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27/03/2017

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Police are investigating the huge gas explosion in Wirral

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Two people were seriously injured in the blast

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Dozens more were hurt and a building which housed a dance school

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was obliterated by the blast in New Ferry on Saturday night.

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National Grid have confirmed they'd received reports of a smell of gas

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Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, has been speaking

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Paula Power is trying to sort out a temporary home for her family

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Her husband, Chris, was home alone at their house a few doors down

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There was a huge bang, the windows came in, glass

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everywhere, I jumped up, ran out, lots of people

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screaming and shouting, I ran to the corner of the estate,

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I said, what's happened and they pointed to a huge building

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This is their home, they're not being allowed back yet to assess

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You're staying here at your sister-in-law's,

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that can't go on forever, so what is going to happen to you?

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We have chatted to our insurance and they're going to sort out

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Sometimes you watch things on television

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and you think to yourself, that will never happen here.

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He would have been walking past the very point of the explosion,

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had it not been for the fact he was delayed collecting his modest

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If we had been a minute earlier, we would have been in the explosion.

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A number of locals have said they smelled gas in the area

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on Friday and National Grid have confirmed they did have people

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in the New Ferry area on Friday investigating such reports.

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While the investigation continues, many here have praised the way

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the community pulled together to rally around and help those

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Everybody has played their part in helping bring this community back

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together and we'll continue to do so.

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And tonight, the investigation headed by Merseyside Police

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continues to try and establish exactly why all of this happened.

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One man is believed to have fled the country and a second has been

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arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving -

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after a four-year-old died in a hit-and-run in St Helens.

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Violet Grace Youens was with her grandmother Angela French

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when they were struck by a suspected stolen car on Prescot

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Angela remains in hospital in a serious condition.

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Specialist officers from Merseyside Police have begun

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an extensive search of scrubland near the M53 motorway at Eastham -

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after receiving a credible tip off that a man from Merseyside -

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who went missing nearly 25 years ago - may have been

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Steven Preston was 23 when he was last seen alive.

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Police are appealing for anyone with information

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Police are investigating after an angry cyclist smashed a car

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This footage was filmed on the driver's dash board camera -

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on Hathersage Road in Manchester - at around 6:30pm.

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A cricketer from Manchester has avoided jail -

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after beating his wife with his own bat and

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The judge gave Mustafa Bashir an 18-month jail term -

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suspended for two years - after being told Bashir was set

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to play professionally for Leicestershire.

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Our reporter Ian Haslam's been following the story.

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Today, the County Championship side has denied all knowledge of him,

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Yes, 34-year-old Mustafa Bashir, who's played in a local

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cricket league in Oldham, had claimed that a prison sentence

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would ruin his prospects as a county cricketer.

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He'd admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his wife,

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Fakhara Karim but his lawyer said if he was spared prison he could

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He was subsequently given an 18 month suspended sentence.

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Except it's since emerged there never was a place on offer at all,

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with Leicestershire telling the BBC today it was "bemused" by the claim,

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The judge has been criticised for comments made regarding Bashir's

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Yes, Manchester Crown Court heard 33-year-old Fakhara Karim,

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who'd met Bashir in their native Pakistan in 2013, was repeatedly

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beaten, with Bashir in one instance hitting her over her back

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She told Police that she feared for her life and still finds it very

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But the Judge, Richard Mansell QC, said he didn't believe

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she WAS vulnerable as she was "an intelligent woman

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with a network of friends" and had a college degree.

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In response to this, the domestic violence

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a statement saying, "Judge Mansell's comments show a shocking

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ignorance around the impact of domestic violence on women.

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What a woman does for a job, her level of education

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or the number of friends she has makes no difference.

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Domestic violence is a devastating crime".

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Well, regarding the Leicestershire County cricket claim -

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if a lawyer's told information by a client it's usually accepted

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in good faith and if the information is incorrect it could be treated

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We understand the Crown Prosecution Service is now

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A woman from Cheshire has given the most precious gift

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to her best friend - a kidney and the chance

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When Andy Clewes from Crewe was told he'd need dialysis

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if he didn't have a transplant - friend Helen offered to become

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Mairead Smyth followed Helen as she prepared for the operation.

