30/12/2016 North West Tonight

A woman's appeared in court charged with the murder of a man

who was stabbed to death in St Helens.

29-year-old Mireslaw Kowalczuk died from a single stab wound

Karolina Rutkowska has been remanded in custody and will face

Sales of raw milk from a Cumbrian farm have been suspended

Lancashire Police are looking for this man who was caught

on camera stealing three charity boxes from a restaurant

They were taken from Waheed's on Randal Street

He came in through the front door and also stole a laptop.

Some of the world's top showjumpers and their horses

are making their way to Liverpool for the opening of the city's

International Horse Show tomorrow, the biggest event

Stuart Pollitt went along to find out more.

From the biggest names in showjumping to the smallest

Shetland pony, the Echo Arena has been transformed into a mecca

Among the competitors are the UK's number one rider,

Scott Brash and no fewer than six members of the famous

It's great to be here in Liverpool with all the family

and especially at this time of year, yeah.

The first year that it was on, I think Nina and all the team did

a fantastic job creating a top show in the North, which is

The big stars start competing tomorrow.

Today's opening session was a chance for amateur riders

like Sophie Bowen-Howard from Lancashire to

When you're in there it's not as bad but leading up to it, it's like,

my heart is like constantly going like that but I really enjoy

We travel a couple of hours every other weekend up and down

the country but to have one in the North is really good.

The Echo Arena has undergone a major transformation to host this event.

And not just here in the arena, where they have specially designed

fences and the special surface laid out, but out the back as well.

Part of the car park has now become a make-shift stable block

with around 100 horses being stored here over the next few days.

It's something different for the city of Liverpool,

who of course have an equestrian heritage.

We have the Grand National based down the road at Aintree.

We have got nine or ten riders coming over from Europe,

so they will be on their way now, so they take this really seriously.

It's a big deal, it's top sport and there will be lots of people

viewing from around the world on the live streaming.

The main events last for three days, starting tomorrow.

Stuart Pollitt, BBC Northwest Tonight, Liverpool.

Now, you will have have heard of famous artists

But do you recognise the name of Wynford Dewhurst?

The largely unknown artist was born in Manchester in the 19th century

and an exhibition of his work is currently showing in the city.

Well, we saw this was a Manchester artist but to be honest

with you although I'd heard that name, I didn't really

I hadn't heard of Wynford Dewhurst before.

The Manchester Art Gallery has opened an exhibition,

which showcases a collection of the finest works

by the Manchester-born writer and artist dubbed

Dewhurst's works were heavily influenced by one of the founders

Everybody who truly loves Manchester really should be very,

Not only was he born and raised here, he held a lifelong

Dewhurst is most famous for his 1908 work, The Picnic.

This is the artist in 1908, at the very peak of his powers.

He is expressing his vision in probably his most complete way

and many people do see this as his finest work.

He originally trained in the legal profession but after showing

artistic flair and after a number of his paintings were published

in local journals, he decided to become a painter.

And he was quite a controversial character in that he devised

a theory that the art movement, Impressionism, first

Dewhurst outlines in his theory that Impressionism wasn't French

in origin but it was British and he names specifically

John Constable and J M W Turner, two of the greatest landscape

artists in history, obviously British.

Whatever the case, Dewhurst's talent certainly speaks for itself.

Manchester's Monet is on until April.

Deena Campbell, BBC Northwest Tonight, Manchester.

It is very nearly New Year's Eve, which means time to find out who's

Amongst those in the North West, Ken Dodd.

The 89-year-old entertainer from Knotty Ash becomes Sir Ken Dodd

in recognition of his services to charity and show business.

Catch tomorrow's North West tonight for more on others

Sport and in the Premier League this evening.

Everton remain seventh in the table but are six points behind sixth

placed Manchester United, having played a game more.

Let's get a look ahead to the weather for New Year's Eve.

Well, the end of 2016 and the start of 2017,

Tomorrow, it should be relatively mild, largely cloudy,

However, on New Year's Day, temperatures take a real tumble.

It is going to be a cold start to the New Year.

In between those days, we have a line of rain

that is going to work its way through and may well dampen people's

A few spots of drizzle are in the wind as we speak

but for the most part it is a dry night.

There will be a couple of breaks here and there but for the most part

the temperatures are very good indeed, between 7 and even

So, for New Year's Eve, it's a decent enough sort of day.

It is very mild, there will be a lot of cloud cover,

which breaks from time to time to allow some good

In terms of the numbers, 9 and 10 Celsius and look

at the line of rain that comes through for New Year's Eve,

making midnight rather wet for most places.

That is it from me for now and in fact for 2016. I will be back in

2017. Alex will be here tomorrow. I hope you can join her then. In the

meantime, happy New Year. Good evening. Looking ahead to 2017

it looks like we will start off on a cold note. This weather front will

move south in the next day or so bringing rain with it, but also much

colder air following a lull behind. It will sweep the fog away. It's

grey for