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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Tony Livesey and | :00:02. | :00:06. | |
Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: The 90-year-old left to crawl naked | :00:06. | :00:10. | |
and smeared in filth. A BUPA care home boss is found guilty of | :00:10. | :00:18. | |
neglect. I hope that everyone who is involved in care and involved in | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
looking after people takes on board what the judge has said. The How | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
can we trust those who say they'll look after our families? | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
Also tonight, marching in memory - the service commemorating six | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
British soldiers killed in Afghanistan, two from the North | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
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West. The parents of Oliver petition to stop sudden-death | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
happening to other children. And the pensioner going Roman | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
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across Britain, 96-year-old Doris The manager of a care home in | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
Liverpool has been given a suspended prison sentence for the | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
wilful neglect of a 90-year-old dementia sufferer. Joyce Farrow's | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
family found her dirty and dehydrated at the Stonedale Lodge | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
home in Croxteth. The judge was also highly critical of the way | :01:14. | :01:22. | |
Joyce Farrow was a grandmother and great-grandmother. When she got | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
dementia, her family put her in the Stonedale Lodge care home in | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
Croxteth. But she often fell out of bed and then got sores on her feet | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
from crawling around. Her daughter says she was often dirty and | :01:33. | :01:43. | |
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dehydrated. There are ways to Downing, ways to go. And cold, | :01:43. | :01:51. | |
undernourished, underfed and bruised is not the right way. -- | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
there are ways to die. Mrs Farrow died in hospital, though | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
the court heard death was unrelated to the neglect. The woman who | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
managed Stonedale was Karen Southern. Today she was jailed for | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
eight months, suspended for two years, for wilful neglect. The | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
court heard BUPA put her under pressure to keep costs down. | :02:06. | :02:13. | |
Outside court, Mrs Southern's lawyer spoke on her behalf. | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
wholeheartedly apologise to her family for this serious lack of | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
care provided to Joyce. While in my care as home manager, at Stonedale | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
Lodge. I fully accept that as the home manager, I should have done | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
more to protect Joyce. BUPA received �4,500 of public | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
money and personal pension for the care Mrs Farrow received. Judge | :02:34. | :02:43. | |
Mark Brown was highly critical of BUPA. For example, Karen Southern | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
had no budget for agency people if her own staff went sick. In fact, | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
BUPA had a policy of naming and shaming its managers who had to pay | :02:53. | :03:03. | |
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for Agency help. The judge said Joyce Farrow's family hope | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
companies like BUPA will take notice of what the judge said. She | :03:12. | :03:20. | |
also wants laypeople to sit on the Earlier I spoke to Stephen Lowe, | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
the police adviser for care services at Age UK. I pointed out | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
that as this wasn't the first incident of it's kind, why were | :03:26. | :03:34. | |
standards in the industry so consistently poor? I don't think | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
you should say that standards are poor all across the care home | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
industry, there are some very good care homes. What is increasingly | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
happening is that funding is getting tighter and tighter, local | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
authorities are not increasing their fees every year and care | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
homes are trying to provide... Forgive me in this incident, this | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
was a private care home. BUPA funded. At this point, the judge | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
said it put profits before care. How can families just their | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
decisions about these? It is about whether a care home and that is | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
about the quality of the staff and that is what you need to look at. | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
Does it look like there are enough staff that are there to be able to | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
provide a different standard. A only recently, the Prime Minister | :04:26. | :04:34. | |
had to remind nurses in the NHS that caring was the prime concern | :04:34. | :04:44. | |
so are we confident that staff are It is a shoestring service, care | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
staff are employed on the lowest possible wages. They are frequently | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
in short supply and that is becoming increasingly a problem for | :04:53. | :05:01. | |
So many people facing this terrible decision about what will happen to | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
family members, what can you tell them if their instincts are not to | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
be trusted? What should they do now? Not all care homes are barred, | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
there are some good ones. And my advice to somebody looking for care | :05:14. | :05:20. | |
home places for a relative is that you need to visit them. You need to | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
look at where that there are enough staff. If you visit at meal times | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
