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brightness between the clouds. The outlook is mixed. Thank you. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
If Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Thffin and | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
Roger Johnson. Our top storx. Why were police statements into the | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
Hillsborough disaster changdd? A coroner says the inquest jury needs | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
to decide. We're live in Warrington tonight. Also in tonight's | :00:19. | :00:28. | |
programme. The Prime Ministdr's in the region to tell us about new tax | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
rates. We'll be talking to him live in a few minutes. What they'll all | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
be racing for in the Grand National at Aintree. A North West Tonight | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
exclusive, as we reveal the new trophy later in the programle. And | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
bringing a glow to the Wintdr Gardens. Chinese artists crdate the | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
world's biggest indoor illulinations in Blackpool. The Coroner at the new | :00:46. | :01:05. | |
Hillsborough inquests has told the jury they'll have to considdr | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
whether statements were changed to blame the fans and deflect criticism | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
from the police. Lord Justice Goldring's comments came as he | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
finished his opening remarks. He told the jury they must fully, | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
fairly and fearlessly inquire into the deaths of the 96 Liverpool fans | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
who died in 1989. Our Mersexside Reporter, Andy Gill, joins ts from | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
the Coroner's Court in Warrhngton. What did the caller say abott the | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
police statements? He said ` number of South Yorkshire police statements | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
had been amended, sometimes to take criticism of police leadership, | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
sometimes to Degas could thhs is fans, and he said the jury should | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
ask why the amendment was m`de, was it made for innocent and | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
understandable reasons, or was it part of a policy of blaming fans in | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
order to deflect criticism from the police? He said, do the amendments | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
throw any light on that crucial question, how those who died came to | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
do so? Did the coroner say that the jury should think about it? He gave | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
them six key areas to think about, the layout of Hillsborough hn 1 89, | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
control the crowd in pens three and four, management of fans outside the | :02:19. | :02:26. | |
Leppings Lane end, and management of fans inside, and the emergency | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
response, and the conduct of fans, excluding those who died. Hd said | :02:31. | :02:37. | |
this would ask whether dangdr could have been averted and, if so, by | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
whom. We spoke to Brenda Fox from Whitchurch in immoral, whosd son | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
Steve, 21, died at Hillsborough It is something we have lived with for | :02:51. | :02:52. | |
so long, so it was not It was just what actually h`ppened. | :02:53. | :03:01. | |
We are here to get the truth. And hopefully we will get the truth | :03:02. | :03:10. | |
Another aspect the coroner looked at was the 3:15pm cut`off use that the | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
original inquest in Sheffield. The coroner decided he should look at | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
evidence about what happened after that time because he thought | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
everybody would be dead or dying by that time, but the coroner here | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
today said, from the start, it was a controversial decision which many of | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
the bereaved families strongly disputed. He said, we shall not | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
follow that course. The inqtest resumes tomorrow, with personal | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
portraits, by relatives, of those who died. | :03:40. | :03:59. | |
Liverpool's mayor and a leave of Sefton council did not take part in | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
about two elect the chair and vice`chair because they are Truman | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
is late. The squabbling has been gone on ever since and therd was a | :04:11. | :04:12. | |
worry that it is damaging the region. The Liverpool City Region | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
Combined Authority ` its cabinet, the leaders of Liverpool, Sdfton, | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
Wirral, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton councils. It's only two days | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
old ` already a row over thd election of its leader. | :04:23. | :04:29. | |
council leaders met in this building in central | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
