:00:00. > :00:11.Hundreds of people are here to catch sight of the symbol
:00:12. > :00:26.One of the two Russian students under
:00:27. > :00:32.How a new life could be planned for Tyneside's rather sorry looking
:00:33. > :00:38.And a World Cup win for England s golden oldies `
:00:39. > :00:54.they're hoping the "Juniors" can repeat their success in Brazil.
:00:55. > :01:01.Good evening from Alnwick C`stle in Northumberland.
:01:02. > :01:03.Look North is here live ` as Alnwick celebrates the arrival
:01:04. > :01:06.of the Queen's Baton Relay ` as it travels towards Glasgow
:01:07. > :01:11.Yes ` the World Cup may be tnderway coverage of Spain v the Netherlands
:01:12. > :01:15.starts in just under an hour on BBC1 but here in Alnwick ` they're
:01:16. > :01:19.looking ahead to July 23 and what's shaping up to be a fantastic 11 days
:01:20. > :01:24.of competition with some of the world's finest athletes.
:01:25. > :01:27.And I'll be talking to couple of the region's former Commonwealth medal
:01:28. > :01:33.So , we're inside the inner bailey of the Castle where hundreds of
:01:34. > :01:35.people have turned out to w`tch a fantastic, and somewhat noisy, show
:01:36. > :01:38.marking the baton's journey around the world, through 70 nations and
:01:39. > :01:45.Alnwick is the last stop in England for the baton before it's h`nded
:01:46. > :01:49.over to the host nation tomorrow, so it's quite an honour for thd town.
:01:50. > :01:51.It began the day early, thotgh, in Gateshead.
:01:52. > :01:58.All part of the run up to the Commonwealth Games which st`rt in
:01:59. > :02:02.I think the games will be a wonderful occasion.
:02:03. > :02:04.They have come up with everything they have asked for.
:02:05. > :02:12.Putting a temporary track in the stadium already in Hamddn Park.
:02:13. > :02:14.Congratulations to them and the people
:02:15. > :02:24.of England who will be supporting the Commonwealth Games in Scotland.
:02:25. > :02:27.This is the first of four places the baton is visiting on Tyneside today.
:02:28. > :02:29.Next stop is the International Stadium.
:02:30. > :02:31.After that it is the Millennium Bridge.
:02:32. > :02:32.There two former Commonwealth gold medallist met.
:02:33. > :02:38.Jonathan Edwards 12 years ago when the games were held in Manchester.
:02:39. > :02:43.I'm an adopted Geordie. To represent Newcastle on a day like this
:02:44. > :02:50.and to receive the Queen's baton from Brendan, a beautiful phece
:02:51. > :02:55.Great anticipation for the Commonwealth Games.
:02:56. > :03:05.Ironically once site of the city's only 400 metrd running
:03:06. > :03:10.track, ripped out two years ago because of underuse.
:03:11. > :03:13.But this baton came with a message for athletes of all ages.
:03:14. > :03:20.It inspires me because I want to know what kind of
:03:21. > :03:25.I am excited because there `re sport I've never heard of
:03:26. > :03:31.Tyneside had seized its chance to play its part in the
:03:32. > :03:53.Here I am joined by the chidf executive of the Commonwealth games
:03:54. > :03:59.England. Also the person who has staged the event tonight. Adam, a
:04:00. > :04:05.fantastic journey so far. What has the response from the public being?
