:00:05. > :00:12.Good evening and welcome to North West Tonight with Kate Simms and
:00:12. > :00:17.Roger Johnson. The top story: �125 million investment, 2000 jobs
:00:17. > :00:21.secured and 700 Moore created. Celebrations as a new generation of
:00:21. > :00:26.Vauxhall Astra's comes to Ellesmere Port. It just shows how hard we
:00:26. > :00:30.actually work and the quality vehicles we produce every day.
:00:30. > :00:35.is brilliant news for me. I have got a new family so I need a good
:00:35. > :00:40.job. We will be lived inside the factory. Also: At the car is the
:00:40. > :00:45.star - what a booming Automobile Industry can bring to a town.
:00:45. > :00:48.A right royal splash. The Queen takes to the water in Liverpool on
:00:48. > :00:53.her Diamond Jubilee tour. She took the flowers but she wondered if
:00:53. > :00:57.they were for her. She is a cultural icon, bigger than at Queen
:00:57. > :01:01.of the band, bigger than David Beckham.
:01:01. > :01:11.The first player ever to land at Manchester Airport - 75 years later,
:01:11. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:22.For several months, a shadow has hung over the Vauxhall car plant at
:01:22. > :01:26.Ellesmere Port. General Motors said it had to shut a European plant and
:01:26. > :01:30.many feared eight you up -- at Ellesmere Port would be the one to
:01:30. > :01:34.go. But today, fantastic news - Vauxhall announced it would build a
:01:34. > :01:39.new Astra there, a multi-million- pound investment securing thousands
:01:39. > :01:43.of jobs and creating new ones. Our Economics Correspondent is at the
:01:43. > :01:48.factory now, where they must be delighted.
:01:48. > :01:52.Indeed! I am in the Body Shop of the factory, which has a par we
:01:52. > :01:56.rarely see. This is where they build the frame of the car. Part of
:01:56. > :02:02.it has already been done and now robots are starting to add the
:02:02. > :02:05.doors and the roof of the car. It is quite something! Once that
:02:05. > :02:08.happens, the plant will move down the conveyor belt and they will
:02:08. > :02:12.start and the bonnet, the doors and the engines will be billed by some
:02:12. > :02:16.of the people who work here who have received a massive boost today.
:02:16. > :02:21.Two weeks ago, many told me they were sure they would be out of work
:02:21. > :02:26.and some had started looking for a job. Today, this brand new massive
:02:26. > :02:31.contract for the new Astra has come, which will guarantee the planned's
:02:31. > :02:34.future until at least 2020. -- of the factory's future.
:02:34. > :02:38.They arrived with little fanfare - the Business Secretary and Head of
:02:38. > :02:42.Vauxhall, who started his career here at Ellesmere Port and today
:02:42. > :02:47.came back to save the jobs of more than 2000 people. People like
:02:47. > :02:51.Barbara, who has worked here for 14 years. It just shows how hard we
:02:51. > :02:55.work and the quality vehicles that we produce every day. It has
:02:55. > :03:00.finally been recognised. Tyrone has not been here long but needed this
:03:00. > :03:06.job. It is brilliant news for me. I have a young family so I need a
:03:06. > :03:10.good job. Couldn't get any better! And Joe, too, had also nearly given
:03:10. > :03:15.up. I honestly thought we were shutting but today's news is great
:03:15. > :03:19.for everyone. This year marks the 50th birthday of car-making in
:03:19. > :03:22.Ellesmere Port. The Vauxhall Viva was the first car produced here,
:03:22. > :03:25.but recently the European arm of the company had made losses and
:03:25. > :03:30.there were fears that the plant may be closed. Ellesmere Port was in
:03:30. > :03:35.the firing line. To survive they need the new Astra, and today they
:03:35. > :03:40.got it. It was a team effort. The business worked very well with the
:03:40. > :03:44.unions and with government. I was very heavily involved in it with 19.
:03:44. > :03:47.I went to the United States a couple of times to talk to the top
:03:47. > :03:51.people and endeavour to persuade them that Britain was the place to
:03:51. > :03:55.be and that Ellesmere Port was a good plant. Key to Ellesmere Port
:03:56. > :04:01.secure in his contract were two things - firstly, the plant's
:04:01. > :04:05.productivity. They make 47 cars that our here, a company record.
