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Good evening and happy new year. Welcome to North West Tonight with

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Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson. In our first full programme of 014,

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the region's coastline is on flood alert tonight. From Cheshire to

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Cumbria, the emergency services are warning people to stay clear of the

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sea, with storm`force winds and waves bringing a risk of flooding in

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many areas. We'll be getting the latest on that

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story from the Environment Agency in a minute. Also in the programme:

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Looking for Rania ` the family of a missing Manchester woman visit the

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place they think she may be buried. Claims that Ian Brady may be

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suffering from dementia. The family of one of his victims makes another

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plea for closure. This little girl sent out a message

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in a bottle more than 20 years ago. What happened then? Find out later

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in the show. People living along the North West

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coastline are tonight being warned that a period of "exceptional

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weather" is about to hit. The Environment Agency has issued 24

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Environment Agency has issued 2 flood warnings along the coast in

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Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire, and the number is

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continually rising. Storm`force winds of

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since over 70 miles an hour are expected to hit, combined with

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exceptionally high tides and large waves. That's causing concern in

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many coastal communities. One area bracing itself is Blackpool. Our

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environment correspondent Judy Hobson is there. We can see the wind

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is picking up. Are they worried? Yes, the winds already picking up

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here in Blackpool. The emergency services are asking people to stay

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away from the coast, not just here, but all along the north`west coast.

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The storms could be that strong. They could literally sweep you at

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your feet. As I say, it is the whole of the coast, because storm`force

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gales are expected tonight into tomorrow, coupled with heavy rain.

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That will make big waves, and tomorrow, we have the high tide

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around midday. Currently there are 24 flood warnings and 22 flood

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alerts. That is a high number. One of the areas of major concern is

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Liverpool, the Wirral and Chester, because there could be high winds

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there tomorrow with a high tide around 12:15pm, so that could cause

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some problems. I am joined there by Andy Brown from the Environment

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Agency. As I say, it is all over the north`west coast, but any areas in

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particular that you are concerned about? As you say, there are a

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number of places that made potentially be at greater risk.

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Chester, the DS jury, the Wirral, and parts of Cumbria and here in

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Lancashire. I think my message would be for people across the region,

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Lancashire. I think my message would be for people across the region if

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be for people across the region, if you live and work near the coast or

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on the estuary is tomorrow, be aware of the conditions and think about

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what is happening, make sure all you make the right decisions. Then come

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and look at the big waves. Resist your curiosity and sit back and

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think twice before you do anything like that, or drive through

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floodwaters, for example. Recently, we have seen a number of examples of

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people losing their lives in bad weather, and we don't want that to

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happen tomorrow. I urge people to keep a watch on local media for what

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is happening, perhaps check our website for evolving stories as

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things progress. There has been a criticism that the emergency

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services haven't been that prepared, especially just before Christmas.

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You think you are more prepared this time? I think we're actually

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prepared. We're predicting this for quite a few days, and across the

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region, we are taught with the police, Fire Services and local

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authorities for a number of days, predicting what will happen, so

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everybody can plan and prepare to ensure we are ready for tomorrow.

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Like you very much. The bad weather will continue for it you days, and

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we will have more on that at the end of the programme. Thank you very

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much. They're treating it as a murder

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inquiry even though, as yet, they have no body. And today, detectives

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investigating the disappearance of a mother of three from Manchester said

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that may be because the remains were moved from their original resting

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place. Rania Alayed hasn't been seen since last June. The police believe

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that's because she's dead. Today, detectives were over in North

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Yorkshire with Rania's relatives looking for further clues. Our Chief

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Reporter Dave Guest is here with more on that story.

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This is Rania Alayed. She was last seen near her home in Cheetham Hill,

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Manchester on June 7th last year. But she wasn't reported missing

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until almost a month later on July 2nd. Within days, the police

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announced they were treating this as a murder case. In August they made a

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renewed appeal for information ` in particular, for any sightings of

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this white camper van. It had been spotted in North Yorkshire the day

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after Rania was last seen. Detectives say it may have been used

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to take her to a lay`by on the A19 near Thirsk. They searched

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surrounding fields but found nothing. Today they said that might

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be because her body had been moved. Flowers for a lost soul. Rania

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Alayed's uncle today visited the place where police had searched in

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vain to find the body of his niece. Ali Aydi had been invited here as

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part of a police briefing to update the family on developments in the

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search for the 25`year`old mother of three. Extensive searching of this

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area last year failed to find any trace of her. Today, detectives said

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that could be because the body had been moved before they even started

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searching. We believe a body was brought here, and the question we

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must ask is, has she been moved to someone may have returned afterwards

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and move there, and that is one of the appeal point I would like to

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push out. If anybody might have seen her in one of these fields, one

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anything suspicious that was out of the ordinary, we would like to hear

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from them from this point onwards. The message from detectives today

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was, we will not rest until we find there. We have a history of looking

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for dead people from long time. It when rest. It will always be there.

