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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and

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Ranvir Singh. Our top story: Will our children suffer? The

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single parents who fear changes in child maintenance payments.

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If the money is taken from me it is basically taken from the mouth of

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my child. We will be asking if the changes

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are fair to the taxpayer but too harsh on single parents.

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Also: Hello, my name is Sean Roberts.

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Selling themselves to employers, the teenagers making their own

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video CVs. From this... To this. Snooker fans

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see red over plans to turn their club into a lap-dancing venue.

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Charged by the FA - Liverpool's Luis Suarez is accused of racially

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abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.

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And join me with a generation of gymnasts in Liverpool who are on

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their way up, and down, and up, and Also tonight, Dave Guest is on the

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red carpet at the Hilton in Manchester.

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Yes, they are expecting a galaxy of megastars to stroll down this

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carpet in aid of Children In Need. There is an auction but you will

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need deep pockets to bid for the lots, because they include this

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personalised Bentley. More later. First tonight, the plight of

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thousands of single parents in the region who are chasing maintenance

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payments from their former partners. From now on, they will to have to

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pay the Child Support Agency to do the job of tracking down cash from

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absent spouses. Today, the Government admitted

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arrears have increased. In the North West alone, it is around half

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a billion pounds. Their response? Charges. But that, say critics, is

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tantamount to taking food out of children's mouths. Our economics

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correspondent Jayne Barrett has been speaking to one mum who says

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it is wrong. Dawn's partner left before their

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child was born. A quick search on Facebook revealed he had five

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children to four women. Chasing maintenance was a nightmare. A huge

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fight from the very beginning. Trying to get a single penny

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towards the upkeep of our son. Maintenance arrears in the North

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West now stand at almost half a billion pounds. Those arrears are

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chased by more than a thousand staff here in Birkenhead. A costly

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business. Every pound that is gathered by staff it cost them 40p,

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so in the future things will change. If this place is involved in

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tracking down cash for your child, then you and your ex will be

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expected to help pay for it. In the future, Dawn will pay an upfront

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fee for CSA involvement, up to �100, then ongoing charges. Up to 12

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pence in every pound gathered will be paid by Dawn. Her ex will have

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to pay 20p on top of every pound paid. They hope charges will be an

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incentive for parents to work together. In Oldham yesterday,

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Yvonne Clinton met a representative from Child Maintenance Options.

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This is what the Government wants to do more of in the future.

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have got the children to think about... They advise people like

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Yvonne on how to go it alone, without the CSA. I thought it was

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either the CSA or the solicitor route, and when Maintenance Options

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came, I realise there was another way of doing things. Three weeks

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into Yvonne's separation, maintenance arrangements are going

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well. A year after Dawn split, there is little money coming in. A

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lot of anger about the future. There is no chance that we could

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reach an amicable decision. If the money is taken away from me, it is

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basically taken from the mouth of my child.

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Jayne is here. We should say we wanted to put that

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complaint to the Minister responsible.

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We were told weeks ago that Maria Miller would speak to us. Yesterday,

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very late in the day, she said that would not be possible. But what

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Maria Miller and he believes is that the CSA is adversary, it

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drives a wedge between people, encourages them not to sort things

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out, and if people go it alone it would be cheaper for the government

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and more successful. We have had quite a few opinions

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coming in today on e-mail. Quite a bit of -- quite a lot of people are

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not agreeing with that. This one is typical: Meggie Scott says, "The

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CSA is a joke. Why pay them for a job badly done"?

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The CSA would say that collections are at an all-time high. They think

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the charges will work but if it will be an incentive for change it

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has to hit both parents. There are a few more e-mails. Maree

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McAlpine says, "'Man up and pay for your own children or don't bother

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having any if you are going to rely on other people". Jude Smyth says,

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"It is a joke. My husband lied constantly about his employment and

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income". And that particular point is something they will look into?

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Part of the reforms is a brand new computer system, in the past they

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have been riddled with problems but this will be linked to the taxman

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so less chance for people to hide their wages. We had an e-mail from

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somebody with an abusive partner, and I should say those upfront

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charges will be waived for victims of domestic violence. Lee

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Mullenburg says, "Time the CSA was closed for good".

