:00:06. > :00:09.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson.
:00:09. > :00:12.And Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: Greater Manchester's chief
:00:12. > :00:22.constable lays flowers for the two officers gunned down in Mottram
:00:22. > :00:23.
:00:23. > :00:29.after spending the morning with their families. Human beings and
:00:29. > :00:33.they did two wonderful human beings and very proud families -- to
:00:33. > :00:35.wonderful human beings. But a Merseyside man behind this
:00:35. > :00:36.website glorifying the suspected killer has been arrested. Police
:00:36. > :00:41.called his actions malicious and offensive.
:00:41. > :00:43.We'll report live from Mottram. Also tonight: Smash and grab - the
:00:43. > :00:46.thieves who took watches worth over �1 million in 80 seconds.
:00:46. > :00:54.Living with leukaemia - Alice's child benefit is stopped because
:00:54. > :00:57.she isn't doing enough home schooling. We will hear the
:00:57. > :01:01.thoughts and fears of the North West soldiers as they prepare to
:01:01. > :01:06.head up for a six-month port of Afghanistan.
:01:06. > :01:16.And we will show you the first new statue here for 100 years. I think
:01:16. > :01:19.
:01:19. > :01:22.you will like it. The chief constable of Greater
:01:22. > :01:28.Manchester Police visited the scene in Mottram today to lay flowers in
:01:28. > :01:30.tribute to Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes. And it has emerged that
:01:30. > :01:35.officers from other forces have offered to come to Manchester to
:01:35. > :01:37.enable GMP staff to attend their funerals.
:01:37. > :01:44.Police have also warned two families whose feuding is being
:01:44. > :01:47.linked to the shootings to end their disagreement. They have just
:01:47. > :01:50.over 12 hours to continue to question their prime suspect Dale
:01:50. > :01:58.Cregan. Let's go live to the scene in Mottram where we can join our
:01:58. > :02:04.chief reporter Dave Guest. What is the latest there this evening?
:02:04. > :02:07.latest is as you can probably see the police cordon has moved
:02:07. > :02:12.considerably. Down at the bottom of the cul-de-sac is where the
:02:12. > :02:16.shooting took place. The police have been given extra time to
:02:16. > :02:20.question Dale Cregan. They could apply for an extension for Saturday
:02:20. > :02:29.morning. They will then have to decide whether to charge him. The
:02:29. > :02:34.other person arrested in connection with this crime is a 28 year-old
:02:34. > :02:39.man. There has been considerable activity at a house connected with
:02:39. > :02:43.him this afternoon. He has been questioned with regards to
:02:43. > :02:48.conspiracy to commit murder. It he has been spoken to about a phone
:02:48. > :02:52.call that reported their burglary that led the officers to their
:02:52. > :02:57.deaths. Today has been about more tributes to the fallen officers
:02:57. > :03:03.including a tribute from the top. Greater Manchester's police chief
:03:03. > :03:08.arrived to pay homage to two of his fallen officers. An ever-expanding
:03:08. > :03:13.tide of flowers spreading here since Tuesday. He said he had spent
:03:13. > :03:19.time with the families of the Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes today and he
:03:19. > :03:25.showed some of their thoughts. Fiona Bone's partner was there and
:03:25. > :03:30.very upset obviously, talking about how they had been planning for a
:03:30. > :03:34.civil partnership and how they were looking forward to a life together.
:03:34. > :03:40.I have also been with Nicola Hughes's family today. They talked
:03:40. > :03:45.about somebody who loved karate, although she was small, she was a
:03:45. > :03:53.real fighter. Two wonderful human beings, dedicated officers, two
:03:53. > :03:56.very proud families. Devastated by their loss. The full horror of last
:03:56. > :04:01.Tuesday will live with this woman for ever. She lives locally and
:04:01. > :04:07.asked us to conceal her identity. was going out to put out the
:04:07. > :04:11.rubbish and I heard gunshots. There was a big shot at the end which was
:04:11. > :04:19.the grenade. Then I heard a woman crying out. It was scary and
:04:19. > :04:24.chilling, terrifying. I can still her -- I can still hear her
:04:24. > :04:30.screaming now. Answering the burglary call cost their lives.
