:00:00. > :00:10.from Brazil. That's all from
:00:11. > :00:12.A inquest verdict into the death of a three year old
:00:13. > :00:15.But after hundreds of interviews police have still not
:00:16. > :00:18.Flash floods cause disruption in parts of the region.
:00:19. > :00:20.The deluge causes a hospital to partially close.
:00:21. > :00:24.Our cameras go inside the operating theatre to
:00:25. > :00:30.And beef farmers protest on the first day of
:00:31. > :00:35.In sport, will Middlesbrough's Chris Tomlinson be jumping for jox
:00:36. > :00:40.We meet up with long jump's former British record holder
:00:41. > :00:56.as he prepares for his final attempt at a Commonwealth medal.
:00:57. > :01:00.It's an investigation that has seen detectives speak to over 300 people.
:01:01. > :01:03.But eight months after three`year`old Danny Wake was
:01:04. > :01:06.hit and killed by a van in Darlington, the police s`y they
:01:07. > :01:10.Today, at the inquest into the toddler's death, the coroner
:01:11. > :01:15.said the problem was that nobody saw the exact moment he was killed.
:01:16. > :01:24.That's how Danny's family described him.
:01:25. > :01:26.They'd all been out to help the toddler,
:01:27. > :01:31.seen here in the green jackdt, choose his Christmas presents.
:01:32. > :01:35.Moments later, he was hit by a van and killed.
:01:36. > :01:39.His family appealed for the driver to come forw`rd.
:01:40. > :01:42.Words can only describe how we as a family are feeling since the
:01:43. > :01:47.Instead of looking forward to planning our Christmas as a family,
:01:48. > :01:53.we are now facing the devastating task of planning Danny's funeral.
:01:54. > :01:56.Eight months on, and after a major police investigation, an
:01:57. > :02:02.Danny was walking along here a few yards behind
:02:03. > :02:05.his family when the police believe he lost sight of his mother for
:02:06. > :02:13.Now at that exact moment, an eyewitness told
:02:14. > :02:16.the police that he saw a white van coming along thhs road.
:02:17. > :02:18.He said he saw something behng lifted into the air
:02:19. > :02:27.The eyewitness told the polhce that the van then went over the body.
:02:28. > :02:30.But a pathologist said Danny's injuries did not fit with someone
:02:31. > :02:33.being thrown into the air and driven over.
:02:34. > :02:37.Crucially, nobody saw the moment the toddler was hit.
:02:38. > :02:40.We are confident that we have examined every relevant piece
:02:41. > :02:43.of evidence in our attempts to trace the driver of the vehicle
:02:44. > :02:47.We are and will continue to follow any new
:02:48. > :02:53.Danny's family continue to appeal to anyone with information to
:02:54. > :02:59.The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
:03:00. > :03:01.And despite thousands of hotrs of police investigation,
:03:02. > :03:04.and more than 300 interviews, it is still not known who w`s
:03:05. > :03:21.Stuart joins us now. Despitd the best efforts of detectives, we don't
:03:22. > :03:25.seem to be any further forw`rd here. That is the sad reality. I spoke to
:03:26. > :03:26.some of Danny's family after the inquest and they say they were
:03:27. > :03:31.inquest and they say they wdre unable to feel any sense of closure.
:03:32. > :03:35.They say they know that Danny was hit by a van but they do not know
:03:36. > :03:36.what the details were, and they do not know who was responsible.
