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-- our top story tonight. Calls the controls on excessive use

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of sunbeds. We see a year on year increase in

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malignant melanoma. Campaigners say that tanning salons

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should be forced to have a license. Human rights groups criticise the

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Arab country linked with Manchester city.

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And the defiant motorist caught speeding at 165 miles an hour.

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How a Liverpool soldier helped train dogs to parachute into enemy

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territory. I will be hearing about last-minute

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preparations as Salford prepares for the return of Ashes cricket.

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Hopefully it will be a bit more drive. -- dry.

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Liverpool City Council is seeking tougher controls over the sunbed

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industry following an increase in skin cancer cases. The authority

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wants the power to license sun tanning salons following evidence

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that using sunbeds can double your risk of cancer.

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It says if a pub serves alcohol to a underaged youngster it can take

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action, but if a salon lets someone under 18 use its sunbeds there's

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little it can do. Here's our Merseyside reporter, Andy Gill.

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Megan Worral from Netherton has a first class law degree. She wants to

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be a barrister. She first used sunbeds at 13. Two years ago she had

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a malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, removed

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from her leg. I started crying. I felt it was my

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fault but when I spoke to other people by have highlighted that the

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risks were not publicised. Megan's still having treatment. Like

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thousands of young women, she thought a tan was a vital part of

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the Liverpool look. One charity says half of 15-to-17-year-olds here had

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used sun beds, compared to a national average of 11%.

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It seems that nearly every parade of shops in Liverpool has at least one

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towering salon -- tanning salon. A few years ago the law restricted the

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use of salons to over 18s but many say the law is not being enforced.

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Linda Mullen removes hundreds of skin cancers every month. This

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patient's mole is normal. But Linda says skin cancer is a growing

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problem. We are seeing a year-on-year

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increase of new cases of malignant melanoma diagnosed, particularly in

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young people, and 35 to 40-year-olds are also coming in,

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which has not been seen before. Now comes the The Look To Die For

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campaign. Authorities want to force salons to give health warnings and

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provide protective goggles. If they refused they'd lose their licence.

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We are talking about not just tanning salons, but also

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hairdressers. People think it is healthy for you.

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The campaign will be in schools this autumn.

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Joining me now is Ben Smith, who's the owner of a number of North West

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tanning salons, and a board member of the Sunbed Association. Thanks

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for coming in. Cancers UK say that using a sunbed once a month doubles

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your chances of developing malignant melanoma. -- Cancer research UK.

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at all. Cancer in search have carried out studies recently with

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Leeds University to see if there was any correlation between responsible

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sunbed use and incidence of skin cancer. -- Cancer research. There

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was no correlation whatsoever. cancer is the fastest-growing cancer

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amongst 18 to 25-year-olds. Surely the best way of avoiding set -- skin

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cancer is avoiding sunbeds. I do not think it is attribute --

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attributable to UVA exposure. accent that some salon owners are

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being irresponsible? There may be a few, none but I am aware of.

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Campaigners say that some salons are welcoming underratings in Liverpool.

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I don't accept that. I think if they conducted more research today they

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would find that far fewer under 18s are using sunbeds. Thank you for

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joining us. Two people have been arrested after

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failing to turn up at court following a fatal dog attack in

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Warrington. The attack happened earlier this month when a Pomeranian

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was killed by a Staffordshire bull terrier. The owners were due before

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magistrates in Halton this morning - they've now been remanded into

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custody and are due before Runcorn Magistrates tomorrow.

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Traders in Morecambe say they're still waiting for most of the Mary

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Portas Pilot cash promised to them a year ago. They say only �6000 from

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the promised �100,000 to revamp Victoria Street has been received.

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Business owners claim trade has got worse over the past year.

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A human rights group is tonight calling for closer scrutiny of who

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runs Premier League football clubs. It comes after allegations of human

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rights abuses in Abu Dhabi and the recent jailing of 69 people there.

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A member of the country's ruling family, Sheikh Mansour, has invested

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around a billion pounds in Manchester City Football Club. Human

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Rights Watch alleges that Abu Dhabi's security forces have

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tortured prisoners, and ruthlessly cracks down on political dissent.

