: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