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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight. Our top story: We speak to

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the Prime Minister as he visits the region after riots and ask if more

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could have been done to keep our streets safe. We also challenge him

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on today's stark warning from the Police Federation here, who say

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more cuts to police numbers will mean they won't be able to cope in

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future. If we lose another thousand police officers, which is what the

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Government want to do with 20% cuts, I've got very real concerns if we

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could cope with another situation like this week. Jailed for

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targeting the driver of a luxury car. The thieves who stopped at

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nothing to get the keys. I felt a blow to my face, saw a

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gloved hand with a bar across it coming towards me. Max Lonsdale was

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desperate for a career in professional football so he created

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this DVD of his best bits. Find out what he did with it later in the

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programme. Prime Minister David Cameron saw

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for himself today the aftermath of the rioting in Salford. He praised

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the emergency services for their work in coping with the

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unprecedented outbreak of looting and arson. As communities in

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Salford, Liverpool and Manchester start to rebuild their pride in

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their cities, questions are being asked as to why more couldn't have

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been done to prevent the violence. In a moment, we'll have a full

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interview with the Prime Minister. First our chief reporter, Dave

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Guest, who's in Manchester City centre tonight. At the start of a

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busy weekend, what's the atmosphere there like? Does it feel quite

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normal? I have to say, yes, it does. It feels like pretty much any other

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Friday night in Manchester. It is starting to rain though. That

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business as usual message is one that the police and local

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businesses have been keen to promote. There can be no denying

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that the troubles earlier in the week had an impact on the city.

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Numbers coming in on Wednesday about half what you expect. Tonight,

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many of the bars and clubs which closed earlier in the week re-

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opened and people coming to enjoy themselves, reassured by this

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larger than normal police presence. The Prime Minister, David Cameron,

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went up to Salford today to see for himself the effects of the rioting

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there. And there was a stark warning from police leaders that

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Government cuts could undermine their efforts to control any future

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problems. Viewing the aftermath of anarchy, the Prime Minister is

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shown around what's left of the lidl supermarket, attacked during

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the riot. Local shop keepers describe how frightening it had

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been. They were at the shop window deciding what they were going to

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take when they came in. The Prime Minister listened. He nodded and

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promised his full support for the police. I think it is important we

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learn lessons from what happened. Clearly, there was a need for more

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on the streets. But from the union that represents those officers this

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warning about the possible impact of budget cuts: If we lose another

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thousand police officers, which is what the Government want to do with

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these 20% cuts, I've got very real concerns whether we can cope with

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another situation like we found this week. And there was a more

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vocal protest about spending cuts in general, as the Prime Minister

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left the BBC studios this afternoon. Meanwhile, the police operation to

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bring those involved in the riots to justice, continues. This 13-

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year-old among them. He admitted having a hammer strapped to his leg

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during the disturbance when's he appeared in court. His mum had been

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unaware of what he was up to. sat at home. Did you know he was

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out on the street? No, I didn't. Another mum, who had no idea what

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he son was up to on Tuesday evening, was palled to see pictures of him

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apparently trying to force open the shutter at the shop here. As soon

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as she saw those images, she marched the 15-year-old down to the

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local police station. To date, almost 300 people have been

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arrested on Merseyside and in Greater Manchester. Both police

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forces expect to make many more arrests. Greater Manchester Police

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today launched a shop a looter campaign, having electronic display

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boards of people they want to trace after disturbances. In Liverpool,

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meantime, where they've been recovering from their own problems,

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the Lord Mayor invited volunteers, who helped in the clean up

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operation for a civic reception, wanting to pat them on the back for

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the public spirit they had shown. That's all now from Manchester city

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centre. Earlier today, the Prime Minister came into this studio and

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following the complaints that police had held back while crimes

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were being committed, I asked him if those people who claim the

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police are no longer able to guarantee their protection in the

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city centres were right? I believe it's vitally important we get back

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to normality. What we've seen in recent days is a huge increase in

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police numbers on our streets to give people that reassurance and

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that sense of safety. I think it's very important we send out a

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Messiage that Manchester is open for business, is open for shoppers,

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is open for tourists. I hope people, ordinary, law-abiding people, will

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return to this great city centre and have a night out, an evening

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out and go shopping an all the things they normally do. They'd

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have that belief because of what they saw with their own eyes.

