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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Gordon Burns and

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Ranvir Singh. Our top story: Murdered on duty - a colleague is

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jailed for killing Wigan sailor Ian Molyneux. Ian's wife, Gillian,

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gives her reaction to today's verdict. I will now try to rebuild

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my life with my gorgeous children and the eternal memory of Ian, my

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hero and true love. Also tonight: The North West pays tribute to

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racing legend Ginger McCain, who has died at the age of 80.

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Released on bail - the man arrested on suspicion of murdering an

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intruder waits to see if he will face criminal charges. And, after

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spending millions on the team, Manchester City splash the cash on

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their stars of the future. The widow of Royal Navy officer Ian

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Molyneux made a touching tribute to her husband today as the sailor who

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murdered him was jailed for at least 25 years. Gillian Molyneux,

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from Standish near Wigan, said the sentence offered no release from

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the pain of losing her soulmate. Winchester Crown Court was told

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that Lieutenant Commander Molyneux was the victim of a murderous

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onslaught by Able Seaman Ryan Donovan. Our reporter, Steve

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Humphrey, was in court. We heard that Ryan Donovan had gone

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on duty with the intention of shooting at senior -- senior colics

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who were going to have been disciplined for wilful disobedience.

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A few days earlier he had refused an instruction to carry out a

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cleaning task. He shot dead one senior officer and seriously

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injured another. In court to see Ryan Donovan sentenced was the

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widow of Lieutenant Commander Ian Donald -- Ian Molyneux.

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The end of a harrowing court hearing for Gillian Molyneux.

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Justice for her, her four children and her husband. Nothing can ever

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replace Ian, my husband and soulmate and the father of our four

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black beautiful children. -- four beautiful children. To his family

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in Standish, Ian Molyneux was an utterly devoted husband and father.

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To his naval family, Lieutenant Commander Molyneux was simply known

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as Molly, a gentle giant, a supreme professional. It is clear that

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Lieutenant Commander Molyneux acted extremely bravely and our thoughts

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go out to Gillian and the four children. This is the sailor who

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murdered him - Able Seaman Ryan Samuel Donovan. He fired his weapon

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six times in the control room of HMS Astute while docked in

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Southampton in April. The court was told: "Lieutenant Commander

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Molyneux reacted to the noise of the shots. As he turned to tackle

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the defendant he was shot in their head at very close range and died

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instantly." Hundreds attended his funeral at Sacred Heart Catholic

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Church in Wigan, his eldest sons, Jamie and Aaron, proudly displayed

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their own military uniforms. Among the mourners, members of the

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Shevington Sharks under-12 rugby team whom he coached. Ryan Donovan

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admitted murdering Lieutenant Commander Molyneux and attempting

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to kill three other crew members after volunteering for sentry duty

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while drunk. I will now try to rebuild my life with my gorgeous

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children and the eternal memory of Ian, My Hero and true love.

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Donovan admitted murder and attempting to kill three others. He

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had volunteered for sentry duty while drunk. Gillian Molyneux's

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final words today when a message for her children. Your daddy and I

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love you very much and our future will always be guided by him.

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In his summing up the judge said that the offence had involved

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premeditation, planning and an outrageous breach of trust. He said

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there was no evidence that Donovan had been mistreated by the Navy. In

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sentencing Donovan to life imprisonment, he said that he

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should serve a minimum of 25 years before he is considered for release.

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The world of horse racing is morning one of its most colourful

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characters - the trainer Ginger McCain, who died at the age of 80.

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Known as Mr Aintree, Ginger won the Grand National four times. Three of

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those wins were with the horse who became as famous as his trainer -

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Red Rum. Our Merseyside reporter, Andy Gill, is at Aintree now.

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Here is the statue of Red Rum. As you say, he won three Grand

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Nationals with Ginger McCain in the 70s. This year, his son won the

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National strainer. Ginger McCain had been ill for a little while. He

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had cancer and died this morning. He would have been 81 on Wednesday.

