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Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Gordon Burns and | :00:04. | :00:09. | |
Ranvir Singh. Our top story: He preyed on those he was meant to | :00:09. | :00:15. | |
protect. Now this hostel-manager- turned-loan-shark goes to jail. | :00:15. | :00:25. | |
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Also on in the programme. The ground the ground breaking lung | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
transplant that gave his young woman her life back. Amazing, | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
completely different. I can breathe. It is so different. The Daleks are | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
on the move, but why? We'll be catching up with this one later in | :00:39. | :00:49. | |
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the show. And the school with six sets of twins. And we are alive in | :01:01. | :01:09. | |
Windermere. Richard has been watching some swimmers. | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
I was tempted for a swim. What about that for a backdrop. We shall | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
be talking to some of the hardy souls that have taken on the | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
challenge today. The manager of a private hostel for | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
vulnerable adults in Manchester has been jailed for 14 months after | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
admitting exploiting them as a loan shark. Winston Mills charged | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
interest rates of up to 50%. One of his victims was filmed handing over | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
her entire benefits payment to him immediately after collecting it at | :01:36. | :01:45. | |
the post office. Stuart Flinders reports. | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
Winston Mills claimed to be providing a service. As a judge | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
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told him today, he was exploiting the vulnerable. Winston Mills was a | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
house manager at a house full football adult. He was meant to be | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
looking after people with drink, drugs and behavioural problems. | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
Instead, he took advantage of them, lending them money at extortionate | :02:12. | :02:20. | |
rates. On one occasion, he filmed accompanying one of his victims to | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
the post office. Immediately after collecting benefit payments for | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
herself and her bedridden mother, she turns to Mills and hands it all | :02:26. | :02:32. | |
over to him. He returns a small amount to see her through until her | :02:32. | :02:42. | |
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next benefit payment. He was at the particular flat to be there to help | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
and assist. They were particularly vulnerable adults. That has come | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
out in court today. He just abused that position. He started running a | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
loan sharking business. When his flat at the hostel was raided, | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
around �500 in cash was found hidden under a carpet. A list of | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
names and loan details was also there. The judge at Manchester | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
Crown Court told him today, you were in a position of | :03:07. | :03:14. | |
responsibility. You ruthlessly exploited the vulnerable. Mills was | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
sentenced to 14 months in prison. Doctors at a Merseyside Hospital | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
say plans to move some services will affect some of the sickest | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
patients in the area. North West Tonight has seen a copy of a letter | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
from consultants at Arrowe Park Hospital outlining their fears. In | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
it, they say removing vascular surgery from the hospital will turn | :03:31. | :03:37. | |
it into a second rate centre. The trust which runs Arrowe Park says | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
it's seriously considering the doctors' concerns. Andy Gill has | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
this exclusive report. Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral has | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
a well regarded vascular surgery department. Operations involving | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
veins and arteries. But managers here plan to move part of the | :03:53. | :04:02. | |
department to the Countess of Chester Hospital. We have seen the | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
copy of a letter written by consultants in which they lay out | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
in detail how they think patients will be affected if Vascular | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
Surgery moves. Earlier this week, the trust which runs the hospital | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
told us that the move would only affect 150 patients annually | :04:21. | :04:28. | |
treated at the hospital. Now a letter obtained by North West | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
Tonight shows just how worried the Wirral doctors are. It says: "The | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
vascular surgeons performed 326 major vascular related operations | :04:35. | :04:44. | |
last year. We challenge the notion that the impact of the proposed | :04:44. | :04:54. | |
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move would be relatively minor. These are amongst the sickest | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
patients in the Trust. The consultants say that scenario makes | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
their job impossible for those significant number of patients with | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
renal and arterial disease. This will ensure that we become a second | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
rate centre. Wirral Hopsital Trust said doctors accept the need for | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
fewer and better vascular centres. Discussions are ongoing on how best | :05:12. | :05:22. | |
