:00:04. > :00:11.Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Ranvir Singh and Roger
:00:11. > :00:16.Johnson. Our top story: A toddler's preventable death at these brutal
:00:16. > :00:22.hands. Joshua Jones's family give their reaction as a coroner says he
:00:22. > :00:30.could have been saved. If the agencies have done their jobs
:00:30. > :00:34.correctly and acted accordingly, I think that Joshua could still be a.
:00:34. > :00:40.-- here. Why was two-year-old Joshua sent home despite a
:00:40. > :00:43.catalogue of injuries? And training the troops, in Afghanistan with
:00:43. > :00:46.that the north-west men and women preparing for the front line. Also
:00:46. > :00:50.in the programme: The three lions worn by England's first black
:00:50. > :00:53.footballer take pride of place at a Manchester museum. And going mad
:00:53. > :01:03.for Macca - we're at the Echo Arena as Sir Paul's world tour comes to
:01:03. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:14.an end in his home town. You just have a feeling that something
:01:14. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:37."A long and harrowing experience". That's how the Cheshire Coroner has
:01:37. > :01:41.described an inquest into the death of Joshua Jones, the Runcorn
:01:41. > :01:43.toddler who died after months of horrific abuse at the hands of his
:01:43. > :01:46.mother's violent boyfriend. He also concluded Joshua would probably
:01:46. > :01:48.still be alive if the agencies responsible for his safety had
:01:48. > :01:51.taken steps to protect him. Our reporter, Mark Edwardson was in
:01:51. > :01:53.Warrington. The happy, smiling face of Joshua Jones. Horrifically
:01:53. > :01:56.abused by his mother's boyfriend, Wayne Davenport. Nichola Bowman had
:01:56. > :02:01.been warned not to leave Joshua in the house alone with with Davenport.
:02:01. > :02:04.But she ignored the advice, with tragic consequences. It was the
:02:04. > :02:08.evening of November the 62007 when paramedics were called to this
:02:08. > :02:12.address. They found Joshua Jones with a head injury inflicted by
:02:12. > :02:22.wind of an pot. Joshua was unresponsive and was taken to
:02:22. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:29.Warrington District General Hospital where he was admitted. But
:02:29. > :02:33.the agencies have done their jobs correctly and acted accordingly, I
:02:33. > :02:38.think that Joshua would still be a. Changes have been made but there
:02:38. > :02:45.has been no official apology to Joshua at his family for how the
:02:45. > :02:46.agencies have let him down. October the 26th Joshua was taken
:02:46. > :02:49.to Warrington Hospital with multiple suspicious injuries
:02:49. > :02:54.including a broken arm. Nicola Bowman makes excuses - but medical
:02:54. > :02:57.staff were suspicious. On 1st November police, Halton District
:02:57. > :03:04.council and the hospital decide he can be discharged. Five days later,
:03:04. > :03:09.Joshua was dead. The Cheshire coroner, recording a verdict of
:03:09. > :03:14.unlawful killing, said that Joshua would probably still be alive if
:03:14. > :03:19.the police and Horton does regional hospital had that sent them back to
:03:19. > :03:22.an unsafe environment. The Halton Safeguarding Children Board speaks
:03:22. > :03:27.for all the agencies who are charged with protecting youngsters,
:03:27. > :03:30.including Joshua. At the time, the Serious Case Review look at the
:03:30. > :03:33.agency's individually and collectively and the work they have
:03:33. > :03:40.done with Joshua and his family and took on board the lessons they had
:03:40. > :03:43.learned. The coroner said he was assured the police had learnt
:03:43. > :03:48.lessons. But he's writing to Halton Borough Council and Warrington
:03:48. > :03:58.Hospital with more reccommendations. They say many of their procedures
:03:58. > :03:58.
:03:58. > :04:01.have been radically improved since the death of Joshua Jones. Our
:04:01. > :04:04.Health Correspondent Laura Yates joins us now. Laura, so many times
:04:04. > :04:06.in these kind of stories we hear the same criticism - that agencies
:04:06. > :04:09.are not working together properly. This, in this case the coroner
:04:09. > :04:13.described communication between the police the hospital and the social
:04:13. > :04:19.services as inadequate. The problem was they did not sure information
:04:19. > :04:25.they had individually and as a whole. Because the social workers
:04:25. > :04:32.and also the photographs that the hospital had of Joshua's injury.