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Here, Sheikh Mansour al-Nahyan might be known as the owner of Manchester

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City Football Club, but at home in the United Arab Emirates he's the

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Deputy Prime Minister of Abu Dhabi, in charge of the courts and a member

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of the ruling family. As Abu Dhabi is the richest emirate in the UAE

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that makes them very powerful. But Amnesty International and Human

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Rights Watch say they believe Manchester City Football Club is

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being exploited by the regime as a "branding vehicle" to deflect

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attention from what the two groups say is a "repressive state" guilty

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of "human rights abuses". At the club's store in Manchester this

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afternoon, some fans weren't so sure.

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I don't think it concerns fans. He is bringing money into the local

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area. It is more about the money and the success of the club, isn't it?

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It is not worry me. He has come to City to do his best. Amnesty

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International and Human Rights Watch have given the example of 94 people

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who were arrested and accused of plotting to seize power in the

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country. They say the detainees were targeted after criticising the

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regime. It's a crime there to deride or damage the state. That they were

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tortured while in Abu Dhabi jails and given a "fundamentally unfair"

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trial with little access to legal representation. The UAE's Attorney

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General has insisted that the prisoners were "dealt with according

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to the law". But the authorities banned foreign media and

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international observers from the trial. One Manchester City fan - and

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a member of the Commons Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport

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- thinks the regime's links to the club could have a positive effect.

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Owning City is a positive in that respect because it means that their

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human rights record will always be in the spotlight and that will be

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maintained while they have an involvement with City.

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Last year David Cameron visited the UEA to try to increase trade and

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investment between the countries. And under Sheikh Mansour's

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ownership, a huge multi-million-pound expansion to the

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Etihad Stadium is planned along with a new training complex on the

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Eastlands site. Manchester City insists it's not controlled by the

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state of Abu Dhabi. Tonight the club told us it's a privately owned

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business that conducts its operations on a commercial basis.

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Earlier Manchester City Council told us that their relationship with the

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club's owners is a very positive one and they have helped to regenerate

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the east of the city. Earlier I ask a representative from human rights

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watch why they are concerned. Dhabi has the worst human rights

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record of the UAE. They have a record of torture, repressing

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freedom of expression and workers rights. There is a link between the

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executive branch of the government and the owners of Manchester city.

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We see that as problematic, particularly when the club seems to

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be being used to remote a sanitised image of the country. There will be

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people watching who will say, we concede that human rights abuses

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happen in the UAE but in Manchester we have seen a football club and

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community completely revolutionised by that investment and one over here

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in a very ethical way. Why do they operate ethically in Manchester when

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they operate incredibly unethically in the UAE? It would seem to be a PR

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exercise. Nobody is criticising them for doing good things on the ground

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in Manchester but I would hope that people would ask what else is going

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on elsewhere and what cost is being paid by others. Last year the Prime

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Minister flew to the UAE and encouraged them to build commercial

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links. Arguably Manchester city will say, what can we do when the

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government indulges in these kinds of deals? It is certainly true that

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the government is close to the UAE for strategic and economic in --

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reasons. It is important that people take a look at who owns and governs

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football clubs. In terms of the practicalities it is for the

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football authorities to decide but I think the involvement of Sheikh

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Mansour with football should be of concern to people in the game.

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The ten councils in Greater Manchester are to receive a share of

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�48 million after a 12% rise in profits at Manchester Airport in the

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past year. A high-performance Audi speeds along

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a road near Merseyside. It peaked at 165 miles an hour.

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To my knowledge it is the highest speed recorded by a driver within

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Merseyside. It is shocking. It has a huge affect on members of the

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public. You are not just putting the public at risk, you are at risk

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yourself. Shiad Mahmoon from old was tracked by police on to the M 62. It

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was very early on June morning and the roads were deserted. He was

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finally intercepted near the Birchwood services. He admitted

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speeding when he faced Liverpool magistrates. The magistrates said

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they recognised the dangers that he had exposed himself and others to.

