:00:00. > :00:06.It's goodbye from me and on BBC One, we
:00:06. > :00:11.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Jayne
:00:11. > :00:14.McCubbin. Our top story: The city with a drink problem, where one in
:00:14. > :00:22.57 people is taken to hospital because of serious alcohol misuse.
:00:22. > :00:28.It's a very slow and insidious progression, if you like. Day by
:00:28. > :00:32.day, my life got slowly worse. Eight of the ten worst areas in the
:00:32. > :00:35.country are here in the North West — experts say we need to act now.
:00:36. > :00:38.Also tonight: On A—Level Results day, university applications up.
:00:38. > :00:43.Apprenticeships up even more. The young people heading straight to
:00:43. > :00:46.work. Ten years of the Typhoon — The
:00:46. > :01:00.Lancashire—built planes celebrating a decade in the sky.
:01:00. > :01:03.Lambert ! Dream debut. He was always heading for the top. Memories from
:01:03. > :01:09.those who grew up with England's new star striker. Here's just a
:01:09. > :01:13.down—to—earth bloke, and I think it just shows you that good guys can
:01:13. > :01:19.succeed, good guys can win, because Rickie Lambert is just a genuinely
:01:19. > :01:23.nice person. And it may be raining heavily now in
:01:23. > :01:25.Southport, but it was a perfectly dry start to the 84th flower show.
:01:26. > :01:40.Join me later for a look around. Last year, one in every 57 people in
:01:40. > :01:43.Salford were admitted to hospital because of serious problems related
:01:43. > :01:48.to alcohol misuse, the highest in the country. Compare that to
:01:48. > :01:55.Berkshire, where one in every 380 were. Yes, the region is putting
:01:55. > :01:58.more of a strain on NHS services because of alcohol misuse than
:01:58. > :02:00.anywhere else in the country. Last year, £400 million was spent
:02:00. > :02:06.treating alcohol related conditions in the region. So why are problems
:02:06. > :02:15.so much worse here? Here's our health correspondent Nina Warhurst.
:02:15. > :02:19.It's just casualties of the disease of alcoholism, really. It's a common
:02:19. > :02:24.misconception that something happens that makes somebody drink too much.
:02:24. > :02:29.For thousands like Chris, alcohol is the cause, and alcohol alone. It's a
:02:29. > :02:36.very slow, insidious progression, if you like. Day by day, my life got
:02:36. > :02:42.slowly worse. You can't tell. It it's like the hand of the clock. You
:02:42. > :02:46.can't see them move, you can't see it on a day by day basis, but on a
:02:46. > :02:50.year by year basis, I could. With help starting with the NHS, Chris
:02:50. > :02:54.stopped drinking. But here in Salford in the space of the year,
:02:54. > :02:58.one in every 57 people were treated for serious problems caused solely
:02:58. > :03:03.by alcohol. These figures don't include people who say have a nasty
:03:03. > :03:08.fall or have started a fight because they have been drunk, these are
:03:08. > :03:11.serious long—term conditions like liver disease, mental health
:03:11. > :03:16.problems and ethanol poisoning. Have a look around you on your boss, in
:03:16. > :03:21.your office, at a football match. One in 57 people is a loss. Compare
:03:21. > :03:27.that one in 57 to the national average of one in 140. And look at
:03:27. > :03:30.this — in the top places where admissions are higher because of
:03:30. > :03:34.alcohol misuse, eight of them are in our region, including Liverpool,
:03:34. > :03:39.like pool and Blackburn. Research shows that it is not necessarily how
:03:39. > :03:46.much you drink, but your capacity to cope with drinking too much. Less
:03:46. > :03:50.secure financial conditions, within community that suffer greater levels
:03:50. > :03:58.of crime and undress, and that all impact on our health. Evening
:03:58. > :04:02.drinking the same amount will have a worse effect on the reading? It does
:04:02. > :04:08.seem that way, yes. Minimum prices have now been rejected, but problems
:04:08. > :04:12.and housing, and crime need to be later if we are to stop alcohol
:04:12. > :04:15.causing more damage in the north—west than anywhere else in
:04:15. > :04:18.England. So that is interesting, it is not
:04:18. > :04:23.that we're necessarily drinking more, the secondary factors, being
:04:23. > :04:28.able to cope. That's it, the secondary and even surgery factors.