which is when staff are most stretched, and see if individual | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
residents are getting individual care and attention they need. At | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
Age UK, we publish a fact sheet on choosing care home places which | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
gives you a checklist of things to look for that you should take with | :05:44. | :05:52. | |
you. You use more to it, thank you. -- useful tips, thank you. | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
Six British soldiers, killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, have been | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
remembered during a church service this morning. The soldiers, | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
including two from the North West, were killed when a Taliban bomb | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
destroyed their Warrior armoured vehicle in Helmand. Our reporter | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
Nicola Rees is in the Wiltshire town of Warminster where the | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
service has been held. A short time ago, I asked her what had happened | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
this morning. 400 soldiers marched through the centre of Warminster | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
and thousands of people spilled out onto the streets to see them ahead | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
of their deployment to Afghanistan. Some people had travelled hundreds | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
of miles to be there. It was a day of celebration and pride but of | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
course, tinged with sadness. And last week, the news that six | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb. Two of them | :06:35. | :06:42. | |
from the north-west. They were Sergeant Mr Speaker, from first | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
Battalion the Duke of Lancasters and Daniel Wade, a soldier with 3rd | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. The regiment marching ahead of the | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
deployment to Afghanistan. It was the worst loss of life since | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
operations began in Afghanistan and today people remembered the fallen. | :07:00. | :07:07. | |
They it was a very sad day. Very emotional. When it is a group of | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
lads like that, it is heartbreaking. The whole community answer billion | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
community have turned out. And the church service had already | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
turned out but to two recent events, it must have been much more | :07:22. | :07:30. | |
poignant? -- due to recent events. It had been planned as a farewell | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
parade for the shoulders heading out to Afghanistan. Changes were | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
made. -- for the soldiers. Changes included an act of remembrance to | :07:39. | :07:45. | |
the former soldiers and Last Post was heard and a roll of honour was | :07:45. | :07:53. | |
heard. Even before deploying in a fortnight's time, the repatriation | :07:53. | :08:00. | |
of the fallen comrades takes place Five members of a Liverpool gang | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
which carried out contract shootings across the city have been | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
jailed for life. Woolwich Crown Court heard how a grenade had been | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
left outside the home of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish during a | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
botched attack on one of his neighbours. Two members of the gang, | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
Tony Downes and Kirk Bradley, escaped from a prison van in | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
Salford last year. Bradley is still on the run. | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
Warren Bradley, the former Liberal Democrat leader of Liverpool City | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
Council admitted perjury today following an investigation into | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
electoral fraud allegations. Bradley signed his son Daniel's | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
form to stand in last year's elections, although Daniel wasn't | :08:31. | :08:39. | |
present and had not yet signed the form himself. Bradley was fined | :08:39. | :08:46. | |
�1,000. Just over a year ago, Mark King | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
dropped his son off to school like he did most days, only to be called | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
a few hours later to be told he had lost his life. The youngster | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
collapsed during a swimming race and died fiom sudden arrhythmic | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
death syndrome - also known as SADS. It's a heart condition that often | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
has no symptoms and claims the lives of at least 12 children a | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
week. But Oliver King's parents say a defibrillator could have improved | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
his chances of surviving and could save lives. Today they launched an | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
e-petition calling for the equipment to be put in all public | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
places. Just over a year ago Oliver King | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
from Liverpool died suddenly during a swimming lesson at his school. It | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
was from a heart condition few of us may have heard of, but one that | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
can be detected. His parents are finding it difficult to cope | :09:28. | :09:36. | |
without him, but are focusing on a campaign to save lives. He was | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
courteous, well-mannered, perfect will stop people used to call him a | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
Ripple, because if they met him, he touched so many people. And this is | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
why we are striving. I cannot sit back and let another family go | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
through this devastation that we are still going through now. | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
The 12-year-old died from sudden arrhythmic death syndrome which is | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
caused by heart rhythm abnormalities. Today a petition was | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
launched at his school calling for the introduction of screening to | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
