:00:06. > :00:16.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson.
:00:16. > :00:20.
:00:20. > :00:24.And Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: Great Manchester Police answer.
:00:24. > :00:32.Never would we expect in our worst nightmares PC Ian Terry would be
:00:32. > :00:37.killed by one of his colleagues. The force will be fined.
:00:37. > :00:39.Also tonight: Have the jab. Liverpool parents are
:00:39. > :00:45.urged to get their children vaccinated as a measles outbreak
:00:45. > :00:48.spreads. Victims of the recession - why more and more horses and ponys
:00:48. > :00:51.are being abandoned because their owners can't afford to keep them.
:00:51. > :00:54.And winning hearts, minds and medals - Dame Kelly Holmes visits
:00:54. > :00:58.Lancashire to inspire youngsters about the Olympics. Everyone is
:00:58. > :01:08.going to think this is the biggest showcase of sport in the world ever,
:01:08. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:14.and it's come to our country. Who Greater Manchester Police is to be
:01:14. > :01:17.prosecuted over the death of one of its officers. PC Ian Terry was shot
:01:17. > :01:22.dead by a fellow officer during a training exercise in 2008. An
:01:22. > :01:24.inquest ruled he'd been unlawfully killed.
:01:24. > :01:29.Yesterday the Crown Prosecution Service said it wouldn't be
:01:29. > :01:35.bringing charges. But today the Health and Safety Executive said it
:01:35. > :01:41.would be taking the force to court. Our Chief Reporter Dave Guest is
:01:41. > :01:44.here in the studio with more. Ian Terry knew his job was
:01:44. > :01:47.potentially dangerous. He was, after all, expected to catch
:01:47. > :01:51.criminal, but it was a fellow officer, not a felon, who killed
:01:51. > :01:55.him. It was June 2008, and PC Ian Terry was playing the part of an
:01:55. > :02:01.armed suspect during a training exercise. A colleague shot him with
:02:01. > :02:05.one of these - it's called a rip round, and it's intended to
:02:05. > :02:11.puncture tyres or shoot through wood.
:02:11. > :02:17.Fired at close range, it killed him. In 2010, a jury decided he had been
:02:18. > :02:21.unlawfully killed. They had been told he was not wearing body armour.
:02:21. > :02:25.They deemed GMP's practisings to be inappropriate. Twice the Crown
:02:25. > :02:30.Prosecution Service has considered whether to press criminal charges
:02:30. > :02:33.and twice has decided not to, recently yesterday. Today, though,
:02:33. > :02:37.the Health and Safety Executive announced it would be taking GMP to
:02:37. > :02:40.court. In June this year it will be nearly four years since Ian
:02:40. > :02:50.tragically died, four years that his family and his colleagues have
:02:50. > :02:53.had to wait for this protected decision to be made., and today I
:02:53. > :02:59.would like again to extend our deepest apologies for the tragic
:02:59. > :03:03.loss of a much-loved father, son, brother and husband. His family's
:03:03. > :03:07.frustration was clear this afternoon. Although we welcomed
:03:07. > :03:10.today's decision by the HSE to prosecute Greater Manchester Police
:03:10. > :03:18.and two of the officers involved, we feel bitterly disappointed that
:03:18. > :03:22.the Crown Prosecution Service have decide not to prosecute anyone,
:03:22. > :03:27.including the individual who killed Ian. The real tragedy here is not
:03:27. > :03:32.only that we as a family have lost a wonderful husband, father, son
:03:32. > :03:37.and brother, but that Greater Manchester Police have lost a young,
:03:37. > :03:42.dedicated police officer who wanted to serve and protect others.
:03:42. > :03:47.Meanwhile, eight other officers have misconduct proceedings hanging
:03:47. > :03:49.over them. Four years on from his death, the Terry case is still far
:03:50. > :03:52.from resolved. Thank you very much.
:03:52. > :03:56.Meanwhile, a mother has been speaking for the first time about
:03:56. > :03:57.the death of her son - who was shot dead by Greater Manchester Police.
:03:58. > :04:00.An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation is
:04:00. > :04:03.underway into the death of Anthony Grainger during a Police operation
:04:03. > :04:09.in the Cheshire village of Culcheth last weekend. No weapons have been
:04:09. > :04:13.found. Ian Haslam reports. Anthony Grainger was shot dead by a
:04:13. > :04:15.Police Officer, but it's not known why the officer opened fire. That,
:04:15. > :04:19.is what an Independent Police Complaints Commision investigation
:04:19. > :04:21.will now try to determine. It was in this car that he was killed, as
:04:21. > :04:28.officers from Greater Manchester Police investigated an alleged
:04:28. > :04:31.robbery plot. I expect to get that the police have murdered my son.
