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

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Johnson. Our top story: A promise that

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Liverpool's new waterfront will create 17,000 local jobs.

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On the face of it, an exciting deal but how will it work? We're live on

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the waterfront to find out. Also tonight: The road to nowhere. Why

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traders think a new bypass has left them stranded. We're struggling so

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bad we can't even afford to pay the rent or the business rates.

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A first time for everything - Wigan celebrates its historic win against

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And striking a chord - meet the musician who's helping others out

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of blues and onto the long road to Also tonight: The three-day Grand

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National meeting has begun to herald a massive Merseyside

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sporting weekend. Richard Askam is live at Aintree. Yes, we have the

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big FA Cup semi-final between Everton and Liverpool on Saturday,

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the same day as the Grand National hero at Aintree. We have had record

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crowds today. A famous horse set a new record and we have had a moving

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tribute. Thank you.

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Liverpool Council has struck a deal with developers to make sure

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thousands of jobs created by the Liverpool Waters scheme go to local

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people. Peel Holdings, the company behind the plans to regenerate

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dockland in the north of the city, is promising to provide training

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and apprenticeships. It claims 17,000 jobs will be

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created over a 30-year period. The deal, announced today, means local

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people should be at the front of the queue. Stuart Flinders is in

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Liverpool for us now. It is good news it, on the face of

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it? This scheme promises to transform a derelict area to the

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north of where I am. Liverpool council's priority is to maximise

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the benefit of living quarters for the benefit of the people of

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Liverpool and the deal seems to tie Peel Holdings into that.

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Once they have for transatlantic trade, the docks now lie empty.

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They have been derelict for years. Much of the area is redundant. It

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is a remnant of Liverpool's half. Peel Holdings, who own this whole

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area, and Liverpool City Council see in it the key to Liverpool's

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future. �5 billion is what Peel say they will invest. In the process,

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they say they will be thousands of jobs and now the council has

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reached a deal to make sure of the 17,000 jobs are available to local

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people. What is wrong with local people taking advantage of the

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opportunities? We will not be banning anybody. We will make sure

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that people within local postal districts and the long-term

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unemployed and young people get the opportunity to apprenticeships

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three jobs here. The council gave their backing last month and no

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details of how the scheme will move forward are beginning to emerge.

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But will the jobs guarantee work? St you will only hire people from

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the street will probably get them into trouble at the EU. But if you

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say it is a voluntary agreement, then you can make it work.

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Essentially you can get around regulation like this if there is

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the good will and the political appetite. Other countries do it.

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The council says the deal with benefit the city's most deprived

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area. One note of caution. Liverpool council may have approved

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this game but it is so big that the government may yet decide to put it

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to an inquiry. If that happens, Peel Holdings says it will walk

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away and the council is now urging the government to make a decision

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on that as soon as possible. Thank you. Business owners in

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Tameside say a multi-million can bypass has cost them up to 85% of

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their takings. Penny Meadow was once described as the heart of the

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town but now shops there are struggling.

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A quiet street with empty shops and a decline in business, according to

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traders here in Penny Meadow. Things have gone down by 85 per

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state. We are struggling so badly we cannot even report to pay the

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rent. -- afford. I spent years building the business up but it is

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now going downhill, which is upsetting. We have lost our passing

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trade, the trade that used to flow. We would always have a situation

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where people would drive past, Paul up and asked if we could fit them

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in but we are not getting any of that. These are some of the

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business owners who say they are losing out because of the bypass

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which opened last month. Pedestrian wise, there was at least five times

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as many people as this on an ordinary day. It is a school

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holiday and there is hardly anyone here. The council says they have

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not officially been contacted by any one on Penny Meadow but traders

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deny that. Councillors have in the past had discussion with some

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Several traders have contacted me personally, so does that not class

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as contact? Business owners here say they want the end of the Street

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reopened, signposting to the shops and openings along the walls to the

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One of the 11 men accused of grooming under-age girls for sex in

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Rochdale and Oldham collapsed as he gave evidence in court today. Abdul

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Rauf appeared to faint as he was cross-examined at Liverpool Crown

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Court. The jury was sent out while paramedics were called to attend to

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him. Mr Rauf denies all charges against him.

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A small school in West Cumbria that was threatened with closure has

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been given a reprieve. Captain Shaw's school in Bootle has just 17

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pupils - officials said it was educationally below standard, and

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building up debts. Parents and children celebrated after

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councillors meeting in Kendal accepted a plea by local

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I am ecstatic we have been given a reprieve we deserve the but the

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community needs to get behind all this now and to misquote the words

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of scripture, go forth and multiply and Phil this school.

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There have also been celebrations, of a sporting nature, in Wigan,

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after last night's historic Premier League win over Manchester United.

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As well as it being the Latics first ever victory over their north

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west rivals, it gave their survival chances a huge boost and cut

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United's lead at the top of the table. Ian Haslam's been looking

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back on a famous night at the DW Stadium.

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Wigan for the first time since September are out of the...

