04/12/2013 North West Tonight

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top story. A soldier is questioned about suspected right`wing extremism

after a nail bomb is found is a Salford house. Another man who was

held on suspicion of possession of extremist right wing material. Also

tonight: find out how fracking can change the face of your community.

I am in the states. Why one man thinks this could be the

best way to beat the jams. The '60s icons which aren't enjoying

a revival. These Blackpool tower blocks are about to be gone forever.

And why getting a lift from a fan means Peter Pan won't be wired this

Christmas. It is risky but it is not dangerous because I have soft

cushions underneath. Also tonight, , familiar faces in

new surroundings. Moyes and Martinez meet again ` and Richard's at Old

Trafford. Yes, Manchester United David Moyes goes up against his

former club Everton for the first time tonight. Roberto Martinez has

really got the Blues firing, and we are looking forward to the game

First night, a soldier from Salford has been questioned about suspected

links to right`wing extremism after a nail bomb was found at a house in

Eccles. In 19`year`old was arrested under the Terrorism Act and a Street

was evacuated as officers dealt with the device. Our report is on Mellor

Street in Patricroft for us now Tonight, as you can see, this looks

like a typical Salford Street. People have started putting out

their Christmas decorations on their front doors and there is no sign of

what happened here last Thursday. But the evacuation of this street

and discoveries by police have shocked people living here. This

Street in Patricroft is now at the centre of an investigation that

spans two countries. The least say it began when they

received information alleged that indecent material could be found at

a house here. While searching the address, they found a device

believed to be a nail bomb. A 20`year`old man was arrested on

suspicion of possessing abusive images. It has been reported that

this included right`wing leaflets. I came home and we were not allowed

in. I asked what was going on. I thought someone had been murdered.

Army disposal experts were brought in and the whole street was

evacuated. Residents were brought to the local school here, set up as an

evacuation centre. I never would have thought it was anything to do

with a nail bomb. Following events here, a second man, a Shale gas,

with a nail bomb. Following events here, a second man, a Shale gas is

here, a second man, a Shale gas, is it a bright new world for Carroll

County? Night and day this is the latest epicentre for fracking.

At the last count, 250 wells have been drilled into the shale rocks

around here, with permits for many, many more. If anyone knows the

effects of a shale gas boom, it is this community here. I worry about

our small town growing into something a lot different. Who knows

what this place will look like five or six years from now? It is like we

hit the lottery. It is not the old town it used to be. I do not see a

lot of people locally getting tired. I am worried. It is picturesque. In

part it is almost Cumbria in character. Only from above do you

get a clear pick And places where shale gas and oil are processed. All

shale gas and oil are processed All the different dots are oil wells. ``

gas wells. It will cut everybody in the United States' income tax by 1%.

The county is at its prettiest in this lake area. The hotel here

closed in 2010, a victim of the recession. Now it has reopened with

funds gained by leasing land to fractures. `` to fracking. No

fracking has yet taken place in this area. People say the view will not

be very different in a few years down the line. The long`term picture

is what worries this man. We moved here because it was a quiet and

cultural, rural community. It is not becoming that. It is becoming an

industrialised community. We are already seeing an increase in crime,

in traffic accidents. Industrialise action `` industrialisation is the

big fear. Previous traffic counts were 1500 cars a day. They are now

saying it is closer to about 1000 saying it is closer to about 10 0

and our Sundays. `` on some days. Tomorrow we will find out what it is

like living next door to a drill rig. And tomorrow Peter will also be

meeting the local sheriff to find out how his life has been changed by

the fracking boom there. You can of course enter the debate

which has been lively over the past couple of nights. You can contact us

in any of the usual ways. Still to come: familiar faces in new

surroundings. Martinez and David Moyes meet again

in the Premier League. Why getting a lift from a fan means

Peter Pan will be flying free this Christmas. It is risky but it is not

dangerous because I have a soft cushion underneath.

