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Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Ranvir Singh and Roger | :00:04. | :00:07. | |
Johnson. Our top story. | :00:07. | :00:09. | |
Preparing for the great Christmas getaway as thousands head for the | :00:09. | :00:19. | |
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roads, railways and skies. Most people just want to get away from | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
the misery of everything going on around them. Where's busiest and | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
which routes to avoid over the next couple of days. Also in the | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
programme: Taking care of the troops - we go behind the scenes | :00:30. | :00:37. | |
with the unsung heroes of Camp Bastion. | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
And the BBC Sports personality of the Year award rolls out the red | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
carpet treatment here in Salford. And don't cancel Christmas - the | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
family feeling festive again after police track down their stolen | :00:48. | :00:58. | |
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presents. The North West's Christmas getaway | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
began in earnest today. Liverpool Airport has more passengers than | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
anticipated - while Manchester is bracing itself for 132,000 people | :01:04. | :01:13. | |
between now and Boxing Day. 8,000 up on last year. More families are | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
flying abroad than 12 months ago, while 18 million cars will be on | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
the roads. Our Economics Correspondent Jayne Barrett is at | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
the Highways Agency control centre where staff are anticipating a busy | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
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few days ahead. Very busy indeed but all good news | :01:36. | :01:46. | |
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here this evening. You can see those roads moving freely. The only | :01:46. | :01:55. | |
jam his last-minute shoppers heading to the Trafford Centre. | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
Colin Sykes has been at Manchester airport where they are expecting a | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
very busy few days. It's a break from the economic | :02:04. | :02:11. | |
gloom as families opt for a Christmas getaway. So do people | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
have more money to spend? We do not. I like colder weather but I'm going | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
to visit my father. Just getting away from the misery of everything | :02:24. | :02:30. | |
going on around us. We came into Manchester from Crete last week | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
added was already busy. For the whole festive season passenger | :02:33. | :02:41. | |
numbers are up. By 40,000 at Manchester bring the totals to | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
670,000 and 190 at Liverpool. Spain and the Canaries remain popular | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
destinations but many families are going further afield to Singapore, | :02:53. | :03:02. | |
Australia and New York. People decided to put off holidays in the | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
last two years. Winter it was especially down. But I think this | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
year people have decided that they want a holiday and will treat | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
themselves at Christmas. I'm on my way to you. For those staying at | :03:16. | :03:23. | |
home, the roads are starting to get congested. People are getting | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
prepared for Christmas. Many have already finished work. So in the | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
next couple of days we will see unprecedented traffic on the roads. | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
On the trains, intercity services are expecting a busy few days. | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
team have been buried busy helping customers. -- very busy. It does | :03:44. | :03:51. | |
help with Christmas being at the weekend. Travelling has never been | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
more expensive. But when it comes to visiting families, people seem | :03:55. | :04:05. | |
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prepared to dig deep for Christmas. Well with me now is the operations | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
manager here at the Highways Agency. Just three incidents in the hall of | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
the north-west right now. It is quite this evening, it could be the | :04:18. | :04:24. | |
calm before the storm. We expect a increase in traffic volume from | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
tomorrow. Any hot spots to avoid? Round the Trafford Centre it is | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
building up there were people are doing last-minute shopping. And it | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
will be the same on Boxing Day. Last year all these monitors were | :04:40. | :04:47. | |
showing traffic backed up for the terrible weather. Last year was out | :04:47. | :04:55. | |
of the ordinary. At this time last year we had a lot more incidents. | :04:55. | :05:04. | |
The recession is causing a few problems. Tell us why? People have | :05:04. | :05:14. | |
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been running out if you're on the motorway -- running out of fuel. | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
Our advice is to check that before you travel. And be careful going | :05:20. | :05:30. | |
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home. Have a good Jenny and enjoy your Christmas. -- journey. | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
Next tonight - it was the biggest fire in Lancashire in 10 years. | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
Today the firefighters who tackled last night's blaze at the Business | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
