:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, welcome to Thursday's Look North.
:00:00. > :00:08.The trial begins of a man accused of murdering
:00:09. > :00:13.a pensioner and setting fire to her home.
:00:14. > :00:15.Flood warnings in place and temporary flood barriers are put
:00:16. > :00:17.along the River Tyne after forecasts of extremely high tides
:00:18. > :00:25.The level will come to views on the Quayside and the
:00:26. > :00:30.The level will come to views on the Quayside and the barrier. It but the
:00:31. > :00:33.danger is on the coast. It's a dangerous place to be and we would
:00:34. > :00:34.ask people to stay away from the coast for the next few days.
:00:35. > :00:37.A council considers going back to court over the future
:00:38. > :00:40.And could birds of prey be the answer to deter
:00:41. > :00:42.seagulls from stealing food from our seaside tourists?
:00:43. > :00:44.In sport, what next for Sunderland Ladies,
:00:45. > :00:48.as the football team is forced to go part-time?
:00:49. > :00:51.And just five years after leading them to a Wembley double,
:00:52. > :00:53.can this man save York City from dropping another rung down
:00:54. > :01:15.A man has been accused of strangling an elderly grandmother to death
:01:16. > :01:17.before using her phone to ring a sex chatline.
:01:18. > :01:19.79-year-old Norma Bell from Hartlepool fostered more
:01:20. > :01:27.than 50 children but was found dead at her home last April.
:01:28. > :01:30.Today the man accused of her killing her, 33-year-old
:01:31. > :01:32.He's accused of strangling the pensioner to death
:01:33. > :01:35.with an electrical cable and then starting a fire at her home.
:01:36. > :01:41.Norma Bell had nine children of her own and for over 35 years,
:01:42. > :01:45.she and her husband had fostered and cared for more than 50 babies
:01:46. > :01:47.and toddlers, but last April, fire crews were called
:01:48. > :01:58.As officers carried her out of the property, they found that
:01:59. > :02:00.79-year-old's trousers had been pulled down to below her
:02:01. > :02:02.knees and her tights and underwear had been cut.
:02:03. > :02:05.An electrical cable had also been tightly wrapped around her neck.
:02:06. > :02:07.The prosecution claim Gareth Dack strangled Norma Bell and then
:02:08. > :02:17.The court heard Dack was a drug user who were short of money and had
:02:18. > :02:22.borrowed ?10 from the pensioner a week before her death.
:02:23. > :02:25.His DNA was found on a match on the gas hob and on the
:02:26. > :02:29.In the hours before her body was discovered, the prosecution
:02:30. > :02:33.claim Gareth Dack used Norma Bell's telephone to call a soft
:02:34. > :02:35.porn channel to speak to what were described in court
:02:36. > :02:50.The court also heard Gareth Dack sold a new TV the night before
:02:51. > :02:53.Norma Bell's body was found, which had been stolen
:02:54. > :02:58.The police found ?405 in the glove box of his car nearby.
:02:59. > :03:00.The prosecution claimed that money was stolen from her house.
:03:01. > :03:14.Now, temporary flood barriers have been put in place
:03:15. > :03:17.on Newcastle's Quayside to protect against flooding for the first time.
:03:18. > :03:20.The Environment Agency says the high tides combined with high winds
:03:21. > :03:24.could see the Tyne overtopping in the early hours of
:03:25. > :03:25.tomorrow morning and again tomorrow afternoon.
:03:26. > :03:28.Our reporter Alison Freeman is on the Quayside for us now.
:03:29. > :03:37.Alison, what's it like there at the moment?
