:00:07. > :00:08.Welcome to Tuesday's Look North. so it's goodbye from me,
:00:09. > :00:11.In tonight's programme - Questions over a council's plans
:00:12. > :00:12.to loan millions to the Alnwick Garden.
:00:13. > :00:14.While on Teesside, another council plans to invest
:00:15. > :00:22.Also tonight, doubt over the future of a new nuclear power plant
:00:23. > :00:23.planned for Cumbria which could create
:00:24. > :00:28.And thousands of enthusiasts turn out as the first scheduled steam
:00:29. > :00:35.service in 50 years makes its way across this scenic landscape.
:00:36. > :00:37.In football, a tough night for both our League Two sides
:00:38. > :00:40.and can the return of Dwight Gayle help Newcastle stay on top
:00:41. > :00:43.of the Championship when they face a resurgent Norwich City side who're
:00:44. > :01:01.It needs to save ?6 million from its budget.
:01:02. > :01:10.But Northumberland County Council wants to loan ?8.5 million
:01:11. > :01:12.to the Alnwick Garden to create an outdoor play area.
:01:13. > :01:15.The garden's run by a charitable trust, and was created
:01:16. > :01:19.She and her husband are thought to be worth ?365 million,
:01:20. > :01:22.which makes them among the richest people in Britain.
:01:23. > :01:24.Northumberland's council leaders say financially backing the scheme
:01:25. > :01:26.will boost the local economy, but critics claim the money
:01:27. > :01:38.Our News Correspondent, Mark Denten, joins us from Alnwick.
:01:39. > :01:46.The Alnwick Garden has been hugely successful since it opened 16 years
:01:47. > :01:50.ago. Over 5 million visitors have come, and now wants to be something
:01:51. > :01:55.new. It wants to create what it describes as the biggest play
:01:56. > :02:02.village in the world. But to do that, controversially it may have to
:02:03. > :02:06.have to ask its cash-strapped council in the north-east. It's
:02:07. > :02:10.becoming the alternative uniform for politicians, fluorescent jacket and
:02:11. > :02:14.hard hat. These Northumberland councillors wearing it are at the
:02:15. > :02:18.site for a new headquarters of the council, ?32 million building in
:02:19. > :02:23.Ashington. We are trying to lower the costs of the Council by moving
:02:24. > :02:28.people back to the market towns. We are centralised in the town of
:02:29. > :02:32.Morpeth, and it's very expensive to deliver services in rural areas. The
:02:33. > :02:35.scheme has faced criticism with some saying moving the council
:02:36. > :02:39.headquarters from Morpeth is a monumental waste of money. The
:02:40. > :02:43.council does have ?6 million to shave from its budget next year, so
:02:44. > :02:50.what should Northumberland councils spend money on? Roads, schools or a
:02:51. > :02:55.play structure for elves? The council plans to loan the Alnwick
:02:56. > :03:01.Garden ?8.5 million to build a play village, the Elphick play structure
:03:02. > :03:05.billed as the biggest in the world. It is run by a charitable trust, but
:03:06. > :03:09.the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are thought to be
:03:10. > :03:14.worth in the region of ?365 million and that is more than Her Majesty
:03:15. > :03:19.the Queen. Some councillors think taxpayers money could be better
:03:20. > :03:24.spent. Why can't the Northumberland estate pay for this? The project was
:03:25. > :03:28.originally started by them, so why can't they borrowed money? They have
:03:29. > :03:31.a better credit rating than the county council, probably, so why
:03:32. > :03:36.can't they loaned the money to the Alnwick Garden for the facility? Why
:03:37. > :03:38.should the taxpayers be building it? It's not the first time
:03:39. > :03:43.Northumberland council has been criticised this way. In 2012 is
:03:44. > :03:48.loaned the Northumbria health care trust money to pay off the cost of
:03:49. > :03:52.building two hospitals. Last year the council's property arm bought
:03:53. > :03:58.Manor walk shopping centre for ?78 million. The council has to save ?6
:03:59. > :04:03.million this year from its budget, and the council tax could go up by
:04:04. > :04:08.nearly 5%, including a 3% hike to support social care. Budgets are
:04:09. > :04:13.very, very squeezed. Why at that time has the council loaned money to
:04:14. > :04:21.what is described as a play structure for elves? It is about
:04:22. > :04:24.jobs and the economy. We have got to boost the economy of Northumberland
:04:25. > :04:28.and we have to increase the job numbers here in Northumberland. The
:04:29. > :04:33.council will meet to discuss its budget plans on their the 22nd. --
:04:34. > :04:35.February the 22nd. Mark, is there any comment
:04:36. > :04:42.from those in charge They say it is early days and they
:04:43. > :04:48.are still looking at various funding options for the new project but they
:04:49. > :04:51.say if it goes ahead it will be an international attraction and will
:04:52. > :04:57.also, they say, have a measurable impact on the region's economy. They
:04:58. > :05:01.also point out it is a charitable, nonprofit making trust that runs the
:05:02. > :05:06.garden. And one other important point from the garden is that they
:05:07. > :05:10.say if they do take the loan from the council, it will be alone, and
:05:11. > :05:15.it will not be a grand. They will pay it back. We watch with interest.
