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Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Roger Johnson and

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Ranvir Singh. Our top story: Hillsborough apology - James

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Murdoch tells MPs he is sorry about the Sun's coverage of the disaster.

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I am aware of the concerns and a heart that it cost and it is

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something that I am very sorry for. The family of one victim tell us it

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is not enough. Also in the programme: Renewable

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energy, but at what cost? Concern over these plans for a new biomass

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plant. Could this and other north-west

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sides be under threat? Ryan Giggs and David Beckham could be in

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action at Old Trafford. And celebrating the great British

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pie - the museum recognising this region's role in a culinary classic.

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The search for new sources of energy. Across the region, plans

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are being developed to build biomass fuel plants, which would

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burn natural waste to create electricity. Tonight, Greater

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Manchester could move a step closer to its first plant. Trafford

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Council is meeting to decide whether to give the go ahead for a

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site near Barton Bridge in Davyhulme.

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It's a simple idea - to use waste wood to provide heat that would

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generate enough electricity to fuel almost 40,000 homes a year.

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Supporters say it will fuel the short and the long-term economy.

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Reliable sources of energy are important for driving the economy.

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Companies need energy and has plans start to close the fact we have a

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good reliable source of local energy will be a good thing.

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Biofuel makes up parts of government plans for sustainable

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energy targets for 2020. Here in the north west, as well as the

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proposed site at Barton, there are also developments in planning

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stages at Roosecote in Cumbria, and at the Port of Liverpool. There is

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already an existing biofuel site at Fiddlers Ferry in Warrington, and

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approval has recently been granted for a site at Ince in Cheshire. If

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this site is developed there are benefits to the local economy, but

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with truth -- 200,000 tons of fuel being burnt every year there are

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those who have major concerns about the health of local people. Around

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5,000 people have signed a petition raising serious concerns about the

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impact of increased air pollution. We feel it is the wrong plant in

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the wrong in area using the wrong technology. We feel it will create

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pollution problems and be harmful to people's health. It is not using

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the best available technology. Holding, who own the site, dispute

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that. They say their views are supported by the Environment Agency

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and the Health Protection Agency. Tonight, it will be up to Trafford

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Council to decide. In the days following the

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Hillsborough disaster, the Sun caused revulsion by claiming that

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Liverpool fans had been stealing from and urinating on the victims.

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The story was utterly untrue. Rupert Murdoch today apologised on

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behalf of the paper. The family of one Hillsborough victim says it is

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not good enough. It was not the trees and the Sun

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has never been forgiven by many in Liverpool. Giving evidence about

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the phone hacking scandal, News International's executive chairman

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James Murdoch it issued this apology. I would like to admire

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fuel -- admired apology to the wrong coverage of that affair and

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at that voice to successive editors of the Sun. They have apologised.

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96 Liverpool fans were crushed in overs -- overcrowding. This man was

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only 19 and that his first away game. His father today welcomed the

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apology but once News International to go further. Where did they get

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their information from? Where did the so-called editor of get has

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information? What source was effect? Who said Margaret Thatcher

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that information? The apology comes after the Home Secretary agreed to

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hand over as many as 300,000 documents of the 1989 disaster to

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an independent panel. He left here full of the joys of spring and that

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was the last we saw of him. We miss him dreadfully.

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Police and Border Agency officials on Merseyside raided a cash and

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carry warehouse in Liverpool today. They were looking for illegal

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immigrants. In the end they found just two. The media had been

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invited along, but the Border Agency denied it was an attempt to

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counter recent negative publicity. Police and immigration officials

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make a mid morning call on a cash and carry warehouse just outside

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Liverpool City Centre. They are looking for illegal immigrants

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believed to be working inside. did you enter the UK? The There is

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confusion at first as they try to establish who works here and who is

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simply shopping here. We're going to start exporting stuff upstairs.

