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Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Annabel Tiffin. | :00:09. | :00:13. | |
Our top story: A doctor is suspended amid claims she illegally | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
arranged sex selection abortions at this private clinic in Manchester. | :00:18. | :00:28. | |
The clinic involved has stopped all further abortions. Also tonight: | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
this region desperately-needed so jobs but we ask tonight if | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
government money is taking too long to arrive. | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
Security personnel are on their way. Leave now. Thou shalt not steal. A | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
warning from the church to deter metal thieves. A Liverpudlian is an | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
Irishman who can swim! It's quieter down here now. God help them up | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
there! Frank Carson's family lead the tributes to the comedian who's | :00:53. | :01:02. | |
died at his Blackpool home. can't think about Frank without | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
smiling because he gave you a feel- good factor. | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
And, Princess Anne opens probably the most famous garden on | :01:08. | :01:18. | |
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Can Manchester United to make it into the last 16 of the Europa | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
League. I saw the visitors in the competition that no doubt would | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
have been at the top of Sir Alex Ferguson's list -- would not have | :01:41. | :01:49. | |
been. I shall be live later. Thank you. A doctor has been | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
suspended by a private medical clinic in Manchester following | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
allegations she was willing to carry out an illegal abortion | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
purely based on the sex of the unborn child. | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
Because of the allegations made in a national newspaper, the | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
Department of Health has launched an investigation. It is believed | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
the case has now been reported to the General Medical Council and the | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
Police. Nina Warhurst reports. A woman with an undercover reporter | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
walks into a Manchester clinic and tells her doctor she wishes to | :02:17. | :02:23. | |
terminate her pregnancy. His wife. There's a chance we are having a | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
girl and it is not appropriate for us now. The doctor asks for dock -- | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
documents but the patient does not have any. I don't ask questions. If | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
you want a termination, you want a termination. Those are my reasons. | :02:40. | :02:47. | |
I don't ask questions. Today, the Health Secretary said it was not | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
just immoral but illegal. The Daily Telegraph claims that undercover | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
reporters took nine pregnant women in to clinics and in three cases, | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
doctors agreed to arrange terminations purely on the sex of | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
the unborn child. The doctor has been suspended. The Medical Defence | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
Union, speaking on her behalf, says she can't comment because of | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
patient confidentiality. Deliberately falsifying reports | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
accompanying it at termination is a shocking thing to have happened and | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
we will follow it up urgently. surgery where she works stresses | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
the allegation refers to the individual doctor and not be clinic | :03:34. | :03:44. | |
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A the doctor is also believed to work at North Manchester General | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
Hospital but today they said her work in this case is at a private | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
clinic. The right of a woman to abort an unborn child remains one | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
of society's most divisive issues and these developments are sure to | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
The figures are impressive. Thirty- five firms awarded cash to create | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
55,000 much needed jobs right here in the North West. In fact, only a | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
fraction of those jobs are a reality. | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
That's because out of those 35 firms promised Regional Growth Fund | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
investment to date, only four have received the cash. Good enough? | :04:28. | :04:38. | |
Here's our Economics Correspondent, The North West needs jobs. The | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
region with the biggest rise in unemployment last year. The answer? | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
The Regional Growth Fund. Today they were keen to shout about the | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
latest round of funding in Bristol. They defy projects have been | :04:52. | :04:58. | |
promised cash since last April to create 55,000 jobs. But any Ford | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
projects have been paid. Instead of boasting about a new set of money, | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
they ought to get the money that was promised 10 months ago. This is | :05:10. | :05:19. | |
one company still making -- waiting. Their bit has just gone to due | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
diligence where the auditors make think - make makes sure the whole | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
thing stacks up. We want to create new jobs but if they are not | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
