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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and

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Ranvir Singh. Our top story. Donna's Dreamhouse destroyed.

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Arsonists set fire to a children's charity holiday home in Blackpool.

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Mementoes of Donna Curtis, the woman in whose memory the charity

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was set up, were destroyed. We'll hear from her devastated father.

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Also tonight: Home in time for Christmas. We meet the community

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nurses giving families the best present they could wish for.

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Preparing for Christmas thousands of miles from home, we're with the

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region's servicemen and women at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.

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Riding high: the Isle of Man's champion cyclist Mark Cavendish is

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crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year. For someone from such a

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small humble place to be recognised at national and international level

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is marvellous. It is cold and wet but I have the tinsel and the music.

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I have been to Ramsbottom in search "They've stopped families in

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desperate need from receiving presents this Christmas." The words

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tonight of a Blackpool man whose charity has been targeted by

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suspected arsonists. "Donna's Dream House" provides holidays and

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presents for seriously ill children and their families. Though little

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was stolen, photos and mementoes of Donna Curtis, the woman in whose

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memory the charity was set up, were destroyed. Nina Warhurst has been

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to meet her devastated father. When we film to get this summer, 3

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year old Phoebe, and other seriously ill children were

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enjoying When we filmed at Donna's Dream

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house this summer, 3 year old Phoebe and other seriously ill

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children many too poorly to travel abroad were enjoying a free holiday,

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but look at the scene today. The charity was run from this room. One

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of the things destroyed, a list of 35 families due to receive free

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Christmas presents from the charity. Now Len says many of them will

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receive nothing. Proper some body if that is what you have to do to

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survive, but why do this, a charity which have helped so many people.

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Donna's dream house was the dying wish of Len's daughter who died of

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cancer aged just 20. Now it supports around 1,600 families

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every year, supported mainly by the local community. We tried to give

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them everything for nothing. It costs them very little. To see what

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has happened today has destroyed it for a number of Trojan and families

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for the foreseeable future. When you think about next year are you

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optimistic there is a future here? There will always be a future. When

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Don a diet, her dream house was born. All of the kids to come here,

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every time they smile I know that is why she died. Police say they

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are treating the fire as suspicious, the investigation continues.

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A student from Manchester jailed for faking an illness to avoid jury

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duty says he should never have been sent to prison. Matthew Banks who

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is 19 told clerks at Manchester Crown Court he couldn't attend

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because he was ill but instead he went to see a show in London's West

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End. He was given a fourteen day sentence for contempt of court but

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has been released after serving four days. I did deserve to be

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punished because I did break the law, but being locked up with so

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many other people there who had killed people and assaulted people,

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like I said, I deserved to be punished but I think it was a

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little harsh. Police in Rochdale have recovered

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drugs worth �1.6 million from a house in Castleton. The drugs found

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include cannabis and ecstasy. A 45- year-old man has been arrested and

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remains in police custody. Detectives are appealing for an

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anonymous caller to contact them again as they could have vital

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clues to the whereabouts of a missing teenager in Cheshire.

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Eighteen year old Hayden Evanss was last seen at a Christmas party at

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Carden Park hotel near Chester on Friday.

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Manchester United have finished top of a 'league of shame' for match

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day arrests. The champions had more fans held by police than any other

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team in the Premier League last season. The figures, released by

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the Home Office show 276 United fans were arrested. Manchester City

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were fourth on the list with 108 arrests.

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15-month-old Alice Barness from Radcliffe has spent the last month

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in hospital and she was expected to be there until the New Year. But

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thanks to a team of community nurses in Greater Manchester, who

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support children like Alice at home during the holidays, she's out in

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time for Christmas, much to the delight of her family. Here's our

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health Correspondent Laura Yates. For Alice's family this means so

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much. Christmas at home after weeks in hospital. Amazing. I still can't

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believe it. The best Christmas ever, better than last year which was our

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first Christmas with her. I am just so grateful, I really am. When

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Alice was born, she could no brief for eight minutes, she suffered

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brain damage and spent much of her young life in hospital. Sue and her

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team of committee nurses did everything they can to make sure

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children like Alice can have Christmas at home. That is where

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they should be on Christmas Day, I will go up in the morning, to look

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at the children on the ward. If we can put them at home safely, even

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if just for a day, we will. nurses visit Alice every day, and

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they have talked Alice's mother how to use the equipment. So scary, I

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think I just watched her all night, I could not sleep. Ski area it may

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be, but Alice's family say they will make it a Christmas to

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remember. I hope they have a peaceful and lovely Christmas.

