:00:08. > :00:10.Good evening, welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:10. > :00:12.Ranvir Singh. Our top story: Former Blackburn captain Garry
:00:12. > :00:20.Flitcroft says press intrusion deepened the depression that led to
:00:20. > :00:22.his father's suicide. It affected him a lot, something
:00:22. > :00:25.was taking out of his life that you love to ring.
:00:25. > :00:27.Comedian Steve Coogan tells the Leveson Inquiry that newspapers had
:00:27. > :00:31.details of his bank withdrawals. Also in the programme:
:00:31. > :00:39.Jailed for more than 80 years - the drugs gang who led police on this
:00:39. > :00:42.chase through Liverpool. Everton two, Wolves 1.
:00:42. > :00:46.As one broadcaster bows out, we meet the new voice of Saturday
:00:46. > :00:50.afternoon football results. And as we prepare to up sticks, we
:00:50. > :00:51.look back at our 30 years in Oxford Road and the faces who've made it
:00:51. > :00:54.home The former Blackburn Rovers captain
:00:54. > :00:57.Garry Flitcroft has told an inquiry that press coverage of his extra-
:00:57. > :01:07.marital affairs had a devastating effect on his father, who later
:01:07. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:11.committed suicide. Mr Flitcroft was giving evidence to
:01:11. > :01:21.the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, set up in the wake of
:01:21. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:30.the News of the World phone hacking scandal. The Manchester comedian
:01:30. > :01:33.Steve Coogan also gave evidence today, as Rachel Foley reports.
:01:33. > :01:35.Just to warn you, this report does include some flash photography.
:01:35. > :01:43.His job as a former Premiership footballer put Garry Flitcroft in
:01:43. > :01:46.the public eye. But today he told the press standards inquiry that
:01:46. > :01:50.didn't mean his private life should be made public. If I had been done
:01:50. > :01:53.for match-fixing or taking cocaine, that is in the public interest, but
:01:53. > :01:56.I disagree with them putting it in. Mr Flitcroft believes journalists
:01:56. > :02:01.discovered he'd had extra marital affairs by hacking his phone. But
:02:01. > :02:05.he said he couldn't prove it. you have any firm evidential phone
:02:05. > :02:08.was hacked? It is speculation, no evidence. Flitcroft's evidence
:02:08. > :02:13.dates back to 2001, when he gained an injunction stopping the Sunday
:02:13. > :02:16.People publishing details of his affairs. That November the paper
:02:16. > :02:26.ran the story as an anonymous kiss and tell. Then in March 2002, the
:02:26. > :02:30.
:02:30. > :02:32.ban on naming him was lifted. Soon after, Mr Flitcroft's father
:02:32. > :02:35.stopped attending his matches because of the taunts being chanted
:02:35. > :02:37.at his son. He suffered from depression, which grew worse. Six
:02:37. > :02:45.years later, he committed suicide. It affected him a lot. Something
:02:46. > :02:48.got it out of his life that he loved doing. Over the years, his
:02:48. > :02:51.depression got worse. Manchester comedian Steve Coogan
:02:51. > :02:53.also gave evidence today. He told the inquiry his personal details,
:02:53. > :02:58.including his phone number and password, were recorded in the
:02:58. > :03:07.notebook of the News of the World's private investigator. I saw a
:03:07. > :03:11.redacted copy which had information about many I had withdrawn from a
:03:11. > :03:14.cash machine, how much I had paid for a hotel built, what hotel I was
:03:14. > :03:17.staying in and the precise amount of money I had withdrawn from the
:03:17. > :03:20.cash machine which would suggest someone was looking over my
:03:20. > :03:28.shoulder while I was doing it. inquiry continues tomorrow, and is
:03:28. > :03:31.expected to take several months. A drugs gang from Liverpool who hid
:03:31. > :03:35.cocaine in nappy bags and dealt drugs near a school have been sent
:03:35. > :03:38.to jail for a total of more than 82 years. The gang included seven
:03:38. > :03:41.members of the same extended family. Police also recovered an assault
:03:41. > :03:47.rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from a car belonging to
:03:47. > :03:54.one of the gang. Our Merseyside Reporter, Andy Gill, has the story.
