:00:00. > :00:07.suitable chairman of the Co-op. That is all from the BBC News at six
:00:08. > :00:12.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson `and
:00:13. > :00:14.Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: He died when a 19`year`old coach tyre
:00:15. > :00:17.blew out. Now Michael Molloy's mother asks a
:00:18. > :00:23.Government Minister to change the law.
:00:24. > :00:25.The simple change of a certificate means we would have safer vehicles
:00:26. > :00:29.and there can't be an argument against that.
:00:30. > :00:33.Michael Molloy was one of three people killed in the crash last
:00:34. > :00:36.year. Also tonight: Hitting the buffers ` an investigation is
:00:37. > :00:41.launched after a train ploughs into the platform at Chester Station
:00:42. > :00:45.Back on track ` but passengers are angry about wintry delays on
:00:46. > :00:54.Manchester's Metrolink. If the first hint of frost can cause
:00:55. > :00:57.such major delays, how will it cope when winter sets in properly?
:00:58. > :01:02.The seal of friendship ` how a teenager's debut dive brought him a
:01:03. > :01:07.closer encounter than he expected. And I am in Salford where they are
:01:08. > :01:20.rolling out a red carpet for a special cause.
:01:21. > :01:26.The mother of a Merseyside musician killed in a coach crash when a
:01:27. > :01:30.19`year`old tyre blew out says she's very hopeful there will now be a
:01:31. > :01:33.change in the law. Michael Molloy's mother, Frances, today met with the
:01:34. > :01:36.Transport Secretary Patrick McClaughlin, and urged him to ban
:01:37. > :01:42.the use of old tyres by commercial operators. Her son was one of three
:01:43. > :01:49.people who died when a Merseypride coach crashed on its way to last
:01:50. > :01:52.year's Bestival music event. Michael Molloy was one of 53 coach
:01:53. > :01:55.passengers returning to the North West from the Bestival music
:01:56. > :01:58.festival when it crashed on the A3 in Surrey. Michael was killed, along
:01:59. > :02:03.with 23`year`old Kerry Ogden from Maghull in Merseyside, and driver
:02:04. > :02:07.Colin Daulbey from Warrington. After an inquest found that a 19`year`old
:02:08. > :02:14.tyre caused the crash Frances Molloy has been campaigning for changes to
:02:15. > :02:21.the law. There is no age limit so you can
:02:22. > :02:24.have a tire of any age. The consequences are catastrophic. I
:02:25. > :02:28.can't sit back and just say, this could happen to someone else. In
:02:29. > :02:31.fact, it will happen again. The Surrey Coroner recorded a
:02:32. > :02:35.verdict of accidental death, telling the inquest that the age of the tyre
:02:36. > :02:38.didn't make it illegal. A report with recommendations based on his
:02:39. > :02:40.findings sent to the Department for Transport, which says, "The
:02:41. > :02:44.Department is investigating the age of tyres in the UK's bus and coach
:02:45. > :02:56.fleet and is keen to understand what action, if any, should be taken "
:02:57. > :03:01.I think the Secretary of State was also concerned about what he heard.
:03:02. > :03:06.We need to see them take action which I hope they will come to the
:03:07. > :03:09.conclusion they are going to do The fact they have asked for an
:03:10. > :03:16.extension to consider what we have said today, I am trying to see that
:03:17. > :03:19.as something positive. Meanwhile an online petition calling
:03:20. > :03:23.for changes to laws on using old tyres, set up by Frances and Kerry
:03:24. > :03:26.Ogden's father Rob Ogden now has nearly 4,500 signatures.
:03:27. > :03:34.I wouldn't wish this on anybody else and this is totally preventable It
:03:35. > :03:37.is a simple change and an MOT certificate which means we will have
:03:38. > :03:40.safer vehicles. Francis says the campaign will
:03:41. > :03:44.continue until the law changes An investigation is
:03:45. > :03:53.I think he would say that he is proud of me.
