:00:10. > :00:13.Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Ranvir Singh and Roger
:00:13. > :00:20.Johnson. Our top story... Taken by a single punch - why
:00:20. > :00:23.Adam's father decided to come face to face with his son's killer.
:00:23. > :00:26.I wanted him to know exactly the damage he had done and the
:00:26. > :00:29.consequences of his behaviour that night.
:00:29. > :00:31.Can restorative justice work? Also tonight...
:00:31. > :00:38.Can Lord Heseltine do it for Liverpool again? The former
:00:38. > :00:41.Minister for Merseyside outlines his blueprint for the future. We
:00:41. > :00:44.will be speaking to him. Why the North West Ambulance
:00:44. > :00:48.Service has spent �10 million on taxi trips for patients over the
:00:48. > :00:56.past three years. Join me with that the urban apples
:00:56. > :00:59.that have been turned into cider. Well,, welcome, welcome!
:00:59. > :01:09.And standing up for stand up - the comedy festival having the last
:01:09. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:22.The former Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Heseltine, published his
:01:22. > :01:25.latest vision to reinvigorate Liverpool today. He has worked with
:01:25. > :01:27.the former boss of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy, to make recommendations to
:01:27. > :01:30.the Government. Among the plans, a call for
:01:30. > :01:36.thousands of new civil service jobs on Merseyside, and a directly
:01:36. > :01:40.elected Mayor to champion the city. In a moment we will be asking him
:01:40. > :01:43.her that as possible at a time of Government cuts. First, Angelina
:01:43. > :01:46.Socci reports. He was once the minister for
:01:46. > :01:49.Merseyside. It was 1981 when Lord Heseltine came to Liverpool
:01:49. > :01:51.following the Toxteth riots. His aim - to highlight deprivation and
:01:51. > :01:55.persuade others to finance the regeneration of the city. 30 years
:01:55. > :01:58.on and with his knowledge of the area, Lord Heseltine is hoping he
:01:58. > :02:01.can now help shape its future. And this is the report that has
:02:01. > :02:03.been presented to the Prime Minister. The 50 page document has
:02:03. > :02:06.been drawn up after meetings with politicians and business leaders on
:02:06. > :02:09.how to encourage economic growth. It includes moving thousands of
:02:09. > :02:11.It includes moving thousands of It includes moving thousands of
:02:11. > :02:14.civil service jobs to Liverpool. A Government commitment to have a
:02:14. > :02:17.directly elected mayor with powers. Benefit claimants to carry out
:02:17. > :02:22.community work to receive their money. And to change high speed
:02:22. > :02:28.rail proposals so they connect rail proposals so they connect
:02:28. > :02:33.Manchester and Liverpool directly. Liverpool desperately need more
:02:33. > :02:37.employment opportunities for residents. But we need more
:02:37. > :02:41.businesses here in the city. But again, they are all good ideas, and
:02:41. > :02:44.we're hoping the Government will work with us to produce some of
:02:44. > :02:48.those ideas, bring them to realisation.
:02:48. > :02:52.Because of the benefits we have seen in Liverpool over the last six
:02:52. > :02:57.years, we do not have the high levels of national aplomb that we
:02:57. > :03:04.were used to in the 1970s and 1980s. It is still clear of the economy
:03:04. > :03:07.needs all the support it can get. But it seems that the people of
:03:07. > :03:11.Liverpool have their own ideas on how the city could be improved.
:03:11. > :03:15.Added really like to see more jobs and the area, but I think Liverpool
:03:15. > :03:19.is to wink at a good job. There is plenty of empty factory
:03:19. > :03:23.space and things like that. It needs cash in the City to give
:03:23. > :03:26.people jobs. They're putting buildings up and
:03:26. > :03:33.taking beautiful buildings Darren. They are just destroying the city.
:03:33. > :03:35.The council needs to get a grip. -- taking beautiful buildings Darren.
:03:35. > :03:37.While there are many obstacles to overcome, business leaders hope
:03:37. > :03:41.this new vision will help Liverpool's economy grow.
:03:41. > :03:44.A little earlier, I spoke to the report's co-author Lord Heseltine.
