30/12/2011 ‹ North West Tonight

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Good evening. Government papers released today	:00:11.	:00:13.
show that Margaret Thatcher was urged to abandon Liverpool to	:00:13.	:00:16.
"managed decline" in the wake of the Toxteth riots in 1981. The then	:00:16.	:00:19.
Chancellor, Geoffrey Howe, advised her not to "waste" public money.	:00:19.	:00:27.
Our Merseyside Reporter, Andy Gill, has the story.	:00:27.	:00:30.
The riots left one man dead and hundreds of police injured. Now	:00:30.	:00:33.
cabinet papers released under the 30 year rule show the then	:00:33.	:00:35.
chancellor Geoffrey Howe warned prime minster Margaret against	:00:35.	:00:45.
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We asked people in Toxteth today what they think. He should not have	:00:59.	:01:04.
said that about any part of the United Kingdom, whether it is	:01:04.	:01:09.
Liverpool or any other English city. It is only one man in the whole	:01:09.	:01:13.
government. They have been stigmatised because of the area	:01:13.	:01:17.
they live in. A former MP says it reveals what the government thought	:01:17.	:01:21.
about the North. When the Prime Minister came up after the riots	:01:21.	:01:24.
she went around the area in a bullet-proof car. Anyone would have	:01:24.	:01:34.
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thought this was a war-zone. papers 5th show that Geoffrey Howe	:01:36.	:01:44.
thought the term was deeply contentious. Today he did -- denied	:01:44.	:01:49.
to the claims. I was advising that something should be done to manage	:01:49.	:01:54.
the situation before we could turn it around. The papers also said	:01:54.	:01:58.
that Michael Heseltine was horrified at the policing in	:01:58.	:02:02.
Toxteth. Merseyside police have declined to comment.	:02:02.	:02:05.
Police in Cheshire searching for a missing teenager have found a body	:02:05.	:02:09.
in a lake at the hotel where he was last seen. Haydn Evans, from North	:02:09.	:02:11.
Wales disappeared eight days before Christmas after attending a party	:02:11.	:02:15.
at Carden Park Hotel near Chester. He was 18. The body is yet to be	:02:15.	:02:19.
formally identified. Greater Manchester police say they	:02:19.	:02:22.
regret the family of a Indian student shot in Salford on Boxing	:02:22.	:02:25.
day found out about his death via Facebook. The force says exhaustive	:02:25.	:02:29.
efforts were made to contact the family of Anuj Bidve but a post was	:02:29.	:02:32.
made on the social networking site before they could do so. A 50	:02:32.	:02:35.
thousand pound reward is now being offered to help find his killers.	:02:35.	:02:38.
Two teenagers, arrested on Tuesday, have been released on bail. Two	:02:38.	:02:45.
other people still remain in police custody.	:02:45.	:02:48.
Police in Manchester are extremely concerned about a teenaged girl who	:02:48.	:02:51.
went missing on Christmas Eve. Sarah Wallace is 16 but has the	:02:51.	:02:54.
mental age of a four or five year old. She disappeared while out	:02:54.	:02:56.
walking from her care home. Police say Sarah's particularly vulnerable	:02:57.	:03:00.
as she's got in to the cars of strangers in the past. Nina	:03:00.	:03:06.
Warhurst reports. With her dyed red hair, fashionable	:03:06.	:03:08.
clothes and bubbly attitude, Sarah's like so many other teenage	:03:08.	:03:11.
girls, but with the mental age of a young child, she's easily	:03:11.	:03:21.
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influenced and not fully capable of sensing danger. Sarah was last seen	:03:24.	:03:27.
see up on the Sandy Lane in the Chorlton area of south Manchester	:03:27.	:03:33.
at around 5:00pm on Christmas Eve. Tomorrow will mark a full week	:03:33.	:03:39.
since her disappearance. Sarah is a very nice, warm individual, she is	:03:39.	:03:43.
very gregarious. She will chat to people who she beats to she has	:03:43.	:03:47.
never met before. That is why we are worried. It's thought Sarah was	:03:47.	:03:50.
wearing this chequered shirt under a black coat. She has been known to	:03:50.	:03:53.
visit the Chorlton and Rusholme area but may well have moved out of	:03:53.	:03:56.
the area. Anyone with information's being asked to contact Police	:03:56.	:04:01.
immediately. Football, and the region's Scottish	:04:01.	:04:04.
managers have more than Hogmanay on their minds this weekend. Bolton	:04:04.	:04:07.