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Rania's parents live in Lebanon. Today Mr Aydi said in a statement:

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Meanwhile, Rania's husband and brother`in`law were charged with her

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murder last year. A third man has been charged with perverting the

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course of justice. They'll all make further court appearances later this

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year. Thank you very much.

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A postmortem examination carried out on the body of a teenager who

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disappeared after a night out in Manchester has found that he died

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from injuries consistent with a fall. 17`year`old Adam pick`up had

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been to the Fab Cafe on Portland Street with friends. He left on his

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own in the early hours of Saturday morning. His body was found in a

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secluded area near Deansgate Station on Monday.

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A date for the re`trial of the Manx Government's most senior lawyer for

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charges of perjury has been set for next month. 52`year`old Attorney

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General Stephen Harding is also accused of acts against public

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justice and was suspended in 2012. The jury in his first trial, which

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ended last month, was discharged after failing to reach unanimous

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verdicts. The baker Warburtons says it could

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create 60 new jobs in Burnley by expanding its operations. The

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company employs 250 people at its site on Billington Road. It wants to

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invest ?20 million building a second plant to make wraps and sandwich

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thins. If plans are approved, construction work could start next

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month. Commuters in Greater Manchester are

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facing fare increases of 4.2% on Metrolink. Transport for Greater

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Manchester, which oversees the services, says it will help fund the

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?1.5 billion expansion of the network and cover operating costs.

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But these passengers weren't impressed. If it was a really good

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fair, it would probably encourage people to use the trams. Now, it is

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still a good rate, but that bit more expensive. I don't know why has to

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go up. I don't understand that. It is not good news, because my salary

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has certainly not one of 4.2%. The family of murdered 12`year`old

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Keith Bennett have appealed again to Moors Murderer Ian Brady to reveal

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where his victim's body is buried after claims Brady has early

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dementia. A national newspaper is reporting that the 76`year`old may

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be suffering from the disease. Keith's mother, Winnie Johnson, died

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a year and a half ago without knowing her son's resting place

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Abbie Jones reports. Ian Brady was convicted almost 50

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Ian Brady was convicted almost 0 years ago of the murder of Keith

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Bennett. But he's steadfastly refused to reveal the whereabouts of

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the 12`year`old's body. Now there are fears Brady soon could be unable

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to give up his secret after reports he has early dementia. The claims

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are said to have come from this woman, Jackie Powell, Brady's mental

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health advocate. The solicitor for Keith Bennett's family says they're

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cynical but concerned about any possible illness. If Ian Brady is

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suffering from some form of dementia, Alzheimer's, then of

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course, he may lose his memory altogether, and it may well be that

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if he doesn't disclose that information immediately, Keith may

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never be found. I would appeal even at this very late stage for Ian

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Brady to show some remorse, and put the family out of their agony so

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that he cannot last be found. Ashworth High Security Psychiatric

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Hospital in the rubble, where Brady is on hunger strike, has refused to

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comment. Radio was seen again for the first time in decades last year

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at the tribunal, to be moved to a normal prison. Keith Bennett's

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mother Winnie Johnson died in 2 12 mother Winnie Johnson died in 2 12

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without knowing where her son is buried. With Brady in his 70s, new

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suggestions of dementia mean time is running out. A group of football

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fans from wholesale a feared for their lives when the coach they were

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travelling on was attacked by a large gang in Liverpool. The

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incident happened after the Liverpool`Hull City match at Anfield

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yesterday. A passenger and driver were injured. Elaine Dunkley

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reports. Nearly every window was smashed as

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passengers were hit by bricks and broken glass. On board this coach,

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Hull City fans who had been to see their team play Liverpool at

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Anfield. Some were children. Pretty frightening, particularly when Harry

