:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, welcome to Thursday's Look North.
:00:00. > :00:10.Tonight, a new crisis for children's heart surgery in the North East.
:00:11. > :00:13.NHS bosses have told doctors here that, if they want to continue
:00:14. > :00:16.to operate, they may have to move the unit across the city.
:00:17. > :00:25.Most of this will be down to local hospitals to work out and local
:00:26. > :00:27.hospital trusts to work out how this might be achieved and,
:00:28. > :00:30.if it can't be achieved, then we will have to take
:00:31. > :00:33.Also tonight, a man's died after being found with serious
:00:34. > :00:37.The North doctors working on a rapid test to diagnoses lift-threatening
:00:38. > :00:43.And back on display in a new location -
:00:44. > :00:45.the statue honouring a footballing legend.
:00:46. > :00:47.Staying with sport, there's a new challenge for one
:00:48. > :00:54.And for the next three days - Wearside is the place to spot some
:00:55. > :01:11.of the best young tennis players in the world!
:01:12. > :01:14.First tonight, BBC Look North has learned of a major crisis facing
:01:15. > :01:22.The flagship Child and Adult Heart Surgery Unit may have to be moved
:01:23. > :01:24.to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, if Newcastle is to continue
:01:25. > :01:26.to provide children's heart surgery, including heart transplants.
:01:27. > :01:28.NHS England says, in future, any hospital undertaking complex
:01:29. > :01:31.children's heart surgery must be based on the same site of other
:01:32. > :01:42.In Newcastle, they're at different sites.
:01:43. > :01:45.Sharon Barbour has this exclusive report.
:01:46. > :01:48.Undertaking complex heart surgery on a child -
:01:49. > :01:50.sometimes on a tiny baby - is one of the most difficult
:01:51. > :01:58.It's operating on a heart that can be as little as a walnut.
:01:59. > :02:01.Making sure every surgeon has enough expertise and experience to do it
:02:02. > :02:05.safely has been at the centre of a raging battle across
:02:06. > :02:09.the country for the last 16 years, since the scandal of high death
:02:10. > :02:15.The question being which hospitals can continue
:02:16. > :02:26.Newcastle's Freeman Hospital has been at the centre of that debate,
:02:27. > :02:30.but its battle for survival has been boosted by the fact
:02:31. > :02:32.that it's one of the few in the country that undertakes
:02:33. > :02:41.The most specialist skill of all, a skill that has seen them make
:02:42. > :02:51.And nearly four years ago, after a huge
:02:52. > :02:53.review of all units, it had right to continue.
:02:54. > :02:55.But legal battles and campaigning by Leeds Hospital
:02:56. > :02:58.supporters saw that decision scrapped.
:02:59. > :03:02.So, more than ?6 million later, NHS England has today launched
:03:03. > :03:05.a public consultation on the standards hospitals
:03:06. > :03:13.have to reach to be able to continue complex surgery.
:03:14. > :03:15.But for Newcastle, one of the standards is a major concern.
:03:16. > :03:36.And that has major implications, because, for the whole
:03:37. > :03:40.of the North East and Cumbria, heart surgery is at the Freeman
:03:41. > :03:42.and specialist children's services is based on the other side
:03:43. > :03:44.of the city, at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
:03:45. > :03:47.The challenge of moving the entire children's and adult heart
:03:48. > :03:53.surgery across to another hospital is enormous.
