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"scrounger". How embarassed are you? Very

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embarassed. No comment anymore. The Manchester based Co`Operative Group

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announces the worst financial results in its 150 year history.

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Fortifying the Fylde. Work starts on multi`million pound sea defences to

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protect the Lancashire coast. And revealed. We will tell you the

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most common animals in the north`west.

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It's a custom dating back more than 800 years. Specially`minted Maundy

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Money handed out to a deserving group of pensioners as a symbolic

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gesture of appreciation. And today it was Blackburn's turn to host the

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historic ceremonial event. 88 men and 88 women ` one for each of the

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Queen's 88 years ` each received two purses of money, as the Queen

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commemorated Maundy Thursday, watched by hundreds of well`wishers.

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Our own royal`watcher, Gill Dummigan, was there too and joins us

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from Blackburn Cathedral. Yes, it's eight years since the

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queen has been in Blackburn ` the first time she's ever been in

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Lancashire to celebrate the Maundy Thursday ceremony. So as you can

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imagine there was great excitement here, both inside and out.

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From early morning, a sea of red, white and blue. We have been doing

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good business. And then, the waiting was over. The Queen and Prince

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Philip ushered into the Cathedral to carry out this most ancient of Royal

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duties. This is the first time the Queen has carried out the Maundy

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ceremony in Lancashire, a tradition which goes back to the fourth

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century. Its origins go back to Christ's washing of his disciples'

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feet. That went out in about 1730. These days the Queen gives out

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specially minted coins. This year it was 88p worth ` mirroring her age.

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Handed out to 88 men and 88 women ` selected for their services to the

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local community and church. Less than an hour later, it was all over.

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Was it a good service? Fantastic. You will look back on this?

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Definitely. I don't know how she did it. Not at her age. I am younger

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than her. I felt happy and excited. We walked around the church and we

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shook the Queen's hand. Everyone feeling it was a job well done. I

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think the feeling in the town is wonderful. This is the Queen coming

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here pain is a wonderful honour to come to Blackburn. `` paying those.

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The phrase which kept coming up ` a once in a life time experience. One

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which these people will never forget.

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But of course it didn't end there for Blackburn did it? No it didn't.

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The Queen went on to Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers' ground, of course.

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And she began the day with a drive through the town. Naomi Cornwell has

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been following her through the rest of the day.

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They'd been out early in Blackburn for a glimpse of Her Majesty's

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arrival. Everybody wants to see the Queen. I came out in the cold. The

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Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arrived by train, meeting members of the

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armed forces inside the station. It was fantastic. It was great to see

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here. She looked great. At the Cathedral, more crowds were

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gathering in excitement. She is worth waiting for. It is wonderful.

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It is a great opportunity. Then it was on to Ewood Park, and a

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Lancashire luncheon for the Royal Party at Blackburn Rovers. We had a

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wave from her. All I could see was a pink hat. At King George's Hall, the

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88 men and 88 women who'd been chosen to receive Maundy money from

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the Queen were themselves treated to a civic reception. It has been a

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wonderful day. We are honoured to be part of it. I find her. It was so

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overwhelming. She was so approachable.

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We have the book that the Queen signed. Well, joining me now is

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Canon Andrew Hindley. Use anchor the Queen? A little bit `` U sang for

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the Queen? I did. It is such an honour to do it for her. I was

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speaking to people as they came out. Everyone said it was an honour. This

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is a religious ceremony and the Queen is the head of the church.

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What does it mean for you? She takes it so seriously. To give 88 men and

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88 women this wonderful gift, they were tearful. It was emotional. It

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was surprisingly emotional. It reflects our Lord's whole thing

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about service to the community. These people who are given service?

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Yes. Most are over 70. Those have given far more. What is it about the

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Queen that inspires this devotion? She is a person who is the whole

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image of cell service. She offers her whole body in the way she is. ``

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self service. Everyone here seems impressed at how she had acted. She

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really does connect well with people, ordinary people. People were

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so moved by her. I know you have another service today so I will let

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you prepare phase. Back to you in the studio.

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A Runcorn man's been arrested by detectives investigating a serious

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sexual assault in the town. The alleged attack happened near Irwell

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Lane two weeks ago ` and the victim was a 26`year`old woman. Cheshire

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police are advising women on nights out to stay with their friends and

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be conscious of who is walking near to them.

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The father of a two`year`old girl who died after suffering injuries

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has been paying tribute to his daughter. He said the whole family

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had been left devastated. A 23`year`old man has been remanded in

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custody. The company bringing marionettes to the country will mark

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100 years since the First World War and those taking part for four`man

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army recreating the recruitment of the Liverpool battalions. And 6500

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knitted Easter chicks have been donated to a children's hospice in

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Greater Manchester. Knitters from as far as Italy, France and Spain

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joined local crafters after an appeal by Francis House Children's

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Hospice in Didsbury. The chicks were filled with chocolates and

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distributed to 25 schools who sold them to help raise funds.

