:00:05. > :00:08.Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:08. > :00:12.Annabel Tiffin. Our top story... Forgiven by his victim, but not the
:00:12. > :00:17.law - a man is jailed indefinitely for an unprovoked knife attack on a
:00:17. > :00:21.pensioner. I said it and I meant it, I forgive
:00:21. > :00:24.him. I won't forget. David Walters stabbed Maria
:00:24. > :00:26.Morrison six times in a frenzied attack after rowing with his
:00:26. > :00:28.girlfriend. Also tonight... 3D theatre - the country's first
:00:28. > :00:36.operation using new visual technology was done in Manchester
:00:36. > :00:39.today. A wide Adi travelling at high speed
:00:39. > :00:42.along Chester Road, he has moved across the road.
:00:42. > :00:46.Deadly roads - police plan a crack down after traffic deaths rise
:00:46. > :00:49.sharply in Greater Manchester. And may the financial force be with
:00:49. > :00:59.you - the sci-fi film makers raising funds to finish their
:00:59. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.latest feature. Also tonight, Stuart Flinders has
:01:09. > :01:15.all the sports news live from Ewood Park ahead of a big night in the
:01:15. > :01:23.Premier League. Yes, it's all about pressure
:01:23. > :01:27.tonight. There is pressure on Manchester United, pressure on
:01:27. > :01:31.Blackburn. 10 Lee Byrne -- is Kenny Dalglish under pressure at
:01:31. > :01:34.Liverpool? Join me later. Maria Morrison was simply waiting
:01:34. > :01:37.for a bus when she became the victim of a frenzied knife attack.
:01:37. > :01:42.The 75-year-old was stabbed six times by David Walters who screamed
:01:43. > :01:46.at her, "Die, die!" A judge today praised the bravery and indomitable
:01:46. > :01:50.spirit of the pensioner as he jailed her attacker indefinitely.
:01:50. > :01:54.But for Maria, the terror of the attack just won't go away. Stuart
:01:54. > :02:04.Politt reports. Maria Morrison went out to catch
:02:04. > :02:14.her normal bus. Minutes later, she was fighting for her life. I was
:02:14. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:18.sitting at the. -- at the bus stop. He smashed and my face and I
:02:18. > :02:21.covered my face with my hand. needed plastic surgery after
:02:21. > :02:24.injuries to her lip, hand, shoulder, elbow and abdomen. The attacker
:02:24. > :02:26.David Walters later told his girlfriend on Facebook that he had
:02:26. > :02:32.committed a murder. He hadn't, thanks mainly to Mrs Morrison's
:02:32. > :02:38.bravery, but she's still paying the price for what happened.
:02:38. > :02:41.independence is gone. I can't open a tin, anything. I can be given to
:02:41. > :02:50.joke, I can't do washing up or anything. I can't even have a bath
:02:50. > :02:54.on my own. What it never it -- what has never explained why he attacked
:02:54. > :02:56.Mrs Morrison. It was this CCTV footage taken moments before the
:02:56. > :02:59.attack which caught Walters. An officer watching the camera noticed
:02:59. > :03:02.Walters spat on the ground just before he attacked Mrs Morrison
:03:02. > :03:05.beyond the view of the cameras. The officer radioed colleagues who came
:03:05. > :03:08.here and retrieved a sample of the spit. Police matched it to Walters'
:03:08. > :03:12.DNA and he was arrested. Today, the 23-year-old was sentenced to a
:03:12. > :03:15.minimum of seven years in jail, but will only be released when he is no
:03:15. > :03:18.longer considered a danger to the public. Walters' family left court
:03:18. > :03:21.with their heads covered and bowed. In contrast the judge, Andrew
:03:21. > :03:23.Gilbart, said he had the highest admiration for how Mrs Morrison had
:03:24. > :03:30.acted. A devout Catholic, she has forgiven her attacker. It is hard
:03:30. > :03:34.to say. I forgive him, I said did and I made that. I will not forget
:03:34. > :03:41.what has gone on. Although the physical scars are beginning to
:03:42. > :03:44.fade, Mrs Morrison knows the mental ones will take much longer.