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He has potentially got his wish? The CSA will go, at least in name.

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The same people in the same places will carry out the reforms in the

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new service. Even if you do not pay the CSA to manage your maintenance,

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the CSA can, at a later date, if anybody defaults, get involved and

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they feel they will have more scope to do that in the future. Some

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suggestions are for them to be able to seize passports, driving licence

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-- driving licences, as well as cars and houses. More details in

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December. Thank you.

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There are now over a million unemployed young people in the you

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OK, 6-5,000 in the North West -- in the UK. Some believe that the

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rebirth of apprenticeship schemes could help and today young

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apprentices were recording their own video CVs to help boost their

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prospects. This visit is part of the daily

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routine for many job seekers in Liverpool, most have gone months

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without employment. I will say it is tough, and I have been told it

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is tougher to find a job now than previous years. I had a couple of

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jobs, working in bingo and in a hairdresser's, but there is no work

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out there. With your experience made that job? Yes, it would.

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stroke of luck, he has managed to get some trial work. The big story

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coming out of the figures is the rise in youth unemployment. In the

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North West there are 64,016-24- year-olds claiming jobseeker's

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allowance, -- 64,000 16-24-year- olds. Sean Roberts is one face

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behind the figures. He is making a video CV in a bid to stand at from

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the crash. If they want you to come back, they want you working for

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them, it sets you out from everyone else, it is not just a photograph

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or piece of paper. It is part of an apprenticeship scheme run by a

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local councils. Stephen Baker is offering a marketing apprenticeship

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as part of the programme. I think it is essential, it persuaded us to

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create a vacancy. Had the incentive not been put together by the local

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authority we probably and would not have created the role. For Sean,

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the wait continues, but with initiatives like this, he hopes the

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weight will not be for too long. The Chairman of the BBC Trust was

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at the corporation's new base at MediaCity in Salford today. Lord

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Patten, who oversees how the BBC spends its licence fee, was asked

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about the proposed cuts to local radio.

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I recognise there is a strong case made for local radio as part of the

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blue of local communities, greatly trusted in every community, and we

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will take account of that. We will come forward with our final

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proposals early next year. It has been confirmed that this

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year's Royal Variety Performance will be held at the Lowry Theatre

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at Salford Quays. The show will be hosted by the Bolton comic Peter

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Kay. It will be held on Monday 5th December. Artist will include Barry

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Manilow. Snooker fans in Manchester are

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seeing red over plans to turn their club into a lap-dancing venue.

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Manchester City Council has defended its decision to allow

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another gentleman's club in the city centre even though there has

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been opposition from police and residents. Nina Warhurst reports.

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It might not be everyone's idea of a decent Friday night out, but the

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sexual entertainment industry is legal and it is growing.

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Manchester's seventh lap dancing club is set to open here on

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Deansgate. The property owners have decided to take the space off

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Rileys snooker club so it can be re opened as Baby Blue Gentleman's

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club by a different company. Rileys say this has come out of the blue,

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and they were not given adequate warning. It is hurtful that we have

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been here for such a long time, paid the rates, paid the bills,

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kept a great turnover and just like that we are asked to leave. Greater

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Manchester Police did try to stop the licence being granted, arguing

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it goes against council policy to build the club in an area near

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housing, historic buildings, places of worship or other places of

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entertainment. Two residents also tried to block it, one arguing:

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"This used to be a classy, clean, historical and beautiful part of

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Manchester that is in danger of becoming undesirable and crime-

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Manchester City Council today told us that nobody has done anything

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wrong, that all the correct licence application procedures were

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followed, and that they considered all the complaints and they were

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not sufficient to block the licence. In the North West, sex is selling.

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On top of the seven licences in Manchester, there are also nine in

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Liverpool and in 2 Preston. Katie has been dancing for over a year

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and says because security is so tight, lap-dancing clubs are much

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safer than mainstream clubs. Never, ever any trouble, no fight. He

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might get one lairy person, but not often. You get looked after.

