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Good evening. A motorcyclist has died at the Manx Grand Prix | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
festival on the Isle of Man. When Hamilton from Northern Ireland was | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
killed in in a crash at the Junior Manx Grand Prix. He had won the | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
newcomers race on Saturday and organisers described him as a great | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
loss to the sport. The body of a woman has been discovered on a | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
beach in Wirral. The woman, believed to be in her twenties, was | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
discovered at Perch Rock near the promenade at 7:00am. Merseyside | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
police are treating the death as unexplained. | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
Two members of staff to private security firm have been sacked | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
after an electronic tag was put on an offender's false leg at his home. | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
It meant he could remove the leg and break his curfew. G4S, which | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
also runs private prisons locally, said the officers failed to stick | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
to correct procedure when fitting the tag. | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
Changes planned for the Peak District National Park have been | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
put out to public consultation. The plans include new bridleways and | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
the removal of livestock to help restore heather. It is a five-year | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
plan. We have taken over the management of the site on behalf of | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
the National Park. If we want to do the very best we can for people and | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
for wildlife on the site. Over the next five years, we propose a | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
number of changes so that people can get the very best expedience. | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
Public toilets in one of Cumbria's biggest tourist -- tourist areas | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
have been saved from closure. A deal has been done by the parish | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
council to save dozens of toilet blocks including seven in | :01:46. | :01:52. | |
Windermere. The centre of Manchester was turned | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
into a race track today when Formula One driver Jenson Button | :01:55. | :02:01. | |
got behind the wheel of his McLaren to entertain thousands of fans. | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
Bank holidays, all was a good chance to take your car for a spin. | :02:05. | :02:15. | |
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-- always. Jenson Button obviously agrees, added the -- as did the | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
thousands braving the rain to catch a glimpse. It is always fun driving | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
around the streets of the city, especially with such a big crowd. | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
It is very special. Yesterday, he was fighting his way to third place | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
in the Belgian Grand Prix. Today, the only fight was among the | :02:32. | :02:40. | |
autograph hunters. Can you sign my hat? Of course I can. Fantastic. | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
Fabulous to be so close to them. were within 10 feet of them. Jaw- | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
dropping we brilliant. I have never heard anything like it in my life. | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
Those famous for other sports have the chance to try Formula One for | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
size. It is amazing. It is the first time I have been so close to | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
a Formula One car. Great to bring it to Manchester, because you never | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
get an event like this. My father always watch it when I was little. | :03:10. | :03:17. | |
Any kind of sport, my boyfriend is a big fan of. For Jenson Button, | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
the speed limit was risen to 70mph and he was allowed to ignore red | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
lights. But then for those taking every possible advantage point, | :03:25. | :03:33. | |
this was a different sort of rush hour. -- vantage point. | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
I would not have minded seeing that for myself. | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
It could be a close finish for Lancashire in the latest cricket | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
match in the Clydesdale Bank 40 Mac match in the Clydesdale Bank 40 Mac | :03:44. | :03:52. | |
-- 40 at Trent Bridge. They made -- 40 at Trent Bridge. They made | :03:52. | :03:53. | |
248 for 5, thanks to Tom Smith. Nottingham were 117 for three from | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
21 overs a short time ago. The 7th English Open chainsaw | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
competition has taken place in Cheshire. Wood carvers from across | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
the world travelled to the Cheshire again and Country Fair to compete. | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
-- Game and Country Fair. The show was very important to the | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
international chain saw arts. They all want the title. It is the | :04:20. | :04:27. | |
biggest event in the world for a us. It is fantastic. We have some of | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
the best chainsaw sculptors in the world here. There is a chap from | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
Seattle and he has won more competition has than anyone else. | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
He is unbelievably good and quick. Typical bank holiday weather today. | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
Typical bank holiday weather today. Let us see what the week ahead | :04:42. | :04:48. | |
holds. It has been a typical bank holiday | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
today. The son failed to shore up that many of the events that we had | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
across the region. It has been fairly overcast and the | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
temperatures, well, it is the end of August. Nothing to write home | :04:59. | :05:09. | |
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about. Very disappointing temperatures indeed. This evening, | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
still many clouds around and showers floating around. It will be | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
breezy as well. Temperatures will hold up. Double figures in towns | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
and cities. But we will see temperatures dropping under clear | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
skies. Tomorrow, a slight improvement on the weather. It is | :05:28. | :05:34. | |
going to be less breezy with few showers, but fairly overcast. We | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
are going to hang on too much of the cloud into the afternoon. We | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
may see the occasional glimmer of brightness. Don't hold your breath. | :05:45. | :05:51. |