:04:30. > :04:34.Today the van was taken away for further examination. Colleagues and
:04:34. > :04:38.friends have been arriving throughout the day to pay their own
:04:38. > :04:42.tributes, to think their own thoughts. No doubt the support of
:04:42. > :04:47.colleagues has been of great comfort to the families, but so too
:04:47. > :04:52.has the tidal wave of public sympathy. They asked me to pass on
:04:52. > :04:57.their huge appreciation for the massive show of public support. We
:04:57. > :05:04.have had over 30,000 messages of condolence on our website. However
:05:04. > :05:09.this face but paid gave a very different view -- Facebook. It
:05:09. > :05:13.contained a deeply offensive material. I looked at some of these
:05:13. > :05:17.websites and saw ordinary members of the public alarm and distress as
:05:17. > :05:23.some of the ridiculous comments. I think they would have wanted us to
:05:23. > :05:28.take positive action and that is what we have done. Today a 22-year-
:05:28. > :05:32.old man from Liverpool was arrested on suspicion of breaching the
:05:32. > :05:36.Communications Act. A quick word about the flipside of social media.
:05:36. > :05:40.The police force has set up a Twitter site which officers from
:05:40. > :05:44.around the country have volunteered on to work for free of charge so
:05:44. > :05:54.that officers from here can attend the funerals were made are held.
:05:54. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:04.Back to you. Lancashire Police have today said
:06:04. > :06:08.an investigation into the death of a three-year-old girl is being
:06:08. > :06:11.hampered by the belief that it was due to a playground accident. They
:06:11. > :06:12.say Lia Green died as a result of deliberate violence and have today
:06:12. > :06:16.renewed their appeal. Yunus Mulla reports.
:06:16. > :06:18.Lia Green from Preston died at the end of August after her parents
:06:18. > :06:21.called the emergency services to say she was unwell. A postmortem
:06:21. > :06:24.found she had serious internal injuries caused by significant
:06:24. > :06:26.violence. But many in her community mistakenly believe she died from an
:06:26. > :06:36.accident. Police say that is hampering their murder
:06:36. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:40.investigation. It was not an accident. Somebody inflicted the
:06:40. > :06:45.injuries and caused her to die. People need to keep Lia Green in
:06:45. > :06:48.their minds. If they want justice for her and find out who killed her
:06:48. > :06:52.and what happened, the obligation is on them to speak to us and tell
:06:52. > :06:55.us what they know. The three-year- old went to a playground the day
:06:55. > :06:58.before but officers have ruled out her injuries were a result of
:06:58. > :07:01.falling off a swing. They are looking into her movements over the
:07:01. > :07:03.previous 48 hours. A 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman
:07:03. > :07:06.understood to be her parents Richard Green and Natalie Critchely
:07:06. > :07:16.were arrested in connection with her death and then released on
:07:16. > :07:16.
:07:16. > :07:21.police bail. Solicitors have called for a new postmortem because they
:07:21. > :07:24.are not satisfied with the conclusions of the original
:07:24. > :07:27.pathologist. That postmortem will be carried out tomorrow afternoon.
:07:27. > :07:30.On his Facebook page, her father recently wrote in texting language,
:07:30. > :07:33."Dnt believe wt u hear cus it aint true." Lias' family have relocated
:07:33. > :07:43.but police were today knocking on doors hoping for a breakthrough in
:07:43. > :07:50.
:07:51. > :07:53.what remain a complex and sensitive inquiry.
