:00:00. > :00:14.Through Sunday and inch or two inches of rain, gales are possible
:00:15. > :00:22.a life prolonging cancer drug trial in our region is not available on
:00:23. > :00:27.the NHS. They make these decisions without asking patients.
:00:28. > :00:30.Confirmation from the Malaysia authorities that the killers of two
:00:31. > :00:35.Newcastle University medical students were high on drugs.
:00:36. > :00:39.The fundraising efforts are stepped up in the hope of finding a cure for
:00:40. > :00:47.the cruel condition affecting this seven`year old.
:00:48. > :00:50.And he is the most tiptop Top Cat. Nelson is crowned Cat Of Thd
:00:51. > :00:52.And he is the most tiptop Top Cat. Nelson is crowned Cat Of The Year.
:00:53. > :00:55.Nelson is crowned Cat Of Thd Year. In sport, the big kick`off
:00:56. > :00:57.approaches for Football League clubs. And Sunderland's midfield may
:00:58. > :01:01.have lost one Jac Davies summer clubs. And Sunderland's midfield may
:01:02. > :01:04.have lost one Jac Davies sulmer but have lost one Jac Davies sulmer but
:01:05. > :01:05.this Jack in the box told us why he chose Wearside to kick`start his
:01:06. > :01:12.career. `` lost one Jack thhs career. `` lost one Jack this
:01:13. > :01:27.summer. life to some patients but today it
:01:28. > :01:40.has been announced that Kadcyla will not be offered on the NHS. The
:01:41. > :01:47.woman who has benefited the drug woman who has benefited
:01:48. > :01:47.It looks insignificant says that decision is disgr`ceful.
:01:48. > :01:48.precious for patients with `dvanced breast cancer.
:01:49. > :01:52.Newcastle health care worker Michelle Robson's life has been
:01:53. > :01:53.transformed since she startdd taking it six months ago.
:01:54. > :01:55.After the first month, my cough was gone.
:01:56. > :01:59.I work full time, I run a house have two children.
:02:00. > :02:02.The other drugs I've been on make you feel absolutely horrendous.
:02:03. > :02:05.This one, I can leave work, go get it,
:02:06. > :02:10.Kadcyla makes such a huge advance because it delivers
:02:11. > :02:12.toxins straight into the cancer cell, meaning thdy don't
:02:13. > :02:16.spread around the body and produce the debilitating side`effects
:02:17. > :02:21.But a year's treatment costs ?90,00 .
:02:22. > :02:25.Those in charge of NHS medicines say that is too expensive to
:02:26. > :02:33.The NHS has to recognise it has to provide for all diseases and
:02:34. > :02:37.so it has to balance the benefits that a new treatment brings with
:02:38. > :02:43.We have a standard approach to that ` extra flexibility
:02:44. > :02:47.for cancer drugs but even whth that, the price is simply far too great to
:02:48. > :02:52.For Michelle and her consultant though,
:02:53. > :02:59.Michelle is a young woman, she's working, she has young children, and
:03:00. > :03:02.I do not think you can put ` price on the next Christmas or the next
:03:03. > :03:07.Those are the memories that those kids will carry with them
:03:08. > :03:15.It's about people's lives and their value in society.
:03:16. > :03:19.These suits sit behind a desk and make these decisions without getting
:03:20. > :03:24.out there and asking patients, seeing the difference that it makes.
:03:25. > :03:28.Could they sit and to my family, sorry, can't afford this.
:03:29. > :03:32.For now, doctors will still be able to apply to a special fund to
:03:33. > :03:37.But as that pot of money runs out in 2016 there is
:03:38. > :03:40.a huge question mark over treatment that is not yet curing patients
:03:41. > :03:45.but is giving patients up to six extra month of extra qualitx life
:03:46. > :03:58.`` an average of an extra shx months.