:03:54. > :03:57.An investigation is to be carried out after a passenger train crashed
:03:58. > :04:00.into the buffers at Chester railway station. A Virgin Trains service
:04:01. > :04:03.from London ploughed through the end of a platform shortly after midday.
:04:04. > :04:06.A 64`year`old man was taken to hospital with injuries to his back
:04:07. > :04:12.but Virgin says no`one was seriously hurt. Our reporter Andy Gill is at
:04:13. > :04:15.Chester Station now. From the research you have been able
:04:16. > :04:21.to do, what more do we know about what happens happened? This was the
:04:22. > :04:29.service from London to just just after Mick J and it came into
:04:30. > :04:34.platform one that just after Mick J. The passenger treated a picture of
:04:35. > :04:44.the train. You can see the damage there. Virgin Trains say it was a
:04:45. > :04:46.very low speed impact. Despite that, the emergency services were called
:04:47. > :04:52.and we understand they treated to people on the platform `1 was a
:04:53. > :05:00.64`year`old man who was taken to hospital as a precaution but nobody
:05:01. > :05:06.really seriously hurt. We can see the station is still busy
:05:07. > :05:13.tonight. What happens now? Despite derailing, the carriages all
:05:14. > :05:17.remained upright and the platform was dead`end so it is not affecting
:05:18. > :05:23.services in and out of the station. Part of the station is taped off as
:05:24. > :05:31.British transport police work out how to get the train working again.
:05:32. > :05:35.There will also be a detailed investigation and the office of rail
:05:36. > :05:38.regulation will also investigate. What we don't know is when the train
:05:39. > :05:41.will be moved and we don't know why this happened.
:05:42. > :05:46.Thank you very much. Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram system
:05:47. > :05:52.is envied around the country. 2 million journeys were made on the
:05:53. > :05:54.network last year. But is it still fit for purpose?
:05:55. > :05:58.This week we were bombarded with emails and tweets after huge
:05:59. > :06:00.disruption because of ice. Bad enough, but many complained that
:06:01. > :06:08.delays, cancellations and overcrowding are now a permanent
:06:09. > :06:10.feature. Some called for the resignation of Metrolink's director
:06:11. > :06:13.Peter Cushing. We'll hear from Mr Cushing in a minute, but first,
:06:14. > :06:16.here's our chief reporter Dave Guest.
:06:17. > :06:19.It was business as usual on the Metrolink system today compared to
:06:20. > :06:22.the havoc caused by ice on the lines yesterday when, despite deploying
:06:23. > :06:31.ice busting equipment, many services were disrupted.
:06:32. > :06:35.I waited and waited. It said ten minutes until the next one and ten
:06:36. > :06:42.minutes later it said it would be another ten minutes. We were there
:06:43. > :06:44.half an hour before the tram came in and then we were told it was out of
:06:45. > :06:46.service. Yesterday's ice problems promoted a
:06:47. > :06:49.flurry of complaints about general dissatisfaction with Metrolink.
:06:50. > :06:55.Aaron Noone has set up an online petition calling for improvements.
:06:56. > :07:02.If it isn't nice it might be leaves or signal failures, a tram broken
:07:03. > :07:09.down... They are pulling it out there hat every day.
:07:10. > :07:11.He's not alone in his concerns. The Twittersphere has been buzzing with
:07:12. > :07:15.comments."The people of Greater Manchester are starting to regard it
:07:16. > :07:17.as something of a joke," Tweeted one disgruntled passenger. While another
:07:18. > :07:20.added, "They're either on time and you're squashed like sardines, or
:07:21. > :07:24.late and you're double sardine squashed." But among other
:07:25. > :07:32.passengers we spoke to today there was satisfaction with the service.
:07:33. > :07:36.I think it is excellent. I think it's reliable.