:03:44. > :03:50.The country's first fully 3D keyhole surgery has taken place at
:03:50. > :03:52.a North West hospital. Using special glasses and state-of-the-
:03:52. > :03:57.art cameras, surgeons at the Manchester Royal Infirmary carried
:03:57. > :04:04.out the operation for prostate cancer. They say the new techniques
:04:04. > :04:11.give them more control. Other hospitals are said to be watching
:04:11. > :04:14.the results with interest. The surgical team here are for the
:04:14. > :04:17.first time using 3D technology and robotics to carry out keyhole
:04:17. > :04:20.surgery. The operation is performed as normal, but the 3D cameras and
:04:20. > :04:30.glasses give the surgeons and other staff here a clearer way of seeing
:04:30. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:35.inside the body. With the rotation of the instrument and depth
:04:35. > :04:38.perception, they enhance each other to make surgery more precise and
:04:38. > :04:42.that is what we are looking at today. The technology works using
:04:42. > :04:47.two small cameras to get the 3D image in the same way that you get
:04:47. > :04:49.a 3D picture for TV. It is really helping us with the depth, the
:04:49. > :04:57.rotation of the instruments is really helping us in the right
:04:57. > :05:03.position. The operation is being trialed in Manchester and if
:05:03. > :05:06.successful could be rolled out across the country. It allows us
:05:06. > :05:12.more accurately to preserve nerves, to preserve the muscles, to
:05:12. > :05:19.hopefully get a better result with a better engine -- with a better
:05:19. > :05:22.cancelled -- cancer result. It has to be affordable to the NHS. John
:05:22. > :05:26.Green is the first to have this type of surgery for treatment for
:05:26. > :05:29.cancer, which he was diagnosed with earlier this year. Something that
:05:29. > :05:39.actually gives the surgeon more opportunities, because that of the
:05:39. > :05:44.
:05:44. > :05:49.3D camera, a-quiver with salt, then definitely. -- quicker as well,
:05:49. > :05:52.then definitely. The hospital hopes to carry out more of these trial
:05:52. > :05:54.procedures and the technology being used could help shape the future of
:05:54. > :05:58.all different types of keyhole surgery.
:05:58. > :06:00.A 12-year-old boy's been left trapped in his home after thieves
:06:00. > :06:03.stole his wheelchair. Jake Wynne's specially adapted wheelchair was
:06:03. > :06:07.taken from his front garden in Northwich on Saturday and it's not
:06:07. > :06:11.been seen since. He has cerebral palsy and epilepsy and can only
:06:12. > :06:21.walk a few yards unaided. His mother says his Easter holidays
:06:22. > :06:23.
:06:24. > :06:28.have been ruined and is appealing to those who stole it to return it.
:06:28. > :06:32.It is disgusting for a disabled child. He does not look disabled
:06:32. > :06:36.but he has cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Just leave it in the
:06:36. > :06:41.garden, we just want his chair back. A 17-year-old who drowned off the
:06:42. > :06:45.Blackpool coast on Friday has been named as David Sagar. He was swept
:06:45. > :06:48.into the sea off the lower walk near Gynn Square at high tide. The
:06:48. > :06:51.inshore lifeboat was launched, but the teenager was dead when he was
:06:51. > :06:54.recovered from the water. Four men from Bolton, Rais Atcha,
:06:54. > :06:58.Fahim Kola, Mohammed Asif Khan and Barber Khan, have been jailed for a
:06:58. > :07:01.total of 42 years. The men pleaded guilty to their part in conspiring
:07:01. > :07:04.to commit a series of armed robberies. This incredible CCTV
:07:04. > :07:06.footage shows the moment the gang were caught robbing a jewellers in
:07:06. > :07:09.Burnley during which �30,000 of traditional Asian jewellery was
:07:09. > :07:12.stolen. An agreement has been reached to
:07:12. > :07:15.finally transform Buxton's historic Crescent into a spa hotel. The
:07:15. > :07:20.town's natural baths will form part of the �35 million revamp, creating
:07:20. > :07:29.the first original spa in nearly a century. The Crescent and nearby
:07:29. > :07:35.Pump Room will be refurbished to create a five star hotel.
