:00:11. > :00:16.Good evening, welcome to North West Tonight. Our top story: Big victory
:00:17. > :00:22.in the beautiful game or just a clash of cultures? The issue of
:00:22. > :00:26.racism rears its head as Luis Suarez is banned for eight matches.
:00:26. > :00:32.They have gone to make an example against discriminatory attitudes
:00:32. > :00:34.and behaviour within our sport. will hear from both sides of the
:00:35. > :00:39.argument as Liverpool stand by their man.
:00:39. > :00:44.Also, a sad farewell to the grand mother robbed of her late husband's
:00:44. > :00:48.ashes. We will make the NHS medics who have swapped the north-west for
:00:48. > :00:52.Afghanistan to run the biggest from a hospital in the world.
:00:52. > :00:56.And festive food for the less fortunate. The donations heading
:00:56. > :01:06.for the dinner tables of the homeless and the elderly this
:01:06. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:13.Christmas. First, more than two decades after
:01:13. > :01:16.bananas were third and John Barnes in a Merseyside derby, the issue of
:01:16. > :01:20.racism has once again flared up in football.
:01:20. > :01:25.On the day that John Terry was charged with racial abuse,
:01:25. > :01:29.Liverpool is considering whether to appeal against the eight-match ban
:01:29. > :01:33.on Luis Suarez after the Football Association found him guilty of
:01:33. > :01:38.misconduct for abusing Manchester United's betrays every. In a moment
:01:38. > :01:42.we will hear from the chairman of the players' union, Clarke Carlisle.
:01:42. > :01:46.What might have looked like another minor spat in the intense
:01:47. > :01:52.atmosphere of a Liverpool, Manchester United match has taken
:01:52. > :01:55.on major significance. I think this is a very interesting case. It
:01:55. > :01:59.gives us an insight into the sort of things that have been going on
:01:59. > :02:04.for some time. This is the first case we have seen in the UK which
:02:04. > :02:10.has been prosecuted. But trees ever accused Luis Suarez of racially
:02:10. > :02:15.abusing him during their match in October. The word was understood to
:02:15. > :02:20.be "negrito", not always it would seem an offensive term in Luis
:02:20. > :02:25.Suarez's home town of Uruguay. are talking semantics and cultural
:02:25. > :02:29.values. How do you judge whether a word used in another language from
:02:29. > :02:34.another mindset is descriptive or pejorative? It must have been a
:02:34. > :02:38.very difficult decision. The FA panel would also have considered
:02:38. > :02:42.that Luis Suarez is no novice when it comes to the sensibilities of
:02:42. > :02:47.northern Europe. He had four seasons in Holland before moving to
:02:47. > :02:53.Liverpool. This enough going on for him to be aware that is not
:02:53. > :02:57.acceptable. It was said in a way when they were having an argument,
:02:57. > :03:07.a disagreement, so I cannot see that as a defence. The Liverpool
:03:07. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:24.have yet to decide whether they are It is fairly harsh. He does not
:03:24. > :03:28.consider himself a racist. They could appeal it and hopefully he
:03:28. > :03:33.will appeal as well. They have named him a racist, which he isn't.
:03:33. > :03:37.This was always going to be a controversial ruling, but with
:03:37. > :03:43.polarise opinions amongst neutrals and Liverpool standing by their man,
:03:43. > :03:47.it is unlikely we will see a conclusion for some time yet.
:03:47. > :03:51.A little earlier I spoke to the Preston defender Clarke Carlisle,
:03:51. > :03:57.the chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, and I
:03:57. > :04:02.asked him if he felt the punishment was a little harsh. No, not at all.
:04:02. > :04:07.I do not think the FA have gone to make an example of Luis Suarez
:04:07. > :04:10.himself, but it is an example we want to take in this industry
:04:10. > :04:15.against discriminatory behaviour within our sport. You can
:04:15. > :04:19.understand why Liverpool think it is a little harsh event what he is
:04:19. > :04:25.a post to head and in his own country it is not as offensive as
:04:25. > :04:29.it is in this country. It is one player's word against another.