:04:28. > :04:30.The research, there were 160 areas across England looked at. There was
:04:30. > :04:34.only one from the north—west that was in the bottom half, and that was
:04:34. > :04:39.central gesture, which is really shocking. Research has gone beyond
:04:39. > :04:43.secondary factors like unemployment and poverty, and now it is looking
:04:43. > :04:46.more at why people don't have the desire to control a drinking, why
:04:46. > :04:49.they don't feel there is a link to stop drinking or, so it is more
:04:49. > :04:54.about aspirations and mental health and dealing with those causes. It is
:04:55. > :04:59.far more complicated than dealing with the physical symptoms.
:04:59. > :05:01.Other news from around the North West now, and detectives
:05:02. > :05:04.investigating the murder of a mum—of—three from Manchester have
:05:04. > :05:06.spent the day carrying out a detailed search. Officers are
:05:06. > :05:09.focusing their investigations around a lay—by off the A1 near Thirsk in
:05:09. > :05:14.Yorkshire. 25—year—old Rania Alayed's body has never been found.
:05:14. > :05:24.She disappeared from her home in July. Searches are likely to
:05:24. > :05:27.continue for a number of weeks. Police in Lancashire have released
:05:27. > :05:30.CCTV footage of a 14—year—old girl who is missing from her home in
:05:30. > :05:35.Ingol. Shelby Smith was seen at Preston railway station at ten to
:05:35. > :05:39.four on Tuesday afternoon. She was last seen by her mother in the city
:05:39. > :05:42.centre on Monday. In this picture, she's seen within 19—year—old man
:05:42. > :05:45.who police believe she may be with all stop.
:05:45. > :05:48.An environmental campaigner from Greater Manchester who scaled
:05:48. > :05:50.Europe's highest building has been charged with aggravated trespass.
:05:50. > :05:54.Alison Garrigan, who's 27, was one of six women who climbed The Shard
:05:54. > :05:57.last month to protest against oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. The
:05:57. > :06:04.Greenpeace protestor will appear before magistrates in London on
:06:05. > :06:08.August 29th. In the last few hours, a farmer from
:06:08. > :06:13.Chester has told is of his relief that only one of his cows has tested
:06:13. > :06:16.positive for bovine TB. We spoke to Richard Fair, who runs Brookside
:06:16. > :06:19.Farm in Poulton, on Monday's North West Tonight. Six results are
:06:19. > :06:27.inconclusive. The herd will now have to be tested at 60—day intervals
:06:27. > :06:31.until all results come back clear. Work has begun in early on a 2.3
:06:31. > :06:35.million redevelopment of the railway station. It is part of plans to
:06:35. > :06:38.reinstate a faster rail route between East Lancashire and
:06:38. > :06:42.Manchester. The new station is being built ahead of the reopening of the
:06:42. > :06:47.Todmorden Curve, a section of track which, when in use, will cut travel
:06:47. > :06:51.time to Manchester by half. It is hoped the new station will open in
:06:51. > :06:54.March. And a rock and roll marathon is
:06:54. > :06:57.coming to Liverpool. Runners will be encouraged by live bands performing
:06:57. > :07:01.at each mile of the route followed by a post—race concert at the finish
:07:01. > :07:04.line. The Rock and Roll Liverpool Marathon and Half Marathon will be
:07:04. > :07:09.held in May next year. Right. A—levels. Big day today. More
:07:09. > :07:12.students in the North West have applied to university this year than
:07:12. > :07:15.last, but that number is still down compared to two years ago, when
:07:15. > :07:21.tuition fees were much lower. Roger's here with more.
:07:21. > :07:24.Thank you very much. Two years ago, almost 69,000 people here in the
:07:24. > :07:29.North West applied to go to university. Back then, tuition fees
:07:29. > :07:35.were no more than £3,000 a year. Then, last year, they went up to a
:07:35. > :07:39.maximum of £9,000. And look at what that did to the number of people
:07:39. > :07:42.here choosing to study at university. Down from almost 69,000
:07:42. > :07:46.to just under 63,000, a drop of almost 9%. This year, current
:07:46. > :07:50.estimates suggest the number has risen slightly, to just over 64,000,
:07:50. > :07:56.but it's still less than two years ago. So are students thinking twice
:07:56. > :08:04.about further study, and what does that mean for our universities?
