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:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Look North.

:00:00. > :00:07.Job losses at a cable-making factory.

:00:08. > :00:10.There's anger after the company reveals it won't be making

:00:11. > :00:21.How in God's name can we have the same thing happening all over again,

:00:22. > :00:28.the same procedures and methods? The Campbell family pay tribute

:00:29. > :00:32.to Donald on his ill-fated attempt Listening support -

:00:33. > :00:35.the clergy step in to help GPs struggling to deal with the worried

:00:36. > :00:38.well. And ambitious plans to make

:00:39. > :00:40.Hartlepool the movie In sport, strikers

:00:41. > :00:48.on the move and staying put. Middlesbrough dip into the transfer

:00:49. > :00:50.market, while Sunderland And two of our Olympic

:00:51. > :00:54.gold medallists hit out, as their coach is poached...by

:00:55. > :01:10.the Aussies! Unions say a firm making over 200

:01:11. > :01:12.cable workers redundant near Gateshead has acted

:01:13. > :01:17.in an "unscrupulous" way. It's emerged AEI Cables of Birtley

:01:18. > :01:20.wants to use a legal procedure The Company Voluntary Arrangement

:01:21. > :01:24.would mean taxpayers Dubai-based Ducab group says

:01:25. > :01:29.it's invested heavily in the factory over the last two

:01:30. > :01:31.years but it's still But as our news correspondent,

:01:32. > :01:35.Mark Denten, reports, it seems After over 170 years

:01:36. > :01:43.of producing cables for everyone from the Royal Navy

:01:44. > :01:52.to Manchester Airport, the vast majority of AEI Cables

:01:53. > :01:55.workers here, nearly 200 people, will be out of a job

:01:56. > :01:58.by the end of this week. Most of the rest

:01:59. > :02:00.will follow in March. Over 120 workers at AEI Cables had

:02:01. > :02:05.turned up for work and found One of the sacked workers,

:02:06. > :02:17.Bill Doyle, summed up the mood. Nobody can explain to them from the

:02:18. > :02:25.company why or how they have been finished or the criteria used. Back

:02:26. > :02:29.then AEI used a legal process to dismiss those workers, but one which

:02:30. > :02:31.meant they only ended up with a fraction of their redundancy

:02:32. > :02:38.payments, money which ended up coming from the taxpayer. Six years

:02:39. > :02:43.and AEI wants to do the same thing. -- six years on.

:02:44. > :02:44.It's called a Company Voluntary Arrangement.

:02:45. > :02:46.It's used where a company is in financial difficulties

:02:47. > :02:49.and is an agreement between a company and its creditors

:02:50. > :02:53.But the redundancy letter to staff at AEI Cables obtained by Look North

:02:54. > :02:56.confirms AEI Cables wants to follow the same process again.

:02:57. > :03:34.The arrangement was put there in able for the government to help

:03:35. > :03:40.people out, it was made in the teeth of the recession. This company are

:03:41. > :03:44.using this as a ruse to get out of their responsibilities. How in God's

:03:45. > :03:49.name can we have the same thing happening all over again, the same

:03:50. > :03:54.procedures and methods of getting rid of the men being used to? --

:03:55. > :03:56.used? For Bill Doyle, it's

:03:57. > :03:58.all bringing back bad memories. After he lost his job

:03:59. > :04:00.he fought a four-year legal battle with AEI Cables

:04:01. > :04:21.to try to get his Six years ago we'd tried to go to

:04:22. > :04:27.Parliament, go all over the place. Now what we have is exactly the same

:04:28. > :04:32.again, because companies are just doing what they want to do. That's

:04:33. > :04:35.wrong in anybody's eyes. Now, Mark Denten is with me now,

:04:36. > :04:46.so what do the company They did not want to be interviewed

:04:47. > :04:50.but they said they are certainly not being unscrupulous. They have issued

:04:51. > :04:54.a new statement tonight. They say the reason they have gone down this

