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Good evening. Welcome to a special edition of NorthWest Tonight. I'm

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here at the Olympic stadium in London to find out just what's in

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it for us. And Happy Campers - I'm in one of the 73 Olympic training

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camps all around the region. Join me to size up just who is in town.

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Meet Junior! Come on, I can take it! And I'm Ranvir Singh in

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Manchester. The other headlines: Arrested on suspicion of murder -

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the 72 year-old shopkeeper in hospital after a robber's stabbed

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to death. And tell us the truth - the mother of a Hillsborough victim

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welcomes the release of secret government papers. It's just 366

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days until the opening ceremony will get underway in that stadium

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over there and the athletes from all over the world congregates for

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what really is one of the greatest shows on earth. But the Olympics

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aren't just about sport - and according to the organisers down

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here today - they aren't just for the people of London or the South

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East. They say that the whole country will benefit and tonight we

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are attempting to show you how. Come back to me shortly for more

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but first back to Ranvir in Manchester. First tonight: a 72

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year-old man remains under arrest tonight following a fatal stabbing

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at a florist's in Greater Manchester. Cecil Coley is

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understood to be the shopkeeper. A group of men were apparently trying

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to rob the shop last night. One of them was stabbed to death. Mr Coley

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was also hurt and taken to hospital, where he was put under arrest. Our

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Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, has been following developments in Old

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Trafford. Sunflowers reflect bright summer sunshine, giving an

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impression of normality this suburban street. But today was far

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from normal here. A man was stabbed last night during a disturbance

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inside the local florist shop. He died outside in the street. I saw

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one guy shouting on the phone and a guy on the floor with people

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crowding round, so I called an ambulance and perform CPR. What

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state was he in? He was dead. year-old was also hurt during the

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scuffle. He was named locally as Cecil Coley, the shopkeeper.

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Relatives were left bewildered by what happened. He's a good man. He

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is always helping people, he would do what he can for people like he

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did for me and my family. It More bewildering for them was the fact

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that, while in hospital, Mr Coley was arrested on suspicion of murder.

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The man was arrested as a result of what officers found at the scene

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and what has been suggested from the investigation, which will be

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ongoing. Can you tell us anything about the man who died? Not at this

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time. It would not be appropriate. It is too soon to speculate exactly

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what happened in that shop last night, and how the dead man came by

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his injuries. But police did reveal that a 19 year-old man turned up at

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hospital last night with stab wounds. He was arrested on

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suspicion of robbery. And a gun was found in the area. Police are

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trying to establish whether it's connected with the incident. Only

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last month a householder was arrested in Salford when a

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suspected burglar was fatally stabbed in his home. He's now been

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released without charge. Meanwhile, inquiries into the Trafford

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incident are continuing. NHS managers have decided they want

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Manchester Royal Infirmary to take control of Trafford General

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Hospital. The hospital's being taken over by a larger trust,

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because it's too small to be viable on its own. Wythenshawe Hospital

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had also been bidding to run it. The takeover should be finalised by

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next April. I would assure patients that the high quality of care they

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are already receiving will continue. There will be benefits in being

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associate with a hospital with greater Infrastructure for those

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specialist, complex procedures that places like teaching hospitals

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perform. More than 250,000 jobs could be created in Greater

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Manchester by a high speed rail link to London, according to a

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report out today. It was commissioned by a group which

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represents the eight largest city economies outside London. One of

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the region's biggest hospitals has been closed to visitors after an

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outbreak of norovirus. Managers at Arrow Park Hospital in the Wirral

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say the ban will stay in place until Monday. The virus causes

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vomiting and diarrhoea. A plan to move Lancaster's indoor market into

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the city museum has been scrapped. The idea was put forward to help

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secure the market's future and cut debt. But councillors have rejected

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the move and will now consider alternatives. The families of

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Hillsborough victims have welcomed the will and that the Government

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must release papers about the tragedy. It follows a Freedom of

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Information request by the BBC. 96 Liverpool fans died in a crush at

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Sheffield Wednesday's ground, in 1985. An Wilson -- Anne Williams is

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one of the relatives who have been fighting for what they see as

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justice for 22 years. Her son Kevin was killed at Hillsborough. She

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says a witness saw him alive after 3:15pm. Yet the inquest wouldn't

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hear evidence of what happened after that. The coroner ruled all

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victims were dead by then. Anne's hoping the release of cabinet

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papers will shed light on what the government of the day thought.

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me, it is one big can of worms, and I want to know where it all started,

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whether it was through the cabinet meetings she had. Hopefully, it

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will bring out the truth. The then prime minister Margaret Thatcher

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visited Hillsborough the day after it happened. Many families believe

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the government wanted to deflect blame from the police on to fans.

