:00:07. > :00:11.It's been a day of anticipating, and in some cases braving,
:00:12. > :00:13.the high tide surges which moved their way
:00:14. > :00:17.At high tide this afternoon, Flood warnings were in place
:00:18. > :00:20.in our region, from Seahouses in the North, to Scarborough
:00:21. > :00:29.in North Yorkshire, where the sea overtopped the promenade.
:00:30. > :00:31.Foreshore Road was closed but most seafront properties were protected
:00:32. > :00:35.In Whitby meanwhile, this was Pier Road just before high tide.
:00:36. > :00:37.Further inland, water came over the harbour wall,
:00:38. > :00:38.making New Quay Road impassable to traffic.
:00:39. > :00:40.There were also some dramatic scenes further north
:00:41. > :00:43.at Roker in Sunderland, from where Adrian Pitches
:00:44. > :01:00.The waves have died down tonight but it was pretty spectacular earlier
:01:01. > :01:06.today, around high tide, people lining the promenade to see the
:01:07. > :01:15.storm surge in action, this strong wind whipping up a really high tide,
:01:16. > :01:17.spring tide, leading to some amazing scenes as the waves overtopped the
:01:18. > :01:24.promenade. This is what some of the people thought about it. Never seen
:01:25. > :01:31.anything like this, fantastic at the moment. I was born here and I used
:01:32. > :01:39.to sit on those steps. I want today, but this is wonderful. It beats
:01:40. > :01:42.California, everywhere. It is amazing, fantastic. I have lived
:01:43. > :01:49.here 40 years and they don't think I have seen seen like this. There were
:01:50. > :01:53.11 flood warnings along the coast put in place by the Environment
:01:54. > :01:56.satisfied with the way they dealt satisfied with the way they dealt
:01:57. > :02:02.with this potential flood risk today. We put out the right number
:02:03. > :02:07.of flood warnings so people could be aware of the risks and be prepared.
:02:08. > :02:10.Conditions are still quite dangerous, and on the short window
:02:11. > :02:15.on the tide is still high and we would encourage people to exercise
:02:16. > :02:20.temptation to go sightseeing and put temptation to go sightseeing and put
:02:21. > :02:22.themselves at any risk. The sea and wind are dying down and for now the
:02:23. > :02:24.flood risk seems to have passed. A court's heard how a man -
:02:25. > :02:27.accused of strangling a grandmother with an electrical cable -
:02:28. > :02:30.was prepared to do whatever it took 33-year-old Gareth Dack is accused
:02:31. > :02:33.of murdering 79-year-old Norma Bell at her home in Hartlepool last
:02:34. > :02:35.April. The prosecution claimed Gareth Dack
:02:36. > :02:46.was guilty of the brutal murder of Norma Bell,
:02:47. > :02:48.and that he strangled her with an electrical cable
:02:49. > :02:51.at her home in Hartlepool. He then stole and sold
:02:52. > :02:54.the television and searched the property for money or anything
:02:55. > :02:59.valuable which he could sell. In the early hours of the morning,
:03:00. > :03:03.as his victim lay close by, the court was told that Gareth Dack
:03:04. > :03:06.used Norma Bell's telephone Now the prosecution say that
:03:07. > :03:12.when Dack decided to leave Norma Bell's house one final time,
:03:13. > :03:15.he decided to cover his tracks He turned the gas on at the hob,
:03:16. > :03:19.hoping the gas would ignite, causing an explosion,
:03:20. > :03:21.destroying any scientific evidence Dack's DNA was found on a number
:03:22. > :03:27.of items throughout the house. He later told the police
:03:28. > :03:30.that was because he'd done some He also told officers he was not
:03:31. > :03:34.guilty of the murder and that she was a friend
:03:35. > :03:36.of his mother's. The prosecution say Gareth Dack's
:03:37. > :03:38.motivation was financial. He needed cash and was going to do
:03:39. > :03:41.whatever it took to get 33-year-old Gareth Dack from
:03:42. > :03:59.Hartlepool denies murder and arson. Police are appealing for information
:04:00. > :04:01.after a family home in County Durham was badly vandalised
:04:02. > :04:05.while the occupants were out. It happened in
:04:06. > :04:08.Petterson Dale in Coxhoe on Tuesday. Those responsible had
:04:09. > :04:10.thrown paint around, poured cleaning products over walls
:04:11. > :04:12.and furniture, ransacked cupboards and drawers and poured
:04:13. > :04:19.bleach into the kettle. Sir Leonard Fenwick - the country's
:04:20. > :04:22.longest-serving NHS boss - He's been in charge
:04:23. > :04:26.of Newcastle Hospitals since 1977, and helped put them on the world map
:04:27. > :04:45.with their transplant For more than 40 years, Sir Leonard
:04:46. > :04:49.Fenwick has managed Newcastle hospitals. He seen a huge number of
:04:50. > :04:55.changes and challenges in the health service and in many ways has put
:04:56. > :05:00.Newcastle on the map, creating the great North Children's Hospital,
:05:01. > :05:06.bright and robotic surgery and set up the Bobby Robson Cancer Centre,
:05:07. > :05:10.but perhaps most notably he oversaw work around transplants, Newcastle
:05:11. > :05:15.performing the first successful single lung transplant in Europe and
:05:16. > :05:20.the first successful surviving baby heart transplant and today tribute
:05:21. > :05:27.was paid to his work. I would say thank you for his vision to become
:05:28. > :05:30.reality. You have saved not only my life but transplants at around the
:05:31. > :05:36.region and we will be forever grateful. Dealing in National review
:05:37. > :05:41.of children's heart surgery he battled and one for Newcastle before
:05:42. > :05:44.the decision was overturned. Big thank you to everyone in the
:05:45. > :05:49.north-east but also from throughout the country and abroad who have
:05:50. > :05:56.supported Newcastle upon Tyne and all we do. That battle is still
:05:57. > :05:59.ongoing. Last year the trust was rated outstanding by the Care
:06:00. > :06:03.Quality Commission. So what has happened today? In a statement
:06:04. > :06:10.Newcastle hospitals confirmed Sir Leonard Fenwick is taking a period
:06:11. > :06:12.of extended leave, they wouldn't say why. NHS improvement which oversees
:06:13. > :06:30.hospitals has told us... Sir Leonard Fenwick hasn't been
:06:31. > :06:31.available for comment today but many staff told us they were shocked at
:06:32. > :06:48.the news. I think we are. The winds are dying
:06:49. > :06:52.down but we have a yellow warning in force for ice through tonight
:06:53. > :06:55.invented tomorrow morning. So where we have had showers today on
:06:56. > :07:01.untreated surfaces, watch out for any I ceased surfaces. Other than
:07:02. > :07:06.that a dry and chilly start to the morning with a brisk breeze coming
:07:07. > :07:08.down from the north-west but essentially we see plenty of
:07:09. > :07:12.sunshine and maybe one or two showers are on the coast and the
:07:13. > :07:16.temperature getting up to a high of around five Celsius. All into Sunday
:07:17. > :07:22.with something much milder but with the mild air is a lot of cloud and
:07:23. > :07:26.some outbreaks of rain as well. The temperature on Sunday getting to a
:07:27. > :07:29.high of around nine. Here is a reminder of the weekend weather and
:07:30. > :07:32.with the national forecast by hand you over.
:07:33. > :07:33.5-6 is the best we will have. It stays cold into the