:04:55. > :04:59.company voluntary arrangement route is that it is flexible and allows

:05:00. > :05:04.work to carry on in the short term. That will be confirmed at a

:05:05. > :05:08.creditors' meeting which we don't have a date for but the bulk of

:05:09. > :05:12.those workers, going on to 200, will be out of a job at the end of this

:05:13. > :05:19.week, so it raises the question where the work is going. One other

:05:20. > :05:24.detail from the letter to staff is that there were actually two offers

:05:25. > :05:34.for the factory and the company says neither was suitable and they can't

:05:35. > :05:38.give details because they are confidential.

:05:39. > :05:41.Cumbria Police want to speak to four boys, after a 15-year-old girl

:05:42. > :05:42.reported she'd been raped in West Cumbria.

:05:43. > :05:45.The attack is said to have happened at around 7.30 last night

:05:46. > :05:48.on a grassed area near the Cloffocks car park in Workington.

:05:49. > :05:53.A grieving mother is to fly to Cambodia to cremate her son,

:05:54. > :05:56.who was found dead with his new wife.

:05:57. > :06:00.36-year-old Robert Wells, from Newcastle, married

:06:01. > :06:02.Imogen Goldie, from London, on Christmas Day but they were

:06:03. > :06:05.reportedly found hanged with a suicide note in a guest house

:06:06. > :06:10.Mr Wells's mother Collette set up an online appeal to fund a trip

:06:11. > :06:13.to Cambodia and has now reached her target of ?3,000.

:06:14. > :06:19.She said she was desperate to bring his ashes home.

:06:20. > :06:25.Hundreds of people gathered in the Lake District to mark

:06:26. > :06:28.the 50th anniversary of the death of Donald Campbell.

:06:29. > :06:30.Mr Campbell died when his jet-powered boat Bluebird crashed

:06:31. > :06:33.as he tried to break the world water speed record on Coniston Water.

:06:34. > :06:38.NEWSREEL: It was soon after dawn that Bluebird was got ready

:06:39. > :06:46.There was little wind, the water was smooth.

:06:47. > :06:49.The evening before, Donald Campbell drew the ace and queen of spades.

:06:50. > :06:50.The deadly shadow of remorseless fate.

:06:51. > :06:58.The shadows of daybreak that day on Coniston may

:06:59. > :07:00.have been portentous, as Bluebird soared and then

:07:01. > :07:03.Donald Campbell's instant death was to trigger an endless tale

:07:04. > :07:10.This morning his daughter sailed to that very spot and dropped

:07:11. > :07:15.I know it's 50 years and we use these anniversaries as a milestone,

:07:16. > :07:18.but every year I'm reminded, every day I'm reminded

:07:19. > :07:21.about what a great man my father was, and why me?

:07:22. > :07:24.Why am I so lucky to be his daughter?

:07:25. > :07:26.Over time the names Coniston and Campbell have become

:07:27. > :07:34.For a long time I think the village people were reluctant to sort

:07:35. > :07:39.of make anything of it because they felt that they didn't

:07:40. > :07:42.want to sort of impinge on what was a tragedy.

:07:43. > :07:45.We're actually keeping the name and the legacy alive and I'm sure

:07:46. > :07:52.The landscape here at Coniston remains pretty much unchanged

:07:53. > :07:56.from that day back in 1967, and so it seems does the memory

:07:57. > :07:58.of Donald Campbell too, and the stories that have

:07:59. > :08:02.Perhaps that's why so many were here today to continue

:08:03. > :08:05.First, a moment of solemnity at the memorial in the middle

:08:06. > :08:14.It is a measure of the man that I know as we're all gathered

:08:15. > :08:17.here today to pay our respects to him and preserve his legacy

:08:18. > :08:20.that he would wish us to remember all those brave and courageous men

:08:21. > :08:26.and women who went before him and have followed since.

