newcastle, where they've had a real problem with what used to be known as legal highs. the north east of england has the highest death rate from drugs in the country. tell me what you know about legal highs. from powder to pills, to stuff you smoke, there are 640 varieties of legal highs globally. they're officially known as novel psychoactive substances, and mimic the effects of traditional illegal drugs, such as cocaine and cannabis. they can be stronger, a lot cheaper and sometimes more dangerous. this is northumberland high street, which is obviously our main shopping area. what we began to get is complaints from shop owners and businesses saying that they were being affected by the state that people were in, who were under the influence of lethal highs. early last year, the city experienced the worst problems with novel psychoactive substances — now known as nps. individuals were seen being sick in the streets, haemorraghing, actually having blood from their ears and nose, they were having seizures and fits. to try to deal with the problems of people collapsing in the city cent

newcastle falcons produced a stunning late comeback to beat bath 2a—22 in the aviva premiership. bath led by 12 points with 20 minutes remaining but ben harris barged his way over to draw newcastle level less than four minutes from time. man of the matchjoel hodgson kept his nerve to slot home the conversation and send bath to their third defeat in a row. newcastle move up to sixth. there were three games in the guiness pro 12. leinster are nowjoint top of the table after thrashing bottom club zebre 70—6. newport gwent dragons beat second from bottom treviso 26—8. scarlets secured a hard fought 16—13 victory against their playoff rivals ulster. a penalty try proved decisive for the llanelli side. as aled davies was held up over the line — he was only prevented from scoring by a high tackle from ulster‘s sean reidy. the win consoladates scarlet‘s spot in the top four. worcester wolves are into the quarter finals of the bbl trophy, beating sheffield sharks 99—68 tonight. danny huffor netted 31 points — supported by andy backman as well, as well, as worcester drained i6 t

, newcastle, edinburgh, glasgow, aberdeen, all of these areas enjoying some sunshine after frost first thing in the morning. so watch out for those icy stretches. thursday evening, damp is not wet. not in newcastle, though, where it should stay just a not in newcastle, though, where it should stayjust a dry. the week ahead is pretty changeable. not a monday. looking great across the uk, some myths, cloud hanging around right through the course of the afternoon until sunset. little bits and pieces of rain on and off as well —— some mist. double figures in the south. still a little on the chilly side for newcastle and edinburgh. on tuesday, finally that milderair edinburgh. on tuesday, finally that milder air reaches northern parts of the country as well but there will be some rain with that which could be some rain with that which could be heavy for a time. look at these temperatures. it has been a while since we have seen these. 12 or 13. wednesday, perhaps in the morning a bit of rain in the south—east and east anglia. perhaps rain later in the day in the north—west but overal

crystal palace, could be leaving the club. newcastle a re palace, could be leaving the club. newcastle are being heavily linked with him. andros townsend only joined crystal palace from newcastle for £12 million injune. he has scored just one goal in 27 appearances. but he has arrived with the crystal palace squad at bournemouth tonight, so perhaps he is staying with crystal palace after all. still a few hours to go before the deadline. we will see what happens with that one. branislav ivanovic. he has been a bit of a legend of the club. nine years he's been at chelsea. a couple of premier league titles, fa cups and a champions league winner, and 377 appearances. he joined from locomotive moscow. he is on his way back to moscow, but this time it is with zenit st. petersburg on a free transfer. that's not been confirmed yet but we expect that to be done by the deadline. leonardo are lower, he has been outspoken in the last few days, saying he was promised a moved away —— a move away from the club of possible. —— leonardo ulloa. a last ditch is coming from sunderland.

it that, is arsenal at home in the fourth round. newcastle are also through to the fourth round after beating fellow championship side birmingham 3—1 at stjames' park. matt ritchie put them ahead from the penalty spot, before yoan gouffran doubled their lead just after the half—hour mark. birmingham are still without a win under new manager gianfranco zola, they did manage to pull one back in the second half through david cotterill. but it wasn't enough, as matt ritchie added his second of the night and newcastle's third. they travel to league one oxford in the next round. baroness rachael heyhoe flint has died at the age of 77. one of the finest women's cricketers in a 22—year england career, 12 of them as captain. she was the first woman to be elected onto the full mcc committee. the ecb says "cricket was hugely enhanced by her fearless approach and pioneering spirit." clare connor is director of women's cricket at the ecb. she was a trailblazer and a pioneer for the women's game, you know, the fa ct for the women's game, you know, the fact that her name was so widely kn