:04:32. > :04:36.The coroner has said the hospital next to review procedures of cases
:04:36. > :04:41.where children come in with us suspicious injuries. But will that
:04:41. > :04:46.blanket guidance work for everybody? We had a look at some of
:04:46. > :04:51.the guidance nationally and it seems to be just that, Giggs. But
:04:51. > :04:55.the coroner has told Warrington Hospital what they must do what
:04:55. > :05:01.Trojan who come in with suspicious injuries. They must see two
:05:01. > :05:11.specialists and the kind of injury the child has and that all staff
:05:11. > :05:13.should have mandatory training in safeguarding children. All this
:05:13. > :05:16.week we're meeting the men and women from the North West serving
:05:16. > :05:21.in Afghanistan, and today it's the turn of those preparing to travel
:05:21. > :05:24.to the frontline. Everyone arriving at Camp Bastion in Helmand spends a
:05:24. > :05:26.week getting used to the harsh Afghan conditions - the dust, the
:05:26. > :05:29.rough terrain and the extreme temperatures. Training the troops
:05:29. > :05:32.here is crucial for their safety when they travel on to hostile
:05:32. > :05:42.areas. Naomi Cornwell's been meeting them as they prepare to put
:05:42. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :05:59.their lives on the line. They've practised at home. Now the troops
:05:59. > :06:01.are getting used to firing in the dust of Afghanistan. Before leaving
:06:01. > :06:04.Camp Bastion, everyone must undergo extra training to prepare them for
:06:04. > :06:10.the risks they'll face out in Helmand Province. The men and women
:06:10. > :06:13.here are used to firing two or three rounds at a time. This
:06:13. > :06:20.exercise is designed to boost their confidence so they can fire the
:06:20. > :06:24.longer bursts needed out on the ground. Today is mandatory training
:06:24. > :06:28.for the Rangers. We have to do it once a month to make sure they keep
:06:28. > :06:33.up with their weapons. We have not been firing their weapons that much,
:06:33. > :06:39.which is good news, but they have got to maintain that skill. Also,
:06:39. > :06:46.medical training. If you hear a bang, get on the deck, someone
:06:46. > :06:51.should show, a man down, man down. Blood loss is the biggest killer
:06:51. > :07:00.for those caught hopping explosions. They are being trained to use a
:07:00. > :07:03.simple tourniquet. Private Craig Healey is training as a first aider
:07:03. > :07:08.for has Territorial Army unit. Back home user supermarkets security
:07:08. > :07:12.guard. It is all look different to normal day-to-day life in civvy
:07:13. > :07:21.street. It is an experience worth having. I have enjoyed it since I
:07:21. > :07:24.had been you. In another part of the camp, they're having a driving
:07:24. > :07:26.lesson with a difference. These huge armoured vehicles are the
:07:26. > :07:30.army's main mode of transport in Afghanistan, but it's very
:07:30. > :07:33.different to home. It's only here that they can really get to grips
:07:33. > :07:36.with the harsh terrain. Everything is aimed at giving them a realistic
:07:36. > :07:39.view of what life will be like outside the Camp. It has been a big
:07:39. > :07:48.learning curve, and I am pleased that I managed to get on the
:07:48. > :07:53.deployment list. They even have a mock Afghan village here to
:07:53. > :07:56.practice their patrols. And Jeff the dog is teaching them a few
:07:56. > :08:01.things too. He's been specially trained to find Improvised
:08:01. > :08:06.Explosive Devices. I'm part of the bomb disposal team that gets called
:08:06. > :08:09.out to I e ds. We have to search for them and destroy them, so that
:08:09. > :08:15.the guys on the ground can operate as normal and so that the Afghan
:08:15. > :08:20.civilians can do their job. It is quite a hard job mentally because
:08:20. > :08:24.you have got so many things to think about all at once. And being
:08:24. > :08:29.constantly on call, it takes it out of you have it, not being able to
:08:29. > :08:33.switch off completely. You have good days and bad days but overall,
:08:33. > :08:39.it is a good job to do, you know you are doing good and helping
:08:39. > :08:49.people. Even the courts are part of the training, making sure that the
:08:49. > :08:52.
:08:52. > :08:55.dogs are used to coming across other animals. Every detail is
:08:55. > :08:58.crucial. The men and women here know their lives may one day depend
:08:59. > :09:06.on it. Tomorrow, we meet the medics - the NHS staff who have
:09:06. > :09:09.volunteered to run the busiest trauma hospital in the world. David
:09:09. > :09:11.Hunt was no good samaritan. When he found his neighbour dead in her
:09:11. > :09:14.Lancashire home he didn't immediately call the police or
:09:14. > :09:17.emergency services. Instead, he stole her belongings, raided her
:09:17. > :09:20.bank account and went on a spending spree. Today, the electrician from
:09:20. > :09:24.Lytham St Annes was jailed for two and a half years for a crime
:09:24. > :09:27.labelled as "despicable and callous". Peter Marshall reports.
