:00:14. > :00:14.Good evening. news where you are.
:00:15. > :00:17.The daughter of a Tyneside man killed by a drink-driver has spoken
:00:18. > :00:26.56-year-old Gavin Bolam was hit in Hebburn by a driver who'd shared
:00:27. > :00:30.Ahead of New Year's Eve, police are warning people
:00:31. > :00:41.I was woken up by the telephone ringing and the guy at the other end
:00:42. > :00:43.introduced himself as a PC from Northumbria Police
:00:44. > :00:49.and said my dad had been involved in a serious road traffic incident.
:00:50. > :00:52.So I asked the officer how bad my dad was and he said
:00:53. > :00:56.that he regretted to have to tell us that my dad had not survived.
:00:57. > :00:59.Kelly Bolam took this nightmare telephone call
:01:00. > :01:06.Her father, Gavin, was killed by 39-year-old drunk driver
:01:07. > :01:09.Ian Hale, who mounted the pavement in his Mercedes, hit Gavin,
:01:10. > :01:13.didn't stop, and then collided with other cars before
:01:14. > :01:19.He was later jailed for six years, but Gavin's family now have
:01:20. > :01:23.You can't help but be angry, because that was his choice
:01:24. > :01:26.to go out that night, drink as much as he drank and then
:01:27. > :01:32.And because he made that choice, he took my dad's life away from him.
:01:33. > :01:35.Kelly is speaking out in the hope that other families might be spared
:01:36. > :01:39.For Northumbria Police, this grim story is all too familiar.
:01:40. > :01:43.It had an absolutely devastating effect on the family.
:01:44. > :01:46.Kelly might appear that she is all together now, but I can tell
:01:47. > :01:48.you that she will not be for a long time.
:01:49. > :02:03.The family liaison officer for Kelly had to knock
:02:04. > :02:06.on the door and give them that most horrendous news.
:02:07. > :02:08.This is what we do not want to happen again.
:02:09. > :02:11.Meanwhile, North Yorkshire Police have received more than 70 tip-offs
:02:12. > :02:13.about bad behaviour from motorists under "Operation Spartan",
:02:14. > :02:17.where people can report cases of bad driving via a police website.
:02:18. > :02:21.The force says some drivers reported for being distracted
:02:22. > :02:24.by gadgets or technology could face prosecution.
:02:25. > :02:26.An online fundraising appeal for the family of baby triplets
:02:27. > :02:29.after their mother's death has passed the ?10,000 mark.
:02:30. > :02:31.Rachel Park from Whitehaven died on Tuesday, having just
:02:32. > :02:33.spent her first Christmas at home with her three girls.
:02:34. > :02:53.Police say her death's unexplained but not suspicious.
:02:54. > :02:56.She's been singing all her life, but this weekend Susan Robertson,
:02:57. > :02:58.an opera singer from Teesside, will become a global star.
:02:59. > :03:01.After 27 years of teaching others to sing, Susan's been given
:03:02. > :03:03.the starring role at this years New Year's Day
:03:04. > :03:08.Rehearsing for the biggest role of her life.
:03:09. > :03:11.This Sunday, Susan Robertson will be the start of London's famous
:03:12. > :03:16.The event, seen here on previous year, has a worldwide
:03:17. > :03:27.Susan is this year singing the all-important national anthem
:03:28. > :03:29.and a rousing rendition of Rule Britannia.
:03:30. > :03:32.For years and years, I have watched things like the rugby
:03:33. > :03:35.on telly and watched people sing God Save The Queen at the beginning
:03:36. > :03:38.I've always thought, it would be lovely to do
:03:39. > :03:41.So, to be asked to do that, it is wonderful.
:03:42. > :03:50.Susan, who has been a singing teacher for 27 years,
:03:51. > :03:54.was talent-spotted for the role whilst singing
:03:55. > :03:57.A performance which was to impress one very important guest.
:03:58. > :04:01.A chap just tapped me on the shoulder and said,
:04:02. > :04:06.would I go down and sing at the New Year's celebrations?
:04:07. > :04:09.And it is a chap called Bob Rose, who apparently organises these
:04:10. > :04:13.So, in that moment, I did not realise who he was.