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Well, Alice's family aren't the only ones gearing up for Christmas,

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the region's shopping centres have been packed with people rushing to

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buy last minute presents and supermarket shelves are being

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emptied as we speak And there's already plenty of revelry at

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Castlefield in Manchester, carollers, a brass band and not

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forgetting North West Tonight's Mr Christmas himself, Stuart Flinders.

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I have to say, I did a hear a word of that because there is a very

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loud brass band here, from Yorkshire call -- Court Yorkshire

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Imperial band. We have got a lot to get through, we have got a crowd

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from the pantomime. You are all from the pantomime, aren't you?

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no we're not! They are. You are Beauty And the Beast. How did it

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go? Brilliant, we loved it. Very popular. The kids loved it, they

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screamed and shouted. What did you play? I played the teapot. I am the

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mad professor, Bell's father. sussing tonight, thanks for coming

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along. We have a quiet to hear, this is a choir from Marple who are

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rehearsing for us now. Before we have a chat with them, this is what

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happened when I took the Santa Special from it buried to

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Ramsbottom. -- from Bari to A is Father Christmas come into

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your house? Yes. We have been good. How does he get into your house?

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think the chimney. Have you got a chimney? We have, but it is small.

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We do not know how he will get in there. The that is a bit of a worry,

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isn't it? How will he get into your house? He slides down the chimney.

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Have you got a chimney? Yes. don't think I have got a chimney.

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Everybody has got a chimney on "we want Santa!" Merry Christmas

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They still wanted additional cakes. A bit of sparkle on there. But with

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We sell the Bronze turkeys, they are the main ones we sell. We sell

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over 300 of those. About 15 of us Weren't the kids great? We have

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music at the end of the programme, this is Nancy and Jackie. You are

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called Heartbeat. Why? We sing from the heart. Based in Marple. I took

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over a year ago. We like to have fun, but we like to sing well as

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well. I know you are looking for new members, Jackie you are a

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relatively new member. Why? A the best thing I have ever done. Part

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of a news year's resolution yesterday. Get in touch with us, we

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will find two choirs in your area. Heartbeat .com. He really could not

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hear! Still to come on North West

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Tonight: Oh Come All Ye Rovers Faithful. As Blackburn fans protest

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at the training ground, big names come out in support of beleaguered

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boss Steve Kean.. It does not say a lot for our society when you see

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that kind of behaviour from fans. And searching out Santa, how

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Jodrell Bank is helping kids to spot his sleigh in the sky.

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Hundreds of servicemen and women from the North West will be

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celebrating Christmas thousands of miles from home in Afghanistan. At

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the biggest British base, Camp Bastion, the work won't stop.

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But thanks to friends and families here there will be a few home

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comforts. In the final part of our series, Naomi Cornwell's been

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finding out how they're spreading a The bar is dry, but there will be

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turkey on the table this Christmas. 3 1/2 tons of it is being flown in.

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Few here will get a chance to stop for more than a quick meal. It will

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be an operational day like any other on Christmas Day, but there

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will be a few home comforts. Back home the chefs at Aintree Hospital

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have been cooking up a Christmas cake for their colleagues in

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Afghanistan. Anything to change the day, to distract them from what

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they normally do and have a laugh. I think that makes a difference and

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I hope they enjoy the cake. Look at that! Thank you. We can fix

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him, we are a hospital. He is mended. Yes! In Liverpool, Father

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Christmas made an early appearance at this party for Merseyside

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territorial families. Some have had to explain why their father's will

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be a wave. You have had to explain why you will be a way. They have

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been very good, they understood the explanation, really. Merry

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Christmas and see you soon. Say "I love you.". Celia has become a

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grandmother for a second time since she has been away, but yet she has

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not met her young grandson. I know it is something she wants to do.

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Happy Christmas grandma. Big hugs and kisses to everybody. At the

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Post Office encamped Bastion they are delivering Christmas cheer to

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the front line. -- Camp Bastion. They don't notice really, but it

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does bring the morale up. My cousin works in the school in Burley, and

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we are getting Christmas jokes. Cheering us all up. It is fantastic.

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As it worked? It has. You realise how many people are thinking about

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you. Everyone here is thinking of home. I am sure I will not get a

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better meal than my mum's cooking, but happy Christmas and New Year.

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Happy Christmas and New Year from Afghanistan, hope you have a

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fantastic day and see you soon. my mum and dad to live in a Little

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St Annes, happy Christmas. -- Lytham St Anne's. Thanks to all of

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the support. And for all the merchandise sent to the boys.

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you to my a brand new granddaughter, I wish you all the best. Merry

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If you have missed any of the reports from Afghanistan you can

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see them all on our Facebook page. And we have more news on a lead

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story tonight. Lots of people are getting in touch to ask if they can

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donate. Yes you can, but please go to this website - www. Donna's

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dream house Dot UK. They will be Sports personality of the year last

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night was brilliant. -- Sports Personality Of The Year.

