26/12/2013 North West Tonight


26/12/2013

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throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel. We are back with the

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late news at Good evening. A Manchester family's

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Christmas efforts to help their severely disabled son have been

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ruined by vandals. Fiona and Wesley Ratcliffe had converted a shed into

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a special sensory room as a Christmas present for seven`year`old

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Harvey. But just hours later thieves broke in, stealing equipment and

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setting the shed on fire. Naomi Cornwell reports.

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Harvey has Phelan`McDermid syndrome. It means he is aware of little

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around him, but loves lights, colours and sounds. This was

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supposed to have been his surprise Christmas present. His parents and

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extended family had all saved up to create a sensory room for him,

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kitted out with special toys. But in the early hours of Christmas

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morning, thieves broke in, stealing lighting and music equipment and

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setting fire to it all. We are devastated. We had family coming

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down from Scotland for the weekend, the week. Everyone was expecting the

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moment and he just never got it. the week. Everyone was expecting the

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moment and he just never got it The moment and he just never got it. The

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family have come down from Scotland, they are all devastated.

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They never got to see the reaction. It really spoiled Christmas day. The

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fire spread to a neighbouring hutch, but Harvey's two guinea pigs escaped

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and survived ` one small comfort for a family who had been hoping for a

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happier Christmas. Police are continuing their

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investigation after a man died in a fire in Liverpool in the early hours

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of this morning. Fire`fighters were called to the first`floor flat in

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Rocky Lane in Tuebrook at around 1.30am. A man in his 40s was brought

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out unconscious and taken to hospital but died a short time

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later. A group of bus drivers from

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Blackpool say they face a bleak New Year after being told just a few

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days before Christmas that they no longer have a job. Classic Bus North

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West has stopped the route it ran connecting Blackpool and Preston.

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The move also leaves villagers without a bus service. Elaine

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Dunkley reports. It's been a tough Christmas for

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these bus drivers in Blackpool and it is looking like a bleak New Year.

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I literally have a cup with about 10p on it in coppers. It is

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embarrassing. My Christmas dinner is courtesy of a food parcel. Just a

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week ago, they received letters from Classic Bus North West stating they

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no longer had a job, they claim the company owes them thousands of

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pounds. We will have to put the house on the market because we

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cannot afford the bills. Christmas presents, virtually nothing this

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year. It is terrible. Classic Bus North West has stopped the number 80

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route from Blackpool to Preston with immediate effect. It now means

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villages such as Inskip and Catforth in Lancashire have no public

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transport. The service is a lifeline for many people in this village It

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for many people in this village. It is the only means of public

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transport. There is no shop in the village, no public services. It will

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have a negative impact on people 's lives. Classic Bus North West has so

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far been unavailable for comment. Elaine Dunkley BBC North West

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Tonight. And in the Premier League,

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Manchester United came back from two goals down to beat Hull City 3` .

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goals down to beat Hull City 3`2. United had Antonio Valencia sent off

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in stoppage time. Everton lost 1`0 to bottom club Sunderland. And

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Manchester City are playing Liverpool at the moment. The latest

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quarter we have is 1`1. `` way to score. In the Championship, Bolton

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beat Barnsley, whilst Burnley lost at Middlesbrough and there were

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goalless draws for both Blackburn and Wigan. Blackpool are playing

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Leeds. It is 1` 02 leads, the latest that match.

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Now time for the weather. We are respecting another storm for

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tomorrow. It will start tonight. We are respecting another storm for

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tomorrow. It will start tonight More strong winds tomorrow and rain

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tonight. We already have to flood warnings from the Environment

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Agency. We are likely to see this increasing overnight is that rain

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streams in from across the Irish Sea. It will be heavy at times,

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easing away the other side of the night leaving heavy wintry showers

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and places. Temperatures down to maybe one or two Celsius. From am

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tomorrow we have an amber weather warning for strong winds from the

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weather office. Gusts of up to 0 mph over the tops of the Pennines in

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Cumbria and Lancashire. On the Isle of Man and around the coast it will

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be a miserable afternoon. Lots of showers and not particularly warm.

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That is all from us for now. We are back with Moretti and 15 PM.

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Goodbye. Hello there, most of us have had a

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quiet Boxing Day, mostly dry, chilly, lingering mist, light winds.

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That is all about to change. The next storm

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