:00:00. > :00:08.The latest reaction after Richmond MP William Hague's
:00:09. > :00:12.surprise announcement that he's standing down.
:00:13. > :00:16.At risk ` young people on Tdesside are being groomed by older len.
:00:17. > :00:28.Hotel workers and taxi drivdrs are asked to help stop it.
:00:29. > :00:46.How a guy could convince her, they're preying on kids.
:00:47. > :00:49.New measures to help tackle the factory odour that's bedn
:00:50. > :00:52.Celebrating the father of the railways.
:00:53. > :00:54.A new play to mark the 200th anniversary of George
:00:55. > :00:57.In sport, Newcastle United `re closing in on another new shgning.
:00:58. > :01:00.And, face`to`face with Laura Weightman ` we catch tp with
:01:01. > :01:07.one of our best medal prospdcts for the Commonwealth Games.
:01:08. > :01:11.He's been a North Yorkshire MP for a quarter of century and has built up
:01:12. > :01:14.But tonight the people of Rhchmond have reacted with shock
:01:15. > :01:17.and surprise to the news th`t William Hague is to step down
:01:18. > :01:22.There's likely to be a fierce battle to succeed him
:01:23. > :01:32.Phil Connell joins us live from Richmond.
:01:33. > :01:38.Richmond is regarded as the safest Conservative seat in the cotntry.
:01:39. > :01:42.William Hague has opinion the MP in this traditional Tory heartland for
:01:43. > :01:47.25 years. Some here had even seen him as a future Prime Minister. His
:01:48. > :01:51.decision to quit politics l`st night has taken many by surprise.
:01:52. > :01:55.Especially amongst those enjoying a drink this afternoon here at the
:01:56. > :02:01.town's Conservative Club. I would think he's been pushed a little bit.
:02:02. > :02:06.Either that or he's got fed up with the way things have been gohng on.
:02:07. > :02:09.My husband was out and when he came back I was like, have you sden the
:02:10. > :02:13.news? Yeah, but he is only leaving as Foreign Secretary, I said not he
:02:14. > :02:18.is stepping down as an MP, `s well. We were both really shocked. I
:02:19. > :02:27.really was astounded. Didn't expect it. When things come out th`t
:02:28. > :02:33.replacing middle`aged men, ` man like William, to class him `s
:02:34. > :02:38.middle`aged is ridiculous, to me. According to many pundits at the age
:02:39. > :02:42.of 53 William Hague was still in his political prime and one man who will
:02:43. > :02:46.agree is the chairman of Richmond Conservatives. You were on `
:02:47. > :02:49.conference call with Willial Hague last night, what was your rdaction
:02:50. > :02:53.when he said he was leaving? It was a surprise. A huge disappointment
:02:54. > :02:57.when William revealed what his intentions are going to be to all
:02:58. > :03:01.the chairmen of the local branches, it was really a shock. You have said
:03:02. > :03:04.he was proud of his Yorkshire roots, is that northernness somethhng that
:03:05. > :03:09.the new Cabinet will miss? Certainly. William in many respects
:03:10. > :03:13.can be looked upon as boots and braces of the North, sitting next to
:03:14. > :03:16.the Prime Minister representing the North in everything that happens.
:03:17. > :03:20.When the big cake of investlent comes he always seemed to gdt a
:03:21. > :03:25.slice for the north`east and Yorkshire. He will be sorelx missed.
:03:26. > :03:29.The safest seat in the country, how much interest has been therd? There
:03:30. > :03:33.is going to be a great interest for the safest seat in the Consdrvative
:03:34. > :03:37.Party. We know William Hagud intends to keep a house here with plans to
:03:38. > :03:41.write more books. We look b`ck on his political career.
:03:42. > :03:48.Half of you won't be here in 30 or 40 years' time!
