16/03/2014 North West Tonight

There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel, and

Good evening. A church servhce has been held in Norfolk today for the

victims of the helicopter crash which killed two pilots frol the

North West on Thursday. Carl Dickerson from Lancashire and Lee

Hoyle from Greater Manchestdr died in the accident near the village of

Beccles. Investigators have now found the flight voice recorder and

have started recovering the debris from the crash. Lancashire police

say they're growing increashngly concerned about a 16`year`old boy

who's gone missing in Blackburn Cameron Stanger has not been seen

since leaving Our Lady and Saint Catholic College on Friday. He is

described as five foot eight, of slim build with short brown dark

hair. He was wearing a black Adidas hooded top and tracksuit bottoms. A

special Mass has been held today at Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral to

celebrate the Archbishop of Westminster becoming a cardhnal The

most reverend Vincent Nichols was born in Crosby in 1945 and worked in

Wigan and Toxteth. The life`long Liverpool FC supporter was lade a

cardinal in February by Popd Francis. He told us what coling home

to Liverpool as a cardinal leans to him. I still have a sense of

incredulity about it, when xou put it like that, me coming homd as a

cardinal, it does not seem real but it is and for me it is a grdat

delight to come back to this wonderful cathedral and see so many

people here. Congratulations to him. Now, six months after a centre in

memory of Liverpool Schoolboy Rhys Jones was officialy opened, some

work on the complex in Croxteth Park that was not finished has bden

completed. It was made posshble after the Army provided equhpment

and soldiers to get the job done. Yunus Mulla reports. Soldiers

putting the finishing touchds to a new fence around the Rhys Jones

Complex in Croxteth. The 36th Engineer Regiment have provhded

construction equipment as wdll as 12 soldiers over the past week. It is

great on many fronts, it provides fantastic training for us. @ lot of

the guys might not be from this community, but they are frol

communities like it and therefore it is great for them to be abld to put

something back in. The centre opened last September in memory of murdered

11`year`old Rhys Jones. A l`ck of funding meant it was never

completed. Just to get to that final milestone and get everything

together, it has been a long process, but we are finally there

now. Rhys was a talented footballer. The centre is now firmly established

as a lasting tribute to the schoolboy. Yunus Mulla, BBC North

West tonight, Liverpool. Thd Happy Mondays star, Bez, has confhrmed

that he will be standing as the MP for Salford and Eccles in ndxt

year's election. The 49`year`old who is originally from Salford joined

protestors at the anti`fracking camp at Barton Moss this afternoon. He

says he is doing it for the people of Salford. I said that, I did not

mean it, but now, by the response I have had, I have decided I `m going

to do it. I have had a few people who said if I am serious about it,

they would offer help and I will be going to meetings this week and we

will do it. We are going to take Salford. Football now and Lhverpool

succeeded at closing the gap with Premier League leaders Chelsea at

the expense of Manchester United, who suffered a 3`0 home defdat.

Liverpool were awarded a penalty after this after a handall from

Rafael. Steven Gerrard scordd this one and another in the second half

after Phil Jones knocked Jod Allen over in the box. And this goal from

Suarez in the 83rd minute sdaled it. Manchester United remain in seventh

place. Two rowers from the North West have completed the challenge of

rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. Matt Mason from Accrington `nd Matt

Inglesby from St Helens set off from Gran Canaria on February 10th and

arrived in Barbados yesterd`y afternoon. They didn't quitd break

the record for the fastest crossing but are now officially part of the

fastest eight man team to ever do it. What's even more extraordinary

is that neither of them had ever rowed before. And thousands of

people have been on the strdets of Manchester today to watch the annual

St Patrick's Day Parade. Thhs is the procession's 24th year. The event is

a huge celebration of the Irish community and includes floats, live

music and local groups. Herd's Sara Blizzard with the weather.

Was good percentage of the country was basking in sunshine, it was

disappointing to hold on to the cloud and we will stay cloudy

overnight, it will be big enough at times to produce a small amount of

patchy light rain or drizzld, more so across Lancashire were there will

be hill fog over the Penninds. A mild night. A breezy night `s well.

The wind will continue to rdmain brisk tomorrow, another clotdy day,

a lot of cloud remaining, p`tchy rain or drizzle in the afternoon and

a daytime tip edge of 11 degrees. It makes it feel colder without the

sunshine `` temperature. Low pressure to the north, the hce of

Boris will tighten by the thme we get to Tuesday and Wednesdax,

Good evening. Apologies for sounding Southeast centric, but it is

difficult when London had a