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power cuts to thousands of homes. Now we can join the news

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

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Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: They preyed on troubled and vulnerable

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teenagers ` three men are jailed for almost 40 years for grooming and

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sexual exploitation. We hear from one of their victims.

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Also tonight: "We want to stay together" ` the businessman forced

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to live apart from his family after claiming he was wrongly deported

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from America. As the region's final Remploy

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factory prepares to close, we reflect on a year of anguish for

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many disabled workers. I've been here for 26 years, and

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this is what they do. Three generations of South Seas

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sporting muscle ` the Fijian family welcoming their countrymen to

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Rochdale. In good hands ` the man taking over

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the world's finest watchmaker. Three men who groomed and sexually

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exploited two vulnerable teenage girls are tonight beginning lengthy

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jail sentences. Brothers Shamin and Giash Uddin and their friend Robert

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Jackson were said to have used and abused the youngsters for their own

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sexual pleasure. Detectives say others were also

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involved but have yet to be brought to justice. Our Chief Reporter, Dave

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Guest, has more on the story and joins us now.

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Brothers Shamin and Giash Uddin used all the classic tricks of the

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groomer's evil trade to befriend and then betray their young victims The

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girls, aged 14 and 15 at the time, were vulnerable, troubled teenagers.

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They made the perfect prey for men said to be intent on using them for

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their own gratification. But, as one of the girls explains, it all began

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so differently. We've used an actress to speak her words.

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They would take us over and give as alcohol and cigarettes. They would

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say nice things to us, tell us that we were pretty and that they loved

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us. They would complement is and by me things. They would take me for

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meals and two hotels. But, once hooked, the girls were

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treated with contempt. They were plied with drink and drugs to make

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them compliant during sordid sessions of abuse at various

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locations around Greater Manchester. Shamin Uddin raped both girls and

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attempted to orchestrate the gang rape of one of them. These are the

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charges on which a jury convicted him in Manchester. Charges he'd

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denied and he attempted to paint himself as a victim, claiming the

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girls were manipulative and lied about their ages. But he knew full

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well they were underage. This is his friend, Robert Jackson. He was

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convicted of raping the older girl. Shamin's brother Giash was found

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guilty of having sex with a child. Detectives know others were involved

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in abusing the girls, but so far only these three have been

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convicted. There were more men involved, but

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some of the evidence did not identify who those people were. I

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can never say no or yes. Words will not explain what it has

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done to me and how it has made me feel. It has destroyed my life.

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Tonight, the trio are behind bars. Shamin Uddin was jailed for 19

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years, his brother got six and Robert Jackson was sent down for 12

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years, the judge telling them he was satisfied they posed a significant

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risk to young girls. Here are some other stories. Police

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are continuing to appeal for information after a 19 two`year`old

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woman was robbed in her home in Bolton. `` 92`year`old. The robber

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went into the living room and ripped her Careline pendant from her neck.

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The sinking of Liverpool's Duck Tour boat in the River Mersey in June was

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due to a fault with the foam used to provide buoyancy. That's the

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conclusion of a Marine Accident investigation. Video footage showed

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31 tourists desperately jumping from windows while others clung to life

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rafts in the Albert Dock waters The nuclear engineering company AMEC

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is to create more than 300 jobs in Cheshire. The posts will be in the

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company's Clean Energy Europe business based in Tatton. Jobs will

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range from project management to electrical engineering. The

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Northwest's last Remploy factory will close this week. The closure

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follows five other sites in the last 14 months.

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The government says that the factories put disabled people into a

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ghetto and they say that the money saved will be helped to find the

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people new jobs. Is the policy working?

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From Blackburn to Barrow, across the north`west, the government has

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closed nine Remploy factories in a year. 350 disabled workers have been

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laid off. I am struggling on my own with three

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kids. It is not fair. I have been here four years and this

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is what they do. Sorry. This factory in Blackburn, the

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region's last, is closing as well after almost 70 years. Its 19

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workers say that the government has not delivered on a promise to help

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them find new jobs in mainstream industry.

