:00:00. > :00:00.Finley's fight - the five year-old with a brain tumour finally meets
:00:07. > :00:10.the American surgeon who could change his life.
:00:11. > :00:13.A wealthy businessman accused of historic child sex abuse tells
:00:14. > :00:19.Smoking during pregnancy - researchers in Newcastle offer
:00:20. > :00:26.And we meet a poet offering a door-to-door service,
:00:27. > :00:40.In sport, why a French international will be playing his rugby
:00:41. > :00:45.And why English football's leading man in the middle
:00:46. > :01:03.The American surgeon who pioneered a treatment to destroy brain tumours
:01:04. > :01:06.has told a Teesside family the operation could
:01:07. > :01:10.Five-year-old Finley Ingles travelled to Houston
:01:11. > :01:16.after his family raised ?200,000 from well-wishers to pay for it.
:01:17. > :01:18.Finley can suffer up to 15 seizures a day -
:01:19. > :01:21.but his tumour is too deep to be operated on in this country.
:01:22. > :01:25.Surgeons at Texas Children's Hospital say the laser ablation
:01:26. > :01:29.treatment has improved the health of 80% of its patients.
:01:30. > :01:39.Stuart Whincup sent this report from Texas.
:01:40. > :01:43.It's home to America's biggest Children's Hospital.
:01:44. > :01:47.Ground-breaking brain surgery is performed here,
:01:48. > :01:50.and this is why Finley desperately need it.
:01:51. > :02:05.He's laughing, but feels discomfort and is left confused.
:02:06. > :02:08.The seizure happened as Finley's family were meeting the man
:02:09. > :02:11.who pioneered the surgery that he'll undergo.
:02:12. > :02:21.The treatment is called laser ablation surgery.
:02:22. > :02:26.A tiny hole is made in the skull, the size of the tip of a pen.
:02:27. > :02:30.And using MRI for guidence, a laser is directed where the tumour is,
:02:31. > :02:37.When we are considering our skill at treating
:02:38. > :02:40.this type of haematoma, even in open operations that
:02:41. > :02:44.would incur lots of side effects, it's only about 50%,
:02:45. > :02:57.Even away from the hospital in Houston, Finley's keen to show
:02:58. > :03:06.I'm allowed to get in here because I'm a Dr.
:03:07. > :03:13.For Finley's family, today's appointment did offer reassurance.
:03:14. > :03:15.It filled us with positivity, really.
:03:16. > :03:17.It filled us with a lot of confidence, knowing that he feels
:03:18. > :03:19.the operation will be such a success.
:03:20. > :03:27.Nothing can quite prepare you for your child to have surgery.
:03:28. > :03:30.And with the best will in the world, for all the googling
:03:31. > :03:33.and everything that we've done, actually meeting the man himself has
:03:34. > :03:36.After the years of hospital appointments, tests and scans,
:03:37. > :03:39.Finley is now just 24 hours away from the operation that
:03:40. > :03:43.He'll be admitted to Texas Children's Hospital in the early
:03:44. > :03:49.His family say this is Finley's last hope.
:03:50. > :03:51.His last chance for a happy childhood, free from
:03:52. > :04:09.And we'll have an update on Finley's progress in tomorrow's Look North.
:04:10. > :04:12.A 15-year-old girl has pleaded not guilty to the murder
:04:13. > :04:14.A wealthy businessman, accused of sexually abusing boys,
:04:15. > :04:17.has told a court he's the victim of a police witch hunt.
:04:18. > :04:19.75-year-old Colin Gregg, from Newcastle, was giving evidence
:04:20. > :04:22.in his defence against nine counts of indecent assault.
:04:23. > :04:24.It's alleged the offences were committed over a period
:04:25. > :04:27.of almost 30 years, but today he told a jury,
:04:28. > :04:37.Our correspondent, Peter Harris, reports.
