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Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Ranvir Singh and Roger

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Johnson. Our top story: The thinner blue line - Merseyside police to

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lose 250 officers to balance the budget. So what's the impact on

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frontline services? Also in the programme, it's highly

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charged in the chamber as Liverpool Join me to find out why vitamin D

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is being added to cornflakes. How Morrissey, Marr and the songs

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of The Smiths inspired this science And beware of the blob - the

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mystery substance baffling some of the biggest brains in the lakes.

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It has left a lot of people confused, that final story. If you

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have figured it out already, let us know. Also tonight, Tony's at

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Edgeley Park, where the Sharks are on the march.

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Yes, Sale are third in the Premiership and could go second

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tonight with a win over Leicester. And it's all down to their prodigal

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son who returned from Russia with a love of winning. Join me to meet

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First tonight, it's been 24 hours that could shape the way Liverpool

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and the rest of Merseyside are run and policed for years to come. Last

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night, in a sometimes confrontational debate in the

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council chamber, people told the city council where they thought

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cuts should be made. Today, Merseyside police announced the

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loss of more than 250 officers to balance its budget. In a moment,

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our economics correspondent Jayne Barrett will report on the fallout

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from last night's meeting. But first, Andy Gill looks at the

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Merseyside Police tackle the summer riots. But over the next few years

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there'll be more than 200 fewer frontline officers available for

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this kind of police work. The force says the cuts will have an impact

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on the service it provides. I do not think we will deliver a less

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good police service. We try to deliver a professional service. We

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will put the resources in the places we think they can deliver

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the best possible service. I understand the figure. Those

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officers are going and the next three years, not overnight.

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Government cuts mean Merseyside must save more than �60 million

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over four years. This round means 254 fewer officers. They're to be

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lost through retirement, not redundancy. People we spoke to are

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worried. It is just more danger on the streets. It is disgusting.

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is disgraceful really. Without the police, you have got nothing.

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have to minimise the administration and bureaucracy. The police have

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tried to protect what the public want, more bobbies on the beat and

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swift response times. The cuts will make a difference. There will be

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fewer detectives in the antique gun crime unit. If you live in a quiet

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area of Merseyside, you may find neighbourhood officers moving to an

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area where anti-social behaviour is more of a problem. The force says

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it still can tackle gun crime. No police stations will close. Inquiry

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offices will. Everybody in this room... It was

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noisy, it was angry. It was meant to be a discussion about a budget.

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It turned into a shouting match. Everyone here represents the people

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behind difficult cuts and difficult priorities. You stand in my shoes,

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Joe Anderson. Audrey O'Keefe is concerned about services for her

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son. Peter is autistic in a city without a day care centre

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specifically for autistic people. It is not my son's problem. Mr

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Anderson has defined the money to make the service for my son.

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council is working towards a care plan for Peter. They say one of

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their biggest priorities will remain children and vulnerable

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adults. Su Stringfellow is a concerned parent facing the loss of

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a much loved Surestart Centre. Their centre is one of four under

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review in less deprived areas of the city. I feel like the council's

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already made up it's mind. We are only 1.1 miles away from where the

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riots were in July. My concern is it is not truly representing the

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people using it. Su and her friends are professionals. But three of the

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four here have been made redundant this year. This is a tough budget

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in a tougher climate. No wonder emotions ran high. I understand

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people's anger and frustration. I know people are suffering and

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hurting. I cannot help that. I cannot set and a legal budget.

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budget will be set in March. Tough budgets will follow each year until

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at least 2015. I'm joined now by Arif Ansari. Two

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separate developments in a sense. The Council cuts and the police job

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cuts as a result of central Government spending cuts? Yes, that

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is right. If people thought the cops are over, that is not the case.

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That the Government has set out a four-year programme. There was a

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lot of pain in the first year. Effectively, we have the debt

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collector knocking on the door for the second time. They want less

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money than the first year, but strangely it will hurt more. In the

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first year, you could make efficiency savings, the so-called

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waste the Government goes on about. All that is gone. Now you're

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cutting into services. That is why you see Merseyside police no longer

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getting rid of back office staff, but frontline police. More on

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Sunday morning in the Politics Show? Yes, we will be looking at

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that meeting. We also have an interview with BNP leader Nick

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Griffin. Their conference is being held in the north-west this weekend.

