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That's all from the team here at Westminster.

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Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson.

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As Parliament debates air strikes on Islamic State,

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Muslims here make mercy ple`s for kidnapped aid worker Alan Hdnning.

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A joint message calls the 47`year`old former taxi driver

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The family of a man killed by a disqualified drunk driver calls

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for her seven year sentence to be increased.

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The Manchester runner heading for a world record.

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And Boy George joins the Culture Club as the '80s pop`star rd`works

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# If I listened to your lies, would you say.

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Prayers have been said at Mosques across the North West

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The Salford taxi driver was kidnapped by Islamic State lilitants

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as he attempted to distribute aid in Syria.

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A message demanding his immddiate release has been signed by Luslim

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religious leaders at mosques across Greater Manchester and Lanc`shire.

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It comes as Parliament has `pproved air strikes against IS targdts

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We call out today on this Friday sermon, to the Isis, to the ISIL,

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the IS, whatever they call themselvds, to

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The message was clear at the Manchester Central Mosque

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Muslims here and elsewhere across the region were being urged

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to unite in calling for the release of a local hero

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We are with Alan Henning and his family

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and our thoughts are with them and we pray for his safe return

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But can your message, no matter how well`intended,

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hold any sway with these men who are clearly very dangerous men who are

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We hope that they will open their eyes and realise

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the grave sin and the gravity of the mistake they are makhng.

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The Manchester Central Mosqte was packed to capacity

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as a message signed by Muslhm leaders from mosques across

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Greater Manchester and Lanc`shire was shared with the congreg`tion.

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I hope, wherever he is, Alan, that he is released very, very soon.

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I hope it works, but I am not so sure, to be honest.

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Of course, all this has comd on the very day that MPs in Westminster

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have been discussing whether Britain should join in airstrikes on

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It will put his safety and security at risk, if these strikes h`ppen.

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But of course the British government will say that

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they are doing this at the specific request of the Iraqi governlent

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Any military strikes you sed happen, foreign action by Western powers

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in the Middle East, generally tend to fail,

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And friends of Alan Henning can t help but be concerned about

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the possible consequences British air strikes could have for him.

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It doesn't take a rocket schentist to figure out that if the UK get

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involved in something like this it cannot be positive news for the

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efforts on the ground to trx and secure the release of Alan Henning,

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Meanwhile his family continte to wait, pray and hope for news

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This evening, MPs have voted by a huge majority to

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support British air strikes against Islamic State forces in Irap.

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524 voted in favour with just 4 opposed, our political editor

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Was mentioned above has plaxed? And yes, it was. And this is the

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most difficult decision thex take. We have no move to a position where

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Parliament has to ratify th`t decision also. The government was

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never going to be defeated today but the MPs had to make a choicd and

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that choice goes on the record. Among those speaking today was the

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former cabinet minister who paid tribute to Mr Henning.

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He went out to get aid to the men and women and children and babies

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He was there as an ambassador from our country and I would just make a

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personal plea today that thd people of IS, whether it falls on stony

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ground or not, that they should release him, he should come home to

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be with his wife and family and the people who love him.

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So where does this leave Mr Henning?

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I think the Prime Minister will have taken at face on this and whth this

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up in his possession, what he has made clear that although Mr Henning

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as a priority, that he sees as Islamic state as a threat to

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national security as a whold so that has outweighed the balance. His

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family themselves had made clear that they believed this will put him

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further at risk and as we know, Islamic state themselves have used

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military action in the past as justification for murdering

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individuals, so there is no doubt that this is a much more serious

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situation for Mr Henning thhs evening.

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The Attorney General is revhewing the sentence given to a wom`n

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from Manchester who killed a man when she drunkenly cr`shed her

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Tracy Carrington was alreadx banned from driving

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and had three previous convhctions for drink driving when she caused

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Today his family described her six year jail sentence as shockhng.

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Adam Uyiekpen's family have described him as a "shining star".

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He'd moved here from Italy hn the hope of training as a doctor.

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On August 2nd Tracy Carrington was three times over the limit

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as she drove along Moston L`ne in Harpurhey.

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Adam had just stepped out of a shop to answer his phone.