:09:27. > :09:37.David Hunt noticed when his neighbour hadn't been seen for some
:09:37. > :09:38.
:09:38. > :09:42.days - when post built up at her flat directly below his. He broke
:09:42. > :09:46.in to her home - in Ansdell near Lytham - to check, and that's where
:09:46. > :09:50.his neighbourliness ended. He found 61 year old Jane Melody dead in her
:09:51. > :09:54.bedroom - and embarked on a callous crime. David Hunt help himself to a
:09:54. > :09:56.bank art and jewellery from the bedside table. He took mobile
:09:56. > :10:02.phones of carcasses from the kitchen and went on a spending
:10:02. > :10:07.spree. He withdrew �200 from her account, bought a bike and went for
:10:07. > :10:14.a few drinks, all the time showing a callous disregard for his poor,
:10:14. > :10:16.it neighbour. It was several hours before he alerted police to miss
:10:16. > :10:19.Melody's death. They became suspicious and eventually he
:10:19. > :10:22.admitted his crime. At Burnley crown court he pleaded guilty to
:10:22. > :10:26.one charge of burglary - and two of fraud. That was completely
:10:26. > :10:34.premeditated. He had time to keep so there has actions and took these
:10:34. > :10:37.items with no cure for the situation or any family members.
:10:37. > :10:40.Burnley crown court was told 38 year-old Hunt had since shown
:10:40. > :10:44.genuine remorse for his moment of madness - and he'd paid �600 to
:10:44. > :10:46.cover some of his neighbour's funeral costs. Imprisoning hunt for
:10:46. > :10:52.a total two-and-a-half years, the judge said that this was no moment
:10:52. > :11:02.of madness, rather, his actions were callous, premeditated and
:11:02. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:11.showed no conscience whatsoever. A mother has made a tearful appeal
:11:11. > :11:13.for help in finding her missing son. Hayden Evans hasn't been seen since
:11:13. > :11:17.leaving a Christmas party in Cheshire during the early hours of
:11:17. > :11:20.Saturday. A huge police search is now underway for the 18 year old.
:11:20. > :11:23.Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, has the story. A mother and son pose
:11:23. > :11:28.for a happy snap while Christmas shopping last week. Now the son is
:11:28. > :11:35.missing - and the mum is distraught. If anyone knows where my son is, we
:11:35. > :11:38.just want him back. Hayden Evans is 18 and had attended a Christmas
:11:38. > :11:41.Party at the Carden Park Hotel just outside Chester on Friday night. He
:11:41. > :11:46.was last seen outside the front door around half past midnight. Did
:11:47. > :11:50.he make his way down the drive to the men in France? The police are
:11:50. > :11:56.keen to hear from anyone who thinks they may have seen them wandering
:11:56. > :12:01.along you, one of the A41, during the early hours. He is 5 ft 9
:12:01. > :12:04.inches tall, short, dark brown hair, and blue eyes. Around 60 officers
:12:04. > :12:10.have been involved in searching for Hayden - both within the hotel
:12:10. > :12:15.grounds - and further afield. concerned because obviously it was
:12:15. > :12:22.the early hours of Saturday morning and it is now Tuesday, and we know
:12:22. > :12:27.that it is cold weather, it is December. We are concerned.
