:00:06. > :00:09.Tonight with Stuart Flinders and Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: A gas
:00:09. > :00:18.goldmine - claims of major new discoveries in the Liverpool
:00:18. > :00:21.Manchester corridor. Yes, it is said there could be
:00:21. > :00:24.enough gas beneath my feet to keep rates on going for years.
:00:24. > :00:29.But opponents say we can't rely on fracking to meet our energy needs in
:00:29. > :00:31.the long term. Also tonight: On trial for abusing a
:00:31. > :00:36.teenage boy. A court's told Coronation Street actor Andrew
:00:36. > :00:39.Lancel used his status to gain his trust.
:00:39. > :00:49.Keira the breakthrough baby - the first born in the world using new
:00:49. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:55.IVF technology. The stress off IVF is difficult for a man and a burly
:00:55. > :00:58.difficult for a woman. Probably I am the luckiest man on the planet right
:00:58. > :01:00.now. Keeping it in the family. The young
:01:00. > :01:03.TT rider living up to the famous Dunlop name.
:01:03. > :01:11.And scaling new heights - the injured soldiers taking on
:01:11. > :01:17.Blackpool's Big One. I've never actually been on the right, to be
:01:17. > :01:27.honest. You just set yourself a goal, if you work hard you can
:01:27. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:31.First tonight, claims that there could be enough shale gas under
:01:31. > :01:35.parts of Cheshire to mean the UK would not need to import gas for a
:01:35. > :01:39.decade. That's according to energy firm I-Gas which has been given
:01:39. > :01:42.permission to explore parts of the county. It says there could be far
:01:42. > :01:52.more down there than previously thought. Our chief reporter, Dave
:01:52. > :01:54.
:01:54. > :01:58.Guest, is in Cheshire for us now. Yes, somewhat better place to be on
:01:58. > :02:03.a glorious evening and this. This place is not only about Roland
:02:03. > :02:10.Rowell lands date, there is also a lot of industry. The petrol refinery
:02:10. > :02:15.is just across mayor. However, it is what is under the ground, not under
:02:15. > :02:19.the ground that is interesting. Tests carried out here and other
:02:19. > :02:25.parts of Cheshire show there could be enough shale gas to keep Britain
:02:25. > :02:32.going for a decade. I guess say they have survey the
:02:32. > :02:42.vast area of 300 square miles. The company believes that patch could
:02:42. > :02:47.contain up to 170 trillion cubic feet of shale gas. Enough to keep
:02:47. > :02:51.Britain in gas for a decade or more. If Britain can be self-sufficient,
:02:51. > :03:01.that is good for the country, local business, it gives people security,
:03:01. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:10.con density in bed and will help a lot of energy intensive farms.
:03:10. > :03:15.Another company hopes to extract more gas. The process of extracting
:03:15. > :03:20.it is known as fracking is highly controversial. Initial operations
:03:20. > :03:23.were halted when they were linked to earth tremors. Government has now
:03:23. > :03:30.given the go-ahead for operations to resume, but opponents of remain
:03:30. > :03:34.unconvinced. His time as into building more gas power stations
:03:34. > :03:39.which will be around more years longer than the gas resources could
:03:39. > :03:45.cover so we are then back to buy in from abroad. They also point out
:03:45. > :03:52.that estimates vary widely. One geology insists that this region is
:03:52. > :03:56.rich in the stuff. That is a significant amount of shale gas that
:03:56. > :04:00.they have calculated and stand by the figures. Clearly there is
:04:00. > :04:07.certainly enough of them to make the investment decision to drill and
:04:07. > :04:13.Tess. The company says they want to carry out further work to fully
:04:13. > :04:22.assess the Chew level of shale gas in Cheshire.
:04:22. > :04:26.Towards the end of the year. How do they intend to do that?