:04:38. > :04:43.Colin Gregg, the court has heard, has said the allegations are wicked
:04:44. > :04:46.lies. Today, he spoke directly to the
:04:47. > :04:51.jury. Under cross-examination, he was as,
:04:52. > :04:56.is it your edition that each of these components is either mistaken
:04:57. > :05:01.or lying? He replied that that was correct. He said that those making
:05:02. > :05:05.false allegations are doing so against a thoroughly decent man. He
:05:06. > :05:09.accepted that while he's a wealthy man, none of the complainant has
:05:10. > :05:14.made a claim compensation, and said he couldn't get any reason why any
:05:15. > :05:16.of them with choose to live. Colin Gregg told the jury, it's very
:05:17. > :05:34.difficult, ... The jury has been told of Colin
:05:35. > :05:37.Gregg's background. That he helped develop the family's bakery
:05:38. > :05:44.business, is a former head teacher, and had driven forward the Yellow
:05:45. > :05:49.Brick Road Charity appeal. He denies nine counts of indecent assault on
:05:50. > :05:56.four boys. He was advised by his own badge start, it did yet any stage
:05:57. > :06:01.assault any young boys? Colin Gregg replied no. The trial continues. --
:06:02. > :06:04.he was asked by his own barrister. Now, for many smokers, kicking
:06:05. > :06:06.the habit can be very difficult. But it's one of the best things
:06:07. > :06:10.you can do for your health - and if you're pregnant, it's vital
:06:11. > :06:13.for the wellbeing of your baby. Newcastle University researchers
:06:14. > :06:14.have discovered pregnant women are almost twice as likely to quit
:06:15. > :06:17.smoking if they're tested with a carbon monoxide monitor
:06:18. > :06:19.at their first midwife appointment. Here's our health
:06:20. > :06:33.reporter, Sharon Barbour. When Melanie fell pregnant with her
:06:34. > :06:40.little girl, Faith, she had been a heavy smoker for years.
:06:41. > :06:44.I started smoking at about 16. In skill, I smoked, I tried to impress
:06:45. > :06:50.the boys, it was the fashion in those days. Then I smoked until I
:06:51. > :06:55.was 40. Faith is her fifth child. She smoked
:06:56. > :06:58.all through her four previous pregnancies, as you didn't know the
:06:59. > :07:05.risks. I never ever thought, I just would
:07:06. > :07:08.carry on like I did. My parents both smoked.
:07:09. > :07:16.But something different happened with this pregnancy that changed
:07:17. > :07:20.everything. There was a breath analysis, my
:07:21. > :07:24.carbon monoxide was above a high-level. There was a red light
:07:25. > :07:29.going off, and he demonstrated what it does to your baby wants you
:07:30. > :07:33.smoke. And it is basically just strangling you, I do try to reach
:07:34. > :07:40.for breath. And I'm thinking, that's frightening. That's the first time I
:07:41. > :07:46.come alleged icon in my head, visualised what it was doing to the
:07:47. > :07:49.little person in my side, you are basically constantly strangling that
:07:50. > :07:53.child. It is as carbon monoxide test the
:07:54. > :07:55.Newcastle University has found cutely helps pregnant mums to quit
:07:56. > :08:03.smoking. What we found was that an interview
:08:04. > :08:05.shown to make sure that all pregnant women were screened for carbon
:08:06. > :08:11.monoxide in early pregnancy, and then put in touch to help stop
:08:12. > :08:15.smoking if they were smokers helped to nearly double quit rates in
:08:16. > :08:20.pregnancy. There's evidence that smoking weed is to lighter birth
:08:21. > :08:26.weight, which leads to problems during pregnancy and birth and later
:08:27. > :08:32.in life. The team studied 40,000 mothers
:08:33. > :08:36.across the North East. Including 10,500 to smoke. The problem is
:08:37. > :08:40.called BabyClear, and from on-site Melanie, it clearly works. There are
:08:41. > :08:44.calls for the approach to be used more often across the country.
:08:45. > :08:50.Sherrin joins me now. Surely now everybody knows smoking can't be
:08:51. > :08:54.good for the baby, why has this worked so well?
:08:55. > :09:00.We hear advice about things like this so often, it now many people to
:09:01. > :09:04.note no longer listen to it. In this, the pregnant mother is taken
:09:05. > :09:10.aside by the midwives and really explains what the smoking is doing
:09:11. > :09:14.to the baby. So that has an impact, really, clearly, one explained. And,
:09:15. > :09:19.of course, the carbon monoxide monitor.
