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dual fuel customers will go up by more than 9%. That is all from the

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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and

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Annabel Tiffin. Our top story. Bullied online. Calls for stricter

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lows after a teenager took her own life following abuse on Facebook.

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Caitlin Alker received nearly 3 0 abusive comments online in just two

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days. Also tonight: Callum's benefits were

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stopped as he lay dying. Now his parents are taking the Government to

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court. You suddenly think, how are we going to make ends meet? One of

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us has to stay at the hospital, one of us have to stay at home and look

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after the other children. Back for good. Soldiers from the

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Duke of Lancashire's Regiment return home from their final deployment to

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Afghanistan. Simon Kirkham to find out if residents need to worry about

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rights to the land. And the fiddle recovered from the

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depths of the ocean ` but was it really played on Titanic?

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Family and friends of an Isle of Man teenager who killed herself after

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being bullied online are campaigning for stricter lows. It follows an

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inquest into Caitlin Alkers death which heard that comments and

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messages on the Facebook website were a contributing factor in her

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death. The 19`year`old was found hanging in her flat last year. The

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coroner said online bullying was partly to blame. Kelly Foran

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reports. Caitlin Alker, just 19 years old, a bubbly girl who loved

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people. She's not going to get to do the

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things that other girls are going to do and all of their other friends

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she had will get out there. I am friends with all of her friends and

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I am going to watch them get to do nice things in life and she is not

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going to get to do that. The inquest heard that that there were a number

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of contributing factors to her suicide, one of them ` Facebook She

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was subjected to 300 abusive comments in just two days before she

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died. There were 24 pages in one session of just cruel comments.

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Under UK legislation there is not a specific low which makes

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cyberbullying illegal. Caitlin's family and friends have set up a

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Facebook Page to try and change that and get more support for victims.

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There is nothing. Just aimed towards the billion. The coroner said that

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the messages were an example of anti`social networking. She seems

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strong but deep down she was not. She tried so hard to go against a

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tall but obviously this time she could not. The island's police force

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say they are in the process of designing a new strategy to provide

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more clarity for people subject to online abuse and harassment, and

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what can be done to protect them. Meanwhile, Caitlin's mum says she

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will be doing all she can to make sure it doesn't happen to anybody

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else. Facebook told us this afternoon they have extensive

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reporting tools to stop bullying. Their advice is to block someone who

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is being offensive as soon as they start ` just click the 'Report or

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Block' button under their profile picture, and then they won't be able

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to contact you or find you on Facebook. And there is existing

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legislation covering malicious communications which already exists

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and covers the Internet. Earlier I spoke to Caimin Collins from the

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support group Beatbullying. One in three young people have

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experienced cyber bullying at some point and around one and 13

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experience it on a persistent and recurrent basis. So it is an

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escalating problem in the UK and we are dealing with the consequences of

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that on a daily basis. Give us some instances of what people are going

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through online. The key issue we are finding is that with cyber bullying

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it constantly follows young people around, there is no escape from it,

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it does not end at the school gates. But it is very often accompanied by

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Bill being face`to`face and young people do not realise the effect

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that it has when they are bullying people online or face`to`face. Why

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would people think that it is all key to add a comment to rest and

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that maybe bloodying somebody? The resist certain amount of anonymity

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which allows people to feel that they could see things that they

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would not trained to say to somebody's face. I think that that

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is a real issue. One of our calls first of all to young people who are

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being bullied is to know Freddy can get help, through the likes of over

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charity, but also for service providers to take responsibility for

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making the site safer. Something like online bullying is very hard to

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police. Do you think legislation would make much of a difference It

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is really up to these organisations that are making hundreds of millions

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of pounds every year in profit based on the traffic and interactions

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happening on their networks to actually lead on this. Government

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and these large companies sure they can come together to come up with a

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solution that actually meet the demands of the online world and we

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would ask them to engage with charities like ours in order to find

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that solution. They say they were forced in to debt

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because their child was dying. Now a Warrington family will become the

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first to take the Government to court for stopping their severely

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disabled son's benefits. Cameron Mathieson died last year at

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the age of five. His family stopped receiving benefits because he'd

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spent so much time in hospital and his father says the low must change.

