:00:07. > :00:16.Good evening. Welcome to North-West Tonight with Roger Johnson.
:00:16. > :00:21.And Ranvir Singh. Our top story: The winners and losers as families
:00:21. > :00:26.struggle to make ends meet in the run-up to Christmas. Personally I
:00:26. > :00:29.believe it's got to get worse before it gets better.
:00:30. > :00:31.In the first of a special series, we find out how inflation is
:00:31. > :00:33.affecting families in Blackpool. Also tonight:.
:00:34. > :00:36.The youths who attacked this pensioner with a concrete slab
:00:36. > :00:44.boast on Facebook about getting away with it, prompting anger in
:00:44. > :00:47.the Commons. The miracle baby born to a
:00:47. > :00:50.Merseyside mum after doctors warned a pregnancy could kill her.
:00:50. > :00:57.And counting down to curtain up - we meet the panto stars putting the
:00:57. > :01:07.finishing touches to a home-grown Beauty and the Beast. It takes over
:01:07. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:14.your life, actually, because you Thousands of families are at risk
:01:14. > :01:17.of eviction from their homes this Christmas because they can't afford
:01:18. > :01:20.to pay the rent. A new report from two charities today also says many
:01:20. > :01:23.children are being brought up on snacks, while other families wear
:01:23. > :01:30.their coats indoors because they can't afford the heating. But it
:01:30. > :01:33.wasn't all bad news today. Inflation figures show that the
:01:33. > :01:36.cost of living here in the north- west is coming down. Our economics
:01:36. > :01:42.correspondent Jayne Barrett is out at one of Manchester's Christmas
:01:42. > :01:46.markets now where those falling prices will certainly be welcomed.
:01:46. > :01:49.Absolutely. I mean, at last a little bit of economic news worth
:01:49. > :01:52.cheering - a small drop in inflation, but at least it's going
:01:52. > :01:56.in the right direction. There's a problem, though, and that problem
:01:56. > :02:00.is that average earnings here in the north-west are going in the
:02:00. > :02:04.same direction as well - down - for the fourth year running. It doesn't
:02:04. > :02:07.affect everybody. These guys have just told me they're going to be
:02:07. > :02:10.spending more this Christmas, but for others, it means tough
:02:10. > :02:20.decisions about how they're going to be able to afford to make ends
:02:20. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:30.166. The Blackpool's Empire Bingo - all eyes are on the numbers. The
:02:30. > :02:38.biggest today - inflation is down, from 5.2%, in September, a three-
:02:38. > :02:43.year high, fallen to 4.8%, good news for some. Where's the camera?
:02:43. > :02:48.Ahh! Those whose income hasn't really changed in the downturn, but
:02:48. > :02:52.for those whose income has fallen... These aren't winners. They're
:02:52. > :02:58.unlikely to feel the benefit of prices that have Marge snally
:02:58. > :03:02.dropped. Kevin Roberts is an entertainer in the resorts hotels.
:03:02. > :03:07.His �12,000-a-year salary hasn't changed in five years. The cost of
:03:07. > :03:09.living is going up. The wage isn't going down. When do you see things
:03:09. > :03:13.picking up? I don't know. Personally I believe it's got to
:03:13. > :03:17.get worse before it gets better. I don't think we're at rock bottom
:03:18. > :03:21.yet, to be honest. His partner, Robert King, is a Blackpool tram
:03:21. > :03:31.driver. His job came to an end with the end of the summer season. With
:03:31. > :03:38.it, his income was slashed. income from �20 a week - it goes to
:03:38. > :03:42.�67 a week in winter. How do you cope? I can't. I can't. You can't
:03:43. > :03:46.keep an eye on the inflation numbers without taking into account
:03:46. > :03:52.another number, average earnings. In the north-west it's down 0.2%
:03:52. > :03:56.this year, but there are some big variations. In Chester, it's down
:03:56. > :04:01.11.4%. There's some good news in some areas - in Wirral West,
:04:01. > :04:06.average earnings are up 18%. But back in Blackpool, it remains at
:04:06. > :04:13.the bottom of the table with the lowest average earnings in the
:04:13. > :04:17.country. 5101, last page. �5! fall in inflation is a small win
:04:17. > :04:23.for those whose household income is still declining.
