06/09/2014 North West Tonight

Hundreds of North West publhc sector workers have been protesting

in Manchester over the Government's austerity measures.

Unions say cuts to services are wrecking people's lives,

while firefighters, teachers and council workers have

They came from across the rdgion in protest.

The jobs they do might be dhfferent but

As an ordinary teacher, what this Government has done over thd last

few years is just attack us. nurses and we are all seen job cuts

and we are seeing them hit the The aim of the Government's

austerity programme is to hdlp Manchester, Liverpool, all of the

towns and cities around the north`west, they have

price, and some of the great services,

schools, that has all been by the wayside.

It also says there are record numbers of people in work.

But that the job isn't done, and so a realistic assessment will

continue of what needs to bd done to deliver a brighter economic future.

The unions see things differently. This Government tells us thdy

support hard`working familids. There are more hard`working familhes

living in poverty than ever before! Today's march comes ahead of the

Trades Union Congress in Liverpool. Britain Needs A Pay Rise is the

theme, as unions discuss further Greater Manchester Police are

appealing for witnesses after an arson attack on thd

Islamic Centre in Newton He`th. Officers were called

at 11.25pm last night to reports of two men stealing CCTV caleras

from the centre on Regent Street. Then at about 1.20am this morning,

police were again called out to discover the centre's minibts had

been deliberately set alight. In each case,

two men dressed in black were seen It is key to solving any incidents

like these, and the community must come forward if they have hdard or

seen anything or have mission which could help us, to come

forward, give us A woman killed in a three`c`r

collision in Cumbria yesterday Mrs Mason was driving one

of the vehicles involved in She was pronounced dead

at the scene. Mrs Mason, a retired pharmacist

was described by her family as a active member of life

in the Levens community. Each

of the other two cars were driven by Former Police Chief Bob Eastwood was

today selected to stand as the Conservative candidate for Blackburn

at next year's general election Mr Eastwood retired

as chief superintendent in charge of policing in the area in @pril

after four years in the job. He'll stand against Labour candidate

and Blackburn with Darwen Council The position has been held

since 1979 by Labour MP Jack Straw. Sport now, and Rugby Union's

Premiership got under way this afternoon, with Sale Sharks losing

to Bath at the AJ Bell Stadhum. There were two tries apiece,

but five penalties from George Ford The match also marked Sale fly`half

Danny Cipriani's 100th Premhership Let's get a quick check

on what the weather has in store, Good evening. If you have bden stuck

under the cloud and rain, you will be pleased to hear the worst part of

cloud is clearing south and east and we have

staying dry with plenty of sunshine to go with

decent sunshine across the Hsle of Man and the rain continues to clear

Temperatures down to eight or nine. Tomorrow morning, a much better

Good evening. It was a mixed bag to start the