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He was fined, banned from driving for three years and told he would

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have to retake the test before being allowed behind the wheel again. But

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he appeared unrepentant, telling the court, I am still going to drive,

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catch me if you can. The road safety charity brake says tougher penalties

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are needed. In cases where people are driving at such high speeds, it

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might have been appropriate to prosecute this guy for dangerous

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driving, which carries the possibility of a custodial sentence.

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Police say they will use all of the technology at their disposal to

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catch speeding drivers. Still to come, could change is in the back

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room push the North West's two clubs -- League two clubs into the big

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league. It was incredibly hard training,

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physically and emotionally. Two weeks ago we found a couple of

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young people from Merseyside joining pilgrims in Rio de Janeiro.

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They celebrated Mass with the Pope and coca but the Barna beach --

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Copacabana beach. They recorded a video diary.

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They were here to see the real Rio but also celebrate Mass with the

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Pope. We have been since -- here since about 4am so we are bit

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tired. The group queued for hours to see Pope Francis and joined pilgrims

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and coca but gut -- Copacabana beach. We are here with young

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pilgrims from Merseyside. I loved what he said, that we need to be

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athletes the Christ, and an athlete celebrates full-time. -- athletes

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for Christ. The trip was an opportunity to discover life in

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Brazil, which meant seeing the poorer side of Rio. It made me

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realise how grateful I am for those in my life. People in the favelas

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really appreciated the fact -- the smallest things they had. And for a

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group in the North West there had to be football. They just had proper

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honest spirit when they were playing. The pilgrims say their

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faith is stronger and they have a broader view of life.

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Looks like they had a good time. This time tomorrow the North West

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will be the focus of the cricketing world. The Ashes return to Old

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Trafford at long last and Richard Ashcombe is there.

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It might be stating the obvious but the stands are empty at the moment.

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It is a bit soggy and we hoped for but there is a real sense of

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anticipation, talking to people on the way and looking around the

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ground. You can see how much effort has gone into making old Trafford

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see Ashes cricket again. Both skippers were talking to us earlier

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today. Here is Alastair Cook. a good wicket here since they have

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changed the square around. It is a great place to play cricket and the

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new development is looking really nice. We normally get great support

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here and hopefully we can back that up. Let's hope so. I am joined by

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the operations director, Anthony Mundy. It is such a big operation to

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get things ready, what about the last-minute preparations? Clearly we

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will have over 100,000 people here for four day, and we have sold

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16,000 the day five. We expect a huge amount of alcohol to be drunk,

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200,000 pints, 5000 bottles of wine. People never think about the

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toilets but we will probably get through a million litres of water in

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the toilets. A huge amount of planning, probably a decade of

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planning when you look at the infrastructure, so we think we are

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in a good place. I will try not to dwell on the toilet water! Are there

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a few nerves? It is such a big deal for this club, this ground and the

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eyes of the world are watching you. There will always be nerves at a

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fantastic team have worked for months to get us to this place. We

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are really confident. Thank you. It will be a great occasion. We will

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look at the weather in a moment. Let's talk about football first. The

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Premier League is more than a fortnight away but if you are a fan

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of one of our football league teams I don't need to tell you that the

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action starts this weekend. We will look at all of the divisions,

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starting with league two tonight. They are starting with a team led by

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a former England striker. They just avoided regular --

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relegation last season and this time-macro can Stanley are aiming

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higher. Their manager has played at the highest level. With a couple

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more additions to the squad we will be in a position where we can

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compete at the right end of the table this season. You see some of

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the interviews players have done since arriving and they have all

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said, we have a guy who has played for England and Everton, and when he

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comes in for you it is very difficult to say no. Rochdale have

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lost Bobby Grant, their top scorer last season, to like pool. Keith

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Hill feels they could do well. Jim Bentley is preparing for his third

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season in charge at Morecambe. They have a reduced wage bill and last

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season's top scorer injured. Cash-strapped Morecambe will aim to

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avoid relegation scrap. Fleetwood come one of the league's big

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spenders, are among the favourites for promotion. It will be Graham

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Alexander's first full season at Ty -- in charge. I will be surprised if

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they are not in the top seven. were relegated last season. A recent

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takeover has led to much more than just a token make over, with no less

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than 15 new players having joined the Shakers. People said, what are

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you sticking around for? I said, this is a great club that needed

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some leadership. A new director has come in and they seem to understand

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what a football club requires. -- new directors have come in.

