks to stave off
:04:13. > :04:17.insolvency. The firm does rtn three surface mines in our region. But it
:04:18. > :04:20.also has planning applications in for another four and that's where
:04:21. > :04:33.there are concerns. Calls for plans for those new pits to be halted
:04:34. > :04:35.That is what some people want. The sites near Whittonstall in
:04:36. > :04:39.Northumberland, Marley Hill near Gateshead and Bebside near Blyth and
:04:40. > :04:41.this site seen here at Bradley near Consett. The group the Loosd
:04:42. > :04:44.anti`Opencast Network has now written to the Local Governlent
:04:45. > :04:47.Secretary Eric Pickles callhng for him to put a moratorium on those
:04:48. > :04:51.planning applications. They say if UK Coal does fold and the ndw mines
:04:52. > :04:54.are in operation there would be uncertainty over who would be
:04:55. > :04:57.responsible for operating the sites. Campaigners I met agree. As a group
:04:58. > :05:03.we raised it with the plannhng authority, whose say UK coal would
:05:04. > :05:09.be minded to agree to some sort of Bond. We do not feel it is good
:05:10. > :05:15.enough. We feel that UK Coal will go into liquidation and we will be left
:05:16. > :05:20.with a 40 metre deep hole bdhind us. And I was unclear who is responsible
:05:21. > :05:24.for it? We do not want the burden falling on the local authorhty,
:05:25. > :05:30.which is really stretched at present. Any response from the
:05:31. > :05:32.government? Yes and no. The communities department said they
:05:33. > :05:42.cannot comment on individual planning applications because of the
:05:43. > :05:46.role of Eric Pickles. Despite repeated phone calls and e`lails to
:05:47. > :05:58.the head office today in Doncaster of UK Coal, no response.
:05:59. > :06:03.Canoe fraudster John Darwin, who faked his own death to clail
:06:04. > :06:06.insurance money, may be orddred to pay back more of the cash. The
:06:07. > :06:10.63`year`old from Seaton Cardw, who was jailed for fraud with hhs wife
:06:11. > :06:14.Anne in 2008, may be ordered to use the funds from a pension whhch has
:06:15. > :06:17.now matured. He appeared at Teesside Crown Court today, for a brhef
:06:18. > :06:21.proceeds of crime hearing. @ further hearing, to decide the mattdr, will
:06:22. > :06:24.be held in May. A Cumbrian town s main shopping street will ftlly
:06:25. > :06:27.reopen to traffic in time for the summer holidays, after traddrs
:06:28. > :06:30.complained of a sharp drop hn customers. One end of Cockermouth's
:06:31. > :06:33.Main Street has been shut to cars since the beginning of March, while
:06:34. > :06:37.new drainage is installed bdneath the surface. A second section is due
:06:38. > :06:41.to shut at the beginning of May But Cumbria County Council said both
:06:42. > :06:43.will be open by the end of June not August, as first thought. Work to
:06:44. > :06:49.renovate pavements will, though continue throughout July. L`bour has
:06:50. > :06:53.said it will reintroduce a Linister for the North East if in wins the
:06:54. > :06:56.next election. The Government scrapped the post and says hts
:06:57. > :06:59.already handing power to thd regions through City Deals. But the
:07:00. > :07:05.Newcastle MP who used to be Minister For the North East says its time to
:07:06. > :07:11.bring the job back. I think it is a welcome announcement. It is good
:07:12. > :07:15.news for the north`east. Thd appointment worked really wdll for
:07:16. > :07:21.the Northern English planning regions until the last government.
:07:22. > :07:26.Even independent assessment, say over the economic cycle, had 68 000
:07:27. > :07:36.new jobs, between 98 and 2000 and eight. A seven year`old girl from
:07:37. > :07:39.County Durham, who called an ambulance when her diabetic mum
:07:40. > :07:42.collapsed while driving, has been praised by paramedics. Laurdn Price,
:07:43. > :07:45.from Bishop Auckland, dialldd 9 9 after her mum lost consciousness.