detect the condition, and also for all public places to have life- | :10:07. | :10:16. | |
saving defibrillators by 2017. someone feints outside a school, | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
you can get the first aid kit and rely on that and a glass of water. | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
I look forward to the picture when you can go into a sports centre or | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
School or library and find a defibrillator. | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
Healthy youngsters are particularly vulnerable but it can affect anyone | :10:31. | :10:39. | |
who puts a strain on their heart. We want the Government to look at | :10:39. | :10:45. | |
this and it is not just the case of Oliver, 12 people lose their life | :10:45. | :10:55. | |
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per week to SADS. They achieve their aims -- if they achieve their | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
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aims, that will be their legacy on Nine women and one man were | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
executed after the most famous witch trials in English history. | :11:15. | :11:25. | |
The 400 the anniversary of the -- is to be remembered. Our | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
reporter is in the shadow of Pendle I am in St Mary's churchyard in | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
Pendle. It is said to contain one of the family graves of one of | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
those executed for witchcraft all those centuries ago. Look at the | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
church there, embedded is a peculiar Stone called the eye of | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
God put there to ward off any evil spirits. Ins 1612, 10 people from | :11:50. | :11:55. | |
Pendle were found guilty of witchcraft following the trials at | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
Lancaster Castle. Nine were hanged and one died in prison but it | :11:58. | :12:06. | |
sparked a piece of history that The centuries slipped by but still | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
the Pendle witches caused a stir. Today the lot of this year's Pendle | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
witches festival, a commemoration of the 400 the anniversary of the | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
infamous witchcraft trials. Suddenly they were scapegoats in | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
society. They stood out, they were different. We can learn a whole lot | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
today about people who are different in society. Having | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
tolerance for them. It happened in the reign of James the first he | :12:31. | :12:38. | |
made witchcraft a hanging offence. The names entered folklore as | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
witches. In reality, they were victims of persecution, intolerance | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
and family feuding. They were poor, simple country folk. They probably | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
made a few pennies by selling potions. I have no doubt they were | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
a bit naughty but I don't believe they were wicked, evil people. | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
years on, you should not underestimate the power of the | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
story to the local economy. They see it attracts thousands upon | :13:04. | :13:10. | |
thousands of visitors every year. They know the story already having | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
read it in the history books. They come to Pendle for the story and | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
that Crowborough -- that represents a lot to local people. It is worth | :13:20. | :13:23. | |
�79 million worth to the district every year. | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
Festival events begin on Mother's Day, March 18th. With a walk | :13:28. | :13:38. | |
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through which country. -- through One of the key events of the | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
festival will be on 18th August when they tried to set this new | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
world record for the greatest number of people dressed as witches | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
on the slopes of Pendle Hill. They are hoping to get more than 2000. | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
Ideally, 2012 to match the year. It is light and dark and I am in a | :13:58. | :14:08. | |
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church yard in Which? -- in Sport Relief is next weekend and | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
our radio reporter set off on a tandem with special guests to join | :14:24. | :14:31. | |
their bit. They include comedian Ted Robbins and our very own Roger | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
Johnson. Roger joined them both for a little bit - and we mean a little | :14:35. | :14:45. | |
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Ted Robbins and myself are not the finest specimens. You have got to | :14:51. | :14:57. | |
keep yourself in tip-top condition. You have let yourself go! Whereas | :14:57. | :15:06. | |
the bar? -- where it is the bar? I like my seat to be lowered to the | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
ground and I am having stabilisers fitted. Have they arrived? Yes. | :15:10. | :15:19. | |
Thank you. Keep going, I am paddling! Pilot Graham Liver has a | :15:19. | :15:25. | |
cycling pedigree, he went a fair distance for children macro two | :15:25. | :15:35. | |
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If I was on the front and a small person was on the back, I would say | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
it it is like having a parcel. is it like with Ted Robbins on the | :15:41. | :15:49. | |
back was Mike I could not hold him up! She is not the only one. It | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
coincides with the Guild celebrations and the City will open | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
a 21 mile circuit. It will encourage more locals to take up | :15:56. | :16:02. | |
cycling. It is a great route, linking the city to the countryside. | :16:02. | :16:12. | |
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That should be a doddle! He will cycle the glory leg to the finish | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
and that is if the bike is still intact after my journey from Stoke | :16:17. | :16:23. | |
to Salford. Come on, Graham Liver, come on Johnson, put your back into | :16:23. | :16:33. | |
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A bit too close and personal for me, that. | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