:03:54. > :04:00.This will be down to local hospitals to work out and local hospital
:04:01. > :04:04.trusts to work out how this might be achieved and, if it can't be
:04:05. > :04:08.achieved, NHS England will need to know it can be achieved and we will
:04:09. > :04:12.have to take the appropriate action accordingly. In terms of money there
:04:13. > :04:18.is no additional money, so that has to be stated upfront. Newcastle
:04:19. > :04:20.hospital staff are coming to terms with the enormity of the news and,
:04:21. > :04:32.in a statement, told us... NHS England say they will give
:04:33. > :04:41.Newcastle more time than anywhere That are significant questions
:04:42. > :04:47.tonight. I possible will it be to move all of children's and adult's
:04:48. > :04:52.surgery and transplanted to the RVI, or move all of the children's
:04:53. > :04:56.specialist services from the RVI to the Freeman Hospital so they can all
:04:57. > :05:02.be on the same site. It would take a huge amount of planning and time and
:05:03. > :05:03.have a massive impact on both hospitals and will cost millions of
:05:04. > :05:07.pounds. NHS England say they will give
:05:08. > :05:10.Newcastle more time than anywhere else, but refused to be drawn on how
:05:11. > :05:19.much they would be willing A public consultation has been
:05:20. > :05:22.launched today and we'll ask -- will ask for months with no announcement
:05:23. > :05:27.expected until next year. Mystery still surrounds
:05:28. > :05:29.the discovery of a fatally-injured man in a Sunderland cemetery
:05:30. > :05:31.early this morning. The victim, who hasn't yet been
:05:32. > :05:34.named, died despite treatment by paramedics at the scene
:05:35. > :05:36.and it's not known The police are appealing
:05:37. > :05:40.for anyone who might have Bishopwearmouth cemetery
:05:41. > :05:49.is Sunderland's biggest. And here, among its 80
:05:50. > :05:50.acres of gravestones, a man lay dying in the freezing
:05:51. > :05:56.hour before dawn. At 6.30, the police were called
:05:57. > :05:58.by paramedics, who treated the badly-injured victim
:05:59. > :06:10.at the scene, without success. Despite this being so close to the
:06:11. > :06:15.city centre, and between two major roads, this can be a very solitary
:06:16. > :06:20.even remote place. And with almost no lighting in that, it would have
:06:21. > :06:27.been very dark early this morning. One local woman is especially
:06:28. > :06:31.familiar with the 70s. And the bodies. I always look over my
:06:32. > :06:34.shoulder. Someone is supposed to love those gates but they are always
:06:35. > :06:37.open so you don't know who is going to be in there. So you don't feel
:06:38. > :06:40.safe? Don't feel safe at all. Entrances to the cemetery
:06:41. > :06:42.were sealed off, but one funeral did go ahead,
:06:43. > :06:45.out of sight of the work This afternoon, a Home Office
:06:46. > :06:48.pathologist came and went, but any information about the man,
:06:49. > :06:51.or how he might have died, Police carried out house-to-house
:06:52. > :06:55.enquiries and asked for anyone who might have any useful
:06:56. > :07:00.information to come forward. Whoever he was, he died a violent
:07:01. > :07:06.death in what should be a place Gerry Jackson,
:07:07. > :07:12.BBC Look North, Sunderland. A Cumbrian police officer,
:07:13. > :07:14.who's in prison awaiting sentence after admitting three child sex
:07:15. > :07:16.offences, has been sacked and described as a disgrace
:07:17. > :07:19.to his profession. PC Nick Pool tried to encourage
:07:20. > :07:23.a 12-year-old girl to meet him for sex, not knowing the child
:07:24. > :07:27.was an undercover police officer. Today at a special hearing,
:07:28. > :07:29.Pool was instantly dismissed Cumbria's Ambulance Service has
:07:30. > :07:37.expressed support for plans to downgrade maternity services
:07:38. > :07:40.at the West Cumberland Hospital, despite raising serious
:07:41. > :07:41.clinical concerns In a letter written in December,
:07:42. > :07:48.the North West Ambulance Service Chief Executive said plans
:07:49. > :07:52.to transfer more pregnant women from Whitehaven to Carlisle
:07:53. > :07:54.were clinically unsafe Today, the Ambulance Trust confirmed
:07:55. > :07:59.those concerns had been addressed and it now supports plans
:08:00. > :08:06.for midwifery lead care. -- and it now supports plans
:08:07. > :08:09.for midwifery-led care. But union representatives
:08:10. > :08:10.say their members still have I was surprised and
:08:11. > :08:14.I'm still unclear to what The fact of the matter
:08:15. > :08:18.is there is an issue about high acute cases and the transfer
:08:19. > :08:21.of those high acute cases from Whitehaven to Carlisle,
:08:22. > :08:24.and these concerns, these matters, have still not been addressed
:08:25. > :08:46.to our members' satisfaction. Northumbria Policeis one the forces
:08:47. > :08:51.-- is one of the forces considered and satisfactory. More than 7000
:08:52. > :08:55.offences including a year and rape not been dealt with correctly.
