:00:00. > :00:07.which is going to hit the Philippines on our website. That
:00:08. > :00:11.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:12. > :00:14.Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: Anger as a former Blackpool surgeon
:00:15. > :00:23.convicted of killing a patient tries to become a doctor again. He is a
:00:24. > :00:28.man who has harmed the lives of up to a dozen patients in quite a bad
:00:29. > :00:31.way, and I don't see why he should be allowed to practice again at all.
:00:32. > :00:38.Steven Walker's failings led to him being nicknamed Dr Death.
:00:39. > :00:43.Also tonight: Another blow to glass production in St Helens, the home of
:00:44. > :00:48.glass. Will it remain so? The Escort and the corrupt policeman
:00:49. > :00:51.` he's jailed after taking money to frame this woman's ex`boyfriend
:00:52. > :00:57.Guests are taken to safety as one of the Isle of Man's largest hotels
:00:58. > :01:02.goes up in flames. And here's a famous face. Hi, folks,
:01:03. > :01:08.Ken Dodd here. I'm making an exhibition of myself. Oh, no,
:01:09. > :01:12.they've made an exhibition of me! Come and see it. You will be
:01:13. > :01:16.tickled. There's anger and concern tonight
:01:17. > :01:18.following the news that a Blackpool surgeon convicted of killing a
:01:19. > :01:22.patient is applying to become a doctor again. Steven Walker, who
:01:23. > :01:25.worked at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, became known as Dr Death
:01:26. > :01:53.after he admitted the manslaughter of a 71`year`old woman. His
:01:54. > :02:00.negligence also contributed to the Manslaughter of a 71 euros woman. ``
:02:01. > :02:02.71`year`old woman. Joining us now from outside Blackpool Victoria
:02:03. > :02:05.Hospital is our health correspondent Nina Warhurst. Nina, how have
:02:06. > :02:09.relatives of those who died reacted to Mr Walker trying to get back into
:02:10. > :02:13.the medical profession? I've been talking to the widow of a
:02:14. > :02:17.man who was killed by the doctor. He said that he was 88 years old and
:02:18. > :02:24.had hoped that after 18 years, this would all be over.
:02:25. > :02:27.They called him Dr Death. A self`confessed killer who recklessly
:02:28. > :02:34.operated beyond his limits, leaving four dead and others maimed. He
:02:35. > :02:38.admitted the manslaughter of 71`year`old Dorothy McPhee.
:02:39. > :02:41.Witnesses recall that he posed for photos with a sample of her liver as
:02:42. > :02:46.she lost 36 pints of blood and lay dying. I don't think the medical
:02:47. > :02:54.Council can take that whisk. Neil's mother Mabel died after a routine
:02:55. > :02:57.bowel operation. He is appalled at the thought of Walker practising
:02:58. > :03:03.medicine again. Yellow they just should not do it. It would be akin
:03:04. > :03:10.to having an airline pilot who crashed a plane and was told he was
:03:11. > :03:13.not able to fly again. This is a man who has harmed the lives of two
:03:14. > :03:20.dozen patients in quite a bad way and I don't see why he should be
:03:21. > :03:24.allowed to practice again at all. It was an anaesthetist who blew the
:03:25. > :03:29.whistle after saying he witnessed 16 operations where there was
:03:30. > :03:33.catastrophic blood loss. Steven Walker has asked for the right to
:03:34. > :03:34.practice medicine again. The General medical Council, who give doctors
:03:35. > :03:56.their licences, told us... I imagine the families will be
:03:57. > :04:01.shocked by this and surprised that the doctor is able to apply in this
:04:02. > :04:06.way but they are entitled to do so. The rules are here to determine
:04:07. > :04:10.whether they are fit to practice. Determining whether he is fit to be
:04:11. > :04:12.a doctor will not be easy but it is possible that within weeks Steven
:04:13. > :04:17.Walker will be practising medicine again.
:04:18. > :04:21.We have tried throughout the day to contact Steven Walker but have been
:04:22. > :04:24.unsuccessful. His fitness to practice medicine hearing begins
:04:25. > :04:31.next Wednesday and is expected to last for U days. `` two days.
