:00:09. > :00:12.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:12. > :00:14.Ranvir Singh. Our top story: Will our children suffer? The
:00:14. > :00:18.single parents who fear changes in child maintenance payments.
:00:18. > :00:20.If the money is taken from me it is basically taken from the mouth of
:00:20. > :00:26.my child. We will be asking if the changes
:00:26. > :00:31.are fair to the taxpayer but too harsh on single parents.
:00:31. > :00:33.Also: Hello, my name is Sean Roberts.
:00:34. > :00:35.Selling themselves to employers, the teenagers making their own
:00:36. > :00:40.video CVs. From this... To this. Snooker fans
:00:40. > :00:43.see red over plans to turn their club into a lap-dancing venue.
:00:43. > :00:53.Charged by the FA - Liverpool's Luis Suarez is accused of racially
:00:53. > :00:56.abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
:00:56. > :01:06.And join me with a generation of gymnasts in Liverpool who are on
:01:06. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:16.their way up, and down, and up, and Also tonight, Dave Guest is on the
:01:16. > :01:21.red carpet at the Hilton in Manchester.
:01:21. > :01:25.Yes, they are expecting a galaxy of megastars to stroll down this
:01:25. > :01:29.carpet in aid of Children In Need. There is an auction but you will
:01:29. > :01:36.need deep pockets to bid for the lots, because they include this
:01:36. > :01:39.personalised Bentley. More later. First tonight, the plight of
:01:39. > :01:45.thousands of single parents in the region who are chasing maintenance
:01:45. > :01:49.payments from their former partners. From now on, they will to have to
:01:49. > :01:50.pay the Child Support Agency to do the job of tracking down cash from
:01:50. > :01:53.absent spouses. Today, the Government admitted
:01:53. > :01:57.arrears have increased. In the North West alone, it is around half
:01:57. > :01:59.a billion pounds. Their response? Charges. But that, say critics, is
:02:00. > :02:02.tantamount to taking food out of children's mouths. Our economics
:02:02. > :02:05.correspondent Jayne Barrett has been speaking to one mum who says
:02:05. > :02:09.it is wrong. Dawn's partner left before their
:02:09. > :02:18.child was born. A quick search on Facebook revealed he had five
:02:18. > :02:22.children to four women. Chasing maintenance was a nightmare. A huge
:02:22. > :02:26.fight from the very beginning. Trying to get a single penny
:02:26. > :02:29.towards the upkeep of our son. Maintenance arrears in the North
:02:29. > :02:32.West now stand at almost half a billion pounds. Those arrears are
:02:32. > :02:40.chased by more than a thousand staff here in Birkenhead. A costly
:02:40. > :02:45.business. Every pound that is gathered by staff it cost them 40p,
:02:45. > :02:49.so in the future things will change. If this place is involved in
:02:49. > :02:55.tracking down cash for your child, then you and your ex will be
:02:55. > :02:58.expected to help pay for it. In the future, Dawn will pay an upfront
:02:58. > :03:01.fee for CSA involvement, up to �100, then ongoing charges. Up to 12
:03:01. > :03:05.pence in every pound gathered will be paid by Dawn. Her ex will have
:03:05. > :03:07.to pay 20p on top of every pound paid. They hope charges will be an
:03:07. > :03:10.incentive for parents to work together. In Oldham yesterday,
:03:10. > :03:16.Yvonne Clinton met a representative from Child Maintenance Options.
:03:16. > :03:20.This is what the Government wants to do more of in the future.
:03:20. > :03:25.have got the children to think about... They advise people like
:03:25. > :03:32.Yvonne on how to go it alone, without the CSA. I thought it was
:03:32. > :03:36.either the CSA or the solicitor route, and when Maintenance Options
:03:36. > :03:37.came, I realise there was another way of doing things. Three weeks
:03:37. > :03:41.into Yvonne's separation, maintenance arrangements are going
:03:41. > :03:47.well. A year after Dawn split, there is little money coming in. A
:03:47. > :03:53.lot of anger about the future. There is no chance that we could
:03:53. > :03:57.reach an amicable decision. If the money is taken away from me, it is
:03:57. > :03:59.basically taken from the mouth of my child.
