05/07/2014

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:00:00. > :00:11.Thank you. With are back

:00:12. > :00:14.Good evening. It's been months in the planning and the

:00:15. > :00:17.Tour de France didn't disappoint. At least a million

:00:18. > :00:19.people lined the route as 188 elite cyclists swept

:00:20. > :00:21.through North Yorkshire's towns and villages. They were

:00:22. > :00:24.joined by the Duke and Duchdss of Cambridge and Prince

:00:25. > :00:26.Harry. Well, Phil Connell's live in Harrogate tonight

:00:27. > :01:01.This was the dramatic moment when the dream finish for

:01:02. > :01:03.Mark Cavendish in front of Harrogate`based family ended

:01:04. > :01:07.in disaster, happening just outside the locally iconic

:01:08. > :01:15.Betty's Tea Rooms, it could not have been further from

:01:16. > :01:22.the ending the crowds hoped for We just suddenly saw

:01:23. > :01:25.two bikes go down. Then when I looked, I saw that it

:01:26. > :01:28.was Cavendish that was down on the floor and looked to

:01:29. > :01:31.be in a lot of pain. He was rolling around holding his

:01:32. > :01:33.shoulder. He was in agony. The whole crowd was shocked.

:01:34. > :01:36.The rest of it almost went by, because we saw that

:01:37. > :01:38.Cavendish was down. The Yorkshire setback could not

:01:39. > :01:40.spoil the mood of spectators who waited hours by the

:01:41. > :01:43.finish line. It is just amazing The Tour de France

:01:44. > :01:48.coming here is brilliant. Wd have been living in

:01:49. > :01:51.England for a couple of years, it is great. I am from

:01:52. > :01:54.Morocco but I am really exchted to watch the Tour de

:01:55. > :02:03.France in England. It is am`zing. It is really

:02:04. > :02:05.exciting, and the atmospherd is great. You know it is a

:02:06. > :02:07.special event when someone postpones their wedding to

:02:08. > :02:09.coincide with it. This couple from Egremont in Cumbria

:02:10. > :02:12.did just that. We had always said we would love to go

:02:13. > :02:15.and see the Tour de France `nd when we heard it was

:02:16. > :02:17.coming here, the minute the dates and the location were

:02:18. > :02:20.announced, we had our accomlodation booked. That was a

:02:21. > :02:22.huge moment for cycling fans and today has been a

:02:23. > :02:52.series of huge and unpreceddnted moments for Yorkshire.

:02:53. > :02:55.Well, as I mentioned, the Tour was given royal approval, with the Duke

:02:56. > :02:58.and Duchess of Cambridge johning Prince Harry on the route.

:02:59. > :03:00.The Duchess presented the ydllow jersey at the finishing lind.

:03:01. > :03:02.Earlier, the royal party were in West

:03:03. > :03:04.Tanfield, near Ripon, from where Olivia Richwald sent this rdport.

:03:05. > :03:08.The church bells rang this lorning in West Tanfield to welcome

:03:09. > :03:11.a day like no other in the history of this vill`ge.

:03:12. > :03:13.Normally 500 people live here, today, 12,000 descended

:03:14. > :03:22.What they did not know was that they were also going to get

:03:23. > :03:26.Princes William, Harry and Kate arrived by helicopter.

:03:27. > :03:31.They got out there and spent an hour walking around meeting people.

:03:32. > :03:33.They tried the locally brewdd Tour ale.

:03:34. > :03:36.They were given dozens of these little loom bands and a special

:03:37. > :03:40.It has taken an entire year to plan West Tanfield's Tour de France

:03:41. > :03:42.celebrations but the memories gathered hdre today

:03:43. > :04:00.Ambulance workers in North Xorkshire were on strike

:04:01. > :04:02.today. Yorkshire Ambulance Service says it "managed

:04:03. > :04:04.well" despite the walkout, coinciding with the Tour de

:04:05. > :04:06.France. The strike by members of the Unite union is

:04:07. > :04:08.over breaks and working conditions. Further action is

:04:09. > :04:13.Well, the Tour de France sets off from York tomorrow

:04:14. > :04:16.morning, so will the sun shhne on the riders? Kay

:04:17. > :04:22.through the rest of the evening, plenty of sunshine out and

:04:23. > :04:24.about. Any showers across Northumberland will fizzle

:04:25. > :04:27.out. It will be clear for many of us, at least in the east

:04:28. > :04:30.overnight tonight. We start to get more in the way of

:04:31. > :04:32.cloud across Cumbria, the odd isolated shower

:04:33. > :04:34.over the hills. Lows overnight in clear skies down to

:04:35. > :04:36.around 10 degrees. 15 Fahrenheit. The breeze, gentle from

:04:37. > :04:40.the west. Tomorrow, a fine start to the day, drx and

:04:41. > :04:44.bright, but we will see cloud bubbling up. The risk of

:04:45. > :04:46.some showers that are likely to be heavy. Highs of 18

:04:47. > :04:54.And that's all from us. We're back at 6 o'clock

:04:55. > :04:55.tomorrow evening. There's all the region's political

:04:56. > :04:58.news on Sunday Politics tomorrow morning at 11, here on

:04:59. > :05:00.BBC One. But from me, whatever you're doing, have a

:05:01. > :05:19.Good evening. It looks like for most of us the weather will be fairly

:05:20. > :05:23.similar to what we saw today. The broad themes throughout this

:05:24. > :05:27.weekend, sunny spells and scattering of showers, but not much evening

:05:28. > :05:30.sunshine round, I have to say s across south-east England, and the

:05:31. > :05:31.cloud here thick enough to