:04:32. > :04:34.A care home boss from Merseyside has been sentenced to 12 months in
:04:35. > :04:37.prison, suspended for two years after being found guilty of wilfully
:04:38. > :04:40.neglecting a pensioner with dementia. Belita Howell was the
:04:41. > :04:43.manager of Mother Redcaps care home in Wallasey when 86`year`old Walter
:04:44. > :04:47.Witcherley fell out of his bed and suffered a broken hip in April last
:04:48. > :04:49.year. He died a month later. An 11`year`old girl from Greater
:04:50. > :04:52.Manchester returned home from her mum's funeral to find burglars had
:04:53. > :04:57.stolen a mobile phone containing irreplaceable photographs of her
:04:58. > :05:00.mother. They broke into the house in Stalybridge while the child and her
:05:01. > :05:20.mum's partner attended the funeral service. Police are asking anyone
:05:21. > :05:24.with information to contact them. St Helens has led the way in glass
:05:25. > :05:28.production for 200 years. But today staff at its last remaining producer
:05:29. > :05:31.were told of more job losses. Pilkington's are about to cut 1 0
:05:32. > :05:34.posts. The firm will end glass production at its Cowley Hill site.
:05:35. > :05:36.The council said it's a devastating blow. Here's Jayne McCubbin.
:05:37. > :05:40.Pilkington's chimneys still dominate the St Helens skyline. But the
:05:41. > :05:43.town's glass heritage is a shadow of what it once was. Rockware, United
:05:44. > :05:47.Glass, Ravenhead and Pilkington s once employed 25,000 people here.
:05:48. > :05:52.Today just one name remains. 1, 00 staff. That figure about to be cut
:05:53. > :05:56.again. The float glass process was pioneered here. It was copied around
:05:57. > :06:05.the world. But today managers said the downturn had taken its toll
:06:06. > :06:10.Since 2008, we've seen demand for glass in the UK fall by about 3 %.
:06:11. > :06:16.We've seen prices fall. But all those together and we are losing
:06:17. > :06:21.millions of pounds in this operation. They used to be three
:06:22. > :06:26.float glass lines here in St Helens. In 2012 that went down to two. Next
:06:27. > :06:30.year it will go down to one. This is a massively scaled back operation
:06:31. > :06:34.and parts of the site where thousands of people used to work are
:06:35. > :06:37.now up for sale. But managers say that doesn't mean the writing is on
:06:38. > :06:41.the wall for those staff who remain. Staff today told me they hoped there
:06:42. > :06:49.was a future ` even if it wasn't in glass production. How long have you
:06:50. > :06:54.worked their? 34 years. I'm shocked, really shocked. Devastated. To staff
:06:55. > :07:00.and the town ` a town built on glass ` it is huge blow. Employment in the
:07:01. > :07:06.borough is going to be cut by a quarter as a result of this. They
:07:07. > :07:11.told me 10%. Be information I've had is a quarter and that is a lot of
:07:12. > :07:15.well`paid jobs being lost. Managers say the production lines won't be
:07:16. > :07:29.scrapped, merely mothballed. The council says that in reality they
:07:30. > :07:32.are unlikely to be brought into use. And just to mention that Jayne has
:07:33. > :07:36.been celebrating today. She was named Specialist Writer of the Year
:07:37. > :07:39.at last night's O2 North West Media Awards. The judges praised her
:07:40. > :07:40."intuitive questions, which bring specialist topics to life". Well
:07:41. > :07:43.done! A corrupt police officer has been
:07:44. > :07:46.jailed for four years after an escort girl paid him ?19,000 to
:07:47. > :07:49.frame her ex`boyfriend. Manchester Crown Court was told that that
:07:50. > :07:53.Daniel Withnell offered to place a gun and drugs in the man's car. It
:07:54. > :07:56.also heard claims that other Greater Manchester Police officers were
:07:57. > :07:59.willing to help him. Our reporter Stuart Flinders was in court and
:08:00. > :08:05.earlier I asked him exactly what Withnell had agreed to do. Daniel