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The judge said he "perpetuated a scrounger" and he should be "deeply

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ashamed". Andrew Mitchell from Lancaster told the Department for

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Work and Pensions he could only walk with his crutches, couldn't go out

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alone and needed care at home. But it was all a lie. Instead Andrew

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Mitchell was working as a courier delivering parcels across Lancaster.

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He cheated the tax payer out of more than ?35,000. Today he was sentenced

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to four months. Nazia Mogra's been at Lancaster Crown Court.

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He picks up a large parcel. Puts it on his shoulder, then wrestles with

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it while climbing the stairs. All this from a man who said he could

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barely walk a few yards before he felt dizzy. A man who said he

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couldn't bend, lift or carry. A man who said he couldn't walk without

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his crutches. This is just some of the hours of footage secretly filmed

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by the Department for Work and Pensions. Mr Mitchell worked as a

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self employed courier for Hermes for three years, getting paid up to

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?1200 a month. He was secretly filmed and was going from house to

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house with no trouble at all. All while claiming incapacity, housing

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and disability allowances. Mr Mitchell at an earlier date pleaded

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guilty to all five counts of fraud ` he said he committed the fraud

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following the death of his son. I do feel sorry. It is something that

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happened. When he started to claim benefit years ago he told us he

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couldn't walk more than 80 yards in four minutes. He had discomfort

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because of arthritis. Obviously, his condition improved over time and he

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failed to tell us about that. The judge told them he should be

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thoroughly ashamed. You cheated your community and the tax payer." Mr

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Mitchell, who still works as a courier, says he will be paying the

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money back. How embarrassed are you? Very embarrassed. No comment.

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Thousands of jobs are at risk at the Co`operative Group after the

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organisation revealed its worst financial results in its 150 year

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history. Today, a century and a half after the Co`operative movement

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began in Rochdale, the organisation announced losses of ?2.5 billion for

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2013. It's the latest in a string of problems for the Co`op, which has

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lurched from crisis to crisis. So what does this mean for its

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customers and staff? But first Abbie Jones is here to tell us more.

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The Co`op owns lots of businesses ` a bank, supermarkets, undertakers,

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pharmacies. But its own interim chief executive said today its

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problems lie in trying to be all things to all men. Richard

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Pennybrook said there would be job losses. Some from not replacing

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staff who retire or leave, some from selling off businesses. But the

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Co`op will be thousands of people smaller than it is now.

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We have to make cuts in our cost base. What I can say to colleagues

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is that we will go to job cuts last. We will explore every other avenue

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first. Where it becomes necessary to reduce jobs then we will treat

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colleagues with the appropriate respect. The bulk of the Co`op's

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problems stem from its bank. Last year it discovered a ?1.5 million

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financial hole ` after it bought the Britannia Building Society and tried

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to buy over 600 branches of Lloyds Bank. And it's had to pay out

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millions for misselling personal protection insurance. Buying the

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Somerfield supermarket chain also lost the Co`op Group money. And the

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organisation's lost a string of bosses. Its disgraced former

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chairman Paul Flowers was yesterday charged with drug offences. Its

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previous chief executive left last month saying the Group was

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ungovernable. Customers today weren't impressed. I want to keep

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some money in case I lose some. I have given up on them to be honest.

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They have time, possibly. It is who owns it now. Who owns the bank is a

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big question. A rescue deal last year meant the Co`op Group only owns

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30%. It might now have to give up more to free up money to stem

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today's eye watering losses. The BBC business reporter has been

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following this. He is here now. Let's talk about jobs. You have

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talked of the interim chief executive. What is the danger?

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Richard Pennybrook has been talking about what he feels has a cost base.

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He needs to cut costs. It is losing money. They need to find money from

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somewhere to stem the tide of losses, otherwise there's a danger

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it exist. There is ways of doing that. He has to cut costs. In the

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future he can hope profits will go up. I asked him is it thousands of

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jobs that will have to go. He refused to put the number to me. We

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pressed him on it. He didn't challenge me when I said thousands

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of jobs. I think we can assume that'll happen. This is a business

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which is not that big and is making a enormous losses and somebody needs

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to steady the ship. People who have savings in the banks, should they be

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worried? I don't think so. There is a good mentor guaranteed behind all

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our savings. `` government guarantee. There has been a lot of

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attempts to change things. Does the Co`op have a future, and if so

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doesn't have a future in its form? It was said it would be a great

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shame if there wasn't an organisation run by its members,

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that delivers profits back into a community. I think almost everybody

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would agree with that. The point is how you make decisions, this is an

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organisation that needs to make changes in months, not years. There

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seems to be resistance? Some members feel you do this within a democratic

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structure, that is what makes the Co`op special. The right decision

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but only come out through democratic debate. There are other people in

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the group that feel you need a more plc company in order to make

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decisions fast, for example can you cut 1000 jobs in a matter of weeks.