:08:56. > :08:58.Northumbria is required to improve, although several other forces are
:08:59. > :09:07.named as worst performers for accurate recording.
:09:08. > :09:10.-- Northumbria Police has been named on a list of forces failing
:09:11. > :09:19.to record thousands of offences - some of them violent crimes.
:09:20. > :09:22.Workington MP Sue Hayman has been appointed as Labour's new shadow
:09:23. > :09:26.The move is part of a reshuffle announced in the last hour triggered
:09:27. > :09:28.by a dispute over the party's strategy on Brexit.
:09:29. > :09:31.Last night, Newcastle Central's Chi Onwurah joined her fellow Tyneside
:09:32. > :09:32.MP Catherine McKinnell and York's Rachael Maskell
:09:33. > :09:35.by opposing Article 50 legislation that paves the way for the UK's
:09:36. > :09:39.Their concern about Brexit is shared by EU nationals
:09:40. > :09:41.living in this region - who say they face
:09:42. > :09:43.Our political correspondent Luke Walton has more.
:09:44. > :09:46.It was a night when the UK moved closer to the EU exit.
:09:47. > :09:49.But though the bill to trigger Article 50 passed
:09:50. > :09:51.by a huge majority, more Labour MPs came out
:09:52. > :09:53.in opposition, in defiance of their party leader.
:09:54. > :09:57.Frontbencher and Tynesider chi Onwurah went from supporting
:09:58. > :09:59.the legislation on the second reading to voting
:10:00. > :10:05.responding to what she says is Government belligerence.
:10:06. > :10:10.They didn't except one amendment and it is absolutely clear from what
:10:11. > :10:14.they are saying that this isn't about the result of the referendum,
:10:15. > :10:19.this is about the Tory party's plan for Britain to become sort of, some
:10:20. > :10:21.sort of tax haven, which is bad for the North East.
:10:22. > :10:23.Another Labour rebel was Rachel Maskell, who resigned
:10:24. > :10:26.from the Shadow Cabinet to make her stand.
:10:27. > :10:29.She's represents York - a constituency that voted Remain -
:10:30. > :10:31.as, narrowly at least, did Newcastle, and Newcastle North's
:10:32. > :10:33.Catherine McKinnell also opposed the Brexit bill,
:10:34. > :10:39.accusing ministers of failing to consult.
:10:40. > :10:45.I believe that the only way the government can secure the best
:10:46. > :10:50.possible deal for all regions, but particularly I speak for the North
:10:51. > :10:53.these, which have so much to lose from a bad deal, is by properly
:10:54. > :10:58.engaging with those on the ground about what we need.
:10:59. > :11:02.But with the most of the region and the country voting Brexit,
:11:03. > :11:04.a leading Teesside leave campaigner says his Government's approach
:11:05. > :11:11.We've had that referendum, the British people have voted,
:11:12. > :11:14.Parliament must respect that result and delivered on the instructions
:11:15. > :11:19.they been given from that referendum.
:11:20. > :11:24.and anti-Brexit campaigner, recent events are less welcome.
