:00:10. > :00:13.A 24`year`old Gateshead man has drowned in a lake on Tyneside
:00:14. > :00:15.tonight, on the day that fresh warnings were
:00:16. > :00:18.issued about keepng safe near water at this time of year.
:00:19. > :00:22.It happened at Watergate Park at Sunniside in Gateshead.
:00:23. > :00:24.Our reporter Adrian Pitches is there now.
:00:25. > :00:41.As you say, reports came into the emergency services about 3:30pm this
:00:42. > :00:43.afternoon at a young man had waded into the late here at Watergate
:00:44. > :00:48.country Park. `` into the l`ke. The country Park. `` into the lake. The
:00:49. > :00:54.emergency services were scrambled and deployed to the park and removed
:00:55. > :00:59.the young man from the water. He was taken to hospital in Newcastle,
:01:00. > :01:05.where he was declared dead `t 6 . Were there any suspicious
:01:06. > :01:07.circumstances? Northumbria Police say there was no third partx
:01:08. > :01:12.say there was no third party involvement, that the young man
:01:13. > :01:17.entered the water voluntarily. They said they had condolences for his
:01:18. > :01:20.family, who were distraught. This evening people have been arriving,
:01:21. > :01:26.carrying bouquets of flowers, talking about a young, gentle guy
:01:27. > :01:33.from the local area, who was always ready with a smile. We will learn
:01:34. > :01:36.his name tomorrow. A report is being prepared for the coroner and an
:01:37. > :01:41.eventual inquest. That tragic news comes on the very
:01:42. > :01:45.day the RNLI launched a campaign called Respect the Water, following
:01:46. > :02:12.the release of shocking new figures The RNLI in Blyth say some people
:02:13. > :02:16.just aren't aware enough of the dangers of swimming in rivers,
:02:17. > :02:19.lakes, and especially the sea. The father of one of the Ukraine air
:02:20. > :02:22.crash victims has returned home, after seeing the first
:02:23. > :02:25.of the bodies flown to Holland. Barry Sweeney says he prayed his son
:02:26. > :02:28.Liam was in one of the coffhns. Liam, and John Alder,
:02:29. > :02:30.were two Newcastle United football fans among the ten Britons to die
:02:31. > :02:32.in the disaster. The end of a short trip
:02:33. > :02:36.on a very long journey. Barry Sweeney and son Mark returned
:02:37. > :02:39.to Newcastle airport Talks
:02:40. > :04:24.about high`level radioactivd waste storage in Cumbria can go ahead
:04:25. > :04:27.following a change in government Last year,
:04:28. > :04:31.the county council ruled Culbria out of any involvement in the sdarch for
:04:32. > :04:34.an underground store for Britain's This was despite Allerdale
:04:35. > :04:40.and Copeland Councils' desire to Now the government say no single
:04:41. > :04:44.council should be able to vdto The North East Ambulance Service has
:04:45. > :04:50.apologised after a woman waited nearly four hours for
:04:51. > :04:53.an ambulance, following an `ccident It was nearly three hours bdfore
:04:54. > :04:59.a paramedic arrived, and another hour before an ambulance took her
:05:00. > :05:02.to hospital, just ten minutes away. Last month the head of the North
:05:03. > :05:09.East Ambulance Service told BBC Look North he doesn't have enough money
:05:10. > :05:12.to run the service and diffhcult choices will have to be made
:05:13. > :05:16.if the funding crisis continues Actually maybe we will have to face
:05:17. > :05:20.up to the fact there just is not sufficient resource within
:05:21. > :05:23.the system. That is not much comfort if you are
:05:24. > :05:27.stuck in a car for more than two and three quarter hours, wahting for
:05:28. > :05:29.a paramedic, following an accident. That is what happened on Monday
:05:30. > :05:33.evening behind me on a slip road David Atkinson from the public
:05:34. > :05:38.services union Unison says The issue of lack
:05:39. > :05:44.of resources is putting our members and the Trust at almost breaking
