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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson `nd

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Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: murdered in his own

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home by a burglar looking to buy cocaine. Today this war vetdran s

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killer is jailed for 18 years. We'd be no more accepting of his

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death if it had been of old`age peace and dignified. Instead, he

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wasn't peaceful, he wasn't comfortable, he was scared, agitated

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and distressed as a result of this callous attack.

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The jury heard Frank Worslex's killer had offended 42 times before.

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There's no place like Lyndale, say parents fighting to save thdir

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children's very special special school.

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She's so vulnerable that I have to have implicit trust in anybody I

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leave her with. If I didn't have that, she simply would not go to

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school. 140,000 people sign a petithon after

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teenage Sophie dies from cervical cancer. Advice from a top doctor on

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what women should do. I am Ben Trueman. Find out later why

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I am as Michael Orlan. Frank Worsley was a war vetdran a

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father and a grandfather who cared for his wife until she died from MS.

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He was adjusting to life on his own. That was until drug addict Daniel

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Crompton broke into his house at night and beat him in his bddroom.

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Crompton, who it was revealdd had 47 previous convictions, carridd out

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the attack to steal 85 pounds to buy cocaine.

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Help me. Help me. I have bedn attacked.

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The harrowing 999 call of 87`year`old Frank Wosley ` `n

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innocent and defenceless eighty seven year old widower.

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He died of a stroke a fortnhght later. Today his family werd in

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court to see the man responsible jailed, a family liason offhcer read

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out a statement. He was scared, agitated and

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distressed as a result of this callous attack. He was in p`in and

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there was nothing could be done It was not easy to watch him lose his

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fight for the over the following weeks.

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Daniel Crompton ` a drug usdr ` escaped with ?85. Daniel Crompton

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had 40 seven previous convictions. He had been drinking and taking

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drugs but had run out of money. He broke into Frank Worsley 's home

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because the window had been left open. His actions were as brittle as

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they were cowardly. He did not have two punch Frank He

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punched a more than once and took a shirt off and wrapped around his

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face. A war veteran, he was adjust to life

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on his own at his home in Bolton, He had cared for his wife Mary who had

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multiple sclerois for 25 ye`rs before her death in 2012.

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A quiet but pleasant man. Hd must have been kind because he looked

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after his disabled wife. I cannot Daniel Crompton must serve ` minimum

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of 18 years in prison. Believe it has happened. Fr`nk

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Worlsey's family said today there were now winners in this case. They

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will never recover from thehr traumatic loss.

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To the parents and children who use it, Lyndale School is irreplaceable.

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It offers care and education to youngsters with the most colplex of

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needs. But to Wirral Council the school represents an under tsed

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facility which is why it's considering closing it down. But, as

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our reporter explains, the parents aren't about to give it up without a

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fight. For these children, Lyndale is the

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most special of special schools We have youngsters here aged from

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two to 11 years old. They h`ve profound learning difficulthes or

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medical difficulties. They do not have communication skills. The need

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oxygen, and some of them have epilepsy.

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Lily and Neave are two of those children who have complex ndeds

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She cannot sit up, walk or talk Seizures need to be controlled. She

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cannot do anything for hersdlf. She is so vulnerable but I had to have

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implicit trust in anybody I leave her with. There is no other school

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like Lyndale School. But providing this level of care

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doesn't come cheap ` up to ?26, 00 per child per year. And Lyndale

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currently has only around h`lf the number of children it could take.

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That's why Wirral Council is considering whether to closd it

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The quality of care and education is very good at the school. Thdre are

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concerns as to whether we c`n sustain this.

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Is this about saving money? No. It is about making sure we have

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the best education, care and provision for these vulnerable

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children. The parents remain unconvinced.

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The schools they have spoken about our excellent schools but those

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children have different needs to our children. It is very expenshve at

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the school because of the slall numbers.

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It is what it is. Those need need to be met. I would say that thdy

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deserve the level of care they get. A final decision will not bd made

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until all interested parties have been consulted. I suspect it is not

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difficult to guess what the answer of the parents and indeed the pupils

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will be. A few minutes ago I spoke to Wirral

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South MP Alison McGovern. I asked her if the local council had got

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this decision wrong. The council need to look at every

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option to keep this school. It is an inspiration to me. Some of the work

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done at the school with children who have suffered significant

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disabilities or illnesses is really amazing. I think we need to search

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every way possible to keep this school open. Parents have rdceived

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amazing support from the Lyndale School, so I think we have to work

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hard to keep it open. You are the Labour MP. The school

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has our budget shortfall, c`n you persuade the council to change its

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decision? This is a consultation. I whll work

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with parents and the wider community to make sure that we look for every

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possible way to keep this school open.

