13/07/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Good evening. down to the World Cup final.

Northumbria Police are appe`ling for witnesses after a shot was fired

in a Newcastle street.

It happened very early yesterday morning, just after midnight

on Westmorland Road.

Police enquiries suggest there may have been a disturbance

before a firearm was shot.

It's understood no one was hurt

A 27`year`old man has been `rrested.

Firefighters in York had to rescue two men from

the River Foss during the night.

The father and son, aged around 50 and 30, were pulled from thd water `

close to Castle car park.

Paramedics and the police wdre at the scene.

The rescue services say both were lucky to escape

without serious injury.

Police say they're "very concerned" for the safety of a woman who's

gone missing and who has links with North Tyneside and Northumberland.

46`year`old Linda Foulkes, who's originally from Gosforth,

went missing in Bury last Thursday, but police believe she may be

visiting Wallington Hall or Belsay in Northumberland, or the

Whitley Bay area of North Tyneside.

They're very concerned for her safety

and are urging anyone who sees her to contact them immediately.

Political figures in the region have clashed over

the continuing strikes in the public sector.

Council staff joined firefighters and teachers in taking strike action

last week over pay and penshons

Labour's candidate in Redcar, Anna Turley, told the BBC's Sunday

Politics that she supported the action people were taking.

We are talking about dinner ladies, firemen, teaching assistants.

These are people doing their best to earn a living and they

have had to put up with for years of redundancies, restructures, low

pay and their wages being frozen, and they have a right to withdraw

their labour to make a point.

But Conservative former minister Timothy Kirkhope, the MEP for

Yorkshire, condemned the strikes, which he said caused disruption

for many people who relied upon local services and schools.

I think there are an awful lot of small businessmen, individuals,

other people on fixed incomes and so on, who are continuing to

work and to contribute, and I think to withdraw services

in this way is not responsible.

It's been hailed as a success for community spirit.

Today, the Friends of Redcar celebrated a final victory hn

their long`running campaign to have tons of unsightly rubble removed

from the beach near their homes.

And they launched a "clean`up party" to celebrate today.

Martin Forster reports.

It takes commitment to spend your Sunday morning cleaning rubble

off the beach on the rain, but still they came.

When Redcar's new ?25 million sea wall was completed last year,

some local people complained that large chunks of rubble

and building materials had been left behind on the sand.

Just trying to remove this ceiling.

We can't remove it, so hopefully the Environment Agency

will get it moved.

And so they have become a regular sight on Redcar sda front,

local people spending their free time cleaning up the beach.

There is loads of rubble.

There's anything you can thhnk of.

People just don't take it up.

It doesn't represent Redcar.

It is a lovely place.

It would be so nice that in some bypassing Redcar and heading

to Whitby, they came to Redcar.

But now a victory.

The Environment Agency has `greed to spend three days next week, clearing

away any remaining debris in the area around Redcar's se` wall.

We have been all over social media.

We have been in the press as well.

Everybody was excited to be able to say we actually managed to do

something here, perhaps the authorities couldn't.

Hundreds of people from across our region have completed

a 24`hour relay to raise money for cancer research.

Most of those taking part in the Relay for Life at Jarrow's Lonkton

Stadium were either survivors of cancer, were carers, or those who'd

lost loved ones to the disease.

They set off shortly before lunch yesterday ` finishing

at 11am this morning, raising thousands for Cancer Research UK.

I'm delighted.

It is probably the best turnout we have evdr had.

The weather makes a huge difference, but we had 740 people signed up

so I knew it was going to be big.

The sun has brought all the visitors out as well.

Cricket, and Durham are back in County Championship action, whilst

Yorkshire are playing Twenty20.

The Riversiders are playing Warwickshire at Chester`le`Street

and after a late start ` because of the rain `

finally put Warwickshire in to bat.

They're struggling to take wickets though,

Warwickshire currently 124 ? 2.

Meanwhile, in the Nat West Blast Twenty20, Yorkshire were up

against Derbyshire at Chesterfield.

The Tykes made 183`4 and then bowled out Derbyshhre

for just 124 to secure an e`sy win.

And after a rather dank and drizzly day here in Newcastle, it's time to

take a look at tonight's weather prospects across the region.

With all the details, here's Kawser Quaymer.

Good evening.

We have had a good deal of sunshine but showers tod`y.

Those showers continue in the east as we head through

the night, perhaps one or two heavy bursts, but becoming drier

and we're looking at clearer skies, especially towards the west.

This will allow temperatures to fall in rural spots

down to single figures.

But in the east, hanging onto those double figures, but ldss

humid than it has been and a more comfortable night to sleep hn.

Tomorrow there is plenty of dry and bright weather,

with lots of sunshine in store, especially towards the east.

Then we will start to see some cloud pushing in from the west with some

patchy outbreaks of rain for a time.

But still feeling warm.

Temperatures around 20 to 21 degrees, perhaps

a bit warmer in the east this time with plenty of dry weather here

That's it for now, we're back to start the week `

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