:03:37. > :03:36.what the details were, and they do not know who was responsibld. They
:03:37. > :03:38.said they were aware that Danny said they were aware that Danny
:03:39. > :03:41.would be difficult and emothonal said they were aware that D`nny
:03:42. > :03:45.would be difficult and emothonal to it produced, a few minutes into the
:03:46. > :03:49.it produced, a few minutes hnto the inquest, his mother had to get up
:03:50. > :03:50.and leave the room. Detectives from Durham police have been strdssing
:03:51. > :03:54.that it is an live investigation that it is an live investig`tion
:03:55. > :03:58.today, if they receive new investigation, they will look into
:03:59. > :04:01.it. At this point they accept there is nothing more they can do to
:04:02. > :04:03.provide answers to Danny's family, the answer is that they can so
:04:04. > :04:06.desperately need. The new Bishop
:04:07. > :04:08.of Durham has said the Government's inquiry into sexual abuse within
:04:09. > :04:11.the country's institutions hs both The Right Reverend Paul Butler has
:04:12. > :04:16.become one of the leading voices on the issue,
:04:17. > :04:19.and says he hopes the victils of such abuse have the strength to come
:04:20. > :04:24.forward and tell their stories. We need to look at institutional
:04:25. > :04:28.abuse across`the`board. So government institutions but also
:04:29. > :04:31.the church, schools and so on. The issue is why is it that abusers
:04:32. > :04:39.manage to get into institutions, work with each other, perhaps,
:04:40. > :04:42.across institutions? And root out that
:04:43. > :04:49.institutional abuse. Flash flooding caused chaos across
:04:50. > :04:52.parts of the region this morning. Heavy rain in parts of Tyneside
:04:53. > :04:55.hit roads and public servicds. In South Shields a school was closed
:04:56. > :04:59.and a hospital had to shut hts This was the Tyne Dock area in
:05:00. > :05:10.South Shields. Roads were closed and services
:05:11. > :05:13.on the Tyne and Wear metro were South
:05:14. > :05:17.and North Tyneside bore the brunt. And at this hospital, there was
:05:18. > :05:22.chaos for staff in the accident and emergency department when part
:05:23. > :05:27.of their building flooded. Floodwater came through the main
:05:28. > :05:31.entrances, accident and emergency, and also, there was leakage into our
:05:32. > :05:37.waiting room through the flat roof, so that meant for a time we couldn't
:05:38. > :05:42.take emergency patients where they were meant to be taken,
:05:43. > :05:45.and we had to move patients out Radiology,
:05:46. > :05:48.where we do all of our main x`rays etc, that was also affected with
:05:49. > :05:51.leakage from the roof and also with This evening services at thd
:05:52. > :05:58.hospital are back to normal but the Durham Crown Court was hit
:05:59. > :06:01.by lightning. All of a sudden there was
:06:02. > :06:07.a mighty bang, I've never hdard I looked out,
:06:08. > :06:14.and there was smoke coming out. The lady came to the front door
:06:15. > :06:17.I don't think she knew what had But she came to the front door and
:06:18. > :06:24.she was in shock, you could tell. Tonight it seems a repeat
:06:25. > :06:27.of these scenes is unlikely. Weather forecasters say the risk of
:06:28. > :06:37.further heavy showers is receding. 60 people in the North East
:06:38. > :06:39.and Cumbria are tonight on the donor register waiting
:06:40. > :06:42.for a lung transplant. And as part of National Transplant
:06:43. > :06:45.Week, Look North's cameras have been given unprecedented access to
:06:46. > :06:49.operating theatres to see organ Tonight we see a man who was
:06:50. > :06:55.critically ill and going into heart failure undergoing a life`saving
:06:56. > :06:59.double lung transplant oper`tion. Sharon Barbour is at the Frdeman
:07:00. > :07:14.hospital for us tonight. I am at the Institute of
:07:15. > :07:16.transformation where we know that operations are going on as we