:07:35. > :07:37.It looks like it will be great. You will probably need a big wallets to
:07:37. > :07:39.go there! If you're a regular motorist you'll
:07:39. > :07:43.have seen examples of bad driving almost anywhere. Speeding, drivers
:07:43. > :07:46.using mobile phones, not wearing seat belts etc. Well, the police
:07:46. > :07:48.believe that's all contributing to an increase in the number of fatal
:07:49. > :07:51.accidents on our roads. In Greater Manchester, they've just launched a
:07:52. > :07:59.new campaign to target the drivers putting others at risk. Our Chief
:07:59. > :08:04.Reporter Dave Guest has been out on patrol with the traffic police.
:08:04. > :08:10.John Williams is on the lookout for speeding drivers and it is not long
:08:10. > :08:13.before he spots one. A white Audi is travelling on long if the
:08:13. > :08:20.Chester Road at half speed -- high speed. He has just moved across the
:08:20. > :08:25.road. You were a bit quick. The need to be mindful. This driver
:08:25. > :08:29.gets off with a warning. John can only hope in future he thinks more
:08:29. > :08:32.carefully. John and his colleagues are currently mounting a major
:08:32. > :08:36.campaign to try and cut the number of accidents and deaths in the
:08:36. > :08:43.roads. The number of deaths on Greater Manchester's roads would up
:08:43. > :08:48.work -- 42%. 75 people lost their lives in 2011, compared to 53 the
:08:48. > :08:52.previous year. The police are at a loss to explain why, but they said
:08:52. > :08:55.they are determined to make it -- make sure it does not happen again.
:08:55. > :09:01.They campaign is to remind people of the dangers of speeding, using
:09:01. > :09:05.mobiles and not win a seat belt. John has just spotted a driver not
:09:05. > :09:11.wearing a seatbelt. He has made no attempt to put it on. We will have
:09:12. > :09:16.a word with him. He was not happy. He did not understand why he had to
:09:17. > :09:25.wear a seatbelt. I pointed out we are trying to reduce the people
:09:25. > :09:30.injured on the roads. He was given a fixed penalty.
:09:30. > :09:38.Camera cars like this aim to cash drivers wearing seatbelts or using
:09:38. > :09:42.mobile phones while striving. -- catch drivers not wearing seatbelts.
:09:42. > :09:47.The police said this is not about hassling innocent motorists but
:09:47. > :09:51.educating them and maybe even saving their lives.
:09:51. > :09:54.A Lymm rugby union player who broke his neck during a match at the end
:09:54. > :09:57.of February says he hopes his ordeal won't put others off the
:09:57. > :09:59.sport. Alex Bennett, a former England and Saracens player,
:09:59. > :10:04.underwent eight hours of surgery after clashing heads during the
:10:04. > :10:14.game against Sandal. He's still receiving treatment and says he's
:10:14. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:19.determined to walk again. Any movement, however small, is a
:10:19. > :10:25.sign of the progress that Alex Bennett is making. He was left with
:10:25. > :10:31.an injured spine after a clash of heads in a game at the end of
:10:31. > :10:36.February. I knew I was going to get het just as I got the ball, and I
:10:36. > :10:44.did. I think my head went down and back and then I was lying on the
:10:44. > :10:49.floor, physically not being able to feel anything below my neck.
