:00:00. > :00:11.And Theresa May has said she will publish her Brexit plan
:00:12. > :00:16.The headlines this Wednesday lunchtime:
:00:17. > :00:19.Bird flu found at farm in Lancashire.
:00:20. > :00:22.Thousands of birds will have to be culled.
:00:23. > :00:25.An investigation is launched after a 71-year-old man died
:00:26. > :00:29.after waiting nearly an hour for an ambulance.
:00:30. > :00:31.And Mourinho gets the seal of approval at Old Trafford
:00:32. > :00:37.from United legend, Sir Alex Ferguson.
:00:38. > :00:39.An investigation is underway this lunchtime into the source
:00:40. > :00:43.of a bird flu outbreak at a farm in Lancashire.
:00:44. > :00:45.Thousands of pheasants will have to be culled at the site
:00:46. > :00:49.The Department for the Envivonment confirmed the virus
:00:50. > :01:07.And come what is the latest there are? Hi. Gamer hatcheries Limited is
:01:08. > :01:12.the farm in the distance behind as here. As you say, the Department of
:01:13. > :01:16.the Environment confirmed the news last night that a strain of bird
:01:17. > :01:22.flu, the age five and eight has been found in a flock of about 10,000
:01:23. > :01:25.breeding sediments. There is no protection zone around the affected
:01:26. > :01:28.area as well as a ten kilometres surveillance on to limit the risk of
:01:29. > :01:32.disease spreading. What we know about the owner of the farm? Well,
:01:33. > :01:36.he says he has been breeding birds for over half a century and is
:01:37. > :01:39.understandably highly concerned about the effect this will have on
:01:40. > :01:42.his business. He did not want to talk to us on camera but this
:01:43. > :01:50.morning he spoke to BBC radio Lancashire. I've done it now for 54
:01:51. > :01:54.years. Potentially, it could just wiped everything out. Just depends
:01:55. > :01:57.how bad it is. I can't tell you at the moment but if it wipes
:01:58. > :02:02.everything out, it would nearly bankrupt us because we would have
:02:03. > :02:05.annual revenue of this year. Ian, this is the first outbreak in
:02:06. > :02:12.Lancashire since 2015 but there have been a couple of other cases in the
:02:13. > :02:17.UK recently. Yes. It's believed the disease has been spread by migratory
:02:18. > :02:22.birds lost stop there have been cases in another of countries in
:02:23. > :02:24.Europe. Bird flu has been found in Wales, North Yorkshire and Louth in
:02:25. > :02:28.Lincolnshire in recent weeks. Restrictions have been in place as a
:02:29. > :02:31.result with poultry keepers told to keep their birds indoors to protect
:02:32. > :02:35.them or to take steps to separate them from wild birds. What happens
:02:36. > :02:38.from here? I understand animal health officers are at the scene.
:02:39. > :02:42.Some of the birds have died. The remaining pheasants are due to be
:02:43. > :02:48.humanely culled following which I am told there will be eight primary and
:02:49. > :02:50.secondary cleansing and disinfect. The investigation will obviously
:02:51. > :02:54.examine the source of the bird flu outbreak your which is obviously an
:02:55. > :02:58.ongoing concern. Public Health England says the risk is very low to
:02:59. > :03:05.humans while the Food Standards Agency says bird flu is not a safety
:03:06. > :03:07.risk for consumers. We will have more on this at Northwestern night
:03:08. > :03:11.at 6:30pm. Thank you. A 63-year-old man has been killed
:03:12. > :03:14.by a hit and run driver, as he was walking with his wife
:03:15. > :03:18.after celebrating her birthday. It happened last night on Princes
:03:19. > :03:28.Way in Fleetwood just after 8:30pm. The man who died has been named as
:03:29. > :03:32.Michael Milken is from Fleetwood. A 22-year-old man came forward this
:03:33. > :03:33.morning and has been held on suspicion of causing death by
:03:34. > :03:35.dangerous driving. Thousands of pounds worth
:03:36. > :03:38.of damage has been caused to Trafford Town Hall
:03:39. > :03:40.after a man smashed windows It happened in the early hours
:03:41. > :03:43.of Saturday morning. The main entrance to
:03:44. > :03:45.the building won't be available Liverpool scientists have made
:03:46. > :03:51.what's being described as a monumental step
:03:52. > :03:54.forward in the treatment Clinical trials at
:03:55. > :03:58.the Catterbridge Centre and the Royal Liverpool Hospital
:03:59. > :04:01.found that pairing two drugs increased patients chances of living
:04:02. > :04:04.at least five years. Pancreatic Cancer UK is calling
:04:05. > :04:07.for the treatment to be made A nurse from Burnley
:04:08. > :04:14.says her 71-year-old uncle died in her arms as they waited 55
:04:15. > :04:18.minutes for an ambulance to arrive. Jack Skelly collapsed
:04:19. > :04:21.at his home last December. The North West Ambulance
:04:22. > :04:30.Service is investigating. They say delays may have been caused
:04:31. > :04:31.by ambulance is backed up at AMD units.