:11:25. > :11:27.Originally from Spain, he says he and other EU nationals
:11:28. > :11:39.This is in order to protect the status of EU nationals, that
:11:40. > :11:43.amendment, was defeated and this, in suspense, confirms our status as
:11:44. > :11:49.bargaining chips. Beyond the legal uncertainty, it has produced a
:11:50. > :11:55.feeling of being unwanted, of being somehow is Beck Theatre in a show in
:11:56. > :11:56.which -- being a spectator in which you are the protagonists but do not
:11:57. > :12:02.have a say. It was hailed the referendum
:12:03. > :12:04.to end the EU argument, but as Brexit moves closer,
:12:05. > :12:07.passions on both sides of this The Business and Energy Secretary
:12:08. > :12:15.has reaffirmed the government's commitment to a new nuclear power
:12:16. > :12:17.station in West Cumbria, despite uncertainty about the future
:12:18. > :12:31.of the Moorside project. Greg Clark has been visiting
:12:32. > :12:33.a nuclear engineering firm near Egremont today,
:12:34. > :12:35.ahead of the Copeland by-election. He said he'd held talks with
:12:36. > :12:38.Toshiba, one of the companies behind Toshiba is part of a consortium,
:12:39. > :12:42.NuGen, as you know. We are very clear, very determined,
:12:43. > :12:45.that we want to see a new generation of nuclear new-build,
:12:46. > :12:47.including here in Moorside. I visited the site myself before
:12:48. > :12:49.Christmas and it's something Well, Labour says it's also
:12:50. > :12:55.committed to the nuclear And you can see a full list
:12:56. > :12:59.of candidates in the Copeland Now, meningitis and sepsis
:13:00. > :13:06.claim many young lives. But research has been ongoing
:13:07. > :13:09.for more than ten years to try to find a way of diagnosing
:13:10. > :13:11.the infections quickly A lot of progress has been made,
:13:12. > :13:16.but the next stage of that international research will involve
:13:17. > :13:18.testing samples from children who attend the emergency department
:13:19. > :13:20.at the Great North Children's Alison Freeman has
:13:21. > :13:24.been to find out more. A normal, happy family,
:13:25. > :13:31.but just months ago, though, when twins Nancy and Rita were only
:13:32. > :13:35.four days old, they started suffering from extremely high
:13:36. > :13:37.temperatures and were eventually admitted to hospital
:13:38. > :13:44.with suspected meningitis. Seeing our girls just stacked full
:13:45. > :13:50.of different troops and things -- Seeing our girls just stacked
:13:51. > :13:52.full of different tubes and things like that and it's really awful
:13:53. > :13:55.to think back to that. But we didn't actually know
:13:56. > :13:58.what was happening and they didn't In fact, they were remaining exactly
:13:59. > :14:02.the same and they were treating them with so many different types
:14:03. > :14:04.of antibiotics, cos they didn't They did know whether it was
:14:05. > :14:08.bacterial meningitis Tests to determine which type
:14:09. > :14:11.of meningitis patients have - bacterial or viral -
:14:12. > :14:13.currently take days. Whilst James and Rachel
:14:14. > :14:15.waited for the results, the twin baby girls were treated
:14:16. > :14:17.with a large amount of antibiotics, but it turned out they had
:14:18. > :14:20.the viral strain, Fortunately, though,
:14:21. > :14:23.they still made a full recovery. At the microbiology lab
:14:24. > :14:26.at the Freeman Hospital, they regularly test samples to work
:14:27. > :14:33.out which infections patients have. But research is ongoing to find
:14:34. > :14:36.a way to speed up that test We still have children dying
:14:37. > :14:43.from sepsis from meningitis, from other bacterial infections,
:14:44. > :14:45.despite vaccinations That means that we still need
:14:46. > :14:49.to carry on our work to try and recognise it earlier when we can
:14:50. > :14:51.treat it more easily and avoid people, you know,
:14:52. > :15:02.dying when they come in late. As part of the research, parents of
:15:03. > :15:05.children with early symptoms who go to the Greek not children's hospital
:15:06. > :15:10.I going to be asked for samples, something that Rachel and James hope
:15:11. > :15:13.people will agree to as early diagnosis would have helped them to
:15:14. > :15:18.understand what they're twins were going through. With them not
:15:19. > :15:23.responding to the antibiotics, we started to wonder what the problem
:15:24. > :15:26.was, how long this would go on for, how many weeks we would be
:15:27. > :15:29.potentially be in there, and whilst it would still have been
:15:30. > :15:32.frightening, there would be an element of control that I think we
:15:33. > :15:38.would have felt, knowing what they were dealing with.
:15:39. > :15:41.You're watching Thursday's Look North, plenty more coming up.
:15:42. > :15:44.Sport with Jeff, plus taking to the saddle for a very special cause.
:15:45. > :15:47.Why a mother of two is training to become a jockey despite having
:15:48. > :15:53.And we're hanging on to that chilly feel over the next couple of days,
:15:54. > :15:55.and there's even some snow in the forecast.
:15:56. > :16:10.Joanne Ford knows all about facing challenges.
:16:11. > :16:13.She's a mother of two from Bedale, who was diagnosed with
:16:14. > :16:16.cervical cancer 20 years ago, and more recently had major surgery
:16:17. > :16:19.to rebuild part of her spine after a riding accident.
:16:20. > :16:22.Despite all that, she's now training for a charity race day in York
:16:23. > :16:29.She's got five months to learn how to become a jockey before racing
:16:30. > :16:31.in front of thousands of people in June.