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The inquest into the death of a woman killed in a train crash at

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Grayrigg in Cumbria has heard that maintenance records for the track

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were "worthless". Margaret Masson died when the Virgin West Coast

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Mainline train was derailed by faulty points. The inquest in

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Kendal was told that on one occasion a Network Rail engineer

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filled in maintenance forms for the track, even though he hadn't

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The body of a man has been found on the beach at Blackpool. The

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discovery was made by a dog walker at around half past seven this

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morning. The police are investigating how the man died.

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A young offenders' institute in the North West has the worst juvenile

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re-offending rate in the country. Lancaster Farms Prison has a 90%

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re-offending rate. Figures show the average number of crimes committed

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per re-offender at the prison was almost five. The Ministry of

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Justice say they are taking steps to reduce this figure.

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Police in the North West have carried out a series of raids to

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tackle the problem of metal theft in a national day of action.

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Officers from Greater Manchester Police visited 20 scrapyards to try

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and uncover stolen metal, while Lancashire Police carried out

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checks on vehicles. The number of metal thefts have been rising

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across most of the region, with churches, war memorials and care

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homes all targeted. I think this type of crime has increased simply

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because the price of metal and the demand, the worldwide demand, and

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small communities are suffering. Secondly, some of these buildings,

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they are not used every day of the week and they're quite vulnerable.

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A significant hoard of Viking treasure has been found at

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Carnforth in Lancashire. The 200 pieces of silver jewellery, coins

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and ingots were found by a local metal enthusiast. The haul is now

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being studied by experts at the British Museum.

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It was a disease associated with poverty in the 1930s, but decades

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later, cases of rickets among children are on the increase. A

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leading Manchester child nutritionist has warned that

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families need to do more to boost their Vitamin D intake. The news

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comes as a major cereal maker has begun adding the vitamin to its

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products. Environment Correspondent Colin Sykes reports.

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Young bones damaged by a lack of Vitamin D and sunshine. But this is

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no disease of the past - it's back. In the last 10 years, there's been

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a 140% increase in children admitted to hospital with it. 80%

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of child dieticians have reported an increase in the number of cases

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they've seen. Ricketts is due to lack of vitamin D and children's

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bones not forming. Some children may end up not walking properly.

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There is also a large number of examples among adolescent girls who

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have low vitamin D status. Later in life they will develop osteoporosis.

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At the giant Kellogg's factory in Manchester, they've started adding

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Vitamin D to cereals. These are the first Corn flakes to have vitamin D

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added. Children tend not to like the things with vitamin D in, like

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oily fish. They will not eat those, but they will eat cereal. Many

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children simply don't get enough sunshine and Vitamin D is missing

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from their diet. There's currently no recommended daily intake for

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vitamin D. Looking at the vitamin D content. For those high risk groups

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identified by the Department of Health, supplementation. But after

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the latest findings, healthcare professionals say they'll be

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The NHS is reassuring thousands of patients at a doctor's surgery in

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Wirral that their personal records are safe, after the Sandstone

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Medical Centre was closed by the landlord last weekend in a row over

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rent. Earlier today, health service staff went into the surgery to

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retrieve the files, as Mark Edwardson reports.

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First the briefing. Then the removal of confidential documents.

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The GPs claim they were facing a rent hike. The landlord says the

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valuation was fair, and today he defended his decision to close the

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building. I believe the action I have taken his fare. We have given

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everybody ample opportunity. Nobody else is offering to pay my

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commercial mortgage. Otherwise I leave the building and I go

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bankrupt. I cannot let that happen. Earlier this week staff were

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working out of car boots to help and advise confused patients caught

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in the crossfire. The records of 4,000 patients have been locked

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inside the surgery since the weekend. Some patients have

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expressed concern about confidentiality. Today those

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records are being removed and taken to safe keeping in Birkenhead. All

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sides agree the rent increase row cannot be resolved. The building

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has been stripped. The patient's medical records had been removed

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today. Had the landlord not granted access, we would have sought an

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emergency High Court injunction to secure access to the premises.