:03:49. > :03:51.They are the precocious images of the past, a 16`year`old conference
:03:52. > :03:55.novelty who became an international statesman, just 12 years after that
:03:56. > :03:58.youthful conference debut Whlliam Hague fought a by`election hn
:03:59. > :04:06.Richmond north Yorkshire. Hd took the seat with a majority of just
:04:07. > :04:13.over 2, 2,600, at 28 the yotngest MP in parliament. He has multiplied
:04:14. > :04:18.that majority over nine timds. A Ministerial career under John Major
:04:19. > :04:21.was followed after the big Labour victory, by leadership of the
:04:22. > :04:26.Conservative Party but he rdsigned after a second Conservative defeat
:04:27. > :04:31.in 2001. He became Shadow Foreign Secretary in 2005 and took on the
:04:32. > :04:36.full role at the last electhon. He will stay in Cabinet as Leader of
:04:37. > :04:43.the Commons until the electhon in May Arvizo that it's goodbyd. `` and
:04:44. > :04:48.after that it's goodbye. It will be 20 years next year, it's ne`rly 20
:04:49. > :04:52.years since I first joined the Cabinet and nearly 40 since I
:04:53. > :04:56.started being a political activist and appearing at party confdrences
:04:57. > :05:04.and so on. That is a full gdneration of being involved in politics. Today
:05:05. > :05:10.William Hague's father, his early inspiration, paid tribute to him. 26
:05:11. > :05:15.years by the time of the next election, he is out of it, only 53,
:05:16. > :05:19.has a good life ahead of hil and he wants to write again. He has done a
:05:20. > :05:23.couple biographies already. Probably finish up in the House of Lords
:05:24. > :05:28.much against my advice. But whether he takes heed of dad or not, nearly
:05:29. > :05:31.40 years after his political debut, William Hague's political c`reer has
:05:32. > :05:37.ten months left, ten months that just happen to coincide with a
:05:38. > :05:42.general election campaign. Thank you very much, Phil.
:05:43. > :05:45.Let's go to Mark Denton now in the studio. William Hague to stdp down
:05:46. > :05:50.at the general election. Who is likely to throw their hat into the
:05:51. > :05:53.ring? No definite names but a lot of speculation to the delight of
:05:54. > :06:00.political reporters everywhdre, of course. I have to say, a few local
:06:01. > :06:05.names out of the running already. There was speculation James Wharton
:06:06. > :06:10.might be one of them. He has a small majority but he was born and raised
:06:11. > :06:17.in Stockton and says he is staying to fight the seat. What abott Anne
:06:18. > :06:25.McIntosh, MP for Thirsk and mallen to, she says `` Malton, she says she
:06:26. > :06:29.has no plans to stand in rich mored. Or this chap, John Stephenson. He
:06:30. > :06:33.told me he is committed to Carlisle and that's where he will st`nd next
:06:34. > :06:38.May. Not him either. Could the seat attract a big hitter from ottside
:06:39. > :06:42.the area, maybe this chap, Boris Johnson? Currently mayor of London,
:06:43. > :06:46.but rumoured to be looking for a seat, no word either way tonight.
:06:47. > :06:49.There's likely to be lots of interest in the seat becausd of the
:06:50. > :06:52.size of the majority. Absolttely thumping majority. I am surd other
:06:53. > :06:58.parties will say the seat is winnable but the fact is it's the
:06:59. > :07:02.safest parliamentary seat anywhere. For opposition parties overturning a
:07:03. > :07:05.big majority can be like moving a mountain and William Hague has a
:07:06. > :07:14.bigger mountain and all thrde leaders, let's take a look. Here is
:07:15. > :07:19.Ed Miliband's majority. And Nick Clegg. And then the Prime Mhnister
:07:20. > :07:25.in his Oxfordshire seat, a lajority there of under 22,000. Leadhng them
:07:26. > :07:28.all, William Hague, a Mount Everest of majorities, over 23,000, a heck
:07:29. > :07:31.of a steep climb for the other parties.
:07:32. > :07:37.Those other parties are sayhng that William Hague's departure could
:07:38. > :07:42.leave the region short`changed? He has been a northern voice of the
:07:43. > :07:46.Cabinet table. MP Nick Brown says his departure is significant for the
:07:47. > :07:51.region and thinks the new C`binet has widened a north`south dhvide.
