:00:00. > :00:09.Now on BBC one it's time for the news where you are.
:00:10. > :00:14.Commuters are being urged to plan tomorrow, as a rail strike threatens
:00:15. > :00:17.to cause delays on roads and public transport.
:00:18. > :00:20.The RMT union is in dispute with Northern Rail over
:00:21. > :00:23.plans to introduce more driver-only-operated trains.
:00:24. > :00:29.It was business as usual today on the region's rail network
:00:30. > :00:34.but tomorrow thousands of passengers are facing delays and disruption.
:00:35. > :00:38.The strike's over plans by Northern to bring in driver-only
:00:39. > :00:42.operated trains with no guards to open or close doors.
:00:43. > :00:46.Rail bosses say training will be given but unions believe
:00:47. > :00:50.We believe that having a second person on all trains provides
:00:51. > :00:52.assurances to the travelling public and it's an additional safety
:00:53. > :00:55.measure in the event that the driver becomes incapacitated.
:00:56. > :00:58.We put safety at the heart of everything we do.
:00:59. > :01:02.The independent rail regulator has indicated that this is as safe
:01:03. > :01:08.This isn't about who opens or closes doors.
:01:09. > :01:11.This is about giving our customers what they want, which is access
:01:12. > :01:15.to our people at times that matter to them.
:01:16. > :01:18.The 24-hour rail strike starts at midnight with unions predicting
:01:19. > :01:24.To ease problems, around 300 replacement buses
:01:25. > :01:28.Today at Thornaby station, passengers
:01:29. > :01:33.Buses take longer than trains to get from one station
:01:34. > :01:36.to another, so there will be a lot of disruption.
:01:37. > :01:39.I think it's good to have a conductor on the trains
:01:40. > :01:42.coming up and down, especially when you've got a young daughter.
:01:43. > :01:46.Northern say a revised timetable will operate tomorrow
:01:47. > :01:50.but they have advised passengers to plan their journeys carefully.
:01:51. > :01:53.To lessen disruption they say those with a valid ticket
:01:54. > :02:02.There are regular travel updates on your BBC local radio station
:02:03. > :02:04.in the morning, and we'll have the latest
:02:05. > :02:08.here in our breakfast bulletins from 7:25am.
:02:09. > :02:11.Police say a woman's been sexually assaulted in Washington
:02:12. > :02:16.It happened around 2am this morning when she was approached by a man
:02:17. > :02:21.in the Avebury Drive/Glebe Crescent area of Washington Village.
:02:22. > :02:24.Police are looking for a man in a hoodie after 60 cars
:02:25. > :02:29.The police say the vehicles, which were parked in
:02:30. > :02:32.the Springwell and Grindon areas, were all scratched with a key
:02:33. > :02:38.Extra patrols are being carried out in the area.
:02:39. > :02:41.?2 billion extra for social care in the Budget isn't enough to
:02:42. > :02:44.deal with the problem of looking after the elderly in our region,
:02:45. > :02:49.Ministers say they're providing resources to help ease
:02:50. > :02:51.pressure on the NHS - they've also allowed
:02:52. > :02:53.councils to raise more money from council tax.
:02:54. > :02:56.But one Tyneside MP told BBC's Sunday Politics
:02:57. > :03:03.The scale of the problem is much larger than the general
:03:04. > :03:08.I'm not sure what the distribution arrangements will be for that money
:03:09. > :03:12.but the need for social care and the local government tax base
:03:13. > :03:16.which will have to bear the brunt of this are not evenly spread
:03:17. > :03:22.and so for authorities like urban ones in the north-east of England,
:03:23. > :03:27.they will end up with more to do and not the money to do it.
:03:28. > :03:29.There clearly is an issue with social care in this country.
:03:30. > :03:33.Over a million people rely on it and I think the move the government
:03:34. > :03:37.have made to put in ?2 billion is a start.
:03:38. > :03:42.A radar gun's been bought for volunteers to use,
:03:43. > :03:46.to catch speeding drivers in Brampton in Cumbria.
:03:47. > :03:49.It's been paid for by the county's Police and Crime Commissioner.
:03:50. > :03:52.The Brampton Speedwatch group says it's now better able to tackle
:03:53. > :03:58.Right, how will the new week begin for us?
:03:59. > :04:02.Jen Bartram has the region's weather forecast.
:04:03. > :04:06.A much colder night in store than we've had in recent nights,
:04:07. > :04:09.clear skies across the board mean the temperature will fall quite
:04:10. > :04:13.sharply, so in town and cities down to 4 or 5 degrees but in sheltered
:04:14. > :04:18.rural spots we could see a touch of frost come Monday morning,
:04:19. > :04:21.so it will be quite a chilly start first thing tomorrow, some good
:04:22. > :04:24.brightness for the north-east, a little rain across Cumbria
:04:25. > :04:27.for a time but by the afternoon brighter spells across the board.
:04:28. > :04:30.We will see the sunshine coming through and in the sunshine
:04:31. > :04:34.temperatures will get up to around 14 degrees, feeling quite pleasant
:04:35. > :04:41.Through the rest of the week it stays fairly mild,
:04:42. > :04:43.a fairly cloudy day on Tuesday but some brighter spells
:04:44. > :04:49.Colin Briggs is back with breakfast updates from first
:04:50. > :05:06.But from all of us here, have a good night.
:05:07. > :05:12.Good evening. For many places it was a fairly cloudy day on suspend but
:05:13. > :05:15.there was sunshine for western areas during the afternoon, and here are
:05:16. > :05:21.the clear skies at sunset in Northern Ireland. Thanks to weather
:05:22. > :05:25.watcher Robin for this picture, those clear skies have been making
:05:26. > :05:29.their way further east ward. Temperatures are dropping away, we
:05:30. > :05:32.have seen temperatures of freezing in parts of Northern Ireland. More
:05:33. > :05:36.cloud rolling in during the latter part of the night but towns and
:05:37. > :05:41.cities down the five and six m the countryside many of us will see the
:05:42. > :05:43.temperatures a degree or so above freezing, so a slight touch of