:00:00. > :00:07.In tonight's headlines - Durham council decides not to demand
:00:08. > :00:11.back a cricket club loan - as teaching assistants back strike
:00:12. > :00:17.Deprived of a dignified death - the terminal cancer patient
:00:18. > :00:21.at the centre of a hospital investigation.
:00:22. > :00:23.Disappointment for campaigners fighting to keep consultant,led
:00:24. > :00:26.maternity services in West Cumbria - after the Prime Minister
:00:27. > :00:33.Schoolchildren get a sneak preview of a new home
:00:34. > :00:43.In sport, Newcastle are top of the Championship this evening
:00:44. > :00:46.after they win and their nearest rivals slip up - we'll
:00:47. > :00:50.And we'll find out why thesd top rugby players were being given
:00:51. > :01:04.It needs to make savings of more than ?33 million
:01:05. > :01:15.Yet today, Durham Council agreed a rescue package to deal
:01:16. > :01:18.with the debt of almost ?4 million owed to it by the troubled
:01:19. > :01:30.Councillors have decided they'll convert the ?3.7 million
:01:31. > :01:34.to secure its future with no timetable for
:01:35. > :01:38.This comes on the day teachhng assistants voted for strike action -
:01:39. > :01:40.as Durham council plans to cut their pay.
:01:41. > :01:45.Our correspondent Mark Denten joins us now from outside County Hall
:01:46. > :01:52.Durham County Cricket club has been teetering on the financial brink for
:01:53. > :01:54.some time. Well, today, councillors meeting here decided to give the
:01:55. > :02:02.meeting here decided to givd the club a substantial helping hand.
:02:03. > :02:02.meeting here decided to give the club a substantial helping hand The
:02:03. > :02:04.club a substantial helping hand. The 2700 teaching assistant in this
:02:05. > :02:08.county may also be cricket fans, but county may also be cricket fans, but
:02:09. > :02:12.they say rather than a helphng hand, they have been shown something more
:02:13. > :02:17.like a clenched fist. We will have more unnaturally, but first Ian
:02:18. > :02:18.Reeve reports on the financial help the council is giving to Durham
:02:19. > :02:20.Cricket club. After more than 20 years
:02:21. > :02:23.as a first-class county, Durham is a Durham County Council
:02:24. > :02:28.is owed 3.7 million with no prospect of repayment, and so today,
:02:29. > :02:31.the council voted to turn and it I ask that everybody
:02:32. > :02:39.is in agreement with So the council has allowed
:02:40. > :02:48.the cricket club to live and hopes to be repaid at some
:02:49. > :02:51.stage in the future. Restricting service
:02:52. > :02:56.to the old and the young. And I don't think Joe
:02:57. > :03:00.public out there is The council claims the cricket club
:03:01. > :03:04.brings millions into the economy, It brings an important
:03:05. > :03:08.profile, not just for the county of Durham but for
:03:09. > :03:11.the whole of the North East. And this is just one
:03:12. > :03:16.business that cashes in on It's the local economy,
:03:17. > :03:28.Chesley Street and So when the guests come
:03:29. > :03:33.from national and international and local, they don't just spend
:03:34. > :03:36.money here in the hotel. They spend it around the local area,
:03:37. > :03:39.which is fantastic. But is there much appetite
:03:40. > :03:41.amongst local council I would probably go against it, but
:03:42. > :03:45.that's my belief in all companies If they go bust, to me
:03:46. > :03:52.they half deserved it. If they have the problem,
:03:53. > :03:54.why give us the Because if the council is bailing
:03:55. > :03:57.them out, it's going to impact on the residents of
:03:58. > :03:59.the county. The County Durham and the cricket
:04:00. > :04:02.club, help them out The council deal
:04:03. > :04:07.suggested by cricket's governing body, the ECB,
:04:08. > :04:15.based here at Lord's It relegated Durham
:04:16. > :04:17.for their financial dealings. It's been getting it
:04:18. > :04:19.in the neck for doing so. But it too has been lenient over
:04:20. > :04:23.money that Durham owes it. So the ECB has written off
:04:24. > :04:28.?2 million worth of debt. It has paid off a loan comp`ny
:04:29. > :04:31.that was owed about ?800,000 by Durham, and it
:04:32. > :04:33.won't vigorously pursue another ?1.8 And thanks to that, and the council,
:04:34. > :04:44.Durham will live to play on. And, Mark, Durham Council is also
:04:45. > :05:05.at the centre of news today It is. While the council by back
:05:06. > :05:06.cabinet was meeting here to decide what to do about Durham County
:05:07. > :05:11.Cricket club, at the very s`me time Cricket club, at the very same time
:05:12. > :05:16.the votes were being counted in a Unison industrial action ballot of
:05:17. > :05:19.teaching assistant in this county. Around 2pm this afternoon, the
:05:20. > :05:27.result came through. A huge majority for strike action.