:08:27. > :08:29.What he did he did for Britain and for his own achievement,

:08:30. > :08:32.but he also did it to prove to the wider world what could be

:08:33. > :08:35.done, what man can do, and what here we can in England

:08:36. > :08:37.provide the best engineering and the fastest boats

:08:38. > :08:39.and the fastest cars and the best aeroplanes, so he

:08:40. > :08:44.NEWSREEL: This epic age, which soon will know man's

:08:45. > :08:47.conquest of the moon, must count its losses, too.

:08:48. > :09:00.Great Britain mourns the loss of a great man, Donald Campbell.

:09:01. > :09:02.There was an earthquake off the North Yorkshire coast last night.

:09:03. > :09:05.It was detected 100 miles to the east of Scarborough

:09:06. > :09:14.The British Geological Survey said it had a magnitude of 3.8.

:09:15. > :09:16.Official court documents from the trial of County Durham

:09:17. > :09:19.serial killer Mary Ann Cotton went up for auction this afternoon.

:09:20. > :09:22.Ms Cotton, who lived in West Auckland,

:09:23. > :09:25.was found guilty of murdering three of her four husbands

:09:26. > :09:28.and was suspected of murdering 11 of her children.

:09:29. > :09:31.She was hanged in the 1800s at Durham jail.

:09:32. > :09:33.Tennants Auctioneers in North Yorkshire say

:09:34. > :09:42.Now, if you're worried, anxious or upset, who do you talk to -

:09:43. > :09:45.a friend, family member or maybe your doctor?

:09:46. > :09:47.A partnership between Cumbrian GPs and local vicars is giving

:09:48. > :09:51.The Listening Ear project offers people the chance

:09:52. > :09:53.to share their worries in confidence, while freeing up

:09:54. > :10:05.face in the Eden Valley, relied upon by her parishioners

:10:06. > :10:08.for advice and guidance - she also has another role in this

:10:09. > :10:15.small rural community, one where she simply listens.

:10:16. > :10:22.Listening Ear is listening to somebody, giving them time for them

:10:23. > :10:26.to tell you or talk to you about something that's on their mind,

:10:27. > :10:27.whatever that might be, doesn't matter what it is.

:10:28. > :10:30.People in need of a confidential chat - whether church-goers or not -

:10:31. > :10:33.can be referred to Sarah by the local GPs.

:10:34. > :10:36.The surgery here has half the doctors it had five years ago,

:10:37. > :10:50.Sometimes people just need somebody to talk to, they don't necessarily

:10:51. > :10:57.need more expert input from the mental health service or the other

:10:58. > :11:01.counselling services available. As GPs we are incredibly pressurised

:11:02. > :11:08.the Times and it is probably a service that we used to offer and

:11:09. > :11:10.now Sarah is able to offer that. -- pressurised at times.

:11:11. > :11:12.If Sarah feels a patient needs medical advice she immediately

:11:13. > :11:16.It took the Temple Sowerby team around seven years to get this

:11:17. > :11:19.scheme safely up and running but now the project is expanding

:11:20. > :11:23.If anybody is interested in volunteering please contact me and

:11:24. > :11:33.we can talk about that. The other things we need are as a GP surgery

:11:34. > :11:37.to think differently and realise that you can't fix everything

:11:38. > :11:40.medically and there are social issues that people need to talk

:11:41. > :11:41.through. Sometimes an hour of listening can make such a difference

:11:42. > :11:43.to people. There are now 12 Listening Ear

:11:44. > :11:45.volunteers in Cumbria, each playing a small part in easing

:11:46. > :11:48.NHS pressures, as well as curing the isolation that's often found

:11:49. > :11:55.in this rural landscape. It's a ?3 million holiday park

:11:56. > :11:57.planned for North Yorkshire which it's hoped will boost visitor

:11:58. > :12:01.numbers and the local economy. The development - reduced in size