:10:49. > :10:54.former rugby player had eight hours of emergency surgery. According to
:10:54. > :10:58.the RFU, last season, there were 746 injuries that Premiership clubs,
:10:58. > :11:05.a 16% increase on the previous year. That, he said, should not put
:11:05. > :11:10.anyone off, including his rugby- playing son. It is his choice and I
:11:10. > :11:14.hope he wants to stay in the game. His family say the support of the
:11:14. > :11:24.club and the sport has given them stride. They're so much out of his
:11:24. > :11:27.control but the way he approaches everything just inspires us all.
:11:27. > :11:37.genuinely believe I will walk again and I will take the advice of
:11:37. > :11:41.everybody here and work as hard as I can.
:11:41. > :11:42.It goes without saying that we wish Alex all the best.
:11:42. > :11:45.Still to come on North West Tonight...
:11:45. > :11:50.Remembering Titanic - a survivor's descendents prepare to visit the
:11:50. > :12:00.spot where she sank. And Kenny's crisis - Liverpool lose
:12:00. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:07.yet again and their keeper gets banned for the FA Cup semi-final.
:12:07. > :12:10.Sport coming up in a moment. The Cheshire descendents of a man
:12:10. > :12:12.who survived the sinking of the Titainic are retracing the voyage
:12:12. > :12:16.to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the disaster.
:12:16. > :12:21.William Wright was one of the 705 survivors. Now, three of his great-
:12:21. > :12:31.granddaughters are sailing to the exact spot for a memorial service.
:12:31. > :12:36.
:12:36. > :12:38.Kate Simms went to meet them. A log book and the Telegraph,
:12:38. > :12:45.William Wright's great granddaughters know little about
:12:45. > :12:49.him save for his role on what was the most infamous of ships. As far
:12:49. > :12:57.as we know, he was the wish you would to the stewards. We thought
:12:57. > :13:02.he was the toilet cleaner but we don't know. What happened on the
:13:02. > :13:08.night of April 1519 12 has been reinterpreted many times. -- kibble
:13:08. > :13:13.15, 1912. William Wright's testimony has been recorded. It was,
:13:13. > :13:20.he said, the blackest of nights. said it was a very cold night, like
:13:20. > :13:25.being in an iceberg. He also described here -- hearing the cries
:13:25. > :13:30.of the other passengers in the seat and that he never wished to go
:13:30. > :13:33.through that again. Now armed with the two scraps they have of their
:13:34. > :13:38.great-grandfather's life, the sisters will embark on their own
:13:38. > :13:48.voyage aboard a modern day cruise liner with other descendants of the
:13:48. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:54.Titanic's crew and passengers. will lay everything arrests.
:13:54. > :13:58.will be a complete circle for us, won't it? It will finish her
:13:58. > :14:02.journey. The sisters have no picture of their great-grandfather.
:14:02. > :14:12.They are hoping to meet someone who may have them put a face to the
:14:12. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:17.name they know so well. Loads more about the Titanic earned its
:14:17. > :14:23.anniversary on North West Tonight in the coming weeks. If you want is
:14:23. > :14:29.the more, you can go to the BBC News side.
:14:29. > :14:32.There is loads of interesting stuff on there.
:14:32. > :14:35.Now, sport, and Manchester City are in danger of throwing away their
:14:35. > :14:38.chance of winning the Premier League title. Manchester United
:14:38. > :14:48.could take advantage tonight. They play Blackburn at Ewood park.
:14:48. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :14:56.Stuart Flinders is there. A big night for both teams?
:14:56. > :15:02.Blackburn are under pressure with Bolton, Wigan and QPR winning at
:15:02. > :15:07.the bottom of the league. But talk about pressure, what about
:15:07. > :15:10.Manchester City? 3-1 down at home to Sunderland, they win a free kick
:15:10. > :15:13.and Mario Balotelli and Aleksander Kolarov have a very public argument
:15:14. > :15:16.over who should take it. Balotelli made up for it by scoring two goals
:15:17. > :15:25.in a three-three draw. But Roberto Mancini told the BBC afterwards he
:15:25. > :15:27.can't trust Balotelli. I wonder if he will still be there next season.