:03:44. > :03:50.I began by asking how confident he is that the Government will take
:03:50. > :03:55.any notice of his recommendations. Well, the reaction from the Prime
:03:55. > :03:59.Minister has been encouraging, but it is up to the Government to
:03:59. > :04:02.decide. You have talked about relocating a
:04:02. > :04:08.lot of civil service jobs to Merseyside. Is that a realistic at
:04:08. > :04:12.a time of public sector cuts? We referred particularly to the
:04:12. > :04:17.Green Investment Bank, which is up for decision-making. Much of the
:04:17. > :04:22.import of this recommendation is that we need directly elected
:04:22. > :04:24.mayors so that Manchester and Liverpool have a voice, like London
:04:24. > :04:29.has with Boris Johnson and Scotland has with Alex Salmond.
:04:29. > :04:35.He is that about weakening the south-east's economic grip?
:04:35. > :04:41.Yes. The south-east has a monopoly of power, and that is a mistake. It
:04:41. > :04:45.has happened over a long period of time, and at Terry Leahy and I
:04:45. > :04:50.agree that we need to disperse that power to recreate the strength and
:04:50. > :04:54.independence of the great English cities. We need to focus attention,
:04:54. > :04:57.concentrate resources and create a system of proper, effective,
:04:57. > :05:01.accountable leadership to lead localities.
:05:01. > :05:06.You have talked about re-routing that the high-speed rail links to
:05:06. > :05:10.like Manchester and lovable. That is presumably key to enabling that
:05:10. > :05:14.economic prosperity. It is very important. One
:05:14. > :05:21.recognises that Merseyside was built on the Mersey. The great
:05:21. > :05:25.river works, and we want to see a renaissance in all of that, with a
:05:25. > :05:30.more thriving port, cleaning it to make it one of the most attractive
:05:30. > :05:36.rivers in the urban world, creating jobs and expertise that goes with
:05:36. > :05:39.that. You look at each city in its context and you see what its
:05:39. > :05:44.strengths are. The fact is, over the last 30 years English cities
:05:44. > :05:54.have seen a renaissance on a scale not seen since Victoria ruled the
:05:54. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :05:57.country. If your child was killed, would you
:05:57. > :06:00.be willing to come face to face with the person who took their
:06:00. > :06:03.life? Dave Rogers from Blackburn has just faced that agonising
:06:03. > :06:06.decision. His son Adam was killed by a single punch two and half
:06:06. > :06:08.years ago. This week the man convicted was released from prison.
:06:08. > :06:12.Under the terms of restorative justice, Dave was given the option
:06:12. > :06:18.of meeting his son's killer. He did, and says, while it was upsetting,
:06:18. > :06:23.it was definitely worthwhile. Nazia Dave and Pat Rogers today with the
:06:23. > :06:26.baby who will never meet his uncle. Adam Rogers was on a night out with
:06:26. > :06:33.university friends two years ago when he was attacked in the centre
:06:33. > :06:36.of Blackburn by 16-year-old Billy Upton. A single punch knocked the
:06:36. > :06:41.24-year-old to the ground and he received serious head injuries from
:06:41. > :06:48.which he never recovered. Today his father Dave came face to face with
:06:48. > :06:52.his son's killer. I wanted to let him build exactly
:06:52. > :06:57.the damage he had done, the consequences of his behaviour that
:06:57. > :07:00.night, and how it had affected so many people. I wanted to be able to
:07:00. > :07:03.tell him that face-to-face. Dave and Pat faced the agonising
:07:03. > :07:07.decision to turn their son's life support machine off when tests
:07:07. > :07:13.showed there was no brain activity. Meeting Billy Upton, who has been
:07:13. > :07:17.released on probation, is part of a restorative justice process.
:07:17. > :07:22.We had lost our son and did not want to have a life ruined because
:07:22. > :07:25.of what had happened. It would have given us no satisfaction at all.
:07:25. > :07:28.Adam carried an organ donor card. We filmed his parents when they met
:07:28. > :07:33.Mark, one of five people to receive organs following Adam's death.
:07:33. > :07:40.Meeting his killer was a difficult decision for Dave.