:04:26. > :04:30.Sorry about that, basically, what they want to do is think more test
:04:30. > :04:35.running towards the end of this year to establish exactly what they
:04:35. > :04:41.believe the reserves are shale gas. As I said, currently the estimates
:04:41. > :04:45.vary widely. However, they say they are still in the early stages of
:04:45. > :04:49.this project and fracking would not happen for some way down the line
:04:49. > :04:53.and not until the planning consents have been sought and local people
:04:53. > :04:55.consulted. Thanks very much.
:04:55. > :04:59.A court has heard that the former Coronation Street star, Andrew
:04:59. > :05:02.Lancel, used his status as an actor to gain the trust of a teenage boy
:05:02. > :05:05.before sexually assaulting him 20 years ago. The 42-year-old, whose
:05:05. > :05:15.real name is Andrew Watkinson, denies six counts of indecent
:05:15. > :05:20.
:05:20. > :05:24.assault. Naomi Cornwell reports from Liverpool Crown Court.
:05:24. > :05:28.Andrew Lancel is now best known for his role as Frank Foster in
:05:28. > :05:33.Coronation Street. The offence is he went on trial or today were alleged
:05:33. > :05:39.to have happened in the early 1990s. He was about to appear on television
:05:39. > :05:43.in his first major role and, having filmed it, returned to his hometown
:05:43. > :05:47.where he visited local theatre groups. It is there he is alleged to
:05:47. > :05:52.have met the victim who was 14 years old at the time. The court heard
:05:52. > :05:56.that over the next year, at least four times they met for coffee
:05:56. > :06:01.before the actor invited the boy to his home where it is alleged he in
:06:01. > :06:05.these of assaulted him. The prosecution barrister told the court
:06:05. > :06:11.the defendant used his status as an actor to flatter and gain the trust
:06:11. > :06:15.of the victim. The jury was shown a video of the victim telling police,
:06:15. > :06:22.in a joking way he would say I could get in trouble for this but I would
:06:22. > :06:30.deny it. When asked why he waited 18 years to report the assault, the
:06:30. > :06:34.victim replied no, not at all. The prosecution claimed sexual
:06:34. > :06:39.encounters continued into adulthood, but the court heard Andrew Lancel
:06:39. > :06:42.told police there was never sexual activity between them. He denies all
:06:42. > :06:45.charges against him and the trial continues.
:06:45. > :06:48.Other news from around the North West now and the Prime Minister has
:06:48. > :06:51.described the attack on the Middleton soldier, Drummer Lee
:06:51. > :06:54.Rigby, as a betrayal of Islam. Two men, accused of his murder, have
:06:54. > :06:56.made separate appearances in court today and have been remanded in
:06:56. > :07:00.custody. Merseyside Police have insisted they
:07:00. > :07:10.didn't break any rules, after it emerged a taser stun gun was used on
:07:10. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:17.British soldier who studied for our country and our way of life. It was
:07:17. > :07:24.a betrayal of Islam and the Muslim communities who give so much to our
:07:24. > :07:27.country. Merseyside police say they did not break any rules using a stun
:07:27. > :07:30.gun on a 12-year-old girl. It happened in St Helens in 2011, but
:07:30. > :07:33.the details have only just been released. The girl, who was armed
:07:33. > :07:36.with two knives, wasn't injured. Five men who stole thousands of
:07:36. > :07:39.pounds worth of copper wiring in the Ribble Valley and left hundreds of
:07:39. > :07:42.homes without power have been jailed. The men, who are from
:07:42. > :07:50.Birmingham, were arrested in July. More than a tonne of copper was
:07:50. > :07:53.found in their van. The Government's launched a campaign
:07:53. > :07:56.at Knowsley Safari Park to try to help save the elephant from
:07:56. > :07:58.extinction. With huge demand for ivory, it's estimated up to 30,000
:07:58. > :08:01.are poached each year. Four of Knowsley's seven elephants arrived
:08:01. > :08:11.from Africa, but the chances of future generations coming over now
:08:11. > :08:16.look increasingly unlikely. This is down to violent criminals
:08:16. > :08:21.earning significant sums of money, often for terrorism and we have
:08:21. > :08:24.simply got to raise public awareness and reduced demand, otherwise there
:08:24. > :08:31.will be a shocking indictment of our generation if we let these animals
:08:31. > :08:33.And JLS, Little Mix and Neil Young will be among the performers at the
:08:33. > :08:36.Liverpool International Music Festival. The event replaces the
:08:36. > :08:38.Mathew Street Festival and will run between mid August and mid
:08:38. > :08:41.September. There'll be a mix of classical, rock, pop, soul and
:08:41. > :08:43.blues. A nurse cleared of poisoning
:08:43. > :08:47.patients at Stockport's Stepping Hill Hospital is planning to sue
:08:47. > :08:50.Greater Manchester Police. Rebecca Leighton spent six weeks in prison
:08:50. > :08:53.after being arrested in 2011 and says Greater Manchester Police
:08:53. > :09:03.leaked her name to the press and changed her Facebook settings so the
:09:03. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:10.media would have access to private photos. Elaine Dunkley reports.