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to achieve this without reducing the quality of care. | :05:23. | :05:24. | |
Police investigating the disappearance of the Ulverston | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
student William Appleby have recovered a body from a canal. Last | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
seen early on Sunday morning in a Bristol nightclub, William didn't | :05:32. | :05:38. | |
appear on Monday and failed to catch a bus home to Ulverston. A | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
formal identification is yet to be carried out. William's | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
disappearance is not being treated as suspicious. | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
A Lancashire police officer is to appear in court charged with drug | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
dealing. 24-year-old PC Thomas Hatton, who was based in Blackpool, | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
is charged with intent to supply cannabis and anabolic steroids. | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
He's also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice, and | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
offences related to the disclosure of police information. He's due | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
before magistrates in Liverpool next month. | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
A dispute about how pupils' behaviour is dealt with at Darwen | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
Vale High School has been resolved. In April staff went on strike, | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
claiming management had failed to support them in dealing with bad | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
behaviour. The headteacher was suspended and new behavioural | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
policies were introduced. Unions have now say they're confident the | :06:25. | :06:31. | |
school will soon recover from the recent troubles. | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
Cheshire Police have set up an account on auction site eBay to | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
sell off criminals' assets online. Under the proceeds of crime act the | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
public are allowed to purchase the items - the funds raised from the | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
sales will be shared between the Home Office and the Cheshire | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
Constabulary. Items currently for sale include a flat screen | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
television, a games console and a vacuum cleaner. | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
As you may know, we'll soon be saying goodbye to these studios | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
here on Oxford Road in Manchester to move to our new home in Salford. | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
So on Sunday, we have a special programme on BBC1 about the history | :07:08. | :07:15. | |
of this place. Ranvir has more details. | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
On Sunday we'll be looking back at some of the television programmes | :07:18. | :07:28. | |
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made here including Life on Mars, Top of the Pops and It's a Knockout. | :07:30. | :07:40. | |
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In a moment, I'll take you on a guided tour of the building. First, | :07:48. | :07:58. | |
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Mark Edwardson's been looking at some the shows made right here. The | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
Yard is really quite busy. They are filming the follow-up to waking the | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
dead. Life on Mars - the fictional story of Manchester police officer, | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
Sam Tyler who, following a car crash, is sent back to 1973 where | :08:23. | :08:33. | |
he meets hard bitten DI Gene Hunt. An instant success and a source of | :08:33. | :08:40. | |
envy for one of Greater Manchester's most notable actors. | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
am not going to speak about it. They should have given me a role in | :08:44. | :08:53. | |
it. Fantastic performances. Great drama. It all started with a sod | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
cutting in 1972. And it wasn't long before some of the decade's most | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
popular shows were being made at what's officially known as New | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
Broadcasting House. Amongst them, It's a Knockout with double act | :09:03. | :09:13. | |
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Stuart Hall and Eddie Wareing. had some of the greatest fun I have | :09:15. | :09:24. | |
ever had in my life. When the speeded-up, he went quicker. He | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
took out the German, he took out the French, he took out the Dutch. | :09:28. | :09:38. | |
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When he came round again, there was nothing in his bucket! In its | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
heyday Top of the Pops was watched by 15 million viewers every week, | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
all of them eager to find out who was at the head of the hit parade. | :09:46. | :09:56. | |
The show started life on New Year's Day, 1964. They decided to put Top | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
of the Pops in Manchester because they could not bear it in London. | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
Anything they did not want to do in London, they slung up to Manchester. | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
Fast forward to the 1990s and one of the biggest TV hits of the | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
decade was the BAFTA award winning Royle Family. The show's co-creator, | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
Caroline Ahern had earlier appeared as the inimitable Mrs Merton, a | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
very ordinary chat show queen with no-nonsense approach to celebrity | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
interviews. What first attracted to you to the millionaire, Paul | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
Daniels? With other top-rated and long established shows such as A | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
Question of Sport and Mastermind amongst those still being produced | :10:29. | :10:36. | |
at Oxford Road, MediaCityUK has a very hard act to follow. Just some | :10:36. | :10:42. | |
