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celebrity as we see here on the streets.

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Good evening. A man has been charged with

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attempted murder after two people were shot in January outside a bingo

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hall in Harpurhey, Manchester. Those injured were a 56`year`old woman and

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a 22`year`old man. 31`year`old James Instone was also charged with drugs

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and firearms offences. Hillsborough campaigners last night set off on a

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96 mile walk from the Sheffield stadium to Anfield, to say thank you

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to those who have supported them over the past 25 years and remember

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the 96 who died in the disaster. They left at midnight and will visit

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other football grounds en route including the Eithad and Goodison

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Park. For many years we have a fundraiser

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and people have supported us financially, emotionally, as this is

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our way of saying thank you to everyone who has done that over

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these years. A family run business in Blackpool

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that was devastated by flood damage is now celebrating its 65th

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anniversary. Brook collectibles has been owned by three generations, but

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earlier this year its future was in doubt after severe weather. Yunus

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Mulla reports Blackpool's has many historic sights, but tucked away, is

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an attraction that's also pulled in visitors over the years.

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Brooks Collectables, and its gifts evokes memories of a different era,

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but its future was put at risk when storms last year caused thousands of

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pounds worth of damage. The family run business has put all of that

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behind it and is thriving again. The idea is to keep the shop

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interesting, and to change all the time. What we do is put on the best

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display we can each year. The business opened in the resort after

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the Second World War, and has been owned by three different generations

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five years ago it opened a toy museum to put on display items

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donated by visitors. To mark the 60th anniversary, there is something

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else to add to the collection. This gold`plated begat he said to be the

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first of its kind in the world. The shop is planning specialist

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attractions to not only survive but grown at a time when similar

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businesses continue to struggle. Yunus Mulla BBC North West tonight,

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Blackpool. A runner from Manchester has

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completed six marathons in six days through the Sahara desert to raise

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money for Mencap. During the Marathon de Sables Alice Morrison

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endured temperatures of 50 degrees celsius. Steve Beech reports.

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It's known as the toughest footrace on earth. The Marathon des Sables is

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a gruelling multi`stage run in one of the world's most inhospitable

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climates, the Sahara Desert. And this year one of the select few who

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completed the race was 51`year`old Alice Morrison, who's based in

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Manchester. I had never run a marathon, the longest I had done was

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a half marathon. I trained in the Peak District and canals of

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Manchester and suddenly I had catapulted to running marathons in

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the desert for six days. The rules require competitors to be

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self`sufficient. They're given a space in a tent each night and

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water, but other than that Alice had to carry everything she needed to

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survive over 150 miles of running. It really is incredibly tough, you

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have days when you are burning up in the sand, you are crashing onto

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rocks. You are slamming down dunes. Then you realise you still have 40:

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It is more to go. It really is the toughest footrace on air.

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All that effort paid off though. Alice has raised ?6,500 so far for

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the learning disability charity Mencap. And despite crippling

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blisters, she's is determined to carry on doing extreme endurance

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events. BBC North West Tonight. Football and Burnley are on the cusp

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of promotion to the Premier League, after beating Blackpool yesterday.

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They'll be promoted if they defeat Wigan on Monday, though a draw could

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be enough. Blackpool remain just outside the relegation zone.

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Elsewhere in the championship yesterday, Blackburn drew with

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Yeovil and Bolton drew against Charlton, while Wigan beat Reading

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3`0. Lancashire's cricket coach Peter

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Moores has been appointed to the top job for England. In 2011 the

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51`year`old lead Lancs to take the County Championship outright for the

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first time in 77 years. The club hasn't yet announced a replacement.

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Rugby Union and superb display by Sale Sharks fly`half Danny Cipriani

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and a storming first period set up a crushing eight`try win over Exeter

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this afternoon. Here's the weather with Charlie

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Slater. Not a bad end to the day, with

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decent brightness for some as before the sun goes down. It is the early

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hours of Easter Sunday and it's these largely dry have quite cloudy

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as well as those temperatures fall to around three or four degrees. As

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for Easter Sunday you will be pleased to you it is a largely dry

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day and there is brightness to be had at times as well. It is a little

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bit easy and that will take a bite out of temperatures. Bank holiday

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Monday looks decent with dry and great weather.

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That's all for now. Goodbye. Good evening. The temperature

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reached 18 degrees in the sunshine across parts of the Scottish

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Highlands. Temperatures will drop this evening and overnight. A chilly

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night again for most of us. Sky is clear to begin with, but as the

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night wears on cloud will feedback back and across central and eastern

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England heading into Wales as well. Further west, Scotland, Northern

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Ireland and north-western part of England, there could be a touch of

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frost here. A different look to the day across southern areas. More in

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the way of cloud. Rain heading in as well along with a fresh, easterly

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wind. We will see some places getting wet. It clearly the

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afternoon. The heaviest rain likely to be south of the M4. Every now and

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again you will get a bit heading towards the London area into the

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South Midlands and into South Wales and the south-west. Late on

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