:03:54. > :03:58.Police video of the Mercedes being chased along busy roads. Eventually,
:03:58. > :04:02.the driver is arrested. But not before he throws bags of heroin out
:04:02. > :04:07.of the window. Police later recovered the drugs. The driver was
:04:07. > :04:12.Mathew Mayor, one of 13 people now sentenced for their part in a major
:04:12. > :04:16.drug conspiracy. They don't care where they are dealing. They are
:04:16. > :04:26.dealing a young people. Again, very vulnerable people. Different
:04:26. > :04:31.schools in the Anfield area. Respectable. In January this year -
:04:31. > :04:35.- disputable. In January this year, police raided at home of the leader,
:04:35. > :04:39.pole winning. Among the gang were seven members of the extended
:04:39. > :04:43.Whitney family. Including Paul Whitney's father, mother and sister.
:04:43. > :04:48.His mother Carol was video that they back later found to contain
:04:48. > :04:58.thousands of Ecstasy tab tablets. The gang operated mainly on the
:04:58. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:03.streets at Anfield, selling heroin and cocaine. Undercover police
:05:03. > :05:06.discovered that they were so well organised they had separate phones
:05:06. > :05:10.for day shifts and night shift so people could order drugs. A number
:05:10. > :05:16.of raids were carried out in close proximity to a local school. When
:05:16. > :05:20.police raided Leslie Whitney's home, his partner tried to pass a nappy
:05:20. > :05:26.sack of cocaine wraps to her mother, Mary McCabe. On the same day
:05:26. > :05:29.another gang member was filmed loading a case into school a's car.
:05:29. > :05:34.Inside, is still an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of
:05:34. > :05:37.ammunition. -- it into Mary McKay but's car. Today, the gang were
:05:37. > :05:39.jailed. Meanwhile, three men have been
:05:39. > :05:43.jailed for running a drugs conspiracy that could have put more
:05:43. > :05:45.than �3.5 billion worth of cocaine onto the streets of the North West.
:05:45. > :05:48.Jamie Dale from Rochdale, John Cawley from Fleetwood and Barry
:05:48. > :05:57.Hartley from Burnley were secretly filmed by police handling drums of
:05:57. > :06:00.imported chemicals were to be mixed with pure cocaine. The Serious
:06:00. > :06:06.Organised Crime Agency have made a further 52 arrests as a result of
:06:06. > :06:09.the investigation. It's emerged tissue samples taken
:06:09. > :06:11.during the post mortem examination of a number of Hillsborough victims
:06:11. > :06:13.were retained for further examination without relatives being
:06:13. > :06:15.informed. The Hillsborough Independent Panel, which is
:06:15. > :06:25.reviewing the tragedy and its aftermath, has written to ten
:06:25. > :06:28.families telling them their loved one was affected. It was standard
:06:28. > :06:30.practice at the time but, following the Alder Hey organs scandal, it is
:06:30. > :06:37.now illegal. It's been confirmed the Liverpool
:06:37. > :06:39.Coastguard station will close. But a rescue team is being kept on
:06:39. > :06:42.Merseyside. It's part of a re- organisation of the coastguard
:06:42. > :06:45.service which will see the closure of eight stations. The station will
:06:45. > :06:55.be phased out by 2015, despite months of campaigning from
:06:55. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:08.residents. A man has been jailed after admitting riding a quad bike
:07:08. > :07:12.around town with a three-year-old boy on the petrol tank.
:07:12. > :07:15.When Vinny Derrick left his wife and baby son to go on a night out
:07:15. > :07:16.in Manchester, he kissed them goodbye, saying he would return the
:07:16. > :07:20.next morning. Vinny hasn't been seen since.
:07:20. > :07:23.Eight years later, his wife Vicki says her life is still on hold.