great nostalgia. And you can see in the reception, an old bit of kit, | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
an old microphone from the 1950s. This is lovely in reception. There | :10:47. | :10:55. | |
is a beautiful exhibition. This is our friend, Dalek. Doctor Who was | :10:55. | :11:05. | |
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not made here. But plenty of shows are. On Sunday at 5:30pm, we have | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
Auntie's Northern Soul. It is a great programme. I will be back in | :11:11. | :11:21. | |
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the studio in a minute. Still to come in North West Tonight. The men | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
that made the Lancaster bomber reunite to say a final farewell as | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
BAE's Woodford site prepares to close. | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
Double trouble. The tricksy twins, who've been leading teachers a | :11:33. | :11:43. | |
merry dance at this Stockport school. | :11:43. | :11:51. | |
IMA Princess. A young woman has made medical history in Manchester | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
after a ground breaking lung transplant. Becky Jones had a | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
series of complicated infections caused by Cystic Fibrosis but | :11:57. | :11:59. | |
surgeons decided to go ahead with the operation at Wythenshawe | :11:59. | :12:08. | |
Hospital. Elaine Dunkley has been to meet her. | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
Becky Jones has spent the last three weeks in hospital recovering | :12:11. | :12:21. | |
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and reading about celebrities and today she feels like one. Amazing. | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
Completely different. I am a different person. I can breathe. It | :12:26. | :12:31. | |
is so different. I am walking with no oxygen. I can do anything I want | :12:31. | :12:37. | |
now. And it's no surprise this is a world first. A lung transplant made | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
even more complicated by these- fungal balls growing inside Becky's | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
lungs on top of that a host of nasty infection which had build up | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
resistance to treatment. If she did not have a transplant, she would | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
not be with us in two years' time. It was either have a goal and try | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
and do it as best we possibly could or left to drift downwards over the | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
next few years. It is like a new lease of life. It is fantastic that | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
she has done so well with this transplant. It all was a bit of a | :13:09. | :13:17. | |
shock. I was a bit oblivious to it all. Becky can soon go home and | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
like most 20-year-olds, she's already planning her busy social | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
life. I can travel again, I can go | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
shopping again, I can go to college. I can just go to lunch at the drop | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
of a hat with my friends. Previously, I would have to plan | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
weeks in advance. More groundbreaking science now because, | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
tomorrow on the Isle of Man, locals will have a chance to see the | :13:42. | :13:45. | |
future of space transportation. One of companies based there Excalibur | :13:45. | :13:50. | |
Almaz is working on two space stations at their hangar in Jurby. | :13:50. | :13:52. | |
They're opening up their doors tomorrow to the public. Sarah | :13:53. | :14:02. | |
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To space stations and aid vehicle. They are not in Russia but they are | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
here in a hangar on the Isle of Man. Excalibur Almaz is a space | :14:11. | :14:17. | |
exploration company based here. Our goals are to take people in | :14:17. | :14:25. | |
cargo to space. In orbit. This is no low earth orbit and come back | :14:26. | :14:29. | |
but it is laps around the planet. The stations will undergo rigorous | :14:29. | :14:35. | |
testing. The Isle of Man offers 80 % tax rate for space related | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
companies here. 12 house -- 12 have taken advantage. | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
We had an independent survey carried out and they estimated that | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
in the next three years, the company is based on the Isle of Man, | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
their turnovers would exceed �3 billion. | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
Lucky children had a chance to meet a space cosmonaut who spent six | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
months on the international space station. | :15:02. | :15:11. | |
Our planet is so big, so huge. When you are up and far from our planet, | :15:11. | :15:18. | |
the space is so huge, so large. Walking around the hangar with | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
these two macros base stations behind me, it is easy why a report | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
was published saying that the Isle of Man was the third favourite to | :15:27. | :15:34. | |
put the next person on the moon, with 12 space stations based here | :15:34. | :15:43. | |
and a zero % tax rate to encourage more. | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
Jurby is the place to be this weekend. | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
Now with one swimming legend and 10,000 hardy swimming enthusiasts, | :15:48. | :15:57. | |
here's Richard Askam with the sport live from Windermere lakeside. | :15:57. | :16:03. | |
Thank you. Some stories are a real pleasure. Have a look at this. This | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
is the Finnish point for the Great North Swim. 10,000 swimmers this | :16:06. | :16:15. | |
weekend, the biggest outdoor swimming in Britain. You have to go | :16:15. | :16:22. | |
under the arch, up this ramp and get towels and so on. Two miles. | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
There are still some stragglers out there. These are the shops from the | :16:26. | :16:35. | |
first wave that went off. Serious swimmers. You will recognise Duncan | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
