:00:13. > :00:17.Good evening. Here are the headlines: All eyes on Manchester
:00:17. > :00:21.as the city plays host to the biggest game in Premier League
:00:21. > :00:24.history. A global television audience of 650
:00:24. > :00:29.million people is expected to watch this match, among them some of the
:00:29. > :00:32.people in this pub. I am at their Etihad Stadium for
:00:32. > :00:37.what has become the the most expensive game for fans in football
:00:37. > :00:42.history. Some are being asked to pay �2,300 per ticket.
:00:43. > :00:52.Also tonight, eight shootings in nine days. Police blame a drugs war
:00:53. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :01:03.for a spate of attacks in Liverpool. At last from the past - revisiting
:01:03. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:12.the first major festival in this It has been billed as the biggest
:01:12. > :01:15.game in Premier League history. Tonight hundreds of millions of
:01:15. > :01:19.people from around the world will stop what they're doing to watch
:01:19. > :01:23.the Manchester derby. After again with apps and downs the
:01:23. > :01:31.title could be decided tonight as City and United meet in the biggest
:01:31. > :01:35.game for regeneration. In a minute we will speak to our
:01:35. > :01:39.reporter in that pub. First, we have a reporter at their
:01:39. > :01:44.Etihad Stadium. It is feeling tense already.
:01:44. > :01:48.It is the tenses ever. You said at the start of the programme it is
:01:48. > :01:53.possibly the biggest in Premier League history. Officially it is.
:01:53. > :01:59.The PA announcer has just shouted that in my ear. It is officially
:01:59. > :02:09.the biggest game in Premier League history. They have named it D-Day,
:02:09. > :02:16.
:02:16. > :02:22.showdown, based off. -- base of.
:02:22. > :02:26.We will now go to our reporter who is in one of the City's pubs.
:02:26. > :02:31.The atmosphere is hotting up here. Manchester is on the world stage
:02:31. > :02:41.tonight. As well as public as a line up to watch the game, the same
:02:41. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:46.is happening in Africa, Asia, a Australia.
:02:46. > :02:49.For this city what is a long- standing local rivalry is now
:02:49. > :02:54.global. From Moss Side to Melbourne,
:02:54. > :02:58.Salford to Sierra Leone. The eyes of the football world affect on
:02:58. > :03:02.Manchester. All 47,000 seats are supposed to be
:03:02. > :03:06.sold but are still tickets on sale for fructify �1,000 per pair. If
:03:06. > :03:11.you cannot stretch to that you'll be one of the 650 million people
:03:11. > :03:16.watching on television around the world. 27 international channels
:03:16. > :03:20.are reporting live from the Etihad Stadium.
:03:20. > :03:28.In South America it is 3pm, but that is not important. The people
:03:28. > :03:32.want to see the match. This man has travelled from Sierra Leone to be
:03:32. > :03:39.in the crowds to ride. In one of the world's poorest countries this
:03:39. > :03:49.clash has captured this imagination. 2 million people in my country will
:03:49. > :03:55.be watching this clash. Every poor you go people go to the local pub.
:03:55. > :04:00.Tickets have been already sold out for this derby at the local pub.
:04:00. > :04:03.What is this global spotlight worth up to Manchester businesses? It
:04:03. > :04:08.will bring tens of millions of pounds in to the local economy.
:04:08. > :04:14.People have stayed for the weekend. People stay overnight. It will
:04:14. > :04:17.attract a massive audience to television. People will travel for
:04:17. > :04:23.miles to come and see this. Whatever happens between the two
:04:23. > :04:26.team's the whole city will be the big winner.
:04:26. > :04:30.Being in the global spotlight means it is vital for Manchester that
:04:30. > :04:34.this event runs smoothly. The police are not taking any chances.
:04:34. > :04:38.600 officers will be around the ground and around the city centre,
:04:38. > :04:41.but unlike their FA Cup clash in January, they will not be wearing
:04:41. > :04:45.full riot gear. The police are confident they have everything
:04:45. > :04:55.under control because they have been working closely with the fans.
:04:55. > :04:55.
:04:55. > :04:59.We have been engage with fans prior to the fixture. -- engaged with. We
:04:59. > :05:08.will support people coming to the fixture and make sure they do so
:05:08. > :05:13.safely. We have a whole host of tactical options it required.