:04:05. > :04:09.Secondly, the workers agreeing to a new pay and conditions deal, which
:04:09. > :04:13.means the plant will be able to open 24 hours a day, 51 weeks a
:04:13. > :04:19.year. The company offered us a set of conditions if we wanted the next
:04:19. > :04:24.Astra. We told to the workforce, they accepted and we balloted and
:04:24. > :04:28.now we have a long-term future. future which workers here could
:04:28. > :04:32.scarcely have imagined just a few weeks ago. It's is great news. You
:04:32. > :04:35.can tell yourself - you have been around the plant - everyone is
:04:36. > :04:41.happy days. There will be a few beers tonight. They will start
:04:41. > :04:47.making the new Astra hearing 2015. This is no doubt great news for
:04:47. > :04:51.Vauxhall but does it help the car industry in the UK? You would have
:04:51. > :04:56.to hope so because this news was very unexpected. We were expecting
:04:56. > :04:59.exactly the opposite - and it comes not too far after the news from
:04:59. > :05:03.Jaguar a few weeks ago that they were creating bond 1000 jobs at
:05:03. > :05:08.Halewood because of the success of their Range Rover. Another key
:05:08. > :05:11.thing to mention is that one of the problem as Vauxhall announced
:05:11. > :05:15.before in terms of trying to persuade GM to build the new Astra
:05:15. > :05:18.here was that they had to import a lot of the parts that they used to
:05:18. > :05:22.to build the car, which is expensive. One other things they
:05:22. > :05:26.have promised to date is to try and increase the supply chain and they
:05:26. > :05:30.are talking about 3,000 new jobs. It is worth noting that for every
:05:30. > :05:34.job in the plant, another five that are created in the supply chain.
:05:34. > :05:38.That is important in getting a bright future and a real great
:05:38. > :05:43.feature for manufacturing here in the region.
:05:43. > :05:46.-- future. Earlier, I spoke to the Vauxhall UK
:05:46. > :05:51.managing director, Bernard Batey, and asked him why Ellesmere Port
:05:51. > :05:55.had been chosen for the new Astra. The UK is a good place to invest
:05:55. > :05:59.from a manufacturing point of view. Second day, we have a great track
:05:59. > :06:04.record of efficiency and very high quality, and very good
:06:04. > :06:09.effectiveness in the UK. -- second lead. With the new labour agreement
:06:09. > :06:15.we have made, we have great flexibility, which means we can run
:06:15. > :06:19.for 51 weeks a year, getting production levels at Ellesmere Port
:06:19. > :06:22.but we have never seen before. Let's talk about the new labour
:06:23. > :06:27.agreement. Vince Cable has said that some of the changes you
:06:27. > :06:33.required workers to take are tough. Can you explain what they have had
:06:33. > :06:37.to agree to? It is about added flexibility, so the workforce have
:06:37. > :06:43.agreed to to more flexible shift patterns, to three shifts instead
:06:43. > :06:47.of two. We will not have a summer closure any more. So it is not a
:06:47. > :06:55.case of more hours for less money? No, it is not a case of more hours
:06:55. > :06:59.for less money. It is more flexibility and it is really in
:06:59. > :07:02.appropriate -- it is really appropriate for the Times and
:07:02. > :07:06.assures the future of manufacturing into the next decade. You have
:07:06. > :07:12.committed to use local suppliers in order to build his calf. Can you
:07:12. > :07:16.give them any guarantees? Many, many more jobs will depend on that.
:07:16. > :07:26.They are commitments. They are part of our agreement and part of the
:07:26. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:30.terms which we get. Thank you very much. Thank you.
:07:30. > :07:34.That was Vauxhall's managing director. Later in the programme,
:07:34. > :07:40.we will be reporting from Ellesmere Port Town Centre on what the news
:07:40. > :07:45.means for the people who live there. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee tour of
:07:45. > :07:51.the north-west has had a wildlife theme today. It featured wind --
:07:51. > :07:54.rhinos and docks, though the dogs had wheels, not wings. The Queen
:07:54. > :08:00.took to the water in a tour of the Albert Dock in Liverpool, in a
:08:00. > :08:05.bright yellow amphibious vehicle called the dock. She also saw
:08:05. > :08:07.Chester's suit breeding or rare rhinos. It is all quiet there now
:08:07. > :08:11.but I bet it was very exciting earlier!