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It's taken them 14 games down the years, but as wins go this was

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right up there with Wigan Athletic's finest. They have had to

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wait a long time to beat Manchester United and There are a lot of happy

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fans around today. People will be talking about it for a while.

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them to be still in the Premier League, you have to pinch yourself.

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My brother has been this season ticket holder has been -- is on

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holiday. After a first half that saw Victor Moses' header ruled out

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for a foul on United keeper David de Gea, Wigan took the lead early

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in the second through Shaun Maloney. United could have had a penalty

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later on, but Maynor Figueroa wasn't penalised for handling Phil

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Jones's cross. A night to forget for Sir Alex Ferguson, but a

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memorable one for his counterpart. It is an historic moment. I would

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like the Wigan fans to be extremely happy. As they're doing at the

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local newspaper, thanks to the recent increase in happy headlines

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generated from the DW stadium. is a lot better to write about this

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Ben a defeat. It is probably the biggest one-off gain in the club's

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history. Meanwhile, Manchester United's defeat allowed Manchester

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City to take took advantage with a 4-0 win at home to West Brom. Among

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the goalscorers, Carlos Tevez on his first start since patching up

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his differences with the club. So, the title race is back on. Isn't

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it? United is a fantastic team and they had a fantastic spirit.

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Whether he means that or not, one thing's sure. Things are still far

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from decided at both ends of the Premier League.

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Feeling sorry for his brother, but Next, to a blues tour with a big

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twist. Tom Doughty from Northwich lost the use of his legs and most

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of the use of his arms in a motorbike accident when he was 17.

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But his love of music drove him to take up the slide guitar. 34 years

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on, he's a professional musician who's been invited to play all over

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the world. But now his biggest challenge has

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begun - taking slide guitar to every specialist spinal centre in

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Britain to inspire others to play. Our health correspondent, Nina

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Warhurst, was there as his tour He may have travelled the world

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singing the blues but this is Tom's most important audience today at

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the Pine at -- spinal centre where he was first treated. I am a great

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advocate for where would be -- we be without it? Playing music is

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another way of expressing human creativity and artistic flair and

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we should all have the opportunity to do it.

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It got the better of you didn't it? Yeah. I thought it might. Is it

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because of the cameras? His tall well taken to every specialist

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spinal centre in the country. He will have instrument for patients

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to practise on. It is a chance and inspiration. Just because you are

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in a wheelchair doesn't mean your life has ended. So keen that and

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seeing that you can do it, I think I might give it a go -- seeing that.

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A lot of people find their feet and get on with it in the best way they

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can and don't make a fuss. It is It sounds beautiful.

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It does. One of the candidates running for

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the mayor of Salford has told as he is not involved in any criminality.

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Paul Massey was jailed in 1999 for almost killing a man. Yesterday it

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emerged he is on police bail being investigated for money laundering

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but he says he is innocent. I can understand and I can show you

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the paperwork that they had no evidence. They had nothing there.

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It was a fabricated case. Say you are not into money laundering?

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at all. I you into any sort of criminality? Not at all. It would

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be stupid to be running for mayor if I was. There is a full list of

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candidates standing for the mayor of Salford and you can see it on

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For visitors to Alton and bowling alley had a narrow escape after a

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woman drove her boyfriend's car into the building after having a

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row. These astonishing images were captured on CCTV and shown in court

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as Claire Holley was given a suspended prison sentence and

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banned from driving for 18 months. The 31-year-old mother of two had

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been drinking heavily. Her partner ended the relationship via Facebook.

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Nobody was injured in the incident. Claire Holley attacked two off-duty

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police officers who tried to apprehend her. �14,000 worth of

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damage was done to the bowling alley.

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Still to come - a proud moment for the family of Ginger McCain as a

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tribute to the trainer of a Red Rum is unveiled at Aintree. It is

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wonderful. The band that played on as the Titanic went down. What

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happened to a violin belonging to this man?

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That is a question that we're going to try to answer now. All this week

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we had been marking the centenary of the sinking of Titanic by taking

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a look at some of the stories which connect the ship with this part of

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the world. We have been living at stories in

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Liverpool, which was of course the whole of the White Star Line, and

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in Bolton, which was the home of the two captain supper at the

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centre of the rescue attempt. Tonight our Titanic Trail takes us

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to East Lancashire for a poignant story that has been given a

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controversial twist. Right here they are very proud of a

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home-grown hero of the high seas. Wallace Hartley, band leader on the

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Titanic, the man who played on as the ship went down.

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A writer once defined courage as grace under pressure.

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The image of William Heart Lake -- the image of William hardly playing

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his. This story is the centrepiece of

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this recently opened a museum. It tells of his early life in the town.

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A musical education in are the Methodist Church. It tells of his

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work for the White Star Line and his fateful posting on the Titanic.