:08:06. > :08:10.Withnell was a detective constable with Greater Manchester Police. He
:08:11. > :08:13.since been kicked out of the force. He is from Bolton and about a year
:08:14. > :08:19.ago he entered into an agreement with an escort called Claire
:08:20. > :08:23.Smethurst. She paid him ?19,000 and, in return, he agreed to put a
:08:24. > :08:28.shot gun and drugs inside the car of her ex`boyfriend. The following day
:08:29. > :08:31.she had a change of heart and contacted him to tell him the deal
:08:32. > :08:35.was off and eventually he returned the money. But she also contacted
:08:36. > :08:39.another police officer and that set in motion a chain of events that led
:08:40. > :08:45.to with now's events. In the meantime, Smethurst has received a
:08:46. > :08:52.suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice. Why did he do
:08:53. > :08:57.it? He was heavily in debt June two failed businesses and it changed
:08:58. > :09:02.him. `` because of failed businesses. His father said he was
:09:03. > :09:08.withdrawn and overwhelmed. But the idea he would have carried out this
:09:09. > :09:11.plan of putting the gun in Sunbury's car and enlisting the help
:09:12. > :09:17.of other police officers was, the judge said, fanciful. He Access did
:09:18. > :09:22.that Daniel Withnell had no intention of carrying that out but
:09:23. > :09:25.couldn't resist the money. Daniel Withnell's lawyer said to the judge
:09:26. > :09:29.that he was concerned for his client's safety in prison. He said a
:09:30. > :09:32.prison sentence would be an isolating, frightening and dangerous
:09:33. > :09:38.experience but the judge rejected that mitigation when he sentenced
:09:39. > :09:42.Daniel Withnell. He said that cases like this have a shattering effect
:09:43. > :09:46.on the face of the general public in the police. But he said that it
:09:47. > :09:49.might become putting for the public to note that it was other police
:09:50. > :09:54.officers who brought Daniel Withnell to justice. He sentenced Daniel
:09:55. > :09:58.Withnell to four years in prison, bearing in mind he had to all
:09:59. > :10:02.charges facing him. There've been calls for a Lancashire
:10:03. > :10:05.politician to resign after it was revealed he attended a party at
:10:06. > :10:08.Downing Street while being wanted for questioning over a murder in
:10:09. > :10:11.Pakistan. The Prime Minister says he's looking carefully into the case
:10:12. > :10:20.of Abdul Aziz, a Conservative councillor on Pendle Borough
:10:21. > :10:24.Council. Peter Marshall reports There was no answer this evening at
:10:25. > :10:29.the Nelson home of counsel Abdul Aziz. He is not yet responded to our
:10:30. > :10:33.phone calls. The Conservative councillor attended a party at
:10:34. > :10:37.Downing Street last month after receiving an invitation to celebrate
:10:38. > :10:41.the Muslim festival of Ede. But a Prime Minister's Questions
:10:42. > :10:44.yesterday, David Cameron was told councillor Aziz was wanted for
:10:45. > :10:50.questioning in Pakistan over a killing last year. After shaking
:10:51. > :10:54.this man's hand and having photos taken with him, would the Prime
:10:55. > :10:59.Minister now like to say that he think this gentleman should return
:11:00. > :11:02.to Pakistan and face justice? I m looking carefully into this case and
:11:03. > :11:09.I will write to the honourable gentleman. Councillor Aziz
:11:10. > :11:12.represents award on Pendle Borough Council. Now the leader of the
:11:13. > :11:18.council's Labour group has called on him to consider his position. His
:11:19. > :11:22.innocence is a matter for the judicial system in Pakistan. He was
:11:23. > :11:28.named on an arrest warrant. If he's innocent, I am asking him to
:11:29. > :11:32.consider his position, not to bring the good name of the council in to
:11:33. > :11:37.distribute. Resign his position and go out to clear his name. The
:11:38. > :11:44.incident is alleged to have happened in the Gujarat district last year.