:05:13. > :05:19.us hope that the event as pass of peacefully and all the headlines
:05:19. > :05:27.will be about Manchester on the field of play.
:05:28. > :05:30.I thought the police officers are on neutral!
:05:30. > :05:34.Elsewhere, tributes are being paid to an aid worker originally from
:05:34. > :05:38.Manchester who has been found murdered in Pakistan. Khalil Dale
:05:38. > :05:43.was killed four months after being kidnapped there. His body was found
:05:43. > :05:49.on a road. Police say the Pakistan Taliban left a note there are
:05:49. > :05:57.saying they were responsible. are deeply shocked and outraged. It
:05:57. > :06:01.is appalling. He was a trusted and experienced staff member. He was
:06:01. > :06:04.committed to the work of the Red Cross.
:06:04. > :06:10.The impact of dangerous dogs has been under discussion in Liverpool.
:06:10. > :06:14.Local people were given the chance to question MPs and the RSPCA at a
:06:14. > :06:18.special parliamentary event in the city. Parents of John Paul Massey,
:06:18. > :06:23.who was mauled to death by a family pet, have been campaigning for
:06:23. > :06:26.tougher laws on dangerous dogs. A Madam Deputy Speaker issue has
:06:26. > :06:32.been jailed in death that they were trying to groom young boys on the
:06:32. > :06:36.internet. Simon Crisp pleaded guilty to charges of making images
:06:36. > :06:40.of child sex abuse. He will serve at least five years.
:06:40. > :06:42.Police in Merseyside say are rising shootings this month as part they
:06:43. > :06:48.because they have been so successful at cracking down on drug
:06:48. > :06:52.dealers. Detectives say when they take criminals of the street,
:06:52. > :06:56.others fight for control. There have been eight shootings in
:06:56. > :07:01.nine days on Merseyside. In one incident a teenage boy was shot in
:07:01. > :07:05.the leg. Police say they are determined to be do stop to it.
:07:05. > :07:10.On Friday night a 15-year-old was shot in the leg in Liverpool's
:07:10. > :07:16.Chinatown. He was not seriously hurt. 24 hours later a 21-year-old
:07:16. > :07:21.man was shot in the arm at Stockbridge Village. Two of eight
:07:21. > :07:24.shootings in Merseyside in just over one week. Police say it is not
:07:24. > :07:34.because their crime strategy is failing, it is because it is
:07:34. > :07:38.working. There have been tensions and tit-for-tat shootings. You're
:07:38. > :07:42.have been victims of your own success? In a way we are, but in
:07:42. > :07:47.the right direction. Police say that in the past four weeks they
:07:47. > :07:53.have raided 130 cannabis farms, seizing more than 5,000 plants with
:07:53. > :07:56.a street value of nearly �3 million. Turf wars are increasingly fought
:07:56. > :07:59.over who controls street level cannabis sales.
:07:59. > :08:04.The age of the victim in the Chinatown shooting shows how young
:08:04. > :08:08.some of the people are involved in all this. Police say all the
:08:08. > :08:17.criminals act as a bit masters, persuading youngsters to carry and
:08:17. > :08:22.even use guns. The shootings have happened across
:08:22. > :08:26.Merseyside. In an area once played by gangs, incidents have dropped
:08:26. > :08:31.dramatically. Staff at Croxteth Sports Centre say young people are
:08:31. > :08:38.realising where gangs can lead. They can see the devastation
:08:38. > :08:43.created. For a certain age who we cannot do much, but for the younger
:08:43. > :08:53.ones we can. It is our future and their future. Police acting for the
:08:53. > :08:57.public's help to catch the gunman. -- gunmen.
:08:57. > :09:00.On Thursday boaters in Salford will decide who they want to be their
:09:00. > :09:08.new city mayor. Today we have the final two
:09:08. > :09:13.candidates. The government has accepted that their policies are
:09:13. > :09:18.part damaging pensioners. On the well-being side we fight against
:09:18. > :09:23.vandalism, anti-social behaviour, and crime. There are a lot of
:09:23. > :09:28.issues around Salford youth. The need jobs. That is why I am here. I
:09:28. > :09:37.can create them. The is a full list of all 10 candidates who are
:09:37. > :09:40.standing for mayor of Salford on a Web site.