park in Leyland said it may be several days before they can leave | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
the site. It was so ferocious the nearby West Coast main line was | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
closed for several hours. Today businesses have been left wondering | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
when they'll be able to reopen. And the search for clues to the cause | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
continues. Here's our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest. | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
Seen from the ground this was a fire that seemed frightening enough. | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
But from the air, the pool or some ferocity of the blaze could be | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
appreciated. These pictures were taken by the Lancashire police | :06:11. | :06:17. | |
helicopter. Thermal imaging shows the intensity on the ground. More | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
than 100 firefighters battled to bring it under control. The job | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
made more difficult by a warehouse packed full of tissue paper. There | :06:26. | :06:33. | |
were other complications as well. We had some beer kegs exploding and | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
some of them were flying across the railway line. The West Coast main | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
line was closed for several hours. Even those smoke continued to | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
billow across at this morning, services digit return to normal. At | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
the business park itself, things were far from normal. Smouldering | :06:53. | :07:00. | |
ruins where businesses had once thrived. This is an outside storage | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
facility and for our customers, this means that we have to find | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
alternative accommodation to enable the business to continue. In all | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
five buildings were completely destroyed. The cost of the damage | :07:13. | :07:18. | |
is likely to run into millions. Today the fire is under control but | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
still not out. Firefighters believe they could be on site for several | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
days yet. Then the work begins trying to establish exactly how the | :07:27. | :07:36. | |
fire started. That could take considerably longer. | :07:36. | :07:37. | |
Former Liverpool defender Alan Hansen has apologised after | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
describing black players as "coloured" on Match of the Day. | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
Hansen used the word last night while discussing recent racism rows | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
involving Luis Suarez and John Terry. In a statement he said he | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
unreservedly apologises for any offence caused. | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
Manchester City's plans for a �100 million training complex close to | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
the Etihad Stadium have been approved by the council. They've | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
also rubber stamped the Co-Op's design for a 14 storey hotel, next | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
to Victoria Station. But proposals for a new research centre and car | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
park at Christie Hospital have been deferred. | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
The Cheshire home of former Liverpool player Peter Crouch and | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
his wife Abbey Clancy has been burgled. The couple, who it's | :08:14. | :08:16. | |
believed were out at the time, reported the burglary at their | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
address in Mottram St Andrew yesterday evening. The striker was | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
also targeted by burglars in 2006 when he lived in nearby Alderley | :08:23. | :08:29. | |
Edge. Now it's one of the biggest nights | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
in the sporting and television calendars and tonight the next | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the year award will | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
be announced in Salford Quays. Among the contenders are Mark | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
Cavendish from the Isle of Man and Bolton's Amir Khan. Our reporter | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
Richard Askam is waiting for them with baited breath on the red | :08:44. | :08:54. | |
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carpet. Richard, a big night. This is a really clamorous affair | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
and the first one I have been too. This is the red carpet. Joe | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
Calzaghe just walking past there. Guests have been having their | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
photographs taken, Mark Cavendish a few moments ago. I had a word with | :09:11. | :09:21. | |
Amir Khan on his way in it and he seems quite chipper. We are seeing | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
a lot of famous names. We will try to have a chat with one of the | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
former nominees from the north-west. That is Matthew Pinsent of course | :09:33. | :09:43. | |
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and so Steve Redgrave. Back to you. We have been having a special | :09:49. | :09:56. | |
series this week. And when you hear about the conflict in Afghanistan, | :09:56. | :09:58. | |
it's usually those risking their lives on the frontline. But there | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
are thousands of other unsung heroes doing vital jobs behind the | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
scenes, and many of them are from the North West. As part of our | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
series on Camp Bastion - Britain's biggest base in Afghanistan - Naomi | :10:06. | :10:16. | |