:05:16. > :05:17.Well, here's another council considering a controversial loan.
:05:18. > :05:18.Stockton's taxpayers may be about to find
:05:19. > :05:22.The Labour-run council is planning to borrow ?17 million,
:05:23. > :05:25.to invest in a Hampton-by-Hilton hotel, which will then be built
:05:26. > :05:28.Opponents say it's "a reckless waste of public money."
:05:29. > :05:34.Here's our Political Editor, Richard Moss.
:05:35. > :05:36.A scrappy car park, and former garage site in Stockton.
:05:37. > :05:43.But by the end of 2018, it could look very different.
:05:44. > :05:46.It'll become a hotel the local council believes the area needs.
:05:47. > :05:48.Putting an estimated ?6.7 million into the economy
:05:49. > :06:01.The businesses are saying it is a good idea. They find it difficult to
:06:02. > :06:06.find rooms for visitors to their companies. There are lots of events
:06:07. > :06:08.that take place across the year which brings people into the town
:06:09. > :06:13.centre without any hotel provision. But to get the Hampton
:06:14. > :06:15.by Hilton built, the council a ?17 million stake -
:06:16. > :06:22.funded by a loan. It'll share in any profits the hotel
:06:23. > :06:25.makes, but to earn money 80% of its 150 rooms will need
:06:26. > :06:27.to be constantly occupied. Some doubt the council
:06:28. > :06:33.is making a wise investment. I think they will struggle to get
:06:34. > :06:37.that amount of money in, and if you are borrowing that kind of money,
:06:38. > :06:41.you're paying a lot more than ?17 million back over the 30 year life
:06:42. > :06:43.span. That will probably cost something in the region of 30
:06:44. > :06:44.million once you have added the interest.
:06:45. > :06:48.on Stockton High Street are also concerned.
:06:49. > :06:55.I think it is more shops that they need rather than a hotel. There are
:06:56. > :07:00.places that are shutting down. There are a lot of unemployed people here,
:07:01. > :07:04.so who can afford to stay in a hotel? Or is it for? Not the people
:07:05. > :07:09.round here. They are spending that money and all of these shops closing
:07:10. > :07:13.down. They want to get more shops opened. That argument would be to
:07:14. > :07:14.have a hotel here and it might help the shops. I don't think it will,
:07:15. > :07:16.you know. there is a reminder
:07:17. > :07:21.here of how the hotel Stockton's previous town
:07:22. > :07:23.centre hotel shut almost overnight in 2009 -
:07:24. > :07:29.and has never reopened. The shell of what used to be the
:07:30. > :07:32.Swallow hotel has a haunting impressions here in Stockton. They
:07:33. > :07:36.were going to turn it into student flats. The council say they have
:07:37. > :07:41.looked over the figures hotel they will invest in will not end up like
:07:42. > :07:46.the Swallow. It's good for the town and the council any money left over
:07:47. > :07:49.after all of the costs are paid for for the hotel will go back into
:07:50. > :07:50.front-line services. the plans on Thursday,
:07:51. > :07:53.before making a final commitment on whether to go
:07:54. > :07:57.into the hotel business next week. Two of our councils taking loans
:07:58. > :08:09.to put into developments. There are two reasons why they might
:08:10. > :08:13.be increasingly tempted to do this. One is familiar to all others. We
:08:14. > :08:16.all have savings and so have the council, they are called reserves
:08:17. > :08:20.and they have invested them in a bank account and low interest rates
:08:21. > :08:24.do not get your return. They might be tempted by the idea of loaning it
:08:25. > :08:28.to someone else and getting a better return, but it comes with slightly