:07:17. > :07:17.speak. You mentioned the nulber of speak. You mentioned the nulber of
:07:18. > :07:23.60, there are hundreds of patients 60, there are hundreds of p`tients
:07:24. > :07:27.across the region waiting for a transplant and a donor organ. And
:07:28. > :07:30.sadly, we can tell you that in the last year alone, 30 of those
:07:31. > :07:34.last year alone, 30 of thosd patients died waiting. More on that
:07:35. > :07:38.in a moment. But first, the story of the man who has received a double
:07:39. > :07:40.lung transplant. The surgeons invited us into theatre to watch the
:07:41. > :07:42.whole operation. Surgeons at
:07:43. > :07:44.Newcastle's Freeman Hospital are The patient is about to unddrgo
:07:45. > :07:51.a double lung transplant. The surgery is high risk
:07:52. > :07:58.because his lungs no longer work Without this surgery,
:07:59. > :08:07.he doesn't have long to livd. What the concern we have with this
:08:08. > :08:10.patient is that his lungs have been so damaged by his lung dise`se that
:08:11. > :08:14.it's had a secondary effect on his heart and the right side
:08:15. > :08:18.of his heart has come under huge This transplant came in the nick
:08:19. > :08:24.of time. Both
:08:25. > :08:26.his diseased lungs will be replaced As his chest is opened, he's being
:08:27. > :08:37.kept alive by a heart`lung machine. OK, so the patient is on
:08:38. > :08:47.a heart`lung bypass machine which takes over the function of the heart
:08:48. > :08:51.and lungs while we remove both of the recipient's lungs and implant
:08:52. > :08:56.the two donor lungs, attach them to After several hours, the most
:08:57. > :09:04.extraordinary sight of all. The donor lungs, which lie so
:09:05. > :09:09.lifeless in his chest, are hnflated. And now we're re`ventilating
:09:10. > :09:14.the lungs. We are going to wean the patient
:09:15. > :09:18.off the bypass machine and see OK, that's good,
:09:19. > :09:32.let's come off bypass now. We'll just leave this in thdre
:09:33. > :09:43.in case we need to go back on. And now, the most tension,
:09:44. > :09:46.the moment of truth as the surgeons switch off the main heart
:09:47. > :09:50.and lung machine keeping hil alive. They're going to see if the lungs
:09:51. > :09:54.work and with some support, watch Just want to do a little bit
:09:55. > :10:01.of gentle handbagging So, finally,
:10:02. > :10:15.the operation is complete But for the patient, recovery
:10:16. > :10:21.from such critical and complex life`saving and life changing
:10:22. > :10:26.surgery will take some time. That's fine, that's good, wd'll
:10:27. > :10:43.take him back to intensive care. We know that an operation is ongoing
:10:44. > :10:47.now, because we are going to speak to Professor John Dart, the senior
:10:48. > :10:51.transplant surgeon here. But he has been called into theatre. I am
:10:52. > :10:54.delighted to have with us a key person in transplant, one of the
:10:55. > :11:00.transplant coordinators. How is the patient doing? They are stable,
:11:01. > :11:05.which is to be expected at this point, still in intensive care. Very
:11:06. > :11:06.early days, and how did we get to the point where his lungs were
:11:07. > :11:08.early days, and how did we get to the point where his lungs wdre made
:11:09. > :11:10.available, those donor lungs were made available? How does the system
:11:11. > :11:13.made available? How does thd system works? It started with the donor
:11:14. > :11:19.family sitting by their loved ones family sitting by their lovdd ones
:11:20. > :11:20.bed saying, you can have his organs. The transplant coordinator and
:11:21. > :11:24.The transplant coordinator `nd specialist nurse phoned, and one of
:11:25. > :11:30.my team took the call and it started from there. There are somethmes
:11:31. > :11:32.from there. There are sometimes several problems, sorting ott a
:11:33. > :11:35.from there. There are somethmes several problems, sorting out a team
:11:36. > :11:38.to go and implant and transplant. I wonder what it is like to tell a