:07:53. > :07:56.It has emerged a Liverpool solicitor who represented the
:07:56. > :07:59.Hillsborough families in the months after the disaster accused some of
:07:59. > :08:02.wanting to use the inquests for their 15 minutes of fame. The
:08:02. > :08:05.quotes from Doug Fraser came to light as a result of last week's
:08:05. > :08:07.independent report on the tragedy. He also suggested the cut-off point
:08:07. > :08:13.for evidence should probably be nine minutes earlier than the
:08:13. > :08:15.highly controversial 3.15pm cut off which was eventually imposed. Mr
:08:15. > :08:25.Fraser who is now Liverpool's deputy coroner has refused to
:08:25. > :08:27.comment. A prisoner escaped from a ward at
:08:27. > :08:30.the Royal Liverpool Hospital earlier sparking a major police
:08:30. > :08:36.alert. The patient believed to be in his 20s went missing this
:08:36. > :08:38.morning. He was found hiding in the roof space and arrested.
:08:38. > :08:41.Liverpool now has more good or outstanding schools than any other
:08:41. > :08:44.city in the country according to new figures. More than three
:08:44. > :08:53.quarters of the city's 168 schools have been given the top two
:08:53. > :08:58.rankings by the education watchdog Ofsted. For the last 18 months, no
:08:58. > :09:01.school in the city has been classed as failing.
:09:01. > :09:05.There has been an outbreak of measles in Cumbria. It has emerged
:09:05. > :09:12.Over the summer. Health experts are urging parents to make sure their
:09:12. > :09:15.children are vaccinated against the virus.
:09:15. > :09:18.It was one of the biggest shop raids Manchester has ever seen. And
:09:18. > :09:21.one of the fastest. In just 80 seconds last night, a gang armed
:09:21. > :09:24.with crowbars smashed their way through displays in Selfridges
:09:24. > :09:27.department store and stole over �1 million worth of watches.
:09:27. > :09:31.They did so as the shop was open and full of terrified customers.
:09:31. > :09:33.Naomi Cornwell reports. They couldn't have stood out more.
:09:33. > :09:37.In fluorescent jackets and masks, the three men ran into Selfridges
:09:37. > :09:41.in the centre in Manchester with an axe and crowbars to the horror of
:09:41. > :09:45.the shoppers around them. Smashing display cabinets as customers
:09:45. > :09:55.looked on. It took less than 80 seconds for them to steal 100
:09:55. > :09:59.watches worth more than �1 million. Staff were very shaken. They are
:10:00. > :10:03.working with colleagues to try and get the best information and we are
:10:04. > :10:13.looking at CCTV the footage from the area. We are also looking at
:10:13. > :10:16.the for -- forensic detail on the vehicle. Selfridges didn't want us
:10:16. > :10:19.to film inside today. The main store is open, but the watch
:10:19. > :10:21.gallery just inside the front door remains roped off with several
:10:21. > :10:26.displays missing. I would not have thought anyone would have the nerve
:10:26. > :10:30.to just walk in. It is very scary. Nobody was expecting it, that would
:10:30. > :10:38.be why they did it. You would not think people would try to get away
:10:38. > :10:43.with it but they do. The time they to it to do it, but I imagine you
:10:43. > :10:46.would be a bit shaken up. A getaway car driven by a fourth member of
:10:46. > :10:49.the gang was later found abandoned a few streets away. The watches are
:10:49. > :10:59.worth up to �25,000 each. Police want to hear from anyone who is
:10:59. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:07.offered them for sale. A terminally-ill teenager and her
:11:07. > :11:10.family are fighting a new battle for the right to financial help
:11:10. > :11:13.from the Government. Alice Pyne from Cumbria was taken out of
:11:13. > :11:16.school because of her illness four years ago and was home schooled.