:07:52. > :07:54.It's moved further away frol the English regions, from slan, Wales
:07:55. > :07:57.and Northern Ireland, and `` Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
:07:58. > :08:01.and into the home Counties, this is an intensive reshuffle and H would
:08:02. > :08:06.have thought the Prime Minister would want to reach out to those
:08:07. > :08:08.parts of the UK where the Conservative Party isn't
:08:09. > :08:12.traditionally strong. He has done nothing of the sort. No news yet on
:08:13. > :08:23.other appointments from the north. As more names come out it looks as
:08:24. > :08:27.if Scarborough and Whitby MP Robert Goodwill has kept his job at the
:08:28. > :08:29.department for transport, more news at Ten.
:08:30. > :08:35.Thank you. Newcastle is to keep a clinic
:08:36. > :08:37.for people with eating disorders. There were fears that the Rhchardson
:08:38. > :08:40.Clinic ` at the Royal Victoria Infirmary ` would close, me`ning
:08:41. > :08:43.patients would have to travdl as far But now NHS England has agrded to
:08:44. > :08:50.fund 20 beds in the North E`st, Police searching for a missing
:08:51. > :08:54.County Durham man have found a body. 22`year`old Dean Robson was last
:08:55. > :08:57.seen on Sunday night when he left a friend's house
:08:58. > :09:00.in Moorside saying he was going to A body's now been discovered
:09:01. > :09:04.in a wooded area at the end No formal ID has taken placd, though
:09:05. > :09:15.Mr Robson's family have been told. Children as young
:09:16. > :09:18.as 11 have been groomed and sexually That's the claim from one charity,
:09:19. > :09:26.after a major campaign was launched today to tackle child sexual
:09:27. > :09:29.exploitation in the area. Late night workers in hotels,
:09:30. > :09:31.taxis and takeaways across Teesside are being urged to report any abuse
:09:32. > :09:52.they see. It's to raise awareness, taxis, bed
:09:53. > :09:55.and breakfast, hotels, if they see something, they say something. We
:09:56. > :09:57.need to be aware of concerns so we can protect children and brhng
:09:58. > :10:01.perpetrators to justice. Well, the charity Barnardos says
:10:02. > :10:04.its currently supporting 154 children across Teesside who've been
:10:05. > :10:05.sexually exploited. Some families say the sickening
:10:06. > :10:08.abuse their children has suffered Stuart Whincup has
:10:09. > :10:21.this special report. Cruising the streets, targeting
:10:22. > :10:24.their prey. They look for young vulnerable children, feeding them
:10:25. > :10:28.with drink and drugs. The groomers offer friendship and love bdfore
:10:29. > :10:34.exploiting and sexually abusing their victims. You have got
:10:35. > :10:38.paedophiles and perverts living and hiding and blending in, and living
:10:39. > :10:43.amongst us all. This woman's daughter was sexually abused by this
:10:44. > :10:47.man. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. The taxi driver was more
:10:48. > :10:52.than twice her age when he had sex with the teenager in a lay`by. I
:10:53. > :10:56.couldn't believe it to begin, I thought how a guy could befriend my
:10:57. > :11:01.daughter, convince her that he was in love with her? He was a
:11:02. > :11:05.32`year`old and she was likd 13 at the time. They're preying on kids.
:11:06. > :11:09.The cases are not rare. The charity Barnardo's says it's seen a number
:11:10. > :11:13.of victims groomed and sexu`lly abused increase by a third. The
:11:14. > :11:19.children are young. Across Teesside over the last year we have supported
:11:20. > :11:25.around 154 young people and that includes boys and girls and has been
:11:26. > :11:30.in some cases as young as 10 but often around the age of 13 tpwards.
:11:31. > :11:33.High`profile arrests and prosecutions have encouraged more
:11:34. > :11:37.victims to speak out. Last xear three men were sentenced to a total
:11:38. > :11:42.of 16 years in prison for grooming children. Now a new campaign is
:11:43. > :11:46.being launched on Teesside to stop sexual exploitation. The actual
:11:47. > :11:50.abuse takes place hidden from public view, in flats, homes and hotels.
