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:00:00. > 3:59:59one of his daughter's friends. That's all from the BBC News at Six,

:00:00. > :00:20.so it's goodbye from More calls for tighter legislation

:00:21. > :00:26.against dangerous dogs as we are contacted by a family of another

:00:27. > :00:33.young victim. In or out of Europe? We ask Labour's Ed Milliband why he

:00:34. > :00:39.thinks staying in is best for the region and more cheese please ` the

:00:40. > :00:44.cheese maker going through an expansion. And we are hoping for a

:00:45. > :00:53.Wembley double. The Eagles gore for their second `` go for their second

:00:54. > :00:59.trophy and West Auckland hope to bring home the FA Vase.

:01:00. > :01:04.It's more than a year since scores of soccer thugs went on the rampage

:01:05. > :01:08.following Newcastle United's heavy defeat by Sunderland in the Tyne

:01:09. > :01:10.Wear Derby. As we reported yesterday, court proceedings have

:01:11. > :01:13.finally finished, with ninety people convicted of violent disorder or

:01:14. > :01:16.affray. Some of them were jailed, dozens were fined, many of them

:01:17. > :01:20.young people picking up a criminal conviction. Tonight in the second of

:01:21. > :01:23.our exclusive reports, we hear from some of the hooligans and from the

:01:24. > :01:35.police who tracked them down. Here's Dan Farthing.

:01:36. > :01:42.Behind the scenes the police were ready to trace those responsible

:01:43. > :01:46.using video evidence from CCTV, police spotters and even fans

:01:47. > :01:51.filming themselves. They got pictures from 60 separate sources

:01:52. > :01:58.and hundreds of hours of footage were examined to tag key members of

:01:59. > :02:05.mob. Leaping about dancing, he has been told to move on. Images were

:02:06. > :02:11.released to the media with an appeal to public to identify them. Parents,

:02:12. > :02:16.friends, colleagues, teachers, you name it. A good community response.

:02:17. > :02:21.I first saw them and I thought, I'm in the paper, I'm famous for a few

:02:22. > :02:28.minutes. Then I thought, well actually, I'm well known around the

:02:29. > :02:34.area, so someone's going to recognise us. I'm arresting you on

:02:35. > :02:37.suspicion of violent disorder. He admitted his part in what he had

:02:38. > :02:43.done. Why he had done it. He was part of a mob. He got caught up in

:02:44. > :02:48.it and didn't know how to get out of it. Gutted I thought I would have

:02:49. > :02:56.got away with it. Many in the mob were disturbingly young. 20 of those

:02:57. > :02:59.arrested were between 12 and 17. It was a school teacher who told the

:03:00. > :03:07.police. Because he is 16, this boy can't be identified. He threw four

:03:08. > :03:11.missiles. I was horrified in him. But he has followed. He has thought

:03:12. > :03:18.it was funny and like everything else, and joined in. I just thought,

:03:19. > :03:24.why did you do it? Why copy off people? A lot of people feel they

:03:25. > :03:30.can engage in antisocial acts, given the protection of the anom imty.

:03:31. > :03:36.Normally they wouldn't dream of throwing bottles, but I'm in a crowd

:03:37. > :03:40.and everybody else is doing it. I will go along with it. I didn't know

:03:41. > :03:46.what to do. I just thought they were going to charge him and him

:03:47. > :03:52.straightaway O'`` take him straightaway. Her son was given 12

:03:53. > :03:56.months community service. He has learned his lesson. He could have

:03:57. > :04:01.went to jail. Four 17`year`olds did go to jail with sentences ranging

:04:02. > :04:07.from eight to 12 months. It was hard to see parents sobbing, holding on

:04:08. > :04:13.to their children as they were going down. One of those taken into

:04:14. > :04:20.custody came with a yob's eye view of events from his phone. Over the

:04:21. > :04:24.inquiry dozens of photographs were drip fed to the media, leading to

:04:25. > :04:30.more and more arrests. He launches it at the police. Alan Graham a

:04:31. > :04:34.match day steward and programme seller handed himself in when he saw

:04:35. > :04:39.his face in the paper. I thought to get to my solicitor's and get it

:04:40. > :04:44.sorted out. Alan claims he had got caught up in the violence when #4e

:04:45. > :04:50.couldn't get through the police cordon. I lost my temper and I seen