:08:11. > :08:18.It was, and we are at the Waterfront where the Queen start of
:08:18. > :08:23.the Liverpool leg of her visit. She also went to Chester Zoo and opened
:08:23. > :08:28.a new �30 million jubilee Park in Warrington. My guess is that the
:08:28. > :08:32.party will remember is one that involved a lot of water and a big
:08:32. > :08:35.splash! This is all about 60 years on the
:08:35. > :08:40.throne but be yellow "duck-marine" the Queen Rodin today has been
:08:40. > :08:50.around even longer. It dates from World War II and here is what it
:08:50. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :09:03.does in Liverpool these days - Not much reaction from Her
:09:03. > :09:11.Majesty... We heard her at Shea! think it was her, anyway. She and
:09:11. > :09:15.Prince Philip Cup the thought tourist experience. -- Prince
:09:15. > :09:19.Philip got the fault tourist experience. I don't think many
:09:19. > :09:23.people have this on a bucket list! Back at Merseyside Maritime Museum,
:09:23. > :09:27.C received flowers from Brownies also celebrating their Diamond
:09:27. > :09:33.Jubilee. She took the flowers from us but she wondered if they were
:09:33. > :09:38.for her. The crowd loved it all. was my first time to see her.
:09:38. > :09:43.exciting. She is a cultural icon bigger bank Queen of the band,
:09:43. > :09:53.bigger than David Beckham. I think she is a fantastic example of
:09:53. > :09:54.
:09:54. > :10:01.public service and has been doing a THEY SING.
:10:01. > :10:05.Earlier, at Chester, drizzle didn't dampen enthusiasm after the soup.
:10:05. > :10:11.The I came here from Arizona, where we love the Queen and I came here
:10:11. > :10:14.to see the Queen. The Queen took them on a rail to see the rhinos.
:10:15. > :10:19.The particularly interested in the rhinos. That was because we were
:10:20. > :10:25.explaining that rhinos are very similar to walls and there is a
:10:25. > :10:29.connection there. She looked very beatable and it is really exciting.
:10:29. > :10:35.-- beautiful. She got a closer look at the rhinos and performed some
:10:35. > :10:41.official opening duties. Back in Liverpool, she had lunch of north-
:10:41. > :10:45.west delicacies, including overall asparagus. Hundreds of people
:10:45. > :10:49.waited outside the museum to see if she would do a walkabout. She did
:10:49. > :10:53.not but the Royal police protection officers - a serious chaps with a
:10:53. > :10:56.serious job - physically lifted out small children with posies of
:10:56. > :11:01.flowers and took them along so that they could give their flowers to
:11:01. > :11:07.the Queen. It is what you call a nice touch.
:11:07. > :11:12.What a lovely touch! Thank you. You can see more about the royal
:11:12. > :11:18.family's close links to the region this Saturday in a special
:11:18. > :11:21.programme at 4:20pm on BBC One. Some of the other main stories: Be
:11:21. > :11:25.extraction of shale gas on Lancashire's Fylde coast should be
:11:25. > :11:28.allowed to go ahead, according to a council report.
:11:28. > :11:33.The committee concluded that the controversial drilling process,
:11:33. > :11:36.known as fracking, will have energy benefits for the country if strict
:11:36. > :11:40.environmental safeguards are in place. Campaigners against the
:11:40. > :11:43.process have criticised the report. A man has pleaded guilty to
:11:43. > :11:47.stealing a handbag from a woman who had just been killed crossing a
:11:47. > :11:52.road in Manchester poor stock 62- year-old Sarwari Ashraf from Long
:11:52. > :11:56.sight died after being hit by a lorry in March. Minutes later, 46-
:11:56. > :12:01.year-old Marc Kirvin from Altrincham run into the road and
:12:01. > :12:04.stole her handbag, containing �1,600 in cash. He will be
:12:04. > :12:09.sentenced next month. A playwright from Cameroon who has
:12:09. > :12:12.been living as a refugee in Greater Manchester has today been told she
:12:12. > :12:15.does not have to return to her native country. Lydia Besong and
:12:15. > :12:18.her husband Bernard Batey sought asylum in Britain, saying they
:12:18. > :12:22.feared for their safety in Cameroon after being imprisoned and tortured
:12:22. > :12:26.for their political beliefs. The UK Border Agency opposed their
:12:26. > :12:30.application and says it is disappointed with the decision.