:11:51. > :11:56.But the authorities say even under the cover of darkness the w`rning
:11:57. > :12:01.signs can still be seen with older men booking hotel rooms with young
:12:02. > :12:05.girls, with them taking latd night taxi journeys and buying cigarettes
:12:06. > :12:09.and alcohol. Now they want the late night businesses to report their
:12:10. > :12:14.concerns. This isn't just a Middlesbrough problem. This abuse is
:12:15. > :12:17.taking place in every town `nd city. Problems elsewhere in the country
:12:18. > :12:21.quite evidently, the authorhties haven't listened and done anything
:12:22. > :12:25.about it. That's absolutely not the case here on Teesside. Agencies are
:12:26. > :12:30.listening and are committed to tackling the problem. This woman now
:12:31. > :12:33.sleeps behind her front door because she's frightened someone will again
:12:34. > :12:37.hurt her daughter. It destroys your life. It's not the child's life
:12:38. > :12:41.it's everybody else in the family, everybody that's involved. They see
:12:42. > :12:45.the effects it has. There's a lot more kids out there who havdn't been
:12:46. > :12:49.brave enough to come forward. The grooming of young children has been
:12:50. > :12:54.a silent crime that prefers darkness. Now late night workers are
:12:55. > :13:03.being asked to shine a light on the abuse and no longer stay silent
:13:04. > :13:07.An independent odour consultant wil now carry out unannounced vhsits to
:13:08. > :13:10.a factory in Cumbria as part of measures to tackle
:13:11. > :13:15.The move comes four years after 88 families from the town
:13:16. > :13:18.started legal action against Omegga Proteins which owns the
:13:19. > :13:23.Today, it was announced an out of court settlement had been
:13:24. > :13:25.reached, with many of the details remaining secret
:13:26. > :13:31.Alison Freeman joins us from our Carlisle studio.
:13:32. > :13:38.Some relief then for the residents. Indeed this case has been rtmbling
:13:39. > :13:43.on for the last four years. The pong has been plaguing the peopld for
:13:44. > :13:46.decades. 88 families wanted to get an injunction to stop the w`y the
:13:47. > :13:51.plant was being run from catsing a public nuisance. They wanted to get
:13:52. > :13:55.damages for enduring that slell The out of court settlement is
:13:56. > :13:59.confidential. We won't know if any compensation has been paid. But the
:14:00. > :14:03.action the plant owners havd agreed to take to tackle the smell has been
:14:04. > :14:07.revealed. That includes the appointment of an independent odour
:14:08. > :14:11.consultant to make unannounced visits, odour testing and the
:14:12. > :14:15.creation of a covered odour`controlled area for lorries
:14:16. > :14:19.carrying raw materials. Tod`y in Penrith people told us how they had
:14:20. > :14:25.been affected by the smell `nd what they thought of the plans. Lakes you
:14:26. > :14:30.feel sick, physically sick. Awful smell. We are in the middle and you
:14:31. > :14:32.can see tourists and they'rd looking about and a few people have
:14:33. > :14:37.commented as they've been w`lking past, what is that disgusting smell?
:14:38. > :14:42.You can't say we have this smell all the time, we don't but when it's
:14:43. > :14:50.there it's unpleasant. If they can minimise or improve the ` that will
:14:51. > :14:55.be better. The council regulates the site, what has it had to sax? It has
:14:56. > :15:01.stressed it wasn't involved in the civil action. The claimants allege
:15:02. > :15:05.there were not the correct permits in place or the odour control
:15:06. > :15:09.between 2010 and 2013. The company has not answered those allegations
:15:10. > :15:12.but the council says they dhd have the correct permits. The people of
:15:13. > :15:15.Penrith will be just be hophng this will put an end to the smell. Thank
:15:16. > :15:19.you. A major clean`up operation has begun
:15:20. > :15:22.on Redcar beach today after pressure The Friends of Redcar says
:15:23. > :15:29.its long fight to get old btilding rubble and debris removed
:15:30. > :15:32.after the installation of ndw sea Now
:15:33. > :15:44.the Environment Agency has `greed to For many this scene has been spoiled
:15:45. > :15:46.by rubble and debris which has emerged at the back of the beach.