morning at ten o'clock. Shortly afterwards, Meir Anderson and the | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
leader of Sefton Kelsall left that meeting to stop when they rdturned, | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
they found that Phil Davies of the Wirral had been elected leader of | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
the Wirral `` Liverpool combined authority. In a leaked e`mahl, Mayor | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
Anderson says the four leaddrs presently consider him "too big a | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
personality" and "Liverpool too strong". He went on to say they ve | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
engaged in "Toytown level politics". But have they covered themsdlves in | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
glory? It is clearly going to be seen as HR dish spat. That hs how it | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
looks to everybody. And the news will have reached the desk of Eric | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
Pickles, the Secretary of State The combined authority has powers | :05:13. | :05:14. | |
potentially billions of pounds worth of investment. Business is | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
concerned. As a business, you would be saying, you need to fix this and | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
properly, and that is what they need to do. Greater Manchester's | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
equivalent has scored huge successes with the Metrolink tram system and | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
the development of Manchestdr Airport. All ten leaders, wherever | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
they come from, whichever p`rty want to do better in terms of | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
getting new jobs, opportunities and industries coming into Manchester | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
and we decided to work together to do that. Mayor Anderson's e`mail | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
says he's seeking legal advhce. But that might be in vain. Therd was | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
clearly a majority in the room, quarterback people voted for someone | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
else to be chair, so the decision made, under the legislation, is | :05:57. | :06:05. | |
valid. A soldier from Salford ` charged with terrorism and | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
explosives offences ` has appeared in court for the first time. Ryan | :06:09. | :06:11. | |
McGee was serving with the fifth Battalion the Rifles when hd was | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
arrested in December. It followed the discovery of a suspiciots device | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
at an address in Patricroft. The 19`year`old was bailed on the | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
condition he stays at an Arly base. He'll appear at the Old Bailey next | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
month. Tributes have been p`id to a 12`year`old boy found hanged at his | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
home in Eccles. Police say they were called to a house on Boardm`n Street | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
yesterday afternoon. Kyle D`rker's death is not being treated `s | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
suspicious. A spokesperson from his school says their thoughts `re with | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
Kyle's family. Good news for passengers on one of the regions | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
most crowded rail services. Northern Rail has announced it's takhng | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
delivery of 14 new electric trains on the Liverpool`Manchester route | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
from December. They'll provhde an additional 3,000 seats at pdak times | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
on the newly electrified rotte. That will release diesel units for use on | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
the routes from Manchester to Bolton and East Lancashire. The local and | :07:02. | :07:10. | |
European elections are next month and ` in the weeks before polling. | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
We'll be talking to all the main party leaders as they attempt to win | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
over voters here in the North West. Tonight we begin with the Prime | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
Minister David Cameron. He's been in the region this afternoon t`lking | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
about changes to the lower rate of income tax. And he's here now. Good | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
evening. Talking about a cut in the number of people paying the lower | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
rate of income tax. We're used to cuts in this part of the world. How | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
many people are we talking `bout? From Sunday, you will not p`y any | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
tax on the first ?10,000 th`t you are on. That takes the millhon | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
people out of income tax since this government came to office and give | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
them a tax cut of ?700 to everyone apart from the very highest earners | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
in the country. It is a verx positive move to leave more people | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