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Would it help to increase the school to age 18?

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For a long time, parents have talked to me about the possibility of

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extending this. I think that must be taken into account. This is what I

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mean when I say that we must look at every solution to protect Lxndale

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School. It is a small number of parents but a lot of people in our

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community feel strongly abott the importance of caring for chhldren

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with significant disabilitids and that is why we must all work

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together to find the best solution. Parents and other special schools

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may feel that there are schools cannot cope with these children

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There are practical difficulties. The important thing is the needs of

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each individual child. And laking sure those needs are met. It is not

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easy to do and we must be vdry careful because each child has very

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individual, specific needs. That is why we have to start from the point

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of view of what each child needs and how they can be helped to ddvelop

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and community. The families of former Brithsh

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soldiers, including two frol the North West, who are locked tp in an

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Indian prison have been to Downing Street calling for them to be freed.

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A petition with around 150,000 signatures was handed over, urging

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the UK Government to do mord to help the men. Paul Towers, originally

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from Bootle, and Ray Tindall of Chester, were crewmen on an American

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owned ship, said to be provhding anti`piracy protection. The boat was

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detained by Indian authorithes. We're trying to get our boys out of

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jail in India. We do not thhnk this is right. We're not shouting and

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screaming or banging on doors. We are asking diplomatically if they

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can just do their best. A road in Wigan has been naled in

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honour of a soldier from thd town ` who died whilst serving in Hraq

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Kingsman Jamie Hancock was 09 when he was killed in Basra eight years

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ago. He was serving with Thd Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. The road in

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Hindley Green has been calldd Hancock Close.

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An Inquest has been hearing how a soldier from Greater Manchester died

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after being accidentally shot during a training exercise. Fusilidr James

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Wilkinson from Whitefield, was in Kenya at the time of the incident in

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2011. It happened when a colleague was examining the barrel of a

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machine gun which had jammed. An online petition to lower the age

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of cervical screening ` following the death of a teenager frol Wirral

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` has attracted more than 140`hundred and forty thous`nd

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signatures. On last night's North West Tonight we brought you the

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story of 19`year`old Sophie Jones ` who had cervical cancer and died at

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the weekend. Her family belheve she'd still be alive ` if screening

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was available for women unddr ` 25. Joining me now from our Livdrpool

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studio is Dr Jonathan Herod the Medical Director at Liverpool

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Women's Hospital ` who sits on the National Cervical Screening

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Committee. Sophie and her f`mily and friends want a reduction.

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Would you support a reduction in the screening age?

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I do not think that would bd the best way to prevent deaths from Sir

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Michael cancer. `` cervical cancer. It is different screening women at

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different ages. We must unddrstand that cervical cancer in womdn under

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the age of 25 is extremely rare On the contrary, the kind of changes we

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might pick up on a cervical screening are very common and most

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of these changes would improve without treatment. If we were to

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reduce the age of streaming, we would probably subject huge numbers

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of young women to potentially intrusive and unpleasant tests and

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investigations that may havd consequences for the rest of their

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lives. But it would fail to make much of an influence on the numbers

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of women who get cervical c`ncer in this country.

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If a young woman who was sexually active and did feel that solething

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was wrong, who was under thd age of 25, felt something was wrong, could

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she get a test? At the present time, she wotld not

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be accepted for a smear test on the cervical screening programmd. No.

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Many people watching that at the moment may feel this seems terribly

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unfair. Yes, people do know their own bodies

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but a screen test is effecthvely something for people who have no

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symptoms. If we're serious `bout reducing the number of cancdr cases

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in this country, we need to do three things: Encourage, especially as

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parents, our daughters to h`ve the vaccination at school when they are

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aged 12 years old. This will hugely reduce their chances of getting

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cervical cancer. The second thing is that for women over the age of 5,

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it is important to attend for regular cervical smears. Thdn it is

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highly paid that what happened to Sophie would happen to you because

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by and large we can prevent the risk. Thirdly, for all women, if you

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have symptoms then you should seek attention from your doctor. The kind

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of things to look for are irregular bleeding between periods, btt

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importantly irregular bleedhng that may occur after sexual intercourse.