:12:30. > :12:33.We have discovered there are official concerns about the way
:12:33. > :12:37.Lancashire County Council is managing its finances. They come in
:12:37. > :12:41.a report from the local government watchdog, the district auditor,
:12:41. > :12:45.which was published earlier this year. The council says those issues
:12:45. > :12:50.are minor and have been sorted out. Our political editor has been
:12:50. > :12:54.looking into this. Give us some background to this. The local
:12:54. > :12:58.authorities are all under economic pressure. Lancashire County Council
:12:59. > :13:04.has decided to respond to that more actively than most by getting into
:13:04. > :13:08.the financial markets and investing in them. They have hired somebody
:13:08. > :13:13.from the City of London to run the service. They have Bloomberg
:13:13. > :13:18.financial terminals in there for it all to get going. They have been
:13:18. > :13:22.pretty successful and invested into government bonds and that turned
:13:22. > :13:28.into a windfall of �47 million, which they could then put into
:13:28. > :13:31.services. That sounds great! What is the problem? The county council
:13:31. > :13:35.asked the audit committee from did check above what they were doing
:13:36. > :13:40.and see it was OK. The answer was that it was not an there were two
:13:40. > :13:45.areas of concern. There was a lack of oversight by senior officers and
:13:45. > :13:48.councillors and the second one - perhaps more seriously - is that
:13:48. > :13:54.the Audit Commission could not be certain why the county council had
:13:54. > :14:01.been borrowing all the money that it had been. What they cannot do is
:14:01. > :14:04.borrowed money to invest back into the market. That is not allowed.
:14:04. > :14:08.But the Audit Commission seemed to have some concerns because of lack
:14:08. > :14:12.of paperwork. If we take a look at one of their quotes from the report,
:14:12. > :14:17.it might be considered as indicative of adopting a policy of
:14:17. > :14:23.borrowing for the purposes of reinvestment. But they did not go
:14:23. > :14:27.so far as to say it had happened. The Audit Commission does not
:14:27. > :14:30.actually say that the council borrowed for a particular purpose.
:14:30. > :14:34.The main interest of the report is that people do not know why the
:14:34. > :14:38.council was borrowing. It is not clear from the council's own
:14:38. > :14:42.financial reports. That is what the commission wants to tighten up.
:14:42. > :14:46.This is public money and the public have a right to know. The what have
:14:46. > :14:49.the council said? A very robust response. They say they are doing a
:14:49. > :14:54.good job when it comes to the Budget and that the worst of the
:14:54. > :14:57.issues have all been sorted out. I put it to the Conservative leader
:14:57. > :15:02.of Lancashire County Council, Geoff Driver, that the District Auditor
:15:02. > :15:07.appear to be hinting that they had been borrowing to invest. There are
:15:07. > :15:11.no strong hints of anything in the order to's report. The report,
:15:11. > :15:18.which is a very, very complimentary report about an hour treasury
:15:18. > :15:25.management operation, I suspect stock market There are all sorts of
:15:25. > :15:31.criticisms! The overall report is very complimentary. It would be the
:15:31. > :15:34.envy of, I suspect, every other local authority. Councillor driver
:15:34. > :15:37.is right that Lancashire County Council has clearly done very well
:15:37. > :15:46.but nevertheless, the district auditor is concerned about the way
:15:46. > :15:49.Back now to a rare piece of good news at a time of economic doom and
:15:49. > :15:53.gloom - the decision to build the new Astra at Vauxhall's Ellesmere
:15:53. > :15:58.Port plant. As we told you earlier, it will create 700 new jobs and
:15:58. > :16:02.save more than 2,000. Obviously, it's good news for those
:16:02. > :16:11.who work there. But it's great news too for a town that depends so
:16:12. > :16:16.heavily on the plant. The 9th of and really are the
:16:16. > :16:22.fortunes of a town so closely tied to one of its businesses. It is 50
:16:22. > :16:27.years since Vauxhall started making cars here in Ellesmere Port. It is
:16:27. > :16:34.great news for the town. People want to work, they are willing to
:16:34. > :16:42.work, so the opportunity to work is great. As long as foxholes day here,
:16:42. > :16:48.this time will thrive. -- box Hall. Mike Royden is a local teacher and
:16:48. > :16:57.historian. This is 1962 when it was first opened, it has been the main
:16:57. > :17:01.employer. This is a career that kids can go into. Hopefully that
:17:01. > :17:05.ability will now be there. These are the people whose future
:17:05. > :17:11.has been secured with today's announcement. Vauxhall apprentices
:17:11. > :17:15.learning the skills that will make them world-class. You can be in is
:17:15. > :17:21.a dead end job like in a shop where there is no way to get higher, but
:17:21. > :17:26.I have done an apprenticeship and you can get more qualifications at
:17:26. > :17:33.the end of it and go for a degree at university and go for a masters
:17:33. > :17:37.in engineering or ball higher up in the company. They nurture them
:17:37. > :17:41.through the apprenticeship process, and put them on management
:17:41. > :17:45.supervisory training. The Prime Minister says today's decision is a
:17:45. > :17:55.vote of confidence in Ellesmere Port. It is a vote of confidence in
:17:55. > :18:03.