:03:38. > :03:43.It's pretty calm at the moment. We did see the water rise a bit this
:03:44. > :03:47.afternoon but it has subsided again. The high tides they are concerned
:03:48. > :03:52.about overnight tonight and tomorrow afternoon. The reason why these
:03:53. > :03:59.flood barriers have been put in place, but there are now 12 flood
:04:00. > :04:03.warnings in place across our region. A red warning, which means flooding
:04:04. > :04:09.is expected and immediate action is required. We know it's taking in the
:04:10. > :04:17.northeast coast were some properties could be affected. Let's look at the
:04:18. > :04:22.affected areas. They run from Seahouses in the north taking in
:04:23. > :04:28.Whitley Bay down to Sunderland, Victoria Harbour in Hartlepool were
:04:29. > :04:33.a significant number of properties could be affected and then into
:04:34. > :04:38.North Yorkshire, Whitby, and Scarborough which have three and
:04:39. > :04:42.four alerts respectively. There are less serious ones across the North
:04:43. > :04:46.East coast and kids are being warned to be prepared. We spent the day
:04:47. > :04:51.with the Environment Agency finding out how the events of 2013 lead them
:04:52. > :04:53.to get these temporary flood barriers.
:04:54. > :04:56.The water suddenly took hold of the Quayside.
:04:57. > :04:59.Three years ago, a tidal surge saw the River Tyne
:05:00. > :05:02.reach its highest level for 30 years, engulfing the roads and
:05:03. > :05:07.Since then, the Environment Agency has acquired 700 metres
:05:08. > :05:09.of temporary barriers, which can be deployed
:05:10. > :05:22.It's like flatpack furniture, it comes as a modulated system,
:05:23. > :05:25.flat, and creates a triangular frame.
:05:26. > :05:29.The steel panels then sit on the front to form the barrier
:05:30. > :05:32.and then what we do is be put a membrane across the front
:05:33. > :05:38.and water pressure against the barrier holds it in place.
:05:39. > :05:40.You can do long lengths really quickly.
:05:41. > :05:43.It's a really effective system for extra protection
:05:44. > :05:48.Today, a 200-metre stretch is being put up along the lowest
:05:49. > :05:53.It's the first in the barrier has been used to protect
:05:54. > :05:56.We haven't had these barriers very long.
:05:57. > :06:00.We got them at the back end of last year and did a test in December
:06:01. > :06:02.so it is really timely that we've got these defences
:06:03. > :06:09.We're expecting quite a significant tide tonight,
:06:10. > :06:16.the highest of the year, plus with the strong conditions,
:06:17. > :06:20.there is a surge where the sea level will raise up plus onshore wind
:06:21. > :06:21.is driving the waves against the coastline
:06:22. > :06:23.and up the estuaries so these temporary defences
:06:24. > :06:26.out of the River Tyne onto the Quayside.
:06:27. > :06:28.The water levels were noticeably higher this afternoon,
:06:29. > :06:31.but the high tides that are causing most concern I expected at around
:06:32. > :06:38.3am tomorrow morning and then again at 4pm tomorrow afternoon.
:06:39. > :06:43.In Cumbria there's been snowfall on higher ground,
:06:44. > :06:45.so far travel disruption has been minimal but the county's gritting
:06:46. > :06:48.teams are continuing to work into the night ahead
:06:49. > :07:01.100,000 tonnes of grit has been spread on Cumbrian roads
:07:02. > :07:08.No heavy snowfall yet, but preparations just in case have
:07:09. > :07:13.We have a very sophisticated weather forecasting system in Cumbria that
:07:14. > :07:19.indicated towards the end of the week it was going to be
:07:20. > :07:22.difficult weather, so we've got all of our gritters with ploughs
:07:23. > :07:26.fitted and the guys are now on 12 hours shift
:07:27. > :07:36.38 gritters are in action across Cumbria.
:07:37. > :07:38.Drizzle has meant many routes have
:07:39. > :07:44.The gritters don't have to treat just roads around towns and cities,
:07:45. > :07:47.but Lake District passes like this one to content with.
:07:48. > :07:50.Snow here in January isn't that unusual, but it
:07:51. > :07:53.I can from Blackpool just for the day for something
:07:54. > :07:59.She's from Germany and she leaves in a few days so we wanted
:08:00. > :08:11.We thought we would come up for a little peek.