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Her car mounted the pavement, colliding with a bus stop

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and ripping a metal pole from the ground.

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She was jailed for six years and four months after admitting

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Six years as a joke. It is just a joke. The matter what sentence she

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received, it would not bring Adam back.

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Adam's wife had hoped to john him here in the UK.

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Speaking to us from Italy via the internet today,

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she said Carrington's sentence had added to their distress.

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Of course it would be less than sections, because we know the way it

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works. So I am totally upset, I am totally disappointed by the

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Justice. This is not justicd and I want justice for my husband and for

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our family. Now the area's MP has referred the

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sentence to the Attorney General. Magistrates in Preston have remanded

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a man in custody charged with the The 25`year`old died

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after being stabbed in the leg at Jason Taylor, who's 21 and

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from Westfield in Lostock H`ll was A man has been charged as p`rt

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of an investigation into historical sexual abusd

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at music schools in Manchester. Wen Zhou Li has been charged with

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rape and two offences of indecent assault

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on a teenage pupil at Cheth`m's He's due

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before magistrates next month. Another 65 wind turbines ard being

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built in Liverpool Bay after the Government gave

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the go`ahead for an extension to They'll be four miles

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off the coast and generate tp to 250 A couple from Cheshire have had

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to move out of their farmhotse and live in a caravan while thehr home

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is taken over by a flower show. Wilf

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and Pam Lomas have given up their house in Middlewich to the Cheshire

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Area of the National Associ`tion All this week we've been looking at

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how major changes to accident and emergency could affect hosphtals

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across Greater Manchester. The Healthier Together camp`ign

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believes that seriously injtred people should treated in ond

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of a few specialist centres, rather than at their local @

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in order to save lives. Tonight in the last of the series,

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our health correspondent has been to Royal Bolton Hospital where staff

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say pregnant mums and babies could be put at risk if the hospital

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doesn't get specialist statts. 6,000 babies are delivered to you

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at the Royal Bolton Hospital every But despite all the new arrhvals,

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there is concern that emergdncy We have a very busy maternity unit,

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and we look after high risk women, complex cases and it is verx

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difficult to imagine how we will achieve that safely and delhvering

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high`quality care if we don't have As well

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as dealing with complications in labour, there is also a dedhcated

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children's accident and emergency. There is not enough money to

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deliver the quality of care that we Down in A,

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the waiting rooms are full. Despite all the pressures,

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Bolton believes it can treat From our perspective, we ard keen to

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be a specialist hospital and in terms of surgical emergency

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admissions, seven patients per day actually go forward to emergency

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surgery, so we are providing quite Healthier Together is about dealing

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with the most serious cases. Resources

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and expertise are stretched. Healthier Together believes that

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by concentrating services on fewer They should be able to cater

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for everything, not just small specialist hospitals

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for certain things. If I had

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a heart attack I would be worried. The consultation for Healthher

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Together ends on 30 Septembdr. He's leading the Heathier Together

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consultation and he's here now. She said there that it is all about

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concentrating expertise to save lives, but why do you think that is

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not being done to a sufficidnt standard no? We have known for 0

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years that help `` hospital standards have not been wanting me

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to be intrigued to Manchestdr, so this is our way of explaining that

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people and explored the ways that we can make improvements and

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concentrate expertise on fewer sites for the very sickest people but at

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the same time keeping every single hospital open. So are you are not

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going to close departments? Because there are ten at the moment. There

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will be ten accident and emdrgency departments, they will all work

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seven days a week. This is `bout helping the patients are at the

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sexist to get their expert care that they do not get. Does that not

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create a 2`tier system? It does the opposite, because the other thing we

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are all about is getting hospitals to work in partnership and club

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edition and doing away with the competition that hospitals have had

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to operate under under the last ten years, competing for patients and

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income. Are they not having to compete at the moment to get this

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special status? What we want to do and we have found is alreadx

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beginning to happen, for ex`mple in Saltford and wedding and Bolton

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those hospitals have started to move from competing against each other to

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know is starting to work with each other to come up with soluthons to

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deliver care to the right standards and we want more of that. It is not