:11:39. > :11:41.wonder what it is like to tdll a patient that suitable donor organ is
:11:42. > :11:43.available after so many months, sometimes, of waiting, and `s we
:11:44. > :11:48.reach and earlier, 30 people sometimes, of waiting, and as we
:11:49. > :11:49.reach and earlier, 30 peopld died sometimes, of waiting, and `s we
:11:50. > :11:50.reach and earlier, 30 people died in reach and earlier, 30 peopld died in
:11:51. > :11:55.the north`east and Cumbria waiting. That is the tragedy. Telling the
:11:56. > :12:01.patient, it is normally on the phone, unless they are in hospital
:12:02. > :12:03.which is when they are very sick. It is a lovely part of it because that
:12:04. > :12:05.is a lovely part of it becatse that is when they have been desperately
:12:06. > :12:09.is when they have been despdrately waiting, so phoning them and saying
:12:10. > :12:13.we have a potential donor is a lovely part of the job. A vdry
:12:14. > :12:15.difficult question, but is like for you for you when you have been
:12:16. > :12:18.you for you when you have bden rooting for a donor to come forward
:12:19. > :12:23.for one of your patients and it does not come in time? It does not get
:12:24. > :12:25.any easier. We all feel helpless. Trying to support the family that
:12:26. > :12:28.Trying to support the familx that are left behind. We hope people will
:12:29. > :12:31.discuss their wishes with their loved ones and make sure th`t more
:12:32. > :12:35.loved ones and make sure that more people get a chance. That is what
:12:36. > :12:45.this week is all about. The death of a man who escaped
:12:46. > :12:48.from a police car and was found at the bottom of cliffs in
:12:49. > :12:51.South Tyneside, will not be dealt with by the Independent Police
:12:52. > :12:53.Complaints Commission. Karl Carson had been arrestdd
:12:54. > :12:56.following a fight in the car park of Marsden Grotto in South Shields
:12:57. > :12:58.on Sunday night. The incident was referred to the
:12:59. > :13:01.IPCC, but it has decided that the investigation into what happened
:13:02. > :13:04.will remain with Northumbri` Police. Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne
:13:05. > :13:06.is stepping down The Darlington businessman, who runs
:13:07. > :13:12.a chain of health clubs, was one of the original line`up of expdrts when
:13:13. > :13:16.the show launched nine years ago. He made his fortune with nursing
:13:17. > :13:20.homes and nurseries, before setting He says he's leaving the show due
:13:21. > :13:29.to other business commitments. A campaign to tackle underage
:13:30. > :13:32.drinking in County Durham h`s The North East has
:13:33. > :13:37.the highest number of under`ge drinkers in the UK and the highest
:13:38. > :13:40.number of alcohol`related hospital Recently, a few cases
:13:41. > :13:45.of underage drinking here h`ve hit the headlines including
:13:46. > :13:48.a nine year`old girl who was rushed to hospital after drinking vodka,
:13:49. > :13:52.and a 12 year`old admitted Stephanie Cleasby has more
:13:53. > :13:56.on this and joins me now. Steph, what's being done to
:13:57. > :14:04.tackle underage drinking? More children in the north`dast
:14:05. > :14:09.between the ages of 11 and 15 drink between the ages of 11 and 15 drink
:14:10. > :14:10.alcohol than anywhere else hn between the ages of 11 and 05 drink
:14:11. > :14:12.alcohol than anywhere else in the country. That is according to
:14:13. > :14:16.figures released earlier thhs year. figures released earlier this year.
:14:17. > :14:19.County Durham and Darlington have some of the highest levels of
:14:20. > :14:26.alcohol`related hospital adlissions for under 18 's. And today,
:14:27. > :14:27.operation Aries was launched, a crackdown on underage drinkhng and
:14:28. > :14:32.crackdown on underage drinking and alcohol fuelled underage anti`social
:14:33. > :14:35.behaviour across Durham. Patrols will target areas where young people
:14:36. > :14:38.are known to be drinking and alcohol will be seized by the policd.