:04:51. > :04:54.people throwing bottles and I thought I would get involved. He was

:04:55. > :05:00.upset at what he had done and couldn't believe he was caught up in

:05:01. > :05:04.it. But it is easy I to show remorse after. Gutted, because I'm going to

:05:05. > :05:10.miss out on my children's lives while I'm inside. A murder

:05:11. > :05:18.investigation's underway in Middlesbrough. A man in his 20s died

:05:19. > :05:21.after being found injured in the Thorntree area late last night. Two

:05:22. > :05:24.men have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police say enquiries are

:05:25. > :05:26.continuing. Northumbria Police say they're becoming increasingly

:05:27. > :05:30.concerned for a missing woman from Byker. Pau Kim Lau` who's 36 `

:05:31. > :05:34.hasn't been seen since last Friday evening. She is 5 foot 4 inches

:05:35. > :05:38.tall, with black hair and brown eyes and has a curled fourth finger on

:05:39. > :05:41.her right hand. Cumbria has a new Chief Constable. Current Deputy

:05:42. > :05:45.Chief Constable Jerry Graham has been promoted to the county's top

:05:46. > :05:50.policing job. He'll take up the post in August. Fresh details of a

:05:51. > :05:53.horrifying dog attack in Northumberland have been described

:05:54. > :05:56.today, 24 hours after we reported on a series of similar attacks in the

:05:57. > :06:00.same town. In this incident, a seven`year`old girl from Ashington

:06:01. > :06:03.was savaged by a friend's dog and lost two teeth and part of her lip.

:06:04. > :06:14.Her mother contacted Look North after hearing of the latest attacks.

:06:15. > :06:19.Damian O'Neil reports. Seven`year`old Grace was enjoying

:06:20. > :06:25.her easter weekend when she was attacked by a dog which belonged to

:06:26. > :06:29.a neighbour. The dog come up to Grace and she started stroking it

:06:30. > :06:33.and it just went for her. I didn't know what was going on at the time,

:06:34. > :06:41.until I was coming in. I seen her coming across the green by herself.

:06:42. > :06:46.And she had a bit of kitchen towel against her face. I wept to see what

:06:47. > :06:52.`` went to see what happened to her. When I pulled the towel away, I just

:06:53. > :06:55.felt sick. The dog had attacked another child four years before, but

:06:56. > :06:59.no prosecution was brought and the dog was not destroyed. Grace's

:07:00. > :07:05.parents were flabbergasted to learn they too had no legal redress

:07:06. > :07:09.available. The police met us at the hospital. And basically said that we

:07:10. > :07:15.couldn't do anything about it, because it was on private land. So I

:07:16. > :07:20.asked the question, I went what if the dog had killed her? He says, we

:07:21. > :07:24.still couldn't have forced them to put the dog down. A change in the

:07:25. > :07:32.law will allow prosecutions to happen, but the local MP says this

:07:33. > :07:37.is about more than legislation. Japanese dogs like this were bred to

:07:38. > :07:45.fight bears. Why do people want to keep this type of animal in a house,

:07:46. > :07:49.in Ashton, where `` arkington, where they want to be fighting bears. It

:07:50. > :07:53.is beyond me. The legislation has come too late for Grace and her

:07:54. > :07:57.family. But from the end of the month any owner whose dog attacks

:07:58. > :08:02.someone will be liable to prosecution. Even fit happens on ``

:08:03. > :08:11.even if it happens on private property.

:08:12. > :08:16.Now with European elections in less than a fortnight the party big

:08:17. > :08:19.hitters have been out in the region today. Labour leader Ed Miliband was

:08:20. > :08:23.in Newcastle focussing not on Europe`but what he calls a "cost of

:08:24. > :08:26.living crisis" in Britain at the moment. But his opponents say Labour

:08:27. > :08:33.would leave the region worse off. Here's our Political Correspondent

:08:34. > :08:41.Mark Denten. Newcastle's granger Market and a chap looking not to

:08:42. > :08:45.snap up a bargain, but bag some voters. Ed Milliband's theme, what

:08:46. > :08:49.he calls the cost`of`living crisis. In a year's time he hopes to be

:08:50. > :08:54.moving his furniture into Downing Street and one factor is whether he

:08:55. > :08:58.can convince you the voter that you will be better off under Labour.

