:00:12. > :00:12.programme to Lord Attenborough Good evening.
:00:13. > :00:15.A man's died after a crash between a motorbike and a v`n
:00:16. > :00:20.It happened yesterday afternoon on the B6309 near Stocksfield.
:00:21. > :00:23.The rider of the motorbike, a 31`year`old man,
:00:24. > :00:27.The driver and passenger of the van were uninjured.
:00:28. > :00:30.And the police say the teen`ge boy, who died after his bicycle was
:00:31. > :00:33.involved in a crash with a van in West Cumbria at the weekdnd,
:00:34. > :00:38.The 15`year`old had been taking a holiday in Wasdale with hhs father
:00:39. > :00:42.when the accident happened near Gosforth.
:00:43. > :00:44.An investigation's underway after a fire
:00:45. > :00:47.at a caravan park near Gateshead.
:00:48. > :00:48.Firefighters were called to the Bewick Caravan Park
:00:49. > :00:54.where four caravans and an office block had been set alight.
:00:55. > :00:57.There was substantial damagd but no one was injured.
:00:58. > :00:59.The police believe it was started deliberately
:01:00. > :01:03.and are treating the blaze as arson.
:01:04. > :01:05.Police in Redcar say it's only a matter of time
:01:06. > :01:08.before someone is seriously hurt or even killed in an arson att`ck.
:01:09. > :01:11.The latest was at Hanson Court yesterday
:01:12. > :01:14.where somebody lit a rubbish bag in front of a property.
:01:15. > :01:17.Emergency services have now been called to deal with five cases
:01:18. > :01:23.of deliberate fires in the town over the last few weeks.
:01:24. > :01:26.the second day of the Newcastle Mela.
:01:27. > :01:29.Celebrating all things Asian, the event's been going
:01:30. > :01:35.Despite a total cut in council funding, organisers say thex're
:01:36. > :01:38.already hoping to make next year's even bigger.
:01:39. > :01:53.It's a feast of sights, smells sounds and tastes on the Town Moor.
:01:54. > :01:56.Newcastle Mela brings together an array of Asian cultures and attracts
:01:57. > :02:13.This is our 21st year, which is great. We had over 40,000 pdople
:02:14. > :02:16.here in the past. We had people from Birmingham, Manchester, everywhere.
:02:17. > :02:19.We are hoping to make it evdn bigger next year.
:02:20. > :02:22.But the future of the Mela could be in doubt.
:02:23. > :02:24.This year the city council cut their funding of ?25,000.
:02:25. > :02:27.A major setback for organisdrs who had to find double that
:02:28. > :02:40.I am glad that local people, local business people, and the frde men of
:02:41. > :02:44.Newcastle stepped in, and ldt's see what happens for the next one. It
:02:45. > :02:49.would be a shame if we did not get any funding from everywhere, and
:02:50. > :02:50.that is the last thing anybody wants.
:02:51. > :02:52.But for now the celebration is well underway and hopefully
:02:53. > :02:56.this won't be the last time all these communities come together.
:02:57. > :02:59.The Archbishop of York's begun a week`long fast and vigil
:03:00. > :03:03.Dr John Sentamu will be praxing on the hour, every hour,
:03:04. > :03:06.from 6am to 6pm, until next Sunday night,
:03:07. > :03:09.and will consume nothing but water until then.
:03:10. > :03:12.He says it's to promote peace and show solidarity
:03:13. > :03:17.with those suffering, particularly in the Middle Dast
:03:18. > :03:19.News now of a world record for the region,
:03:20. > :03:23.with the hammer coming down on the magnificent Glenrock Illusion,
:03:24. > :03:27.a heifer, at a tasty 120,000 guineas.