:04:29. > :04:35.Liverpool brought forward the cultural differences as mitigating
:04:36. > :04:40.circumstances, but I do not think that is an excuse. And ignorance of
:04:40. > :04:44.our levels of our acceptability in England is not an excuse. If I go
:04:44. > :04:49.to Dubai with my wife we do not open Leakeys because we will be
:04:49. > :04:55.arrested and go to jail. It is about adapting to the society you
:04:55. > :04:58.work and live in. You adapt to your behaviour to their levels of
:04:58. > :05:03.acceptability and the laws of the game and the industry in which you
:05:03. > :05:08.are playing. Given the high number of overseas playing here, whose
:05:08. > :05:12.responsibility is it a major they know what they can and cannot do.
:05:12. > :05:17.We as a union go into the clubs every year and make sure the
:05:17. > :05:24.players are made aware of what is acceptable, their levels of
:05:24. > :05:29.responsibility. The fact they are seen as role models and leaders
:05:29. > :05:32.within their community, their actions should reflect that. I do
:05:32. > :05:38.believe the onus is on us as a union to make sure that when
:05:38. > :05:42.players come in from different cultures they are sat down and told
:05:42. > :05:48.what is acceptable in England and what we deem acceptable within our
:05:48. > :05:53.game. Clarke Carlisle, thank you. Later on Tony will be bringing as
:05:53. > :05:58.more reaction and the rest of the day's sport.
:05:58. > :06:02.The funeral has taken place of a grandmother who died after muggers
:06:02. > :06:06.stole the handbag containing her husband's ashes. Scores of people
:06:06. > :06:11.lined the streets of Shaw to pay respects to Nellie Geraghty who
:06:11. > :06:15.died from her head injuries. The service paid tribute to a
:06:15. > :06:20.vibrant, caring woman whose life was lost in such tragic
:06:20. > :06:23.circumstances. Market Street in Shaw came to a
:06:23. > :06:27.standstill in honour of Nellie Geraghty. Shopkeepers and shoppers
:06:27. > :06:33.paying their respects. From the youngest to the oldest everybody a
:06:33. > :06:38.shock. Everybody is showing their respect. I did not know her
:06:38. > :06:44.personally, but I think what has happened is an absolute shame.
:06:44. > :06:48.Nellie, 79, died from head injuries after being mugged on November 24th.
:06:48. > :06:53.The handbag stolen contained the ashes of her late husband Frank who
:06:53. > :07:00.died 17 years ago. Her which had always been to be laid to rest with
:07:00. > :07:10.those ashes, but they have not been recovered. During the service her
:07:10. > :07:11.
:07:11. > :07:14.daughter Christine spoke movingly. It was her devotion to dad. It was
:07:14. > :07:22.her strength and her stubborn side that made her last movements in
:07:22. > :07:26.Shaw so awful, but she is with my dad's now. The choice of music was
:07:26. > :07:32.a clear sign that Nellie's family did not want the service to be
:07:32. > :07:35.sombre, rather a celebration of a life well lived. So many people
:07:35. > :07:39.loved her and I could have stood there for another two hours but
:07:39. > :07:42.everything that could have been said. There had been messages of
:07:42. > :07:47.condolence and support from across the country, thousands had offered
:07:47. > :07:51.sympathy for the loss of a fine lady in such tragic circumstances.
:07:51. > :07:59.A 37 year-old man and two boys remain on police bail in connection
:07:59. > :08:03.with the incident. A sad story. Next, teenage gangster
:08:03. > :08:07.Moses Matthias hoped he had escaped justice by fleeing the country
:08:07. > :08:09.after shooting dead an arrival, but tonight he is beginning a life
:08:09. > :08:13.sentence for killing Guiseppe Gregory.
:08:13. > :08:17.Guiseppe Gregory was 16 when he was shot through the head in a car in
:08:17. > :08:23.Greater Manchester. Two of his killers were jailed last year and
:08:23. > :08:28.now the third is behind bars after spending two years on the run.