:08:04. > :08:07.Here's Naomi Cornwell. Around the region, envelopes were
:08:07. > :08:15.nervously opened this morning. And lots of you have been sending us
:08:15. > :08:22.your celebration photos. I got to As and to degrade. I got a, B and B,
:08:22. > :08:24.and I am carrying on. I am happy. A drop in the number of university
:08:24. > :08:28.applications last year coincided with the increase in tuition fees,
:08:28. > :08:31.but students at Canon Slade School in Bolton told us today that hasn't
:08:31. > :08:36.put them off going to university. No, not really. If I want to go, I
:08:36. > :08:40.go. I don't think it was me off, because looking towards the
:08:40. > :08:43.long—term. £9,000 is a lot of money, but with student loan schemes
:08:43. > :08:48.we have to help is, it is possible to do.
:08:48. > :08:51.And many of the region's universities have seen an increase
:08:51. > :08:54.in demand for places this year. At Chester University, applications
:08:54. > :08:58.were up by 12%. At Edge Hill, they increased by 10%, and at Manchester
:08:58. > :09:01.University there was a small rise of 2%. But others have bucked the
:09:01. > :09:03.trend. Blackpool and the Fylde College, for example, saw
:09:03. > :09:07.applications for its university courses fall by 7% this year. At
:09:07. > :09:10.Bolton University's clearing centre, the work to match students with
:09:10. > :09:14.courses began this morning. They have around the same number of
:09:14. > :09:21.places left to fill as this time last year. There are a few tears
:09:21. > :09:25.sometimes, but hopefully positive resolution is reached and there will
:09:25. > :09:28.be smiles at the end. If you lose places, you lose money. That the
:09:28. > :09:31.standard pattern across the country, the way the government set
:09:31. > :09:34.it up, and clearly every university is concerned about money because
:09:34. > :09:38.they want to invest in education. But to make sure it stays that way,
:09:38. > :09:41.this is the kind of thing Bolton University students will be studying
:09:41. > :09:44.in future. To compete with other universities and try to attract more
:09:44. > :09:47.applicants, they're offering a degree in motorsport technology.
:09:47. > :09:51.Students will be part of a fully functioning racing team. People can
:09:51. > :09:56.be analysing whatever we're doing on track, whatever track whereat, Le
:09:56. > :10:00.Mans or wherever in Europe quite often. They will be doing the thing
:10:00. > :10:04.back here as though it is a Formula one base. They might not all end up
:10:04. > :10:06.at Le Mans, but thousands will be hoping their results today will fast
:10:06. > :10:16.track them to a job in the let's pick up on vocational training
:10:16. > :10:20.Naomi Ball stalking about. Many of those who're choosing not to go to
:10:20. > :10:22.university are turning instead to apprenticeships. Higher level
:10:22. > :10:26.apprenticeships, those you tend to do after A—levels, are up 50% this
:10:26. > :10:30.year compared with last. Beccy Meehan's been speaking to some of
:10:30. > :10:39.those who've chosen another form of training.
:10:39. > :10:41.I got an A* in law, and A in psychology and the B in English
:10:41. > :10:44.literature and language. With those results Emily Hemlin could have had
:10:44. > :10:47.her pick of top universities. But instead she's taken up a
:10:47. > :10:50.apprenticeship to train as a paralegal. I think the
:10:50. > :10:55.apprenticeship just really leapt out for me. The fact that you'll be able
:10:55. > :10:58.to work at the same time and get experience of really being in a law
:10:58. > :10:59.firm and learning what it is all about. Apprenticeships offer
:10:59. > :11:01.on—the—job training, nationally—recognised qualifications
:11:01. > :11:04.and at least minimum wage though often more. And apprentices can
:11:04. > :11:07.pursue their training right up to the higher level, which is
:11:07. > :11:10.equivalent to a traditional degree. It's a combination that appeals to
:11:10. > :11:16.an increasing number of young people. Chantelle advises students
:11:16. > :11:22.on their apprenticeship options. I've just spoken to a young girl
:11:22. > :11:26.from school who has just had her A—level results through today. She
:11:26. > :11:30.did really well. She is looking at doing an apprenticeship in health
:11:30. > :11:37.and social care. What we have chosen to do is invite her in, one of our
:11:37. > :11:39.sessions next week. As part of her paralegal training, Emily will go to
:11:39. > :11:43.Manchester Metropolitan University several times a month and lecturers
:11:43. > :11:46.will visit her at work too. Those who run the programme say this
:11:46. > :11:54.arrangement is increasingly popular with employers. Many companies want
:11:54. > :11:58.to grow their own. And this is a really good opportunity for them to
:11:58. > :12:02.do this, and what they often do is then take the person on and keep
:12:02. > :12:08.them, and take them right through their career. And that's a chance
:12:08. > :12:11.that Emily relishes. Hopefully they'll be many opportunities for me
:12:11. > :12:14.to visit court and learn about cases and how it all works. I'm really
:12:14. > :12:16.excited to see at first hand. First though, there's the important
:12:16. > :12:25.business of celebrating those excellent A—level results.