:05:28. > :05:31.You could view the anger when they gathered for a rally in Durham
:05:32. > :05:33.recently. But words are about gathered for a rally in Durham
:05:34. > :05:34.recently. But words are abott to turn into action, action which could
:05:35. > :05:38.turn into action, action whhch could have an impact on schools, teachers
:05:39. > :05:40.and parents across the county. Unison members have voted for 92% to
:05:41. > :05:46.Unison members have voted for 9 % to strike. This show is absolutely the
:05:47. > :05:47.strength of feeling amongst our Unison teaching assistant about the
:05:48. > :05:54.weight they are being treated by weight they are being treated by
:05:55. > :05:57.Durham County Council. We know that there was a strong solidarity
:05:58. > :06:00.amongst our membership and we hope that the council now sit up and
:06:01. > :06:05.listen and come back to the negotiating table. The strike is
:06:06. > :06:11.over plans by Durham council to reduce the teaching assistant's paid
:06:12. > :06:14.just to turn time. Members have backed a concession deal, but
:06:15. > :06:16.workers who plan to strike say they have been left with little choice.
:06:17. > :06:19.We have taken this action whth a We have taken this action with a
:06:20. > :06:20.heavy heart. We absolutely understand the impact of thd
:06:21. > :06:24.understand the impact of the disruption this will have four
:06:25. > :06:29.schools, for families, for children, but we also know that we have no
:06:30. > :06:30.choice, the long-term impact on the long-term disruption to those
:06:31. > :06:35.families and schools and children families and schools and chhldren
:06:36. > :06:35.will be far, far greater if those professional dedicated experienced
:06:36. > :06:39.staff are forced out of thehr jobs staff are forced out of their jobs
:06:40. > :06:43.because they can't afford to live. The council says it is disappointed
:06:44. > :06:48.about the planned strike action. There was a significant risk of an
:06:49. > :06:54.equal pay claim. We had to do what we have done thus far and of course
:06:55. > :06:58.two of the unions have accepted the compensatory offer. The council has
:06:59. > :07:01.made. But clearly or priority now is to work with school leaders,
:07:02. > :07:04.governors and headteachers to minimise the impact on our children.