:11:16. > :11:19.But now she's 16 and no longer in full-time education, her parents
:11:19. > :11:21.have been told they will lose her child benefit. Annabel has the
:11:21. > :11:24.details. Four years ago, Alice Pyne was
:11:24. > :11:26.diagnosed with leukaemia. She's now 16 and determined to live life to
:11:26. > :11:30.the full. The teenager from Ulveston in Cumbria hit the
:11:30. > :11:34.headlines last year when she made a bucket list, a list of all the
:11:34. > :11:38.things she wanted to do before she died. So far she's ticked off
:11:38. > :11:45.meeting Take That. Whale watching in Canad. And swimming with sharks
:11:45. > :11:48.She has also entered her pet Labrador Mabel in a dog show. She
:11:48. > :11:51.says it was the best day of her life when she went to her school
:11:51. > :11:54.prom. Recently Alice met the PM David Cameron after she and her
:11:54. > :12:02.sister Milly were awarded with the British Empire Medal for raising
:12:02. > :12:07.more than �100,000 for charity. is really nice to be recognised for
:12:07. > :12:11.some of the things I have done and it makes me feel like I am making a
:12:11. > :12:16.difference. Alice is now home schooled. She is too ill to go to
:12:16. > :12:19.college full -time or get a job. But recently her parents received a
:12:19. > :12:22.letter saying as she is now 16 and not in full-time education or
:12:22. > :12:28.training, her child benefit would be stopped. Their MP says that is
:12:28. > :12:32.unfair. They simply do not deserve to be treated in this way. They are
:12:32. > :12:36.not sure whether to take this further but I am writing to
:12:36. > :12:40.Government Ministers asking them to review procedures so that mums of
:12:40. > :12:44.terminally ill children are not sent callous letters through the
:12:44. > :12:47.post without any help as to what to do next. Today the Government
:12:47. > :12:50.department that deals with child benefit sent this statement to the
:12:50. > :12:52.BBC. HMRC cannot comment on individual cases. However, we are
:12:52. > :13:00.contacting the customer concerned to discuss the matter further.
:13:00. > :13:10.Alice's family said they did not want to comment Until the situation
:13:10. > :13:11.
:13:11. > :13:13.is resolved. Still to come on North West
:13:13. > :13:15.Tonight: And they're off - organisers move the start of
:13:15. > :13:18.Aintree Grand National to reduce the risk to horses.
:13:18. > :13:28.The cat with webbed paws - Asia's endangered fishing cat breeds
:13:28. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:33.succesfully in the Isle of Man. They have said fond farewells to
:13:33. > :13:36.loved ones and tonight the first wave of 600 North West troops
:13:36. > :13:38.deploy to Afghanistan. The first 100 soldiers are from 1st Battalion
:13:38. > :13:40.The Mercian Regiment which recruits across the region.
:13:40. > :13:43.The regiment suffered terrible casualties during its last tour.
:13:43. > :13:52.Peter Marshall has been to the barracks at Catterick in North
:13:52. > :13:56.Yorkshire as the soldiers prepare for departure.
:13:56. > :13:59.These are nervous times. Some members of 1st Battalion The
:13:59. > :14:03.Mercian Regiment have been to Afghanistan before and they have
:14:03. > :14:09.lost good friends. This sergeant believes saying goodbye to his wife
:14:09. > :14:13.is the hardest point of departure. She was upset last time I went. But
:14:13. > :14:18.when she knew that I had friends lost on the last tour, from my
:14:18. > :14:25.platoon as well, she is worried, a lot more worried now. She knows it
:14:25. > :14:30.is closer to home, it could be any of us. For this private from
:14:30. > :14:35.Manchester, this will be a first tour of Afghanistan. There will be
:14:35. > :14:38.people who say, I am not scared, but really they are scared. It is
:14:38. > :14:42.human to be scared. It is a lot harder for families back home
:14:42. > :14:48.because they do not know what you are doing and where you are and if
:14:48. > :14:51.you are alive. The last time they went on tour, they lost 12 soldiers.
:14:51. > :14:55.This tour comes at a time when there is increased concern about
:14:55. > :15:01.so-called green on blue attacks where Afghan soldiers target
:15:01. > :15:05.coalition forces. It was at the back of your head last time, but
:15:05. > :15:10.now it needs to be at the front. Whenever you were doing anything,
:15:10. > :15:16.you have got to be more vigilant, keep your eyes peeled. Why am more
:15:16. > :15:24.worried about it because we are losing -- working closely next to
:15:24. > :15:32.them. This is this man's first posting to hostile territory.
:15:32. > :15:38.more excited and nervous. It is my first tour. Many will be a weight
:15:38. > :15:48.over Christmas Tostock they want to do a good job and get back home. --
:15:48. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:53.over Christmas Tostock we wish them well.