:07:46. > :07:48.She managed to tell ambulance staff where they were. Her mum has since
:07:49. > :07:52.made a full recovery. Steph`nie Cleasby has been to meet thdm both.
:07:53. > :07:59.When her mother passed out `t the wheel of the car, Lauren kndw what
:08:00. > :08:03.to do. Her mother is diabethc and Lauren had seen her father called an
:08:04. > :08:13.ambulance before. Using her mobile phone, the seven`year`old dhalled
:08:14. > :08:20.999. My mother started crashing She started shaking and she closed her
:08:21. > :08:25.eyes. I knew she was having a hypo. I picked up the phone from her bag
:08:26. > :08:34.and called the police. Did xou feel scared? Yes. Lauren calmly `nswered
:08:35. > :08:39.questions from ambulance controllers and asked a passer`by to tell
:08:40. > :08:44.paramedics their location. Her mother, who has since made `
:08:45. > :08:50.recovery, is very proud. I `m assuming I had just about enough
:08:51. > :08:55.around about us to know I h`d to get the car off the road, but I do not
:08:56. > :09:03.have any memories at all. I am very proud of her. We have always said if
:09:04. > :09:08.mum is not well, and you ard by yourself, phone for an ambulance.
:09:09. > :09:14.But it has never been put to the test before. The North East
:09:15. > :09:17.Ambulance Service praised L`uren for bravery and quick thinking `nd
:09:18. > :09:26.presented the life`saver with this certificate of commendation.
:09:27. > :09:35.How do you feel about getting that? Happy. If you tell your children, if
:09:36. > :09:41.you are diabetic, asthmatic, whatever, if something could happen,
:09:42. > :09:46.you show them how to dial 989 and get help, then they take it in and
:09:47. > :09:59.they can make the call when it needs to be made. Very brave little girl.
:10:00. > :10:04.We may think of binge drinkhng as a modern problem. But during the First
:10:05. > :10:06.World War, the government w`s so concerned by the alcoholic
:10:07. > :10:09.consumption of munitions workers in Carlisle, it nationalised the local
:10:10. > :10:13.brewery and pubs. It was an experiment in controlled drhnking
:10:14. > :10:17.that lasted until the 1970s. Now it's hoped a living history of state
:10:18. > :10:24.management can boost tourisl in the city. Carlisle became well known for
:10:25. > :10:29.its nationalised brewing industry. The government's attempt to put a
:10:30. > :10:32.lid on excessive drinking. Lost pubs were once part of the a
:10:33. > :10:35.state`management scheme and some here believe it's a unique history
:10:36. > :10:43.waiting to be told. Now a grant will help kick`start the project. The
:10:44. > :10:50.first thing is to gather information people still have, their melories of
:10:51. > :10:55.state funded days. There ard 16 pubs in the city centre that werd trading
:10:56. > :11:01.in 1916 and we are sure manx people living in Carlisle will havd
:11:02. > :11:05.memories from their fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, about
:11:06. > :11:13.what it was like in the state managed pubs. In 1916 the country
:11:14. > :11:18.was at war and in Carlisle, 20, 00 people came to work in the lunitions
:11:19. > :11:25.industry over the border in Gretna Green. With 120 pubs, but activity
:11:26. > :11:30.dipped. The government had to act and Carlisle became an experiment in
:11:31. > :11:33.controlled drinking. The first ?10,000 from the Heritage Lottery
:11:34. > :11:36.Fund will help create a history trail and the group behind this hope
:11:37. > :11:41.future funding will allow them eventually to recreate a st`te
:11:42. > :11:44.management`style pub. We want a living history within the ptbs
:11:45. > :11:52.themselves. Which is why we are looking to identify pubs th`t really
:11:53. > :11:56.can show off what it was like in 1916, initially, and right through
:11:57. > :12:05.to 1973 at the end of state management. Still to come in
:12:06. > :12:09.tonight's programme: News of the old Masters coming to County Durham
:12:10. > :12:12.this, . `` this summer. And next stop, South Tyneside. Final
:12:13. > :12:16.preparations are being made for the BBC's big Easter event. In the
:12:17. > :12:22.sunshine today it looks likd spring, but it feel `` still felt cold in
:12:23. > :12:32.the westerly wind. I will h`ve more later in the programme. Charities in
:12:33. > :12:35.the North East say they are struggling to meet demand after
:12:36. > :12:37.changes to the benefits system. A survey by Voluntary Organis`tions
:12:38. > :12:40.Network North East found ch`rities are also suffering from cuts in
:12:41. > :12:48.council grants. Forty per cdnt of them say they'll run out of money in
:12:49. > :12:52.just three months. It's a forlorn place today, but just a year ago it
:12:53. > :12:54.was a thriving activity centre for Hartlepool children with attention
:12:55. > :12:57.deficit disorder. The charity that ran all that has closed. With
:12:58. > :13:05.lottery grants ended and cotncil funding squeezed, they say they had
:13:06. > :13:08.little option. If we had not, we would have run into debt and the
:13:09. > :13:14.trustees would have to pay the debt. It was a decision we had to make,
:13:15. > :13:23.very hard. Working with young people, it is very hard. I `m sorry.
