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Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Ranvir Singh and Roger

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Johnson. Our top story. An investigation into hospital

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security in Tameside after medical fluids for patients were left

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unattended in the grounds. We'll be examining what safeguards

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should be in place. Also tonight.

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Police release a lorry driver without charge after a badly

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injured woman's body is found in the middle of a Manchester road.

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A new neighbourhood watch. The Cheshire plan to help protect our

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historic buildings. People power. Renewable energy

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based on Ancient Greek engineering, paid for by the locals.

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And dilemmas at the deep end. The problems of juggling Olympic dreams

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with a busy family life. You end up being quite selfish and I found it

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hard to dedicate my time to other An investigation is underway at

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Tameside Hospital, after it emerged Part of a major thoroughfare in

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Manchester was brought to a standstill today after the body of

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a woman with very serious injuries was found lying in the road. Soon

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afterwards, a lorry driver was arrested on suspicion of murder.

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But within the past hour, he's been released without charge. Our Chief

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Reporter Dave Guest is at the scene of where the woman was found. This

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sexual of opera at Brook Street remains sealed off. This has been a

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story of twists and turns regret the day. But the police are no

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nearer to knowing who the dead woman was.

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It was around 10 this morning that police received reports of a body

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lying in the middle of Upper Brook Street. They arrived to find the

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badly damaged body of a woman. It made a distressing scene for

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passersby. It is scary. Especially when you do not know the

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circumstances. It is mad the way the world is. That is just the way

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things are now days. This road is normally a busy thoroughfare, but

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it has remained closed off arrive the day. Even as officers began the

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task of trying to identify this woman, and establish how she came

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to be in the road, there was another twist in the story when a

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47-year-old lorry driver was arrested some of miles from here.

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His lorry became another potential crime scene that he was arrested on

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suspicion of murder. Then at least this after them, the police

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announced that the man had been released without charge. They were

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keen to stress that the investigation is still in its

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infancy. We have a team of detectives investigating this

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matter. We have placed additional patrols in the area. This is a

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distressing incident, we are getting information constantly.

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priority for the investigation is to establish who the woman was the

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circumstances leading up to her death. Tonight, the police have

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issued a description of the dead woman. She was Asian, had black

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hair, was wearing gold bangles, had a nose piercing and a toll ring.

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She was wearing saffron coloured clothing. If someone is missing a

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relative, if they may know who this person is, please get in touch with

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the police. An investigation is underway at

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Tameside Hospital, after it emerged that boxes of a medical solution

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due to be used on patients were left unattended in a loading bay

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that was accessible to the public. The news comes as police continue

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to investigate the deaths of six patients at Stepping Hill in

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Stockport, who were allegedly poisoned. Tameside General has now

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apologised to patients and says security has now been stepped up.

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Here's our health correspondent Nina Warhurst. If filtration

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solutions from these boxes were due to be put inside your body, how

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comfortable would you feel? A manager at Tameside General was

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so concerned that the fluids were being left here, unattended, before

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being used on patients that she contacted her local newspaper and

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this reporter says he was able to go right up to the boxes. Nobody

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challenged me at all. There were no patrols, no CCTV in their area. It

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is just shocking that the sort of The Royal Liverpool University

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Hospitals have a dedicated medicinal safety nurse whose job it

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is to make sure storage and handling produceres are always

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followed. The lorry drivers drop them off and the porters and lock

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them away. When the wards order the medicine, the porter takes them up.

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Should they ever be left unattended? Absolutely not.

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Medicines and fluids should not be treated like that. Practices have

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now been improved. Liquids are received into a safe and secure

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area. The risk to any patient is extremely small. The trust has

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initiated a full investigation into this. I the results of the

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investigation are expected in the coming months.

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More of the day's news now. The body of a soldier from East

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Lancashire, who was killed in Afghanistan, has arrived back in

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the UK. Lance Corporal Michael Foley from

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Nelson was shot dead with two other servicemen by a rogue Afghan

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soldier. Their bodies arrived at RAF Brize Norton this afternoon.

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There's been a mixed picture at petrol stations across the region

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with continuing fears of a strike by tanker drivers. Some service

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stations have seen long queues, others appear to be operating

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normally. The AA is urging motorists to buy fuel as usual,

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avoiding stockpiling. 60 firefighters tackled a blaze in

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Preston city centre today. It started in the kitchen of the

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McDonalds restaurant on Market Street. A number of other shops and

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businesses had to be evacuated. And a large fire led to part of Chorley

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town centre being closed for part of the day. It badly damaged a

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number of shops and restaurants. Candidates are starting to

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officially launch campaigns in the race to become the first directly

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elected Mayor of Liverpool. For the first time, voters will choose who

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they want to lead the city council. Labour's candidate is the current

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leader of the council, Joe Anderson, who originally decided to create

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the new post. People will look at my record over the last 18 months

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to see what I have done. The cruise liner terminal, the apprenticeships

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we have created, the jobs we have created they will see a man of

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action, a man who gets things done. And the former BBC journalist Liam

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Fogarty who has campaigned for years for an elected mayor in