If that's inspired you to do your bit for this year's Sport Relief, | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
why not sign up to your local Sport Relief mile on Sunday 25th March? | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
And if you want to help Graham and his gang as they pedal back to | :16:51. | :16:57. | |
Preston, go to bbc.co.uk/lancashire. Now to the sport and Richard is out | :16:57. | :17:00. | |
and about at Salford City Reds tonight where the Super League | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
champions Leeds Rhinos are the visitors. The City Reds will | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
certainly be hoping for a better result than Fergie's Reds had last | :17:06. | :17:15. | |
night. Yes, they will. It will not be easy for Salford tonight. The | :17:16. | :17:18. | |
visit of the Super League champions in their new stadium. The first | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
time I have had a chance to see it inside, an absolute cracker. This | :17:24. | :17:30. | |
is the under 20s much going on. A bad night for Manchester United and | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
City in the Europa League, both knocked out, united by Athletic | :17:35. | :17:44. | |
Bilbao. City won on the night but went out on the away-goals rule to | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
Sporting. Lots of the fans are not bothered and are looking forward to | :17:48. | :17:56. | |
the real battle for the Premier League title. | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
Out of a competition many thought they'd walk. English football's top | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
two ran into Europa League opposition who were far from second | :18:02. | :18:05. | |
rate. And after being outplayed by the side seventh in La Liga there | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
were no excuses from Sir Alex Ferguson. We cannot complain about | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
the result. They were a better team. And just like the first leg, it was | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
the Spanish side who hit their straps. Lorente hitting a sublime | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
volley to stun United, who went even further behind after the break. | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
Wayne Rooney's superb strike, only a late consolation. But back at Old | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
Trafford today many United fans feel their exit is a blessing in | :18:28. | :18:36. | |
disguise. I am glad they are out. We can concentrate on the league. | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
It was mainly a distraction, that is why we were not doing so well in | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
the early. Most of the blue half of Manchester expected the side to | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
overturn a 1-0 deficit. Very disappointed. We should concentrate | :18:50. | :18:55. | |
every season on every match to win it. Was not a good result, to be | :18:55. | :19:01. | |
honest. Not very happy but at least we can focus on the Premier League. | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
In a nightmare first half, City conceded two goals and effectively | :19:04. | :19:11. | |
the tie as over. Some fans certainly thought so. Very | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
disappointed with the way the game went. | :19:14. | :19:16. | |
Those supporters that had had enough missed a dramatic second- | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
half come-back that just fell short. After two goals from Aguerro and a | :19:20. | :19:22. | |
nonchalant Balotelli penalty, Joe Hart's last-gasp header was inches | :19:22. | :19:28. | |
away from giving City an amazing victory. I thought it had gone in | :19:28. | :19:33. | |
and I did not realise it was such a good save by the goalkeeper. | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
never comes through but, oh, well. Either way, it's the Premier League | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
both managers really want to win and the all-Manchester battle for | :19:40. | :19:44. | |
the title will now really hot up. Now to this weekend's FA Cup | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
quarter-finals, and Liverpool go into their tie against Stoke aiming | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
for their second trophy of the season. Having already won the | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
Carling Cup, fans are keen to return to Wembley. Some of them are | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
wondering if it might be an all- Merseyside FA Cup Final, like the | :19:57. | :20:00. | |
ones in 1986 and 1989. Everton manager David Moyes would love to | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
win his first trophy after ten years at Goodison. Bolton, who play | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
Spurs, want to win the Cup for the first time since 1958 but admit | :20:07. | :20:17. | |
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that avoiding relegation is their priority. We are under no illusions, | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
we want to remain in the Premier League but we must also continue to | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
progress in the Cup. Saturday will let us know if we can reach the | :20:26. | :20:33. | |
final four. We must beat Sunderland, a very good form team. Martin | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
O'Neill has done a great job. It is a tough time for us but I am sure | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
he knows it is a tough time for them as well. | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
Full commentary on your local BBC radio stations. | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
There's good news tonight for FC United, the football club set up by | :20:47. | :20:49. | |
fans angry at the take-over of Manchester United by the Glazer | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
family. The Northern Premier League club has raised �1.6 million | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
through a supporters' share issue to help pay for a new football | :20:57. | :21:07. | |
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ground and community facility at Moston in North Manchester. We can | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
see some pictures there. Boxing, and Ricky Hatton's brother | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
Matthew says his new baby daughter is giving him more sleepless nights | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
than tomorrow's opponent, Kell Brook. Matthew came face to face | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
with Brook at the weigh-in in Sheffield today ahead of their | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
British welterweight fight. Matthew's wife gave birth to their | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
