:00:07. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to Friday's Look North.
:00:09. > :00:12.Shock and disbelief as two Newcastle United fans are named as passengers
:00:13. > :00:24.on board the Malaysian Airlhnes jet blasted from the skies.
:00:25. > :00:30.I would rather it was me on the plane and not him because hd is only
:00:31. > :00:31.28. I want everyone to know he was a tremendous blow, if he's looking
:00:32. > :00:35.down. As more details emerge
:00:36. > :00:37.about the horrific crash, tributes to John Alder and Liam Sweeney pour
:00:38. > :00:44.in from friends and fellow fans It is a small city but this is a
:00:45. > :00:49.massive club and this is wh`t we live for and it is the same `` shame
:00:50. > :00:52.that John and Liam are going to miss the many happy years we said ``
:00:53. > :00:55.spent together. It will be ` shame. A clothing firm celebrates
:00:56. > :00:59.a major contract with superlarket The new ?2 million railway station
:01:00. > :01:02.built to ease congestion As the south basks in the stmmer
:01:03. > :01:24.sunshine, what has the weather A century from Gary Ballancd gets
:01:25. > :01:30.England back on track in thd second test and revved up for the weekend,
:01:31. > :01:31.the bike riders competing in World Championship stages in a Culbrian
:01:32. > :01:41.quarry. They were two devoted Newcastle
:01:42. > :01:44.United fans on their way to watch But John Alder
:01:45. > :01:48.and Liam Sweeney were among 10 British passengers travelling
:01:49. > :01:53.on Malaysian Airlines flight MH 7, the aircraft that was blastdd out
:01:54. > :01:58.of the sky as it flew over Tkraine. Their deaths have caused widespread
:01:59. > :02:01.shock and today tributes to the pair have poured in as more detahls about
:02:02. > :02:04.the horrific plane crash emdrged. Mr Alder, who was in his 60s,
:02:05. > :02:10.and 28`year`old Mr Sweeney were flying out to New Zealand to watch
:02:11. > :02:14.Newcastle play in a pre`season tour. Andrew Hartley is live for ts at
:02:15. > :02:18.St James' Park now. Andrew, give us some idea of the
:02:19. > :02:33.reaction to today's developlents. Carroll, Newcastle is one of the
:02:34. > :02:39.bigger seat fan bases for a football club in at the country but tonight
:02:40. > :02:43.it feels like a close`knit family, such is the level of grief that
:02:44. > :02:49.surrounds this place tonight. Floral tributes have been left all day One
:02:50. > :02:54.of them reads, true Geordies, gone too soon. Another says, we `re not
:02:55. > :02:59.just fans, or we are not just friends, we are family. These words
:03:00. > :03:06.speak for the thousands who view or knew of two of Newcastle 's most
:03:07. > :03:09.devoted fans. Fans so loyal and so devoted.
:03:10. > :03:12.John Alder and Liam Sweeney went to every Newcastle match, home or away,
:03:13. > :03:15.even if it was a friendly on the other side of the world.
:03:16. > :03:18.Liam's parents laid flowers at the feet of the Bobby Robson
:03:19. > :03:25.statue outside St James Park in memory of their son.
:03:26. > :03:32.I have lost a son. I am finding it hard to grieve at the moment and I
:03:33. > :03:35.really do not mind speaking to everybody because everybody wants to
:03:36. > :03:41.know and the more they know about Liam and what a good lad he was the
:03:42. > :03:44.lad who never said boo to anybody and who never called anyone and no
:03:45. > :03:50.one ever called him and he just did what he wanted to do. I just want
:03:51. > :03:55.everyone to know what a trelendous bloke... I wish I had been on the
:03:56. > :03:58.flight consider `` with him and we could've had a drink togethdr.
:03:59. > :04:00.John had missed just one gale in 50 years.
:04:01. > :04:02.Liam, though only 28, was just as committed.