:15:47. > :15:52.After a ten`month campaign to get the beach cleared of concrete, metal
:15:53. > :15:56.and debris, The Friends of red car are pleased the clean`up has begun.
:15:57. > :16:01.The building material we sed here is from the coastal defences btilt and
:16:02. > :16:06.finished back in August 2013. They did a brilliant job of the defences,
:16:07. > :16:10.we are happy with that. Howdver they didn't clean up properly
:16:11. > :16:14.afterwards and as you can sde, everywhere on the beach there is
:16:15. > :16:20.huge deposits of building m`terials, broken masonry, bricks, rubble. Even
:16:21. > :16:23.buried bags of building sand, a building fence, all kinds of
:16:24. > :16:26.material that shouldn't be there. There's lots of local respect for
:16:27. > :16:30.the campaigners' fight to clear it. We have a fantastic beach in Redcar
:16:31. > :16:35.and we want it to be even bdtter. It's a great place for families and
:16:36. > :16:39.I want to pay tribute to Thd Friends of Redcar who have come in `ll kinds
:16:40. > :16:42.of weather to pick up the lhtter and rubble and have run a fantastic
:16:43. > :16:45.campaign to get the Environlent Agency and others to come b`ck and
:16:46. > :16:49.clean up some of this rubbld and make this a great place to bring
:16:50. > :16:57.your family. The Environment Agency said it's carried out a number of
:16:58. > :17:00.sweeps of Redcar beach to thdy up debris following the completion of
:17:01. > :17:04.the flood defences. The work is part of a bigger operation ahead of the
:17:05. > :17:14.hobble education to ensure the beach is as clean as possible `` `head of
:17:15. > :17:17.the clean`up operation. They're one step closer to getting
:17:18. > :17:24.the beach they feel they deserve here.
:17:25. > :17:28.Later in the programme we speak to more Commonwealth medal
:17:29. > :17:33.And we're behind the scenes of a new play celebrating
:17:34. > :17:53.A play by the daughter of one of the country's most feted writers
:17:54. > :18:02.And just like her father, Alan Plater who died four ydars
:18:03. > :18:04.ago, Janet Plater's writing is grounded in the North.
:18:05. > :18:06.Her latest work Stephenson 200 focuses on one of the most
:18:07. > :18:10.For tonight's Look North Report our arts reporter Sharuna S`gar has
:18:11. > :18:13.been talking to Janet about her interest in George Stephenson and
:18:14. > :18:33.The father of the railways, George Stephenson is the inspiration behind
:18:34. > :18:36.Janet Plater's new play. Shd explores the George the man and his
:18:37. > :18:43.relationship with his son Robert who also went on to achieve gre`t
:18:44. > :18:49.indeed. `` greatness. This hs where the Stephensons came to set up the
:18:50. > :18:54.company to make locomotives. My dad would have been fascinated. He would
:18:55. > :18:59.have loved to have a look around. Her dad was the late writer Alan
:19:00. > :19:03.Plater. His love of the reghon lives on through his daughter. System your
:19:04. > :19:06.wrierting similar to that of `` is your writing similar to that of your
:19:07. > :19:11.father's? I am an apprenticd writer and of course he was a mastdr and
:19:12. > :19:15.very experienced writer. I wouldn't compare myself in that way. But
:19:16. > :19:20.people do say that there ard similarities sometimes in some of my
:19:21. > :19:24.writing, certainly members of the family have signs said therd is
:19:25. > :19:30.something that is an echo of him. Janet's latest work is to cdlebrate
:19:31. > :19:41.the 200th anniversary of George Stephenson's first locomotive.
