:00:11. > :00:13.It has a population of a hundred thousand.
:00:14. > :00:15.But it's claimed Carlisle in Cumbria has been left without enough
:00:16. > :00:22.The fire brigades' union says that recently, only 5 were on duty.
:00:23. > :00:24.But the fire service says the union is being alarmist.
:00:25. > :00:26.Our correspondent Mark Denten has been in Carlisle
:00:27. > :00:40.The Fire Brigade union in Carlisle date they are facing a really,
:00:41. > :00:49.really dire situation. Why? They say on Christmas day, there were just
:00:50. > :00:55.four of five full-time firefighters operating in the city, a city of
:00:56. > :01:00.108,000 people. With two major factories, of course, in the cities
:01:01. > :01:04.and another. They have real concerns about the future. The management of
:01:05. > :01:06.the Fire Service say that they accept those figures are right and
:01:07. > :01:12.that there were four or five full-time crews in duty in Carlisle
:01:13. > :01:15.on Christmas Day evening but they say that rather crews that could be
:01:16. > :01:19.called in from other parts of Cumbria if they were needed. They
:01:20. > :01:23.also say the number of instances have fallen over the last five years
:01:24. > :01:27.that they need to attend. The deputy chief fire officer for Cumbria is
:01:28. > :01:31.Steve Newell. That is absolutely ludicrous to
:01:32. > :01:36.suggest that we were in a dire situation. We would have on average
:01:37. > :01:40.35 of our 45 fire engines available. Yes, the union are right to see that
:01:41. > :01:43.in a city on that particular day there were only one of the two fire
:01:44. > :01:46.engines available but what I can say is that there is adequate and
:01:47. > :01:50.appropriate support available from the nearby retained fire stations
:01:51. > :01:57.such as Longtown, Brampton and Britain.
:01:58. > :01:59.Cumbria Fire and rescue is recruiting new firefighters and
:02:00. > :02:04.there will be another 11 coming on. They are in their training from next
:02:05. > :02:05.month and they will start work for the Fire Service here in Cumbria in
:02:06. > :02:11.the Fire Service here in Cumbria in June.
:02:12. > :02:13.The owner of one of North Yorkshire's largest tourist
:02:14. > :02:15.attractions says he's worried about the impact of
:02:16. > :02:19.Nicholas Howard - from Castle Howard, near Malton -
:02:20. > :02:21.says he's worried people could start thinking twice about paying a visit.
:02:22. > :02:29.Places like Castle Howard are the reason people come to Yorkshire.
:02:30. > :02:33.Last summer, record numbers flocked to the region.
:02:34. > :02:38.But here there's a growing concern that plans to frack for gas
:02:39. > :02:40.could have a detrimental impact on the economy.
:02:41. > :02:46.And there is the whole business of the air quality.
:02:47. > :02:51.And the perceived effect, even if it's not as great
:02:52. > :02:54.as we expect it might be, the perception of it will be great.
:02:55. > :02:56.Rydale is known as one of the most beautiful
:02:57. > :02:58.places in the country, people are going to flock to it.
:02:59. > :03:01.But if it's known a place where there are gas fields,
:03:02. > :03:06.At the moment only one site in the region has planning
:03:07. > :03:07.permission to carry out the controversial
:03:08. > :03:11.But it's thought shale gas is located under much of Yorkshire.
:03:12. > :03:14.The industry insists existing conventional gas sites have had
:03:15. > :03:17.little impact on tourism, and going forward disruption
:03:18. > :03:23.There has certainly been a lot of protest activity, a lot of noise
:03:24. > :03:27.But I do think that gives us a responsibility to show to people
:03:28. > :03:31.that we can produce this in a sensitive way that
:03:32. > :03:33.doesn't have too much of an impact on local people.
:03:34. > :03:37.And that's up to us as an industry to demonstrate.
:03:38. > :03:40.At the moment, much of the noise referred to is coming
:03:41. > :03:44.This one is directly on the routeof this year's Tour de Yorkshire.
:03:45. > :03:52.But protesters say they wouldn't be here if the industry wasn't.
:03:53. > :03:55.For the organisation responsible for selling the region's image,
:03:56. > :03:57.Everyday, regionally, nationally and internationally
:03:58. > :04:04.We are the brand guardians for the Yorkshire brand,
:04:05. > :04:08.and we will work hard or even harder to make sure that that brand grows
:04:09. > :04:14.Tourism has always been a massive part of Yorkshire's economy,
:04:15. > :04:17.but since the Tour de France things have really picked up,
:04:18. > :04:26.and no one wants to see that progress backpedal.