:04:03. > :04:05.Both were well known to thotsands of Newcastle fans who followed
:04:06. > :04:09.their team up and down the country, and many came to St James P`rk to
:04:10. > :04:20.It is a small city but a massive club and this is what we live for up
:04:21. > :04:24.here. It is such a shame th`t John and Liam are going to miss lany
:04:25. > :04:29.happy years that we have spdnt together, it will be a big shame.
:04:30. > :04:33.John was always referred to as the undertaker, we would always see him
:04:34. > :04:37.everywhere, at service stathons going down to the Games, he would
:04:38. > :04:42.speak to the fans and he was always there in his suit and his thme with
:04:43. > :04:46.his long hair. He was an iconic figure in what he used to wdar and
:04:47. > :04:50.it was comforting as they found that he was always there. I just feel it
:04:51. > :04:56.is the right thing to do to come here and pay respects. I thhnk the
:04:57. > :05:00.fact that John and Liam, who went to a lot of Games with John, wdre on
:05:01. > :05:05.the way to New Zealand to cheer on the lads again is all we re`lly need
:05:06. > :05:08.to know about them. They were dedicated supporters who gave up a
:05:09. > :05:13.lot of time and effort and loney over the years to go and support the
:05:14. > :05:17.club. For me it is just for the families and the club and everyone
:05:18. > :05:20.wants to give their condolences to the family. People who love
:05:21. > :05:24.something so much that they are willing to travel to the end of the
:05:25. > :05:35.world and its takes them so tragically. We heard brieflx from
:05:36. > :05:41.Liam's father and we have bden speaking to him at length about the
:05:42. > :05:46.events in the Ukraine. I was hoping all night hoping that one of those
:05:47. > :05:49.nine Britons was not my son. It is horrible towards somebody else but
:05:50. > :05:54.you do think of your own ond when something has happened. I would
:05:55. > :06:01.probably rather it was me shtting on the plane and not him because he is
:06:02. > :06:05.only 28, you know? You can have hatred and I want to go unthl
:06:06. > :06:11.somebody but what happens over there is what happens over there. If
:06:12. > :06:15.someone was hurting here I could do something about it but I can't do
:06:16. > :06:19.anything about it. We hope that with governments will get togethdr and
:06:20. > :06:29.stop it happening again. I just want everyone to know what a trelendous
:06:30. > :06:32.bloke... If he is looking down. I was actually thinking of gohng down
:06:33. > :06:34.to Saint James 's Park after this and having a little look around and
:06:35. > :06:38.being a proud dad. Andrew, the tragic events in Ukraine
:06:39. > :06:41.have clearly left two Tyneshde But two communities are also trying
:06:42. > :06:53.to come to terms with Yes, although this whole story has
:06:54. > :06:58.been played across the world's political stage, much closer to home
:06:59. > :07:02.the emotional impact of it hs being felt across two of our commtnities,
:07:03. > :07:05.in Gateshead and in Newcastle, where both men will be sadly missdd, as
:07:06. > :07:10.Jim Knight reports. John Alder had lived in this quiet
:07:11. > :07:13.Gateshead street for over 50 years. And though Margaret had livdd
:07:14. > :07:16.next`door to him for over 40 of those years, she admits he was
:07:17. > :07:28.such a shy and quiet man shd really He was one of these people xou had
:07:29. > :07:33.to talk to him, he would not make a conversation with you, you had to
:07:34. > :07:41.talk to him. He was quite qtiet and shy? Very quiet. Very shy. John s
:07:42. > :07:43.trademark was his black suit and white shirt on match Games.
:07:44. > :07:46.He always wore it to the gales and earned the nickname frol his
:07:47. > :07:53.He would have his black suit on and his white shirt and he would come
:07:54. > :07:56.out across the road and I would know there was a match on.
:07:57. > :07:59.The shock news was slowly spreading down the street today
:08:00. > :08:01.Gwen Arthurs remembered how she'd entrusted John to takd her
:08:02. > :08:10.Because he wasn't old enough I didn't want him going on his own and
:08:11. > :08:13.I knew he never missed a match so I asked John and he took Christopher
:08:14. > :08:17.and his friend Jack Canty looked after them, you know?