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Levin `year`old sat next to the window. We put them into the middle

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of the gangway of the boss, and it was getting bricks thrown at it

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right and centre. Not just small bricks, but concrete, boulders,

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everything. The coach was the last in a convoy to leave Anfield and had

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travelled nearly two miles away to the Norris Green area. The coach was

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stuck in traffic along is busy main road when it was attacked by a gang

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of up to 20. Police are now examining CCTV to find out who was

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responsible. Most of the passengers escaped with minor injuries, but it

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could have been far worse. Four guys got off the bus, trying to tell and

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to stop. As they got off the were attacked, and they even had knives

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pulled on them. One of the guys came out with his hands up saying, calm

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down, stop it, and this guy through a rock bigger than a football, and

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literally threw it straight at his head from two yards at way. He

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ducked, and it had to shoulder. The ambulance staff saw this at the

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scene. Merseyside Police said this attack had nothing to do with

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Liverpool football fans, but it was working with both clubs and the

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local authority to ensure safety to all. Anyone with information is

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being urged to contact the police. Still to come on North West Tonight:

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Return to sender. Debt, deficit, and draws. We will

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round up the festive period for Bolton Wanderers and the rest of our

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teams later on. And, returned to sender. Find out how this

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10`year`old's message in a bottle finally got answered. It is good to

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know something is never change! Lara Jones was passionate about

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children's education. The young teacher from Goosnargh near Preston

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was a keen traveller who particularly wanted to help those

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from poorer countries to get on in life. But Lara's life was cruelly

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cut short when she was murdered in a hostel in Cuba in 2012. Determined

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to keep her spirit alive, her family set up a charitable foundation in

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her name. Over the past few months, workers have been building a school

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in Tanzania, and it's now about to open its doors. Well, Lara's mother

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Carolyn came in to see us this afternoon to tell us about why they

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decided to do it. Everybody wanted to help, and of course, there is

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nothing you can do to help, but I felt we needed to harness that

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really positive energy, and in addition, really try to let Lara do

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some of the things that she would have wanted to do, and she was very

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inspirational as a teacher. She had wanted to open a school. We had

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talked about it. This just seemed to be a perfect way to use all those

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energies. Teaching English as a foreign language to foreign

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nationals, that is one prong of what you do. The other is opening this

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new school in Tanzania, which has happened remarkably quickly. You

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only started building it in September. That's right. The three

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of us got together, and it was Save The Children, who were giving us the

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local knowledge and assessing the need, Raleigh International who were

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providing the labour force, and Lara's foundation, who provided the

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funding. And you have been out there. It must have been an

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emotional experience to see this getting off the ground. It was a

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lovely thing to see. To see something tangible, and to see the

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people. I actually met the children who would be the first ones to use

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the school. I spoke to the community. It was nice to see

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something that tangible. What would Lara think of what has been done in

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her name? I think she would be very pleased. She was a very pragmatic

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and empathetic person, and she was very much about the people. She

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could talk to young children and old people. She had a way with

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everybody, and she liked to do things, so I think she would be very

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happy to see this happening. We have tried to do it in the most

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professional way, using the best people. We have not cut any corners.

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I think that is fitting for her. people. We have not cut any corners.

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I think that is fitting for her. I am sure she would be very proud

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Thank you very much. By the sound of it, I think Lara

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would have been really proud of the work that her mum and friends have

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done. They raised ?80,000 in four months. Amazing. So, the first

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programme of 2014. Did you have a good break? Lovely. Very nice. It is

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quite difficult to get back in! 2014, it definitely is.

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Amid all the celebrations and family get`togethers, for some people,

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Christmas and the New Year can be a lonely time. Almost half of adults

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in the North West say they sometimes feel alone, and the figure according

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to a BBC survey is much higher for elderly people. In Rochdale, the

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council is developing a befriending system that matches young people

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with those who need their support. Nina Warhurst went to meet two

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ladies with very different lives who've developed a very special

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friendship. Audrey is 88 and says she spends

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most days looking out of the window. In fact, she has not left

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her house since 2010. But this is her new friend Robina. She is 1 and

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her new friend Robina. She is 17 and studying social care. She comes to

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sit see Audrey for a few hours every week. They were paired by the

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befriending scheme of Rochdale Council. It brightens my day when I

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see her, because it is company. It is someone to talk to. I am talking

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to myself after time! We look at newspapers and magazines. I will

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make a cup of tea. I will do a little bit of tidying up. She will

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always tell me how grateful she is to have me. She says I am like a

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breath of fresh air! The friendship has given Audrey the confidence to

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leave the house for the first time in three years to go and get a

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chippy lunch. IM over the moon! It a treat for me. Society is changing.