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He had come a long way since training horses on the beach a few

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miles up -- a few miles north of here.

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Southport Sands in the Seventies - where Ginger McCain trained Red Rum

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and turned himself from car salesman and taxi driver into

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champion National Hunt trainer. McCain won three Grand Nationals

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with Red Rum. At Aintree today they remember a man who helped win back

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support for the race when its future looked uncertain. Four Grand

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Nationals over 31 years, three associations with Red Rum. It was

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when the Grand National was at its lowest ebb. If it was not for his

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support Aintree would not be here today. Fans have been leaving

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messages of condolence on Aintree's Facebook page. On Twitter, McCain's

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fellow trainer Paul Nicholls wrote: Sad to hear of death of Ginger

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McCain. What a legend. He was a man of forceful opinions. Here on

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whether a woman would ever win the National. No disrespect to her. She

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is very brave. She has had a youngster and she is not going to

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get fit by riding in three or four races. He had so much passion for

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racing and sport and he was a great showman. He knew that, if he said

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something, no matter how controversial, it would make

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headlines. Red Rum is buried just by the

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winning post he retained tree, the scene of Ginger McCain's many

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triumphs. -- here at Aintree. The family say there will be a private

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funeral followed by a memorial service. Andy Gill, BBC North West

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Tonight, Aintree. Earlier, racing correspondent

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Cornelius Lysaght shared his memories of Ginger McCain with me.

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I put it to him that he was one of sport's great characters. He was

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indeed. I think that is an important point to make. It is a

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great Boyd that has been left in British racing and in British sport

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generally us up with his huge success around Aintree, Red Rum, Mr

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Aintree as they called him in the 1970s and then returning to the

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winner's enclosure after 27 years in 2004. He always had a catchy if

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sometimes not especially politically correct term of phrase.

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He became instantly recognisable on racecourses and beyond.

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Great days with Red Rum - the highlight of his career and always

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remembered as one of the greatest horses ever. Perhaps the greatest.

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To go to Aintree on five occasions and competed would be extraordinary.

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To have a six the 10th is absolutely astonishing. Perhaps now,

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looking back, fitting that his last Grand National, earlier this year,

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he was celebrating again. It was impossible for him to contain his

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delight that the horse trained by his son was successful in the race.

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I think, now we can reflect on it with the news today, that the

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McCain family bat on had been handed on. What has been the

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reaction today of the racing world? There is a real feeling that a big

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void has been left by the departure of this big man. Lots to celebrate

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- and the victories of Red Rum, the guy a -- the fact that a guy who

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was a small-time taxi driver could end up as one of the most famous

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horse racing people in Great Britain. Perhaps another fence

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could become the Ginger fence, one of the ways that British racing is

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thinking of paying tribute to him. That would be a great way to

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remember him. Thank you very much. More news from around the region

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now. A man has appeared in court to deny murdering a high-flying

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solicitor. 45-year-old Linda Bakewell's body was found naked and

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bruised in the boot of the accused man's car days after she was last

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seen alive. Reports from Somalia suggest Judith

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Tebbutt, who was kidnapped from a Kenyan holiday resort, is being

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held for ransom by pirates. Mrs Tebbutt, who is originally from

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Ulverston, was taken from a beach resort by armed men who killed her

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husband. The man arrested for apparently

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stabbing an intruder at his home has been released on bail. Vincent

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Cooke may now have to wait several weeks to find out whether he will

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face criminal charges. Protect my property?" Vincent Cooke's smart

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detached home remained sealed off by police throughout the day as

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forensic teams came and went. Mr Cooke, a 39 year-old father of one,

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was arrested on Saturday after an apparent intruder died of stab

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wounds on his doorstep. It is believed Mr Cooke had been

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confronted by two armed men and a scuffle developed. I was very

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shocked to hear it because it is a very quiet road and nothing like

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this happens down here. Raymond Jacob suffered fatal stab wounds.