:04:31. > :04:35.And if it comes to that conclusion, I want the officer charged with
:04:35. > :04:40.murder and the other officers charged with conspiracy to murder.
:04:40. > :04:47.That's what I want at the end of the day. If it comes out that this
:04:47. > :04:53.is an unlawful killing, that's what I hope and pray for.
:04:53. > :04:56.It was in this car he was killed as officers from Greater Manchester
:04:56. > :05:02.Police investigated a robbery plot. His mother is unsure why he was in
:05:02. > :05:08.the car. I don't know why. I mean, he was a grown man. He was 36 years
:05:08. > :05:16.old, so you don't know, do you? I just know he was my son, a loving
:05:16. > :05:22.son. He was good to his brothers, and he adored his two children.
:05:22. > :05:26.That's - that's all. Three men have since been remanded in custody
:05:26. > :05:31.charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. No mother should have to
:05:31. > :05:35.hear a child's died, especially in the circumstances in which he died.
:05:35. > :05:45.He was murdered on my birthday. From that day forward, I will never,
:05:45. > :05:47.
:05:47. > :05:50.ever celebrate my birthday again. How could I?
:05:50. > :06:00.Hundreds of disabled people in the north-west could be at risk of
:06:00. > :06:04.
:06:04. > :06:14.losing their jobs as Remploy plans to close seven factories, including
:06:14. > :06:17.Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Wigan, Barrow, Birkenhead and Preston.
:06:17. > :06:20.The new Dean of Liverpool Cathedral is to be Canon Dr Pete Wilcox.
:06:20. > :06:23.Canon Wilcox is currently based at Lichfield Cathedral - but will
:06:23. > :06:26.start in Liverpool in September. The father of two - who's married
:06:26. > :06:28.to the novelist Catherine Fox - will be the seventh holder of the
:06:28. > :06:31.post. Next, one of the six UK soldiers
:06:31. > :06:34.thought to be killed in Afghanistan is from the 1st Battalion the Duke
:06:34. > :06:36.of Lancaster's Regiment - which recruits mainly in the North West.
:06:36. > :06:40.The soldier and five others from the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire
:06:40. > :06:48.Regiment were travelling in a Warrior armoured vehicle when it
:06:48. > :06:52.caught in an explosion. Peter Marshal is at Fulwood Barracks. We
:06:52. > :06:59.don't know the identity of the soldier or where he was based but
:06:59. > :07:03.it still must be a sombre day there at the barracks. They're actually
:07:03. > :07:07.based at Catterick barracks. These feelings are felt by everyone at
:07:07. > :07:11.headquarters and indeed in the local area. The regiment has been
:07:11. > :07:14.given the freedom of 25 cities and towns in the north-west. That gives
:07:14. > :07:19.you an idea of the esteem they're held with in this area. It's
:07:19. > :07:23.looking more and more likely this vehicle was hit by an IED laid by
:07:23. > :07:27.the Taliban, and the loss of six soldiers is the biggest loss of
:07:27. > :07:32.life in a single incident in Afghanistan since 2006 since 14
:07:32. > :07:37.personnel were killed when a nimrod crashed. One local MP around here,
:07:37. > :07:43.films a former soldier, has had this to say. Indeed, one of the
:07:43. > :07:47.soldiers was a member of the Duke of Lancashire's Regiment. My
:07:47. > :07:53.thoughts are with his family and all of those who have given the
:07:53. > :07:56.ultimate sacrifice in fighting in Afghanistan. The soldiers were in a
:07:56. > :08:01.Warrior. These have been the subject of controversy in the past,
:08:01. > :08:05.haven't they? Yes, four soldiers were killed in Iraq in April 2007
:08:05. > :08:11.in one of these. Among them was 19- year-old Kingsman Adam Smith, just
:08:11. > :08:18.19 from Liverpool serving with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster
:08:18. > :08:21.Regiment. At the inquest into their deaths, the coroner said soldiers
:08:21. > :08:26.needed better equipment. The Government responded saying there
:08:26. > :08:28.would be a �1 billion upgrade. It's not known whether the latest
:08:28. > :08:32.vehicle involved in the incident had been involved in the upgrade
:08:32. > :08:36.process. Thank you very much. The RSPCA says it's struggling to
:08:36. > :08:42.cope with a record number of dead or dying horses being dumped in the
:08:42. > :08:47.north-west. It says imagines which could be rehomed are being
:08:47. > :08:51.abandoned because their owners can't or won't pay for treatment.
