:00:12. > :00:15.Businesses in Scarborough and Whitby have spent the day clearing up
:00:16. > :00:17.after a tidal surge hit the East Coast yesterday.
:00:18. > :00:19.North Yorkshire escaped the worst, but a number
:00:20. > :00:27.As the clean-up started, shopkeepers as part of Whitby said
:00:28. > :00:34.conditions last night were the worst they'd seen.
:00:35. > :00:37.As the clean-up started, shopkeepers in this part of Whitby said
:00:38. > :00:39.conditions last night were the worst they'd seen.
:00:40. > :00:42.The waves were coming up the slipway and straight
:00:43. > :00:45.along Pier Road here, and every time, seemed to go
:00:46. > :00:47.The tidal surge last night was expected,
:00:48. > :00:49.though at one stage, a crashing wave -
:00:50. > :00:52.not caught on camera - hit spectators and carried them
:00:53. > :00:57.I think that was the same wave that hit the Trillos' ice cream hut,
:00:58. > :01:02.I think the lady got bowled over and dragged along with the flow down
:01:03. > :01:07.And these were the scenes in Scarborough last night.
:01:08. > :01:11.The high tides and strong winds damaging part of the sea wall here.
:01:12. > :01:13.Today, Foreshore Road was left under piles of sand.
:01:14. > :01:17.It's been closed for most of the day.
:01:18. > :01:20.When we closed the pier early last night, I went
:01:21. > :01:22.down to the next arcade, that got hit really bad.
:01:23. > :01:28.Yeah, I could've cried, to be quite honest, with the amount
:01:29. > :01:34.After the tidal surge in 2013, it seems this time our coastal
:01:35. > :01:37.Today, a collective sigh of relief here as things begin
:01:38. > :01:50.A merchant seaman suffering a suspected heart attack has been
:01:51. > :01:52.winched off a ship off the coast of Sunderland.
:01:53. > :01:55.A Tynemouth lifeboat crew tried to treat the Chief Engineer on board
:01:56. > :02:00.But as the weather conditions worsened, a Coastguard rescue
:02:01. > :02:08.helicopter was called to winch the casualty to hospital.
:02:09. > :02:11.The police in Cumbria are going to recruit extra staff
:02:12. > :02:13.to tackle an unprecedented rise in the number of historical
:02:14. > :02:17.High profile prosecutions have led to a huge increase in the number
:02:18. > :02:24.of people reporting abuse - as Mark McAlindon reports.
:02:25. > :02:26.Arthur Warwick got away with abusing children for 40 years,
:02:27. > :02:29.until some of his victims found the courage to come forward.
:02:30. > :02:37.This appalling case is an example, though, of a rising trend.
:02:38. > :02:39.We've had about a 25% increase in sexual offences over the last
:02:40. > :02:43.year, and in the previous year before that, we had another 25%
:02:44. > :02:45.increase, so it's a huge increase, a huge burden for us,
:02:46. > :02:48.but what it does show is that people have the confidence to come
:02:49. > :02:52.So we've always known that the levels of sexual offending
:02:53. > :02:55.were higher than that reported to us, but now we're
:02:56. > :02:57.narrowing that gap and more people are coming forward,
:02:58. > :03:04.Andy Slattery says all allegations are investigated, but that it has
:03:05. > :03:10.One of the cases brought before Carlisle Crown Court last year
:03:11. > :03:12.was that of former Scout leader Ian Beeby.
:03:13. > :03:15.He was jailed for five years for a series of historic offences
:03:16. > :03:20.against four young boys back in the 1980s.
:03:21. > :03:22.But while these investigations can be costly and time-consuming,
:03:23. > :03:24.police say they are prepared to throw extra resources
:03:25. > :03:31.We are in the process of recruiting police staff investigators,
:03:32. > :03:34.CID trained retired officers or other people, and they are going
:03:35. > :03:36.to come in and they are going to work specifically
:03:37. > :03:41.on the non-recent allegations in the major investigations.
:03:42. > :03:48.Sport now and in the Premier League, it was nil-nil
:03:49. > :03:54.But Sunderland were beaten 3-1 in their match against Stoke,
:03:55. > :03:56.leaving the Black Cats embedded in the relegation zone.
:03:57. > :03:59.Meanwhile Newcastle are top of the league after their 2-1
:04:00. > :04:02.In League 2, Carlisle United and Morecambe drew 1-1.
:04:03. > :04:03.Hartlepool lost their match against Crawley1-0.
:04:04. > :04:06.Gateshead are out of the FA Trophy having lost 3-1 to Lincoln City.
:04:07. > :04:08.But York won their match against Harlow 2 -1.
:04:09. > :04:22.And in Scottish League Two, Arbroath beat Berwick Rangers 4-1.
:04:23. > :04:25.Now let's see what the weather has in store for us,
:04:26. > :04:29.Well, clear skies overnight initially, so we'll see some
:04:30. > :04:31.frost forming once again, before a band of rain tracks
:04:32. > :04:35.Some snow on the leading edge, but it will turn to rain
:04:36. > :04:39.So this will mean things will turn less cold.
:04:40. > :04:41.We will still see temperatures overnight, though, dropping
:04:42. > :04:44.to around freezing, but it will be a bit of a miserable start
:04:45. > :04:49.Very cloudy, outbreaks A a of rain on and off throughout the day.
:04:50. > :04:52.Very heavy at first, but we'll see a few drier interludes,
:04:53. > :04:56.A much milder day to come, though, with highs of about 9 degrees.
:04:57. > :05:00.There's all the region's political news on Sunday Politics -
:05:01. > :05:02.that's tomorrow morning on BBC One at 11.
:05:03. > :05:16.And our next bulletin will be tomorrow evening at 6.20.
:05:17. > :05:22.Getting the detail of this cold snap is proving to be challenging and
:05:23. > :05:25.will continue to be so over the next 24 hours. Ice around across eastern
:05:26. > :05:30.parts after the earlier showers then rain pushing in from Northern
:05:31. > :05:35.Ireland across Scotland and a period of snow across eastern Scotland
:05:36. > :05:37.temporarily. It will extend into northern Wales and England too. A
:05:38. > :05:40.chilly night