:00:10. > :00:16.Good evening. Our top story: That Catherine the Great crowd pleaser.
:00:16. > :00:19.Liverpool turns out to welcome the Duchess of Cambridge.
:00:19. > :00:27.She made the solo Valentines visit to the city and one little boy got
:00:27. > :00:37.the scoop ahead of the media. Also tonight: Long-distance love,
:00:37. > :00:42.the woman who has to do a 340 mile trip to visit her autistic son.
:00:42. > :00:50.And worldwide success with its Facebook challengers. Wasting all
:00:50. > :01:00.that money on games, it is not very good. And the taste of love. The
:01:00. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:12.factory where the sweet romance We will be hearing from some of you
:01:12. > :01:16.about those games on Facebook and what you think about them.
:01:16. > :01:20.First, a court has been hearing how a deaf girl allegedly beaten and
:01:20. > :01:24.abused at a house in Salford from the age of 10 was stabbed with a
:01:24. > :01:28.kitchen knife. In her early twenties now, she was brought to
:01:28. > :01:34.the UK from Pakistan and claimed she was locked in a dark cellar
:01:34. > :01:41.every night for nearly a decade. In Es and Tallat Ashar deny false
:01:41. > :01:46.improvement, human trafficking, sexual offences and benefit fraud.
:01:46. > :01:50.-- Ilyas. The third day of the trial and they
:01:50. > :01:56.watched a police interview of the woman. Speaking through an
:01:56. > :02:01.interpreter, she describes her routine where she lived with 66
:02:01. > :02:07.year-old Tallat Ashar and her husband, Ilyas. She was forced to
:02:07. > :02:12.wash, cook and clean and tell her ankles were sore, she said. Mrs
:02:12. > :02:17.Asher would tell her to get up and carry on cleaning. She said Mrs
:02:17. > :02:22.Asher was cutting onions in the kitchen when he smiled at the girl.
:02:22. > :02:28.She smiled back but this made her mad and she stabbed the girl in the
:02:28. > :02:32.abdomen with a knife. It was three days before she was taken to the
:02:32. > :02:40.doctor for feeling unwell but she wasn't a showman or told about the
:02:40. > :02:45.in jury. -- injury. She was forced to sleep in a locked a seller here
:02:45. > :02:51.and during the night, she said she had to bang on their door to go to
:02:51. > :02:59.the toilet and would be pushed back downstairs afterwards. She says she
:02:59. > :03:05.was raped by a Ilyas and sexually assaulted by his wife. The case is
:03:05. > :03:11.being translated into Urdu for the couple.
:03:11. > :03:15.Next, making your debut in a major away fixture can be a daunting
:03:15. > :03:20.prospect but the woman who used to be Kate Middleton, now Catherine,
:03:20. > :03:24.the Duchess of Cambridge, left the city as a win as crowds turned out
:03:24. > :03:32.to welcome her on her first solo engagement.
:03:32. > :03:36.A royal observers say she carried out the visit in some style. With
:03:36. > :03:45.Prince William away on duty in the Falklands, was left to an eight
:03:45. > :03:51.year-old boy to present the Duchess with a Valentine's Day red roses.
:03:51. > :03:55.Kate may have gone but the bunting here remains. A reminder of a
:03:55. > :04:02.special day here Liverpool. It is difficult to believe that this was
:04:02. > :04:07.just her first major solo outing, such was her ease. Royal visits are
:04:07. > :04:11.always carefully planned but today, she overran at every single point
:04:11. > :04:17.because she stopped to speak to so many people. By the time she left
:04:17. > :04:20.Alder Hey, she was over an hour late but she left behind many happy
:04:20. > :04:27.faces. A Valentine's gift for the gestures.
:04:27. > :04:34.Red roses from one of her many admirers. She was friendly, nice
:04:34. > :04:40.and beautiful. It was here that she began her day out in Liverpool. It
:04:40. > :04:47.is an alcohol-free bar helping people recover from their
:04:47. > :04:52.conditions from drink and drugs. is amazing. I am so proud. My
:04:52. > :04:59.children are so proud this morning. They are so excited. It is like a
:04:59. > :05:03.dream come true. I am pinching myself because it is unbelievable.