:08:28. > :08:33.Moses Matthias was just 15 when he became a killer. He typified his
:08:33. > :08:37.sadly some of the people who get seduced into this type of violence.
:08:37. > :08:46.His victim, Guiseppe Gregory, was shot dead in a car outside his pub
:08:46. > :08:51.in Stretford in 2009. Moses allied himself to a gang in Manchester. In
:08:51. > :08:58.2007 aged just 14 he was shot in the leg during an into gang dispute.
:08:58. > :09:02.The following year another boy was shot dead. In April 2009 a rival
:09:02. > :09:08.gang member was released without charge. That man was at the Robin
:09:08. > :09:12.Hood pub on May 10th. Moses Matthias and two others shot at a
:09:12. > :09:18.car. Guiseppe Gregory was in the back seat and one of the bullets
:09:18. > :09:23.killed him. Last year two men were convicted of the killing, but Moses
:09:23. > :09:28.Matthias had fled overseas. The police put up giant posters of the
:09:28. > :09:32.fugitive teenager who was eventually tracked down to Holland.
:09:32. > :09:37.He admitted murder, but he said it had nothing to do with into gang
:09:38. > :09:42.rivalry and had not been planned. The judge rejected his version of
:09:42. > :09:46.events and ordered he be detained for a minimum of 18 years.
:09:46. > :09:50.Afterwards, a police officer read a statement on behalf of Guiseppe
:09:50. > :09:55.Gregory's mother Samantha. In this week leading up to Christmas I
:09:55. > :09:59.would like to ask people to take a single moment to think about all
:09:59. > :10:04.the families up and down this country who have lost a child
:10:04. > :10:12.through violent crime. Now, at last, all of Guiseppe Gregory's killers
:10:12. > :10:22.are behind bars. In a venue is, Cumbria's police
:10:22. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:27.county as it aims to save more than �20 million. Barrow will be
:10:27. > :10:33.replaced. Officers will move to buildings nearby it or share with
:10:33. > :10:36.the fire service. The authority says it will save �119,000 in
:10:37. > :10:42.running costs and will raise �2.8 million.
:10:42. > :10:45.Police investigating the case of a baby boy found dead in a stream in
:10:45. > :10:52.Lancashire have we appealed for information. The boy was discovered
:10:52. > :10:56.in Kirkham in October. Despite interviewing 1000 people officers
:10:57. > :11:01.have not managed to trace his mother, but they are not giving up.
:11:01. > :11:05.It has been a huge investigation. We are still conducting the
:11:05. > :11:10.investigation and we will not stop until we find out what has happened.
:11:11. > :11:15.I would imagine the mother will be feeling very sad, very emotional,
:11:15. > :11:20.in the run-up to Christmas. This would have been her little baby's
:11:20. > :11:23.first Christmas. Robert land from Darwin is to appeal for a third
:11:23. > :11:29.time against his conviction for murdering his wife Evelyn 12 years
:11:29. > :11:33.ago. He lost his second appeal last week and his lawyers have confirmed
:11:33. > :11:37.they will argue the trial was not balanced and he did not get a fair
:11:37. > :11:41.chance to defend himself. The Isle of Man Post Office has
:11:41. > :11:45.said that Christmas parcels are taking longer than usual to arrive.
:11:45. > :11:50.The company said it is due to adverse weather conditions and
:11:50. > :11:54.limited ferry crossings. Bass says staff are working hard to sort and
:11:54. > :11:59.deliver all parcels as soon as they reach the island.
:11:59. > :12:07.We are hearing there is a large fire in Lancashire. 15 fire engines
:12:07. > :12:10.had been called to the blaze in Leyland. Annabel will have more on
:12:10. > :12:18.that in our late bulletin after the 10 o'clock News.
:12:18. > :12:22.Still to come: Hitting rock bottom, Blackburn's Steve keen stands on
:12:22. > :12:26.the brink after defeat in last night's Derby.