:13:24. > :13:27.It was a tough decision? Very. We learned five charities in the
:13:28. > :13:33.Hartlepool area have closed in the last year. A survey by voluntary
:13:34. > :13:36.organisations network north`east said over 40% of charities hn the
:13:37. > :13:39.region will run out of monex in three months. This South Shhelds
:13:40. > :13:43.charity helps homeless young people get the skills they need to live on
:13:44. > :13:50.their own. It has survived. 19`year`old Nicole is glad. It has
:13:51. > :13:56.helped us to learn new things, new skills, like cooking for myself
:13:57. > :14:04.cleaning up. And general hygienic area of how to fend for mysdlf when
:14:05. > :14:09.I move into my own place. Btt organisers here have also bden
:14:10. > :14:13.forced to cut services. At one time, young people could st`y in the
:14:14. > :14:19.house for up to two years and learn the skills necessary for thdm to
:14:20. > :14:23.have a tenancy of their own. We have reduced that to six months. The
:14:24. > :14:30.demand for our services has increased which is partly bdcause of
:14:31. > :14:35.the impact of welfare of firms stop `` welfare reforms. Also, N`tional
:14:36. > :14:37.government has reduced local government funding and local
:14:38. > :14:44.government origin using the funding to charities. `` have at reducing.
:14:45. > :14:48.The Department for Work and Pensions reject that. In a statement they say
:14:49. > :14:51.their vital benefits changes are actually improving the lives of some
:14:52. > :14:59.of the poorest families in our communities. Truth and kindness and
:15:00. > :15:02.shipping containers! Just some of the ingredients that'll makd up the
:15:03. > :15:06.BBC's big Easter event on South Tyneside. The Great North P`ssion is
:15:07. > :15:08.a one hour special hosted bx Fern Britton, and featuring singdr
:15:09. > :15:12.Alexandra Burke, together whth local people, telling the story of the
:15:13. > :15:16.last moments in the life of Christ. But with just over a week to go the
:15:17. > :15:19.pressure is on. Arts reportdr Sharuna Sagar has been to sde how
:15:20. > :15:24.the Good Friday event is sh`ping up. A shipping container arrives at the
:15:25. > :15:28.North Shields quayside. Nothing unusual there. But inside this one,
:15:29. > :15:38.an installation bound for the Great North Passion. Whitley Bay `rtist
:15:39. > :15:44.Brod prepares his cargo for it's maiden voyage. They will usd this
:15:45. > :15:51.almighty crane to lift the box on. Then they will come over and lift
:15:52. > :15:55.this on to the container. And then we have to go on the roof of the
:15:56. > :16:01.container and bolts the boat down onto the container. This bo`t does
:16:02. > :16:08.not float? It does not have a bottom! It definitely will not
:16:09. > :16:12.float. Last weekend, the public were given their first peek at the
:16:13. > :16:15.artwork ` created with the help of local fishermen and children and
:16:16. > :16:23.prompting some praise. It looks really brilliant. It is excdllent. I
:16:24. > :16:29.am not sure of the container, mind, it is almost as if the children s
:16:30. > :16:33.stuff is on the outside but to understand you have to get hnside
:16:34. > :16:39.the container. Maybe later. Meanwhile back at the water's edge,
:16:40. > :16:44.there's been a minor miracld. Finally, after three hours hn the
:16:45. > :16:57.cold and rain, the little boat has been lowered onto the Sir Bobby
:16:58. > :17:02.Robson. It is a ship sandwich. We have just left North Shields and we
:17:03. > :17:06.are on the way to South Shidlds around one and a half miles. It
:17:07. > :17:10.could be the only time the bottomless boat is actually on the
:17:11. > :17:13.water. This will eventually be its final destination ` Bents P`rk. But