:04:23. > :04:28.Well, if you want to know what 2012 has in store, think of this week as
:04:28. > :04:32.crystal ball week - all right, it's a snow globe, but you get what I
:04:32. > :04:35.mean because this week is an important week for economic
:04:35. > :04:38.indicators. Today it's inflation. Tomorrow, unemployment statistics
:04:38. > :04:41.are out. We're going to be looking at what that means for the youth of
:04:41. > :04:45.the north-west. The day after that the important retail sale
:04:45. > :04:49.statistics out. What does all of this mean? How does it feed into
:04:49. > :04:53.High Street sales? We'll be chatting to a professor in
:04:53. > :04:55.Warrington with some really interesting scientific formulas for
:04:55. > :04:58.you to calculate how much you should spend on your Christmas
:04:58. > :05:07.gifts this year. Join us this week. Back to you.
:05:07. > :05:10.Sounds great. A pensioner who was hit by a
:05:10. > :05:13.concrete block thrown by one of a group of teenagers has called for
:05:13. > :05:16.harsher sentences for his attackers. The man's home was targetted by the
:05:16. > :05:19.gang on Halloween. Today, it emerged that one of them
:05:19. > :05:22.has been gloating about not being sent to jail for the attack on
:05:22. > :05:27.Facebook. It's led to calls in Parliament for him to reappear in
:05:27. > :05:30.court. Rachel Foley reports. Bernard O'Donnell needs both his
:05:30. > :05:37.stick and this rail to get up and down the stairs of his home, since
:05:37. > :05:43.he was hit with a concrete block in October. When the stone hit me, it
:05:43. > :05:47.bent my leg back. Now it really is excruciatingly painful.
:05:47. > :05:52.Hallowe'en a group of teens started throwing eggs at Bernard
:05:52. > :05:55.O'Donnell's house. When he stepped outside to investigate, one threw
:05:55. > :05:57.this concrete slab at him. Yesterday, some of the gang that
:05:57. > :06:00.targeted his house appeared before Manchester magistrates. One of them,
:06:00. > :06:03.18-year-old Ryan Girdlestone, was ordered to do community service,
:06:03. > :06:05.given a curfew and told to wear a tag monitoring his movements for
:06:05. > :06:09.four months. After his court appearance, he laughed about his
:06:09. > :06:18.sentence on Facebook, posting "jus got off court wiv a 4 months tag
:06:18. > :06:23.hahahaha.". If they were supposed to be punishing these youths and if
:06:23. > :06:25.the punishment doesn't work, why bother giving the punishment in the
:06:25. > :06:27.first place? Clearly this did not work.
:06:27. > :06:33.Girdlestone's Facebook comments led to questions from Bernard
:06:33. > :06:37.O'Donnell's MP in the Commons today. What actions does the Justice
:06:37. > :06:41.Secretary intend to take against offenders who receive a community
:06:41. > :06:46.sentence instead of prison who then use the social media to boast they
:06:46. > :06:47.have got away with it, I am thinking of particular of comments
:06:47. > :06:49.posted on Facebook by Ryan Girdlestone.
:06:49. > :06:58.Girdlestone reportedly regrets making the Facebook comments, which
:06:58. > :07:02.he says he made because he was so relieved at not being sent to jail.
:07:02. > :07:05.Some news just coming in - armed police are surrounding a house in
:07:05. > :07:15.Preston where a man, who is thought to have access to guns, is refusing
:07:15. > :07:15.
:07:15. > :07:18.to give himself up. The area around the property in a sheltered housing
:07:18. > :07:21.complex on Kingsfold Drive in Penwortham has been cordoned off.