:03:59. > :04:02.It's emerged that three men, arrested in Borneo over the killing
:04:03. > :04:04.of two Newcastle University medical students have tested positive
:04:05. > :04:05.for the drug crystal meth. Neil Dalton and Aidan Brungdr,
:04:06. > :04:08.Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, who were both 22, were stabbed
:04:09. > :04:09.in the city of Kuching. Here's our Correspondent,
:04:10. > :04:09.Mark Denten. Paying tribute today
:04:10. > :04:11.to two colleagues. Medical staff at
:04:12. > :04:13.Sarawack General Hospital mourning the loss of two young men ` Neil
:04:14. > :04:16.Dalton and Aidan Brunger ` who came to Malaysia to save lives, only to
:04:17. > :04:20.have their's cut tragically short. They were heading back to their
:04:21. > :04:24.hostel when they were attacked. Malaysian police have arrested four
:04:25. > :04:27.men and say they've admitted In a preliminary report seen
:04:28. > :04:30.by the BBC, Malaysian police say three of the
:04:31. > :04:33.suspects have tested positive for the drug crystal meth, known locally
:04:34. > :04:38.as syabu and reportedly available Meanwhile,
:04:39. > :04:53.Newcastle University staff are They are part of our Newcastle
:04:54. > :04:57.family and the wider family of medicine. I have to say the grief
:04:58. > :05:01.and sadness is shared not only by all the medical staff that they have
:05:02. > :05:04.come into touch with and thd hospitals, but also the general
:05:05. > :05:07.hospitals, but also the gendral population of Kuching. Local people
:05:08. > :05:12.coming to light candles, le`ve flowers, and reads from just about
:05:13. > :05:23.every organisation of subst`nce here. Everybody here in this society
:05:24. > :05:27.is stunned and shocked. Tributes have also been paid by tourists
:05:28. > :05:31.is stunned and shocked. Tributes have also been paid by tourhsts in
:05:32. > :05:34.the area. They were in the same bar as us earlier on in the evening and
:05:35. > :05:36.as us earlier on in the evening, and everyone just seemed to be having a
:05:37. > :05:37.good time. Everyone having a everyone just seemed to be having a
:05:38. > :05:42.good time. Everyone having a drink like you do.
:05:43. > :05:45.A post mortem examination h`s been carried out on the bodies
:05:46. > :05:48.Five other Newcastle University medical staff who were working with
:05:49. > :05:51.them in Borneo are expected back in the UK tomorrow.
:05:52. > :06:00.More news now, and hundreds of jobs could be at risk at South Tyneside
:06:01. > :06:04.could be at risk at South Txneside Council. The council has announced
:06:05. > :06:09.it is starting formal discussions with unions over a possible 350 job
:06:10. > :06:13.losses. It has to make additional savings of at least ?22 million in
:06:14. > :06:17.addition to 100 million alrdady saved, but says it will try to avoid
:06:18. > :06:23.compulsory redundancies. Martin Callan, the former
:06:24. > :06:26.Conservative MP for the North East, has been made Lord. He lost his seat
:06:27. > :06:29.at Euro elections in May. He has been made Lord. He lost his seat
:06:30. > :06:31.at Euro elections in May. Hd is at Euro elections in May. Hd is
:06:32. > :06:40.among 23 working peers announced by Downing Street. She was born with a
:06:41. > :06:41.rare eye condition and earlier Downing Street. She was born with a
:06:42. > :06:44.rare eye condition and earlher this rare eye condition and earlier this
:06:45. > :06:47.year, her parents received the news they had dreaded, their
:06:48. > :06:51.seven`year`old daughter is now blind. But now she's making
:06:52. > :06:52.progress, and this weekend there is a big event to raise money for
:06:53. > :06:56.research into her condition. Losing her sight was always a risk,
:06:57. > :06:59.but when it happened, the impact was particularly severe bec`use Ella
:07:00. > :07:02.is classed as deaf`blind. Struggling to hear and now blind as
:07:03. > :07:10.well meant relearning everything. It really brought it home to us how
:07:11. > :07:16.entirely different life was, going from having some navigation`l vision
:07:17. > :07:18.to bumping into everything, walking into things, becoming very
:07:19. > :07:24.distressed, very upset. Ella has had to learn again
:07:25. > :07:27.from scratch, She's risen to it,
:07:28. > :07:32.as she does with everything. Ella was born with aniridia, a rare
:07:33. > :07:36.eye condition. Numerous operations
:07:37. > :07:40.failed to save her sight. She couldn't come to me and say,
:07:41. > :07:44.it failed today, I'm having a bad time, I can't see,
:07:45. > :07:47.it is really getting to me. But now she has interpreters
:07:48. > :07:50.and guides, the interveners, and is The family meanwhile continte
:07:51. > :07:58.their fundraising for research. This weekend her dad will t`ckle
:07:59. > :08:02.the gruelling 100 mile Prudential Ride London, raising money
:08:03. > :08:08.for a study into her condition We have a group of 21 guys
:08:09. > :08:15.and girls who will be riding with us Last year we had a fantastic weather
:08:16. > :08:21.but this year we are in for It is hoped the bike ride will raise
:08:22. > :08:27.?12,000 to add to the ?100,000 they have alre`dy
:08:28. > :08:32.raised, also for research that might Fingers crossed,
:08:33. > :08:40.the funding will eventually help Ella, and until that point we will
:08:41. > :08:44.just keep her eyes as healthy as we can, and hope in the future that
:08:45. > :09:08.she will have some sight restored. We wish her all the very best.
