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Good evening and welcome to the programme. Our top stories,

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harassed to death by it feral youth. The damning verdict on the death of

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David Askew. We will ask why the agencies involved failed to protect

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a vulnerable man. Empty supermarket shelves on the Isle of Man after

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gale force winds meant supplies were abandoned. Not world class. A

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setback for Alder Hey hospital. A united city. Both Manchester clubs

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face a make-or-break night in the Champions' League. Going mad for

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Marcus. The X-Factor fine mist comes home to Liverpool. --

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Also tonight, Tony's out at the Etihad Stadium on what could be a

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Champions League choker for BOTH Manchester clubs. Now we're

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determined to stay positive but is this the night City AND United go

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outat the Group stage? With players worth �800m between them it's

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almost unthinkable. Almost. Join me later.

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Bring your fingernails! And Gill David Askew died after facing 30

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years of torment from peril use. Mr Askew was or unlawfully killed. The

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coroner said that he was not protected by authorities. Despite

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the 100 calls to police and the council, the coroner described the

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there was a staggering degree of inertia and complacency. Lessons

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have been learned from the tragedy. David Askew was 64, but had a

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mental age of 10. For an element of feral use, this was enough to

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terrorise him for a decade. His windows were repeatedly broken by

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My life is not the same without David. He was always with me, he

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was always doing things for me. He would go shopping with me. I really

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miss him. David's rather than -- mother, Rose, is 90. She has

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logbooks going back to the 1980s. But the askew family did not appear

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on the role as being especially vulnerable. The coroner called this

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Mr Pollard said that he would be writing down -- writing to Tameside

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council. He said that there was an awful lot of talking and no action.

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I begin to wonder what job Department does, quite frankly.

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CCTV evidence was so blurred it was useless. No one tried to get an as

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Bowe against this man, the main perpetrator. -- anti-social

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behaviour order. Instead, the The man being sought by police

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investigating a double murder has apparently been speaking to

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journalists via the internet. The police say they're keen to speak to

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Barry Morrow following the deaths of his landlady and her mother in

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Southport. Now it seems Mr Morrow has been speaking to newspaper

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journalists through Facebook. And a solicitor this evening confirmed he

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too has been in contact with the missing man. Our Chief Reporter,

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Dave Guest joins us from the newsroom.

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Tell us about this Facebook contact. What seems to have happened is that

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journalists have tried to use Facebook contact Barry Morrow. He

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has asked that he should be left alone. And he is innocent until

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proved -- proven guilty. The police are keen to speak to him because he

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is the last person to see them alive. He says he has been

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contacted by Merseyside police, but the police have refused to confirm

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or deny this. The fact they he has been in touch with a lawyer would

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suggest that they know where he is? They are not telling us. One of the

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solicitors said that Mr Morrow has been in touch, but also instructed

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to say no more than that. They would not confirm or deny whether

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they would be in touch with the Burnley. He was taken to the Royal

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Blackburn Hospital early yesterday morning with serious head injuries,

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then transferred to Manchester Children's Hospital where he died

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this morning. A 24-year-old woman from Burnley and a 40-year-old man

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from West Yorkshire have been arrested on suspicion of child

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neglect and released on bail. An e-petition has been started - to

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urge the government to grant a pardon for Alan Turing - the Second

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World War codebreaker from Cheshire - who was convicted for being

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homosexual in the 1950s. Twenty- four hours after it was launched,

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the petition has gathered more than 9,000 signatures.

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Gale-force winds have blown down trees across the region and caused

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power cuts today. In Greater Manchester a 50-foot tree crashed

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onto a house on Woodheys Drive in Sale. Another fallen tree caused a

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power cut in Altrincham this morning, and this tree blocked the

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road after it was blown down in Runcorn. Meanwhile, bad weather and

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a faulty ferry have led to empty shelves in some shops on the Isle

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Ten ferry sailings have been cancelled in the past two weeks.