:08:29. > :08:31.more risk. Another factor is that councils are funded through
:08:32. > :08:34.accommodation of government grant and taxes raised locally. The
:08:35. > :08:38.government grant will disappear locally. By 2020 it will be gone
:08:39. > :08:42.altogether. Council will have to rely on council tax and business
:08:43. > :08:47.rates. Take the hotel in Stockton, the council estimates that will
:08:48. > :08:52.generate ?150,000 per year plus on business rates. You can see why the
:08:53. > :08:55.council is tempted to lure in private individuals of them loans
:08:56. > :08:58.and boost business rates on the local economy, and they get more
:08:59. > :09:02.money they can put into local services. But there is a risk
:09:03. > :09:05.involved. If the investment lose money, there's only two ways to
:09:06. > :09:09.recoup the money, raise council tax or services further. -- or cut
:09:10. > :09:15.services further. Warehouses full of drugs
:09:16. > :09:18.and illicit alcohol - that's how the Prison Officers'
:09:19. > :09:21.Association is describing our jails, following an undercover BBC
:09:22. > :09:23.investigation into conditions at HMP Panorama found evidence of drug
:09:24. > :09:30.abuse, violence and intimidation at the privately-run prison,
:09:31. > :09:33.and the POA says there are similar Last night's Panorama revealed
:09:34. > :09:41.a level of chaos at HMP Northumberland that many people have
:09:42. > :09:44.described as shocking, but the situation has come as no
:09:45. > :09:57.surprise to the Prison Officers' Watch you saw there was a snapshot
:09:58. > :10:04.taken over two months which gave an absolute idea to your viewers of
:10:05. > :10:08.what life is like inside HMP Northumberland for the men and women
:10:09. > :10:12.working in there. How has it ended up like this? Because of the cuts in
:10:13. > :10:17.funding and what we have now our prisons full of drugs, full of
:10:18. > :10:21.illicit alcohol, violence and that has been caused by the huge staffing
:10:22. > :10:24.cuts and the lack of resources in today's modern prison service.
:10:25. > :10:25.This afternoon in Acklington village,
:10:26. > :10:28.which sits in the shadow of the prison, some residents told
:10:29. > :10:30.us they were too frightened to sleep last night.
:10:31. > :10:35.Others said the situation has become intolerable since the prison
:10:36. > :10:40.was taken over by Sodexo, a private company.
:10:41. > :10:45.My father used to be a governor there and there were many incidents,
:10:46. > :10:49.and a lot of them were amusing incidents, but he was never
:10:50. > :10:54.frightened. It was never somewhere we were encouraged to go to, but we
:10:55. > :11:01.were never frightened about it. I feel very sorry for the staff who
:11:02. > :11:09.are working there. But I still feel that it has to be somewhere. Are you
:11:10. > :11:13.happy it is being run properly? No. That is a different thing. That's a
:11:14. > :11:16.completely different question. We invited the company to take part in
:11:17. > :11:22.the report but they declined. Instead referred us to a statement
:11:23. > :11:25.that reads we are proud of the staff at HMP Northumberland who do such a
:11:26. > :11:28.professional job in such difficult circumstances. Security and the
:11:29. > :11:32.safety of the prisoners and staff remains our top priority.
:11:33. > :11:34.And if you didn't see last night's programme,
:11:35. > :11:44.you can still watch it on the BBC iplayer.
:11:45. > :11:47.The future of a new nuclear power plant near Sellafield in Cumbra has
:11:48. > :11:49.been thrown into doubt, after the Japanese company Toshiba
:11:50. > :11:53.said it would be pulling out of its construction.