:07:23. > :07:25.Today she asked MPs at Westminster to change the law to help the
:07:25. > :07:29.relatives of those who disappear without trace. Naomi Cornwell
:07:29. > :07:34.reports. One day I was part of the family
:07:34. > :07:39.and the next day I was a single mum. Vicki Derrick's life has been in
:07:39. > :07:43.limbo since her husband Vinny disappeared. After a night out in
:07:43. > :07:46.Manchester city centre in 2003 he caught a taxi to a friend's house
:07:46. > :07:51.but never arrived. A police investigation was launched but
:07:51. > :07:54.found no clues to his whereabouts. In the eight years since, Vicki
:07:54. > :07:58.Derrick has gone through the courts to dissolve their marriage but
:07:58. > :08:02.despite a lengthy legal struggle she is still unable to come trained
:08:02. > :08:05.-- to gain control of their joint bank account or mortgage. Today she
:08:05. > :08:08.gave evidence to the House of Commons justice committee as they
:08:08. > :08:12.looked at a possible change in the law. You are not only living with
:08:12. > :08:17.the fact that your husband has gone missing, you don't know why or what
:08:17. > :08:24.happened. We had a two-and-a-half- year-old little boy at the time.
:08:24. > :08:27.There is a lot of pressure and not enough help out there. In Scotland,
:08:27. > :08:32.relatives can obtain a legal certificate citing the person is
:08:32. > :08:35.officially presumed dead. That is not always possible in England.
:08:35. > :08:38.can get a declaration of the dissolution of your marriage on the
:08:38. > :08:42.basis that your husband has died, but that is a different application
:08:42. > :08:48.to making one for a presumption of death to enable you to deal with
:08:48. > :08:51.his investments or life policy, for example. So yes, there can be a
:08:51. > :08:56.number of applications and the court procedure is, blacks.
:08:56. > :09:00.Somebody like me would not normally do something like this -- it is
:09:00. > :09:05.complex. I hope we will get a positive outcome that everybody
:09:05. > :09:15.deserves. Vicki Derrick hopes other families will receive the help that
:09:15. > :09:18.
:09:18. > :09:21.families will receive the help that The Employment Minister was in
:09:21. > :09:23.Liverpool today, saying now is the time to get tough in the fight to
:09:23. > :09:26.get people off benefits and into work.
:09:26. > :09:29.Chris Grayling says he'll do more to help the unemployed to find a
:09:29. > :09:33.job, but those people have to do more to help themselves. The
:09:33. > :09:35.question is, are there enough jobs out there? In a moment we'll hear
:09:35. > :09:36.from Mr Grayling himself. First, here's our Economics Correspondent
:09:36. > :09:39.Jayne Barrett. Youth unemployment has hit a
:09:39. > :09:43.million, UK unemployment is at a 17 year high. In Liverpool today, this
:09:43. > :09:47.was not the kind of chit-chat the Employment Minister was used to.
:09:47. > :09:50.The truth is, in my first day I got an interview. Stephen is the
:09:50. > :09:55.perfect poster boy for the work programme. Out of work for 12
:09:55. > :09:58.months, he is finally back in a job. They said from day one, we can get
:09:58. > :10:04.you a job in a matter of months. It was less than that, less than a
:10:04. > :10:08.month before I started a sheet. long since she worked? But Stephen
:10:08. > :10:12.is in a minority. This is one of the work programmes provided,
:10:12. > :10:16.private companies pay to get people into work. Of that of hundred
:10:16. > :10:21.through their doors, they found jobs for just 100. Is that good
:10:21. > :10:26.enough? I say it could always be better. Are their jobs out there?
:10:26. > :10:29.There are jobs out there. number of people signing on
:10:29. > :10:34.jobseeker's allowance here has garnered 10% Ind of months. The
:10:34. > :10:41.government might want people to find a job but there is concerned
:10:41. > :10:45.those jobs do not exist -- has blown up 10% in the last 12 months.
:10:45. > :10:50.And up-skilling cause for the unemployed. Some are here because
:10:50. > :10:53.they want to be, others are here because they risk losing benefits.
:10:53. > :10:57.There are concerns some work targets are unrealistic. People are
:10:57. > :11:01.falling over each other for jobs. The expectation is you apply for
:11:01. > :11:06.three jobs a week, I am lucky if I can find three a month.