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What happens to those found to be here illegally? They will be

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interviewed and if they are found to be here illegally they will be

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detained and removed back to their country of origin. The duty manager

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appears to be remarkably relaxed about all this. As far as we know,

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there is nobody illegal here. We ask for passports. Why are they

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picking on you? No idea. They probably had a tip-off. The raid

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comes during a turbulent time for the Border Agency as its former

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boss argues with the Home Secretary about who sanctioned controversial

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loosening of border controls. The fact that the media were invited

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may lead some to conclude that the Border Agency were looking for

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positive publicity, but we insist this has been many months in the

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planning. -- they insist. In fact they found only two illegal

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immigrants during this raid. But officials say this is just part of

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a wider and continuing operation to ensure people who should not be

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here are not allowed to stay here. A Merseyside man has been found

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guilty of taking part in an international gun running operation.

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31-year-old Steven Cardwell from Aintree acted as a middleman

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between former US Marine Neil Greenoe and criminal gangs in the

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UK. Liverpool Crown Court heard how 63 pistols were smuggled into the

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country, some of which have been used in shootings in Liverpool and

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Greater Manchester. Three people from Blackpool have

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appeared before magistrates charged with sexually abusing children over

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21 years. Jenny Winchcombe and Michloss Ledniczky will now appear

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at Winchester Crown court on 25th They have been charged with

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indecent assault and child neglect. Fishery Officers stopped a group of

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alleged cockle pickers on the Southport side of the Ribble

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estuary this morning. A boat, quad bike and cockle fishing tools were

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recovered. The cockle beds there have been closed down due to

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serious concerns for the safety of some cockle pickers. People

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ignoring the rules face a fine of up to �50,000.

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It is the big Christmas lights switch on in Chester and Manchester

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tonight. Last night X- Factor runner up Rebecca Ferguson turned

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on Liverpool's lights in front of hundreds of people.

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Conservationists fear plans to protect marine habitats along the

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North West coastline could be under threat. More than 100 marine

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conservation zones were initially drawn-up around the UK. But the

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North West Wildlife Trust says it has been told the Government will

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give only 30 or so the go ahead. And the Trust believes that some of

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our region's protected areas now look set to be scrapped.

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The Sefton coastline. Its exposed peat and clay beds are home to

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burrowing clams, crabs and mussels. Plans were submitted to protect

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this as a marine conservation zone, one of six in the North West.

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Others were proposed around Walney in Cumbria, the Lune and Wyre

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Estuaries, the Ribble Estuary and the Fylde coast in Lancashire, and

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by Hilbre Island in Merseyside. But conservationists say they are now

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in jeopardy. We have a range of habitats in the north-west and that

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is really important we cover and protect all of these different

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types of habitats. If only a fraction of these are designated it

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will not provide enough protection. For The MP for Barrow, John

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Woodcock, says he has been told the Walney zone will get the go ahead.

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But he is angry that others in the North West won't. It is not be daft

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to say that there could only going to be 30 and name some of them and

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not others. The areas that are going to lose out have to know as

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soon as possible so they can make a proper case. Marine life like these

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strange sea pens, and the exotic sounding burrowing brittle stars,

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can be found in the proposed sites across our region. Here on the

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Sefton Coast, the clay and peat beds are archaeologically important.

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Human and animal footprints dating back to the Stone Age are preserved

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within them. The government will announce which zones have been

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successful on Monday. Conservationists say they will

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fight for those north west sites that miss out.

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A train is on fire at Manchester Piccadilly on platform 14. It is

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thought that oil caught fire in the engine. There are no reports of any

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injuries. The fire service and at the scene. We will perhaps be

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speaking to a reporter at the station if there is any more news.

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Probably lots of disruption for people trying to get home.

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The Still to come: Could Becks be back? The British Olympic football

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team will kick off its campaign in Manchester.

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I am at an exhibition to find out why something as little as this pie

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is such a large part of the north- west's history. When thieves stole

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two bronze plaques from a war memorial in the Cheshire village of

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Willaston, the crime shocked the community. Replacements are planned,

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but they won't be ready for this year's remembrance commemorations.

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So, children from Willaston Church of England Primary School have

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stepped in to make sure the names of fallen will be displayed on the

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war memorial this Sunday. The veteran who went to war for

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freedom, and the children who enjoy it. They have been working hard to

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make sure the fallen from both World Wars are remembered on the

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village memorial. It is quite upsetting because it is quite hard

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to believe that people would do that to get money. Everyone knows

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each other and it means a lot to our village. We have booked amazing

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efforts to do this. Year Six's work recreating the names of the

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servicemen will be attached to the currently bare memorial on Sunday.