:11:54. > :12:01.The ten million pound project at Moorside would create around
:12:02. > :12:05.This is supposed to be the future of nuclear power.
:12:06. > :12:08.Moorside nuclear plant is due to be built over the next few years.
:12:09. > :12:13.Japanese company Toshiba announced massive financial losses
:12:14. > :12:15.and said it would be selling its shares in Nugen,
:12:16. > :12:17.the company which plans to build Moorside.
:12:18. > :12:29.There are more than one Japanese company involved in this business,
:12:30. > :12:32.so we will continue to discuss with industry players what the future
:12:33. > :12:38.strategy might be. We have an open mind about how best to deliver this.
:12:39. > :12:40.For decades, this part of Cumbria has been a hub
:12:41. > :12:44.Down the road from Moorside is Sellafield, a reprocessing plant.
:12:45. > :12:47.Nearby Heysham power station is coming to the end of its life.
:12:48. > :12:49.Moorside is part of a new generation of energy production.
:12:50. > :12:52.Plans to build large pylons in the Lake District to transport
:12:53. > :13:00.The plant is due to be online in 2024.
:13:01. > :13:08.It's been clear for some time that financing new nuclear power stations
:13:09. > :13:13.is enormously challenging. It took as eight years to get to this point
:13:14. > :13:17.with Hinkley C. We haven't seen it coming directly, but I don't think
:13:18. > :13:19.it is any surprise that even very large international companies are
:13:20. > :13:20.finding difficulties with the sort of capital investment we are talking
:13:21. > :13:22.about. Toshiba says it had always planned
:13:23. > :13:24.to sell its shares in Nugen, and would still work
:13:25. > :13:26.on its The Liberal Democrat
:13:27. > :13:35.leader Tim Farron, joining party campaigners
:13:36. > :13:36.in the Copeland by-election, has accused Conservative
:13:37. > :13:38.ministers of neglecting rural Mr Farron was meeting voters
:13:39. > :13:42.and party activists in Keswick, with nine days to go before the area
:13:43. > :13:45.goes to the polls. He said successive governments had
:13:46. > :13:57.let local people down. What we struggle with all the time
:13:58. > :14:00.is Westminster, with politicians in London making all sorts of
:14:01. > :14:03.assumptions about rural communities which are just totally wrong and
:14:04. > :14:07.that's why we have lost police numbers in the last two months and
:14:08. > :14:11.why schools are under threat of closure and white, maybe the biggest
:14:12. > :14:15.issue in Copeland, the threat to the hospital faces is so great. The
:14:16. > :14:18.government needs to get the message from this by-election that they need
:14:19. > :14:19.to stop taking rural communities for granted as well and invest properly
:14:20. > :14:23.in places like this. A 47 year-old Cumbrian man -
:14:24. > :14:26.who was sexually abused as a boy - It's to encourage other
:14:27. > :14:30.victims to come forward, so that their abusers
:14:31. > :14:31.can be prosecuted. Fire-fighter Ade Kevern admits
:14:32. > :14:35.the abuse he suffered as a youngster He struggled at school,
:14:36. > :14:41.and, as a young adult, But he's adamant that telling
:14:42. > :14:44.others what happened, and seeing his tormentor brought
:14:45. > :14:47.to justice, has helped him And he urges anyone else who's
:14:48. > :14:59.suffered, not to stay silent. I'm not a victim any more and that's
:15:00. > :15:03.why I decided to waive my anonymity. Time and time again I would read in
:15:04. > :15:08.the press and I would see on the news countless occasions, it seemed
:15:09. > :15:15.to be an almost daily basis, that there were dangerous people that
:15:16. > :15:16.were harming kids and I thought somebody will have do stand up and
:15:17. > :15:25.say something. Scientists from Durham University
:15:26. > :15:27.are moving closer to predicting That's after conducting
:15:28. > :15:30.a remarkable project in Whitby. The team of geologists
:15:31. > :15:32.scan the cliffs billions of times every year,
:15:33. > :15:34.and from across the harbour can even see tiny rocks move
:15:35. > :15:37.just a few centimetres. It's giving the experts tell-tale
:15:38. > :15:39.signs about when a potentially Phil Chapman went to their highly
