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and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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Our top story: Storm Doris - the weather bomb blows

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through the region leaving a trail of damage, disrupting travel

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Doris has gone, but there is more bad weather on the way.

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Also tonight: A coroner rules a Cheshire businessman acted in self

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defence in a fight which ended with his friend being shot dead.

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I will always have a part of him with me - the woman whose husband

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died without knowing she had finally fallen pregnant.

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And a company for Everyman - Liverpool's famous rep raises

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the roof with its first production in 25 years.

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Storm Doris left its mark across the region today.

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For travellers in particular the effects are still being felt,

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with severe delays to trains in and out of the region,

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and many passengers stranded in London, unable to get back

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Our reporter is at Manchester's Piccadilly station tonight.

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Disruption to all services right across the Northwest. I'm really

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sorry. We have a problem with the line.

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She was forecast to bring wild weather.

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And Storm Doris lived up to her name.

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Hundreds of trees brought down across the region.

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Travel chaos on the roads and trains.

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This a Royal Mail van in Aigburth in Liverpool -

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As did three-year-old Jacob and his dad Andy in Lytham St Annes.

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Seconds after crossing the road, a large branch falls exactly

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Filmed on the dashcam of one of his grandad's skip hire lorries.

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It's bizarre. Unreal that they cropped across the road safely. The

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next car, it doesn't bear thinking about, really.

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A man suffered back and pelvis injuries in Sefton

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More than 150 have come down in Liverpool alone.

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At least 10 people have been injured across the region.

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There have been so many voluntary zig Cross Liverpool that the City

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Council has asked the public to avoid every park in the city because

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of the danger of trees coming down. Loads of trees have come down. We

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think a lot more might come down. It was getting dangerous. We want

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people to be available for clean-up operations.

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Transport too has been severely affected.

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This Icelandair flight had to abort its landing

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at Manchester Airport and declare an emergency because of low fuel.

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They tried to land three times. It went to Liverpool and Leeds.

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Everyone around us was being sick and fainting.

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Trains in and out of Manchester and Liverpool have been

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Many north-west travellers now stuck in London after all trains

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Roads and bridges have been shut due to trees,

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In Bootle the collapse of this engineering firm's

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Property has been badly damaged, including these cars crushed

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The coast has seen the worst of the weather.

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The Port of Liverpool was closed because of 100mph gusts.

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And in Blackpool, those braving the weather struggled to stand up.

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It's really windy. We can't stand up. It's the worst I've ever seen!

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But the havoc she has caused could last for days.

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She certainly caused a lot of devastation.

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Dianne has been following Doris' track today.

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She's got the latest from the weather desk.

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Storm Doris has gone. Out over the North Sea.. We have some problems to

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look ahead to. The winds have reduced write-down to 25 mph over

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the last hour. But there could be a widespread problem tonight with a

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significant drop in temperatures. Ice on untreated surfaces. Weather

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warnings have already been issued that we will see some heavy rain.

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More problems to come with a forecast. All the details at the end

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of the programme. Thank you. In February 2010, a fight

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in the bathroom of a businessman's luxury Cheshire home ended

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with his friend being That businessman - Arran Coghlan -

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was originally prosecuted before And today a coroner ruled

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that he had acted in self defence. Stephen Akinyemi was

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shot with his own gun. The coroner said his finger

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was on the trigger throughout. Our Social Affairs Correspondent

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Clare Fallon was at the hearing. Seven years after he

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was accused of murder, today, Arran Coghlan walked out

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of a coroners court having been It has been a long journey. The

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whole point was to set the record straight. People have had a lot to

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say over the years. People often have a lot to say when they don't

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know the facts. The facts have come out and it is the same as what I

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said it was one day one. People have to accept the truth of what I said

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in the first place. This is the man who died,

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Stephen Akinyemi. And that nickname was the he reason

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for a row which ended with him This isn't the first

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time a coroner has tried The verdict at the first inquest,

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an open verdict, was later quashed. During this new inquest,

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we were told Coghlan had been playing peacemaker between his two

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friends who had fallen out because they were both using

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the same nickname. To try and resolve things,