:07:05. > :07:05.Their education is our prime concern Their education is our prime concern
:07:06. > :07:11.at this time. Unison say whhle there at this time. Unison say whhle there
:07:12. > :07:12.are no dates yet for strikes, they will definitely take place before
:07:13. > :07:28.Christmas. 150 miles to the south in the city
:07:29. > :07:32.of Derby, teaching assistants are on strike for the same issue. To
:07:33. > :07:37.schools will be closed tomorrow. More will be an half-day working and
:07:38. > :07:40.others will have classes cancelled. Will that happen here? We should
:07:41. > :07:41.know the answer to that question before Christmas. Back to you,
:07:42. > :07:43.Carol. Thank you, Mark. A sixth man is being questioned over
:07:44. > :07:47.the death of a woman in a street 27-year-old Jodie Wilkinson
:07:48. > :07:50.was stabbed on Monday Today a 43-year-old man
:07:51. > :07:55.was arrested, while five others previously detained
:07:56. > :07:58.remain in custody. Officers are continuing
:07:59. > :08:00.to search for a weapon A 20-year-old man's died in a road
:08:01. > :08:08.crash on the A69 in Northumberland. It happened shortly
:08:09. > :08:10.after one o'clock this morning near the Bridge End
:08:11. > :08:13.roundabout at Hexham. A 27-year-old man and a wom`n aged
:08:14. > :08:16.21 have been arrested on suspicion of causing death
:08:17. > :08:17.by dangerous driving. Unemployment's fallen
:08:18. > :08:26.across the region, according to the latest
:08:27. > :08:27.figures published today. 88,000 people were without ` job
:08:28. > :08:30.in the North East in the three months to August ,
:08:31. > :08:32.that's down 9,000 on There were falls too in Cumbria
:08:33. > :08:39.where 4,445 people are claiming Job Seekers' Allowance,
:08:40. > :08:41.and in North Yorkshire An investigation's underway
:08:42. > :08:53.at a district hospital after a dying woman was moved twice in thd last
:08:54. > :08:58.half hour of her life. Her family say she was 'shunted
:08:59. > :09:00.around like rolling stock' Harrogate hospital has apologised
:09:01. > :09:05.for what happened to Irene Simister It is just five days since the death
:09:06. > :09:21.of his mother, Irene, and David It is just five days since the death
:09:22. > :09:23.of his mother, Irene, and D`vid is of his mother, Irene, and D`vid is
:09:24. > :09:25.at her flat to start sorting out her affairs. His grief is still very
:09:26. > :09:27.blog and it is compounded bx affairs. His grief is still very
:09:28. > :09:31.blog and it is compounded bx the manner of his mother's death at
:09:32. > :09:35.Harrogate hospital. In her dying moments, a clinical bed man`ger
:09:36. > :09:39.insisted Irene was moved to make way for another patient. It was very
:09:40. > :09:41.upsetting because we have prepared ourselves for our mother to pass
:09:42. > :09:42.away in the room she had bedn in ourselves for our mother to pass
:09:43. > :09:44.away in the room she had been in for away in the room she had been in for
:09:45. > :09:49.almost a week. She was comfortable there. She was settled there. She
:09:50. > :09:53.had cards from well-wishers there. She had flowers and she had a
:09:54. > :09:57.photograph of her and my father on their wedding date on the table in
:09:58. > :10:01.front of her. In the melee that was moving her, that got knocked over,
:10:02. > :10:05.some of her son was left in the corridor and we were left with her
:10:06. > :10:07.mother dead in another room that was totally alien to us. What was
:10:08. > :10:07.mother dead in another room that was totally alien to us. What w`s the
:10:08. > :10:08.totally alien to us. What was the reaction of the nurses when they
:10:09. > :10:12.were told they had to move your were told they had to move xour
:10:13. > :10:16.mother? It was very clear that they were doing it under sufferance and
:10:17. > :10:17.when my mother did die, the nurses were crying. These are nurses who
:10:18. > :10:21.were crying. These are nursds who see dead on a daily basis and they
:10:22. > :10:25.are used to it. And they were not used to this particular death. Irene
:10:26. > :10:28.Simister's family had been impressed by the Coward the hospital gave
:10:29. > :10:32.their mother until the last half-hour. But those highly
:10:33. > :10:36.emotional and precious final minute after them forever tainted by what
:10:37. > :10:38.happened. The hospital has apologised for moving her. In a
:10:39. > :10:57.apologised for moving her. Hn a statement, it said:
:10:58. > :11:04.I want to ensure that what happened to my mother and what myself and my
:11:05. > :11:09.family are experiencing does not happen to anybody else. It hs cold
:11:10. > :11:14.dying with dignity. It is cold dying well." Lifecare, which we dhd not
:11:15. > :11:18.well." Lifecare, which we did not experience in the last moments of my
:11:19. > :11:22.mother's life. For David, that means seeing protocols are establhshed to
:11:23. > :11:24.seeing protocols are established to ensure patients are not movdd
:11:25. > :11:26.seeing protocols are establhshed to ensure patients are not moved in
:11:27. > :11:28.future and are granted the dignity of dying in peace.
