23/11/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)


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Good evening.

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A grandfather accused

of killing his stepson in Stockton

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almost 50 years ago has admitted

smacking and shaking the toddler

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but says he never intentionally

caused him any harm.

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David Dearlove, who's 71, was giving

evidence at Teesside Crown Court.

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He denies murdering

19-month-old Paul Booth

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at the family's home in 1968.

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Phil Connell reported

from our Tees studio earlier.

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Carol, this is the eighth day

of this murder trial

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at Teesside Crown Court.

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The jury has already heard

from the prosecution,

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who claim David Dearlove murdered

Paul Booth back in 1968.

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That is 49 years ago

in what was then the family home

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in Haverton Hill in Stockton.

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The toddler, his stepson,

was just 19 months old at the time

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and died from, what the jury heard

was, a serious head injury

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compatible with being thrown

against a fireplace.

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David Dearlove, who is now 71

and who now lives in Great Yarmouth,

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today took to the witness stand

to begin his defence.

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He was asked about a statement

he had given to police 49 years ago

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following his stepson's death.

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Now, he told the jury how

Paul had banged his head

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on the fireplace while they had

been playing together.

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He said it was a minor

bump and at the time,

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it seemed perfectly all right.

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He was then asked why he had said

he had shaken the boy

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and to that he said it was something

that he did, it was

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a kind of play thing.

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It was just a little shake, he said,

it was something that Paul had

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always seemed to like.

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He said on the night in question

he heard Paul scream,

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he went up to his bedroom and said

he found him lying

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on the bedroom floor.

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He said he wasn't breathing

so he forced open his mouth

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and gave him the kiss of life.

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Now, at one stage today,

David Dearlove became tearful

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while giving his evidence and had

to pause for a moment.

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He has denied murder and also

a second charge of child cruelty.

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The trial here continues tomorrow.

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Carol.

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In what's believed to be

the first study of its kind,

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foot experts in the North have been

diagnosing serious, often

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life-threatening heart conditions -

by taking heartbeats

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from their feet.

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During routine checks,

podiatrists in Durham and Darlington

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have been detecting irregularities.

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It's hoped their pioneering

project will now be taken

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on across the country.

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Sharon Barbour has

this exclusive report.

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Brian was having his usual

diabetic foot checks.

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A podiatrist was taking his pulse

when she heard a worrying sound.

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It is irregular.

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His heartbeat was irregular.

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Brian had no idea that he had

atrial fibrillation,

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which, left untreated,

can lead to a massive

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and potentially life

threatening stroke.

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It was only found because,

in a pilot study, the podiatrist

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at Durham and Darlington hospitals

started listening for

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irregular heartbeats.

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We use a Doppler machine and listen

to the quality of that pulse,

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and while we listen to the quality,

we can also listen to

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the regularity of that pulse.

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Because patients with diabetes can

be more at risk from developing

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atrial fibrillation.

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And if it goes undiagnosed,

they can end up getting

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a really severe stroke.

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So, Brian's irregular

heartbeat was picked up

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by the foot doctors,

by the podiatrists,

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and they quickly brought it

to the attention of cardiologists,

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the heart experts, here at Durham

and Darlington hospitals.

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And the doctors here think

the podiatrists' discovery

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could save thousands of patients.

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There are something like 150,000

strokes in the UK per year,

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it's said that about 15% of them

are the result of

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atrial fibrillation.

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So if we can prevent maybe two

thirds, we are talking about 10,000

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people a year at the risk of dying

or suffering severe

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disability that can be help.

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that can be --helped.

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So with a simple screening tool,

we can achieve a lot.

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Now detected, Brian's

condition is being closely

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monitored and treated.

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It was news to me.

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A shock and then the relief that

all I needed to do was take a little

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pink pill each morning and,

hopefully, that's it.

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My heart is behaving

quite well this morning.

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His life possibly saved

by the podiatrist.

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It's now hoped that this simple,

effective idea will be rolled

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out across the country.

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Sharon Barbour, BBC Look North.

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A County Durham man convicted of 21

offences against children,

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including three charges of rape,

has had his sentence increased

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at the Court of Appeal.

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32-year-old Paul Leighton,

from Seaham, was originally jailed

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for 16 years after he pleaded guilty

to a string of offences

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in September.

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They included rape, sexual

assaults on girls under 13,

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blackmail and offences

related to grooming.

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His sentence has been

increased to 20 years.

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In cases of domestic violence

the focus of help is obviously

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on the people suffering the abuse.

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But family pets can

also be affected.

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When women leave a violent

relationship they may move

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into a refuge which can't

take in animals.

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Now a project has launched

in the North East, offering

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foster carers for dogs.

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Philippa Goymer has the story.

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Gemma suffered three years of abuse

at the hands of her partner.

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He had me pinned at 6am

in the utility room by the throat.