:09:40. > :09:45.In the last few minutes Merseyside police have confirmed that they
:09:45. > :09:50.have arrested the British National Party's candidate in Liverpool. He
:09:50. > :09:54.has been arrested on suspicion of making false statements or taking
:09:54. > :09:58.signatures on a nomination paper. Elsewhere almost 3,000 people have
:09:58. > :10:01.signed a petition against plans to build anew by a mass power station
:10:01. > :10:09.in battle. The a concern about the
:10:09. > :10:12.environmental impact of the plant. Centrica, the company behind the
:10:12. > :10:22.plan, says it will be a boost to the economy and create hundreds of
:10:22. > :10:26.jobs. Still to come - the day the Kinks
:10:26. > :10:30.and the Grateful Dead came to town. We look back, 40 years to when
:10:30. > :10:39.Becker shot doubled its population. There will be plenty of this in the
:10:39. > :10:48.next few minutes. Chewing the fat over that big-match.
:10:49. > :10:55.Verdi is to experience. He is learning of the master. -- off the
:10:55. > :11:04.master. There will be a lot of people who will be relieved when we
:11:04. > :11:09.get to 8pm. It is big news. It is set to attract a massive TV
:11:09. > :11:13.audience. One in 10 of the world's population might be watching.
:11:13. > :11:18.Incredible. It will give the city's huge global exposure. What about
:11:18. > :11:24.those who were here heading to the stadium?
:11:24. > :11:32.I have never sat on a building like this.
:11:32. > :11:37.-- I have never seen a build up like this.
:11:37. > :11:46.I hope all the 650 nilly people watch Late Kick Off tonight.
:11:46. > :11:54.This is the biggest game in Premier League history. De the atmosphere
:11:54. > :11:59.is pensive. -- that atmosphere is pensive.
:11:59. > :12:03.I was speaking to a taxi driver. He said every cab driver in Manchester
:12:03. > :12:06.has been working the day shift. You will not get anywhere tonight
:12:06. > :12:13.because they all want to be off to watch the big game.
:12:13. > :12:18.We heard about the police operation. Roberto Mancini said it is a day
:12:18. > :12:23.for football not war. He hopes supporters of all clubs can look
:12:23. > :12:29.back that. Carlos Tevez says he wants to stay
:12:29. > :12:32.at the club. He says he wants to stay with the club and work hard
:12:32. > :12:36.for. He is expected to play tonight. We
:12:36. > :12:42.are not sure about Balotelli yet. We're not sure what to expect at
:12:42. > :12:46.all. United are three points clear. If they win or draw they have a
:12:46. > :12:49.virtually got the title. The City when it is up for grabs. It is so
:12:49. > :12:59.difficult to predict what is going to happen. There have been so many
:12:59. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:07.twists and turns at the top of the Premier League.
:13:07. > :13:14.Manchester United have put eight Manchester United have put eight
:13:14. > :13:21.past Arsenal. Early on it looks like United's season. That is a
:13:21. > :13:27.supreme goal. They will win the Premier League. Move on a couple of
:13:27. > :13:31.months and City win an incredible derby 6-1 at Old Trafford. Going
:13:31. > :13:37.into work the next day was not pleasant. But we have given it to
:13:37. > :13:43.them over the years. The Christmas tree went up in her house. It was
:13:43. > :13:49.wonderful. With City flying and United 3-0 down at Chelsea, they
:13:49. > :13:55.showed the spirit of champions to salvage a draw. A huge
:13:55. > :14:05.encouragement for the team, the fans, everybody. United turned the
:14:05. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:12.screw. They went eight points clear. Every team will go through a patch
:14:12. > :14:19.in every season where they are not at the best. With the title in
:14:19. > :14:27.sight fair these men it stumbled against Wigan and at Everton --
:14:27. > :14:35.Manchester United stumbled. Other than the first time we won it, this
:14:35. > :14:45.will be the biggest win ever. the best. We will win it. This is
:14:45. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:57.Thanks to United fans Margaret and Ben and City fans Tony and Brian.