:04:00. > :04:02.Jayne is here. We should say we wanted to put that
:04:02. > :04:06.complaint to the Minister responsible.
:04:06. > :04:11.We were told weeks ago that Maria Miller would speak to us. Yesterday,
:04:12. > :04:15.very late in the day, she said that would not be possible. But what
:04:15. > :04:19.Maria Miller and he believes is that the CSA is adversary, it
:04:19. > :04:23.drives a wedge between people, encourages them not to sort things
:04:23. > :04:26.out, and if people go it alone it would be cheaper for the government
:04:26. > :04:31.and more successful. We have had quite a few opinions
:04:31. > :04:38.coming in today on e-mail. Quite a bit of -- quite a lot of people are
:04:38. > :04:43.not agreeing with that. This one is typical: Meggie Scott says, "The
:04:44. > :04:49.CSA is a joke. Why pay them for a job badly done"?
:04:50. > :04:53.The CSA would say that collections are at an all-time high. They think
:04:53. > :04:57.the charges will work but if it will be an incentive for change it
:04:57. > :05:00.has to hit both parents. There are a few more e-mails. Maree
:05:00. > :05:04.McAlpine says, "'Man up and pay for your own children or don't bother
:05:04. > :05:07.having any if you are going to rely on other people". Jude Smyth says,
:05:07. > :05:14."It is a joke. My husband lied constantly about his employment and
:05:14. > :05:19.income". And that particular point is something they will look into?
:05:19. > :05:23.Part of the reforms is a brand new computer system, in the past they
:05:23. > :05:27.have been riddled with problems but this will be linked to the taxman
:05:27. > :05:31.so less chance for people to hide their wages. We had an e-mail from
:05:31. > :05:35.somebody with an abusive partner, and I should say those upfront
:05:35. > :05:41.charges will be waived for victims of domestic violence. Lee
:05:41. > :05:46.Mullenburg says, "Time the CSA was closed for good".
:05:46. > :05:50.He has potentially got his wish? The CSA will go, at least in name.
:05:50. > :05:55.The same people in the same places will carry out the reforms in the
:05:55. > :06:00.new service. Even if you do not pay the CSA to manage your maintenance,
:06:01. > :06:05.the CSA can, at a later date, if anybody defaults, get involved and
:06:05. > :06:09.they feel they will have more scope to do that in the future. Some
:06:09. > :06:13.suggestions are for them to be able to seize passports, driving licence
:06:13. > :06:19.-- driving licences, as well as cars and houses. More details in
:06:19. > :06:22.December. Thank you.
:06:22. > :06:29.There are now over a million unemployed young people in the you
:06:29. > :06:32.OK, 6-5,000 in the North West -- in the UK. Some believe that the
:06:32. > :06:35.rebirth of apprenticeship schemes could help and today young
:06:35. > :06:39.apprentices were recording their own video CVs to help boost their
:06:40. > :06:43.prospects. This visit is part of the daily
:06:43. > :06:49.routine for many job seekers in Liverpool, most have gone months
:06:49. > :06:53.without employment. I will say it is tough, and I have been told it
:06:53. > :06:58.is tougher to find a job now than previous years. I had a couple of
:06:58. > :07:08.jobs, working in bingo and in a hairdresser's, but there is no work
:07:08. > :07:08.
:07:08. > :07:13.out there. With your experience made that job? Yes, it would.
:07:13. > :07:17.stroke of luck, he has managed to get some trial work. The big story
:07:17. > :07:24.coming out of the figures is the rise in youth unemployment. In the
:07:24. > :07:34.North West there are 64,016-24- year-olds claiming jobseeker's
:07:34. > :07:38.allowance, -- 64,000 16-24-year- olds. Sean Roberts is one face
:07:38. > :07:45.behind the figures. He is making a video CV in a bid to stand at from
:07:45. > :07:49.the crash. If they want you to come back, they want you working for
:07:49. > :07:56.them, it sets you out from everyone else, it is not just a photograph
:07:56. > :08:00.or piece of paper. It is part of an apprenticeship scheme run by a
:08:00. > :08:05.local councils. Stephen Baker is offering a marketing apprenticeship
:08:05. > :08:10.as part of the programme. I think it is essential, it persuaded us to
:08:10. > :08:14.create a vacancy. Had the incentive not been put together by the local
:08:14. > :08:17.authority we probably and would not have created the role. For Sean,
:08:17. > :08:27.the wait continues, but with initiatives like this, he hopes the
:08:27. > :08:32.