:07:40. > :07:44.We feel, on the other hand, it would be a tribute to Adam's memory
:07:44. > :07:54.if he was able to succeed in this. Pat was also offered the chance to
:07:54. > :07:56.
:07:56. > :07:58.meet Billy Upton today. She said The BBC has discovered that the
:07:58. > :08:01.North West Ambulance Service has spent almost �10 million ferrying
:08:01. > :08:05.patients to hospital appointments in taxis. Union leaders say they
:08:05. > :08:07.are shocked by the revelation. But managers insist it is the most
:08:07. > :08:12.efficient way of transporting patients when there are no non-
:08:12. > :08:19.emergency ambulances available. Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, has the
:08:19. > :08:22.When it is a matter of life and death, of course this is the best
:08:22. > :08:25.way to get to hospital. For more routine visits, though, many
:08:25. > :08:34.patients rely on these non- emergency ambulances to get them
:08:34. > :08:39.there. The north-west Ambulance Service has 500 of these non-
:08:39. > :08:43.emergency ambulances. But, with more than 2 million patients
:08:43. > :08:47.requiring non-emergency, but essential, transport to and from
:08:47. > :08:52.hospital each year, there are not enough of these to go around. So,
:08:52. > :08:56.when one of these is not available, the Ambulance Service books a taxi.
:08:56. > :09:01.In fact, it has booked the brother of lot of taxes over the past three
:09:02. > :09:05.years. -- it has boot rather a lot. Since April 2008, NWAS has spent
:09:05. > :09:10.just short of �10 million on taxis. The everyone in the service was
:09:10. > :09:14.aware that a certain amount was being spent on taxis, but this
:09:14. > :09:17.figure of �10 million in three years has taken everyone a bat.
:09:17. > :09:19.That accounts for a third of the total spent by all ambulance trusts
:09:19. > :09:28.in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
:09:28. > :09:32.A -- taken everyone by surprise. We spent �42 million per year on
:09:32. > :09:36.our patient transport service. But you are still spending a lot
:09:36. > :09:39.more on other and -- than others ambulance services in the country.
:09:39. > :09:42.That is correct, but we are the largest Ambulance Service in the
:09:42. > :09:45.country. We did not be cheaper to buy more
:09:45. > :09:51.non-emergency ambulances? If they are expensive piece of
:09:51. > :10:01.equipment, so it would not work out more cost-effective.
:10:01. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:04.The latest figures from the Home Office say crime is falling across
:10:04. > :10:07.the region. There were reductions in Merseyside, Cheshire, Cumbria
:10:07. > :10:10.and Lancashire. In Greater Manchester, it is at its lowest
:10:10. > :10:14.level for 11 years. The force says despite budget cuts it is finding
:10:15. > :10:20.new ways to cut crime. Our workforce is shrinking and will
:10:20. > :10:24.fall further, but a our opportunity is to use it to modernise. In
:10:24. > :10:28.Greater Matt -- Greater Manchester we have to 0.5 million eyes and
:10:28. > :10:32.ears. We urge people to keep supporting police teams, because if
:10:32. > :10:35.we have no money we have to use it smarter.
:10:35. > :10:42.The police are asking holidaymakers for help to trace six fugitives
:10:42. > :10:45.from the North West who are believed to be on the run in Spain.
:10:45. > :10:47.The men include Kevin Parle from Liverpool, who is wanted in
:10:47. > :10:50.connection with two murders. The Government says it wants to ensure
:10:50. > :10:53.that Spain is no longer a safe haven for criminals.
:10:53. > :10:56.More than 40 MPs are calling on The Sun newspaper to release all its
:10:56. > :10:58.records connected with its coverage of the Hillsborough football
:10:58. > :11:01.disaster. It comes after the Government agreed to disclose all
:11:01. > :11:03.Cabinet papers and related documents about the tragedy in 1989
:11:03. > :11:05.in which 96 Liverpool supporters died.