lower league sides. newcastle fans endured a nine hour round trip to see their side lose 3-0 to round trip to see their side lose 3—0 to oxford. but the manager back his decision to make ten changes to the starting team. we wanted to do well but it has to be with this squad, with the number playing in the championship, you cannot play two games a week at this level with this intensity. getting back into the premier league is his and newcastle's target and the same goes for brighton and leeds, but what of southern united, who beat garry monk's tim? they go into night's fifth round draw for the first time in the history and four than the competition still means something. from using the prize—money to fix a lea k from using the prize—money to fix a leak in the clubhouse or dream of lifting the trophy for rear —— for real. well, i'm delighted to bejoined now by somebody who played in their share of fa cup fixtures during their career, with the likes of norwich, blackburn and chelsea. chris sutton, thanks forjoining us. first of all, i want to get your thoughts on the team

sets. the first so seven will win. newcastle eagles have won the british basketball cup, beating their arch—rivals the glasgow rocks. the eagles, who are the defending champions, were 15 points up at half time, and held on to their advantage in the last two quarters. 91 points to 83 the final score. so newcastle become the first side to win the bbl cup three years in a row. earlier the manchester mystics won the inaugural women's bbl cup, with a 71—60 victory against nottingham wildcats. that is all. next, is clicked. driving stateside can be liberating. wide roads, big trucks, massive cars, but a desert bottleneck like las vegas can be ever so slightly frustrating. come on! but today i'm driving an audi which has a little extra brainpower under the hood, sorry, bonnet! saw my dashboard down here, i have information about the current speed limit. there you can see as well i'm being told there is a red light up ahead that's going to change to green and about 30 seconds. here we go. the car is connecting to vegas' traffic management centre over ag. it reported position and the

his nerve to take the trophy. newcastle eagles have won the british basketball cup, beating their arch—rivals the glasgow rocks. the eagles, who are the defending champions, were 15 points up at half time, and held on to their advantage in the last two quarters. 91 points to 83 the final score. so newcastle become the first side to win the bbl cup three years in a row. earlier the manchester mystics won the inaugural women's bbl cup, with a 71—60 victory against nottingham wildcats. that is all from sportsday. coming next, meet the author. how much do we still live in tune with the rhythm of the seasons, and why does that matter? in his much admired novels, tim pears has consistently worked to explore our relationship with the land, the old habits, an inherited feeling for how nature works, and maybe to try to rediscover an understanding that could be slipping away. it's one of the themes of his new book, the horseman. set in the west country before the first world war, telling the story of an unlikely and almost forbidden relationship, and the coming loss of innocence. welcom

newcastle and kent county and keep this moving hour by hour. 11:00 a.m., chester county, delaware county, philly county as well starting to see light snow. this is going to be a coating at most. this will certainly not be a whiteout because lot of this is not organized. all of this clearing by 8:00 p.m. here is a look at the snow potential by tomorrow 9:00 p.m. we're seeing less than an inch for the entire region. westchester under an inch, philly under .50 inch. voorhies seeing a light amount of snowfall total, along with allentown. this is light snow moving through. a sign that it is, winter. temperatures will be seasonal. mid to upper 30s but we'll be warming up by sunday into monday. coming up in the full forecast we'll talk about what to expect by the second half of the weekend into mlk day. back to you. >>> all right. also this evening, thousands of patients in delaware victims of a data breach. >> their medical records are at risk. police are worried people don't know their information has been compromised. nbc 10 delaware bureau reporter tim furlong explains why. new at 5:00. >>

gp in newcastle for more than 35 years. good morning. thanks, julie. life saver. cheers. the nhs is under huge financial pressure. gps like mike are at the sharp end, making decisions about where the money is spent. good morning, surgery, julie speaking. the surgery has more than 5,500 patients. donna has back problems and suffers from depression. it got to the stage where i didn't want to be here and i wanted to be rid of myself. when they said that was useless, i thought, "what is the point?" the first tough call of the day. the drug that works for donna being rationed because its price has rocketed. we're being strongly encouraged by the people who run the health service not to prescribe this. the plan then for the next four weeks is i keep supplying you with it, if i get struck off, it will take them a few years and i'll retire any way. after losing eight—and—a—half stone, donna needs surgery to remove the loose skin. that counts as cosmetic. i will put in an application, because you just told me you felt suicidal. i will have to full in an ifr, an independent funding requ

beating championship leaders brighton. oxford united knocked out newcastle. chelsea, manchester city, middlesbrough and arsenal are all comfortably through. but spurs had to rely on a very late stoppage—time goal to beat league 2‘s wycombe. action from all the games is on our website bbc.co.uk/sport. rangers are back up to second in the scottish premiership after beating motherwell 2—0 in a heated game at fir park. there were also wins for kilmarnock and stjohnstone. one of the country‘s best known jump—race horses — many clouds died today shortly after winning a feature race at cheltenham. the 2015 grand national winner had just beaten the favourite thistlecrack to win a warm—up for the gold cup — the cotswold chase. but he collapsed and died moments later. british boxer lee selby was close to tears after his ibf world title fight was called off because his opponent failed to meet fight requirements. meanwhile carl frampton still tops the bill at the boxing spectacular in las vegas tonight. the northern irishman is defending his wba world featherweight belt in a reâ€