:08:12. > :08:14.We don't want to stay too long because we don't want to get stuck!
:08:15. > :08:19.And with weather conditions due to worsen overnight,
:08:20. > :08:21.these are definitely views worth admiring.
:08:22. > :08:25.The advice from police is to try and avoid travelling over
:08:26. > :08:37.Back here in the North East, the message from the Environment Agency
:08:38. > :08:41.is clear, no matter how tempting it is, don't go to the coastline, don't
:08:42. > :08:45.go to have a look, because it could be quite dangerous.
:08:46. > :08:48.Two teenagers have appeared in court jointly charged with robbing a post
:08:49. > :08:50.office in Ravenglass in West Cumbria.
:08:51. > :08:54.19-year-old Reece Kirk, and a 17-year-old boy
:08:55. > :08:56.are accused of taking ?130 in cash yesterday morning.
:08:57. > :08:59.Today magistrates in Carlisle remanded Kirk in custody and bailed
:09:00. > :09:06.the younger teenager to local authority accommodation.
:09:07. > :09:09.More than ?17,000 has been raised by well-wishers for the family
:09:10. > :09:11.of a seven-year-old girl who was killed in York.
:09:12. > :09:14.Katie Rough was found critically injured on a playing field
:09:15. > :09:17.in the city on Monday and died later in hospital.
:09:18. > :09:24.A 15-year-old girl's been charged with her murder.
:09:25. > :09:30.Hartlepool Council says it's considering going back to court
:09:31. > :09:32.to keep fertility services at the town's hospital.
:09:33. > :09:34.A year ago health managers announced they wanted to shut the unit
:09:35. > :09:37.because of staff shortages which would mean women travelling
:09:38. > :09:41.The unit was given a reprieve in the summer, but now
:09:42. > :09:48.Last summer, we told you about three generations of one family.
:09:49. > :09:49.Two wouldn't be here without Hartlepool
:09:50. > :10:03.Bev had treatment there and had Rachel.
:10:04. > :10:07.Health managers wanted to shut the fertility unit with women
:10:08. > :10:09.travelling as far as Newcastle for treatment but last
:10:10. > :10:15.We pursue option one, a comprehensive assisted
:10:16. > :10:19.A private provider should have been running fertility services
:10:20. > :10:21.here from this month, but celebrations have turned
:10:22. > :10:32.It's been a year of uncertainty for fertility patients in Hartlepool
:10:33. > :10:35.A year ago, the health trust said it wanted to close the unit
:10:36. > :10:39.because of staff recruitment problems,
:10:40. > :10:42.but in April, Hartlepool Council went to the High Court
:10:43. > :10:50.A judge ruled the unit could not be closed without another consultation.
:10:51. > :10:52.In July, the local Clinical Commissioning Group announced it
:10:53. > :10:55.would stay open and be run by a private provider,
:10:56. > :10:58.but now they cannot find a provider in Hartlepool with the full range
:10:59. > :11:04.Just devastating news because it's such a difficult
:11:05. > :11:09.To go through the treatment in Hartlepool was difficult enough
:11:10. > :11:13.but to move further afield puts more pressure on couples.
:11:14. > :11:23.Back in October, we were contacted by interested
:11:24. > :11:25.parties who were finding it extremely difficult to get
:11:26. > :11:27.the information that they required to put things together.
:11:28. > :11:31.I contacted the Clinical Commissioning Group
:11:32. > :11:34.and was disappointed - instead of them coming back
:11:35. > :11:42.and asking how they could help, they wanted to know the names
:11:43. > :11:45.of the bidders so they could remove them from the list.
:11:46. > :11:49.At this stage, I wouldn't rule anything out.
:11:50. > :11:52.So, Mark, what are health service managers saying?