:08:51. > :08:57.One pony was found stumbling around in an industrial estate, another
:08:57. > :09:01.was dumped in Bolton. You may find this report upsetting.
:09:01. > :09:06.This is Delilah. She was found in Rochdale around three weeks ago in
:09:06. > :09:10.a terrible state full of lice, worms and very, very thin.
:09:10. > :09:15.I called the vet out, and the vet said another 24 hours, she would
:09:15. > :09:19.have probably had to be put to sleep. The vet certified she needed
:09:19. > :09:23.removing. Otherwise that would have happened.
:09:23. > :09:28.The horses taken in by the charity are making good progress with food
:09:28. > :09:33.and proper care, but it's expensive. Throughout the country, the RSPCA
:09:33. > :09:37.is looking after about 500 horses and ponies like this. Around half
:09:37. > :09:43.of those are in the north. One of the main reasons is the cost of
:09:43. > :09:47.keeping an animal, around �15 a day to keep a pony like this in good
:09:47. > :09:51.condition. With some ponies only fetching �25 at sales, the number
:09:51. > :09:58.of abandoned animals has soared. This dead two-year-old was
:09:58. > :10:01.discovered on a street in Bolton. Another pony was found in Foal
:10:01. > :10:05.wandering around an industrial estate in Stockport. She could give
:10:05. > :10:08.birth at any time. She has a leg injury. We called the vet out to
:10:08. > :10:12.have a look, and that leg injury is a chronic one. It has been there
:10:12. > :10:16.for over 12 months untreated. It's an injury that could have been
:10:16. > :10:19.treated very easily at the beginning. The RSPCA blames
:10:19. > :10:29.overbreeding and the economic climate, but says owners should
:10:29. > :10:34.call for help rather than leave an animal to suffer.
:10:34. > :10:38.Still to come: The practicalities of bereavement -
:10:38. > :10:42.our series on partners who have been widowed young examines the
:10:42. > :10:46.realities of everyday life. Apparently, there's a benefit for
:10:46. > :10:51.widows with children. And I have been widowed for 18 months. I only
:10:51. > :11:01.found out yesterday. And no reprieve - wind mere's Canada geese
:11:01. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:05.The great operas are full of jealousy, murder and revenge, and
:11:05. > :11:10.Mozart even sends one of his characterers to hell, but we wonder
:11:10. > :11:15.what audiences will make of a new opera being performed for the first
:11:15. > :11:21.time in Liverpool tonight. Yes,Anya 17 traffics the grim subject of
:11:21. > :11:30.people trafficking. It tells the story of young woman tricked into
:11:30. > :11:35.coming to the UK into the sex trade. SINGING
:11:35. > :11:40.Anya is about to enter a seedy world of sexual exploitation.
:11:40. > :11:44.characters is representative of many young girls in - particularly
:11:44. > :11:47.Eastern Europe, but many places across the world.
:11:47. > :11:52.# I don't know # She's a young, innocent girl who
:11:52. > :12:00.falls in love, but it turns out to be a trick for her to fall into sex
:12:00. > :12:05.slavery in the West. Instead of digging into a romantic
:12:05. > :12:11.past, the opera focuses on a real problem of our times. We're talking
:12:11. > :12:13.about women that have been deceived, been told that they may have a job
:12:14. > :12:19.here. They're brought over by traffickers from other countries
:12:19. > :12:22.and then forced into the sex industry in brothels. I think as
:12:22. > :12:29.communities, we need to know what we're looking for and to raise
:12:29. > :12:35.awareness of that. It's a scaled- down concert performance. With
:12:35. > :12:37.backing, it could become a major production. Just two performances -
:12:37. > :12:42.one here tonight at the Philharmonic Hall here in Liverpool,
:12:42. > :12:46.another at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, but
:12:46. > :12:50.is there an audience for an opera about people trafficking? At the
:12:50. > :12:55.moment, there is an opera on in London, The Death of Klinghoffer
:12:55. > :13:00.about terrorism. I think opera can do that. If you go back to subjects
:13:00. > :13:10.like Kharmen and others, they were quite close to the bone, and they
:13:10. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:19.Parents on Merseyside are being urged to get their children
:13:19. > :13:22.vaccinated following an outbreak of measles.
