:00:10. > :00:12.Hello, good evening and happy New Year from Look North.
:00:13. > :00:15.First tonight, Northumbria Police say they've disrupted what they say
:00:16. > :00:23.It was held in an old lift shaft of the Tyne Bridge.
:00:24. > :00:24.The revellers had barricaded themselves in.
:00:25. > :00:26.The police are trying to trace the organisers.
:00:27. > :00:44.Please see around 200 people will say that the 120 foot tighter.
:00:45. > :00:46.--Police say around 200 people were inside the 120ft-high tower
:00:47. > :00:48.when officers arrived, shortly before two'clock this morning.
:00:49. > :00:51.They'd been alerted by members of the public, who heard the noise
:00:52. > :00:54.But the police found their way in barred -
:00:55. > :00:59.First by smashing a wooden barrier, and then using a circular saw to cut
:01:00. > :01:01.Inside they found sound equipment, illegally connected
:01:02. > :01:14.And say they're now trying to trace the event organisers,
:01:15. > :01:17.including three men, seen in a white van below the bridge
:01:18. > :01:20.Public events HAVE been held in the hidden recesses of this
:01:21. > :01:27.The body of a man has been found in the River Ouse
:01:28. > :01:30.Police say they are investigating how
:01:31. > :01:35.Foodbanks in the region say they've had one
:01:36. > :01:38.Now they need to replenish their stocks for January.
:01:39. > :01:41.The manager of the West End Foodbank in Newcastle says supplies
:01:42. > :01:43.are at an all time low after Christmas - and they urgently
:01:44. > :01:49.It re-opens on the 3rd of January, and will accept
:01:50. > :01:54.A Hartlepool man has today embarked on a huge challenge
:01:55. > :01:59.Paul Suggitt plans to complete 10,000 miles to fundraise.
:02:00. > :02:11.It takes something quite special to get people to turn up for a run
:02:12. > :02:13.along Hartlepool seafront first thing on New Year's Day
:02:14. > :02:18.Hartlepool man Paul Suggitt has taken this hat up mountains,
:02:19. > :02:21.cycling coast to coast and all manner of other places,
:02:22. > :02:23.during his mission to get fit and fundraise ...
:02:24. > :02:26.And in 2017, he's planning to walk, run and cycle a staggering 10,000
:02:27. > :02:39.probably the threshold with the probably the threshold with the
:02:40. > :02:43.thing you cannot do these things but you can't. I have had eight months
:02:44. > :02:47.of training to train me for the weather I have got in the distances
:02:48. > :02:49.I will be covering throughout this challenge throughout the year.
:02:50. > :02:52.The year of gruelling challenges, which averages about a marathon
:02:53. > :02:54.a day, is to raise money for North East Charity,
:02:55. > :02:57.the Chris Lucas Trust - and its founder was on hand
:02:58. > :03:06.For someone to say that I want to do something for you it is absolute
:03:07. > :03:11.fantastic and we do everything we can to support them. Cancer research
:03:12. > :03:21.is very important and we lost Chris at 18. Through balls research we can
:03:22. > :03:34.make a big difference to childhood cancer. --
:03:35. > :03:37.Trooper Paul --Through Paul's research.
:03:38. > :03:40.Destination number one is Whitby, then Hull, but you can expect to see
:03:41. > :03:42.Paul at events around our region throughout the year.
:03:43. > :03:44.Hundreds of people gathered on the seashore in North
:03:45. > :03:47.for the annual Whitley Bay New Year's Dip.
:03:48. > :03:49.Although slightly less cold than usual, it was still
:03:50. > :03:52.a challenging experience for those brave enough to take the plunge.
:03:53. > :03:54.Many of those involved were in fancy dress,
:03:55. > :03:59.with lots of people raising money for favourite causes.
:04:00. > :04:08.It was freezing and horrible but it has got rid of the hangover. Utterly
:04:09. > :04:14.horrifying. Today was the day to start a New Year's Day. What was it
:04:15. > :04:20.like? I thought it was all right. I'm not actually that cold.
:04:21. > :04:29.Thankfully I have borrowed a friends wet suit but I'm still very cold.
:04:30. > :04:30.Did you going? Yes. Why do more call than you have ever been? A little
:04:31. > :04:44.bit. -- more called. --Cold. Meanwhile just around
:04:45. > :04:46.the corner from the swimmers, another longstanding New Year's Day
:04:47. > :04:50.tradition performed by the Monkseaton
:04:51. > :04:52.Morrismen. The dancers have been gathering
:04:53. > :04:54.at the Olde Ship Inn The club has toured or danced
:04:55. > :04:58.at Festivals in Norway, Europe, However, they say today's event
:04:59. > :05:02.on their home patch is the most Just the one football
:05:03. > :05:05.result to bring you. of the National League,
:05:06. > :05:09.after losing 1-0 at home to fellow So how is tomorrow's
:05:10. > :05:26.Bank Holiday weather shaping up? The showers continue to have a
:05:27. > :05:32.wintry element to them. As we head through the night it will be a very
:05:33. > :05:35.cold night with temperatures close to below freezing what the risk of
:05:36. > :05:40.one or two icy stretches in the morning. A cold start to tomorrow
:05:41. > :05:47.morning and some showers running along the coast. It is a dry day. .
:05:48. > :05:50.A very cold day with highs of just five Celsius. As we head into
:05:51. > :05:54.Tuesday we had learnt a workload and a bit more sunshine by the time ago
:05:55. > :05:56.to Wednesday but staying cold and frosty for the rest of the week.
:05:57. > :05:58.That's our summary so far this New Year's Day -
:05:59. > :06:06.I'll be back at around 10.50pm tonight.
:06:07. > :06:14.Good evening. Well, to Bake Off 2017, the weather has been fairly
:06:15. > :06:18.mixed, wet and cloudy in the South, colder but clearer further north.
:06:19. > :06:21.This was taken in County Down earlier in the day, plenty of
:06:22. > :06:26.sunshine there, but with clear skies by day, a cold nights tonight. That
:06:27. > :06:30.will fill the south across the