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perhaps 48 hours of drier weather for many of us. But between now and

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

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And Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: The giants are back. Liverpool

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prepares to stage the country's biggest theatrical commemoration of

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the First World War. Absolutely unbelievable. To be honest with you,

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to get them up north again, it's lot about Liverpool.

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We'll assess the possible economic impact on Merseyside. Also tonight:

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300 jobs go and a children's home is closed. Salford Council announces

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the latest casualties of its budget cuts. The mayor responds angrily to

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criticism. Do not stand there and tell me it is not good enough.

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Shouted to Mr Cameron at Number Ten Downing St.

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Showing the way forward ` the Bolton man guiding preparations for Rio's

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Paralympics. And who's tickled his fancy? We

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speak to man hoping to bring Liverpool to a standstill.

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Also tonight, we're gazing to the skies as Stargazing Live returns to

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our screens. Mark Edwardson is live at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire. Yes, it

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is the home of the telescope. 2 0 is the home of the telescope. 2 0

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feet across, the biggest of its kind in the world when it was built. Does

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that not look splendid? It is also going to be drawn for the next three

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days of the start of the television show Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain.

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They are going to be telling me how this place has become their second

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home. Thank you very much.

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Two years, ago they made a giant impact in Liverpool. Today came news

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the Giants themselves will be back to do it all again this summer. Yes,

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the little girl Giant and her dog, who captivated the city in 2012,

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will return in July. It'll be one of the flagship

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cultural events to mark 100 years since the start of World War One.

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Jayne McCubbin is down on the waterfront for us. Jayne, they hope

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this all adds up to a giant economic boost for Merseyside?

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That's right. Lets crunch the numbers. When the giants arrived in

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2012, almost one million people came to see them. That generated around

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?32 million for the city. In July, city leaders expect up to two

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million will visit, generating who knows how many more millions of

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pounds. It is a much longer five`day event. There is so much going on

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this year in Liverpool. A huge year for the city. The International

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Festival of Business, the Golf Open, the Biennial. What a success because

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was last time. This is a huge year for Liverpool. But surely the

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massive crowd pleaser will be this. She's coming back. Back to the city

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she captivated two years ago. And she wont be alone. Her little giant

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dog Xolo will be return too. The city is thrilled. Unbelievable.

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Absolutely unbelievable. To be honest with you, to get them up

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north again must be a good thing to say about Liverpool. I can't wait.

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Good morning from Liverpool, the city of `` Giants. It will showcase

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Liverpool is one of the best cities in the world and one of the best to

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do events of this kind. Liverpool is once again being overtaken by

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Giants. In 2012, they told a story of love

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and loss to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic. This time, a new

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story to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War

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Fitting then, that today's announcement began with this.

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And was held in the Town Halls, Hall of Remembrance.

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Ten battalions from the Kings Regiment marched to war. The

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majority never came back. Some may question the ability of marionettes

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to pay proper tribute to the sacrifice made by them and others.

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Not Liverpool, certainly not the Government. Unsurprisingly, all of

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this all costs. More surprisingly, the cash strapped council says it

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will cost less than it did last time. We are in partnership with

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Europe. We have got various organisations involved. You have

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more people chipping in? We even have sponsorship. It will be great

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for the city to showcase itself and you can't put a value on that. The

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adventure begins on July 23rd. Expect more surprises between now

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and then. More surprises on the way. Can you deliver anything about

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them? Think the thing with the spectacular is the element of

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surprise. Like last time, people know the little girl and the dog and

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we can assure you there will be lots of enjoyment and surprises. For

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people who have seen those characters and think they cannot

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wait to come back at his grave. What about people who think they do not

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need to come back. We'll be being your characters? `` this is great.

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Will be more. I think part of the good story a surprise. Let's talk

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about the serious butt. Council cash is very tight. Here, more so than a

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lot of places. The council say that there is ?300,000 missing to be for

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this. You don't think the council is going to have to put its hand in its

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pocket at all. Why? This is obviously a national memory should.