:13:22. > :13:27.Health professionals say the majority of cases are in children
:13:27. > :13:35.under five who haven't had the MMR vaccine and among babies and
:13:35. > :13:39.toddler whros are too young to be vaccinated.
:13:39. > :13:44.Three children got measles and so did her granddaughter because she
:13:44. > :13:48.never got them vaccinated after the scare over autism a few years ago.
:13:49. > :13:52.A link to MMR has since been shown to be unfounded, and her advice to
:13:52. > :13:55.parents is to get the vaccine. Definitely get it because I
:13:55. > :14:01.wouldn't like any other parent to go through what I have gone through
:14:01. > :14:06.this last month. It has been quite bad. In Merseyside and Cheshire
:14:06. > :14:09.there are 48 confirmed cases. There could be many more. 7,300 children
:14:09. > :14:14.could be at risk. Here at the Health and Safety Executive in
:14:14. > :14:24.Liverpool, a team is working full- time on measles cases and is being
:14:24. > :14:28.treated in thea same way as the swine flu pandemic three years ago.
:14:28. > :14:34.We will hopefully limit the transmission, and also by
:14:34. > :14:36.identifying vulnerable contacts of cases and offer them some
:14:36. > :14:46.protection, we can minimise transmission. The outbreak has
:14:46. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:52.spread from Liverpool to Halton and St Helens, Knowsley, Sefton, Wirral
:14:52. > :14:56.and Warrington. At this lab in Manchester, the samples are being
:14:56. > :15:00.tested and monitored daily. Normally, we don't see measles
:15:00. > :15:04.except for particular times of the year. Now we're seeing two to three,
:15:04. > :15:08.five cases - it varies day to day, but we're seeing that number
:15:08. > :15:12.regularly on a daily basis. Measles is serious, and in some cases can
:15:12. > :15:21.be fatal. People who have not yet responded are being urged to
:15:21. > :15:25.contact their GPs to bring this For the next part in our series
:15:25. > :15:28.looking at the experiences of people who have lost their partners
:15:28. > :15:32.at a young age. We have been talking to Peter, who lost his wife
:15:32. > :15:37.Sophie, and Clare, whose husband John died when they were both in
:15:37. > :15:41.their 30s. It's a day they have been telling
:15:41. > :15:51.Stuart Polit what it's like to deal with the practicalities in the
:15:51. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :15:57.midst of losing a loved one. When she went, that was massive
:15:57. > :16:00.hole in the practical finance end of things, which you don't really
:16:00. > :16:04.want to think about, but at the end of the day, you need to pay the
:16:04. > :16:07.mortgage. Obviously, you have to let everybody know - all the banks
:16:07. > :16:11.and the building societies. I had to go to Chester to go to the bank
:16:11. > :16:16.and sat there heavily pregnant saying, "My husband has just died.
:16:16. > :16:21.What do I do about these accounts?" I had to sort out a headstone. I
:16:21. > :16:27.had to go to the stone mason's and look at the lettering. I was 33. I
:16:27. > :16:31.didn't expect I was going to have to deal with that. Luckily, less
:16:31. > :16:36.than a week before we'd both taken out life insurance which I would
:16:36. > :16:42.advise to everyone. I know times are hard, but if we hadn't had it,
:16:42. > :16:46.I don't know what we would have done. Thank goodness he was in
:16:46. > :16:49.Kimberly Clark's pension scheme. We received financial help from them,
:16:49. > :16:53.without whom we wouldn't have been able to survive. Is there enough
:16:53. > :16:57.help for people like you to deal with that side of it? I don't think
:16:57. > :17:01.there is any help. I know sometimes the Government does say that there
:17:01. > :17:10.is this and there is that, but I only found out yesterday that
:17:10. > :17:14.apparently there is a benefit for widows with children. That is one
:17:14. > :17:21.of the great things about the Wave Foundation. We're all in the same
:17:21. > :17:24.boat. You put something on either the message board or the WAY page
:17:24. > :17:32.on Facebook, and you can guarantee somebody else would have had the
:17:33. > :17:37.same issue. Everything was straight forward.. I know a lot of people in
:17:37. > :17:42.Way who had a lot of problems. Neither of us had a will. It was
:17:42. > :17:47.hard work. It took ages and ages to sort out. It would be good if you
:17:47. > :17:51.could make one call or just stopping junk mail, which can be
:17:51. > :17:57.upsetting to the kids when they see mummy's name every day. From that
:17:57. > :18:03.point of view, it does take a lot of sorting out, then probably at
:18:03. > :18:06.the point of life when you're least likely to want to do any paperwork.