:15:40. > :15:53.unusual seaside lab. They are not sure average seaside
:15:54. > :15:57.snaps, these colourful images of the cliffs at Whitby are the results of
:15:58. > :16:00.thousands of scans every second, which allow geologists from Durham
:16:01. > :16:05.University to see the tiniest movement from a very unusual vantage
:16:06. > :16:09.point. There aren't very many places like this to put an instrument of
:16:10. > :16:12.the type that we use, so we are very fortunate that somebody quite a long
:16:13. > :16:18.time ago decided to build a light has here for us so we could scan
:16:19. > :16:22.East Cliff. It's really well-positioned, relative to the
:16:23. > :16:29.cliff, for us to scan from. I can show you that now. We can pick up
:16:30. > :16:36.rock falls as small as a coffee cup. And that surrounds -- around three
:16:37. > :16:39.centimetres deep and five centimetres across. What we've been
:16:40. > :16:46.able to show in the couple of hours before the rock wall colours -- rock
:16:47. > :16:52.fall occurs, there are these small events, and that is not to say that
:16:53. > :16:57.we can now prove it -- predict when a rock fall will occur but it means
:16:58. > :17:04.we have the long-term goal to try and work out when rock falls will
:17:05. > :17:09.occur. For the team from Durham, the Whitby project is one of their
:17:10. > :17:15.nearest. We do a lot of work looking at landslides, and am when people
:17:16. > :17:22.say, have you heard of Whitby, people think I know Whitby, and
:17:23. > :17:25.people just eat fish and chips all the time. Throughout this year, Jack
:17:26. > :17:29.and the rest of the team from Durham University will be taking their
:17:30. > :17:30.findings from here in Whitby to various Earth science conferences
:17:31. > :17:34.around the world. Plenty more to come
:17:35. > :17:37.in tonight's programme. Dawn's here with
:17:38. > :17:41.tonight's sports desk Plus, ticket demand soars
:17:42. > :17:53.for the first scheduled steam And we've seen some sunshine today
:17:54. > :17:55.and it has been quite mild, but will it last? I will have a full forecast
:17:56. > :18:02.later in the programme. What could be more romantic
:18:03. > :18:05.for Valentine's Day than a ride on an historic steam train,
:18:06. > :18:08.on one of the most scenic The Darlington-built "Tornado"
:18:09. > :18:13.is replacing diesel locomotives on the Settle to Carlisle line -
:18:14. > :18:16.running for three days between Appleby in Cumbria
:18:17. > :18:23.and Skipton in North Yorkshire. The move by Northern Rail
:18:24. > :18:25.is an attempt to compensate passengers for disruption caused
:18:26. > :18:28.by a landslip on the line. And it's all for the price
:18:29. > :18:30.of a regular ticket. Our Business Correspondent,
:18:31. > :18:39.Ian Reeve, went along for the ride. Something not seen for nearly 50
:18:40. > :18:47.years, a steam locomotive on a mainline, onto Carlisle, and running
:18:48. > :18:53.a timetable passenger service. This is Tornado, built in Darlington
:18:54. > :18:59.between 1994 and 2008. It is a copy of a so-called Peppercorn A1 class.
:19:00. > :19:02.And for three days it is in service between Appleby in Cumbria and
:19:03. > :19:07.Skipton in North Yorkshire. Normally this line is worked by diesel
:19:08. > :19:13.trains, but they have surrendered to steam. Tornado is a thank you for
:19:14. > :19:19.inconvenienced passengers. The line has been closed for the last three
:19:20. > :19:23.months because of a result of a landslide in 2016. What we wanted to
:19:24. > :19:26.do was do something special to say something like a thank you to the
:19:27. > :19:31.local community for their patients at that time. We will put on around
:19:32. > :19:35.6000 seats on the services over the last -- over the course of three
:19:36. > :19:38.days and I expect the seats to be filled and it will be a great event
:19:39. > :19:45.and something everyone will enjoy. Alan and Carey not paying
:19:46. > :19:48.passengers, basking in the past and glimpsing another age. We saw it
:19:49. > :19:52.advertised and thought it would be a really nice idea to come on a steam
:19:53. > :19:55.train. A bit of nostalgia, really and then we realised it was
:19:56. > :19:59.Valentine's Day so we thought we would tie the two in together.