:12:26. > :12:36.Join me for a Christmas dinner with a difference. The food that would
:12:36. > :12:39.
:12:39. > :12:42.have gone to landfill is now going Now to the latest of this week's
:12:42. > :12:45.series of special reports on the men and women from this region
:12:45. > :12:48.serving at Camp Bastion. We've already seen and heard from some of
:12:48. > :12:51.those putting their lives on the line. Tonight Naomi Cornwell has
:12:52. > :12:54.the story of the NHS staff who've travelled to Helmand to treat the
:12:55. > :13:04.injured in the busiest trauma hospital in the world. As it's a
:13:04. > :13:10.military hospital, we've been asked not to show the patients there.
:13:10. > :13:14.It could be a ward at any hospital in the north-west, but this is
:13:14. > :13:19.Helmand Afghanistan. The is is totally different to my day job
:13:19. > :13:23.back home and this is the biggest trauma centre in the world. You do
:13:23. > :13:26.not see the things at home that you see here. I have learned it
:13:26. > :13:35.completely new things. It is not just British and American forces
:13:35. > :13:39.they get help here, the hospital also help injured insurgents and
:13:39. > :13:44.civilians. 50 members of the Territorial arm -- territorial unit
:13:45. > :13:50.were released from their jobs while the Ministry of Defence pay their
:13:51. > :13:56.salaries. They are a very special group of people. We work in this
:13:56. > :13:59.high tempo and then the NHS come back to a local area or knee you
:13:59. > :14:04.and reaps the benefit of this experience. They are dealing with
:14:04. > :14:09.the most extreme injuries. Amputees, gunshot wounds, what you would
:14:09. > :14:14.expect in a wars loomed. Also the children. That is something we
:14:14. > :14:18.travel -- struggle with. Children have extremely severe injuries.
:14:18. > :14:25.have just heard that two patients are being brought in by helicopter
:14:25. > :14:29.with serious injuries. We have had pipe that we -- we have had five
:14:29. > :14:34.patients in, for have been extremely unwell and one has been
:14:34. > :14:42.less serious. Later that day, the Tannoy is broadcast a message, one
:14:42. > :14:45.that everybody here dreads. It is the order to cut off all
:14:45. > :14:50.communication with the outside world. It means that somebody has
:14:50. > :14:58.been critically injured or killed and the hospital does not want the
:14:58. > :15:03.news to leak out until it has been made contact with the family. Most
:15:03. > :15:06.of those that are rife here do survive. It is the highest success
:15:06. > :15:11.rate in the history of warfare. They have learnt here that giving
:15:11. > :15:16.patients extra red blood cells and clotting products increases their
:15:16. > :15:21.chances of survival. We have taken a lot of what we have learnt with
:15:21. > :15:31.regard to blood products into a UK practice. Back home, the fallen I-
:15:31. > :15:36.listed at the National Memorial arboretum. Inspiring the field
:15:36. > :15:40.hospital's motto, keep the names off the wall. One of my nurses came
:15:40. > :15:45.up to me and said that today we read a name off the wall and that
:15:45. > :15:50.is what keeps us determined to do our best for any casualty. The cost
:15:50. > :15:53.of this war for civilians and military has been incredibly high.
:15:53. > :15:58.Thanks to medical advances he and the skills they bring back, the
:15:58. > :16:02.work of these medics is saving and improving lives in Afghanistan and
:16:03. > :16:08.here at home. Tomorrow we meet are the unsung heroes, supplying and
:16:08. > :16:11.supporting the troops on the front line.
:16:11. > :16:21.You can see more from Camp Bastion tomorrow and all of Naomi's reports
:16:21. > :16:24.
:16:24. > :16:29.from Afghanistan are also going on our Facebook page. It is definitely
:16:29. > :16:32.worth a look back because it is an unusual look back, beyond what we
:16:32. > :16:35.usually see from the soldiers. It is interesting the. They made
:16:35. > :16:39.about bringing the skills back to this country.