:18:06. > :18:12.Peter and Clare have spoken very candidly and emotionally about
:18:12. > :18:15.their situation. It struck a chord with everybody. Please do get in
:18:16. > :18:19.touch if you have something to say. We may revisit some of your stories
:18:19. > :18:24.later in the week. Stuart's piece continues tomorrow.
:18:24. > :18:26.Now, the proposed cull of Canada geese on wind mere is to go ahead.
:18:26. > :18:30.The authorities in the Lake District ruled today there are too
:18:30. > :18:36.many of them, and some will have to But the campaign to save them is
:18:36. > :18:39.hotting up, as Mark Edwardson explains.
:18:39. > :18:43.For almost one in five of these birds, their goose is already
:18:43. > :18:48.cooked. The Lake District National Park Authority and its partners are
:18:48. > :18:52.going to cull between 15 and 20% of wind mere's Canada geese because
:18:52. > :18:56.it's felt they're an unpleasant nuisance and big polluters.
:18:56. > :19:01.Canada goose will go to the toilet 26 times a day. They can deposit as
:19:01. > :19:05.much as two pounds of droppings. If you multiply that with a large
:19:05. > :19:09.number of birds, particularly when they're flocking together, that has
:19:09. > :19:13.a big impact on the ground and people's enjoyment. 200 geese will
:19:13. > :19:17.be shot this year. That might be followed by another cull.
:19:17. > :19:20.A lot of visitors are going to be put off. It might be short term,
:19:20. > :19:23.but nevertheless, it's not good. It's not good for the Lake District.
:19:23. > :19:27.This is a beautiful area. It's one I am passionate about and its
:19:27. > :19:31.wildlife, and I can see no reason whatsoever for the way in which the
:19:31. > :19:35.National Park Authority have gone about this matter.
:19:35. > :19:38.Visitors, often blamed for encouraging large numbers of the
:19:38. > :19:42.geese because of they feed them, had mixed views. It's a great
:19:42. > :19:47.impact on what they're doing to the virplt - I can't see it. It's a
:19:47. > :19:51.good idea, yeah. They are very messy. I don't agree. Leave nature
:19:51. > :19:55.to itself. As far as the National Park authority is concerned the
:19:56. > :19:58.cull of Canada geese like these is going to start as soon as spring
:19:58. > :20:02.arrives that could be as early as next month. The campaigners say
:20:02. > :20:12.they're going to keep up their protests starting Saturday in
:20:12. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:22.On to sport. Tony is here. More revelations today about the amount
:20:22. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:32.of money Blackpool Football Club has paid to companies run by Owen
:20:32. > :20:34.Oyston. On Monday we told you that Owen
:20:34. > :20:38.Oyston's company, Zabaxe, had received eleven million pounds from
:20:38. > :20:40.Blackpool Football Club. That was more than the wages paid to all the
:20:40. > :20:45.players and the manager put together. Some fans were so angry
:20:45. > :20:50.they called on Mr. Oyston to pay some of that money back. What was
:20:50. > :20:55.the money for? Some for the stadium complex.
:20:55. > :21:00.The club has bought the freehold of the hotel back from him. The other
:21:00. > :21:04.repayment of the item was money lent to the club. Some fans are
:21:04. > :21:08.angry, but others are more relaxed. They say he saved them from
:21:08. > :21:13.extinction, helped build a new stadium and got them into the
:21:13. > :21:23.Premiere League. The team was relegated last season but the club
:21:23. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:35.have made a healthy profit, �20 million. The argument goes on. Well
:21:35. > :21:38.today it's been revealed that in total Mr. Suffered a set-back with
:21:38. > :21:42.defeat at Derby. Tom Ince the seasiders ahead with just over a
:21:42. > :21:44.minute gone. But the home side responded with two of their own. In
:21:44. > :21:47.League One Rochdale's manager John Coleman has apologised to the
:21:47. > :21:50.club's fans after his side's 2-1 defeat at Carlisle. Dale are now
:21:50. > :21:53.bottom. Tranmere Rovers got a point in Ronnie Moore's first game in
:21:53. > :21:56.charge with a 1-1 draw against Notts County. And in League Two
:21:56. > :21:59.Kevin Ellison scored twice as Morecambe came from behind to beat
:21:59. > :22:02.Cheltenham 3-1. One of Britain's greatest ever Olympians was in the
:22:02. > :22:05.region today just 142 days before the London Games open. So Andy
:22:05. > :22:08.Johnson went along to meet Dame Kelly Holmes, a double Gold medal
:22:08. > :22:10.winner in Athens, to get her opinion on some of our 2012
:22:10. > :22:14.hopefuls. Dame Kelly Holmes bringing it home -
:22:14. > :22:18.Eight years on, and it's still one of the great sporting moments -
:22:18. > :22:23.gold in the 850 metres in Athens means Dame Kelly Holmes will always
:22:23. > :22:27.be regarded as an Olympic great. Your theme of going for gold of
:22:27. > :22:34.course resonates with me. Today she was inspiring students and staff by
:22:34. > :22:38.opening the West Lancashire College. So we took the chance to get her to
:22:38. > :22:44.run the rule over three of our London hopefuls.