:12:27. > :12:33.police said that someone had reported seeing someone similar to
:12:33. > :12:40.him walking along the A41, and they have asked that caller to contact
:12:40. > :12:50.them again. The family is in bits. We're having nightmares. We just
:12:50. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :12:58.want him back. She says she just wants her son home for Christmas. A
:12:58. > :13:01.father, originally from Greater Manchester, and his two children,
:13:01. > :13:04.have died in a suspected poison gas leak at a cottage in Ireland. The
:13:04. > :13:07.bodies of Trevor Wallwork, his 12 year old daughter Kimberley, and 9
:13:07. > :13:10.year old son Harry, were found at their home in County Sligo. Mr
:13:10. > :13:15.Wallwork's wife Susan, was in hospital being treated for cancer
:13:15. > :13:18.at the time of the accident. The MP for Chorley has criticised the
:13:18. > :13:21.government over BAe missing out on a defence deal worth almost 5
:13:21. > :13:27.billion dollars. Lyndsay Hoyle says the government didn't take enough
:13:27. > :13:30.action to secure a contract with Japan for 42 Typhoon Jets. 1,400
:13:30. > :13:37.jobs were recently cut at BAe's plants in Warton and Salmesbury,
:13:37. > :13:42.where the planes are built. Meanwhile, BAe Systems has sold its
:13:42. > :13:45.site at Woodford in Cheshire to Avro Heritage Limited. BAe has had
:13:45. > :13:49.a presence in Woodford since 1924 and has built more than 20,000
:13:49. > :13:51.aircraft there - including the Lancaster Bomber. Avro Heritage
:13:51. > :13:54.says it wants Woodford's association with the aviation
:13:54. > :14:01.industry to be reflected in the development of the site. Plans are
:14:01. > :14:05.thought to include film studios. Still to come : pride of place for
:14:05. > :14:10.the short of a football have made history. And Manchester Museum on
:14:10. > :14:14.as England's first black player. And managers under pressure as the
:14:14. > :14:24.bottom two in the Premier League going head-to-head in what could be,
:14:24. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:31.sack race. We will be live from he would park. -- Ewood Park. Next
:14:32. > :14:34.tonight: as the rest of us gear up for a few extra calories over
:14:34. > :14:37.Christmas, spare a thought for our elite athletes. Lora Turnham from
:14:37. > :14:40.Liverpool is a blind cyclist who trains at the Velodrome in
:14:40. > :14:43.Manchester. She's hoping to make it to next year's paralympics. In the
:14:43. > :14:53.latest of our Olympic Dreams, Lindsey Prosser looks at how Lora
:14:53. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:02.unwinds away from the track. For Laura, it is all about speed.
:15:02. > :15:06.have got the wind rushing past your body. You have got the sound of the
:15:06. > :15:13.bike. You know when you are going fast. You can feel it through the
:15:13. > :15:17.by. Laura comes from a sporting family. Her mum, has also blind, is
:15:17. > :15:21.a champion runner, and to brothers, also blind, play football and
:15:22. > :15:28.cricket for England. They have always pushed me to take part in
:15:28. > :15:33.sport. The Matt Cole was supported us and taking us to events and
:15:33. > :15:37.Tudor's on and encouraged us to train. Laura likes to socialise but
:15:37. > :15:42.vase have to make sacrifices for training and they keep in touch
:15:42. > :15:47.with friends through a computer. You have got to keep your friends
:15:47. > :15:56.around you when you are training because you need to stay positive
:15:56. > :16:00.and they help you. Neil is Laura's boyfriend. He is also a Paralympics
:16:00. > :16:05.cyclist and understands her determination. You cannot just go
:16:05. > :16:09.out to the pub and have a drink. are very good at getting the best
:16:09. > :16:15.out of each other. I think we make a reasonably good team from that
:16:15. > :16:22.point of view. Even at home, Laura trains four hours. How many miles
:16:22. > :16:31.to you do? I have no idea. Lots! Laura hopes to make the Great
:16:31. > :16:37.Britain team for the World Championships in beggary. -- in
:16:37. > :16:47.February. She must look an on-site, in the conservatory, peddling a we
:16:47. > :16:51.
:16:51. > :16:55.like that! -- an odd sight peddling away. Football now, and there's a
:16:55. > :16:57.crunch North West derby at the foot of the Premier League tonight -
:16:57. > :17:00.with bottom club Bolton going to second from bottom Blackburn. Both
:17:00. > :17:03.Managers know defeat could have major repercussions - not least for
:17:03. > :17:06.their own jobs. At Ewood Park for us tonight is our reporter Ian
:17:06. > :17:09.Haslam. I bet both sets of fans abating their fingernails. Yes, the
:17:09. > :17:15.rain has just started here but there is very -- variable in the
:17:15. > :17:25.way of festive cheer. Chance of Steve keen about ring around --
:17:25. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:32.Steve Kean out ring around this stadium game after game. A short
:17:32. > :17:39.while ago, I put these questions to the former Blackburn Rovers striker,
:17:39. > :17:44.Kevin Gallacher. It is a tall order. That possibly could be, but who's
:17:44. > :17:54.going to sack him? Is it going to come from India? Or is there when
:17:54. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:04.to be someone you that nobody knows about? That is the question.
:18:04. > :18:07.tough times for Blackburn Rovers, and it's a similar story at Bolton.