:20:00. > :20:06.Instant nostalgia something like this, really. You have the sun and
:20:07. > :20:12.the steam out in the carriages and the old rolling stock. What is not
:20:13. > :20:21.to like about it? This is what is being recreated. Sunday, August 11,
:20:22. > :20:29.1968. The very last train to operate on standard gauge track hurled by a
:20:30. > :20:34.British Railways steam locomotive. The 15 Guinea special ran from
:20:35. > :20:41.Liverpool to Carlisle and back, partly on the Tornado route. Then
:20:42. > :20:46.450 passengers paid the equivalent of ?250 say goodbye to 138 years of
:20:47. > :20:53.history, the end of steam. -- to say goodbye. For three days though, it
:20:54. > :20:57.will have a resurrection. The soot and the noise is taking the
:20:58. > :21:02.passengers back down the years, but then the diesel train returns,
:21:03. > :21:04.smoother, quieter, faster, cleaner, steam usurped, just as it was nearly
:21:05. > :21:16.50 years ago. It does look fantastic. What my idea
:21:17. > :21:20.of a romantic Valentine's Day. -- not my idea. My husband Robbie
:21:21. > :21:23.sneaked off to have a look at it today. Big matches tonight.
:21:24. > :21:25.Striker Dwight Gayle is back in Newcastle's squad for tonight's
:21:26. > :21:32.The Magpies top scorer has been out of action with a hamstring injury
:21:33. > :21:35.and his return will give the team a lift as they attempt to retain
:21:36. > :21:37.the Championship's number one spot against the play-off chasing
:21:38. > :21:47.Dwight Gayle has scored 20 goals in 24 games this season, including a
:21:48. > :21:52.hat-trick against Norwich in a seven goal thriller back in September.
:21:53. > :21:57.Newcastle are a less threatening beast without him, and they have not
:21:58. > :22:00.lost a league game without him, but the return is tightly. It's
:22:01. > :22:06.important to have the top scorer coming back. -- timely. He was doing
:22:07. > :22:11.really well and hopefully he can carry on. After a mid-season
:22:12. > :22:18.collapse, Norwich, who were relegated alongside Newcastle, on a
:22:19. > :22:22.roll. A 5-1 demolition of Nottingham Forest is evidence of what they can
:22:23. > :22:27.do, and Rafa Benitez surprise they are not further up the table. At the
:22:28. > :22:32.first part of the season, it was clear that they were a candidate to
:22:33. > :22:37.win the title. They are a team with experience, the manager, the
:22:38. > :22:42.players, the quality, everything. They were in a very good position
:22:43. > :22:46.and I thought they would be at the top of the table fighting for second
:22:47. > :22:52.or first position, so they are doing well. Again, that means they will be
:22:53. > :22:55.dangerous. Their home form is strong, while Newcastle have been
:22:56. > :23:01.better on the road, which might suggest a goalless draw is likely,
:23:02. > :23:04.but the last two games between -- three games between the two have
:23:05. > :23:09.produced 20 goals. They are balanced in the approach, but the three games
:23:10. > :23:12.have been high-scoring affairs, so if this is half and entertaining as
:23:13. > :23:14.the last three it will be a good game. Fingers crossed.
:23:15. > :23:16.Well, in League Two, there's another big game
:23:17. > :23:19.on leaders Doncaster Rovers at Brunton Park tonight.
:23:20. > :23:22.Keith Curle's side are still third in the table but only just
:23:23. > :23:24.and the Blues will have to tighten up defensively after
:23:25. > :23:27.losing 4-1 to mid-table Blackpool at the weekend.
:23:28. > :23:31.Live match commentary on BBC Radio Cumbria.
:23:32. > :23:34.Hartlepool who also conceded four goals on Saturday can do Carlisle
:23:35. > :23:37.a big favour tonight if they can beat fourth placed Luton Town.
:23:38. > :23:39.The Hatters will leapfrog Carlisle if they beat
:23:40. > :23:45.A really tough away trip for Dave Jones side.
:23:46. > :23:52.BBC Tees will bring you all the action from that one.