created here in the UK they will go potentially abroad. We could get | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
$35,000 per job created in America. Understandably, many companies do | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
not want to share their concerns on the record at a crucial time as | :05:47. | :05:57. | |
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this, but off the record, here is a To be fair, the companies have to | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
do a lot of paperwork and legal stuff and it doesn't happen in a | :06:08. | :06:14. | |
millisecond. Next month, the North West Development Agency closes its | :06:14. | :06:21. | |
dog -- doors for good. Its replacement is a cash machine that | :06:21. | :06:28. | |
has so far not turned out the cash. Elsewhere today: Unions have | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
welcomed an employment tribunal decision to overturn a decision by | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
a a trust to cut the pay of staff who took time off sick. The | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
decision was challenged that any employee on four or more occasions | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
in a year or for more than 18 days a year would lose their incremental | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
pay rise. Unions had launched tribunal cases on behalf of scores | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
of staff who did not get their pay rise and today they heard they had | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
won. A Thames side MP is edging the | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
government to step in to stop an English defence leak March taking | :07:06. | :07:13. | |
place. It follows an attack on two white teenagers in the town. This | :07:13. | :07:19. | |
Saturday, members of the English Defence League intend to hold an | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
March despite the fact they have no connection to the cup -- issues | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
they are purporting to march in support of. Should not decent law- | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
abiding citizens be protected from this and necessary and unwanted | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
activity? A railway guard has appeared in | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
court charged with manslaughter of the teenager in Wirral who died | :07:39. | :07:46. | |
when she fell under a train. Torch mac Bashar Al-Assad Georgia Varley | :07:46. | :07:56. | |
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was 16 when she fell under the Our reporter was in court. | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
Christopher James McGee made a brief appearance at Liverpool | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
magistrates' court this morning. He spoke only to confirm his name, his | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
address and date of birth. He is charged with manslaughter through | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
gross negligence of Georgia Varley in October last year. Also from | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
Wallasey, she was 16 when she died in an instant at Dame Street | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
station in Liverpool. It is thought she and a group of friends were | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
travelling to Liverpool when she fell between the platform and a | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
carriage. Mr McGee did not enter a plea but his lawyer said he will | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
contest the case fully. The lawyer also said that, as this is the | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
first public hearing, Mr McGee wanted to it sincerely express his | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
condolences to the parents, family and friends for the loss of their | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
daughter and friend. Mr McGee was bailed to appear at the Crown Court | :08:54. | :09:01. | |
on March 8th. It is one of the biggest problems | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
facing churches across our region. Over the last five years, metal | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
theft has cost Manchester churches �1 million. | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
Today, a high-tech solution was unveiled. Our reporter is at | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
Manchester Cathedral. It is interesting that the cathedral was | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
thick -- hit only last month, wasn't it? That's right. It has | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
been a place of worship dating back to medieval times, but last month, | :09:31. | :09:37. | |
thieves stole a 2 ft silver cross which had been bolted down. Little | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
wonder that church as a whole is turning to technology to protect | :09:41. | :09:51. | |
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Flashing, pipe works and memorial plaques. It is little other -- | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
wonder they are at the end of their tether. Here, they have had to | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
spell it out to thieves. The sign says there is no lead left. Adding, | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
of course, got bless. Over at St Peter's Church in Blakeley they are | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
trying something more hi-tech. One of these alarms has been fitted and | :10:12. | :10:20. | |
motion sensors issue this morning. Security personnel are on their way. | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
The roof has been stripped of lead six times in three years. Damage | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
caused a huge piece of masonry to fall inside the church. The alarm | :10:29. | :10:38. | |
is a last resort. It was a choice between the boiler or an alarm. | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
That is how important it was? Absolutely. We needed to secure the | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
building. It has cost Manchester churches �1 million in the last | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
five years. In 2010, the Manchester diocese was the worst hit in the | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
country. Claims are so common that church insurance companies have | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