:04:14. > :04:17.Then he told me what he did and I sort of said to him,
:04:18. > :04:24.So, for this north-east singer, the start to 2017
:04:25. > :04:30.The performance of a lifetime that will be watched
:04:31. > :04:40.A busy weekend of sport gets under way tonight,
:04:41. > :04:42.with Newcastle Falcons hosting joint rugby union Premiership
:04:43. > :04:45.In the Football League, Newcastle and Hartlepool
:04:46. > :04:47.But our preview begins with Middlesbrough's trip
:04:48. > :04:51.Man United boss Jose Mourinho always thought his assistant
:04:52. > :04:53.at Real Madrid, Aitor Karanka, had what it takes to
:04:54. > :04:56.Well, after Middlesbrough's promotion in May, Karanka can now
:04:57. > :04:59.pit his wits against his good friend and mentor at Old Trafford.
:05:00. > :05:01.We played last season at Old Trafford.
:05:02. > :05:12.I know how big the stadium is and how nice it is to play there.
:05:13. > :05:17.Again, it is 90 minutes, three points are important for us
:05:18. > :05:21.and at the end of the game, we will have a glass of wine,
:05:22. > :05:24.or beer and one of us will be happier than the other.
:05:25. > :05:26.Despite Boro being linked with Aston Villa striker
:05:27. > :05:29.Rudy Gestede, Karanka says he'd be more worried about the number
:05:30. > :05:32.of goals his team scores if they weren't creating chances.
:05:33. > :05:41.In the last game against Burnley, we had one clear...
:05:42. > :05:49.If we had scored that goal, it would have changed a lot.
:05:50. > :05:51.In the transfer market, the aim again is that we can
:05:52. > :05:56.have a better squad than we have at the moment.
:05:57. > :06:01.But now it is Manchester and then after that, Leicester.
:06:02. > :06:03.Sunderland, who host Liverpool on Monday,
:06:04. > :06:07.Now without Jordan Pickford can they go one better than Boro
:06:08. > :06:12.Burnley have some really good results on the board and we have to
:06:13. > :06:15.try and match that. We're getting close and we will have to play them
:06:16. > :06:19.in this, the cup and then again at in this, the cup and then again at
:06:20. > :06:22.the Stadium of light later in the season.
:06:23. > :06:24.Newcastle would love to avenge their recent controversial
:06:25. > :06:26.9-man defeat at Nottingham Forest tonight after losing
:06:27. > :06:37.We have seen a lot of teams play against us at the top of the table
:06:38. > :06:40.giving 100% in every game. Now, maybe it will be an opportunity to
:06:41. > :06:42.do something important and put more pressure on them.
:06:43. > :06:45.Hartlepool are in League Two action this evening -
:06:46. > :06:47.both they and Carlisle will be kept pretty busy over
:06:48. > :06:54.There has been some glorious Christmas week whether. Let's find
:06:55. > :06:55.out if it will continue. It has been quite a cloudy day
:06:56. > :06:59.in places across the north-east and Cumbria and it will stay that
:07:00. > :07:02.way as we head through this A few spots of drizzle in the west,
:07:03. > :07:07.a few clear spells in the east, but generally a cloudy,
:07:08. > :07:08.breezy, mild night with temperatures dropping down
:07:09. > :07:13.to around nine Celsius. So it will be quite a mild
:07:14. > :07:16.start to New Year's Eve. There will be a few spots of drizzle
:07:17. > :07:19.across parts of Northumberland, again into Cumbria as well
:07:20. > :07:21.through the afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow up to a high
:07:22. > :07:27.of around ten or 11 Celsius. Now, as we are approaching midnight,
:07:28. > :07:30.we are watching this band of rain. It is a cold front gradually sinking
:07:31. > :07:32.southwards and it does mean that for many of us,
:07:33. > :07:35.by the time we get to midnight, well, it looks like it could be
:07:36. > :07:38.quite a soggy start to 2017. But parts of Northumberland will be
:07:39. > :07:41.drier, clearer and colder. Into New Year's Day itself,
:07:42. > :08:13.it is looking dry, bright, but cold. Good evening, fog has been a problem
:08:14. > :08:18.in recent days, slow changes over the next 48 hours or so as this
:08:19. > :08:22.weather front moves south bringing rain and behind it, much cleaner,
:08:23. > :08:27.cold arctic air which will sweep that fog out of the way. The fog was
:08:28. > :08:31.dense in places, you could hardly see across the Thames in Kingston,
:08:32. > :08:35.Greater London this afternoon. It has been thickening up in the last
:08:36. > :08:36.few hours and if you are on the move in the