:16:32. > :16:33.Carla Fowler has been to find out how the training's going.
:16:34. > :16:37.Joanne Ford has been selected by national charity
:16:38. > :16:44.Macmillan Cancer Support to be one of 12 riders competing
:16:45. > :16:47.in their big charity race day on June the 17th in York.
:16:48. > :16:49.Between now and then, each rider faces gruelling daily training.
:16:50. > :16:52.They've had to find a racehorse, a professional trainer and pledged
:16:53. > :16:59.Until I came here for the first time, and I rode for my first two
:17:00. > :17:03.days, I had no idea how fit you really do need to be.
:17:04. > :17:08.I was in agony on the Saturday morning.
:17:09. > :17:12.Um, I struggled to walk down the stairs forwards!
:17:13. > :17:14.And now, two or three weeks in, it's really sunk in
:17:15. > :17:17.how fit these people are, how fit you need to be.
:17:18. > :17:20.I need the experience, I need to learn, it's very different
:17:21. > :17:21.from any riding I've ever done before.
:17:22. > :17:28.Some of these horses are worth six figures and Jo has
:17:29. > :17:31.to pass a jockey test in May to make her insurable to race.
:17:32. > :17:33.She's fought cancer twice and, seven years ago, had major back
:17:34. > :17:36.surgery when she was told she'd never ride again.
:17:37. > :17:39.In just five months, Jo will take part in the oldest
:17:40. > :17:48.and biggest charity race day in the world.
:17:49. > :17:50.Last year, just short of half a million pounds
:17:51. > :17:56.She's got to learn how to race a thoroughbred at York in front
:17:57. > :18:02.She's got to be jockey fit, she has to pass the assessment
:18:03. > :18:04.at Doncaster that jockeys have to pass.
:18:05. > :18:07.She's got to source her own racehorse to race and we're also
:18:08. > :18:09.challenging her to raise as much money as possible
:18:10. > :18:14.And this North Yorkshire racing yard has the right form to put Jo
:18:15. > :18:16.in the lead on race day, having trained the Macmillan
:18:17. > :18:20.We've done the same thing for the last few years.
:18:21. > :18:23.I think it's a really good cause and, if there's anything we can do
:18:24. > :18:26.to help with it all, I'm happy to go along with it.
:18:27. > :18:28.Obviously, she could ride when she'd come to start with,
:18:29. > :18:30.which is a big help, but changing from riding
:18:31. > :18:33.normally to riding short and like a jockey is, um...
:18:34. > :18:35.It's a big difference, though, but she's definitely
:18:36. > :18:38.improving every day, which is good.
:18:39. > :18:41.It takes nerves of steel to ride a racehorse as an amateur,
:18:42. > :18:44.but Jo's battles with cancer and surgery have given hope them.
:18:45. > :18:47.but Jo's battles with cancer and surgery have given her them.
:18:48. > :18:49.She's getting ready to make the ride of her life.
:18:50. > :18:54.Carla Fowler, BBC Look North, Richmond.
:18:55. > :18:59.Anyone on a horse is brave, but that's incredible, isn't it?
:19:00. > :19:01.Now, he was Ashington's favourite son.
:19:02. > :19:03.Working down the pit in the morning and, after quick bath,
:19:04. > :19:06.would head to St James' Park to score goals for Newcastle United.
:19:07. > :19:09.And today, the bronze statue of footballing legend Jackie Milburn
:19:10. > :19:11.was officially unveiled at a new location in his home town,
:19:12. > :19:18.Two generations down the line, Jackie's granddaughter,
:19:19. > :19:20.and his great-grandchildren were on hand to help
:19:21. > :19:27.Proud moments, of course, but it seems, when you're
:19:28. > :19:30.still at primary school, being related to a footballing
:19:31. > :19:31.legend isn't as easy as it might seem.
:19:32. > :19:35.What do the other kids say at school, then?
:19:36. > :19:38.They say, "Is he really?" And they don't believe us!
:19:39. > :19:42.I know! They don't believe us!
:19:43. > :19:45.I asked them and they say, "Is he really?"
:19:46. > :19:46.And then they just don't believe her!
:19:47. > :19:49.Yeah. Yeah.
