here s louise lear. hi there. we quite literally have had everything bar the kitsch sink so far this march. it is often nope as the transition from winter into spring and it can be turbulent so i want to start off with a snapshot of newcastle throughout the week, this could be any city across the country, and look at this roller coaster ride. today mild wet and windyer tomorrow the cold air is set to return, we could see further wintry showers and then mild wet and windy by the time we head towards the weekend. what an earth is going off? well, at the moment this is frontal system is the dividing line between very mild and very windy weather down to the south and some what colder with a northerly component returning and pushing down from scotland, that is going to move steadily southwards as we go through the remendser of day. yes it is rain and snow, across scotland, at the moment, it is a showery mix, some of the showers sharp, across england and wales, and northern ireland
somerset for a midweek jumps meeting. everyjockey somerset for a midweekjumps meeting. everyjockey will use one of these, it is basically a foam padded whip used to encourage sea horses to move forward, to hurt them and crucially for safety to keep them in a straight line. they have been restrictions on how this can be used for years but now the maximum number of times a jockey can use a whip in ajumps number of times a jockey can use a whip in a jumps race without incurring a ban is seven. 11 over is this qualification and to more prominent races, the penalty is double. ~ prominent races, the penalty is double. . . , , , double. we change the rules because ultimately we double. we change the rules because ultimately we want double. we change the rules because ultimately we want the double. we change the rules because ultimately we want the jockeys - double. we change the rules because ultimately we want the jockeys to - ultimately we want the jockeys to think more carefully abou