:00:00. > :00:07.Mikaeel Kular's community. That's all
:00:08. > :00:13.Good evening. Welcome to Northwest Tonight. With Roger Johnson. And
:00:14. > :00:18.Annabel Tiffin. Jail for the two conmen who swindled
:00:19. > :00:23.over 100 pensioners out of their life savings. They befriended many
:00:24. > :00:27.victims before stealing their money. Also tonight: This apprentices who
:00:28. > :00:30.haven't been paid and the trainer who says it's not her fault. The
:00:31. > :00:33.Government agency in charge announces its own investigation.
:00:34. > :00:34.Government agency in charge announces its own investigation.
:00:35. > :00:37.Liverpool City Council is cracking down on parents who take their
:00:38. > :00:43.children out of school to go on holt day. We'll be asking parents if they
:00:44. > :00:48.think they are right. And join me for the biggest pigeon
:00:49. > :00:50.pageant on the planet. I'll be in Blackpool where fanciers have got
:00:51. > :01:07.their eyes on the prize. For ten year, Molly Prince's
:01:08. > :01:10.companies have helped the unemployed find work. She's no strange tore the
:01:11. > :01:14.press in. 2012, she hit the headlines for the wrong reasons
:01:15. > :01:18.after jobseekers sent out to help at the Queen's Jubilee ended up
:01:19. > :01:21.sleeping rough under Tower Bridge. Tonight, we investigate why around
:01:22. > :01:26.60 of her current apprentices haven't been paid for three months,
:01:27. > :01:33.why lucrative training contracts have been halted and why there are
:01:34. > :01:37.calls for a police investigation. Tower Bridge, 2012. Jobseekers
:01:38. > :01:41.sleeping rough hours before a work placement on the Queen's Jubilee.
:01:42. > :01:46.Exploitation screamed the press. Molly Prince said it was a cockup.
:01:47. > :01:51.In the last week, we've spoken to more of Molly's apprentice Is who
:01:52. > :01:55.say they feel exploited. 18th October was the last time I was
:01:56. > :01:58.paid. E`mails flying back`and`forth saying we'd be paid, then we
:01:59. > :02:05.wouldn't be paid on that date, then it would be another date. Then we
:02:06. > :02:09.just never had no money. I've had to claim Housing Benefit in order to
:02:10. > :02:14.afford to live where I live. The company, LDC, was paid to train
:02:15. > :02:19.students at the Oasis Academy in Salford and here in Lindley. Not
:02:20. > :02:22.what you would call a modern education establishment. Training
:02:23. > :02:27.money was paid by the Government skill s Skills Funding Agency to
:02:28. > :02:31.stock stone who subcontracted LDC to provide training in the north`west.
:02:32. > :02:33.In October, funding was stopped when the college started to investigate
:02:34. > :02:43.complaints. And that led to a cash flow crisis
:02:44. > :02:44.for Molly Prince who couldn't pay apprentices. She says she's the
:02:45. > :02:49.victim of a malicious complaint. victim of a malicious complaint.
:02:50. > :02:52.Do you think you do a good job here? Absolutely. But the complaints
:02:53. > :02:57.haven't just come from students. haven't just come from students
:02:58. > :03:00.I've spoken to staff anonymously. When the company started, it was
:03:01. > :03:03.very good but it's about chasing money now. I was asked to do
:03:04. > :03:07.reviewers for learners, I can't remember seeing them attended for
:03:08. > :03:12.some time. I raised concerns with Molly. She said if I take them off
:03:13. > :03:16.now, we could lose numbers. This letter ends the contract with LDC.
:03:17. > :03:18.We have learnt the college is investigating a discrepancy between
:03:19. > :03:22.the number of students they thought were on the books and the number on
:03:23. > :03:27.the register. Is this just a case then of bad business nous or is it a
:03:28. > :03:32.case of potentially criminal activity? I think I've mismanaged
:03:33. > :03:38.the situation with Stockton. There's no criminal activity. Absolutely
:03:39. > :03:43.not. I've also spoken to this company, Charnwood Training who
:03:44. > :03:47.terminated a contract with LDC saying it had concerns. Hundreds of
:03:48. > :03:50.thousands were paid back to the skills funding atcy, money the
:03:51. > :03:54.solicitors are trying to get back from LDC.