:08:18. > :08:20.Liam Sweeney lived with another man on the seventh floor
:08:21. > :08:23.of this Newcastle Tower block near Westgate Road.
:08:24. > :08:25.It gave him a spectacular vhew of his beloved St James' Park.
:08:26. > :08:28.But, apart from his obvious love of Newcastle United,
:08:29. > :08:34.neighbours on the same landhng knew little else about him.
:08:35. > :08:40.I did not expect somebody who lived next door to me to be involved in
:08:41. > :08:45.that. It is sad, isn't that? He spent all of his time following
:08:46. > :08:46.Newcastle and ended his lifd going to support Newcastle, it is a little
:08:47. > :08:48.bit tragic. Two men who lived
:08:49. > :09:06.for their football and died Anthony Nicholson new John @lder for
:09:07. > :09:11.four years. What are your mdmories? The events of today are so real and
:09:12. > :09:16.very hard to comprehend. Wh`t makes it sadder is that it is two of our
:09:17. > :09:19.own. I say that as a fan and it should hit a chord with football
:09:20. > :09:26.fans right across the region and around the country in the world My
:09:27. > :09:31.own season ticket for Newcastle was first in 1976 in the paddock,
:09:32. > :09:37.standing in the glorious terraces as they were. Already established at
:09:38. > :09:41.that time was this character known as John the undertaker, distinctive
:09:42. > :09:45.dress of the black trousers and a white shirt and a black jacket and
:09:46. > :09:49.the long straggly hair. Throughout those years and throughout the 8
:09:50. > :09:53.years since he is absolutelx legendary, no up and down the
:09:54. > :09:58.country, you would see him everywhere. Brighton, Bourndmouth,
:09:59. > :10:04.Benfica, Barcelona, you would see him everywhere. Today is a sadder
:10:05. > :10:09.place. United has lost one of their own. A passionate fan? Absolutely
:10:10. > :10:16.passionate and his glass was always half full. Even the darkest days he
:10:17. > :10:19.kept on keeping the faith. He was Newcastle United through and
:10:20. > :10:23.through. Is it true he only missed one game in 50 years? I gather he
:10:24. > :10:27.only missed one game and I do not know if it was home or away. He
:10:28. > :10:31.would walk to some of the G`mes He was a BT engineer and lived in
:10:32. > :10:32.Gateshead and he would walk across the Tyne Bridge to some of the
:10:33. > :10:33.Games. We'll be returning to you at
:10:34. > :10:37.St James' Park a little latdr. But live now to Jeff Brown who's
:10:38. > :10:40.at Newcastle Airport for us. Jeff, Newcastle players left there
:10:41. > :10:51.a short time ago It was pretty much business as usual
:10:52. > :10:55.for most of the players as they set on on the first leg of their journey
:10:56. > :11:01.to New Zealand. I think it probably resonated a bit more with the likes
:11:02. > :11:06.of Jack Colback and Steven Taylor, local lads and Newcastle fans before
:11:07. > :11:11.they came players. Newcastld are taking a very different route to the
:11:12. > :11:15.one taken by the flight MH 07. They will refuel in Dubai and land in
:11:16. > :11:21.Sydney and then they will move on to New Zealand. They will play into
:11:22. > :11:28.friendly matches next week `gainst Sydney and Wellington. The club said
:11:29. > :11:31.that the team will wear black armbands for both Games and there
:11:32. > :11:35.will be a tribute at the first Premier League game of the season
:11:36. > :11:39.for weeks on Sunday. As I understand in Alan Pardew was
:11:40. > :11:43.not with the players? He was not. He is already in London
:11:44. > :11:47.and will link up with the spuad there. He issued the statemdnt
:11:48. > :11:52.saying, myself and all the players are deeply shocked and sadddned by
:11:53. > :11:55.all this terrible news. We knew how passionately John and Liam supported
:11:56. > :11:58.their team and the club and they were with us for the pre`se`son
:11:59. > :12:02.friendly against Oldham and their dedication to travel all around the
:12:03. > :12:06.world to support us in New Zealand tells us all you need to know about
:12:07. > :12:12.the passion they had for Newcastle United. Our hearts go out to their
:12:13. > :12:17.and there will be an emotional night in Gateshead tonight. There will be
:12:18. > :12:21.a testimonial match for Jamds Curtis and there will be a minutes silence
:12:22. > :12:26.but it could be a minutes applause. Sunderland fans have been posting
:12:27. > :12:29.tributes on their website. Ht shows that old rivalries can be sdt to one
:12:30. > :12:34.side at times like this. Thank you.
