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That is all from BBC News At Six, I will be back with more

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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and

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Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: Wagons roll ` protests in Salford as

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test drilling starts at a proposed fracking site.

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We'll talk live to Friends of the Earth. Also tonight: He went for a

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blood pressure check and ended up bleeding to death. Today Brian's

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surgeon is severely criticised. We feel really betrayed and we feel

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like his life has been stolen from us. We have no life. A unique little

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boy ` how Klayton went from the critical list to a normal life

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thanks to pioneering surgery. The pips are going and so are the

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phone boxes. Campaigners on the Isle of Man fight to keep a British

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institution. And the vinyl countdown ` we meet

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the man with every number one album ever released.

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First tonight, the latest battle between anti`fracking protestors and

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police. One arrest was made in Greater Manchester this morning as

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campaigners tried to stop drilling equipment arriving.

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IGas says it is carrying out exploratory drilling at the site in

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Barton Moss and has no plans to do any fracking. Protesters who are

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camping there aren't convinced. The front line in the fight over

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fracking. Protesters try to stop a convoy of drilling equipment getting

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to the gates of Barton Moss. The police force them back. Shortly

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after these pictures were filmed a 41`year`old from Glossop was

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arrested on suspicion of obstructing the highway and obstructing police.

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Campaigners said the protester was injured and accused officers of

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being heavy handed. Our action here is peaceful and non`negotiable. We

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are upset that the disproportionate policing has been used already.

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Police said they were trying to maintain the protesters' safety

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Campaigners have been camped on the road to the site for several weeks.

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It follows a campaign against fracking plans in Lancashire and a

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far larger protest at Balcombe in West Sussex. The company has said

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they don't intend to do any fracking but they are doing exploratory

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drilling looking for the possibility of methane in the coal beds and they

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say that drilling were last three months. The arrival of the equipment

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has inspired some to lend their support to the protesters. I had a

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basement full of firewood that I was able to bring over. I am concerned

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about fracking. It is ten minutes by car for anyone who wants to get here

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very easily. Everyone can visit Extra security was being installed

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this afternoon with cranes beginning to drill and protesters going to do

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again. This is likely to remain the front line for some time yet.

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I'm joined now by Helen Rimmer from Friends of the Earth. The arguments

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against fracking as we know are that it will contaminate water and

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pollute the air. You also have other concerns about planning permission.

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We have concerns about the Barton Moss side. Planning permission was

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given for methane exploitation. The company want to drill to be shale

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gas layer which is a different operation. It is 3000 metres and it

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carries risks that haven't been considered. IGas is saying it is

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there to do exploration and to look at the geology of the area. It is

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clear that they want to find shale gas. This is about the prospect of

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thousands of wells across the north`west greater Manchester,

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Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire. You are using it as an example for

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other areas. There are risks that haven't been considered. The bigger

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picture is there are some serious concerns for air pollution, ground

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water contamination and the climate change. This is another fossil fuel

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that we cannot afford to burn. Are these people local people or people

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that have just come up from the previous site in Sussex? There are a

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lot of local people there. It is a popular site for bird`watching, dog

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will choose guide dog walkers. There are people who have come from

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welcome. There is a number of people that have come to set it up. There

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are local and people involved. The local MP has been very supportive of

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the anti`fracking campaign in Salford in bulk `` in Barton Moss.

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We came to some hostility for our crew members. People concentrate on

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the negatives. Peaceful protest is a way to bring attention. There was

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huge media attention and this has increased people's awareness of

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fracking. People have to look at the wider community. You can't always

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keep these protests peaceful. There was a lady that spoke saying they

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are acting peacefully and are committed to that. How long are the

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protesters prepared to stay there? It is very cold but I have heard

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from passionate people who want to say this is not the energy future we

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want. We shouldn't `` we should be keeping this fracking away from the

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Northwest. "I put my trust in the experts and

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they took my husband from me". The words tonight of a widow from

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Preston who said she felt vindicated after a Coroner found mistakes made

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at the Royal Preston Hospital led to her husband's death.

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Brian Galea went in with high blood pressure but died hours later after

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a specialist accidentally tore an artery while trying to remove a

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blood clot. Tonight the Hospital said they would review procedures.