:14:39. > :14:41.will be seized by the police. Officers will continue to focus on
:14:42. > :14:46.those who sell alcohol to those underage. The police said today that
:14:47. > :14:54.a pilot scheme in some areas has seen significant seizures of alcohol
:14:55. > :14:56.from underage drinkers resulting in an increase of referral to `
:14:57. > :14:56.from underage drinkers resulting in an increase of referral to a young
:14:57. > :15:00.an increase of referral to ` young person's drug and alcohol service
:15:01. > :15:02.and a decrease in drink fuelled anti`social behaviour. We h`ve seen
:15:03. > :15:04.anti`social behaviour. We have seen the incidence of young people
:15:05. > :15:05.judging on the street reduced. the incidence of young people
:15:06. > :15:08.judging on the street reducdd. Last judging on the street reduced. Last
:15:09. > :15:12.year we saw significantly reduced alcohol related crime, we h`ve seen
:15:13. > :15:13.alcohol related crime, we have seen and eschew Shoe `` anti`sochal
:15:14. > :15:21.behaviour reduced. We have also seen behaviour reduced. We have also seen
:15:22. > :15:29.retailers being more responsible in how alcohol has been sold. So it is
:15:30. > :15:30.hoped this success will be mirrored hoped this success will be lirrored
:15:31. > :15:32.across the Durham force area hoped this success will be mirrored
:15:33. > :15:38.across the Durham force are` and further afield. Enforcement is only
:15:39. > :15:40.part of the answer. Education in schools, education by parents, and
:15:41. > :15:45.for parents, they are very important for parents, they are very important
:15:46. > :15:49.parts of it. Very often there is a need to provide what we call
:15:50. > :15:50.diversionary activities, that means diversionary activities, that means
:15:51. > :15:56.providing young people with something else to do other than go
:15:57. > :15:58.out in the parks and drink. So in different places, all of those
:15:59. > :16:02.things will form part of the toolkit things will form part of thd toolkit
:16:03. > :16:10.that's necessary to address this real blight on our society. With 85%
:16:11. > :16:12.of alcohol obtained by underage drinkers via parents, familx
:16:13. > :16:12.of alcohol obtained by underage drinkers via parents, family or
:16:13. > :16:14.drinkers via parents, familx or older friends, there will also be a
:16:15. > :16:17.real focused effort on educating real focused effort on educating
:16:18. > :16:18.parents, targeting schools `s real focused effort on educ`ting
:16:19. > :16:21.parents, targeting schools as well parents, targeting schools `s well
:16:22. > :16:24.to get the message to children about the harm that alcohol causes. And
:16:25. > :16:33.hopefully to get that message across to them before the reach thdir early
:16:34. > :16:38.teens. Still to come to light. Protests on day one of the great
:16:39. > :16:39.Yorkshire show. How the sag` of a Cumbrian Mountain sold to a mystery
:16:40. > :16:41.buyer may not be over just xet. Cumbrian Mountain sold to a mystery
:16:42. > :16:44.buyer may not be over just yet. And buyer may not be over just xet. And
:16:45. > :16:47.after today's localised downpours, it is a much quieter day
:16:48. > :16:51.weather`wise tomorrow. Join me later for the full forecast.
:16:52. > :16:54.It's the first day of the Great Yorkshire Show and bedf
:16:55. > :16:56.farmers have been demonstrating outside the promotional stands
:16:57. > :16:59.They claim they're paid too little for their stock,
:17:00. > :17:03.and that retailers don't do enough to promote British beef.
:17:04. > :17:06.It's the 156th Great Yorkshhre Show in Harrogate where more than 130,000
:17:07. > :17:09.visitors are expected over three days.
:17:10. > :17:15.Our Business Correspondent Han Reeve reports.
:17:16. > :17:18.It's a yearly celebration of northern farming.
:17:19. > :17:22.And outwardly, everything looks good in the Great Yorkshire show.
:17:23. > :17:29.But it's taking place against a gloomy backdrop.
:17:30. > :17:32.Beef farmers like Adrian say their industry is in crisis.
:17:33. > :17:35.The price paid to them has fallen by 60p per kilo this year.
:17:36. > :17:38.The price it's sold to us at has risen by 46p a kilo.
:17:39. > :17:41.Farmers must be the only industry that get told what
:17:42. > :17:44.they're going to get. On everything else there's a price
:17:45. > :17:48.Farmers are told what they'll get, if you don't like it, tough,
:17:49. > :17:52.All the retailers all stick together.