:11:45. > :11:49.The warrant documents the alleged revenge killing of a man who was
:11:50. > :11:53.shot and killed by a gang of armed men. Councillor Aziz has previously
:11:54. > :11:57.strongly denied any involvement and says he was in Lancashire at the
:11:58. > :12:41.time of the incident. He has made no further comment today.
:12:42. > :12:44.A water park activity centre in Greater Manchester is to close.
:12:45. > :12:46.Trafford Council will shut Trafford Watersports Centre in December to
:12:47. > :12:49.save money. It's currently subsidised by ?200,000 a year. The
:12:50. > :12:51.closure will save just over ?1 million.
:12:52. > :12:54.More than 140 stolen bicycles have been recovered from just one address
:12:55. > :12:57.in Rochdale. Police made the discovery when carrying out searches
:12:58. > :13:01.in the area. Three people were arrested at the house on Surma
:13:02. > :13:04.Close. It's now hoped the bikes can be returned to their owners.
:13:05. > :13:07.A huge fire ripped through one of the biggest hotels on the Isle of
:13:08. > :13:10.Man today, destroying the residential blocks. The Isle of Man
:13:11. > :13:13.Fire and Rescue Service were called to the Mount Murray Hotel and
:13:14. > :13:16.Country Club in Santon at about 10:30 to face a rapidly spreading
:13:17. > :13:19.fire. Luckily, everybody inside was evacuated to safety and nobody was
:13:20. > :13:21.seriously injured. Kelly Foran reports.
:13:22. > :13:24.Almost 100 rooms up in flames. Fire ripped though the four`star hotel in
:13:25. > :13:28.minutes, It's thought about 50 hotel guests were inside at the time. I
:13:29. > :13:32.was evacuated out of the swimming pool in just my swimming trunks and
:13:33. > :13:38.a towel. The hotel were fantastic and provided me with foil blanket is
:13:39. > :13:41.and somebody lend me some shoes You simply have to go with it. Emergency
:13:42. > :13:45.services from the whole island came together to tackle the blaze, and
:13:46. > :13:54.stopped it spreading to the rest of the hotel. I was here shortly before
:13:55. > :13:57.11 o'clock and I would say we were working on the fire for in excess of
:13:58. > :14:03.four hours. This was a significant fire. The local hospital and the
:14:04. > :14:07.ambulance service were placed on alert for a major incident but
:14:08. > :14:10.luckily they say there was only one casualty, who suffered minor
:14:11. > :14:17.injuries. The people who live opposite looked on in horror. It
:14:18. > :14:23.immediately went like an inferno. The whole roof was on fire within
:14:24. > :14:30.minutes. I was coming through from the kitchen and saw the hotel on
:14:31. > :14:33.fire! Very frightening. Everyone is a bit shocked because it happened so
:14:34. > :14:37.quickly. The area has been cordoned off and fire crews will stay on the
:14:38. > :14:40.scene this evening to make the building is secure. The emergency
:14:41. > :14:43.services say it's too early to speculate how the fire was started
:14:44. > :14:50.but an investigation will be launched.
:14:51. > :14:52.A company set up to provide Lancashire County Council with
:14:53. > :14:57.cheaper services was actually bumping up the cost. That's the
:14:58. > :15:01.conclusion of a council review published this afternoon. It says
:15:02. > :15:06.One Connect Ltd added 20% to the cost of a deal to provide emergency
:15:07. > :15:09.alarm systems. The deal didn't go ahead but if it had, the review
:15:10. > :15:13.concluded, the council would have been paying far more than it needed
:15:14. > :15:32.to. Our chief reporter Dave Guest has more and joins us now. One
:15:33. > :15:38.Connect was set up as a partnership between the council and BT by the
:15:39. > :15:43.previous government. It suggested it should take over the running of
:15:44. > :15:47.safety alarms that people have in their home. One Connect invited a
:15:48. > :15:51.telecom company to quote for the job and then drew up a deal that it
:15:52. > :15:55.wanted to put to the county council. But when Labour took control of the
:15:56. > :15:58.council earlier this year, they were dubious about whether it was going
:15:59. > :16:02.to provide good value for money and cancelled the deal before contract
:16:03. > :16:07.was signed. And they started to look into it. What have they concluded?