:16:39. > :16:42.Back to our top story now - and the rest of the day's sport. Tony's at
:16:42. > :16:46.the DW stadium in Wigan, where Liverpool, with or without Luis
:16:46. > :16:54.Suarez, are the visitors. And Tony it's also a busy night for many of
:16:54. > :17:03.our teams. Any idea of soirees might play? Not as yet, it is going
:17:03. > :17:05.to be another nerve-jangling episode. Last night we saw
:17:05. > :17:09.Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean and Bolton manager Owen Coyle
:17:09. > :17:12.isolated on the touchline at Ewood Park as they fought for their own
:17:12. > :17:15.survival. More on that in a moment. Tonight I'm at struggling Wigan as
:17:15. > :17:17.they fight for their lives and visitors Liverpool begin the fight
:17:17. > :17:23.to clear the name of Luis Suarez while contemplating losing the
:17:23. > :17:30.Uruguayan for eight crucial games. Liverpool players have said they
:17:30. > :17:34.are shocked and angered that he is guilty of racial abuse. So how will
:17:34. > :17:44.they cope without him? With me from the fanzine Well Red is Gareth
:17:44. > :17:44.
:17:44. > :17:49.Roberts. He should play tonight. He is one of the best players. He
:17:49. > :17:56.should answer the FA by putting the ball in the back of the net. If he
:17:56. > :18:02.is banned, who steps up? Whoever Kenny Dalglish wants to play. We
:18:03. > :18:07.all trust Kenny in the months he has been at the club. My personal
:18:07. > :18:11.opinion is Craig Bellamy can step in and do the job. You say you
:18:11. > :18:18.trust Kenny but Kenny does not seem to trust Andy Carroll and you do
:18:18. > :18:21.not either? Like-for-like player, Craig Bellamy is the man on form.
:18:21. > :18:25.Free transfer at a cost us that nothing and he's been a man of the
:18:25. > :18:31.match on Sunday. He has played well for us. Hopefully it will not come
:18:31. > :18:36.to that. How damaging we did before the season to lose release whereas?
:18:36. > :18:40.It would be famous for it. He is a top-class player. The Premiership
:18:41. > :18:47.will miss him. What about the chances of going into the transfer
:18:47. > :18:51.market and trying to replace them? Is there any money to be spent?
:18:51. > :19:00.Regardless, weather earlier we soirees his band, we do still need
:19:00. > :19:09.a new forward. I expecting an appeal? I'm expecting it to reduce
:19:09. > :19:12.it the banner took a no matches. Back to last night's drama now. And
:19:12. > :19:15.after Blackburn lost 2-1 to fellow strugglers Bolton Wanderers to go
:19:15. > :19:25.bottom of the Premier League, the future of manager Steve Kean is
:19:25. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:28.looking more insecure than ever. The defeat was Rovers' 11th of the
:19:28. > :19:30.season and means they're going to be bottom over a decidely unhappy
:19:30. > :19:33.Christmas at Ewood Park. Ian Haslam reports.
:19:33. > :19:36.Blackburn fans have been protesting against Manager Steve Kean for most
:19:36. > :19:43.of the season. Last night's defeat took the animosity to a new level.
:19:43. > :19:48.He must go. He is completely out of his death for -- depth. In looks a
:19:48. > :19:52.we will be relegated. Chants of, "Kean out!" had been
:19:52. > :19:54.ringing out from the home support since before kick off, and got they
:19:54. > :19:57.louder following Mark Davies' crucial early goal for Bolton.