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The official inquiry blamed a failure of police control. A panel

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chaired by the Bishop of Liverpool is already examining thousands of

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public documents on Hillsborough. One MP says it's vital its work

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isn't overshadowed by the cabinet papers release. The release of the

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Cabinet papers should not detract from what the panel is trying to

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achieve because they are looking at the bigger picture and the Cabinet

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papers are only a small part of the overall jigsaw puzzle. The files

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covered by the ruling include reports presented to Mrs Thatcher

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and minutes of meetings she attended. The Government has 28

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days to appeal the information commissioner's decision. If it does

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not, it has to release the papers Back to Gordon now. You have a

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great vantage point. I believe you got much closer today. Yes, you are

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right about the vantage point. If we moved to the left, you can see

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the apartments where all the athletes will stay. Then, to the

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left, the basketball centre, and then, the magnificent Velodrome.

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But you are right. I managed to get inside. It was not easy, but I did

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manage. All of the buildings look fantastic. There is a lot of work

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going on still, as you would expect, lots of diggers, cranes and

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builders around, but the buildings themselves look splendid. When I

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got to the aquatic Centre there was the amazing sight of TV presenters

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spreading the word across the world. When I went into the aquatic centre

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itself, I was gobsmacked. The pro looked absolutely splendid, and the

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seating went high up into the Skype. -- the prole. -- the pool. That is

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all very good for London, and well done London. What do the Olympics

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mean to the North West? It's over 200 miles away, and for some people

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in the region, the Olympics could be on another planet. Or could it?

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Arif Ansari has been looking at the impact the Games will have here and

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explains what if anything could be the legacy? MUSIC: London Calling.

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The promotional video is pretty clear - these are the London Games.

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A study by Nottingham University six years ago said regions like the

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North West would actually lose money as public investment is

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redirected towards the capital. There might be a business in

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Salford, or a hotel in Cheshire that benefits. Overall, money will

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be sucked into London during the process of the Olympics. No doubt

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that Lee Valley and London will do extremely well, but the rest of the

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country will do badly. But we're still paying for it. The total

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budget for delivering the Games is �9.3 billion. �1.2 billion is

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coming from London taxpayers. �2.2 billion from the National Lottery.

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And �6.0 billion is coming from taxpayers in the North West and the

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rest of the country. The government sees that as investment. It depends

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how you cut the figures. All of those figures, the �6 billion, have

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gone to suppliers in the UK, based across the regions. So is the

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region winning or losing? It is not going to benefit Blackburn, and it

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is not going to benefit me in any way. In the North of England we are

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just going to watch it on television. But they're already

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handing out the medals in Wigan. This is a fit club for overweight

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children. One of several projects in the region to have been awarded

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an "Inspire Mark", basically an Olympic badge, and the kids have

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been down to visit the new stadium. It gives you help and inspires you

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more than what you would do. I they have tried and succeeded, so why

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can't you do it? It is clear that the Olympics is making a big

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difference do lots of people here, but critics insist that it is still

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not enough. -- deference to -- difference to. If you're asking

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"what's in it for us?" As far as revenue goes, quite a lot, it seems.

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According to the North West Development Agency 251 businesses

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in the region have won 451 games related contracts. That equates to

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�100 million of business benefit. But not everyone is a winner. Nina

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Warhurst now on North West sporting enterprise. In a warehouse in

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Widnes, so a special coating is being added to their steel fauna

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statue in the Olympic village. is exciting to be involved in the

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Olympics the river. Elsewhere in the north-west, the Breakfast of

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Champions is being prepared. How important is this company's new

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contracts to feed Olympic athletes from the British boxing and cycling

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teams? It is massive, not just in terms of kudos, but in financial

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terms it has been fantastic and it has a knock on effect on all master

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suppliers. Tomorrow, this will be feeding all our Olympic hopefuls.

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And the benefits will be felt long after the closing ceremony for

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companies in the north-west. In Manchester, still has been supplied

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to the main stadium, and in St Helens, the aluminium for the

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aquatic Centre roof was put together. This has used contractors

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from all over the country. Billions of pounds has been spent across the

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UK, not just in London but all over the UK. Businesses across the

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north-west are being told to aim high and make sure that they win

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their own bite of the Olympic action. Join me later when we'll be

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meeting two athletes at the pinnacle of their sports. She is

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already a world champion and European champion, it is a

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brilliant gymnast, Beth Tweddle. Ranvir. Back to Gordon shortly, but

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first, the Olympic Games will attract athletes from all over the

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world. Many countries will have their training camps near London -

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but many teams have already decided where they want to be and that is

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in here in the North West. Including one camp in Liverpool,

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from where Tony joins me now. Hopefully, a bit safer, were lovely

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from that punchbag! - well away from. There are big medal hopes and

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there are big medal hopes. Take this fellow. He's a super

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heavyweight. And I'm not just calling him "super" to be nice.

