:00:12. > :00:14.Conservatives have been celebrating their win in Copeland
:00:15. > :00:16.after snatching the seat from Labour, who've
:00:17. > :00:19.Yesterday's by-election came about after the surprise
:00:20. > :00:23.Theresa May was among the first to travel to Cumbria to congratulate
:00:24. > :00:36.Copeland was the focus of lots of media attention today.
:00:37. > :00:39.Not so long ago, the headlines here would have been
:00:40. > :00:44.In this area's change from Red to Blue is a remarkable reality.
:00:45. > :00:47.I'm absolutely delighted to be able to be here with the new member
:00:48. > :00:48.of Parliament for Copeland, Trudy Harrison.
:00:49. > :01:03.This is an astounding victory for the Conservative Party,
:01:04. > :01:11.Campaigners fought on many issues here, but these two
:01:12. > :01:14.were perhaps the most divisive - the protection of services
:01:15. > :01:17.at the West Cumberland Hospital, and the future of nuclear power
:01:18. > :01:23.For many voters, Jeremy Corbyn's previous views
:01:24. > :01:27.The Corbyn factor was a reason for defeat.
:01:28. > :01:30.But those in his campaign team say that's not the case.
:01:31. > :01:33.Jeremy Corbyn's been the leader of the Labour Party
:01:34. > :01:38.And Jeremy didn't certainly, as far as I was concerned,
:01:39. > :01:42.Jeremy didn't crop up on the doorstep.
:01:43. > :01:46.Whether it's the leader's stance, or disaffection
:01:47. > :01:49.with the Labour Party as a whole, the appetite for change was made
:01:50. > :01:53.The challenge for Trudy Harrison is to meet the electorate's
:01:54. > :02:01.I'm really looking forward to getting on with the job.
:02:02. > :02:04.I'm very much looking forward to going down to London on Monday
:02:05. > :02:07.and making sure that we deliver on the plan that I've been pledging
:02:08. > :02:23.More than 1,000 people have been demonstrating in Morpeth
:02:24. > :02:25.about plans for a retail park and hundreds of new homes,
:02:26. > :02:27.on the site of the current Northumberland County
:02:28. > :02:30.Labour councillors insist the redevelopment will
:02:31. > :02:33.But protestors say it'll destroy the town's historic character.
:02:34. > :02:42.Here's our political correspondent, Luke Walton.
:02:43. > :02:45.They've long had Northumberland County Council on their doorstep.
:02:46. > :02:47.Today, the people of Morpeth came out in force to
:02:48. > :02:49.accuse that same local authority of threatening
:02:50. > :02:52.Their target - a multi-million pound scheme to redevelop
:02:53. > :02:55.The heart is being ripped out of Morpeth.
:02:56. > :03:02.All the shops will lose out if they put supermarkets.
:03:03. > :03:05.And my other big concern is putting a McDonald's opposite a school.
:03:06. > :03:22.We're on the verge of having 3,300 new houses built in this town.
:03:23. > :03:24.And the character of Morpeth as a market town will change
:03:25. > :03:29.These protesters say Morpeth's already had more than its fair
:03:30. > :03:31.share of development, with housing estates
:03:32. > :03:33.But Northumberland's Labour leadership see the proposals
:03:34. > :03:36.as part of a wider plan to boost regeneration.
:03:37. > :03:37.Northumberland Council wouldn't do an interview,
:03:38. > :03:40.application was active, but said all views would be
:03:41. > :03:44.It's previously argued that moving its HQ from Morpeth to a smaller,
:03:45. > :03:46.more efficient building in Ashington would save taxpayers' money
:03:47. > :03:50.Claims hotly contested by critics, who vowed to fight on.
:03:51. > :03:52.We'll take this to court, we'll fight it all the way.
:03:53. > :03:54.There's grounds why this should be refused.
:03:55. > :04:09.There's over 1,500 objections on the website against this.