:08:32. > :08:35.weight will not be for too long. The Chairman of the BBC Trust was
:08:35. > :08:38.at the corporation's new base at MediaCity in Salford today. Lord
:08:38. > :08:40.Patten, who oversees how the BBC spends its licence fee, was asked
:08:40. > :08:43.about the proposed cuts to local radio.
:08:43. > :08:47.I recognise there is a strong case made for local radio as part of the
:08:47. > :08:51.blue of local communities, greatly trusted in every community, and we
:08:51. > :08:55.will take account of that. We will come forward with our final
:08:55. > :08:57.proposals early next year. It has been confirmed that this
:08:57. > :09:02.year's Royal Variety Performance will be held at the Lowry Theatre
:09:02. > :09:11.at Salford Quays. The show will be hosted by the Bolton comic Peter
:09:11. > :09:14.Kay. It will be held on Monday 5th December. Artist will include Barry
:09:14. > :09:17.Manilow. Snooker fans in Manchester are
:09:17. > :09:20.seeing red over plans to turn their club into a lap-dancing venue.
:09:20. > :09:22.Manchester City Council has defended its decision to allow
:09:22. > :09:25.another gentleman's club in the city centre even though there has
:09:25. > :09:28.been opposition from police and residents. Nina Warhurst reports.
:09:28. > :09:32.It might not be everyone's idea of a decent Friday night out, but the
:09:32. > :09:35.sexual entertainment industry is legal and it is growing.
:09:35. > :09:39.Manchester's seventh lap dancing club is set to open here on
:09:39. > :09:42.Deansgate. The property owners have decided to take the space off
:09:42. > :09:46.Rileys snooker club so it can be re opened as Baby Blue Gentleman's
:09:46. > :09:52.club by a different company. Rileys say this has come out of the blue,
:09:52. > :09:58.and they were not given adequate warning. It is hurtful that we have
:09:58. > :10:03.been here for such a long time, paid the rates, paid the bills,
:10:03. > :10:05.kept a great turnover and just like that we are asked to leave. Greater
:10:05. > :10:09.Manchester Police did try to stop the licence being granted, arguing
:10:09. > :10:11.it goes against council policy to build the club in an area near
:10:11. > :10:17.housing, historic buildings, places of worship or other places of
:10:17. > :10:20.entertainment. Two residents also tried to block it, one arguing:
:10:20. > :10:22."This used to be a classy, clean, historical and beautiful part of
:10:22. > :10:31.Manchester that is in danger of becoming undesirable and crime-
:10:31. > :10:33.Manchester City Council today told us that nobody has done anything
:10:33. > :10:36.wrong, that all the correct licence application procedures were
:10:36. > :10:46.followed, and that they considered all the complaints and they were
:10:46. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:52.not sufficient to block the licence. In the North West, sex is selling.
:10:52. > :10:56.On top of the seven licences in Manchester, there are also nine in
:10:56. > :10:58.Liverpool and in 2 Preston. Katie has been dancing for over a year
:10:58. > :11:03.and says because security is so tight, lap-dancing clubs are much
:11:03. > :11:10.safer than mainstream clubs. Never, ever any trouble, no fight. He
:11:10. > :11:12.might get one lairy person, but not often. You get looked after.
:11:12. > :11:15.owners of the Baby Blue licence declined an interview. As
:11:15. > :11:23.developments move in to the planning stage, the council says it
:11:23. > :11:26.is again open to listening to Still to come on North West
:11:26. > :11:30.Tonight: Several champions on the bounce -
:11:30. > :11:33.we will visit the club with more ups than downs.