:11:29. > :11:31.The man behind an ?18 million pound project to build a power st`tion
:11:32. > :11:34.near a Stockton village says it will have no impact whatsoever
:11:35. > :11:40.Statera Energy Limited want to build a battery storage power station -
:11:41. > :11:42.like this one at High Middlefield Farm.
:11:43. > :11:44.The scheme had been recommended for approval -
:11:45. > :11:47.but this afternoon Stockon councillors deferred
:11:48. > :11:50.a decision following concerns about the number of vehicles
:11:51. > :11:55.going through the village during construction.
:11:56. > :11:56.It's nearly a mile away from the village.
:11:57. > :12:00.There is no noise, there is no traffic.
:12:01. > :12:10.So this is simply about construction traffic, which by
:12:11. > :12:19.the way is a nonmaterial pl`nning consideration, so I'm not entirely
:12:20. > :12:22.sure they have deferred it on that basis, but there we are.
:12:23. > :12:24.The Prime Minister has refused to intervene in plans
:12:25. > :12:26.which could see services drastically downgraded at the West
:12:27. > :12:29.Proposals to remove consultant-led maternity services from Whitehaven
:12:30. > :12:31.are included as part of a m`jor overhaul of Cumbria's
:12:32. > :12:35.A multi million pound consultation programme is ongoing
:12:36. > :12:37.but local people say their views are being ignordd.
:12:38. > :12:48.The future of health care in West Cumbria has long been the stbject of
:12:49. > :12:49.Cumbria has long been the subject of fierce debate. Today, the fhght went
:12:50. > :12:53.fierce debate. Today, the fight went to Westminster. We'll be Prhme
:12:54. > :12:56.to Westminster. We'll be Prime Minister please commit todax to
:12:57. > :12:59.visiting my constituency to see what the effect of this decision will be
:13:00. > :13:04.upon West Cumbrian families, women and children? The point of the way
:13:05. > :13:07.in which we are approaching this is that decisions are taken and
:13:08. > :13:09.generated from the local level. It is that the local area that they
:13:10. > :13:12.will be looking at the services that will be looking at the services that
:13:13. > :13:17.are necessary for people to ensure that they are able to provide the
:13:18. > :13:18.services that are needed. The Prime Minister's responds perhaps no
:13:19. > :13:23.surprise, but nevertheless let with surprise, but nevertheless met with
:13:24. > :13:29.direct anger in Whitehaven. I would say to her I am bewildered at your
:13:30. > :13:34.lack of care. And compassion. About what is happening in our
:13:35. > :13:38.communities. There is major concern here about proposals to transfer
:13:39. > :13:45.West Cumbrian mums in Labour 40 plus miles to Carlisle. Extremely
:13:46. > :13:48.concerned. This has to be everybody's number one priority
:13:49. > :13:51.right now in fighting these changes because it is going to cost lives. I
:13:52. > :13:53.have worked in West Cumberl`nd since have worked in West Cumberl`nd since
:13:54. > :13:57.1978. The parents that we have got 1978. The parents that we h`ve got
:13:58. > :13:58.coming through, they can't believe that we would lose the services.
:13:59. > :13:58.coming through, they can't believe that we would lose the servhces We
:13:59. > :14:00.that we would lose the services. We are a lifeline to people, wd really
:14:01. > :14:04.are a lifeline to people, we really are. In a letter to local MP Jamie
:14:05. > :14:09.Reed, the Prime Minister once again reiterates her support for the
:14:10. > :14:12.locally run regime's preferred options, options which would see
:14:13. > :14:17.downgrading, but still we are pulled no decision has been made. Ht
:14:18. > :14:21.certainly is not a done deal and we have got another two and a half
:14:22. > :14:23.months or so of confrontation to go. After which, there will be ` long
:14:24. > :14:26.After which, there will be a long period of reflection. Vinyl
:14:27. > :14:30.decisions will be announced next spring. Until then, the campaign
:14:31. > :14:32.continues, the strength of public feeling showing no sign of dying
:14:33. > :14:37.down. Strong images, are thdy? Plenty more to come
:14:38. > :14:39.in tonight's programme. Plus - we speak to comedian
:14:40. > :14:43.David Baddiel about the latest And weather-wise, what is in store?