:03:55. > :03:58.Hopefully the qualification is the main thing that I want from it now,
:03:59. > :04:03.it seems I've been told I've not got a cat in hell's chance of getting
:04:04. > :04:07.the money. Molly agrees and told me she's probably days away from
:04:08. > :04:10.insolvency. Within the last hour, the Skills
:04:11. > :04:14.Funding Agency has confirmed it's Funding Agency has confirmed it's
:04:15. > :04:17.investigating. The MP for West Lancashire, Rosie Cooper, has now
:04:18. > :04:19.called for a police investigation and she's raised the issue in
:04:20. > :04:23.Parliament. Earlier, I spoke to her and asked
:04:24. > :04:29.her how these apprenticeships schemes could be best delivered.
:04:30. > :04:33.I don't care who delivers it as long as it's delivered properly, the
:04:34. > :04:37.children, young people are trained properly, they are paid and it is
:04:38. > :04:42.supervised properly. This is public money and it's not supervised
:04:43. > :04:47.properly, so I want proper training, young children to be paid for their
:04:48. > :04:52.work. The way this is going, it's outrageous, it seems easy money How
:04:53. > :04:58.do we protect the rights of these apprentices and young people then in
:04:59. > :05:01.your view? You run proper schemes, properly accredited schemes. They
:05:02. > :05:05.are trying to do that? In this case, how can that be? Trying is not good
:05:06. > :05:10.enough. Trying won't do it. These young people are owed probably, the
:05:11. > :05:14.young people I know about, are owed ?1,000 each. They are probably never
:05:15. > :05:17.going to get paid. The schemes are operated under the auspices with
:05:18. > :05:21.grants from the Government. Why should they walk away? Whose moral
:05:22. > :05:27.responsibility is it to say to young people, go to work, five days a
:05:28. > :05:32.week, for ?330 a month and at the end of it what lessons will you
:05:33. > :05:36.learn? Thank you. Next, two men from Merseyside and
:05:37. > :05:42.Lancashire have been jailed today for swindling more than 100
:05:43. > :05:46.pensioners out of ?5 many. Malcolm Barber and Terry Warrington carried
:05:47. > :05:50.on taking investors' money even when they knew their companies were in
:05:51. > :05:53.trouble. In some cases those they ripped off regarded the pair as
:05:54. > :06:00.close friends. The judge at Preston Crown Court said the effect it had
:06:01. > :06:05.on the victims was heart breaking. Eileen and Sue live within a few
:06:06. > :06:11.minutes of each other in Wallasey and both lost over ?30,000 to the
:06:12. > :06:17.Malcolm Barber Terry Warrington fraud. They are dreadful. Two awful
:06:18. > :06:22.men. Thieves. Liars. It's affected my nerves a lot. I think the problem
:06:23. > :06:27.was, it wasn't money that was put aside for holidays or anything like
:06:28. > :06:31.that, it was an income we lived on and they literally took ?2,000 a
:06:32. > :06:34.year away from us. Malcolm Barber was convicted of
:06:35. > :06:39.fraud after a trial. He was jailed for four years. Terry Warrington on
:06:40. > :06:43.the right admitted fraud and was jailed for four`and`a`half years.
:06:44. > :06:47.The court heard that their companies promised high returns in safe
:06:48. > :06:52.investments, but things began to unravel when they faced a big tax
:06:53. > :06:56.bill in the 90s. Instead of admitting they were in trouble, they
:06:57. > :06:59.carried on taking in investors' money. 128 pensioners lost ?5
:07:00. > :07:03.million. They started off with a business
:07:04. > :07:08.plan that obviously went horribly wrong when they received a
:07:09. > :07:11.substantial bill from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, that impacted
:07:12. > :07:16.on their ability to pay creditors back. They compounded it by robbing
:07:17. > :07:20.Peter to pay Paul and eventually got problems and got worse and worse and
:07:21. > :07:24.investors lost their money. The judge said many of the victims now
:07:25. > :07:28.felt guilty that they couldn't financially help their children and
:07:29. > :07:31.grandchildren. But he said they should not feel that because they'd
:07:32. > :07:35.done no more than place their trust in men whom they should have been
:07:36. > :07:39.able to trust but who in reality betrayed them.