Wanderers boss Owen Coyle has agreed a fee to sell England	:04:07.	:04:09.
international Gary Cahill to Chelsea. Kenny Dalglish is	:04:09.	:04:12.
defending Andy Carroll as he prepares to take on his old club,	:04:12.	:04:15.
Newcastle. And ahead of Manchester United's clash with Blackburn, Sir	:04:15.	:04:17.
Alex Ferguson has again criticised the treatment of Steve Kean. Liam	:04:18.	:04:27.
O'Donoghue reports. Which of our five Glaswegian	:04:27.	:04:29.
managers will have the happiest Hogmanay? Things can't get much	:04:29.	:04:32.
worse for Blackburn's Steve Kean. His team are rock-bottom, fans want	:04:32.	:04:35.
him sacked and tomorrow his injury- ravaged side face Manchester United.	:04:35.	:04:38.
United's boss sympathised with Kean, blaming the media for much of the	:04:38.	:04:48.
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abuse heaped on his fellow Scot. doesn't come any more difficult	:04:50.	:05:00.
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than going to Old Trafford could -- in the form they are in. They	:05:03.	:05:08.
humiliate managers, just humiliate them. In the case of Steve, the	:05:08.	:05:14.
supporters react that way and you say to you say if Defra grey you	:05:14.	:05:19.
say to yourself, there is something wrong with society. Sir Alex hopes	:05:19.	:05:21.
to celebrate his 70th birthday tomorrow by taking top spot from	:05:21.	:05:24.
Manchester City, where Roberto Mancini today raised a toast to his	:05:24.	:05:27.
rival. At second-from-bottom Bolton, Owen Coyle plans to play Gary	:05:27.	:05:29.
Cahill against Wolves tomorrow despite agreeing a price to sell	:05:29.	:05:33.
him to Chelsea. At Anfield, Kenny Dalglish says Andy Carroll is	:05:34.	:05:42.
looking forward to playing against his old club, Newcastle. He will	:05:42.	:05:45.
always be a Newcastle fan whoever he is playing against. He will	:05:45.	:05:49.
always do his best. But Liverpool fans want much more than the three	:05:50.	:05:52.
goals Carroll has so far scored in 19 appearances since his �35	:05:53.	:05:56.
million transfer. David Moyes can only dream of such money as his	:05:56.	:06:01.
side travel to West Brom. Former Everton keeper Neville Southall has	:06:01.	:06:04.
joked Man City buy at Harrods, we shop at Lidl.	:06:04.	:06:06.
And you can hear full match commentary on Liverpool's game	:06:06.	:06:09.
against Newcastle on BBC Radio Merseyside tonight. Kick off is at	:06:09.	:06:14.
7.45. A family from South Cumbria are	:06:14.	:06:16.
celebrating a rather large Christmas bonus after winning the	:06:16.	:06:18.
Euromillions lottery. Karen and Anthony Shaw from Grange-over Sands	:06:18.	:06:21.
were one of 25 ticket holders to win a million pounds on the	:06:21.	:06:24.
Christmas draw. They're already planning how to spend their	:06:24.	:06:34.
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winnings, starting with a cruise around Alaska.	:06:34.	:06:42.
You would think they might want to go somewhere warm! Of I was also a	:06:42.	:06:52.
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It will be wet and mild. It will stick around through the day	:06:57.	:07:04.
tomorrow. For New Year's Day, it will cool back down. The rain has	:07:04.	:07:08.
played does all the way through the day. One or two showers will	:07:08.	:07:12.
continue if you are going out of this evening. The rain will	:07:12.	:07:16.
gradually move away and many places will become drier. It will never be	:07:16.	:07:23.
completely dry. The temperatures are the interesting thing, between	:07:23.	:07:28.
7 and nine degrees. On New year's Eve, the rain will still be around,	:07:28.	:07:32.

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