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It is important to seek the advice of your GP.

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Thank you. A van driver has been convicted for a second time for

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causing death behind the whdel. He died when his car hit a lamp post

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last October. The jury at Lhverpool Crown Court found this man guilty of

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causing death by dangerous driving. He was told to expect a substantial

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sentence. Detectives investigating thd

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disappearance of a mother`of`six from Manchester are appealing to her

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neighbours in a further attdmpt to find her. 40`year`old Kimberley

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Brown was last seen in July 201 . Over the next two weeks arotnd ,000

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letters will be delivered to homes within a one mile radius of her

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address in Rusholme. The health regulator Monitor has

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appointed a new interim chahrman to run the trust behind Manchester s

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Christie Hospital. An investigation into the way the trust is rtn raised

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concerns over management at the Christie, but was satisfied with

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patient care. The interim chairman is Sir Hugh Taylor ` who's currently

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chair of Guy's and St Thomas's in London.

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Liverpool's Ken Dodd has bedn crowned a Legend of Comedy `t

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Leicester Comedy Festival. The 86`year`old beat Jasper Carrott

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Lenny Henry, Nicholas Parsons, Jennifer Saunders and Victoria Wood

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to take the title. Still to come on North West Tonight:

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we have done the job for thd challenge cup.

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Warrington have their hands on it. We have no intention of letting go

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of it. Could Ben be the new Michael Owen? He's scored 123 goals in just

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18 games. The guys on the sofa were great

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sports. Despite big cuts to library services

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across the UK, one of Manchdster's best known landmarks has bedn

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getting a multi`million pound make over. The Central Library h`s been

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closed since 2010 but now youngsters from Parrs Wood High ` workhng on

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the BBC's School Report project ` have been given special accdss to

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the building before it re`opens to members of the public later this

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month. Here's their report. It has been closed for years and

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cost millions of pounds to be be built. We are at Manchester Central

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library to get a sneak peek before it reopens. I work in the lhbrary

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archives and I wanted to invite you here to show you what we do. The

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library is 80 years old this year. It was a beautiful building but it

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was looking tired and needed repaired.

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Why did it take four years to renovate the library? We had to move

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books to different locations across the region. There was a lot of

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building work. It was a large project.

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Now everybody can see these books is. I look after the budget for the

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City Council. Where did the money come from? The

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vast majority came from the City Council 's Mac capital fund. That is

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a budget we use for buildings and growth. It costs a lot of money

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The paint is not even dry. H used to come here with my dad and now it

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looks so amazingly different. It is a place for young people like me to

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come and learn and have fun and enjoy the experience.

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We are out of a job exclusion Mark the library looked great.

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And hundreds of children from school across the North West will be

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delivering the news on School Report Day, which is 27th March.

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And you can see stories by other young reporters from around the UK

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on the BBC News School Report website: bbc.co.uk/schoolreport

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The Manchester United Managdr David Moyes says despite his team's poor

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form his position at the cltb isn't under threat United are currently

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seventh in the table. They lost to Liverpool at the weekend and need to

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beat Olympiakos by three cldar goals, tomorrow night to st`y in the

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Champions League. Were making big plans for the

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future. That is why there is a six`year contract. This club does

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not work on short`term. It has long`term vision.

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Rugby League: the draw for the Fourth Round of the Challenge Cup

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has given last season's winners Wigan Warriors what looks lhke a

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relatively easy match against lower`league opposition. But it s

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handed some tough ties to Whgan s local rivals, Warrington and St

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Helens. So let's look at thd draw in detail. Wigan are away to

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Championship side Dewsbury. The current Superleague leaders St.

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Helens travel to Huddersfield. Warrington face a trip to Htll KR.

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Salford Red Devils are away to last year's losing finalists Hull FC

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Widnes Vikings are at Champhonship side Halifax. There are two

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all`Championship clashes: Bottom`club Rochdale play top`club

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Leigh, and Barrow travel to Keighley. If you're looking for a

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potential giant` killing, c`n Oldham, from Championship One, beat

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financially`troubled Bradford Bulls, currently bottom of the Supdrleague?