second child a few days ago, but he says her arrival hasn't disrupted | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
his preparations. He's confident he'll defeat the unbeaten | :21:28. | :21:38. | |
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Plenty of sleepless nights to come, Overall, Salford in good form, | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
three victories in a row. Hoping for bigger crowds averaging around | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
5,000. With me is a man who is helping to hope that will happen. | :21:59. | :22:05. | |
The head coach, Phil. Thank you for joining us. Let's look at the match | :22:05. | :22:09. | |
tonight. How important is it that your sight bounce-back? Pretty | :22:09. | :22:14. | |
important. Not the be-all and end- all of the season but we speak | :22:14. | :22:20. | |
about improving on a weekly basis. We had a hiccup last week in France | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
and we want to rectify that. will see a couple of tries from | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
your side against the Broncos, the likes of Maddy Smith taking this | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
season by the scruff of the neck. - - Matthew Smith. He has grabbed the | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
opportunity with both hands and his thriving off it. We are pleased | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
with the way he is playing a. mentioned crowns, I hate to use the | :22:45. | :22:53. | |
word open -- the word "Project", are you disappointed that people | :22:53. | :22:59. | |
are not watching the City Reds? play at a brilliant, entertaining | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
brand of football, I am sure people will get value for their money if | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
they come out. Not disappointed, I just hope that over a period of | :23:08. | :23:12. | |
time, the crowds will add up and we will get a respectable number four | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
stop let's hope so. Thanks for joining us this evening. -- a | :23:16. | :23:26. | |
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respectable number. Let's hope so. He looked like the back of Richard | :23:28. | :23:31. | |
Taylor, walking away! What do you imagine you'll be doing | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
in your nineties, assuming you make it to that age? Most of us would | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
feel we'd earned the right to put our feet up. But not Doris Hancock. | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
Doris from Ambleside has packed a rucksack and begun an 84-mile walk. | :23:43. | :23:52. | |
She's got the stick. She's got the boots. Has she got much experience | :23:52. | :24:00. | |
of long-distance walking? I have not, really. I have never done a | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
walk of any kind. When I first retired, I was younger and I would | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
just go walking up the local hills. When I got older, people say I | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
should not be doing that at my age. It's a bold effort for a woman born | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
in the year of the Battle of the Somme. | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
She spotted a booklet about the Hadrian's Wallwork and decided she | :24:23. | :24:29. | |
must do it. She will do it in stages and will be 96 years old | :24:29. | :24:38. | |
What would you do in your nineties? I hope I am that fit and active. | :24:38. | :24:41. | |
you not think it is time to put your feet up when you are in your | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
nineties? Why? It would be ideal if you could still do it. I would like | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
to get there first. As Doris strides out along | :24:51. | :24:57. | |
Hadrian's Wall, she'll be joined by friends every step of the way. | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
will do five miles today, then five miles tomorrow. And then the family | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
will take over in the next month and through the next months. | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
Doris set off from Wallsend today. She's already raised hundreds of | :25:07. | :25:17. | |
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pounds for charity. She hopes to Brilliant. If only the Romans | :25:18. | :25:25. | |
thought of putting in a conveyor belt! Good idea. And now for a look | :25:25. | :25:35. | |
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I was folding my arms to wait for Tony to link need to Doris. I never | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
have a cool word to say to you. will try to think of one! Good | :25:40. | :25:45. | |
evening. If you are fed up of this quiet weather we are having this | :25:45. | :25:48. | |
week, fairly dreary and depressing, things will definitely changed | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
through the weekend. It will be cooler with rain at times but | :25:52. | :25:56. | |
crucially there will also be some sunshine. Today went exactly as | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
planned. Further south, the more sunshine you saw. The more north, | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
this line of rain moved its way in from parts of Scotland, the Isle of | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
Man and Northern Ireland, a few spots made it into Lancashire. It | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
will be over all of us tonight. If you are in southern parts of the | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
region, you will be fine, but on the way back it will have made its | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
way down. It is fragmenting and falling apart but it will not be | :26:24. | :26:33. | |
put -- it will be pouring down. Temperatures will not be an issue | :26:33. | :26:39. | |
tonight but tomorrow night, a different story. First thing on | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
Saturday, the remnants will be around and will move away very | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
slowly. Behind it, there will be some sunny spells and also some | :26:47. | :26:50. | |
scattered showers and as they pop up, they will happen almost | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
anywhere through the day. Some will be heavy and could be a rumble of | :26:55. | :27:01. | |
thunder included.. Temperatures depend on whether the sun is out, | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
but between 8-11 degrees. Over the high ground, possibly a touch of | :27:07. | :27:17. | |
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sleet. Mother's Day looks a fine She put our Sport Relief people to | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
shame, they could not even get over speed bumps. It is inspirational. | :27:25. | :27:31. | |
Look at our lot. Speak for yourself! Don't forget, with the | :27:31. | :27:36. |