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I couldn't breathe,

I couldn't gasp for air,

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I couldn't shout out

for help, nothing.

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He dug a trowel into the side

of my neck, and I just stood there.

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And then I just looked at him

and I went, "Just do it."

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Because I'd had enough.

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And then he went, "I'll show

you just do it," and he shot me

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through the side door.

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Richard Ridley was jailed in June

for 13.5 years for a string

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of assaults against Gemma.

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Eventually, Gemma was moved

to a women's refuge and Dusty

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was taken in by the Freedom Project.

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They'd come and collect Dusty,

they'd return him as soon

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as I wanted Dusty back.

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Anything he needed whilst in that

service, they provided.

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Dusty went to live with

a foster carer like Susan.

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She's based on Teesside,

but has worked with the Dog's

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Trust's North Yorkshire branch

and cared for many pets

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from abusive homes.

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The majority of the time, we have

to get the vaccinations up to date.

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Which is fine.

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If it's come from a domestic

violence background,

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the last thing on the owner's mind

is, "I've got to get

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the dogs vaccinated."

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She's probably too worried

about the children,

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the dog and the home life.

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This month, the Freedom Project

launched across the North East.

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Because we're here in Yorkshire,

in the North East, we were getting

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a lot of calls into our Yorkshire

office, people also needed

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our help in the area.

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We knew there was a need

for the service up here as well.

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After five months, Gemma was able

to go back for her beloved Dusty.

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I was an absolute bag of nerves,

I thought, "He's not

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"going to remember me

or recognise me, "is he going

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to be a OK with me?"

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I opened the door, and his head

just - I'd say little,

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but you can see it's not -

he tilted his head and looked

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at me with his ears up,

I said, "Hiya, baby!"

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And he jumped on me!

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He remembered exactly who I was!

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Philippa Goymer, BBC

Look North, Darlington.

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The charismatic former

Sunderland Football Club manager,

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Peter Reid has been back

on Wearside today.

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He took over in 1995 and after

saving them from relegation

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they never looked back.

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Now he's written a book

about his time on Wearside,

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and Jeff Brown met up with him.

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Having taken them to two

seventh-place finishes

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in the Premier League,

Peter Reid's time at Sunderland

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is one of the brighter chapters

in the club's recent history,

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hence the number of people who have

turned up here to see him tonight.

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Peter, great to see you,

got ask you first of all about one

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of your successors, Chris Coleman.

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What do you think about it?

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Well, I know Chris Cookie

Coleman really well.

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Great personality, great enthusiasm,

and I think you need that to lift

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the Stadium of Light up,

to lift the club up.

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He certainly has

a great personality.

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He has to breathe confidence

into the players somehow,

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because they're not as bad

as the results suggest.

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I think he's the right

man for the job.

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A lot of fans would like to see

yourself back as manager,

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was that ever going to happen?

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No, I don't think so.

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There's a lot of speculation,

a lot of interest in the media.

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Not you, Jeff, but in the media.

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It was never going to happen,

and as I said before,

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hopefully they have the right man

in charge, and they surely have.

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You took the club to two

seventh-place finishes

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in the Premier League,

fantastic achievement.

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How did you do it and could

it ever happen again?

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Well, the players did it.

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We had some good players here, and,

obviously, I was the manager,

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helped them along, but,

yeah, they can do it again.

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If you look at Burnley now,

where they are in the Premiership,

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I think at the time I was Sunderland

manager, they were down in maybe

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the third or fourth division.

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So it can happen.

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It's hard work getting

the right players in,

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but it can happen without a doubt.

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Let's hope so.

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Peter, good to see you again,

thanks for the memories.

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Cheers, Jeff.

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There's your book.

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Good man.

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18 quid.

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JEFF LAUGHS

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He is like Portal with the weather

calendars.

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Some mild but very wet weather has

moved on.

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Some mild but very wet weather has

moved on. Much colder from now over

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the next few days. A Met Office

warning for ice across Cumbria.

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Essentially, it is a dry, clear and

cold night. 12 showers in the

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breeze. But clear skies. And that

Rogers will drop down to towards

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freezing with ice patches developing

gradually. A cold start tomorrow

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morning but mostly dry. It stays

mostly dry through the day. 12

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showers coming in, where they come

up in the high ground there will be

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some flakes of snow. But many places

dry and bright throughout the day.

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It certainly won't be warned though,

even with sunshine, you'll be lucky

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if you have five or six Celsius. The

shared Walmart on the Cumbrian coast

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with the wind coming in from the

Irish Sea. Over the next few days,

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we have low pressure up to the

north, high pressure in the south.

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And a north westerly airflow in

between. That will keep things on

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the chilly side. It also keeps

things mostly dry. Frosty night but

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Saturday dry and bright with the odd

shower in the west.

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