:11:53. > :11:58.The local Clinical Commissioning Group, wanting the names of the
:11:59. > :12:02.bidders to strike them out, the clinical commissioning groups say
:12:03. > :12:09.there are clear regulations for procurement in the NHS and that due
:12:10. > :12:12.process has been followed and it would not be appropriate for it to
:12:13. > :12:18.be influenced. They say there were only a small number of bidders and
:12:19. > :12:20.the quality was not to the required standard.
:12:21. > :12:23.Could birds of prey be used to help scare away some of Whitby
:12:24. > :12:26.and Scarborough's seagulls and stop them swooping in to steal food
:12:27. > :12:31.It's one of the ideas the council's agreed to look at to tackle
:12:32. > :12:37.Seagulls and Scarborough just go together, but in recent years,
:12:38. > :12:40.the relationship has been turning slightly sour.
:12:41. > :12:43.A number of birds in this town has grown to a few thousand
:12:44. > :12:45.especially in the summer, it's claimed they are
:12:46. > :12:59.I've seen them actually take food out of people's hands and things
:13:00. > :13:03.like that but for children it can be quite scary.
:13:04. > :13:05.People feed them tidbits and they shouldn't, they should not
:13:06. > :13:11.I think one or two people are complaining too
:13:12. > :13:15.The council has been discussing what to do about the seagulls.
:13:16. > :13:18.Councillors could decide to hire a firm to work on reducing
:13:19. > :13:23.the number of birds over the next few years.
:13:24. > :13:26.We would use egg and nest removal, and that's not removing
:13:27. > :13:34.We will work with Natural England on that and report back the numbers
:13:35. > :13:38.The natural assumption from the birds' point of view
:13:39. > :13:41.is that the bird of prey is taking them.
:13:42. > :13:45.We're not going out to kill anything, that's for sure.
:13:46. > :13:50.Visitors are already urged not to feed the seagulls but some
:13:51. > :13:54.traders say the signs are not working and action is needed.
:13:55. > :14:03.All other restauranteurs and traders here to try to discuss and speak
:14:04. > :14:12.to the public if they are seen feeding the gulls,
:14:13. > :14:14.but understandably, the reaction is go away, it's not your business,
:14:15. > :14:17.but it is our business because we see this
:14:18. > :14:21.If action is going to be taken, it will need to happen soon.
:14:22. > :14:27.The seagull mating season is about to begin.
:14:28. > :14:28.You're watching Thursday's Look North.
:14:29. > :14:31.Jeff with tonight's sport, plus: Dry January, what's that?
:14:32. > :14:40.Why these pampered cows are thriving on a tipple of cider vinegar.
:14:41. > :14:45.The weather forecast features of snow, ice, Gill force wind and
:14:46. > :14:52.flooding, and that's just tonight! It's an issue for many
:14:53. > :14:55.of our rural areas. As house prices rise
:14:56. > :14:57.in the most popular villages, local people find their children
:14:58. > :14:59.can't afford to buy locally. And today the Princess Royal has
:15:00. > :15:02.been in North Yorkshire to see a scheme providing
:15:03. > :15:16.more affordable homes. It's an issue the Princess has shown
:15:17. > :15:20.an interest in. Schemes like this provide houses per local people who
:15:21. > :15:24.might otherwise be squeezed out of Village life. She met Nick and his
:15:25. > :15:30.family. After his marriage broke up, he feared he couldn't afford to buy
:15:31. > :15:37.here. Now he can rent this one. It was really expensive. The house
:15:38. > :15:41.prices went further up. Now I can spend my life here and the kids can
:15:42. > :15:47.stay. It's a nice community we've got here. The 16 homes in rugby in
:15:48. > :15:52.North Yorkshire were allocated to people with village connections. One
:15:53. > :15:55.of the that as house prices rise, villages like this won't end up as
:15:56. > :16:00.commuter towns really, where local people are squeezed out and it means
:16:01. > :16:04.that as a knock-on effect with schools if there are no young
:16:05. > :16:09.families here and local shops. It draws the life out of the village.
:16:10. > :16:12.Young people and families are the lifeblood and future of the
:16:13. > :16:19.communities but that the community being refreshed, if you like, by
:16:20. > :16:25.young people remaining here, then they just become a dying village.