:07:40. > :07:44.The victims say the jail sentences are some kind of justice.
:07:45. > :07:46.This is justice at last. We haven't got our money back. But it's a
:07:47. > :07:56.start. A farmer from Cheshire has been
:07:57. > :08:01.jailed for 12 months after abandoning his cattle in a rented
:08:02. > :08:04.farm to fly off an skiing holiday. James Stratton left the animals with
:08:05. > :08:08.little food or water and they were found in an emaciated condition,
:08:09. > :08:10.some already dead. The judge at World Health
:08:11. > :08:16.Organisation tonne Crown Court said his farm was a concentration camp
:08:17. > :08:23.for animals. This report contains distressing
:08:24. > :08:27.ummages. Animal welfare officers recorded
:08:28. > :08:33.shocking scenes as they examined cold harbour farm in Bruera last
:08:34. > :08:38.February. Sheep remains... Most images are too
:08:39. > :08:43.drills tressing to show. The remains of 33 dead cattle were found
:08:44. > :08:46.decomposing. 37 more were in such poor health that they had to be
:08:47. > :08:49.destroyed. James Stratton pleaded guilty to 20
:08:50. > :08:54.counts relating to animal cruelty. He left his cattle on the farm which
:08:55. > :08:59.he rented with just one days' worth of food while he went on a skiing
:09:00. > :09:04.trip. It was then that a former farm hand raised the alarm. Certainly one
:09:05. > :09:08.of the worst cases of animal cruelty I've come across. The officers said
:09:09. > :09:11.to me in the case that as far as they are concerned, it's one of the
:09:12. > :09:16.worst cases they have seen. The 49`year`old ran an award`winning B
:09:17. > :09:20.and yet just a mile away, his animals lived in squalor. The judge
:09:21. > :09:25.summed the case up brilliantly when he said the scene that was met by
:09:26. > :09:30.the officers when they arrived at the farm was for akin to a scene
:09:31. > :09:36.from a World War II concentration camp and he described it as a
:09:37. > :09:40.concentration camp for animals. The judge said James Stratton had been a
:09:41. > :09:41.disgrace to the farming community and that cold harbour farm was an
:09:42. > :09:46.apt name because, he said, that s apt name because, he said, that s
:09:47. > :09:49.exactly how it had been for the animals. James Stratton's lawyer
:09:50. > :09:53.claimed he had been struggle in his personal life and was unable to
:09:54. > :09:57.cope, but the judge said that didn't excuse his behaviour. He was jailed
:09:58. > :10:01.for a year and banned from keeping animals for ten years. The current
:10:02. > :10:08.owners of the farm have nothing to do with the case.
:10:09. > :10:11.Controversial plans for a huge underground gas storage facility in
:10:12. > :10:16.Lancashire have moved forward after a High Court ruling made earlier
:10:17. > :10:23.today. The energy group wants to excavate 19 rock salt caverns for
:10:24. > :10:27.the storage of up to 600 million cubic metres of gas near fleetwood.
:10:28. > :10:32.Proposals had been blocked by the Government but a judge said today
:10:33. > :10:35.that decision was irrational. Detectives in Greater Manchester are
:10:36. > :10:38.appealing for information after a gunman threatened a shop asssistant
:10:39. > :10:44.in Trafford. The asssistant refused to give him a ?1 discount on a
:10:45. > :10:47.bottle of beer but when he was told police her called, he put the gun
:10:48. > :10:51.away, paid for the goods and put some change in the charity box.
:10:52. > :10:55.Police described the attempted robbery as bizarre.
:10:56. > :10:58.A short film produced by a Lancashire`based infrastructurion
:10:59. > :11:06.company has been nominated for an Oscar. The Voorman Problem, starring
:11:07. > :11:12.Martin Freeman, has been produced by Honlodge Productions. It's filmed by
:11:13. > :11:15.Phil Wood, a Northern Film School graduate. The team will head to
:11:16. > :11:20.Hollywood for the awards in March. Good luck.