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He was 47 years old when he went into the Royal Preston with high

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protein `` blood pressure but Brian `` Brian Galea was later dead. The

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hospital led to confusion and the wrong treatment and ultimately his

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death. His wife and three children are devastated. The biggest part of

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our life is gone forever. We can never get him back again. He was

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such a beautiful person and I can't believe we will never see him in

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real life again. On the day he died, he had large blood clots that was

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never communicated to him. A radiologist rushed him in for an

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operation without making the proper checks and then he accidentally tore

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his archery and Brian bled to death. An independent expert said it

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was outdated that he hadn't ordered a scan of the artery, one that would

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have placed the clot and prevented the ten that killed Brian. The

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coroner said: The verdict will bring comfort to

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the family. It confirms to them everything they have known and

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believed that his death was avoidable. Tonight the trust of the

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trust offered their sympathies and said they had reviewed their

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policies to see if any policies can be learned. The family say their

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trust in the NHS has been lost. We feel betrayed and believe that he

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has been stolen from us. We have two say, get on with your life. We have

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no life. Our lives have gone with Brian.

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Rochdale Council have launched their own investigation into former Co`op

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Bank chairman Paul Flowers' period as a Councillor in the town. Mr

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Flowers was Vice Chairman of Social Services in 1990 during an alleged

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Satanic abuse scandal which saw 16 children taken into care. The

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Council say they're reviewing documents from the time and will

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pass on anything of interest to the police.

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A man who died after being assaulted outside a bar in Chester has been

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named as Ronald Hayes from Northumberland. Cheshire Police have

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launched a murder inquiry. Two men, who were arrested after the incident

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early on Saturday, have since been released on bail.

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Police have released CCTV of a man stealing a till from a McDonalds

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driveway in Salford. It happened early yesterday morning in

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Pendlebury when he pointed a hand gun at the cashier before leaning

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through the window and grabbing the money. Detectives say the staff

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member was left shaken but unharmed. A Lancashire company has been

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ordered to pay more than ?200,0 0 in fines and costs following the death

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of a worker who was crushed by an overhead crane. Liam O'Neill died as

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a result of the accident at the Assytem workshop in Bamber Bridge.

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Today a court heard equipment which could have avoided the tragedy had

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been removed and never replaced Our Chief Reporter Dave Guest has the

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story. Liam O'Neill was a family man who

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was good at his job but his job was to cost him his life. He was killed

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in an accident at the Assytem workshop near Bamber Bridge in

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Preston in March 2011. He had been working on this for me to platform

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when an overhead crane started up, slid towards him and crushed against

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a safety rail. He died in hospital a week later. Fittings which could

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have prevented an accident have been removed and never replaced by the

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firm. If failed to assess the risk and left them failing to devise the

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safe systems at work. Assytem was prosecuted. The court said Assytem

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was remorseful of what happened They say they take cover and safety

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very seriously and up until this incident had enjoyed an exemplary

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record. The judge accepted the company had cooperated with the

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investigation but he said they had allowed an unsafe system of working

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to develop. He found `` find them ?160,000. Liam's widow, Debra, if

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issued a statement. Our lives are altered in many ways by Liam's

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deaths. `` death. Our lives will never be the same again.

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Two thirds of social housing tenants in Salford who have to pay the spare

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room subsidy have fallen into arrears. The city council says

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nearly 3,000 households in the area have fallen behind with payments.

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An independent review of the Isle of Man's health service starts today.

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It's been prompted by concerns over standards at Noble's Hospital raised

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by senior consultants. NHS inspectors from the UK mainland will

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monitor various departments at the hospital.

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Lancashire County Council has agreed in principle to take over Preston

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Bus Station and invest ?15 million for its redevelopment. It's after

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Preston Council said it couldn't afford to maintain it. The landmark

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was saved from demolition in September after getting listed

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status. Still to come on North West Tonight:

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we meet the Manchester man who has collected every single number one

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album since the chart began. We will be reporting from the fifth most

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beautiful city in Europe. It is not Prague, Budapest and not even

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Venice. It is much closer to home. Klayton Wilson's parents have always

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known he's special, one of a kind. But now he really is. The

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four`year`old from Grange`over`Sands is the first child with a rare new

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illness to undergo a bone marrow transplant.

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Klayton started his treatment at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

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when he was just eight`months`old. He's now a normal, happy little boy

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and is giving hope to other sick children around the world. Nazia

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Mogra's been to meet him. Klayton is like any four year old.