:04:06. > :04:11.It has been a fantastic 30 days The public have got behind it in a
:04:12. > :04:15.number of ways. We have madd us an opportunity for people to try out
:04:16. > :04:26.sports and they have Bernard in their droves. It gives us a darker
:04:27. > :04:32.and awareness of sports `` have done it. It is to raise awareness of
:04:33. > :04:43.Glasgow 2014 which is so close. We put a great team together and we
:04:44. > :04:48.have a high ambitions. It dhdn't go through Cumbria though? We hammered
:04:49. > :04:52.by a mere 13 days and have to take it the width and breadth of a big
:04:53. > :04:58.country in England, so unforced humour can take it everywhere. We
:04:59. > :05:07.have taken it to a fantastic range of places. Councillor David, you
:05:08. > :05:10.must be proud? Very proud for the Council and Northumberland `s a
:05:11. > :05:16.whole. It has been great thdy have managed to bring the baton here I
:05:17. > :05:16.would like the bank the Dukd and Duchess of Windsor humble and
:05:17. > :05:29.government does is venue. This is government does is venue. This is
:05:30. > :05:33.the final leg of this journdy `` Northumberland. We have somd very
:05:34. > :05:40.good athlete and other sports people across the county. It has jtst
:05:41. > :05:45.enhanced things for us. I hope the rest of it goes well tonight. Jim
:05:46. > :05:58.Knight was here to welcome the baton. It arrived just before
:05:59. > :06:07.lunchtime. The weather was better. The final leg of the town to back
:06:08. > :06:15.row `` baton. Children were on hand to add their own enthusiasthc
:06:16. > :06:25.support. Very proud. I can't compete in the games but I got to hold the
:06:26. > :06:30.baton. Another honorary baton bearer was this girl. This was a
:06:31. > :06:35.recognition of her 400 hours of voluntary work promoting sport in
:06:36. > :06:38.her local community. I was overwhelmed. I couldn't belheve
:06:39. > :06:44.someone like me from a small town has done is in as big as thhs, to
:06:45. > :06:50.represent my county. Tonight's ceremony ball once again put the
:06:51. > :06:55.little market town of Alnwick on the sporting map and perhaps yot can see
:06:56. > :07:01.why. What a fantastic setting. It is almost like a film set. Thex have
:07:02. > :07:07.done one, haven't they? This event isn't about promoting Glasgow 2 14,
:07:08. > :07:14.it is also about encouraging people, particularly young people, to get
:07:15. > :07:21.involved in sport. I think ht is really fun because instead of
:07:22. > :07:29.sitting at school doing work, it is doing something fun. I think we have
:07:30. > :07:36.some budding young sporting stars behind us. Hello. Not dampened by
:07:37. > :07:39.the rain. It is wet here. That is it from us for now. Back to yot for a
:07:40. > :07:43.round`up of today's news. A Russian student arrested
:07:44. > :07:46.as part of an explosives aldrt at Newcastle University has been
:07:47. > :07:48.released on bail. It follows the discovery
:07:49. > :07:50.of explosives in a room Another student,
:07:51. > :07:53.arrested separately under the Our correspondent Peter Harris
:07:54. > :07:57.has been following events. Does this investigation still
:07:58. > :08:09.involve the counter terrorism unit? It does. This stems from thd
:08:10. > :08:13.evacuation of part of the c`mpus twice this week after the police
:08:14. > :08:18.found what we know were explosives in a room. We had to Russian
:08:19. > :08:23.students held but under different laws, one under the explosives act
:08:24. > :08:29.but that is not the terrorism act. The police can only hope th`t person
:08:30. > :08:33.for 48 hours in custody without charge. Then they have to ddcide
:08:34. > :08:38.today whether to charge or release him. They have released him on bail.
:08:39. > :08:56.The other student is being held in London under the terror law which is
:08:57. > :08:59.stripped and the police can hold people for longer. They havd seven
:09:00. > :09:02.more days to hold him in custody without charge. We don't know that
:09:03. > :09:04.much about these people but we have been speaking to one student today.
:09:05. > :09:07.He said he knows them both but we can't verify what he says that he
:09:08. > :09:09.claims this is all an over reaction. I can tell you one thing. They
:09:10. > :09:16.didn't have any dangerous intentions. It was just a stupid
:09:17. > :09:25.action, careless. It is ridhculous. It is no terrorism. It is all wrong.
:09:26. > :09:30.The county terrorism unit is leading the investigation. What do we know?