:15:53. > :15:56.Thousands of houses across the north west could be demolished
:15:56. > :15:58.because of a mistake made by the former Housing Minister Grant
:15:58. > :16:01.Schapps. He mistakenly signed a �35 million regeneration project which
:16:01. > :16:03.could see 5,000 homes demolished even though his intention was to
:16:03. > :16:05.save them. Elaine Dunkley reports from Liverpool.
:16:05. > :16:08.Run down houses and a ministerial mess. Former Housing Minister Grant
:16:08. > :16:11.Schapps needs to get his own house in order after this latest
:16:11. > :16:16.political blunder. Just a few months ago, he vowed to save these
:16:16. > :16:20.terraces which include the former home of Ringo Starr. These houses
:16:20. > :16:25.will now hopefully be saved and I hope it will spread to other
:16:25. > :16:29.streets. If we can improve the economics of this works and it
:16:29. > :16:33.builds better communities, we will save hundreds more. Grant Shapps
:16:33. > :16:36.appears to have mixed his grants up. He thought the money would be used
:16:36. > :16:39.to loving restore many of these properties. Instead, it was for
:16:39. > :16:42.demolition. This is a really serious mistake that needs to be
:16:42. > :16:44.rectified. Save Britain's Heritage has bought this house on Madryn
:16:44. > :16:51.Street in Liverpool to block the bulldozers. Campaigners want
:16:51. > :16:55.further demolition stopped. This is Liverpool's heritage. It is the
:16:55. > :17:00.nation's heritage. We know people want to live in these houses and it
:17:00. > :17:10.is economic Kong to do them up. We want to put the money into
:17:10. > :17:12.
:17:12. > :17:14.renovation instead of demolition -- it is a economical. 13 local
:17:14. > :17:17.authorities mainly in the north west were wrongly given more than
:17:17. > :17:19.�35 million for demolition. Government lawyers have accepted it
:17:19. > :17:24.is unlawful because it went against Government policy. The houses
:17:24. > :17:32.should be restored. They should not knock all of them down. They have
:17:32. > :17:36.been vandalised for 15, 18 years. Grant Shapps, can you tell us what
:17:37. > :17:42.you will do in your new post? With a lot of the grants already spent,
:17:42. > :17:50.it was no comment from the former Housing Minister. A High Court
:17:50. > :17:54.review into the matter will take place in January.
:17:54. > :17:57.Sport now and there will be a new look to the Grand National next
:17:57. > :18:01.year in an effort to avoid some of the problems which have blighted
:18:01. > :18:03.the start of the race in the past. The startline has been moved 90
:18:03. > :18:06.yards, reducing the length of the world's most famous steeplechase.
:18:06. > :18:11.Let's go live to Richard Askam who is at Aintree tonight. Is it simply
:18:11. > :18:14.all about course safety and is this the only change? It is the major
:18:14. > :18:20.chains. This is where the start line was that the National in April.
:18:20. > :18:26.They will move it 90 yards down in this direction. The idea is to try
:18:26. > :18:30.and create a more orderly start. Too slow the horses down as they go
:18:30. > :18:33.towards the first fence. In particular, to put some distance
:18:33. > :18:43.between them and the large grandstands and the noise that
:18:43. > :18:48.comes from them to try the -- to tried to calm the horses down. This
:18:48. > :18:53.was the scene in April. Chaotic scenes. It was delayed by several
:18:53. > :18:58.minutes as well. Earlier I spoke to the manager of the racecourse who
:18:58. > :19:03.told me he does believe the changes will have an impact. The Grand
:19:03. > :19:11.National is the one race that everybody knows. 11 million people
:19:11. > :19:16.watched the race last year. We do have a great responsibility to
:19:16. > :19:20.maintain that. There is increasing pressure on us, but we take that
:19:20. > :19:26.pressure and responsibility and want to make it as safe as possible.
:19:26. > :19:32.It is a difficult balance. They are not going to reduce the number of
:19:32. > :19:42.forces from 40 as some people so they should. Also, defences by and
:19:42. > :19:45.