:15:27. > :15:33.Advantage Manchester United, but Alex Ferguson's expecting a tough
:15:33. > :15:42.game here tonight. The game with Blackburn over the years has always
:15:42. > :15:50.been a difficult match for the local derby feeling at times it's a
:15:50. > :15:57.bit feisty. -- get a bit feisty. Last season we were lucky enough to
:15:57. > :16:00.come back and when. We expect a very difficult game.
:16:00. > :16:06.Here's a sobering thought - if the Premier League season had started
:16:06. > :16:09.on January 1st, Liverpool would be in the bottom three. Yesterday's
:16:09. > :16:12.defeat at Newcastle was the Reds' 6th in seven Premier League matches,
:16:12. > :16:22.with the glory of last months Carling Cup win a fast fading
:16:22. > :16:25.memory. Where now for Liverpool? Another defeat to confirm the
:16:25. > :16:27.club's worst league run since 1954. All in all, a day to forget for
:16:27. > :16:30.Kenny Dalglish on Tyneside. Not surprisingly, today's newspapers
:16:30. > :16:34.wouldn't have made the most pleasant reading for the club or
:16:34. > :16:38.its fans. Rarely has a managerial appointment seemed to fit the bill
:16:38. > :16:43.as much as Kenny Dalglish's return last year did. Unpopular manager
:16:43. > :16:53.Roy Hodgson out, club legend in, feel-good factor back. Or at least
:16:53. > :16:55.
:16:55. > :16:58.it was. The optimism is starting to wane. They started well enough
:16:58. > :17:01.yesterday but against his old club, Andy Carroll blew the chance to
:17:01. > :17:05.make it 1-0, and was booked for diving. He could have put us in
:17:05. > :17:09.front but he made a stupid mistake. Instead it was Papis Cisse who
:17:09. > :17:12.opened the scoring, and then made it two in the second half, before
:17:12. > :17:20.Carroll made clear to his Manager just how he felt about being
:17:20. > :17:23.substituted. He has disappeared straight down the tunnel... That
:17:23. > :17:26.was totally disrespectful. To make things even worse, Liverpool will
:17:26. > :17:29.be without Goalkeeper Pepe Reina for the all Merseyside FA Cup semi
:17:29. > :17:31.final against Everton, after reacting to Newcastle's James Perch.
:17:31. > :17:39.For the moment at least, King Kenny's third coming isn't going to
:17:39. > :17:45.plan. There is no point in feeling sorry for ourselves. We have got to
:17:45. > :17:52.stick together. We trust that we have won to get it right and we
:17:52. > :17:56.have got a better chance. Just wait for Kenny and he would get it right.
:17:56. > :18:01.I think they are trying to get rid of him. One thing's certain, though
:18:01. > :18:04.- his side needs to rediscover the winning feeling quickly.
:18:04. > :18:07.Worrying times for Liverpool. We've talked about what tonight's
:18:07. > :18:16.game here means to United, but the last time these two teams met,
:18:16. > :18:19.Blackburn were the winners and it definitely gave them a lift.
:18:19. > :18:28.They've lost just four of their last ten Premier League games and
:18:28. > :18:35.now sit just above the relegation zone. With the exception of the
:18:35. > :18:42.Bolton game and the Sunderland game, we are positive and we are playing
:18:42. > :18:44.good stuff and we have to give back a matter of a form. -- on that type
:18:44. > :18:47.of form. Results elsewhere at the weekend
:18:47. > :18:50.could hardly have been worse for Blackburn. Wins for both Bolton and
:18:50. > :18:59.Wigan, but both teams made heavy Wigan, but both teams made heavy
:18:59. > :19:03.weather of it. What a save! Three wins on the trot
:19:03. > :19:09.for the trotters but for an hour, the other Wanderers were well on
:19:09. > :19:18.top. Alton Road this storm and came back from one Doran with three
:19:18. > :19:22.goals in a frenetic final half-hour to win. -- Bolton stormed back.