:09:20. > :09:24.The monitor has a big impact? They can test, they can see the
:09:25. > :09:29.reading on the monitor. Melanie had a reading of 24, very high. She can
:09:30. > :09:34.see that and then see the carbon monoxide gas, it is explained how
:09:35. > :09:38.that can damage the baby. A smaller birth weight, potentially death for
:09:39. > :09:42.the baby. And behavioural problems, they are at a higher risk later on
:09:43. > :09:45.in life. Another great thing from Melanie was that she was able to
:09:46. > :09:51.count the savings. She was working around 30 a day, at least ?10 a day
:09:52. > :09:52.she was saving, she said, Hugh was really happy to be saving money and
:09:53. > :09:57.not has smoked during pregnancy. A 15-year-old girl has pleaded not
:09:58. > :09:59.guilty to the murder of seven-year-old Katie Rough
:10:00. > :10:01.in York last month. Katie was found with serious
:10:02. > :10:03.injuries in the Woodthorpe area of the city and died
:10:04. > :10:05.later in hospital. The teenager made a 20-minute
:10:06. > :10:07.appearance by video link Campaigners fighting to save beds
:10:08. > :10:15.at a Northumberland cottage hospital have accused NHS bosses of failing
:10:16. > :10:17.to consider alternatives The plan to permanently
:10:18. > :10:24.shut the 12-bed ward at the Rothbury Community Hospital
:10:25. > :10:26.has already sparked protest marches and a
:10:27. > :10:28.4000-signature petition. But this afternoon NHS managers told
:10:29. > :10:30.a consultation meeting Our political correspondent
:10:31. > :10:48.Luke Walton joins us from Rothbury. Esprit is a geographically isolated,
:10:49. > :10:55.and it also has a lot of older people. -- Rothbury is too
:10:56. > :10:59.graphically isolated. It is said the facility used by vulnerable people
:11:00. > :11:04.is so important. Campaigners gathered today to put that message
:11:05. > :11:07.across to NHS managers. They are meeting behind me for the second
:11:08. > :11:12.time to plot their next step in the campaign. The area's Clinical
:11:13. > :11:19.Commissioning Group say the underuse of this award was not a efficient
:11:20. > :11:23.use of scarce NHS resources. When we looked at the exhibiting
:11:24. > :11:28.over the last few years, we see the beds are being used less and less.
:11:29. > :11:31.There are nurses and staff around for beds that are empty. With the
:11:32. > :11:35.pressures on the NHS, it doesn't make sense to have a resource that
:11:36. > :11:38.is just not being used its full potential. When the halve look to
:11:39. > :11:42.the options going forward, realistically, what we want to do is
:11:43. > :11:46.use is building for the NHS and get more services there, but that won't
:11:47. > :11:51.be, as far as we can see, overnight beds.
:11:52. > :11:58.Whitney is hospital campaigner David Blackburn. Does it make sense to run
:11:59. > :12:05.a ward that is hast empty at a time when NHS cash is so tight?
:12:06. > :12:09.It make sense to the CCG. Because, obviously, financial resources are
:12:10. > :12:12.strapped at the moment. But what you have to consider, as far as Rothbury
:12:13. > :12:17.amenity hospitals concerned, is that these beds are required for the
:12:18. > :12:23.local community. By Justin Rothbury, but the surrounding area. As you
:12:24. > :12:26.said earlier, there are many vulnerable people. We have a
:12:27. > :12:35.population of about 5000 here and Rothbury, of whom 4500 signed the
:12:36. > :12:39.petition to save our beds. What would be the human impact of
:12:40. > :12:42.the closure, and what you think is the alternative?
:12:43. > :12:49.One of the major human impact of the closure is that families, loved ones
:12:50. > :12:55.of people who are in acute beds and had to go to other hospitals have to
:12:56. > :12:58.make that journey all the way over there. Sometimes without the
:12:59. > :13:01.facility of... Do you think there's and
:13:02. > :13:07.alternative? I did. The alternative is what we're
:13:08. > :13:11.calling option six. In the CCG's documents, they had five options. Of
:13:12. > :13:16.which one, in reality, is the only one they're going for.
:13:17. > :13:21.You think these beds have a future? Absolutely. I am convinced of that.
:13:22. > :13:27.That we need these beds in the local community for palliative care, and
:13:28. > :13:30.of life care, respite and four post operative care. Anything that's
:13:31. > :13:37.solution locally. Thank you. This consultation
:13:38. > :13:40.continues into April. We have another public meeting tonight and
:13:41. > :13:42.next month, and public feeling running very high.
:13:43. > :13:43.The Princess Royal was in Newcastle today.
:13:44. > :13:46.Princess Anne - who's the patron of the Citizens Advice Bureau -
:13:47. > :13:48.met volunteers from the organisation, which recently
:13:49. > :13:54.The city is currently celebrating the 800th
:13:55. > :13:59.anniversary of the Mayoralty and the Freemen of Newcastle.