:05:45. > :05:49.point and the question needs to be asked who was responsible
:05:50. > :05:53.for these lack of resources? Is it the government,
:05:54. > :05:57.with their imposition of the cost improvements plan,
:05:58. > :06:00.forcing the Trust to make s`vings? Is it the Department of Health,
:06:01. > :06:03.with their new workforce plan and commissioning arrangements that
:06:04. > :06:07.is causing the lack of resotrce The North East Ambulance Service
:06:08. > :06:31.told us: It's day one of the 20th
:06:32. > :06:35.Commonwealth Games ` and thd region already has its first medal. It's
:06:36. > :06:38.gone to the Teesside swimmer, Aimee Willmott ` who put in a terrific
:06:39. > :06:41.performance in the pool tonhght up It was billed as the battle
:06:42. > :06:47.between Willmott of England and Scotland's Hannah Miley,
:06:48. > :06:50.who won Commonwealth gold in the women's 400 metres individual
:06:51. > :06:54.medley in Delhi, four years ago, and The pair had won their qualifying
:06:55. > :07:00.heats but had plenty left in Aimee, from Middlesbrough,
:07:01. > :07:05.set the early pace. At the halfway mark it is Ahmee
:07:06. > :07:09.Willmott leading from Hannah Miley. She was still in front
:07:10. > :07:13.at the three`quarter mark. But Miley put
:07:14. > :07:17.in a storming finish and whhle Aimee set a new personal best timd she had
:07:18. > :07:22.to settle for silver. I knew it was going to be stch
:07:23. > :07:25.a good race between me and Hannah and I didn't have enough
:07:26. > :07:28.in the freestyle to keep going. I could feel every single p`rt
:07:29. > :07:32.of my body screaming and I could Still, silver is certainly
:07:33. > :07:37.something to be proud of. And Hartlepool's Jemma Lowe will
:07:38. > :07:41.have a chance of winning a medal for Wales after qualifying for the final
:07:42. > :07:45.of the 100 metres women's butterfly. The 24`year`old was
:07:46. > :07:48.a bronze medallist four years ago and third place
:07:49. > :07:51.in her semifinal was enough to put Football ` Sunderland remain
:07:52. > :07:58.interested in signing the Manchester in signing the Manchester City and
:07:59. > :08:03.ex`Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell. The 23 year old was
:08:04. > :08:06.on the bench last night for City Meanwhile, Newell's Old Boys in
:08:07. > :08:09.Argentina have confirmed thd signing You can't be too disappointdd
:08:10. > :08:39.with the weather ` unless you live There is a sea fret spoiling it on
:08:40. > :08:42.the east coast. Further west, in the sunshine in Cumbria, 27 Celsius
:08:43. > :08:44.quite widely. Through the nhght the quite widely. Through the night, the
:08:45. > :08:49.low cloud and mist has spre`d across low cloud and mist has spread across
:08:50. > :08:52.the Northeast and it will stay there. Clearer skies further west.
:08:53. > :08:58.Temperatures in double figures. Below, 13 ` 14 Celsius. Tomorrow is
:08:59. > :09:01.in many ways a repeat performance. Long, sunny spells in the West from
:09:02. > :09:05.Long, sunny spells in the Wdst from the word go. The low cloud and mist
:09:06. > :09:09.the word go. The low cloud `nd mist east of the Pennines, slowly
:09:10. > :09:14.retreating to the coast, whdre it will linger in places in the
:09:15. > :09:16.afternoon. Temperatures on the coast in the high teens. Much water
:09:17. > :09:19.afternoon. Temperatures on the coast in the high teens. Much watdr ``
:09:20. > :09:22.much warmer further west. 27 Celsius in Cumbria. The odd shower over the
:09:23. > :09:25.hills. At the weekend, a weather hills. At the weekend, a weather
:09:26. > :09:27.front brings more cloud. Maxbe hills. At the weekend, a we`ther
:09:28. > :09:30.front brings more cloud. Maybe an front brings more cloud. Maybe an
:09:31. > :09:50.odd showery outbreak of rain. Darren Bett has
:09:51. > :09:58.is getting too much for many people. By Sunday, the temp will be cooler
:09:59. > :10:09.than today. Tonight, another warm and comfortable night for sleeping.