:09:10. > :09:13.In 2011, Nurse Rebecca Leighton was at the centre of a murder
:09:13. > :09:19.investigation following the deaths of five elderly patients at Stepping
:09:19. > :09:24.Hill Hospital. Saline solution used in drips had
:09:24. > :09:28.been contaminated. Rebecca Leighton was arrested. She was named and
:09:28. > :09:34.images from her Facebook account were shown all over the media. Some
:09:34. > :09:38.newspapers called her "angel of death".
:09:38. > :09:41.Days later she was charged with poisoning patients. She spent six
:09:41. > :09:44.weeks in prison before charges against her were dropped because of
:09:44. > :09:47.insufficient evidence. Now, two years later, Rebecca Leighton is
:09:47. > :09:50.suing Greater Manchester Police, claiming they leaked her name to the
:09:50. > :09:57.media and gave the public access to her Facebook account so private
:09:57. > :10:04.photos and messages could be viewed. She is now suing the force over a
:10:04. > :10:07.breach of confidence and misuse of private information.
:10:07. > :10:14.If it is correct that police leaked the information when they should not
:10:14. > :10:19.and change face of settings, then of course that may give rise to a
:10:19. > :10:23.breach of confidence and a massive infringement of her privacy because
:10:23. > :10:29.all of these people, who she is specifically excluded from access,
:10:29. > :10:31.have been able to do so and use that in many media articles.
:10:31. > :10:34.If successful, Rebecca Leighton could claim up to �100,000 in
:10:34. > :10:36.damages. Greater Manchester Police confirmed it had received a claim,
:10:36. > :10:40.but would not comment any further on the case.
:10:40. > :10:46.Elaine is here now. Elaine, it's almost two years now since the
:10:46. > :10:51.deaths at Stepping Hill, where is the investigation up to now?
:10:51. > :10:56.In the past few minutes, solicitors have sent these documents. They
:10:56. > :11:01.claim she was kept in custody for her own safety as a result of the
:11:01. > :11:08.negative public opinion against her. And she received abuse on Facebook.
:11:08. > :11:11.One posting said, I hope you rot in hell. Rebecca's solicitors claim she
:11:11. > :11:17.has been unable to find a job because of all of this and has had
:11:17. > :11:20.to move in with her parents for a crime she did not commit.
