26/03/2017 North West Tonight


26/03/2017

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It's emerged National Grid were called out to the scene

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of Wirral's suspected gas explosion the day before the blast.

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Although no trace of gas was found by its engineers,

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they say they'd received several other reports of a gas smell from

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Two people are seriously ill in hospital tonight and more

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The site of a dance school in New Ferry, now a scene of devastation.

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At quarter past nine last night, an explosion destroyed the building,

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causing several others nearby to collapse. Thankfully, there was no

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one inside of the dance school at the time but a Chinese restaurant

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across the road was packed with customers. Next minute, pitch black,

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boom. All of the lights were out and debris everywhere, people went under

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the tables, screaming and shouting. It was horrendous, hysterical. The

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ceiling caved in, Walls came down. Everyone was screaming. Windows

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shattered everywhere. The police arrived. We tried to push people

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away. You can get a sense of how awful the blast was when you see the

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red bricks that rained down on the car park more than 150 metres away

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from the scene. Over 30 people were injured and to

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remain in a serious condition in hospital. 50 properties were

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evacuated and many people came to this church which opened their

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doors. Theoretically it is the hub for the whole operation, the medical

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teams and police, and for the wider community to meet. So we were

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putting on coffee and tea or leaving for them. Paramedics were using this

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room as a triage centre, where they were bandaging people who were sick.

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A number of people in the area reported smelling gas in recent

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days, and the National Grid said it responded to calls on Friday night

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but found no evidence of a leak. In a statement, Merseyside Police

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say an investigation into the cause of the blast is underway.

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Just before we went on air - we had this latest update

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Police are doing an investigation, we need to let that run its course

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but the council are working with other agencies to do everything we

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can to help those who have been evacuated. We arranged overnight

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accommodation and have given them food and support, at local church

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centres today. We are doing all we can to make sure people are looked

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after, especially those who have been evacuated from their own

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houses. A lot of people, we can see some here, wanting to go and get

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things, is there an indication of when this area will return to

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normal? We need to let the police investigate and the investigation

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will be done as quickly as possible will be done as quickly as possible

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but we need to reassure people in the meantime if they need help, they

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should phone 101, the police line which has been set up, and if they

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have queries, call that number and in the meantime, the council, with

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other agencies, they will give every possible support to residents and

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people who have been affected. Finally, I am blown away by the

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community spirit, people have pulled together in New Ferry, it is a great

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tribute to the local area. The family of a four-year-old girl

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who died following a hit and run Violet Grace Youens died last

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night after being struck by a black Ford Fiesta

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on Prescot Road on Friday. Violet's family say they've

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donated some of her organs following her death to give other

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children "a chance to lead Detectives have released CCTV images

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of two males they want to trace. A woman has died and four

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others were rescued Firefighters were called out

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to the blaze on Stramongate Two people were taken to hospital,

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but a 67-year-old woman later Detectives have arrested

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a 38-year-old man in connection with the incident and are

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appealing for witnesses. Sport now and Manchester boxer

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Anthony Crolla has failed to regain the WBA lightweight title

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against Jorge Linares of Venezuela. Once again, Crolla lost

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on a unanimous points decision in front of 15,000 fans

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at the Manchester Arena. Surgery on Everton defender

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Seamus Coleman's broken right He suffered a double

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break following a tackle during the Republic

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of Ireland's World Cup Republic of Ireland manager said

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Martin O'Neill no timescale has been Manchester City Women

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reached their third consecutive Nikita Parris scored

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in the 89th minute - Liverpool ladies are also through -

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after beating Notts It's been a gorgeous day today -

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let's see if the weather's set Good evening, another lovely day

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with lovely spells of sunshine. Into the evening, that sunshine will

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translate into clear skies, but there will be some more in the way

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of cloud, patches of mist and fog of cloud, patches of mist and fog

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form as well. Temperatures overnight drop down to about 5 degrees.

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Though, a chilly starting places tomorrow morning, we should see

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spells of sunshine, but a bit more in the way of cloud as we go through

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the day. Brightness rather than sunny spells. In the afternoon, but

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it feels warm. Temperatures at 13 or 14 degrees. Once again, a light

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breeze from the south-east. Through the rest of the week, things turn

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more unsettled. Showers in the forecast on Tuesday, some of those

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could be heavy with spells of sunshine as well.

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I will be back just after 10:20pm with more news and weather. Join me

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then, goodbye.

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