:18:07. > :18:10.In fact, Wanderers are a point worse off than their local rivals
:18:10. > :18:12.and have lost more matches and conceded more goals than any other
:18:12. > :18:15.Premier League side. Well here tonight as a summariser for BBC
:18:15. > :18:18.Radio Manchester is the former Bolton striker Alan Gowling, can
:18:18. > :18:21.Owen Coyle and his team get a result tonight? Yes, I think you
:18:21. > :18:24.can forget everything that has gone on previously in the season so far.
:18:24. > :18:28.Tonight is a massive game and the lads will be up for it. If they up
:18:28. > :18:31.for it I can see them winning. lose or draw, tonight's match could
:18:31. > :18:34.have huge consequences for both Managers. If the result doesn't go
:18:34. > :18:37.Bolton's way, will Owen Coyle be given time to turn things around?
:18:37. > :18:47.It depends on which count you are sitting in. For myself I don't
:18:47. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :18:57.think he will get a lot of time if they lose tonight. Thanks Alan.
:18:57. > :18:59.There's full match commentary on both BBC Lancashire and as
:18:59. > :19:02.mentioned, BBC Radio Manchester. Should either side lose tonight
:19:02. > :19:05.they'll spend Christmas bottom of the table. In 18 of the Premier
:19:05. > :19:08.League's 19 seasons, the side in that position has gone on to be
:19:08. > :19:18.relegated. An interesting night ahead, we'll have a full report in
:19:18. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:26.tomorrow's North West Tonight. has just ruin Christmas for all
:19:26. > :19:30.fans of those teams there! The match at Ewood may well determine
:19:30. > :19:33.the future of one of those clubs, but a landmark in football's past
:19:34. > :19:36.was remembered in Manchester today. When Viv Anderson took to the field
:19:36. > :19:39.for England's match against Czechoslovakia in November 1978, he
:19:39. > :19:42.was making history. He was the first black player to represent his
:19:42. > :19:52.country in a full international. Now, the shirt he wore that day has
:19:52. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :19:59.gone on show at the People's History Museum in Manchester. Jim
:19:59. > :20:01.Callaghan was at Number 10. Rod Stewart at Number one. And a black
:20:01. > :20:04.man wore Number 2 for England. Sounds unremarkable, but only a
:20:04. > :20:07.week earlier a nightclub in Birmingham had been forced to lift
:20:07. > :20:13.its ban on black customers. Everybody knew the significance of
:20:13. > :20:20.Viv Anderson's England debut. was a big occasion. You look back
:20:20. > :20:25.now and I got a telegram from the Queen, and Elton John. Obviously it
:20:25. > :20:29.was a big thing at the time. shirt Viv wore that night has gone
:20:29. > :20:33.on show at the People's History Museum. The first thing that
:20:33. > :20:38.strikes me looking at it is how grubby it loose. They have resisted
:20:38. > :20:44.the temptation to wash out of that match the crime. The shirt's been
:20:44. > :20:51.conserved rather than restored. this case, it means preserving
:20:51. > :20:55.grass stains and other marks and possibly some of the Anderson's
:20:55. > :20:58.perspiration, warned that the shot. Viv Anderson was Alex Ferguson's
:20:58. > :21:01.first signing at Manchester United. The racial abuse he experienced
:21:01. > :21:03.from the terraces at some grounds has largely gone. But racism is
:21:03. > :21:06.again an issue. Liverpool's Luis Suarez is defending himself from
:21:06. > :21:14.allegations that he racially abused United defender Patrice Evra. Some
:21:14. > :21:18.say a misunderstanding between different cultures may be at play.
:21:18. > :21:22.If somebody said something that in their culture mean something not
:21:22. > :21:28.quite as bad as we interpret it, then you have got to take that on
:21:28. > :21:33.board. You have to look for that? You have to look for everything, I
:21:33. > :21:39.think. For the record, England won 1-0. But Viv Anderson's shirt tells
:21:39. > :21:46.a story that goes beyond football. You remember it? You were about
:21:46. > :21:51.eight years old? Yes, that was the first replica kit that I had.
:21:51. > :22:01.There'll be lots of mothers trying to desperately get bloodstains out
:22:01. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:08.of football kit! I just remember that kit. I love it. There's always
:22:08. > :22:11.an extra buzz in Liverpool when the former Beatle performs. And it's
:22:11. > :22:18.the first time he's played at the city's Echo arena. Our Merseyside
:22:18. > :22:26.Reporter, Andy Gill, is there now. I'm sure that the anticipation is
:22:26. > :22:29.starting to build. It certainly is. A picture of Sir Paul McCartney
:22:29. > :22:39.making the outside of the multi- storey car-park more decorative
:22:39. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:47.than it would ordinarily be. Last year, he played the o2 arena. He
:22:47. > :22:54.bought the entire audience abide of chips. We're not sure if he will do
:22:54. > :23:03.that again tonight but the fans are all looking forward to it anyway.