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Liverpool is standing as an independent. I have been

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professionally a reporting on Liverpool politics for 30 years and

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I know how the City works. I can see under the bonnet, if you like,

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of Liverpool and the way it is governed. I think we can do a whole

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lot better with some new thinking, new faces and a new person at the

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top. For a list of prospective

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candidates standing for mayor, go to the website at

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bbc.co.uk/liverpool. The route has been announced for

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Liverpool's Sea Odyssey - a three day street theatre event to mark

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the centenary of the Titanic sinking. A giant puppet of a little

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girl who lost her father on the ship will walk a 23 mile route

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around the city next month. Up to a quarter of a million visitors are

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expected on the streets to watch. For more details on the route visit

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www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool. It is going to be spectacular. I

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thought at first that they look quite weird, but now they look

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really good. The country's first heritage watch

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scheme has been launched in Cheshire today. It's modelled on

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Neighbourhood Watch, but the idea is that local people can help

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protect our historic buildings and sites from vandalism.

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Cheshire has more than 5,000 sites of historic interest. Our reporter

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Andy Gill is at one them - St John's Church in Chester. Andy.

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This is a magnificent churches dating back to the 7th century,

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next to the Roman amphitheatre in Chester. Some people think it is

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among the finest parish churches in England. But it is a building that

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has CCTV because of vandalism and anti-social behaviour. Today it was

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-- launch of heritage watch. A Grade 2 listed building converted

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without planning permission, a building covered in graffiti. This

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is heritage crime. At this parish church, lead has been taken from

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the roof, windows broken. Depressed, annoyed, very upset. Half at the

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time they do not realise that they are damaging their own heritage.

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This is a medieval quarter of arms carved into a huge slab of stone.

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It used to do have a partner. But two years ago somebody came and

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took another one away. It was a planned crime. Now comes Heritage

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to watch. Volunteers are being encouraged to give an eye on

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Cheshire's historic buildings. hits people where it hurts. In the

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sort of buildings about commemorate these important to people's lives.

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That is a mean thing to do. first volunteer group has already

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been set up. We have to play our part by taking care of it, by being

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nosey and boarding up when you have that suspicions. One of the worst

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Heritage crimes that Cheshire faces is people urinating on historic

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buildings. Disgusting, and something which lots of the wood.

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Farmland is sometimes dug up by a illegal metal detectors. If you

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want to set up your own heritage watch scheme, get in touch with the

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police or your local council. Being nosey seems to be one of the

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key skills, I might a sign up! 2,000-year-old technology is being

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brought back to life to generate renewable energy on a river in

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Stockport. The River Goyt already has one Archimedes Screw producing

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electricity from water power. Now it is to get two more costing half

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a million pounds. They are being paid for by local people, but with

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future Government support for green energy schemes uncertain, are they

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investing wisely? Our Environment Correspondent Colin

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Sykes reports. Ancient Greek engineering bought by lorry to

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Stockport. The huge Archimedes screws are

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being fixed into the existing Otterspool Weir on the River Goyt.

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The screws turn at variable rates allowing us to go with the ebb and

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flow of the river. The survey says there is plenty of water in here to

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allow them to turn for most of the time. We can control them and

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manage them if we need to. screws will generate enough power

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for 60 homes. This is not the first time the River Goyt has been used

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for Hydro-Electric power. Just a few miles upriver another scheme is

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already successfully generating power. The smaller community scheme

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at New Mills is already up and running. Grants and attractive

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tariffs for the power have given the scheme widespread appeal but

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there is a warning that reduced Government support could leave

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investors high and dry. If the Government is serious about the big

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society, helping to address climate change, I think it will have to

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radically rethink how it supports communities to do this kind of

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thing. But for its supporters, it is not all about the money. Most of

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my adult life, I have been sounding off about this kind of thing and

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the need for alternative sources of power. It is a chance to put my

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money where my mouth is. It is small but enough small things will

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add up to something that has a significant effect in the long run.

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With the screws in place, the scheme should be generating

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electricity by next month. Starting your own business is

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always a big decision but especially so when you consider the

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latest figures. For every two businesses started in the North

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West, another three go bust. But Phil Littler from Crewe has done it

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- he has just taken over a furniture business.

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And he's one of the people who will be helping us track our economy in

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the Cheshire town over this next Taking the plunge and taking a

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chance in the toughest of times. Are you mad? Probably. Mad or brave.

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But you're confident. I know what I am doing. Confidence is good. Sales

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even better. Latest figures show that for every two businesses being

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started here in the north-west, another three are going bust. What

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makes you think you can buck the trend? It is attention to detail,

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looking at costs, overheads, do not be flash with anything. Prices have

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got to be in line with people shopping on the internet. We want

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them to come into town and shop here. So far, so good. He has only

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been in business for two weeks, but his is a cautious optimism. I have

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a minimum that I have to have, and another where I would also like to

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be ideally as well. Target wise, two weeks in, I have doubled it.