:17:14. > :17:22.with just ten days to go before the huge BBC live broadcast, it's a case
:17:23. > :17:26.of keeping the faith. Here we are in what looks like a field of shipping
:17:27. > :17:33.containers. What are your thoughts, can you see the vision? Sort of I
:17:34. > :17:38.agree, it is like a field of shipping containers. But it will
:17:39. > :17:44.become a pop`up cathedral and an amazing performance space where
:17:45. > :17:49.people will come inside, 3000, and watch this fantastic show that will
:17:50. > :17:52.go out live on the television. By Good Friday, 50 shipping containers
:17:53. > :17:56.and 12 community art projects will be here arranged in the shape of a
:17:57. > :18:03.giant cross. What is your involvement? I will perform a poem
:18:04. > :18:08.on the day with children from South Shields community School. Wd have
:18:09. > :18:12.written this poem. We have decorated a shipping container, a random
:18:13. > :18:16.kindness generators so that if people step in, they cannot step out
:18:17. > :18:22.with having an urge to do something kind. So with kindness covered, back
:18:23. > :18:26.at the South Shields quayside the moment of truth has arrived. And
:18:27. > :18:29.it'll soon take its place in the BBC's Easter celebration. Alen to
:18:30. > :18:36.that. It looks fantastic. And you can see
:18:37. > :18:39.The Great North Passion livd on BBC One at midday on Good Fridax.
:18:40. > :18:51.The Great North Passion livd on Time for sport. Almost time for the
:18:52. > :18:53.inquest to begin on what looks like being Sunderland's farewell to the
:18:54. > :18:56.Premier League. Yes, that's why we've got BBC Newcastle's Stnderland
:18:57. > :19:00.commentator Nick Barnes herd and we'll talk to him in a minute. First
:19:01. > :19:04.if you're a Sunderland fan xou might want to look away now. Gus Poyet
:19:05. > :19:07.says his side need a miracld if they're to stay in the Premher
:19:08. > :19:10.League after losing 5`1 at Tottenham last night. The Black Cats remain
:19:11. > :19:13.bottom of the league and seven points from safety and relegation is
:19:14. > :19:16.looking increasingly inevit`ble Sunderland started brightly enough
:19:17. > :19:19.and when Lee Cattermole pounced on a horrendous defensive error to score
:19:20. > :19:23.his first goal for the club with a superb finish you had to wonder if
:19:24. > :19:27.this was the moment of magic that would help to save the Black Cats'
:19:28. > :19:30.Premier League status. After all he had not scored in 112 games. But
:19:31. > :19:33.Spurs were a constant threat and Wes Brown couldn't quite do enotgh to
:19:34. > :19:36.stop Emanuel Adebayor equalhsing. Luck hasn't often been on
:19:37. > :19:39.Sunderland's side this season and later replays showed the striker had
:19:40. > :19:43.actually put the ball in thd net with his arm. 1`1 at half thme
:19:44. > :19:47.though and the game could h`ve gone either way. Poyet had succulbed to
:19:48. > :19:50.fans' demands to play top scorer Adam Johnson from the start rather
:19:51. > :19:54.than as an impact sub. But ht didn't pay off and when young Harrx Kane
:19:55. > :19:57.tapped in his first Premier League it was always going to be a
:19:58. > :20:00.struggle. The Wearsiders kept fighting for a while. Ignacho Scocco
:20:01. > :20:02.almost finding the target immediately after coming off the
:20:03. > :20:06.bench. But after Christian Driksen put in the third goal for Spurs
:20:07. > :20:09.With the help of a deflection off Phil Bardsley it was game over and
:20:10. > :20:12.Sunderland knew it. They evdntually capitulated. Defensive mist`kes
:20:13. > :20:14.allowing Adebayor to score his second before Sigurdsson put the
:20:15. > :20:21.final embarrassing nail in the coffin in stoppage time to lake it
:20:22. > :20:28.five. Fans may have given up hope but tried their best not to show it.
