:00:07. > :00:07.Good evening. their first three albums.
:00:08. > :00:10.Record crowds of around 100,000 people turned out
:00:11. > :00:14.for the 130th Durham Miners' Gala today, say police, with
:00:15. > :00:19.The organisers, Durham Miners Association, had to pay out ?2.
:00:20. > :00:22.million in costs, following the loss of a six year court battle.
:00:23. > :00:37.Today, pride for those carrying the banndrs.
:00:38. > :00:43.Since 1871 this has been an event with new banners are being paraded
:00:44. > :00:48.this year but organisers fear this could be the penultimate gala.
:00:49. > :00:52.80 miners' banners on parade and 47 banner groups making their way up to
:00:53. > :01:03.We have the fear it would bd on the ever. Whether it comes about we
:01:04. > :01:14.don't know. There are no miners left, I am not sure. Look around
:01:15. > :01:19.you. You see the vibrancy about it. It is a working`class history and
:01:20. > :01:25.the trade unions have also joined in. For some, this is a political
:01:26. > :01:31.in. For some, this is a polhtical highlight but for others a cultural
:01:32. > :01:34.one. It is very important we speak at abusing like this and thdse are
:01:35. > :01:43.at abusing like this and these are rare. It is a family day now. It is
:01:44. > :01:49.the gala in Britain. People are getting inspiration from it. It
:01:50. > :01:51.keeps the community together. This is more than a north`east events.
:01:52. > :01:54.People are getting engaged. Organisers say today's event was the
:01:55. > :01:59.largest turnout since the 1960s. Police in York are trying to trace a
:02:00. > :02:02.30`year`old man who has bre`ched the Michael William Powell was released
:02:03. > :02:06.from custody last month ` Officers have been making enquiries
:02:07. > :02:12.in and around the York area ` but he A Scarborough man has been remanded
:02:13. > :02:17.in custody after being charged with the murder of a woman from Leeds `
:02:18. > :02:22.who vanished 14 years ago. Gemma Simpson, who was 23,
:02:23. > :02:25.has not been seen she tried to catch Martin Bell, who's 44,
:02:26. > :02:30.appeared before magistrates in York this morning and will appear
:02:31. > :02:35.at Leeds crown court on Tuesday. Hundreds of people have embarked
:02:36. > :02:38.on a 24`hour relay around one of the region's sports aren`s today
:02:39. > :02:42.to raise money to fight cancer. The Relay For Life began
:02:43. > :02:45.at 11 this morning in Jarrow ` and will continue through
:02:46. > :02:48.the night, finishing shortlx Martin Forster was there
:02:49. > :02:53.to see them set off. They came from all over the region,
:02:54. > :02:57.turning Jarrow's Monkton St`dium Survivors, carers and those
:02:58. > :03:03.who've loved ones lost to cancer. It could affect any member of
:03:04. > :03:07.your family, it could affect you. Several members of my family
:03:08. > :03:10.have been affected by cancer. I'm quite proud to be a survivor and
:03:11. > :03:16.I probably wouldn't be a survivor Everybody
:03:17. > :03:24.in the team has been affectdd by cancer in some way or another
:03:25. > :03:28.with families and themselves. It is just a great way
:03:29. > :03:33.of getting together, having fun Before the 24`hour relay evdn began,
:03:34. > :03:38.these people have raised more than ?20,000 for cancer research,
:03:39. > :03:43.research that doctors say is People were frightened
:03:44. > :03:49.by the word cancer because that was associated with a death sentence,
:03:50. > :03:54.and clearly now currently if you have cancer there is a 50% chance
:03:55. > :04:00.that in the next ten years... you will live more than ten years
:04:01. > :04:03.and at Cancer Research UK their aim in the next 20 ye`rs is
:04:04. > :04:14.that we are going to improve that. Some lovely warm sunshine
:04:15. > :04:16.around today. The forecast for tonight and
:04:17. > :04:18.tomorrow now, with Kawser Qtamer. After what had been a fine day,
:04:19. > :04:22.some heavy showers. Some of these showers
:04:23. > :04:25.so heavy the Met office have issued a yellow weather warning,
:04:26. > :04:27.valid for another few hours. Overnight tonight that rain
:04:28. > :04:29.will continue over Cumbria. There is heavy showers conthnuing
:04:30. > :04:31.further to the north`east and they may be thundery as well
:04:32. > :04:35.and you may see some misty patches But a humid night, lows of 15 to 17
:04:36. > :04:42.degrees as our minimum tempdrature. It does mean that it is
:04:43. > :04:45.a cloudy start to tomorrow morning but an improving picture with some
:04:46. > :04:48.brighter weather by the afternoon. Well, that's it for this Saturday,
:04:49. > :04:51.we'll leave you with these pictures of the scene on Sandhaven beach ` at
:04:52. > :05:18.South Shields this afternoon, where We are seeing thunderstorms
:05:19. > :05:22.developing. Some of these will stay with us well on into the evening to
:05:23. > :05:28.be replaced with outbreaks of rain later in the night. The rain we had
:05:29. > :05:30.heading into western Scotland and Northern Ireland and spreading east