:14:00. > :14:01.Windlestone Hall in County Durham is back on the market,
:14:02. > :14:07.Durham County Council was criticised in an auditors' report
:14:08. > :14:12.for selling the Grade II listed building in 2011 for ?241,000.
:14:13. > :14:16.The council said at the time that, with the upkeep of the hall costing
:14:17. > :14:18.?100,000 a year, the price was a good one.
:14:19. > :14:20.It later emerged that potential buyer William Davenport had used
:14:21. > :14:24.fake documents in his mortgage applications for the Hall.
:14:25. > :14:28.He was jailed for six years for fraud.
:14:29. > :14:30.Newcastle's Dance City has announced plans to open
:14:31. > :14:34.Two new dance studios will be part of a wider vision
:14:35. > :14:37.to create a cultural quarter in the city centre.
:14:38. > :14:40.Funding's been secured to develop the Old Fire Station building,
:14:41. > :14:44.which will house Dance City, along with a new site
:14:45. > :14:47.Plans have also been approved for a 400-seater auditorium,
:14:48. > :14:53.costing more than ?8 million, next to the Sunderland Empire.
:14:54. > :14:57.An iconic, concrete communications tower in Durham, 150 feet tall,
:14:58. > :14:59.is finally coming down, piece by piece.
:15:00. > :15:03.Designed by the famous architect Ove Arup, the mast -
:15:04. > :15:05.which used to tower over Durham's old Police Headquarters -
:15:06. > :15:08.was built back in 1968, and it's long since been overtaken
:15:09. > :15:14.But as Jim Knight reports, the Grade II listed structure isn't
:15:15. > :15:21.As our old Look North pictures show, the County Police Communications
:15:22. > :15:26.Tower was designed to be tall but slim, so it wouldn't block views
:15:27. > :15:32.But now, the carefully sculpted and crafted sections of concrete -
:15:33. > :15:36.so lovingly put together by Ove Arup's back in 1968 -
:15:37. > :15:41.are slowly coming back to Earth, piece by careful piece.
:15:42. > :15:44.It's costing nearly ?500,000 to deconstruct it and move it
:15:45. > :15:48.from the site of the new Aykley Woods housing department.
:15:49. > :15:52.Police say they had no choice, because it would have cost them lot
:15:53. > :15:56.more in lost revenue to leave it where it is.
:15:57. > :15:58.We're pleased to see the end of this particular project,
:15:59. > :16:01.it's costing about ?500,000, which is a lot of money.
:16:02. > :16:10.However, we do think it's good financial sense,
:16:11. > :16:13.because had we left it in place, we would have lost more than that
:16:14. > :16:17.We are fairly high up, where we stand.
:16:18. > :16:20.And when you drive around the area, it does become a bit of a focal
:16:21. > :16:23.point, you can see it from the motorways in the area.
:16:24. > :16:26.And I do think some people are quite attached to it.
:16:27. > :16:29.But of course, this is far from the end of the story for Durham's
:16:30. > :16:33.In just a few months' time, they are going to start work
:16:34. > :16:35.here to resurrect it alongside the new police headquarters.
:16:36. > :16:53.Items belonging to some of the most famous names in music are going up
:16:54. > :16:58.You could snap up John Lennon's sunglasses or a velvet jacket
:16:59. > :17:04.Charlotte Leeming's had a sneak preview.
:17:05. > :17:07.At Ryedale Auctioneers in Kirbymoorside, there's the usual
:17:08. > :17:10.antiques and furniture you'd expect to find.
:17:11. > :17:13.But in one corner of the room, there's a special collection
:17:14. > :17:16.which will have music lovers absolutely drooling.
:17:17. > :17:22.It's a rock and pop memorabilia treasure trove, with items from some
:17:23. > :17:25.the most famous artists of the 60s and 70s.
:17:26. > :17:27.Including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones,
:17:28. > :17:32.So, amongst the album covers, there are some
:17:33. > :17:41.Bit different, that spoon has been signed by John Lennon and Yoko.
:17:42. > :17:44.Lennon's signature has pretty much faded all away,
:17:45. > :17:51.But it's a bit different, and that's what people like.
:17:52. > :17:54.Yeah, did they use that to make their pasta at night?
:17:55. > :17:58.No prizes for guessing who these belong to.
:17:59. > :18:00.John Lennon's, but there's bit of a story behind
:18:01. > :18:06.The back story with those is that John lost his temper
:18:07. > :18:09.on the phone to someone, a producer or an agent or somebody,
:18:10. > :18:12.smashed them on the floor, and got thrown in the bin.