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He sums up a vanished era of what it was like to be British. The

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actions that he and the rest of the orchestra performed that night sum

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up what is used to be like. To be brave, selfless. It was a fantastic

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action. I do a thing I could stand on the deck of heart sinking ship

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After languishing at sea for two weeks the body of Wallace Hartley

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was finally recovered and got back to his home town to be laid to rest

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here. 30,000 people flocked to his funeral and a display never seen

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before or since. That is where the story ends. Or does it?

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Earlier this year an auction house in Wiltshire claimed it had

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acquired a violent that could be the instruments played by Wallace

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Hartley on the ship. A newspaper report at the time claimed the

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violin case was strapped to the body of Wallace Hartley when he was

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recovered. Wallace Hartley had a gold

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cigarette case, a silver Matchbox, some letters, but there was no

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mention of a violin. Nevertheless the author of a book

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on Wallace Hartley is intrigued. When they check the bodies there

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was no mention of a violin, but there is a report saying that the

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music case was found on his body. That would have been afforded to

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the White Star Line. There is every chance of his violin has remained

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hidden for many years. Back at the Museum at this man is dismissive.

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This dates from 1805. The idea that a violent of this construction

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would survive two weeks in the sea is preposterous. The violin may

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well have been owned by Wallace Hartley, but is it the one he

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played on board? Tests are being carried out at the board. We will

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find out more soon. Tomorrow the Titanic Trail takes us to inner-

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city Manchester to find out why I am Jewish delicatessen is forever

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linked with the disaster. -- y a Jewish delicatessen.

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There are lots of commemorations over this weekend. The actor who

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played the bandmaster in in the movie is going to be playing this

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weekend. That will be fascinating. I know

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you have done a lot of research on this.

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I have learned an awful lot. It will be great.

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A massive sporting weekend for Merseyside. 90,000 football fans

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will head to Wembley on Saturday for the FA Cup semi-final between

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Everton and Liverpool, while 150,000 a expected to visit Aintree

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for the Grand National. The three-day festival started the

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day. The people of Liverpool were inducted into the Aintree Hall of

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fame to the in recognition of their support of the years, none more so

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than in 1987 when they helped out after the course was evacuated

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because of a terrorist alert. Our reporters live at Aintree. -- a

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reporter is at Aintree. A bronze bust of Ginger McCain was

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unveiled. Yes. I am standing next to the bust.

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It is a very good likeness. It was unveiled by his widow and his son.

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His son said he was extremely moved by this tribute to his father.

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Ginger McCain trained Red Rum who won the the race in 1973, 8074, and

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1977. It has been a big day for Liverpool. 30,000 racegoers turned

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up today. Perhaps that number was swelled by their unexpectedly good

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We have seen a record-breaking 17th when it in a role from Big Bucks.

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-- in a row. Bob Champion has tipped the balance

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bricks to win again. Many people have. I managed to grab

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a quick word with the order of last year's winner. -- with the owner.

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Let us hear from her now. I was here last year. I enjoyed not only

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the fact we won, but that if -- but that his son had won as a trainer.

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Ginger McCain was an entertainer. A man who loved racing. He loved

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controversy. A lot of our sport is missing his banter, this fund, the

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characters. Such a lovely sport. You had a winner today. I did. They

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all thought it would win. I was hoping it would win. In fairness it

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was done and bred horse. -- it was not a bred horse. It was lovely to

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see a horse. It is not a big horse. You have got to give credit to the

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jockey. Wonderful. Can last year's winner win again on Saturday?

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horse has said that he will! I am hoping he will. He is a very

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sporting horse. He is very unbalanced. He is physically strong.

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He will give every effort towards trying to be successful. Quite a

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story you could be if last year's winner achieved victory again on

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Saturday. It will be a great event here.

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Tomorrow is Ladies' Day. For now could buy.

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-- Goodbye. Great stories. I take personal

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responsibility for insisting that people wear correct footwear to

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Aintree. I take it on myself.

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Clare was the bad weather that was promised? Who wants that?

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It was more settled than we anticipated. Many places have not

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had a bad day. Over the next couple of days as we

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head towards the weekend there will be if you are showers, but there

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will be called a night. The colder night starts tonight. This is the

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line that the showers took throughout the day. They are still

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lingering around the Pennines. Our computer picks up the forecast from

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7pm. Anywhere away from Pennine areas could see a lot of clear

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weather. Where you get clear whether you temperatures will go

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down to zero. In rural areas there will be frost. In towns and cities

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temperatures will be at three or four. If you were going to Aintree

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tomorrow it will not be a bad day. Showers are with than the forecast

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that they will be much fewer and much less frequent. Away from the

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showers there is patchy cloud. There is a good deal of sunny

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weather. The wind direction is going back towards the north. The

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Pennines take out a lot of the cloud cover and a lot of the chill

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in air. You could end up with good spells of sunshine for a couple of

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hours. The numbers are quite good. 10 degrees or 11 degrees. Over the

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next couple of days the days are not so bad, but there might times

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go back to being called. His Max Clifford to endure public

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relations? What about the rain that was out of

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Liverpool? It is just a forecast. It is not a

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