:12:25. > :12:29.If you did get your A—level results today and you are still hoping for a
:12:29. > :12:33.place at university. There is plenty of advice on the clearing process on
:12:33. > :12:38.the UCAS website. The address is there on the screen. Good luck.
:12:38. > :12:41.It's ten years since the Typhoon fighter jet went into operation,
:12:41. > :12:44.carrying with it the hopes of thousands of aerospace workers in
:12:44. > :12:48.the North West. The jobs of staff at BAE Systems in Lancashire depend on
:12:48. > :12:52.it. It got off to a tricky start, with delays and overspends, but has
:12:52. > :12:55.now established itself in a fiercely competitive market. The company says
:12:55. > :13:02.the next ten years look promising, as Stuart Flinders reports.
:13:02. > :13:05.Eight seconds after taking the brakes off it's in the air. Two and
:13:05. > :13:10.a half minutes later, it's travelling at supersonic speeds. An
:13:10. > :13:14.American general, and bear in mind the Americans make a similar plane,
:13:14. > :13:17.described it as "the best fast jet in the world".
:13:17. > :13:28.It's the Typhoon, made by BAE Systems and aerospace companies in
:13:28. > :13:31.three other countries. This is the BAE Systems plant at Wharton in
:13:31. > :13:36.Lancashire. It is here that they carry out the final assembly of the
:13:36. > :13:39.Typhoon. 5000 jobs here and elsewhere depend on it. Howard
:13:39. > :13:44.Kerr's been working on the Typhoon since it was still in development
:13:44. > :13:48.fifteen years ago. You could build an entire career around this one
:13:48. > :13:54.plane. Looking at potential export orders in the future, yes. Work like
:13:54. > :14:00.this is hard to find and young apprentices can't believe their
:14:00. > :14:02.luck. Every day is different. I learned so much. Every day, you
:14:02. > :14:08.learn something new about it. Ten years on, how's the Typhoon seen by
:14:08. > :14:11.outsiders? I think it has been a success. It was late coming into
:14:11. > :14:15.service and over budget, but all defence project like that nowadays.
:14:15. > :14:19.It is a very good at superiority fighter. It has been pretty good in
:14:19. > :14:23.the export market, and I think it is probably the fighter which might
:14:23. > :14:27.prove the Best Buy. It takes about four years from the moment an order
:14:27. > :14:30.is placed for a Typhoon to be delivered. Do you ever hear in the
:14:30. > :14:35.news of an outbreak of trouble and think that will be good for
:14:35. > :14:38.business? No, we do not. We're working on opportunities now where
:14:38. > :14:45.our customers are not expecting to make decisions until 2021, 2022, and
:14:45. > :14:48.so, frankly... They're not wanting to use these planes next week?
:14:48. > :14:52.Essentially, no. These planes are being made for our own and the Saudi
:14:52. > :14:58.air force. The company says the next ten years are looking bright.
