:00:10. > :00:13.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight. Our top story: �50,000 on
:00:13. > :00:16.offer from Greater Manchester Police if you can help them catch
:00:16. > :00:20.the two fugitives they say launched a fatal gun and grenade attack.
:00:20. > :00:24.anonymous phonecall is all it takes. We'll pay �50,000 for that
:00:24. > :00:32.information if it leads to the arrest of Cregan and Wilkinson.
:00:32. > :00:35.follow the huge police operation looking for the pair. Also in the
:00:35. > :00:38.programme: The family from Lancashire gunned down in Pakistan:
:00:38. > :00:41.two years on, relatives call on David Cameron for justice. With the
:00:41. > :00:47.Paralympic Opening Ceremony just hours away, we take a look at the
:00:47. > :00:57.North West's medal hopefuls. And all shook up over the good book, as
:00:57. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:08.Elvis's bible goes up for auction �50,000 could be yours for making
:01:08. > :01:11.just one phone call. The catch is: you need to know the whereabouts of
:01:11. > :01:14.two of Britain's most wanted fugitives. Greater Manchester
:01:14. > :01:17.Police put the cash on the table, literally, today as they continued
:01:18. > :01:20.their search for Dale Cregan and Anthony Wilkinson. The pair are
:01:21. > :01:30.wanted in connection with gun and grenade attacks which left one man
:01:30. > :01:34.dead. Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest has more. Dale Cregan and
:01:34. > :01:37.Anthony Wilkinson are fugitives with a bounty on their heads. And
:01:37. > :01:41.this is the bounty - �50,000 for information which leads to their
:01:41. > :01:45.atest. The police put the cash on show today in the hope of tempting
:01:45. > :01:49.someone to speak out. You don't have to come to the police station
:01:49. > :01:53.or court. Just information leading to their arrest. One anonymous
:01:53. > :01:59.phone call to Crimestoppers, that's all it takes and we'll pi �50,000
:01:59. > :02:02.for that information if it leads to the arrest of Cregan and Wilkinson.
:02:02. > :02:07.The police believe this is Cregan and Wilkinson, launching a gun and
:02:07. > :02:12.grenade attack in a house on Droylsden on August 10th. Earlier a
:02:12. > :02:16.similar attack left David Short dead outside his home. Mr Short's
:02:16. > :02:19.son Mark was shot dead in May. Detectives want to talk to Cregan
:02:19. > :02:22.about that as well. The search for them now involves hundreds of
:02:22. > :02:26.police officers, including some from other forces. There's been a
:02:26. > :02:31.series of raids and other high- profile police activity in the
:02:31. > :02:35.Clayton and Droylsden areas, but as yet no sign of the pair. We believe
:02:35. > :02:38.they are hiding somewhere, either in Greater Manchester or somewhere
:02:38. > :02:44.close by. Therefore, we were asking people, in Greater Manchester, do
:02:44. > :02:47.you know who is holding them? Do you know who is hiding them? Do you
:02:47. > :02:52.know who is helping them stay out of sight? Of course it is far from
:02:52. > :02:55.usual for police to literally put reward money on the table in this
:02:55. > :02:59.way but this is a far from usual case. They are stressing that if
:02:59. > :03:03.anyone has information but they are afraid, well they can give that
:03:03. > :03:07.information anonymously to Crimestoppers. One anonymous phone
:03:07. > :03:15.call which leads to the arrests of Cregan and Wilkinson, and the money
:03:15. > :03:20.is yours. A A suspected armed robber who went
:03:20. > :03:25.on the run from a Manchester Airport has been arrested in
:03:25. > :03:30.hospital. Anthony Morrison had into the airport on 6th July but fled
:03:30. > :03:35.from police who were there to arrest him in connection with a
:03:35. > :03:43.robbery. He was Griffin to North Mnch General Hospital after being
:03:43. > :03:48.shot in the chest. A bike that fim Hinds, a gold medal winning cyclist,
:03:48. > :03:55.had his bike stolen from his house in south Manchester.
:03:55. > :03:58.He won gold alongside Jason Kenny and Sir Chris Hoy.