:11:05. > :11:08.And today the Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has criticised a
:11:08. > :11:10.retired judge who suggested families of the victims should move
:11:10. > :11:18.on. Sir Oliver Popplewell chaired the inquiry into another football
:11:18. > :11:20.tragedy - the Bradford City fire. He says people in that city did not
:11:20. > :11:24.harbour conspiracy theories and behaved with quiet dignity. But
:11:24. > :11:32.Dalglish - who was also in charge at Anfield in 1989 - says the
:11:32. > :11:39.implication is totally unfair. He added that the families have
:11:39. > :11:41.been fantastically dignified in their approach. The parents of an
:11:41. > :11:44.aid worker killed during a rescue mission in Afghanistan have
:11:44. > :11:46.accepted a posthumous award for their daughter from Manchester
:11:46. > :11:49.University. Linda Norgrove was taken hostage last September, but
:11:49. > :11:52.died when a grenade was thrown by soldiers trying to rescue her. She
:11:52. > :11:55.studied for her PHD in Manchester and has received the University's
:11:55. > :11:59.Outstanding Alumna Award. I think it is to celebrate the life
:11:59. > :12:06.she had, of which was her aid work coupled with the fact she had
:12:06. > :12:09.travelled all over the world and led an extremely full life. It is
:12:09. > :12:15.an honoured to pick up this award. We understand there are about four
:12:15. > :12:20.per year, one in every 10,000 graduates, so that is quite an
:12:20. > :12:25.Allcott -- quite an accolade. When the banks were in trouble, we,
:12:25. > :12:29.the tax payer, bailed them out. But tonight, a businessman from
:12:29. > :12:31.Warrington - whose company has just folded with the loss of 80 jobs -
:12:31. > :12:34.claims the banks aren't doing the same to help businesses.
:12:34. > :12:37.John Ascroft says his firm had just reported its biggest profits and
:12:37. > :12:40.landed its best contract when his bank pulled the plug on funding.
:12:40. > :12:43.Today he accused Lloyds TSB of corporate vandalism. They insist
:12:43. > :12:46.they did all they could to help. Here is our Economics Correspondent,
:12:47. > :12:50.Jayne Barrett. One bank.
:12:50. > :12:53.One decision. And a chain reaction felt in this Warrington company,
:12:54. > :12:59.and more than 100 others. I met John Ascoft outside his old offices,
:12:59. > :13:06.Broker Assistance Ltd. Until last week he had handled motor insurance
:13:06. > :13:10.claims here. Today it is in the hands of administrators.
:13:10. > :13:13.We had a thriving business that had just secured and was implementing
:13:13. > :13:16.its largest ever contract win. Everything was looking good.
:13:16. > :13:19.But when that contract was delayed by two months, he had a funding gap.
:13:19. > :13:25.His bank, Lloyds, decided to cover part of that, but not all. The
:13:25. > :13:30.company collapsed. Just an act of corporate vandalism.
:13:30. > :13:33.It is bad enough to think any supplier of funding would do this,
:13:33. > :13:36.but for a bank majority-owned by the taxpayers, I find it absolutely
:13:36. > :13:39.appalling. Today I went to another company in
:13:39. > :13:43.Worsley. They had relied on work from Broker Assistance managing car
:13:43. > :13:46.repairs. Up until Monday of this week, this
:13:46. > :13:52.was full of staff... Owed �130,000, Steve Vare laid off
:13:52. > :13:56.half his staff on Monday. By Tuesday the company had to fold.
:13:56. > :13:59.The impact it has had on my business and the supply chain, the
:13:59. > :14:02.suppliers we work with, it is catastrophic.
:14:02. > :14:12.The collapse of Broker Assistance will effect IVM, 120 repair firms
:14:12. > :14:20.and many other businesses. Lloyds and many other businesses. Lloyds
:14:20. > :14:23.October last year it went to great lengths to find a solution.
:14:23. > :14:26.Administration is always a last resort, but it became clear that
:14:26. > :14:29.that this would not meet its forecast. We were left with no
:14:29. > :14:33.forecast. We were left with no option but to appoint an
:14:33. > :14:35.administrator. So is this a case of a bad business, or bad banking?
:14:35. > :14:39.John Ascroft claims Lloyds's patience ran out at the wrong time
:14:39. > :14:44.and with devastating effect. If it had not, he and others would still
:14:44. > :14:47.be in business, employees would still be in work.