:19:22. > :19:31.Wigan have scored fewer goals at home than any other Premier League
:19:31. > :19:35.side and you could see why against Stoke. They got it right eventually,
:19:35. > :19:42.winning 2-0. They are a point behind Bolton. One place you will
:19:42. > :19:46.not find sympathy for Liverpool's problems is Goodison Park. Just two
:19:46. > :19:52.defeats in their last 19 and this win over West Brom puts them in 7th
:19:52. > :19:55.above Liverpool. Eddie Howe reckons his team have the best strikers in
:19:55. > :20:02.the Championship and who is arguing after a day put five past
:20:02. > :20:05.Portsmouth? There was still time for a hat-trick at 53 minutes. The
:20:05. > :20:11.Preston chairman Peter Ridsdale has confirmed his team's miner and
:20:11. > :20:16.tactics were leaked to the opposition by his own players
:20:16. > :20:25.before the match in Sheffield -- against Sheffield Wednesday and he
:20:25. > :20:31.says it came without Mannus. It is no way to call forward.
:20:31. > :20:35.Very secured a win against Tranmere. Berry and I have points -- five
:20:35. > :20:44.points above the relegation zone. Well done to Blackpool as well - 3-
:20:44. > :20:47.0 winners away to Championship leaders, Southampton. More on that
:20:47. > :20:50.in Late Kick Off tonight. And the show also celebrates Sir Tom
:20:50. > :20:53.Finney's 90th birthday this week. David Moyes and Jimmy Armfield join
:20:53. > :20:59.Tony to talk about their friendship with the Preston legend.
:20:59. > :21:03.When I got the job, he used to come in on a Friday. He would comment
:21:03. > :21:04.and talk about it and we would say, and talk about it and we would say,
:21:04. > :21:09.I do not know what we are going to do today. Everything was really
:21:09. > :21:15.basic. We would say, we think the full-back is going to shove a line-
:21:15. > :21:21.up today. He say -- he'd say, take him inside were on the outside if
:21:21. > :21:27.he shows you too much on the inside. It was all incredibly simple.
:21:27. > :21:29.Talking about Tom Finney. St Helens temporary coach and staff dark --
:21:29. > :21:32.Super League and St Helens' temporary coaching staff maintained
:21:32. > :21:35.their 100% record with a 28-16 win at Warrington. Saints scored three
:21:35. > :21:38.times in the opening 15 minutes to knock Wolves off top spot.
:21:38. > :21:41.Elsewhere Wigan beat Salford and Widnes suffered a heavy defeat
:21:41. > :21:51.against the Catalan Dragons. And you can see highlights from all
:21:51. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:58.of those matches on tonight's Super League Show at 11:35. The match
:21:58. > :22:02.here restored the Iliad clock. It is going to be a cracker. -- the
:22:02. > :22:06.match here start at 8 o'clock. Ever fancied seeing your name up in
:22:06. > :22:15.lights at the cinema? Star of the latest science fiction blockbuster
:22:15. > :22:18.perhaps? We can't promise that. No, we can't. But we can tell you how
:22:18. > :22:23.you could see your name listed in movie credits. And for not much
:22:23. > :22:27.more than the price of a few cinema tickets..
:22:27. > :22:34.Over there it's a $10 billion industry. So over here, how do
:22:34. > :22:39.Jamie and Alan tap into a tiny slice of it? Here's the big idea.
:22:39. > :22:49.We are to friends find to get tickets to see a one-off showing of
:22:49. > :22:50.
:22:50. > :23:00.Star Wars movies. Miller's Teggart, find Teggart, by Mark Teggart.