:03:58. > :04:03.Multi-million pound refurbishment plans for a pier on the Isle of Man
:04:03. > :04:06.won't go ahead for five years. Development plans for the Queen's
:04:06. > :04:10.Pier in Ramsey intrpbt considered in the Government's Capital
:04:10. > :04:13.Programme. They say it isn't a high enough priority.
:04:13. > :04:17.Police in Crewe are appealing for information after they found some
:04:17. > :04:19.cannabis plants. We'll tell but that in a minute, before that we'll
:04:20. > :04:29.talk about the relatives of a Lancashire family who were killed
:04:30. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:33.in Pakistan more than two years ago. Tania Yousaf and her parents
:04:33. > :04:36.Mohammed and Parvlaz, from Nelson in Lancashire, were shot dead by an
:04:36. > :04:39.armed gang in Gujarat two years ago. It's emerged today that Prime
:04:39. > :04:42.Minister David Cameron has taken a personal interest in the case. He
:04:42. > :04:52.has written to Pendle MP, Andrew Stephenson, who raised concerns
:04:52. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :04:59.about the delay in tracking down the killers. Mohammed Yousaf, his
:04:59. > :05:03.wife Parvlaz and his daughter were shot dead as they visited the grave
:05:03. > :05:06.of a relative in Pakistan. More than two years on, their family and
:05:06. > :05:09.friends welcome David Cameron's intervention but they are not
:05:09. > :05:13.convinced it'll help bring the killers, who are still on the run,
:05:13. > :05:19.to justice When we really needed him, there was nobody there.
:05:19. > :05:23.Now they are paying that they're hoping that they can do something,
:05:23. > :05:32.but after so long, is it possible for them to do something? It was
:05:32. > :05:36.the death of another woman, Furkaz Begum last year, that called for
:05:36. > :05:42.the Prime Minister to intervene. In a letter he said the minister
:05:42. > :05:45.responsible for Pakistan, met the Pakistani High Commissioner on 5th
:05:45. > :05:48.July and raised this issue. The High Commissioner reported that the
:05:48. > :05:52.authorities in Pakistan were working on a simple letter process
:05:52. > :05:55.of dealing with these kinds of cases. To the disappointment to the
:05:55. > :05:59.family he adds, "This is a matter for the Pakistani authorities and
:05:59. > :06:03.we cannot interfere in the legal processes of another country." The
:06:03. > :06:06.letter was sent to Pendle MP, Andrew Stephenson.
:06:06. > :06:09.It is very important we have political pressure from the top and
:06:09. > :06:12.a British Prime Minister is saying to the Pakistani officials - this
:06:12. > :06:17.is a very concerning case, there are four murders of British
:06:17. > :06:24.citizens here and both these cases need looking into seriously.
:06:24. > :06:28.family is devastated. They appreciate the fact they are trying
:06:28. > :06:32.to help, but is it false hope? The Pendle MP will raise the case with
:06:32. > :06:42.the Prime Minister again next week, in a meeting that's hoped will keep
:06:42. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:54.up the pressure on the British Government to do more. Thieves have
:06:54. > :06:58.sunk low, Des kaithing graves in a East Lancashire cemetery to steal
:06:58. > :07:02.slabs. Police describe the crime as
:07:02. > :07:09."despicable. It seems nowhere is sacred in the
:07:09. > :07:16.search for stone. 12 family vaults at Haggate Burial Stkpwround had
:07:16. > :07:19.layers of York stone paving slabs stripped from them. -- burial
:07:19. > :07:24.ground. As you can see, this is what a normal grave should look
:07:24. > :07:26.like, covered in pebbles. This is what has happened. This grave has
:07:27. > :07:30.been desecrated where the flag stones have been removed and this
:07:30. > :07:34.is the can't people have left it. In it's an be a shrout disgrace.
:07:34. > :07:37.This has been no spur of the moment crime. The thieves have walked
:07:37. > :07:43.through the graveyard, ignoring any of those with modern concrete slabs
:07:43. > :07:47.on top of them and zeroing in only on the stone they can sell.