:16:26. > :16:29.The Princess's Village brought some local excitement. This, a housing
:16:30. > :16:32.scheme that breathes new life into a rural village.
:16:33. > :16:34.A Darlington farmer's turning his back on Dry January -
:16:35. > :16:39.when it comes to his 300-strong herd of cows that is!
:16:40. > :16:42.At the organic Acorn Dairy, the cows are thriving on a tipple
:16:43. > :16:49.The dairy's trying to keep the cows as healthy as possible to avoid
:16:50. > :16:57.Steph Cleasby's been to find out more.
:16:58. > :17:04.At Acorn dearly, they're using the humble apple to guard against
:17:05. > :17:14.infection but not as you might expect. You're we're giving 90 mills
:17:15. > :17:20.to the cows per day. Farmer Graham gives his cows a swig of apple cider
:17:21. > :17:23.vinegar every day to boost the immune systems. He got the idea from
:17:24. > :17:32.milk producers in the US and years of seeing positive results. We seen
:17:33. > :17:41.a 20% reduction in ill health in the cows so the cows' own immune systems
:17:42. > :17:47.are doing the work. We can monitor the cows' health. the cows here have
:17:48. > :17:51.something of a luxury cow shed with memory foam mattresses, but taking,
:17:52. > :17:56.scratching brushes and a daily tipple of apple cider vinegar. For
:17:57. > :18:04.the farmer, it's about keeping them as healthy as possible. Each cow
:18:05. > :18:10.produces around 6500 litres of milk a year. If we can stop them being
:18:11. > :18:14.ill on the first place, we don't have to resort to antibiotics if an
:18:15. > :18:20.animal is ill. Do the cows think it is tasty? I haven't left a bucket
:18:21. > :18:25.long enough in front of what to see if they will drink it! I'm told they
:18:26. > :18:29.will drink it neat but I'm cautious about that, I got wanted to take the
:18:30. > :18:42.milk and have customers ringing up saying its taste of vinegar!
:18:43. > :18:46.We'll start by congratulating one of our colleagues!
:18:47. > :18:48.The regional branch of the Football Writers' Association
:18:49. > :18:50.announced today it's to honour my Team Talk team mate,
:18:51. > :18:52.the former Newcastle and - briefly, Sunderland -
:18:53. > :18:55.goalkeeper Steve Harper, at their annual dinner next month.
:18:56. > :18:58.Steve is their North East Personality of the Year.
:18:59. > :19:01.It's for the charity work he's done since leaving the game,
:19:02. > :19:03.especially in highlighting the problem of depression which can
:19:04. > :19:12.Staying with football, a new Spring Series has been
:19:13. > :19:21.introduced for Women's Super League teams.
:19:22. > :19:24.The short tournament will bridge the gap as the women's game looks
:19:25. > :19:27.to fall in line with the men's season, by starting in the autumn.
:19:28. > :19:29.But for Sunderland Ladies it's a time of uncertainty.
:19:30. > :19:32.In terms of promoting the women's game in our region,
:19:33. > :19:35.Sunderland football club has led the way.
:19:36. > :19:37.Jen O'Neill produces women's football magazine She Kicks
:19:38. > :19:40.and played for the club for 15 years.
:19:41. > :19:42.She says the decision to revert to part-time status has
:19:43. > :19:47.Anybody involved in the game across the country and the world
:19:48. > :19:52.I don't think my reaction even measures on the scale
:19:53. > :19:56.They have to completely rethink their seasons.
:19:57. > :20:02.It's just a big setback for women's football in the North East,
:20:03. > :20:11.not just for the women's team at Sunderland.
:20:12. > :20:13.After finishing an impressive fourth in their first season in women's
:20:14. > :20:15.Super League in 2015, last year was disappointing
:20:16. > :20:18.Although the avoided relegation, home attendance fell by 24%
:20:19. > :20:21.to an average of 710, but the club's claim the decision
:20:22. > :20:24.was made to benefit the team seems disingenuous when Sunderland has
:20:25. > :20:30.a ?140 million debt and is having to cut costs.