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He's spoken exclusively to our Health Correspondent Nina Warhurst.

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For the five years that Cameron left she was in constant pain, though he

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would never let it show. That was the best thing about him. He had a

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life limiting disease but he did not let it limit his life. In the

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community cafe set up in his name, his family remember a boy who was in

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hospital more than he was at home. You do not dwell on how it feels,

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you just have to get on with it Nothing can change the fact that

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your child is a London hospital and needs you there. But on order to be

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there for a camera in the relied heavily on ?500 per month of

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Disability Living Allowance, and loans that stopped when he had been

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in hospital for more than 12 years. The 84 rule states that if a child

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is in hospital for more than that the payments then stop because their

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needs are already being met by the NHS. But Creeks parents `` but

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Craig's parents argue that parents need to be at the bedside. What this

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84 day rule says is that the bed beside the child no longer counts

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after that time. You have to walk away. Cameron's family says that

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they do not expect any retrospective payments even if they win the case

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in court. They want to do this further families.

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Police are appealing for a woman to come forward after an attack in

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Manchester which has left a medical student in a critical condition The

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20`year`old victim suffered a serious head injury when he was

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assaulted inside Khan's Takeaway on Wilmslow Road on Tuesday. Detectives

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believe a woman saw the attack and may have vital information.

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More than 600 jobs could go in Cumbria Council over the next three

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years. It's part of plans to ?8 million. Meanwhile up to 200 jobs

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could go at a gun production line in Barrow. BAE Systems says staffing

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levels to produce the M777 field guns can't continue without new

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orders. NHS staff working with mentally ill

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patients in Greater Manchester have been protesting about proposed

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hospital ward closures. Members of Unison are concerned about planned

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cuts in Bolton, Salford and Trafford. The health trust says

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their priority is to put patients first and to find sustainable ways

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to deliver mental health services. The MP for Sefton Central has

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condemned the closure of the Coastguard Centre in Crosby. It s

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part of Government plans to modernise the service. But

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reassurances have been made that safety won't be compromised.

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The crewman who saved a three`year`old girl who fell into

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the River Mersey says he acted on instinct when he jumped in to save

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her. 38`year`old Ricardo Ermocilla was following the instructions of

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his colleague Ste Murphy, who was directing him to the toddler from

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the quayside. He's spoken of the relief he felt when he finally heard

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the girl cry after rescuing her from the water.

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We have some breaking news this evening. Six men in shoreline to

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have been charged with the murder of a British tourist. Just tell us more

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about today's developments. This has been dragging on for a couple of

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years. It was back in 2011 when this man was murdered and his Russian

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partner who was on holiday with him was gang raped. There has been a

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great deal of interest in this case ever since. A good deal of evidence

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that the man was defending his girlfriend when this happened. He

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was stabbed and then shot. Senior sources within the government have

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said that the accused will appear in court sharply in the next few

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weeks. We have had the victim's brother on this programme several

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times talking about him. What sort of man was he? He was 32, a Red

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Cross worker. He was on Gazza, fitting prosthetic limbs. He was on

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holiday in shoreline cut. `` Gaza. His case has been raised in

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Parliament and the important thing here is that the Commonwealth summit

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is about to take place in David Cameron himself said that he would

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raise the issue there. Next tonight, soldiers from the Duke

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of Lancaster's regiment have returned home. More than 350 out of

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a total of 400 are now back at Weeton Barracks near Blackpool. The

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Regiment, which recruits across the North West, isn't expected to deploy

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to Afghanistan again with all British troops due to withdrawn by

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the end of next year. Peter Marshall reports. From the deserts of hell

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managed to the wet weather of Weeton Barracks. They say that it is good

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to be back. It is nice, nice to be home. It's simple things that

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Younis. `` that Younis. Seven soldiers have been lost, but none on

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this tour. It is all about handing back control to Afghan security

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forces. Earlier this month the Afghan president said that NATO

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involvement had brought loss of life but few games. If the president of

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the country says that the countries not and that there will be known

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benefits, does that hurt or what? That is not makes billions. `` that

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is not my experience. It is not perfect, but it is a lot more like

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normal life. The general opinion that I got from talking to Afghan

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soldiers and just being there myself is that they can handle this now.