:19:42. > :19:44.Bleucher. Final rehearsals for the community production are under way
:19:45. > :19:54.at George Stephenson School in killing worth. `` Killingworth. I
:19:55. > :20:00.have been fascinated with Gdorge for a long time, reading about him. He's
:20:01. > :20:04.often portrayed as an austere engineer, a Victorian gentldman And
:20:05. > :20:08.he is quite a character, an ordinary Geordie bloke and my dad wotld have
:20:09. > :20:17.loved to write about him, I am amazed he didn't. Many of the scenes
:20:18. > :20:24.are set in the Stephenson f`mily home. George Stephenson devdloped
:20:25. > :20:29.Bleucher while he was living here at this cottage in West Moor. This is
:20:30. > :20:34.also where he inspired young Robert, his son, to follow in his f`ther's
:20:35. > :20:42.footsteps. As we now know, Robert went on to be known as the greatest
:20:43. > :20:51.engineer of the 1th century. `` 19th century. Obviously there is a
:20:52. > :21:01.comparison to be drawn, between a `` did you draw parallels? Not really.
:21:02. > :21:14.It's in your blood? Perhaps. Stephenson 200 runs until S`turday.
:21:15. > :21:16.Newcastle United and Dutch club Feyenoord are hoping to fin`lise a
:21:17. > :21:21.deal to bring the Holland ftll`back Daryl Janmaat to St James's Park.
:21:22. > :21:24.The 24`year`old's been on Txneside today
:21:25. > :21:28.He would become the club's fifth summer signing
:21:29. > :21:31.Meanwhile, Middlesbrough striker Lukas Jutkiewicz has joined Premier
:21:32. > :21:42.British 1500m champion Laura Weightman from Alnwick is one
:21:43. > :21:44.of our region's best medal prospects for this summer's Commonwealth Games
:21:45. > :21:50.With just two weeks to go, the 23`year`old is
:21:51. > :21:52.in great form and looking forward to challenging herself against some
:21:53. > :21:56.We caught up with her this lorning at the Wentworth athletics track
:21:57. > :22:09.From until 28th July when L`ura lines up for her 1500 metres heat
:22:10. > :22:12.it's all about making sure she is in the best condition to give herself
:22:13. > :22:19.the chance of stepping on to the medal podium. At the weekend she
:22:20. > :22:24.achieved an impressive fourth place finish. It's the type of race that
:22:25. > :22:27.you can't expect in the fin`l, it was important to get out thdre and
:22:28. > :22:31.be competitive with some of the girls that I am going to be racing
:22:32. > :22:34.at the Commonwealth and European Championships. I beat the Kdnyan
:22:35. > :22:38.girl who has ran quick this year and is a fantastic athlete. In `
:22:39. > :22:41.championship race anything can happen if you are in the right place
:22:42. > :22:45.at the right time and fight for the line. I have had a strong whnter's
:22:46. > :22:48.training and feel like I have a strong base behind me now and by the
:22:49. > :22:51.time I get to both those championships I am going to be in
:22:52. > :22:55.the best shape of the season and of my career. Laura's already `chieved
:22:56. > :22:58.her dream of competing in the Olympics making the final in London
:22:59. > :23:01.at the age of 21. There's more to come. She knocked two`and`a`half
:23:02. > :23:05.seconds off her personal best in Paris a few weeks ago coming close
:23:06. > :23:09.to breaking the four`minute mark. I think it's possible in the next year
:23:10. > :23:14.or so, whether it happens this year I don't know. I will take
:23:15. > :23:18.championship medals this ye`r. It will come in the next few ydars but
:23:19. > :23:21.now the focus is the championships and getting medals. While hdr coach
:23:22. > :23:25.will be trying to contain hhs nerves as he commentates on her race, her
:23:26. > :23:30.proud family will be willing her on in the crowd. Very proud, yds. It's
:23:31. > :23:34.a surreal feeling to think that you are sitting in the crowd and that's
:23:35. > :23:39.your child out on the track running against the top in the world, best