:20:29. > :20:31.Gus Poyet meanwhile is left pondering life back in the
:20:32. > :20:35.Championship next season ` just what will it take to keep his te`m in the
:20:36. > :20:43.top flight now? I think we need a miracle. We need something tnique, a
:20:44. > :20:49.shock. That is because if not, I cannot see it coming. Fans `greed. I
:20:50. > :20:54.would not bet on staying up. I hope we do, but I would not bet on it. I
:20:55. > :21:00.have been saying we have to win this game, this game, and they h`ve not
:21:01. > :21:06.done it. Deep down, even me, who is die`hard, I think we are gohng down.
:21:07. > :21:10.I have reviewed my season thcket for next year, although I think it will
:21:11. > :21:15.be in the championship now we are struggling. And it's not gohng to
:21:16. > :21:18.get any easier. Next up it's Champions League chasing Evdrton at
:21:19. > :21:21.the Stadium of Light ` Sunddrland have the worst home record hn the
:21:22. > :21:25.league. You have watched every game this
:21:26. > :21:31.season. The nature of miracles is they do not happen often. They done
:21:32. > :21:36.for this season? People likd to think there will be a fantastic end
:21:37. > :21:40.to this season, but you are right, miracles do not happen and the
:21:41. > :21:46.supporter who said he knows that Sunderland are going down, that is
:21:47. > :21:49.spot on. If we are honest, we have known since August that Sunderland
:21:50. > :21:53.would struggle this season. They don't stay in the bottom three if
:21:54. > :22:02.they are going to be out of it. Do you think some of the blame should
:22:03. > :22:09.be laid at the door of Paolo to can you? He has to take his share.
:22:10. > :22:13.Realistically you have to look back two or three seasons when Stnderland
:22:14. > :22:18.have flirted with relegation. They have been on the edge the three
:22:19. > :22:22.years. The squad is ageing. I think it has been proved they havd been
:22:23. > :22:28.caught out at this level. They are just not good enough. The players
:22:29. > :22:35.have beaten Chelsea and man united on the way to the league cup final.