, newcastle and the lowla nds north—east, newcastle and the lowlands of scotland, and northwards, it should be a sunny crisp day for you. down south, it should be grisly and unpleasant and that will continue into sunday and even monday to be honest is looking pretty great as well across most of the uk. the week ahead will be a mishmash of weather. from sunny too rainy or the other way around. that is it for now. hello, this is bbc news with me, reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 8:30pm: chanting: no hate, no fear - muslims are welcome here! president trump's decision to order a temporary ban on all refugees entering the united states has been met by strong opposition from a number of nations, including iran. human rights groups have begun legal action to challenge the executive order. meanwhile demonstrations are taking place atjfk airport in new york, where some travellers have been detained. the prime minister has signed a deal to develop turkish fighterjets, which is worth more than £100 million. well, the united states is responsible for the united states' policy on refugees and the u

news." >> thank you. >>> the delaware state fire marshall says that last night's fire in newcastle was set on purpose. it started at 11:30 last night at the newcastle apartments. and someone started the fire in one townhouse and that spread to two more nearby. the damage is estimated at $300,000. >>> 6 abc is teaming up with the philadelphia fire department to raise awareness about fire safety. the 25th year for 6 abc save a life an important effort kicks off now at a luncheon at the philadelphia fire academy and that is where katherine scott is standing by with more. >> reporter: hi rick, the program and luncheon are underway now, as luck would have it karen rogers is up at is the podium now talking about fire safety initiatives. the key here in fire safety and prevention. once again 6 abc teamed up with firefighters to help save lives. this morning 200 fire departments were picking up precious cargo, 10,000 smoke alarms, part of 6 abc save a life. >> the firefighters will then distribute them to families and businesses in their own communities. >> we can't prevent all fires, we w

in closer a lot of what is pushing in through newcastle county and chester county and berks county is highlighted in a dark shade of gray, a light snow shower and very little impact on the surface. this brighter band in berks has a chance of putting down a coating. and we see visibilities generally improve to the west and that is an indication that the snow showers on the way are probably breaking apart. i'll allow for a flurry and a couple of snow showers and fairly low impact and a coating of snow if you are driving around in this stuff today and you start to see affect on the roadway you slow it down. tonight a warm front comes through triggering additional precipitation in the northern suburbs. the rain is forming behind the front as temperatures rise tonight that is good because any snow would change over to rain. true but there is a period where there is a transitional zone of rain and for that reason we have a winter weather advisory posted in northern areas where we think the freezing rain chance exists. it starts at 6:00. and places like quakertown and pots down and maybe sou

you are seeing is what is in chester county and newcastle county, very broken pattern precipitation and probably just producing flurries or light snow, again i don't expect this to be a big impact. i wouldn't cancel travel plans and it puts the coating on the roads you do slow it down. the bigger issue is later ton where north of philadelphia you see precipitation fill in and the models push it back to 8:00, 9:00 or 10:00. for a while it's cold enough at the surface for the rain to freeze up and becoming freezing rain, the worst type of winter precipitation. be careful driving in north bucks and northern montgomery and the lehigh valley and points north until you get the warm up and you can change the freezing rain to straight rain. there is the winter weather advisory that kicks if at 6:00. and doesn't expire until 2:00 in the morning in the poconos. and gradually gets better between the hours of 10:00 and 2:00 a.m. do be careful tonight in the northern areas though. temperatures now, we are getting close to above freezing in philadelphia if we get rain here we expect it to be all