:20:31. > :20:35.If we're being candid, that's what it is, the budget has
:20:36. > :20:38.been cut and they have to go part-time and that's a decision
:20:39. > :20:40.to be made with the resources that they have.
:20:41. > :20:43.To say that it is better to be part-time rather than a mix
:20:44. > :20:50.of part-time and full-time, I'm not sure how that could be true.
:20:51. > :20:54.The teams we were coming up against two years on spending money,
:20:55. > :20:56.not the other big three, teams like Reading are
:20:57. > :21:02.It will be much more difficult to compete on a part-time basis.
:21:03. > :21:05.it's likely that those with England ambitions like Beth Mead
:21:06. > :21:07.will feel they have to leave to further their careers.
:21:08. > :21:09.Current England internationals including Steph Houghton,
:21:10. > :21:12.Jill Scott, Lucy Bronze and Jordan all started out at Sunderland.
:21:13. > :21:15.Lucy Bronze's brother was one of the first people to comment.
:21:16. > :21:18."My sister had to move away from the North East which she loves
:21:19. > :21:25."She's one of the best players in the world so it feels
:21:26. > :21:27."like it is a big setback for women's football
:21:28. > :21:31.Are we going to have to do this all again and lose
:21:32. > :21:35.There will be no relegation at the end of the spring series,
:21:36. > :21:39.giving Sunderland a chance to regroup and stabilise
:21:40. > :21:43.and the club is still supporting the women's team.
:21:44. > :21:45.And they're not the only ones with big problems.
:21:46. > :21:51.The last time Gary Mills was in charge of York City,
:21:52. > :21:53.he took them to promotion into Football League from what was
:21:54. > :21:56.Three months into his second spell at Bootham Crescent,
:21:57. > :22:02.he's trying to make sure they don't head in the opposite direction.
:22:03. > :22:05.It was only back in May 2012 that York City enjoyed one
:22:06. > :22:07.of the greatest weeks in the club's long history.
:22:08. > :22:10.Winners of the FA Trophy, they were back at Wembley soon
:22:11. > :22:12.after to beat Luton in the play-off final and reclaim their
:22:13. > :22:18.It should have been the start of a glorious new chapter,
:22:19. > :22:22.but less than five years later, the Minstermen sit at the bottom
:22:23. > :22:25.of the renamed National League, with a very real threat of dropping
:22:26. > :22:30.It was important they stayed in the football league
:22:31. > :22:34.because we know how hard it was for them to get
:22:35. > :22:39.in and they've done that before but they were out of the football
:22:40. > :22:42.of the football league for eight, nine years so to come back out
:22:43. > :22:52.where we are in the National League at the moment, you can't put
:22:53. > :22:56.into words what it would mean to go out of this league.
:22:57. > :22:59.If it's been tough for the players and management, spare a thought
:23:00. > :23:09.I've not missed a game for 20 seasons and I've seen
:23:10. > :23:13.some dire stuff but we've had good times as well, I haven't given up
:23:14. > :23:16.hope that Gary can turn it all around and we can get back up
:23:17. > :23:18.the table and avoid the bottom for the season.
:23:19. > :23:22.If we go down, you have to hope that Gary can get us back up again.
:23:23. > :23:25.After an encouraging draw at Dover, City go to Harlow in the FA
:23:26. > :23:28.Trophy this weekend - and the boss is dreaming
:23:29. > :23:38.I've just got this little thing in my head that we're
:23:39. > :23:44.going to stay out that bottom four and we're going to celebrate
:23:45. > :23:47.at Wembley and win the trophy, which would be a nice way
:23:48. > :23:50.Finally, congratulations to South Shields Football Club,
:23:51. > :23:52.whose 4-0 win at Morpeth last night ended Town's reign
:23:53. > :23:55.The original tie - at Shields, last Saturday -
:23:56. > :23:57.was abandoned when the floodlights failed.