:08:59. > :09:03.Labour that is showing how we will act to tack that will cost of living

:09:04. > :09:07.crisis. Freezing energy bills. Putting our young people back to

:09:08. > :09:15.work. Taking action to build homes again in this country. Taking action

:09:16. > :09:21.on the minimum wage. UKIP say they're gunning for Labour voters.

:09:22. > :09:27.Neil Hamilton was in Sunderland today. Ed Milliband was Secretary of

:09:28. > :09:33.State who introduced the climate change act that has put ?150 a year

:09:34. > :09:37.on everybody's electricity bill. If anybody is responsible, it is the

:09:38. > :09:41.last Labour Government. The coalition parties say the economy is

:09:42. > :09:47.recovering and he is not the man to fix it. We don't want boom and bust,

:09:48. > :09:53.which Ed Balls and Ed Milliband were the creators of. We want long`term

:09:54. > :09:57.growth. Jobs are up and employment is up. We can turn this country

:09:58. > :10:02.around and the Conservatives are leading the way. The real crisis

:10:03. > :10:06.will be if we don't get and keep the jobs in the north`east that depends

:10:07. > :10:10.on us being in Europe and Labour has been weak on Europe and the Tories

:10:11. > :10:20.and UKIP will take us out and that will cost jobs. A couple of weeks

:10:21. > :10:27.until the European elections, but 362 shopping days until the general

:10:28. > :10:33.election. Cost`of`living crisis or recovery? His fate depends on your

:10:34. > :10:36.answers to those questions. Well earlier the Labour Leader, Ed

:10:37. > :10:39.Miliband, came into the Look North studio. With UKIP wanting us out of

:10:40. > :10:42.Europe, and the Conservatives wanting a referendum, I asked him to

:10:43. > :10:46.clarify just where Labour stands on the issue. Definitely staying in, we

:10:47. > :10:49.should stay in Europe, because it's good for jobs and investment but we

:10:50. > :10:53.should change Europe so it really works to tackle the biggest single

:10:54. > :10:56.issue we face at these elections and next year at the general election,

:10:57. > :11:00.which is the cost`of`living crisis facing so many families. And we can

:11:01. > :11:02.make Europe work better to do that. Whether that is on youth

:11:03. > :11:07.unemployment, or immigration, or all of other issues we face. UKIP is

:11:08. > :11:10.obviously going for voters in what some people would still say is your

:11:11. > :11:14.heartland area ` northern, working class voters. They seem to be liking

:11:15. > :11:21.UKIP more and more and their message obviously is very much let's get out

:11:22. > :11:25.of Europe. Well let's see what the voters conclude in two weeks time. I

:11:26. > :11:28.think the choice is this, Labour's saying we're going to take real

:11:29. > :11:32.action on energy prices, with an energy price freeze. On child care `

:11:33. > :11:35.more free child care for three and four`year`olds, paid for by an

:11:36. > :11:38.increase in taxes on the banks. Taking action on housing. The bread

:11:39. > :11:42.and butter issues that so many people in the north`east are facing.

:11:43. > :11:46.Now, UKIP is saying get out of Europe. I don't think that is good

:11:47. > :11:51.for the country. But they're also saying ` and Nigel Farage has said

:11:52. > :11:54.this ` he wants to keep the flame of Thatcherism alive. Now, I don't

:11:55. > :11:58.think that is what working people north`east want to see ` bigger cuts

:11:59. > :12:02.than the Tories, tax cuts for the rich. So let's see the choices the

:12:03. > :12:06.voters make, but I think that is the choice that people face on May 22nd.

:12:07. > :12:10.But we can't get away from the fact that UKIP had a rise in popularity

:12:11. > :12:13.in the last elections in 2009 ` their vote was up something like

:12:14. > :12:17.3.2% and Labour's was down 9.1%. It was taking your voters back then.

:12:18. > :12:21.What is going to happen now? Well, I hope we do better than we did back

:12:22. > :12:24.then. Look, I think there is deep discontent with the way the

:12:25. > :12:28.country's run. And I agree with that. People think the country's run

:12:29. > :12:32.for a a few people at the top, not for most people. And I don't believe

:12:33. > :12:35.that UKIP has the answers, you see. I believe we have the answers, real

:12:36. > :12:38.answers, concrete answers to the problems people have in their life.