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But you cannot judge it on two weeks. With a website about to be

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launched, plenty of ideas in the pipeline and a long-term plan, it

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looks good. In one year, I would like to still be here, having

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survived the first year. The second year should be easier. That is when

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you start to make some profit. Can he do it? We will check in with him

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again soon. Most of us cannot even remember

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learning how to read. It's just a natural part of growing up. But not

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having that skill can make everyday things like reading a letter or

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filling out a form feel daunting. And the statistics are quite

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surprising. One in every six adults has the

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reading age of an 11 year old or Let me introduce Jeff Pearce. A one

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time market trader from Liverpool, now a multi-millionaire who

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couldn't write his own name until he was 53 years old. As go, you

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were bill of pride -- you were vilified by the teacher. They

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thought I did not want to learn, but I did not. -- but I did. I had

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dyslexia. How did that make you feel? I wanted to learn, but they

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felt I was not learning quickly enough. With dyslexic people, you

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have to be taught one it took one. Dyslexia is quite well handled in

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schools, I imagine, generally speaking now. But you ended up with

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no qualifications and he became a market trader with your mother.

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left school at 14 and I could not read and write. But you became a

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multi-millionaire, how did you manage? It was very difficult. I

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lived at two lives. The life of entrepreneur businessman, but also

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the life of a man in fear of being found out. Your wife help you?

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wife it was my writing hand. We were in business as a team. I could

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not even spell my first name which is James. I found it impossible.

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You have learned to read it four years ago. How has it changed to

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your life? Amazing. The first thing is to admit that you cannot read.

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What I spent 54 years of blatant of anybody knowing that I could not

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read. As soon as I told somebody that I could not read and write, it

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changed and I was able to start learning. It is a fascinating story.

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Inspirational. I am sure that people watching will take

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inspiration from it. Well, all this week, the BBC has

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commissioned a series of special daytime dramas on the subject and

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help is available. If you want to improve your skills, call 0800 0150

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950 to talk to someone about what to do next. Or text WORDS to 81010.

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Further information can also be found at bbc.co.uk/secretsandwords.

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Calls are free from most landlines but some mobile operators may

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charge for the call. Texts cost 12- 15 pence.

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Now to our Olympic hopefuls and a man preparing for his third Olympic

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Games in the pool. Stockport's James Goddard, who specialises in

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the backstroke, has won Commonwealth gold medals but has

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just missed out when it's come to the big one.

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But he hasn't given up hope of winning a medal at his home Games

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in London and has been training harder than ever. Our own Olympian

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Steve Parry went to find out how That is a brilliant swim up from

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James Goddard. Not many people can cope with being a father and a

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sports person? It is toff. As a sports person, you lived your life

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of focusing on yourself. You end up quite selfish and I found it hard

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to dedicate my time to other people. Would you prefer that James had a

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more ordinary job? It has always been like this, so that would be

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weird. I am looking forward to going out and hearing 70,000 people

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going crazy. I bet your not taking her to school? Yes, I trained early

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in the morning so I do not usually get to take her. James has won

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Commonwealth and European golds. This time it is going to be tough

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as he is up against the two greatest ever swimmers. I am very

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privileged to be going to my home Olympic Games. And I am going to be

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competing against of the greater swimmers of all time. What would be

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a good result for you? I think this will be my last chance, added is my

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best chance to try pick up a medal. I want to swim a race that I can

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look back on in 40 years and think that was a race of my life. We wish

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We promised you want final nice day and we have had it. Temperatures

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have struggled a little bit. That north-westerly wind is bringing the

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air him from the Irish Sea. These are the temperatures that we can

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expect now. But it is getting a little bit hazy. It will be a quiet

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night, but the cloud is returning. This cloud cover does make a

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difference. I do not they may was see any frost, temperatures will be

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around to five degrees tomorrow morning. Just a little bit better.

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But that cloud will still be around first thing tomorrow morning. A

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very different start to the day. The cloud cover tries to thin a bit.

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We could see bright weather coming through after lunch time. But the

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cloud is still there. It is not going to be the same as it has been

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for the last couple of days. Still, the temperature so I will arise to

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about 15 along the coast, and that is it for tomorrow.

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That's about it for tonight. Just time for the penultimate part in

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our series looking at life in one northern town through the eyes of

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the people who live there. Songs from Hattersley has generated a

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fair bit of feedback from you this week.

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Tonight it's Jane and Bill's story and it's a lovely story - one which

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sums up the power of friendship. We met at the church and Hattersley.

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Bill was partially sighted and play the piano. I was a gospel singer

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and he used to accompany me while I sang. He subsequently went

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completely blind. In 2005, Jean's husband died. Five weeks later, my

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wife Brenda died. I began to look after him. He is almost out

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completely deaf as well as blind. # Me gran bought me my first piano.

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# I played by ear just for fun. # But it's been my life # I'll play

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for as long as I can. # We keep shuffling on. # Inching forward,

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smiling. # He never lets us go. # I suppose You could say I relied

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on him. # It's only fair that I do my bit.

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# Offer him a helping hand. # To thank him for the music and

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the friendship. # Let him know that I think the

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