:00:00. > :00:12.Good evening. in Glasgow.
:00:13. > :00:14.The family of Newcastle United fan Liam Sweeney have travelled to
:00:15. > :00:17.Amsterdam as flights carrying bodies from the Ukraine air crash begin to
:00:18. > :00:21.The victims' remains are behng taken to an army base
:00:22. > :00:24.The family of John Alder, the other Newcastle supportdr killed
:00:25. > :00:26.in the crash, have remained in the North Dast
:00:27. > :00:38.At home in North Tyneside, Liam Sweeney's stepmother and gr`ndfather
:00:39. > :00:43.are watching as two planes touched down in the Netherlands carrying
:00:44. > :00:54.I am pleased that they have brought some of the bodies home
:00:55. > :01:00.Unfortunately, we are not sure who's arrived as yet.
:01:01. > :01:04.We hope William is amongst the first.
:01:05. > :01:07.Or, if not, we hope he comes very shortly.
:01:08. > :01:13.We need his body back here so we can give him a decent burial and we need
:01:14. > :01:19.to say goodbye to him and wd need to do that as soon as possible.
:01:20. > :01:23.Experts will begin to identhfy the dead now.
:01:24. > :01:28.It could take days, weeks or maybe months.
:01:29. > :01:33.Liam's father, Barry, and brother, Marc, flew to Amsterdam early this
:01:34. > :01:37.morning even if there was no way of knowing whether Liam's body
:01:38. > :01:43.A fund set up in memory of John Alder and Liam Sweeney has now
:01:44. > :01:52.After a huge 48`hour search operation, the body of 20`ydar`old
:01:53. > :01:54.David Zikhali was this afternoon recovered from the River Teds.
:01:55. > :01:57.He got into difficulty when swimming with friends in the river
:01:58. > :02:00.Tonight, his family described him as a kind
:02:01. > :02:19.This morning the search restmed in silence. This usually busy `rea was
:02:20. > :02:23.cordoned off. For a second day, the family watched every move s`ying
:02:24. > :02:36.they were still praying for AmeriCorps. It has been really tough
:02:37. > :02:49.for everyone. `` still prayhng for a miracle. Until you have the body, it
:02:50. > :02:56.is a feeling that everyone has. Whilst he was talking the police
:02:57. > :03:01.were telling family a body had been found. Minutes later a body had been
:03:02. > :03:05.found and the search was called off. Throughout the afternoon,
:03:06. > :03:11.David'sfriends gathered to pay their respects.
:03:12. > :03:26.It is hard to know I won't see him again. It is hard. He was a very
:03:27. > :03:34.bright person so he will be missed a lot. The friends said he had swum
:03:35. > :03:38.across the river before but he got into difficulties on Monday night.
:03:39. > :03:43.His friends were unable to find him after he disappeared under the
:03:44. > :03:49.water. As another safety warning is issued, another family is this
:03:50. > :03:50.evening mourning the loss of his son who died after swimming in the
:03:51. > :03:54.sunshine. Research by scientists from
:03:55. > :03:56.Newcastle and Oxford University indicates that children livhng
:03:57. > :03:58.near the Sellafield nuclear plant The study conducted between 196
:03:59. > :04:02.and 2006 looked at people under the age of 25 and concludes that there
:04:03. > :04:05.is very little difference bdtween cancer rates around Sellafidld
:04:06. > :04:07.and other parts of the country. The population around the Dounreay
:04:08. > :04:10.plant was also studied. It does, however,
:04:11. > :04:12.recognise a cancer cluster hn One little girl, Gemma D'Arcy lived
:04:13. > :04:16.in Cleater Moor and died Her mother blamed Sellafield,
:04:17. > :04:20.but a causal link was never proven. One theory
:04:21. > :04:22.for the cluster is that an hnflux of workers may have brought new viruses
:04:23. > :04:25.with them to a small communhty. Pressure group, Cumbrians Opposed to
:04:26. > :04:27.a Radioactive Environment, Scientists say the cluster dispersed
:04:28. > :04:56.well over ten years ago and this new First and foremost it will reassure
:04:57. > :05:03.the local populations. We confirmed the historical clusters that were
:05:04. > :05:06.found around Sellafield and Dounreay and we don't provide any
:05:07. > :05:12.explanation. It would be interesting to do more research but going
:05:13. > :05:16.forward, the incident rates are currently no differently ``
:05:17. > :05:30.different to what we would see nationally.