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The way the buckled down to this job is amazing. It has raised

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awareness of the history and the facts and I have seen it grow over

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the last few weeks. There were two bronze plaques commemorating the

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men who fell in two world wars. Offers of financial help are coming

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in from around the world to help with the 7000 pound cost of

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replacement. We have had lots of people wanting to give. Someone

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from Portugal for example. With the schoolchildren coming through with

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this black, it is built -- brilliant. A 52 year-old man is

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expected to stand trial next month charged with assisting in the

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removal or disposal of stolen property. It is hoped the

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replacement plaques will be installed in time for next year's

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remembrance commemorations. There is a train on fire at

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Manchester Piccadilly. Our reporter is there. The first thing to say is

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that there are no reports of any injuries from this incident at

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Piccadilly station. However, a large part of the station is sealed

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off by police and the fire service are here. The incident began around

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6pm when it is reported that hydraulic oil in the engine of a

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train standing at platform 14 caught fire. There are no reports

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of any injuries. We do not know if any passengers were on the train at

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the time. By the time the fire service got there they say there

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was no-one on the train and they now have 13 firefighters, some of

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them wearing breathing apparatus, tackling the blaze on the train.

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There are police guarding the idea of platforms 13 and 14, which users

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will no is quite a distance from their main concourse. There are

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scores of people being herded into the main concourse and being told

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to wait there and a platform 13 and 14 are safe to use. I think that

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will be some time and there will be a lot of disruption to services.

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A run down youth centre in Norris Green on Merseyside gets a �1

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million makeover tonight thanks to Children In Need and TV series DIY

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SOS. The team only have nine days to complete the big build with help

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from locals. So how do they get on? Are there any spanners in the

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works? Tonight on DIY SOS, Nick Knowles

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brings his usual builder banter to Merseyside. Welcome to a very

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special DIY SOS. We're about to attend a built that is 10 times

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bigger than anything we have done before. We are going to have so

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much today -- to do it is going to be phenomenal. We are very excited.

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I am scared to go out because of the gangs. People getting shot and

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that. You're frightened? Yes. building an opportunity. What is

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involved in this million-pound built? We're putting into mezzanine

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floors, rewiring, the plumbing and proving the whole building. They

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will be a new entrance hall at the front. All this in nine days a week

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in hand it back on the 10th. All for free. Nothing can go wrong!

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sound to person came yesterday and he did not feel confident. He has

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rang me this morning and said he cannot do it. What happens next?

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You will have to wait and see. You can see how the team get along

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on BBC One at 9pm tonight. It is Children In Need next Friday. Lots

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of fun things happening! Are you planning a trip to the

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capital for the London games next summer? Well, thanks to an

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announcement today, you won't need to travel to London to see British

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competitors going for gold at the Olympics in 2012. That is because

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the British men's football team will play their opening match at

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Old Trafford in July next year. Ticket sales have been slow for the

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Olympic football tournament, so will this be the catalyst for fans

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in the region to embrace the Games? It has hosted World Cups and

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Champions League finals, not to mention 75,000 fans every second

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weekend. But next July will be a first for Old Trafford. It will

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host the British Olympic football team's first match of the games.

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Football has proved the hardest to sell. Organisers will be hoping

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they will drum up plenty more interest than shift some of the 1.5

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million remaining tickets when they go on sale later this month. You do

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not know who you're going to be buying a ticket for so it is a

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difficult sale. Most of the other tickets have gone. A football

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ticket is an affordable option. Four people in Manchester, it is on

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the doorstep and there are a lot of people -- tickets left to be sold.

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Olympic organisers revealed today that the team will play at the

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Theatre of Dreams on the 26th of July. In all, Old Trafford will

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host nine matches including a men's and women's semi final. It will be

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wonderful to have events we can go to. Wonderful to generate money for

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the local economy. I cannot wait! David Beckham wants to be a part of

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it. We all do about it. If it happens, I will be honoured.

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team will be coached by former Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce.

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And Pearce hinted Ryan Giggs could be considered for selection. It may

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be a long shot, but if those two make the team at least they will

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feel at home in that opening game. That guarantees a full house!