with more of their own monex to spend as they choose, and if you | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
think of someone on minimum wage, they are income tax bill will come | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
down by two thirds, under this government. It is 37 more in this | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
region, taking the number to 34 ,000 people who will not pay income tax, | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
which many people would applaud but the other way of looking at that is, | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
that is upwards of 300,000 people, who do not earn upwards of ?10, 00 a | :08:26. | :08:33. | |
year. We want to see more pdople working. Unemployment is falling. We | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
have got thousands more people in work since I became prime mhnister. | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
Unemployment is down. The claimant count, the numbers claiming | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
unemployment benefit, has f`llen sharply in the north`west. The | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
north`west has the same unelployment rate as London. We are making | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
progress but there is more to do. There was a lot more work to be | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
done. You compare the north`west in London. That might be the only thing | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
that we are equal the London on There is a view that whilst London | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
is recovering and booming and house prices are going through thd roof, | :09:11. | :09:14. | |
in the regions, particularlx this one, we are getting left behind How | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
do you address that? We havd to help us this except succeed and to take | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
on more people `` we have to help businesses succeed. We are helping | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
small businesses by saying that they get ?2000 off the national hnsurance | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
bill. That is coming in this week. And we are seeing, I believd, a more | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
balanced recovery than in the past. The deployment rate is the same in | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
the north`west as in London, which tells the story that we havd growth | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
in every region of the country. We are making investments into | :09:48. | :09:48. | |
transport infrastructure to make sure that the north`west is not left | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
hind. The Institute of Publhc policy research, it says that, in the | :09:54. | :10:02. | |
North, ?104 per head is spent on transport infrastructure. In London, | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
it is ?1600 bed. That is a lassive disparity. `` ?1600 per head. We are | :10:08. | :10:16. | |
electrifying the trans`Pennhne route, we are investing in the | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
northern hard, the decision about the trains serving Bourton was made | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
because of action we are taking We have big road investments, the | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
Heysham Link Road, improvemdnts to the M1 and the A1, all of which will | :10:32. | :10:33. | |
make a about money that is being invested | :10:34. | :10:42. | |
in London. We are talking about crossrail in London, which hs the | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
biggest infrastructure projdct in Europe, so that'll stew the figures. | :10:48. | :10:57. | |
` skew. And we have HS2, whhch is going to get to the north`wdst | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
quicker. It will just make London more of a draw for the rest of the | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
country and will suck more hnto itself. It means that Birmingham, | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
Manchester and London will be connected our way that makes journey | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
times faster and increases capacity as well as driving the industrial | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
renaissance that I want to see, I want to see more manufacturhng, | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
investment and exporting. The budget was all about that, making sure that | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
businesses in the north`west get the capital allowance to invest in the | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
future. You talked about fr`cking last time. Greater Manchestdr police | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
say has cost them ?1.5 millhon the police the Barton Moss procdss. | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
Their budget, like all police budget has been cut since the ther`py | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
budget gaming. Will you help, will you contribute? `` budget c`me in. | :11:51. | :11:58. | |
Greater Manchester police h`ve seen a budget cut but have delivdred a | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
massive cut in crime, 20%, since this government came to powdr. I | :12:03. | :12:04. | |
would argue that we should be would argue that we | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
saying, the point is, let's praise them for | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
while having the budget redtced We should not measure public sdrvices | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
by how much we spend on thel, but on how good they are. We should | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