:09:09. > :09:12.Another story from the World War I home front coming up, and the man
:09:13. > :09:18.who made a nature reserve act of a who made a nature reserve act of a
:09:19. > :09:31.potential nuclear dump. And the details of Ex`Sarah Kane
:09:32. > :09:38.Bertha. `` Hurricane Bertha. What connects these two people?
:09:39. > :09:47.Belgrade, the Prime Minister, and Lady Sybil Gray. During the First
:09:48. > :09:50.World War she ran one of many hospitals. `` Earl Grey, the
:09:51. > :09:53.World War she ran one of many hospitals. `` Earl Grey, thd Prime
:09:54. > :09:54.Minister. In the latest of our series marking the centenarx
:09:55. > :09:55.Minister. In the latest of our series marking the centenary of
:09:56. > :09:55.Minister. In the latest of our series marking the centenarx of the
:09:56. > :09:58.Great War, we look at these real Great War, we look at these real
:09:59. > :09:58.life echo of a down to a big storyline, and how people remember
:09:59. > :10:03.storyline, and how people rdmember Lady Sybil today.
:10:04. > :10:07.Aristocratic England, 1914. Peace seem to be shattered, and hdre
:10:08. > :10:08.Aristocratic England, 1914. Peace seem to be shattered, and here in
:10:09. > :10:13.seem to be shattered, and hdre in Northumberland, privileged lives to
:10:14. > :10:15.be changed forever. Lady Sybil Gray had grown up in one of the nation's
:10:16. > :10:22.grandest ancestral homes, Howick Hall. You can imagine the life
:10:23. > :10:22.grandest ancestral homes, Howick Hall. You can imagine the lhfe of
:10:23. > :10:22.grandest ancestral homes, Howick Hall. You can imagine the life of a
:10:23. > :10:25.Hall. You can imagine the lhfe of a lady here and how it would have been
:10:26. > :10:35.totally transparent by the beginning of the First World War. `` totally
:10:36. > :10:45.transformed. They had a lifd of comfort and I suppose they wondered
:10:46. > :10:53.what they could offer. Lady Sybil was the worldly wise news of the
:10:54. > :10:54.Foreign Secretary and the great granddaughter of the great reformer,
:10:55. > :10:55.Earl Grey. And now she was determined to make her own lark
:10:56. > :10:55.Earl Grey. And now she was determined to make her own mark. So
:10:56. > :10:55.determined to make her own lark So as the product of a great Liberal
:10:56. > :10:56.dynasty, perhaps we should not be dynasty, perhaps we should not be
:10:57. > :10:57.surprised that Lady Sybil would want to do her bit. 1700 properties
:10:58. > :11:00.to do her bit. 1700 properthes around Britain were offered to the
:11:01. > :11:08.Red Cross for hospital facilities, but this was the first in the North
:11:09. > :11:11.East. Now a visitor 's' tearoom this was a ballroom that Lady
:11:12. > :11:12.Sybil's father had transformed this was a ballroom that Lady
:11:13. > :11:16.Sybil's father had transformed into a hospital ward. That was jtst the
:11:17. > :11:22.a hospital ward. That was just the start, and Lady Sybil would be in
:11:23. > :11:27.charge. A lot of it came from the family's sense of duty. What could
:11:28. > :11:32.you do to help? They were cdrtainly you do to help? They were certainly
:11:33. > :11:45.giving a lot in terms of thdir young giving a lot in terms of thdir young
:11:46. > :11:47.men, as we now know, the casualties were appalling. And as far as
:11:48. > :11:47.were appalling. And as far `s the ladies were concerned, nothing
:11:48. > :11:48.were appalling. And as far as the ladies were concerned, nothhng was
:11:49. > :11:49.ladies were concerned, nothing was an obvious possibility. 41 patients
:11:50. > :11:50.arrived at the start, and over the period of the war, they tre`ted
:11:51. > :11:50.period of the war, they treated over period of the war, they treated over
:11:51. > :11:54.400 patients. There were rooms upstairs, too. It became quite
:11:55. > :12:01.crowded and after a big battle, they would get patients that werd not
:12:02. > :12:02.just convalescing, they would come straight from the battlefield,
:12:03. > :12:06.because the big hospitals were full, because the big hospitals were full,
:12:07. > :12:10.and they had to cut the uniforms of some of them. They were comhng
:12:11. > :12:14.straight from the battlefield. The Sybil was not just content to work
:12:15. > :12:16.here. She accepted an invitation Sybil was not just content to work
:12:17. > :12:22.here. She accepted an invit`tion to run a hospital in Petrograd, capital
:12:23. > :13:59.of Britain's ally Russia. She loved the challenge.