introduced a cat. Manchester Cathedral has been told it has | :11:02. | :11:08. | |
exhausted its claims. We have to bear the costs ourselves all the | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
congregation or the people who give us �1. But church funds can only | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
goes so far so now churches are looking to the skyline for help. | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
These alarms are expensive. You heard the vicar at St Peter's | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
saying they had to choose between heating and an alarm. For many | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
churches, it is a prize they say they have to pay. | :11:31. | :11:40. | |
Thank you. Still to come: Kicking off - how | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
these flat mates could have to fight each other for a place at the | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
Olympics. The royal seal of approval - | :11:47. | :11:55. | |
Princess and opens probably the People of Blackpool have been | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
paying tribute to one of their famous adopted sons. The resort was | :11:59. | :12:05. | |
home to comedian Frank Carson for many years. Yesterday, he lost a | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
battle with cancer and his passing is being mourned by many in the | :12:08. | :12:18. | |
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Lancashire town. Our chief reporter Was it something I said? Frank | :12:30. | :12:36. | |
Carson was a comedian's comedian. He will not be forgotten. All of | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
the comedians love Thames. His fans thought equally highly of him. | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
Everyone felt they knew him even though they had probably never met | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
him. This man worked with Frank many times but also knew him as a | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
friend. I have travelled thousands of miles with him and I never saw | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
him down. When you retired, he lifted you up. He had so much | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
energy. -- when you were tired. Frank Carson was born in Northern | :13:09. | :13:12. | |
Ireland but Blackpool was more than happy to consider him an adopted | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
son. He made his home in the resort for many years. He is remembered | :13:16. | :13:22. | |
from this new comedy carpet on the promenade. It features some of his | :13:22. | :13:30. | |
best-known catchphrases including... This lady used to answer telephone | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
inquiry calls at the Blackpool telephone exchange. She said that | :13:33. | :13:40. | |
Frank Carson was one of her regular callers. He would say something | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
funny right away so you knew it was him. He would make you laugh. You | :13:44. | :13:51. | |
could hardly do your job! Frank had a spiritual side too. This is the | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
Bank -- bench where Frank and his wife used to sit... He worshipped | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
at this church for many years. The Father was with him in his final | :14:00. | :14:06. | |
days. He was trying to keep his spirits up. He passed away while we | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
were have a mass here on Wednesday morning. I went round just | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
afterwards to bless the body and say prayers with the family who | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
were gathered round. Frank Carson will be missed by his many fans and | :14:18. | :14:27. | |
by the people of his adopted home town full -- his adopted home town. | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
Lovely tributes. Real warmth and fondness. | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
And another came from the Liverpool comedian Ken Dodd who worked with | :14:34. | :14:39. | |
him and was a close friend. I went to Knotty Ash to speak to Ken Dodd | :14:39. | :14:42. | |
this afternoon. I began by asking him whether Frank was the same off- | :14:42. | :14:52. | |
stage as he was on it. Exactly the same. Frank Carson was Frank Carson. | :14:52. | :15:01. | |
They are wonderful, wonderful comedian. And a lovely, warm, | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
friendly man. He must have lots of happy memories of things you have | :15:05. | :15:13. | |
done with him? I met him in 1960 at a job we did in North Wales. I had | :15:13. | :15:20. | |
the pleasure of doing half-a-dozen radio series with him. We used to | :15:20. | :15:27. | |
more less tell stories, Paul stories. They would name a subject | :15:27. | :15:32. | |
and Frank was always first on the buzzer. There was this fellow, he | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
was walking down the road, no, I tell a lie, he was on a bike. He | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
had a lemon in his ear... He would go on. Fantastic, surreal pictures. | :15:42. | :15:49. | |
I would say, is there any end to this? He would say, no. A lovely | :15:49. | :15:55. | |
man. He loved to laugh. He loved life. He loved all of the people in | :15:55. | :16:01. | |
showbusiness, all of his colleagues. He loved being Frank Carson. You | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
cannot really think about Frank without smiling. He gave you that | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
feel-good factor. You knew him very well as a colleague but he had | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
strong family life as well? lived life to the full. You name it, | :16:16. | :16:21. | |
he would do it. And always laughing, always with a smile. He loved his | :16:21. | :16:26. | |
family. He would always tell you about his sons and daughters -- his | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
son and daughter. And their successors. He was very proud of | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
them. The one thing people have said listening to the tributes is | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
the fact that what you saw is what you got. There was no different | :16:39. | :16:45. | |
side to him. He did not do satire, he did not do politics. He did not | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
do sexy jokes. He was a great, great comedian. Grade catchphrases | :16:51. | :17:01. | |
as well. It is the way he tells some! Frank Carson, News at Ten. | :17:01. | :17:07. | |