:23:03. > :23:06.Here's a little taste of what the fans can expect later tonight. On
:23:06. > :23:12.this afternoon's Magical Mystery Beatles tour of Liverpool lots of
:23:12. > :23:19.fans had tickets for tonight's show. We won the tickets from a radio
:23:19. > :23:26.station in Germany, and yes, I am very excited. Pick one out that you
:23:26. > :23:36.would like him to do? It would be cool if he did at the end the life.
:23:36. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:42.The driver's going too. This week Sir Paul told the Liverpool Echo he
:23:42. > :23:48.often drives around his childhood haunts when he comes home. Perhaps
:23:48. > :23:57.the fans on this trip would bump into him? It is amazing, the
:23:57. > :24:00.Revenue does come he does with perhaps not. But all agreed there's
:24:00. > :24:03.something special about going to a Macca concert in Liverpool.
:24:03. > :24:10.Something special happens every time he plays, but I'm sure that
:24:10. > :24:14.that gives it an extra kick, it being in Liverpool. Sir Paul told
:24:15. > :24:20.BBC radio why he wanted to play in Liverpool tonight. You do this big
:24:20. > :24:25.show, and you go to Yankee Stadium, to big stadiums in Sao Paulo, in
:24:25. > :24:31.Rio de Janeiro, then you think, it would be nice if the forks at home
:24:31. > :24:41.could see this. Sir Paul played two encores in Manchester last night. I
:24:41. > :24:45.You'd have thought at the age of 69 that Sir Paul McCartney might
:24:45. > :24:51.slowdown but he has announced plans for a new album of cover versions
:24:51. > :24:56.out next February. There will be something special at this concert
:24:56. > :24:59.tonight, it will be Christmas themed and it will be something
:24:59. > :25:09.that the Liverpool audience will get that no one else on this tour
:25:09. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:16.has had. I saw him at Anfield. Brilliant. We were particularly
:25:16. > :25:21.taken with the aspect of a free bag of chips. I saw him at Manchester a
:25:21. > :25:25.few years ago, and that was one of the best nights of my life, but now
:25:25. > :25:33.that I know that other people got a bag of chips, my memory has been
:25:33. > :25:40.ruined! Tomorrow, there is a significant difference. It is quite
:25:40. > :25:45.grey and dull, but integers shook up as we go through the day. --
:25:45. > :25:49.temperatures shoot up. We stay largely dry, but what we are
:25:49. > :25:54.waiting for is the next band of rain, coming into the Isle of Man
:25:54. > :25:59.already, then fringing the coast over the next few hours. As the
:25:59. > :26:02.night wears on it will take hold. By midnight, that has won to
:26:02. > :26:10.blanket the wall of the north-west of England. There will be some
:26:10. > :26:13.heavy bursts and amongst that. In terms of temperatures, dropping to
:26:13. > :26:19.around three Celsius over the next couple of hours, but temperatures
:26:19. > :26:26.will rise through the night, and we will start tomorrow with up to
:26:26. > :26:31.seven Celsius. Tomorrow, rain will try to leave us early, mid- to late
:26:31. > :26:37.morning, by most places. You should see it rising over the Pennines and
:26:37. > :26:43.Clearing by 11 o'clock. There is such a lot of cloud cover, there is
:26:43. > :26:51.going to be quite a bit of drizzle, just a damp kind of day, and his
:26:51. > :26:56.ability will be poor over the tops of the fells. -- visibility. And
:26:56. > :27:00.temperatures will be up at double figures, between 10-12 Celsius.
:27:00. > :27:04.This is a significant rise on last week. Keeping these temperatures
:27:04. > :27:09.over the next couple of days. By Saturday it will start to get
:27:09. > :27:19.colder again, with temperatures back down to six Celsius. Just
:27:19. > :27:21.
:27:21. > :27:24.before we go, some test of fund raising. -- festive fund-raising.
:27:24. > :27:28.The two Manchester football clubs have been looking down on the rest
:27:28. > :27:35.- from their elevated positions at the top of the Premier League this
:27:35. > :27:38.season. A stilt-walking santa and his sidekicks has been head and
:27:38. > :27:41.shoulders above all others in the city today - as he walked from