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And that's disrupted supplies to This theory in Douglas harbour. Not

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an unusual sight on the Isle of Man. -- this dairy. But there are empty

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shelves and the island. The shops are suffering at the moment. I have

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never seen the shops with empty shelves before. The Isle of Man is

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gripped in a consumer crisis. could be stormy waters ahead for

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the only wholesale bakery on the island. They rely on tons of used -

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- in port. No ferry, no yeast. have been cancellations every day

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We have been speaking to the hospital on the Isle of Man, who

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say that medicine supplies have not yet been affected by the

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translations, but it may cause a problem for people who need to

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travel over to England for treatment. We have managed it by

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giving overnight accommodation and getting them on the next possible

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ferry crossing. That would have affected 12 people last week.

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the meantime, islanders and community -- commuters will have to

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And the very latest on that story is that the ferry will sail from

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Heysham tonight with around 50 container trucks on board, so some

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freight getting through now. A report by the Royal College of

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Surgeons says the surgical department at Alder Hey Children's

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Hospital does not provide "world class" care. The college reviewed

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the department after whistleblowers raised concerns about twenty cases

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at the Liverpool Hospital. Alder Hey management say surgery there is

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safe. And it's already carrying out chnages recommended by the Royal

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It's a children's hospital known around the world. But it's not

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world class in everything. That's according to the Royal College of

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By us the medical director how much a blow that was. It related to a

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few processes in one part of the hospital, so does not mean that the

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hospital as a whole has not world class. It investigated after

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consultant staff here raised concerns about clinical matters in

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general surgery. Alder Hey invited the Royal College to investigate

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twenty matters in total, including fourteen individual cases. It found

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five cases where care was "sub optimal", not as good as it should

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have been. The Royal College report also makes it clear the

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relationship between some staff had broken down. Order Haigh also

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points out that this is about general surgery and neurology. It

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does not include heart and brain surgery. -- Alder Hey hospital. The

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department had 27,000 cases in the six years covered by the review.

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And the college says patients shouldn't be worried. We did not

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have concerns for clinical safety in the order Hey hospital. In the

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Alder Hey says it's already acting on recommendations to improve staff

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It's taken ten years but a �30 million scheme to transform the

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heart of Blackburn looks set to finally get the go-ahead. The plans

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for the Cathedral Quarter of the town include a new hotel, houses,

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apartments and offices. It's hoped the project, based around the

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town's cathedral, will create 350 new jobs. Peter Marshall reports.

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Where better to launch the cathedral quarter regeneration -

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than Blackburn cathedral itself. have been Bishop of Blackburn

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nearly eight years, and we have had several faults -- false starts, and

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at long last, it does look like we are starting, and this is a real

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answer to prayer. The plans have been scaled back over those years

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because of tough economic times. At its heart - a so called clergy

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court - with apartments and houses and cathedral offices. There'll be

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a new hotel, bus interchange, offices and a public square.

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have always talked about brain the hobby back to Blackburn, and we

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hope that is what will happen. been funded with various grants and

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money from the council, the cathedral and a private developer.

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So how has it survived when many other regeneration projects

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haven't? It has been tense -- 10 years in the making. 10 years when

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you could walk away and have enough. But you recycle your ideas, you get

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other partners involved. everything goes smoothly, work will

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begin late next year, with a Lord Heseltine has said that

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Liverpool should say yes to an elected mayor. They will vote

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whether they can have a mayor in the next referendum. What would a

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meant to, and would he be bothered as to whether the system changes?

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You are familiar with mayors doing things like this. How about one

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more like this? Maybe not like Boris, but a real person taking

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real responsibilities. The exact role has not been decided, but is

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expected to include things like Council budget, policing and

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housing, including pushing your City's interests elsewhere.

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have Boris Johnson and Alex Salmond, and you do not hear a voice of

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Liverpool or Manchester. It is all part of Government's plans to give

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more power back to you. Instead of wandering what is going on up there,

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you might have a better idea of who is spending your money and how they

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are spending it. At the moment, we do not have a mayor, and it would

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be good to have an individual but is out there. I think the cost is

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the concern, and whether that can be justified in the actual savings

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and decisions that they make. not bothered one way or another.