:11:33. > :11:43.And forget hip ops, this is hip hop - the theatre group bringing street
:11:43. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :11:53.dance to Liverpool's Alder Hey If you wanted to find something on
:11:53. > :11:56.the bottom of the River Mersey, that might present you with a bit a
:11:56. > :11:59.problem. Zero visibility in the freezing water and wicked tides
:11:59. > :12:02.being just the start of your worries. But the Royal Navy have
:12:02. > :12:04.just started a ten-day operation to make a new map of the Mersey
:12:04. > :12:07.riverbed. And it has some very hi-tech
:12:07. > :12:10.gadgetry to help. Andy Gill reports. Across the Mersey to the mine-
:12:10. > :12:13.hunter HMS Brocklesby. She is just back from active service off Libya.
:12:13. > :12:20.But this another kind of assignment altogether... To make an accurate
:12:20. > :12:24.new map of the bed of the Mersey. It is part of a maritime counter-
:12:24. > :12:28.terrorism initiative. Although there is no specific threat to
:12:28. > :12:32.Liverpool or any major port at this time, it is part of the state of
:12:32. > :12:38.prepared and has said that, should something happen, we are ready to
:12:38. > :12:44.respond quickly. First, the crew use sonar to detect objects on the
:12:44. > :12:48.riverbed. Right down to tyres and shopping trolleys. Then a Sea Fox
:12:48. > :12:56.torpedo is winched out and lowered into the water. This one only has
:12:56. > :13:00.lights and camera on board. But they also come with high explosives.
:13:00. > :13:05.One of the reasons it is important to survey the Mersey regularly is
:13:05. > :13:09.that the tides are so strong that the river bed can change rapidly.
:13:09. > :13:14.Unfortunately today the tides are such that it is not safe to put the
:13:14. > :13:18.surveillance vehicle in the water. Car of our operations in the Mersey
:13:18. > :13:22.are not only about building a seabed map. It allows us also to
:13:22. > :13:26.learn the environment in which we are working. The high tidal streams
:13:26. > :13:30.with strong winds on giving us problems at the moment and reducing
:13:30. > :13:34.opportunities to send the vehicle away. But to give you an idea of
:13:34. > :13:37.what the Sea Fox can do, here is underwater footage from one of the
:13:37. > :13:41.ship's operations off Libya this summer. The spiky sphere is a mine
:13:41. > :13:50.laid by Gaddafi's forces. When the image disappears is when HMS
:13:50. > :13:57.Brocklesby blew it up. HMS Brocklesby is surveying the river
:13:57. > :14:03.for the next ten days. Remarkable pictures on the river
:14:03. > :14:07.bed. Sport now, and some braking is on
:14:07. > :14:10.the controversy surrounding Luis Suarez?
:14:10. > :14:12.Suarez has tonight been charged by the FA with using abusive and/or
:14:12. > :14:18.insulting words and/or behaviour towards Manchester United's Patrice
:14:18. > :14:22.Evra during the Premier League match at Anfield on October 15th.
:14:22. > :14:30.It is further alleged, say the FA in the charge, that it included a
:14:30. > :14:36.reference to the ethnic origin and/ or colour and/ or race of Patrice
:14:36. > :14:40.Evra. Liverpool has issued a statement tonight, we have just had
:14:40. > :14:44.it in: We will discuss the matter with him when he returns from
:14:44. > :14:48.international duty but he will plead not guilty to the charge and
:14:48. > :14:52.we expect him to request a personal hearing. He is determined to clear
:14:52. > :14:56.his name and the global support temples still we will follow that
:14:56. > :15:00.story. -- and the club will continue to
:15:00. > :15:03.support him. We will follow that story.
:15:03. > :15:05.Everton fans are staging a second march against the club's board
:15:05. > :15:09.before Saturday's home game against Wolves. The Blue Union fans' group
:15:09. > :15:12.claim the club is stagnating after the sale of key players and the
:15:12. > :15:15.lack of transfer funds. This was the first protest in September, and
:15:15. > :15:18.they are continuing to call for Bill Kenwright to sell the club,
:15:18. > :15:21.although the Chairman insists he is actively trying to find a buyer.