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Chatty, cheerful and full of energy. But when he was just eight months

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old he had to have a life saving operation.. It was like coming down

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a dark tunnel. We never knew whether he was going to get out the other

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end or whether it was just going to keep going. I don't think at that

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point in time the doctors knew either. Klayton was one of the first

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people in the world to have an illness known as Sideroblastic

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anemia with immuno`defficiency this means Klayton was not only anemic,

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he had a poorly functioning immune system and episodes if severe fever

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for which needed lots of hospital treatment. It was very surreal at

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times. Sometimes you were looking at him and thinking, are we going to

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see our little boy grow up? Is this how it is going to be? We just going

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to live the hospital two to three weeks of every month? Doctors

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decided to give him a life`saving bone marrow transplant. We are

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getting lots of e`mails and letters from across the world from families

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and doctors who think their children might have the condition. This was

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one of the first recognised treatments of the illness. His

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recovery is amazing and it has amazed doctors here but it gives

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patients hope from here and all of the worlds. With his fifth birthday

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just around the corner Klayton's family are looking forward to

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spending time with their little boy. I bet they will If we asked you to

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name the most beautiful city in Europe you might suggest the wide

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boulevards of Paris or the historic centre of Rome. Have a wonderful

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Christmas. `` I bet they will have a wonderful Christmas.

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You might go for Venice or Prague. However, none of these cities has

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appeared in the top five of an on line poll conducted by an American

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newspaper. But USA Today readers have voted Chester, yes, Chester, as

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one of the prettiest cities in Europe. Andy Gill has been soaking

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up the beauty. This Venice have three kilometres of

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Roman walls running all around the city centre? No. Does Bruges have an

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11th century cathedral like this one? No. Does Prague have unique

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double tiered shops like this one? I don't think so. Which is why, I

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guess, cities like these are languishing in the lower reaches of

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US Today's poll on lovely locations in Europe. Readers voted Riga in

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Latvia in top spot. Bergen in Norway was second. And in fifth, Chester.

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Above Prague. Above Bruges. Above, even, Venice. You know, that one

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with the canals. Just by Chester's Tourism Office today we found Margi

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from Florida. She didn't vote in the USA Today poll. But she does like

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Chester. It is not grand. You don't feel like you are lost in space It

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has a home spun feel. Everybody is friendly. The US paper talks of

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Chester's delightful shopping centre. And says there's not a

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modern structure in sight. Which is not entirely accurate. But

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Cheshire's tourism people are nevertheless thrilled with the vote.

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I couldn't be more delighted. If you know Chester, you know it is

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well`deserved. If you don't, come and see it because it is fabulous

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beautiful. A tenth of Chester's overseas visitors are American. The

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marketing people hope that'll now increase.

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From one very British thing to another British icon. They are up

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there with double`decker buses and fish and chips. Once seen as useful,

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attractive and focal point of rural life. But now Manx Telecom wants to

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remove six of the islands red telephone boxes. But as Kelly Foran

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reports it is not going to be without a fight. The big red phone

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box. For rural communities in the past it has been a lifeline to the

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outside world. Through it, they can reach their families, friends,

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medical and emergencies. Six of them on the island are going to be

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removed. They are an integral part of the community. They are very

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British and it is what foreigners expect to see when they come over to

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the Isle of Man. They were a real lifeline and it is important to

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remember that. On this one is something of a tourist attraction

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and people want it to stay. There is a lot of nostalgic opinion about

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phone boxes. This one really stands out. As pretty as they may be,

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people are not using them any more. This phone box has taken less than

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?5. These six take less than ?1 per annum but cost is ?600 each to keep

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them going. Decommissioned phone boxes have been turned into little

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libraries, information centres and even a large fish tank. They say

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they are open to suggestions and it is up to the public and local

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commissioners to decide if and how they are worth saving.

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It is quite hard to find a pay phone now. It seems a shame that you can't

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just keep those ones. Esther Rantzen's new helpline for

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the elderly launched across the country in a blaze of publicity

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yesterday. The Silver Line was rolled`out after a successful pilot

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here in the North West. But the national launch has meant a

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very busy time for the charity's call handlers at its headquarters in

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Lytham St Anne's. Elaine Dunkley's been to see how they coped.