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Cornwell's been meeting some of those who support the troops. | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
Night time means nothing here. The darkness is never quiet. Around the | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
clock the operation continues to send food and equipment to the men | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
and women on the front line. This huge convoy of 40 vehicles are | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
setting off to deliver supplies to the troops across Helmand. Camp | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
Bastion exists to support the British control bases and | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
checkpoints across southern Afghanistan. This work rarely hits | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
the headlines but it has its risks. Many of those venturing out to | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
deliver supplies of from the north- west. We take out anything from | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
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spark plugs to equipment to improve the water supply. That will improve | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
their quality of life during the winter period. It all helps with | :11:22. | :11:28. | |
morale. The move forward is assisted by us doing our job and | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
getting the stuff about to the guys who are actually at the sharp end. | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
With so many people living under canvas, maintaining security of the | :11:38. | :11:45. | |
camp is vital. I am a protection handler. We mainly they patrolled | :11:45. | :11:51. | |
the base at night for security reasons. The worst is through in | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
Cork in the morning when it is freezing! These unmanned aerial | :11:57. | :12:01. | |
vehicles are sent across the country to spy on potential enemies. | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
It is a controversial tactic but one designed to prevent attacks | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
against British soldiers out on the ground. It supports the lads on the | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
ground immensely and is an important job. But the support | :12:15. | :12:18. | |
services year are not all about logistics. Sometimes it is a | :12:19. | :12:27. | |
friendly ear that is needed. At home Reverend Mike Newman is in | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
Cheadle. Out here he works with the army. People would get lonely or | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
have other problems and to us like back home we would have a chat and | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
I would try to help them with life. They have to deal with death and | :12:42. | :12:49. | |
serious injury. For many of those people they find that the Padraig | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
here it is a great comfort to them. In the air and on the ground there | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
are hundreds of people from the north-west supporting those on the | :12:57. | :13:02. | |
frontline. Their work behind the scenes is crucial. Tomorrow, | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
Christmas at Camp Bastion for the men and women thousands of miles | :13:06. | :13:14. | |
from home. And their messages to the families left behind. | :13:14. | :13:21. | |
We wish them a very happy Christmas. And you can see all of those | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
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reports from Afghanistan and on our Facebook page. | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
Still to come on North West Tonight: Scrapping it out for top | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
spot - United hit five, but Aguero's double keeps City in pole | :13:36. | :13:42. | |
position. And the leading lights from the | :13:42. | :13:45. | |
North West are among the contenders for BBC Sports Personality of the | :13:45. | :13:53. | |
Year in Salford. Newfield Special School in Thornton | :13:53. | :13:55. | |
on Merseyside does what many other schools cannot - it teaches | :13:55. | :14:01. | |
children who have been permanently excluded elsewhere. They face a | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
number of challenges from poverty, to learning difficulties to abuse. | :14:06. | :14:08. | |
Each year those children go on an adventure weekend, possibly their | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
only chance for a holiday. But the pot of money has run out for next | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
year, so the pupils have started fundraising themselves. | :14:16. | :14:23. | |
Our political editor Arif Ansari has been to meet them. | :14:23. | :14:29. | |
Why not do a sponsored walk? They have a target and a special helper. | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
Can this kangaroo will help them leap up a fund-raising Totaliser | :14:33. | :14:40. | |
and get enough money to go on holiday? All people from our school | :14:40. | :14:47. | |
had been on holiday and really enjoyed it. If we do not get people | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
to sponsor us with money, we will not be able to go on it and we will | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
be sad. To avoid that fate they have written to the Prime Minister | :14:56. | :15:01. | |
asking for help. We would like to welcome you to join the walk. | :15:01. | :15:07. | |
Alternatively, if you could organise a collection on our behalf | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
in the House of Commons, we would very much appreciate it. David | :15:12. | :15:17. | |
Cameron did not get his collecting tin out but he did reply. | :15:17. | :15:20. | |
Unfortunately being the Prime Minister means I'm usually very | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
busy and it is not widely I will be able to join you. They did make me | :15:25. | :15:32. | |
smile when I read your letter. Best wishes. They say the specific grant | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
for a residential weekend has run out and the need to raise around | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
