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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight.

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Jailed for 16 years. The paedophile grandfather trapped after three

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decades by his DNA. David Bryant represents every parent so

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nightmare. On -- fortunately he is behind bars. The court heard that

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David Bryant felt aggrieved to have been caught. Also tonight.

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Awaiting their fate, the workers preparing for a Vauxhall's

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blueprint for their future. Making Matilda smile. The region

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will lead the world in cleft palates research.

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From penalty boxes to horseboxes, we talk to Michael Owen about life

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of the pitch. -- off the pitch. Well it to neighbours and friends

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in the Cumbrian village he called home, at David Bryant appeared to

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be a pillar of the community. Living quietly in a picturesque

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cottage, he drove a taxi for a living and was well known to most

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people in the area. For more than 30 years, he kept a terrible secret.

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In the 1980s and 1990s, he'd snatched children from the streets,

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before subjecting them to sexual abuse. He was brought to justice

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thanks to the efforts of a cold case police unit and tonight he is

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beginning a 16 year jail term. Baycliff is a quiet village of 100

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homes just outside or Ulverston in Cumbria. It is a place where people

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know their neighbours, but no one here knew the dark and despicable

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secret harboured by one of their number for more than 30 years.

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David Bryant I think represent every parent's nightmare.

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Fortunately he is now behind bars. David Bryant was a paedophile and

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child of Dr. But to those living close to him, he appeared to be a

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respectable member of their community. Most people in the

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village fountain nice. He was a fellow that seemed to get on with

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everyone. In truth, David Bryant had an appalling criminal past. It

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began in Gosport in Hampshire in 1982 when he abducted a 5-year-old

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girl from her home before abusing her. It was a crime he repeated in

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May the next year in Southampton. More than one decade passed then he

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struck again in Newcastle and in September that year, another victim

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was snatched in Newcastle. Tonight we have been asked to appeal on two

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linked cases which are still unsolved. Despite the appeals, he

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remained at large. He brought fear to Tyneside, but was living

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peaceably on the opposite side of the country. It is possible each

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passing year helped him grow in confidence and get away with his

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crimes. Then the abductions will be examined by a cold case unit and

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advances in DNA technology eventually led police officers to

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But faced with irrefutable DNA evidence, he eventually admitted

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his guilt and today at Newcastle Crown Court was jailed for 16 years.

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Back in Baycliff, the people who once considered in a friendly

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neighbour remained shocked. could not believe it and I do not

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think most people could. David Bryant could not believe it when he

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was caught after so many years. Next tonight, a top-level meeting

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takes place in Germany tomorrow which could throw some light on the

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future of more than 2000 car workers here in the north-west.

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Vauxhall Opel has the Cup capability to be jess -- to produce

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too many cars and car plant closures are likely. The company

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has said it would protect jobs until 2014, but beyond that date?

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There have been no firm decisions on the future of this plant, but

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today it predicted demise is making headlines across Europe. Bochum and

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Ellesmere Port or two plants named as possible casualties. The sheer

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his box of's 50 per year in the town and the first car produced

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there was a Vauxhall Viva. A meeting tomorrow will be the first

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indicator yet of whether or not the site has many more years left. Now,

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says the union is the time to fight for jobs here. The fear is that

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Germany has a better track record of fighting for jobs there. German

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has not lost a plan since the Second World War. The contrast with

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the UK is remarkable. We have lost Rover, Peugeot and Jaguar as well

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as the GM plant. One does Germany have that we have not? In Germany

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local government pick up the tab and staff are on downtime. Why

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build cars no one will buy? Staff here will do that on Thursday and

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Friday. No one but Vauxhall Opel will pick up the tab. In Germany,

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unions sit on the board alongside directors and they will be at the

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crucial meeting tomorrow. Unions from here will not. In Germany, the

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company's new CEO is Karl-Frederick Stracke, the sheer's outgoing CEO,

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Nick Reilly, a Brit to cut his teeth at Ellesmere Port. Jobs have

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been safeguarded until 2014 and the meeting tomorrow will outline

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company plans beyond that. Staff should know more it then. Just how

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clear when the picture be this time tomorrow? We are not expecting a

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definitive announcement on plant closures. That is of the agenda.