The roads are full of traffic, rail fares keep going up, so what is the

best way to get around? For some people it could be by hovercraft.

Probably only if you live by the coast... A lifeboat volunteer from

Merseyside wants to start a new hovercraft service from new Brighton

in Wirral will stop if you get the financial backing he plans to run

services to North Wales, Blackpool and possibly even the airport.

One hovercraft seats 130. Yours for about ?5 million. Or you could lease

it. This one operates on the South coast but a vessel like this is what

Simon Clitheroe wants to run from New Brighton. This is what we will

use for landing... Simon is a volunteer from the RNLI. He got the

idea when it took in just 20 minutes to travel from Wirral to Southport

in a hovercraft. He is convinced there is a market. We are trying to

bring in a transport link that could work for Disney's people,

tourists... The plan is to originally carry out these routes.

Then there might be one to Liverpool Airport.

People have an hovercraft around here before. A flight between real

and Wallasey in the 1960s lasted only a few months. One also ran

between Southport and grapple in the 1980s. The dodger is one thing, I

heart conversion to reality is another, `` nostalgia is one thing.

So what makes silents are confident that his scheme will work? We want

to help communities. Almost like a bus service or a link train service

is what we are trying to do, bring it back onto the water. The idea

already has the backing of a Welsh MP and Simon is talking to Liverpool

Airport next week. If it goes ahead, the new service could be running by

2015. Interesting idea. I have never been

on a hovercraft. You imagine it would be a smooth ride. Lovely blue

skies in that report. We will hear soon if they are going to stick

around longer. Extra feeling in Blackpool about the imminent

demolition of two tower blocks which have been at the heart of a

community since the 1960s. Any people on the Queens Park estate

of error, cannot wait to move out of the high rises. `` many people on

the Queens Park estate cannot wait to move out.

The block contains 51 two`bedroom flats... They were once the answer

to our post`war social housing needs, that over the years they have

disappeared from our towns and cities and now it is Blackpool's

turn. Paul Wainwright has lived on the Queens Park estate for 17 years.

He moved out of one of the blocks five years ago. When they were first

conceived, these blocks, there were actually waiting lists for people to

get into them. Five years ago there were waiting lists for people to get

out. That is how bad they had become. In their place will be 98

new homes. 70% of housing stock in Blackpool at the moment is

one`bedroom flats. That is not what we need any more. If you are waiting

for a big bank and the tower collapsing, you will have to wait

for that one over there to go, too, in 2015. Ann and Clive, have lived

in that block for many years. I would rather stay here, but you have

got to move with the times. I would miss the view and memories. I am

always having to go to hospital and things like this, so it would be

better because we are down when the new estate is done for a ground

floor two`bedroom. So is this the future for the post`war tower block?

In Chester or in Manchester there have been really good examples where

local need has highlighted a requirement for elderly

accommodation when modifying structures, by improving access and

improving the fabric of the buildings. Really successful schemes

that meet the needs of elderly communities have been created. Here

in Blackpool, high`rise living is being consigned to the past.

A North West MP has spoken out about his battle with depression. John

Woodcock, the Labour MP for Barrow in Furness, says he is clinically

depressed and on medication. On his website, he says he hopes he's still

doing a decent job but admits he hates himself for some time

struggling to cope with his young family. Earlier I ask him why he had

made his condition public. One in four people will suffer from mental

health problems at some point in their lives. I was only able to go

to a GP and get help because of what other people, friends in the public

eye, have done over recent months and he's in talking openly about

suffering from depression. That made such a difference in prompting me to

go and get help and get sorted that I thought, really, I thought to do

the same and just be open about this. I know you have spoken quite

openly in your blog but can you give us an idea of how it manifests

itself in you? How low can you and have you got? I have been recovering

for over a year now from falling off a ladder and banging my head and

that has really decreased what I have been able to do. I get very

tired very quickly and when I get tired and I am frustrated at not

being able to do as much as I want as an MP or quite often spent time

with my family and my young kids, that makes me feel really low and

often you are just feeling that everything is bad, nothing you do is

write and I'm a bit of nightmare. Have you considered taking time off

from being an MP to recover fully? Admitting my depression is hopefully

a part of just getting better and hopefully being able to do the job

better and function better as a human being, rather than the way we

sometimes viewed it in the past as an indicator of a problem rather

than a problem that is being sorted out. We wish you well. Thank you.