:23:58. > :24:00.I hope not too many of you listened to last night's Look North,
:24:01. > :24:02.which failed to spot the tie had been switched to Morpeth
:24:03. > :24:04.because the lights hadn't been fixed - otherwise,
:24:05. > :24:07.like me, you would have turned up at Shields' ground and wondered why
:24:08. > :24:35.It feels like winter has thrown everything at us all at once.
:24:36. > :24:40.Tonight's picture shows the situation earlier in the Lake
:24:41. > :24:47.District. That is typical of many parts of Cumbria at the minute and
:24:48. > :24:55.parts of the northeast. Tonight, snow and ice, gale force winds and
:24:56. > :25:00.as we head earlier, there is the risk of coastal flooding as well.
:25:01. > :25:06.Through this evening and overnight, warnings for snow and ice from The
:25:07. > :25:12.Met Office. There is a warning of gale force winds for eastern areas
:25:13. > :25:16.through tonight into tomorrow. It is fairly quiet at the minute, just one
:25:17. > :25:21.to wintry showers in the west and then we will have a quiet, dry spell
:25:22. > :25:25.through the evening. That is before this next band of sleet and snow
:25:26. > :25:28.comes down from the north overnight. That would produce huge amounts of
:25:29. > :25:31.snow. It will give a covering in places and there it clears away from
:25:32. > :25:38.most places by the end of the night, things will freeze over and textures
:25:39. > :25:45.will be down 2-2 C and icy stretches are quite widespread tomorrow
:25:46. > :25:51.morning. The northwesterly winds reached perhaps severe gale force,
:25:52. > :26:02.coinciding with the spring tides at around three M, leading to the risk
:26:03. > :26:12.of flooding -- three o'clock in the morning. Most places have a dry,
:26:13. > :26:18.bright day tomorrow, otherwise it is dry with weak winter sunshine. We
:26:19. > :26:21.continue to see severe gale force gusts right along the northeast
:26:22. > :26:29.coast and the North Yorkshire coast is likely as well. There is another
:26:30. > :26:35.spring tide expected around 4pm tomorrow and so the risk continues
:26:36. > :26:40.for flooding tomorrow. Temperatures struggle at around four Celsius. It
:26:41. > :26:42.will feel bitterly cold in the gusty wind. That's how it is looking for
:26:43. > :26:49.tomorrow. If you need more information on the flood risk, the
:26:50. > :26:58.environment agency information line will have it. Things quietened down
:26:59. > :27:01.through the weekend. Still a wind but it is easing down and through
:27:02. > :27:08.Sunday, although the cloud will bring some rain and sleet, things
:27:09. > :27:12.will start to warm up and turn much milder through the weekend.
:27:13. > :27:18.Tomorrow, gale force winds but generally dry and bright across the
:27:19. > :27:26.northeast and Cumbria. Saturday is a mostly dry and bright day with the
:27:27. > :27:27.wind that bit lighter. Not warmer, until Sunday when things turn
:27:28. > :27:37.milder. We'll be live at 10:30pm from a
:27:38. > :27:40.couple of those sports highlighted in the flood alerts earlier. Join us
:27:41. > :28:13.then. Bye-bye. ..and keep telling yourself
:28:14. > :28:14.over and over, "This will end." Ladies and gentlemen,
:28:15. > :28:14.the bride and groom. So what if I forgot
:28:15. > :28:18.our poxy anniversary? Er, I think this year
:28:19. > :28:21.was copper. 14th is poxy. Marriage is a marathon,
:28:22. > :28:23.not a sprint. Like a marathon,
:28:24. > :28:25.you have to keep on going... ..drink as much as you can... Please
:28:26. > :28:30.tell me you can see them, too. ..and keep telling yourself
:28:31. > :28:34.over and over, "This will end." Ladies and gentlemen,
:28:35. > :28:38.the bride and groom.