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Unions are saying that they are expecting a little more meat to be

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put on the bones of what we know already. They have said they are

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running overcapacity and unions are expecting a bit more. Unions tell

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me that they might expect an announcement on were the next

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generation Astra will be built. If that goes to Ellesmere Port, it

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will have a shelf-life be on 2014. If it does not, the writing is on

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the wall. Tell us about it BAE, because there is a fight to save

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jobs there? The Defence Minister is on its way to India to asked the

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Indian government who have decided to spend a lot of money with a

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different country, a French company, to think again and go for the Euro

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fighter Typhoon and safeguard jobs here. We will hear more later in

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the week. While we are talking about jobs

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uncertainty and licking it to this time next year and wondering where

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you are going to be, a group of young unemployed people in Crewe

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have sent a stark message to David Cameron, do not desert our

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generation. They have made a video for the prime minister explaining

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what been without a job feels like and we will be following three of

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the grid this year as part of our plan to track the economy through

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the eyes of the people who live in the Cheshire town. Latest figures

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show that 2316 and 17-year-old oz bar out of work. Take a look at

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this figure for the 18 to 24 age group, because 9,000 of them are

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unemployed. This is the highest figure for any region in the

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country. In Crewe and Nantwich, of those claiming Jobseekers Allowance,

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almost one third are 16 to 24. People like these three people,

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struggling to find a job. Meet the teenagers to fear for their future.

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Chloe is 16, Joe is 18 and Laura is 16. They are unemployed and

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uninspired. A you are worried because this is your future. It is

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stopping you from living. This is their video message to David

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Cameron. We are trying to explain properly how we actually feel.

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does not know what it is like to be unemployed. He has a nice job that

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pays a lot of money. We are the ones who are sat here on the

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internet all day, looking in papers. He was our age once, he might not

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remember it, but... He will have to, because a lot of people need his

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help. Jo wants to be a social worker but is struggling to get

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experience. When you are told you are not good enough, it gets to you

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after a while. Clow we cannot even find a part-time job why she gets

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qualifications. A I have looked at Asda and Tesco, stacking shelves,

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working in a cafe, but you do not get a response back. I will do

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anything. Even with work experience at a local radio station, Laura is

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not hopeful of getting a job. do not think I stand a chance. That

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should not be right. You should have the confidence. We will follow

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these three over the next few months and they will do our best to

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take their video to the Prime Minister and see what he has to say.

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Tomorrow night we will be meeting the women's hammer. Wayne, Bejana

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and Toby are struggling to make ends meet on one weight as they

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struggle rising prices, declining income and debt. We want to hear

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from you on this. Get in touch if you live or work in Crewe and let

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us know your experiences in tough times.

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Thank you. An independent report into of his's riots in cities

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including Manchester and Salford, says a lack of support and lack of

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opportunity for young people contributed to the unrest. The

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Riots, Communities and Victims Panel has concluded that up to

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15,000 people took part in the riots, with the majority aged under

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24 and with poor academic records. The new interim Chief Executive of

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the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

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has been speaking for the first time since starting his new role.

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Eric Morton was appointed after problems with the quality of

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service at the trust, including per patient safety and sub-standard

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clinical governance. A I have no doubt we will have an excellent

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trust. I am sure that the services we will be moving to deliver a

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cross all the hospitals and the trust will be as good as you get in

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the rest of the country. The government has given the go-

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ahead for �54 million of improvements to bus services across

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Greater Manchester. There will be more bus lanes and in central

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Manchester, cars will be banned from part of Oxford Road.

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Manchester United icons Denis Law and Bryan Robson here both beating

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cancer have vowed to help raise �1 million for research. The players

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are appealing to a public to take part in this year's 'Shine' Night

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Time Marathon Walk in September and they say they owe their survival to

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advances in technology. I was astounded. I have cancer! It was a

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shoe shop to me. You realise that you have got it and you have to

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cope with that, but then you understand what the machines are

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helping as well. Can we buy another machine that will say that

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The players are Bolton Wanderers have visited their team-mate

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Fabrice Muamba at the London chest Hospital ahead of tonight's FA Cup

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replay against Tottenham. The 23- year-old suffered a cardiac arrest

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10 days ago during the first match at White Hart Lane which was then

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abandoned. Fabrice Muamba remains in intensive care but is said to be

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making encouraging progress. The Government is warning

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Manchester that it risks a competitive disadvantage ever

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decides not to have a directly elected mayor. In five weeks' time,

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people in the city will be asked in a referendum whether they want to

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me are or not, that is the chance to vote for the leader of the

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council. It is have they would like to have Army Air in Manchester.