:11:21. > :11:23.The woman who has accused Coronation Street star Bill Roache of raping
:11:24. > :11:26.her today told the court it was riddic will yous to suggest she
:11:27. > :11:30.wasn't telling the truth. This afternoon, another of the accusers
:11:31. > :11:36.told the jury how he indecently assaulted her at the Granada
:11:37. > :11:40.studios. He denies Al accusations. Dave Guest has more. This report
:11:41. > :11:47.contains flash photography. Bill Roache arrived for O'Dea four of his
:11:48. > :11:51.trail at Preston to hear the woman who accused her of raping her being
:11:52. > :11:55.cross`examined by his barrister. The cross`examined by his barrister The
:11:56. > :11:58.woman claims he raped her at a bungalow he owned in Haslingden in
:11:59. > :12:02.Lancashire. The property is owned by someone else now. She also says that
:12:03. > :12:08.the actor raped her at another property he had in the area on a
:12:09. > :12:11.separate occasion. Louise Blackwell for the actor questioned variations
:12:12. > :12:15.in the accounts that the woman had given to the police, in particular
:12:16. > :12:20.her age at the time of the alleged offences. Edinburgh Airport Miss
:12:21. > :12:25.Blackwell said the woman claimed to be 14 or possibly 13 or 15. She
:12:26. > :12:29.accused the woman of getting things badly wrong because she wasn't
:12:30. > :12:33.telling the truth. The woman said that was ridiculous.
:12:34. > :12:38.This afternoon, a fourth complainant gave her evidence to the court. She
:12:39. > :12:44.said that she and her sister used to hang around outside the Granada
:12:45. > :12:47.building in the 1960s hoping to get autographs. She said Bill Roache
:12:48. > :12:52.asked them inside and whilst there he'd taken her off to a room where
:12:53. > :12:56.he indecently assaulted her. In all, there are five complainants in the
:12:57. > :13:04.case. Mr Roache denies two charges of rape and five of indecent
:13:05. > :13:07.assault. If you have children, you may be
:13:08. > :13:12.tempted to take them out of school to take advantage of cheaper holiday
:13:13. > :13:16.prices during term time, but if you do, that cheap holiday could end up
:13:17. > :13:21.costing you an awful lot more. There's been a huge increase in the
:13:22. > :13:25.number of parents being fined for their child's unauthorised absence
:13:26. > :13:31.with a quadrupling in some areas, it's all down to a change in the
:13:32. > :13:35.rules that kicked in in September. A travel agents' window with
:13:36. > :13:38.bargains galore, unless you want to take your family away during school
:13:39. > :13:43.holidays. Small wonder parents try to avoid big bills then. Councils
:13:44. > :13:47.are coming down on them. A culture has developed within some
:13:48. > :13:51.communities of taking holidays in term time. That has had a very
:13:52. > :13:55.significant impact on performance over the years. Some families can
:13:56. > :14:00.take not just one but up to three holidays in term time.
:14:01. > :14:06.Liverpool City Council's crackdown's seen parent penalties rise from 97
:14:07. > :14:12.to 250 in a year. It's up in Cheshire West and Chester.
:14:13. > :14:16.Lancashire penalised 972 parents in 2013, compared to 240 the previous
:14:17. > :14:21.year. Tracey and her family from Salford enjoying a break in Florida
:14:22. > :14:26.last September. When they got back flair trip, an
:14:27. > :14:32.education authority penalty. I have done this many a time in school when
:14:33. > :14:36.they've been in school. And now they are fining us ?60. My view is that
:14:37. > :14:40.the council just want to get money out of everybody.
:14:41. > :14:45.The praise of a holiday can increase by as much as a third during school
:14:46. > :14:49.holiday time, costing families perhaps thousands of pounds extra.
:14:50. > :14:52.Some people here in Liverpool can understand why parents are tempted
:14:53. > :15:00.to take their children out of school during term time, others don't.
:15:01. > :15:04.Not everybody has the same rules. It's not fair to say they can't take
:15:05. > :15:10.them out. They shouldn't have any time out of school playing catch`up.
:15:11. > :15:13.I don't want it to her. Repeated unauthorised absences could land
:15:14. > :15:15.parents in court and councils say they'll use all of their power to
:15:16. > :15:24.protect children's education. A dilemma for many.
:15:25. > :15:29.It's going to cost a lot more now so perhaps the dilemma's gone away.
:15:30. > :15:33.Up to 20,000 pigeon fanciers are flocking to Blackpool this weekend
:15:34. > :15:37.for the world's most prestigious pigeon pageant.
