:00:08. > :00:12.A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Jodie Wilkinson,
:00:13. > :00:15.who was stabbed in a Newcastle street on Monday.
:00:16. > :00:18.David Waterson, who's 43 and from the city,
:00:19. > :00:21.appeared before magistrates in Newcastle this morning.
:00:22. > :00:26.David Waterson appeared for only a few minutes
:00:27. > :00:28.in the courtroom behind me just before 10am today.
:00:29. > :00:32.The 43-year-old was wearing a grey sweatshirt and grey jogging bottoms.
:00:33. > :00:35.He spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth.
:00:36. > :00:38.He was told he will appear before Newcastle Crown Court
:00:39. > :00:42.In the courtroom this morning were members of Jodie
:00:43. > :00:47.They were visibly upset during the brief hearing.
:00:48. > :00:50.Jodie Wilkinson died after an attack on Monday afternoon
:00:51. > :00:56.Eight other people who were arrested in connection with this murder
:00:57. > :01:05.investigation have now been released on bail.
:01:06. > :01:08.A 51-year-old priest in the Diocese of Leeds has been suspended
:01:09. > :01:11.following his arrest by Durham Police over alleg`tions
:01:12. > :01:16.He's not been named, but in a statement, church officials
:01:17. > :01:22.said appropriate safeguarding arrangements are in place.
:01:23. > :01:24.Two men arrested on suspicion of causing animal cruelty
:01:25. > :01:28.after a dog was found with severe injuries on Teesside have
:01:29. > :01:35.The dog had to be put to sldep after being discovered by walkers
:01:36. > :01:37.in Kirkleatham Woods near Redcar on Wednesday.
:01:38. > :01:40.The men are aged 60 and 59 and from the Redcar area.
:01:41. > :01:44.A vigil for the animal was held this afternoon.
:01:45. > :01:47.A steel foundry business saxs the threat of Brexit and downturn
:01:48. > :01:51.in the oil industry were factors in its decision to close two
:01:52. > :01:57.The Bonds Group is to shut two sites in Tow Law with some staff
:01:58. > :02:03.The company is consulting whth staff to avoid compulsory redundancies
:02:04. > :02:08.but the BBC understands some jobs will go.
:02:09. > :02:11.People living near Darlington say plans to build hundreds
:02:12. > :02:14.of new homes, in addition to hundreds already being built
:02:15. > :02:17.there, will destroy their vhllage and turn it into a town.
:02:18. > :02:20.Villagers from Middleton St George met this morning
:02:21. > :02:27.It's a village which those who live here say is changing
:02:28. > :02:31.Middleton St George is in the grips of a planning explosion
:02:32. > :02:35.and this morning, villagers met to raise concerns.
:02:36. > :02:39.Four applications have already been approved and three more in the
:02:40. > :02:42.pipeline would see the size of the village
:02:43. > :02:48.It makes me cross, that the developers get lots of monex and
:02:49. > :02:53.It's piecemeal development and is going to affect the viability
:02:54. > :02:58.Darlington Council says it understands the concerns raised
:02:59. > :03:02.by people here and is now looking to work with them to develop
:03:03. > :03:10.The council says that it has identified a need for more housing
:03:11. > :03:13.in the area and in villages like this, it's simply trying
:03:14. > :03:19.We've got no problem with a 200-house development,
:03:20. > :03:24.but when you are talking 1,000, 1,100, that is a complete change
:03:25. > :03:30.It's an issue in other villages, too.
:03:31. > :03:33.A balance between meeting ddmands for housing or respecting the views
:03:34. > :03:43.On to football now and in the Premier League bottom club
:03:44. > :03:46.Sunderland lost 1-0 to fellow strugglers West Ham
:03:47. > :03:50.And it was a goalless draw for fourth-from-bottom
:03:51. > :03:56.In the Championship, league leaders Newcastle beat Ipswich 3-0.
:03:57. > :04:00.League 2 Hartlepool lost 3-0 to Leyton Orient but Carlisle
:04:01. > :04:05.beat their club unbeaten record with a 2-1 win over Stevenage.
:04:06. > :04:07.In the National league it was an away win for Gateshead
:04:08. > :04:15.And in the second round of the Scottish Cup, Berwick lost -2.
:04:16. > :04:18.Time to look at the weather for the rest of the weekend.
:04:19. > :04:26.The showers we have seen in eastern path those
:04:27. > :04:28.afternoon are going to continue through the night.
:04:29. > :04:30.Blown in on an easterly breeze, they will be heavy
:04:31. > :04:33.in places but not many making it as far as western parts of Cumbria.
:04:34. > :04:35.Here we will have clear skies and temperatures
:04:36. > :04:40.Elsewhere, we are expecting lows of around 8C or 9C.
:04:41. > :04:45.There could be patchy mist and fog but a day of sunny spells
:04:46. > :04:52.There's all the region's political news on Sunday Politics -
:04:53. > :05:32.Not a bad start but we will see some mist and fog overnight. Southern
:05:33. > :05:36.England, we will have some extensive low cloud and patchy fog. Further
:05:37. > :05:41.west huddle in the countryside, with clearer skies, it will be quite
:05:42. > :05:48.chilly night. Not very promising in the morning across these central
:05:49. > :05:55.areas. Fog slowly lifting as the breeze freshens. For western
:05:56. > :05:59.Scotland, it should be a decent day after a chilly start. There will be
:06:00. > :06:05.some sunshine, and largely dry. Eastern Scotland, showers have been
:06:06. > :06:06.more widely. On the whole, for northern parts of the