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Visible mayors in other cities have not always what help. Hartlepool

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elected a monkey as mayor. In Stoke, a BNP there was elected. There's

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also a question as to whether a city mayor goes a long enough --

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goes far enough. We want it for Greater Manchester, and if they are

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working, while they... Whether Manchester gets his own Boris, that

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will be up to. -- liveable gets its Next, we continue our series on

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dementia, which has got a terrific response this week. Every year,

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thousands of people in the north west are diagnosed with dementia.

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Experts say that, by the time they are, most people already know what

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is coming. And yet for every 10 people who have dementia, just four

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have an actual diagnosis. In a few minutes we will be speaking to the

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medical director of NHS North West but first our health correspondent

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Laura Yates reports from inside the memory clinic at Wythenshawe

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Hospital. I would like you to spell world. It was inside this clinic

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that Ronnie was told he had dementia. Every year hundreds of

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people are referred here. Within weeks, almost two thirds of them

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are given a diagnosis. I don't think it comes as a big shock to

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most people. I must have told hundreds of people now and very

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rarely is there an emotional reaction. I suspect most people

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know already what is happening to them, and we are simply confirming

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that. Doctors here take a medical history, carry out a number of

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memory tests and a CT scan. First they diagnose dementia. Then they

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work out its cause - Alzheimer's disease the most common, vascular

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dementia the next. This is the CT scan of someone with Alzehimer's

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disease. There are dark areas, and that is fluid. That is when, in

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Alzheimer's disease, the brain cells die, the brain shrinks, and

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the fluid takes over. Speak to any expert and they are all say this -

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diagnosing dementia early is crucial and that's because getting

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the right treatment, the right medication and the right support

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are key to slowing down its progression. And yet still just

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four in every 10 people who have dementia know that they do. Ronnie

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is here this morning for a regular memory test. He has one every six

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months to see how fast his vascular dementia is progressing. He's been

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asked to remember three easy words. Specialist Sean then tries to

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distract him. A few minutes later he asks if he can remember the

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words. He can't. The recall, when you are put on the spot so to speak,

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it gets harder. You get blanker and blanker as you try to force it.

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Ronnie is getting worse but slowly. So for now his medication stays the

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same. He'll have another test here or at home in six months' time.

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A little earlier I spoke to Dr Mike Cheshire, the Medical Director of

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NHS North West. I asked him why only four in ten dementia sufferers

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get diagnosed. My mother died of dementia, and it took us two years

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to understand she had a problem so that she needed to see a doctor

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about it. And geriatric medicine is one of your specialities. Yes, and

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I still had a problem. Do you think listening to families of sufferers

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is key to this? They are the first people to spot this, and if they

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are worried, it is important for their relative to see a doctor and

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attempt to get a diagnosis. Are we doing enough? Is there enough money

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put into it for a start? They raise enough money but we are not raising

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awareness sufficiently. Dementia is a bit like cancer maybe 20 years

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ago, where we don't talk about it. People are terrified of the

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diagnosis, and where they think there might be a problem they don't

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go to the appropriate place to start of that question. From the

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many e-mails we have had, and number of people have been

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comparing it with cancer saying the money that goes into it is

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negligible compared with cancer. Surely we need to throw more cash

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into it? Were certainly do, but the first thing is to get the diagnosis

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right. Once we have the diagnosis, we can start to understand what is

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happening to these people, and then put cash in the appropriate places.

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There is a move to try to get care in the home and out of the

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community. Surely you need to keep people close, it is distressing

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enough without having to travel. Closing beds and moving people are

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almost different things. Care closer to home for dementia is very

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important. Most patients with dementia are looked after at home

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now, we need to make sure they are supported. High quality services

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jointly between the care. Thanks. And if you're worried that a member

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of your family may be showing early signs of dementia, Mike's advice is

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go first to your own GP who can make a referral to one of the

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memory clinics. Huge night in the Champions League

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tonight for both Manchester clubs, and quite a nervy night ahead too.

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Tony's out at the Etihaad Stadium where Manchester City face an

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unusual prospect. The first thing to say, Dyer -- Diane says don't

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worry it is a passing shower. the squad that was put together for

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�600m, the side that's five points clear at the top of the Premier

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League, the side that's unbeaten this season could lose out tonight.