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Arran Coghlan and Stephen Akinyemi To Arran Coghlan s converted

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chapel in Alderney Edge. But Stephen Akinyemi

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was secretly armed. He had a gun and a knife

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and was wearing body armour. During this inquest,

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we heard that Stephen Akinyemi Arran Coghlan was

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stabbed several times. The fight only ended

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when Stephen Akinyemi Stephen Akinyemi was a friend of

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mine. He let his temper get the better of him on the day. He wanted

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to get the other fellow they are. I couldn't do that. I'm sorry he has

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gone. I wish it could have been different. But when faced with

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somebody aiming a gun at you, sometimes you have got to do what

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you have got to do. Arran Coghlan is a man

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with a reputation. Before leaving court,

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through his lawyer, he thanked the coroner for restoring his faith

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in the system. Blackpool's owners -

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the Oyston family - have lost a multimillion-pound court

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battle against the club's president. Valeri Belokon provided

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more than ?4 million for the development of the club's

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South Stand - but there was a dispute over his share

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of the profits from the stand. The Oystons could have to pay

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Mr Belokon up to ?2 million. Merseyside Police have released CCTV

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of convicted killer Shaun Walmsley - who escaped from prison

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while on his way to an appointment The 28-year old was guarded

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by prison officers in a taxi on Tuesday, when they were ambushed

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by armed men who helped him An anonymous donor has pledged

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?150,000 to allow an 11-year-old boy from Merseyside with leukaemia

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to continue his The Seattle Children's Hospital

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where Charlie Fearns will get the treatment told his parents

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the cost had been paid for in full. Last year well-wishers

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donated the same amount to send him for his first

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round of Car T-cell therapy. Sarah Beattie always

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wanted to be a mum. She had seven gruelling cycles

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of IVF and began to fear Then at the end of last

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year her husband tragically died, but that wasn't the end

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of her dream. Sarah's need for a child

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became all-consuming. I had to give up working with

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children because I wanted to take them home. Emotionally, it was too

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much to stay working with them because it was like a kick in the

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face every day. That is what you wanted and you might not ever get.

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I took the test. I didn't want to let myself believe it. To get a

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positive test was a special moment. But the news came too late

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for her husband Nelson, who died not knowing their eighth

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round of treatment The first thing I had to do was take

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the pregnancy test and show him at his grave. I was in tears. I said,

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finally, we managed it. If he was alive, he would have been going

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absolutely mental with excitement. Do you find it hard to be excited

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about the baby? Because it is so special, I am scared and nervous,

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but also very excited. Sometimes I want to shout and tell the world

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that I am finally pregnant. Other times, I worry something can go

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wrong as it is still early days. How do you feel? It is the most amazing

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feeling, having some of him inside me. It is very difficult that he has

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gone, but knowing there will be a bit of him running around the place

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and something to torment me, will be amazing. They will not be a day goes

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by they will not be told about how special their father was.

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Sarah hopes by sharing her story, she can offer hope to others.

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I can put it into words how amazing it will be to become a mother. It

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will just be the most fantastic thing.

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Ten years from this real disaster, we meet the people affected. And the

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Everyman Theatre puts on their first shot for 25 years and is sure to

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raise the roof. Now, if you've been watching over

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the past couple of nights you'll know we've been reporting

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on the pressures in the social care Tonight we're going to look

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at some of the things Here's out Health

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Correspondent Gill Dummigan. We are in Ormskirk today,

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at Brookside Extra care Scheme. A complex of 111 flats

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for the over-55s. Brian Cobban moved in here after his

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wife died and he had a stroke. I had friends around, but it's not

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the same as having people in the same building as you.

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Everything is wheelchair friendly, and Brian has access to carers,

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but the independence of his own place.

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I like my independence. If I want to enjoy some of the activities, I can

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find my way they and enjoy them. There are plenty of people around.

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There is a council dementia service here and some medical facilities.

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The idea is that, as people's needs increase, so does the level of care.

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It is like that safety net for them. They know there is somebody there

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who will provide that care and also, as I said, the security as well.

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This is seen as one solution, in Greater Manchester there's another.

