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Plenty of evening sunshine, but patchy cloud affecting the coasts initially will steadily drift inland overnight. Winds staying light.

Minimum Temperature: 10 to 13C (50 to 55F).

Tomorrow a fairly murky start, but through the day, the cloud will lift and thin, to allow for some good, sunny spells for most. Feeling warm away from the coast.

Maximum Temperature: 20 to 23C (68 to 73F).

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Scientists from Durham University think they've come up with the answer to the age-old question that has been puzzling scientists - why is the planet Uranus so cold?

They have theorized that it was knocked on its side by a massive object twice the size of earth during the formation of the solar system about four billion years ago.

Debris from the impact has trapped the heat in the planet's core, lowering the temperature to more than -200C..

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Up to 300 jobs could be created if plans to build a 92-bedroom hotel are given the go ahead by Durham County Council's planning committee, it has been claimed.

Work to demolish the brutalist 1960s Milburngate House, which used to house Durham's passport office, has almost been completed.

Hotel chain Premier Inn has put forward an application for the site, which it claims would create up to 300 jobs and boost the city's economy.

However, there have been objections from local residents and the City of Durham Trust over the appearance of the proposed hotel, as well as parking and transport issues.

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Residents living near a Teesside golf club have objected to plans to introduce new floodlights.

Middlesbrough Golf Club (pictured) has submitted an application to install five LED 560-watt floodlights along the top of the club's existing single storey driving range building.

But Coulby Newham residents, whose houses back on to the Brass Castle Lane course, have objected to the plans which they say will effectively floodlight their back gardens.

However council officers have recommended that the plans be approved.

In a report, to be considered by Middlesbrough Council's planning and development committee, officers said both the Hawkstone and Astbury estates are in an elevated position from the golf course.

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Smoking rates in the North East have nearly halved since 2005.

Smoking among adults fell from 17.2% in 2016 to 16.2% in 2017, according to the Office of National Statistics.

The fall means there are about 500,000 fewer smokers in the region, as smoking rates have fallen by over 44% since 2005 when 29% of North East adults smoked.

Ex-footballer Derek Bell was abused between the ages of 12 and 16 by former coach George Ormond.

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RNLI lifeguards rescued four people including a 12-year-old girl on Sunday.

The girl was 30m out to sea from Sandhaven Beach in South Shields and had swam into unsafe conditions past red and yellow safety flags.

RNLI lifeguard Luke Dixon noticed the girl was caught in a rip current and immediately launched the rescue board to assist along with lifeguards Tom Spencer and Aaron Curle.

Three male swimmers had tried to get to the young girl but also got caught up in the current, and all four swimmers were pulled 100m out to sea.

The lifeguards towed the swimmers back to shore where they were treated for cold water shock. The girl was taken to hospital as she had swallowed a lot of water.

The RNLI have advised that if you get caught in a rip current to stay calm, float on your back and raise your hand and shout for help.

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Eldon Square has been reopened after being evacuated for a time after a major water main burst in Newcastle.

The burst on Scotswood Road affected large parts of Newcastle and Gateshead with supplies disrupted or customers suffering low pressure.

The evacuation at Eldon Square (pictured below) was because of the effect of the loss of water pressure on the sprinkler system.

Diversions were set up between Scotswood Bridge and B&Q.

Northumbrian Water has now said the burst has been isolated and water would be returning to properties as pressure builds.

Helen Westerman, from the NSPCC, described former youth football coach George Ormond's abuses as "absolutely shocking and sickening".

She said he "systematically abused" the boys and then "silenced them through threats, through blackmail, and telling them that their football career could be jeopardised".

Ormond "used his position of power" to abuse 18 boys and young men between 1973 and 1998, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

The 62-year-old had denied all charges but was convicted of 35 charges of indecent assault and one of indecency.

At the end of the six-week trial, he was cleared of two further charges.

Ormond will be sentenced later this week.

It can now be revealed that George Ormond had a previous conviction for abuse.

The 62-year-old has today been convicted of a string of sexual abuse offences over 25 years.

In December 2002 he was jailed for six years, after being found guilty of 12 indecent assaults and one attempted indecent assault.

The offences, relating to five boys under the age of 16, had taken place between 1975 and 1999.

At the time, the judge described him as "a predatory abuser of young boys".

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Former youth football coach George Ormond was a "predatory paedophile" who shattered lives, a senior detective said.

The 62-year-old has been convicted of a string of sex abuse offences spanning more than 20 years.

He was brought to justice because the scandal of sexual abuse in football hit the headlines two years ago and because of the bravery of victims, Det Supt Mick Paterson of Northumbria Police said.

He also admitted Northumbria Police may have missed an opportunity to catch Ormond earlier in the 1990s but he insisted procedures were better now.

The officer leading the investigation into the abuse carried out by George Ormond has described it as "very difficult".

George Ormond "used his position of power" to abuse 18 boys and young men between 1973 and 1998, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

The 62-year-old had denied all charges but was convicted of 36 offences following a six-week trial. He was cleared of a furher two charges.

Det Supt Mick Paterson (pictured), from Northumbria Police, said: "We don't have CCTV, we don't have fresh forensic evidence, we are relying upon people who have been very damaged by the abuse.

"They've gone into adult life and been haunted by what's happened to them by somebody when they were very young in a position of trust."

Northumbrian Water says it has isolated the burst water main on Scotswood Road.

It says water will return to properties slowly as pressure builds.