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Everyone here has been sacked. Nobody has been put through any

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process for anything else. Remploy procedures happens, when the

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government closed loss`making factories and retrained workers for

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mainstream industry. For everyone who is funded for

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subsidising a loss`making factory, we can get eight people into

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employment. But vulnerable workers like Tim who

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has worked here for 26 years, are not convinced.

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I am willing to go out and get a job suitable for me. Will there be any

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jobs out there? Tim has reason to worry. They admitted that it is not

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working. The failure rate is 38%.

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When the factory closes, it will be the end of Iraq. Many will not new

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jobs. We did ask the government for an

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interview. The Department of Work and Pensions said that the annual

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budget for disability employment of ?320 million is protected to help

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redundant workers into new jobs If you are a regular viewer, you

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will note that our reporter has been following the workers for 18 months.

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The. Read will be here tonight. Next, Philip was born in Bolton but

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he lived in America since the age of nine. He was deported to Manchester

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from America in what he says is a mistake. Yes, the MP has written to

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Barack Obama asking him for clemency to allow Philip to return home. Full

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is to live on separate continents, Philip has been enjoying some time

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with his family this week. However, it is not a holiday. He would want

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to be at home in Los Angeles. I am married to an American citizen, my

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daughter is an American citizen He has never had an American passport,

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having gone into America and his mother 's passport. However, he was

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arrested after police found drug paraphernalia in the back of a car

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that he was a passenger. He was not charged with any offences related to

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this, but because he said that he was an American. He was deported.

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The pilot gave me my passport and said that I was on my own.

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Philip says that the difficulty has been bad for his daughter Kayleigh

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who has learning difficulties. I get teased at school, because

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people ask where my dad is. It has been very difficult. I pray

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every day. Just constant communication, making sure that I

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talk to him every morning and evening. That is all we have.

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They are being supported by Andy Burnham who has written to Barack

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Obama asking for clemency. This is an ordinary family. I am

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appealing to the president as a parent.

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At the end of this week, Kimberley and Kayleigh will have to return to

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America without Philip. They hope their family will be reunited soon.

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Two men have been jailed after a high`speed car race through the

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streets of Bolton which ended in serious injuries to a man and a boy.

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Mohamad Patel and Furqaan Mohmed were travelling twice the speed

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limit when the accident happened. The judge described the actions as

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shameful. This drive almost ended with death.

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The men saw each other in their cars and then had a high`speed race. This

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footage from a bus shows the journey. One witness told the court

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that she thought she would die. A 51`year`old man and a 12 year boy

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were among a number of pedestrians who had just left a nearby mosque

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during Ramadan. As they walked along the past, the two cars drove at

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speed past them. They then hit a BMW that was driving along the street.

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The cars collided and then the two cars hit the pedestrians and cause

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them serious injuries. The court heard that the man has ``

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that the boy has not recovered from his injuries and has not yet

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returned to school. Mohamad Patel, who is 20, was sentenced to three

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months after admitting to causing serious incidents by day just

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writhing and perverting the course of justice. The other man was

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jailed, and another man received a sentence for perverting the course

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of justice. It is a miracle that nobody died.

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The fact that everyone lived is remarkable.

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Still to come on North West Tonight: From hero to zero ` we examine where

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it's all gone wrong for City's keeper Joe Hart.

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It is a period that you go through and it is a period of learning.

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And in good hands, the man who is taking over as the world's finest

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watchmaker. Now, I am sure that you remember

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Alice. She was the Cumbrian teenager who inspired many after revealing

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the bucket list of things that she wanted to do before she died. She

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was 17 when she died of lymphoma. Her family have just returned from

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Africa where they scattered some of her ashes. They have raised ?10 ,000

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for the charity that Alice set up to help seriously ill children.

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At the summit of Kilimanjaro just a few days ago, Alice's sister and

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other family members among the people who made it to the top, where

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the wind was very cold. I am feeling proud but tired. It was

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really hard work. They scattered some of Alice's ashes

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at the top of the mountain. I knew that she would be proud of us

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for getting up there. Alice Pyne became famous for her

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bucket list, things that she wanted to do before dying. Getting people

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to sign up as donors, meeting Take That were things that she was able

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to do. That she was not able to get to the top of Kilimanjaro. She had

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visiting Africa and her bucket list, so when she knew that she was

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terminal, she started planning where we would take her ashes.