:05:31. > :05:34.A sixth`former from a Tyneshde school has died while
:05:35. > :05:41.The 18`year`old boy, who was a student at
:05:42. > :05:45.Harton Technology College in South Shields, is said to have suffered
:05:46. > :05:51.Detectives investigating the disappearance
:05:52. > :05:54.of York chef Claudia Lawrence have arrested a man on suspicion of
:05:55. > :05:58.The 46`year`old man from thd York area was arrested this mornhng
:05:59. > :06:00.and is being questioned in police custody while polhce carry
:06:01. > :06:02.Claudia, who worked at York University, was
:06:03. > :06:07.A 59`year`old man who was arrested in May on suspicion of murddring
:06:08. > :06:19.As you may have just seen, the Opening Ceremony of the 20th
:06:20. > :06:22.Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has now been completed, and the sporting
:06:23. > :06:25.The North East and Cumbria is represented bymore
:06:26. > :06:27.than 30 athletes, including two from Carlisle who you'll medt
:06:28. > :06:37.in Tanya Arnold's special rdport from the athletes' village.
:06:38. > :06:40.Day by day, the village is filling up.
:06:41. > :06:42.Each nation making it a homd from home.
:06:43. > :06:45.The athletes seem to be settling in well and getting
:06:46. > :06:46.into the spirit of things. The hub of the village is, `s ever,
:06:47. > :06:59.the It is exciting to see all the
:07:00. > :07:07.different people. It is likd living in an attic where I am but ht is a
:07:08. > :07:12.great buzz. It is the opportunity to meet people from other sports,
:07:13. > :07:15.similar minded but who have a wide range of experiences as well.
:07:16. > :07:21.Hopefully I will leave with a medal and some new friends fall is top the
:07:22. > :07:26.hub of the villages the dinhng hall with 4500 athletes and support
:07:27. > :07:34.staff. They estimate 20,000 meals a day will be served. We have recipes
:07:35. > :07:40.and chefs cooking all the atthentic meals like Currys. They can have
:07:41. > :07:46.traditional Scottish food lhke haggis and black and wife `` white
:07:47. > :07:54.pudding. Note deep`fried Mars bars yet! Team England is the biggest
:07:55. > :08:00.team here full top there has been a big investment in equipment for up
:08:01. > :08:08.they had to sit in here for ten minutes full. It is not ple`sant but
:08:09. > :08:13.it gives us a laugh. They are moving toward the limits of human
:08:14. > :08:18.performance. This type of area is all about making sure based day as
:08:19. > :08:21.well and injury free as possible. If a problem happens we get thdm back
:08:22. > :08:29.to the field of play after treatment. Importantly, we can move
:08:30. > :08:35.them from bronze to gold. The athletes are here and the vdnues are
:08:36. > :08:38.ready. And estimated 1.5 le`n people will be watching as Glasgow hosts
:08:39. > :08:44.the Commonwealth Mac games. What we really
:08:45. > :08:53.tonight is good weather. `` the Commonwealth games.
:08:54. > :09:03.A lot of clout and missed forming east of the Pennines. Tomorrow, low
:09:04. > :09:06.cloud and missed in the East retreats to the east coast `nd
:09:07. > :09:17.sunshine from the word go foremost of Cumbria. Temperatures will be
:09:18. > :09:24.held back to the seaside. More of the same on Friday. The weekend sees
:09:25. > :09:28.an increasing risk of showers but the low cloud on the East Coast will
:09:29. > :09:31.start to disappear. A full national sort `` forecast shortly.
:09:32. > :09:33.of some showers and at Wilton cooler from the north. The national picture
:09:34. > :09:48.comes from Philip Avery. Unusually, I can say good morning.
:09:49. > :09:50.Wednesday has been noticeable for a number of reasons. From a
:09:51. > :09:55.meteorological point of view, it was the warmest day of the year for
:09:56. > :09:56.Wales and Northern Ireland.