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It is a joint commemoration. We do have backing from the arts Council

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and some European funding. Using that because of national more vivid

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sponsors will come forward? We think so. We had a lot of sponsorship last

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time and people didn't really know what to expect. When they saw the

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crowds and how important this is typical, not just Liverpool Road

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across the UK, this is a really big thing. You know what is going to be

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done so beautifully, with dignity and respect, we are guaranteed to be

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the financing. Vivid firms now, which they didn't last time, now

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they are happy to pay in cash because they see the benefit of

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these cultural events? `` private firms. I think people see it as an

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inward investment in the city. These sort of events really showcase what

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Liverpool last to offer and the firms that are based here. They want

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to see people nationally and internationally that it is a good

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city to be in and that people should come and invest and live here and

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work you. I think it is a good thing all around and creates jobs. Thank

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you very much for your time. I just wanted to say that no wonder the

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rough guide, the travellers Bible, or over Christmas said that

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Liverpool was one of the top three places in the world to visit this

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year. They said that Liverpool has got it small drawback. That is

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fabulous news. `` Liverpool has got its five back. We have another

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interview at the back of the programme.

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Thank you much. Stay with us for that. He is a big character.

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A woman who claims she was raped by a man released from prison two days

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earlier has told a court she thought she was going to die. Peter Watton,

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from Chester, is accused of carrying out a nine`hour attack on the woman

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last June. The jury was told she was tied up and threatened, after being

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targeted whilst out jogging. Peter Watton claims the woman consented to

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sex. Figures from the DVLA show a

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motorist from Liverpool has collected 45 points on his driving

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licence, over nine months, and is still on the road. The Institute of

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Advanced Motorists says more needs to be done to enforce driving bans

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for persistent offenders. For men from Gloucestershire have appeared

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in front of magistrates following the death of a man who lapsed after

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a night out in Greater Manchester. The defendants, accused of drug

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offences, did not enter pleas and will appear at the Crown Court in

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three weeks' time. A children's home will close,

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services for children and adults cut and 300 posts will be lost ` all as

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Salford City Council attempts to save ?25 million from next year s

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save ?25 million from next year's budget.

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Today, the city's mayor said many local services, especially those for

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vulnerable people, will be permanently damaged. Our political

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editor Arif Ansari is here and this sounds very difficult for Salford.

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Yes. As they were saying yesterday for local government in general,

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for local government in general which has lost about a quarter of

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its funding since the coalition government took over, if we look at

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the impact for Salford as they prepare their next financial year,

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you can see that they are looking to lose 300 jobs out of their workforce

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of about 10,000 and ?5.6 million from children's' services. ?4.7

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million from adult services. Those are the two departments which are by

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far the largest spenders. I have been asking people in Salford if

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they have noticed the difference. It is difficult to handle. There is no

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budget. To think that makes it worse? I cannot see it getting

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better any time soon. I have filled in at about six or seven

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discretionary payments. And now I have loved that threat for the last

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12 months that I could lose my. They are coming round trying to cut care

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for the elderly. And half an hour call has been cut to 15 minutes.

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for the elderly. And half an hour call has been cut to 15 minutes You

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call has been cut to 15 minutes. You cannot look after people in 15

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minutes. Given the scale, what effect will this have on basic

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services? It is clearly going to be damaging. The question is how much.

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The mayor himself has described this as cutting into the bone. When I

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spoke to him earlier today, I asked him whether or not that means they

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can still offer adequate services. We are going below for some groups

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of people anything at all. That is worse. That is not good enough. Of

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course it is not. Don't stand me and tell `` don't stand there and tell

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me it is not good enough. Showed it is not good enough. Shouted to Mr

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Cameron stopped we will continue to do the best we can. Is it adequate?

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Not for the people who have lost the service. If you are unable to

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provide adequate services, should you not sit down and let someone

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else take over? What a load of nonsense. You going to go and knock

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on Cameron's door and tell him to stand down because he is making a

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mess of it? The difference is that Mr Cameron says he is still

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providing adequate services, whether he is not. You were saying you're

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not. I am honest about this. He is not. Actually, you know and I know

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that it is the Government's actions that have caused these cuts. We have

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to mitigate against the worst of them. Feisty. Over the next couple

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of years at least, more cuts to come. Thank you very much.