:19:57. > :20:00.Worse was to come for Rovers on the half hour, as Nigel Reo Coker
:20:00. > :20:03.brilliantly doubled Wanderers' lead, to the relief of his Manager Owen
:20:03. > :20:05.Coyle. Yakubu's goal in a much improved second half performance
:20:05. > :20:08.was to prove a consolation While there's some cause for
:20:08. > :20:10.optimism at Bolton, Blackburn's Premier League future, and that of
:20:10. > :20:12.Steve Kean, is tonight looking increasingly uncertain. And you get
:20:12. > :20:18.out of it by sticking together. The mood inside the camp is
:20:19. > :20:23.disappointed when we do not win. terms of Steve Kean as a manager, I
:20:23. > :20:28.think given the opportunity he will prove he is tough. I hope he has
:20:28. > :20:32.given the time to do that. Blackburn bottom of the table at
:20:32. > :20:35.Christmas and only one team in the history of the Premier League has
:20:35. > :20:41.been able to escape relegation having been in that position on
:20:41. > :20:48.Christmas Day. For Bolton Wanderers fans, Christmas has come ever an --
:20:48. > :20:52.early. Best Christmas present ever. We were the best team. While there
:20:52. > :20:59.is some cause for optimism at Bolton, Blackburn's Premiership
:20:59. > :21:02.future and that of Steve Kean is looking increasingly uncertain.
:21:02. > :21:08.It's a busy night at the top of the Premier League. Manchester City
:21:09. > :21:11.will be renewing their race with Manchester United for the title.
:21:12. > :21:15.Holders United are away at Fulham while City will hope to maintain
:21:15. > :21:17.their lead over the Reds with three points at home to Stoke. And
:21:17. > :21:19.following a training ground bust-up involving temperamental Italian
:21:19. > :21:26.Mario Balotelli, manager Roberto Mancini says he's hoping for a
:21:26. > :21:29.little better behaviour from the striker. If he wants to play better
:21:29. > :21:35.football and have a good private life then he should have good
:21:35. > :21:44.behaviour always, not some times, or one week here, today is not. I
:21:44. > :21:49.think every top player has a good private life and good behaviour,
:21:49. > :21:52.for think this is the way for him. As I said, busy Premier League
:21:52. > :21:55.night tonight, you can hear full match commentary of this game,
:21:55. > :21:58.Wigan v Liverpool on BBC Radio Merseyside from 8:00pm with updates
:21:58. > :22:05.of Everton v Swansea. On BBC Radio Manchester there's full commentary
:22:05. > :22:09.of City v Stoke and updates from United's trip to Fulham.
:22:09. > :22:13.A huge night in the Premier League, as was last night, I have got the
:22:13. > :22:17.best job in Britain! Don't you just love it, the ins and outs and the
:22:17. > :22:21.stories developing, another episode of the soap opera will unfold
:22:22. > :22:25.behind me. You did not even mention Carlos
:22:25. > :22:28.Tevez! Our food bills continue to go up.
:22:28. > :22:30.And yet we're still wasting thousands of tonnes of good food
:22:30. > :22:34.every year. Sell-by dates and an obsession for pristine packaging
:22:34. > :22:37.mean that food which is perfectly fine to eat ends up going to
:22:37. > :22:40.landfill. But now a Manchester-based charity
:22:40. > :22:42.is diverting huge quantities of would-be waste to those who need it
:22:42. > :22:47.most this Christmas. Here's our Environment Correspondent Colin
:22:47. > :22:55.Sykes. A lorry load of food arrives at
:22:55. > :23:00.Manchester's main fruit and veg market. We have got some celery
:23:00. > :23:05.that has been donated for the Christmas appeal. We have also got
:23:05. > :23:10.some cheese and sausages. This food's been donated by farmers for
:23:10. > :23:16.Christmas It'll provide 3,000 Christmas dinners. There is nothing
:23:16. > :23:19.wrong with it. It is perfectly edible food. It is just surplus
:23:19. > :23:22.stock. It cannot be got rid of by the sell-by date.
:23:22. > :23:25.Volunteers will sort the food into smaller packs to give to charities
:23:25. > :23:31.that don't always get a great press, like centres for people with
:23:31. > :23:35.addiction problems and the homeless. About five years ago I got made
:23:35. > :23:39.homeless because I was in a private accommodation and the landlord sold
:23:39. > :23:42.the property and I could not find somewhere else. It was a charity
:23:42. > :23:45.like this that helped me get back on my feet so why like giving
:23:45. > :23:48.something back. The fresh food will be mixed with
:23:48. > :23:53.supplies donated by supermarkets, some of it because the packaging is
:23:53. > :23:59.damaged or the food is close to its sell-by date.