:03:28. > :03:30.It's not the first time a Cumbrian mart has set the bdnchmark
:03:31. > :03:46.It is a lot of money, but this code is a lot of animal. She comds from a
:03:47. > :03:48.prize`winning herd at Lockerbie and of the name sounded vaguely
:03:49. > :03:57.familiar, it is because another of the beasts took the world rdcord for
:03:58. > :04:04.Kabul `` a bill. It was mixdd emotions for the owners, thd whole
:04:05. > :04:11.herd sold with the funds behng used to buy a freehold of the falily farm
:04:12. > :04:18.and secure their future in farming. It translates to ?130,250, dnough to
:04:19. > :04:22.buy three`bedroom house is with enough change to get you a slightly
:04:23. > :04:26.pre`owned Rolls`Royce and the cash to run it for around 20,000 miles.
:04:27. > :04:28.Women's Rugby World Cup winning England captain,
:04:29. > :04:30.Katy Mclean from South Shields, is among the first women
:04:31. > :04:36.The team returned from Paris with the trophy last week,
:04:37. > :04:39.and today the RFU has announced the Women's Sevens squad will bd given
:04:40. > :04:45.Katy, seen on the left, is one of 20 selected players.
:04:46. > :04:50.They'll start training five times a week from September.
:04:51. > :04:51.Football ` just one result from this afternoon.
:04:52. > :04:54.And Gateshead bounced back from their 6`1 home defeat on Saturday
:04:55. > :05:01.to secure three points away at Altrincham, running out 1`0 winners.
:05:02. > :05:04.Now, thousands across our rdgion and indeed the world have bden
:05:05. > :05:07.taking part in the ice buckdt challenge to raise money
:05:08. > :05:12.Well, Sunderland Chairman Ellis Short has now been filmed
:05:13. > :05:14.braving the freezing water, and in it, he challenges
:05:15. > :05:27.his Newcastle counterpart Mike Ashley, to do the same.
:05:28. > :05:34.Not even billionaire Sunderland chairman Ellis Short can take the
:05:35. > :05:39.ice buckets challenge! The tpshot was he got to nominate others to do
:05:40. > :05:48.the same, who better than some local rivals? I would like to challenge
:05:49. > :05:58.Mike Ashley, Alan Pardew and Jack Cole back. No videos as yet have
:05:59. > :06:01.been uploaded of Mike Ashlex, Alan Pardew or the former Sunderland
:06:02. > :06:02.midfielder completing the challenge. No doubt fans will be waiting to see
:06:03. > :06:06.if any emerge. Weather now, and it's not bden
:06:07. > :06:19.a bad day for the Newcastle Mela It has not been warm but most of us
:06:20. > :06:23.have stayed dry. Most of us will stay dry tomorrow as well. The
:06:24. > :06:27.clouds will be broken so we should see bright sunny spells, but winds
:06:28. > :06:33.were becoming from the East so it will not feel that worm. Sole rain
:06:34. > :06:38.around, thick cloud in the south, thick enough to produce showers but
:06:39. > :06:43.they should die away through the night, temperatures should stay in
:06:44. > :06:47.double figures. 11, 12 degrdes in that easterly wind. Tomorrow, the
:06:48. > :06:52.last remnants of those showdrs should clear away quickly, leaving a
:06:53. > :06:58.dry day, there will be some cloud around but it will be broken at
:06:59. > :07:02.times, especially in the West. Virtually closed free skies through
:07:03. > :07:08.the afternoon, some of the highest afternoon temperatures, 19 Celsius,
:07:09. > :07:12.always a bit cooler in the Dast with those easterly winds. High pressure
:07:13. > :07:17.keeps us mostly dry on Wedndsday, still a lot of clouds and cool in
:07:18. > :07:21.the East, all change into Thursday, low pressure brings the increasing
:07:22. > :07:27.risk of showery outbreaks of rain. More unsettled later in the week.
:07:28. > :07:31.Thank you very much, that's it for now, I will be back at around
:07:32. > :07:33.10:20pm tonight. Have a good evening.
:07:34. > :07:44.Hello, if you love wet weather, you appreciate a satellite picture. A
:07:45. > :07:45.big swell