:19:50. > :19:59.His goals helped Newcastle lift the FA Cup three times in the '50s.
:20:00. > :20:02.He left his indelible mark on Ashington, Newcastle United
:20:03. > :20:06.and the whole of the footballing world, as much for his humility
:20:07. > :20:10.and grace as for his undoubted prowess on the pitch.
:20:11. > :20:14.He worked at the pit on a Saturday morning.
:20:15. > :20:21.He'd come out of the pit, had a cigarette, got the bus to
:20:22. > :20:23.Newcastle and played for Newcastle, knocked a few goals in, came home,
:20:24. > :20:26.went to bed for a shift on Sunday night.
:20:27. > :20:28.That's the type of character we're talking about -
:20:29. > :20:32.I know everybody says that about
:20:33. > :20:34.their grandparents, but he was just amazing.
:20:35. > :20:39.Even going to the video shop, that was on the bridge there,
:20:40. > :20:43.Without fail, it had to be the same movie every week,
:20:44. > :20:46.and apple pies and ice cream and little songs he used to sing
:20:47. > :20:49.Are you proud of him? BOTH: Yeah!
:20:50. > :20:51.Why are you proud of him? Because, um...
:20:52. > :20:53.Well, he played very well at football.
:20:54. > :21:00.He scored lots of goals and he did very, very well.
:21:01. > :21:03.And so, after a brief spell out the limelight,
:21:04. > :21:08."Wor Jackie" is back where he rightfully belongs -
:21:09. > :21:11.at the heart of his home town - where his memory is
:21:12. > :21:22.Jim Knight, BBC Look North, Ashington.
:21:23. > :21:29.Well said, girls. Great granddaughter is there, telling it
:21:30. > :21:33.like it is. Absolutely! And you've got sport? Yes, and going back to St
:21:34. > :21:34.James' Park. We'll kick-off with news
:21:35. > :21:36.of the departure of one of Newcastle Ivory Coast international,
:21:37. > :21:39.Chieck Tiote, has left The 30-year-old has joined Chinese
:21:40. > :21:43.second-tier side Beijing Enterprises But he'll always be remembered,
:21:44. > :21:47.though, for his dramatic equaliser in the 4-4 draw at home to Arsenal,
:21:48. > :21:50.completing the Magpies' Not a bad way to score your
:21:51. > :22:04.only goal for the club! Now, in the months
:22:05. > :22:06.following an Olympic Games, you always tend to find a steady
:22:07. > :22:08.stream of GB boxers leaving the amateur ranks
:22:09. > :22:10.and turning professional. The latest to follow that path
:22:11. > :22:12.is Sunderland's Josh Kelly, who's signed a contract
:22:13. > :22:15.with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing. Kelly, who's 22, reached the last 16
:22:16. > :22:18.in the welterweight division at Rio last summer before losing
:22:19. > :22:20.to the eventual gold He'll make his pro debut in Glasgow
:22:21. > :22:24.on the 15th of April. Some of the best young tennis
:22:25. > :22:29.players in the world began From tomorrow until Sunday,
:22:30. > :22:32.the Sunderland Tennis Centre in Silksworth will be hosting
:22:33. > :22:34.the finals of the European It's a girls' tournament and you can
:22:35. > :22:39.expect to see one or two of them And you think you could beat
:22:40. > :22:48.any 12 year-old girl? This tournament has already been
:22:49. > :23:01.a stepping stone for some of the top The likes of former world number one
:23:02. > :23:07.Caroline Wozniacki and Wimbledon champions Petra Kivitova
:23:08. > :23:12.and Maria Sharapova. Maybe, one day soon,
:23:13. > :23:14.we'll see this young I want to be a professional
:23:15. > :23:25.tennis player, This event is regarded
:23:26. > :23:32.as the biggest and best junior tennis team event in the world,
:23:33. > :23:35.so the eight teams we have playing for the next three days are
:23:36. > :23:38.the best eight teams These players, some of these
:23:39. > :23:42.will certainly become household names and we'll see them on TV
:23:43. > :23:45.in the future for definite. Sadly, the Brits didn't
:23:46. > :23:47.make it to Silksworth. With no seeding at this age level,
:23:48. > :23:50.they drew the highly-fancied Swiss in the semifinals
:23:51. > :23:53.and lost on a tie-break. So who'll be the favourites
:23:54. > :23:57.to lift the trophy on Sunday? It's going to be tough and anyone
:23:58. > :24:00.can win it this year, I would say. Russia is probably always
:24:01. > :24:04.the big favourite, so... The opening ceremony
:24:05. > :24:11.is at 9.30 tomorrow morning. Catch the rising
:24:12. > :24:25.stars while you can. And sadly, no matter how much we
:24:26. > :24:28.practice, we will never be as good as that.