for this mail diary two margin. in the north, a different story. newcastle, edinburgh, aberdeen, all these places enjoying sunshine. look out for those a/c stretches. sunday evening, a dampest not wet evening across many areas of england and wales. not in newcastle, which should stay dry. the weekend ahead is changeable. on pillars and wellingtons, but also some sunshine on the cards. not on monday. it is looking grey across the uk. a little bit of rain on and off as well, particularly western and southern areas. double figures in the south. when tuesday, finally that milbury reaches northern parts of the country also. could be heavy for a time. look at these temperatures. it has been a while since we have seen 12 celsius, 12 or 13, maybe. on wednesday, bit of rain in the south—east and anglia, a bit of an eternity in the north—west, but overall, it is not looking back. —— bad. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 9:30pm: chanting: no hate, no fear - muslims are welcome here! demonstrations are taking place at new york'stk airport, where travellers have been detained fol

to the ground and it's snowing. this is developing across newcastle county in delaware more than anywhere else for the first area. the main area of snow covers much of pennsylvania and west virginia and eastern ohio. we're all going to pretty much see that later this evening. as you can see, it will take a couple hours to really crank up here. the temperature goes down at the same time. so any of this snow starts sticking on untreated surfaces. in the middle of the night that's when it gets heavier. the darker blue is indicating a little bit heavier snow. there's not a huge storm, it's moving fast. it has limited potential. it's also if the timing's pretty good for us. most of it is going to be falling before 5:00 a.m. certainly in pennsylvania and delaware. and it's going to be ending by about 6:00 a.m., even at the shore. which could get that burst of snow right around 5:00 in the morning. i'll be back to talk more about the snow totals and also about the saturday threat for parts of area coming up in a few minutes. >> all right, glenn. the streets department says it has 50,000

that a house fire in newcastle was set intensely. it happened in newcastle and spread to two other houses nearby. no one was hurt and the damage is estimated at $300,000. >>> new surveillance video shows a bold clerk fighting off this armed robber last night in newcastle, delaware when the employee at time-out liquor refused to hand out cash and then he climbed over the counter and the clerk stood his ground and the robber ran out without anything. >>> and now k-9s will have an extra layer of protection thanks to students in burlington county. they started a charity kevlar for k-9 that raised nearly $5,000 and they presented a symbolic check to the k-9 units and each vest costs $1200. >>> very cool lets get a check of the traffic on a thursday night. gina is back in for matt in the traffic center with the latest for the commute home. >> we are starting off with a lot of problems right now, here is a look at the big picture, an accident in upper merion on gulf road at trinity. and slow speeds on the vine 8, and 17 on the schuylkill and 17 on the blue route. on the blue route an acci

. someone intentionally start adfire inside a shed in newcastle. that fire then spread to two neighboring homes. everyone was able to get out safely, but now six people don't have place to stay. now, to a pair of developing stories overseas. three bodies have been recovered after an avalanche plowed into a mountain hotel in central italy. 30 were believed to be trapped inside. the avalanche followed a series of strong earthquakes. people inside the hotel sent text messages to authorities saying they were freezing. >>> at least 30 firefighters were killed when a high rise building collapsed in iran. the collapse was broadcast live on television. firefighters had been battling the fire at the iconic plasco building for several hours before it came crashing down. many were in tears as they searched through debris in tehran. >>> pennsylvania lawmakers have been given more time to come up with a fix to the state's i.d. problem. we told you last month the state is not in line with the federal real i.d. mandate. the law sets the standards for licenses in an effort to fight terrorism.

newcastle, milder, though, across many southern and western areas. as we head through the evening and overnight, so it gets a bit messy. there will be areas of rain pushing their way northwards and eastwards, some quite heavy, actually, some quite wet, actually. a period of snow across high ground in particular. the temperatures could dip, late, close to freezing. but for most of us, actually, it will be a frost—free start to the weekend. saturday, then, starts with cloud, with some patchy rain continuing to move northwards and eastwards. behind that it turns brighter, but also with some showers, and one or two of those showers could be wintry up over high ground. it might not be as cold as it has been for most of us, double figures in a few southern areas. that milder theme continues into sunday. we could see an area of rain pushing into southern areas, however, how far north that gets is open to question. the best of the brightness on sunday will be further north across the uk. milder than recently. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and

, but that chilly air holding on for one more day. just two degrees there in newcastle. milder, though, across many southern and western areas. as we head through the evening and night, so it gets a bit messy. there will be areas of rain pushing their way northwards and eatwards. some of that quite heavy, actually, some quite wet weather, and a period of snow up over the higher ground of scotland, in particular. but something a little bit clearer will folllow on behind. temperatures could dip late, close to freezing. but for most of us, actually, it will be a frost—free start to the weekend. saturday, then, starts with cloud and some patchy rain, continuing to move northwards and eastwards. behind that, it turns brighter, but also with some showers, and one or two of those showers could be wintry up over the high ground. but it will not be anything like as cold as it has been for most of us. double figures in a few southern areas. that milder theme continues into sunday. we could see an area of rain pushing into southern areas. how far north that gets is open to question. best of the