:22:44. > :22:49.A fantastic athlete, very determined to do well and to
:22:49. > :22:59.perfect her ability in that 800 metres. She's already shown that
:22:59. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:03.she's up there with the best of the world.
:23:03. > :23:07.She was in the team when I used to run. We were very close. I think
:23:07. > :23:17.she's incredible how she's moved up in diss the answer, but her
:23:17. > :23:23.standard hasn't waivered. She's getting better and better. If
:23:23. > :23:27.anyone was going to put a bet on a potential medallist, it's someone
:23:27. > :23:31.like that she has the advantage that she knows she can compete
:23:31. > :23:35.against the best in the world. lucky student who will help carry
:23:35. > :23:38.the torch when it comes to the north-west even got to hold those
:23:38. > :23:42.famous gold medals. I remember watching her on the telly when I
:23:42. > :23:52.was 11 and being amazed - I couldn't believe she won both of
:23:52. > :23:56.them. I can't believe I am holding It would be great if some of our
:23:56. > :24:00.athletes could replicate that. If you're a Manchester City fan or
:24:00. > :24:04.even a music fan, don't miss the show tomorrow. We've got news of a
:24:04. > :24:08.very special meeting of minds - Noel Gallagher has interviewed one
:24:08. > :24:13.of Manchester City's more flamboyant star, shall we say. I am
:24:13. > :24:17.not allowed to say who it is, but if they're on there, will be
:24:17. > :24:25.fireworks. I think you may have just given it away. A sneaky clue.
:24:25. > :24:29.It was a lively day today with bouncey showers in parts. Tomorrow
:24:29. > :24:34.looks like it's going to be a fairly quiet day with quite a bit
:24:34. > :24:37.of cloud cover. Temperatures around 10 Celsius. Through the day today,
:24:38. > :24:41.the showers, the band of rain first thing in the morning - I am
:24:42. > :24:45.desperately trying to get the charts to move on so you'll have to
:24:45. > :24:49.stick with what I am saying - here we go. In Blackpool this afternoon,
:24:49. > :24:53.as they turned up, your temperatures went from 8 Celsius to
:24:53. > :24:56.5 Celsius in the space of about ten minutes as they move their way
:24:56. > :25:01.through. This is our latest picture. They're still around in parts, but
:25:01. > :25:03.I think the story really should be for them to die away as you head
:25:03. > :25:07.towards midnight. Before midnight, one or two will still continue, and
:25:07. > :25:12.on those winds, they will be fairly lively. After midnight, many will
:25:12. > :25:15.die away. We'll see a bit of clear weather before midnight. Cloud
:25:15. > :25:19.afterwards. Temperatures will be cold in parting. Those showers rise
:25:19. > :25:24.over the high ground and meet the cold air - there could be wintry
:25:24. > :25:28.weather. 2-3 Celsius is your minimum. We go into tomorrow, and
:25:28. > :25:31.the best of any winter weather will be first thing. As the morning
:25:31. > :25:35.progresses, cloud cover breaking for places, so there should be some
:25:35. > :25:40.spells of sunshine coming through. But after lunch the cloud cover
:25:40. > :25:44.rolls on back all over again. It's quiet because the wind has changed
:25:44. > :25:47.direction - it's more a south- westerly and not strong at all. In
:25:47. > :25:50.theory, your temperatures could get to 9-10 Celsius. It's worth noting
:25:50. > :25:55.there could be more sightings of the northern lights over the next
:25:55. > :26:01.couple of nights. Tomorrow night could be a favoured sighting time,
:26:01. > :26:06.We were just wondering whether you're promise of a quiet day