:07:37. > :07:44.A very good service. It's fine. Yesterday was a bit bad
:07:45. > :07:46.but that was it. Things are running relatively
:07:47. > :07:50.smoothly today but the problems yesterday have caused some to ask if
:07:51. > :07:56.the first hint of frost can cause such major delays, how will it cope
:07:57. > :07:59.when winter sets in? Metrolink insist they are tackling the issues
:08:00. > :08:02.but Aaron Noone is one of the passengers who remain to be
:08:03. > :08:08.convinced. Joining me now is the director of
:08:09. > :08:13.Metrolink, Peter Cushing. I wonder if you can convince
:08:14. > :08:19.passengers like that? Winter has barely begun. Can you guarantee to
:08:20. > :08:24.passengers they won't be putting up with this every day?
:08:25. > :08:27.Nobody in public transport can never guarantee anything but we work very
:08:28. > :08:33.hard on our winter procedures. They worked well last year and two years
:08:34. > :08:38.ago when we were the virtually only travel network operating in deep
:08:39. > :08:44.snow. Want went wrong this time is we ran icebreaking trams overnight
:08:45. > :08:48.and it didn't work on one particular route, which we have to go back and
:08:49. > :08:51.look at now. Some of these trends are relatively
:08:52. > :08:57.new and were only introduced a few years ago. Does it mean you bought
:08:58. > :09:00.expensive trams that are not fit for purpose?
:09:01. > :09:06.They are amongst the most reliable in Europe. We have a tram that is
:09:07. > :09:10.technically very competent but it does suffer problems when it has
:09:11. > :09:15.vaulted reductions caused by the ice. We are now improving the
:09:16. > :09:19.software reaction so we keep them running.
:09:20. > :09:23.We have places like Sweden which have much worse winters than we
:09:24. > :09:28.which can run successful trams systems so why can't we overnight?
:09:29. > :09:34.They had similar problems in Stockholm. We have a Swedish guy who
:09:35. > :09:38.works for us and he said they had similar problems.
:09:39. > :09:41.So what are the lessons? We have to improve the software of
:09:42. > :09:48.the trams and we are looking at new procedures to put a coating on the
:09:49. > :09:51.overhead to prevent ice build`up. We are trying to get over these
:09:52. > :09:55.problems on a daily basis. Do you use the tram system as
:09:56. > :10:00.peak`time yourself? I was stuck on one yesterday
:10:01. > :10:04.morning. We have had so may people writing
:10:05. > :10:07.in, saying they are sick of it. I can empathise with their views and
:10:08. > :10:13.we are working hard to make sure we have fewer problems. When it happens
:10:14. > :10:19.that peak`time, it gets magnified because of the volume of people
:10:20. > :10:23.So you think it is a good system? 364 days a year and the number of
:10:24. > :10:30.problems we have are relatively small. When they happen at peak
:10:31. > :10:33.they do look politically serious. `` relatively serious.
:10:34. > :10:37.David Cameron's apologised after joking a Greater Manchester MP may
:10:38. > :10:40.have taken drugs on a night out with the former Co`Op bank chairman. The
:10:41. > :10:43.Prime Minister made the gag when Oldham West and Royton's Michael
:10:44. > :10:46.Meacher asked him a question in the commons. Throughout the session the
:10:47. > :10:49.PM sought to link Labour policies with drugs allegations facing
:10:50. > :10:58.ex`Co`op Bank boss and Labour councillor Paul Flowers.
:10:59. > :11:04.I made a light`hearted remark. If it caused any offence, I will happily
:11:05. > :11:07.withdraw it. I think it's very important we can have a little bit
:11:08. > :11:15.of light`hearted banter and a sense of humour on all sides stopped stop
:11:16. > :11:18.Building workers have demonstrated against a construction firm at the
:11:19. > :11:22.site of the new Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool.