:23:53. > :23:54.On to snooker, and a couple of Gateshead lads have
:23:55. > :23:56.been in action today at the Welsh Open in Cardiff.
:23:57. > :23:59.Gary Wilson put up a brave fight before going down
:24:00. > :24:04.by four frames to three, against Rory McLeod.
:24:05. > :24:07.And 22 y-ear-old Elliot Slessor faced a tough first round battle
:24:08. > :24:09.against two-time world champion Mark Williams.
:24:10. > :24:12.Slessor beat the home favourite and Welsh legend by four frames
:24:13. > :24:15.to three in the best-of-seven tie to progress to the second round.
:24:16. > :24:30.Great stuff. Thank you. Time for the weather with Jennifer. You are
:24:31. > :24:32.looking very spring like. And it felt like spring was on its way at
:24:33. > :24:38.lunchtime. What a difference a bit of sunshine
:24:39. > :24:42.can make. We saw it coming through today and the sunshine has a bit of
:24:43. > :24:46.warmth to it and the temperatures have been milder as well. A lovely
:24:47. > :24:52.picture for Valentine's Day to start, from Allinson -- Alison. A
:24:53. > :24:57.heart-shaped ruck ball, and a little heart-shaped ray of sunshine for
:24:58. > :25:01.Valentine's Day -- rock pool. It will be mild over the next few days
:25:02. > :25:04.and a bit more in the way of cloud and we have seen today and some
:25:05. > :25:08.light rain at times and the forecast as well. This is the satellite
:25:09. > :25:15.picture from earlier showing where the cloud is or isn't and we have
:25:16. > :25:18.had plenty of blue skies, but this is a weather front and it's going to
:25:19. > :25:26.bring lots of cloud and rain through the night. And tonight we can see
:25:27. > :25:32.the cloud across all parts and it is mostly light and patchy and we will
:25:33. > :25:36.have missed and Hill fog and the temperature will drop to around five
:25:37. > :25:43.or 6 degrees. First thing tomorrow morning it is a bit of a great
:25:44. > :25:49.start, dry initially and we will see spells pushing into Cumbria and
:25:50. > :25:54.sunshine breaking through at times. By three in the afternoon we have
:25:55. > :26:01.the showers in Cumbria and they will be hit and miss in temperatures up
:26:02. > :26:05.to 10 Celsius. We will see the sunshine coming through.
:26:06. > :26:12.Temperatures around eight or nine Celsius but still feeling pleasant
:26:13. > :26:19.way you get the sunshine. And the showers will clear away to the east.
:26:20. > :26:25.We could see a few patches of mist and fog. The temperatures will fall
:26:26. > :26:32.back to six or 7 degrees. A little bit of cloud around. And we will
:26:33. > :26:41.seek sunshine breaking through again. Eastern parts will favour for
:26:42. > :26:50.the sunshine but they should be largely day on Thursday and picking
:26:51. > :26:52.up a little bit of strength and a breezy afternoon to come with
:26:53. > :27:01.temperatures around nine or 10 Celsius. We have a bridge of high
:27:02. > :27:04.pressure on Friday that will keep things generally settled but out in
:27:05. > :27:09.the Atlantic we have some weather fronts which will make its weight
:27:10. > :27:14.in, so we expect a fair amount of cloud and some outbreaks of rain at
:27:15. > :27:19.times. -- its way. Through Friday, calm day, temperatures around 10
:27:20. > :27:23.Celsius across the board so it will feel mild, fair amount of cloud but
:27:24. > :27:27.on Saturday we will see some outbreaks of rain and temperatures
:27:28. > :27:34.still doing well with highs of 11 degrees. We're halfway to spring.
:27:35. > :27:41.Very nice. That is it from us. How many valentines did you get? Wrong.
:27:42. > :27:57.My wife forgot. She's been very busy -- one. We will see you tomorrow.
:27:58. > :28:19.# I knew you were trouble when you walked in
:28:20. > :28:22.# Now I'm lying on the cold, hard ground
:28:23. > :28:36.They want to get to me through my son.
:28:37. > :28:42.I'm a detective with the Metropolitan Police.
:28:43. > :28:45.How long did you resist working for us?