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They are proud to take on their own fighting to protect their own

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families and their own protected community. It has been a relatively

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low`key homecoming but when all of the soldiers are back there will be

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a number of Freedom Of City parades. Still to come: Accrington's former

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boss told us why he bet on matches involving his team.

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This file on `` violin has gone on sale. Did it go down with the last

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man on the Titanic? Now if

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Let's go straight outside to our Economics Correspondent Jayne

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McCubbin, who's still got the Chancellor's alter ego in tow. How's

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he holding up? He's starting to resemble a darts

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board. We started in Burnley to see manufacturing boom. It was over to

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Manchester to hear retail`sector boom for some, stagnate for most.

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Then across to Liverpool ` unemployment rising there and

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elsewhere in the North West. And tonight, it's over to Chester to

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chat SMEs. Small and medium`sized businesses. They account for half of

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all private`sector turnover. They provide half of all jobs in cities.

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We have a great business start`up rate in the North West. But the

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highest failure rate outside of London and the South East. A massive

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problem for the Chancellor. We're back on the road with Mr

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Osborne. Today we're heading to Chester, one of the North West's

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finance hubs. I'm meeting Pam Barrett. Just over a year ago, she

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was a high`flying vice president at one of the city's big`bank HQs.

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Today, she's in the cleaning business. Barclays is to cut 73 0

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jobs. Lloyds cot 3000 jobs. I had seen a lot of my colleagues made

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redundant. You thought that you would be next? It was a big risk for

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me at the time. Sheet it `` she took redundancy, Botta business and is

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now boss to several staff. It can be quite overwhelming, but on a

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positive the business is growing and I am recruiting more people. You are

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hiring? I am hiring. It is causing a lot of stress but we are getting

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there. Pam is just what the economy needs. All of the experts know that

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small and medium`sized businesses are vital. We are very good at

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starting small businesses, were not great at sustaining them. So,

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onwards, and let's get George back out of the boot for the big question

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of the week. Recovery ` are you feeling it? Now. Not at all? You'll

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might know. How's the economy looking through your eyes? It's

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picking up a bit. The more people are getting married and they are

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going for the add`ons. I will say no. You think it is a short`term

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boom? It is a short`term boom, all engineered. Said the nose, nine yes

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is. `` seven noes, nine yeses. The bank of America, I remember

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reporting 18 months ago about how it might actually pull of Chester.

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Today big news that they are going to town Chester into the global IT

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HQ. 60 new jobs on the way. Great news for George. We'll be good news

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continuing Knutsford when we take him home? He is going to travel in

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the boot. Poor old George. We look forward to

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seeing you in Knutsford. If you own your own home you may

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think that you own everything in it and in the garden. The postman has

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recently brought some people in Lancashire to North Kirkham `` town

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of Kirkham saying that their homes do not long to them.

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Earlier this week this resident received a letter from the tent or

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mac `` from the Land Registry telling him that the land was owned

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by someone else. People are worried about fracking. We are now worried

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about whether this is really freehold. Thousands of residents

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have been sent several letters. People are worried and upset. They

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do not understand what the letters mean and what the implications for

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their properties. Kirkham is an area of interest for shale gas.

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Homeowners do not win the minerals under their properties. Is that any

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different human Kirkham? The Lord of the manor owns some minerals, but

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not shale gas. I do not want anybody's home, secondly I did not

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send out any of the letters, the Land Registry dead. This is part of

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the procedure because the government said that all manners had to be

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registered. People are concerned about exactly what your rights are.

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The point is they do not have any interest in anybody else's houses,

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that is the start. Thousands of residents have had similar letters,

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it's Judy changes in registration laws and mean very little.

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He has admitted being naive, but Rob Heys insists he has been unfairly

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treated. It follows the failure of his appeal against a 21 month ban.