:17:53. > :17:56.If one puts it up, they all put it up, invariably they'll put it down,
:17:57. > :18:02.Cheap Irish imports don't help either and it's claimed that
:18:03. > :18:05.the supermarkets need to better promote British beef.
:18:06. > :18:09.A message taken to their stands today.
:18:10. > :18:13.I would urge all retailers to do more promotional activity
:18:14. > :18:19.And again, please stop co` mixing product on the shelf.
:18:20. > :18:22.When British consumers are looking for British produce, then you see
:18:23. > :18:26.certain retailers co`mixing imported product with
:18:27. > :18:30.British product, particularly behind the facade of the Union Jack.
:18:31. > :18:34.That doesn't give the transparency that British
:18:35. > :18:39.The Rural Affairs Minister was also here today to hear
:18:40. > :18:43.the message from beef producers but what can the government do?
:18:44. > :18:46.I don't have a glib, easy answer this afternoon.
:18:47. > :18:49.But we did have this time last week a summit on beef
:18:50. > :18:52.led by Minister George Eustace looking at how there could be better
:18:53. > :18:57.coordination between the supermarkets and the retailers and
:18:58. > :19:00.the producers. To promote bdef, and we have the best livestock in the
:19:01. > :19:05.best husbandry. And there should be more promotion of our own product.
:19:06. > :19:13.But beef farmers can't wait too long for a remedy, not when, thex claim,
:19:14. > :19:19.they are losing 200 pounds on every animal they produce.
:19:20. > :19:22.Well, as for the retailers taken to task by the beef farmers,
:19:23. > :19:25.the British Retail Consortium says that they source the vast m`jority
:19:26. > :19:29.It adds that the reduced prices being paid to farmers
:19:30. > :19:37.Prices should recover by thd end of the year.
:19:38. > :19:39.A community group is hoping it may get another chance to buy
:19:40. > :19:44.Last week, it was announced that Blencathra had been sold by the Earl
:19:45. > :19:50.Eden District council has now registered the mountain
:19:51. > :19:55.But it's not clear if this latest turn of events will stop the sale.
:19:56. > :20:07.It is impressive and its Saddleback welcomes visitors to the northern
:20:08. > :20:09.Lake District. So when it was put welcomes visitors to the northern
:20:10. > :20:10.Lake District. So when it was put up for sale recently, locals whth
:20:11. > :20:11.Lake District. So when it w`s put up for sale recently, locals with a
:20:12. > :20:15.for sale recently, locals whth a passion for the mountain created a
:20:16. > :20:17.community group who wanted to buy it for the public. There was
:20:18. > :20:22.disappointment when it was announced last week that an unknown private
:20:23. > :20:26.buyer had made the highest bid. But in another twist, last night, Eden
:20:27. > :20:31.district Council agreed to register it as an asset of community value,
:20:32. > :20:36.potentially allowing friends of Blencathra another six months to
:20:37. > :20:37.negotiate. Obviously we are thrilled, because we understand the
:20:38. > :20:39.door is open for us. The agents thrilled, because we understand the
:20:40. > :20:39.door is open for us. The agdnts have door is open for us. The agents have
:20:40. > :20:41.indicated that before the s`le goes indicated that before the sale goes
:20:42. > :20:45.through next Friday, that wd can through next Friday, that we can
:20:46. > :20:49.still come back in. We are basically saying, there are other people out
:20:50. > :20:53.there that think that they have got round to getting the title, speak to
:20:54. > :20:57.us, because we do not want the title and maybe there is something we can
:20:58. > :21:02.do. We have lots of options, if someone wants to be included, we are
:21:03. > :21:06.happy to talk to them. But the sale is still not straightforward. The
:21:07. > :21:07.community has priority to bty an community has priority to buy an
:21:08. > :21:09.asset if it is put up for s`le, community has priority to bty an
:21:10. > :21:11.asset if it is put up for s`le, but the landowner may not decide to
:21:12. > :21:16.the landowner may not decidd to accept an offer if the offer is
:21:17. > :21:20.made. The landowner can still sell it to someone else after th`t six
:21:21. > :21:23.month if they wish. In this instance, we have been put on notice
:21:24. > :21:28.that the landowner's purposdful selling the asset is to raise money
:21:29. > :21:35.to pay inheritance tax and there is an exemption for stopping s`les for
:21:36. > :21:39.that purpose. So the matter now passes on to government to deal
:21:40. > :21:43.with. It is not clear if last night's decision will changd the
:21:44. > :21:46.outcome of who gets to buy Blencathra but one thing will not
:21:47. > :21:57.change. And that is people 's right to roam on the mountain.