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A city regulator has decided his decision to appoint Paul Flowers as

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the manager of the cooperate bank. He told the `` the Co`op bank. He

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told the commission that he seemed to be the right man for the job stop

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last year, the bank needed a ?1 5 billion bailout.

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And the Blackpool striker Michael Chopra's been fined ?10,000 for

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criticising the club on Twitter. criticising the club on Twitter

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Chopra was one of six players asked to come in for extra work with the

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fitness coach today. In a tweet, fitness coach today. In a tweet,

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which was later deleted, he twice referred to the session as a joke.

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Blackpool say the Manager Paul Ince is disappointed by the comments,

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Blackpool say the Manager Paul Ince is disappointed by the comments and

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is disappointed by the comments, and the player's been warned about his

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future conduct. Sports news. There's a big night

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ahead for Manchester United. League Cup semifinal first legs don't

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usually have much significance for them. But after disappointing form

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so far it could be David Moyes's only hope of a domestic trophy. BBC

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Radio Manchester has coverage from 7pm.

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We're off to Rio next, with the head of the International Paralympic

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Committee. One of the most important men in world sport, Sir Philip

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Craven, grew up in Bolton and now lives near Crewe. Stuart Pollitt

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joined him as he checked the progress of the 2016 Brazil

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Paralympics. Feed the British public smack sensational appetite.

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We are all people of one world. This is what the president's best

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known for. Big speeches at the big events. But on visits like this to

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Rio, the job's about more than speeches. I they are really as a

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figurehead to take the temperature, take the pulse of the organising

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committee in the city. Hughes from the north`west of the UK. `` he is

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from. The first task is to tackle the press and press home some North

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West history. It is a Alton accent. When the Industrial Revolution hit,

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it hit different times and different towns developed... Then it's off to

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see some of those who could develop into the stars of the Rio games. As

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into the stars of the Rio games As the figurehead of the International

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panel on big movement, Sir Philip is in demand to attend events like

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this, the annual resilient Paralympic sports awards. He should

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stay for life because everything he had done for the movement is

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something that is going to be written for ever.

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The next day, there's a visit to this rehab centre for disabled

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people on the outskirts of Rio. In fact, I am going to learn from you.

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The centre's holding an event to celebrate 1,000 days until the

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Paralympics begin. Be very well`prepared to be amazed. You will

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be amazed. Thank you very much. The next stop is the Rio 2016 HQ and a

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speech to those organising the games. The aim is to inspire and

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educate. I hate the DWORD, in fact. I hate the phrase the disabled. Over

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here, pure undiluted negativity. I hate the phrase the disabled. Over

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here, pure undiluted negativity What Paralympic stars exchange

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that. We move forward with positivity. And that's the message

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of this visit, Sir Philip's belief that the paralympics can, and will,

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change lives in this country. Stuart Pollitt, BBC North West Tonight,

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Rio. There is more from them tomorrow

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night. The BBC's Stargazing Live returns to

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Jodrell Bank in Cheshire this evening. For the next three nights,

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Professor Brian Cox and comedian Dara O'Briain will be in the heart

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of Cheshire to give you a guided tour of the heavens.

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This is Stargazing Live's fourth year and it's getting more and more

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people to turn their eyes to the skies and enjoy the spectacle. Our

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Cheshire reporter, Mark Edwardson, is at Jodrell Bank this evening.

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Cheshire reporter, Mark Edwardson, is at Jodrell Bank this evening.

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It's stunning! Have you seen any stars yet, Mark? Apart from the

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celebrities! None yet, unfortunately. I do not

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know if you can tell but the sky is relatively cloudy. Does that tell

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Scott not look absolutely fantastic? It was named after the man who made

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sure it was completed in 1957. At the time, it was the biggest fish of

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its type in the world. I want to show you these pitches that we took

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a little earlier of day becoming made behind that famous telescope.

