29/01/2017

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:00:10. > :00:10.Good evening. for the news where you are.

:00:11. > :00:13.Northumbria Police have charged a man with murder,

:00:14. > :00:16.after 32-year-old Michael Thompson was found dying from head injuries

:00:17. > :00:21.It follows an incident in the early hours of Saturday morning,

:00:22. > :00:26.outside the Studio Sports Bar on Priestpopple.

:00:27. > :00:31.Mr Thompson, who lives in Hexham, was found lying in the street.

:00:32. > :00:35.This afternoon, 25-year-old Archie Henderson,

:00:36. > :00:37.of Redesmouth Court in Bellingham, was charged with murder.

:00:38. > :00:38.He'll appear before Northumberland magistrates tomorrow.

:00:39. > :00:41.Extra police officers have been patrolling the area in Hexham

:00:42. > :00:45.The Labour Party is claiming the Government's new industrial

:00:46. > :00:48.strategy is a clear admission that they failed to save

:00:49. > :00:53.Shadow Cabinet Minister and Middlesbrough MP

:00:54. > :00:56.Andy McDonald told BBC's Sunday Politics that the Government

:00:57. > :00:58.obviously didn't have a clear strategy for steel

:00:59. > :01:05.This is a stark admission that the Government didn't respond

:01:06. > :01:11.The Italian government did, German and French governments

:01:12. > :01:17.stepped in and didn't breach state aid rules.

:01:18. > :01:19.Those jobs could have been saved and there could have been a much

:01:20. > :01:26.But the Conservative peer Martin Callanan said it

:01:27. > :01:29.wasn't viable to bail out the steel industry.

:01:30. > :01:32.And he said the Government's new industrial strategy

:01:33. > :01:37.offered a way forward for areas like Teesside.

:01:38. > :01:39.Most think the strategy is based on steel.

:01:40. > :01:43.There are many other industries, areas that will benefit from this.

:01:44. > :01:46.?20 million has been allocated to a local enterprise

:01:47. > :01:53.It will be up to them to decide how they are going to spend it.

:01:54. > :01:55.The body of a Gateshead man, who'd been missing

:01:56. > :01:58.for several months, has been found in a lake.

:01:59. > :02:01.36-year-old Kevin Woods first went went missing from his home

:02:02. > :02:04.in October last year, prompting a big police search.

:02:05. > :02:07.His body was finally discovered yesterday

:02:08. > :02:10.in a lake at the Quarry in Crawcrook.

:02:11. > :02:14.The police believe no-one else was involved in his death.

:02:15. > :02:17.Cumbria needs to rethink the way it bids for Government funding,

:02:18. > :02:20.according to one of the team responsible

:02:21. > :02:26.The county was recently awarded just 7.5%

:02:27. > :02:30.of the 165 million it asked for under the Government's

:02:31. > :02:36.That included proposals for 25 million to

:02:37. > :02:40.The Government says the county has already received many millions

:02:41. > :02:42.of pounds for defences through other schemes.

:02:43. > :02:51.The Local Enterprise Partnership says it's disappointed.

:02:52. > :02:58.This is not small change. They shipped the figures that would make

:02:59. > :02:59.differences to Cumbria and its economic opportunities in the

:03:00. > :03:00.future. Thousands of people gathered

:03:01. > :03:02.in Newcastle's Chinatown today to The crowds enjoyed

:03:03. > :03:05.traditional Dragon Dances and firecracker displays to mark

:03:06. > :03:08.the Year of the Rooster, The weather was kind to today's

:03:09. > :03:19.celebrations and it perhaps helped to bring out a healthy sized crowd

:03:20. > :03:22.to watch the parade. The Chinese New Year

:03:23. > :03:24.is a very different affair to our own one night of drinking,

:03:25. > :03:27.singing Auld Lang Syne In China there are 12

:03:28. > :03:33.animals for each year. It's like a sign for each year,

:03:34. > :03:37.which is just like the Zodiac This year is the Year

:03:38. > :03:42.of the Rooster. Wakes up early in the morning

:03:43. > :03:46.and to wake all the people up But the mix of people watching

:03:47. > :04:07.went far beyond those We've had a Chinese party

:04:08. > :04:13.in their school this week, but of course it was nothing

:04:14. > :04:16.like this in Carlisle, so we've come I liked the dragon and

:04:17. > :04:32.the second lion dance. One sports result tonight -

:04:33. > :04:35.in rugby, where Newcastle Falcons were in action down in Newport

:04:36. > :04:38.in the first round of the Anglo Welsh Cup

:04:39. > :04:41.against Newport Gwent Dragons. The Falcons coming out on top

:04:42. > :04:46.at Rodney Parade by 18 points to 6. The weather now - and it looks

:04:47. > :05:02.like we're heading for a bit I think most of us saw some sunshine

:05:03. > :05:07.today, but things are more unsettled in the new week. An area of low

:05:08. > :05:11.pressure will feed in some quite energetic weather fronts over the

:05:12. > :05:18.next few days. We end the day on a decent note. A bit of patchy

:05:19. > :05:23.drizzle. This will make its way out quite readily. The further north you

:05:24. > :05:29.go, you could see clear spells and Frost and ice first thing tomorrow.

:05:30. > :05:35.Overnight temperatures to one or 2 degrees. A cloudy, murky, misty

:05:36. > :05:40.start to the new week. The hill fog world drift as we had through the

:05:41. > :05:45.day and left with a lot of low cloud. A largely dry day with highs

:05:46. > :05:51.of eight Celsius. The outlook is looking rather settled -- unsettled.

:05:52. > :05:54.I'm back with the late news just after 10.20pm.

:05:55. > :06:17.There was some sunny and cheerful weather across the UK today.

:06:18. > :06:20.Scotland and the far north of England, but further south, a rainy,

:06:21. > :06:22.ugly