:15:38. > :15:41.A bit of a coup! As my esteemed colleague observed on
:15:42. > :15:50.Twitter earlier. Very witty. I stole it from the radio! Competitors will
:15:51. > :15:56.fly from in from as far away as China. Let's talk to Elaine who is
:15:57. > :16:00.surrounded by the feathered ones in the winter gardens.
:16:01. > :16:05.Yes, normally it's about the foxtrot in here, but tonight it's all about
:16:06. > :16:08.the birds. There are 2,000 pigeons in here under the watchful eye of
:16:09. > :16:14.security and the judges. This is a major event in any pigeon fanciers
:16:15. > :16:24.diary. To get this far, the pigeons need brains, as well as beauty.
:16:25. > :16:30.Prim and pampered. Inside the cages, the top pedigree of the pigeon
:16:31. > :16:34.world. I like this one. Had her since I was
:16:35. > :16:38.eight. I like this one, got a good chance and I've got loads more down
:16:39. > :16:43.here. They have got a good chance to win. I've had the pigeons since I
:16:44. > :16:48.was two and I really like them. I love waking up on race day or when I
:16:49. > :16:52.go to a show and not knowing if you're going to win or not and you
:16:53. > :16:57.just like to see if it's my favourite pigeon coming. Some of the
:16:58. > :17:00.birds cost up to ?10,000. To their owners, they are priceless.
:17:01. > :17:05.I've loved them all my life since I was a boy. My dad had pigeons and I
:17:06. > :17:09.wouldn't be without them. I live for them. We have nine medals here,
:17:10. > :17:13.awarded to pigeons in the second word war for the great acts of
:17:14. > :17:18.bravery. At this year's event, they are paying homage to the homing
:17:19. > :17:22.pigeon. The fearless flyer paid a pave tall role in World War I and
:17:23. > :17:27.II. Pigeons in the war were extremely important. They carried
:17:28. > :17:40.messages from the frontline troops and also from Al lied aircrews that
:17:41. > :17:44.had been shot down. It took days to fly home, but one pigeon came home
:17:45. > :17:51.with a bullet through its breast and a broken leg. In in the judging
:17:52. > :17:57.hall, all eyes are on the lookout for the most coveted bird.
:17:58. > :17:59.He's got to be clean. All the flights have to be in excellent
:18:00. > :18:11.condition. Just like their feathered friends,
:18:12. > :18:16.these fanciers always return to one of Blackpool's most prestigious
:18:17. > :18:21.events. Well, this really is a major event
:18:22. > :18:25.for the Blackpool economy in January. As for the judges, they
:18:26. > :18:29.have got a very long night ahead deciding on which pigeon should get
:18:30. > :18:32.the Rosette and which owner picks up the ?35 prize money. This weekend,
:18:33. > :18:38.forget about the hens, forget about the stags, it's all about the pigeon
:18:39. > :18:40.party. Makes a change from Strictly being
:18:41. > :18:50.in the ballroom. Now Richard, a busy day for
:18:51. > :18:52.Manchester United's manager David Moyes today?
:18:53. > :19:00.Yes, he's been fined for comments he emade after United's defeat against
:19:01. > :19:05.Swansea recently. He did say that United started laughing at referees,
:19:06. > :19:09.he did though admit the FA's misconduct charge and was fined
:19:10. > :19:14.?8,000. As for the squad, one of his midfield players is on the way out.
:19:15. > :19:19.Anderson, who started just a few matches under David Moyes, is close
:19:20. > :19:23.to completing a transfer. Fiorentina bought him for ?20 million from
:19:24. > :19:27.Porto in 2007. Now to an issue that's been debated
:19:28. > :19:31.in football since the invention of the Premier League over two decades
:19:32. > :19:35.ago. How much money should trickle down from the top division to the
:19:36. > :19:39.sports grass roots? More than 20,000 people have signed a petition
:19:40. > :19:48.launched by a north`west MP urging the Premier League to share more.
:19:49. > :19:54.The latest TV deal was worth ?5 billion.
:19:55. > :19:56.Manchester United, champions... Clubs are wealthier than ever, but
:19:57. > :20:02.should the Premier League be doing more to help the rest of football?