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owners of the Baby Blue licence declined an interview. As

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developments move in to the planning stage, the council says it

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is again open to listening to Still to come on North West

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Tonight: Several champions on the bounce -

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we will visit the club with more ups than downs.

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And forget hip ops, this is hip hop - the theatre group bringing street

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dance to Liverpool's Alder Hey If you wanted to find something on

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the bottom of the River Mersey, that might present you with a bit a

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problem. Zero visibility in the freezing water and wicked tides

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being just the start of your worries. But the Royal Navy have

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just started a ten-day operation to make a new map of the Mersey

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riverbed. And it has some very hi-tech

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gadgetry to help. Andy Gill reports. Across the Mersey to the mine-

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hunter HMS Brocklesby. She is just back from active service off Libya.

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But this another kind of assignment altogether... To make an accurate

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new map of the bed of the Mersey. It is part of a maritime counter-

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terrorism initiative. Although there is no specific threat to

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Liverpool or any major port at this time, it is part of the state of

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prepared and has said that, should something happen, we are ready to

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respond quickly. First, the crew use sonar to detect objects on the

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riverbed. Right down to tyres and shopping trolleys. Then a Sea Fox

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torpedo is winched out and lowered into the water. This one only has

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lights and camera on board. But they also come with high explosives.

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One of the reasons it is important to survey the Mersey regularly is

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that the tides are so strong that the river bed can change rapidly.

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Unfortunately today the tides are such that it is not safe to put the

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surveillance vehicle in the water. Car of our operations in the Mersey

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are not only about building a seabed map. It allows us also to

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learn the environment in which we are working. The high tidal streams

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with strong winds on giving us problems at the moment and reducing

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opportunities to send the vehicle away. But to give you an idea of

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what the Sea Fox can do, here is underwater footage from one of the

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ship's operations off Libya this summer. The spiky sphere is a mine

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laid by Gaddafi's forces. When the image disappears is when HMS

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Brocklesby blew it up. HMS Brocklesby is surveying the river

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for the next ten days. Remarkable pictures on the river

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bed. Sport now, and some braking is on

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the controversy surrounding Luis Suarez?

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Suarez has tonight been charged by the FA with using abusive and/or

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insulting words and/or behaviour towards Manchester United's Patrice

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Evra during the Premier League match at Anfield on October 15th.

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It is further alleged, say the FA in the charge, that it included a

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reference to the ethnic origin and/ or colour and/ or race of Patrice

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Evra. Liverpool has issued a statement tonight, we have just had

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it in: We will discuss the matter with him when he returns from

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international duty but he will plead not guilty to the charge and

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we expect him to request a personal hearing. He is determined to clear

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his name and the global support temples still we will follow that

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story. -- and the club will continue to

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support him. We will follow that story.

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Everton fans are staging a second march against the club's board

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before Saturday's home game against Wolves. The Blue Union fans' group

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claim the club is stagnating after the sale of key players and the

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lack of transfer funds. This was the first protest in September, and

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they are continuing to call for Bill Kenwright to sell the club,

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although the Chairman insists he is actively trying to find a buyer.

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And in a statement today, the club emphasised that point, adding that

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talks about fresh investment and ownership continue with interested

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parties. One player who Everton fans hope

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will be at Goodison for years is Jack Rodwell, who last night made

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his first start for England. The 20-year-old was one of a number of

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young North West players to feature against Sweden. A deflected header

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from one of the old guard, though, Manchester City's Gareth Barry,

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sealed victory for England, their second in three days.

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The World Trampolining Championships start in Birmingham

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tomorrow and three North West gymnasts have very, very high hopes

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of using them to qualify for Team GB at the 2012 Games. The trio not

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only share the aim of winning a medal, they are also helped by the

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fact they share an office, which is where I went to try to catch up

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with them. If lightning does not strike twice,

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tell this lot. Pigeon that has produced legends like Beth Tweddle

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has done it again, producing a new generation who are on their way

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up... And they are staying up. This time, Beth Tweddle is in the

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background. Instead, Emma Smith, looks strong and Jack helm will

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bounce into Birmingham tomorrow with a Olympic qualification on

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their minds. Time to have a word with one of the young superstars. M.