:12:39. > :12:42.Abolishing the bedroom tax. Making other changes that will make a real

:12:43. > :12:45.difference to people. But there have been differences already made, we

:12:46. > :12:48.are seeing signs of a recovery, even here where the picture was bleak.

:12:49. > :12:53.Our unemployment is coming down. We have more women in work. We seem to

:12:54. > :12:57.have more jobs. We seem to have more confidence developing now and that

:12:58. > :13:00.is under the coalition government. Well, I welcome any improvements

:13:01. > :13:03.that there are, but when David Cameron and George Osborne says the

:13:04. > :13:07.economy's fixed, I really don't think that fits with what people in

:13:08. > :13:11.the north`east see. What they see is a recovery that too often works only

:13:12. > :13:15.for the few and we need a country that works for the many. Now, we

:13:16. > :13:18.need big changes ` big changes in our banking system and skills for

:13:19. > :13:22.our young people and getting young people back to work to really make a

:13:23. > :13:25.difference to that. That's what Labour offers, both at local council

:13:26. > :13:28.level, in Europe and at the general election next year. Now, you have

:13:29. > :13:32.come down from Scotland for this interview, thank you very much, at

:13:33. > :13:35.which you were saying at a conference in Scotland today that

:13:36. > :13:37.Scotland, even if it votes no for independence, you would consider

:13:38. > :13:40.giving Scotland extra powers. Now that concerns our region, because we

:13:41. > :13:43.would be sandwiched in between Scotland, given more powers and in

:13:44. > :13:51.between the south, obviously more affluent and enriched by HS2. What

:13:52. > :13:54.are our prospects? Well, I think the north`east needs more powers too.

:13:55. > :13:57.Devolution works for Scotland, then it should work for the north`east of

:13:58. > :14:00.England as well. More power over economic development. More powers

:14:01. > :14:03.over skills. More powers over transport. We are far too

:14:04. > :14:05.centralised a country with all the power residing in London. So

:14:06. > :14:08.absolutely, it's part of Labour's agenda. Not just devolution to

:14:09. > :14:11.Scotland, but devolution to areas like the north`east as well, so it

:14:12. > :14:17.can take responsibility, drive economic development and make a

:14:18. > :14:21.difference to this region. Could we control our own taxes under a Labour

:14:22. > :14:25.Government? We would need to do that if Scotland has those powers. I

:14:26. > :14:28.think it makes sense to have over all the main taxes controlled by

:14:29. > :14:31.Parliament and the same across England. Indeed they will be

:14:32. > :14:35.generally the same across the UK, with some changes possible in

:14:36. > :14:38.Scotland. But I think there are lots of other ways in which we can make a

:14:39. > :14:43.difference to economic development and the real powers that matter. For

:14:44. > :14:47.example, the north`east is keeping more of the revenue that comes from

:14:48. > :14:50.taxes, that comes from rates and so on to make a real difference and

:14:51. > :14:55.drive that economic development that we need to see. OK, Ed Milliband

:14:56. > :15:00.thank you. The Euro elections take place on May 22nd. Two of the other

:15:01. > :15:07.parties fielding a full list of candidates have been telling the BBC

:15:08. > :15:11.what they stand for. The English have got no voice. The people that

:15:12. > :15:19.are elected at the moment, that stand in Europe, speaking for the

:15:20. > :15:22.British sh do not represent the interests of English. More so in the

:15:23. > :15:26.north`east. The elected officials at this moment in time are all

:15:27. > :15:32.pro`Europe. Before we have done, we will end up with the euro. The

:15:33. > :15:36.principles would be leaving the EU. We would be one of our biggest.

:15:37. > :15:41.Taking back UK border control. Making sure that we have nor

:15:42. > :15:44.scrutiny on the `` more scrutiny on the borders to take pressure offer

:15:45. > :15:50.the NHS, the schools and the local authorities and other places where

:15:51. > :15:56.at the moment we feel the pinch through to austerity. That Europe

:15:57. > :15:59.has put on us. You can find a full list of candidates on the BBC

:16:00. > :16:04.Politics website at the address on your screen now. A Wensleydale

:16:05. > :16:07.cheesemaker's doubling production at its Hawes creamery, a move which

:16:08. > :16:10.will see millions of pounds pumped into the local economy. Wensleydale

:16:11. > :16:14.Dairy Products ` which faced closure 20 years ago ` is spending ?5

:16:15. > :16:17.million to expand the business and make a big push into exports. Our

:16:18. > :16:25.Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports. They have made cheese in

:16:26. > :16:29.Hawes since 1897, its manufacture never changing down the years.