:16:08. > :16:10.They have concluded that One Connect would have added around 20% to the
:16:11. > :16:15.overall cost that the original company had tendered for this job.
:16:16. > :16:19.It would have meant ?1.4 million more for the council than it needed
:16:20. > :16:24.to pay. The review says that is made up of mark`ups that were added by
:16:25. > :16:28.One Connect to the original price. They say there was a lack of
:16:29. > :16:32.transparency in the way One Connect conduct of its procurement processes
:16:33. > :16:36.and they say that it failed to work in partnership with the council
:16:37. > :16:41.This is just the latest concern raised about One Connect, isn't it?
:16:42. > :16:44.Yes, and let's but this was an organisation established by the
:16:45. > :16:48.Tories. Labour feel it was not a good idea and have been looking into
:16:49. > :16:54.it. They highlighted the fact that One Connect's Chief Executive was
:16:55. > :16:56.paid ?0.5 million in bonuses, which they said could be justified.
:16:57. > :17:01.Lancashire police are now investigating what they described as
:17:02. > :17:05.concerns relating to a number of financial irregularities. That may
:17:06. > :17:08.well conclude nothing was awry. We'll have to wait and see and we
:17:09. > :17:13.will keep you posted. Still to come on North West Tonight: The North
:17:14. > :17:16.West's market towns battle to buck the economic downturn on the High
:17:17. > :17:19.Street. And tickled pink ` Ken Dodd's
:17:20. > :17:31.backstage moments captured in a new exhibition of photographs. It's a
:17:32. > :17:39.great privilege. It's an honour I'll have to look at some other
:17:40. > :17:42.words! Make`up containing sewage water
:17:43. > :17:51.alcohol that can cause blindness and cigarettes filled with rat
:17:52. > :17:54.droppings. Products none of us would choose to buy ` and certainly
:17:55. > :17:59.wouldn't dream of knowingly giving to our loved ones. But these are all
:18:00. > :18:05.counterfeit goods that have been seized by Trading Standards officers
:18:06. > :18:08.in Warrington. And with Christmas fast approaching, they're warning
:18:09. > :18:12.people not to gamble with their health by taking a chance on a fake
:18:13. > :18:13.label or bargain. Abbie Jones reports.
:18:14. > :18:16.In a warehouse somewhere in Warrington, the latest haul of
:18:17. > :18:21.counterfeits join an ever growing pile. In here, everything from fake
:18:22. > :18:31.bags and CDs to knock`off booze Over ?100,000 worth of goods. Some
:18:32. > :18:36.people will say, does it matter if I spend ?5 on a cheap DVD? What harm
:18:37. > :18:40.is it doing? But some products are very dangerous, aren't they? Yes, we
:18:41. > :18:47.are finding more and more we are getting let Tronic items that are
:18:48. > :18:52.fake. You are ending up curling plates that could overheat and burn
:18:53. > :18:55.your skin. We have cigarettes that have rat droppings in them.
:18:56. > :18:58.Warrington is one of many councils across the North West clamping down
:18:59. > :19:01.on counterfeits in the run up to Christmas. But is the message really
:19:02. > :19:06.getting across? If it was counterfeit clothing with a brand,
:19:07. > :19:13.maybe I would buy that. You might be tented? I think I might. I wouldn't
:19:14. > :19:16.buy counterfeit. It's the job of these undercover Trading Standards
:19:17. > :19:19.officers to make sure the public's protected. They're often called by
:19:20. > :19:25.police after raids and make spot checks on firms. We've protected
:19:26. > :19:34.their identity. The worst case I've come across is a 13`year`old girl
:19:35. > :19:38.whose parents ought her a set of GHDs from a market stall and welded
:19:39. > :19:42.her head together and as a result, she ended up losing part of her
:19:43. > :19:49.scalp. Counterfeits can also harm legitimate as this is, cause job
:19:50. > :19:52.losses and fund organised crime Most of us love a bargain, but
:19:53. > :19:55.Trading Standards say the real price of fake goods can be one nobody
:19:56. > :19:59.should have to pay. You can't have failed to notice all
:20:00. > :20:07.the "to let" signs on high streets across the North West. The recession
:20:08. > :20:10.has taken its toll on retail. But our market towns seem to have bucked
:20:11. > :20:18.the trend, according to delegates at a national conference in Cheshire.