57—22 win. a late try from grenoble denied newcastle a win in one of the other two matches in the challenge cup. the french side winning 31—27. elsewhere newport gwent dragons beat russian side enisei31i points to ten. sale sharks are being investigated for a potential breach of concussion management protocol. it follows an injury to back row t] in last saturday's defeat to harlequins, in which he appeared to be concussed, but remained on the pitch for the rest of the match. the rfu have announced a panel will meet to look at the incident. the rugby football league has agreed a deal that will see a new club set up in bradford for the start of the season. the old bradford bulls was liquidated earlier this month after its latest spell in administration. following yea rs of financial problems. the winning consortium was one of four bids to revive the club and their identity is expected to be revealed next week. the two men who were involved in the sparring session that left fighter nick blackwell in a coma have been sanctioned by the boxing board of control. nick wilkins has lost h

. they are now two points clear of newcastle. reading are up to third. they beat fulham. after losing to norway over the weekend, the england women have drawn 0—0 with sweden in murcia. siobhan chamberlain saved a second half penalty. it was the second of two friendlies in spain as part of their preparation for the summers european championship. they lost to norway in la manga on sunday. i think everyone will be happy with how this week has gone. everyone has got minutes and that is fantastic, especially at international level. everyone who has come here has performed and hopefully we can go forward with more match fitness and more sharpness and perform well and get results out of there. joleon lescott is back in the premier league, at the very bottom, he's signed a short term contract with sunderland until the end of the season. the 35—year—old was a free agent, after being released from greek side this aek athens in november. he inks up again with david moyes, he played for him at everton for three seasons. the defending champions, the ivory coast, are out of the african cup o

bright, still cold, only two degrees in newcastle, eight or nine down towards plymouth. through this evening, rain becomes more extensive across england and wales, there will be some in northern ireland and scotland. not just a be some in northern ireland and scotland. notjust a rain in scotland, snow across higher ground, and with the rain comes hill fog as well. with the cloud, the rain, the breeze from the south, most places should be frost free. into the weekend, turning a lot less cold across weekend, turning a lot less cold a cross m ost weekend, turning a lot less cold across most bards, but breezy, outbreaks of rain. we will start the weekend on a wet note, early on saturday morning a fair bit of rain around, moving towards the north sea, drier and brighter conditions developing, sunshine coming in from the west, a scattering of showers as well, maybe a few rumbles of thunder to go with those showers. daytime temperatures doing well, five in newcastle, eight or nine for cardiff and london. saturday is the better of the two days, sunday looks like being quite wet for the

newcastle. certainly turning milderfrom degrees or so in newcastle. certainly turning milder from the south and west through the day. 0nto saturday we have a band of rain moving its way off towards the east, followed by sunshine and scattered blustery showers will stop a bit of a mixed day with temperatures in the south—east around ten celsius. rolling through into the second half of the weekend we will see a frontal system moving into some southern parts of the uk, bringing outbreaks of rain and brisk breeze with, too. staying dry towards the north but some uncertainty about the boundary of that wet weather. a change in the weather through the course of the weekend. eventually things turning milder but we are in for another chilly and potentially icy night night. this is bbc news. the headlines at two o'clock. theresa may heads to the united states to become the first world leader to meet the new president. but donald trump's latest comments on supporting torture in his first interview as president are likely to complicate the visit. as tired as i am concerned we have to fight

street in newcastle city centre has also been closed because of damage caused by the weather. lorna gordon is at the forth road bridge now. the wind over the past 30 minutes has been gusting to just shy of 50 miles an hour. it is causing problems for the engineers trying to remove the lorry from the centre of the forth road bridge. this is the main artery into edinburgh from the north and tens of thousands of cars normally cross every day. but for the past 11 hours it has been com pletely the past 11 hours it has been completely empty of traffic. people having to take a 50 mile detour to get into scotland's capital. not just problems here though because of the weather but elsewhere across the country. in the early hours of the morning strong wind blew over the story as it tried to travel north on the forth road bridge. it happened at around 2am, the lorry falling over onto the southbound carriageway forgot the bridge was closed to hgvs at the time and the driver has been charged with dangerous driving. hours later and the road which links edinburgh to fife would usually have been pa