:16:30. > :16:32.You're about to witness the birth of a cheese. A Wensleydale cheese.

:16:33. > :16:37.After the milk has been pasteurised and the whey drawn off, it goes into

:16:38. > :16:42.a vat to be raked and stirred and stirred and raked until the milk

:16:43. > :16:45.thickens. But the creamery here isn't standing still. The plan is to

:16:46. > :16:49.double production and turn out 6,000 tonnes of cheese a year. ?5 million

:16:50. > :16:54.is being invested in a new extension. There is a growing

:16:55. > :16:56.sophistication I think amongst consumers who demand authentic

:16:57. > :17:00.product. We have plans to export more and so we need to get the

:17:01. > :17:08.capacity in place in order to meet that demand. About ?25 million will

:17:09. > :17:11.be pumped into the local economy when the creamery expands, but it's

:17:12. > :17:14.already a big economic driver in Wensleydale. 230,000 visitors come

:17:15. > :17:18.here every year and that is good news for Matthew, just one of the 44

:17:19. > :17:26.local farmers who sell their milk to the creamery ` thankful that he can.

:17:27. > :17:30.?? FORCEDCYAN I think we probably the majority of producers would be

:17:31. > :17:33.getting a lower price and probably it would make it unsustainable and

:17:34. > :17:41.we wouldn't be able to continue in milk production. And soon the

:17:42. > :17:45.creamery will need more milk, there will be more cheese made and the big

:17:46. > :17:57.push to export it ` getting the Wensleydale name and brand known

:17:58. > :18:01.worldwide. Now Jeff tells me, because I'm informed about such

:18:02. > :18:06.things, that we are nearing the end of the football season. Yes, that is

:18:07. > :18:13.where you look interested and disappointed at the same time! I

:18:14. > :18:16.know you love it really. Newcastle wrap up the season at Liverpool

:18:17. > :18:19.tomorrow, with the Reds chasing the Premier League title. But United

:18:20. > :18:22.face starting the next campaign without Papiss Cisse. The club

:18:23. > :18:25.confirmed today the striker has broken his knee cap, and could be

:18:26. > :18:29.out for four months. Manager Alan Pardew says he hopes he'll still be

:18:30. > :18:32.in charge by then. Next week he'll sit down and discuss matters with

:18:33. > :18:37.the Magpies' owner, Mike Ashley. The first half of the season we were one

:18:38. > :18:40.of the best teams in the Premier League. No doubt about that. The

:18:41. > :18:43.second half of the season, we wasn't. I wasn't good enough and the

:18:44. > :18:47.results weren't good enough for this club. And we need to face that to

:18:48. > :18:51.find the solution. And that's what I'll be honest and frank as I can

:18:52. > :18:55.be, as the manager. And what I think we could do to improve that and I'm

:18:56. > :19:05.sure there'll be opinions from Mike about what I should do better as

:19:06. > :19:08.well. He arrived last summer as the third choice Arsenal goalkeeper. But

:19:09. > :19:11.the Italian, Vito Mannone, has earned himself cult hero status on

:19:12. > :19:14.Wearside. That's after a series of stunning displays which helped

:19:15. > :19:19.Sunderland avoid relegation from the Premier League. Mark Tulip's been to

:19:20. > :19:22.meet him. Wednesday night's 2`0 victory over West Brom wasn't Vito

:19:23. > :19:27.Mannone's busiest game, but it provided surely his most satisfying

:19:28. > :19:31.moment in a Sunderland shirt. But even the best make mistakes. So did

:19:32. > :19:36.the affable Italian fear his late fumble in the 2`2 draw at Man City

:19:37. > :19:40.would cost his side dear? If you want to be a good keeper, you need

:19:41. > :19:46.to react to your own is our job. It can happen. That

:19:47. > :19:51.night I thought I was playing well as well. For 89 minutes and mistakes

:19:52. > :19:56.happen to anyone. It is the way you react which is the most important

:19:57. > :19:59.thing. Mannone's saves in the next game at Chelsea kick`started a four

:20:00. > :20:02.match winning run. From third choice at the Emirates to Wearside wonder

:20:03. > :20:08.via a Wembley final, it's been quite a journey. I wanted them to give me