:09:31. > :09:35.We haven't had many dealings with them. They were set up in 2007 and a
:09:36. > :09:40.give specialist back`up to the police in investigations like this.
:09:41. > :09:43.They are based in Leeds but they will continue to work alongside
:09:44. > :09:47.Northumbria police as this investigation continues.
:09:48. > :09:50.A man accused of starting a fire on a ferry from North Shields to
:09:51. > :09:53.Amsterdam has failed in his attempt to argue that a British court has no
:09:54. > :09:57.Six people were winched off the DFDS ferry by an RAF helicopter
:09:58. > :10:02.after fire broke out in one of the cabins on December the 2 th.
:10:03. > :10:04.Boden George Hughes, who's from Sunderland,
:10:05. > :10:12.It was washed out in 2012, but last summer's better weather saw a
:10:13. > :10:16.dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of Cumbria's tourism industry.
:10:17. > :10:20.Latest figures indicate that one in five people in the countx work
:10:21. > :10:25.in tourism and it's now worth a whopping ?2.25 billion a xear
:10:26. > :10:28.There was a sharp improvement which analysts put
:10:29. > :10:31.down to the better summer ` visitor numbers up four and a half per cent
:10:32. > :10:38.Primary schools across the region are preparing to
:10:39. > :10:44.deliver more than 35,000 extra free school meals this September.
:10:45. > :10:47.Children aged between five `nd seven will be entitled to a free hot meal
:10:48. > :10:51.at school under a new government policy that begins this auttmn.
:10:52. > :10:55.But in Cumbria, some schools don't even have a kitchen ` and others are
:10:56. > :10:59.considering staggering mealtimes to cope with the extra demand.
:11:00. > :11:05.Like so many initiatives th`t come into schools where head teachers
:11:06. > :11:10.have to do a professional job of implementing them, this particular
:11:11. > :11:15.one does feel rushed, it dods feel not only schools, but the local
:11:16. > :11:19.authorities have to hotfoot it to work out where to employ thd
:11:20. > :11:26.And there's more on that story on Sunday Politics `
:11:27. > :11:32.Now, for five years it's been considered
:11:33. > :11:38.The world's last surviving steam turbine ferry, better known to many
:11:39. > :11:42.though as the floating nightclub the Tuxedo Royale.
:11:43. > :11:45.Now the man leading a ?14 mhllion campaign to restore the ship back
:11:46. > :11:49.to her best says he's received backing for his plans and is now
:11:50. > :12:00.Slouched by the river bank, the party goers are long gone.
:12:01. > :12:04.The only visitors now are the vandals.
:12:05. > :12:06.Despite all this ` some still believe there's hope
:12:07. > :12:20.Terry Owens wants to make this a training centre for young ship
:12:21. > :12:23.And he says the Prince's Trtst, Middelsbrough Council
:12:24. > :12:26.and Middlesbrough College are all supporting the plan.
:12:27. > :12:32.We see it as a massive training opportunity for a number of young
:12:33. > :12:37.people. They'll get jobs out of it while it is being worked on and get
:12:38. > :12:40.skills they can take on to better jobs in the future.
:12:41. > :12:43.This is all along way from the glory days, when thousands on Tyndsside
:12:44. > :12:47.partied on the Tuxedo Royald and its sister ship the Princess.
:12:48. > :12:51.The problem now ` is the Roxale s owners went into administration and
:12:52. > :12:57.So it's been left at Able Uk's port on the Tees So a North East company
:12:58. > :13:09.We have lost a lot of money because this is a commercial key and it is
:13:10. > :13:16.stuck there was something which is not paying anything. The problem is
:13:17. > :13:18.much deeper than that. In tdrms of reputation as far as Middlesbrough
:13:19. > :13:24.is concerned it is not doing the town any good. It is a hazard to the
:13:25. > :13:30.environment agency, so everxbody wants shot of it but nobody is
:13:31. > :13:35.prepared to put their hand hn the pocket. Despite its sorry state
:13:36. > :13:42.enthusiasts say the last surviving ferry has an important part to play
:13:43. > :13:50.but images have the future the group needs to raise to none ?50,000 to
:13:51. > :13:56.take it to a dry dock of thd River. `` up the river.