:07:47. > :07:53.Reputable stone dealers like this reclammation yard in Preston, say
:07:53. > :07:59.stone theft is a growing problem. In the last 20 years the price of
:07:59. > :08:04.York stone has quadrupleed. At �150 a metre a backstreet dealer will
:08:04. > :08:09.probably pay �25 a metre. A couple of metres you have �50. Four metres
:08:09. > :08:13.you have �100. People are going to steal it. They abide by the
:08:13. > :08:16.industry's salvo code, not buying stone from anyone if there is the
:08:16. > :08:21.slightest suspicion of it being stolen and taking registration
:08:21. > :08:24.numbers of vehicles used but thieves will search out
:08:24. > :08:28.disreputable dealers, little thought for the thurt they cause.
:08:28. > :08:35.To be honest, I'm quite appalled that anybody would do a thing like
:08:35. > :08:37.this to a grave. To me it's a very sacred place and also, you have to
:08:37. > :08:41.imagine what the families are feeling, when they come and see
:08:41. > :08:49.that a grave like this has been desecrated in this way.
:08:49. > :08:52.Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
:08:52. > :08:55.Police in Crewe are appealing for information after they found 10
:08:55. > :08:59.large cannabis plants growing in woodland in Oakhanger. Officers had
:08:59. > :09:03.to fight their way through six foot high bracken to get to the plants.
:09:03. > :09:13.They say someone must have been visiting the site regularly to tend
:09:13. > :09:13.
:09:13. > :09:16.to them. More than 30 families in Cumbria have been warned it could
:09:16. > :09:19.be months before they can return to their homes after freak flooding.
:09:19. > :09:22.Residents at Dalton-in-Furness had to be moved out after sewage flowed
:09:22. > :09:30.into their homes following an inch and half of rain in less than an
:09:30. > :09:35.hour. It's three weeks since Steven Conway had to watch a torrent of
:09:35. > :09:40.rain water and sewage flow into his home. That was where the fridge was.
:09:40. > :09:43.This is where we had a tail and chairs. Most of Steven's
:09:43. > :09:48.possessions down stairs were ruined after the freak flooding. An inch
:09:48. > :09:51.of rain in 15 minutes. He and his mother are now living in temporary
:09:52. > :09:57.accommodation. We tried to stop the flow of the water but tpwaufs
:09:57. > :10:01.rising that quickly and coming in that hard, we couldn't stop it. We
:10:01. > :10:04.gave up in the end. Things were floating around. Steven believes it
:10:04. > :10:08.could be Christmas before he and his mother could return to their
:10:08. > :10:12.home. He is not the only one affected. About 40 people have come
:10:12. > :10:16.to a meeting here at the Drill Hall this afternoon, to get answers as
:10:16. > :10:20.to how the flooding happened. just not on.
:10:20. > :10:24.Residents heard how a storm pumping station had to be switched off for
:10:24. > :10:28.safety, but leaving it on, wouldn't have stopped the flooding. The
:10:28. > :10:33.water highways and electricity agencies all sent people along to
:10:33. > :10:36.the meeting, but no-one could say it wouldn't happen again. Everybody
:10:36. > :10:41.just wants to bounce off facts and figures but not actually say - we
:10:41. > :10:44.are going to solve it now. living with my son and family
:10:44. > :10:48.fortunately, because otherwise I would have to go into rented
:10:48. > :10:53.accommodation which I don't want to do. He didn't say anything that
:10:53. > :10:57.would reassure you, for a kick off. He just said things we already knew.
:10:58. > :11:01.I think today's meeting was a chance to help people going through
:11:01. > :11:05.the grieving process to what has gone on with their lives. Perhaps
:11:05. > :11:14.we can plan for the future. Steven is able to get into his home now,
:11:14. > :11:18.he just can't live there. Still to come:
:11:18. > :11:22.The great American drive-in comes to Manchester, all in the name of
:11:22. > :11:28.art. # Shuffle to the left
:11:28. > :11:34.# Shuffle to the right... # And all shook up over the good book as
:11:34. > :11:36.Elvis's Bible goes up for sale in Stockport. How much does your local
:11:37. > :11:39.councillor get paid? Well, the answer is quite different amounts
:11:39. > :11:41.depending where you live. New figures compiled by the Taxpayers'
:11:41. > :11:44.Alliance show Manchester City Councillors are the second-best
:11:44. > :11:47.paid in England, behind Birmingham. But we also have the lowest paid.
:11:47. > :11:57.Well our political editor Arif Ansari is outside Manchester Town
:11:57. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:05.Hall. A lot of people would think councillors don't get paid anything.