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I think Richard Pennybrook is from a public company background. That is

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his experience and maybe the fact he is at the helm will mean that is

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more the choices they make. It is good to get your insight. Still to

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come. The England star who has turned professional as Manchester

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City bid to dominate women's football. It is amazing. My focus is

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now on football. In the past I was at home. And the wildlife in your

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garden. The first rocks have arrived on the

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beach at Fleetwood as part of an ?86m investment in the Fylde coast's

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sea defences. The money will be spent protecting 12,000 homes on

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Rossall and Ancholsholme. The work will take three years to complete

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and create jobs for local people. Yunus Mulla has been looking into

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flooding in the area. The great storm of 1927, widespread

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flooding and destruction along the coast. Sea defences were breached

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then and again on a number of occasions since. Almost a century

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later these boulders weigh up to ten tonnes each and they will form the

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front line for the next 100 years in a battle to stop nearby properties

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flooding. They are below sea level and it is important they have the

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knowledge they have a strong sea defence which is going to last and

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cope with all the conditions we do get up here. 7500 properties will

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get protection along a 2km stretch in Rossall and a further 4500 along

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in Ancholsholme. Here you see a scheme which is bringing in ?86

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million, 325,000 tonnes of rock. It will protect a very large number of

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properties. In Ancholsholme there will be a new concrete sea wall and

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the promenade here raised. Marjorie and Tony's bungalow was flooded in

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the major flooding is the 1970s. I wanted everything out which was wet.

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That was taken out. It was taken straightaway. We got it dried and

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everything. Tony, what do you think of the new sea defences? Excellent.

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Further down the coast in Blackpool sea defences, which

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2019. Football and it was a bad night for

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both Manchester City and Everton in the Premier League. City's title

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hopes took a huge blow as they drew 2`2 at home to bottom of the table

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Sunderland. The Blues are now six points behind leaders Liverpool but

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have a game in hand. Everton's 3`2 defeat by Crystal Palace leaves them

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a point behind Arsenal, who are in the fourth place Champions League

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qualifying spot. If she's given an opportunity she

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has to take it. Toni will be playing her home games here. Their ground is

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in the shadow of Manchester City's Etihad Stadium and, like for the

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men's team, if the women's team are to have any success this season they

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must get past Liverpool. A move to full`time training and the backing

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of the club's American owners helped the Reds raise standards and race to

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the title last season. They have adopted a winning philosophy and

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have integrated us into that so it is great for us. With City,

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Liverpool and others developing their women's team, there's likely

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to be more opportunities for players in the future to follow Toni's lead

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and become full`time footballers. I wonder how long the women get paid

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the same as the men. Gymnast Luke Strong has become the first man in

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32 years to win a senior medal at European Championships. The

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20`year`old, who missed the Olympics, won the bronze medal in

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Portugal. Lancashire County Cricket Club has made a record operating

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profit after four successive years of losses thanks to international

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cricket. It made ?3.5 million after renovating Old Trafford to Test

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match standards and selling the naming rights to Emirates Airlines.

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A record 150,000 spectators came to see the Ashes Test Match and One Day

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Internationals against Australia in just six days last August.

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What are the most common animals found in the region's gardens?

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For the first time, the RSPB has asked people to tell them about any

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wildlife, not just birds, that they spot. Thousands of people in the

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north west took part in the survey, and the results give an important

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picture of which species are declining. Here's our environment

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correspondent Judy Hobson. It is incredible to think what could

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be moving around your garden June night. This footage was taken by

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wildlife enthusiast in Birkenhead `` during the night. Thousands of

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people have responded to a survey which is getting information about

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the wildlife. The results give a picture of which animals are

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threatened. The 50 most frequent visitor to gardens were badgers. The

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most common creature is a grey squirrel. We asked the public to

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give us information so we can understand where people are seeing

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wildlife in the garden, and how often they see it. It is the

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beginning of a process. The results confirm fears that hedgehog numbers

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are declining and in greater Manchester, now December sent people

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never spot a red squirrel. The information will help people

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understand all the factors `` 97% of people. I bet he thinks he is

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sophisticated. Can you give us a sophisticated weather forecast?

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sophisticated. Can you give us a sophisticated weather Good evening.

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We have a weekend of two parts. Saturday is better than Sunday and

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Monday. Towards the tail end of Sunday it is not that good. I think

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it will turn rainy on Sunday night. It means that on Sunday it'll be a

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much more cloudy affair, because the next two days will be very good

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indeed. Make the most them if you can. I'm showing you this picture.

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There is not a great deal of rain on it. It'll be light and patchy, but

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over the last couple of hours, some places are seeing rain making its

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way in. After that, look at the clearance in the weather. The cloud

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clears out through the night, so we are heading into a cold one. That'll

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be an issue tonight and tomorrow night. Some of the coldest nights we

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have had for a while. This picture you will see tomorrow holds for

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Saturday as well. It is a bit nippy in the morning, but the sun is up as

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well so it will get rid of that quickly. It is dry and fine through

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Friday and Saturday. Good spells of sunshine. The winds will be light,

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but slightly cooler and dryer, to the temperatures won't be as good,

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possibly 12 or 13 Celsius. Things change on Sunday. It is not a bad

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weekend. Half a good bank holiday weekend. What you need is a bit of

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inside knowledge. Book your days off. Have a lovely Easter.

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