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Vincent Cooke was released on police bail today pending further

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inquiries. He will have to answer that bail on October 17th when

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perhaps he will discover if he is to face criminal charges. This is

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not the first case of its kind in recent times. In fact, there have

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been three such cases in the past four months in Greater Manchester.

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In July Cecil Coley was arrested after an intruder was stabbed to

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death at the florist shop where he worked in Trafford. The 72-year-old

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was later told he would face no charges. Hannah Quirk lectures in

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law at Manchester University and says people have a legal right to

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use reasonable force to protect themselves. Obviously, in a

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situation like this, somebody has died so the police will investigate

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quite carefully to decide what happened. They will listen to the

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account of the person who has been arrested as well and look at the

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facts of the situation. Police are still establishing the facts of

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exactly what happened here. A man has died and four others,

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including a four-year-old boy, are critically injured after a fire at

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a house in Altrincham. Police and firefighters are trying to work out

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how the fire on Barlow Road started in the early hours of this morning.

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Kate Simms reports. Forensic officers scour the wreckage of this

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family home looking for clues as to what caused the fire which broke

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out just before five this morning. Neighbour Kevin Pearce helped the

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woman who lives here get out through a front window. It is

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something like the special effects of a film. I would not want to see

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it again. Two teenagers had already escaped and firefighters later

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rescued a young boy. But one man, named locally as David, was

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pronounced dead at the scene. could have got an end, David...

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Maybe those couple of minutes, if I could have got in David out.

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man who died is thought to be the partner of the woman who lived here.

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Tonight she is in hospital along with a three children, the luck --

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the youngest of whom is thought to be just four years old. All four

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are described as being in a critical condition. Meanwhile,

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Greater Manchester Police and Fire Service have launched a joint

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investigation. They want to know how the fire got out of control so

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fast. There are smoke alarms fitted in these houses, which means that

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the family should have had early warning of when the fire started.

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If they did and then subsequently still could not get out without

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being injured, we would want to know why. For two years, cameras

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followed Alia, who had been forced into a marriage in Pakistan. She

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had to deal with enormous pressure from her family but was helped by a

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specialist police unit in Lancashire. In a moment we will be

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speaking to Sergeant John Rigby from Lancashire Police, but first

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let's take a look at her story. Police in Britain have set up a

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network of specialist units to help the increasing numbers of forced

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marriage victims. This unit in Blackburn is one of three in the

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Lancashire area. This 18-year-old local girl has come into the

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station in a distressed state. It seems that, a year ago, the girl

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was taken by her father to Pakistan and forced to marriage a cousin

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twice a rage. Alia believes that the only reason she was allowed

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back to England was that she was pregnant. Recently they have packed

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up my stuff. My mum was going out and buying clothes that were two

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years old before my son saying that you are going to Pakistan. When I

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saw the ticket and they were one way, I panicked. Are you are

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absolute laid definite Lee sure that you want to make a clean

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break? I do not have a future of my own. My son deserves better than

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that. I think I had to grow up quite quickly. Those teenage years

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that you have, I missed out on them. If you cannot see no other way out,

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what are you supposed to do? You can find out what happens to Alia

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in 'My Forced Unwanted Wedding' on BBC Three at 9 o'clock tonight. I

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am joined now by Sergeant John Rigby from Lancashire Police's

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Community Cohesion Unit. Why did you want the cameras in?

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has gone on for so long and here we had the opportunity for the BBC to

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tell the story as it is and get it out to the wider audience. Why is

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that important to the job but you do? More often than not these

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victims are from different ethnic backgrounds but you have a wider

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audience out there in the community who do not know what to look out

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for. By telling this story, it is letting them become more informed.

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So teachers, doctors, who never that this person has contact with

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outside of the family? Absolutely. How prolific is it in our area?