had to do that! One of the many tributes paid to Frank Carson who | :17:07. | :17:14. | |
sadly died in Blackpool. Frank was a regular on the show the Comedians. | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
And there was some further sad news in the comedy world today. It's | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
been announced that the Manchester- born comic Ken Goodwin who appeared | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
on the hit show The Comedians has also died. The comedian, who had | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
the catch phrase "settle down, settle down", was 78. | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
I do remember it. My ma -- brother used to say that to my mother! | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
Football now and it was all about Manchester City in the Europa | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
League last night. This evening, it's the turn of United to try to | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
make it through to the last 16 against Ajax. Richard Askam is at | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
Old Trafford for us. Richard, there was some crowd trouble in Amsterdam | :17:47. | :17:57. | |
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at the first leg, wasn't there? Is there a tense atmosphere? | :17:58. | :18:01. | |
It all seems pretty relaxed. We have seen some fans walking past | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
Tear mixing freely with United supporters. A bit of banter but | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
nothing more than that. If the police are not taking any chances | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
after what happened in the first leg in Amsterdam. There were more | :18:12. | :18:19. | |
than 140 arrests, 15 of their Manchester United supporters. They | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
were given just shy of 4000 tickets for the game tonight. In the run-up | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
to the match, police have been stressing that by and large | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
supporters mixed very well in Holland last week. We should talk | :18:31. | :18:36. | |
about the football, shouldn't we? United are favourites. They have a | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
two goal advantage from the first leg. No Wayne Rooney, he is not fit | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
enough to feature. Tom cleverly is expected to feature after his | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
timely call up to the England squad. He dreamt about that success while | :18:50. | :18:53. | |
apparently he was dreaming of a certain Ryan Giggs in his back | :18:53. | :18:59. | |
garden when he was a youngster. remember pretending to be him in | :18:59. | :19:06. | |
the back garden. Him and Paul Scholes were good for the younger | :19:06. | :19:14. | |
players to have around and learn from. United -- Manchester City are | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
through to the last 16 of the Europa League after the 4-0 | :19:18. | :19:28. | |
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demolition last night. 6-1 on aggregate so. | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
United's neighbours City are already through to the last 16 of | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
the Europa League after last night's 4-0 demolition of Porto. It | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
meant the Blues went through 6-1 on aggregate. Sergio Aguerro was the | :19:46. | :19:49. | |
star, scoring the first and then setting up Edin Dzeko for the | :19:49. | :19:52. | |
second. After David Silva had added a third, David Pizarro put the seal | :19:52. | :19:55. | |
on it with a well worked fourth. After the match Roberto Mancini | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
said the controversial striker Carlos Tevez, who's made his peace | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
with the club and his manager, could be back playing in two to | :20:01. | :20:04. | |
three weeks. We know him very well. He is a top striker. I think he | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
would be good. I think you can help us to do a good job in the next two | :20:08. | :20:10. | |
months. Blackburn Rovers fans, unhappy with | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
the club's current owners, are planning what they say will be the | :20:13. | :20:16. | |
largest demonstration in the history of the club. The latest | :20:16. | :20:18. | |
protest against the Indian company Venkys is scheduled for their next | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
home match a week on Saturday. It comes after the launch of a | :20:22. | :20:24. | |
supporters' campaign to try and raise enough money from shares to | :20:25. | :20:27. | |
buy the club. Now, you all know the competition | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
to get into the British team for this year's Olympics is fierce, and | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
never more so than this. Four taekwondo fighters who've been | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
sharing the same flat in Manchester are battling against each other for | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
just one place in the GB team. They all want to compete in the under 68 | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
kg category, but three of them are going to be disappointed. Tony | :20:45. | :20:53. | |
Livesey paid them a visit. When four men living the same house, | :20:53. | :21:01. | |
there can always be tensions. Who gets a the honour of switching to | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
North West Tonight? Who is first for the shower? Give us five | :21:06. | :21:16. | |
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minutes, boys. And who washes the Pops? -- pots? These Manchester | :21:19. | :21:25. | |
lads have their own unique method of sorting things out. We are all | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
going for one spot. We all know what is at stake -- at stake and we | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
all wanted. What do you have the most arguments about at home? | :21:35. | :21:43. | |
Tidying up. Dishes. People having music on too loud. Here's the | :21:43. | :21:53. | |
grandad. He has got his slippers on. He goes to bed at 8pm! Do you | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
settle things with a quick arm wrestle or flinging each other down | :21:57. | :22:07. | |