with the hooter, setting everybody off. Duncan himself has done the | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
slim as well. We will be speaking to him later on. Before this, I | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
can't believe I'm saying first! The new football season seems that | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
bit closer this evening after the fixtures were published. Premier | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
League champions Manchester United start away at West Brom. Liverpool | :16:57. | :17:00. | |
host Sunderland. Everton are at Spurs and it's Blackburn-Wolves. | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
All our other sides play promoted All our other sides play promoted | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
teams. It's Manchester City-Swansea, Wigan-Norwich and QPR-Bolton. The | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
Premier League kicks off on August the 13th. You can see all of the | :17:12. | :17:19. | |
Well one of Super League's glamour fixtures takes place tonight and | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
both St Helens and Wigan go into their clash at Widnes' Stobart | :17:22. | :17:26. | |
Stadium knowing victory will take them to the top of the table. And | :17:26. | :17:28. | |
as Nina Warhurst reports, the great rivals both have reasons for | :17:28. | :17:37. | |
wanting revenge. Good Friday turned bad for the | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
Saints went Liam Farrell's last- minute try snatched a win for the | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
Warriors. Before that, it was Wigan left smarting after surrendering a | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
lead with 15 minutes to go to draw in February. They might not be | :17:52. | :17:55. | |
local lads but both coaches are well aware of the local | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
significance. Obviously, we have been very close | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
in many of our games. It will be a tough game for us. | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
Time in possession and a good kicking game. All of the basics of | :18:07. | :18:15. | |
rugby league will be on display. You know, it is a game that I am | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
sure the fans are looking forward Those fans are expected to fill | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
every seat, not in St Helens or Wigan but here at the Stobart | :18:23. | :18:29. | |
Stadium, home to the Vikings. They take a place in the Super League | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
next season. Judging by previous performances, I | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
would have thought it would go with an's way. | :18:39. | :18:44. | |
I think it will work for them as underdogs. | :18:44. | :18:51. | |
They are the nearest to us. If it was at Runcorn, I would have to | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
vote for Runcorn. Both teams were held to a draw with | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
some be roaming the wet conditions. There may be clouds looking | :18:58. | :19:05. | |
menacing tonight but the fans won't be looking for any excuses. | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
And whichever side you support you'll get full match commentary | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
from Widnes tonight on either BBC Radio Merseyside or Manchester. | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
Well after last week's narrow defeat at Old Trafford, | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
Lancashire's cricketers are gunning for Roses revenge in the Twenty20 | :19:17. | :19:24. | |
return match at Headingley tonight. Let's talk about the swimming again. | :19:24. | :19:30. | |
People have come from all over the country. | :19:30. | :19:36. | |
It was hard. Cold. I need a glass of wine. | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
Harder than I expected. I got cramp halfway round but it was beautiful | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
in the water. Better than I expected. | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
A nice two mile swim. You can't beat it. It is my wedding | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
anniversary so I am going on the town now. | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
One man who completed the swim was Olympic swimming legend, Duncan | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
Goodhew. Welcome. A what a backdrop for a slow and! | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
How did you find it? It was great. The first lap I | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
warmed up, the second lap I got around. | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
I would imagine you did! What do you make of this event and how it | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
has grown? 10,000 people over the weekend. | :20:21. | :20:28. | |
Brilliant. It has been a real challenge to get around two miles | :20:28. | :20:34. | |
for them. It has taken the best part of two hours for them. That | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
shows you how swimming is a sport for anyone who wants to have a go. | :20:38. | :20:44. | |
I know this is a sloppy question but is it not a bit chilly? | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
I tell you what, when I was competing, no way I would have got | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
into this water but I have toughened up a bit! With the wet | :20:52. | :21:02. | |
suits, it makes a huge difference. I went to the Salford swim, it was | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
quite a bit colder. I put on two hats and I was OK. | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
All right don't come, Thank you for joining us. | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
And if the Great North Swim's inspired you to get involved and | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
get swimming, there's lots more information on how to get involved | :21:18. | :21:26. | |
at bbc.co.uk/bigsplash. From Lake Windermere, back to you. | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
Thank you. Duncan never looks any different. | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
Such a good bloke. It was where they built the | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
Lancaster Bomber, the Vulcan and the Nimrod spyplane. BAe's Woodford | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
plant has a distinguished past. Tonight, staff past and present | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
will come together to say a final farewell. After almost 90 years, | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