:04:32. > :04:33.Our health correspondent Gill Dummigan has been
:04:34. > :04:39.Jack Skelly was a man who enjoyed life.
:04:40. > :04:43.But on December 19th, he collapsed in the family bathroom,
:04:44. > :04:51.When it hadn't arrived in approximately 15 minutes,
:04:52. > :04:57.She immediately began to assess her uncle's condition
:04:58. > :05:00.while the family rang the Ambulance Service again.
:05:01. > :05:03.I just kept talking to him, reassuring him,
:05:04. > :05:11.By now, Jo says it was coming up to 50 minutes since the first call.
:05:12. > :05:14.At the very most, it should have been there within 20.
:05:15. > :05:19.Finally, you could see that the colour was changing.
:05:20. > :05:26.He was becoming more and more deteriorated, sorry.
:05:27. > :05:34.Five minutes later, the ambulance crew arrived.
:05:35. > :05:37.She says the family will never know whether he might have lived
:05:38. > :05:41.Whenever anybody has a trauma, for example,
:05:42. > :05:44.they talk about the golden hour and uncle Jack's golden hour
:05:45. > :05:47.was waiting for that ambulance to arrive.
:05:48. > :05:54.and that NWAS should be held accountable for that.
:05:55. > :05:58.We don't think this should ever happen again to anybody.
:05:59. > :05:59.In a statement, the Ambulance Service
:06:00. > :06:02.offered their condolences to the family and said
:06:03. > :06:04.they were carrying out a full investigation.
:06:05. > :06:07.They added that at on that day, the trust was experiencing
:06:08. > :06:10.a high demand, and a number of resources were waiting with patients
:06:11. > :06:20.Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester United are making
:06:21. > :06:23.great strides under current boss Jose Mourinho.
:06:24. > :06:27.Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Sir Alex said Mourinho's team
:06:28. > :06:31.was now a reflection of the manager's winning mentality.
:06:32. > :06:33.He also spoke about Wayne Rooney's record-breaking
:06:34. > :06:38.Sir Alex said that even though he always knew Rooney was special,
:06:39. > :06:42.I mean, that's way we bought him because we
:06:43. > :06:45.could see that and I think Walter Smith's words were very apt.
:06:46. > :06:48.He said, he's the best young player in Britain
:06:49. > :06:53.But I couldn't think he was ever going to beat
:06:54. > :06:56.I don't think I could ever think anybody could beat
:06:57. > :07:00.Sir Alex also spoke about the current manager,
:07:01. > :07:04.Jose Mourinho, and said he's done well to come through a tricky period
:07:05. > :07:09.It's not easy to come to United and transform
:07:10. > :07:14.There was a period earlier in the season when he
:07:15. > :07:23.And he says the team now mirrors a manager who looks in control
:07:24. > :07:26.of his players and his own emotions.
:07:27. > :07:37.That's the obvious observation I am making of the team now.
:07:38. > :07:47.It playing with great energy, determination,
:07:48. > :07:49.will to win, which I think is really important.
:07:50. > :07:52.As for the team's direction, very much on the up,
:07:53. > :07:56.If they hadn't got all these draws,
:07:57. > :08:00.You know, that's the unfortunate part.
:08:01. > :08:04.He's going to have to live with that, but I think he'll be in...
:08:05. > :08:10.He'll be inspired by the progress of the team.
:08:11. > :08:12.A seal of approval that Jose Mourinho will
:08:13. > :08:22.Now the weather for the rest of today with Charlie Slater.
:08:23. > :08:25.Quite a pleasant afternoon in store as well.
:08:26. > :08:27.A good deal of blue sky and sunshine around
:08:28. > :08:30.as we make our way through the next few hours.
:08:31. > :08:32.Still going to be quite breezy and that breeze will stir
:08:33. > :08:34.the air around and make it feel quite cold.
:08:35. > :08:36.Highs today of around seven or eight Celsius
:08:37. > :08:38.will feel a little bit colder than that.
:08:39. > :08:41.Overnight tonight and into the early hours of Thursday morning,
:08:42. > :08:44.there will be quite a lot of cloud around but despite the cloud,
:08:45. > :08:47.it will be quite a cold night as well so some frost and ice
:08:48. > :08:49.are a possibility for first thing on Thursday.
:08:50. > :08:52.This ahead of what is going to be one of the coldest days
:08:53. > :08:56.Dull and cloudy, very cold air feeding in off the
:08:57. > :08:57.nearby continent, so temperatures of around
:08:58. > :08:59.one or two that then when you factor
:09:00. > :09:02.in the wind chill, it's going to feel more like -4 or -5.
:09:03. > :09:04.That's what those little blue squares there are indicating.
:09:05. > :09:12.Thankfully, a little bit milder by Friday.
:09:13. > :09:17.And that's all from us here on the lunchtime team. I'll be back with
:09:18. > :09:21.Roger at 6:30pm for North West Roger at 6:30pm for North West
:09:22. > :09:24.tonight. Hope you can join a stand. In the meantime, wrap up warm and we
:09:25. > :09:31.will see with 6:30pm. Goodbye.