the hallway? How are you all going to cope emotionally when one of the | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
walks out of the store with an Olympic tracksuit on? And the other | :22:12. | :22:17. | |
three, looking at what you could have one! How we are going to cope? | :22:17. | :22:23. | |
I think that for me is going to be the hardest thing. There are still | :22:23. | :22:32. | |
The European championships come to Manchester in May. Perhaps then we | :22:32. | :22:42. | |
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will know which of these four will finally go for gold. | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
Never a disappointment. United fans won't be resting too | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
easily. Basle of course came back from two goals down at half time | :22:52. | :22:55. | |
here in the Champions League. Fergie has been talking about that | :22:55. | :22:58. | |
in the run up to the game and you can't really imagine the Reds | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
making the same mistake again. Full Commentary of course on BBC Radio | :23:01. | :23:11. | |
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Manchester. Kick off is at 8.05pm. It looks like a pleasant evening up | :23:11. | :23:18. | |
there. It was beautiful weather today. It is probably a bit chilly | :23:18. | :23:22. | |
air? It is. I am wearing your jacket! | :23:22. | :23:28. | |
I recognise that. A beautiful day today. We were | :23:28. | :23:37. | |
going for 17 degrees. That is Tomorrow will not be the same. Do | :23:37. | :23:41. | |
not expect a repeat performance. Through this seedling and overnight, | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
it is quiet for many places. Once again for parts of Cumbria and | :23:45. | :23:50. | |
Lancashire, where they have been plagued by rain today, they did not | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
get 17 degrees, that will continue through the night, particularly | :23:55. | :24:02. | |
around hilly areas. Dull damp and drizzly there. For the rest of us, | :24:02. | :24:08. | |
it is a dry picture. It will also be clear. Temperatures will not | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
fall too far. Realistically, nine or ten degrees. You will not need | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
the heating tonight. Tomorrow morning, for Cumbria, Lancashire, | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
the Isle of Man, the drizzly rain will still be around. In more | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
southern parts, it should be dry. But it does not stay that way for | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
long. Rain works its way down across the region. Many places will | :24:29. | :24:35. | |
see it by lunchtime. It will clear over the Isle of Man and Lancashire | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
and Cumbria. There will be good clear spells of sunshine afterwards. | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
Everywhere will look better by around 3pm. But it will mark the | :24:44. | :24:47. | |
boundary, that weather front, between the mild weather of today | :24:47. | :24:55. | |
and crawler, fresh air temperatures. -- cooler, Thresher temperatures. | :24:55. | :25:02. | |
Tonight I am out and about and in the Blue Peter garden. I grew up | :25:02. | :25:10. | |
with Blue Peter. You probably did as well. But the programme's move | :25:11. | :25:13. | |
from London to Salford meant it needed a new one. And this | :25:14. | :25:16. | |
lunchtime, Princess Anne officially opened it here at Media City. She | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
also planted a tree, part of a drive to plant millions to mark the | :25:20. | :25:22. | |
Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Annabel has been looking back at more than | :25:23. | :25:32. | |
Created in 1974 and designed by TV's first celebrity gardener Percy | :25:32. | :25:37. | |
Thrower. The Blue Peter garden has grown with its viewers. It's seen | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
some good times and some not so good. More than 20 pets stretched | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
their legs on its lawns. George the tortoise and two time capsules were | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
buried there. But it was also damaged three times. On one | :25:50. | :25:53. | |
occasion in 1983, it was totally wrecked bringing both Percy and the | :25:53. | :26:01. | |
presenters close to tears. We have got some rather bad news, I'm | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
afraid. We discovered this morning that vandals had broken into the | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
Blue Peter garden over the weekend and caused a lot of damage. Today a | :26:11. | :26:14. | |
new era began. The Princess Royal came to Salford to open a brand new | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
Blue Peter garden outside the BBC's Media City. And for the first time, | :26:17. | :26:24. | |
it'll be open to the public. belongs to the Blue Peter viewers, | :26:24. | :26:30. | |
so come and have a look. It is for people for -- to come and see. For | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
the first time, the public can come to the Blue Peter garden. Princess | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
Anne planted a tree on behalf of the Woodland Trust which wants to | :26:38. | :26:40. | |
plant six million trees to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. This is | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
really important for us today, to get the message out about planting | :26:44. | :26:52. | |
trees. We want all of the children across the country involved. I like | :26:52. | :26:58. | |
all of the flowers and stuff. I think all of the environment is | :26:58. | :27:03. | |
nice. It is unlikely that George the tortoise made the journey to | :27:03. | :27:13. | |
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the north-west. But the bust of the programme's first ever dog Petra | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
has pride of place in the new garden. More than 30 years of | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
horticultural history may have been left in London, but the Blue Peter | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
garden continues to blossom. It could not be more accessible. It | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
is right in front of you when you get off the tram. People who came | :27:26. | :27:28. | |
area for the match at Old Trafford, they came to have a look. | :27:28. | :27:34. |