:20:03. > :20:07.Here at Horwich, they are reliant on the likes of volunteers Tom and
:20:08. > :20:11.Lesley, money is in short supply. At the moment, we are on council
:20:12. > :20:15.pitches, we don't have any clubhouse or changing rooms. We have got
:20:16. > :20:20.nothing. Whilst international footballers arerning millions and
:20:21. > :20:22.millions a year, our children don't have good enough facilities and it's
:20:23. > :20:31.really about time that they did. really about time that they did
:20:32. > :20:33.`` footballers are earning. David's petition calls for 7. 5 of
:20:34. > :20:36.David's petition calls for 7. 5% of the ?5 billion to go to grass roots
:20:37. > :20:41.football. The Premier League is promising ?168
:20:42. > :20:45.million, half of that amount. But while one club, this one,
:20:46. > :20:48.continues to spend more on wages in a single year than the Premier
:20:49. > :20:52.League as a whole gives to grass roots football in three years,
:20:53. > :20:57.demands for the game to spread its wealth will surely only grow. Dave
:20:58. > :21:01.Whelan spread his wealth contributing millions towards biggen
:21:02. > :21:06.Wigan Youth Zone. The Premier League chipped in ?350,000 for the pitches
:21:07. > :21:10.and the Wigan Athletic owner says they do more than enough. The
:21:11. > :21:14.Premier League get criticised for not helping other nations or the
:21:15. > :21:21.football communities, but they actually do an awful lot of more.
:21:22. > :21:28.If they contribute more, we should be thankful, but we should be
:21:29. > :21:33.thankful already. There has been ?170 million spent already.
:21:34. > :21:37.While the Chancellor might be pleased by the Premier League's
:21:38. > :21:43.success, here they'd just like some of that money to trickle down to
:21:44. > :21:51.them. On this week's Sunday Politics,
:21:52. > :21:54.we'll be asking local MPs Derek Twigg and Ben Wallace whether
:21:55. > :21:58.politicians have the power to influence sport?
:21:59. > :22:02.Some important Rugby League news. After meetings today, Super League
:22:03. > :22:07.will be cut from 14 to 12 teams from 2015. Clubs voted for the return of
:22:08. > :22:09.promotion and relegation. The other code now, Rugby Union,
:22:10. > :22:09.promotion and relegation. The other code now, Rugby Union win
:22:10. > :22:14.The other code now, Rugby Union, win or draw for Sale Sharks at Biarritz
:22:15. > :22:21.will see them through to the quarter`finals. Quay toe and Brady
:22:22. > :22:26.have signed now deals. Quaytoe, the all`time lead leading try scorer
:22:27. > :22:31.considered retiring but will play on until 2015. Tom Brady signed a new
:22:32. > :22:35.two`year deal. A young skier from the north`west is
:22:36. > :22:42.being tipped for Olympic glory in freestyle skiing. Rowan Archbishop,
:22:43. > :22:48.from Alsager near Crewe recently won gold. She's the first British woman
:22:49. > :22:56.to do it and says it gives her great confidence ahead of the Olympics in
:22:57. > :23:00.Sochi. It's great practise and I'm on the road to doing that. I'm so
:23:01. > :23:04.happy. How brave is she! She's been doing
:23:05. > :23:09.it since she was about 12. Talked me through all the bumps and bruises.
:23:10. > :23:15.You have to be brave. The only way we do that is when we
:23:16. > :23:18.are out of control! If you go to the Horseshoe inn in Clitheroe, you will
:23:19. > :23:23.find a Christmas card on the bar. This is a bit special because it
:23:24. > :23:27.comes from... Roy. Roy is a sheep who should have been sent to the
:23:28. > :23:31.slaughterhouse last autumn but pub regulars took a shine to him and
:23:32. > :23:34.raised money to buy his freedom Stuart Flinders has been to meet
:23:35. > :23:39.him. This is one crazy mixed up sheep.
:23:40. > :23:42.He's ditched the field, moved into the farmhouse and started acting
:23:43. > :23:47.like a dog. Oh, and he calls himself Roy.
:23:48. > :23:51.He's very much his own character. He doesn't always do as he's told. Does
:23:52. > :23:55.he answer to his name. Yes. Especially if he's hungry. Is he
:23:56. > :24:01.just like a dog? He doesn't do all the things dogs do. Does he fetch a
:24:02. > :24:04.paper in the morning? Unfortunately not.