:11:20. > :11:28.It is almost two years since the incident, where is the investigation
:11:28. > :11:31.up to now? We must remember that this was and
:11:31. > :11:33.still is a major investigation. There have been many twists and
:11:33. > :11:36.turns and due to things like medical records and underlying health
:11:36. > :11:39.problems of patients. Another nurse who worked on the same ward,
:11:39. > :11:42.Victorina Chua, has been arrested on suspicion of causing the deaths of
:11:42. > :11:45.Tracey Arden, Arnold Lancaster and Derek Weaver and he remains on
:11:45. > :11:48.Police Bail. He is due to answer that bail next month This lovely
:11:48. > :11:50.family snapshot shows Ruth Carter and John Traverse, and their new
:11:50. > :11:53.baby daughter Keira. She was born in Liverpool just a
:11:53. > :11:57.couple of days ago, conceived using IVF - nothing particularly unusual
:11:57. > :11:59.about that. But Keira is the first test tube baby of her kind in the
:11:59. > :12:01.world because of pioneering treatment at the Liverpool Women's
:12:01. > :12:05.Hospital. Scientists hope the technique will now give other
:12:05. > :12:10.couples a better chance of starting a family. Andy Gill reports.
:12:10. > :12:13.Meet Keira Traverse, born on Friday and out of her incubator today. Her
:12:13. > :12:17.parents found it hard to conceive naturally and already have a son
:12:17. > :12:27.born through IVF. But Keira's different because doctors knew her
:12:27. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:33.embryo had a greater chance of developing properly than others.
:12:33. > :12:38.I am smitten. I have completely had it. I will never have any money
:12:38. > :12:42.again, she will be able to twist me completely around her little finger.
:12:42. > :12:45.And here is the embryo that became Keira. In IVF labs there's no UV
:12:45. > :12:48.light so it all looks yellow. Here scientists develop a number of
:12:48. > :12:51.embryos outside the womb and then decide which one to implant back
:12:51. > :12:53.into the mother. The method pioneered here in Liverpool gives
:12:54. > :13:03.scientists more information about which embryo has the best chance of
:13:04. > :13:05.
:13:05. > :13:08.growing normally. They looked very, very similar at
:13:08. > :13:14.early cell stages, but we know, genetically, they are probably very
:13:14. > :13:18.different. We need to identify which one of these embryos is going to
:13:18. > :13:21.give us a successful pregnancy and hopefully a successful live birth.
:13:21. > :13:24.The new machine takes hundreds of pictures of the embryo as it
:13:24. > :13:27.divides. These make a video which allows doctors to see when cell
:13:27. > :13:36.division happens. And knowing that means they can tell which embryos
:13:36. > :13:40.are the healthiest. The new system not only tells scientists which
:13:40. > :13:46.embryos are more likely to develop, it is also healthier because the
:13:46. > :13:49.embryos are taken out less often. Keira'It's early days, but the
:13:49. > :13:53.women's hospital are so convinced it'll improve IVF success rates that
:13:53. > :14:02.they're going to offer it on the NHS to all couples. Andy Gill BBC North
:14:02. > :14:05.West Tonight Liverpool. And he still manages to look sophisticated in
:14:05. > :14:08.that blue hat. Still to come on North West Tonight:
:14:08. > :14:11.Keeping it in the family. The young TT rider living up to the famous
:14:11. > :14:13.Dunlop name. And they're used to a challenge -
:14:13. > :14:23.but this is a particularly "Big One". We'll meet the soldiers
:14:23. > :14:26.scaling new heights for charity. Every six minutes, someone is raped
:14:26. > :14:29.in Britain. Recovering from the emotional trauma can take years, and
:14:29. > :14:32.victims need specialist support. In Manchester, that's provided by a
:14:32. > :14:37.pioneering centre which has given the BBC unprecedented access to film
:14:37. > :14:43.its work. St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral
:14:43. > :14:46.Centre was the first in the UK. There are now 45 other centres like
:14:46. > :14:50.it. Our reporter, Abbie Jones, has been talking to victims and staff
:14:50. > :14:53.and joins us now. If you report you've been raped to
:14:53. > :14:58.Greater Manchester Police and Cheshire Police, you'll be referred
:14:58. > :15:03.to St Mary's. But victims can also refer themselves. More than 1,200
:15:03. > :15:09.people used the service last year. Just under half were children. The
:15:09. > :15:13.youngest was just three weeks old, the oldest 96. Rape knows no
:15:13. > :15:17.barriers - as Juliet found out. She was raped in Manchester and waved
:15:17. > :15:27.her anonymity to talk to us and the documentary makers to show how
:15:27. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:40.important St Mary's was in helping In this city centre alleyway one new
:15:40. > :15:44.year's eve, Juliet was raped by a stranger as she left a nightclub.