:14:47. > :14:51.The two parties seem to disagree over what has happened, but more
:14:51. > :14:54.broadly speaking there has been a ongoing concern about banks not
:14:54. > :14:59.spilling what they are supposed to be doing with businesses.
:14:59. > :15:06.There has come and 12 months ago the British Bankers Association set
:15:06. > :15:11.up the finance forecast forum. Today, a Private Business said they
:15:11. > :15:15.spoken -- said they had surveyed at their members and they believe that
:15:15. > :15:19.has not gone far enough, the relationship has broken. A couple
:15:19. > :15:23.of problems are the lack of alternative funding and that the
:15:23. > :15:30.increased caution in the banking system. A significant problem is a
:15:30. > :15:33.risk management. In the past, local managers were delegated that
:15:33. > :15:37.responsibility. It was their decision to build a relationship
:15:37. > :15:44.with clients, have a deep relationship and understanding of
:15:44. > :15:49.their businesses and assess whether the risk was worth it. Now this
:15:49. > :15:52.climate means the bank is less inclined to have that intimate
:15:52. > :15:56.relationship and take that level of risk. Also, there are sectors they
:15:56. > :16:03.do not want to touch with a barge pole. But there are still many
:16:03. > :16:06.problems in this and all that has been backed up by the Bank of
:16:06. > :16:10.England, who agree this is a problem that needs looking into.
:16:10. > :16:14.Lots of businesses have said at the personal relationship has gone.
:16:14. > :16:21.Absolutely, we would love to hear from any businesses. Please e-mail
:16:21. > :16:24.Still to come in North West Tonight...
:16:24. > :16:27.Cider from city - the scrumpers turning urban apples into a new
:16:27. > :16:29.brew. And the teenager who has become an
:16:29. > :16:36.internet sensation thousands of miles away - can she crack the
:16:36. > :16:41.charts here, too? Millions of people have seen my
:16:41. > :16:51.stuff, as so why cannot didn't get my head around the numbers. -- I
:16:51. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :16:55.cannot get my head around the Reports have been filtering through
:16:55. > :16:58.all day about the death of Libya's former leader, Colonel Gadaffi.
:16:58. > :17:01.These were the scenes today after officials from the transitional
:17:01. > :17:04.authority said he was killed in an assault on his home town of Sirte.
:17:04. > :17:07.Over the last few months we have followed the Libyan community in
:17:07. > :17:10.Manchester - the largest in the country. Sarah Mulkerrins is with
:17:10. > :17:15.some of them now in Rusholme in Manchester.
:17:15. > :17:19.I am here on the streets of Rusholme where residents are coming
:17:19. > :17:24.out in force to celebrate the death of Colonel Gaddafi. We may be 1,600
:17:24. > :17:28.miles away, but the feelings and emotions are just as strong.
:17:28. > :17:36.Joining me is a man who fled from Libya 33 years ago. How has today
:17:36. > :17:39.been? Today was not the celebration of
:17:39. > :17:43.the death of a man of a human or a person Frostrup today we celebrate
:17:43. > :17:48.the death of a tyrant, and evil, who killed many thousands of people
:17:49. > :17:54.across the world, not just in Libya. We are celebrating the death of
:17:54. > :17:57.Gaddafi, and we should be joined by the world to celebrate the death of
:17:57. > :18:02.this evil who celebrated people all over the world.
:18:02. > :18:08.How did you get the news today? at this afternoon we heard from
:18:08. > :18:12.various sources. The main one was Al Jazeera. We
:18:12. > :18:16.heard that they captured Gaddafi. We didn't believe that, because we
:18:16. > :18:23.had heard that so many times, the court his sons and they run away
:18:23. > :18:29.and so forth. We did not celebrate yet. About 4pm the confirmation
:18:29. > :18:33.came and we were really... I don't even know how basically to describe
:18:33. > :18:36.how I felt. You two daughters are here. It must
:18:36. > :18:40.be a big day for the family and the future of Libya?
