03/08/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Communities across the region have been paying their

respects to those who fell during the Great War, which Britain joined

They've been remembering thd men, often called a "lost generation ,

Phil Chapman has been to two of those communities today.

Yarm suffered particularly heavy losses in proportion to

A century on, the town turndd out to pay their respects.

We all should remember all the sacrifices made by all the people,

I came from Torquay to visit my hole town

and to pay my respects to all the people who were killed in the war.

91 people died in World War I from Yarm, from a population of 300 men.

We decided 18 months ago th`t we needed to do something to

recognise that and to commelorate those who gave their lives.

North Shields, another parade and other community remembering those

People helping with the local commemoration project

really tried to paint a picture of life on the front.

We are taking them back into 1914 when the British @rmy

would have been eating corndd beef and hardtack biscuits.

They were just men doing a job because they thought it was right.

Patriotism, a sense of duty, men who allowed us to live as we live now.

Back in Yarm, the commemorations continue tomorrow, but

the community determined to ensure the next generation remembers.

Tomorrow night there will bd a candlelit vigil here at the

Yarm War Memorial, featuring individual glass poppies

An 18`year`old girl has died after a red Mini veered

off the road and hit a tree in Northumberland early this morning.

It happened on the A696 just north of Pontdland.

Figures due out this week are expected to show

the region's red squirrel population could be expanding, following almost

Normally confined to Northulberland and Cumbria, reds have been sighted

this summer as far south as Wensleydale in North Yorkshire.

Derwent Reservior on the Durham Northumberland border.

This is red squirrel territory, but until recently it's been part

But this year, with sightings reported as far south

as Teesdale and Wensleydale, conservationists believe

After over a century of decline the science we're doing at the loment

does suggest that red squirrels are no longer losing ground.

Again, we're working towards publishing that science in detail

at the moment, but this is such an exciting time for red sqtirrels

So anyone seeing reds, particularly for the first time

No one can be sure what's c`used this recent change in fortunes, but

Red Squirrels Northern Engl`nd says a network of more than a thousand

local volunteers has been vhtal in keeping the grey squirrel population

down, giving the reds a chance to recover.

We now have red squirrels in our area and the numbers reportdd to us,

to the group and to Red Squhrrels Northern England, has risen

It's been another successful weekend for the region at the

Commonwealth Games, with a gold a silver, and two bronze medals

Hartlepool's Savannah Marsh`ll put the disappointment of the

London Olympics behind her to become the first women's middleweight

Commonwealth Gold medallist, thanks to a split decision victory over

"In the blue corner representing England, Savannah Marshall!"

And in the men's four by 100 metres relay Teessidd's

Richard Kilty secured Silver for England, with a strong third

leg, before you`know`who strode away to claim Gold for Jamaica.

"England lead this, and here comes Bolt.

And there were two bronzes: Carlisle's Lauren Smith

in the badminton doubles and Harrogate's James Willstrop

Time now for the region's weather outlook

Well we've seen some very hdavy showers, especially across Cumbria,

with some very strong winds by the coast and up over the Fells as well.

Through the evening we'll continue to see some heavy showers,

Some clearer skies further down to Teeside and

Temperatures dipping to 12 to 1 degrees, a few degrees lower

in any clearer spots and thd winds will gradually become lightdr than

Overnight tonight, up until tomorrow too, a very different feel to

There will be some sunshine around, a few showers but they will be well

Temperatures 19, 20 degrees but feeling much warmer

For Tuesday and for Wednesd`y too we're looking at a great de`l

of sunshine around, patchy cloud, the risk of some showers though

Especially by the afternoon, Wednesday afternoon more likely

Temperatures generally in the high teens.

We'll have an update here after the Commonweath Games closing

ceremony, but in the meantile, have a good evening.

Good evening. Some of us have had a sunny weekend but for others it has

not stopped raining for the last couple of days, you can see where on

the satellite picture, big swell of cloud, dominating things. Torrential

storms, if you see the coverage you can see how much rain there has

been, that has caused issues. Thunder