:05:03. > :05:09.It was then on to Alder Hey Hospital and the warmest of
:05:09. > :05:13.welcomes. Patients braved the cold and there were many more are
:05:13. > :05:18.arriving and the Duchess spoke to as many as she could. Really
:05:18. > :05:25.excited because it is a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity to see Kate
:05:25. > :05:35.Middleton. Ishi very beautiful? It was up to Amy, treated at Alder
:05:35. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:45.Hey, to welcome her officially. More flowers and a curtsy. She was
:05:45. > :05:52.very pretty and she was very nice. On one of the cancer wards, more
:05:52. > :05:58.presence and cards for Kate. Tell me about meeting Kate. It was a bit
:05:58. > :06:08.nerve-racking but it was really nice talking to her. She has had a
:06:08. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:14.rough year so it gives us a boost. She sat down and spoke to every
:06:14. > :06:19.child on the ward. Boucher as beautiful as you thought she was
:06:19. > :06:26.going to be? -- were she as beautiful? No, she was more
:06:26. > :06:34.beautiful. Elliott also got a scoop of his own because he told me the
:06:35. > :06:44.Duchess of Cambridge told me of the -- told him the name of the dark
:06:44. > :06:52.that they had got each other for Christmas. He kept his lips sealed!
:06:52. > :06:56.How fabulous. Parents in south Cumbria are
:06:56. > :07:01.joining forces to get a better deal for their autistic youngsters. They
:07:01. > :07:05.say the county has a lack of provision that is suitable for
:07:05. > :07:10.children with autism. One woman has had to put her child
:07:10. > :07:17.into residential care 150 miles from home because there's nothing
:07:17. > :07:22.suitable to where she lives that is nearer.
:07:22. > :07:27.When he was born, Robert appeared to be a normal, healthy child. It
:07:27. > :07:33.wasn't long before his mum realised there was something wrong. He was a
:07:33. > :07:37.very difficult baby. Robert was diagnosed with autism. I was told
:07:37. > :07:44.that it would be unlikely that there would be able to meet
:07:44. > :07:49.Robert's needs at home. Now Robert lives in South Yorkshire, 150 miles
:07:49. > :07:54.from his family. His mum says, such is the shortage of provision for
:07:54. > :08:03.autistic children in Cumbria, Yorkshire was the closest place to
:08:03. > :08:06.offer suitable, supported accommodation. Sam is also autistic.
:08:06. > :08:13.He has 24 hours are bought at a Home Office home in Barrow, not far
:08:13. > :08:18.from his dad. His dad had to think creatively to arrange all of this.
:08:18. > :08:24.It required that I set up what is in effect a care agency with one
:08:24. > :08:34.single client. I now have a team of seven full-time staff who support
:08:34. > :08:35.
:08:35. > :08:40.his needs vary radically -- adequately. It was my choice to do
:08:40. > :08:45.it this way. He is close to home, surrounded by his friends and
:08:45. > :08:50.family. Robert's mum has joined forces with other parents to see if
:08:50. > :08:55.there is a way of pooling resources to create their own tailor-made
:08:55. > :08:59.facility for autistic young adults in south Cumbria. I know he is not
:08:59. > :09:03.going to be a lawyer but I still have aspirations for him. Cumbria
:09:03. > :09:10.County Council said they had made significant investment in provision
:09:10. > :09:20.for autistic people in recent years, including opening a residential
:09:20. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:32.In other news, drug dealer has been jailed for life for murdering and
:09:32. > :09:38.burying the body of a boxer from Wirral. The body of 31 year-old
:09:38. > :09:43.Brett, was found at a body -- at a farm. He had been shot, burnt and
:09:43. > :09:47.buried. Thomas Haigh was found guilty at Truro Crown Court and
:09:47. > :09:52.will serve that five years. Again of these have been caught on
:09:52. > :09:57.CCTV smashing their way into the back room of a luck -- off-licence.
:09:57. > :10:03.They used a lump hammer to make a hole in the wall and then climbed
:10:03. > :10:07.through but said the alarm of a soul ran away empty handed.