:11:23. > :11:24.It's part of a campaign to get more compensation for people illegally
:11:25. > :11:28.blacklisted because of their trade union activity. The workers say the
:11:29. > :11:31.employers' offer of a minimum of ?1,000 doesn't reflect the hardship
:11:32. > :11:35.many of them suffered when they couldn't find work.
:11:36. > :11:39.I know people who have committed suicide. I know people who have
:11:40. > :11:42.attempted suicide and I know people who have been bankrupted by yet I
:11:43. > :11:49.also know people whose families and marriages have open up. `` woken up.
:11:50. > :11:53.A former Everton and Manchester City footballer has been ordered to repay
:11:54. > :11:55.thousands of pounds he made through drug dealing. Michael Branch was
:11:56. > :11:59.jailed for seven years last November. He's been given six months
:12:00. > :12:03.to pay back ?31,000 or he'll get 14 months added to his sentence.
:12:04. > :12:08.Volunteers from the north`west have risked their lives taking medical
:12:09. > :12:10.aid and food to war`torn Syria. A humanitarian group which set off
:12:11. > :12:13.from Manchester drove five ambulances through an area of Aleppo
:12:14. > :12:18.where rifle snipers regularly open fire. They reached hospitals where a
:12:19. > :12:24.doctor travelling with them was able to perform minor surgery.
:12:25. > :12:26.The team from an organisation called Al`Fatiha Global all returned
:12:27. > :12:36.safely, and the leader of the mission, Kas Jameel joins us now.
:12:37. > :12:42.He joins us now. Thank you for coming in. Why do you want to go to
:12:43. > :12:46.Syria and put your life on the line?
:12:47. > :12:49.There are numerous reasons. I can't sit in the comfort of my own home
:12:50. > :12:56.doing nothing while millions are suffering. At the end of the day, it
:12:57. > :13:01.is our moral obligation to help these people.
:13:02. > :13:05.Are you from Syria? Now. I am British born and
:13:06. > :13:08.Pakistani. As we can see from the pictures you
:13:09. > :13:15.have to go through sniper fire on occasions. How does it feel?
:13:16. > :13:19.Knowing the end result, you know, I have been there on numerous
:13:20. > :13:22.occasions and you know you are going to be getting medical aid to the
:13:23. > :13:27.needy and helping the infrastructure so it makes it worthwhile. You
:13:28. > :13:35.forget while you are in doubt the dangers it did `` you go through.
:13:36. > :13:38.Give us a flavour of the end result because you are able to help
:13:39. > :13:43.humanitarian aid and toys to children who don't have them?
:13:44. > :13:48.We have been in Syria and not with my family. The smiles on these
:13:49. > :13:54.children's faces when you give them teddy bears and sweets that we would
:13:55. > :14:00.disregard here because they are not normal quality suites, it is
:14:01. > :14:04.amazing. It is an amazing feeling. We have some pictures of the doctors
:14:05. > :14:09.that travel with you performing surgery. What sort of things can you
:14:10. > :14:12.treat? The doctors are obviously from
:14:13. > :14:18.England and what they have done if they have specific things such as
:14:19. > :14:21.suturing so they have specific things they can do. They went to
:14:22. > :14:26.operations but it is just basic things that they do.
:14:27. > :14:32.You get checked at the border when you leave and you get checked when
:14:33. > :14:35.you get to Syria and yet insinuations persist that perhaps
:14:36. > :14:40.arms are going out somehow through, boys and perhaps `` through convoys
:14:41. > :14:46.and perhaps jihadis are getting out there. How can you stop that from
:14:47. > :14:49.happening? Interesting question but I don't
:14:50. > :14:53.know why anyone would want to smuggle arms out of England anyway.