degrees in newcastle but in the south it will come and go. i don't think it is a complete wash—out. as far as the weaker head is concerned, a bit of rain and sunshine and a mixed bag. —— the week ahead. hello this is bbc news, the headlines at 631. president trump's decision to close the borders to a number of nations, has met with opposition including from iran, human rights groups have begun legal action to challenge the order. the prime minister has signed a deal to develop turkish fighter jets prime minister has signed a deal to develop turkish fighterjets which is worth more than £100 million. the announcement came amid trade talks. this is more than a trade deal, it is part of a deep defence partnership that will contribute to oui’ partnership that will contribute to our overall security. stars, have pay tribute to the axisjohn hurt who died at the age of 77. time to ci’oss who died at the age of 77. time to cross to this bbc sports centre for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday withjess crighton and me lizzie greenwood—hughes. .. the headlines this evening... l

newcastle side also with nine rested players. i think it is fair to say that former england captain alan shearer is not happy about it at all.|j england captain alan shearer is not happy about it at all. i think they are cheating the fans. newcastle fa ns are cheating the fans. newcastle fans travelled 250 master oxford expecting their team to win, and he puts out a weakened team. newcastle have one of the biggest and best teams in the championship, six points clear with a game in hand of third place, so it is very disappointing. not everyone is disappointed. despite 13 premier league clubs in the fourth round making 98 changes to their line—ups, it makes for a more other‘s competition, some think. every team is making changes, notjust the think. every team is making changes, not just the premier think. every team is making changes, notjust the premier league teams. i think it is making the fa cup better, once you get the fifth sixth round, a lot of clubs are playing at home to limit changes, but i think it has been fantastic for the cup that we have seen so many upsets. i am al

the outcome. newcastle falcons produced a stunning late comeback to beat bath 24—22 in rugby union's aviva premiership. bath led by 12 points half way through the second half, but ben harris barged his way over to draw newcastle level less than four minutes from time. man of the matchjoel hodgson kept his nerve to slot home the conversion, and send bath to their third defeat in a row. newcastle move up to sixth. scarlets also came from behind to beat ulster 16—13, to stay fourth in the pro 12. the winning score was a penalty try — scarlets scrum half aled davies was on the receiving end of a high tackle, as he tried to cross the line. elsewhere, leinster beat zebre, and newport gwent dragons beat treviso. this afternoon, sir mo farah is in action at the edinburgh cross country. the four—time olympic champion — who insists he's happy just to be called mo — was surprisingly beaten into second place last year. he's using the event as part of his preparation for the track world championships in london later this year, and admits he'll have his work cut out against some cross co

open, rather than just solely focusing on the outcome. newcastle falcons produced a stunning late comeback to beat bath 24—22 in rugby union's aviva premiership. bath led by 12 points halfway through the second half, but ben harris barged his way over to draw newcastle level, less than four minutes from time. man of the matchjoel hodgson, kept his nerve to slot home the conversation, and send bath to their third defeat in a row. newcastle move up to sixth. scarlets also came from behind, to beat ulster 16—13, to stay fourth in the pro 12. the winning score was a penalty try. scarlets scrum half aled davies was on the receiving end of a high tackle, as he tried to cross the line. elsewhere, leinster beat zebre, and newport gwent dragons beat treviso. tour de france champion chris froome says he turned down the chance, to use a therapeutic use exemption in 2015 because of moral concerns. the exemption allows athletes to take medication would normally be banned, and although froome had used them twice in the past, when given the option two years ago, he chose not to. they basical

and damp. newcastle nights was scotland we have a different feel to the weather here with wintry sunshine on offer. into sunday evening that where weather will clear away towards the east and we are clear away towards the east and we a re left clear away towards the east and we are left with a legacy of low cloud, mist and fog for many. a gloomy start to monday morning. mild in the south—west but increasingly cold as we head north eastwards. temperatures still subzero was a risk of fog and icy stretches. wherever you why readers a great start to the day on monday. remaining the way through the course of the day with light patchy rain working in from the west. the project was the south—west is 11 degrees also, still only about six degrees also, still only about six degrees and towards north—east england and eastern scotland. it in terms of the weather. by the time we reach tuesday a frontal system moves in from the west and it is slow—moving but it will bring outbreaks of rain. temperatures, however, different and we have seen recently. 10— i2 however, different and we h

in a decent position. i think i have a chance to win. newcastle eagles have won the british basketball cup, beating the glasgow rocks. the eagles were 15 points ahead at half—time and held on to their advantage in the last two quarters. 91, —— 91—83 the final score. newcastle become the first tea m score. newcastle become the first team to win it three years in a row. earlier, the manchester mystics won the inaugural women's bb cook. —— pbl cup. 0n the subject of manchester, manchester united have levelled. the zlatan ibrahimovic with a header. it is 1—1. not long left. much more on sports day at 6:30pm. now the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. and we've got one or two things you might have heard of. we are in award season. we have la la land, which everyone is talking about. live by night, the new film by ben affleck. and manchester by the sea, with the standout performance by casey affleck. la la land. you have seen this. you've seen the posters. i've seen the film.