:14:44. > :14:52.Join me for your full midwedk Join me for your full midweek
:14:53. > :14:55.forecast. Proposed changes to military housing
:14:56. > :14:57.have prompted a warning Berwick MP Anne Marie Trevelyan says
:14:58. > :15:03.they could put off new recrtits The Government says it wants to give
:15:04. > :15:06.service personnel a greater choice But the MP told a Westminster debate
:15:07. > :15:12.this afternoon that planned reforms will drive families away
:15:13. > :15:15.from military bases into privately-rented homes,
:15:16. > :15:17.increasing isolation Our political correspondent
:15:18. > :15:28.Luke Walton reports. They defend a nation
:15:29. > :15:31.and want somewhere to call home in return,
:15:32. > :15:34.but proposed changes to armed forces It's feared they mean fewer military
:15:35. > :15:41.families able to live in subsidised housing in and around
:15:42. > :15:45.bases like Catterick. A former Royal engineer,
:15:46. > :15:47.now manager of a charity for veterans, is one of
:15:48. > :15:49.those who is worried. Kosovo, he was grateful his wife
:15:50. > :15:53.and children could stay in larried It's really, really
:15:54. > :15:58.important to be part of the military community, to be able to go
:15:59. > :16:07.on operations and know that your family are around people who can
:16:08. > :16:10.give them peer support. Close to barracks, able
:16:11. > :16:12.to find out what is The Ministry of Defence
:16:13. > :16:15.says it wants to widen choice and end discrimination
:16:16. > :16:18.against groups like unmarridd It is looking at providing
:16:19. > :16:22.cash for personnel to But the Berwick MP fears that
:16:23. > :16:35.will mean some facing long commutes to work and isolation,
:16:36. > :16:36.with And we risk with this model, whilst
:16:37. > :16:42.it's flexible in theory, actually driving families into much more
:16:43. > :16:48.isolated living conditions `nd many, many families have been
:16:49. > :16:50.saying to me this could be would leave and we are
:16:51. > :16:54.on demand as we are. We cannot afford to lose our highly
:16:55. > :16:56.trained, incredibly passionate and dedicated
:16:57. > :16:57.Armed Forces. What's going to happen is that
:16:58. > :17:00.families will be given a rental allowance and they will be `ble
:17:01. > :17:03.to choose where they live up to 45 minutes to 60 minutes away
:17:04. > :17:05.and that is obviously all dependent on how
:17:06. > :17:07.many In Parliament this afternoon,
:17:08. > :17:10.those points were put direct to I am receiving daily
:17:11. > :17:14.correspondence from families deeply anxious about
:17:15. > :17:24.the future accommodation deeply anxious about the future
:17:25. > :17:27.accommodation model, the FAM as The Defence Minister insistdd
:17:28. > :17:31.he was listening, with the As our troops return
:17:32. > :17:34.from Germany and we look to rationalise our estate,
:17:35. > :17:36.we realise there is an unprdcedented An opportunity to give
:17:37. > :17:39.them greater stability. Politicians may be keen to talk
:17:40. > :17:42.about supporting the Armed Forces, but at a time of rising
:17:43. > :17:48.housing costs and public austerity, actually
:17:49. > :17:49.delivering the homes that military families need
:17:50. > :17:50.is a trip to the library was often
:17:51. > :18:01.for many youngsters regarded as a bit of a boring way
:18:02. > :18:04.to fill a rainy afternoon. In South Shields, however,
:18:05. > :18:11.that's all about to change. A new super library called the Word,
:18:12. > :18:13.which is a National Centre for the Written Word,
:18:14. > :18:17.opens on Saturday. It means children will now be
:18:18. > :18:20.getting a 21st Century experience Today's ceremony gave everyone
:18:21. > :18:25.who has the supported The National Centre