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The phone's just haven't stopped ringing. In 24 hours over 4000

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people have used the Silverline Service. Calls have ranged from

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needing advice to a comforting voice at the end of the line. Very proud.

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It is very moving being hair and listening to everyone today. A lot

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of the callers have been quite emotional when they have come off

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the phone. It is a simple idea. We don't know why we have never thought

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about it before. Silverline has become a lifeline for people like

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Dorothy Masters. During the pilot scheme she was given a silverline

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friend who would call every week for a catch up. A friendliness that I

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was surprised and really excited by. I'm a friendly person and just

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going through the day is seeing nobody and having nobody, there has

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been weekends that I have sat here and I haven't even opened my front

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door. I have no family and nobody to love me and it is a nice feeling.

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From my point of view, it couldn't have been better. Silverline was

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created by Ester Ranzen and is funded by a ?5million lottery grant,

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an now an army of voluteers have been recruited to help ease

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loneliness and isolation for older people. We talk about everything.

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Family, pets, hobbies, favourite films. We exchange recipes and we

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have a good gossip or if they want to have a good moan, that is what

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they do. The shops have moved and the Post Office isn't there any more

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and the corner shop isn't there any more. People are busy and dashing

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around. As time moves on and they lose family and friends, it becomes

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very isolated and lonely. The lines are open 24 hours a day. Silverline

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is a friendly voice in a hour of need.

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Football now, and this season we're following the fortunes of Bury's new

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chairman Stewart Day who's attempting to revitalise the

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struggling League Two club. Things might not be going too well on the

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pitch but they have big plans off it. And the Chairman's been telling

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Howard Booth how much has been invested in the club so far.

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Money has been one `` money that has gone into it has been over ?1.5

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million. There is more coming. Could this club ever run itself? Yes,

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without a shadow of a doubt. This club doesn't get any third party.

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The stadium is getting used once a fortnight. It is difficult and we

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need to get the stadium being used more. One of the ideas is we have a

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stadium licence for concerts. We are working hard to bring in artists. We

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have a capacity of 15,000 for a concert. We have one or two major

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artists that we are talking to at the moment. We have a Scotland world

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champion. We are talking about Scott fight here. If he was to win his

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next couple of fights, he will get a major fight and we would love to

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host him here. Something more may materialise.

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How big is your record collection? Roy Jackson come his music

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collection fills his spare room Yes, Roy, from Manchester, has a

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copy of every number one album since the charts began, and this week he

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added the 1000th chart topper to his haul. He's now threatening to hang

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up his headphones though, as Abbie Jones has discovered.

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This has been a From chart topping crowd pleasers to cuddly TV

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characters. Labour of love. To the downright curious ` the

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wedding of Charles and Di. Roy Jackson has them all. His collection

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starts with Frank Sinatra's album Songs for Lovers released in 19 6.

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And he's now added his 1000th album, the latest from Robbie Williams I

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always like to have a challenge and I thought the next thing to do was

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to get all the number`1 albums. I never thought about getting 100

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number one albums. It has been very hard trying to get the early final

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of the 50s and 60s. Boy has had to deliver the system on how he decides

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what to listen to. He closes his eyes and pics. But Roy does have his

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favourites. This isn't the first time I've met

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Roy. Back in 2002 I came to see him because he'd collected every number

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one single for 50 years. Since then he's had to move his collection

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upstairs and into the spare room. I have said that 1000 is a good number

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but I might just carry on. Especially with Christmas around the

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corner and Roy has a list of more number ones that will keep his toes

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tapping into 2014. Keep collecting. Now we have the

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weather. I will need all that space for my

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shoes. It hasn't been a warm day today. We have seen temperatures

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hitting seven Celsius. For tomorrow, we will see the milder air moving

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in. As we head into Friday, that weather is flowing in again and it

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will be wet, windy and called for Friday. The temperatures for

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tomorrow, we go from seven Celsius to double figures. Friday is back

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down to single figures. Tonight we have plenty of cloud around. Cloud

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will thicken to bring the occasional spot of rain. Hopefully it will be a

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frost free nights because temperatures were well above

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freezing. Tomorrow, there is plenty more cloud around but it should be a

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milder day from the word go. Cloud will thicken towards the morning ``

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during the morning to bring a few spots of rain. The temperatures feel

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like summer compared to what we have had.

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Apparently there is a telephone box in Chester that is a cashpoint.

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Goodbye.

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