:12:35. > :12:39.A County Durham clothing firm set up by former rag trade workdrs
:12:40. > :12:44.is celebrating a major contract with supermarket giant Tesco.
:12:45. > :12:46.The AMA Group in Peterlee whll employ 150 people initially
:12:47. > :13:03.Like the minds and the shipxards, so went the rag trade. By the
:13:04. > :13:08.turn`of`the`century the gre`t clothing factories were shedding
:13:09. > :13:13.jobs in the hundreds, usurpdd by cheaper labour abroad. And xet, in a
:13:14. > :13:18.corner of an industrial est`te in Peterlee, a revival is quietly
:13:19. > :13:22.taking shape. Rising costs hn the far east and import duties here mean
:13:23. > :13:30.making British clothes looks viable once again. Obviously things started
:13:31. > :13:33.to move offshore about 15 or 20 years ago and things were more
:13:34. > :13:37.competitive from the far east in particular. There have been huge
:13:38. > :13:41.increases in freight charges in recent years and import dutx
:13:42. > :13:46.charges. As Asia becomes more dependent on their own economy for
:13:47. > :13:51.their own people than the prices are increasing and they are incredibly
:13:52. > :13:55.inflexible as regards volumds. British workers are back in business
:13:56. > :13:58.and now they have won a contract from Tesco. This building w`s
:13:59. > :14:02.originally intended to be a call centre but many of those jobs went
:14:03. > :14:07.abroad as well so there is `n irony that in the end it has been filled
:14:08. > :14:11.by workers from the old`fashioned British rag trade, 150 of them will
:14:12. > :14:15.fill this room over the course of this year with the potential of many
:14:16. > :14:20.more to come here and on thd floor above. Among the Ms Ann`Marhe, a
:14:21. > :14:25.machine arrest from leaving `` a machinist from leaving school she
:14:26. > :14:28.lost her job when another f`ctory went and now she is back. Hoping to
:14:29. > :14:33.get a high street with made in England back on the map. Evdrybody
:14:34. > :14:39.will be looking forward to seeing British made garments back hn the
:14:40. > :14:44.shops. With Tesco clothes now to be made in Peterlee, that will become a
:14:45. > :14:47.reality. That is good to see.
:14:48. > :14:49.Hospital parking has long bden a problem for many patients
:14:50. > :14:52.But one of our hospitals has unveiled a fast track soluthon.
:14:53. > :14:55.A ?2.2 million railway stathon has been officially opened at J`mes
:14:56. > :15:00.From now, its one million p`tients and visitors every year will have
:15:01. > :15:02.the option of letting the train take the strain.
:15:03. > :15:24.It has been a long time comhng, 25 years after the plans were first
:15:25. > :15:30.discussed, the hospital fin`lly has its own station. The Ministdr of
:15:31. > :15:34.State for transport did the honours. We have got a hospital, one of the
:15:35. > :15:39.most modern hospitals, cutthng edge, four minutes away from Middlesbrough
:15:40. > :15:45.by Pablo Trevisan in effect and that can make a really big difference to
:15:46. > :15:47.the whole area and it encourages people to come by public tr`nsport
:15:48. > :15:50.rather than clogging up the roads. You only have to try
:15:51. > :15:53.and find a parking space to realise It has more than 6,500
:15:54. > :15:56.staff working here. And over one million patients
:15:57. > :15:58.and visitors come through So it's easy to understand
:15:59. > :16:01.why it's congested. The new station's welcomed
:16:02. > :16:04.but some say it's not enough. They say the area's rail network is
:16:05. > :16:07.in desperate need of modernhsation. 14 trains will pass
:16:08. > :16:21.through here every day. At the moment it is 53 minutes from
:16:22. > :16:25.Darlington to Saltburn and ` decent runner could do it better so that
:16:26. > :16:29.cannot be acceptable. We have ancient trains that are not fit for
:16:30. > :16:33.purpose. They have been out of date for 25 years and we need solething
:16:34. > :16:36.decent and we should stop pttting up with it because in the south of
:16:37. > :16:40.England there is some wonderful rolling stock.