last year, held his nerve to take the trophy. newcastle eagles have won the british basketball cup, beating their arch—rivals the glasgow rocks. the eagles, who are the defending champions, were 15 points up at half time, and held on to their advantage in the last two quarters. 91 points to 83 the final score.

richie scored twice for newcastle as they beat fellow championship side birmingham 3—1. gianfranco zola is still without a win after seven games in charge of birmignham. and shane long scored the only goal of the game, in the 90th minute, as southampton beat norwich. real madrid have lost again — after going a0 games unbeaten they have been beaten twice in four days, celta vigo winning the first leg of their copa del rey tie. over in italy, chesena came from behind with two late goals to beat sassuolo in the last 16 of the coppa italia. lazio‘s beat genoa and will face internazionale in the quarterfinals. at the africa cup of nations, the hosts gabon are still looking for theirfirst win of the tournament after being held to another 1—1 draw, this time against burkina faso. they had to come from behind as well. pierre—emerick aubameyang equalised from the penalty spot. in the day's other game, cameroon came from behind to beat guinea—bissau 2—i. ed harry reports. for the hosts, the equation is simple. they will be quarter—finalists if they beat group leaders cameroon o

. just two degrees there in newcastle. milder, though, across many southern and western areas. as we head through the evening and night, it gets a bit messy. there will be areas of rain pushing their way northwards and eatwards. some of that quite heavy, actually, so quite wet weather. and a period of snow up over the higher ground of scotland, in particular. but something a little bit clearer will folllow on behind. temperatures could dip late, close to freezing. but for most of us, actually, it will be a frost—free start to the weekend. saturday starts with cloud and some patchy rain, continuing to move northwards and eastwards. behind that, it turns brighter but also with some showers. and one or two of those showers could be wintry up on the high ground. but it will not be anything like as cold as it has been for most of us. double figures in a few southern areas. that milder theme continues into sunday. we could see an area of rain pushing into southern areas. how far north that gets is open to question. best of the brightness on sunday will be further north. across the uk, milder

appropriately on dorset‘sjurassic coast, before moving to birmingham, glasgow, newcastle, cardiff and other locations. and this is what replaces dippy. the skeleton of the blue whale, hung from the ceiling to give the impression of it diving, of it being a living species that needs protecting. but today, it's all about dippy. for those feeling a little sad about the departure, there are tentative plans to recast the diplodocus in bronze and place it in the museum grounds. but for now, it is goodbye. the train drivers union has said it is splitting a six—day strike splitting a six-day a six-day strike on southern railway next week into two three—day stoppages. drivers will walk out next tuesday, wednesday and friday — and then again later injanuary — because of a long—running dispute about who should open and close train doors. our correspondent sarah smith is in crawley in west sussex i suppose, isuppose, sarah, the i suppose, sarah, the first question is, while the union is saying it is three strikes with one day off in the middle, it's actually four days because the trains will

outcome. newcastle falcons produced a stunning late comeback to beat bath 24—22 in rugby union's aviva premiership. bath led by 12 points half way through the second half, but ben harris barged his way over to draw newcastle level less than four minutes from time. man of the matchjoel hodgson kept his nerve to slot home the conversion, and send bath to their third defeat in a row. newcastle move up to sixth. scarlets also came from behind to beat ulster 16—13, to stay fourth in the pro 12. the winning score was a penalty try — scarlets scrum half aled davies was on the receiving end of a high tackle, as he tried to cross the line. elsewhere, leinster beat zebre, and newport gwent dragons beat treviso. this afternoon, sir mo farah is in action at the edinburgh cross country. the four—time olympic champion — who insists he's happy just to be called mo — was surprisingly beaten into second place last year. he's using the event as part of his preparation for the track world championships in london later this year, and admits he'll have his work cut out against some cross country

alternate. and a couple of spots where emergency construction is giving us issues, in newcastle, right lane is out of commission because of work on 141 southbound at 13 that is out there until friday afternoon. look for delays in newcastle the next few days. and new jersey look for emergency construction in gloucester city off the walt whitman bridge on 32 southbound, single digit speeds you may want to head into new jersey by the franklin or commodore barry bridges instead. >> thanks matt. >>> she was abducted from a hospital just days old and raised to adulthood. still to come on "action news" you hear from the now 18-year-old young lady of how she feels about the woman now facing criminal charges for kidnapping her. >> the sixers continued to be a force on the court. ducis rogers has more on the team's win streak and a live report from the wells fargo center. you see that slam adam? >> i did. it looked nothing like you. and feeling nothing like winter around here. under lock and key in northern parts of canada as well as alaska. we'll talk about a warm stretch in the seven-day forecast.