:07:21. > :07:26.Police were called after members of the public became concerned about
:07:26. > :07:30.the man's behaviour. It's not thought that he has anyone else in
:07:30. > :07:33.the house with him. We'll have more on this story in our late bulletin
:07:33. > :07:38.A vicar has admitted conducting 31 sham marriages at two churches in
:07:38. > :07:41.Rochdale, Greater Manchester. A vicar has admitted conducting 31
:07:41. > :07:44.sham marriages in Greater Manchester. The Reverend Canon Dr
:07:44. > :07:47.John Magumba carried out the ceremonies to enable illegal
:07:47. > :07:49.immigrants to remain in the UK. The 58-year-old father of six also
:07:49. > :07:59.admitted theft after failing to declare income from weddings and
:07:59. > :08:04.
:08:04. > :08:07.funerals. He will be sentenced next month. $WHITE
:08:07. > :08:10.A new painting thought to be by the elusive artist Banksy has appeared
:08:10. > :08:13.on a wall in Liverpool. The artwork which shows a biplane
:08:13. > :08:16.leaving a trail of smoke appeared in a car park just off Tithbebarn
:08:16. > :08:19.Street. Although it's not yet been officially been confirmed as a
:08:19. > :08:22.Banksy painting, the artist has posted pictures of it on his
:08:22. > :08:25.website. I'm not from Liverpool but I have seen his writing on the wall.
:08:25. > :08:28.If it is from Liverpool, I am glad he's come back. I am not sure about
:08:28. > :08:37.the loop-de-loop, but it's quite nice. Banksy keeps coming here, so
:08:37. > :08:40.we must be doing something right. Alison Kirk always dreamed of
:08:40. > :08:43.becoming a mum. But she's suffered severe kidney problems since the
:08:43. > :08:46.age of three, and doctors told her she'd probably never have children.
:08:46. > :08:50.But now Alison, from Wallasey in Wirral, has a new baby daughter,
:08:50. > :08:53.Gracie Mae. She's one of only a handful of women on dialysis in the
:08:53. > :08:58.world who've had a successful pregnancy. Andy Gill reports
:08:58. > :09:03.Alison Kirk and daughter Gracie Mae at hospital. She was born
:09:03. > :09:07.prematurely, but the fact she's here at all is a minor miracle.
:09:07. > :09:12.have just always wanted to be a mum, and now he's here it's the best
:09:12. > :09:17.thing ever. Alison's had kidney disease since she was three.
:09:17. > :09:23.Doctors said getting pregnant could put her life in danger. She had to
:09:23. > :09:26.go through dialysis six days a week during her pregnancy. It was proper
:09:26. > :09:31.scary thinking you could lose your girlfriend, you could lose your
:09:31. > :09:37.daughter. To be honest, it was terrifying. Between 2002 and 2008
:09:37. > :09:42.only 90 women on dialysis across the world got pregnant. Many lost
:09:42. > :09:46.their babies. Alison herself lost a son six months ago which makes
:09:46. > :09:50.Gracie Mae more special. I knew the risks that I could lose another
:09:50. > :09:54.child, but I wanted to go through with it because if I didn't, I'd
:09:54. > :09:57.never know. She was also at risk of having severe bleeding during the
:09:57. > :10:01.pregnancy, a problem separate from her kidney disease. Doctors from
:10:01. > :10:08.the Women's and the Royal Liverpool Hospitals worked together. To take
:10:08. > :10:12.it through to its end and, you know, to see her with her baby after all
:10:12. > :10:17.- and particularly after all she'd been through, even before she
:10:17. > :10:21.became pregnant, you just think, that's what we're here for. Alison
:10:21. > :10:30.had a kidney transplant when she was 12, but her body rejected it.
:10:30. > :10:36.She's now back on the transplant So restful!
:10:36. > :10:40.We wish them both well, of course. Both health in the future.
:10:40. > :10:44.The sight of solar panels on office buildings and homes has become
:10:44. > :10:47.common in the last couple of years. That's partly because the
:10:47. > :10:52.Government subsidised them with grants. Thousands of jobs in the
:10:52. > :10:56.industry could now go because of cuts.