:04:10. > :04:14.Over 1,000 people turned up today to show the strength of the feeling.
:04:15. > :04:22.With council elections also due in Northumberland this spring,
:04:23. > :04:25.this bitter planning dispute looks set to become a bruising
:04:26. > :04:33.An outbreak of avian flu has been found at a farm near Haltwhistle.
:04:34. > :04:35.Defra says a three kilometre protection zone has been
:04:36. > :04:44.The H5N8 virus was found in a flock of around 35 chickens.
:04:45. > :04:46.Plans to move consultant-led maternity services out
:04:47. > :04:49.of the West Cumberland hospital in Whitehaven were opposed by 85%
:04:50. > :04:51.of the people who responded to a public consultation.
:04:52. > :04:53.That's according to a report published today by Cumbria's
:04:54. > :04:58.NHS managers say recruitment problems mean a number of services,
:04:59. > :05:06.including maternity, would be better centralised,
:05:07. > :05:15.Pirelli's been given the go-ahead to expand its Carlisle factory,
:05:16. > :05:18.in a move the firm says will secure almost four thousand jobs.
:05:19. > :05:21.The tyre manufacturer is set to add a new extension to the plant,
:05:22. > :05:24.which will be used on tyres produced there to "cure" them -
:05:25. > :05:32.that's a process which gives the product its final shape.
:05:33. > :05:34.More than 100 teaching assistants held a protest outside
:05:35. > :05:37.They're concerned they'll face substantial pay cuts
:05:38. > :05:40.Plans to re-hire assistants on the new arrangement
:05:41. > :05:42.were suspended, following strike action in December,
:05:43. > :05:47.but Unions say the threat hasn't gone away.
:05:48. > :05:51.I'm going to be losing nearly 300 a month and I'm a single parent
:05:52. > :06:02.And they're actually cutting people who could
:06:03. > :06:12.Bradley Lowery, the boy from County Durham who's battling
:06:13. > :06:15.a rare form of cancer, has been invited to be a mascot once
:06:16. > :06:17.again when England play Lithuania in the World Cup qualifier
:06:18. > :06:20.The five-year-old football fan, who has neuroblastoma,
:06:21. > :06:22.has already been a mascot for his team Sunderland.
:06:23. > :06:24.Earlier this week, his family learned that he has
:06:25. > :06:33.That's it from me, now onto the weather.
:06:34. > :06:36.And it was actually quite pleasant out today, Jen,
:06:37. > :06:42.but I can't imagine that's going to last?
:06:43. > :06:50.We are in for a spell of wet and windy weather as we go through the
:06:51. > :06:55.weekend. The Met office has a yellow warning in force. Let's take a look
:06:56. > :07:01.at how that looks tomorrow morning. A very wet start across Cumbria.
:07:02. > :07:06.Heavy and persistent rain. Strong southwesterly winds blowing through
:07:07. > :07:11.much of the day. Part of the north-east will stay dry, but here,
:07:12. > :07:16.it will be quite cloudy. Temperatures around ten or 11
:07:17. > :07:21.Celsius. That's 52 Fahrenheit. A very wet day to come first, on
:07:22. > :07:25.Saturday. Beside the day off with plenty of brightness. Quite a mild
:07:26. > :07:30.start the day. Spells of sunshine, but the wind starts to pick up ahead
:07:31. > :07:32.of further rain pitching in. Some of that will be heavy and persistent.
:07:33. > :07:34.Here the few days it is that the stay miles.
:07:35. > :07:43.Outbreaks of rain at times particularly as we head into Monday.
:07:44. > :07:49.A much calmer day today after the nasty storm yesterday. Let's look at
:07:50. > :07:52.your pictures, tranquil from Hampshire, on the edge of the new
:07:53. > :07:57.Forest. Nice cumulus clouds from Hartlepool. Still a bit stormy, that
:07:58. > :07:59.sea. We are