29/05/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

There was extra security in place with armed officers on patrol

at the Northumberland County Show today.

Thousands of people turned out for the annual event at Bywell

Showing, shearing and plenty of places to shop - enough to keep

It's a great meeting place for all the farmers to get

together and show the stock and how much work they put into it.

We live in the countryside but I don't think you get to see

what goes on behind-the-scenes, so it is nice to get

With hundreds of breeds and exhibitors from all over

the country, this is a key date in the farming calendar.

Everybody's got their animals to showcase, the best

All the machinery men are here showing their wares.

It's the first sure the season and the best.

-- it is the first show of the season and the rest.

And it's a chance for the farmers of the future to practice their skills.

My calf is from one of my mum's cows and she is a little tinker.

It is fun, how many people come and see you and respect you.

It is hard to set them up if they're being naughty.

From nurturing in the livestock tents to destruction

A day not dampened by the weather, Planning for next year

Searches are continuing in the Whitby area for

Julie Gamsby, who's 59, was reported missing

after she failed to return to her home in

It's believed she could be distressed.

North Yorkshire Police are coordinating the search,

which involves the force helicopter, the coastguard and lifeboats.

The eyes of many soccer fans have been on Wembley today

and the Championship play-off final for the right to join Newcastle

But the Match of the Day cameras have been trained on something

entirely different - a junior girls' football

Yes, there's plenty to look forward to on today's show...

Location for the Match of the Day Kickabout show -

to be broadcast on the CBBC channel next month.

We're going to various northern cities that have a rich

We call it a summer special but the weather was not paying

attention, because we're getting well and truly drizzled on.

But what's brilliant is in the true British spirit of things,

They are out enjoying themselves and loving it, and so are we.

The programme gave children the chance to test their soccer

skills, and to watch the pros in action.

So what could the show learn from the visit?

They just wanted to, see what was happening

The money certainly is not at this end of the game,

so they're playing for the pure love of it.

And I think that is why be get as many quality volunteers as we do,

they still won the game of football they grew up with.

The beautiful game caught on camera, and safe in the hands

of a new generation of players and fans.

Hundreds of the finest Viking artefacts are on show in York

at an exhibition which pulls together not only the city's best

finds, but also treasures from all over the country.

Cathy Killick's been for a look round.

A stunning hoard of treasures has been gathered in the basement

All of it is Viking, and represents the very best

Including this treasure from the British Museum.

The knight from a 12th century chess set, found buried

His expression - irresistibly appealing.

Quite how they came to be buried on the beach there,

A lot of stories and folklore that has grown up around both the burial

The exhibition promises to bring the Vikings

this is a virtual reality headset and when I put it on, wow!

I am standing in a military Viking camp in 872, and it's all based

on meticulous research by archaeologists at

So here's a case dedicated to everyday objects

These are, well, in the first instance long strips of bone.

But they're actually ice skates, Viking ice skates.

If you imagine Vikings who lived here putting their feet on these,

tying themselves in and propelling themselves against the frozen flood

From money to jewellery, to the tools of war,

This extraordinary helmet found in Coppergate in York is justly

famous, and along with anything else on display truly opens a window

Cricket, and in the County Championship there was a

dramatic last over at Swansea, where Durham had declared today

to set Glamorgan a target of 266 - more than 5 an over.

And with just three balls of the day left, Glamorgan won it.

Including 14 from his last three deliveries.

Steered the home side to victory with three wickets to spare.

Thousands of us enjoyed a day along the region's

But for many people, getting down onto the sand

Well, that was a quick change in the weather!

Suddenly, it takes a person with real gumption to be enjoying

So here's a person with real gumption -

He came to Blyth Beach today to declare it accessible

to people with wheelchairs - all the way to the water.

If you can bring your whole family and have a day out at the beach

and go right up to the sea then it is a great day out,

With these babies - super-wide wheels, lightweight frames

Best not to dwell on the top speed, because the point of these isn't

how fast they can go, but where they can go.

It gives them the opportunity that everyone else has.

People take for granted that they can walk to the water's

So it will enable him to use the beach and get

into what are the same as everyone else and enjoy the

Beach Access North East is now providing this technology at both

Blyth and Tynemouth - and already has other

locations such as Whitley Bay and Kielder in its sights.

It's been by no means the sunniest spring bank holiday,

Keeley Donovan has our Look North forecast.

A bit of a soggy end to the bank holiday,

but at least the gardens have been watered.

We are looking at another dry spell of weather this week -

particularly on Wednesday and Thursday.

Some pleasant weather at times tomorrow.

Some sunshine, the best of which will be later on.

You're more likely to catch this in the west.

By the time it's reached eastern parts, it really

That cold front pushing through, introducing much

So I think by later and tomorrow we will have lost

Wednesday and Thursday will be dominated by high pressure before

this area of low pressure moves in towards the end of the week.

There's still some uncertainty about this one.

A lot of cloud out there, we've had some thundery showers,

But if anything we will see some improvement overnight.

We will keep a lot of the cloud, but we will lose a lot of the rain.

Quite a lot of mist and murk out there, a real close end to the night

So we start the day with a lot of cloud.

We will see some brightness through the morning,

possibly with sunny spells - especially in the east.

Showery rain will pass through around the middle of the day.

It will tend to fragment, so eastern parts just getting

the odd sharp shower for the middle part of the day.

Then some of us will enjoy some sunshine are developing

The breeze will pick up and it'll feel a little bit fresher.

Through the afternoon, temperatures ranging

Two lovely the days to come on Wednesday and Thursday.

Dry and fine with spells of sunshine - enjoy!

Colin Briggs has Tuesday breakfast updates from 6:25.

Hello. There I think we've seen the back of the thunder storms now. Over

the next few days, our weather will start to come in from the Atlantic.

We'll draw down fresher air from the North West. Recently, we've been

drawing up humid air from the south, from the near continent. Of course,