:10:07. > :10:13.The funeral of the four siblings who died in a house fire in
:10:13. > :10:17.Freckleton will take place on Thursday. 19 year-old Reece Smith,
:10:17. > :10:21.his four year old twin sisters, Holly and Ella, and two year-old
:10:21. > :10:24.brother, Jordan, died when a fire started at their bungalow last
:10:24. > :10:28.month. Retailers in part of the main
:10:28. > :10:33.shopping street in the Isle of Man's capital have set up an action
:10:33. > :10:36.group to encourage more investors. Many shops in Douglas have shut
:10:36. > :10:43.down and the ones left say they are being neglected.
:10:43. > :10:47.Phase halls in the pavement out there, the drains dip in the middle.
:10:48. > :10:53.-- There is holes in the pavement. They seemed to look after the
:10:53. > :10:56.English multiples rather than the local people. Jaguar Land Rover has
:10:56. > :11:03.announced a an increase in profits following the rise in sales of
:11:03. > :11:09.their Evoque model. 32,000 were sold in the last quarter of 2011, a
:11:09. > :11:12.32% rise. China is the biggest market for Jaguar and Rover cars.
:11:12. > :11:17.For this order by definition is a tough fighter, expected to be brave
:11:17. > :11:21.in the face of the enemy. -- a soldier. An increasing number of
:11:21. > :11:24.men and women are suffering the effects of war when they are back
:11:24. > :11:27.at home and some say they can't cope at all.
:11:27. > :11:32.Post-traumatic stress disorder means solders can't talk about
:11:32. > :11:37.their memories and some will even try to kill themselves. As a film
:11:37. > :11:40.is released, Peter Coulter went to meet when you -- went to meet one
:11:40. > :11:46.young man who can't talk about what he has witnessed.
:11:46. > :11:56.For life as a soldier is tough. full-scale invasion of Iraq is
:11:56. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:02.Eddie Edwards served in the Army for 11 years. In Iraq, he lost a
:12:02. > :12:12.number of his close friends. The horrific images of war still haunt
:12:12. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:20.him. Back home in Preston, he found it hard to adjust to everyday life.
:12:20. > :12:25.I was beginning to get very anxious very quickly, argumentative,
:12:25. > :12:30.violent, I didn't want to be around people, I wanted to lock myself
:12:30. > :12:36.away. I couldn't handle crowds, talking to people I didn't know, I
:12:36. > :12:42.wanted to be on my own. Although he was suffering, his family was also
:12:42. > :12:47.struggling to cope with his condition. When I first had my son,
:12:47. > :12:52.it was difficult. He then tried to commit suicide. I had to keep
:12:52. > :12:57.strong and I did keep strong and kept him going there since I have
:12:57. > :13:06.had Poppy, I have got depression now. In the north-west, combat
:13:06. > :13:12.stress is treating 520 solders. They say on average, it takes a
:13:12. > :13:15.veteran 13 years to seek help. A new film hopes to break their
:13:15. > :13:20.stigma. The one thing I found interesting
:13:20. > :13:26.was sold his didn't want to get help. That is why it has become
:13:26. > :13:31.such an epidemic. The soldier training works against a soldier
:13:31. > :13:41.getting help. Eddie's family hoped the film will encourage others to
:13:41. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:49.Still to come on North West Tonight, It's That man Again, Carlos Tevez
:13:49. > :13:53.is back on Manchester City soil, but he just cannot help getting
:13:53. > :13:57.into trouble with the boss. And it is written on their hearts,
:13:57. > :14:05.the couples grew could not help fall in love across the production
:14:05. > :14:08.line. I love that story! Now love it or
:14:08. > :14:12.hate it, Facebook has quickly become the world's largest online
:14:12. > :14:19.social networking site. If you are not on it, you probably know
:14:19. > :14:23.someone who is. This is our Page. Thousands of you look at it and it
:14:23. > :14:32.is a great way for us to talk to you about the stories we are
:14:32. > :14:36.covering and for you to tell us what you think of them. We will be
:14:36. > :14:39.reading some of your comments on this story in a few moments. Of
:14:39. > :14:42.course, businesses know Facebook is a great way to interact with people
:14:42. > :14:46.and make money. And gaming companies have been getting in on
:14:46. > :14:56.the act. One company in Cheshire has made millions in the last two