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Good luck to all of our clubs. It is an 11am start tomorrow morning. The

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weather in a few moments but from old Trafford and now, back to you.

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I thought the toiling arrangements were interesting, the amount of

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water used. Widnes is a town mostly associated with Rod the league but

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now it boasts a ballet star. Daniel Tolan recently became the second

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dancer to graduate from the Bolshoi Academy in Moscow.

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He is back in his hometown a well earned break. -- for a well earned

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break. Daniel Dolan performing at the

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Bolshoi Academy, attached to the world's best-known Ballet Theatre.

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Having left Russia at 15 he is back where it all began.

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My sister started answering in Liverpool and I had to copy what she

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was doing. That is why I started, I started doing classes and the

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teacher said I should carry on. Little did he know that LA would

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take him thousands of miles away and dancing ten hours a day. My time in

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Moscow has probably been the toughest challenge of my life. It is

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incredibly hard, physically and emotionally draining. There are

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pallor -- parallels with Billy Elliot that Daniel's dad is one of

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his biggest fans. I was very proud, all of the work he has put in, and

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it was such a proud moment to see him perform to such a high standard.

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He might already be a poster boy for ballet but the hard work continues,

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and he pumps more irons -- IM than rugby league players. He knows the

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harder he works the further he will go. I aim to continue pushing myself

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to become the greatest. I hope to be one of the best British dancers

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ever. He is considering an offer to join one of Russia's top ballet

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companies. You have to be really fit to do

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that. Next, a tribute to an unlikely group of Second World War heroes,

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flying dogs. The animals were trained to parachute into enemy

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territory by a soldier from Liverpool.

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Lands Corporal Ken Bailey had a collie cross called bing. He

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eventually won a medal. When troops were sent out on

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patrols, dogs could be used for sniffing explosive devices,

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booby-traps, they could sense the enemy, their hearing was useful

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because they could hear incoming shells. Handlers were trained to

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recognise the signals from the dogs. Talk us through how it worked. I

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think we have some pictures of the dogs leaving a plane and parachuting

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through the air. Talk us through what happened. The handler and the

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dog would be last and the handler, before the jump, would ensure the

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dogs had no physical exercise and had not been fed so that when it

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came to the jump the dog was eager for exercise and therefore leave the

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aircraft and knew that when -- that there was a lump of meat in the

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handler's pocket. So that is how you make it jump, just make it hungry!

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Some people would say, that looks mean. What we know about how they

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reacted when they landed on the ground? They always landed on four

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feat. Occasionally they might roll over but they would land fairly

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gently. An incredible story, thank you for joining us.

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Unfortunately we don't know what the dogs thought of it.

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There are apparently records of the wagging their tails when they

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landed, which is a good sign. Apparently the Germans were trying

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to teach dogs to talk. That would have been interested.

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disappointing end to July. We have had temperatures as high as 30

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Celsius but here at Old Trafford I am standing in a puddle of water. I

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am excited because I am dressed for it. In August we have better looking

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conditions. Looking at the chart, you can see why hip -- we have had

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heavy rain. The clouds will ease away and tomorrow it should be drier

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and is much brighter. Sunshine and showers for Friday. For the third

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Ashes test we could see temperatures as high as 26 by 6pm. This evening

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saw plenty of clouds around, heavy rain making its way in from the

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south. I think it will continue to fade nor so we should see drier

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spells in the south of the region overnight, temperatures between 14

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and 18. The headline for tomorrow is so much better, drier and brighter.

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After a damp start in the morning. By early afternoon hopefully breaks

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in the cloud allowing plenty of sunshine to break through, so a dry,

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bright, much warmer day for the first day of August. A bit cooler by

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Friday, highs of 23, and cooler still to the weekend. Back to you

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