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Police were accused of not moving in quickly enough. In Manchester,

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the police stood back. They didn't go forward and arrest looters and

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vandals. They allowed the destruction to happen. They, the

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police themselves, admitted that they had underestimated the scale

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of the violence, despite having seen what had happened in London,

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they underestimated and were outnumbered. That's what doesn't

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give people confidence. Let's be fair to the police. They do a very

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difficult job on our behalf. They put themselves in harm's way to

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keep us safe. They're the first to admit they needed more numbers on

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the streets more quickly and the early tactics didn't work wha.

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We've seen in the last two days, they've got on top of the situation.

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They've reclaimed the streets. It's very heartening to see how many

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criminals are going through our courts in quick time and being

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sentenced to prison. I think people can know that the police are on top

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of the situation and we can get back to what we want, a normal,

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functioning, great, successful, buzzing Manchester. But they were

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stretched. They were fully stretched. Over the next four years,

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they're going to have to cope with heavily reduced forces, 900 less

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police officers in Manchester. 800 less in Merseyside and Lancashire

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and Cheshire losing large numbers as well. We are told by those force

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that's this will affect the front line add the Police Federation

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today in Greater Manchester said they're not going to be able to

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cope. First of all, let's be clear about what we're asking the police

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to do, living inside what are tight budgets in coming years as every

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Government department, family and business is having to do. We're

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asking the police to cope with an 8.6% cut in cash terms over four

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years. I think that's something they can do without reducing the

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visible policing that we all want to seat the chief constable said

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previously there are police officers in back office jobs, in IT,

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in HR, in other things that should be done by civilians, to get the

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police on the frontline. I'm convinced we can do this with

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having visible policing and being able, as we have over the last few

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days, to see a great surge in police numbers on the streets. That

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is what left people feeling unsafe on Monday, was the fact that we

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didn't surge police numbers fast enough. They have now done that.

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That's why people feel safer. chairman elect of the Police

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Federation here in Greater Manchester was on our programme at

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lunch time. I interviewed him. Though he didn't know I was going

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to interview you, he said there is no more slack to cut. He said the

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Prime Minister wants to come with me into the station and see if

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there's any slack to cut. The first duty is to preserve the safety of

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its citizens and this Government is failing. Frpl I don't agree with

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that. At any one time there are only 12%, one in ten of police

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officers on the street. What we have to do is reform and modernise

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and improve the practices of policing. Very brave people, they

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do a brilliant job. We can make sure we get more police on the

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streets. We put more into the teeth if you like and less into the tail.

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Nationwide there are some 7,000 officers in back office job like IT

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and HR. That isn't right. We need changes to have the visible

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policing we want to see. This man is about to lead the Police

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Federation, the union, if you like, in greater Marge, he is telling us

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what the ordinary police officers in Greater Manchester are saying

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and believing. And he says, "We will not be able to cope if these

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20% cuts go through. The Government have got to rethink and rethink

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urgently. They have got to listen to the public." He's not the only

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one saying that. Are you listening? I'm listening all the time. We are

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asking police budgets to come down. 8.6% in cash terms, over four years

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here. But at the same time, because we're taking difficult decisions as

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a Government, because we're freezing pay in the public sector,

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because we're cutting the paper work that police officers are

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burdened with, because we're changing some of the allowances,

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which won't always be popular with police officers, but I think people

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know reform is necessary, we can achieve the spending reductions,

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modest spending reductions without reducing visible policing. Chief

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constables are coming out and saying this is possible to do it.

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It's not easy, but it's necessary because we can see all over the

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world what happens when governments don't live within budgets. We

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mustn't make that mistake here in the UK. Let's turn to why it

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happened and you talked about a certain sick element of society.

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Others might put it as an unequal society where the gap between rich

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and poor are getting greater and greedier and the example is not

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being set from the top. I think frankly there is simply no excuse

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for what we saw. When you saw people going out and smashing down

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windows and stealing televisions and trainers and all the rest of it,

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it was criminality. It's no good saying well, I did that because

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it's unequal society. There's no excuse for that sort of law

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breaking. We shouldn't get into a mushy argument that says somehow

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it's OK. It's not. The vast majority of the British public

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agree it's not OK. I've been struck with your talking to black

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community leaders, police officers, shop keepers, members of the public

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are all saying the same thing. It was criminality. We mustn't put up