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Today, the family are at a charity dinner celebrating the charity. The

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money will go towards a centre for terminally ill children.

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Does going on these trips help you, make it easier?

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It gives our lives purpose. We have the mission.

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The family will continue to spread the ashes in places that she did

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visit. And she was famous for her blog and

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her mum is carrying it on and we will put the address of that website

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and our Facebook page. He was first elected the MP for

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Blackburn in 1979. But after winning eight general elections, Jack Straw

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has decided to call it a day next time round. Home Secretary, Foreign

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Secretary, Justice Secretary ` during the Blair and Brown years he

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was the region's most famous politician.

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When this lady was a Cabinet Minister, Jack Straw was her

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political adviser. He would eventually succeed her in the

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Cabinet and four MP to Blackburn. When Barbara resigns, I put my name

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in. There was competition for the seat, but luckily, I received a

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nomination. The former student leader. Can you

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hear me OK? He was a straight talker and had

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political aisle. It made him successful and popular.

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We love Jack Straw because he is a really good person.

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He is a fantastic guy. A very good man. He has supported the Asian

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community. He has had a step back, but he used

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to be a central figure. He is very caring and cares about

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this town. When Tony Blair won, Mr Straw became

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secretary. Just before the attacks of 911, he was Foreign Secretary,

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propelled onto the international stage.

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Iraq was a very controversial decision. It was the single most

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important decision I was ever involved in.

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He was one of only three men to remain in Cabinet for the duration

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of the Blair and Brown years. His autobiography was called Last Man

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Standing. I can do detail so that you do not

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miss a paragraph, which contains important things. I took the House

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of Commons seriously. Also, it turned out that I had the capacity

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to put my hands up when something went wrong.

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He announced his retirement to the local party first. You will be a

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hard act to follow. He will be a hard act to follow

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During his lifetime, George Daniels was considered by many to be the

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finest watchmaker in the world. Working from his studio in the Isle

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of Man, Daniels is claimed to be the first person in history to make

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every component of a watch, from scratch and by hand. He died in

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2011, bequeathing his entire workshop to his apprentice, Roger W

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Smith, who continues what is known as the Daniels Method of hand`making

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watches. We've been to meet him and find out more about his painstaking

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quest for watchmaking brilliance. Watchmaking is all about trying to

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achieve perfection. You are always striving to make the very best.

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One finds that one is shaping the components according to the natural

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laws of the universe. George Daniels was the first man in

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history to make a watch from start to finish. As an 18`year`old, I was

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amazed and I wrote to him and ask him if I could be his apprentice. He

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said that I had his book, a teacher she bare how to make a watch, go

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away and teach yourself. `` it teaches you there. He looked at the

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watch and he was not impressed. He was very angry. I went away and

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thought that I wanted to start another. The whole watch took five

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and a half years to make. Georgia sat down at his bench and he opened

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the box and he sat, turning it over, looking at it, inspecting it

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is. Suddenly, is put it down, turned round and said congratulations, you

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are a watchmaker. In the studio, we create ten pieces

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a year. These watches are some of the rarest watches that you will

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find anywhere in the world. It takes six months for each watch.

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Watchmaking at this level is very unusual in the fact that we are

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creating components, we will spend an incredible amount of time

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decorating and finishing. Then we will cover that components up with a

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watch dial and the component will never be seen again.

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Today, we live in a world that is all about speed, all about cheapness

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and we need to start to appreciate that quality is not something that

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we create in an instant. It takes time and thought. This is why I

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approach my watchmaking as I do It is fascinating.

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Onto sport now, and Peter Marshall's here, having spent the morning

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enjoying some Fijian hospitality. There were victories for most of our

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clubs at the weekend. Manchester was having a good result, until Joe Hart

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stepped in. An afternoon to forget for Joe Hart

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is in what is increasingly becoming a year to forget. Conceding stupid

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goals. 12 months ago, the City and England

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number one looked like he had the goalkeeping world at his feet. Now,

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he's just got his head in his hands. It is not just the defender, it is

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also Joe's fault. It is a situation that happens to everyone. It is a

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period that you go through and it is a period of learning.