:16:41. > :16:41.14 trains will pass through here every day.
:16:42. > :16:44.And as as well as the hospital the station will
:16:45. > :16:46.also serve a new housing estate and Middlesbrough's ?18 million sports
:16:47. > :16:53.Now you may have noticed th`t while the south basked
:16:54. > :16:56.in sizzling temperatures today, here in the North East and Cumbria
:16:57. > :17:02.Parts of the south recorded their highest temperature of
:17:03. > :17:06.the year so far but here thd weather was a whopping 14 degrees cooler.
:17:07. > :17:09.We sent Phil Connell to Whitby to report on the weather's winners
:17:10. > :17:26.The forecasters said it was the hottest day of the year so far but
:17:27. > :17:31.in our region there was little evidence of that. These werd the
:17:32. > :17:36.scenes in Whitby, cloudy and at 17 degrees, the sea tempting only the
:17:37. > :17:39.very bravest. I came out in shorts this morning and then I went home
:17:40. > :17:46.and got changed. It is a bit too cold. We are quite used to ht. It is
:17:47. > :17:50.cold, definitely, but it is the north`east, isn't it? Our brother is
:17:51. > :17:53.in Hampshire and we go down there in August and when we get therd they
:17:54. > :17:59.are as brown as nuts and we have seen two days of sun! In contrast
:18:00. > :18:04.the South of England saw temperatures at 32 degrees. Swimming
:18:05. > :18:08.pools were the best place to be with one BBC colleague in Hastings all
:18:09. > :18:14.too keen to paint a picture there. You can tell we are feeling really
:18:15. > :18:19.sorry for you down in Hastings where it has been up to 26 degrees during
:18:20. > :18:22.the day, in these blue skies and blue seas. Elsewhere around the
:18:23. > :18:27.south`east coast it has been up to 29 degrees. Pride always coles
:18:28. > :18:32.before a fall. Tomorrow thex say it is than the storms and rain here,
:18:33. > :18:37.even for us. We are making the most of it while we can. Along otr
:18:38. > :18:40.coastline the sun may not h`ve shone today and in fact it is even
:18:41. > :18:45.starting to rain but those down south cannot really compete with
:18:46. > :18:52.this. Spectacular views and the best fish and chips. Here in Whitby
:18:53. > :18:57.businesses were putting on ` brave face. The temperatures were 14
:18:58. > :19:02.degrees lower than those in the south. We are a hardy folk tp north.
:19:03. > :19:06.We are not scared of the rahn. If it rains we will put a now watdrproofs
:19:07. > :19:10.and carry on. If it was that temperature it would be too much. We
:19:11. > :19:16.all want it sunny but not where it is torturing. A story today of a
:19:17. > :19:20.divided Britain but with storms gales and hail predicted, wd could
:19:21. > :19:30.all be in the same boat by this time tomorrow. But did you see that
:19:31. > :19:33.report in the South? Pebble Beach is!
:19:34. > :19:37.No, they do not have the sand like us.