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Patients will be able to access services elsewhere in West Kirby

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from Monday. Mr Roberts says his next tenants are unlikely to be

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Sector. Still to come in North West

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Tonight: Bringing science out of the laboratories into the community.

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And the battle to beat the drop - we look at the early season

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Now if you've ever fancied being a film star, here's your chance. The

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BBC is making a film of a day in the life of Britain. It will all be

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filmed on 12 November, and you could help. All you need to do is

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record a message, story, or just part of your daily routine that day.

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The results will be put together with the help of top Hollywood

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director Ridley Scott. So how will it work? Naomi Cornwell's been

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finding out. Whatever you do, wherever you go,

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you could be part of a unique portrait of Britain. The project is

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aimed at capturing a snapshot of life on 12 November, filmed by and

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starring you. It was inspired by Ridley Scott's feature film, Life

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in a Day, filmed all over the world. You do not need one of these. You

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can record your contribution on a camera, even on your mobile phone,

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and all loaded into a YouTube site. You have got the coast, the

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mountains, lakes. It is not just about scenery. It is about normal

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everyday things. We want to say, this is what we are as a nation.

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Anything you want, it will not be boring. The vast majority of my day

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is spent at work. The bit in the morning when everybody is waiting

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up. The results will be broadcast on national television just before

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next year's Olympics, when the eyes of the world are on Britain.

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And if you'd like to be part of the What does the iconic Manchester

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band, The Smiths, and science have in common? Well, the answer is the

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Manchester Science Festival. In an effort to take science from the lab

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and onto the streets, and get families involved, scientists are

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using music as part of their experiments. We've been for a sneak

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The 5th Manchester Science festival rolls into Greater Manchester with

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a bang. This year scientists are bringing show business to science.

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Their experiments have been named after an iconic Manchester band.

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We're doing about 12 to 15 experiments through format -- four

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classic Smiths songs. We will begin with panic, which will introduce

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gas. While the doctor has been well in the audience with the Smiths and

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science, the audience were mesmerised. The chance to find out

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what science is going on in the City and the science of every day.

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We move into hand in glove, where we take laughing gas and creating a

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lot of smells. Do I have to? Yes. It is like A-level chemistry all

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over. Horrible! It was brilliant. Really enjoyed it. My favourite bit

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was the laughing gas. It was fun. I The festival runs until Sunday.

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Happy little faces. Great way to get the kids are enthusiastic about

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science. Stand by, we have got the blog coming up. Now to the sport,

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and Tony's out with the Sharks Yes, and it's an exciting time to

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be here, with Sharks lying third in the Premiership and in with a

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chance of going second tonight if they beat Leicester. There should

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be about 9,000 fans here tonight. Former player Steve Diamond has

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turned this place around since returning to take over earlier this

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year, and in a moment we'll find out his secrets.

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Now for your daily Carlos Tevez update. No comment from City, but

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Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson has described the

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rule which forced the blues to halve the striker's fine as "a bit

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crazy". City had to cut it to two weeks' wages, 400 hundred grand or

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thereabouts, after the Professional Footballers' Association refused to

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support a four-week penalty. The PFA said because the club hadn't

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shown that Tevez refused to play, fining him a fortnight's pay was

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the limit. This is what Fergie had to say on the matter. I think it

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was a bit strange, of course. The regulations are there. It seems a

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bit crazy in that particular situation. There is nothing you can

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do about it. United, who are at Everton tomorrow, will be hoping to

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get their title defence back on track after last weekend's

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thrashing by City. But some of our clubs at the other end of the table

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have got even bigger problems. The bottom three does not look good if

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you're a fan of Blackburn, Wigan or Bolton. Here's Ian Haslam.

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Just nine games in and not even in November, you do not need me to

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tell you the Premier League is in its infancy. The warning signs are

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there for Bolton, Wigan and Blackburn. Alton propping up the

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Premier League table. A hard-fought midweek Carling Cup win over

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Newcastle has only slightly raised hopes of a Blackburn revival.

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anybody is negative, they see the way the lads are fighting for each

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other. Give him another few weeks. After that, he will have to go.

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just want to survive. Otherwise it is back to square one. The owner

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needs to get involved a bit more and maybe a change of manager.