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When I went into Downing Street this afternoon, it was a high

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profile situation. There were other senior politicians there, including

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Michael Heseltine, Boris Johnson, Eric Pickles, the message is the

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same. If you have a directly elected mayor who is elected by the

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people, then they are more high profile and they are able to lead

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the city and develop the economy. What is interesting that when I

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spoke to one senior Downing Street insider and asked what happens if

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Mantua doesn't go far a directly elected mayor when they go for the

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referendum, he was explicit. He said they would be at a competitive

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disadvantage. That was the point, if big cities go for it, they will

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get the advantages. How is the Labour leadership of Manchester

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City Council responding? I spoke to the leader there and he has a very

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strong argument which is that Greater Manchester is seen as one

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of the best-performing city regions, in terms of how local councils work

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together, so if it is working well, why would you want to change it?

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His argument is that you should not be worrying about titles. The

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Government think that mayor's are better thing and they are creating

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this new body. Liverpool will be at that table, the question is if

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Manchester will join them. Either way, in case you're wondering, it

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didn't cost me a penny to get into Downing Street this afternoon take

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meet the Prime Minister. Thank you very much.

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We stay and Manchester. The University of Manchester is to take

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joined leadership on the biggest ever study into cleft lips and

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palates. �11 million is being invested over five years, the

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single biggest investment anywhere in the world. The university will

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work with the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and other

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instruments across the country, to understand more about the defect

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which effects 1,200 children born in the UK each year.

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Eight-month-old Matilda from Bolton was born with a cleft palate,

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leaving her with a hole in the top of her mouth and difficulties

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feeding. We were devastated at first. It can lead to other

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conditions. I was worried about other things that might be wrong

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with her. And the implications it would have for her future,.

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Cleft lips and palates and among what -- amongst the most common

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birth defects in the world, but little is known about what causes

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them. There are environmental influences that can in certain

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circumstances influence the risks. Experts are still divided on the

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best form of treatment and Matilda's parents utter would --

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have decided to take part in trials, looking at when his best operator.

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Here at the Royal children's Manchester hospital, they will be

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co-ordinating a nationwide programme of research and Gordon to

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improve the team is available and reduce the burden of care and

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children and their families. forms very early in pregnancy and

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it is before that pregnancy before -- is apparent. This is one of the

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nurses who will be working on the trials. My hopes of the future to

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be worth answers some of the uncertainties that remain in all

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aspects of cleft care. By working together with other is to choose

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across the country we should be able to learn more about the

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Defects and how to treat it. We mentioned Bolton earlier, but

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there are not the only one of her sides playing in the FA Cup tonight.

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Everton have laid on free coach travel to take thousands of their

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fans to Sunderland. It is the quarter-final replay.

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There is full commentary of that match from the Stadium of Light on

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BBC Radio Merseyside. I am setting myself up for rough

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all now. Last night, Manchester United beat

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Fulham to move three points clear of Manchester City at the top of

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the Premier League. Wayne Rooney's first have goal, his 25th of the

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season, was the decider. United also survived appellant tastier in

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the closing minutes, when Michael Carrick appeared to trip Danny

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Murphy in the penalty area. He is no stranger to be signing

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Saturday and new deal involving Michael Owen was unveiled, without

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a for pollen site. The Manchester United player and horse racing

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enthusiast lunch the business partnership between the stable co-

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owns and a wealth management company. The Flat racing tables

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have expanded in the past two years. So is Michael Owen's hobby becoming

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more of a career as injury was continue to plague him?

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From penalty boxes to horseboxes, he looks at home in both. If you

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push horses, they grow well. My call in is at a corner of Manor

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House Stables. It is home to 100 racehorses and employs 40 people.