:18:03. > :18:06.the town as well. Football, and a decision on the
:18:06. > :18:10.future of Steve Kean, the manager of relegated Blackburn Rovers,
:18:10. > :18:14.appears to have been postponed. 's Wigan have given permission for
:18:14. > :18:18.their manager to talk to Liverpool following the dismissal of Kenny
:18:18. > :18:23.Dalglish for the second year in running. -- for the second year in
:18:23. > :18:28.running, Martinez has kept Wigan in the Premier League. It is thought
:18:28. > :18:32.he is facing competition for the Liverpool job from Rafa Benitez,
:18:32. > :18:36.Andre Villas-Boas and several others. Liverpool say they have
:18:36. > :18:42.explain the reasons for Dalglish's sacking to that club's senior
:18:42. > :18:47.players. A little surprise and shock. A great warmth and love for
:18:47. > :18:53.Kenny, but great support going forward. No individual is bigger
:18:53. > :18:57.than Liverpool Football Club. That is important, because like
:18:57. > :19:07.everybody here, from the bottom up, everybody wants to win, no more so
:19:07. > :19:10.than players. Crew are on their way to Wembley
:19:10. > :19:14.after the club booked their place in the Division Two play-off final.
:19:14. > :19:21.It is a remarkable achievement after being on the 12th in the
:19:21. > :19:25.table in February. Last night they group -- drew 2-2 at Southend. That
:19:25. > :19:35.meant they won the semi-final 3-2 on aggregate. Tonight they find out
:19:35. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:44.if they face Torquay of Cheltenham in the final.
:19:44. > :19:47.A milestone in aviation history was re-created today when the actual
:19:47. > :19:49.first plane to land at Manchester's Ringway Airport 75 years ago
:19:49. > :19:52.repeated the trip. The de Havilland Hornet Moth was
:19:52. > :19:54.supposed to touch down at the nearby Barton aerodrome, but bad
:19:55. > :20:04.weather forced it to make an emergency switch to Ringway which
:20:05. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:17.was still under construction. The '90s 30s Hornet Moth glided in.
:20:17. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:24.Inside, Duncan Menzies. The first pilot to fly. My father, who lived
:20:24. > :20:28.in Wilmslow at the time, had seen at the grass strip that was going
:20:28. > :20:31.to become Manchester Airport, and he decided as in matter of
:20:31. > :20:37.convenience to make a precautionary landing there.
:20:37. > :20:40.It would be a year later before Ringway officially opened. Catering
:20:40. > :20:44.for a growing number of people discovering get trouble for the
:20:44. > :20:48.first time. Ringway has changed enormously
:20:48. > :20:52.since the 1930s when it was first being built. From the first
:20:52. > :20:59.aircraft to land here, we now have 600 aircraft movements in and out
:20:59. > :21:05.every day, including the world's largest plane.
:21:05. > :21:11.The giant Airbus A380 so's just how planes have developed. -- shows
:21:11. > :21:16.just how they have developed. The directional indicator works in
:21:16. > :21:20.conjunction with the compass... controls may be basic but the
:21:20. > :21:26.playing is still flying high 75 years on. It is a very
:21:26. > :21:29.straightforward aeroplane. It flies at about 17 knots, so there is time
:21:29. > :21:35.to look around and navigate. Very easy to fly.
:21:35. > :21:38.Hornet Moth marked the airport's unofficial birthday. Major
:21:38. > :21:48.celebrations to mark its Sunday 5th anniversary are planned for next
:21:48. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:55.year. -- 75th anniversary.