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Joe went through it in 1970 when he made this mistake.

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I was very fortunate, in a way. It was a mistake, but Bert asked to see

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me afterwards. I took his words and worked very hard. Thank God, things

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became better. Joe has do do the same.

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Would you talk to him? We're not allowed near the players. It is up

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to the management. That management situation means an

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Italian goalkeeping coach has been followed by a Spanish one.

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I worry what the input of another foreign goalkeeping coach has on

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him. The job for that coach now is to try

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and return Joe Hart to where many thought he'd be for many years ` the

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undisputed number one for club and country.

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Onto the Championship, and Burnley took the three points in the

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top`of`the`table game against QPR at Turf Moor. Danny Ings scored both

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goals for the Clarets, who are now three points clear at the top. There

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was a fiery Lancashire derby between Blackpool and Blackburn. It ended

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2`2, but both sides were reduced to ten men after a scuffle involving DJ

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Campbell and Jack Robinson. The Rugby League World Cup got under

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way at the weekend. There has been a strong Fijian community here for a

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long time. I met the family who created a bond between the two

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places. They brought their love of Rugby

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League from Fiji's palm fringed islands to the traffic islands of

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Rochdale. 75`year`old Mike Ratu joined Rochdale Hornets in 1965

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brought here by the British Army. His son Emon went on to play for the

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Hornets. Grandson Michael still does, after

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stints with Leeds, Hull KR and the Fijian national And the national

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team ` the Bati, or warriors ` take on Ireland at the Spotland Stadium

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in Rochdale tonight. I am a nervous wreck. I am getting

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emotional. You see the boys coming in and when I see them, with the

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palm trees on the left hand side, near the heart.

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The family moved here in the footsteps of other Rugby League

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pioneers who joined Rochdale Hornets in the early sixties. Since then,

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Fiji and Rochdale have formed a bond.

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I have grown up with the lads. It was a rugby family. The whole of

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Rochdale will support to Fiji tonight.

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I will be excited. Emotions are running high, but just as a young

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man watching, I will be very proud and excited.

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With excitement amounting after the opening game, Rochdale has added

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Fijian food to the menu. Do people think that Fiji could make the World

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Cup final? I think they could be contenders.

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They will get near the end, but I have to back Australia.

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The moral of that is not to ask an Australian, because they were always

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say that the Australians will win. And now is the weather.

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Yes, you will have heard about the storm, but we were lucky, most of

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the storm mist us. For the rest of the week, we will have quite

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unsettled conditions. It will be ten or 11 Celsius. It will be a mixture

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of sunshine and showers. We will see strong winds. Everything but the

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kitchen`sink. Tonight, we will still have some showers from across the

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Irish Sea. There will be strong westerly winds. We will see clear

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skies in between the showers. The skies will be clear over Cumbria,

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the temperatures will drop. Tomorrow, more of the same. It will

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be unsettled. We will see plenty of blustery showers. They will move in

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from the Irish Sea. We will have a westerly breeze driving the showers,

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but in between the shower was, we will see some bright spells. It will

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not feel very warm. The highs will be 11 or 12 Celsius for tomorrow.

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But it is a cold 11 or 12 Celsius with that wind.

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Heading into Wednesday, it will be a decent night, but we will have

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another band of rain moving back in. We are likely to have this in the

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late afternoon or evening. However, for today, if you held of your

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journey, I still think that should BBC local radio station is the place

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to go for updates as to what is happening on the roads further down

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south will stop that is it. Thank you very much. Keep in touch

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with your local radio station. There have been some fatalities but

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it has been terrible, but it is rare that we have come off more likely.

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I think we will have snow later in the year.

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Buy. This is Malcolm, who owns Iceland.

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He's the one that's going to present us with

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the ten grand. When we win it. You've just got to make it

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as bearable Here we are in the PR nerve centre

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of Iceland at the end of 96 hours

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of total hell. But we haven't tested

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for dog or cat either. Is this the warmest supermarket

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around? Iceland Foods -

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Life in the Freezer Cabinet.

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