:14:54. > :14:59.It would have to be through Turkey and into Syria. As for jihadis, we
:15:00. > :15:05.have a strict policy, a vetting policy, where people are seen in
:15:06. > :15:11.face`to`face interviews and we have certain people who check out
:15:12. > :15:15.people's social networking profiles so if somebody has got something on
:15:16. > :15:20.there which may seem a little bit radical, and that is it. They are
:15:21. > :15:24.not accepted. Nothing is 100% foolproof but we do what we can
:15:25. > :15:28.Thank you for coming in. Still to come on North West Tonight:
:15:29. > :15:38.The seal of friendship ` how a teenager's debut dive brought him a
:15:39. > :15:41.closer encounter than he expected. And War Horse gallops onto stage in
:15:42. > :15:51.Salford. We'll be live on the red carpet
:15:52. > :15:52.The stars of the show are the horses and you have to see them to believe
:15:53. > :15:59.them. Liverpool City Council, like all
:16:00. > :16:03.councils, has tough decisions ahead. It has to cut ?156 million in the
:16:04. > :16:07.next three years. That's on top of cuts already made. In three years
:16:08. > :16:12.time the council will have cut almost a third of a billion pounds
:16:13. > :16:19.off its pre`austerity budget. Big numbers. Difficult decisions to
:16:20. > :16:28.make. So, think you can balance the books? The council's created an app,
:16:29. > :16:30.for you to do just that. Here's Jayne McCubbin.
:16:31. > :16:33.Meet Val, who runs a time bank for volunteers. Elaine, a tour guide.
:16:34. > :16:36.Mathew, who's just opened a salad bar. OK, folks.
:16:37. > :16:39.You know what you've got to do. Balance the books.
:16:40. > :16:43.With the app they can access every council department. With the slider
:16:44. > :16:47.` they can make the cuts. But the app shows what those cuts will do in
:16:48. > :16:51.terms of services lost and the bottom line.
:16:52. > :17:02.I've started by trying to be fair and I've cut 10% off everything
:17:03. > :17:10.We're still over budget. Where did you make cuts? The
:17:11. > :17:15.library. Libraries do cost. That is 50%. A big one.
:17:16. > :17:19.Why are you shaking your head? As I know the impact tourism has on
:17:20. > :17:24.the city. Any easy fixes?
:17:25. > :17:26.I believe in privatisation of the public sector if there is a
:17:27. > :17:34.possibility. Sport and regulation, `` sport and
:17:35. > :17:43.recreation. But does it make a big impact on the bottom line?
:17:44. > :17:46.Now. One thing you all agree on?
:17:47. > :17:50.We don't want your job! Do you think Joe's been soft? Are
:17:51. > :17:59.there cuts he could make? No, I don't think so.
:18:00. > :18:01.I agree with Val. I really tried to come in on budget. I just couldn't
:18:02. > :18:09.do it. How much did this cost?
:18:10. > :18:13.?5,000. But it's important. We need to understand why we are doing
:18:14. > :18:22.things and get them away from this dependency that the council can do
:18:23. > :18:25.everything. Even the things they are obliged to do by law they could cut
:18:26. > :18:29.back and nothing else could disappear.
:18:30. > :18:32.A 15`year`old boy on the Isle of Man who has only just learnt to scuba
:18:33. > :18:37.dive had a very unexpected visitor join him on his first dive off a
:18:38. > :18:39.boat. A wild grey seal befriended Jamie Gallacher underwater near the
:18:40. > :18:56.Calf of Man and hung around to play. It's not the usual place for
:18:57. > :19:00.introductions but this seal made sure it was going to be ignored The
:19:01. > :19:04.wild grey seal wrapped its fins around 15`year`old Jamie's legs
:19:05. > :19:12.crawling up him to say hello! He began tugging on his fins and he
:19:13. > :19:16.began to climb up, staying very close all the time. You don't expect
:19:17. > :19:28.to see a seal like that but once I got to knew him, he wasn't that
:19:29. > :19:31.scary or intimidating. When Jamie gently tapped the seal
:19:32. > :19:36.away, it kept on coming back for more.