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He has admitted all of this, but has made it clear that he feels that the

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FA's ban is excessive. Rob Heys is here. It is good of him to come in

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and front up. What on earth made you think that it was okayed to bet on

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football? First of all, I have admitted the breaches. I am not here

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to plead innocence, and I haven t. For the ten years that you were

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breaching the rules, your underwear? `` you were not aware. But you must

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have known? I got caught out on Twitter. You bet on your own team to

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lose in some instances, that's the cardinal sin. I admit, that the big

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question to ante. I'm a massive Accrington Stanley supporter. I ll

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was have been. I have only ever wanted Accrington to win. When the

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day not when I do not read the Sunday papers. I do not look at the

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league tables. I would say I am probably one of the biggest sulk is

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when Accrington lose. The money that I was putting on Accrington not to

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win was very small, it was perhaps to mitigate against us losing. We

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are talking a few pounds, a few drinks, that is all. What you know

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hope happens and what is the future for you? I am sure I will be all

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right. I am an optimistic person. I hope that Accrington will pick up

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since. I will always be watching from the terraces. And a way back

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into feet `` football and 21 months' time? We will have to see what

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happens. Finally, the moving story of Wallace Hartley, the Lancastrian

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musician who played on as the Titanic sank. Hartley, born in

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Colne, was the band leader whose music calmed passengers as they

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headed for the lifeboats. Now, what's said to be the very violin he

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was playing that night, is being sold at auction. Stuart Flinders is

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at the Lancashire Titanic museum at Samlesbury Hall near Preston.

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A lot of conjecture surrounding this? This whole exhibition is

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devoted to the story of the disaster of 1912. In particular to the story

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of this man, Wallace Hartley, born as you say not very far from here.

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He was the band leader on board the Titanic and he went down with the

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ship. There's violin is apparently the same age as his violin. His

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violin is going on sale this weekend for ?300,000, maybe more. What have

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they got the right instrument? As the Titanic began to sink, the

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ships band leader did something extraordinary. Wallace Hartley

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decided it was his duty to go on playing to calm the nerves of

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panicking passengers. He went down with the ship. They played a

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selection of music but the most famous of course is the heaven

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Nearen, my God, to Thee. Know what is said to be Wallace Hartley's

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violin is up for sale and is expected to fetch much more than its

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reserve price of ?300,000. It is the most iconic thing. Wallace Hartley

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was the hero of the ship and to have something of his is very, very

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special. But is this what it seems? The curator of the Titanic Museum

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thinks not. In the official infantry, we know that for example

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the clothing that Wallace Hartley was wearing, green socks, his

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uniform, we know that he had coins and letters and a few foreign

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currency items in his pockets. The ricin or mention at all of our

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violin, music case, anything of that description `` there is no mention.

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The auctioneers are satisfied that it is authentic. They say they have

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consulted all of the leading experts to make sure that that violin is the

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real McCoy. It is a bit out of my league, but if you have a few extra

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hundred thousand pounds then the sailors on Saturday.

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`` the seal is on on Saturday. What you reckon? A few frocks?

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Good evening. I promised you are a blast of summer today. Temperatures

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close to 17 Celsius. I hope you have made the most of it because we also

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said hang onto your umbrellas as you will need them tomorrow. I think

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that the rain will arrive tomorrow in the late afternoon. It will

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continue into Saturday, on Saturday there will be showers and more of

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the same on Sunday. Tonight it is not looking so bad. The clouds

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continue to melt away. The main issue tonight will be fog. Some

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dense fog patches expected on the tops of the Pennines. In Cumbria,

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where we do hang on the clear skies, temperatures will fall as low as six

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or seven Celsius. But then the rain will finally arrive. We start off

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with the fog lingering in the morning. That is away, the cloud

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continues to build. As we had through the afternoon we will see

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that Greens will be alive in `` slowly arriving. It will be another

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breezy day, temperatures not looking particularly good, 13 or 14 Celsius.

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Into the weekend, Saturday will have plenty more showers. Sorry!

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You do not need to apologise! We do not personally hold you responsible.

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I wanted to bring good news. Bring some good news at 10:30pm

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Thanks for watching. Good night

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