:15:21. > :15:23.And in a statement today, the club emphasised that point, adding that
:15:23. > :15:25.talks about fresh investment and ownership continue with interested
:15:25. > :15:28.parties. One player who Everton fans hope
:15:28. > :15:31.will be at Goodison for years is Jack Rodwell, who last night made
:15:31. > :15:34.his first start for England. The 20-year-old was one of a number of
:15:34. > :15:37.young North West players to feature against Sweden. A deflected header
:15:37. > :15:40.from one of the old guard, though, Manchester City's Gareth Barry,
:15:40. > :15:42.sealed victory for England, their second in three days.
:15:42. > :15:45.The World Trampolining Championships start in Birmingham
:15:45. > :15:49.tomorrow and three North West gymnasts have very, very high hopes
:15:49. > :15:53.of using them to qualify for Team GB at the 2012 Games. The trio not
:15:53. > :15:57.only share the aim of winning a medal, they are also helped by the
:15:57. > :16:03.fact they share an office, which is where I went to try to catch up
:16:03. > :16:12.with them. If lightning does not strike twice,
:16:12. > :16:18.tell this lot. Pigeon that has produced legends like Beth Tweddle
:16:18. > :16:23.has done it again, producing a new generation who are on their way
:16:23. > :16:31.up... And they are staying up. This time, Beth Tweddle is in the
:16:31. > :16:34.background. Instead, Emma Smith, looks strong and Jack helm will
:16:34. > :16:39.bounce into Birmingham tomorrow with a Olympic qualification on
:16:39. > :16:47.their minds. Time to have a word with one of the young superstars. M.
:16:47. > :16:50.Emma. In the background, we have Beth Tweddle training. There are
:16:50. > :16:55.three of you going for the Olympics, what is special about this
:16:55. > :16:59.gymnasium? The athletes that we have, it is great training
:16:59. > :17:04.alongside Bath, she is an inspiration, we all want to be as
:17:04. > :17:08.good as her -- training alongside Beth Tweddle. It is the numbers
:17:08. > :17:14.that we do, keep going, keep going, everybody pushes each other to get
:17:14. > :17:22.better. My real aim is 20 16th, so I will hopefully peak by then but I
:17:22. > :17:25.guess you cannot rule out 2012 -- might real aim is 2016. Emma is the
:17:25. > :17:31.only person in the world to perform three triple somersault on a
:17:31. > :17:35.trampoline. When you approach that, is it bravery, skill or stupidity?!
:17:35. > :17:39.Bravery and skill, but maybe a bit of stupidity because no one has
:17:39. > :17:43.done it before and you have to have an edge. Just walking through the
:17:43. > :17:46.door of this place, it feels like you get an edge.
:17:46. > :17:48.Rugby League now, and Warrington Wolves' forward Adrian Morley has
:17:48. > :17:51.been talking about his pride at becoming Britain's most-capped
:17:51. > :17:53.player this weekend. Morley will pick up his 50th international cap
:17:53. > :18:00.in England's Four Nations final against Australia on Saturday. And
:18:00. > :18:03.the veteran says it is the biggest game of his career.
:18:03. > :18:06.The first five or six years I missed a lot of international games
:18:06. > :18:10.through injury so it is only the fact I have played longer than I
:18:10. > :18:14.thought I would that I have got there, but I am very, very pleased
:18:14. > :18:19.to have played that long,., and to get to 50 is a very good
:18:19. > :18:23.achievement. Good luck to him, get -- could look
:18:23. > :18:27.to England. I know you think that all of the
:18:27. > :18:31.stars are here now, but there are even more in Manchester City Centre
:18:31. > :18:34.tonight. They have gathered for Gary Barlow's special Children In
:18:34. > :18:36.Need fundraising dinner ahead of the Manchester Rocks concert
:18:36. > :18:40.tomorrow night. Dave Guest is on the red carpet.
:18:40. > :18:44.The biggest star of all! That is right, the stars have been
:18:44. > :18:49.arriving in their droves while if you have been away from us. I have
:18:49. > :18:52.been speaking to Jason Donovan, Sir Terry Wogan, Michelle Collins, all
:18:52. > :18:57.here to support this charity event which has been organised by Gary
:18:57. > :19:01.Barlow. He arrived a short time ago, we will show you some pictures but
:19:01. > :19:06.there is flash photography in the images. Gary Barlow organised
:19:06. > :19:09.Children In Need rocks the Albert Hall in 2009, but when he brought
:19:09. > :19:14.in Noci wanted to make it bigger and better than ever, so he has
:19:14. > :19:17.attracted a top line-up of stars, as he told us a short while ago.