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It is a big operation, but Michael Owen, who is returning from injury

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insists the only race he wants to be involved end is the one for the

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Premier League title. It would be lovely to be fit and available for

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that one. Life of the pitch goes on. Today he lunch venue now working

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relationship. He looks as if he has been doing some networking himself

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in their dressing room. He has got two courses. He named that one

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after his father. He is one of two that Wayne has got. The Flat season

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is about to start this Saturday, so we are training them all. It is the

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equivalent of PCs and so -- pre- season training for them.

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I have started doing my coaching matches. There are five levels to

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do and I have done the first three. There is that as an option. And

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then the media is another option that could be taken further. There

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are fuel roles and football that I could take on. And on in one of the

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country's bigger stables has a nice hobby to have. The only downside,

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he cannot test their passes out. You cannot do anything like that.

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All the extreme sports. We have to wait until we are retired. All well,

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you cannot have all. What a beautiful place that was.

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Beautiful day. Frustrating it if you want to play spot the Clyde. I

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have not seen a cloud for days. We have Sendai and to the seaside. --

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spot the cloud. I am in more come. There is a

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reason to come to more come. Yesterday they are sold -- some

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more sunshine than anywhere in the North West. Markham's up 12.5 hours

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of sunshine. It is going to be difficult to judge today. There has

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not been applied to the sky. We should be in a farm in her sunshine

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hours. Temperatures through the day have been great. Everyone has been

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have been great. Everyone has been High pressure still in charge. It

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is starting to drift. While tomorrow will be wonderful, it is

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over the next couple of days that the colder air gradually starts to

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come in. We can see there when changing direction. Then we will

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see more cloud coming through. I think my Thursday you will see some

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evidence of that. As you head to the reader, temperatures will start

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to fall away and you will definitely notice the difference.

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Tiny bits of cloud ones and are well. We have hardly seen anything

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at all. The temperatures - Isle of Man struggle to 13 yesterday. 15

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today and 20 and 21 quite widely around the region. But I think that

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is lost time you will see them creeping to around 70. We will see

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them tailing off. This evening and tonight, it is the same story as a

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last couple of nights. It is the beautiful enter the day. Get out

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and enjoy it. Those temperatures will go down tonight. You will be

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talking like last night, maybe a -1. There will be a touch of frost

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first sign in the morning. Towns and cities, five degrees. Along the

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coast, 6 and 7. Tomorrow it will be the same as today. If you have not

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had the chance to enjoy, I hope you will experience this weather.

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Tomorrow be the last beautiful day, the real good temperatures. I think

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the sunshine starts to fade on Thursday. It is wall-to-wall

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sunshine all day tomorrow. The Windsor remain light. I think you

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can achieve that quite nicely. -- the wins remain light. Temperatures

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realistically quite widely around three to six degrees. If we look at

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the next couple of days, you can see the difference. As you head to

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the weekend, really starting to Someone said to me today, it is

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snow over Easter. People always say that.

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We are going to leave you with a beautiful view over Morecambe Bay.

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To ensure we have a look at life and Hattersley. It is part of a new

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BBC musical documentary. -- in Hattersley.

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The first time I went to the community centre I was crying. My

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mother had died and my marriage had broken up. I found a leaflet about

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the different courses they run their and that was a turning point.

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I did all of them and I made a promise to myself from then on

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never to say no to anything. You can Thomas choose their doors to

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close, but you can choose the ones that you open. -- cannot always.

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My dad died when I was 10. Sad and watching telly with my mother.

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Arthur Negus going for a song. He said he wasn't feeling well.

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Started unbuttoning his shirt, so I was sent to Lilley's house to play

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with her daughter's. I got so -- up in the morning it. It wasn't till

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about 10 o'clock I asked how dad was doing. And mother had to say

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that he was dead. Everything replaces something good and

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something bad. Adie a son, I day our brain. -- other day. You try to

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stay balanced but that the world keeps spinning round. And drowned.

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-- and round. My mother had a stroke the night I had my daughter.

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She was on her way to seamy in a hospital. But she never came. She

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would let them tell me why. I sometimes think you pay a price for

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happiness. She died on New Year's Eve. Everything replaces something

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good and something bad. At a son, a deal of rain. And you tried to stay

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balanced, but the world keeps spending round and round. -- keeps

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