:15:44. > :15:47.It is filthy and awful and as vile as I remember it. Confronting what
:15:47. > :15:52.happened, back at the scene and emotionally, was almost too hard to
:15:52. > :15:58.do. I can't go down there. But Juliet says she found the
:15:58. > :16:02.strength because of the support from staff at St Mary's. I would not be
:16:02. > :16:06.the woman I am now sitting in front of you if I had not had the support
:16:06. > :16:11.of Saint Mary's. He both in the easiest thing to do is bury it, but
:16:11. > :16:16.it is the worst thing you can do. It eats you up inside and choose you
:16:16. > :16:18.up. If you deal with it head on, that is part of the healing process.
:16:18. > :16:21.When victims arrive they are listened to, medically examined and
:16:21. > :16:28.forensics are taken. Samples can be stored in these freezers for up to
:16:28. > :16:30.seven years. It is quite sad to open it up
:16:30. > :16:33.because it is all these stories in the freezer.
:16:33. > :16:36.Juliet, who was a teaching assistant, went to court and saw her
:16:36. > :16:44.rapist sent to jail. But not everyone feels able to speak to the
:16:44. > :16:48.police. Psychological support is just as important. Not only for the
:16:48. > :16:53.victim, but for their significant other. You may have an incident
:16:53. > :16:55.where it is a child that has been raped whether parents need a lot of
:16:56. > :16:59.support helping them to cope with what happened. Both Juliet and the
:16:59. > :17:02.centre say they wanted to speak out to dispel myths about sexual
:17:02. > :17:08.violence. And for Juliet, talking about what happened to her has given
:17:08. > :17:13.her back some control. There is still a huge amount of shame
:17:13. > :17:18.attached to rape. I have nothing to be ashamed of, what happened to me
:17:18. > :17:25.was not my fault. I don't want to be defined as a rape and Tim, I won't
:17:25. > :17:29.let this bury me. This has helped me to make sense of it and have her
:17:29. > :17:37.purse. And you can see that programme on BBC One tomorrow night
:17:37. > :17:41.at 10:35pm. Sport now. Richard is here and there's a crucial match for
:17:41. > :17:45.St Helens tonight in Super League? Yes, Saints are unusually way off
:17:45. > :17:48.the pace at the moment after five defeats in the last six matches in
:17:48. > :17:51.all competitions. Head coach Nathan Brown is coming under a bit of
:17:51. > :17:55.pressure and takes his team to his former side, Huddersfield Giants. A
:17:55. > :17:58.big boost for Saints is the return of influential hooker James Robie
:17:58. > :18:02.from injury. But there's no doubt it'll be difficult against a Giants
:18:02. > :18:12.team who remain second in the table. Wigan stretched their lead at the
:18:12. > :18:12.
:18:12. > :18:16.There's no stopping Wigan at the moment. But Wakefield almost managed
:18:16. > :18:20.a shock upset leading until late on. Josh Charnley's hat-trick and late
:18:20. > :18:30.scores from Lee Mossop and Darrell Goulding made it 12 wins on the spin
:18:30. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:38.against Salford. Ben Westwood scored his 100th career try as the hosts.
:18:38. > :18:48.After last week's win, Brian Noble said humpty dumpty had fallen off
:18:48. > :18:50.
:18:50. > :18:53.the wall in this one. Widnes' game with Catalan went right to the wire.
:18:53. > :19:00.Two late tries pulled the Vikings within two points of their French
:19:00. > :19:10.opponents. Jack Owens had this kick to secure a draw. He held his nerve
:19:10. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:21.the weekend games on the super league show on BBC One at 11:20pm.