:14:58. > :15:01.Well, Ian Haslam joins us in the studio, because you've been talking
:15:01. > :15:07.to the union there today, not happy about another one of their planes,
:15:07. > :15:12.the Nimrod. Yes. You'll remember these pictures from 2010 — this was
:15:12. > :15:16.the Nimrod being broken up. A £4bn pound project literally scrapped in
:15:16. > :15:20.a government review. The project was too expensive, it was flawed and the
:15:20. > :15:24.MOD just didn't need it. Well, today, unions saw this — a story in
:15:24. > :15:30.the aerospace industry trade press about the RAF looking at an
:15:30. > :15:33.alternative to Nimrod. A union rep said to me, workers are still upset
:15:33. > :15:37.and angry about spending three years of their lives working on a world
:15:37. > :15:42.class aircraft, that was then in his words "callously chopped up and
:15:42. > :15:45.thrown in the bin". He also said to me, "we feel the government has
:15:45. > :15:48.lied." the RAF wouldn't be looking at what he's worried is a
:15:48. > :15:52.replacement if they weren't interested. The replacement he
:15:52. > :15:56.refers to is this, an Airbus Military C295 — an aircraft he says
:15:56. > :16:02.many workers would say is much inferior to the Nimrod. Now, this
:16:02. > :16:05.all comes after Parliamentary Committee report late last year said
:16:05. > :16:07.that the ''Ministry of Defence accepted that there were capability
:16:07. > :16:14.gaps, most notably from the cancellation of the Nimrod''. But
:16:14. > :16:17.this afternoon the MOD told me they weren't looking for an alternative
:16:17. > :16:20.to the Nimrod and haven't commissioned a replacement. Unions,
:16:20. > :16:27.though, don't believe that — and they're pretty angry. It seems we
:16:27. > :16:31.have not heard the last of this. Thank you very much. Still to come
:16:31. > :16:34.on North West Tonight: Still blooming marvellous after 84 years.
:16:34. > :16:38.We'll be live at the Southport Flower Show.
:16:39. > :16:50.And don't mess with them. Adorable now, but they'll soon be fighting
:16:50. > :16:58.the bad guys on the Isle of Man. Cute animal story of the night !
:16:58. > :17:01.Friends and former team—mates of the man of the moment say Rickie Lambert
:17:01. > :17:04.deserves all the praise he gets after his debut for his country.
:17:04. > :17:08.Lambert, born and bred in Liverpool, scored seconds after coming on
:17:08. > :17:12.against Scotland last night. His rise to the top is an inspiring
:17:12. > :17:16.story in itself. He has played for a number of clubs in the north—west,
:17:16. > :17:19.but rejection by Blackpool 13 years ago saw him working in it beat Route
:17:19. > :17:26.factory, his football dreams literally in tattered.
:17:26. > :17:32.As Roy of the Rovers debut go, Ricky of the Saints couldn't have done a
:17:32. > :17:36.much better. Although he now plays his club football on the south
:17:36. > :17:41.coast, Ricky's career is rooted firmly in the north—west. But
:17:41. > :17:45.Liverpool's you've commented then went on to play for Blackpool,
:17:45. > :17:50.Stockport, Rochdale and in his late teens, Macclesfield town. His
:17:50. > :17:54.team—mates are still there, one is a midfielder. And believable. It's
:17:54. > :17:57.what dreams are made of. Like any professional footballer, you dream
:17:57. > :18:03.of playing bring them. The other is now the manager. A club like
:18:03. > :18:07.Macclesfield, but want to go on and later England is amazing, but I'm
:18:07. > :18:12.just pleased he has done so well for himself, because it is nice to see
:18:12. > :18:15.nice people get on. Rickie Lambert was obviously ambitious, even as a
:18:15. > :18:20.young man. This is when he was 19 years old. It is an interview in the
:18:20. > :18:26.club programme, almost 12 years to the day. August, 2001. In it, he
:18:26. > :18:29.says one day I would love to play at a higher level. He probably didn't
:18:29. > :18:33.imagine it would be boys country. Rickie Lambert's talent first showed
:18:33. > :18:37.itself at school than Kirby. That is on the back row, second from the
:18:37. > :18:42.right. His PET Jan football coach from 12 to 15 is now a good friend.