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Amir Khan was shortlisted. Beth Tweddle was there. Ricky Hatton was

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there. I spoke to Patrick Rae era. A lot of the Manchester City team

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that were there. Beth Tweddle said she did not

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recognise anybody! Mark Cavendish got 150,000 volts.

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Darren Clarke in second place only got 42,000 votes. The man they call

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The Manx Missile has had an incredible year. He won in the

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green jersey at the Tour de France and became the road-race world

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champion. Following in the footsteps of some

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of the most famous names in British sport. Even though he was the

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bookie's favourite, Mark Cavendish could not quite believe he turned

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out to be the people's favourites. I am speechless. After winning in

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front of a glittering array of sports stars his emotion was clear.

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But it is incredible. You are striving to achieve what you can in

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any sport. It has been bestowed upon me by the public. And this is

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what his mother said: You have worked so hard up right-to-life to

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achieve everything you have accomplished.

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Well done. He had 20 stage wins at the Tour de France and this year

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got the green jersey, followed by the road race world title.

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To be recognised at national and international level is marvellous.

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He is now planning a quiet family Christmas in the Isle of Man.

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The Manx Missile was not the only one celebrating. It was also a good

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night for a cricketer Jimmy Anderson. He was a key member of

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the England cricket team which won team of the year.

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Bob Champion that the jockey who recovered from cancer to win the

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Grand National on Aldaniti receive an award for his outstanding

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courage. I never dreamt I would get it. I love this show. It is the

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best show on TV. There are so many good sportsmen out there. I am a

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lucky man that was in the right place on the right horse at the

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right time. Thankfully I got over my disease.

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The Blackburn Rovers saga took a fresh twists today as supporters

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took a trip to the training ground. They say they were there to give

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the orders some stick. But while the owners remain distant in India,

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the manager remains at the ground and now has some powerful new

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friends. It is no surprise what the wish-

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list is - and you order under new manager. Sooner rather than later.

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We are very concerned. The existence of our club is being

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threatened. Steve Kean is a scapegoat, but he is not up to the

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job. But it is the fault of Venky's in the first place.

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The owners may have been in the main target, but sections of the

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crowd also taught to shreds Steve Kean on Tuesday. -- toured to

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shreds. I left at half-time. I could not believe the criticism

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they gave their manager. I have never seen something as bad as that.

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He has held his dignity well. fans may have teamed up with the

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local council and the local MP, but with the support of David Moyes and

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Alex Ferguson, Steve Kean has come out fighting. When you have

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experienced managers saying that you're doing a marvellous job, I

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listen to them. The fight for Blackburn's soul goes on. They play

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Liverpool and Manchester United over Christmas. It is how that

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plays on TV back in India which will probably decide whether or not

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he is shown the door. Liverpool's decision to wear T-

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shirts supporting Lily Slack is has been described as shameful by

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former or Manchester United player Paul McGrath.

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Paul McGrath says it is a big blow for football's and two races and

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campaign but Glen Johnson has said on Twitter he will support who he

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wants when he wants. Have you ever seen Santa?

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I have heard him. I thought I saw a book once.

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Lots of people will be gazing skywards tomorrow night hoping to

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catch a glimpse. Scientists at Jodrell Bank have been called in to

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help. Using the famous telescope there

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they are on alert to try and track any movement which will confirm

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just hope Father Christmas manages Searching disguise 24 hours per day.

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Now the scientists at Jodrell Bank or on the lookout for Santa. They

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are encountering some pro Michal -- some primitive life-forms along the

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way. There are many impostors.

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This is a search for the real thing. It is a radio telescope. It lets

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you see invisible things. You can see through clouds.

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One of the problems is Santa's I am not a scientist. That is

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correct! But even Ali man can understand this. A glass of milk

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and a mince pie. It is important that children watch

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out for any signs. They could be re Here is the weather: Santa will

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have to be quick to dodge the ream tomorrow. -- the rain.

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One or two showers trailing behind this afternoon.

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It will become drier through the night. For a time it will become

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clearer. There could be a touch of frost tomorrow morning. They could

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be some ice on untreated surfaces. Tomorrow there will be a lot of

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drizzly rain. The rain will become more widespread by the afternoon.

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There will also be a strong breeze. Tomorrow night the show was

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continue for a time. The biddies continues. -- the wind continues.

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Christmas the is a mixed picture. The wind will be strong. There will

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be no snow and no sunshine. Are you giving me might present?

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That is about et. Merry Christmas. We will review a carol sung live by

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