:19:37. > :19:42.It stayed with us for a good ten or 15 minutes. He was playful like a
:19:43. > :19:49.big dog. There was a guy diving with those
:19:50. > :19:54.who had died 300 times that he hadn't got the experience and it was
:19:55. > :19:58.my first time of a boat. His diving instructor filmed the
:19:59. > :20:05.encounter and it's unusual to see a wild seal be so friendly. Normally
:20:06. > :20:11.you don't even know a seal is there. Often you're busy and your
:20:12. > :20:16.friend will have noticed it but you won't see it. This one decided it
:20:17. > :20:20.was going to stay and play and once it had got Jamie to stop swimming,
:20:21. > :20:24.he tried to climb up his leg. Jamie says he's keen to get back
:20:25. > :20:32.underwater and see what or who else he meets.
:20:33. > :20:36.Who needs expensive holidays in exotic locations when you get that?
:20:37. > :20:40.Exactly. It's one of the biggest shows around
:20:41. > :20:43.at the moment and it's thrilling audiences with some of the largest
:20:44. > :20:46.puppets. War Horse makes its north`west stage debut tonight.
:20:47. > :20:51.There's a glittering red carpet reception before it opens at the
:20:52. > :20:55.Lowry theatre in Salford. Who else would we send but Mark
:20:56. > :21:02.Edwardson? Are the great, the good and the glamorous there, too?
:21:03. > :21:05.I am a low here! You can probably see the theatre from outside at the
:21:06. > :21:09.moment, looking resplendent in this cold November evening. Taking
:21:10. > :21:16.shelter inside the Lowry are hundreds of people who have come to
:21:17. > :21:21.see the first night of War Horse. They have come to see Jerry and of
:21:22. > :21:24.course the rest of the cast. War Horse was turned into a film by
:21:25. > :21:32.Stephen Spielberg in 2011 but it has been a stage play since 2007. It has
:21:33. > :21:38.one lots of prizes and tonight it is here in Salford. I got a look behind
:21:39. > :21:41.the scenes. I am trying to get a laugh with the
:21:42. > :21:45.audience... The two main cast members getting to
:21:46. > :21:50.know each other in the National Theatre's production of War Horse.
:21:51. > :21:54.Lee Armstrong plays Albert, the owner of Joey the horse, in a tale
:21:55. > :22:01.of love, loss and loyalty set before and during the First World War.
:22:02. > :22:05.Albert is basically a young boy who doesn't have much as a child and his
:22:06. > :22:15.dad gets drunk at an auction so he ends up with Jerry. Tim Mack `` War
:22:16. > :22:26.Horse begins this evening at the Lowry. Emily Aston from Bacup plays
:22:27. > :22:30.Paulette. They throw new stuff in every time
:22:31. > :22:34.and you have to tell the horse to calm down. It is amazing.
:22:35. > :22:37.Joey is just one of the animated characters in the stage version of
:22:38. > :22:44.War Horse. For his operators it can be a demanding yet fun role.
:22:45. > :22:49.The actors are told to treat the puppets and real horses from day one
:22:50. > :22:52.and they are excellent at doing so. You wouldn't stand behind it because
:22:53. > :22:58.it might take you. I have never done a job of this
:22:59. > :23:01.scale or even any publicly before. `` the trade.
:23:02. > :23:04.David Fleeshman is a renowned actor and director. His credits include
:23:05. > :23:07.Coronation Street, Heartbeat and Eastenders. But he says he's
:23:08. > :23:11.realistic about who are the true crowd pullers in War Horse.
:23:12. > :23:16.The stars of the show aren't as mere actors, we are supporting artists.
:23:17. > :23:23.We play loads of roles as an ensemble. These are all my costumes.
:23:24. > :23:28.The stars of the horses. You have to see them do believe them because
:23:29. > :23:41.they are just amazing. With me are two of the people
:23:42. > :23:45.responsible for War Horse, the director and the man in charge of
:23:46. > :23:52.Jerry. This has won awards and you have one and award as well.