:20:19. > :20:23.Congleton was chosen as the venue for the gathering of representatives
:20:24. > :20:26.from market towns across England. This from our Cheshire reporter
:20:27. > :20:37.Mark Edwardson. Congleton's held a market since
:20:38. > :20:41.1272. Cathy Morris is a town centre hairdresser. And she's got big plans
:20:42. > :20:45.for Christmas. At the Christmas which on last year I saw all the
:20:46. > :20:48.people outside in the streets. It was packed and I thought, let's do
:20:49. > :20:54.something different, something bigger, and we are raising money to
:20:55. > :20:57.bring an ice rink to Congleton. Today, more than 100 delegates
:20:58. > :21:01.shared tips at the town Hall. Congleton Town Council says of its
:21:02. > :21:04.223 units 199 are occupied ` a vacancy rate of almost 11%. That
:21:05. > :21:14.compares with a national average of 15%. So what about similar towns
:21:15. > :21:17.elsewhere in the North West? In Ulverston, 15 shops await tenants `
:21:18. > :21:21.that's 8.9%.And in Chorley, 15 are vacant ` a rate of 4.5%. Congleton
:21:22. > :21:30.Town Council says it's expecting the number of "to let" signs to fall in
:21:31. > :21:33.the near future. We've got ambitious plans to improve the pavements, the
:21:34. > :21:39.seating, the lighting, to make it a more attractive place. But that
:21:40. > :21:43.takes a lot of money. I try and shop local because I've got my own
:21:44. > :21:48.business so I try and shop local and support the local shops. I try not
:21:49. > :21:51.to go out of town if I can help it. Everyone seems very polite, happy,
:21:52. > :21:54.and there's good nightlife. Many of the region's large towns have
:21:55. > :21:57.suffered badly during the recession. So, what can they learn from its
:21:58. > :22:03.market towns? Councils and government should listen. People
:22:04. > :22:06.should make decisions at the level where people care. Looking to the
:22:07. > :22:20.future, one of the conference messages is, "embrace the internet `
:22:21. > :22:24.don't fight it". Some sports news for you now, and
:22:25. > :22:27.Wigan Athletic were aiming to go to the top of their group in the Europa
:22:28. > :22:30.League this evening. They're playing away at the Russian side Rubin
:22:31. > :22:34.Kazan, who made the quarterfinals last season. We're approaching the
:22:35. > :22:38.end of the match but Wigan are still trailing from that early goal. They
:22:39. > :22:43.are in stoppage time at the end of the game so it looks like Wigan are
:22:44. > :22:46.heading for defeat. At the moment, they are trailing 1`0.