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with it. We mustn't excuse it. It needs to be punished. Of course, we

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have to look at the level of family break down, look at the lack of

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discipline in schools. We've got to look that too many dads aren't

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there for their children. Yes, let's look at them, but not excuse

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what happened. Nobody's excusing what happened, but one of the

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youngsters caught up in the riots said, hang on, look at what we're

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looking out onto. He said look at the bankers, there they are lining

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their pockets, as he said, ruining this country where other people

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have to pay, looting the economy if you like. We see MPs, lots of MPs

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on the make as well from their expenses. Who are then allowed to

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pay it back. He said we take what we want and looks what happens to

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us and look at people lecturing us about morality. People who cheat in

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banking, they should be punished. MPs should have been pubbished.

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There are MPs in jail today because of that. We need responsibility

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through our country. It's the most important words in politics. It

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can't be used as an excuse. That was law breaking. That was looting.

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That was threeving. -- thieving. There are MPs in prison and a damn

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good thing too, excuse my language. Most of them were allowed to pay

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back what they had taken wrongly. Those that broke the law... Were

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prosecuted and sent to prison. These people in terms of looting,

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pillaging, the violence we saw, that was law breaking. Law breaking

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has to be punished. One of the heartening things we're seeing now

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is because the courts have been sitting around-the-clock, we're

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seeing a much tighter time table between getting your collar felt by

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a police officer, going to a cell, appearing in front of the court and

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being sent to prison. I hope one of the learnings of the last few days

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is if we have that speedy justice at this time, why can't we have

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speedy justice all the time. Is it going to help when the leaders on

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this programme, the leaders of Manchester City Council and Salford

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City Council say if you are caught being involved in any way in this

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rioting and in this looting, any single member of your family, we

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will throw you out of your council houses. I think that is helpful. We

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have to find ways of enforcing responsibility in our society. If

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you live in a council house, you're getting a house at a discount from

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what other people have to pay W that should come some

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responsibilities. Is that thought through? When they leave the houses,

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when they're thrown out, what happens to them? They mightn't be

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able to afford other housing? Frankly, they should have thought

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about that before they turned on their own community and looted a

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shot. -- shop. Isn't it better to include people in society than

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exclude them further? For too long we've taken a too soft attitude

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towards people that loot and pillage their own community. If you

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do that, you should lose your right to the sort of housing that you had

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at a subsidised rate. Obviously, that will mean they have to be

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housed somewhere else and will have to find housing in the private

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sector. That will be tougher for them. They should have thought of

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that before they started burgling. The other point I'd make, in some

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cases it may help break up some of the criminal networks on some

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housing estates if some people are thrown out of their houses and

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quite right too. Prime Minister, thank you very much. Thank you.

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A 29-year-old man from Preston has been jailed for life for the murder

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of his former girlfriend. David Bullman pleaded guilt why to

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murdering Nicola Seed in February. The mother of four was found dead

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at her home with severe head injuries.

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23 members of staff have lost their jobs at TJ Hughes in Salford. The

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shop, which was already in administration, was so badly

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damaged in the riots that administrators have decided to

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close it down. Two houses being rebuilt after a

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huge explosion in Irlam in Salford last November have been damaged

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extensively by fire. It broke out last night and is being treated as

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suspicious. An official gay quarter has been

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approved by Liverpool council today. It will see the Stanley Street area

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transformed in a bid to attract more tourists and create new jobs.

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It follows the success of the second Pride Festival in the city

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over the weekend. A judge in Manchester has warned

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that anyone earning a -- owning a high performance car is at risk of

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being targeted by criminals. He jailed three men for terrorising a

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family in Cheadle Hulme in order to steal their car. Roger Dean was

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knocked unconscious and left with sight problems after a gang raided

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his home, terrifying his wife and baby daughter.

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Every time there's a bang or anything happens in the house, I'm

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at the window. I'm on edge. Just can't seem to relax. Roger Dean is

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now afraid to leave his family. Last November a gang targeting his

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high performance car knocked on his door and attacked him. I felt a

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blow to my face, saw a gloved hand with a bar across it come ing

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across me, clunked in the face. I went flying backwards and through

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the child gate at the bottom of the stairs and was unconscious. There

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was a time when thieves would have been able to break into and start a

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car like this with a few simple tools. But Aztecnology's developed

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high performance cars have become more secure, meaning that the key

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is now crucial and criminals are increasingly confronting the owners.