:20:09. > :20:13.a chance. At the start I didn't play for some reason. But I kept

:20:14. > :20:18.believing this was my season. Thankfully at the end I'm sitting

:20:19. > :20:24.down here and I can talk about a very special season. Now he hopes

:20:25. > :20:27.the team, many of whom are out of contract or on loan can be kept

:20:28. > :20:31.together. Otherwise for some, Sunday's final game against Swansea

:20:32. > :20:34.will be their swansong. York City take on Fleetwood Town tomorrow

:20:35. > :20:38.night, in front of a sell`out crowd at Bootham Crescent. It's the first

:20:39. > :20:44.leg of the League Two play`off semi`final. And despite finishing

:20:45. > :20:48.three places and five points behind Fleetwood, the Minstermen go into

:20:49. > :20:51.the game unbeaten in 17 matches. We put ourselves in a fantastic

:20:52. > :20:56.position. We are going to give it everything we have got. We know

:20:57. > :21:01.we're against a good side. But we are a good side on our day. So as

:21:02. > :21:05.long as we go out and perform to the maximum of what we can do and do the

:21:06. > :21:08.club and the city proud, then everything else will look after

:21:09. > :21:11.itself. On to a team who've already made it to Wembley. Two years ago

:21:12. > :21:14.they suffered heartache there, but tomorrow, Northern League West

:21:15. > :21:17.Auckland are hoping to beat Sholing from the Wessex League Premier

:21:18. > :21:21.League and become the latest in a long line of north east clubs to

:21:22. > :21:25.bring the FA Vase back to the region. Dawn Thewlis caught up with

:21:26. > :21:28.them ahead of the big day, on a recent visit to the home of

:21:29. > :21:32.football. To reach Wembley for the second time in two years is quite an

:21:33. > :21:35.achievement, but the last time West Auckland were at the home of

:21:36. > :21:39.football they suffered the ignominy of defeat at the hands of local

:21:40. > :21:42.rivals Dunston and it seems time hasn't yet healed the hurt. No, it

:21:43. > :21:46.feels like a very recent nightmare to be honest with you. I'm reminded

:21:47. > :21:50.of it every day in my own head and it's something I want to put right

:21:51. > :21:53.and the players that were involved at the time are probably stronger

:21:54. > :21:57.because of that occasion. It's a massive stage to lose on. It's a

:21:58. > :22:01.great stage to win on, but it's a huge stage to lose on. After the

:22:02. > :22:04.game it was just like your heart just dropped. Obviously you come to

:22:05. > :22:08.win. It's horrible losing any game, but losing at Wembley and having the

:22:09. > :22:12.local rivalry from home as well, so it was a little bit of a sickener

:22:13. > :22:15.really. This year West have a different dressing room ` a good

:22:16. > :22:18.omen, according to the manager. They will travel down a day early and

:22:19. > :22:22.familiarise themselves, so they won't be overwhelmed like they were

:22:23. > :22:25.in 2012. You sort of get caught in taking photos and walking around,

:22:26. > :22:31.seeing your family and hopefully this time we might concentrate a bit

:22:32. > :22:34.more on the game. As soon as they knew they had qualified for Wembley,

:22:35. > :22:38.West Auckland conceded the League. They tried winning both two years

:22:39. > :22:42.ago and finished runners up on both occasions. But they have got a huge

:22:43. > :22:46.backlog of games before the final ` one every two days roughly ` and for

:22:47. > :22:49.these lads who have day jobs as well, it has been tough fitting

:22:50. > :22:53.everything in. Going to work all day, getting straight in, going to

:22:54. > :22:57.football and like having no tea. And getting in on a night and like after

:22:58. > :23:00.a game I can't sleep. And then back up again at 6 o'clock in the

:23:01. > :23:04.morning. And when the games having coming in like three and four times

:23:05. > :23:08.a week it's a real struggle like. And for me girlfriend as well. I bet

:23:09. > :23:12.you haven't seen much of her? No. She's not happy like! But if this

:23:13. > :23:16.historic club win, it will all have been worth it. It means everything,

:23:17. > :23:20.I think the population of the town is not much more over 3,000 and a

:23:21. > :23:24.year ago we brought about 95% of the them down. The town back us. We're

:23:25. > :23:28.renowned for being the first World Cup winners ` twice! Over 100 years

:23:29. > :23:31.ago that was and it's a bit of a millstone around our necks, because

:23:32. > :23:35.I don't think we've won much since. It would be my biggest achievement

:23:36. > :23:39.in life really, not just in football. So this is what it's all

:23:40. > :23:43.about ` the FA Vase ` and I must say I'm highly tempted to pick it up.