:11:06. > :11:11.government says half of those told to do a compulsory four week work-
:11:11. > :11:15.experience did not turn up. Now is the time to get tough. The aim is
:11:15. > :11:20.to send a clear message, we want to help you get back to work but if
:11:20. > :11:23.you will not expect -- accept hub, you cannot expect payments.
:11:23. > :11:28.Prime Minister is clear, if people refuse to go to a recommended job,
:11:28. > :11:34.they will have to pay a price. No more can people pick and choose.
:11:34. > :11:39.Expectations will have to change to match the jobs out there.
:11:39. > :11:43.Last night you heard how tribunal courts were awash with appeals
:11:43. > :11:46.against benefit decisions. I asked Chris Grayling if he thought people
:11:46. > :11:51.were falling victim to a benefit system failing to cope with the
:11:51. > :11:53.recession and welfare reform. Clearly we face the challenges and
:11:53. > :11:58.there has been an increase in the numbers of people on jobseeker's
:11:58. > :12:03.allowance but overall the system is capable of coping. The government
:12:03. > :12:07.is losing almost 40% of benefits appeals. That is an awful lot of
:12:07. > :12:10.genuine claimants being forced to fight for what they are entitled to.
:12:10. > :12:16.The issues around the appeal process, the numbers of Appeal that
:12:16. > :12:21.are successful, are part of the system we inherited. The changes we
:12:21. > :12:24.put in place this year will, I hope, make that different. Their stock
:12:24. > :12:27.about the work programme where anyone out of work for a year is
:12:27. > :12:32.mandated to do certain things every week or they lose benefits. Most
:12:32. > :12:37.people would say that is fair, but we spoke to someone in Rochdale who
:12:37. > :12:40.said he is forced to apply for four jobs a week or were -- all will
:12:41. > :12:46.lose his benefits but says he is lucky to see four jobs a month to
:12:46. > :12:50.go for. This programme is providing people with tailored support. They
:12:50. > :12:55.sit down with a tailored job coach, go through preparation and training
:12:55. > :12:59.sessions for individual sectors. But that is a problem, in the
:12:59. > :13:03.private sector there are not enough jobs. The truth is I have just come
:13:03. > :13:08.from a centre in Liverpool where, as we speak, they are helping
:13:08. > :13:12.people get into work. That is happening around the country.
:13:12. > :13:16.there enough jobs in the private sector? People are saying to us
:13:16. > :13:20.that while there reforms are encouraging them to apply to more
:13:20. > :13:23.jobs, there simply are not enough in the private sector for them to
:13:23. > :13:28.go for. So they are going to lose their benefits whether they want to
:13:29. > :13:32.work or not? That is simply not correct. When you go to a work
:13:32. > :13:37.programme provider, we do not apply rules to the interaction, it is for
:13:37. > :13:40.them to tailor a programme that works for you individually. If you
:13:40. > :13:45.visit the providers and listen to what they are doing, they are
:13:45. > :13:53.succeeding today, right now, in all parts of the UK in helping people
:13:53. > :13:56.find Chris Grayling, many thanks. -- in helping people find jobs.
:13:56. > :13:59.Still to come on North West Tonight: We meet the man with a
:13:59. > :14:03.voice that will soon be familiar to football fans across the country.
:14:03. > :14:13.And the changing face of news in the North West by the people who
:14:13. > :14:15.
:14:15. > :14:20.know it best. Some wonderful I think Stuart Hall might be
:14:20. > :14:24.interested in this next item. His beloved Manchester City are
:14:24. > :14:27.involved. Manchester City and Manchester
:14:27. > :14:29.United play in the Champions League tonight with qualification for the
:14:30. > :14:32.next stage of the competition a real possibility for both clubs.