:22:47. > :22:49.Burnley`born Jay Rodriguez has been called up to the full England squad
:22:50. > :22:53.for the first time. The Southampton striker made his name with his
:22:54. > :22:57.home`town club before he was sold by the clarets for ?7 million before
:22:58. > :23:00.the start of last season. He is on the left of your screen. The
:23:01. > :23:03.Lancastrian is in line to face Chile and Germany in friendly matches
:23:04. > :23:05.later this month. Comedian Ken Dodd is one of
:23:06. > :23:08.Liverpool's best`loved entertainers and tomorrow an exhibition of photos
:23:09. > :23:14.celebrating his career will open in the city. The exhibition at the
:23:15. > :23:17.Museum of Liverpool is the result of a friendship between Ken Dodd and
:23:18. > :23:27.local photographer Steve Shakeshaft that spans half a century, as Beccy
:23:28. > :23:30.Meehan reports. Still entertaining after 60 years `
:23:31. > :23:37.and now the subject of a new exhibition of photos at the Museum
:23:38. > :23:42.of Liverpool. It's a great privilege. It's an honour. I'll have
:23:43. > :23:46.to look up some other words. It gives you rather a nice feeling In
:23:47. > :23:50.the early 1960s, Stephen Shakeshaft was sent to photograph Ken Dodd for
:23:51. > :23:52.the Liverpool Post Echo. A friendship developed between the two
:23:53. > :24:01.men which has given Stephen unusually candid access to his
:24:02. > :24:06.backstage life. It's an honest exhibition, an exhibition I want
:24:07. > :24:09.people to look at and say it's about his real life. They know what Ken is
:24:10. > :24:14.like. He tells jokes and is a funny man. But I want the exhibition to
:24:15. > :24:19.show a different side of him. Ken is definitely a Liverpool person. He
:24:20. > :24:24.lives in his parents' home in Knotty Ash. He has been loyal to Liverpool,
:24:25. > :24:27.loves Liverpool. Everything about Ken Dodd is Liverpool. As as the
:24:28. > :24:34.comedian prepares to celebrate his 86th birthday tomorrow, he's still
:24:35. > :24:42.touring. I've got the best job in the world because I only see people
:24:43. > :24:45.whose smile, who laughed. All these photographs are comedian trying to
:24:46. > :24:50.do his job. The exhibition opens at the Museum of Liverpool tomorrow.
:24:51. > :24:56.He's what they call an acorn. An icon, sorry. An acorn is not! `` is
:24:57. > :25:19.a nut. It looks a little bit brighter
:25:20. > :25:23.outside but it felt like summer today. We have some good spells of
:25:24. > :25:30.sunshine. Temperatures just about in double figures in some places. Over
:25:31. > :25:34.the next few days, more of the same. We keep the temperature is just
:25:35. > :25:38.about in double figures but you will notice behind me in places over the
:25:39. > :25:43.next 48 hours, we could get temperatures in single figures. Into
:25:44. > :25:49.Monday, warmer air begins to flow back in from the south. Tonight
:25:50. > :25:56.still one or two a showers floating in, particularly across the Isle of
:25:57. > :25:58.Man and Cumbria. In between the showers there will be some clear
:25:59. > :26:05.skies and where we keep the clear skies, it's going to be chilly and
:26:06. > :26:07.we're likely to see temperatures possibly dropping over Cumbria
:26:08. > :26:13.fairly close to freezing in rural areas. Tomorrow, more of the same `
:26:14. > :26:19.a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. West isn't going to be best
:26:20. > :26:23.for tomorrow. That's where we are going to see the heaviest showers,
:26:24. > :26:27.around the coast. Elsewhere, in between the showers, plenty of right
:26:28. > :26:36.spells and lighter winds so if you see any sunshine, it will feel
:26:37. > :26:41.warmer. Parts of Lancashire will feel warmer. Seven or eight Celsius.
:26:42. > :26:49.Into Saturday, more of the same Sunshine and showers but things will
:26:50. > :26:55.improve. Into Sunday, mostly dry and brighter conditions. This rain is
:26:56. > :27:00.slowly edging in. It feels as if the rain may hold off from Sunday into
:27:01. > :27:04.Monday so if you're going to any events for Remembrance Sunday, wrap
:27:05. > :27:07.up warm because it's going to be cold. It will be bright and
:27:08. > :27:13.hopefully during the day, mostly dry. The rain will hopefully come
:27:14. > :27:18.from Sunday night into Monday. I have to sit down to say this! I
:27:19. > :27:25.need to show you ` we've got some special hobbies on today. That was
:27:26. > :27:35.sent in by Wendy. `` special poppies. We will give a contribution
:27:36. > :27:41.to the Royal British Legion. I've got the traditional one! Wigan have
:27:42. > :27:47.been beaten 1`0. Commiserations Good night.