:19:18. > :19:23.My idea was to leave it out of London, ought to Manchester, and
:19:23. > :19:28.open it up to the world. We have Americans, Canadians, people from
:19:28. > :19:32.everywhere flying in. There are a few small names, Lady GaGa,
:19:32. > :19:37.Coldplay, we have got Michael Buble. It is great for Manchester, great
:19:37. > :19:43.for the charity, we hope to make a lot of money.
:19:43. > :19:46.That was Gary Barlow speaking to us a short time ago. You may have
:19:46. > :19:50.heard of hospital steering hip operations, but what about a
:19:51. > :19:53.hospital that provides hip hop? That has been happening thanks to
:19:53. > :19:59.Children In Need to have enabled a local charity to provide street
:19:59. > :20:08.dance and music lessons to children at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital.
:20:08. > :20:14.But sea bear went along to try out a few moves. -- Pudsey has been
:20:14. > :20:23.along to learn a few moves. When we heard Breakin' Convention
:20:23. > :20:32.were coming in, we were very excited. We were rapping, they told
:20:32. > :20:36.us how to rap our -- ourselves. teach a lot of schools -- a lot of
:20:36. > :20:44.skills, creative writing, performers, poetry. I had a dinner
:20:44. > :20:50.pink, she is amazing that sometimes lazy -- I had a guinea pig. Dance
:20:50. > :20:53.is a very big part of Breakin' Convention's activities. Learning
:20:53. > :21:02.all of the dance moves, you think, I want to be able to do that.
:21:02. > :21:09.Another section is music. To create beads with the young people. A lot
:21:09. > :21:15.of what we do is just fun. Breakin' Convention have made today's a
:21:15. > :21:19.really enjoyable. You cannot wait until tomorrow morning when they
:21:19. > :21:22.are there again -- have made their days. Once you get over the hurdle
:21:22. > :21:27.of the fact that this young person is really sick and just get into
:21:27. > :21:31.that bit of joy that they can have in what might be a miserable time
:21:31. > :21:36.that they are having, I think that makes everything worth it.
:21:36. > :21:42.One more time! It does make you happy and cheer
:21:42. > :21:46.you up when you do different things. Doing the hip hop Hospital at the
:21:46. > :21:52.Alder Hey Children's Hospital has been amazing. The young people here
:21:53. > :21:58.have just been completely engaged with the work that we are doing.
:21:58. > :22:02.Children In Need, thank you! The cash you donate goes towards
:22:02. > :22:05.projects like Breakin' Convention and it is really helpful for young
:22:05. > :22:14.people like us in hospital for Ulster thank you, or Children In
:22:14. > :22:19.Need! -- helpful for young people like us.
:22:19. > :22:23.Thank you, Children In Need! Did you get to speak to Jason
:22:23. > :22:29.Donovan? Or did he leave you out of the way?
:22:29. > :22:32.I spoke to him and he said it is good to be at -- good to be here in
:22:32. > :22:37.Manchester. He said it is good that Gary Barlow has attracted all of
:22:37. > :22:41.these big names to Manchester for tomorrow. Speaking to Sir Terry
:22:41. > :22:44.Wogan as he got out of his car, he said it is good to see a good
:22:44. > :22:49.turnout in Manchester and again he praised Gary Barlow's efforts in
:22:49. > :22:52.raising lots of money for Children In Need by getting top celebrities
:22:52. > :23:01.on board, which is always going to bring in the money. He said they
:23:01. > :23:05.should be striking a medal for Gary Barlow. I did not ask him if he was
:23:05. > :23:09.going to bid for the Bentley over there, surely the ultimate auction
:23:09. > :23:13.prize. I have done a lot of options but have never had to auction a
:23:13. > :23:16.Bentley! But I know you will be coming down later, when you be
:23:16. > :23:21.bidding? I able to a whip round here and see
:23:21. > :23:28.if we can get a wing mirror! We probably cannot even afford that!
:23:28. > :23:32.I was thinking of saying you will put in an advanced bid of 100 grand.
