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throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel. We are back with the | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
late news at Good evening. A Manchester family's | :00:00. | :00:16. | |
Christmas efforts to help their severely disabled son have been | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
ruined by vandals. Fiona and Wesley Ratcliffe had converted a shed into | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
a special sensory room as a Christmas present for seven`year`old | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
Harvey. But just hours later thieves broke in, stealing equipment and | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
setting the shed on fire. Naomi Cornwell reports. | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
Harvey has Phelan`McDermid syndrome. It means he is aware of little | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
around him, but loves lights, colours and sounds. This was | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
supposed to have been his surprise Christmas present. His parents and | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
extended family had all saved up to create a sensory room for him, | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
kitted out with special toys. But in the early hours of Christmas | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
morning, thieves broke in, stealing lighting and music equipment and | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
setting fire to it all. We are devastated. We had family coming | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
down from Scotland for the weekend, the week. Everyone was expecting the | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
moment and he just never got it. the week. Everyone was expecting the | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
moment and he just never got it The moment and he just never got it. The | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
family have come down from Scotland, they are all devastated. | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
They never got to see the reaction. It really spoiled Christmas day. The | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
fire spread to a neighbouring hutch, but Harvey's two guinea pigs escaped | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
and survived ` one small comfort for a family who had been hoping for a | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
happier Christmas. Police are continuing their | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
investigation after a man died in a fire in Liverpool in the early hours | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
of this morning. Fire`fighters were called to the first`floor flat in | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
Rocky Lane in Tuebrook at around 1.30am. A man in his 40s was brought | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
out unconscious and taken to hospital but died a short time | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
later. A group of bus drivers from | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
Blackpool say they face a bleak New Year after being told just a few | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
days before Christmas that they no longer have a job. Classic Bus North | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
West has stopped the route it ran connecting Blackpool and Preston. | :02:07. | :02:08. | |
The move also leaves villagers without a bus service. Elaine | :02:09. | :02:18. | |
Dunkley reports. It's been a tough Christmas for | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
these bus drivers in Blackpool and it is looking like a bleak New Year. | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
I literally have a cup with about 10p on it in coppers. It is | :02:29. | :02:36. | |
embarrassing. My Christmas dinner is courtesy of a food parcel. Just a | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
week ago, they received letters from Classic Bus North West stating they | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
no longer had a job, they claim the company owes them thousands of | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
pounds. We will have to put the house on the market because we | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
cannot afford the bills. Christmas presents, virtually nothing this | :02:54. | :02:55. | |
year. It is terrible. Classic Bus North West has stopped the number 80 | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
route from Blackpool to Preston with immediate effect. It now means | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
villages such as Inskip and Catforth in Lancashire have no public | :03:03. | :03:10. | |
transport. The service is a lifeline for many people in this village It | :03:11. | :03:11. | |
for many people in this village. It is the only means of public | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
transport. There is no shop in the village, no public services. It will | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
have a negative impact on people 's lives. Classic Bus North West has so | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
far been unavailable for comment. Elaine Dunkley BBC North West | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
Tonight. And in the Premier League, | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
Manchester United came back from two goals down to beat Hull City 3` . | :03:33. | :03:34. | |
goals down to beat Hull City 3`2. United had Antonio Valencia sent off | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
in stoppage time. Everton lost 1`0 to bottom club Sunderland. And | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
Manchester City are playing Liverpool at the moment. The latest | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
quarter we have is 1`1. `` way to score. In the Championship, Bolton | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
beat Barnsley, whilst Burnley lost at Middlesbrough and there were | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
goalless draws for both Blackburn and Wigan. Blackpool are playing | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
Leeds. It is 1` 02 leads, the latest that match. | :03:58. | :03:58. | |
Now time for the weather. We are respecting another storm for | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
tomorrow. It will start tonight. We are respecting another storm for | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
tomorrow. It will start tonight More strong winds tomorrow and rain | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
tonight. We already have to flood warnings from the Environment | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
Agency. We are likely to see this increasing overnight is that rain | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
streams in from across the Irish Sea. It will be heavy at times, | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
easing away the other side of the night leaving heavy wintry showers | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
and places. Temperatures down to maybe one or two Celsius. From am | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
tomorrow we have an amber weather warning for strong winds from the | :04:37. | :04:43. | |
weather office. Gusts of up to 0 mph over the tops of the Pennines in | :04:44. | :04:50. | |
Cumbria and Lancashire. On the Isle of Man and around the coast it will | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
be a miserable afternoon. Lots of showers and not particularly warm. | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
That is all from us for now. We are back with Moretti and 15 PM. | :04:59. | :04:59. | |
Goodbye. Hello there, most of us have had a | :05:00. | :05:10. | |
quiet Boxing Day, mostly dry, chilly, lingering mist, light winds. | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
That is all about to change. The next storm | :05:16. | :05:16. |