:00:00. > :00:10.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel, we are back
:00:11. > :00:13.Nearly 80 years on from the original Jarrow Crusade,
:00:14. > :00:16.a group of protestors have set off to march to London to deliver
:00:17. > :00:18.This time, the marchers are protesting
:00:19. > :00:21.against what they see as the impending privatisation of the NHS.
:00:22. > :00:24.An NHS spokesman said its budget had been increased by ?12.7 billion
:00:25. > :00:26.and that it was committed to providing a free service.
:00:27. > :00:42.It might be summer but it didn't feel like it at
:00:43. > :00:45.South Tyneside at nine o'clock this morning as hundreds gathered for
:00:46. > :00:47.this contemporary Jarrow Crusade. The brainchild of two women
:00:48. > :00:49.from Darlington, news of the event has been spread by the most modern
:00:50. > :00:57.phenomena, the social network. In the four months that We tweeted
:00:58. > :01:00.the idea of the People's March for the NHS, over 4,000 people
:01:01. > :01:03.registered so we hope people will join us en route.
:01:04. > :01:05.We have a number of our 300 milers here today and more people will join
:01:06. > :01:13.us as we move down the country. Three weeks of walking lie a head
:01:14. > :01:17.for those who go the whole distance and there are plenty of others who
:01:18. > :01:19.just want to show their support. We have to take this to London,
:01:20. > :01:24.the government, and the Tory shires through the country
:01:25. > :01:27.saying, the NHS is not for sale. It is making an impression
:01:28. > :01:30.on the Labour Party and it will make a difference to their policy
:01:31. > :01:33.if they win the next election. I'm not hopeful that it will make
:01:34. > :01:38.an impression on the current Coalition really.
:01:39. > :01:40.A long time ago a man called Alan Plater wrote
:01:41. > :01:44.a play called Close the Coal House Door and he said the conscience
:01:45. > :01:48.of the nation was stirred. Perhaps we might stir the conscience
:01:49. > :01:53.of the nation a bit more and some action might come out of it.
:01:54. > :01:56.At 10.45 they set off with some planning to stay with
:01:57. > :02:01.it until the first staging point at Berkely, around nine miles away, and
:02:02. > :02:05.some planned to go a lot farther. The marchers who go all the way will
:02:06. > :02:10.have walked 285 miles following the same route as 78 years ago.
:02:11. > :02:17.They hope to be there on September 6th.
:02:18. > :02:20.Two people have died after a car hit a tree early this morning.
:02:21. > :02:22.It happened around 3am at Whorlton in County Durham.
:02:23. > :02:31.The police believe the Audi A4 was travelling from Barnard Castle.
:02:32. > :02:34.Around 4,000 supermarket staff across the region have turned up to
:02:35. > :02:36.work today in football shirts in memory of their colleague.
:02:37. > :02:39.Staff at Morrisons stores have raised money in remembrance of
:02:40. > :02:41.Liam Sweeney, who died on the Malaysia Airways Flight MH17.
:02:42. > :03:11.Liam worked at the Killingworth store.
:03:12. > :03:15.He will be looking down today thinking how it caused a stir. Thank
:03:16. > :03:19.you to everyone. To today's football and Sunderland
:03:20. > :03:21.began the new Premier League season with a 2`2 draw away at West
:03:22. > :03:24.Bromwich Albion this afternoon. Newcastle host Manchester City
:03:25. > :03:25.tomorrow. Middlesbrough were beaten 1`0 away
:03:26. > :03:27.at Leeds United A North East chef is hoping to break
:03:28. > :03:48.a world record tonight after cooking Gareth Kyle has been cooking up
:03:49. > :03:51.dishes next to Gray's Monument in Newcastle since 4.30 yesterday
:03:52. > :03:54.morning and, if he continues until 9.30 tonight, he'll have set
:03:55. > :04:13.a new world record for I had been night`time revellers
:04:14. > :04:19.fun, well spirited and we had a bit fun, well spirited and we had a bit
:04:20. > :04:24.of a laugh. After that died away it was like a ghost town. The sun was
:04:25. > :04:29.coming up and I felt good cars I got through the night but it was just
:04:30. > :04:32.really lonely. `` because I got through the night.
:04:33. > :04:39.The weather for the weekend with Kawser Quamer.
:04:40. > :04:48.We could get gusts of up to 50 miles an hour tomorrow, especially on the
:04:49. > :04:54.hills and by the coast so there is a Met office weather warning. Isolated
:04:55. > :05:00.showers remaining. Throughout the day tomorrow, blustery showers.
:05:01. > :05:06.Plenty of sunny spells as well. Really cool in the strong wind.
:05:07. > :05:07.That's it from us. We are back tomorrow night. Have a great
:05:08. > :05:22.Saturday night. The start of the football season
:05:23. > :05:25.reminds us autumn is around the corner and the an autumnal flavour
:05:26. > :05:26.for the next few