:14:56. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:02.years. It says shops old gaming offers a sense of committee. But
:15:02. > :15:04.some people say face begins can be particularly addictive. -- face but
:15:04. > :15:07.games. Just two decades ago, this was
:15:07. > :15:14.gaming. One player, a fixed computer screen. Now you can play
:15:14. > :15:18.on your phone, iPad, laptop, anywhere, against anyone. You end
:15:18. > :15:22.up copying her friends and it is just a community side of it. It is
:15:22. > :15:27.more social. And it's not just teenagers who play - women in their
:15:27. > :15:31.30s are this Wilmslow games company's biggest users. We found
:15:32. > :15:36.one of our players like to escape from the world. And you were the
:15:36. > :15:39.master of your own destiny. It is very much about growing and making
:15:39. > :15:42.things. Gourmet Ranch is Paul Gouge's great gaming success story,
:15:42. > :15:46.played only through Facebook. Players farm virtual vegetables and
:15:46. > :15:49.animals on their ranch, then cook and sell them. It's free to play,
:15:49. > :15:52.but Paul's company makes its money by charging real cash to unlock
:15:52. > :15:58.things like ingredients. It's cooked up huge profits. 600,000
:15:58. > :16:02.people now play the game a month, generating �7 million. Paul himself
:16:02. > :16:05.was a millionnaire before the age of 30. The key, he says, is
:16:05. > :16:15.Facebook. Gamers used to play against a computer or one or two
:16:15. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:21.friends. With social games on Facebook, you play against defence.
:16:21. > :16:26.It does not matter where in the world your friends are. I'm in
:16:26. > :16:31.Australia. This is a new frontier for gaming and Facebook represents
:16:31. > :16:35.an exciting platform. You have the opportunity to target your product
:16:35. > :16:41.to be people like it most. But for some gamers, it can be hard to walk
:16:41. > :16:44.away. I think people can get addicted to them. Kids wasting all
:16:44. > :16:50.the money on games on social media. But Playdemic's story has impressed
:16:50. > :16:53.many, including MP Ed Vaizey, shown around today. The great thing is
:16:53. > :16:59.that even from an office in Wilmslow, you can reach the world.
:16:59. > :17:08.It is a tough business. And literally the world is your oyster.
:17:08. > :17:14.A philosophy this company has embraced. Have you ever played?
:17:14. > :17:20.No, I am working too hard. This is our Facebook pace. If you have your
:17:20. > :17:30.comments. It takes me three hours to feed my fish on Happy Aquarium.
:17:30. > :17:30.
:17:30. > :17:36.Angela says, diamond - can get very addictive. Sue says, I used to play
:17:36. > :17:40.a lot but I block most of them now. You are going without sleep because
:17:40. > :17:46.you do not want to miss out on a fire sale. Gareth says he blocks
:17:46. > :17:51.everything. I love Bejewelled Blitz, the only problem is it is so
:17:51. > :18:01.addictive but I do not have a clue why. If I play just before bedtime,
:18:01. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:05.I cannot move for exploding bright coloured gems and my head. Jonas
:18:05. > :18:12.says, I used to play Farmville, but blocked it because it was taking
:18:12. > :18:15.over all of my time. It started getting silly so I cancelled it. I
:18:15. > :18:24.now block all game requests. Michael says, I would rather read a
:18:24. > :18:31.book. Any time for any more? One more. Phase begins are not games,
:18:31. > :18:37.they are distractions. -- face that games. Alexander says, I do not use
:18:37. > :18:47.any apps, they are a nuisance. I never cook and anything, I just do
:18:47. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:51.what I need to do on it. Ireland had to school there. -- I learned
:18:51. > :18:54.to scroll. Now, he's assured of a warm welcome,
:18:54. > :18:56.but not necessarily a friendly one. Carlos Tevez arrived back in
:18:56. > :18:58.England this afternoon, three months after flying home to
:18:58. > :19:01.Argentina without Manchester City's permission. City manager Roberto
:19:01. > :19:05.Mancini had said in September that the striker would never play for
:19:05. > :19:07.the club again after accusing him of refusing to come on as a
:19:07. > :19:09.substitute. Before he flew back, Tevez claimed his boss had "treated
:19:09. > :19:12.him like a dog". Andy Johnson reports.