:14:00. > :14:00.nice to have heard it from her and I think she did a wonderful thing. I'm
:14:01. > :14:12.think she did a wonderful thing I'm very proud indeed of her. Another
:14:13. > :14:16.amazing story. He has been praised by the Prime
:14:17. > :14:20.Minister and honoured by a former American President. One of the men
:14:21. > :14:27.who helped create and run the RSPB Saltholme nature reserve on Deeside
:14:28. > :14:29.is to receive a Point Of Light award. These awards were set up by
:14:30. > :14:34.George W Bush to honour voltnteers George W Bush to honour volunteers
:14:35. > :14:43.who have made a difference to society. This special report.
:14:44. > :14:52.It was the most unlikely tourist attraction,
:14:53. > :14:53.nestled between Teeside's chemical and heavy industry.
:14:54. > :14:55.The site was once earmarked for nuclear waste dump,
:14:56. > :14:58.but now it's become a naturd reserve of international importance
:14:59. > :15:01.and the man who helped make it all happen is now being honoured.
:15:02. > :15:05.What you see here is 16 years of tireless efforts
:15:06. > :15:09.and it's a thank you to all the people who have made this happen.
:15:10. > :15:14.And it's a recognition of volunteers who do this free of charge.
:15:15. > :15:22.For neighbouring businesses and heavy industries, once sworn
:15:23. > :15:27.And over the years, some of Britain's more spectacular birds
:15:28. > :15:31.like these peregrine falcons have flown past Saltholme and made their
:15:32. > :15:40.nests across the road at thd centre of a huge, noisy chemical works.
:15:41. > :15:42.The worries that the reserve would bring problems to
:15:43. > :15:46.the doorstep of the local btsinesses are now long gone.
:15:47. > :15:54.Industry had concerns, there might be security isstes with
:15:55. > :15:58.people coming onto an industrial context like this.
:15:59. > :16:00.Thankfully, none of those concerns have materialised.
:16:01. > :16:03.We have people, we have indtstry and we have nature conservation.
:16:04. > :16:12.Managers here say over the last five years, Saltholme has attracted an
:16:13. > :16:21.Now, of that number, around 17,000 come from outside of the arda,
:16:22. > :16:26.All of those visitors bring with them money and it is said that this
:16:27. > :16:28.nature reserve brings about ?1.7 million a year to
:16:29. > :16:37.Now a huge expansion plan would see the nature reservd grow
:16:38. > :16:44.Managers are in talks with local businesses, landowners and the
:16:45. > :16:49.council to buy or take over the necessary land.
:16:50. > :16:53.We are hoping to have 3000 `cres and we are hoping more importantly
:16:54. > :16:57.to bring it up to a conservation standard.
:16:58. > :17:01.Most of the land here is of poor ecological value.
:17:02. > :17:05.And we want to open it to the public and let them enjoy it.
:17:06. > :17:08.Work on that huge expansion is expected to start as early
:17:09. > :17:18.Saltholme looks set to attract the magic figure of 100,000 vishtors
:17:19. > :17:37.It looks fabulous. Incongruous but amazing.
:17:38. > :17:39.Time for sport and time for the football season to start. Yds,
:17:40. > :17:40.Time for sport and time for the football season to start. Yes, but
:17:41. > :17:45.just hang on for a couple of minutes.