the site's about to close for good. Our Economics Correspondent Jayne | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
Barrett joined some of them a little earlier to share memories at | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
the end of a proud era. Squadrons of bombers... | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
The Lancaster bomber. The very name a symbol of wartime defiance, built | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
at Woodford. At the club which takes its name, | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
today they came together to reunite and reminisce. Countless years of | :22:08. | :22:14. | |
service between them. 31 years. I was here for 30 years. | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
Just under 40 years. It will be sad, I am sure. | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
There are people that I will probably never see again. That is | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
the way it is. The RAF says goodbye to an old | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
friend. One was going out that end of the | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
room and the other was coming out the other. They did a fantastic job. | :22:37. | :22:45. | |
Later, during the Falklands war, the Vulcans played a crucial part. | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
We were working 24 hours a day. Some people didn't go home. They | :22:50. | :22:57. | |
slept in the offices. We felt we we are making it happen. | :22:57. | :23:03. | |
The end of the Nimrod spy plane spelt the end of Woodford. | :23:03. | :23:10. | |
It has been about enthusiasm. When you walked across the car-park, | :23:10. | :23:13. | |
when an aeroplane came over, everybody stopped and looked. We | :23:13. | :23:16. | |
had a high level of them but it was an aeroplane. | :23:16. | :23:21. | |
It all ends next Thursday. This final farewell is likely to go on | :23:21. | :23:31. | |
into the early hours. There is a lot to remember and celebrate. | :23:31. | :23:34. | |
Goodbye Lancaster. You have served us well. | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
I know they are watching at the party so good luck to you. | :23:38. | :23:48. | |
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Good evening. With the weekend, very similar to what you had last | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
weekend. Quite an unsettled weekend. Cloudy with lots of showers and | :23:53. | :23:59. | |
rain at times. This morning we promised you plenty of rain. That | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
rain hasn't quite appeared everywhere else but the north-west | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
since we have had some really good spells of rain fall this afternoon. | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
That is slowly moving in our direction and it will slowly decay | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
as well. Patchy light reigned through the evening. Into the | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
overnight period, it may be appear from time to time as heavy and | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
persistent rain with a lot of cloud under that rain with a brisk wind | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
from the south. We are in for a mild night with temperatures mostly | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
in double figures. We start off tomorrow damp. That rain continues | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
to ease North. Hopefully, leaving behind some bright spells in the | :24:38. | :24:43. | |
southern part of the region. Maybe some patchy light rain in Cumbria | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
and the Isle of Man. Lives of 16 Celsius. Miserable fortune. Sunday | :24:48. | :24:55. | |
is another cloudy day. Lots of showers expected. Brisk winds | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
blowing the showers away, leaving us with a dry and bright afternoon | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
for Sunday. Heysel 16 Celsius for Sunday and very low temperatures | :25:05. | :25:13. | |
Now, one Stockport school has come in for a large dose of double | :25:13. | :25:19. | |
trouble - six sets of twins, three of them identical. | :25:19. | :25:23. | |
The twins at St John's Primary are aged from four to 10 - and all of | :25:23. | :25:30. | |
them like playing tricks. Rachel Foley went to meet them. | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
Selling identical twins apart can be a real game. It is even harder | :25:34. | :25:37. | |
at the school with three sets of them. | :25:37. | :25:45. | |
My teacher doesn't know who we are. I'm a friend kissed her and she is | :25:45. | :25:51. | |
Joanna. Sometimes we go to the teacher and | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
my brother goes end of the table. What is the best thing to do to | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
confuse Teachers? Swap places. | :26:01. | :26:11. | |
How do you do that? With tricks like those, no wonder | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
teachers looking out at this sea of faces have trouble knowing who is | :26:15. | :26:17. | |
who. There are many twins in school and | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
it is quite interesting figuring out their names. I had two twins | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
this year in my class and now I have four children who are twins in | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
my class. It is becoming a pattern at the school. | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
This course is to attract twins. They also have three sets of non- | :26:35. | :26:39. | |
identical twins as well. What is the best thing about being | :26:39. | :26:46. | |
a twin? If you have a two-player game, you | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
have someone to play with. It is fun because you have got | :26:51. | :26:56. | |
someone to play with. There is always somebody to step up | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
for you. We get to go high on the swings. | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
If you thought six sets of twins was enough for any schools, another | :27:03. | :27:11. | |
of the local mums is pregnant and you can guess what she is having! | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
Cheeky but cute! We had Allan Carr on the programme | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
last night and he said he thought Stretford Mall was going to be | :27:19. | :27:23. | |
knocked down. Well, Allan if you're watching, don't worry. The owners | :27:23. | :27:27. | |
have been onto us and they say it definitely isn't. So no need to | :27:27. | :27:32. |