:19:12. > :19:15.A police guard was perhaps not the welcome he would have wanted.
:19:15. > :19:25.Carlos Tevez may have little time to sleep off the jetlag - he's
:19:25. > :19:25.
:19:26. > :19:29.still got to face his manager. There had be some signs his
:19:29. > :19:33.relationship with the man has -- the manager has been flowing out,
:19:33. > :19:39.whether that is the case today after his comments and a television
:19:39. > :19:42.interview is another matter. They treated me in a way that no players
:19:42. > :19:48.deserves. It worries me that my image in the press is bad
:19:48. > :19:50.everywhere, in England, in Argentina, as far away as China.
:19:50. > :19:53.the same interview, Tevez claimed his manager "treated him like a
:19:53. > :19:56.dog" after Roberto Mancini accused his striker of refusing to come on
:19:56. > :20:00.as a sub in the Champions League tie against Bayern Munich last
:20:00. > :20:05.September. When that happened, Mancini claimed Tevez would never
:20:05. > :20:09.play for City again. The following day, he was suspended. In October,
:20:09. > :20:13.he was fined for breach of contract and in early November, he left for
:20:13. > :20:16.Argentina without permission. Just before Christmas, Tevez was fined
:20:16. > :20:19.�1.2 million for gross misconduct, and possible moves to AC, Inter
:20:19. > :20:29.Milan or PSG all fell through before January's transfer window
:20:29. > :20:30.
:20:30. > :20:33.Carlos Tevez is expected to report to City's training ground at
:20:33. > :20:37.Carrington for fitness tests while the rest of the squad fly out to
:20:37. > :20:47.face Porto in the Europa League on Thursday. Whether he ever plays for
:20:47. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:55.the first team again is anyone's guess. Hours sucking you about what
:20:55. > :21:00.kind of welcome use of. Manchester City fans, most that I have spoken
:21:00. > :21:06.to just want him to apologise. They think he has disrespected the club
:21:06. > :21:15.ban unless he makes an apology, I think he has to say sorry, he has
:21:15. > :21:18.to, to say sorry to the fans. He has just got to start, I am sure we
:21:18. > :21:21.will be covering up for the next three months.
:21:21. > :21:25.Next, it's Valentine's Day, so we thought we'd head to what we think
:21:25. > :21:28.is the North West's most romantic place to work. Almost a quarter of
:21:28. > :21:32.the 550 staff at the Swizzels Matlow factory in Derbyshire are in
:21:32. > :21:35.loved-up couples, and many of them met on the site. It does of course
:21:35. > :21:38.produce the nation's most romantic sweet, Love Hearts, and Nina
:21:38. > :21:48.Warhurst went to see if she'd have any joy on the conveyer belt of
:21:48. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:02.Their eyes met across the conveyer belt as they were packing sweets.
:22:02. > :22:12.We would send them down the line on the machine we will working on,
:22:12. > :22:15.
:22:16. > :22:19.little messages. Be My Boy. It was there for both of us. Robert and
:22:19. > :22:22.Amanda are not the only ones - this Valentine's Day, there are 61
:22:22. > :22:32.loved-up couples working at this one factory and 30 of them are
:22:32. > :22:34.
:22:34. > :22:38.married. Sweet or what? The company moved here from the East End of
:22:38. > :22:42.London during the Blitz and since then generations of families have
:22:42. > :22:48.worked here. Some say it is that sense of history that adds to the
:22:48. > :22:54.romance. Let's face it, it is not the uniforms. My family has worked
:22:54. > :22:59.here for generations. My aunties and uncles. How do you keep a
:22:59. > :23:05.dramatic when you were to get the? We have been married for 29 years.
:23:05. > :23:14.We know enough about each other by now. I would not do without her. I
:23:14. > :23:17.would be lost without her. C, who said manufactured love cannot last?