:19:21. > :19:25.And there's full coverage of Saints' match against Huddersfield Giants on
:19:25. > :19:32.BBC radio Merseyside on 95.8 FM, 1485 megawatts and DAB. Kick off is
:19:32. > :19:36.at quarter to eight. Now to the Isle of Man TT where the famous Dunlop
:19:36. > :19:40.name has once again been setting the pace. The late Joey Dunlop won more
:19:40. > :19:42.TT races than anyone else in history and now his nephew is showing the
:19:42. > :19:46.same habit of crossing the finishing line first with a hat-trick of wins
:19:46. > :19:49.so far. Morecambe's John McGuinness, chasing his 20th career victory on
:19:49. > :19:59.the course has taken part in three races himself, but is still
:19:59. > :20:01.
:20:01. > :20:05.searching for that elusive victory. Kelly Foran reports. It's hard to
:20:05. > :20:07.imagine doing just one lap at this speed - but 14 laps and three races
:20:07. > :20:11.later Michael Dunlop has been unbeatable so far. Yesterday he
:20:11. > :20:16.raced to victory in the superbike event and 24 hours later victorious
:20:17. > :20:20.in two more. Coming here and winning the big
:20:20. > :20:26.race, I'm excited and looking forward to the rest of the week.
:20:26. > :20:29.Sometimes you can lose concentration after a few laps. It was good and I
:20:29. > :20:33.enjoyed it. Yesterdays win an emotional one - it came 30 years
:20:33. > :20:37.after his Uncle Joey Dunlop's first TT win on a Honda. The late Joey
:20:37. > :20:40.Dunlop holds the record for the most ever TT wins - the man closest to
:20:40. > :20:43.his tally of 26 is Morcambes John McGuinness. These cameras on the
:20:43. > :20:46.bikes show the extraordinary speeds they travel - with an average of
:20:46. > :20:56.131.671mph - McGuinness set a new outright lap record, but he's still
:20:56. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:06.yet to win one. I said that the beginning, it would
:21:06. > :21:13.be really competitive and hard to win. Proving there that it is really
:21:13. > :21:20.hard, but I can only keep trying. I enjoyed that race. Nothing more to
:21:21. > :21:26.prove, I just want to be safe and write strong. Never writes John
:21:26. > :21:29.McGuinness offer. He is still the man. Nephew of the greatest ever TT
:21:29. > :21:35.rider, he's got some way to go to catch Joey's record, but at the
:21:35. > :21:37.moment he's climbing up the all time leaderboard by the day.
:21:37. > :21:40.As Manchester City edge closer to appointing Malaga's Manuel
:21:40. > :21:43.Pellegrini to replace sacked manager Roberto Mancini - the club's former
:21:43. > :21:53.chief executive has told the BBC that Blues owner Sheikh Mansour
:21:53. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :21:59.won't accept mediocrity and expects to win the Champions League.
:21:59. > :22:05.I don't like the thought of mediocrity. I don't think the owners
:22:05. > :22:08.of Manchester city do, but I would hope that every sport entity that is
:22:08. > :22:13.trying to win would not have mediocrity as acceptable. They want
:22:13. > :22:16.to win the champions league and every football club should.
:22:16. > :22:20.Rio Ferdinand has been granted a testimonial by Manchester United.
:22:20. > :22:29.United will play Sevilla on August the 9th for Rio who moved to Old
:22:29. > :22:33.Trafford in 2002. He is a winner, but Manchester
:22:33. > :22:41.city's new man will be under pressure, went to?