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There are 73 official Olympic training venues around the North

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West, including the Rotunda Boxing Club here in Liverpool where these

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Tongan fighters hope to make their base. More in a moment but first

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let's have a look at the pick of the stars and the places putting us

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on the Olympic map. The Thorpedo, Ian Thorpe, Is coming here to make

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his preparations along with all the Australian swimming squad. They a

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promise to pass on tips to locals. They and one of the biggest

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swimming nations in the world with one of the biggest teams and it

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makes sense to have the best teams coming to the best facilities that

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the UK can offer. The University of Central Lancashire is doing his bit

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for RTE -- archers and cyclists from six oceanic Nations. We're

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providing medical needs and sports science knees. Some athletes coming

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here have not had access to that and some athletes coming here have

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not had access to top-level coaching. We are providing athletes

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with world-class coaches, throughout the region. And expect

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standing room only at the basketball centre in Chorlton, when

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the Americans come to play a couple of show matches. It seems fitting

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that we're going to be hosting the best players in the world. We have

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aspired, over the past 10 years, to be the best in British basketball,

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certainly at junior level. The kids are very excited about it. The main

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event is in London and tickets are like gold dust, but for once-in-a-

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lifetime, stars of 2012 will be on your doorstep. These teams will be

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vying for gold in the Olympics. This is something we can all be a

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little bit excited about with the world's best coming to the north-

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west. Coaching the fighters from Tonga here in Liverpool is Damian.

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Why are you here? Week were asked to put together a proposal to see

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if people would come to Liverpool to do some boxing training and the

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team from Tonga came over last week. They are comfortable learning,

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coming from a German, in Tonga where they might have a square room

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with three bags in it. They are coming on in leaps and bounds.

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much better are the facilities here than at home? Much better, we just

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have a few bags, just like he said. Two people in the gym, and it is

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full. How is lovable helping Your Olympic dream? The great bowl

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because the coaching and the facilities are far better and

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hopefully through that I can have a chance to show my skills in the

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ring. I felt the weight of junior's punches. He has got a good chance.

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What does he do for the legacy of the Games in Liverpool? Last

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Saturday we went to Livingston Square and their were to a given to

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the poll standing around watching the lads training. People are

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embracing the Olympics. It is great. Good luck, and I hope you reach the

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Olympics, junior. For most Olympic hopefuls, the first job for the

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next 12 months is to qualify and make the GB team. Heywood's open

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water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne is the first home competitor in any

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sport to confirm her place in London and she's been talking about

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her excitement to our Olympics reporter Steve Parry at the World

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Swimming Championship in Shanghai. Keri-Anne Payne, One year to go on

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sale the Olympics, you have got to be excited. Yes, to qualify one

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year in advance is amazing. I can just focus now on training rather

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than on trials. There will be more trials next year in London, but I

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have qualified, I have done what I needed to do. How does it change

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your focus because it is Orly tours a day or on the train from

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Manchester to London and you're going out all of those home

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supporters cheering for you. have so many people cheering for us,

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when the Galway to other countries, people cheer for China or Australia,

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but for once, to be cheered by hundreds of thousands of people, it

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is when to be brilliant. -- it is going to be believed. Hopefully,

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the rest of the team will get there as well! That's all from Liverpool.

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I believe you have been talking to a few Olympians yourself? I have

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been chatting to one or two, but one in particular. I am talking

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about Beth Tweddle, the brilliant gymnast. She has been a world

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champion three times and European champion six times, so can she now

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become an Olympic champion? The celebrations today were Centre on

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Olympic Park but also in Trafalgar Square, where I caught up with Beth

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Tweddle and asked if being in London amid all this hype brought

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home the exceed that of the games to have. Yes, it is great to be a,

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to be part of it, with the crowds around Trafalgar Square. It brought

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it all to life. The fact that it is in London is a lifetime experience.