:23:32. > :23:38.He has got the wrong idea of how much money we have got!
:23:38. > :23:42.Have a great night, enjoy the stars. The biggest is on her way down in
:23:42. > :23:47.about eight minutes! I think they were running out of
:23:47. > :23:55.people to invite so I got invited! Shall we have a look at the
:23:55. > :23:59.It has been hit and miss through the day today. It has been chilly,
:23:59. > :24:03.we had overnight temperatures and it took some time to recover. The
:24:03. > :24:06.weather in Manchester was due to be cloudy, but the sun came out. It
:24:06. > :24:11.has been murky in Merseyside and that is where we thought the sun
:24:12. > :24:15.would be. Wherever you are tonight, it will be a fairly wet one. A band
:24:15. > :24:22.of rain is creeping towards us from the Irish Sea, and I think from
:24:22. > :24:26.here onwards under quite a lot of cloud cover, it disappears as we
:24:26. > :24:30.head through the satellite picture, but the rain will be the story. You
:24:30. > :24:33.can see it trying to get in from the Irish Sea and the closer you
:24:33. > :24:37.are to the coast the more you will see, but most places will see a bit
:24:37. > :24:42.from time to time and the ground could be damned. Even places close
:24:42. > :24:45.to the Pennines, which will not see as much as other parts. It will
:24:45. > :24:49.clear the Isle of Man last. The cloud cover is always good because
:24:49. > :24:55.it means we will not have a repeat of last night's temperatures, which
:24:55. > :25:01.were fairly low. The next couple of lights remain fairly mild, no frost
:25:01. > :25:05.on the horizon for the next four or five days. When you get up tomorrow
:25:05. > :25:08.morning, if you are in the Isle of Man, parts of Cumbria and parts of
:25:08. > :25:12.northern Lancashire you may have some drizzle here and there, but
:25:12. > :25:16.look at the rest of the region. The clearance comes in quickly, spreads
:25:16. > :25:21.north as the day goes on, and patchy cloud and sunny spells of
:25:21. > :25:24.the Order of the forecast with sunny spells or winning through. In
:25:24. > :25:29.parts of northern Cumbria and drilled and Lancashire you may have
:25:29. > :25:33.more cloud than elsewhere, but still a lovely day. The cloud is
:25:33. > :25:37.starting to come back in because another band of rain is waiting in
:25:37. > :25:41.the wings, but best if it comes overnight because it does not
:25:41. > :25:45.bother too many of us. It will cloud over towards teatime.
:25:45. > :25:50.Temperatures, with that southerly breeze, it will feel quite nice out
:25:50. > :25:56.and about, an awful lot of sunshine, so temperatures of 11, 12 degrees,
:25:56. > :26:01.quite good for the time of year. After that, it is not a bad picture.
:26:01. > :26:07.We tend to have these weather friends, dithering over, coming and
:26:07. > :26:10.going, wavering through Friday and Saturday. Always a bit too close to
:26:10. > :26:14.comfort, but by Sunday they made out of the way. This is the
:26:14. > :26:18.forecast for the next couple of days. Friday and Saturday will be
:26:18. > :26:22.fairly cloudy, but by the time we get to Sunday they should be out of
:26:23. > :26:27.the way and the sun comes back out, but you can see temperatures fall
:26:27. > :26:30.as we head towards Sunday and the start of next week, but if you do
:26:30. > :26:37.not like the cold nights, the next couple of nights are no problem at
:26:37. > :26:41.all, close to double figures. We have got plenty of time, you can
:26:41. > :26:45.do Christmas Day, if you like! We have got a special programme
:26:45. > :26:49.tomorrow because he will be at Manchester Rocks.
:26:49. > :26:53.My show is behind the scenes tomorrow night.
:26:53. > :26:59.Have you figured out what you will say to the stars?
:26:59. > :27:09.Not to Lady GaGa. Maybe, when you always wear neat?
:27:09. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:18.Can we say you have met the man himself? Yes. He met Gary Barlow on
:27:18. > :27:23.Monday. He is the David Beckham of the music interest rate -- music
:27:23. > :27:24.industry. But always really nice to talk to. That is tomorrow night.