certainly look at it, because I think this is vital for this | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
country. We have been talking about a balanced recovery. In America you | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
see companies going back thdre and manufacturing there and invdsting | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
and growing, because they h`ve got unconventional gas, and lowdr gas | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
prices. I want us to be, in Britain, the reshore nation, where vhsitors | :12:44. | :12:52. | |
come back to invest here. M`rk Menzies, the MP for Fylde, can you | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
tell us about his future after the personal revelations about them at | :13:00. | :13:02. | |
the weekend? He has been a very hard`working MP. He said sole of the | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
allegations are not true, and he wants to set out in his own time the | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
answer to these allegations, and I think that we should give hhm a | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
chance to do that. Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage are debating Etrope on | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
another channel. Why are yot not taking part? I take part in debates | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
every week in the House of Commons and I am having a debate right here | :13:26. | :13:32. | |
and now. Will you commit to leaders debate before the general election? | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
You prime minister. You can make it happen. I want to see them happen. I | :13:37. | :13:44. | |
think it should happen. I thought, last time, having the debatds in the | :13:45. | :13:48. | |
election campaign took the rest of the life out of the campaign. With a | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
fixed term parliament, becale get started a bit earlier. So it could | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
happen soon? I would like to happen before the election starts. | :13:59. | :14:07. | |
Still to come on North West Tonight. Lighting up the Winter Garddns ` | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
Chinese artists bring the world s biggest indoor lluminations to | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
Blackpool. And, what happendd next? The tidal phenomenon which `llowed | :14:17. | :14:19. | |
this Manx romantic to pop the question. | :14:20. | :14:28. | |
Sophie Lancaster's senseless death shocked and sickened the Lancashire | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
community where she lived. She was beaten to death simply becatse of | :14:33. | :14:36. | |
the way she chose to dress. Seven years on her mother is camp`igning | :14:37. | :14:44. | |
to stop it happening to othdrs. And today Sylvia Lancaster was `t he | :14:45. | :14:47. | |
daughter's former school to spread the word there ` just as a new book | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
linked to the murder was also launched. Our Chief Reporter, Dave | :14:52. | :14:53. | |
Guest, has more. Sophie Lancaster was beaten to death for darhng to be | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
different. A group of teenagers attacked her and her boyfridnd in a | :14:58. | :15:00. | |
Lancashire park because thex were dressed as goths. They had Rob on | :15:01. | :15:07. | |
the floor, jumping and stamping on his head. Sylvia Lancaster | :15:08. | :15:14. | |
daughter's death many times through her work with the Sophie Lancaster | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
Foundation, which campaigns against hate crime. Trainer marks on both | :15:18. | :15:27. | |
sides of her face. But this audience was special, because this is | :15:28. | :15:30. | |
Haslingden High where Sophid was a pupil. One of the great ple`sures | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
has been talking to a teachdr who taught Sophie. People did not | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
realise that she had a very quirky, wicked sense of humour. Tod`y also | :15:41. | :15:50. | |
saw the launch of a new novdl based on Sophie's murder. It was ` story | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
that had to be told. In the book, the victim is called Rosie. But this | :15:56. | :16:04. | |
is Sophie's story. I cuddled her, and she was gone, gone for dver | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
This bench is dedicated to the memory of Sophie Lancaster, but to | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
her family, keeping the namd alive is about more than simply inscribing | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
on some luck, it is about inspiring change, it is about ensuring that | :16:18. | :16:23. | |
others never have to suffer the way that she did. `` on some | :16:24. | :16:32. | |
Richard's here with the sport now. Manchester United fans will be | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
feeling a bit better after last night's draw against Bayern Munich | :16:38. | :16:40. | |
in the Champions League. Yes, United battled very hard for a 1`1 draw at | :16:41. | :16:42. | |
Old for the second leg of the qtarter | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
final in Germany next week. They did it on a little more than a puarter | :16:49. | :16:52. | |
of the possession, so it was a real backs`against`the`wall performance. | :16:53. | :16:54. | |
But they were well organised and looked as though they may wdll shut | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
the European Champions out `fter the Reds took the lead through Nemanja | :16:59. | :17:01. | |
Vidic. Great header from thd skipper. But Bastian Schweinsteiger, | :17:02. | :17:04. | |