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People are becoming more isolated, and the need for volunteers like

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Rubina has never been greater. We have heard Jeremy Hunt is talking

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recently about the national shame that is loneliness in elderly

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people. Most elderly people don t talk to their neighbours much, and

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10% of them never speak to their neighbours at all. This is why

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friendships like this are so important. Do you want some of my

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chips? Rubina's taken Audrey to a place she used to come as a child,

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this lake. I couldn't do it without her. Will you be doing it again?

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this lake. I couldn't do it without her. Will you be doing it again I

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hope so! We will definitely go out again.

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A great idea, isn't it? To people who would otherwise never have come

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into contact. 70 years between them, but still they are friends.

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It has been a very busy time for our football teams over the festive

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period. Now, with no fewer than four games

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over the festive period, it's been a busy time for our football clubs,

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and a good time for the likes of Manchester City, who won every game

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over the holidays. But for others, it has been a concerning spell, and

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that applies to Bolton Wanderers fans. Stuart Pollitt is at the

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Reebok Stadium, and Stuart, it's not just on the pitch where Wanderers

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fans are worried? That's right, and Adele. Boldon

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showed plenty of fight on the pitch yesterday, turning around a 2`1

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deficit to draw 2`2 with Middlesbrough. But it is a deficit

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of a different kind that is around the club, after accounts reveal

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their net debt is ?163 million. We will have more on that in a minute,

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but first, let's round of the rest of the festive action will stop

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let's start with a club for whom ?163 million is not that much money.

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Manchester City. That drops nicely! A piledriver

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A perfect Christmas for Manchester City. Four games, four wins and just

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a point off the top. And maybe, after a 3`2 win at Swansea, an end

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to the poor away form which has cost them so far? The last four games we

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have played away, we won three Andrew one. That is very important.

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We have a lot more to play, five or six, and we will be fighting for the

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title. But will one of those five or six

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include Manchester United? Two Tottenham headers left David Moyes

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heading for a fourth home defeat of the season, and venting his

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frustration at the officials. I find it unbelievable that the referee

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does not give a penalty kick and a sending off for the goalkeeper. For

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that's not to be given in the penalty box for that challenge, I

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don't know what is a penalty kick and that is not.

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Liverpool had been in danger of slipping out of title contention

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too, but three points at home to Hull has kept them in the hunt. That

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included Luis Suarez's 20th goal of the season. It was arguably our best

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win for the season, on the back of a really tough schedule for us.

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Everton were pleased with their point after leaving it late to

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salvage something from Stoke. Kevin Mirallas hit the bar twice before

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Leighton Baines' late penalty. They grabbed a draw. They are now six,

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one point behind Liverpool. We feel disappointed in terms of dropping

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two points. Outside the Premier League, the

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finest festive performances came from undefeated Wigan and from

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Preston ` three wins for North End meaning they'll have high hopes of

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leaving League One behind and ending 2014 in the Championship.

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So, Preston are on the art, but Bolton are sliding towards

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relegation and possible financial trouble with the latest accounts

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showing the club is using ?1 million a week in the last 12 months. To

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discuss this, I am joined by a Bolton fan and an accountant,

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Stephen Battersby. Most of the debt here is owed to the owner, so should

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fans be worried? No, I do think there is any immediate cause for

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concern. Eddie Davis is owed about 150 million of the debt, but he

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converted that into long`term loans about a year ago, so we still have

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about nine years to grow the business again, and obviously to

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diversify into other income streams, and I don't think there is any

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immediate worry. The longer term issue is that at some point, Eddie

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Davis may want to recoup his money, and therefore there is uncertainty

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there. Yes, it is a loan, and obviously, all loans have to be

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repaid at some point. That might be in the form of Mr Davies deciding to

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sell the club, but I cannot see that in the immediate future. I think he

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is completely committed to it at this moment. The looming problem

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this financial Bear play. They must balance the books by this time next

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year. That is correct. What we must do and come, and what is inhibiting

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developers of the squad, is, we have to break even. Financial fair play

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has been introduced to make sure clubs can live within their means,

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so it is in essence a very good move for a industry that has overspent

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for many years. But it is making a transition from Premier league club

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to Championship club that much more difficult. Thank you very much for

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joining us. So, we could be in for a New Year of belt tightening here at

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Bolton Wanderers, and perhaps for some other football clubs as well.