place to run and bike in delaware to tell you about. new trails along the canal in newcastle county opened today. it marks the completion of a continuous trail, which runs more than 14 miles from delaware city to chesapeake city maryland. >>> now, to the transition to donald trump. >> steve harvey made a visit to trump tower today. he posed for photographs with mr. trump. harvey says he was there to discuss inner city housing initiatives. >> i've always been concerned about inner city problems because they're huge. my mentoring program has been a part of this. that's what i want to see happen. >> harvey called today's meet ing with the president elect successful. and mr. trump is once again dismissing a document alleging russia has damaging information about mr. trump called the document fake as he has for the past several days. the president elect appears to be turning his attention to a new justice department probe of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. he tweeted this morning, what are hillary clinton's people complaining about with respect to the fbi? based on the informat

encouraging news there. now damage to two homes in newport newcastle county are so bad the buildings are condemned. a large tree fell late last night hitting both of them and the destruction is in the back of the houses in forest brooklyn neighborhood. the action cam was in newcastle address first responders helped drivers to safety and two cars became stranded on airport road near the sheridan hotel. they said they drove around signs warning about the high water. a mess as you can see the storm is out of here now and this is largely a gray day as we get a check of the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist, adam joseph now at the big board. >> the low pressure is now south of long island the nor'easter take on a spin around and take time. it's severely wound up with the heavy rains and it slowly migrating to the north and east. some of oaraped by the last few bans of the nor'easter with aouple of showers pulling in from ocean county and burlington county and trenton and mercer county still a couple of showers here but this will continue to pull to the north and east as we go through the

scene overnight here at the newcastle point town homes. we were here today for the clean up. the fire marshall says there's $300,000 worth of damage and six people need to find someplace to live. >> i'm mad, i'm angry. >> reporter: mike had a tough time talking to me. he said he wishes he could have saved his most prized possessions. >> there are pictures and things like that that my children and family members -- >> i don't have a clue. >> reporter: antoine is trying to figure out why the house he shares with his 17-year-old son was targeted. he's lived there 20 years. he hadn't had a problem until three weeks ago until somebody slashed his tires and now this. two guys he believes destroyed his home and those of his neighbors he says. >> may god have mercy on you. >> reporter: in newcastle nbc 10 news. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist erica martin. while conditions are dry right now, weather headlines include tracking rain showers through tomorrow. the p.m. commute for friday. we expect a system moving in from the southwest to the northeast. it won't be a washout, but certainly a co

. and extra heavy from the betsy wrong bridge. and a crash at mill road at bethel road and in newcastle emergency repair work on 131 southbound at 13, the right lane is blocked and expect delays in newcastle as well. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, philadelphia's rat problem seems to be on the rise, city goers react to the not so great ranking coming up at 4:30. >> why many mom and pops are optimistic about their financial future with a new administration taking effect on friday. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which is why we created something that needed to be done. internet that doesn't make you wait. introducing instant internet. the only 750 meg internet available to millions, with uploads as instant as downloads. you can download a video just like that. or upload your photos like this. or download a software update just like that. or this. or that. this. this. or this. so you can go crazy with 100 devices if you want. most people don't even have 50 meg speeds. this is 750. and say hello to less lag time. yes! stop c

day for oxford, but they didn't hide from the light of newcastle, they thoroughly outclassed the side, 3—0 it finished, a lesson for whoever they face, you need to be bright if you go to oxford. here's a quick rundown of some of today's other cup matches now and in the all premier league tie at selhurst park manchester city came out on top against crystal palace. after this brain pass from alex oxlade—chamberlain. not quite such a good finish but it went in just. danny welbeck help turn his england team—mate theo walcott cruyff third minute and humanist before half—time. he then went on to add two more for his hat—trick and arsene wenger had to manage from the stands as this was the first of his four—game touchline ban. 5—0. yaya toure's free kick adding to earlier goals from raheem sterling and others, sam allardyce isjust one win in eight since taking over as palace manager. it is the same old story and you can't keep conceding goals and certainly the first two goals were preventable. that is my big task, to stop the players from playing like they play, but giving

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