who was later sent off, scored a crucial away goal for the Gdrmans. | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
This was the reaction of sole United fans after the game. I would take a | :17:08. | :17:11. | |
1`1 draw at the moment. It could have been worse. Tonight was the | :17:12. | :17:15. | |
first night that David Moyes proved themselves as a manager. An all | :17:16. | :17:18. | |
right performance with commhtment and energy. Vidic scored! | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
And they did go on as the underdogs, which is unusual for Manchester | :17:27. | :17:33. | |
United. How important a restlt was this for David Moyes? I think it was | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
significant. Tactically, many observers thought he got it spot`on | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
against a team who, man for man are better | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
In the Championship, fifth`placed Wigan came close to ending | :17:53. | :17:55. | |
Leicester's19`match undefeated run but conceded a late equalisdr for a | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
2`2 draw. The Latics' opener came when Jordi Gomez crossed to Ivan | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
Ramis for this header but the visitors equalised just minttes | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
later. In the second half, Gomez's corner allowed Rob Kiernan to make | :18:07. | :18:09. | |
it 2`1. But Wigan's hopes of a crucial win ended when Dean Hammond | :18:10. | :18:11. | |
equalised in 87th minute. Aintree Festival ` culminathng in | :18:12. | :18:29. | |
the Grand National, starts tomorrow. And I'm delighted to welcomd John | :18:30. | :18:32. | |
Baker from the Aintree Racecourse and Peter Eaton, from the drinks | :18:33. | :18:35. | |
company Halewood International, who own the National's new sponsors the | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
Liverpool`based Crabbie's. H cannot help but noticing that you have got | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
something under there. A br`nd`new trophy. Look at that. I shotld say | :18:42. | :18:59. | |
that those diamonds are real. It is part of the increasing glamour of | :19:00. | :19:02. | |
the Grand National over recdnt years. For the first time prize | :19:03. | :19:08. | |
money exceeds ten in pounds. `` exceeds ?1 million. Yes, with the | :19:09. | :19:17. | |
sponsorship, we put together an exciting festival. I cannot for the | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
next few days. As a local company, it is great that you up connected to | :19:23. | :19:29. | |
such a prestigious event. Yds. We are very fortunate, we have a great | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
opportunity to connect one of our main brands, to this event, | :19:34. | :19:41. | |
delighted to be part of it. What is it about the Grand National? Was it | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
because it was a local race that attracted you? We have got great | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
family history with the Grand National. Our late founder, John | :19:52. | :19:57. | |
Halewood, was passionate and supported the National Hunt all his | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
life. History Moss to sponsor the Grand National. `` his dreal was to | :20:03. | :20:15. | |
sponsor. Is it an anxious thme for you? This is a great time for us. | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
All of the preparations has gone very well. We are very pleased. We | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
cannot wait for people to come and enjoy the facilities. We ard very | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
pleased with how the track looks. The fences look great. We are so | :20:33. | :20:38. | |
excited. If I am thereon ladies day, do I have to wear a big warl coat? I | :20:39. | :20:52. | |
shall be wearing my fascinator, Annabel! | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
I do not know how we can be`t that for bling. The world's biggdst | :20:58. | :21:13. | |
indoor illuminations have arrived in the home of illuminations, | :21:14. | :21:14. | |
Blackpool. Illuminasia, which features 35,000 lights all the way | :21:15. | :21:15. | |
from China will be on displ`y. The ?3 million show is the first big | :21:16. | :21:25. | |
indoor attraction to open in the resort for more than 20 years. We | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
gave Elaine Dunkley 50p to put in the Winter Gardens meter, and asked | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
her to take a look. It is c`mera, action and lights. For Blackpool | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
Tower switch on, like no other. With 35,000 lights, the wonders of the | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
world have been recreated. Tower Bridge is majestic on the shde of | :21:44. | :21:46. | |
the room. We have the leaning Tower of these here. `` Pisa. 27 tonnes of | :21:47. | :21:56. | |
steel sounds like a lot, but when you see the effect of 35,000 LEDs it | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
is an incredible thing. The team have travelled to the shares one | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
province of trying `` of Chhna. `` the shares one province of China. `` | :22:11. | :22:28. | |
Sezchuan Province. This is our very first time building the Blackpool | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
Tower. For me, we constantlx walk by it, so we see the similarithes. | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
Blackpool is very special. Xou are very famous for the eliminations. | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
This is almost the perfect city for us to visit with an attracthon like | :22:46. | :22:50. | |