:24:29. > :24:33.Speak for yourself! LAUGHTER No, I am a long way off.
:24:34. > :24:41.Time for the weather Web Owain. Loving the hair!
:24:42. > :24:46.Will you have to read a hat later? It does not do well under a hat.
:24:47. > :24:51.Changes over the next couple of days. It was cold today, a couple of
:24:52. > :24:57.wintry showers, we needed to wrap up. Those showers in the story
:24:58. > :25:02.overnight, cold, cloudy, some brightness today but looking at the
:25:03. > :25:06.satellite image, you could never say that, Best practice across Cumbria,
:25:07. > :25:12.elsewhere like someone has just cover the whole of the UK with a
:25:13. > :25:16.sheet. Being levels of cloud. Looking ahead towards tonight, going
:25:17. > :25:22.back to the map, wintry showers continuing, mainly across the East,
:25:23. > :25:26.Cumbria still catching a breather, largely dry, you can see it is all
:25:27. > :25:30.looking very blue. Temperatures falling close to, if not below
:25:31. > :25:35.freezing, pretty much across the board. Those showers, mainly as
:25:36. > :25:40.sleet or snow on higher levels, falling to lower levels as rain.
:25:41. > :25:45.First thing tomorrow morning, it is going to be chilly, yes, fairly
:25:46. > :25:50.cloudy, I gained Cumbria the best deal here, as far as bright spells
:25:51. > :25:56.are concerned. A few showers, falling as sleet or snow on the
:25:57. > :25:59.hills, and in towards Cumbria, this brightness does tend to stick
:26:00. > :26:04.around, throughout the morning and into the afternoon, but all we have
:26:05. > :26:12.to do is drag further east and it is cloudy, still some showers, but that
:26:13. > :26:16.said, al lot of dry weather around. Looking at the temperatures,
:26:17. > :26:20.anywhere from zero to about three or four Celsius. If you are heading out
:26:21. > :26:25.and about, you will need the hat and the scarf. Tomorrow night, we hang
:26:26. > :26:31.onto that easterly breeze, very cold wind, starting to strengthen and, on
:26:32. > :26:39.that, some jeans, dusting of snow on high ground but likely to fall to
:26:40. > :26:44.low levels. -- one that, some change. Looking at the pressure
:26:45. > :26:49.chart, it is actually quite quiet, high pressure in charge, mostly
:26:50. > :26:54.settled, this weather front spoiling the party a little, bringing those
:26:55. > :27:01.showers, it is quite weak, so wintry showers, as I've said, mainly on
:27:02. > :27:05.High Ground but not exclusively, possibly on local levels and towards
:27:06. > :27:10.the Cumbrian Fells by Saturday afternoon. Clearly cloudy, breezy,
:27:11. > :27:14.cold, I think we could wake up with a dusting of snow potentially to
:27:15. > :27:18.lower levels at times and temperatures in Saturday down to 45
:27:19. > :27:25.Celsius but with that added wind chill, you will really feel the cold
:27:26. > :27:30.if you are heading out. --. To four or five Celsius. This weekend, less
:27:31. > :27:35.cold, rain at times, some one error just getting to us towards Sunday,
:27:36. > :27:38.-- some warm air. Until then, we will need to wrap up.
:27:39. > :27:55.You will need a new jumper. That is it from us. Good night.
:27:56. > :28:02.OK, everyone, have you got your bamboo sticks?
:28:03. > :28:03.If you just paint what you want to paint,
:28:04. > :28:09.I've turned around, my painting washes away.
:28:10. > :28:15...and take on The Big Painting Challenge.
:28:16. > :28:45.Remember, you're not painting a pond.
:28:46. > :28:48.Before I met you, I was a civilised woman.