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Emma. In the background, we have Beth Tweddle training. There are

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three of you going for the Olympics, what is special about this

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gymnasium? The athletes that we have, it is great training

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alongside Bath, she is an inspiration, we all want to be as

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good as her -- training alongside Beth Tweddle. It is the numbers

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that we do, keep going, keep going, everybody pushes each other to get

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better. My real aim is 20 16th, so I will hopefully peak by then but I

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guess you cannot rule out 2012 -- might real aim is 2016. Emma is the

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only person in the world to perform three triple somersault on a

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trampoline. When you approach that, is it bravery, skill or stupidity?!

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Bravery and skill, but maybe a bit of stupidity because no one has

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done it before and you have to have an edge. Just walking through the

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door of this place, it feels like you get an edge.

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Rugby League now, and Warrington Wolves' forward Adrian Morley has

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been talking about his pride at becoming Britain's most-capped

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player this weekend. Morley will pick up his 50th international cap

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in England's Four Nations final against Australia on Saturday. And

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the veteran says it is the biggest game of his career.

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The first five or six years I missed a lot of international games

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through injury so it is only the fact I have played longer than I

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thought I would that I have got there, but I am very, very pleased

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to have played that long,., and to get to 50 is a very good

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achievement. Good luck to him, get -- could look

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to England. I know you think that all of the

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stars are here now, but there are even more in Manchester City Centre

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tonight. They have gathered for Gary Barlow's special Children In

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Need fundraising dinner ahead of the Manchester Rocks concert

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tomorrow night. Dave Guest is on the red carpet.

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The biggest star of all! That is right, the stars have been

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arriving in their droves while if you have been away from us. I have

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been speaking to Jason Donovan, Sir Terry Wogan, Michelle Collins, all

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here to support this charity event which has been organised by Gary

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Barlow. He arrived a short time ago, we will show you some pictures but

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there is flash photography in the images. Gary Barlow organised

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Children In Need rocks the Albert Hall in 2009, but when he brought

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in Noci wanted to make it bigger and better than ever, so he has

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attracted a top line-up of stars, as he told us a short while ago.

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My idea was to leave it out of London, ought to Manchester, and

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open it up to the world. We have Americans, Canadians, people from

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everywhere flying in. There are a few small names, Lady GaGa,

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Coldplay, we have got Michael Buble. It is great for Manchester, great

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for the charity, we hope to make a lot of money.

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That was Gary Barlow speaking to us a short time ago. You may have

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heard of hospital steering hip operations, but what about a

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hospital that provides hip hop? That has been happening thanks to

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Children In Need to have enabled a local charity to provide street

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dance and music lessons to children at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital.

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But sea bear went along to try out a few moves. -- Pudsey has been

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along to learn a few moves. When we heard Breakin' Convention

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were coming in, we were very excited. We were rapping, they told

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us how to rap our -- ourselves. teach a lot of schools -- a lot of

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skills, creative writing, performers, poetry. I had a dinner

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pink, she is amazing that sometimes lazy -- I had a guinea pig. Dance

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is a very big part of Breakin' Convention's activities. Learning

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all of the dance moves, you think, I want to be able to do that.

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Another section is music. To create beads with the young people. A lot

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of what we do is just fun. Breakin' Convention have made today's a

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really enjoyable. You cannot wait until tomorrow morning when they

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are there again -- have made their days. Once you get over the hurdle

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of the fact that this young person is really sick and just get into

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that bit of joy that they can have in what might be a miserable time

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that they are having, I think that makes everything worth it.

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One more time! It does make you happy and cheer

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you up when you do different things. Doing the hip hop Hospital at the

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Alder Hey Children's Hospital has been amazing. The young people here

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have just been completely engaged with the work that we are doing.