:22:36. > :22:39.The cup run was a benefit to them if you look to it results in J`nuary
:22:40. > :22:45.through February in the lead up to the league cup final, it was their
:22:46. > :22:49.best period of the season. There is an argument playing in the cup helps
:22:50. > :23:02.them. Since the final, things have gone off the rails. So they have two
:23:03. > :23:09.left in hand. If they have lost games at home, why would thdy win
:23:10. > :23:12.three out of four now? So Stnderland may well have local derbies against
:23:13. > :23:15.Middlesbrough in the Championship next season, but tonight Boro take
:23:16. > :23:18.on Lee Clark's Birmingham Chty at the Riverside. Karanka will be
:23:19. > :23:23.hoping last weekend's win over promotion chasing Derby will inspire
:23:24. > :23:26.his side to a late season strge It's claimed that the biggest
:23:27. > :23:30.one`off sporting event in the North East this year will be a golf
:23:31. > :23:33.tournament. The English Senhors Open at Rockliffe Hall near Hurworth is
:23:34. > :23:36.expected to draw up to 15,000 spectators over three days. It's the
:23:37. > :23:40.second year running the course has hosted the event. Andrew Hartley
:23:41. > :23:44.reports. It was, as they say, a lovely day
:23:45. > :23:47.for a game of golf. The sun shone for the launch of the English
:23:48. > :23:50.Seniors Open, expected to attract thousands of fans to this course
:23:51. > :23:59.over the August Bank Holidax weekend. Rockcliffe Hall is a
:24:00. > :24:02.wonderful club and this part of the countryside is wonderful. The golf
:24:03. > :24:08.course facility is in superb condition. The tournament, one of 15
:24:09. > :24:12.on the European Senior Tour, is just for the over 50s. But there are no
:24:13. > :24:16.shortage of top golfers, including this guy, one of the star pdrformers
:24:17. > :24:21.since he joined the senior circuit two years ago. You cannot bdlieve
:24:22. > :24:25.two years ago I was a club pro in the shop selling Mars bars for a
:24:26. > :24:29.living and now I've travelldd the world playing with the superstars
:24:30. > :24:32.and winning the order of merit last year. I have two pinch myself. The
:24:33. > :24:35.decision to award Rockliffe the English Senior Open reflects the
:24:36. > :24:38.growing importance of the g`me to the North East with a number of new
:24:39. > :24:45.upmarket golfing developments in recent years. We are trying to put
:24:46. > :24:50.golf in the north`east on the map. Certainly, we should be competing
:24:51. > :24:55.with any region of the country, even Scotland, which has the major
:24:56. > :25:02.courses. We think the coursds in the north`east are as good as it gets in
:25:03. > :25:05.the UK. The organisers clail the English senior open will be the
:25:06. > :25:10.biggest sporting event in the north`east this year and thd fact
:25:11. > :25:18.they can make that claim is a sign of golf's increasing import`nce in
:25:19. > :25:22.the region's sporting calendar. And some late news. The head coach
:25:23. > :25:33.of the Falklands, Peter Russell will leave at the end of thd season
:25:34. > :25:38.the personal reasons `` Falcons It has been on the cool side, dven in
:25:39. > :25:43.the sunshine. Tomorrow it whll be different with cloudy skies.
:25:44. > :25:50.Especially in western areas where it will be on the damp side. It will be
:25:51. > :25:53.on the breezy side once agahn. Mostly dry through the evenhng
:25:54. > :25:59.tonight. The cloud will increase from the West and eventuallx the
:26:00. > :26:02.thick cloud will bring patchy rain through the second half of the
:26:03. > :26:12.night. Most eastern areas whll stay dry. Temperatures down as low as
:26:13. > :26:18.four Celsius. Tomorrow it is an east and west split. In the east, thicker
:26:19. > :26:23.cloud and outbreaks of drizzle. Towards the east, it will bd drier
:26:24. > :26:27.and at times brighter. Most places should dry up by the end of the
:26:28. > :26:35.afternoon and temperatures similar figures as we saw today. Yet again,
:26:36. > :26:41.the wind coming in from the West will be brisk. Even in the sunshine,
:26:42. > :26:46.it will not feel particularly warm. This is the picture for the next few
:26:47. > :26:51.days. We offered by the weather fronts coming in from the north
:26:52. > :26:55.which is why there is a lot of cloud around. By Friday, things should
:26:56. > :27:03.brighten up, although they light not get that much warmer. Patchx rain on
:27:04. > :27:10.Thursday in Cumbria. Drier `nd brighter by Friday. Not a lot
:27:11. > :27:14.warmer, despite more blue sky. Still a fair amount of cloud around at
:27:15. > :27:22.times. The temperature is only making it into double figurds. Cold
:27:23. > :27:28.enough ground frost overnight in one or two places. Send your we`ther
:27:29. > :27:31.pictures. We are looking for pictures that say April and that
:27:32. > :27:38.picture will feature in next year's calendar.
:27:39. > :27:42.That is all. We will be back at the same time tomorrow. You can join me
:27:43. > :27:44.for the late news also.