:12:02. > :12:05.after complaints last year - will now see 54 chalets built

:12:06. > :12:08.at Angrove Country Park A decision on the holiday park -

:12:09. > :12:15.which could create up to 50 jobs - will be made by councillors

:12:16. > :12:17.tomorrow. The view is a special one,

:12:18. > :12:25.and for the last 54 years Alan's family have farmed

:12:26. > :12:27.here in the shadow Now he wants to transform his land

:12:28. > :12:34.into a holiday park. Welcome to Yorkshire and Guy Verity

:12:35. > :12:46.have shown that Yorkshire is going to be the place of the

:12:47. > :12:49.future for tourism in this country. There is accommodation in the area

:12:50. > :12:52.of various sorts but we find accommodation en masse is very

:12:53. > :12:54.difficult to get hold of. Gone is the cafe and cycle centre,

:12:55. > :12:58.as the holiday park has been reduced to a third of its original size

:12:59. > :13:00.following concerns But around 100 people have

:13:01. > :13:03.still objected to the development, A mile up the road in

:13:04. > :13:10.the picturesque village of Great Ayton there is some concern

:13:11. > :13:12.that the holiday park will cause Some say there's already not enough

:13:13. > :13:16.parking spaces here for visitors and the new development will make

:13:17. > :13:20.that situation worse. There's also been complaints

:13:21. > :13:23.the scheme would be too noisy The concerns over transport

:13:24. > :13:31.movements and traffic have been dealt with very adequately and we no

:13:32. > :13:33.longer have any concerns from the county council's highway

:13:34. > :13:38.engineers about traffic movements. We addressed the ecology,

:13:39. > :13:42.we have had objections from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust,

:13:43. > :13:48.those have been removed now. If Hambleton Council has approved

:13:49. > :13:50.the scheme tomorrow, It's hoped the holiday park

:13:51. > :13:59.could open by this summer. A council depot is getting

:14:00. > :14:02.a new lease of life in a bid to attract famous faces of film

:14:03. > :14:07.and television to the North East. As part of Hartlepool Council's

:14:08. > :14:09.regeneration of the Church Street area, the authority is backing

:14:10. > :14:12.a plan by Cleveland College of Art and Design to create

:14:13. > :14:14.a film and sound studio. It's hoped the scheme will also keep

:14:15. > :14:17.the college's graduates working in the area and stop the brain

:14:18. > :14:19.drain to London. Alison Freeman is in

:14:20. > :14:21.Hartlepool for us tonight. Alison, that doesn't look like any

:14:22. > :14:35.street I recognise in the town. It is in Hartlepool, I can assure

:14:36. > :14:40.you, but it has come from the imagination and skill of students

:14:41. > :14:45.and the set design course here at the college. They might benefit when

:14:46. > :14:49.the studio gets new money in the spring. Some people say this could

:14:50. > :14:54.become the Hollywood of the North East. The college says it is simply

:14:55. > :14:58.capitalising on an industry that is already thriving here.

:14:59. > :15:01.The region already has a pedigree when it comes to the films and TV

:15:02. > :15:08.From the recent Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake

:15:09. > :15:10.to the Blockbusting Harry Potter movies and top comedy like Hebburn.

:15:11. > :15:12.And Hartlepool has given the picturesque backdrop to scenes

:15:13. > :15:20.But how about this as the next glamorous location?

:15:21. > :15:25.By March it's hoped Hartlepool Council's Lynn Street

:15:26. > :15:27.depot should be playing host to production teams who'll get not

:15:28. > :15:30.only the landscape they want here in the North East,

:15:31. > :15:33.but the facilities to build movie sets.

:15:34. > :15:40.This is just perfect, it is what the film and TV industry are looking for

:15:41. > :15:46.in terms of a studio space where they can build their sets, filmed

:15:47. > :15:49.their productions, and it works perfectly, a lot of people are

:15:50. > :15:51.interested in this. Cleveland College of Art and Design,

:15:52. > :15:54.backed by Hartlepool Council, plans to run the building

:15:55. > :16:04.as a commercial production studio There are now dedicated film and TV

:16:05. > :16:11.sound stages in the north of England. -- there are no dedicated.