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about saving money? This is all about saving lives. We want to save

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the lives of 250 people in the year, who currently unfortunately

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died because they get subst`ndard care in greater Manchester. People

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understand that that the crhtically injured you will get them the best

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care to the best place. But what about the delivery of a new baby,

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that is when it gets complicated? The proposal as not to remove

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intensive care beds from hospitals but instead to expand intensive care

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facilities and have more spdcialists on four or five sides so th`t the

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very sickest people get the best clear every single claim th`t it is

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needed. For most people who run a m`rathon

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it is an extraordinary achidvement and probably not something xou'd

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want to repeat for a while. But that's not the case for sports

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therapist Amy Hughes.Tomorrow, in Manchester, she will run her

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53rd marathon in as many daxs. The feat, which has taken

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in towns and cities across the UK, will set a new world record

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and raise thousands for charity As you can imagine, it is pretty

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hard to keep up with a woman who is capable of running 52 marathons in

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52 days, so far, but we havd tracked down Amy Hughes to these services

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where she is en route to here 5 I had a few niggles on the way,

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but nothing major. How do you prepare

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for something like this, because it Yes, you can't really prepare

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for 50 marathons. I have tried to do a lot more

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strength training and get more time To pull back my pace in trahning

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and get my nutrition right. Explain to me why you're dohng this,

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who inspired you to? The charity is

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for children with brain tumours So I want to raise awareness

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for that. The little girl, Izzy, who hnspired

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it has suffered from a brain tumour, and is being treated at a hospital,

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you had the joy of running with her. Yes, she came down when I w`s

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in my hometown on Wednesday. She has actually come

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at the other side and was given the all clear back

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in May, so that was really good What do you make

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of the public support you h`ve had? It has been unbelievable,

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especially during the second half. The messages

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of support have been amazing. So the final and 53rd marathon

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is tomorrow, what time? Are you going to be able

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to celebrate after that? Oh, yeah, I will be straight out,

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lots of partying, If you want to go and support Amy,

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9am tomorrow, Richard is here now with

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the sport and a thrilling but ultimately disappointing end to

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the County cricket season. Yes, Lancashire took what h`s been

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pretty much a season`long fhght against relegation to the fhnal day,

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but they couldn't secure thd victory they needed against Middlesdx and so

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slip back into Division Two of the County Championship

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after just a year. Ian Hasl`m spent the day at Emirates Old Trafford and

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can join us live from there now I imagine after coming so close

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everyone is pretty down at the moment two yes, I was here this time

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last year as Lancashire confirmed promotion back to County

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Championship division one. Brilliant atmosphere on that day.

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Today, less so. I think we `re the last people you. Me and the

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cameraman. Lancashire and Mhddlesex both went into the state knowing

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that either of them could bd relegated. Middlesex started the day

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at the crease, Lancashire knew what the had to do. We had to get the

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necessary runs to win the g`me. In the end, they did not even get to

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ball them out. Not less than seven dropped catches in this match.

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Probably the most crystal one coming this afternoon at a really hmportant

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time. The Lancashire wicketkeeper field to keep a fairly routhne

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catch. `` field. `` failed. We spoke to him when he came off the pitch. A

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few weeks ago, at penultimate game in Sussex, after whizzing b`d, we

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thought we were relegated then. So the skin was a second chancd, if you

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like. But halfway through this game, we were read by Kenneth chance, so

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it is disappointment over again We have gone down fighting. We need to

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learn a few things from this season and make a few improvements and come

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back stronger next year. I was here hoping for a celebration, btt it has

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not happened. It truly is rdlegation form. This in a season that

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Yorkshire of all teams won the division title.

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Manchester United are suffering from a defensive crisis

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as they prepare for tomorrow afternoon's visit of West H`m.

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Manager Louis Van Gaal has dight players injured and Tyler Blackett

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suspended after he was sent off in last weekend's defeat

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The Old Trafford boss says he may have to draft

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in youth team players as his team tries to bounce back from the 5`3

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The highlight of this weekend's fixtures hs at

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Anfield where Liverpool and Everton lock horns at lunchtime tomorrow.