:13:57. > :13:59.Now, as the England team begin their World Cup campaign in Brazil
:14:00. > :14:04.tomorrow, another squad of Dngland players are already celebrating
:14:05. > :14:09.a World Cup victory ` and they won the final on penalties!
:14:10. > :14:11.The Harrogate Veterans club have just been crowned world chalpions
:14:12. > :14:18.in a tournament for players in their 30s, 40s and 50s.
:14:19. > :14:21.And as Phil Connell reports, it was a player from Middlesbrough
:14:22. > :14:26.When it comes to football skills, age is irrelevant.
:14:27. > :14:28.Jamie Clark from Middlesbrotgh is proof of that.
:14:29. > :14:34.At 41, this was his equalishng goal for England at the recent World Cup.
:14:35. > :14:38.Not the one in Brazil, but the veterans tournament in Thailand
:14:39. > :14:42.The team whose eldest member is 55 is based on Harrogate
:14:43. > :14:47.and secured victory in, you guessed it, a penalty shoot out.
:14:48. > :14:51.A lesson perhaps for their xounger colleagues preparing in Brazil.
:14:52. > :14:56.We just won a World Cup on penalties.
:14:57. > :15:05.To everybody saying we don't want penalties, to be fair, penalties are
:15:06. > :15:12.We have dispelled the myth and that helps the lads in Brazil.
:15:13. > :15:14.This is the World Cup trophy that the team
:15:15. > :15:19.It is their second win in five years and the managdr is
:15:20. > :15:24.confident England can now rdplicate what the veterans achieved.
:15:25. > :15:28.What a fantastic double that would be for everybody concerned
:15:29. > :15:37.With the right attitude, passion and desire, who knows?
:15:38. > :15:40.So the bar has been raised by England's golden oldies,
:15:41. > :15:42.hopefully inspiring players 30 years younger to a second World Cup
:15:43. > :15:57.And that's it from me ` timd to go back to Alnwick for the celdbrations
:15:58. > :16:13.Well, the Queen's baton will reach Celtic Park in Glasgow
:16:14. > :16:17.for the opening ceremony on July the 23rd, for the start of 11 d`ys of
:16:18. > :16:25.competition between the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth.
:16:26. > :16:37.Despite the rain we have a lot of people here. How are you enjoying
:16:38. > :16:49.the night? It is great. Verx wet. It is good fun. I can see somebody who
:16:50. > :16:53.is not in a good mood. How luch I looking forward to the games?
:16:54. > :17:00.Looking forward to it. Great stuff. Well, we're bound to find some new
:17:01. > :17:03.heroes and some great storids ` but I'll bet there'll be nothing to
:17:04. > :17:07.match what happened in the summer of 1966 ` and I don't mean Dngland
:17:08. > :17:11.winning the World Cup! It was the Commonwealth Gamds
:17:12. > :17:18.marathon in Kingston, Jamaica. Just a few days
:17:19. > :17:20.after winning bronze in the six mile race, Morpeth Harrier
:17:21. > :17:23.Jim Alder was hitting the road. Just like the England footb`llers
:17:24. > :17:34.are going to face in the World Cup. The marathon started at 5.30 in the
:17:35. > :17:39.morning and it was 80 degreds then. They thought that if they started it
:17:40. > :17:48.during the day, they thought people But Jim was running the racd
:17:49. > :17:51.of his life. He'd carved out a clear lead
:17:52. > :17:54.over England Bill Adocks as they approached the stage after lore
:17:55. > :17:58.than 26 strength sapping miles. What happened next is part
:17:59. > :18:05.of sporting folklore. The two leaders are approaching
:18:06. > :18:09.the tunnel. The Duke of Edinburgh is arriving
:18:10. > :18:16.and he's turning into the ttnnel One
:18:17. > :18:22.of them has taken the wrong course. Unbeknown to me,
:18:23. > :18:25.I got the film from Dave Coleman. in the morning and Prince Charles,
:18:26. > :18:32.Philip and Princess Anne turned up You can imagine
:18:33. > :18:35.the bedlam it caused. When I got back onto the tr`ck,
:18:36. > :18:43.Bill was 50 yards in front of me. There was not quite
:18:44. > :18:45.400 metres to go. Adocks, who was 25 yards behind
:18:46. > :18:50.and there is Alder who took On any other day I could
:18:51. > :18:55.have just exploded. I can be quick`tempered,
:18:56. > :18:59.as my wife will tell you. When you are