:18:26. > :18:27.for the Written Word a chance to have a look around
:18:28. > :18:29.before its doors open With authors like Anne Clevds
:18:30. > :18:33.and David Baddiel here too - this new library in South Shields
:18:34. > :18:43.has the backing of the It is a beautiful building and also
:18:44. > :18:50.it really exhibits and promote storytelling in all its different
:18:51. > :18:54.forms, so it is really like a library 3.0. It is an upgraded
:18:55. > :18:59.library that has stuff about film and interactive and 3-D printing and
:19:00. > :19:00.immersive areas for children. It is about the best place I have ever
:19:01. > :19:02.seen for promoting storytelling In a time of austerity
:19:03. > :19:05.when most authority's to spend sixteen million pounds
:19:06. > :19:12.building a new one shows re`l vision One of the growth sectors in our
:19:13. > :19:19.region is the Digital econoly and I region is the Digital econoly and I
:19:20. > :19:22.want to make sure that children really are able to have a h`nds on
:19:23. > :19:26.experience of that whole sector, so experience of that whole sector, so
:19:27. > :19:28.that they can perhaps develop their skills and perhaps gain employment
:19:29. > :19:31.in that sector in the future. skills and perhaps gain employment
:19:32. > :19:34.in that sector in the futurd. It has in that sector in the future. It has
:19:35. > :19:41.got really nice books and it is just really exciting because we have been
:19:42. > :19:45.waiting for it for a long thme. There is loads of local that we can
:19:46. > :19:54.use to build and then it has wires that can connect to the robots using
:19:55. > :19:58.Wi-Fi and it is really good for a new library. You have different
:19:59. > :20:06.technology like tablets and it is really cool for us to get to play
:20:07. > :20:08.with them. Cool. Probably a very good 21st-century word to describe
:20:09. > :20:16.good 21st-century word to ddscribe the Word. I want to go there. Looks
:20:17. > :20:17.the Word. I want to go therd. Looks great.
:20:18. > :20:19.Time for sport and Newcastle fans are enjoying life
:20:20. > :20:21.in the Championship, Dawn?!
:20:22. > :20:24.Yes, and why wouldn't they be - the table makes very happy
:20:25. > :20:29.After a less than convincing start to the Championship
:20:30. > :20:33.are now top of the league after beating Barnsley last night.
:20:34. > :20:36.And striker Dwight Gayle will be a happy man as well -
:20:37. > :20:39.the division's top scorer ndtted two second half goals to take his tally
:20:40. > :20:45.Oakwell hasn't been a particularly happy hunting ground for Newcastle
:20:46. > :20:48.in the past and Barnsley kept the Magpies at bay in
:20:49. > :20:50.a scrappy first half - although this acrobatic effort
:20:51. > :20:53.from Gayle was a sign of things to come.
:20:54. > :20:56.Just four minutes after the break, Barnsley failed to clear a corner
:20:57. > :21:01.and when the ball fell to the United striker he simply couldn't liss
:21:02. > :21:05.Gayle doubled Newcastle's ldad when he got to Matt Ritchie's long
:21:06. > :21:08.ball before Barnsley keeper Adam Davies allowing him to send
:21:09. > :21:15.Almost 6,000 travelling Newcastle fans were hoping to see a h`ttrick
:21:16. > :21:19.but Gayle was denied his third of the night by a pretty sm`rt save,
:21:20. > :21:22.but he's still the Championship s top scorer, and a slip up by Norwich
:21:23. > :21:25.who allowed their two goal advantage to be clawed back by Fulham
:21:26. > :21:28.at Craven Cottage means Rafa Benitez and his men are top of the league
:21:29. > :21:36.Good luck to Gateshead tonight they'll host Newport County
:21:37. > :21:42.If they can beat Alfreton in their final qualifying
:21:43. > :21:45.round replay at the International Stadium.