:21:58. > :22:02.Beautiful, fresh air! Now, we have got, rather you have got, the World
:22:03. > :22:04.Cup semifinals tonight. Not just me, everyone! Quite
:22:05. > :22:04.Cup semifinals tonight. Not just me, everyone! Quitd a
:22:05. > :22:09.Cup semifinals tonight. Not just me, everyone! Quite a few
:22:10. > :22:10.people are looking to it. And then the Commonwealth games which is
:22:11. > :22:12.keeping us very busy. Middlesbrough long jumper
:22:13. > :22:14.Chris Tomlinson is battling to be fit in time to compete for England
:22:15. > :22:17.at the Glasgow Games which starts The stakes are high
:22:18. > :22:21.for the 32 year old, who's often been hampered by injury during his
:22:22. > :22:24.career, because this will bd almost certainly be the Teessider's last
:22:25. > :22:27.chance to win a Commonwealth medal. Thankfully, he's jumping into
:22:28. > :22:29.a sandpit rather than off a high diving board, but Chris Tomlinson
:22:30. > :22:32.took the time out of his tr`ining schedule to help celebrate 20 years
:22:33. > :22:36.of National Lottery funding for sport which is helping him `nd more
:22:37. > :22:39.than 1300 other elite athletes in the UK, many competing in this
:22:40. > :22:43.summer's Commonwealth games. But not for the first time,
:22:44. > :22:45.injury has hampered I would have hoped to have been back
:22:46. > :22:51.by now but there's been Hopefully in the next week,
:22:52. > :22:55.ten days, be good to go. Chris has won plenty of medals
:22:56. > :22:58.in his time but so far Olympic and Commonwealth honours have eluded him
:22:59. > :23:01.and this could be his last chance. I've got a medal
:23:02. > :23:03.from the world indoor championships, I always wanted to end with
:23:04. > :23:08.the world medal, Commonwealth medal Missed an Olympic one
:23:09. > :23:12.by five centimetres and six centimetres, so I think
:23:13. > :23:15.the Commonwealth games probably will I have finished sixth
:23:16. > :23:21.in it a few times. Just to get
:23:22. > :23:23.on that podium would be brilliant. Perhaps his greatest achievement
:23:24. > :23:25.would be to regain the Brithsh record which was broken
:23:26. > :23:28.by his rival and Olympic ch`mpion Greg Rutherford in questionable
:23:29. > :23:31.circumstances in April. Despite the controversy, Chris
:23:32. > :23:34.insists the pair are still friends. I've always been friends with Greg,
:23:35. > :23:39.it was never an attack on Greg. But I've got to let that go,
:23:40. > :23:42.and I've got to focus on myself Injuries mean Chris's potential
:23:43. > :23:45.still hasn't been fully realised which has been a frustration to
:23:46. > :23:48.both him and his supporters. I think some people may look
:23:49. > :23:51.at it and say, I have been tnlucky. You look the distances I have
:23:52. > :23:55.jumped, 8.25 in Athens for dxample, I finished fifth, it was thd
:23:56. > :23:59.longest jump ever to finish fifth. It would have finished me second
:24:00. > :24:02.in Beijing and also London. But some people also say
:24:03. > :24:05.you make your own luck. I've unfortunately been injured
:24:06. > :24:06.at a horrendous time, I think there's a few people who
:24:07. > :24:12.have supported me along the way who feel a little bit like, comd on
:24:13. > :24:16.get a little bit of luck for once, In cricket, the second day
:24:17. > :24:29.of the County Championship derby between Durham and Yorkshird was
:24:30. > :24:32.badly affected by the weather. The home side were eventually bowled
:24:33. > :24:35.out for 426, but rain restricted this afternoon's
:24:36. > :24:39.play to less than 12 overs. Durham were 50`1
:24:40. > :24:41.when the heavens opened, I blame Paul!