:14:33. > :14:36.City are in Italy as they prepare to face Napoli, while Manchester
:14:36. > :14:38.United host Benfica at Old Trafford, from where we can now join our
:14:38. > :14:41.reporter Ian Haslam. Welcome to Old Trafford, about an
:14:41. > :14:46.hour to go ahead of the most romantic of European football
:14:46. > :14:50.fixtures if you are a Manchester United fans. It is a repeat of the
:14:50. > :14:54.famous 1968 European Cup final which United won against Benfica.
:14:54. > :14:57.Not as much at stake tonight there Manchester United know if they can
:14:57. > :15:01.get a win here it could seal qualification for the knockout
:15:01. > :15:04.stages of the Champions' League. Meanwhile Manchester City in their
:15:04. > :15:08.first ever Champions' League campaign know a win in Napoli will
:15:08. > :15:12.take them three. Winning at Napoli is something no
:15:12. > :15:15.team has managed in Europe for 17 years but the stains it seems
:15:15. > :15:19.anything is possible in Manchester City. There is no doubt this has
:15:19. > :15:27.been a dream season for Manchester City's their fire and it keeps
:15:27. > :15:32.getting better. Tonight they have the chance to make history. It will
:15:32. > :15:36.be a very hard game but we know that if we play very well, it is
:15:36. > :15:39.important for us to play a very well. It is the biggest thing we
:15:39. > :15:45.have to them. There is not a City supporter who is not buzzing about
:15:45. > :15:50.it. There is no limit to what we could do. We are excited, but take
:15:50. > :15:53.nothing for granted as a City fan. Taking nothing for granted but
:15:53. > :15:58.aware of the importance of continued progress in Europe is one
:15:58. > :16:01.of the most popular former players. It probably has gone above our
:16:01. > :16:05.expectations but the guys know what they need to do, they know what it
:16:05. > :16:09.takes, we have got a lot of experience in our side. It has been
:16:09. > :16:13.a building process and if we get through it will be a fantastic
:16:13. > :16:17.achievement and kick-start the new year. Of course, making the
:16:17. > :16:24.knockout stages has been a must for Manchester United. If Basel failed
:16:24. > :16:28.to win, victory over Benfica will be enough for Alex Ferguson's side.
:16:28. > :16:32.It is a very pressing game for both teams, both want to win, so it
:16:32. > :16:41.should make it an open match. Hopefully we will get the result we
:16:41. > :16:44.won. -- result we want. A big night ahead here at Old
:16:44. > :16:48.Trafford and in Italy where Manchester City are in action
:16:48. > :16:52.against Napoli. A warning has gone out to Manchester City fans to be
:16:52. > :16:57.on their guard after a number of stabbing incidents involving
:16:57. > :17:00.foreign football fans in Italy over the previous seasons. We hope all
:17:01. > :17:04.of the City fans return home safe and well with the result they want.
:17:04. > :17:07.Fall match commentary is on BBC Radio Manchester and we will talk
:17:07. > :17:12.about both matches on tomorrow night's show.
:17:12. > :17:15.Thank you. It's a surprising fact that, in all
:17:15. > :17:24.the years the football results have been read out on BBC television,
:17:24. > :17:26.only two people have been employed to do it. They have had a few
:17:26. > :17:31.people in some time to time to cover sick leave.
:17:31. > :17:36.You were one of them. I was, but you are about to meet
:17:36. > :17:39.the third. One of the most familiar voices to the nation's football
:17:39. > :17:42.fans put down his microphone for the final time last weekend. For 16
:17:42. > :17:45.years, Tim Gudgin has been the man delivering the news that could make
:17:45. > :17:55.or break your weekend. East Fife, 4. Forfar Athletic,
:17:55. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:03.Time for the finals course, read by Tim Gudgin. Aston Villa and which -
:18:03. > :18:07.- and West Bromwich Albion, match postponed because they are playing
:18:07. > :18:12.tomorrow. The pools Panel said a home win. Surrey, a no-score draw!