:21:46. > :21:47.Rugby League's showpiece event Magic Weekend
:21:48. > :21:51.is returning to St James' Park for a third year running.
:21:52. > :21:56.Newcastle first hosted the event in 2015
:21:57. > :22:00.and it was so successful it returned this year when almost 70,000 fans
:22:01. > :22:03.attended the two-day event - more than ever before
:22:04. > :22:05.in Magic Weekend's history - all the more remarkable
:22:06. > :22:08.as the region isn't a hotbed of rugby league.
:22:09. > :22:10.Next year's event, in which all 12 Superleague teams play
:22:11. > :22:18.across a weekend, will take place on May 20th and 21st.
:22:19. > :22:21.Well, the region's also plaxing host to the inaugural Ultimate Strongman
:22:22. > :22:28.And three of the planet's btrliest blokes popped along to the home of
:22:29. > :22:31.Newcastle Falcons Rugby Union Club to launch the event.
:22:32. > :22:33.As it turned out, members of the Premiership side's
:22:34. > :22:35.first team squad are some of their biggest fans,
:22:36. > :22:46.They're more used to disciplines such as the legendary
:22:47. > :22:48.Atlas Stones, Monster Tyre Flip and Deadlift Challenge,
:22:49. > :22:51.but it was good old fashiondd Tug of War today at Kingston Park
:22:52. > :22:54.for the UK and European Chalpions and four time World's Strongest Man
:22:55. > :22:57.as they swapped training tips with Falcons first teamers.
:22:58. > :23:00.The trio will be among 12 of the biggest stars in Strongman
:23:01. > :23:03.at Newcastle's Arena in December reviving memories of much
:23:04. > :23:21.loved TV sports from the seventies and eighties.
:23:22. > :23:29.Up it goes. 160 kilograms. What a record! You ask anyone, and they
:23:30. > :23:30.will say he is a legend. He is the man who put the sport on thd
:23:31. > :23:33.will say he is a legend. He is the man who put the sport on the map in
:23:34. > :23:40.England. It has been nearly 25 years since the title has been in the UK
:23:41. > :23:43.and it needs another big show, and other world championship like we are
:23:44. > :23:48.doing to bring the sport back to life in England. Social media has
:23:49. > :23:50.helped a huge amount. It has really increased in popularity in the last
:23:51. > :23:51.few years. When I started, ht increased in popularity in the last
:23:52. > :23:54.few years. When I started, it was a few years. When I started, it was a
:23:55. > :23:58.dirty and dark area of the gym. Now you have nice equipment and you can
:23:59. > :23:59.do it at all certain levels and it has become a lot more accessible for
:24:00. > :24:00.people. Of course mobilty,
:24:01. > :24:01.strength and endurance aren't bad qualities
:24:02. > :24:08.for professional rugby playdrs too. Especially if you are in thd forward
:24:09. > :24:11.pack, everyone is into their strength training. To come down and
:24:12. > :24:15.meet the guys who actually do it for a sport telling us the weight that
:24:16. > :24:20.they lived and stuff like that is extraordinary. My brother used to
:24:21. > :24:22.play for the Falcons a couple of years back in Bristol so it is great
:24:23. > :24:24.to be on the showground tod`y years back in Bristol so it is great
:24:25. > :24:25.to be on the showground today and seeing the grounds where he has
:24:26. > :24:30.played many a battle. Espechally in played many a battle. Espechally in
:24:31. > :24:39.the UK, we have very strong athletes and for sure it is helping to grow
:24:40. > :24:47.the sport. That arena tour hit Tyneside on December the tenth. Do
:24:48. > :24:52.you know, I hate to say it, but they actually make the Falklands look a
:24:53. > :24:56.bit weedy, don't they? They do. And that is not something you say often.
:24:57. > :24:59.Paul is really pumped up for the weather.
:25:00. > :25:04.A series of weather pictures, he said, moving swiftly on. We start on
:25:05. > :25:07.the Cumbrian coast. A beauthful said, moving swiftly on. We start on
:25:08. > :25:10.the Cumbrian coast. A beautiful sky. the Cumbrian coast. A beautiful sky.