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But for now, back to the studio. Thank you very much. Just to

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reiterate, the top ten in the Premier league has a real north`west

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Labour. Manchester City, Liverpool, Everton, and Manchester United are

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all there. So, did you get an good Christmas present is? I did.

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Anything you could tell is about? An electric blanket. Cheaper than

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putting your heating on! You can't walk around with it on! I got some

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lovely presents, but I don't think any of the ones I got were quite as

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surprising as this one that was received by Zoe Averianov from

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Salford. Amongst her gifts on Christmas morning was a letter in

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strange handwriting. More than two decades ago Zoe dropped a message in

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a bottle into the sea. The letter was to tell her it had finally

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turned up hundreds of miles away. Stuart Flinders takes up the story.

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Zoe Averianov was ten years old when she went on a family holiday to

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Germany in 1990 on board a North Sea ferry. As the ship left Hull, when

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nobody was looking, she popped a letter into a bottle and threw it

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overboard. It probably would have been quite late when we threw it,

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knowing we went probably supposed to throw some thing overborne! Zoe had

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forgotten all about it until, on Christmas Day, her father handed her

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a letter with a foreign postmark that had arrived at her old home.

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Initially, I was a little bit quiet, just looking at it, and they all

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sort of expectantly looked at me, thinking, what is it? The envelope

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contained the very letter she'd written 23 years ago. Dear Finder,

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my name is away. Please would you write to me? I would like it a lot.

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I am ten years old and I like ballet, playing a flute and piano. I

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have a hamster and a fish. The message in a bottle had travelled

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about 350 miles to the Netherlands. Dear Zoe, yesterday, on one of my

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many walks with my wife along the Dykes, looking among the debris

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thrown by the sea on the embankment, I found a little plastic

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bottle containing a message. It was your message, dated September 12,

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your message, dated September 1 , 1990. The real surprise ` how it

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took so long to get there. It does not seem to have gone that far.

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Know, perhaps it has been there and back if you dines! `` a few times.

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Extraordinary. It should come back all those years later from so far

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away. I dare say any messages in bottles in the seat tonight along

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the north`west coast are going to get tossed around a bit! Happy New

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Year. It is all about the weather tonight, particularly for coastal

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communities. Absolutely. Or the bottle might get

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to you sooner. Good evening. 2014 has not started on a decent note at

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all. Very high winds tomorrow, as you heard. A lot of them are severe

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gales, and maybe storm`force winds. They are expected around the coast

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of the north`west. I have compiled a table tomorrow at the high tide We

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are expecting the strongest winds around lunchtime, and these are the

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high tides. Ten metres is normally considered very, very high. You can

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see in Liverpool, we are expecting ten metres and 20 high tide

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tomorrow. Ten and 20 the same, in Morecambe. Combined with the high

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winds at lunchtime, this means we could see the waves rushing onto the

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shore up and possibly inland tomorrow. For this evening, we will

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see some rain slowly crossing over overnight. The rain continues to

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ease through to the other side of the Pennines. The wind also picks up

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to near gale force. Temperatures are down to maybe three or four Celsius.

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Then a yellow warning from The Met Office is valid from midnight all

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day tomorrow. The wind starts first thing, maybe 40 or 50 miles an

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hour. Inland, up to even 80 miles an hour around the coast. Round

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Liverpool in Southport, and also across the Isle of Man. Over the top

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of the Pennines, we could see up to 80 mph tomorrow, and plenty of

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blustery showers as well. Technically, we could see highs of

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maybe eight or nine Celsius. You will not notice that however,

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because of the winds gusting through. On Saturday, a bit of a

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respite. On Sunday, we will do it all over again, turning wet and

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windy on Sunday. At the moment, a yellow weather warning is out for

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that. 24 flood warnings still. Your BBC local radio station will keep

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you updated on your local area's forecast. And you will be back with

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me at 10:25pm for the latest. That is right. The message is, if you

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live on the coast, take care. Yes, especially over the next 24 hours.

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Thank you for watching. Happy New Year again.

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