:12:06. > :12:09.Explain how it works? Well they do. If they do their job properly,
:12:09. > :12:12.there is a lot of work to be done representing local people and
:12:12. > :12:16.setting policy here at the Town Hall. The way it works is that each
:12:17. > :12:20.council has its own independent panel. They come up with a salary,
:12:20. > :12:23.effectively, and then councillors vote on whether they want to accept
:12:24. > :12:28.that salary or not, which is called the basic allowance. As you can see
:12:28. > :12:32.from the figures that have been compiled by the tax payers'
:12:32. > :12:36.alliance, there is a big disparity between some of them. Manchester
:12:36. > :12:40.City Council by far the most generous, the second-biggest in
:12:40. > :12:43.England after Birmingham. More than �16,000. Second in the region as a
:12:43. > :12:49.comparison is Wigan and if you compare Manchester to Liverpool,
:12:49. > :12:52.our second-largest City, you can see Liverpool is on just �10,000.
:12:52. > :12:57.The Taxpayers' Alliance say they are not just worried about
:12:57. > :13:02.Manchester but other councils, too. The tax payers' Amor lieance have
:13:02. > :13:06.found in the north-west there are wild disparities in the allowances
:13:06. > :13:10.that councillors claim. At transferred councillors there claim
:13:10. > :13:14.just over �6,000 whereas at Thameside it is over �11,000. Tax
:13:14. > :13:18.payers will be shocked about the wild disparity that members can
:13:19. > :13:21.claim between two very similar boroughs of Greater Manchester.
:13:21. > :13:26.Manchester City Council have declined to be interviewed but they
:13:26. > :13:31.have given us a statement in which they say, "Allowances in Manchester
:13:31. > :13:34.are set by an independent panel to reflect the responsibilities
:13:34. > :13:37.councillors have, and are comparable with those of other
:13:37. > :13:42.major cities. Unlike some authorities our allowances have
:13:42. > :13:45.stayed the same for the past three years in line with a council-wide
:13:45. > :13:49.pay freeze." What is interesting to to compare Manchester to South
:13:49. > :13:54.Ribble. Now that is not just the lowest in the rejornings it's the
:13:54. > :13:58.lowest in the country at �1,500. -- lowest in the region. This, they
:13:58. > :14:06.say partly it is to give council tax payers good value for money.
:14:06. > :14:09.You can take a bit of satisfaction that you are doing it for the best
:14:09. > :14:12.motives, the best will in the world, you are doing it because you want
:14:12. > :14:16.to and the money is a secondary thing. I wouldn't like them to be
:14:16. > :14:20.out of pocket. But the danger, of course, is that poorer people
:14:20. > :14:23.perhaps can't become councillors. You are right. We have to be aware
:14:23. > :14:27.of that and we have to be mindful that people who want to serve the
:14:27. > :14:31.community don't be out of pocket. So problems for councils at the top
:14:31. > :14:34.and bottom of the scale, partly because of course they set their
:14:34. > :14:44.own salaries and allowances, although you have to admit that
:14:44. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:52.idea does have some appeal. Thank you very much. If you have
:14:52. > :15:02.withdrawal frts Olympics, fear not, the Paralympics are here. -- from
:15:02. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:08.the Olympics. This evening the opening ceremony
:15:08. > :15:11.of the Paralympics gets under way and with the British team targeting
:15:11. > :15:14.a record medal haul, there's likely to be plenty to celebrate in the
:15:14. > :15:16.region over the 11 days of competition. The President of the
:15:16. > :15:19.International Paralympic Committee, who's from Bolton, says that for
:15:19. > :15:21.many reasons these are the most highly anticipated Games ever.