:14:57. > :15:07.What do the experts think? I feel confident that City will win. They
:15:07. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :15:15.have really been on form. When City have played, our centre-backs have
:15:15. > :15:18.nullified the other teams. Even if they don't win the game, it is
:15:18. > :15:28.still the M1 for Manchester United. The worst result they will get is a
:15:28. > :15:29.
:15:29. > :15:39.draw. -- it is still game on. is fall match commentary on the
:15:39. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:48.radio tonight. And you can see highlights of the game tonight on a
:15:48. > :15:50.special Match Of The Day at 10:35pm. Well, while the battle at the top
:15:50. > :15:52.could take another dramatic twist tonight, the struggle to avoid
:15:52. > :15:55.relegation has become equally exciting. Wigan look like they
:15:55. > :16:03.could escape after an incredible four Neil -- four-nil win over
:16:03. > :16:07.Newcastle. Wigan and now three points clear of the relegation zone.
:16:07. > :16:13.Manager Roberto Mancini says the team is growing in confidence.
:16:13. > :16:21.played really well. When you play well, you need to take chances.
:16:21. > :16:31.Today, we had a little bit of confidence. Outstanding. But there
:16:31. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:46.is more pressure on the Steve King after a Blackburn lost two-nil.
:16:46. > :16:48.Bolton Wanderers fought hard to escape -- scrape a draw. Captain
:16:48. > :16:51.Kevin Davies coming to the rescue scoring both goals against
:16:51. > :16:54.Sunderland. Goal of the weekend definitely came from Liverpool's
:16:54. > :16:57.Luis Suarez who scored a hard trick against Norwich City, his third
:16:57. > :17:07.goal flying in from 50 yards. Everton scored four goals against
:17:07. > :17:10.
:17:10. > :17:12.Fulham, keeping them just above Liverpool in seventh place.
:17:12. > :17:15.Graham Alexander has been describing the fairy-tale end to
:17:15. > :17:17.his remarkable career. He scored in the last seconds for Preston on
:17:18. > :17:25.Saturday after a career spanning well over 1,000 professional
:17:25. > :17:28.matches. Alexander's goal made it two-all against the League One
:17:28. > :17:36.champions Charlton. Manager Graham Westley described it as a special
:17:36. > :17:39.moment. 1023 matches. Macclesfield Town are planning for life outside
:17:39. > :17:47.the Football League after they were relegated to The Blue Square
:17:47. > :17:52.Conference at the weekend. Brian Horton has left as manager after
:17:52. > :17:56.the team failed to pull off an unlikely escape. Sale Sharks' new
:17:56. > :17:58.star is going to be meeting up with his team mates sooner than we
:17:58. > :18:03.expected. Danny Cipriani was due to leave the Australian side Melbourne
:18:04. > :18:06.Rebels at the end of the season. But he's being allowed to go
:18:06. > :18:09.immediately which means the Englishman will now be able to get
:18:09. > :18:13.a full pre-40 years ago the North- west's first major pop music
:18:13. > :18:18.festival pushed -- pitched up in a field near Wigan. Good luck to both
:18:18. > :18:28.sides here tonight. Manchester City have waited since 1968 to win the
:18:28. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:33.title. Who knows what will happen? Nobody knows. Wait until 8pm.
:18:33. > :18:43.it is set to be a wild night if your hairdo is but -- anything to
:18:43. > :18:44.
:18:44. > :18:52.go by! He has got a good head of hair. Shall we have something a bit
:18:52. > :18:54.different? Yes. The Bickershaw Festival in 1972 attracted 60,000
:18:54. > :19:03.people and included performances from the Grateful Dead, The Kinks
:19:03. > :19:06.and Donovan. Now footage of the event is to be made available on
:19:06. > :19:16.DVD and to celebrate, today some of those who attended the festival
:19:16. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:30.were reunited in the field where it It was when the Woodstock came to
:19:30. > :19:31.
:19:31. > :19:41.Wigan. Music fans flocked to a field in Bickershaw. Top of the
:19:41. > :19:47.bill were Grateful Dead. It was quite a good festival. A for many
:19:47. > :19:57.of those living near, they were far from grateful for the invasion upon
:19:57. > :19:57.