:17:46. > :17:47.Sunderland have become the latest Premier League club to
:17:48. > :17:50.delve into the American market by signing a partnership with
:17:51. > :17:54.The agreement will see the two clubs promoting each other and sharing
:17:55. > :17:57.Meanwhile, the Wearsiders h`ve been parading their most eye`catching
:17:58. > :17:59.summer recruit so far ` ex`Manchester City and Everton
:18:00. > :18:04.Showing off his new colours today at the club's training ground, Jack
:18:05. > :18:07.Rodwell is just the latest young Englishman to have found hilself
:18:08. > :18:10.squeezed out of a big`money club by the sheer money number of foreign
:18:11. > :18:12.stars, but he's not bitter at having to
:18:13. > :18:19.Yes, it is tough and a challenge, but as youngsters and English
:18:20. > :18:24.and footballers, you want to be challenged, and that's the way it
:18:25. > :18:28.so sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't and this is a new
:18:29. > :18:32.challenge for me now, coming to a team that I don't really know much
:18:33. > :18:38.It is a new challenge and it's good to be challenged.
:18:39. > :18:40.Sunderland have had the upper hand in recent medtings
:18:41. > :18:44.with City apart from the Capital One Cup final at Wembley, but even that
:18:45. > :18:48.worked in their favour when it came to sealing this particular deal.
:18:49. > :18:51.Definitely, I have seen the fans there and the passion
:18:52. > :18:57.I know Dennis Tueart quite well as well.
:18:58. > :19:01.He was a great player and did really well for Sunderland.
:19:02. > :19:04.I know his son as well and he told me about the passion of the club.
:19:05. > :19:08.For me, they have not done as well as what they could do
:19:09. > :19:11.With the new manager now, he seems to be really good
:19:12. > :19:15.and comes across well in my opinion and most of the lads think that as
:19:16. > :19:19.well, as so we have got a good chance this year to push up the
:19:20. > :19:21.league. It would certainly help that push if manager Gus Poyet could
:19:22. > :19:24.persuade Fabio Borini to accept that ?14m move from Liverpool.
:19:25. > :19:32.The Uruguayan says he is still hopeful.
:19:33. > :19:39.We've had the World Cup, the Tour de France in Yorkshire
:19:40. > :19:42.and the Commonwealth Games, so major sporting events have hardly
:19:43. > :19:46.But most football fans have been counting down the days to
:19:47. > :19:49.Sunderland and Newcastle have another week to
:19:50. > :19:51.wait but the new Football League campaign kicks off this weekend
:19:52. > :19:55.Many believe Middlesbrough will push for a Championship play`off place.
:19:56. > :19:57.It's five years since they were relegated from the Premier League
:19:58. > :20:00.but head coach Aitor Karanka has had money to spend, including ndarly
:20:01. > :20:04.three million on a Spanish striker, and he's been busy networking `
:20:05. > :20:07.persuading talented young ddfender Kenneth Omeruo to return
:20:08. > :20:21.One of the main reasons why I'm here, it's easier to go back to the
:20:22. > :20:25.place where you are loved and where you can feel free to play your
:20:26. > :20:27.best, and go to a new club `nd you can feel free to play your
:20:28. > :20:39.best, and go to a new club and have to start over again.
:20:40. > :20:40.Commentary of Boro's home game tomorrow
:20:41. > :20:42.against almost`relegated Birmingham City will be on BBC Tees
:20:43. > :20:44.FM, with League Two Hartlepool kicking off at Stevenage.
:20:45. > :20:47.Pools boss Colin Cooper has gone back to the future this summer,
:20:48. > :20:54.I made a conscious effort to recruit some experience. The players I have
:20:55. > :20:58.brought in, not only are thdre technically good footballers but
:20:59. > :21:00.they bring a wealth of experience and add an awful lot.
:21:01. > :21:02.Ex Boro stalwarts Matthew Bates and Stuart Parnaby
:21:03. > :21:06.have now been joined by midfielder Tommy Miller ` returning to the Vic
:21:07. > :21:08.Ex Leeds midfielder Michael Woods and Middlesbrough winger
:21:09. > :21:11.Ryan Brobbel ` a former York loanee ` have also signed up.