:16:12. > :16:15.We want this one to be the first and it has everything that people

:16:16. > :16:18.actually want. We have been talking to production companies, we have had

:16:19. > :16:26.site visits, and a level of interest. This place has inspired

:16:27. > :16:28.film-makers for a long time, we are just building on that heritage.

:16:29. > :16:34.For students it presents an exciting chance to get closer to the action.

:16:35. > :16:39.To have a massive studio in the North East right in Hartlepool, it

:16:40. > :16:45.is fantastic opportunities for all of them. It is inspiring to see that

:16:46. > :16:50.the North East has got something like this. I have lived in

:16:51. > :16:52.Hartlepool all my life so it is nice to see something like this come to

:16:53. > :16:53.fruition. It's part of a ?19 million

:16:54. > :16:56.redevelopment of the Church Street area, which aims to breathe new life

:16:57. > :17:08.into what was once the beating This is a really good example of how

:17:09. > :17:11.Hartlepool is building on its history to shape its future. It's a

:17:12. > :17:15.really good opportunity for the town.

:17:16. > :17:21.The college says it is in quite deep discussions with production

:17:22. > :17:26.companies who want to use the studio. They are tight-lipped about

:17:27. > :17:29.exactly who it is that they say it could be a long-term project. -- but

:17:30. > :17:34.they say. York Art Gallery is the only museum

:17:35. > :17:37.in the country to be nominated for The gallery is on a list of 46

:17:38. > :17:41.nominees from 24 countries for the title of European Museum

:17:42. > :17:43.of the Year. The winner will be announced

:17:44. > :17:45.in Croatia in May. Reopened 18 months ago,

:17:46. > :18:00.it did so with 60% more gallery space and the creation

:18:01. > :18:03.of a centre of ceramic art. A Grayson Perry work

:18:04. > :18:05.a notable acquisition. The gallery is the only museum

:18:06. > :18:11.in the country to be up for the title of European Museum

:18:12. > :18:23.of the Year. For a visitor numbers it will give

:18:24. > :18:28.us huge profile, so as I say we are the only British Museum in the list,

:18:29. > :18:32.it should give us a European profile as well, so we expect it will

:18:33. > :18:38.increase our awareness across not only the north of England and the

:18:39. > :18:41.UK, where we have a good level of awareness already, but also right

:18:42. > :18:42.out into Europe, so we are delighted.

:18:43. > :18:47.The gallery's on a shortlist of 46 nominees from 24 countries.

:18:48. > :18:50.It has to beat off competition from the likes of the Picasso Museum

:18:51. > :18:53.in Paris and Stockholm's Museum of Science and Technology.

:18:54. > :18:55.But now, post the reopening, York is able to hold its own

:18:56. > :19:03.This is a place of artistic seriousness.

:19:04. > :19:15.I think it has really increased since we reopen. In terms of the

:19:16. > :19:20.loans we are able to attract from national institutions but we are

:19:21. > :19:26.also getting a really growing reputation for Saran X and increase

:19:27. > :19:28.Italy -- for Saran Xs and increasingly people want to donate

:19:29. > :19:39.their Saran X to us. Should York Art Gallery win

:19:40. > :19:44.the European Museum of the Year accolade it would add to being one