:19:45. > :19:49.large will remain pretty much as they are. The public will not see a
:19:49. > :19:52.difference. The fences will stay the same height. We are looking at
:19:53. > :19:58.how we build them up. Why are you not reducing the height of some of
:19:58. > :20:01.the fences? Again, we have looked at this carefully. I think the
:20:01. > :20:08.Grand National has to remain a test and we have to get the balance
:20:08. > :20:11.right. If we lower the fences, some people feel horses will go quicker.
:20:11. > :20:19.Organisers have told me that all of those things will be continually
:20:19. > :20:29.reviewed and they hope that the focus is very much on who will win
:20:29. > :20:31.the race rather than on the safety record come next year.
:20:31. > :20:34.Liverpool's footballers are in action this evening. They are away
:20:34. > :20:36.to Young Boys of Berne in their opening Europa League match.
:20:36. > :20:40.Manchester United started their Champions League campaign with a
:20:40. > :20:42.win last night, but it was far from a convincing victory over Turkish
:20:42. > :20:45.champions Galatasaray at Old Trafford. Michael Carrick scored
:20:45. > :20:48.the only goal of the game after just seven minutes, but United were
:20:48. > :20:58.guilty of missing chances to extend their lead. The main culprit was
:20:58. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:03.Nani who missed this second-half penalty.
:21:03. > :21:05.BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Merseyside are doing a joint
:21:05. > :21:08.broadcast ahead of the Liverpool and Manchester United game this
:21:08. > :21:11.weekend. Heather Stott and Roger Phillips will be debating football
:21:11. > :21:14.chants and asking whether it is time to call a stop to the abuse.
:21:14. > :21:19.That is on BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Merseyside tomorrow at
:21:19. > :21:28.11.30am. Both clubs have asked for that.
:21:28. > :21:31.A final bit of sports news. Lancashire County Cricket Club have
:21:31. > :21:35.announced that Chief Executive Jim Cumbes will retire at the end of
:21:35. > :21:37.the year. He joined the club as a player in 1962 and was a rare two-
:21:37. > :21:40.sport professional, spending the winter months playing professional
:21:40. > :21:42.football. He has been chief executive since 1998 and will be
:21:42. > :21:51.replaced by Daniel Gidney who currently holds that position at
:21:51. > :21:54.Coventry's Ricoh Arena. For 100 years, statues of 12 men
:21:54. > :21:56.who made Liverpool great have looked down on St George's Hall.
:21:56. > :21:58.George Stephenson, the railway pioneer is there. So too is the
:21:58. > :22:01.four-times prime minister William Gladstone.
:22:01. > :22:04.It has taken more than a century for the city to decide on statue
:22:04. > :22:07.number 13. And, as Stuart Flinders reports, the grand old men have
:22:07. > :22:12.been joined by a feisty young woman. They haven't done this at St
:22:12. > :22:15.George's Hall since 1911. Kitty Wilkinson, the Saint of the Slums,
:22:15. > :22:20.has been a folk hero since caring for victims of a cholera outbreak
:22:20. > :22:29.in Liverpool in 1832 risking her own life. Her statue was unveiled
:22:29. > :22:34.by her great great great niece. think it is beautiful. It really is.
:22:34. > :22:39.The only picture there is of her is when she was really cold with her
:22:39. > :22:45.bonnet on. Obviously she did a lot of her work when she was younger.
:22:45. > :22:48.It looks like she is rolling her sleeves up. She was always busy.
:22:48. > :22:53.This Kitty began life as a four-ton lump of marble from the quarry used
:22:53. > :22:57.by Michaelangelo. She now weighs in at 1.5 tons. She joins 12 figures
:22:57. > :23:04.from another raid, some of them still well-known like the Prime
:23:04. > :23:07.Minister William Gladstone, some of them less so, all of them men.
:23:07. > :23:12.is women's contribution to development to Liverpool, they have
:23:12. > :23:22.not been recognise sufficiently. That is when the idea for this that
:23:22. > :23:24.