Very courageous of him to speak to us. A typical thing to talk about,

very personal. But we wish them well.

Sport. A busy programme in the Premier League tonight. All four of

the region's clubs have tough matches that none catches the eye

more than evident's trip to Manchester United. It is the first

time David Moyes has faced his former club and successor. History

is not an Everton's side? No, they have a terrible record here at all

travelled. You have to go back to 1992 for the last time they won. You

mention David Moyes going up against his former club for the first time.

It will be interested in interesting to see the reception he gets.

Roberto Martinez has imposed a different style on the team and

perhaps find one or two critics as well.

With just one Premier League defeat so far, a record no other team can

match. And plenty of goals going in at the other end. Roberto Martinez's

players are doing his talking for him. We are getting stronger on the

pitch, growing and improving. We have done that in the last five

months. When Martinez was appointed in June, many Blues fans were unsure

whether he was the right man. In Liverpool city centre today,

unsurprisingly, I found plenty who'd changed their minds. Surprised,

actually. With the success that David Moyes had had it was a bit of

a worry. It really is fantastic After the departure of David Moyes

last season I was really worried. Very pleased. Manchester United

manager David Moyes will put out a side against his former club for the

first time this evening. At home and with Wayne Rooney ` once an Everton

Blue, of course ` in outstanding form, United will be favourites to

take the points. But Moyes for one will not be underestimating the

threat of his old charges. I used to always say to them, you would be

able to do without a manager, you boys. You know your job. You are

well organised. But Roberto has done a really good job and kept it going.

Everton's manager still knows he has plenty to prove but as starts go,

it's certainly something to write home about.

I have been looking ahead to the game with former Everton striker

Graeme Sharp and I asked him whether Everton would come here confident of

getting that elusive victory here at Old Trafford tonight. Definitely.

They have only been beaten once, They have only been beaten once

yes, in Manchester, but I think the performance will be good. We had a

4`for a couple of years ago and hopefully we can go one better. Only

time will tell. Are you surprised by how quickly Roberto Martinez has

been able to impose his style successfully on the team? Yes. When

he came in pre`season and they worked very hard, they have to

change style. David Moyes had a different approach to the game. All

credit to Martinez and the players. They have taken everything on board.

He has brought in one or two players that have added to the squad. He had

a good squad that they inherited from David Moyes but he has added

wisely and those players are performing from that moment in time

will stop but still a long way to go. David Moyes will be particularly

keen to get a result tonight. Yes. He is fantastic for Everton football

club. He was there for a long time. When he came in at first and they

were at the bottom of the league, he got us challenging for European

positions ninth and out of ten. What David did for them should not be

forgotten. I am not sure what kind of reception he will get this

evening, but I think the majority of Everton fans will realise what a

good job he did. He has moved on now. He has started very well and

hopefully that can continue. It is not just United and Everton in

action tonight. All four of the North West Premier League are

playing this evening. Third`placed Manchester City hope to improve

their shaky away form at West Brom, while Liverpool, who are fourth, are

hopeful of bouncing back from Sunday's defeat to Hull when they

host Norwich. Commentary and coverage on BBC

Radios Manchester and Merseyside, while you can catch the highlights

on Match Of The Day on BBC One at 10.35pm.