:19:45. > :19:47.of the five finalists of the UK Museum of the Year

:19:48. > :19:50.in 2016, eventually won Whether it takes this latest title

:19:51. > :19:53.will announced in May at a ceremony in Zagreb,

:19:54. > :19:58.Croatia. Time for the sport, and you are

:19:59. > :20:01.starting with football. Just a few days into the January

:20:02. > :20:04.transfer window, and Middlesbrough have moved quickly to bring

:20:05. > :20:06.in a bit of firepower. With goals in short supply,

:20:07. > :20:08.they've signed the Benin international striker Rudy Gestede

:20:09. > :20:10.from Aston Villa. The 28 year-old, who

:20:11. > :20:13.was born in France, has agreed a three and a half year

:20:14. > :20:16.deal, and is thought to have cost Boro fans might remember

:20:17. > :20:20.him scoring a late - and controversial -

:20:21. > :20:22.equaliser for Blackburn at the Riverside

:20:23. > :20:25.a couple of years ago. It sparked off a touchline row

:20:26. > :20:28.which ultimately saw the end of the backroom partnership

:20:29. > :20:31.between head coach Aitor Karanka Gestede's arrival at the Riverside

:20:32. > :20:36.could see the departure of Jordan Rhodes, who signed

:20:37. > :20:38.for the Teessiders just under 12 months ago,

:20:39. > :20:42.on transfer deadline day. Meanwhile, it seems Sunderland

:20:43. > :20:46.are holding firm as rival clubs test their resolve to hang

:20:47. > :20:49.on to their 11-goal top scorer Jermain Defoe,

:20:50. > :20:50.whose two penalties helped the Wearsiders draw with title

:20:51. > :20:55.contenders Liverpool on Monday. The Black Cats are reported to have

:20:56. > :20:59.turned down a ?6 million bid from West Ham, where the striker

:21:00. > :21:03.began his career. It was one of Team GB's keynote

:21:04. > :21:06.successes at the Rio Olympics. Harrogate's Jack Laugher

:21:07. > :21:08.and Chris Mears won our first Olympic gold medals

:21:09. > :21:10.in the diving pool. But the coach who guided them

:21:11. > :21:16.to success is leaving. During his 24 years working

:21:17. > :21:20.for the council, Adrian Hinchliffe's been vital to making City of Leeds

:21:21. > :21:23.the UK's top performance centre. But he's only ever been employed

:21:24. > :21:27.as a consultant by British Diving, so he's now off to Australia

:21:28. > :21:30.as a full-time coach of And the parting of the ways

:21:31. > :21:37.hasn't gone down well. Ady has taken me from a boy

:21:38. > :21:41.with a lot of dreams to a man able With his dedication

:21:42. > :21:46.and his organisation, his professionalism,

:21:47. > :21:52.he's a magnificent coach and a great person, so to have him as my coach

:21:53. > :21:55.in my career is brilliant, I just wish it could have

:21:56. > :21:57.lasted a lot longer. It is a massive shame,

:21:58. > :22:03.from the bottom of my heart, He has his reasons for why

:22:04. > :22:11.he is leaving and I think to be The hard work that he's put

:22:12. > :22:18.in and what he's sacrificed to create such a brilliant training

:22:19. > :22:21.environment here, with such amazing divers, who have achieved more

:22:22. > :22:23.than anyone has ever achieved in Britain, to then be

:22:24. > :22:31.thrown back in his face, it just feels awful, to be honest,

:22:32. > :22:36.mate, it feels like a massive insult to what Ady is and his legacy that

:22:37. > :22:39.he's leaving behind. It just feels like British Diving

:22:40. > :22:41.have really overlooked how much of a key role

:22:42. > :22:43.he is in British diving. I tried to engage the powers that be

:22:44. > :22:47.recently to make sure that I have a platform to continue

:22:48. > :22:49.and to capitalise on especially the success we had in Rio

:22:50. > :22:56.in four years' time. I had a great meeting

:22:57. > :22:58.with them and they've Their strategy at the moment

:22:59. > :23:02.in terms of what they want to do to improve diving moving forward,