:19:38. > :19:39.We have no chips on our shotlders. But we have great sport as well We
:19:40. > :19:41.do indeed. It's five months since Brithsh
:19:42. > :19:44.basketball was rocked by UK Sport's decision to remove
:19:45. > :19:45.its elite funding. The view was that neither the men's
:19:46. > :19:48.nor the women's teams could win But the number of youngsters playing
:19:49. > :19:53.the game outstrips most of hts rivals, and now the sport's hitting
:19:54. > :19:58.back, as Mark Tulip explains. This is the 55 page Commons report
:19:59. > :20:01.that basketball`friendly MP's hope will boost funding for the sport
:20:02. > :20:03.at both elite and grassroots level. The policy to concentrate money
:20:04. > :20:07.on those sports most likely to win medals in the medium term h`s been
:20:08. > :20:12.successful but controversial. The all`party group, chaired
:20:13. > :20:15.by a North East MP, points tp the social benefits of baskdtball,
:20:16. > :20:30.especially among young people It will land on the desk of every
:20:31. > :20:34.Secretary of State and everx MP s mailbox as well as players `nd we
:20:35. > :20:39.are hoping that they will sde the social benefits that there hs from
:20:40. > :20:44.basketball. It is so unique in so many ways to other sports, the link
:20:45. > :20:47.to education, the linked crhme reduction and all of this jtst
:20:48. > :20:49.seemed anecdotal until we dhd the enquiry and we have hard and fast
:20:50. > :20:50.evidence. As recently as last year,
:20:51. > :20:52.basketball, which enjoys a high profile in our region because of the
:20:53. > :20:55.Newcastle Eagles' success on court and in schools, was second only to
:20:56. > :20:58.football in terms of regular participation by young people 1
:20:59. > :21:10.and over, including pupils Our argument has a sport is that we
:21:11. > :21:14.would like to see fairer funding at all levels and that is what the
:21:15. > :21:19.enquiry report is all about, to positively put across the mdssage
:21:20. > :21:22.that there is a lot of activity and the participation rates are higher
:21:23. > :21:24.than you would expect and there is great work going on.
:21:25. > :21:26.Basketball often feels second best to other team sports such as netball
:21:27. > :21:29.and hockey but Sport England insists there's plenty of grassroots money
:21:30. > :21:32.going in, ?9 million over four years, just not all paid direct to
:21:33. > :21:35.the sport's governing body which has been accused of not doing
:21:36. > :21:41.Should there be a re`think on funding, though?
:21:42. > :21:49.The kids are playing it, thdy want to play it but the progresshon
:21:50. > :21:53.through the sport is the issue. We are progressing and we are now in
:21:54. > :21:58.the top 25 in the world for our professional players and top 12 in
:21:59. > :22:02.Europe. We were in the top 75 years ago so we have progressed btt if you
:22:03. > :22:07.cut off the funding at that elite level, it makes it even harder. Are
:22:08. > :22:11.we ever going to get there hf there is no funding to help us get there?
:22:12. > :22:14.Over the course of this weekend some of the most skilful and courageous
:22:15. > :22:17.motorbike riders will be taking part in two world championship stages
:22:18. > :22:21.The globe's top ranked trials riders will be revving their machines over
:22:22. > :22:23.some of the most demanding terrain imaginable, sometimes up
:22:24. > :22:33.We sent Mark McAlindon to see them practising.
:22:34. > :22:49.Think this is just a quarry? Think again.
:22:50. > :22:56.Most motorsports are to do with speed and against the clock `` clock
:22:57. > :23:00.but we are not about that, we are about slow balance, control and
:23:01. > :23:04.clicking about and riding over stuff so it is pretty cool. You w`nt to
:23:05. > :23:09.know what it is really like for the guys that right discourse, they have
:23:10. > :23:13.to go over this rock and between these two red markers. The only
:23:14. > :23:16.problem is they have two st`rt right down at the bottom and dried up some
:23:17. > :23:32.sheer faces. You have got to be brave.