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Last year, the area took control of its health budget

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At its centre is an idea that social care is part of that.

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There is a lot of waste at the present time by people expecting

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individuals and their carers to run around the system and tell everyone

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their story again and again. Review is much better, to put everyone in

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one room, the same conversation with individuals. One approach to the

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care plan. In Salford, both health

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and social care are now run Which means experts from all

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sides now working much Brewery have dealt with health

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problems, we know there are other issues as well. I have easy access

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to social services, district nursing and health improvement team. To have

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that conversation to look at the person as a whole. All the issues,

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not just individual things. The Salford pilot is getting some

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national attention. Across the country, there is a big push to get

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health and social care working more closely together. But what that

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can't do is solve the immediate problem individual councils are

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facing to pay for that social care. Across greater Manchester, the

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councils estimate that by the year 2020, their funding gap will be ?214

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million. We don't know how to close that gap. We think the only way for

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it to be close is some form of deal between national government and the

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local area. If we don't get that, the danger is we end up spending

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money earmarked for transforming the NHS to prop up the social care

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system. It will be like a hamster on real trying to get faster but not

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actually going anywhere. In two weeks' time,

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the Government unveils its budget. The hope here, as everywhere

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is that social care will Gill's series this week has

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highlighted the crisis Richard Humphries is an expert on it

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at The King's Fund - an independent health care

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think-tank. Earlier I asked him what lessons

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we can learn from other countries. I think all countries are having to

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face up to the fact that with an ageing population and more people

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with disabilities, we need to spend more of our national wealth on

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essential care and support. Sweden and Denmark rely heavily on taxation

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to do that. Other countries like Germany and Japan have social

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insurance schemes where workers pay a fixed percentage of their salary

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into a social insurance fund. Then they get an entitlement to clear

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later on if they need it. Are often doesn't cover all of the costs and

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individuals still have to pay out as well. I

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think the lesson is there is no one single right answer, there are

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choices and the government needs to face up to those choices, instead of

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passing the problem onto local councils and two local council tax

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payers. Is the reason they are not facing up to those choices at the

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moment because it's politically so sensitive? Politicians worry that

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people will not vote for parties that want to increase taxes and to

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pay for this. But other countries have had to face up to these harsh

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choices. How worried are you for the future of social care and the

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broader health system? We have cherished this for so many years.

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It's been said that the NHS is the nearest thing the English have two

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and National religion. Social care in contrast is becoming more

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important, but is in the shadows. That must change. We need to look at

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the health and care people meet in the round, rather than separate

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budgets and separate responsibilities. Does it worry you,

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growing old, if the system doesn't change? I think it should worry all

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of us. There are of younger people with complex health conditions that

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need care and support. It's not just about a minority of people, it's

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about all of us. Thank you. It's ten years to the day

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since the Grayrigg rail crash which killed one person

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and injured dozens more. It happened when a Virgin Train

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came off the West Coast The investigation revealed a points

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failure had caused the tragedy. The man whose job it was to inspect

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the points had criticised He's been back to the site today

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along with the train's driver. It was one of the most shocking

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disasters in Cumbria's history. The twisted wreckage of the train became

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one of the most defining images of 2007. Appoints fill your cause the

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crash. The inspector had been openly critical of the state of the tracks

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for 18 months. Ironically, he failed to inspect them five days before the

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crash, but was subsequently exonerated. I couldn't make out too

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much. I remember the helicopters for circling above. The train was

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snaking down the embankment. You can't imagine it. The driver of the

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train, Ian Black, was seriously injured and given a 5% chance of

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survival. For him, keeping the memory of the crash alive is his way

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of dealing with it. I don't want to forget. Coming here today is helping

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me remember what happens to me and smooth my way on in life. 30 people

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were seriously hurt. There was one fatality. 84-year-old Margaret

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Masson. Today, her sun George said he is not convinced all of the right

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lessons have been learned. I am very doubtful we have implemented all of

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the changes they were going to do. Network Rail were fined for failing

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to maintain proper standards. A decade on, it is clear the crash

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still casts a shadow. Football news, and after all