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70-year-old Dario Gradi has stepped down as Crewe's Manager to

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concentrate on developing the club's youth academy. His players

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were booed-off the pitch when they lost 3-0 to Torquay at the weekend.

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Gradi's two spells as Manager spanned 28 years and 1,353 games.

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Former Burnley player Steve Davis, who was Gradi's Assistant, has

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replaced him. In television timing is everything.

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But little did Manchester documentary maker Mike Todd realise

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how poignant the timing of his film about Smokin' Joe Frazier would be.

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The heavyweight boxing legend died on Tuesday, the very day he was

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meant to bewatching the premiere of the film made about his life. Thank

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you for coming in. It was tragically sad that he was not able

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to attend the premiere. It was a sad and strange time. I spoke to

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his manager the night before and we heard in the morning. I walk to the

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news like everyone else. His manager still attended the premiere.

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The news broke and it was massive and the United States. You spend a

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lot of time with him. You have spent years in the making of this

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documentary. Just over three years. What was he like? It is a rare

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thing to get that close to a legend. We were lucky to get close to him

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in that period. We were making a film about his gym in Philadelphia,

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which closed, which was very sad. Did you know he was poorly? We knew

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he was not well, but I only found out two weeks ago that he had

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cancer. We were lucky that he came to a preview screening we had in

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May. He has seen the film. Did he like it? Yes. A lot of talk this

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week about him, because he had the epic fades, about him feeling

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better perhaps he was in Muhammad Ali's shadow. Did you sense that he

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felt like that? He was trapped in the rivalry. His life was more than

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just the rivalry. He wanted to be seen outside of the legend of those

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the contests. That is why we focused on the work he did in

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Philadelphia. Was he as sharp? What was his conversation like? He was

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quite a thought for man. He was never as articulate as Muhammad Ali.

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He left a very full and fascinating life. He came to this country and

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it speaking engagements at dinners and things. Do you sense that he

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was well respected here? We filmed with him on a tour of the UK and

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the reaction he courts, he has a global icon, it is sad. What was it

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like at the Premier? When the news broke it was all over the

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international press. People were queueing around the block. It was

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amazing. It is being released next year. It should be out the end of

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this year. We have a US distributor and it is likely to be broadcast

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early next year. Thank you for coming in.

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Many people would not think that the humble pie would deserve an

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exhibition dedicated to its beauty. Most people do not live in this

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part of the world because there is nothing humble about the Great

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North and pie. They have been part of our heritage for centuries and

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now you can learn about it at the Manchester Museum. There is flash

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photography in this report. The prices may have changed over

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the years, but the popularity of the pie in the north-west is

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constant. We have got the lushest countryside ever, so we have got

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the best sheep, the lushest lamb, beef, that you can get. That is

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what makes a good North and pie. This exhibition at their Museum of

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Science and Industry in Manchester celebrates the Six hundredth

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anniversary. Look no further than Wigan for how important the prying

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is. Wigan is the Paris eating capital. It started and the sheikhs

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in the minds the miners went back and it was referred to as eating

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humble pie. It is something we're proud of. They have been found that

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the Pie eating championships at this bar. In 2000 to nine,

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finalists claimed the wrong kind of pie had been used. It is not

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without controversy, because in St Helens they think they can make a

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better one. What makes a good pie? Dead meat. If the pastry is soft.

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- good meat. Whichever type you Prevert, the pylons large as one of

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the north-west? Favourite foods. You're not going to see much change

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over the weather in the next 12 - 24 hours, but things start get

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better towards the weekend. The temperatures are not going to drop

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too much. It is looking good. Tonight will be staying mild.

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Acklam soft blue sky and sunshine every now and again. For most of us,

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it is the same story with a lot of cloud cover and a tiny spot of

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drizzle here and there. There might be a break every now and then but

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that should not amount to much. Overnight temperatures are good.

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Long clear spells. Tomorrow morning, there will be a lot of cloud cover.

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A tiny spot of drizzle, but through the morning we will see a break

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developing. That will not last for too long because we have the next

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weather system coming to us by teatime tomorrow. It will clued-up

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as they go through the afternoon. The remote -- actually spread

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across the region. The breeze is from the south-east.

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Nothing will dampen the enthusiasm of Radio Lancashire's presenters,

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