this. For the visitors, this will be a trip to | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
It is lovely, isn't it? Anyone on of Blackpool's brightest | :22:55. | :23:05. | |
It is lovely, isn't it? Anyone on the Isle of Man who doesn't have sea | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
legs got the prefect chance to visit one of the island's landmarks last | :23:10. | :23:12. | |
night, which is usually onlx accessible by boat. Thousands of | :23:13. | :23:15. | |
people took the rare chance to walk out to the Tower of Refuge hn | :23:16. | :23:19. | |
Douglas Bay. The tide means there are only a few days a year where | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
it's shallow enough to walk across to it. The inside is closed to the | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
public but one man arranged access, to ask his girlfriend a verx special | :23:30. | :23:32. | |
question. Kelly Foran was there to see the moment. A sea of people | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
This stretch of beach usually under water, but the tide is low dnough | :23:38. | :23:40. | |
just twice a year to get right up to the iconic Tower of Refuge. Families | :23:41. | :23:43. | |
and some four`legged friends took advantage. I am 50 this year. It is | :23:44. | :23:52. | |
the first time I have ever done it. But it is off the list now, so we | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
will not do it again. I found it to be really fun looking round although | :23:58. | :24:03. | |
I fell into a puddle. It was a great experience. A good opportunhty to | :24:04. | :24:11. | |
have a look. It was built in 18 2 by the founder of the RNLI, Sir William | :24:12. | :24:15. | |
Hillary. A statue of him ovdrlooks the tower in Douglas Bay. Hd decided | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
something needed to be done, as vessels kept getting dangerously | :24:19. | :24:27. | |
shipwrecked on the rocks. Inside the tower is close to the public but an | :24:28. | :24:29. | |
exception was made to allow this to happen. If you didn't catch it, that | :24:30. | :24:38. | |
was a yes, by the way. It sdemed like an appropriate time. It was a | :24:39. | :24:54. | |
big surprise, a big surprisd. People should not to attempt the w`lk alone | :24:55. | :24:58. | |
as The tides can catch you out if you're not careful, on Mond`y night | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
two people had to be rescued by lifeboat after becoming str`nded by | :25:03. | :25:04. | |
the Tower. The tide turns qtickly. Because it is a shallow beach, the | :25:05. | :25:07. | |
tide does coming quickly, so before you know where you are, you are | :25:08. | :25:10. | |
stuck. This is the only org`nised walk to the tower, if you mhssed | :25:11. | :25:13. | |
out, you'll have to wait another year. That looks like great fun You | :25:14. | :25:24. | |
would not want to slip, would you? Will I need that winter coat on | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
Friday for Aintree? You could be crazy not to wear one, but xou might | :25:31. | :25:32. | |
be the only one who is wearhng one. Not much of the day`to`day. We had a | :25:33. | :25:43. | |
weather front that moved across the region, out into the Irish Sea, and | :25:44. | :25:49. | |
then back in again. It has plagued many other places as well through | :25:50. | :25:51. | |
the afternoon. It has not bden a brilliant day. Those showers are | :25:52. | :25:59. | |
around even now and will continue at the next few hours. As the night | :26:00. | :26:01. | |
progresses they will start to move north and die away. It will take | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
until midnight before many places are completely dry. It is a mild | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
night. Heading to the early hours of the morning, we have a break | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
developing in the cloud covdr, which might give us some missed, but even | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
really, temperatures will bd around five Celsius. And around evdn 1 | :26:21. | :26:26. | |
Celsius in towns and cities. The best of the weather tomorrow will be | :26:27. | :26:29. | |
first thing in the morning, and even then, it is worth noting moderate | :26:30. | :26:37. | |
`high air pollution. The conditions and weather might change, so the | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
showers could see that drop, but it is worth noting that it is | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
moderate`high in places. First thing in the morning, some cloud breaks | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
developing, but after lunch, that cloud rolling back on in ag`in, with | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
more showers moving in across the region. It might not be widdspread, | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
and a good dodge those showdrs, but it is still relatively mild. High | :27:02. | :27:12. | |
temperatures of 15 Celsius. Now how about this for a dramatic rdscue | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
operation? It took ten officers from Greater Manchester fire and rescue | :27:18. | :27:20. | |
service, but was well worth it ` after they pulled a one eyed horse | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
from the River Irwell. I'm not sure if the fact that the horse only had | :27:25. | :27:26. | |
one I was relevant. `` 21`year`old Ruby, lost her footing | :27:27. | :27:32. | |
and fell into the river in Radcliffe. Luckily after a two hour | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
ordeal, the mare was safely back on dry land. That is not an easy job, | :27:37. | :27:39. | |
getting a horse out of a river. And she is 21. That's all for now. Good | :27:40. | :27:41. | |
night. | :27:42. | :27:43. |