:18:12. > :18:17.That is a fine start! And here is the man who will be
:18:17. > :18:23.doing it from this Saturday. Mike West, as you know, from BBC Radio
:18:23. > :18:28.Lancashire. Congratulations. That is very kind of you. I did not know
:18:28. > :18:34.you had done this job! Nowhere near as well as you will do it, I am
:18:34. > :18:39.sure! Glen Martin was the first, then Tim Gudgin. Just two in 50
:18:39. > :18:46.years, so no pressure. You will be an old man when you finish! I hope
:18:46. > :18:49.so! Two consummate professionals. It is great to have a job like this,
:18:49. > :18:53.it is an iconic moment in the broadcasting week, the Saturday
:18:53. > :18:59.results, but you think, I am following a public treasure who is
:18:59. > :19:04.such a good professional. We have got some results for you, we
:19:04. > :19:08.thought maybe you could read them. In the real thing you have got to
:19:08. > :19:13.read them off the screen that the viewers will see? I have, do I have
:19:13. > :19:17.to do that now? I was worried you might give me the Chinese First
:19:17. > :19:27.Division! But these results are from the FA Cup quarter-finals and
:19:27. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:45.That is a TV exclusive! Nobody has heard you do that before. No.
:19:45. > :19:48.have been walking around practising, even the other day in Preston in a
:19:48. > :19:54.quiet street, I thought, I will have a go. There was a man behind
:19:54. > :20:00.me who thought I was bonkers! Now I only practise indoors. Do you have
:20:00. > :20:04.to gargle? When you have a hot lemon? I have read Tim's interviews,
:20:04. > :20:10.he says he does nothing at all, he has got such a good voice. 82,
:20:10. > :20:13.still going strong. I have taken some advice about some old wives
:20:13. > :20:20.tales, some people say that spring vinegar and olive oil, sprays that
:20:20. > :20:24.you can get, so I am looking into it. I notice they didn't ask me, so
:20:24. > :20:29.obviously I didn't do a good job when I filled in! How did you get a
:20:29. > :20:34.job like that? I think the editor of the programme wrote to the local
:20:34. > :20:40.radio sports editors and kindly my sports editor at Radio Lancashire
:20:40. > :20:44.came to me one day and said, do you fancy doing this? I said, well, yes.
:20:44. > :20:49.Didn't think any more about it, a few days later, can you send a
:20:50. > :20:59.tape? Then, can you send another take? You know Gary Phillips macro
:21:00. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:06.I did, we used to work together -- you know Gary... Well, very well
:21:06. > :21:10.done. Thank you, I am looking forward to it. My team, Everton,
:21:10. > :21:14.are the first result I will read out a. We will listen out for any
:21:14. > :21:17.bias in your voice! Now, over the years many people
:21:17. > :21:21.have occupied these seats. But not for much longer as the BBC bids
:21:21. > :21:23.farewell to these studios in Oxford Road and moves to MediaCity UK in
:21:23. > :21:30.Salford Quays. Dave Guest is spending this week
:21:30. > :21:34.wandering down memory lane. He has been here a few years himself. And
:21:34. > :21:42.he's been meeting some former residents of this studio.
:21:42. > :21:45.It is 1981 and there is a new arrival at the BBC's Oxford Road HQ.
:21:45. > :21:52.Look not West and its successor, North West Tonight, which would be
:21:52. > :21:55.resident here for the next three decades. To come to a brand new
:21:55. > :21:58.building with brand new equipment and dressing rooms, the luxury of
:21:58. > :22:03.having somewhere to get changed every day before the programme was
:22:03. > :22:08.fantastic. Welcome to the North West Tonight presenters dressing
:22:08. > :22:17.room. Glamorous, isn't it? Over the years, people have come and gone.
