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Good evening. The head of the European Transport Committee is | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
backing a dramatic bid to reopen the debate on who runs the West | :00:15. | :00:21. | |
Coast mainline. First Group won the contract two weeks ago, but Virgin | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
Trains boss Sir Richard Branson has offered to temporarily run the | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
service for free to give the Government time to review the | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
contract. North West MEP Brian Simpson says he wants Parliament to | :00:29. | :00:38. | |
have time to discuss it. Nazia Mogra reports. It seems like after | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
15 years, Sir Richard Branson can't quite let go of the West Coast | :00:42. | :00:48. | |
Mainline. He's a billionaire with an empire, and the news 2 weeks ago | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
that Virgin trains had lost the West Coast Mainline franchise to | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
First Group, was a blow to the company. And now he's offering to | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
run the line from the North West to London for free, so Parliament can | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
look at the First Group bid. He wants the government to delay | :01:04. | :01:12. | |
signing the 13-year contract with his rival. Let the select committee | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
of Transport examine the facts, let the House of Commons debate that | :01:18. | :01:25. | |
before they rush a signature out tomorrow. Some want the matter | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
discussed in parliament. I suspect the Government will say the | :01:27. | :01:33. | |
decision has been made so we need to go ahead with it. It is only in | :01:33. | :01:42. | |
four year's time that we will know if this bid was over done or not. | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
First Group in a statement today said: Our bid is deliverable and it | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
provides the best deal for taxpayers, for passengers and for | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
staff on the West Coast Mainline. They go on to say: We won the bid | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
fair and square and we are pleased that the Department For Transport | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
sees no reason to revisit the process. First has promised major | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
service improvements, new trains, extra seats and a cut in fares as | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
part of the �5.5 billion deal which will be sealed when pen is put to | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
paper tomorrow. Thousands of music fans have been left disappointed | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
this afternoon, after much of Liverpool's Mathew Street Music | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
Festival was cancelled because of high winds and rain. Organisers | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
took the decision this morning after advice from police and safety | :02:17. | :02:24. | |
experts. But indoor events have gone ahead, as Andy Gill reports. | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
There should have been thousands of people enjoying live music here. | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
Instead, technicians dismantle the stage and sound system. Music on | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
all five of the Mathew Street Festival's outdoor stages was | :02:37. | :02:46. | |
cancelled because of predicted high winds and rain. We have got a lot | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
of temporary barriers and temper ready street signs, sharp winds | :02:51. | :02:59. | |
could blow them off into the crowds. When the crowd tried to disperse | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
there is the rest of people slipping on the wet floor and being | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
crushed or injured in that way. organisers say they were hugely | :03:08. | :03:18. | |
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disappointed. But say they had no option. This is at free Festival | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
but people from all over the world spend money getting to Liverpool | :03:23. | :03:33. | |
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for it. We spoke to fans from as far away as Norway. I am angry, we | :03:34. | :03:42. | |
have come a long way. We will be going inside, we will not miss it. | :03:42. | :03:51. | |
We have come from Leicester, we are very disappointed. I am quite upset, | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
it is a thing we look forward to every year. It was a let down for | :03:56. | :03:58. | |
performers too. Mathew Street itself was busy, as fans flocked to | :03:58. | :04:08. | |
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indoor events. A man has appeared in court today charged with the | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
murder of David Short, who was killed in a gun and grenade attack | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
at his home in Clayton. Manchester magistrates remanded 24-year-old | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
Jermaine Anton Ward in custody. He'll appear again on Wednesday. | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
Meanwhile Greater Manchester Police have doubled to �50,000 their | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
reward for two men wanted in connection with Mr Short's death. | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
Officers are searching for Dale Cregan from Droylsden and Anthony | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
Wilkinson from Beswick. The reward is the largest ever offered by | :04:31. | :04:39. | |
Greater Manchester Police. Police in Blackburn are appealing for help | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
to trace a man who's been missing since Friday. 23-year-old David | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
Noble was last seen at the town's railway station wearing a khaki | :04:45. | :04:55. | |
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hooded top and black jogging pants. It's thought he may have travelled | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
to Salford. Police describe him as vulnerable and say he can be | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
unpredictable and potentially violent. Anyone who sees him is | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
asked to ring them on 999. Blackpool promenade will be closed | :05:05. | :05:13. | |
this evening to cars for the annual Ride The Lights event. Sport now, | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
and Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini, admits he needs to | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
bring players in following yesterday's draw with Liverpool. | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
Football's transfer window closes on Friday with City just one of our | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
clubs desperate to add to their squad. Stuart Pollitt reports. This | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
late mistake from Martin Skrtel helped Manchester City to a 2-2 | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
draw at Anfield yesterday. Now City's manager is after a financial | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
gift this week in the form of some new signings. Liverpool were far | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
from 100% in their opening day defeat. But their new boss was | :05:35. | :05:44. | |
encouraged by this performance. Every field -- every player on the | :05:44. | :05:52. | |
field was fighting to their potential. That is all you can hope | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
for as a player. At the moment that's this club but their manager | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
is warning that the next five days, before the transfer window closes, | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
are vital if City want to stay at the top. Scott Sinclair could be | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
the first new arrival after a fee was agreed with Swansea. And the | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
Italian isn't the only manager in the region planning for a busy week. | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
David Moyes says he need some new faces at Everton despite making it | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
two wins from two in style at Aston Villa. Wigan, who saw off | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
Southampton 2-0, have money to spend after selling Victor Moses to | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
Chelsea. The only man who says he's happy with his squad is Sir Alex. | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
Content after victory over Fulham, that he has the players to bring | :06:26. | :06:33. | |
the title back across Manchester. Here's Eno with your weather. Four | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
of the week ahead the weather looks to be fairly and decided, it is on | :06:38. | :06:44. | |
and then it is off and back again. Tuesday should be drier and | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
brighter, more rain on Wednesday and on Thursday it will be | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
unsettled but with bright spells. Today we still have the weather | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
warning for rain, this is valid until midnight tonight. The rain | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
continues through this evening but on the other side of midnight it | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
should be dry. Temperatures will remain end double figures. Tomorrow | :07:10. | :07:15. |