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Both sides are hoping it cotld spark their their season into lifd

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as both currently reside in the bottom half of the table following

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It's 15 years since The Bluds last won at Anfield, so is this the

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Last season Merseyside's reds and blues lit up the Premier Le`gue

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Liverpool coming within a whisker of the title.

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Everton bringing European football back to Goodison P`rk.

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But so far this campaign has seen some of that early

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It will be a very tight gamd, to be honest. The way that both ddfences

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are plain, it will end up p`ying all. It will be very tricky.

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Last season a 3`3 draw at Goodison was followed by

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But there's a sense this tile both teams are still finding thehr feet.

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He is an excellent manager, and it will be a tough game for us. Both

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teams are competing against each other at the highest level `nd real

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push each other to become as good as we can.

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Everton are aiming to win at Anfield for the first time in 15 ye`rs.

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And those bragging rights mean just as much today.

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Would you can be sure about is that whoever comes out on top, the

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outlook will seem a lot brighter. Warrington Wolves are through to a

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fourth successive Super League semi final after a comprehensive victory

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away to Castleford last night.The Wolves scored five tries in their 30

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points to 14 success, this second half effort from Gareth O'Brien

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completing a fine team move. They'll find out their last

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four opponents at the weekend. Finally from me tonight,

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best of luck to Liverpool boxer Paul Smith who gets a well deserved

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World title shot this weekend. He'll fight for the WBO Supdr

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Middleweight crown against reigning It's a classic album

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from the eighties. Culture Club's Colour by Nulbers

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featured hits like Karma Ch`meleon And tomorrow the band's lead singer

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Boy George will perform it hn But he won't be joined

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by the rest of the band, though they will be in the audience but by

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the BBC's Philharmonic Orchdstra. Earlier I met up with him

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to find out why. How has this come about,

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how did you get involved with this Our original producer, Stevd Levine,

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approached us about doing a version of our classic

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album, which he produced, Colour By Numbers, with an orchestra,

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so it was really a no`braindr. # Karma, karma, karma, karm`,

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karma chameleon. And your voice has changed, hasn't

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it, massively over the years? Recently,

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somebody tweeted that my vohce was husky, so I went back to a recording

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of a live show and my voice has So I actually put on

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my Twitter account, "Husky singer". When you came onto the scend,

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I remember seeing you on top of the Pops, and the next d`y we

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were on the school bus saying, Oh, And you really did just get

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shot into the limelight. One night, one day, I was this

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quirky kid from south`east London, the next day this huge kind

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of career had fallen on my lap and, you know, it was a very exchting

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time, it was great, but to be honest That saying youth is wasted

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on the young I think is trud. It has been a pleasure to mdet

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you and to speak to you. You have said that you're h`ppy with

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yourself, no more drink When you finish here tonight,

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what will Boy George do? We will see a lot of sunshine but a

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lot of cloud cover. Overlaid, we'll see some fog forming in places. For

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this evening, what of searching for you to enjoy. It is dry overnight.

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It will turn quite cold unddr these queasy skies, some fog port ``

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patches forming in places. Tomorrow it will be a decent day, decent

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afternoon for the Derby, a decently wherever you are in the north`west.

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It will startle called in the morning, of clear skies and the

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codes beginning to roll in from the West. Occasional rain at tiles, but

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he's sunshine through the afternoon, a warm afternoon. Highs

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of 18 or 1960s. That is quite Male for this time in September. As we

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head into Sunday, you will see it not looking too bad at all. A touch

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warmer on Sunday, a lot of sunshine. Close cover next week. Code and high

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pressure is in charge of yotr weather next week. `` cloud.

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A finally tonight we'll leave you with one man's devotion to duty

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91`year`old volunteer Bob P`rker has been rewarded with tending to

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the public toilets at Chipphng in Lancashire after they were voted

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the best kept in the county for the sixth year in a row.

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Bob opens up the loos every morning, checks them over and then locks

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them up again at night even if it means making the odd sacrifhce.

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I volunteered when it was rdvamped. Nobody seemed to want to do it so

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why did. I never bothered about the holiday. Not since I started with

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this job. The last holiday H had was in 1948.

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