:23:33. > :23:39.People come here and they gdt a fantastic weekend. You walk around
:23:40. > :23:44.and there is action from 930 in the morning to four p.m.. It is a great
:23:45. > :23:48.weekend for people to watch, especially in Cumbria and it is
:23:49. > :23:51.great to have it here. We c`n understand how difficult it is and
:23:52. > :23:57.how tremendous balance they must have. It is phenomenal the way they
:23:58. > :24:00.handled themselves. It is brilliant. I like to be the first diffhcult
:24:01. > :24:04.section, it is always a crowd pleaser but at the end of the date
:24:05. > :24:21.is about keeping your feet tp and doing the best job that you can that
:24:22. > :24:22.is what we have to do. You have to be crazy to take part in th`t,
:24:23. > :24:25.haven't you? A second Test century at Lord's
:24:26. > :24:27.from Yorkshire's Gary Ballance has helped England get back
:24:28. > :24:30.on track after they lost two early Durham's Ben Stokes took
:24:31. > :24:33.the last Indian wicket this morning to restrict the visitors to 295
:24:34. > :24:36.on Day Two of the 2nd Test. But after England's nervous start,
:24:37. > :24:54.it was left to Ballance to steady 's he was eventually out for 11 .
:24:55. > :24:57.Now let us see what we have with the weather. We are sick of hearing
:24:58. > :25:01.about the sun! It is not great. This rainy globe
:25:02. > :25:06.tells us a hint of what we have coming up. Tomorrow we have heavy
:25:07. > :25:10.showers, thundery and slow loving with large hailstones on thd way as
:25:11. > :25:15.well in places. A yellow warning for reigning Cumbria and the
:25:16. > :25:25.north`east. An amber warning of rain in North Yorkshire. Tonight will be
:25:26. > :25:28.misty and mild with temperature some places not getting lower th`n 1
:25:29. > :25:32.even in the dead of night. Tonight we'll be sticky with a few showers
:25:33. > :25:37.but tomorrow morning the showers really pick up in intensity and
:25:38. > :25:41.splash up from the south. The black `` the bright colours of yellow and
:25:42. > :25:52.green on the map are indicating the heaviest areas of rainfall. In the
:25:53. > :25:55.afternoon it will become drx but showers could return later hn the
:25:56. > :26:01.afternoon and the evening. The temperatures are not bad and it will
:26:02. > :26:03.feel pleasant when you avoid the showers it will be particul`rly
:26:04. > :26:09.unpleasant in the West throtgh the afternoon. The lightning fl`shes
:26:10. > :26:14.don't indicate exactly wherd lightning strikes could occtr, we
:26:15. > :26:18.are not that clever yet but they are just an indication of quite how I'm
:26:19. > :26:22.settled the forecast tomorrow is. Expect frequent lightning flashes
:26:23. > :26:31.and hail with those thundershowers continuing well into the evdning in
:26:32. > :26:36.Cumbria. It will be warm whhch drives these thundery showers. The
:26:37. > :26:40.big picture, low pressure in charge through Sunday as well so wd are
:26:41. > :26:44.expecting further showers on the east coast but it will be dry in
:26:45. > :26:46.Cumbria for the second day of the weekend.
:26:47. > :26:48.Certainly not dull! Back now to
:26:49. > :26:52.our main story this evening, the loss of two Newcastle United fans
:26:53. > :26:55.in the Malaysian Airlines crash Tributes to John Alder and
:26:56. > :26:58.Liam Sweeney continue to potr in. A final thought from Andrew Hartley
:26:59. > :27:10.who's live for us at St Jamds' Park. Tonight there is a deep sense of
:27:11. > :27:14.loss around St James's Park. John Alder and Liam Sweeney were not
:27:15. > :27:19.attention seekers or famous but it is not an exaggeration to s`y that
:27:20. > :27:23.they had outstanding loyaltx to Newcastle united over many xears
:27:24. > :27:27.make them known to thousands. They were all united in their sh`red
:27:28. > :27:32.passion for one club. Tonight in the words of one online fan sitd,
:27:33. > :27:39.supporting Newcastle united will never quite be the same agahn.
:27:40. > :27:44.Thank you. Absolutely tragic. That is it from us tonight. We whll be
:27:45. > :27:47.back at 10:25 p.m.. Good night.