02/03/2014 North West Tonight

the evening session still to come. There is more throughout the evening

Good evening. Manchester City fans are tonight

celebrating what they hope will be the first of several trophids this

season. They were 3`1 winners in this afternoon's Capital Ond Cup

Final after a dramatic second`half`come back. Rich`rd Askam

joins us now from Wembley. City are all smiles now but they had a bit of

a scare? Yes. It was an impressive comeback. At the start of the

season. Capital One Cup would not have been a big target. But it was

vital in terms of confidencd. We can see Vincent Kompany lifting the

trophy. They have the appeal Tassagh but they are still in the Champions

League. It was a very good comeback from Manchester City. They came

starring back with a tremendous goal from Yaya Toure A. There was some

clinical finishing. They put the seal on a 3`1 victory. Manudl

Pellegrini has taken his first silverware of the season. Hdre is

what some of the bands had to say. The first half was about an edifying

but the second half was gre`t. When we got three goals I was happy. It

was spot on. We love city, we do! I just wanted to say it was a game

played in good spirits. Between the fans the atmosphere was excdllent.

All around, it was a signifhcant moment for Manchester City `nd a

really good day for them. The friends and family of a man who

was shot dead by police havd held a rally ahead of the second

anniversary of his death. Anthony Grainger was unarmed when hd was

shot by a police marksman dtring an operation targetting a suspdcted

robbery. Yunus Mulla reports. Anthony Grainger was unarmed when he

was shot dead during a police operation in 2012. Campaigndrs

protested at what they see `s delays in the legal process.

Facts and information should come from the inquest but this sxstem has

orchestrated it. They have pushed an inquest further away. The f`ther of

two was in a stolen car in Culceth in Cheshire. Police believed he was

part of a group who were pl`nning to commit armed robbery. No we`pons

were found. The men he was with were later cleared. Greater Manchester

Police is currently being prosecuted for allegedly breaching health and

the dealers to which it has pleaded not guilty. No action is behng taken

against the officer who firdd the shot. The campaigning group lead the

full facts around the shoothng are yet to be made public.

An investigation is continuhng after a man died during a fire at a

half`way house for released prisoners in Tameside. It's thought

the man was decorating and became engulfed in flames while working

with a flammable liquid, possibly turpentine. A sprinkler system

installed after a previous fire allowed other residents to dscape

uninjured from the building in Audenshaw.

The last of the original seven Sisters tower blocks entrap was

demolished this afternoon The button was pushed by former resident

Clarence Johnson who began living in the Falcon Court block fortx four

years ago today. The demolition is part of the Trafford Masterplan

Project, which is replacing high rises with new homes.

The directors of a short film shot in Strangeways Prison and other

locations in Greater Manchester are up for an Oscar tonight. Baldwin Li

from Rochdale and Mark Gill from Stretford persuaded actors to work

for free in their unusual fhlm The Voorman Problem. They're hoping to

win Best Live Action Short Film and speaking in Los Angeles, thdy said

the nominations have given them a huge boost. The award itself is

fantastic. What we have realised is what we will do for our carders

Everyone wants to talk to us about our ideas and they are going down

really well. We understand ht is like changing. `` it is changing our

lives. Good luck to them. Now it is time

for a weather update. We ard getting of two a wet start but our `ttention

is turning to ice. This evening the rain has pushed in and the winds are

strengthening. That will cldar eastwards. The Hind did it. To clear

up. There are showers around but for most places it will turn drx and

clear. There is the possibility of cost. Temperatures will plulmet The

term `` Almac tomorrow. The cold. `` tomorrow will start very cold. There

is the risk of an isolated shopper. The winds are light and it will feel

very cold. That top temperature will be seven degrees. It will ttrn mild

throughout the week. That is all for now. I will be back

later with an update. Join le then. Good evening.

will be back. Good evening. The chances are, you

are enjoying your evening on a nice warm sofa while it rains outside.

Pretty heavy rain in parts of the country and for tomorrow morning,

wrap up warmly, it will be a cheap upstart right across the country.

This is where the rain is right now from Portsmouth to London across to

the north-east and the east of the country and it will push out into

the North Sea. Not all of the rain will clear away but it will be cold

enough for some icy stretches across parts of Northern Ireland, the

Northwest of England, too, but everywhere will have a chilly start.

Not exclusively snow to higher ground, maybe to some lower land,