:23:24. > :23:29.she first emerged. -- for this statue. Simon Smith's job was to
:23:29. > :23:33.create a statue that was modern but not out of place. I did not want
:23:33. > :23:36.her to be frozen. She is about to go and do something but with
:23:36. > :23:46.dignity and purpose. There is still room for more newcomers. Expect
:23:46. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:52.these empty plinths to be filled by more of Liverpool's great women.
:23:52. > :24:01.What did you mutter when it started?
:24:01. > :24:05.About time. A very rare and endangered species
:24:05. > :24:08.of cat has been born in the Isle of Man's wildlife park. Fishing cats
:24:08. > :24:10.are usually found in the wild, but there are two in captivity on the
:24:10. > :24:13.island and they have had a little kitten.
:24:13. > :24:16.Survival rates are incredibly low and numbers are in decline, but
:24:16. > :24:19.this one seems to be doing just fine. Kelly Foran has been to meet
:24:19. > :24:28.the new arrival. A cute and cuddly kitten, but don't
:24:28. > :24:34.be too fooled as it's actually a wild animal. We did not go looking
:24:34. > :24:40.for it, we wanted to make sure it survived. We work rewarded a few
:24:40. > :24:45.weeks later, out it popped looking cute and fluffy. It is just eight-
:24:45. > :24:50.weeks-old and settling into life here. It has been the wettest
:24:50. > :24:56.summer. But it is good for these cats because and usually they're
:24:56. > :24:59.like the water. In the wild, they like fishing. They've got partially
:24:59. > :25:03.webbed feet and can catch or scoop fish out of the water. Despite how
:25:03. > :25:06.it innocent it may look, they are said to be powerful enough to take
:25:06. > :25:09.large prey such as calves and dogs. The fishing cat's natural home is
:25:09. > :25:14.Asia. It has become an endangered species due to the loss of wetlands.
:25:14. > :25:22.Today, only 200 exist in captivity worldwide. To date, only ten have
:25:22. > :25:27.been born in the world this year. lot of people think you have got to
:25:27. > :25:31.have tigers and things like that, but I think we should be pleased on
:25:31. > :25:35.the Isle of Man that we have managed to produce a fishing cat
:25:35. > :25:44.kitten. It has yet to been named yet, but it is already becoming the
:25:44. > :25:47.star attraction It is so nice to have it in the park.
:25:47. > :25:52.Frisky. It is not a surprise it is a star
:25:52. > :26:01.attraction. When you see nature, it is amazing. Catching a fish with
:26:01. > :26:06.its paws. We promise you it would be raining
:26:06. > :26:10.cats and dogs this afternoon but it did not quite happen. Heavy showers
:26:10. > :26:17.but the main rain band has been sitting across Scotland all day. We
:26:17. > :26:23.have escaped it. But the rain will have to move somewhere. Tonight, I
:26:23. > :26:31.can promise you some rain, heavy rain as the rain band slowly sinks
:26:31. > :26:37.South overnight. The green flashes mean heaviest of the rain. Heading
:26:37. > :26:42.towards dawn, the rain continues to since Howarth. Clear skies over
:26:43. > :26:47.Cumbria -- the rain continues to sink South. A touch of grass frost
:26:48. > :26:53.in places. Tomorrow morning starts dampen the south. Better conditions
:26:53. > :26:57.tomorrow. It will be cooler because we have a cold front moving south.
:26:57. > :27:03.Also a drier day. But they don't start in the south of the region as
:27:03. > :27:09.the rain continues to move through -- but a damp start in the south.
:27:09. > :27:16.Heavy showers coming behind the sunshine. A north-easterly breeze.
:27:16. > :27:21.It will feel much cooler. Sunday looks gorgeous at the moment. Dry
:27:21. > :27:26.and bright. For Saturday, even. Sunday, we are uncertain. You can
:27:26. > :27:33.find out more on a website. We may all need the web feet.
:27:33. > :27:38.We are not 100% sure. Do you remember Patrick Duffy?