:25:11. > :25:14.Thanks to Jon for that shot. Moving eastwards, and other beautiful sky
:25:15. > :25:16.again in Northumberland. An unusual shops there from Caroline. And onto
:25:17. > :25:22.shops there from Caroline. @nd onto the East Coast and it is Sunderland
:25:23. > :25:24.with a rainbow there and fotr rainbows, you need sunshine and you
:25:25. > :25:25.need showers and I think th`t is need showers and I think that is
:25:26. > :25:29.what eastern areas will havd over what eastern areas will havd over
:25:30. > :25:32.the next few days. So tomorrow, there will be some showers hn
:25:33. > :25:35.eastern areas. Generally drher and brighter further west. Cool would
:25:36. > :25:42.cover it over the next couple of days. There are some showers around
:25:43. > :25:46.in eastern areas this evening. It will continue on and off as we head
:25:47. > :25:47.into the night. It will not ring all the time anywhere but certahnly
:25:48. > :25:52.the time anywhere but certainly western areas will tend to stay dry
:25:53. > :25:54.and clear. Under those clear skies, we could see some fog patchds
:25:55. > :25:56.we could see some fog patches forming and that is where the
:25:57. > :26:01.coldest temperatures will be as coldest temperatures will bd as
:26:02. > :26:06.well. In the east, down to 8-9dC. Further west, 6-7dC in the town and
:26:07. > :26:10.in the countryside, a touch of frost here and there. A goal start
:26:11. > :26:14.tomorrow but mostly dry, certainly in western areas and that is how it
:26:15. > :26:17.should stay for Cumbria through the day. Always a bit more cloud further
:26:18. > :26:19.east but it is not all bad news. Showers from time to time, but
:26:20. > :26:23.eastern areas should see sole eastern areas should see some
:26:24. > :26:28.sunshine breaking through to blue sky at times as well. Not a great
:26:29. > :26:33.deal to choose from. 12-13dC at best. The winds generally light from
:26:34. > :26:35.best. The winds generally lhght from North. Stronger at times along the
:26:36. > :26:41.North Yorkshire coast espechally. So North Yorkshire coast espechally. So
:26:42. > :26:44.the first half of this month was dominated by high pressure over
:26:45. > :26:46.Scandinavia and that is the pattern we get back into over the next
:26:47. > :26:48.Scandinavia and that is the pattern we get back into over the ndxt few
:26:49. > :26:52.days. High pressure up to the North East feeding in a cool comic
:26:53. > :26:57.easterly breeze as we head through the weekend. So as we head towards
:26:58. > :26:58.the weekend, Friday we will see largely dry picture. A fair amount
:26:59. > :27:03.of cloud humming in on those light of cloud humming in on those light
:27:04. > :27:08.winds and temperatures making the low teens. For the weekend, anywhere
:27:09. > :27:11.you get shelter from that e`sterly you get shelter from that easterly
:27:12. > :27:16.breeze, that is where you are likely to see the best of any right to
:27:17. > :27:19.cells in sunshine. Carlisle or York. Decent job in the east there. But
:27:20. > :27:23.Decent job in the east therd. But the temperature is nothing to write
:27:24. > :27:29.home about. Low teens at best and it is a similar picture as we head into
:27:30. > :27:34.Sunday as well. We will keep you updated on your BBC local
:27:35. > :27:43.regulation. Carol. OK, thank you. Do we have time for your fact?
:27:44. > :27:46.Apparently Jeff is a Budgie breeder now. Do not ask me how I know.
:27:47. > :27:52.Goodbye. Everyone's living these
:27:53. > :27:54.amazing lives, You're like a...
:27:55. > :28:05.Different person? Delve deeper.
:28:06. > :28:12.Ordinary Lives continues... WAVES LAP,
:28:13. > :28:13.WIND ROARS BIRDS SING,
:28:14. > :28:16.CRICKETS CHIRP