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Rarely has a manager been as popular with his chairman as

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Roberto Martinez at Wigan. Even after six consecutive defeats.

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had an incredible football story in what I consider to be the best

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league in world football. It is a real achievement. If they do not

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pull it together soon, they will get relegated. It is not Martinez's

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fault. It is the players. As for Bolton, they ended last season

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poorly. That at Ron has continued. They are struggling to score goals.

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They have conceded 24 L already. was always going to be a season of

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transition with the younger players we have brought in. As the season

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progresses, we will pick up the points. If he does not start

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picking up the points, they will be increasing frustration. We have

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been like this in the past. You would think we would learn from the

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mistakes. We have always come back before. We're not down and out yet.

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Bolton, Blackburn and Wigan would welcome three points this weekend.

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One win and two draws. Now to Sale, and he could have been fresh from

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coaching Russia in the World Cup, but he couldn't resist the call to

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come back and take over the club he represented almost 300 times. Steve

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Diamond, Director of Sport, what a Steve is stuck in traffic. I am

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joined by the chief executive. have moved out of more than 35

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players and backroom staff. We have a new squad. And number of new

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coaches, analysts, medical support staff. Steve has brought an no

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excuse culture. From what I believe, he came in and said, the club

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starts from now. He has brought the winning mentality, hasn't de?

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has. The club has under delivered in three of the last four seasons.

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From 2006, we found ourselves in the bottom three. That is not good

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enough. If we're going to sell at this sport in a region with a lot

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of Canter attractions, we have got to be successful. Can you win it?

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Definitely. And if you can't get here tonight there's full match

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commentary on BBC Radio Manchester where you'll also hear updates from

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the New Zealand v Australia game at Warrington's Halliwell Jones

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Stadium. If you're heading for the hills in the Lake District this

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It's a strange sticky substance that some believe may have come

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from outer space. It's been found in puddles on paths near Patterdale.

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It's sparked memories of an old Steve McQueen film from the 1950s

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about a sticky blob that threatens to take over the world. Ever

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fearless, Stuart Flinders has been I like the idea of it being

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something that fell from the sky. It looks like frogspawn. We were

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walking as a family group and everybody stopped and went, what is

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that? Those of a nervous disposition should look away now.

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Here is the blob. A cloudy white jelly it appeared mysteriously in

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footpaths near Patterdale. The people of the Lake District are a

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little more level headed than the locals in the Steve McQueen film,

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but it is odd. Nobody seems to know what it is. There are various

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theories from a decaying frogs to something to do with stags. The one

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I like best is definitely the debris from a meteor shower.

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would like it to be something a little more exciting than fungus.

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Evidence of an astral shower, something to do with rutting deers?

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Nobody seems to know. In the old film they send the blob to the

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Arctic to freeze it to death. Our blob's been sent to Edinburgh for

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analysis by scientists. You can only hope they know what they're

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doing. An old man finds it, touches Never to make a drama out up a

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crisis! Now the weather. It is going to rain on most of us

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on Saturday. The weekend will be split into two hands. Wet weather

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on Saturday, milder on Sunday. Whether France on Saturday. We're

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in between weather fronts on Sunday. Things will turn its fairly lively

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on Monday. If you're going out this evening, it is a drive. It has been

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a lovely day. As the night progresses, rain putting into parts

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of the Isle of Man. -- pushing. It will clear-up as it creeps towards

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us. Many places will look cloudy in the morning. The rain parking

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itself out on the Irish Sea. Temperatures could be as low as

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five Celsius tonight. Temperatures will be boosted. Saturday not

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looking great. The rain looking -- moving in a diagonal line. Pushes

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into the coast first and tries to move across the region. The best of

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the weather will be in the southern Pennines. Through the afternoon it

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will take hold virtually everywhere. A cloudy day with outbreaks of rain.

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Temperatures same as today. The rain clears on Saturday night.

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First Sunday, it should be dry and Let's find out what this block

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should be. This one says, "Do not mention my name on air because it

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is near hollowing. Aliens, intelligent amphibious creatures."

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Sioux things they are deposited by birds. They are known as Star jelly.

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Another reviewer has all the answers. It is caused by a

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