:10:56. > :11:00.Protesters outside Chancellor George Osborne's office today said
:11:00. > :11:03.fewer people will invest because it will be harder to recoup their
:11:03. > :11:09.costs. This Cheshire-based company
:11:09. > :11:13.specialises in making and installing solar panels. Its
:11:13. > :11:19.business has blossomed over the last couple of years. Now we have
:11:19. > :11:23.over 70-plus employees. Of course, installing these things doesn't
:11:23. > :11:27.come cheap - and �10,000 for the average house. However, once
:11:27. > :11:31.they're up and running, you can earn money from them. Up until now,
:11:31. > :11:36.the Government has paid householders just over 43p for
:11:36. > :11:40.every kilowatt of electricity they generate. It's known as the feed-in
:11:40. > :11:46.tariff or FIT. For the average house, it's amounted to around
:11:46. > :11:49.�1,200 a year, but as of today, that figure has come down to just
:11:49. > :11:52.21 per kilowatt. Solar panel companies say changes to the rules
:11:52. > :11:57.will also make it more difficult for people to qualify for these
:11:57. > :12:01.payments in future, even at the lower rate. They fear that could
:12:01. > :12:04.cause a fall in demand that could devastate their industry. We're
:12:04. > :12:09.39,000 people in this industry today, and we suspect there will
:12:09. > :12:13.probably be less than 4,000 this time next year. Save our solar!
:12:13. > :12:16.It's a message they took to the doorstep of the Chancellor George
:12:16. > :12:21.Osborne today with a demonstration outside his constituency offices.
:12:21. > :12:25.The Government says it accepts the changes will present challenges for
:12:25. > :12:35.some firms, but it points out set- up costs have fallen. FIT payments
:12:35. > :12:35.
:12:35. > :12:39.had to be lowered accordingly to maintain the scheme's viability.
:12:39. > :12:43.Still to come: A campaign to honour a forgotten
:12:43. > :12:48.wartime hero gathers some big-name support.
:12:48. > :12:58.And who dares wins - we meet Cumbria's own Blue Peter presenter
:12:58. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:02.preparing to battle the elements for charity. After an impressive
:13:02. > :13:05.performance at the last Olympics,400 metre runner Andrew
:13:05. > :13:07.Steele was looking forward to a bright future. But the last four
:13:07. > :13:11.years haven't gone to plan. Andrew from Manchester has suffered a
:13:11. > :13:14.series of setbacks which have left him short of form and money. In the
:13:14. > :13:24.latest of his series with our Olympians, Steve Parry has been
:13:24. > :13:26.
:13:26. > :13:30.talking to Andrew about the harsh world of top level sport.
:13:30. > :13:34.# So you're looking for a miracle # To make something happen #
:13:34. > :13:37.This is a very good run indeed from Andrew Steele who goes into the
:13:37. > :13:41.lead. The last Olympics were supposed to
:13:41. > :13:44.be the start of a successful career for Andrew Steele. I was very much
:13:44. > :13:49.thinking, that's just the steppingstone, the start to better
:13:49. > :13:53.things in the future. Instead, he's barely raced since - a hernia, a
:13:53. > :13:57.groin injury, then worst of all, a debilitating illness which
:13:57. > :14:00.destroyed a year's worth of training. I got diagnosed right at
:14:00. > :14:04.the start of the season. That basically has hampered me right
:14:04. > :14:09.through to the height of this year's season as well. Have you got
:14:09. > :14:14.a lot of support in order to get you across these tough times?
:14:14. > :14:18.Unfortunately, no. It's - as we know, the nature of sport is very
:14:19. > :14:23.brutal. It's cut-throat really. UK Sport has stood by me for a number
:14:23. > :14:28.of year, but now I am left ten months before the Games - I have
:14:28. > :14:32.had all of my support taken away. I am just trying to find a way to
:14:32. > :14:35.live. He wants to highlight the darker side of top-level sport.