:18:40. > :18:43.We brought the flag that we came out in front of the BBC with the
:18:43. > :18:47.first week. Thank you, and best of luck with
:18:47. > :18:50.the rest of the celebrations. As you can see, hundreds of people
:18:50. > :18:53.from the Libyan community have taken to the streets here in
:18:53. > :18:55.Rusholme this evening to celebrate what they believe is the death of
:18:55. > :19:05.Colonel Gadaffi. Well, the celebrations look set to continue
:19:05. > :19:08.here in Rusholme well into the Now, you'd probably think of it as
:19:08. > :19:12.a rural industry, but a group of cider makers have found there are
:19:12. > :19:17.rich pickings to be had - from the back streets of Manchester.
:19:17. > :19:20.I quite like the occasional sip of cider. They have collected
:19:20. > :19:23.thousands of apples from people's gardens, parks and roadside trees.
:19:23. > :19:26.Most of them would have gone to waste, but now they are being
:19:26. > :19:33.turned into a new brew called Moss Cider. Our Environment
:19:33. > :19:38.Correspondent, Colin Sykes, reports. In the last days of the apple
:19:38. > :19:42.picking season, there are Bramley apples we came to be harvested.
:19:42. > :19:52.He is a perfect, any apple is perfect for us, we will just pretty
:19:52. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:02.much anything. -- juice. Volunteer pickers move in to wash
:20:02. > :20:06.and drip the apples. Finally pressing them into apple juice.
:20:06. > :20:09.The people with apple trees, you have always got apples at the end
:20:09. > :20:13.of the season, so we have a lot of people saying we have spare apples
:20:13. > :20:17.and what better way to not let it go to waste than to turn it into
:20:17. > :20:20.cider. A single tree will never deliver
:20:20. > :20:26.enough through to for a commercial cider maker, but collections have
:20:26. > :20:29.been going on throughout Manchester. This estate was built on the site
:20:29. > :20:34.of an old apple orchard and many of the trees are still here. There
:20:34. > :20:39.apples all over our towns and cities if you know where to look.
:20:39. > :20:43.My cider is at fermented in that Moss Side, where the project's
:20:43. > :20:47.creator lives. I have even had calls from Skegness
:20:47. > :20:52.offering apples, but we are trying to keep the apples do with another
:20:52. > :20:56.giggle that Arabia's, if we can. This season they are hoping to make
:20:56. > :21:03.1,000 litres of cider ready for next year. Any profits will go back
:21:03. > :21:09.into planting more apple trees. There is something really nostalgic
:21:09. > :21:13.about what they are giving their. Very enterprising, as well. --
:21:13. > :21:15.about what they are doing there. about what they are doing there.
:21:15. > :21:18.A bit of football news, and Preston North End slipped out of the League
:21:18. > :21:20.One play-off places, suffering a 4- 2 defeat last night.
:21:20. > :21:23.They twice came from behind against fellow promotion hopefuls Sheffield
:21:23. > :21:26.United at Deepdale, the first time through Clarke Carlisle and then
:21:26. > :21:29.striker Ian Hume. But North End's joy was not to last, as Lee
:21:29. > :21:35.Williamson scored twice for the visitors in the last quarter of an
:21:35. > :21:38.Losing the funding for your town's comedy festival is no laughing
:21:38. > :21:40.matter, but that is what happened in Southport when council cuts
:21:40. > :21:43.threatened its future. But now 16 small business owners
:21:43. > :21:50.have clubbed together to stand up for stand up - and are sponsoring
:21:50. > :22:00.the event themselves. Did you read that yourself, that
:22:00. > :22:04.No, but whoever did was very witty. Nina Warhurst reports.
:22:04. > :22:09.What does a local stand-up do when his town's, V Festival looks like
:22:09. > :22:17.it is for the chop? Heated to shore on itself -- himself with public
:22:17. > :22:23.support. Give me some noise? Two of you, brilliant. In fact, all of
:22:23. > :22:29.Southport is behind the festival, builders, dentists, jewellers, have
:22:29. > :22:33.put in the money needed to sponsor the V Festival themselves.
:22:33. > :22:38.I think we're fed up with all the cutbacks. Instead of moaning about
:22:38. > :22:46.it we decided to say, right, let's make it happen, stick together as a
:22:46. > :22:52.team and make the first will happen. And it has worked? To let hopes or!