:19:57. > :20:07.the local community. Among others, the young Jeremy Beadle. Did you
:20:07. > :20:08.
:20:08. > :20:12.sell any yoghurt before this? didn't. In 1972, 60,000 people
:20:12. > :20:17.crowded into this field and it wasn't just a music event, it was
:20:17. > :20:24.the mud fest. Today, in the same field, many of the organisers and
:20:24. > :20:31.musicians gathered once again to launch a box-set of DVDs. It was
:20:31. > :20:36.would stop in the mud, 40 years ago, Jeremy Beadle's mad idea. It was
:20:36. > :20:41.the experience of a lifetime. I was only 14, but they really loved it.
:20:41. > :20:46.It has stayed in my memory. remember climbing were all the
:20:46. > :20:53.scaffolding when it was being built. They told us to get off! Now fans
:20:53. > :21:02.can relive their muddy memories from the comfort of their sofas.
:21:02. > :21:05.Crikey, he was brave! The weather is on the way soon. Back to our top
:21:05. > :21:08.story now and in the build up to tonight's crash, there's been
:21:08. > :21:14.terrific banter between United and City fans over who's going to win
:21:14. > :21:21.and who's going to take the title. -- tonight's clash. The arguments
:21:21. > :21:23.in pubs, shops and factories have been fierce. Here's what happened
:21:23. > :21:33.when we found Manchester United legend Paddy Crerand a taxi driven
:21:33. > :21:38.by a cabbie from the other side of the tracks. Manchester City.
:21:38. > :21:48.you sure you want to go there today? We are going to win the
:21:48. > :21:49.
:21:49. > :21:57.league they have tonight, it will be a great night. We're going to
:21:57. > :22:07.tear your defence to pieces. United have got a lot of young kids
:22:07. > :22:08.
:22:09. > :22:18.playing at the moment, but the team are on fire. Roberto Mancini has
:22:19. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:25.learned off Fergie. We shall play Derby even Monday and after we
:22:25. > :22:33.shall play Newcastle. It will be a tough game. Fergie is too
:22:33. > :22:41.experienced for that. He is learning off the master. Weekend
:22:41. > :22:50.get two results, it they can only get one -- we can get all stop your
:22:50. > :22:55.manager has stated on more than one occasion... When a player falls out
:22:55. > :23:02.at United, they sell them. What we do it is discipline them and they
:23:02. > :23:12.want to play again for us! Bought demean? You send them on a golfing
:23:12. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:26.holiday? -- what do you mean? on a hat trick! Anyway, if you need
:23:26. > :23:36.a cab on your way home, give me a call. I've heard that somewhere
:23:36. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:46.before! By the end, he was like, all... Good evening. April has
:23:46. > :23:54.broken records for the number of days of rain we have had.
:23:54. > :24:04.Specifically in northern England. In the year 2000, there was
:24:04. > :24:05.
:24:05. > :24:08.slightly less. Yesterday, 25.4 mm and eight Celsius. Today, 17
:24:09. > :24:18.Celsius and have no rain. I'm afraid the rest of the week will
:24:18. > :24:22.not be dry. You can see this next area of rain working its way in.
:24:22. > :24:31.This weather fund will be wavering far too close for comfort during
:24:31. > :24:38.the day -- weather front. All of the cloud cover keeps the
:24:38. > :24:45.temperatures up. Through the night, the temperatures are ridiculous,
:24:45. > :24:54.between 7 and 11 Celsius along the coast. It is a story of cloud cover
:24:54. > :25:02.and while that rain looks like a drop south, it is going to pursue
:25:02. > :25:06.its way back in. Plenty of cloud cover, limited spells of sunshine.
:25:06. > :25:15.Not as good as today but not as bad as yesterday, that is the crucial
:25:15. > :25:18.thing. Temperatures down to 13 or 14 all over again. I was saying, I
:25:18. > :25:28.wondered whether the rain over Manchester should have been half
:25:28. > :25:32.read today to prove what is going on! Earlier, we asked visitors to a
:25:32. > :25:35.Facebook paid where they would be watching the match tonight. Karen
:25:35. > :25:45.says there are three men in my house and not one is interested in