:14:35. > :14:39.People have this strange image of athletes in their heads of - oh,
:14:39. > :14:43.yeah, they're fine. It's glamorous. You travel the world. You train
:14:43. > :14:46.somewhere warm, then you compete, and all the cameras are flashing.
:14:46. > :14:51.The reality is not that. I am just here in rainy Manchester grinding
:14:51. > :14:55.out the training and barely getting by. How much do you think it
:14:55. > :15:01.actually costs? I broke it down including training camps and travel
:15:01. > :15:05.to competitions and so on, I'm looking at around �16,000-�18,000
:15:05. > :15:11.per year. Luck may have given up on Andrew in the past few years, but
:15:11. > :15:16.he's not giving up. It has been four years since I have been able
:15:16. > :15:20.to get a full winter's training, and with all of my trials and
:15:20. > :15:30.tribulations, I was still up in the top six or seven of the country.
:15:30. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:37.That's the goal. Let's get a medal He has a lot of mental strength.
:15:37. > :15:40.Darren Fletcher is to taken Ince -- extended break from this team due
:15:40. > :15:44.to medical reason is. He has been suffering from a
:15:44. > :15:52.chronic inflammatory bowel condition. Steward, do we know what
:15:52. > :15:56.this illnesses? Yes, it is very similar to Crohn's disease. It
:15:56. > :16:01.affects one in every 1,000 people. Symptoms can be diarrhea, fever,
:16:01. > :16:06.severe abdominal pain, so it is not hard to understand why top-level
:16:06. > :16:10.sports men would struggle with this. How long will he be out for?
:16:10. > :16:15.We do not know. He is taking an extended break, but this is an
:16:15. > :16:19.illness which is not like a twisted ankle, where he takes three weeks
:16:19. > :16:22.off. It could be a substantial length of time. Manchester United
:16:22. > :16:28.says he has been putting this often trying to continue for the sake of
:16:28. > :16:35.his career, but the matter has to be dealt with now. We do not know
:16:35. > :16:38.when he will be bad. The title race is getting exciting.
:16:38. > :16:44.Manchester City suffered their first Premier League defeat of the
:16:44. > :16:53.season at Stamford Bridge a lank black -- last night. The city had a
:16:53. > :16:57.second-minute lead, but then Chelsea levelled. Frank Lampard
:16:57. > :17:00.struck a late penalty. Roberto Mancini's side stayed two points
:17:00. > :17:07.clear at a top. It has been described as one of the
:17:07. > :17:11.most daring and courageous and operations in the war. Operation
:17:12. > :17:15.Frankton attempted to paddle canoes into Bordeaux harbour to destroy
:17:15. > :17:21.German she eats. It has emerged that one of those
:17:21. > :17:25.men was a milkman from Stockport. James Conway was selected for the
:17:25. > :17:29.mission that must have seemed impossible. A campaign has now been
:17:29. > :17:34.started to make sure he is never forgotten.
:17:34. > :17:37.1942, Britain could be on the brink of losing the war. 12 Marine
:17:37. > :17:42.commandos were taken to the west coast of France to take their way -
:17:42. > :17:46.- make their way down the Gironde estuary. Their aim is to take down
:17:46. > :17:49.German ships in the Bordeaux harbour. James Conway, a milkman
:17:50. > :17:54.from Stockport, was one of the 10 who died. He was tortured and
:17:54. > :18:00.executed by the gestapo. Winston Churchill said their mission for
:18:00. > :18:05.the -- brought the end of the war forward by six and months.
:18:05. > :18:08.His Edgeley home has been knocked down, but campaigners say he
:18:08. > :18:12.deserves a permanent monument. Everywhere should have someone of
:18:12. > :18:17.his calibre to look up to. If the young people of Stockport could
:18:17. > :18:22.display the sort of courage and dedication that he did, it would be
:18:22. > :18:25.a marvellous things. His name is among hundreds in Stockport's war
:18:25. > :18:30.memorial hall. The council is an agreement that a more fitting
:18:30. > :18:33.tribute is needed. I am a lad from Stockport myself, and you think
:18:33. > :18:38.that someone could be that brave, we should remember that in
:18:38. > :18:43.Stockport. And another famous former marine who is writing a book
:18:43. > :18:46.on the he rose has lent his support. It is important that a nation like
:18:46. > :18:51.ours has a sense of its history and pride, and that is one of the most
:18:51. > :18:55.remarkable and courageous raids of the Second World War. Pupils from
:18:55. > :18:59.schools and colleges will be invited to design his memorial, and
:18:59. > :19:05.to think about the sacrifice of the man who left his milk round in
:19:05. > :19:09.Stockport and was -- in Stockport 70 years ago.