:04:27. > :04:28.A Cumbrian police constable has pleaded guilty at Carlisle crown
:04:29. > :04:32.Nicholas Pool, who's 29 and from Penrith,
:04:33. > :04:35.admits he attempted to incite sexual activity with a 12-year-old girl.
:04:36. > :04:38.His case has been adjourned until March, and he's been
:04:39. > :04:46.A bus driver's denied causing the death of a pensioner -
:04:47. > :04:50.who was killed in Darlington town centre.
:04:51. > :04:52.82-year-old grandmother - Eileen Brennan - died
:04:53. > :04:54.after the crash on July the 7th last year.
:04:55. > :04:58.Today 52-year-old Michael Gilbert - from Middleton St George -
:04:59. > :05:05.He denied causing the death by dangerous driving and causing
:05:06. > :05:12.He's been released on bail and is due to go on trial in August.
:05:13. > :05:15.The fast food chain KFC has been ordered to pay almost a million
:05:16. > :05:18.pounds in fines and costs after two employees suffered burns at two
:05:19. > :05:24.A 16-year-old burnt his hands and arms at the Teesside Park
:05:25. > :05:29.Another employee suffered serious burns at the Wellington Square
:05:30. > :05:32.Kentucky Fried Chicken pleaded guilty to two offences under
:05:33. > :05:40.Now - you might associate a few musicians with North Yorkshire -
:05:41. > :05:46.A year after his death - a play that's based on the star
:05:47. > :05:50."From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads" is coming to Sunderland,
:05:51. > :05:52.Hartlepool and North Yorkshire, where Bowie's father came from.
:05:53. > :05:54.The actor playing all nine characters on stage,
:05:55. > :06:02.says David was deeply proud of his Yorkshire roots.
:06:03. > :06:05.The main character in the story is trying to find his dad throughout
:06:06. > :06:09.Obviously that has quite a strong connection with Bowie
:06:10. > :06:11.and his father as well, who come from the North
:06:12. > :06:18.David always wanted to come back here and perform
:06:19. > :06:21.here and it was always something that he had a passion for and that's
:06:22. > :06:24.why it's such a fantastic experience to be able to perform
:06:25. > :06:28.That's all from me for tonight - time now to get the weekend
:06:29. > :06:37.weather forecast - here's Jennifer Bartram.
:06:38. > :06:43.Good evening. It is going to be a mostly dry and settled weekend but
:06:44. > :06:46.it is going to be feeling cold and we start Saturday with a widespread
:06:47. > :06:50.frost. There will be patchy mist and fog as well through the morning, but
:06:51. > :06:54.generally plenty of spells of sunshine. By the afternoon we will
:06:55. > :06:57.start to see this cloud is just pushing in from the east. Bringing a
:06:58. > :07:02.few add pace of light rain or drizzle across the North York Moors
:07:03. > :07:06.with temperatures of five or 6 degrees. So it is going to be
:07:07. > :07:10.feeling cold. Into Sunday morning we do it all again. Another widespread
:07:11. > :07:14.frost and perhaps a cloudy start, especially across Cumbria on Sunday.
:07:15. > :07:18.Once again we will see the cloud breaking so we should seize goods
:07:19. > :07:21.spells of sunshine by the afternoon. Temperatures on Sunday perhaps a
:07:22. > :07:26.little bit lower than Saturday: around four of 5 degrees beehive.
:07:27. > :07:27.Here is the outlook, then, for the weekend. Q is the National forecast
:07:28. > :07:31.with hail and. there isn't that much around it will
:07:32. > :07:36.feel cooler. Can we keep it going until the start of the new week? I
:07:37. > :07:38.suspect we can. Unconfirmed about -- concerned about the fog around. Here
:07:39. > :07:48.is Helen with the national picture. Good evening. The weather is upon
:07:49. > :07:52.us. The cloud has made all the difference this week in particular.
:07:53. > :07:56.We have had some wonderful weather watcher pictures, this is Marlowe in
:07:57. > :08:02.Buckinghamshire, this was Conwy earlier in the day. Some areas still
:08:03. > :08:10.have the cloud. What a difference that makes. Edinburgh, the central
:08:11. > :08:12.lowlands, plagued by this band of narrow cloud, overnight more