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As dawn was breaking in Liverpool on a cold January morning,

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Helen Crowther was preparing to do something most of us

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would never dream of - donate a kidney to her best friend, Andy.

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Andy's got kidney disease and needs a transplant,

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because I'm able and fit, I'm donating my kidney today.

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Helen had months of tests at the Royal Liverpool University

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Hospital to prepare for surgery as an altruistic donor.

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The team here need more people like Helen to come forward.

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There are around 6,000 people on the transplant waiting list.

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We would want more people to sign for

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The operation to remove Helen's left kidney took just over two hours -

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it was then packed in ice and transported to

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The kidney arrived here just after 1 by blue light ambulance.

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The kidney was received in theatres and our surgeon

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and Andy were in theatre, ready to go.

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Helen's kidney began working as soon as it was transplanted into Andy's

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body, but his recovery has been tough

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because of other complications - today though he's healthier

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As Mairaid said, Andy is now out of hospital and recovering well

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and earlier he came into the studio with Helen and told me

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I feel really lucky and I feel great and I've said before, I didn't know

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how well I was until I had the kidney and that made the real

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I haven't got the words to say thank you to Helen, you

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know, she knows how I feel, I'm sure, but it's just, it doesn't seem

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Did you have any hesitation in doing this when Andy needed the

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I didn't want to see him getting more and

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more ill and when I was in hospital and I saw the renal patients coming

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onto the board, we were going through dialysis and it really

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brought it home to me that this was exactly the right thing to do.

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How did you feel in the run-up to it because it's a big thing to do, a

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And it's a strange thing to think about going in for an operation when

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Because there was nothing wrong with me, I was

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perfectly healthy and I knew I was going to them

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But it was just the thought of Andy, really.

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I just wanted him to be well and I knew that I had the power

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within me, as it where, to make him well.

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And you are recovering well now, what

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difference does it make to your life now?

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It has made a difference in everything.

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I've got more energy, I feel fitter, stronger, I didn't

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You know, your body is kind of gets used

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As soon as you get this injection of energy

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and what have you, it was

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What would you say to anybody watching who

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thinks, I'd be quite interested in this altruistic donation?

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The lack of, and talk to someone about it. Go to your hospital, talk

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to a donor coordinator. And they will talk you through it and keep

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you safe throughout. I can't stress enough how well I was looked after

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by the Royal Hospital. Everyone there was amazing. They made me do

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number one priority, to make sure I was well and that might kidney was

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healthy to give candy. Thank you. Lovely to hear you are both doing so

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well. That's it from me -

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here's the weather. Good evening. The weekend was

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glorious. The start of the working week was nice but from here on,

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things change. It does stay mild, that the positive as we had through

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the next couple of days but it becomes unsettled. Nice weather

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watcher pictures. The sun going down, read and beautiful. I don't

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think you'll get a sunset like like tomorrow. He really change, as we

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speak, cloud building and temperatures nowhere near as chilly

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as the last couple of nights. Tomorrow, a cloudy affair all the

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way through the day. Cloud of Finland brighter skies will break

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through. But a week when a front brings drizzle. For the Isle of Man,

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a bit heavier and for the Cumbrian fells as well. Most places, drizzly

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with a glimpse of sunshine. Temperatures rising to 14 degrees.

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After that, increasingly unsettled. Wednesday not too code. Outbreaks of

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rain on Thursday. Showers on Friday. Good night.

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showery on Saturday, dry and brighter on Sunday and if we go back

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to the temperatures in the next couple days, you see those highs on

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Thursday. He is John Hammond with the national

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this cyclone Debbie crashes onto the Queensland coast with violent winds

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and flooding rains, that will head southwards in the next few days in

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the direction of Brisbane. We will keep an eye on Debbie. Meanwhile

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back home, much more tranquil. This beautiful sunset taken from

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Stevenage and Hertfordshire earlier this evening. Clear skies for some

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though not for all of us. Quite a lot of low cloud across eastern

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areas drifting a little farther west as we go through the night. Areas of

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fog around, so watch out for those. Where the skies remain clear, it

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will be cold. It

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