:18:42. > :18:47.He went to Rickie Lambert's recent wedding. I just know how much it
:18:47. > :18:53.will mean to him, his family and everyone from Kirby. Eutectic him
:18:53. > :18:56.after the game. Yes, we had a bit of banter, because every time he
:18:56. > :19:00.scores, I send in the text, and he thanks me and stuff. He is a
:19:00. > :19:03.down—to—earth bloke. I think it just shows you that good guys can
:19:03. > :19:10.succeed, good guys can win, because Rickie Lambert is just a genuine
:19:10. > :19:12.nice person. Lots of very proud people in
:19:12. > :19:15.Liverpool tonight. The Manchester United manager David Moyes says the
:19:15. > :19:18.defending champions face their toughest start to a Premier League
:19:18. > :19:21.season for 20 years. United begin their campaign at Swansea on
:19:21. > :19:25.Saturday, and among their first five games they host Chelsea and face
:19:26. > :19:29.Manchester City and Liverpool away. At an event today to launch the new
:19:29. > :19:38.season, the Premier League insisted the process was "random and above
:19:38. > :19:42.board". I can't see how the Premier league drew them out of the bag,
:19:42. > :19:44.that is the shore. But overall, I am really looking forward to it. I have
:19:44. > :19:48.been a Premier league manager now for quite a few years, and I have
:19:48. > :19:52.some experience from that, so I really looking forward to it. I'm at
:19:52. > :19:55.a great club, I have a great group of players who were champions last
:19:55. > :20:01.year, and I look to taking them on again. And on tomorrow's programme,
:20:01. > :20:03.we will look at the start of the Premier league season and discussing
:20:03. > :20:07.what it may hold for all of our teams.
:20:07. > :20:14.Lots of very excited supporters this weekend. Lancashire's cricketers,
:20:14. > :20:16.though, are playing to tonight against Scotland in Glasgow.
:20:16. > :20:21.Lancashire bowled the home side out. A girl a rain delay, the match is
:20:21. > :20:28.being reduced to 28 overs. They have a target of 125. A short time ago,
:20:28. > :20:33.Lancashire were 100—2, needing another 25 59 balls to win. It looks
:20:33. > :20:37.pretty promising. That rain is affecting everybody !
:20:37. > :20:41.After weeks of preparation, one of the region 's biggest celebrations
:20:41. > :20:45.of gardening opened today. The Southport Flower Show is in its 84th
:20:45. > :20:49.year, and thousands are expected to attend the four day event at
:20:49. > :20:52.Victoria Park. As Jane says, the rain might be good for the flowers,
:20:52. > :21:02.it might be dropping nicely into the bond, but what is it meaning for the
:21:02. > :21:06.visitors? I'm glad you can see the rain, and once again I have drawn
:21:06. > :21:09.the short straw, and Diane has drawn the long straw. She is back in the
:21:09. > :21:15.studio, beautifully dry. It is pouring here ! Having said that, it
:21:15. > :21:22.was a perfectly dry start for the 84th flower show.
:21:22. > :21:27.From handbags and shoes made of flowers to place mats made from
:21:27. > :21:32.grass, the Southport flower show burst into bloom today. But it isn't
:21:32. > :21:39.just about flowers. And you bought anything yet? A handbag, that is
:21:39. > :21:42.all. Handbag?Yes. They got horses over there, cows, things like that
:21:42. > :21:53.of you want to see it. Dogs, everything. There is so much you can
:21:53. > :21:55.see. This year, there are over 400 exhibitors and 19 fantastic show
:21:55. > :22:01.gardens. One local gardener swept the board. I have one for trophies,
:22:01. > :22:07.or for awards today. The first award this morning was a large gold
:22:07. > :22:13.medal, and then we found out that we had won the class, which is very
:22:13. > :22:16.nice, and them we want the whole of the outside gardens, and then we
:22:16. > :22:21.found out that we had won the whole show. We are local people. To have
:22:21. > :22:27.this on our doorstep is so, so lucky. This is a family business,
:22:27. > :22:34.and Rob has had some help. I'm proud of him. I think it's a beautiful
:22:34. > :22:39.garden. Why are you proud of your dad? Tell me about your dad? Because
:22:39. > :22:46.he's got all the medals. He is one. His trophies. With plenty of new
:22:46. > :22:48.features on display, organisers are hoping there is something for
:22:48. > :22:55.everyone at the four—day flower festival.
:22:55. > :22:59.A perfect start to the Southport flower show. There are three more
:22:59. > :23:03.days to go, and the festival is said to be worth over £4 million to the
:23:03. > :23:09.surrounding area. Back to you. Thank you very much. Diane, who was
:23:09. > :23:13.mentioned a moment ago, will be here with a weather forecast in the dry
:23:13. > :23:16.shortly. Before that: They say that success breeds success, and in the
:23:16. > :23:19.Isle of Man Constabulary, that's certainly true. Two years ago they
:23:19. > :23:22.started their first police dogs breeding scheme. Many of those
:23:22. > :23:25.animals are already hard at work. And now Saxon, a German shepherd,
:23:25. > :23:31.has provided the next generation after having a litter of nine more
:23:31. > :23:40.puppies. Cute alert ! Kelly Foran has been to meet them.