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You have been two Olympic Games before. Just try and explain what

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is special about the Olympic Games that makes it better than any other

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competition to compete in? happens every four years. It is the

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dream of every Gatwick to be part of the Olympics. With it being in

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London it is so close to home, it is the closest you going to get to

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having an event this big on your doorstep. How much would winning an

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Olympic gold medal in London mean to you? I am not fussy on the

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colour, any medal would be nice, to finish my career. I want to look

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back in 10 years' time and know that I tried for the Olympic medal,

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rather than wishing that I had. have got three gold medals and six

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European medals, we just walk them all for an Olympic one? I would

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swap one or two of them just to have that Olympic medal tucked away

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with the rest of the collection. think about you just turning up,

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but there is a matter of qualifying, yet, isn't there? That has not

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happened yet. Everyone is getting excited about 2012 and asking me if

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I have got my ticket, but I still have to qualify, and the process

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starts in October in Tokyo. We have to take a backs there and focus on

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that before we can look forward to 2012. -- take a back step. All your

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friends and family will want to be a touch you yawn. And they all got

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tickets? There are a couple of tickets floating around with some

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of them but they have not got as many as they wanted, so we will

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have to see what we can get our hands on, near the same. We wish

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you well with your preparations. Thank you very much. -- near the

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What about getting close to the action? What about getting to the

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then use and two venues like Old Trafford where the football will be

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taking place? Are we able to see how much interest there has been as

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regards tickets in the north-west? The organisers could not give me a

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regional breakdown. 2 million people across the UK applied for

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tickets. 700,000 of them was Max accessible. I went out and about in

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the north-west to ask if they had been interested and got tickets.

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son has tickets for the Olympic Book of. You had to show interest

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before they became available, which is what I did, but I did not get

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tickets. Did you apply for Olympics tickets? And why not? Because it

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was such trouble getting them, and I just wasn't bothered. At the the

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pounds, it is a full day out. would be nice to go to, but I have

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not bothered, to be honest. For all those people who have got tickets

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coming to the venues from the north-west, it is going to be a

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costly experience. Yes, if you live in London you can pop along for

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next to nothing, but if you come from the north-west you have got to

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think about transport, food and accommodation, which is never cheap

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in London, so some people are saying that the organisers have to

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think about it how they are going to cater for people coming from the

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regions to the Games. It sounds boring, but it is the essence of it.

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There is no point in having cheap because if you cannot bring your

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family to London and get back home. In the next few months we're going

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to hear a little bit more about ticket prices and ticket timetables

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that will enable good to come from the north-west, to London, and get

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back to the north-west, maybe in one day. There has been this huge

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charge or tickets. Are there any left? You might get a chance with

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another million going on sale next -- towards the end of this year,

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including the football at Old Trafford, but in London you are

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probably limited to freestyle wrestling. Do you fancy that,

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Gordon? Not sure that at, Stuart. Here in London, the weather has

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been reasonable, but we're going back to north-west to get the

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picture. Bay and returns with the weather on Monday. We are sorry to

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lose Kai, who has fitted in Max Orwell. It has been great to be

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We have seen clear, sunny skies this morning. Cloud increasing into

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the afternoon. But the lines Shearer that sunshine has been

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across the Isle of Man and western coasts. -- the lines share of that

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sunshine. It looks as if you could draw a line and this period of

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cloud and rain is across Northern Ireland at the moment. It will be

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moving eastwards through tonight and into tomorrow. It will start to

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fizzle out. The majority of us will see a few showers tomorrow. The

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only reliable rainfall will be across the Isle of Man tonight and

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tomorrow. For most of us, generally cloudy with light showers. This

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evening, cloud increasing as we go through the night, with rain

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arriving across the Isle of Man in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

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It will be quite hit the at times. Elsewhere, mostly dry with clear

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spells. Temperatures, down to 14 or 15 Celsius. Tomorrow morning, a

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promising, bright start, with that rain across the Isle of Man. It

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will move away quite quickly so it will brighten up as we go on into

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the afternoon. As that brain tries to age in across the mainland, it

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will fizzle out, leaving a few light showers here and there.

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Feeling cooler under that cloud. Into Friday, a legacy of cloud to

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start with, then we have an area of high pressure settling things down

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into the weekend. More in the way of sunshine this weekend. You leave

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us with a smile. Come and have a quick chat before you go. We have

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had an e-mail about the Olympics. One year from today. John Townsend

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said that they might have had someone from the Olympics in Darwen,

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near Blackburn in Lancashire. They made the Olympic clock in Trafalgar

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Square. Gordon, I can tell you have had a great day out. Can you get a

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sense that the euphoria will travel beyond the M 25, and reached this

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region? It is difficult to say. I have spoken to Sir Matthew Pinsent,

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Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, who say that the entire country

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will get involved. The Commonwealth Games was not just about Manchester

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- the entire country got involved. It was a fantastic event, as I am

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sure that the Olympics will be. Everyone has been a big fan of

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