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Children In Need, thank you! The cash you donate goes towards

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projects like Breakin' Convention and it is really helpful for young

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people like us in hospital for Ulster thank you, or Children In

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Need! -- helpful for young people like us.

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Thank you, Children In Need! Did you get to speak to Jason

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Donovan? Or did he leave you out of the way?

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I spoke to him and he said it is good to be at -- good to be here in

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Manchester. He said it is good that Gary Barlow has attracted all of

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these big names to Manchester for tomorrow. Speaking to Sir Terry

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Wogan as he got out of his car, he said it is good to see a good

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turnout in Manchester and again he praised Gary Barlow's efforts in

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raising lots of money for Children In Need by getting top celebrities

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on board, which is always going to bring in the money. He said they

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should be striking a medal for Gary Barlow. I did not ask him if he was

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going to bid for the Bentley over there, surely the ultimate auction

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prize. I have done a lot of options but have never had to auction a

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Bentley! But I know you will be coming down later, when you be

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bidding? I able to a whip round here and see

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if we can get a wing mirror! We probably cannot even afford that!

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I was thinking of saying you will put in an advanced bid of 100 grand.

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He has got the wrong idea of how much money we have got!

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Have a great night, enjoy the stars. The biggest is on her way down in

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about eight minutes! I think they were running out of

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people to invite so I got invited! Shall we have a look at the

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It has been hit and miss through the day today. It has been chilly,

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we had overnight temperatures and it took some time to recover. The

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weather in Manchester was due to be cloudy, but the sun came out. It

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has been murky in Merseyside and that is where we thought the sun

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would be. Wherever you are tonight, it will be a fairly wet one. A band

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of rain is creeping towards us from the Irish Sea, and I think from

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here onwards under quite a lot of cloud cover, it disappears as we

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head through the satellite picture, but the rain will be the story. You

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can see it trying to get in from the Irish Sea and the closer you

:24:30.:24:33.

are to the coast the more you will see, but most places will see a bit

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from time to time and the ground could be damned. Even places close

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to the Pennines, which will not see as much as other parts. It will

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clear the Isle of Man last. The cloud cover is always good because

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it means we will not have a repeat of last night's temperatures, which

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were fairly low. The next couple of lights remain fairly mild, no frost

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on the horizon for the next four or five days. When you get up tomorrow

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morning, if you are in the Isle of Man, parts of Cumbria and parts of

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northern Lancashire you may have some drizzle here and there, but

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look at the rest of the region. The clearance comes in quickly, spreads

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north as the day goes on, and patchy cloud and sunny spells of

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the Order of the forecast with sunny spells or winning through. In

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parts of northern Cumbria and drilled and Lancashire you may have

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more cloud than elsewhere, but still a lovely day. The cloud is

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starting to come back in because another band of rain is waiting in

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the wings, but best if it comes overnight because it does not

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bother too many of us. It will cloud over towards teatime.

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Temperatures, with that southerly breeze, it will feel quite nice out

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and about, an awful lot of sunshine, so temperatures of 11, 12 degrees,

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quite good for the time of year. After that, it is not a bad picture.

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We tend to have these weather friends, dithering over, coming and

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going, wavering through Friday and Saturday. Always a bit too close to

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comfort, but by Sunday they made out of the way. This is the

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forecast for the next couple of days. Friday and Saturday will be

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fairly cloudy, but by the time we get to Sunday they should be out of

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the way and the sun comes back out, but you can see temperatures fall

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as we head towards Sunday and the start of next week, but if you do

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not like the cold nights, the next couple of nights are no problem at

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all, close to double figures. We have got plenty of time, you can

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do Christmas Day, if you like! We have got a special programme

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tomorrow because he will be at Manchester Rocks.

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My show is behind the scenes tomorrow night.

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Have you figured out what you will say to the stars?

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Not to Lady GaGa. Maybe, when you always wear neat?

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Can we say you have met the man himself? Yes. He met Gary Barlow on

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Monday. He is the David Beckham of the music interest rate -- music

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industry. But always really nice to talk to. That is tomorrow night.

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