:15:21. > :15:24.by jing four years ago the Paralympic mo. Came of age. -- in
:15:24. > :15:29.Beijing., the Paralympic movement came of age. Then people think -
:15:29. > :15:33.the gims are coming home where, they started over 60 years ago. --
:15:33. > :15:36.Games. We have dozens of competitors from the North West but
:15:36. > :15:39.perhaps the best-known is cyclist Sarah Storey. She's already won a
:15:39. > :15:42.staggering 18 Paralympic medals. 16 in swimming before she moved on to
:15:42. > :15:45.cycling and will be one to watch again in London. Sarah's husband
:15:45. > :15:48.Barney will be looking for gold of his own, partnering Stockport's
:15:48. > :15:52.Anthony Kappes in the tandem cycling. There could be plenty of
:15:52. > :15:59.glory for the North West in the velodrome. One of the hopefuls is
:15:59. > :16:03.Chester's Rick Waddon. We've had all the years of funding from UK
:16:03. > :16:08.Sport. We have been to Athens and Beijing and produced but the home
:16:08. > :16:11.public have only seen it on the TV. Now it is a chance to put it on the
:16:11. > :16:14.stage and say - this is where the money is going and what we have
:16:14. > :16:17.done with it. On the athletics track, Blackpool's Shelley Woods
:16:17. > :16:20.has her sights set on gold in four events, including the marathon. In
:16:20. > :16:26.the pool Stockport's Matt Walker, who's already won 11 Paralympic
:16:26. > :16:30.medals, is favourite to win the 50m Freestyle. Another Beijing success
:16:30. > :16:33.story Heather Frederiksen has a good chance in five events. Sailor
:16:33. > :16:36.Nikki Birrell was the first competitor selected for the GB team
:16:36. > :16:39.and has a great chance. There are plenty of North West
:16:39. > :16:42.representatives in team sports as well. Dave Clarke, who's scored
:16:42. > :16:46.just the 106 goals in his international career, is in five-a-
:16:46. > :16:56.side football. And Jon Pollock is one of the stars of wheelchair
:16:56. > :16:57.
:16:57. > :17:00.And then there's Lora Turnham, one of the other stars of Paralympics
:17:00. > :17:04.GB cycling. We've been following her progress on North West Tonight
:17:04. > :17:07.for the last couple of years. Lora will be joined in London by her
:17:07. > :17:13.brother, Roy, who's competing in the blind football and, as Stuart
:17:13. > :17:17.Pollitt's been finding out, they're part of one very sporty family.
:17:17. > :17:20.There won't be a prouder parent at the Paralympics than Sue Turnham.
:17:20. > :17:25.These are some of the posters that we had made. She's preparing to
:17:25. > :17:33.cheer two of her children, as they fulfil an ambition she was unable
:17:33. > :17:38.to, 28 years ago. I was offered to train with the GB Athletics Squad,
:17:38. > :17:43.but at the time, family commitments wouldn't really allow me, so I had
:17:43. > :17:50.to let it go. But they're kind of living my - my dream, if you like.
:17:50. > :17:55.Sue and her three children are blind due to a condition called
:17:55. > :18:00.receipt op thi. Her husband, Anthony is partially-sighted but
:18:00. > :18:04.that hasn't stopped any of them excelling at sport. -- Retinopait,
:18:04. > :18:08.kwhr,. A career that could see Laura win as many as four medals
:18:08. > :18:13.and her brother Roy will be attempting to dribble his way to
:18:13. > :18:18.gold as part of the blind football team. Their older brother has
:18:18. > :18:22.represented his country at cricket and football. Practically river
:18:22. > :18:25.room in their home is full of trophies and medals they have
:18:25. > :18:31.gathered. This cabinet has bowls, cricket, football. I bet they'll be
:18:31. > :18:35.able it find room for a couple of more medals in the next few weeks.
:18:35. > :18:38.I hope people will, well the disabled, especially young people,
:18:38. > :18:42.will look at what we have achieved as a family and think - I can do
:18:42. > :18:52.that. And if you are after evidence of the joy that sport can bring,
:18:52. > :18:55.look no further than this family. All the very best of luck to Lora
:18:55. > :18:58.and our Paralympic athletes. Football now, and Everton's new �6
:18:58. > :19:05.million striker, Kevin Mirallas, is expected to make his debut in
:19:05. > :19:07.tonight's League Cup tie against spectacular curling shot from
:19:07. > :19:09.MynerFigger-Rower helped Wigan to a 4-1 victory at Nottingham Forest.