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Earlier today, the cup draw was held here. Afterwards we spoke to three

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big names in super league. They brought the cup in.

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It'll be a tough draw, but H think any draw where you avoid thd other

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Super League clubs isn't too bad. It's an away fixture for us but it's

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a game we are expected to whn. As you say, you avoided a stper

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league draw in the first rotnd. The same cannot be said of you. Ben how

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do you feel about your fixttre with Hull KR?

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It'll be a real tough one. There is a hostile crowd up that way. We ve

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been there a few times before and they knocked us out on time. The

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year after, we had a last`mhnute drop goal in extra time. I'l sure

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it'll be no different this time It'll be tough, but we will be ready

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for them. And you have Huddersfield away, will

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that be tough? Yes, it is tough there. Huddersfield

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are very consistent, as thex proved last year winning the leagud leaders

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shield within Super League. We're under no illusions as to wh`t this

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challenge presents. Having said that, we are a team in good form

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ourselves at the moment. So, hopefully we can advance through to

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the next stage. You have all been doing this media

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launch today for the draw. Xou're sat side`by`side on the sof` now. Is

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it odd when you have a friendship or maybe a bit of history with each

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other? Yeah, it is a little bit. Wd have

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all played for England as wdll so we are all familiar with each other.

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Once you come away from these events, you go back to playhng for

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your club and let the rivalries carry on.

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We were saying earlier, in `n FA Cup draw, we would not have thrde

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Premier League footballers sitting here, talking to us. Apart from the

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obvious wage packet, what you think the major difference is between

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rugby league players and footballers, that we can get you

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here together? Rugby League is a special sport it

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is still very community oridntated, we still involve local amatdur

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clubs, so I think that whatdver opportunity we get to promote what

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we think is a brilliant sport, we will take.

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It was great to chat to thel. He's only seven but Ben Trudman has

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already got the better of Mhchael Owen and Wayne Rooney ` beating

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their junior goal`scoring rdcords. Ben's bagged more than 100 goals

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already this season for his team Haydock Juniors. Stuart Pollitt s

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been to meet the football`m`d youngster and his family.

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Ben looks like a baby Beckh`m. He takes free kicks like a fully grown

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Becks. But what Ben's reallx good at is scoring goals.

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He's already better than a few big names. Aged ten Michael Owen scored

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a record 92 in a season. At nine Wayne Rooney managed 99. But Ben's

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beaten both with 123 goals hn 1 games. That's six a match!

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What do your friends think? Some do not believe me.

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Every budding footballer nedds help and Ben is no different. Luckily his

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big brother is in goals and little sister here picks up the balls. I

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like getting muddy. When he is famous he will travel the world I

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will look after him. We have two decorate his bedroom

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like a football pitch. His schoolwork and as Homer comds before

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football. Just how good is Ben? His tdchnical

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ability is great. He can do it all. If he keeps running rings around his

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opponent you will be hearing a lot more about Ben Trueman. That was

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great. His brother was a decent keeper. We should look out for them

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in the future. Ben Trueman, you heard it here first.

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Here's Eno with the weather. Good evening. It was wet and windy today.

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I was sent a very nice photograph. But the picture is not therd. When I

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resolve these technical problems I can show you the photograph. Just to

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show `plastic this area is, it will be unsettled with rain showdrs and

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wind and gales. It will be rainy. Strong winds by the end of the week.

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Tonight: Still a lot of clotd around. Still quite windy and we may

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see deals around the coast `s well as we head into dawn. Low

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temperatures of seven degreds. That is a positive, I suppose! Wd should

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see some bright spells tomorrow Still quite breezy through the

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morning and into the afternoon. Occasional showers easing through. A

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lot of cloud tomorrow. Some hazy sunshine. Tomorrow may be the

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warmest day of the week so far. High temperatures of 14 degrees. On

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Thursday: A cold front sinkhng south, dragging a huge band of rain

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with it. Heavy rain on Thursday and also strong winds. We could see

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deals again on high ground `nd around the coast on Thursdax.

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Heading into the weekend, the picture does not improve much. Much

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cooler, down to single figures. And more rain.

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Our exhaustive list of the challenge cup draw missed out Swindon Lions.

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We apologise. They are at home to your. Good luck. We will have that

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photograph tonight. Thank you. Goodbye.

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