:23:17. > :23:24.If you are feeling lonely this Valentine's Day, now you know
:23:24. > :23:31.exactly where to send your CV. The only thing I would say is if
:23:31. > :23:36.you can fall in love with someone wearing hairnet, it must be love.
:23:36. > :23:40.Now, just before we get to the weather, just say a quick sorry to
:23:40. > :23:43.those people who featured in our story about the royal visit in
:23:43. > :23:48.Liverpool today. We had a few gremlins in the system and be used
:23:48. > :23:55.the wrong title for some of them. Sorry about that. Let's go to die
:23:55. > :23:58.and now. If I had a Love Heart, and now. If I had a Love Heart,
:23:58. > :24:01.which one would be? Get on with it? Something like that!
:24:01. > :24:06.If you live along the coast, one of the main features of the weather
:24:06. > :24:13.today has been the wind. We have some shots at Blackpool, north
:24:13. > :24:19.westerly wind means the conditions have been quite stormy. The wind
:24:19. > :24:23.has been over 30 mph at times. Yes, not particularly pretty pictures.
:24:23. > :24:27.If you live along the coast, I think your pictures will be very
:24:27. > :24:33.similar tomorrow. The conditions are hardly changing. The wind has
:24:33. > :24:37.been quite gusty today but another problem has been this cloud cover.
:24:37. > :24:41.If you were lucky, you may have seen 20 minutes of sunshine every
:24:41. > :24:48.now and then. That has perked up the day. But the temperatures
:24:48. > :24:53.compared to what we have Liss time last week, Severn's rates for most
:24:53. > :24:58.people. During the night, the cloud cover stays with us. I think if you
:24:58. > :25:02.get a break, it will be around the eastern parts of Lancashire. Around
:25:02. > :25:08.coastal areas as we head to the early hours of the morning. The
:25:08. > :25:12.brakes are not very prolonged. They will not be that widespread. Almost
:25:12. > :25:21.blanket cloud cover so temperatures will hover around three in towns
:25:21. > :25:26.and cities. Along the coast, around six Celsius on the Isle of Man. The
:25:26. > :25:31.conditions are hardly different to today on Wednesday. Some cloud
:25:31. > :25:37.cover. It will pray from time to time. The sun is up earlier and
:25:38. > :25:43.earlier. A parts of Cumbria and eastern parts of Lancashire, that
:25:43. > :25:46.is what the best of the cloud breaks will be. The cloud tense to
:25:46. > :25:52.feed into parts of Merseyside through to parts of Greater
:25:52. > :25:56.Manchester, in two parts of Cheshire. That wind through the
:25:56. > :26:02.day-to-day, over 30 mph in gusts. That will be the same story
:26:02. > :26:09.tomorrow. It will feel fairly raw. Inland, you will still see winds up
:26:09. > :26:13.to about 50 mph. So it is not feeling wonderful. Temperatures at
:26:13. > :26:21.degree or so higher than today. Probably around nine or ten Celsius.
:26:21. > :26:25.Tomorrow night, we hang onto all of that cloud cover but between World
:26:25. > :26:31.War II and seven degrees. Going into a Thursday, we are looking at
:26:31. > :26:35.the north-westerly wind continuing. A portion of the day will be dry.
:26:35. > :26:39.One or two outbreaks of drizzly rain. By the time they get to
:26:39. > :26:45.Friday with that weather front, and outbreaks of rain from time to time.
:26:45. > :26:51.For the weekend, they conditions cool back off again. And at least
:26:51. > :26:56.it did not rain for the royal visit. it did not rain for the royal visit.
:26:56. > :27:00.She looked amazing. Before we go, we have had an e-mail from Caitlin
:27:00. > :27:06.and her mother who were in the crowd to welcome the royal visitor
:27:06. > :27:11.at they have some pictures they to it. Lovely. She is there, chatting
:27:11. > :27:14.to people. Caitlin says they had a fantastic time. And she thanked the
:27:14. > :27:22.hospital staff for handing of blankets for the children who were
:27:22. > :27:27.waiting in the cold. It looked like a brilliant day.
:27:27. > :27:31.She was not even posing, that is wonderful. But she is away from her