:23:44. > :23:46.But you know how superstitious I am. Let's face it though, who wouldn't

:23:47. > :23:50.want this in their trophy cabinet and if West Auckland can make it

:23:51. > :23:53.second time lucky on May 10th, this impressive piece of silverware will

:23:54. > :23:57.be going back to the north`east for the sixth year running. BBC Tees

:23:58. > :24:00.will have the action live from Wembley ` all the build`up from 2

:24:01. > :24:04.o'clock. And we'll have a match report in our tea`time Look North

:24:05. > :24:07.bulletin. Well West Auckland aren't the only one of our teams going to

:24:08. > :24:10.Wembley this weekend! Newcastle Eagles are in the final of the

:24:11. > :24:13.basketball playoffs at Wembley Arena. After a dramatic win over

:24:14. > :24:17.Leicester Riders in the semi finals ` which saw the Eagles overcome an

:24:18. > :24:20.11 point deficit ` they'll now face Worcester Wolves for the chance to

:24:21. > :24:23.claim their 19th trophy in ten years. The Eagles already have the

:24:24. > :24:27.Championship title, but for Fab Flournoy ` who's won Coach of the

:24:28. > :24:35.Year for the fifth time ` this is the big one! Wembley is a special

:24:36. > :24:38.place in the sporting world. It's simply known as Wembley, you know

:24:39. > :24:42.you don't turn around and say London, you say Wembley. As soon as

:24:43. > :24:45.you say Wembley it's iconic and even knows what Wembley is and everyone

:24:46. > :24:48.knows what it means. Wembley is the road and the destination of

:24:49. > :25:02.champions and winners. That's what we're going down there for. And good

:25:03. > :25:09.luck to them all. We heard about the weather this weekend No, miserable?

:25:10. > :25:24.Here is the happy news with Paul. Full of surprises. Some surprising

:25:25. > :25:37.weather pictures. One viewer saw this rare Hoopey And. Dolphins off

:25:38. > :25:41.the shore of Marsden bay. Well the weekend is showery and unsettled.

:25:42. > :25:46.There will be some sunshine, but a few heavy showers too. That regular

:25:47. > :25:52.mixed bag. Now tonight one or two showers dying aWay then most `` away

:25:53. > :25:59.and then mostly dry. But that weather front spreads cloud and rain

:26:00. > :26:04.across most parts. Temperatures around seven Celsius. Tomorrow

:26:05. > :26:09.morning it will be a wet and windy start. But that more persistent rain

:26:10. > :26:13.should clear eastwards through the morning, leaving a mix of sunny

:26:14. > :26:18.spells and scattered showers. Some showers will be slow`moving and

:26:19. > :26:21.heavy. There could be a rumble of thunder among them. Be prepared for

:26:22. > :26:26.a heavy shower if you're out and about. Just about anywhere could

:26:27. > :26:34.catch one. Between the showers there will be some bright spells and

:26:35. > :26:39.temperature ups to 16 Celsius. The wind generally south`westerly,

:26:40. > :26:42.becoming brisk and gusty near the heavier showers. Through the rest of

:26:43. > :26:46.the weekend, low pressure is in charge. By Sunday the winds are

:26:47. > :26:51.coming from the north`west and still a showery picture. But cooler. And

:26:52. > :26:56.into the middle of next weebgt before things set `` week before

:26:57. > :27:00.things settle town. If you're out and about over the weekend,

:27:01. > :27:06.Saturday, heavy showers, some bright spells. But the heavy showers never

:27:07. > :27:13.far away. Quite breezy as well and as the breeze turns north Westly on

:27:14. > :27:17.Sunday, the temperatures dip. The showers do tend to fizzle out on

:27:18. > :27:22.Monday and Tuesday sees more brighter skies and sunshine and less

:27:23. > :27:28.showers. That is the way your weather is looking. Thank you. Roll

:27:29. > :27:39.on Tuesday then. Good for the gardens. That is it from us tonight.

:27:40. > :27:42.Paul and I are back at 10. 25. Have a great weekend. Goodbye.