:00:08. > :00:08.Good evening. Kennedy, BBC News at Vimy Ridge.
:00:09. > :00:10.Coffins could be washed out of a West Cumbrian graveyard
:00:11. > :00:13.during future flooding, unless urgent action is taken
:00:14. > :00:18.That's the warning from locals, whose loved ones are buried
:00:19. > :00:23.in the cemetery which has already flooded twice in recent years.
:00:24. > :00:26.St Peter's Church in Camerton lost a 20-yard strip of cemetery
:00:27. > :00:33.Rock defences costing ?100,000 were installed,
:00:34. > :00:36.but six years later, Storm Desmond not only
:00:37. > :00:39.damaged the defences, it altered the entire course
:00:40. > :00:43.of the river, making the graveyard even more vulnerable than before.
:00:44. > :00:48.Since 2015, this bank was washed out over here.
:00:49. > :00:51.The water is now heading down towards the church instead
:00:52. > :00:54.of meandering around and if nothing is done, it is going to cut
:00:55. > :00:58.through the graveyard like a hot knife going through butter.
:00:59. > :01:01.The cost of repairs is estimated at ?50,000 but the insurance
:01:02. > :01:07.The churchwarden says if the repairs aren't carried out, there may be
:01:08. > :01:14.In the 2009 floods, we had eight or nine graves washed out and we had
:01:15. > :01:20.unsavoury sights of bones and skulls and coffins floating down the river.
:01:21. > :01:27.The diocese is sympathetic but doesn't have deep pockets.
:01:28. > :01:29.Obviously people's homes and businesses and the infrastructure
:01:30. > :01:32.of the county need to take precedence and in any case,
:01:33. > :01:36.protecting this very low-lying land will never be completely successful.
:01:37. > :01:40.Each church is a legally separate body, so the diocese is providing
:01:41. > :01:46.The damaged defences are due to be reassesed soon,
:01:47. > :01:49.but unless the money can be found, St Peter's graveyard looks
:01:50. > :01:56.Damian O'Neil, BBC Look North in Camerton in West Cumbria.
:01:57. > :01:58.A man's died after his motorbike collided with
:01:59. > :02:02.It happened on the A189 near Blyth this lunchtime.
:02:03. > :02:05.His female pillion passenger is in a critical condition.
:02:06. > :02:08.Meanwhile, another man's died after a head on crash
:02:09. > :02:13.It happened at Newton on the Moor last night, when a van,
:02:14. > :02:15.which was heading south in the northbound lane,
:02:16. > :02:21.And a man's been charged with causing death by careless
:02:22. > :02:25.driving whilst over the alcohol limit, after a 91-year-old woman
:02:26. > :02:30.was hit by a car in Gosforth in Newcastle on Thursday night.
:02:31. > :02:33.A man's been arrested after a stand-off with police in Redcar
:02:34. > :02:38.Officers were called to Arthur Street last night,
:02:39. > :02:40.where a man had barricaded himself inside a property.
:02:41. > :02:44.It resulted in homes being evacuated because of a potential gas leak.
:02:45. > :02:47.But then door-to-door enquiries revealed potential hazardous
:02:48. > :02:50.substances in a neighbouring home, so bomb disposal experts
:02:51. > :02:56.It later emerged the items were not illegal or dangerous.
:02:57. > :02:59.People living in the Southbank area of York say their pavements
:03:00. > :03:02.have become an eyesore, after Virgin Media dug them up
:03:03. > :03:08.Now the company is having to employ a new contractor to put
:03:09. > :03:14.This award-winning suburb of York is better known for having the best
:03:15. > :03:18.It has hosted street parties and welcomed the Tour de France.
:03:19. > :03:21.And now, residents in the Bishopthorpe Road area
:03:22. > :03:26.Virgin Media has agreed to improve the pavements
:03:27. > :03:29.after a catalogue of complaints about its contract work.
:03:30. > :03:33.For instance, they had dug up a private road without permission,
:03:34. > :03:38.then I had information about an internet connection
:03:39. > :03:42.ironically being cut off and then a gas supply being cut off.
:03:43. > :03:47.After laying hundreds of metres of new internet cables,
:03:48. > :03:50.the contractors working for Virgin Media left uneven,
:03:51. > :03:54.broken paving stones, failing concrete and messy brickwork.
:03:55. > :03:59.They have a statutory duty to make sure that all the work is done
:04:00. > :04:02.properly and they should return and sort out the mess
:04:03. > :04:07.Rachael Maskell recently invited Virgin Media to inspect
:04:08. > :04:10.the work and as a result, the company agreed to hire
:04:11. > :04:14.a new contractor, saying it was aware of some concerns made
:04:15. > :04:17.by residents and had already begun to take steps forward
:04:18. > :04:22.So York residents can now rest assured that while improvements
:04:23. > :04:25.are being made to their internet highways, their pavements
:04:26. > :04:34.Football and Sunderland stay rooted to the bottom of the Premier League
:04:35. > :04:38.after a 3-0 home defeat to Manchester United this afternoon.
:04:39. > :04:41.Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the visitor's account on the half
:04:42. > :04:47.The Black Cats went down to ten men shortly after when Sebastian Larsson
:04:48. > :04:53.Straight after half time Henrikh Mkhitaryan made it 2-0.
:04:54. > :04:56.And five minutes from time, Marcus Rashford finished things off
:04:57. > :05:06.Here's Abbie Dewhurst with the forecast.
:05:07. > :05:09.After a gorgeous weekend for most, we are going to start
:05:10. > :05:13.This weather front sinking down towards the south-east is a cold
:05:14. > :05:16.front, meaning it will turn colder as we head through the next week.
:05:17. > :05:20.You can see it bringing in a little bit of drizzle and one or two
:05:21. > :05:23.showers but we have some clear spells as we head through the early
:05:24. > :05:26.hours, meaning that temperatures will take a bit of a dip.
:05:27. > :05:28.We will start tomorrow on a pretty chilly note.
:05:29. > :05:32.It will be a much cooler day, temperatures returning
:05:33. > :05:39.Patchy cloud and some decent spells of sunshine.
:05:40. > :05:47.The outlook for the rest of the week is turning a little more unsettled.
:05:48. > :05:51.I'll be back with the late news at 10.20.
:05:52. > :06:14.Good evening. If you can use a smelter describes the weather it
:06:15. > :06:15.would be owed a barbecue, and why not? Beautiful