:23:03. > :23:05.it doesn't really fit with me He'll still be on Skype,

:23:06. > :23:09.I'll still be able to see him, wish his family the best

:23:10. > :23:12.and everything and all that kind of stuff, but it's just

:23:13. > :23:15.the fact that he's going... The Lottery has brought so much

:23:16. > :23:24.to British diving and so much opportunity and I've been

:23:25. > :23:26.a benefactor of that and I've been able to achieve

:23:27. > :23:28.at the highest level, We've got fantastic young coaches

:23:29. > :23:32.in diving in this country and I just think generally,

:23:33. > :23:34.in diving particularly, Obviously feeling is running high

:23:35. > :23:42.there. Well, in a statement

:23:43. > :23:44.a British Swimming spokesman said they were disappointed

:23:45. > :23:46.with Hinchliffe's decision to move to work in Australia,

:23:47. > :23:48.adding "we were aware that he wanted to work with the sport full-time

:23:49. > :23:51.and were in the process of beginning discussions,

:23:52. > :24:08.but unfortunately timescales didn't We are thinking ahead in the

:24:09. > :24:12.weather. We are already thinking about the

:24:13. > :24:27.27-18 weather calendar. We couldn't do it without our viewers' photos.

:24:28. > :24:32.-- the 2017-18. Here is a tiny sample of the pictures you have sent

:24:33. > :24:59.us so far this month will stop -- this month. Full

:25:00. > :25:08.It is the middle of winter and it will feel like it overnight, dry

:25:09. > :25:14.with clearing skies, frost for many of us and some nice to look out for.

:25:15. > :25:20.Some showers today in eastern areas, 12 Kluwer 's -- still clipping the

:25:21. > :25:28.eastern coasts. That is where the bulk of the ice is, elsewhere dry

:25:29. > :25:33.and clear and widespread frost. Down to minus three Celsius in the

:25:34. > :25:41.countryside. Tomorrow most places will be dry, the odd shower first

:25:42. > :25:45.thing on the North Yorkshire coast clears then just a thin veil of

:25:46. > :25:49.cloud edging in from the West later in the day. It will not be warm

:25:50. > :25:57.despite the sunshine, temperatures will struggle up to four, maybe five

:25:58. > :26:01.Celsius. Winds will be light through tomorrow. High pressure in charge

:26:02. > :26:07.for a day or two, giving us a frosty night tonight. It gives way to a

:26:08. > :26:14.frontal system from the Atlantic, with clouds, rain and wind. After

:26:15. > :26:18.that it will be mostly dry over the weekend but a fairer amount of cloud

:26:19. > :26:22.around. Friday sees that cloud and rain come in from the West, a

:26:23. > :26:27.southerly breeze picking up as well. Some heavy rain early in the day,

:26:28. > :26:31.clearing eastwards, and eastern areas will tend to dry up through

:26:32. > :26:37.the afternoon and in the West it will stay fairly cloudy and down.

:26:38. > :26:42.Change the Friday as temperatures nudged double figures in one or two

:26:43. > :26:48.spots by the afternoon. -- change for Friday. As the high pressure

:26:49. > :26:53.moves through there will still be a lot of cloud, the odd spot of rain,

:26:54. > :26:58.generally drier but still fairly cloudy in eastern areas.

:26:59. > :27:02.Temperatures not too bad, eight or nine Celsius quite widely for

:27:03. > :27:07.Saturday afternoon. Sunday, mostly dry, the cloud becoming that bit

:27:08. > :27:11.more broken, temperatures still around nine or 10 Celsius, not too

:27:12. > :27:15.bad for the time of year. A westerly breeze and the best of any

:27:16. > :27:19.brightness in eastern areas. That is how it is looking as we head towards

:27:20. > :27:26.and through the weekend. You can keep up-to-date on the weather BBC

:27:27. > :27:32.app and you can keep up with the latest on your local BBC Radio

:27:33. > :27:36.station. You will be going for belt and

:27:37. > :27:39.braces tonight, the duvet and the vest.

:27:40. > :27:51.And the hot water bottle! as he explores Naples,

:27:52. > :27:55.Venice and Florence. It's like we're walking through

:27:56. > :27:57.a giant's armpit. We can follow the escape route

:27:58. > :28:05.of Michelangelo.