:19:09. > :19:14.Incredible story. From one remarkable story to
:19:14. > :19:19.another one. Someone who has kayaked along the Amazon, she has
:19:19. > :19:21.walked a high wire along Battersea Power Station for charity. Now
:19:21. > :19:30.Helen Skelton from Cumbria is attempting to become the first
:19:30. > :19:35.person to use a bicycle to get to the South Pole.
:19:35. > :19:39.It is for Sport Relief, and she begins the raid on New Year's Day,
:19:39. > :19:45.facing winds and blizzards and temperatures as low as -50. It is
:19:45. > :19:48.going to be tough. We asked her how she was the wing.
:19:48. > :19:52.-- feeling for. It is going to be an exciting
:19:52. > :19:57.adventure. Very few people have been to the South Pole. But because
:19:57. > :20:01.this is so alien, I have got to think about what is involved, and
:20:01. > :20:04.they want to cry. We remember you canoeing on the
:20:04. > :20:09.Amazon, which was a similar endurance challenge. But it was
:20:09. > :20:12.different, with the weather and temperatures. That was about the
:20:12. > :20:17.endurance, and I had to cover a certain amount of miles per day.
:20:17. > :20:21.This is the same, I have to cover a certain distance and a certain time,
:20:21. > :20:27.but there is also the elements to consider. There could be wind of up
:20:27. > :20:32.to 100 miles an hour. If I make a mistake and get tired, I could get
:20:32. > :20:39.frostbite and lose a finger. Loads of people saw you, you had
:20:39. > :20:44.blisters last time. It was agony. How did your mother feel about it?
:20:44. > :20:51.I only tell them little bits. My dad is really chilled out, and they
:20:51. > :20:58.probably say things than in my back. -- behind my back. My mum and dad
:20:58. > :21:03.know why I do it. I have met so many people from Sport Relief who
:21:03. > :21:11.are facing worse things than I am. Tell us a bit about the project in
:21:11. > :21:15.Blackpool. It is all about people who need help. One of the girls I
:21:15. > :21:20.met was not going to school like she should be, she was drinking,
:21:20. > :21:24.and she got involved with the Sport Relief project. She is now doing
:21:24. > :21:29.exams, she is going out on the streets and chatting to other young
:21:29. > :21:33.people saying, do not sit on a street corner and drink cider until
:21:33. > :21:38.you fall asleep, come down to the project and do some crafts and
:21:38. > :21:46.charity work. Let's do other things. I have been lucky, the projects I
:21:46. > :21:50.have visited, I've been able to see them change in front of my eyes.
:21:50. > :21:54.She is good, isn't she? She is doing it all for charity.
:21:54. > :21:57.She is very brave. We're going to try to link up with
:21:57. > :22:00.her in the middle of January from the South Pole.
:22:00. > :22:06.Fingers crossed! If that has inspired you to get
:22:06. > :22:10.involved in Sport Relief, why not log-on and signed up. It is in
:22:10. > :22:14.March next year. There are 12 days to Christmas.
:22:14. > :22:19.Can't wait! The panto season is well and truly
:22:19. > :22:22.here. Oh no, it's not!
:22:22. > :22:26.For one group, it could not come soon enough.