:19:09. > :19:12.Burnley went through on penalties when their game against Plymouth
:19:12. > :19:18.finished 1-1 after extra time. Preston pulled off a bit of a
:19:18. > :19:21.giant-killing, beating Championship side Crystal Palace 4-1. Some bad
:19:21. > :19:25.news for Liverpool today with the news that Lucas Leiva will be out
:19:25. > :19:27.for up to three months. The midfielder suffered a thigh injury
:19:27. > :19:31.during the first few minutes of Sunday's 2-2 draw with Manchester
:19:31. > :19:36.City. He'd only recently recovered from a knee problem which kept him
:19:36. > :19:39.out of the side for most of last season. Now while Manchester City
:19:39. > :19:41.are understood to be interested in buying Arsenal's flying winger Theo
:19:41. > :19:46.Walcott, Manchester United are being offered someone who's
:19:46. > :19:50.considerably quicker. Olympic legend Usain Bolt was at Old
:19:50. > :19:53.Trafford on Sunday watching United's 3-2 win against Fulham. An
:19:53. > :19:57.avid United fan, the Jamaican superstar told the crowd he wanted
:19:58. > :20:07.Sir Alex Ferguson to sign him up. And today he revealed he'd asked
:20:08. > :20:08.
:20:08. > :20:12.the manager to try him out. I told him that I really need a trial. He
:20:12. > :20:18.said, "If you are serious you should come around and see training
:20:18. > :20:23.sometimes, spend a couple of days in training with the boys, and
:20:23. > :20:30.we'll see how it would work." He was congratulating me, telling me
:20:30. > :20:34.what I had done and that he was proud of me. Finally,
:20:34. > :20:37.congratulations to Paul Ince's son, Tom. The Blackpool winger has been
:20:37. > :20:41.named in the England under-21 squad for the first time. Tom's scored
:20:41. > :20:46.four goals in the last three games, helping his side to top spot in the
:20:46. > :20:50.Championship. He is pretty quick as well. It is in the genes.
:20:50. > :20:56.I would like to see him run down the field, I really would. You
:20:56. > :21:01.would love to know what Fergie said it Usain. Can he do it on a windy
:21:01. > :21:07.winter's night in Rochdale? That's the question.
:21:07. > :21:10.Now, they were once as much of an American icon as baseball, hotdogs
:21:10. > :21:13.and the Statue of Liberty and now people in Manchester will get their
:21:13. > :21:18.chance it experience a drive-in, with a difference. It is part of
:21:18. > :21:26.what is called the bane done normal diviss Festival, which isn't about
:21:26. > :21:31.settles and toasters. It is opening tonight in Hume -- Abandon normal
:21:31. > :21:34.devices. Big flashy cars, rolling in to big
:21:34. > :21:38.movie theatres. This is how they did it in America. And this is how
:21:39. > :21:45.we're doing it in Manchester. It's not your typical drive-. In I'm sat
:21:45. > :21:47.in a wrecked car. Right in front of me, those huge containers make the
:21:47. > :21:52.cinema screen. In fact this is a Film Festival and art installation
:21:52. > :21:57.all in one. It's by two American artists who are deeply concerned by
:21:57. > :22:06.car culture and well into recycling. These aren't vintage cars from the
:22:06. > :22:11.1950s, like the clagsic era of the drive-in. These cars are five, 10,
:22:11. > :22:17.15 years on and they are in the junk yard.
:22:17. > :22:20.There could be other discoveries here, too. Each of these cars tells
:22:20. > :22:23.a particular story. There are actual objects that belonged to the
:22:23. > :22:30.folks who drove these cars before them. We've left all of them so
:22:30. > :22:34.people can come in and discover them as they move from car-to-car.
:22:34. > :22:40.And with many unusual, independent short films like these on show,
:22:41. > :22:45.organisers of the Abandon Normal Devices Festival, are trying to
:22:45. > :22:49.create something a bit different for the community. So the focus is
:22:49. > :22:53.about making a really unusual environment to show film and music
:22:53. > :22:57.in and it's general rating a bit of work for people around the area. We
:22:57. > :23:03.have a local scrap yard who have supplied this. So 25 scrapped cars
:23:03. > :23:10.a 40 foot outdoor screen, lots of films and live music. The Empire
:23:10. > :23:17.Drive-in is on at Kew Park until fri.