:23:00. > :23:02.
:23:02. > :23:09.Attack by the suburban Mafia for their tickets. Chaos ensues.
:23:09. > :23:14.they have a problem. We don't have any money. The answer? They are not
:23:14. > :23:19.as foolish as they live. We are running a fund-raising campaign for
:23:19. > :23:25.30 days. If you donate $10 or more you get a credit on the film,
:23:25. > :23:29.special thanks at the end. They have raised �300 to fund his
:23:29. > :23:33.trailer. They need just �9,000 more to make the movie. Every donation
:23:33. > :23:37.they get goes straight into the film making pop. Everyone taking
:23:37. > :23:43.part is doing so for free. Cinema- goers might not have heard of fraud
:23:43. > :23:51.funding but they will soon. It is an American export making waves
:23:51. > :24:00.here. Be it is growing in popularity and in America we have
:24:00. > :24:04.seen raging thirst greater success. You are an unpaid cast member?
:24:04. > :24:09.Unpaid, overworked and stressed out. I am very proud that they have got
:24:09. > :24:16.off their backsides and gone out and done something and not just
:24:16. > :24:22.waited around for somebody to come to them. The appeal funds -- for
:24:22. > :24:26.funds starts this Friday. They have 30 days. Two boys with a dream to
:24:26. > :24:36.make a movie but the clock is ticking... They have 30 days to
:24:36. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:50.make it happen. You get the idea! I know he will not be getting the
:24:50. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :25:02.job as a voice-over artist! In order to be in the film, you
:25:02. > :25:06.need good weather. Is there snow Yes, there is some snow coming. It
:25:06. > :25:11.is every parent's worst nightmare. Your kids will have heard there is
:25:11. > :25:18.still in the forecast but it is not enough to make a difference. You
:25:18. > :25:22.will have no fun out of this wintry weather. The forecast ahead, we
:25:22. > :25:25.will seek much-needed rain at rather unwelcome wintry weather
:25:25. > :25:32.moves through. The Met Office have issued a yellow warning that there
:25:32. > :25:36.will be snow, mainly for the tops of the Pennines. I say mainly,
:25:36. > :25:40.probably exclusively. The weather front opens the door for a much
:25:40. > :25:43.colder air coming from the north- east. It eventually swings back to
:25:43. > :25:48.a north-westerly, so that temperatures will start to rise
:25:48. > :25:51.again into Thursday and Friday. The next couple of days you will not
:25:51. > :25:58.enjoy, because this time last week we were seeing temperatures of 21,
:25:58. > :26:04.tomorrow, about seven. Tonight, all about the cloud cover and showery
:26:04. > :26:08.rain starts to head through. Over Cumbria and the Isle of Man, rain
:26:09. > :26:13.bringing snow as we head through tomorrow. It only makes its
:26:13. > :26:19.presence felt and the Isle of Man and parts of Cumbria towards dawn.
:26:19. > :26:22.Bristly rain from time to time. Temperatures will that be a problem
:26:22. > :26:29.tonight, six are a disgrace but tomorrow night and the night after,
:26:29. > :26:34.we are back down to zero. The frost will return. Keep track of the rain
:26:34. > :26:38.as it goes across the region. There could be a couple of centimetres of
:26:38. > :26:45.snow and it could stick on a grand but for the rest of us, you can
:26:45. > :26:49.clearly see it is just rain. Pulling away through the afternoon.
:26:49. > :26:57.There could be one or two problems but it will not be widespread
:26:57. > :27:04.enough for anyone to enjoy. The wind is strong and writing in cold
:27:04. > :27:09.air. It is not a good day. Tomorrow night, that will be cold. Of the
:27:09. > :27:16.next couple of days, wintry weather and by Thursday and Friday the
:27:16. > :27:26.settled down again. That was my April Fool's joke on my
:27:26. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:32.kids, I told them it was snowing. You can get a bit of everything in