:22:26. > :22:30.They have been gearing up for 11 months, ready to put on a show,
:22:30. > :22:34.Beauty And The Beast. In the first of the series, Elaine Dunkley has
:22:34. > :22:38.been finding out what it takes to add a little magic to the festive
:22:38. > :22:43.season. Custard pie throwing can only mean
:22:43. > :22:49.one thing, but for one group of volunteers it is punter season all-
:22:49. > :22:55.year-round. Paul Brownsell and Glynn Adams, also known as
:22:55. > :23:01.Wythenshawe's answer to the Chuckle brothers have been working all year.
:23:01. > :23:06.Sometimes you think that is funny, but nothing. But other things, they
:23:06. > :23:11.seemed very trivial, but they go mad for it. Like pulling a face.
:23:11. > :23:14.You have to adapt on the stage. The group has been going for a
:23:14. > :23:18.living years, and they perform to thousands of children at the
:23:18. > :23:26.Wythenshawe Forum. Very different from the small church hall it
:23:26. > :23:31.started. We were so close to them, and we miss that in a way. People
:23:31. > :23:37.are further away now. It was great. The applause in the room was
:23:37. > :23:41.deafening. They probably thought we were better than we were! This area
:23:41. > :23:45.was once described as broken Britain, but this group want to
:23:45. > :23:51.show there is a strong sense of community. While juggling jobs and
:23:51. > :23:54.family life, the team put in hours of rehearsal every week. It is
:23:54. > :23:57.rewarding seeing the children having such a good time, but your
:23:57. > :24:05.family and friends come and you have a laugh and you feel like a
:24:05. > :24:09.celebrity, and people tell you they have seen you on stage. It is not
:24:09. > :24:12.just on stage that the cast are feeling the pressure. The budget
:24:12. > :24:19.for the performances tight, and most of the work is done by
:24:19. > :24:25.volunteers. Hazel has hand made dozens of costumes, and is still
:24:25. > :24:33.nowhere near finished. There is Material everywhere, all over the
:24:33. > :24:37.house. It takes over your life. You meet, and sleep pantomime. We will
:24:37. > :24:44.join the pantomime team tomorrow to find out how they came together at
:24:44. > :24:52.to help had cast member dealing with devastating news.
:24:52. > :24:58.Do you want to do you seen? -- you part?
:24:58. > :25:01.People pull me aside and shopping centres and say, you're the evil
:25:01. > :25:11.witch, but I've never been a map pantomime!
:25:11. > :25:15.
:25:15. > :25:22.The weather map, it's behind you! It has been a difficult day, with
:25:22. > :25:27.high winds and high waves on the sea. We're not out of the woods yet,
:25:27. > :25:33.in terms of the wind. You can see on the map, we have an amber
:25:33. > :25:40.triangle, this is for parts of Cumbria. Snow will continue to fall,
:25:40. > :25:45.but for most of us it has not bothered many of us. Many places
:25:45. > :25:50.have been dry, but in Cumbria 10 centimetres is possible on the
:25:50. > :26:00.hills. You will notice gale-force winds on the map as well. We could
:26:00. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:10.see winds of 70 miles an hour. Most of us will see wind of 50 mph. With
:26:10. > :26:15.the been largely dry tonight, and clear whether, be could be down to
:26:15. > :26:25.one Celsius. If the ground is damp, and the roads remain untreated, we
:26:25. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:36.will have AC surfaces. -- AC icy. Tomorrow the winds will still be
:26:36. > :26:41.gusty, with good spells of sunshine. Ignore the wintry showers, which
:26:41. > :26:46.will not trouble us. For most places it will be dry. A shower of
:26:46. > :26:50.rain or sleet from time to time, and parts of Cumbria could have a
:26:50. > :26:55.wintry shower from time to time. Winds are not quite as strong as
:26:55. > :27:00.today, but the temperatures are not great. The best we can expect is
:27:00. > :27:07.five or six. It will feel colder than that.
:27:07. > :27:17.Oh no, it won't! We should have a pantomime.
:27:17. > :27:20.I will not be an ugly Sister! Before we go, can we say well done
:27:20. > :27:25.to Altrincham Synchronised Ice Skating team. They have just
:27:25. > :27:33.competed in the world championships, and the Adolf team won gold, the