�3,000 themselves. So the teacher is going on a sponsored walk. | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
not done understatement to say that it is life-changing for children | :15:45. | :15:52. | |
like this. Some of the quietest ones suddenly become heroes in | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
their own field. Life has already thrown a lot worse at these kids | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
than a lost holiday, but they are determined to pull a rabbit out of | :16:01. | :16:11. | |
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the hat. Richard is on the red carpet with | :16:25. | :16:35. | |
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as tonight. The excitement is building. We have just seen it Rory | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
McIlroy, one of the contenders, walk past. We have to be impartial, | :16:47. | :16:53. | |
but we might be hoping for an north-west winner. Mark Candlish or | :16:53. | :16:59. | |
Amir Khan. Let's take a look at both of them in action. | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
Mark Cavendish has had the sort of year which has propelled him from a | :17:02. | :17:11. | |
star of cycling, to one of the stars of world sport. He became the | :17:11. | :17:13. | |
first British rider to win the green jersey at the Tour de France, | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
handed out to the best sprinter. Cav has now won 20 tour stages in | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
his career. And followed that by winning the world road race, | :17:20. | :17:24. | |
Britain's first British male champion for 46 years. And the | :17:24. | :17:32. | |
right to wear cycling's coveted Rainbow jersey. | :17:32. | :17:39. | |
This is the biggest achievement. I'm going to wear it on behalf of | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
Great Britain. Amir Khan's star is still very much | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
on the rise. But by his standards it's been an up and down year. A | :17:46. | :17:48. | |
masterclass in winning another wold title in July. Disappointment after | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
controversial defeat and the loss of his titles earlier this month. | :17:51. | :17:57. | |
Expect the Bolton man to bounce back. | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
I am still looking for those big Super fights. I want to draw the | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
point. I am a better fighter. And Lancashire's Jimmy Anderson and | :18:07. | :18:09. | |
his England cricket team are strong contenders for team of the year. | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
Jimmy helped England win the ashes in Australia and become the top | :18:12. | :18:22. | |
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test side in the world. And you can get a list of all 10 | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
contenders on the website for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year | :18:29. | :18:37. | |
Award. We can chat now to our very own Beth Tweddle. You have been | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
nominated for the ward before. How exciting is it when you're part of | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
that list? It is a massive achievement. The first year I was | :18:47. | :18:53. | |
nominated, no gymnast had ever been put forward onto the list. So it | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
was a massive honour. To be in such company with such big sports stars | :18:58. | :19:04. | |
is something you can't put into words. It is astounding to see the | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
number of big names that have been walking past. It is a chance for | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
athletes to catch up with fellow athletes. And half the time you're | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
out of your sport skier and do not run denies each other! -- sports | :19:20. | :19:28. | |
gear. And with the Olympics coming up, how are you feeling? Looking | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
forward to the challenge. There is still a long training period ahead. | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
The team will not actually be selected until the end of June. | :19:39. | :19:49. | |
Soak until I have got that letter in my hand, it is a long way to go. | :19:49. | :19:55. | |
Well let's bring you some of the sports news around today. Football | :19:55. | :19:57. | |
now, and Luis Suarez's lawyer says the Liverpool player will appeal | :19:57. | :19:59. | |
his eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
Evra. Last night the entire Liverpool team wore Luis Suarez T- | :20:04. | :20:06. | |
shirts to show their support for the striker, who faces an eight- | :20:06. | :20:15. | |
match ban and a �40,000 fine. The team said in a statement, we know | :20:15. | :20:21. | |
he is not racist. Kenny Dalglish also expressed his support. | :20:21. | :20:27. | |
We have said we will always support him and we will. Not just the | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
people at the football club but the people who the football club means | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
something to do. Blackburn Rovers fans who want | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
Steve Kean sacked as manager say they'll be staging a protest | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
outside the club's training ground tomorrow. They're stepping up their | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
campaign because they claim the club has failed to hold "clear the | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
air" talks with supporters. The Blackburn MP, Jack Straw, has added | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
his voice to those calling for Steve Kean to stand down. But the | :20:49. | :20:51. | |
League Managers' Association says the Rovers manager has been | :20:51. | :20:59. | |
subjected to unacceptable aggression and abuse. | :20:59. | :21:08. | |
Happier times for Roberto Mancini and Sir Alex Ferguson. Santa | :21:08. | :21:11. | |
delivered a sackful of goals as City put three past Stoke, and | :21:11. | :21:21. | |
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United hit five at Fulham. Stuart Pollitt looks at last night's | :21:24. | :21:31. | |