:18:13. > :18:21.So they have had a bit of repair work and a few new parts,
:18:22. > :18:30.And something that is just amazing is this picture here, behind us.
:18:31. > :18:32.And a Rolling Stones fan is going to love
:18:33. > :18:43.I think it's got to be one of my favourite lots of the sale.
:18:44. > :18:45.A life-size picture, would look fantastic in a music bar
:18:46. > :18:49.I've got 50 quid I could give even that, any good?
:18:50. > :18:51.Put a couple of naughts on and we'd be there!
:18:52. > :18:53.# I going way down south, way down south...#.
:18:54. > :18:58.Anything connected to such giants of the music world remains hugely
:18:59. > :19:01.Most items in this auction come from a private
:19:02. > :19:05.One of the priciest will be a black jacket owned by John Lennon.
:19:06. > :19:13.It's one of Ryedale's Auctioneers most exciting sales,
:19:14. > :19:16.and could make that private collector a fair bit
:19:17. > :19:33.Some great stuff there. Wasn't a fan at the time, love and now.
:19:34. > :19:39.It's an! On to the sport.
:19:40. > :19:41.Footballers aren't the only ones jetting off further afield. The
:19:42. > :19:44.The Premier League's leading referee is quitting his job to become
:19:45. > :19:48.Mark Clattenburg - from County Durham -
:19:49. > :19:51.was unveiled on the Saudi FA's live Twitter page, where he introduced
:19:52. > :19:54.himself by saying that Newcastle had the best team in England.
:19:55. > :19:56.The 41-year-old Magpies fan, who's widely considered to be one
:19:57. > :19:59.of the world's best referees, is expected to leave before the next
:20:00. > :20:02.Last year, he officiated the finals of Euro 2016,
:20:03. > :20:07.Clattenburg was in charge at the Emirates on Saturday
:20:08. > :20:15.Newcastle Falcons have signed French international centre
:20:16. > :20:20.The 30-year-old, who's won two European Champions Cups,
:20:21. > :20:24.may find himself involved in another if a resurgent Falcons side can
:20:25. > :20:31.Beating Northampton Saints at Kingston Park on Sunday
:20:32. > :20:36.A host of impressive statistics accompany Maxime Mermoz,
:20:37. > :20:38.who scored for Leicester last weekend,
:20:39. > :20:43.35 Test caps, the winner of two Heineken Cups and French Top 14
:20:44. > :20:46.finals with two clubs, including Toulon, where he played
:20:47. > :20:53.A notable addition to the squad, in a deal that's been
:20:54. > :20:58.I've been speaking with Maxime for maybe 18 months now.
:20:59. > :21:02.And he was probably the forgotten guy at Toulon whilst he was there.
:21:03. > :21:07.He was constantly voted by his colleagues as the best player,
:21:08. > :21:10.but they weren't picking him because, for some unknown reason,
:21:11. > :21:12.they were picking someone else in front of him.
:21:13. > :21:16.Can play 12, can play 13 equally well.
:21:17. > :21:19.And he's one of the few players that can genuinely do that.
:21:20. > :21:21.And is an incredibly talented footballer.
:21:22. > :21:24.Sunday's game against Northampton will see a return to home league
:21:25. > :21:28.action for Tonga captain Nili Latu, who's been out for nearly
:21:29. > :21:31.seven months with a potentially career-ending knee injury.
:21:32. > :21:35.My MCL hasn't been there for the last eight seasons.
:21:36. > :21:38.I done a bit of damage to it while I was paying in Japan.
:21:39. > :21:46.But didn't really bother me playing, so I finally went on tour
:21:47. > :21:49.with Tonga in the PNC, and finally it gave up and my
:21:50. > :21:54.It was probably the hardest seven months in my rugby career,
:21:55. > :21:57.but I'm glad I'm over that hurdle now, and just looking forward
:21:58. > :22:03.For the first time in years, the Falcons and their fans are able
:22:04. > :22:05.to look up the table, rather than nervously
:22:06. > :22:10.And if they win here on Sunday, they could move
:22:11. > :22:16.And having already won more the games this season
:22:17. > :22:19.And having already won more league games this season
:22:20. > :22:21.than during the whole of their previous campaign,
:22:22. > :22:23.that's certainly the aim for Falcons' joint-top try scorer,
:22:24. > :22:27.We want to be in the top six, that's what we're aiming for,
:22:28. > :22:31.But it's a long way off yet, so we've got to take
:22:32. > :22:36.But we know we are getting closer and we can do it.