:23:59. > :24:05.A quarter of food waste is still fit for human consumption but this
:24:05. > :24:09.has been donated specially for Christmas. A we have got mince pies
:24:09. > :24:13.and we have got Christmas Log and it is just to put a smile on
:24:13. > :24:16.people's space who are having a bit of a hard time.
:24:16. > :24:25.Over the next couple of days dozens of charities will receive the
:24:25. > :24:30.necessary ingredients for a decent Christmas Day dinner.
:24:30. > :24:37.Christmas Day dinner. Now let us take a look at the
:24:37. > :24:39.weather. It is getting warmer. It is mild.
:24:39. > :24:45.Tomorrow we will be almost the same. Unfortunately the weather will be
:24:45. > :24:49.the same as well. Today we started off with a lot of drizzly rain. The
:24:49. > :24:52.radar did not pick it up at as you went through the day the rain left
:24:52. > :24:56.most of us and the cloud would not budge. It has been grey virtually
:24:56. > :25:00.all the way through. But temperatures went up to 11 degrees.
:25:00. > :25:05.That makes the difference. Through this evening and overnight it will
:25:05. > :25:11.not be that different. You can see cloud cover all over. We will
:25:11. > :25:16.continue to have drizzly rain and that could be persistent every now
:25:16. > :25:19.and then. It is not a pretty picture. The saving grace has to be
:25:19. > :25:25.the temperatures. In the more suddenly part of the region you
:25:25. > :25:31.might get a break-in the clouds but for most of us temperatures will
:25:31. > :25:37.stay as high as nine or even into double figures. Tomorrow is the
:25:37. > :25:41.shortest day so the sun comes up so very late, it won't come up until
:25:41. > :25:46.about 8:23am. Cloud cover will always be around and all that
:25:46. > :25:50.drizzly rain will be around as well. It will be at its worst on the
:25:50. > :25:55.highest level. I would not be surprised if anywhere saw a little
:25:55. > :25:59.bit drifting by it and landing on your windscreen. It is very similar
:25:59. > :26:04.to today. You will notice that towards the tail-end of the day
:26:04. > :26:11.there maybe a few breaks in the cloud. It will not last for
:26:11. > :26:15.anything more than about 20 minutes or so. The sun goes down at 3:51pm.
:26:15. > :26:20.After that you can add a minute on to the day at each end. That will
:26:20. > :26:24.start to make a difference as we head towards January. Not a great
:26:24. > :26:30.one. Tomorrow night temperatures are really good once again but we
:26:30. > :26:33.have a big band of rain that will work its way in. It moves into the
:26:33. > :26:37.Isle of Man and then pushes everywhere as the night goes on.
:26:37. > :26:41.First thing on Friday this is the weather front you will have. You
:26:41. > :26:45.can see a change in the wind direction. It will be north-
:26:45. > :26:49.westerly and cool things off a bit. When you get up on Saturday it
:26:49. > :26:53.could field barely cool out and about. It will not last for long
:26:53. > :26:56.and be the only night for the next couple of days that feels a bit
:26:56. > :27:00.nippy. We will return to the south westerlies and the temperatures
:27:00. > :27:06.will go up again. You know how annoying it is when
:27:06. > :27:13.you lose something. Rings specifically!
:27:13. > :27:16.What about when you lose something of sentimental value? Mersey Tunnel
:27:16. > :27:18.staff are hoping to re-unite a motorist with their wedding ring. A
:27:18. > :27:22.sharp-eyed toll officer at the Queensway tunnel spotted this ring
:27:22. > :27:24.in the coin reject slot of one of the automatic toll payment machines
:27:24. > :27:30.at Birkenhead. It's believed to have slipped from the owner's
:27:30. > :27:33.finger as they paid to drive through to Liverppool. The ring has
:27:33. > :27:38.an inscription that partly reads, "..until I die." and the name of a