:21:55. > :21:58.Lots of you have waiting out for hours in the last few days to catch
:21:58. > :22:01.a glimpse of the Queen on her Diamond Jubilee Tour - including
:22:01. > :22:05.both of us - but perhaps the most spectacular event of the Queen's
:22:05. > :22:08.year will be on June 3rd when over a thousand boats take to the River
:22:08. > :22:11.Thames in London to create one of the largest flotillas the country
:22:11. > :22:14.has ever seen. One of the vessels lucky enough to
:22:14. > :22:16.be taking part in the historic event is the Queen of the Lake,
:22:16. > :22:26.which normally carries tourists across Windermere in the Lake
:22:26. > :22:26.
:22:26. > :22:31.District. It will be quite a journey for this
:22:31. > :22:38.grand old lady, if 500 mile trip from the waters of Windermere to
:22:38. > :22:41.the Thames. To join a fantastic flew to laugh. It may well be
:22:42. > :22:50.nerve-racking for some of the skippers, but I would imagine it
:22:50. > :22:52.will be a fantastic sight. Built in 1949, she is on the
:22:52. > :22:57.national register of historic vessels, but she is having a bit of
:22:57. > :23:01.a facelift for her royal appointment. We are having to take
:23:01. > :23:08.two seats out at the near here, because we will be on the water for
:23:08. > :23:16.a long while, so we have to fit it when it in here. And the small
:23:16. > :23:22.buffet unit. We have had to put an extra heavy duty Pleat on the front.
:23:22. > :23:29.We are going to beat mooring overnight which has never been done
:23:29. > :23:34.before. I served my apprenticeship as a boat builder on these boats,
:23:34. > :23:38.so I want everything to be spot on. I want everything going beyond the
:23:38. > :23:43.call of duty. She's -- she has served the Royal
:23:43. > :23:49.Family before, carrying Prince Charles in 2010 after the
:23:50. > :23:53.devastating floods. The Queen of the lake will be lifted out of the
:23:53. > :23:58.water on 28th May, to begin her journey south.
:23:58. > :24:03.We are having to put her on a large haulage wagon. Being an old board
:24:03. > :24:07.we have to be careful of movement and drying out. And just making
:24:07. > :24:11.sure she is protected and well secured. We do not want it dropping
:24:11. > :24:18.off on the M6! There will be no mistaking her
:24:18. > :24:23.Cumbrian roots when she takes her place among the Cumbrian fleet.
:24:23. > :24:29.will have daffodils made by pupils from Windermere school, a fantastic
:24:29. > :24:34.image of the Queen made by images of Keswick, and his superb flight
:24:34. > :24:37.designed by pupils in Windermere. - - a superb flag.
:24:38. > :24:41.The Thames trip will mean she is out of service to the usual
:24:41. > :24:46.Lakeland tourists for a round a fortnight for. I am sure it will be
:24:46. > :24:49.worth it on the day to have Cumbria represented on that stage. Can you
:24:49. > :24:59.imagine a national pageant without Cumbria there? It would not be
:24:59. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:14.Here are the weather prospects. I am sure you did not miss it to
:25:14. > :25:19.date, we have been under a blanket of cloud. We have had lied patchy
:25:19. > :25:25.rain, and I think that will be the picture heading into the weekend.
:25:25. > :25:29.The temperatures not particularly great event. Cool breeze heading up
:25:29. > :25:34.to the weekend. We may have to wait until Monday before seeing good
:25:34. > :25:39.spells of sunshine. And probably better looking temperatures. Of the
:25:39. > :25:44.weekend that low pressure just swimming around us from Friday to
:25:44. > :25:52.Saturday. Holding the clouds in place, the frontal system I think
:25:52. > :25:58.drugging rain in on Sunday. -- dragging rain. We hang on to the
:25:58. > :26:03.extra cloud, like patchy rain, and temperatures may be dropping as low
:26:03. > :26:07.as six or seven Celsius, which is not bad at all. Tomorrow, lots of
:26:07. > :26:13.clouds around. We have a change in the wind direction, it is in
:26:13. > :26:18.easterly breeze. But cloud will try and break from time to time, across
:26:18. > :26:24.parts of Merseyside and Manchester. Parts of Cumbria and the Isle of
:26:24. > :26:34.Man are likely to see light patchy rain. Ten or 11 Celsius. More of
:26:34. > :26:34.
:26:34. > :26:38.the same on Saturday - quite cloudy on Sunday. Maybe brighter on Monday.
:26:38. > :26:43.Burnley, Accrington, Chester, Warrington and Liverpool - it has
:26:43. > :26:46.been a whirlwind tour of the north- west by the Queen over the past two
:26:46. > :26:51.days. It has given many people memories