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Nationally, the figures tell us that 8,000 to 10,000 victims a year

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of forced marriages. In Lancashire we get between four and five

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referrals a week. That is a lot. That is 250 to 300 incidents a year

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to deal with. How do you get over the cultural divide? There is a

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case of being a bit politically correct about these things at times.

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The cultural divide does not exist. I have done it for a number of

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years, worked within the Asian community in Blackburn. They know

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me as a recognised face. I have Asian officers on my team so the

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language skills are there. The whole team I work with his

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privileged to be with them -- it is a privilege to be with them. The

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work they do is superb. I am sorry we have so little time but I am

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grateful for your coming in. Well, it's time for sport now with

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Richard Askam, and there's a chink of light between the top two clubs

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in the Premier League at last, Richard. Yes, all because of two

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games yesterday which finally split Manchester United and Manchester

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City. More on the Blues in a moment, but United now have a two-point

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cushion at the top after a 3-1 win at home to Chelsea yesterday. The

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damage was all done in the first half of a match chock full of

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chances, but United took most of theirs and went in at the break

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three up thanks to Phil Jones, Nani and Wayne Rooney. Rooney even

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missed a penalty and Chelsea were also wasteful as it ended 3-1. Well,

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you used the word wasteful and despite the result, the main

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talking point from that game concerns former Liverpool striker

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Fernando Torres. Well, for all the goals he's scored

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in his career, there are probably none that will be remembered as

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much as his miss yesterday. He'd done the hard work, controlling the

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ball and rounding David De Gea And just to make matters worse, it

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was in front of The Stretford End. So that's one reason United are top.

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The other reason concerns City who let two points slip at Fulham. Two

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goals from Sergio Aguero had them in control at Craven Cottage but

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second-half goals from Zamora and Murphy cost City those vital points.

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City have outlined plans for a new academy, training complex and

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training facility a stone's throw from their main stadium, costing

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more than �100 million. City have cast their net across the

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globe, assembling a team with some of the world's biggest stars, but

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they are now looking to think big closer to one. These are the first

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pictures of their new training complex. It includes a 7,000

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capacity arena for Youth Games. terms of developing players, it is

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one thing having a great facility, it is another thing making sure

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that the ability of those players is realised. To emphasise the point,

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City took some of their players on to the ground where the new complex

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will be. For me, coming from the academy, to see someone coming

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through, it is just amazing. City have a long tradition to build on.

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Countless players from their academy have made it as

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professionals, including Jamie Hoyland, now Youth Training coach

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at each -- a Preston North End. There were numerous players who

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came through. The list is endless. That tradition that City will aim

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to build on with a facility that will make players capable of mixing

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it with Europe's elite. Just days after meeting with

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referees' chief Mike Riley, Kenny Dalglish saw two of his Liverpool

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players sent off in a 4-0 defeat at Spurs. Charlie adamant Martin

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Skrtel were the Reds who saw red, but the boss wouldn't blame the

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defeat on having nine men. He says there was room for improvement

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across the entire 90 minutes. Well it was a pretty successful weekend

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for our League One and Two sides with a couple of notable away wins.

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With the pick of the action, here's Howard Booth.

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Preston went ahead early through Neil Miller, who would later score

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Neil Miller, who would later score his fifth in the campaign. Not to

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be outdone, although more also 3-1 an hour. The top of League Two

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looks lovely for Morecambe who lead the way after a 2-1 victory over

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Dagenham and Redbridge. Danny Carlton did it again, scoring a

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sixth of the season before Stewart Drummond doubled their advantage

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early in the second half. They started the season with five

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defeats but Crewe are back on the rails and made it four wins out of

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five at the expense of Accrington. Stanley made it hard for themselves,

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conceding twice within the first 14 minutes. AJ Leitch Smith and Byron

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Moore for Alex. Finally, a first win in four for Macclesfield who

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were inspired by former non-league striker Ben Tomlinson. The ex-

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Worksop man scored twice against Northampton and set up Colin Daniel

