09/08/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Good afternoon. sunshine in again.

Four students from Newcastle University have rdturned

home from Borneo three days after two of their fellow mddical

22`year`olds, Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, were stabbed

They'd been on a work placement in a local hospital as part

Their bodies have now been released to be flown home.

It's been home to Olympians such as Chris Tomlinson and

Allison Curbishley, but today Middlesbrough's Clairville

After more than 50 years, the venue is to be demolishdd

But as Martin Forster reports, local sports clubs have every reason

One last day out at an arena which has been around for

Very soon, this old stadium will be pulled down and replaced with

Hardly surprising then that people are feeling a little sentimental.

I have been coming here for 34 years, and my family have come here.

People have come here and gone on to the Olympics, from this track.

To lose it brings a hint of nostalgia.

Then again, this particular cloud does come with

Just up the road, they are building its replacement.

The sports village will havd a 400 meter running track,

One of their committee members came to our committee meeting.

We were quite sceptical, I will be honest,

up until that point, about what we were going to get

We have seen the plans and it is very exciting.

From an athlete's point of view, you're going to have

the new velodrome, facilities, the football st`dium,

I think it is very exciting for people on Teeside who want to

It's been billed as one of the biggest music festiv`ls

Sunderland's Split Festival is now in its fifth year.

And with some of the biggest names playing this weekend, organhsers

In its new home, this year's Split Festival

is bigger and better than ever. 40 bands will rock the park until 10pm

tomorrow night. A percentagd of ticket sales supporting the fund for

John Alder and Liam Sweeney, the Newcastle United fans killed in the

Ukraine plane crash. It's a tragic story. I think the region in general

is clubbing together in any way they can to give a bit of a gesture of

support to the cause. It all started here in Sunderland five years ago.

From humble beginnings, this home grown Festival has become one of the

biggest in the region. A family festival, enjoyed by all different

ages. The young ones are dyhng to see Gillespie. I want to see Dizzy

Rascal the kids can go and do what they want. We can sit in our area in

the sunshine. MUSIC PLAYS Headliners are Dizzy Rascals and

Maximo Park. Gallery Circus is also on stage. They are identical twins

going to be a lot of fun. I'm really looking forward to it. MUSIC PLAYS

With bad weather on the way tomorrow, the best advice is to be

The new football season began this afternoon. In the championship was a

good start further Middlesbrough with a two nil win. In the two,

In League Two, Carlisle lost at home to Luton by a goal.

Stevenage beat Hartlepool one nil while York drew one all awax

In other matches, Gateshead won 3`1 at home to Torquay, with Berwick

Now it's time to see if there are any hurricanes on the

Around. Cloud is going to increase in the South and there will be some

patchy rain. Temperature is around 11 to 14 degrees, 57 Fahrenheit

Tomorrow, it would turn wet and windy as X Harry Kane `` hurricane

Eartha pushes its way here. By the end of tomorrow we could sed Gale

force winds. That is it for me today. We will be back at 6:50pm

tomorrow. Goodbye. Good evening. Conditions in the next

24 hours may not match those of the big storms of autumn and winter but

they will make for an unpleasant summer staples of already some

unpleasant conditions here, wet and very windy, but it is this low tide

on to what once was hurricane Bertha, which has now set its track

for the UK as we go through Sunday. Arriving to some southern and

western areas as we start the day, but let's concentrate on the

southern half of the country for tomorrow, this is where the wettest

and windiest conditions will be to begin with. Rain spreading across

some parts, some of which will be heavy. Strong winds across the South

coast and then another surge which could cause some damage pushing in

from the west later. The most persistent rain will be in Wales