:24:05. > :24:09.Last autumn, Roy should have been sent to slaughter but a landlady of
:24:10. > :24:12.this pub decided to have a whip round so that Roy wouldn't get the
:24:13. > :24:17.chop. Or should that be chops... ? On the
:24:18. > :24:21.bar, a Christmas card. Roy sent me the Christmas card. From Roy
:24:22. > :24:25.himself? Yes. You must be getting some stick from your customers? Yes,
:24:26. > :24:29.we've had lots of jokes about the mint sauce and the lamb chops and
:24:30. > :24:33.when are we going to have him for Christmas dinner and so on, but
:24:34. > :24:38.Roy's not for eating, he's for playing with, he's a friend. Now Roy
:24:39. > :24:41.is part of the family at the farm near Bolton`by`Bowland, he is
:24:42. > :24:49.starting to throw his weight around. We have had a win`win situation as
:24:50. > :24:51.well really. What is that? He goes under`the`table. What is he doing?
:24:52. > :25:04.Scratching his back. You don't great with a dog, do you?
:25:05. > :25:08.No, you don't get that with a dog. The trouble with Roy is, he's
:25:09. > :25:13.spoilt. He wants to be a dog when it suits him, but when it's time for
:25:14. > :25:19.walkies, it's a case of, you go I'm staying here.
:25:20. > :25:26.Poor old Roy. Too cold to walk! As the Queen of
:25:27. > :25:31.puns just said. Go on? Good job the pub wasn't called the Rovers.
:25:32. > :25:34.No more tonight. Now the weather. Good evening. If you plan to be
:25:35. > :25:41.outdoors this weekend, Sunday will be the better day to be out because
:25:42. > :25:43.we are expecting some rain on Saturday and hopefully should be
:25:44. > :25:48.drier and a touch brighter on Sunday.
:25:49. > :25:52.For tonight, should be mostly dry. One or two showers lingering across
:25:53. > :25:56.parts of Lancashire and Cumbria They'll ease tonight and we will see
:25:57. > :26:00.some clear skies, bits and pieces of clear skies across parts of Cheshire
:26:01. > :26:05.and here we could see some frost patches, some fog patches as well
:26:06. > :26:13.and temperatures down to maybe three or four. For tomorrow, it will be a
:26:14. > :26:18.cloudy start. The rain begins to edge in from the south. Just patchy
:26:19. > :26:23.light rain initially. Going to be heavy for a time.
:26:24. > :26:27.Returns as heavy showers through the afternoon. It will be a breezy day
:26:28. > :26:29.as well. Plenty of cloud around. Occasional bright spells, obviously,
:26:30. > :26:32.as usual in`between the showers. Occasional bright spells, obviously,
:26:33. > :26:36.as usual in`between the showers Temperatures tomorrow, a bit
:26:37. > :26:41.disappointing underneath the rain, just seven or eight. The showers
:26:42. > :26:45.continue to pile in tomorrow night, as you can see.
:26:46. > :26:49.Temperatures won't drop by much tomorrow because of the rain. The
:26:50. > :26:55.rain then eases away. We are going to see the temperatures fall away as
:26:56. > :27:01.the rain eases away. Temperatures will fall very close to freezing in
:27:02. > :27:05.Cheshire. The rain is falling as snow on high ground.
:27:06. > :27:10.In the south, we are likely to see some fog patches again. As we head
:27:11. > :27:15.into Sunday, things will improve. The rain eases away. It's not going
:27:16. > :27:19.to be particularly warm. Hopefully some sunshine. For Monday, we are
:27:20. > :27:23.likely to see some more showers and then the return of rain on Tuesday.
:27:24. > :27:28.Enjoy Sunday! I could have swank you said the word
:27:29. > :27:33.sunshine then. I know. Very changeable.
:27:34. > :27:36.A patch of blue sky this afternoon! Twlafs? We are all going to stand
:27:37. > :27:40.under it. Show us, quick? ! We are going to
:27:41. > :27:46.the horseshoe to see Roy. He's lovely.
:27:47. > :27:48.He or she? He I think. Bye. Good night.