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Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Gordon Burns and

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Ranvir Singh. Our top story: At top story trouble at the top.

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Doctors are one of the region's biggest hospitals has balloted on

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the way it is run. We have an exclusive report that

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all is not well at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral.

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The teenagers who swap gifts for sex. Report on the increase on so-

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called grooming. I felt nice and I had friends. It felt right at the

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time. Trending, the birds who are

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tweeting on Twitter. And a burly's got talent. We

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introduce the little girl with a huge voice who has shunned the TV

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talent shows. -- Burnley has got talent.

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Also tonight: Toll on his carrying the torch for the sports desk.

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What happens when you are a favourite for Olympic gold in BMX

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cycling but you crash out in the final? You get back in the sacking

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-- on the saddle and get ready for 2012. Join me when Shanaze Reade

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recycles her dream. But first, we have exclusively

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reveal that doctors at a Merseyside hospital are so concerned about the

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way it is being run that they have August the ballot to engage the

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depth of feeling. Concerns about Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral

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include allegations that managers want to move services away from the

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hospital against the wishes of doctors and that there is a climate

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of fear there. Our reporter Andy Gill is outside

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Arrowe Park Hospital. Tell us about the concerns senior medical staff

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have at the hospital. They are often grumbles within the

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NHS. It is an organisation would change happens a lot. It is unusual

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for doctors to take this kind of action. Morale I am told is very

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few low here. There are concerns to move vascular surgery from Arrowe

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Park Hospital here to Chester. There is no decision based on that

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yet but the doctors feel so strongly about it that that is one

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of the issues that they are being balloted on. There is also a

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feeling amongst doctors here that of the speak out too much against

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management decisions then the cat - - they could face a disciplinary

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hearing. We have been told there is a climate of fear here. We

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understand that Dr -- family doctors have their own concerns

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that there changes happening here which the senior hospital doctors

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are not happy with. You mention the ballot their by

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doctors. Tell us more about that. My understanding is that the

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consultants have organise their own ballot to gauge the depth of

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feeling here. It is important to stress this is not a formal vote of

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no confidence in the chief executive of the hospital board.

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But the ballot had three questions on and one of the questions related

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to whether the senior doctors here believed that senior management

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listen to their concerns properly. My understanding is that this

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ballot is underway now but summoned some doctors have already voted.

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What is the hospital's response to this?

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Arrowe Park Hospital is run by an organisation called Wirral

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University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It is said it is

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an active dialogue on a number of issues with the Medical Board. That

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is the doctor's body here at the hospital. It also says that the

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disagreement on issue -- critical issues. Staff need to have the

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disability -- the ability to have their say. People have a longer

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journey time to hospital and they would have better outcomes to

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treatment. On a disciplinary matter, it follows national NHS guidelines

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on disciplinary matters. It can begin with presents - mobile

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phones, close and alcohol. Soon there is a demand for something

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more, sex. This is what is known as sexual exploitation are grooming.

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In the last six months they have had more than 570 cases, some

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children as young as 13. Today the mother of a victim told her story

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to a Conference to highlight the issue.

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We can assure you their names but on this wall there are 29 young

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girls. 29 children in Preston a loan that police believe are being

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sexually exploited. How worried are you about these

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children? We're very concerned. Some of them are very young. You

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are talking about 13 years old and upwards. It was at 13 that this

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girl was targeted by a group of men. They pick me up by texting made and

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we would go out and drink. And we would do his stuff off. She was

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being given alcohol, cigarettes, credit for her phone in return for

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sexual favours. Police found she was groomed by over 10 men aged 18

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to 28, some married. But like many victims, she did not realise she

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was one. I just felt nice, I had Vernes. -- I had friends. It is

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this that makes it harder for the police teams to help and talk to

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victims. It takes social workers and nurses to speak to them. We are

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looking at two or three times a month, Friday evenings. In my view

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as a result of that we will get further cases to investigate.

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the last six months, cases of child exploitation in Lancashire have

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risen by 54%. There have been more than 570 new cases referred. Some

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victims are especially vulnerable. Greater Manchester Police yesterday

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arrested 12 men suspected of luring girls in care in Stockport his

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expertise. In Lancashire, police say around 90% of victims love with

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a run family. Many run not on the street but through the internet. --

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many victims live with their families. This is following an

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allegation by a 14-year-old girl. We are in a run-of-the-mill family.

