01/01/2017 North West Tonight

As you may have been hearing, five men have been arrested

on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving,

following a hit and run crash in Oldham last night.

A 12-year-old girl died and her 11-year-old cousin

The girls were crossing the road hand in hand when they were struck

Police want to speak with anyone who saw a dark Peugeot 807

in the area and to the driver of a white van believed

Two cousins, Helina Kotlarova and Zaneta Krokova, both victims

of a hit and run crash on New Year's Eve.

Today, a distraught and devastated family gathered close

to where 12-year-old Helina was killed and 11-year-old Zaneta

Sylva Kotlarova describes a frantic effort the family made to help.

She was on the floor, she had blood all over her face

I thought she was going to breathe or something but she couldn't

This face was all bleeding and there was nothing to do.

The cousins had popped out to the shops to get

They were part of a larger group of family and friends

who were crossing this busy road coming out of Oldham town centre.

The rest of the group had made it to the other side.

They went to the shop and when they came back,

They were holding their hands together.

Police say the driver of a black VW Golf didn't stop.

It is shocked news because it is the New Year.

Trying to keep my mum and dad strong.

It is hard to believe that she is gone because she was too young.

Their father told the BBC he was too upset to speak publicly

"The whole family," he said, "is comforting each other."

A at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport has been described

by a member of staff as, "almost intolerable"

because of the number of patients who turned up yesterday.

Staff say they have been overwhelmed, and have once again

asked people only to turn up if their condition is

Hundreds of people turned out this morning to protest against plans

to erect ninety electricity pylons just outside the Lake District.

Campaigners marched through Duddon Valley -

from where the fifty foot high pylons will be seen

The National Grid says it has already revised its designs,

so that fewer pylons would be visible.

But opponents say the landscape will be ruined.

Was invented in Liverpool, uses electric powered wheelchairs,

Now campaigners are hoping that 2017 is the year it will be considered

a Paralympic sport and are calling for more financial support

It's vitally important for total integration,

especially for people who are power wheelchair users.

So to roll it out nationally will take a lot more resources

and a lot more infrastructure in making sure this is indeed

not just a national, but an international sport.

And staying with sport, in rugby union's Aviva Premiership

it hasn't been a good start to the year for

They suffered a narrow 23-24 defeat to Bristol

meaning they haven't won in eight matches.

Good evening and happy New Year. We have brighter weather on the way

tomorrow. High pressure is in charge of our weather but we are expecting

a cold night ahead. There are some wintry showers around for the higher

ground, a little bit of drizzle but mostly dry as we go into the early

hours with those of minus two Celsius. We are expecting a

widespread frost this evening. Looking at the details, we have a

frosty note. Not wall-to-wall frosty note. Not wall-to-wall

sunshine but variable bits of cloud. Highs of lots of bright weather on

the way tomorrow. Here is the outlook.

That's it from me and the Sunday team.

Do enjoy what's left of your evening, and have

We will be back tomorrow. Happy New Year.

For many, New Year's Day was a shocker with all of that rain

around. Tomorrow will be sunny, but it is getting colder. This is rain

clearing from the south-east. These specks of white as snow mixed in

with showers across parts of northern England, particularly

across Scotland, low levels here. I say that they hazard in northern and

eastern areas. I would not rule out slippery areas almost anywhere by

the morning, by which time temperatures will be close to or

below freezing in many places. A bright and