:21:12. > :21:13.After relegation to League Two in May,
:21:14. > :21:16.Carlisle manager Graham Kavanagh has brought ten new faces to thd club,
:21:17. > :21:18.the latest ex`Sunderland striker Stephen Elliott, and one more
:21:19. > :21:21.Promoted Luton will arrive at Brunton Park with
:21:22. > :21:24.a big following and a big budget but Kavanagh is quietly
:21:25. > :21:36.We have brought the nucleus of the new team together and I am hoping
:21:37. > :21:43.that it hits the ground running and that they gel. If we get a good win
:21:44. > :21:46.I think it will give everybody a boost. In the last stage and
:21:47. > :21:48.everything has been really positive. It will give us that extra bit of
:21:49. > :21:50.edge. Full commentary of
:21:51. > :21:52.that one on BBC Radio Cumbria. Meanwhile, York City under
:21:53. > :21:54.Nigel Worthington have been busy in the transfer market and, after
:21:55. > :21:57.reaching the play`offs last season, will relish their first visit
:21:58. > :21:59.in 20 years to Tranmere Rovdrs, And full commentary of the Xork city
:22:00. > :22:17.batch on BBC Radio York. In rugby union, Newcastle's Sarah
:22:18. > :22:20.Hunter will captain England's women in their final World Cup group game
:22:21. > :22:23.against Canada in Paris tomorrow, with skipper Katy McLean from
:22:24. > :22:25.South Shields on the bench. Meanwhile, Newcastle Falcons are
:22:26. > :22:27.in the final of the Premiership rugby 7s tonight at the
:22:28. > :22:30.Twickenham Stoop after winning And on Sunday,
:22:31. > :22:33.can Workington make it eight league wins in a row at Doncaster
:22:34. > :22:41.in rugby league's Championship? Let's hope so.
:22:42. > :22:47.Indeed. Now, a hard luck story with a happy ending. He lived rough for
:22:48. > :22:52.15 years on the docks. It is not Paul Mooney, is it? And last in a
:22:53. > :22:57.fight with his brother... No, it is not Paul.
:22:58. > :23:03.No, but things are just looking better for Brighton. `` for Nelson.
:23:04. > :23:13.The 20`year`old multi`has just been named Cat Of The Year. .
:23:14. > :23:15.This is Nelson, the one eyed former stray cat who is used up a fair
:23:16. > :23:23.share of his nine lives during the share of his nine lives durhng the
:23:24. > :23:26.last 20 years. Life hasn't been easy for Nelson from the start. As a
:23:27. > :23:29.kitten, he and his brothers and sisters were thrown into a bag and
:23:30. > :23:30.thrown into the water here at sisters were thrown into a bag and
:23:31. > :23:35.thrown into the water here at Seaham docks. He and his brother strvived,
:23:36. > :23:41.fished out by a lobster fisherman, and they lived in a tin hat here to
:23:42. > :23:46.15 years. I first started working around the marina about 2003. Nelson
:23:47. > :23:52.was being looked after by the fishermen who ran the dock. During
:23:53. > :23:56.that time at the docks, Nelson lost his eye in a fight with his brother.
:23:57. > :23:58.The word is they had a disagreement over a mouse. But then he befriended
:23:59. > :24:00.Andrea and the rest, as thex say, over a mouse. But then he bdfriended
:24:01. > :24:04.Andrea and the rest, as they say, is history. One bitterly cold November
:24:05. > :24:09.night, he just followed us up to the night, he just followed us tp to the
:24:10. > :24:17.car park and adopted us, basically, and decided, I'm coming with you.
:24:18. > :24:23.This years National Cat Of The Year is... Nelson! But it was his
:24:24. > :24:28.incredible life story that persuaded the Cats protection charity to
:24:29. > :24:34.choose him as their Cat Of The Year at a ceremony in London last night.
:24:35. > :24:40.Is a little here! He has brought tears to the eyes! Are you proud of
:24:41. > :24:42.him? Yes, very much. His owners are thrilled to have found him and
:24:43. > :24:43.him? Yes, very much. His owners are thrilled to have found him `nd it
:24:44. > :24:53.looks as though Nelson is pretty content, too.
:24:54. > :24:56.Thousands of people are expected to visit the Lowther Show near Penrith
:24:57. > :24:59.Among the attractions will be horse carriage driving trials with some
:25:00. > :25:01.of Britain's leading competitors taking part.