:24:42. > :24:55.We have had to think of so many We have had to think of so many
:24:56. > :25:05.links affecting the brain cricket! The real heavy downpours were very
:25:06. > :25:11.localised but one or two of the gauges got a few big totals, we got
:25:12. > :25:14.an inch in an hour in South Shields, and 40 millimetres in four hours in
:25:15. > :25:18.part of Northumberland. That is getting on for a months worth of
:25:19. > :25:21.rain in a very short space of time. There are still some big clouds out
:25:22. > :25:24.there this evening over the high ground especially, North Pennines,
:25:25. > :25:31.threatening to produce some more showers. Tomorrow, it is a different
:25:32. > :25:37.story. Most of us will have a fine, dry day. Some good bright and sunny
:25:38. > :25:38.spells, it will feel warm at times, especially in Cumbria, a bit more
:25:39. > :25:40.breeze in eastern areas making it breeze in eastern areas makhng it
:25:41. > :25:43.feel cooler. Heavy showers around feel cooler. Heavy showers `round
:25:44. > :25:44.this evening, especially over the this evening, especially ovdr the
:25:45. > :25:49.North Pennines. They will die a way North Pennines. They will dhe a way
:25:50. > :25:52.to leave a dry night with clear spells and one or two mist patches
:25:53. > :25:56.inland. Temperatures will stay in double figures in the town and
:25:57. > :26:01.cities, in the countryside, we could see seven or 8 degrees. Any early
:26:02. > :26:04.listing as will go quickly tomorrow and it is a fine and dry day.
:26:05. > :26:09.listing as will go quickly tomorrow and it is a fine and dry dax. `` any
:26:10. > :26:14.early mist. Some cloud around, thickening from the East tolorrow
:26:15. > :26:18.evening. It will fill one in places, especially when you are sheltered
:26:19. > :26:20.from the wind. `` it will feel warm from the wind. `` it will fdel warm
:26:21. > :26:28.in places. The cloud and eventually in places. The cloud and evdntually
:26:29. > :26:32.rain will come in from the East rain will come in from the Dast
:26:33. > :26:33.tomorrow night, courtesy of this weather front which drifts hn
:26:34. > :26:35.weather front which drifts in through the course of tomorrow
:26:36. > :26:37.night, Thursday. Even on Frhday through the course of tomorrow
:26:38. > :26:40.night, Thursday. Even on Friday we night, Thursday. Even on Frhday we
:26:41. > :26:45.are not rid of it as it sits over western areas. It will then fizzle
:26:46. > :26:51.out and it is a warm front, so warm air behind that. Things will turn
:26:52. > :26:57.muddy over the next few days. `` muddy. Thursday sees a lot of cloud,
:26:58. > :27:06.western areas are dressed to longest. Eastern parts, thicker
:27:07. > :27:13.cloud, topics of rain an `` outbreaks of rain. On and off. There
:27:14. > :27:20.is some warm air so temperatures will be into the low to mid 20s in
:27:21. > :27:21.some places. You can keep up`to`date with the latest forecast on the go
:27:22. > :27:32.using your smartphone on thd free using your smartphone on the free
:27:33. > :27:35.BBC weather app. Our late bulletin will be late
:27:36. > :27:37.tonight, something to do with penalties or extra time!