:22:17. > :22:20.Imagine how many famous faces must have stared into this mirror. Some
:22:20. > :22:25.numerical, others you may not, but there is one face no one could
:22:25. > :22:29.forget. Good evening to you. After the most dramatic party conference
:22:29. > :22:34.season for many years... I have always said it should be
:22:34. > :22:44.seen as, the division between network and regional television. --
:22:44. > :22:49.it should be seamless. We formed a great team, some wonderful
:22:49. > :22:59.broadcasters came through. Detectives investigating the murder
:22:59. > :23:03.in Castle to... It is 1983 and a new kit has arrived on the block. I
:23:03. > :23:06.wonder what happened to him. But the other new arrival in this year
:23:06. > :23:11.was this. With regional news bulletins every half-hour through
:23:11. > :23:15.the morning, the Manchester team had to be expanded. We were
:23:15. > :23:20.scratching our heads, thinking, does anybody want to watch at this
:23:20. > :23:24.ungodly hour? But yes, they did, in quite big numbers. A few years
:23:24. > :23:29.later, it Malk into North West Tonight, with a now familiar double
:23:29. > :23:34.act at the helm. People used to compare us to Morcambe and Wise but
:23:34. > :23:44.that was more about comparing him to a brash seaside resort and me
:23:44. > :23:48.
:23:48. > :23:52.Winifred Robinson always aimed to be thought-provoking and she was
:23:52. > :23:57.determined to be taken seriously as a journalist. I remember once being
:23:57. > :24:02.sent to an exhibition of Japanese artefacts and the producer asking
:24:02. > :24:08.if I would dress in a kimono. I remember saying to him, well, which
:24:08. > :24:12.you ask one of the male reporters to dress in a kimono? Well, some of
:24:12. > :24:17.the chaps were not averse to dressing up. These little fellas
:24:17. > :24:22.are all authentic, aren't they? Hello, Chester. The annual food
:24:22. > :24:28.appeal was popular for many years that almost cost Stuart Ward dear.
:24:28. > :24:33.He contracted bronchitis was on the road and a reaction to medication
:24:33. > :24:39.had extreme effects -- almost cost Stuart Hall dear. My wife and son
:24:39. > :24:46.came down and said, what have you been doing? I said, the food appeal
:24:46. > :24:51.almost cost my life! In 1997, a new, and yet strangely familiar face
:24:51. > :24:56.took over at north-western like. was daunting, first and foremost,
:24:56. > :25:01.because I had not done live television for a long time -- took
:25:01. > :25:05.over at North West Tonight. When I went home every night in this first
:25:05. > :25:10.two weeks, I was like an old grandad because, as I sat down when
:25:10. > :25:16.I got time, I would fall asleep in a chair because it is very mentally
:25:16. > :25:21.stretching doing a live programme. Well, stretching or not, Gordon was
:25:21. > :25:31.to spend 15 years in the hot seat. Tomorrow, we will be meeting some
:25:31. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:38.of the reporters who go to any I can't believe he put himself in
:25:38. > :25:43.that! He was just showing how good- looking he was back in the day!
:25:43. > :25:48.Lots of presenters, but perhaps only one weather presenter.
:25:48. > :25:52.I have been through Gordon, and the pair of you, I will be 156 and
:25:52. > :25:56.still standing here! If you are looking for a change in
:25:56. > :26:06.the weather, we will see it tonight because we are heading into a
:26:06. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:14.The many places, it has been a fairly pleasant afternoon. Tomorrow,
:26:14. > :26:19.the temperatures will be better, but the weather will not look so
:26:19. > :26:24.good. We have hardly a cloud in the sky for many places for quite as
:26:24. > :26:29.the hours tonight. This is when temperatures start to dive down. In
:26:29. > :26:37.rural areas, easily down to zero, so we are looking at a widespread
:26:37. > :26:41.frosts in rural areas. Towns and cities, a three for most places,
:26:41. > :26:45.perhaps a six along the coast. For many people it will be the first
:26:45. > :26:51.serious frost of the season and you will notice it tomorrow. Away from
:26:51. > :26:54.that chilly start, the sun is up at 7:48am, later and later at the
:26:54. > :26:59.moment. Perhaps as bottom drizzle in northern Lancashire and Cumbria,
:26:59. > :27:04.but anywhere to the south of that predominantly cloudy, predominantly
:27:04. > :27:09.dry. The best of the weather today in the Isle of Man and Cumbria,
:27:09. > :27:17.tomorrow it will be Merseyside and Cheshire. Couple of hours of
:27:17. > :27:26.How many times as your wardrobe changed?
:27:26. > :27:29.Very rarely! Not often enough! Can you remember your first day?