:23:40. > :23:48.Just four—week sold, it is only their second ever time outdoors. For
:23:48. > :23:52.now, they are busy getting used to their surroundings, but soon, they
:23:52. > :23:58.will be catching criminals, helping to find people, drugs and cash.
:23:58. > :24:03.Sometimes when officers think we have lost people that we perhaps
:24:03. > :24:06.want to speak to, on occasion, and quite recently, the dogs have
:24:06. > :24:13.tracked them. We would not be able to do that. We have no idea when
:24:13. > :24:23.somebody has gone, and the dogs are very useful. Their mum, Saxon, has
:24:23. > :24:26.the job of bringing the pops up. A week before they were born, I was
:24:26. > :24:31.living in my garage, just waiting for the pending birth, and I spent
:24:31. > :24:35.the week afterwards making sure everything was all right. His family
:24:35. > :24:39.have been helping with the new additions. The best has probably
:24:39. > :24:46.been giving them hugs, and the worst is probably feeding them, and when
:24:46. > :24:50.they do their business. It is hard to believe that soon they will be
:24:50. > :24:54.like this. At 18 months, these dogs are from the last letter, and are
:24:54. > :25:03.almost fully trained and ready for work. Standstill !The pups will be
:25:03. > :25:12.separated for the first time in a couple of weeks, and set to work to
:25:12. > :25:23.sniff out any trouble. Diane was going while the bear !
:25:23. > :25:27.Wild ! Well, I suppose that is true. It is what you have to think about.
:25:27. > :25:30.Weather—wise, today we did not exactly get it right. Rain has
:25:30. > :25:35.turned up so much later than anticipated, meaning most places and
:25:35. > :25:38.a better day than we forecast. The rain overnight cleared earlier, so
:25:38. > :25:42.many places have had a huge amount of sunshine, and timber does have
:25:42. > :25:45.been very good, but as we saw from Southport, the rain has finally
:25:45. > :25:48.arrived, and now it is here. What a horrible ends of the day. The bad
:25:48. > :25:52.news as it will keep coming through the night. The Met Office have
:25:52. > :25:56.issued a yellow warning for heavy rain through parts of Lancashire and
:25:56. > :25:59.parts of Cumbria in particular, but the rest of us will see our fair
:25:59. > :26:03.share as we had through the next few hours. It will not last forever, or
:26:03. > :26:07.look at the colours as it moves in across Cumbria. Some really heavy
:26:07. > :26:11.downpours there. After midnight, the back edge moves into the Isle of
:26:11. > :26:14.Man, and it all starts to look a little better as we head towards the
:26:14. > :26:19.early hours. Like last night, temperatures will stay up. We will
:26:19. > :26:22.talk about maybe 13 to 16 degrees, but remember, as the cloud —based
:26:22. > :26:25.lovers, visibility will be poor and that will be true first thing
:26:25. > :26:29.tomorrow, even as the rain falls away. If you are heading to the
:26:29. > :26:32.flower show for day two, it shouldn't be a bad forecast for the
:26:32. > :26:39.most part. It should be dry and it should be fine. The rain drops of,
:26:39. > :26:44.and the cloud cover starts to break, we cannot promise you wall—to—wall
:26:44. > :26:49.sunshine, but there will be bright spells sometimes time. Temperatures
:26:49. > :26:53.will rise up fairly nicely. Having said that, cooler and fresher than
:26:53. > :26:57.today, so I wouldn't be surprised if temperatures were 19 or 20 at the
:26:57. > :27:02.best. Just going to get wet on the way home tonight ! On top of those
:27:02. > :27:08.puppies, another story you'll appreciate. An update from our
:27:08. > :27:10.lunchtime viewers about petty, the is—she/isn't—she shark from
:27:10. > :27:15.Blackpool's Sea Life Centre. Betty was sent off to Birmingham to hook
:27:15. > :27:20.up with a male shark recently. The pregnancy results are in. Bit like
:27:20. > :27:28.Jeremy Kyle, this. So, is she? No, she's not. It's not a bad thing,
:27:28. > :27:35.because that would be one ugly baby, wouldn't it? It's not a cute thing !
:27:35. > :27:39.So the news is, there's no news. You said that, not me ! Thanks for
:27:39. > :27:45.watching. Have a good night.