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Across Lancashire Police say offenders are mainly aged between

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20 and 40. There have been high profile cases of Asian men grooming

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white girls in the North West and here in Preston there are a

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disproportionate number of Asian offenders. But police say across

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the county 80% of offenders are white. It is important to emphasise

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that offenders come from all areas of to the community. It would be

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misleading to focus on one group. This women shared our experiences

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with police and other agencies today to plead with them and

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parents to pick up warning signs. Make sure you know that they are

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safe. If you feel at all that they are not, then act upon it. Do not

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be frightened that you will be judged as a parent. Her daughter

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has now moved out and is then a steady relationship. Prove that

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with help, children can break free. More news stories from around the

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North West: Unemployment may have fallen nationally but it has risen

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here in the North West. The number went up by 30,000 to 277,000

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between February and April. That is over 8% of the working population.

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It is the biggest rise in unemployment in the country.

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Nationally, unemployment fell by 80,000 over the same period.

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The English Defence League founder Stephen Lennon has been charged

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with assault following a demonstration in April. The 28-

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year-old has been built and is due to appear before Blackburn

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Magistrates next week. Two men from the Manchester area

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have been arrested in Devon over a plot to kill Joss Stone. They were

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arrested near her home yesterday morning. Detectives have confirmed

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they are investigating a suspected conspiracy to rob and murder.

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Cancer patients and Cumbria being treated at the brand new centre at

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the Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal from today. Charities raised

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�170,000 to provide equipment there. Patients previously had to travel

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to Lancaster or Barrow. Calls to The Samaritans in one part

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of the North West have risen by 20%. Money problems and John it -- job

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uncertainties mean thousands more are needing their support.

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Volunteers at the Manchester centre and will cost across the region and

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say they are worried that cuts to other services could stretch their

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resources to the limits. Ma does not want to be identified

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but says he turned to The Samaritans last year when financial

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worries coincided with a breakdown and family relations. Everything I

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valued and wife completely fell apart. -- valued in life. I felt

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alone with nowhere to go and no hope. He was one of 22,000 people

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who turn to The Samaritans in Manchester last year. It was an

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increase of more than 20% on the year before. Because the centre

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never closes the take-off from across the region. She has worked

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as a sonata for more than 15 years. She says there has been a

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noticeable shift. -- as a Samaritan. People are worried about jobs. That

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impacts on every part of the life. Some people are finding it

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difficult to work. Here they are not just dealing with telephone

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calls, they are also dealing with face to face chats. Volunteers are

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working around the clock and there is concern that soon that that will

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not be enough. With further cuts coming and job losses, even the

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voluntary sector is not immune to the cuts, we could possibly see an

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increase in people Colling organisations like The Samaritans.

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Mark now works as a Samaritan because he says they saved his life

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and with more and more calls coming in, he wants to help make sure

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there is always someone there to listen.

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Still to come: Going for gold on her bike. We follow Crewe's bagel

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and pickle for BMX glory in London. Join me in Manchester were some

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Peregrine's have taken the plunge to Twitter.

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It was June 15th, 1996 when a peaceful sunny Saturday afternoon

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were shattered by the IRA bomb which destroyed Manchester's city

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centre. The quick, Pam actions of 20 police officers met 8,000

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shoppers were moved to safety. On this day, 15 years ago, this was

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the image the went around the world, defining the terror defined by the

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blast. It was a life-changing moment firmly Sam and her son Sam.

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They are happy -- they are here with us today. First to the sun. As

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I covered the troubles in Belfast, I know how terrifying it is when a

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bomb goes off. What is your memory of that moment? Sheer panic.

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Everyone was very calm on the day. We did not think the bomb was going

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to explode. All this sudden, there was this massive bang and just

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sheer panic. People screaming, glass breaking around us. The noise.

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It was just complete panic because if when a few seconds, Sam was

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screaming in his pushchair covered in blood. What was going on in this

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picture? There was some confusion for you. We were on this day when

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the bomb exploded. It was the implosion that cost the pains of

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glass to shatter. Sam was picked up by my husband out of the pram and

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then the security guards came. He took some and passed him to me.

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Then he took a more of May -- then he took some away. I had to me and

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my hands covered in blood. Then this guy is running away into

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crowds of people. Because me quite What did you think? I do not really

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remember it. It looks like a different person. My mum looks very

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distressed. You still have some scars that don't you? It changed

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your life didn't hit? I never got back into the pace of things. Have

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I was a career woman. Everything changed for me, nothing seemed

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important. The only person he was important was him. I gave up work.

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I went back part-time after my second child. Were you terrified to

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go back into Manchester? I did not go back foray long time. Sam opened

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Marks & Spencer when he was free year-old -- 3. We did not going to

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Manchester. What about your future Sam? I'm going to college,

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hopefully I will go to the University of Manchester. I want to

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do something with music. Not a top job at Marks & Spencer?

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Thank you for talking to last. -- talking to us.

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If you think tweeting is something for birds, this story brings the

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Twitter phenomenon full circle. Peregrine falcons in Manchester

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have $500 on Twitter. -- 500 of followers.