:19:00. > :19:03.on song you do the right thhng. He said, I am a hard little man
:19:04. > :19:20.from the Midlands. Here he comes now with
:19:21. > :19:27.about 50 yards left to add a marathon gold medal to
:19:28. > :19:31.the bronze he won in the six mile. An unbelievable story and the man
:19:32. > :19:50.himself is with me now, Jim Alder. How did you train in the cold
:19:51. > :20:06.of Morpeth? It is all the same. The end product
:20:07. > :20:14.is still the same. To cope with it how did you do it? I trained in full
:20:15. > :20:23.tracksuit June this summer. It was very sweaty. I had to take salt in
:20:24. > :20:31.those days `` during the sulmer You are involved in the Queen's Baton
:20:32. > :20:35.Relay? Yes. I did it in 1970 and 1986 and I am doing it tomorrow I
:20:36. > :20:43.have to be there at 6am in the morning. Lets hope it is drher.
:20:44. > :20:46.Jim was born in Glasgow but here's another of Scotland's Commonwealth
:20:47. > :21:00.My dad is Scottish. I didn't have to think twice when they asked me to do
:21:01. > :21:09.it. My grandparents were proud of me. It was fantastic. I got the
:21:10. > :21:16.silver medal in 1988. It was my only individual medal. You are still here
:21:17. > :21:26.now. The England flight is over your shoulder. You were commentating for
:21:27. > :21:30.radio five. Looking forward to it? For both teams. Scotland and
:21:31. > :21:44.England. The teams are very strong. I'm heavily involved in it. It is a
:21:45. > :21:49.real opportunity to get a mddal here and it will be fantastic. I am
:21:50. > :22:00.looking forward to watching the final. Back to Carol from md. You
:22:01. > :22:09.just referred to the England flight. A big cheer from the crowd `s it
:22:10. > :22:13.passed by. Let me show you. Just before we go to the weather. Here is
:22:14. > :22:25.a demonstration of what we `re dealing with. With that, let's get
:22:26. > :22:30.the weather details. A lot of settled weather to come as high
:22:31. > :22:35.pressure dominates. Not necdssarily sunny but it will be dry thd most of
:22:36. > :22:40.us for most of the time. If we take a look at the weekend, therd will be
:22:41. > :22:45.cloud, particularly in central part and it will feel cooler bec`use we
:22:46. > :22:49.have a breeze from the north. There will be some showers but mostly
:22:50. > :22:54.focused on the west. There `re some heavy showers at the moment tracking
:22:55. > :22:59.southwards. They will clear, with Cumbria have the best of thd
:23:00. > :23:02.conditions overnight. The cloud thickens to produce drizzle in the
:23:03. > :23:10.north`east so fairly cloudy overnight, temperatures are falling
:23:11. > :23:14.down to 12 or 13 degrees. So, the weather will be different ddpending
:23:15. > :23:21.on where you are tomorrow. West will always be brightest but that will
:23:22. > :23:25.trigger a few showers. Some sunny spells across Cumbria. A lot more
:23:26. > :23:28.cloud and ease, particularlx the morning and we will tend to see
:23:29. > :23:36.brightening up here in the afternoon. Showers possible anywhere
:23:37. > :23:42.during the day. Here is where temperatures will be hires, getting
:23:43. > :23:46.up to 19 or 20 degrees. I think it will feel noticeably cooler the
:23:47. > :23:49.further the east you are, particularly on the coast. North
:23:50. > :23:53.Yorkshire could get up to around 15 degrees. Looking further ahdad
:23:54. > :23:59.through the course of the wdekend and into next week, high`prdssure
:24:00. > :24:04.dominates, so a largely settled part of weather. It doesn't necessarily
:24:05. > :24:09.mean there'll lots of sunshhne and this high`pressure is very cloudy,
:24:10. > :24:13.ringing in a flow from the north`east, so a lot of clotd
:24:14. > :24:18.associated. The weather is variable with cloud, particularly in eastern
:24:19. > :24:22.areas. West is always best the decent spells of sunshine btt the
:24:23. > :24:24.settled weather looks to continue. In a lot of cloud associated. The
:24:25. > :24:27.weather is variable with cloud, particularly in eastern are`s. West
:24:28. > :24:41.is always best the decent spells of sunshine but the settled we`ther
:24:42. > :25:03.looks to continue. It not a we all hear the athletics team on Londay.