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Does it not look absolutely resplendent? You can now see how it

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dominates the landscape of Cheshire. Absolutely fabulous. I

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have spent a day with the Macclesfield astronomical Society.

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We wanted to prove three things, We wanted to prove three things,

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firstly that astronomy Nimes be expensive no complicated and that

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you don't even need darkness. The group of funds what's right over

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there. More than a dozen astronomers gather

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for a bit of stargazing. And you might have noticed it's bright and

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sunny. Surprisingly perhaps, there's plenty to see during the day,

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starting with our nearest star ` the sun. You don't need particularly

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expensive equipment. You can convert any standard telescope into a solar

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scope. It will allow you to see some fantastic features of the servers.

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It really is a great opportunity. `` of the surface.

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Where others use high technology to photograph the sun, Paul Cannon's

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gone right back to basics with pencils and pastels. This is how

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Galileo would have done it? Yes it is. Everybody is looking into deep

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space and this one is on our doorstep. It is not just the sun but

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the Moon and Venus. It is amazing to see that that is visible during the

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day. As our stars. They did not suddenly disappear. We are seeing

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others with quite modest equipment. As we have seen, it does not have to

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go dark for you to go stargazing and you certainly do not need expensive

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and complicated equipment. In fact, many of us have got the entire

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universe here in our pockets. Look at that, the sun is there, the Moon

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and Venus. Smartphones all come with apps which are star charts, enabling

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you to have the entire map of the heavens at your fingertips, to look

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up into the skies and see what is out there. It is absolutely

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wonderful. It is probably worth mentioning that

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you should never observe the sun through a telescope or binoculars or

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your naked eye because you could risk severe eye damage. And that's

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caught out a lot of astronomers in the past, including Galileo and Sir

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Isaac Newton. And for lots of tips on how to stargaze safely, go to

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bbc.co.uk/stargazing. As far as that programme is concerned, the sets are

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being dressed, the final preparations are underway, as our

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rehearsals. I got a few moments with Professor DynCorp `` Brian Cox and

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Dara O'Briain. The two we are focusing on the weather on the

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different planets and the Northern Lights. We have a broadcast unit in

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Norway who will be showing a live television pitches of the Northern

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Lights, which has not been done before. It is technically difficult

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to do. Tomorrow it is to astronauts every conversation may have involved

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billions of this and billions of that. The idea stargazing is you get

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to go out, they sat in. You will know that one of the moons out the

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might have life on it. That is the idea of stargazing. You're right

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that there is something romantic about stargazing. It is fascinating

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in that way. There is also something romantic about this place. Is there

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anywhere else in the world where you can do stargazing live? Speak out on

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think there is. Certainly with this history. This is the first telescope

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to tracks but migrated the start of the space programme. In those days,

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in living memory, we did not know about these things. `` to track

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space progress. You go back to when this telescope for the first

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satellite go over and you could even debate whether there was vegetation

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on Mars in those days. We have come a long way in 50 years. This place

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is inextricably linked to the history.

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This is the fourth year for the show but are there any nerves? Always.

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Things could go wrong. Hopefully some things do because the audience

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likes nothing more than two see is tripping over things. The adrenaline

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levels will be up. The two we bought stand there because I think if

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something goes wrong been he will tell a joke and he think I will say

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something about galaxies so we both think we have it covered. It could

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go hideously wrong. We've lost Norway, we've lost Norfolk, it's

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just the two of us. We will just be left alone in the middle of this,

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just pointing at the Dome. Just look at that for a while while we work

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out what to do. Looking forward to an entertaining

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and fun night. And Stargazing returns tonight with

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Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain on BBC Two at 8pm.

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Thank you very much to stop I know Mark is a big fan. Oh, no, what are

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you doing? ! I am trying to find a star.