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The moment a Peregrine falcon chick takes its first flight in

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Manchester. All four of chicks have the now left the nest. They like to

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nest in high places, they are proving successful. They are like

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pigeons, they are quite slow, quite easy to chat -- to catch.

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Following the Peregrine falcons is quite difficult. They have set up a

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high-powered binoculars. You can have followed the chicks on Twitter.

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There page has attracted 500 followers. There is a camera that

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faces the nest. It takes stills. People like to watch it. He would

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not see anything like that in Manchester it. -- you would not see

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that. The addled Peregrine's have nested in Manchester for six years

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on their be run. They will be gone before the end of the summer.

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Great stuff. Now the sport. We are going to be talking about the 2012

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Olympics. The emphasis is on London, but many competitors we making

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their preparations up north. Some lucky viewers will have

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tickets. There are 70 venues across the north-west which will be used.

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Even Bury FC are going to host a training session. The Australian

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swimming team will be based up the road.

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It could be Korea defining for many athletes first -- Korea defining.

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We are going to focus on showers Naze Reade -- Shanaze Reade. She

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crashed in Beijing, she says it is all behind her.

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By her own admission, it took months to recover from. In a letter

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no serious physical injuries, but much more psychological. She no

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longer dwells on it. Not really, it is something in your back -- if it

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is in the back of your mind there is no point. My last focus is

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always the Olympic Games. I think that had a negative effect.

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will not be short of facilities, as well as a brand new indoor track,

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she combined a coaching with an outdoor one in Birmingham. She is

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competing here in the European Championships. You have that the

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British crowd behind you, the number count is going to be amazing.

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My family get to see its, it is going to be great. My mum is coming.

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They will see the start from crude -- from Crewe.

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Good luck Titian days reads -- Shanaze Reade. Days after the

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signing of Jordan Henderson Paul Liverpool, Maxi Rodriguez has said

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he would like to go back to his old country. He scored two hat-tricks

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in three games. He has been linked with his former club, Newells Old

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Boys. Lancashire paceman James Anderson

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is set to regain his place in the England cricket team tomorrow. The

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man known as the Burnley Express missed the last Test match. He is

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expected to start. Finally a quiz from me. The biggest

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event in America has the north-west connection. It is the Stanley Cup

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final. Is that to do with Accrington Stanley. It is the

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Stanley Cup. It it should have been presented by Lord Stanley. He was

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from Preston. Now the weather.

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Any let up in the rain? Any let up in the rain?

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Yes and No. We have seen some very lively downpours. It was very vocal.

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The high pressure has not changed very much. We are under the

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influence of low-pressure coming in. We have a crafty little

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troublemaker coming. We are in foray rough ride -- for a rougher

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ride. A spell of wet and windy weather. We saw some a lovely warm

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sunshine this morning. It did spark off some very lively showers. But

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the rest of the night, it will stay mostly Jie -- mostly drive. It is a

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lunar eclipse tonight. We may catch a glimpse of that, some clear

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spells. By the end of the night, some showers across the coast. 7-8

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degrees. The showers will be coming in tomorrow. There will be an army

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of them as be going to the afternoon. Some thunder. A couple

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of areas that could escape the showers, Cumbria, may be some parts

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of Lancashire. Lively showers, quite slow moving. Friday, it may

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start dry, but in the afternoon a bit of a washout. Some strong winds,

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it may feel cool. Thank you very much.

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Singing stars are getting younger. You may have seen the American girl

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Jackie Evancho, she was on the American TV, a little dark with a

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very bigger boys. -- a little girl. It does not seem if humanly

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possible to do that. Simon Cowell believes there is no one in the UK

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to match her. Well, they may just be. Grace O'Malley from Padiham has

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a voice that could make her a hit. a voice that could make her a hit.

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Her mother says there is no way she will be doing that. She was happy

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just raising money for local charities.

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At first glass there is no one -- nothing to set Grace O'Malley apart

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from her classmates. That is until she opens her voice. I have been

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singing since I was about two-year- old. I love singing front of people.

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I sometimes make people cry. has only just turned or 13. She has

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the police are a mature woman. -- voice. She has raised there are

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thousands of pounds for local charities. The fact she's a girl

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with a boy so the woman would make an ideal candidate Bob Britain's

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Got Talent. Her mother has said the know. At the end of the day you

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only get one charted, if she wants to be a professional singer she can

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wait till she gets older. Supposing Simon Cowell rang up and offered

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you a contract? I do not think I would go down that road. I want to

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be a normal child. If the family are so opposed to have been over-

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exposed, how come she's on our programme. They did not get in

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touch a last, if a friend he did. They only agreed she could be on

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the programme to publicise a charity concerts. -- a charity

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concert. To make sure she does not go the way of other child

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performers, they will make sure she does not be too much, too young.

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