action. Whatever you can do, we can do too. | :21:32. | :21:35. | |
Once again City and United traded goals and wins. Sergio Aguero | :21:35. | :21:37. | |
scored twice, but Adam Johnson curled in the pick for City against | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
Stoke. United romped to victory at Fulham. Three up by half time, they | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
turned on the style after the break with this from Wayne Rooney. And a | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
dash of brilliance from Dimitar Berbatov. But try as they might, | :21:49. | :21:58. | |
it's their rivals who stay top. I said three days ago it was | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
important to be at the top of the end of the season. Now it is good, | :22:03. | :22:13. | |
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but only because it is Christmas. Manchester City were top at | :22:13. | :22:23. | |
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Christmas in 1969. Is that kind of thing irrelevant? It does worry me | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
a little bit. As long as we're there or thereabouts, going into | :22:30. | :22:37. | |
January, that will do us. United traditionally have a strong finish | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
at the end of the season. Elsewhere, Leon Osman headed | :22:41. | :22:43. | |
Everton to victory over Swansea. All eyes were on Luis Suarez at | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
Wigan. He won this penalty, but Ali Al Habsi saved Charlie Adam's spot | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
kick. Despite decent chances for both sides, this one ended without | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
any goals. Not a problem affecting either Manchester club at the | :22:54. | :23:04. | |
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moment. Ricky Hatton has just arrived. All | :23:05. | :23:12. | |
I need to do now is find my way into this event. I would just | :23:12. | :23:22. | |
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mentioned you're names! I doubt it! Next, who wants to hear a magical | :23:35. | :23:37. | |
Christmas tale, from Bolton? One family nearly had Christmas ruined | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
by thieves who stole more than �200 worth of presents from the back of | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
their car. They of course thought they were lost forever. But this | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
Christmas tale has a happy ending. Thanks to the detective work of two | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
binmen, two police officers and one toy shop sales assistant, they're | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
now all wrapped and ready for Sunday morning. Nina Warhurst | :23:56. | :24:04. | |
reports. Paige is busy guessing what's in | :24:04. | :24:11. | |
this enormous collection of presents. They were very nearly | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
lost forever. On Monday, her Dad left the presents in an unlocked | :24:14. | :24:16. | |
car. When they'd disappeared in the morning, he saw no point in | :24:17. | :24:25. | |
reporting it. It was like, thanks a lot, what am I going to do it now? | :24:25. | :24:27. | |
Meanwhile, thieves had taken the presents from Great Lever and | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
dumped them in a bin two miles away in Haliwell. When they were | :24:31. | :24:33. | |
discovered the next morning by binmen, they had no clue about the | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
owners, apart from a receipt from Toys R Us and knocking on doors in | :24:36. | :24:45. | |
the local area didn't bring them any closer. That quick thinking | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
officers refused to get up. They went back to the toy store where a | :24:51. | :24:54. | |
member of staff remembered a customer complaining that he was | :24:54. | :25:04. | |
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having to replace stolen presents. They had taken note of his address | :25:04. | :25:14. | |
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as well. It has made Christmas present again. It is a bit magical. | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
I'm so happy for the little girl, more than anything. So a merry | :25:19. | :25:26. | |
Christmas to one and all. But there has been one tricky question. Paige | :25:26. | :25:28. | |
is busy wondering, how come Father Christmas dropped the presents off | :25:29. | :25:38. | |
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with Dad so early? with Dad so early? | :25:39. | :25:45. | |
Let's take a look at the weather. A lot of people looking for a white | :25:45. | :25:55. | |
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Christmas but it is not coming our way. As we head through the next 12 | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
to 24 hours, the colder air is coming in and there will be a drop | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
in temperatures. But that is a temporary blip because by Saturday | :26:05. | :26:13. | |
the warmer conditions return. Through the day to date we have had | :26:13. | :26:22. | |
a lot of cloud cover around. First thing tomorrow morning we have the | :26:22. | :26:30. | |
arrival of a band of rain. But today was all about the cloud cover. | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
There will be no sunshine tomorrow because that cloud cover is | :26:34. | :26:41. | |
building all the time to light. And then we have the next area of rain | :26:41. | :26:47. | |
working its way in during the night. In terms of temperatures, staying | :26:47. | :26:55. | |
up quite nicely. The rain moves in during tomorrow morning. So | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
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conditions far from ideal during the rush-hour. As the colder | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
conditions coming, and daytime temperatures tomorrow at six or | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
seven degrees Celsius at best. That seven degrees Celsius at best. That | :27:15. | :27:24. | |
is more normal for the time of year. And we have another happy ending? | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
Well the ring and that we showed you yesterday, it has been spotted | :27:28. | :27:33. |