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for the Silkmen's third in a 3-1 Sale Sharks are up and running in

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Rugby Union's Aviva Premiership, they won 29-18 at London Wasps

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yesterday. And in Super League, Saint Helens are just one game away

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from the Grand Final after upsetting Wigan 26-18. Tries from

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Paul Wellens and this one from points, but two scores inside ten

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minutes - including Wellens' second - sealed the win for Saints who

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join Warrington in the semi finals. Wigan know they need a win against

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Catalan Dragons to join Saints and That match is at five o'clock next

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Sunday. Coverage as always on BBC Radio Manchester.

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There is good reason for optimism. Tomorrow will be OK and so will

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Thursday and Friday. Tomorrow will mostly be dry and it should be

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fairly bright. The best part of today was probably this morning,

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with a decent spells of sunshine around. Temperatures got up to

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around 17 Celsius. There was a little rain that pushed its way

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through. The picture changes tonight. It looks rather dark in

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Manchester at the moment! That is not reality. There could be up to

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30 mm of rain higher ground -- on higher ground in Lancashire.

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Because the rain still lingers in the south, it means that the Isle

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of Man, Lancashire and Cumbria will see the best of the start to the

:23:53.:24:03.

day. When the rain clears in the morning, and it should be gone from

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most places by 9pm at the latest, it really is not a bad day. You can

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see the cloud cover trying to thin and break. It will not be wall-to-

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wall sunshine but it is a better looking day than today. Top

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temperature will be around 16 Celsius. Wednesday does not look

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brilliant, it has to be said. After that, Thursday and Friday do not

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Behind every sporting success, there are men and women who give

:24:43.:24:46.

their time to develop others. These unsung heroes don't often get the

:24:46.:24:48.

recognition they deserve but the BBC's giving you the chance to

:24:48.:24:55.

change that. We'll tell you how in a moment. But today last year's

:24:55.:24:57.

winner met one of our sporting greats and Stuart Flinders was

:24:58.:25:01.

there. Encouraging them, guiding them, sometimes giving them a

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talking to. John Jacobson's been involved in handball in Liverpool

:25:03.:25:12.

for decades. BBC Sports Personality of the Year is Ryan Giggs. He'll

:25:12.:25:16.

never achieve the status of a Ryan Giggs. But thanks to last year's

:25:16.:25:18.

Sports Personality of the Year Awards he's an official unsung hero.

:25:18.:25:25.

Today, at MediaCity in Salford, he met one of sport's greatest heroes.

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How did you feel when you were given the support? How little bit

:25:29.:25:32.

embarrassed at first because I have always done the sport because I

:25:32.:25:36.

love it. I have loved everything that I have done. I have had a

:25:36.:25:42.

fantastic life. To be recognised for it was really overwhelming.

:25:42.:25:47.

new sport that John is talking about is one of many that have kept

:25:47.:25:51.

people off the streets, literally kept him off the streets. Is that

:25:52.:25:59.

an important thing? I have one lad who is 21 now who said to me that,

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without doubt, if he had not joined the team he would have fallen by

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the wayside and got into trouble. The two met at a BBC promotion for

:26:08.:26:16.

this year's sports awards. Sport is one of the big BBC

:26:16.:26:23.

departments moving north. Today they have announced that this

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year's Sports Personality of the Year Award will be coming from here,

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too. Nominations are being sought for this year's Unsung Hero award.

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Stuart Flinders, BBC North West Tonight, Salford.

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If you know someone who deserves to be nominated for this year's Sports

:26:36.:26:39.

Personality of the Year Unsung Hero award you can download a nomination

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form at bbc.co.uk/sport. Good luck!

:26:47.:26:51.

We just heard from Richard that he had an incident with a view at the

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weekend but he has not told us. was a couple of weekends ago. I was

:26:55.:26:59.

walking the dog and somebody said to me, you are thing in a jug,

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