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I always thought I could protect my family, which obviously I can't do,

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if there's determined criminals wanting to get into your house.

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It's the nighure of cars today and the security systems. You can't hot

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wire a car now. You need the keys to take the car. People are

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prepared to go to lengths now of breaking in the house. Michael

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Williams and Mr Shepherd and keeton Sam use pleaded guilty to robbery,

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sentencing them to a total of 14 years in prison, the judge remarked

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that anyone who has a car of that value in Greater Manchester or

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other cities is at risk of being targeted in this way. It's just the

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memories that this house has got now of the three men coming through

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the door uninvited. We're selling the house and trying to move on

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somewhere else. Now, still to come: It's back, on

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the eve of Premier League season, we look at the prospects for our

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seven sides. And heads you win - the aspiring

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footballer who went to the top to get a trial. I didn't know what I

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was going to do. I got to the door and I saw this big house. It was

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difficult to press the buzzer, but I did it.

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Now, it is the weekend, millions of football fans have been waiting

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impatiently for, there may be other who's have not. But football fans

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have been waiting since May. To preview the new campaign, Richard

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is here with the sports desk and a special guest.

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Yes Kevin Gallacher, former Blackburn Rovers and Scotland

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striker. Thanks for joining us. It's the makings of a cracking

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season. I'm looking forward to it. The amount of money being spent on

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new players, this is going to be really exciting. Let's' start the

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the top, Manchester United, they've strengthened in the summer. Phil

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Jones and so on. Do you think they'll be the team to beat?

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think so. They're not coubed champions for nothing. They had a

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hard season last year. I think it will be a tough season. The way

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they turned out the charity cheeld, I can see them doing it again.

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about City? How close do you think they will run for the title?

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think they're getting closer. I think it will depend on how they

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work together. It's getting new players in, it's OK spending

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millions, if they work together and get the system right, there will be

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another couple of teams dropping down the table to let them to

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number two. Liverpool have made the fifth signing of the summer, Jose

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Enrique from Newcastle. The boss, Kenny Dalglish, know that's

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expectations are really on the rise. We're happy with the business we've

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done. We look forward to the start of the season same as everybody.

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Every club's the same as ourselves. We have high expectations. We just

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hope we can fulfil the expectation. I'm sure he'll madgeage -- manage

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those expectations. What do you think about Liverpool's prospects?

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I'm thinking higher as well. They finished sixth after a bad season.

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Kenny will be aiming for a top four place. It's getting the players in

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he likes, the 4-4-2 system. They'll football as well. They're getting

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stronger. They will finish in the top four this year. Confident stuff

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about Liverpool. Everton's game against Spurs is off because of the

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riots in Tottenham. David Moyes, how long do you think he can keep

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Everton moving forward, we know he hasn't got a great deal to spend?

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think that David Moyes' motto you know. I think he's a better manager

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for not having money to spend. He has the quality to get out of

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players in the squad. When you have that bit of money to spend, it adds

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pressure. I think Moyes has handled his job really well. Bolton have

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lost a couple of key players that form part of the squad last season.

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A couple of players have had broken legs in the summer. The manager

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admits not all things have gone to plan. Sometimes the managers have

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to adjust and readjust. That's what we've had to do. We're excited for

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the new season. We want to do all we can to improve upon last season.

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What about Bolton then? I think it will be the same again. It depends

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on the start of the season they get. They've lost one or two players.

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They've got one or two in again. Owen is trying to get a good little

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football side, like at Burnley. I think they'll finish around 15 this

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season. Now, Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic fans won't thank me

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for pointing it out, they flirted with relegation last season. Do you

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think the same again or could they move up the table? Think more or

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less something similar. I think the three teams coming up, that's the

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standard. That's what they'll have below them. They've not spent a lot

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of money. They've sold top players. They've took money in, but they

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haven't spent that much money. Blackburn now are developing a

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younger squad probably for the next two, three seasons. Next season

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will be a tough battle, but I don't think they'll be flirting with

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relegation, just above it this year. Thank you very much. See you

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tomorrow. Let's talk about a different football story. As the

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big spending Premier League begins,00s of young footballers

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released last season are fighting for aifyure in the game. One of

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those is 18-year-old Max Lonsdale, who went to extraordinary lengths

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to keep his dream alive. Since he was given this kit at the

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age of two, Max Lonsdale has been desperate to play for Manchester

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United. But after being released by League Two side Macclesfield that

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seemed a long way off. Not many opportunities after being released

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from Macclesfield town this year. I zooded to make a DVD. We dropped it

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off at reception. This is Max Lonsdale. Until recently he played

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He also put the DVD on u tube attracting soo,000 hits. Max didn't

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stop here. (150,000 hits) he was so determined that he took a copy of

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his DVD and knocked on the door of the Manchester United manager.