:25:02. > :25:03.There'll also be a hound show, a food and beer festival,
:25:04. > :25:07.gun dog championships and clay pigeon shooting.
:25:08. > :25:10.And, of course, what they w`nt to know is, what is the weather going
:25:11. > :25:16.to be like? Is it on Saturday or Sunday?
:25:17. > :25:31.Saturday. Then that is fant`stic. The weekend turns pretty unsettled
:25:32. > :25:33.during its second half. Sunny spells tomorrow. Through this evenhng,
:25:34. > :25:37.tomorrow. Through this evening, those showers still have a lot of
:25:38. > :25:40.intensity to them. We have had dozens of lightning strikes across
:25:41. > :25:45.the region and there could be more through the later part of this
:25:46. > :25:52.evening. After that, though, the showers will start to clear. A much
:25:53. > :25:53.brighter, better day to comd tomorrow for being out and about.
:25:54. > :25:58.tomorrow for being out and `bout. Blue skies across the region,
:25:59. > :25:59.nothing more than one or two light passing showers, very isolated
:26:00. > :26:02.through the middle of the d`y but as through the middle of the d`y but as
:26:03. > :26:08.we take a tour through the afternoon, things look great. Very
:26:09. > :26:10.nice summer's afternoon devdloping. Along the North Yorkshire coast and
:26:11. > :26:15.the North East coast and thd inside the North East coast and thd inside
:26:16. > :26:19.and Wearside, and Northumberland also looks fine and dry.
:26:20. > :26:25.Temperatures peaking around 19 0 Celsius for most parts. Good
:26:26. > :26:30.visibility as well for most of the Cumbrian fells and just an isolated
:26:31. > :26:34.shower to the East. Top temperature in Cumbria, 20 Celsius Inland, 17
:26:35. > :26:39.towards the coast. So we pick up the big picture at the end of S`turday
:26:40. > :26:40.big picture at the end of Saturday and low pressure takes over through
:26:41. > :26:46.Saturday into Sunday. What you can Saturday into Sunday. What xou can
:26:47. > :26:50.see at the South of the UK is the remnants of Hurricane Berth` and she
:26:51. > :26:56.will track along the coast on Sunday evening printing heavy weather
:26:57. > :26:58.conditions and strong coastal gusts. conditions and strong coast`l gusts.
:26:59. > :27:02.Let's look at the details. In Let's look at the details. Hn
:27:03. > :27:04.Cumbria, we are expecting heavy and persistent showers through luch
:27:05. > :27:06.Cumbria, we are expecting hdavy and persistent showers through much of
:27:07. > :27:07.Sunday. A weather warning for potentially up to two inches of
:27:08. > :27:12.rain. It keeps raining in m`ny parts rain. It keeps raining in many parts
:27:13. > :27:15.on Monday as well. In the North East, also unsettled on Sunday.
:27:16. > :27:20.Monday turning just a littld drier in places. Good news for lots of
:27:21. > :27:25.summer events taking place tomorrow. Saturday looks fine and dry. That is
:27:26. > :27:28.across much of the region. Great news for these areas and their
:27:29. > :27:29.news for these areas and thdir offence. More unsettled, though,
:27:30. > :27:35.news for these areas and their offence. More unsettled, though for
:27:36. > :27:41.many events around the region on Sunday. `` and their events.
:27:42. > :27:45.The weekend starts here, unless you are on the late news excavation
:27:46. > :28:02.market goodbye. Martin Freeman presents a Gaza
:28:03. > :28:09.Crisis appeal on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee.
:28:10. > :28:12.Over the last month the crisis in Gaza has captured the world's
:28:13. > :28:14.attention. Military conflict has been taking a
:28:15. > :28:18.devastating toll on a densely-populated area.
:28:19. > :28:25.So tens of thousands of people have nowhere to live and nowhere else to
:28:26. > :28:31.go. The conflict means that the people
:28:32. > :28:35.of Gaza are in great need. Thousands of exhausted families are
:28:36. > :28:41.living in temporary shelters ? facing a very uncertain future.
:28:42. > :28:46.The DEC estimates over a million people don't even have access to
:28:47. > :28:52.enough clean water. These people desperately need your
:28:53. > :28:54.help. That's why The Disasters Emergency
:28:55. > :28:56.Committee or DEC ? an umbrella