:22:52. > :22:56.It has. Ian Florin all the way from Manchester the Sunday, Jason
:22:56. > :23:00.Manford. I've thing to Brendan Reilly is a
:23:00. > :23:03.saint. He has taken this on and some
:23:03. > :23:09.people say it is just to give work with -- for himself, but I don't
:23:09. > :23:14.agree with that. There are still tickets available.
:23:14. > :23:18.Will I be the funniest? I do not know. I let people decide. It is
:23:18. > :23:28.not about the funniest, it is about how much money we raise for help
:23:28. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:32.their heroes. I will be the From entertainment of that kind to
:23:32. > :23:35.another kind. A 16-year-old from the Isle of Man
:23:35. > :23:39.who is a superstar in Japan is now hoping to have the same success
:23:39. > :23:42.here. Rebecca Flint is one of the most downloaded artists of all time
:23:42. > :23:48.in Japan. It all started with her posting videos of herself on
:23:48. > :23:51.YouTube. She looks a bit like Lady GaGa. Now
:23:51. > :23:56.she is trying to launch her music career back home. She releases her
:23:56. > :24:02.first UK single on Monday. Kelly Foran has been finding out more.
:24:02. > :24:07.Rebecca Flint posted a video on YouTube that changed her life.
:24:07. > :24:10.At just 14 years old she became an overnight internet sensation. In
:24:10. > :24:15.the past two years, her videos have been watched online net -- millions
:24:15. > :24:19.of times. I am at about 19 million viewers
:24:19. > :24:24.now, considering how many people live here, of which is around
:24:24. > :24:27.80,000. But millions of people have seen my stuff, I cannot get my head
:24:27. > :24:34.around the numbers. An international songwriter who has
:24:34. > :24:38.worked with the likes of Kylie Minogue has come on board to lunch
:24:38. > :24:43.Beckii Cruel into the UK charts. It all started here, boasting videos
:24:43. > :24:46.in her bedroom. Although she is studying for A-levels she practises
:24:46. > :24:53.every day. I still enjoy a school, I have not
:24:53. > :24:58.got that long left, and I can be both at once, why should I not?
:24:58. > :25:02.Beckii Cruel has a huge fan base in Japan, but wants to be recognised
:25:02. > :25:06.closer to home. Here and the Isle of Man she would
:25:06. > :25:10.fit in any day of the week, but in Japan it is a completely different
:25:10. > :25:12.story. There she is classed as a superstar.
:25:12. > :25:17.Can she have the same success in the UK?
:25:17. > :25:24.We will have to see. I am hopeful and positive, so, hopefully, my
:25:24. > :25:30.dream will come true. Good luck to her. She is not the
:25:30. > :25:34.only gorgeous women to be an internet sensation, our own Diane
:25:34. > :25:44.is also an internet sensation. I am troubled about the thought of
:25:44. > :25:51.being an intimate sensation. I had no idea what was going on
:25:51. > :25:58.Would take a look at what is going to happen and the weather. It will
:25:58. > :26:06.be cloudy and at times fairly windy, but not a bad weekend, to be honest.
:26:06. > :26:10.We have gone strange on the graphics. Ignore the boxes. Through
:26:10. > :26:14.the night tonight we have a lot of cloud cover and it will be thick
:26:14. > :26:19.enough from time to time to offer some rain here and there. It will
:26:19. > :26:24.not be pouring through the night tonight but it will be damp at
:26:24. > :26:34.times. Last night it was very chilly, tonight we are back up with
:26:34. > :26:38.temperatures. Five or six Celsius in rural areas, 89 Celsius in the
:26:38. > :26:42.cities and on the coast ten Celsius. In the south-west the winds will
:26:42. > :26:47.start to taking, fairly brisk from County Down, the cloud cover will
:26:48. > :26:53.still be around. The rain is moving north through the morning, so will
:26:53. > :26:59.disappear late morning. The clade bike cover will dry and thin and
:26:59. > :27:09.break. -- the cloud cover. The south-westerly drift helps
:27:09. > :27:11.
:27:11. > :27:20.temperatures douched. 14 Celsius. - - helps temperatures rise.
:27:20. > :27:23.Over the weekend, temperatures up What is this a boat you being
:27:23. > :27:26.worried about on the internet? I have no idea what you're talking