Blackpool are facing selection problems for Saturday's match at

Derby after they had three players sent off in the last five minutes of

last night's defeat at Yeovil. Defender Kirk Broadfoot was the

first to go. He was dismissed for a second yellow card in the 90th

minute. Striker Ricardo Fuller was shown a straight red card less than

two minutes later, for this incident off the ball, and a second defender,

Gary McKenzie, was also sent off, as The Seasiders ended the game with

eight men. Boxing news. Liverpool heavyweight

David Price has relinquished his British and Commonwealth belts in a

bid to revive his career after back`to`back defeats. The

30`year`old must let go of the belts after turning down a fight with

fellow Briton Dereck Chisora. Instead, Price will face Russia's

Instead, Price will face Russia s Evgeny Orlov after signing a deal

with a promoter in Germany. No word as yet definitively, on the

teams. But talking to a lot of man United fans they expect Robin van

Percy to play some part. Everton will be hoping he does not. Six

goals in ten Premier League starts. But I bet he will be wearing gloves.

It is absolutely freezing. It sounds like his friends have

arrived as well. Yes. I was talking to a Blackpool fan after they had

the three players sent off at the end last night and he said that if

they had had another one sent off they would have had to abandon the

game. The producers of a high`tech panto in Manchester are hoping the

audience will be blown away by their new version of Peter Pan.

Hopefully not literally blown away. For the first time, a powerful wind

turbine will allow Peter to fly without wires or harness. The

machine is usually used to train skydivers and produces winds of up

to hundred and 50 miles an hour. to hundred and 50 miles an hour

Peter Pan hovering over the stage, a site we have come to expect with the

panto season upon us. But how about this, without a cable attached?

Before the start of a UK tour, this famous character was in an indoor

skydiving centre in Manchester. When Peter Pan was written, J M Barrie

did not envisage wires on the back of the main character. But this is a

modernisation. He balances on a 155 mph last using technology used to

train astronauts. It is a world first onstage. You get a real rush

when the engine starts. As one volunteer discovered, it is not an

easy as it looks. That is probably why a stunt double is used. It is a

little bit risky, especially when I am pretty high. What if there is a

power could? Then I would just land down on the safety cushion. We have

a few different systems to fly. We have 3D flying and I am allowed to

do that and it is really cool. I am a daredevil so maybe I can give it a

go later on. You can see the cast in action in Manchester later this

month. It is amazing. How pantomimes have

changed. You would think it would be too noisy, but obviously not. We

hope not. Talking about 150 mph wind, it is

not a joking matter in any way, shape or form, because actually

there is fairly severe wind heading in tomorrow, particularly in the

North of the area. Not 150 mph.

No, Scotland is going to get it very bad but as you move South to the

North, that is confusing, we will get strong wind. Sunshine today and

it would have been nice to have a few more days that it is going to

change. Tomorrow it will be very windy indeed. We are expecting gales

possibly severe in some places. Wind of up to 80 mph on high ground. And

then as we head into Friday, not quite as windy but we are going to

lose some of the heat. Temperature dropping on Friday. It will be quite

cold on Friday. So tonight, here goes. We start off with the clear

skies from this afternoon. He initially and then overnight the

cloud rolls in. If you watch the wind arrows, you can see they are

really increasing into dawn. Wind picking up around the coast. Coastal

gales likely I don't. Rain starting to slowly edge in over Cumbria. ``

coastal gales likely by dawn. The bridge is not so bad. Possibly the

coldest place to be by dawn will be Cheshire. `` temperature is not so

bad. But an amber warning for wind from the Met Office. Where you see

that amber area there, if you are travelling North tomorrow, all of

that, we could see wind up to 80 mph. We start of very windy in the

morning. Cloudy as well. Heading into the afternoon, the rain sticks

side. The wind continues to gust through. `` the rain moves South.

Take care if you are travelling tomorrow. We could see coastal

flooding around the Irish Sea coast in the afternoon. Travel disruption

is a possibility. It is going to feel colder than the temperatures

show. Tomorrow night, still windy, rain around, and frost. But the next

two or three days is called. Regular updates on the radio.

So even if some of the region misses the strong wind, we are going to get

hit by the rain anyway? Yes, do take care.

Drive carefully on the roads. Goodbye.