:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening. on the BBC News Channel, and I'll be
:00:10. > :00:12.Two youths have been arrestdd on suspicion of arson following
:00:13. > :00:17.Fire broke out in the back xard at the end of a terrace
:00:18. > :00:20.in Aldborough Walk in the Lascelles Park area of the town
:00:21. > :00:23.No`one was injured, but two properties, one of them
:00:24. > :00:29.The youths have been given police bail.
:00:30. > :00:32.Hundreds of motorcyclists joined marching bands and thousands of
:00:33. > :00:36.people at this year's Armed Forces Day fair in South Tyneside today.
:00:37. > :00:41.Bents Park in South Shields was filled with
:00:42. > :00:43.attractions and rides, and the organisers say the monex raised
:00:44. > :00:49.Our reporter Damian O'Neil was there.
:00:50. > :00:52.It was a proper English famhly day out in South Shields today,
:00:53. > :00:55.right down to the candyfloss and the barely audible singhng
:00:56. > :01:01.After the parade, the mayor of South Tyneside was
:01:02. > :01:04.invited to inspect the troops before a service of remembr`nce
:01:05. > :01:09.While you are having fun today, just remember the sacrifice that men and
:01:10. > :01:12.women throughout the generations have given for our freedom.
:01:13. > :01:15.There's quite an amazing array of exotic motorcycles,
:01:16. > :01:20.Let me bring you Joe Ferry from the Badlanders Motorcycle Club.
:01:21. > :01:25.Well it started off as a Harley`Davidson soft t`il,
:01:26. > :01:29.but it's been converted by Twin City Motorcycles in Jarrow
:01:30. > :01:32.It's a full conversion changing the bike completely.
:01:33. > :01:35.The link between motorcycle clubs and the Armed Forces seems to be
:01:36. > :01:42.There's a lot that's come ott of the army straight into
:01:43. > :01:45.the bike world, because it's like a brotherhood with all the bikes and
:01:46. > :01:50.There's respect on my part for what we've done and what people
:01:51. > :01:57.My father was in the same rdgiment I was and has done his various tours.
:01:58. > :02:02.This is Damian O'Neil for BBC Look North in South Tyndside.
:02:03. > :02:04.It's less than a fortnight to the Tour de France,
:02:05. > :02:07.but this region's biggest cxcling festival is attracting some
:02:08. > :02:12.Around 3,000 elite and amateur riders have been taking
:02:13. > :02:16.part in The Virgin Money Cyclone, a four`day series of races `round
:02:17. > :02:25.Packed with cyclists and spdctators, the usually peaceful
:02:26. > :02:27.and picturesque village of Stamfordham was transforled.
:02:28. > :02:34.Through the tight winding roads thex raced.
:02:35. > :02:37.Some of the biggest names in the sport setting off
:02:38. > :02:43.We got multi`Olympic champions, we've got medallists,
:02:44. > :02:48.all these different types of people riding.
:02:49. > :02:50.But I think also just to highlight Northumberland and the beauty
:02:51. > :02:54.I mean, it's called the secret county and it's not
:02:55. > :02:57.called that for nothing bec`use not a lot of people know about ht.
:02:58. > :02:59.Around 3,000 riders raced during the four`day festival, but
:03:00. > :03:03.cycling fever didn't grip everyone in the village and some even
:03:04. > :03:12.Stuart Whincup, BBC Look North, Stamfordham.
:03:13. > :03:16.Now, if you are hoping for ` stroll along Sunderland's Roker Pidr today,
:03:17. > :03:23.That's because the 111`year`old pier is to be closed for the next six
:03:24. > :03:26.months so that essential surface repair work can be carried out.
:03:27. > :03:29.The high seas and storms have taken their toll on the pier over
:03:30. > :03:33.the years, with hundreds of yards of railings lost into the sda.
:03:34. > :03:36.A special commemorative dinner is to be held in Carlisle tonight to mark
:03:37. > :03:41.the 40th anniversary of Carlisle United's best ever season.
:03:42. > :03:44.In 1974, United were promoted to the old
:03:45. > :03:48.First Division, and even topped the table after the first three matches,
:03:49. > :03:52.thanks in no small part to ` 2` win at Chelsea on the opening day.
:03:53. > :03:55.The so called "Seasons in the Sun" dinner will re`unite survivhng
:03:56. > :04:03.And it's time for the midsulmer week's weather forecast
:04:04. > :04:10.Some settled weather to comd through the first half of the week,
:04:11. > :04:12.but turning gradually unsettled with low pressure pushing in
:04:13. > :04:17.It's largely fine out there at the moment, just the risk of thd odd
:04:18. > :04:19.light shower but generally overnight fine and dry with clear spells.
:04:20. > :04:21.Out in the countryside temperatures could
:04:22. > :04:24.be quite a few degrees lower than this, but generally 12 or 13 degrees
:04:25. > :04:32.So tomorrow, by and large it will be a fhne day:
:04:33. > :04:38.We might see later in the afternoon and into the
:04:39. > :04:41.evening a few showers just skirting down eastern parts, the odd one of
:04:42. > :04:46.Temperatures tomorrow lifting to around 19 or 20 degrees.
:04:47. > :04:55.And we're back tonight at around 10.20pm.
:04:56. > :05:18.Good evening. After the weekend that has made many of us in warm
:05:19. > :05:22.sunshine, prospects are set fair for the beginning of the new week.
:05:23. > :05:23.Tomorrow we will see more sunny