:23:17. > :23:21.The only drive-in I have been to has two golden arches, or is that a
:23:21. > :23:26.drive manufacture through. Elvis Presley was worship bid
:23:26. > :23:31.millions, but away from the stage and TV cameras, the king of rock
:23:31. > :23:35.'n' roll was deply religious. Now his personal copy of the Bible is
:23:36. > :23:41.being auctioned in Stockport. The BBC has been given the opportunity
:23:41. > :23:50.to leaf through what is a unique piece of memorabilia.
:23:50. > :23:57.# There sings my soul... # Elvis Presley's Bible is on sale in
:23:57. > :24:02.Stockport Yes, while Elvis was a rocking and
:24:02. > :24:07.rolling and shaking, he was also reading, writing and underlining in
:24:07. > :24:10.this bible which goes under the hammer next week. They came to us
:24:10. > :24:13.via a big Elvis collector based in the UK. What makes this
:24:13. > :24:17.particularly special is the annotations throughout the bible.
:24:17. > :24:23.There have been bibles previously which have come up for auction
:24:23. > :24:28.which Elvis owned or had given to people. But this one he owned for
:24:28. > :24:32.20 years. While Elvis's name is embossed on the cover, it is what
:24:32. > :24:39.is inside that is revealing. Given to him by his aupblt and uncle just
:24:39. > :24:44.after he moved into Graceland, he's made notes throughout and marked
:24:44. > :24:50.particular passages. He has picked out passages from Job. A machine
:24:50. > :24:56.who knows his troubles. Know now that God hath over-thrown me and
:24:56. > :25:02.hath compassed me with his net, I behold I cry out of wrong but I
:25:02. > :25:08.heard not... Maybe he was having a bad day. Now while he appears to
:25:08. > :25:15.have his majority of reading to the New Testament, at the back he has
:25:15. > :25:19.added a saying n of his own. judge a man by one we can...
:25:19. > :25:25.this is his thoughts? I think perhaps it is his thoughts, when he
:25:25. > :25:31.has been reading threw the Bible. He has pulled a few passages from
:25:31. > :25:36.the Bible and thought of this himself. Not all the items in this
:25:36. > :25:39.auction are quite as holy. There is also a chance to bid for a pair of
:25:39. > :25:47.his underpants. Somewhat disturbingly, they've not even been
:25:47. > :25:53.watched. Oh, dear. Before the days of washing machines.
:25:53. > :25:55.From the Queen of rock 'n' roll to the -- king of rock 'n' roll to the
:25:55. > :26:00.the -- king of rock 'n' roll to the Queen of weather forecasting.
:26:00. > :26:03.It is probably looking OK outside your window. I don't know how it
:26:04. > :26:07.dares after what it has thrown to us today. We lines of showers
:26:07. > :26:11.through the region in the afternoon and they have been incredibly heavy,
:26:11. > :26:17.lots of localised flding. We had hail on the ground to make part of
:26:17. > :26:20.the region look like they had snow. It really has been difficult.
:26:20. > :26:24.Thunderstorms rumbled for hours. I have not seen a day like this for
:26:24. > :26:29.sometime. The latest picture doesn't look too bad but one or two
:26:29. > :26:32.showers will continue to work in the wings as they move towards us.
:26:32. > :26:37.Even though that picture didn't look too bad we are under a Met
:26:37. > :26:41.Office yellow warning.S in place until around 9.00pm. This is what
:26:41. > :26:47.our computer wants to do with the forecast through the night. There
:26:47. > :26:51.will be a couple of showers every now and then. They may merge for a
:26:51. > :26:55.longer spell. Through towards the early hours of the morning it,
:26:55. > :27:00.feels cooler than fresher than recently. I think temperatures will
:27:00. > :27:04.be around 10 to 12 rather than 13, 14 and 15 and tomorrow night into
:27:04. > :27:07.single figures for parts, so it'll be fairly chilly. Into tomorrow not
:27:07. > :27:12.a bad day. There will be showers around. They'll move away quickly
:27:12. > :27:15.as the morning goes on. Then it is a combination of patchy cloud and
:27:15. > :27:20.sunny spells. A pretty afternoon. But with a northerly breeze your
:27:21. > :27:25.temperatures will be noting to write home Brecently we have been
:27:25. > :27:31.spoiled. Tomorrow back to normal with 17 at the very best. You'll