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didn't know what I was going to do. I got to the door and I saw this

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big house. It was difficult to press the buzzer. But I did it. He

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let me in. He was brilliant with me. He gave me ten minutes of his time.

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I explained my situation. He said he watched the DVD. Sir Alex liked

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what he saw and invited Max for a trial. Man United have been

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brilliant with me. Initially it was meant to be two weeks. I was there

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for just under four weeks. In the end he didn't quite make the grade,

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but the club has recommended Max to other sides. I'm quite shy, but

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sometimes you need to put yourself out there and do thipbgdz that

:23:48.:23:54.

you're not necessarily comfortable with. And Max has already shown

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prospective employers that he'll do whatever it takes to show off his

:23:57.:24:07.
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skills in the professional game. Imagine how he felt knocking on the

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door! Macclesfield have been well rewarded for their Carling Cup win

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away midweek. They visit Bolton in round two. Tuesday's other giant

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killers Morecambe and Bury are going to Millwall. And a home date

:24:21.:24:31.
:24:31.:24:32.

with Sven-Goran Eriksson's You can see more on the build up to

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the opening weekend on Football Focus BBC One tomorrow, 12.15,

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Patrick Viera is a special guest. Kevin, putting you on the spot, the

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top four in order, finishing? Manchester United, Manchester City,

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Chelsea, Liverpool. And no Arsenal incidentally.

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Excellent, thank you for that. ( We'll see. That's ot tape! --

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that's on tape! Let's look at the that's on tape! Let's look at the

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weekend weather. The chances of him being more

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accurate than me are fairly strong. We'll see how it goes through the

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weekend. Things are going to change. It's not a wonderful weekend. But

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there is good news in there. Over the next couple of days, we get

:25:12.:25:16.

drier, cooler and fresher. Drier is the thing we're concentrating on.

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Through the day today it's not been too bad. Predominantly cloudy. For

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many places dry. For the next couple of hours this is what you're

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looking at. Already one or two showers move ing across the region

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through the afternoon. There is more rain waiting in the wings.

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There's a gap here, but if I move out of the way, there is more to

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come. If you don't have it with you now, it will be with you through

:25:38.:25:41.

the night. This is our picture in Manchester City sin ter. That's the

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skyline. It's grey and overcast. The rain will arrive sooner or

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later. Light and patchy for the most part at first. As the night

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progresses, as it comes and goes, over the high ground, it could get

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fairly heavy from time to time. For most, dull, damp and drizzly. Mild,

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temperatures 14-16. Into Saturday and it's not the best picture when

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you first get out of bed. It's fairly grey and drizzle here and

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there. Through the day this cloud cover, you can see the map is

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trying to lighten up. That means every now and then the cloud cover

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will be thin enough for brightness. There's improvement going on from

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morning through to afternoon. The wind back round it a south-westerly.

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It is relatively mild, 19 or 20 as your high. Then for Saturday night,

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we've got another line of light drizzly rain which will work

:26:29.:26:32.

through as the night goes on, particularly as you head to the

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early hours of the morning. That should be gone by the time you get

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up on Sunday morning. Then Sunday, not bad, won't be brilliant. I

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think there'll be one or two glimpses of sunshine from time to

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time. But it is dry. Temperatures around 19 degrees. Yes, Monday

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doesn't look bad at all. There are one or two showers on Tuesday, but

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one or two showers on Tuesday, but the pictures is for it to settle

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down. Kevin, how confident were you at 18,

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going back to Max there, at 18 being so brave? I was lucky. I was

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actually professionally at 18. I was in the first team. It was a bit

:27:07.:27:11.

of luck for me. I started at a young age playing in the first team

:27:11.:27:17.

at Dundee uetd. Would you have had the guts to believe in yourself?

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He's got great belief this man? have a good self-belief in my

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ability. I don't know if I would have been as brave as him. How do

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