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the speculation about a mega-money move to China, Wayne Rooney has

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announced this evening that he is Meanwhile, new Blackburn Rovers boss

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Tony Mowbray was officially He takes over with the team second

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bottom of the Championship. Ahead of his first match

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against Burton Albion tomorrow he says it is an opportunity

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he intends to grasp with both hands. I think you have to invest in

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yourself, your talent and what you do. That's what I'm here to do. To

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try to be good job, to try to inspire this group of players, to

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try to inspire the football club to turn around and head back to where

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it should be. Julie Walters, Bill Nighy

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and the late Pete Postlethwaite were all members of Liverpool's

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famous Everyman theatre company. Now after a break of 25-years

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the Everyman has once more set up a Repertory company,

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recruiting established Their first production

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is Fiddler on the Roof. Fiddler on the Roof is a musical

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was popular appeal, which can show Fiddler on the Roof is a musical has

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popular appeal, which can show off the talents of all the actors

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in the company. For Emily Hughes from Knowsley,

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this is her first job I really couldn't imagine a better

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way to spend my first year. Fiddler on the Roof

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is also a musical about challenges. Challenges for a family

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and an entire community. And it was chosen because

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as a modern message. Fiddler on the Roof

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is about the forced displacement of Russian Jews at the turn

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of the 20th century, who then become refugees,

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felt incredibly sort of prescient who then become refugees,

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and it felt incredibly sort of prescient story that's

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happening still unfortunately. Liverpudlians and this theatre, they

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have a conversation with each other. And essentially what we are doing

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is creating a family, of very talented actors that

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will have that conversation, week in, week out, will become

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friends with our audiences, From Shakespeare to Downton Abbey,

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Patrick Brennan has enjoyed And now he is relishing

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the challenge of being part An awful lot of acting

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these days is hanging around, waiting for the next job

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or doing a small part on the telly This is really, really

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busy, vigorous work. A physical work-out

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of all your acting skills. Fiddler on the Roof

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runs until 11 March. I was thinking we would hear some of

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if I were a Rich man. Will have to go and see it if we want to hear

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that. Storm Doris has left her mark. Most

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places were battered. We told you last night the winds over the North

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West of England. It was this little area running through Bromey love

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that would see the worst of it. Gusts of 74 mph. The highest

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recorded just inland today for the north-west of England. The rain that

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came with it didn't help things and the rain will become a bit of a

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feature through the weekend. Met Office yellow warning for Saturday

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for parts of Cumbria and Lancashire. The warnings for that part of the

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world, but I think we will all see some wet weather over the next

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couple of days. That is the story over the next couple of hours. Cold

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air will work its way in through the afternoon. Some wintry spells from

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time to time. Because the cold air has moved then and we started to see

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some breaks in the cloud cover, our problem tonight will be ice on

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untreated surfaces. A different type of weather we are working our way

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through over the next 24 hours. That drop in temperature is something you

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will notice. Rural areas will be colder than this. Freezing or below

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in places. Ice is the problem first thing tomorrow morning. Away from

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that, a lovely ridge of high pressure gives us in the irony -- an

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entirely different day. From the get go, the sun will be with you. Cold

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for the first few hours of daylight. If you look at the numbers and the

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arrows, we are talking about the wind of 10-15 mph. Much more

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bearable than today. Anything that has been disrupted or structurally

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altered through the day today could continue to be affected the next

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12-24 hours. Difficult conditions ahead, but really it's about the

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rain. Daytime temperatures tomorrow, seven or 8 degrees. Feeling the

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chill. Tomorrow night, when works its way in, doesn't want to leave us

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tomorrow night. A lot of wet weather around. Cumbria and Lancashire will

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be the brunt of it, but it will be wet for most of us.

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Train disruption continues tonight. And elderly lady was throwing bags

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of peanuts to everyone. Today has been all about Doris.

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We told you on Tuesday about Aunty Doris.

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Well, right on cue - as her eponymous storm arrived -

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so too did Auntie Doris' 90th birthday.

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We'll leave you with some of the many images

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you've sent us today - as Storm Doris made its way

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