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City play Bayern Munich who have already won the group and they must

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win to stand any chance of going through. If Napoli win against

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Villareal though - and Villareal have lost every game so far - City

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will go out whatever result they get tonight. The game has extra

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spice after Bayern Chief Executive Officer Karl Heinz Rumminiger

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predicted City will face difficulties with next season's

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financial fair play rules. Manager Roberto Mancini says he's not happy.

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I don't understand his behaviour begins Manchester City. It is six

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months and he talks every time, continues to say he hoped Naples

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goes through. I don't know what has happened with us. It's not plain

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sailing for Manchester United tonight either. Benfica should win

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their group so United must get a point in Basel tonight to probably

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finish second. Which could mean a next round tie against the likes of

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Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter or Bayern. A defeat for United tonight

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and they would go out at this stage for the first time since 2005, the

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only time it's happened before. Almost unthinkable. Sir Alex

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remains upbeat. Every year for the last few years, these players have

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been involved in semi-finals, quarter-finals and beat games in

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the Premier League. It is a big game, another one. The new chairman

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at Preston North End has been defending his appointment just 24

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hours after getting the job. He was in charge at Leeds when they had

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big debts. He says he has got the track record and he will get

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Preston back into the championship as a minimum requirement. On the

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pitch, Preston lost out in the Johnson paint Trophy northern semi-

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final last night. Better news for Oldham Athletic, who beat Bradford

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2-0. Breaking news tonight, soirees from Liverpool has been charged

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with improper conduct. That is after the defeat to Fulham on

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Monday. It is a big deal for both clubs here, the city is holding its

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breath. They have all the money in the world at Manchester City, and

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tonight they will need good luck as well. If Diana is still there, I

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will empty my head on to her lap. It is freezing, hailstones, I am

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out of here. The rain did stop, she was right! Northwest Tonight's got

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the X Factor, again! Last night we had Manchester's Misha B in the

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studio talking about her controversial exit from the show.

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Tonight we're with someone who did get through to the final,

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Liverpool's Marcus Collins. Today he was back on Merseyside,

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literally going back to his roots... A hair salon in Crosby. Eno went

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along to meet him. It is the stuff dreams are made of,

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returning to your old school practically as a superstar. X-

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factor finalist Marcus Collins flew into a school in Liverpool today to

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hundreds of screaming fans. He is basically a pupil that is proven,

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that is a role model who has proved you can work really hard and

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achieve what you want to achieve. It is a cold and windy day here,

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but a huge crowd had gathered to see Marcus returning to the place

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he used to work. Hello! All right? It is amazing to be home. He used

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to sing all the time, such a fun- loving guy. We were open until 10pm

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on Thursday, he would come straight from school. Such a live wire.

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is making locals very proud. The best thing in Waterloo, because

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nothing happens here. It is a sleepy place so this is mega.

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will put us on the map. We have shown they have talent. Crosby cake

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Company have baked him a special cake, and his partner David is very

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supportive. It would mean everything to him. He and his mum

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have struggled so much through their lives and it would give them

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a boost, it would mean everything to them.

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The wind has been incredibly strong today, 50-60 mph and I tell you

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this because you can expect to experience the same again tomorrow

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but we are adding a band of rain. When it moves away, the wind will

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get even stronger and the wintry weather comes in behind that.

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Through the day today, we have had a lot of showers, but not as many

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as we saw over the last two days. It has been a bit better on that

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score. This is the latest picture, but over the next few hours some

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could drive away and become clear. Towards midnight, you're

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temperatures could be potentially as low as one degree Celsius. There

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is a risk of ice forming. After midnight, this rain putsches in as

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we head towards the early hours of the morning. The Met Office have

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issued an amber warning for Cumbria, meaning the wind could be costing

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up to 60 mph. This band of rain will be with us all the way through

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the morning, perhaps until lunchtime. Temperatures will be

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peaking at lunchtime in double figures, very warm for the time of

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year, but as the day goes on they will fall away. The cold air get

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introduced, so by the time we get a tea time temperatures will be at

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about five degrees. As the rain pulls away, the wind could get even

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stronger, blowing up to 80 mph for a time. After that, colder air and

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we are still talking about snow in the forecast for Friday and

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