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There are no stars here. Earlier, we told you about the

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Giants returning to Liverpool. But one key person was missing from

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today's launch party ` their creator, Jean Luc Courcoo. This

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summer, it'll be his job to captivate not just the city but the

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nation, as his Giants tell the real First World War stories of people

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from Liverpool. A couple of you have been in touch

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to see it is a good idea to get young people interested in history

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until the story the war. Now, he is obviously a very busy man

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but as Dave Guest reports, we tracked him down to his workshop in

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France, where he spoke exclusively to BBC NorthWest Tonight about his

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love of Liverpool and its people. `` and tell them the story of the war.

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To say Jean Luc is a larger than life character is, perhaps, an

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understatement. The mechanical characters he creates are larger

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than life, too. His giants captured the hearts of Liverpudlians when

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they last strode through the city in 2012. It really is spectacular. Did

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see something like that in the streets of Liverpool! `` to see.

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see something like that in the streets of Liverpool! `` to see The

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streets of Liverpool! `` to see. The quality of the animation was really

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fantastic. They were all great, all of them. What do you think about the

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fact that they're coming back? Made up. What sticks in your mind? The

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little dog having a wee! Back then, the story was inspired by

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a little girl and a letter to her father who was lost on the Titanic.

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This time another emotive subject ` the First World War. It is not a

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beautiful story. It is a dramatic story. It is a story of history.

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Jean Luc has taken the people of Liverpool to his heart, describing

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their resilience and strength of character as only he could. Like a

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rhinoceros! So Jean Luc has a soft spot for the

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people of Liverpool. And there's one citizen who he holds in especially

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high regard ` the Mayor, Joe Anderson. And Jean Luc being Jean

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Luc has his own unique way of describing the Mayor. I, love, I Joe

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Anderson. When he speak to me! Presumably, the feeling is mutual.

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Dave Guest, BBC NorthWest Tonight, Liverpool.

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I bet Joe Anderson love them! I shall look at a Joe Anderson in a

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totally different way. Brilliant though, isn't it question Court

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smack it is going to be spectacle next summer. Is it going to be

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spectacle tonight? next summer. Is it going to be

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Here's Eno. It's always going to be mixed

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depending on the weather but if there's one place to watch stars

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it's the Isle of Man. Over the next few days, Thursday night could be

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the best night to look at stars. Across the North West, the Isle of

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Man is probably the best place to see the stars. Look at this photo of

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Langness Lighthouse, taken by Ron Strathdee. Today, the Isle of Man

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became the best place in Britain to see stars, with a total of 26

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designated Dark Sky Discovery Sites. I think Thursday night could be the

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best night. Let's go back to the weather. As

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Mark said, there are lots of clouds around. It is a bit breezy also. As

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around. It is a bit breezy also As we head into the overnight period, I

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think they're going to begin to see showers beginning to work in. Some

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of them will be quite heavy in places and it is a windy night as

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well. Because of the wind and the clouds and the showers, it is a mild

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night. Temperatures overnight hovering between six and eight. The

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headline for tomorrow looks better, drier and brighter later on. We

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start off damp and cloudy and with a fair few showers on and off through

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the morning but the other side of lunchtime, things begin to improve.

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Showers will die away. We are going to see lots of clouds tomorrow

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afternoon but I suspect most were some bright skies in between the

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cloud cover. The clouds are not going to come to much despite drier

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skies. Possibly highs of nine Celsius for tomorrow. Tomorrow

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night, we are expecting more rain and more cloud so on Thursday, we

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start of cloudy with a little bit more showers. Again, into the

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afternoon, it could be drier and brighter. Highs of seven Celsius

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tomorrow. As we head into Thursday, if you have a look at the outlook,

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seven Celsius during the day but Thursday night could be the night

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for stargazing. Hopefully some clearer skies in between the clouds

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on Thursday night to watch the stars from. Tonight, yes, it is cloudy and

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showery but we could see some clear skies around Cheshire.

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Good news. Thank you very much. The great thing about the telescope

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is that it is a radio telescope so it doesn't matter if it's cloudy or

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not because it appears to have the clouds.

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Very, very good. Thank you very much. Enjoy stargazing if you're

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going to have a go. Good night.

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