:23:53. > :23:55.It is amazing to be here in Manchester because I was brought up
:23:56. > :24:01.in Manchester but I started my career here. I have since moved away
:24:02. > :24:05.to London and I'm part of the National Theatre, where we started
:24:06. > :24:10.ten M. `` where we started War Horse.
:24:11. > :24:15.It is a homecoming for you because your dad was part of establishing
:24:16. > :24:21.the Royal exchange in Manchester. He was part of a group in Manchester
:24:22. > :24:25.who came together to start the Royal exchange when I was a baby.
:24:26. > :24:29.Have you worked with puppets before?
:24:30. > :24:35.I haven't but I have worked with them a lot since. I am working on a
:24:36. > :24:41.show about a phantom elephant at the moment.
:24:42. > :24:50.You are Joey's keeper. What is he like to work with?
:24:51. > :24:58.He is brilliant. Joey is operated by three artists and we spend a lot of
:24:59. > :25:01.time in rehearsal and, as you would with any character, looking at what
:25:02. > :25:08.Jerry would want as a horse. He likes food and he is a bit frisky
:25:09. > :25:14.but he has been very well`behaved so far.
:25:15. > :25:18.The show is on until January the 18th and returns for another run in
:25:19. > :25:24.the summer. You know it's not real and you know
:25:25. > :25:26.you can see the men doing it but you still think it's real, don't you?
:25:27. > :25:39.A good night to be indoors? I met the War Horse earlier this
:25:40. > :25:42.year and I was really scared! It has been a mixture of everything today.
:25:43. > :25:47.We have had all four seasons in one day. We started off wet and windy
:25:48. > :25:53.and then conditions improved this afternoon and reefs had `` and we
:25:54. > :25:59.have had showers. We have got a weather warning for snow but
:26:00. > :26:04.luckily, this is not for everybody. It is mostly for the trans`Pennine
:26:05. > :26:11.route tonight. The warning is valid until midnight. You might need to
:26:12. > :26:16.watch out for snowfall for and the snow coming in from the other side
:26:17. > :26:21.of the Pennines. With it comes some rain, hail, sleet and some snow
:26:22. > :26:29.Heading into dawn we see the showers becoming fewer but lots of clouds
:26:30. > :26:36.around tonight. Still quite breezy. It should hopefully be frost free.
:26:37. > :26:40.Temperatures staying above freezing and conditions are better tomorrow.
:26:41. > :26:46.Drier and brighter. We are going to start off with showers for a time
:26:47. > :26:49.but less windy tomorrow. You should see some sunshine in between
:26:50. > :26:58.showers. Seven or eight Celsius but it will feel like that. Heading into
:26:59. > :27:01.the weekend, high pressure begins to build on Saturday and that will
:27:02. > :27:05.settle things down as we head into the weekend. We should see a little
:27:06. > :27:14.sunshine and some wintry flurries from time to time. Fog or frost
:27:15. > :27:19.overnight but for the next 12 hours, ABC radio Manchester, Lancashire and
:27:20. > :27:23.Cumbria is the place to go for updates `` BBC radio.
:27:24. > :27:26.Remember the story about the Egyptian statue spinning round
:27:27. > :27:28.inside the Manchester museum for apparently no reason?
:27:29. > :27:31.Well it appears the mystery's been solved. An investigation's found
:27:32. > :27:34.traffic vibrations and footsteps caused the stone statue to rotate
:27:35. > :27:41.inside its glass case. I don't know.
:27:42. > :28:08.I want to believe it's spooky! Me to! Good night.
:28:09. > :28:12.I'm Nigel Slater, a cook. And I'm Adam Henson, a farmer.
:28:13. > :28:16.all back in touch with where our food really comes from.
:28:17. > :28:19.You asked me to grow some durum wheat to produce your pasta.
:28:20. > :28:23.Our own eggs, our own flour - couldn't ask for more, really.