:22:41. > :22:48.Yes, they are expecting naturally feed each season. It is going to be
:22:48. > :22:51.a battle. I hope they get paid. They get a few quid. Now it's 235
:22:51. > :22:55.feet of pure terror - and that's when you're safely strapped in to a
:22:55. > :22:59.carriage on Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Big One roller coaster. So
:22:59. > :23:04.imagine how scary it must be to go to the top - climb over the rail and
:23:04. > :23:10.abseil down. Well forty volunteers, including
:23:10. > :23:20.soldiers who've lost limbs, did just that today. All to raise money for
:23:20. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:24.charity. Peter Marshall was there. If you have ever wondered what it is
:23:24. > :23:31.like to abseil down the UK's tallest roller-coaster, you are about to
:23:31. > :23:36.find out. This footage was filmed by Andy
:23:36. > :23:42.Reid, a soldier from Saint Helens who lost three limbs when hit by a
:23:42. > :23:47.bomb in Afghanistan. I have never been on the ride, to be honest, so
:23:47. > :23:53.never dreams about abseiling off it. He faced a challenge that would
:23:53. > :23:58.cower many to raise money for the soldiers charity. I was scared when
:23:58. > :24:03.I first went over, I won't lie, but then it was a surreal feeling of
:24:03. > :24:13.peacefulness and being quite free. It is hard to achieve that feeling
:24:13. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:21.with this ability so it was fantastic. And he wasn't alone.
:24:21. > :24:26.Coriander Taylor is the wife of a serving soldier from lung cancer. --
:24:26. > :24:36.Lancashire. The climb is hard on the legs and the descent is nerve
:24:36. > :24:38.
:24:38. > :24:45.shredding. Great. I can't wait to tell my husband and he can brag
:24:45. > :24:51.about me to all of the lads in Afghanistan. Also on dangling duty,
:24:51. > :24:57.88-year-old veteran from Manchester. The big one holds few fears when you
:24:57. > :25:02.have landed on the Normandy beach. It is a good feeling once you set
:25:02. > :25:08.off. It is great coming down the road and looking at the view. It is
:25:08. > :25:15.a marvellous feeling. Today's plummeting will raise thousands for
:25:15. > :25:22.serving and retiring soldiers. That really does look terrifying,
:25:22. > :25:28.doesn't it? I don't fancy that, not at all. It
:25:28. > :25:36.looked beautiful though, didn't it? It did, pretty beautiful day. Well
:25:36. > :25:38.it's been a lovely sunny day so we've sent Eno outside.
:25:38. > :25:44.we've sent Eno outside. It is still beautifully warm. A bit
:25:44. > :25:47.of cloud around, but conditions are looking really good. Plenty of
:25:48. > :25:53.sunshine in Blackpool today, but we had plenty of sunshine lit chilli
:25:53. > :25:57.everywhere across the region. A beautiful, gorgeous start to the
:25:57. > :26:03.first week of June with all of that sunshine around. The temperatures
:26:03. > :26:07.definitely something to write home about. We saw temperatures very
:26:07. > :26:11.close to 21 Celsius in greater Manchester and Cheshire today.
:26:11. > :26:15.Elsewhere, we kept temperatures in the high teens and the warm air
:26:15. > :26:23.continues to flow in from across the conflict -- continent across the
:26:23. > :26:28.week. We will hang onto the warm air. By Thursday, we could see
:26:28. > :26:35.temperatures as high as 21 Celsius. This evening, a lot of bright spells
:26:35. > :26:43.to enjoy. Patchy cloud in Salford, but as we head into dawn, the cloud
:26:43. > :26:46.will melt away. We may see mist and fog pockets forming in some places.
:26:46. > :26:51.Temperatures may fall into single figures in some areas, but towns and
:26:51. > :26:58.cities will have a mild night. The headlines for tomorrow is more of
:26:58. > :27:04.the same. Plenty of sunshine from the word go. A dry, bright out
:27:04. > :27:09.tomorrow morning. We will see lots of sunshine and feel really warm.
:27:09. > :27:15.Very light wind around and the temperature may be disappointing in
:27:15. > :27:20.the Isle of Man, but inland entity or 20 Celsius could be yours.
:27:20. > :27:26.Wednesday is dry and rights. High pressure continues to build so have
:27:26. > :27:29.a look at these temperatures, by Friday we cling onto 21, maybe 20 to