:25:04. > :25:06.And looking ahead to the Gales ` two more competitors from our rdgion
:25:07. > :25:09.have just booked their placd in Glasgow ` both from Harrogate, and
:25:10. > :25:12.both in the England diving team ` that's Oliver Dingley, who's now
:25:13. > :25:15.based at Southend on Sea, and 19`year`old Jack Laugher, who's in
:25:16. > :25:18.great form at the moment. L`st weekend Jack took bronze in the
:25:19. > :25:20.three`metre springboard event at the World Diving Series in Mexico,
:25:21. > :25:24.having also won a bronze in Russia and a silver in the same series in
:25:25. > :25:28.You commentating on the whole lot. Just test me on track and fheld A
:25:29. > :25:31.bit of a delay with the Scottish team being announced as thex go
:25:32. > :25:43.They have been waiting for `thletes as they qualified. There will be
:25:44. > :25:50.quite a few North Eastern athlete crossing the border and doing their
:25:51. > :25:56.bit. They will be acclimatised. Keeping the show together lhve that
:25:57. > :26:00.the audience is Jonathan from radio Newcastle. He asked in a stdrling
:26:01. > :26:06.job but he is under a sheltdr as his audience is having to battld the
:26:07. > :26:10.elements. We have enjoyed this because the flags have been going
:26:11. > :26:14.around for the 70 nations from the Commonwealth and there been coming
:26:15. > :26:18.through proudly. What an honour especially because this is the last
:26:19. > :26:26.stop in England before the baton leads into Scotland. It has a
:26:27. > :26:33.massive tour of many communhties across the Commonwealth. It is quite
:26:34. > :26:40.apt we have you here becausd you competed for Scotland. I wore the
:26:41. > :26:49.blue. I have it here. I am very proud of that. It is the blte of
:26:50. > :26:54.Scotland. There you go. I'm carrying the baton on the 22nd in Gl`sgow. I
:26:55. > :27:03.am very excited. It is a fantastic piece of equipment. That baton gets
:27:04. > :27:10.moved on. It is the only ond, isn't it? This is the only Commonwealth
:27:11. > :27:17.baton. It has a message frol the Queen inside. I tried to get my
:27:18. > :27:24.hands on it earlier but that guy carrying it said I was not `llowed.
:27:25. > :27:30.It is very sacred. What a wdlcome. Nor these people don't care about
:27:31. > :27:37.the weather. They turn out. `` north`east people. That is just
:27:38. > :27:47.about it from us in Alnwick. We have enjoyed our time here and wd have
:27:48. > :27:57.given it a good sendoff. Give it a good sendoff. Good
:27:58. > :27:59.Make the most of your weekend, wherever you are.
:28:00. > :28:03.Use the BBC Weather App to stay one step ahead of the weather.