:22:37. > :22:38.It started as a hobby for Rowan McCabe -
:22:39. > :22:40.knocking on people's doors and offering to write
:22:41. > :22:44.Now, a year on, he's been given an Arts Council grant
:22:45. > :22:49.to continue his work as Britain's only door-to-door poet.
:22:50. > :22:55.David Sillito met him on his rounds in Gateshead and Stockton.
:22:56. > :23:03.My name's Rowan and I'm a door to door poet.
:23:04. > :23:05.So I knock on strangers' doors and write poems for them.
:23:06. > :23:18.I joined him on his rounds, delivering poems in Stockton.
:23:19. > :23:30.I answered the door and there he was stood on his little
:23:31. > :23:38.I said I was busy, but he carried on anyway!
:23:39. > :23:42.How do you become a door-to-door poet?
:23:43. > :23:46.Well, first of all it was to do with boredom, really.
:23:47. > :23:49.You're just bored and you started knocking on people's doors, saying,
:23:50. > :23:53.I had this feeling that anyone could enjoy poetry.
:23:54. > :24:01.I probably am a little bit, but it works.
:24:02. > :24:09.The process always begins with a knock.
:24:10. > :24:15.His mother was German and life wasn't easy when he was growing up.
:24:16. > :24:18.That's my mum and a friend in D sseldorf.
:24:19. > :24:20.We had a lot hostilities, or my mum did.
:24:21. > :24:23.People would be spitting on her in the street and we had
:24:24. > :24:26.This is the poem that's been written for him.
:24:27. > :24:29.Speak - it is all about his habit of speaking out
:24:30. > :24:51.I think it's probably one of the highlights of my life.
:24:52. > :24:59.Like I was saying when we were there, it's moments just like that
:25:00. > :25:01.you just think, best job in the world.
:25:02. > :25:05.What could be better than that, you know?
:25:06. > :25:26.that's nice. Fantastic, yes. Great job, must as
:25:27. > :25:31.good as being a weatherman. Adenoma go on the doorstep, but
:25:32. > :25:36.would make an exception. Not again today, but the wind made it feel
:25:37. > :25:41.colder. This picture sums up the weather over the next few days.
:25:42. > :25:48.Reasonably quiet whether for most of us. It will feel fairly cloudy at
:25:49. > :25:51.times, but generally try and on the mild side. A lot of cloud around
:25:52. > :25:56.this evening, especially in the west, patchy rain here and there.
:25:57. > :26:01.Dying away through the night, Eastern areas drier with clearer
:26:02. > :26:05.skies. The winds lighter than the last few nights, so temperatures
:26:06. > :26:10.dropping lower. Outlying parts of Northumberland, may be called enough
:26:11. > :26:15.for a touch of frost in places, temperatures down to around three
:26:16. > :26:23.Celsius. Further west, temperatures up to seven. Tomorrow we start the
:26:24. > :26:29.dre with sunshine, bit more cloud in the West End the east. Spots of rain
:26:30. > :26:33.possible, but brightness through the day before the cloud built in from
:26:34. > :26:39.the west, through the course of the afternoon. Temperatures will reach
:26:40. > :26:44.10 Celsius at best, when is pretty light tomorrow, mostly from a
:26:45. > :26:47.southerly direction. A ridge of high pressure tomorrow, getting shunted
:26:48. > :26:53.out of the way. Pressure is saying to the east of us, to the North West
:26:54. > :26:58.there will be weather front around. Fairly weak as they come into the
:26:59. > :27:03.high-pressure. Sets us up for a cloudy picture into the weekend.
:27:04. > :27:09.Tomorrow, best of the brightness in the east, temperatures into double
:27:10. > :27:15.figures for many of us. Saturday, cloudy skies on the whole, patchy
:27:16. > :27:19.rain in the west especially. A brisk, south-westerly breeze through
:27:20. > :27:22.the first part of the weekend. Rain and Saturday nights, becoming more
:27:23. > :27:29.widespread. Sunday should seek most places dry and cloudy, temperatures
:27:30. > :27:32.are around 10 Celsius. Fairly quiet, all in all.
:27:33. > :27:39.Thank you very much. That's enough for now, but we're back with a late
:27:40. > :27:54.news and weather, aren't we? See you later, bye-bye.
:27:55. > :28:27.Two challenges await you today, and our genre is Landscape.
:28:28. > :28:30.The conditions are a wee bit challenging.