:00:11. > :00:14.Commuters are being urged to plan ahead for journeys to work tomorrow
:00:15. > :00:17.as a rail strike's expected to cause delays on roads
:00:18. > :00:21.The RMT union is in dispute with Northern Rail
:00:22. > :00:24.over plans to introduce more driver-only-operated trains.
:00:25. > :00:31.It was business as usual today on the region's rail network
:00:32. > :00:36.but tomorrow thousands of passengers are facing delays and disruption.
:00:37. > :00:40.The strike's over plans by Northern to bring in driver-only operated
:00:41. > :00:44.trains with no conductor to open or close doors.
:00:45. > :00:47.Rail bosses say training will be given but the unions believe
:00:48. > :00:51.We believe that having a second person on all trains provides
:00:52. > :00:54.assurances to the travelling public and it's an additional safety
:00:55. > :00:57.measure in the event that the driver becomes incapacitated.
:00:58. > :00:59.We put safety at the heart of everything we do.
:01:00. > :01:04.The independent rail regulator has indicated that this is as safe
:01:05. > :01:09.This isn't about who opens or closes doors, this
:01:10. > :01:12.is about giving our customers what they want, which is access
:01:13. > :01:15.to our people at times that matter to them.
:01:16. > :01:19.The 24-hour rail strike starts at midnight with unions predicting
:01:20. > :01:25.To ease problems, around 300 replacement buses
:01:26. > :01:30.Today at Thornaby station, passengers
:01:31. > :01:35.Buses take longer than trains to get from one station
:01:36. > :01:37.to another so there will be a lot of disruption.
:01:38. > :01:40.I think it's good to have a conductor on the trains
:01:41. > :01:43.coming up and down, especially when you've got a young daughter.
:01:44. > :01:47.Northern say a revised timetable will operate tomorrow
:01:48. > :01:51.but they have advised passengers to plan their journeys carefully.
:01:52. > :01:55.To lessen disruption they say those with a valid ticket will be
:01:56. > :02:04.?2 billion extra earmarked for social care in the Budget isn't
:02:05. > :02:07.enough to deal with the problem of looking after the elderly
:02:08. > :02:13.Ministers say they're providing resources to help ease
:02:14. > :02:15.pressure on the NHS - they've also allowed councils
:02:16. > :02:16.to raise more money from council tax.
:02:17. > :02:19.But Tyneside MP Nick Brown told BBC's Sunday Politics
:02:20. > :02:26.The scale of the problem is much larger than the general
:02:27. > :02:32.I'm not sure what the distribution arrangements will be for that money
:02:33. > :02:36.but the need for social care and the local government tax space
:02:37. > :02:40.which will have to bear the brunt of this are not evenly spread
:02:41. > :02:45.and so for authorities like urban ones in the north-east,
:02:46. > :02:50.they will end up with more to do and not the money to do it.
:02:51. > :02:53.There clearly is an issue with social care in this country.
:02:54. > :02:57.Over a million people rely on that and I think the money the government
:02:58. > :03:06.Police are looking for a man in a hoodie after 60 cars were damaged
:03:07. > :03:11.The police say the vehicles, which were parked in the Springwell
:03:12. > :03:14.and Grindon areas of the city, were all scratched with a key
:03:15. > :03:18.Extra patrols are being carried out in the area.
:03:19. > :03:21.A radar gun's been bought for volunteers to use,
:03:22. > :03:24.to catch drivers speeding through Brampton in Cumbria.
:03:25. > :03:27.It's been paid for by the county's Police and Crime Commissioner.
:03:28. > :03:30.The Brampton Speedwatch group says it's now better able to tackle
:03:31. > :03:36.Visitors to York's Art Gallery were warned they may find
:03:37. > :03:40.naked people among its exhibits as of today.
:03:41. > :03:43.The gallery's hosting a programme to help mark the 50th anniversary
:03:44. > :03:46.of the decriminalisation of homosexuality
:03:47. > :03:53.We're all used to seeing the human form in all its glory in museums,
:03:54. > :03:56.but today in York visitors were greeted with live nude
:03:57. > :04:01.Hats Off Drama is a theatre company that for 16 years has been working
:04:02. > :04:06.with life modelling and making theatre of the body for gallery
:04:07. > :04:12.We try and work with the gallery spaces to make them inclusive
:04:13. > :04:16.and open and to take the premise that everybody can make art and that
:04:17. > :04:19.gallery spaces need to be active spaces that are open for people
:04:20. > :04:22.to come and engage with the collections in ways that
:04:23. > :04:27.The project has been focusing on people's gender identity
:04:28. > :04:31.and all the issues they face that are particular for people
:04:32. > :04:34.It's 50 years since the decriminalisation
:04:35. > :04:37.of homosexuality in England and Wales, and museums and galleries
:04:38. > :04:40.across Britain are celebrating this with queer themed events
:04:41. > :04:43.and exhibitions, so we've got in early at York,
:04:44. > :04:45.this is one of the first ones for the year.
:04:46. > :04:48.And Nina will be back here at the gallery next Saturday
:04:49. > :04:50.and Sunday for a special life modelling performance
:04:51. > :05:06.There is actually a full moon tonight but we won't be talking
:05:07. > :05:10.about that now in the weather forecast.
:05:11. > :05:15.It's going to be a colder night tonight then recent nights,
:05:16. > :05:20.the cloud pushes away eastwards and we'll be left with some clear
:05:21. > :05:22.spells but under clear skies the temperatures
:05:23. > :05:26.will fall so in towns and cities we could get down to four
:05:27. > :05:28.or 5 degrees but in rural spots we could see a touch
:05:29. > :05:30.of frost by Monday morning so it
:05:31. > :05:32.will be a chilly start, generally quite dry,
:05:33. > :05:40.a little rain for a time across parts of Cumbria.
:05:41. > :05:43.The cloud will come and go but by afternoon it should break up
:05:44. > :05:46.and we will see decent spells of sunshine.
:05:47. > :05:47.Tomorrow's top temperature around 14 Celsius, 57 Fahrenheit.
:05:48. > :05:50.Through the rest of the week it stays generally quite mild,
:05:51. > :05:55.There is more online. but brighter spells by Wednesday.
:05:56. > :05:58.I'll be back with the late news, at 10:20pm.