:23:40. > :23:44.in the world really. Yes, it is a good feeling. And while Laura is not
:23:45. > :23:48.particularly superstitious there is one thing she won't take to the
:23:49. > :23:54.track without. I always racd in a necklace my grandmother gavd me for
:23:55. > :24:10.my birthday, and can't not race without it. All the best to her
:24:11. > :24:17.The Aussies have used the training camp before. The last time hn the
:24:18. > :24:23.run`up to London 2012. Also the Delly 2010 we were based here, as
:24:24. > :24:28.well Dehli. I know Gateshead quite well. Had a competition aftdr Berlin
:24:29. > :24:30.and had one of better throws here, as well. It means a fair bit to me
:24:31. > :24:35.to be back here. It's a good vibe. And talking of Aussies,
:24:36. > :24:37.despite a valiant effort from their Australian all`rounder
:24:38. > :24:39.John Hastings Durham have lost their County Championship match against
:24:40. > :24:56.Warwickshire inside three d`ys. Durham could only manage 113 second
:24:57. > :25:04.time around. Now a real cuthe in the weather, so move aside therd, Paul,
:25:05. > :25:11.please! Very good, yes. If xou believe the legend of St Swhthins,
:25:12. > :25:17.if it rains today it will r`in for 40 years. She wasn't taking any
:25:18. > :25:20.chances, sunhat and bucket `nd everything. Tomorrow won't be the
:25:21. > :25:23.same as today. Although manx place also start dry there will bd rain
:25:24. > :25:25.spreading in from the west through the day. It will brighten up later.
:25:26. > :25:34.So a mixed bag tomorrow. This evening it's mostly drx. A fine
:25:35. > :25:38.evening and clear spells. Bx the end of the night the cloud will start to
:25:39. > :25:42.thicken up in the west. You can see the first signs of that rain heading
:25:43. > :25:46.our way by tomorrow morning. Temperatures stay in double figures
:25:47. > :25:51.through the night. Winds relain very light, as well. Tomorrow although it
:25:52. > :25:54.starts off dry for many, sole decent bright spells in the east especially
:25:55. > :25:59.through the morning. This cloud continues to thicken up and Brix
:26:00. > :26:03.outbreaks of rain to `` and brings outbreaks to rain to many places.
:26:04. > :26:06.Even though there will be stnny and sunny spells developing in the north
:26:07. > :26:11.later, still scope for one or two sharp showers. Having said that
:26:12. > :26:21.even with that shower cloud around the temperatures remain pretty warm.
:26:22. > :26:27.It's mild temperatures over the neglects few days. The tempdratures
:26:28. > :26:32.becoming higher `` over the next few days. Hot and humid with it, as
:26:33. > :26:38.well. By the end of the week a risk of thundery rain up from thd south
:26:39. > :26:42.associated with this weather system. After tomorrow we get that rain out
:26:43. > :26:46.of the way. Most places are dry on Thursday. Temperatures again into
:26:47. > :26:50.the low 20s in the sunshine. The outside chance of one or two sharp
:26:51. > :26:55.showers developing. That's `n increasing risk into Friday. By that
:26:56. > :26:59.time some places will be he`ding towards the mid`20s. As we head to
:27:00. > :27:02.the weekend, that's the main risk of the thundery rain becoming lore
:27:03. > :27:07.widespread and that merits `n early warning from The Met Office. Of
:27:08. > :27:11.course we will keep you upd`ted how it's shaping up on your BBC local
:27:12. > :27:17.radio station. That's the wdather. Thank you, Paul. When was that early
:27:18. > :27:21.warning for? Saturday. Thank you. Finally, tonight's headlines: The
:27:22. > :27:24.Prime Minister has unveiled the most significant reshuffle to thd Cabinet
:27:25. > :27:27.since he came to power. The people of Richmond have reacted with shock
:27:28. > :27:32.and surprise to the news th`t William Hague is to step down from
:27:33. > :27:39.parliament at the next election We will have more on that in our
:27:40. > :27:43.late news around about 10. 25pm For now, good night.