02/02/2014 North West Tonight

There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel, and I'll be

back with the late Good evening. Police have until the

early hours of tomorrow morning to continue questioning three people

over the death of a seven` week`old baby in Oldham. The boy, named

locally as Thomas Gacek, who lived on Hillside Avenue in the

Clarksfield area of Oldham, was taken to hospital a week ago with

serious head injuries and died on Monday. A 23`year`old woman, who's

believed to be his mother, her 35`year`old boyfriend and a

26`year`old man are all being held on suspicion of murder.

A service of remembrance to mark the 40th anniversary of the M62 coach

bombing has taken place today. Off`duty soldiers and their families

will on their way from Manchester to barracks in Yorkshire when an IRA

bomb was detonated on board killing 12 people.

It was the 4th of February in 1 74, of duty soldiers and their families

returning from a weekend break. They were making a routine coach journey

across the Pennines from Manchester to Catterick Garrison when the

device, not to have been planted by the provisional IRA, detonated. ``

thought to have been. It was travelling eastbound along the M62

from junction 25 and 26, it exploded after midnight and explosion heard

for miles around. The memorial was here that Hartshead Moor services,

where those involved in the explosion were brought or first aid

treatment. The 12 who lost their lives that they were remembered It

had a profound impact. Everyone knows someone involved in the

aftermath and those kind of stories get embedded in the local

consciousness. The IRA never admitted responsibility for the bomb

and families have accepted they may never know what happened. Justice

never was done. But I do not seek justice or revenge. I would sooner

not let that part control my life, I would sooner look forward. Despite

it happening for decades ago, the tragedy is still fresh in the minds

of those who attended today. No it is Chinese New Year and across the

North West thousands have been celebrating the start of the Year of

the Horse. Yunus Mulla joined them. The Dragon led the parade to mark

the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse. It is said to bring

prosperity and wealth. We want to use this event to promote

multiculturalism for people of different backgrounds, not just for

the Chinese community, but for all the people. Liverpool has Europe's

oldest Chinese community and here as well there was a dazzling

performance in Chinatown. With thousands expected in Manchester and

Liverpool, organisers lay the apathy that celebrating the Chinese New

Year seems to get bigger and bigger. `` organisers believe the chance to

celebrate. Can I say happy New Year. HE SPEAKS CHINESE.

All this activity in the city centre supports all the jobs and all the

cafes and restaurants, all the businesses in the city centre. It

has been brilliant so far. Good you get to see the parade. All good

What have the children made of it? What do you think? Really good!

The new rugby league season is just days away. Championship side Leigh

Centurions say reaching Super League is a realistic goal. , automatic

promotion and relegation will return to Super League, and Leigh have been

strengthening their squad to compete. Among the new signings is

Scottish International forward Oliver Wilkes, who last played for

Leigh in 2005. There has been drastic improvements right across

the board. Obviously, the venue and the training facilities are all

first class, one of the best in the country, first`class pitch. And the

club has been run by some very determined and professional people.

Football, and Liverpool were held to a one all draw away to West Bromwich

Albion. Daniel Sturridge's goal was cancelled out by former Everton

striker Victor Anichebe's equaliser. Here's the weather with Sara

Blizzard. Good evening. The showers that have

been around through the percentage of today will gradually start to

ease overnight and we we have seen the clear spells developing it will

gradually start to cloud over. A weather front not far away working

its way from the West. The night`time temperatures not overly

cold due to the cloud and the breeze into the early hours, minimum

temperature five Celsius, but showers coming in again tomorrow

morning, working up from the south, and a weather front coming in across

the Isle of Man, the band of rain which will come through later in the

day. The wind will also strengthen again, reaching gale force at times,

so miserable conditions initially. Throughout the evening, the band of

rain works its way towards the east. We not only have that around

by Monday, but low pressure develops by Tuesday, strengthening the

winds, pushing through another band of rain, so an unsettled outlook

with the possibility of further flooding. That is it for now. I am

back just after 10:15pm tonight Goodbye.

Good evening. Most of us have had a fine Sunday with some sunshine, but

there is more wet and windy weather on the way. Focused tomorrow across

western areas. In the east, again, generally dry and breezy. The

breezes picking up again overnight, the wind is getting lively again

around western coasts and with further high tides, the ongoing risk

of coastal flooding. Though strong winds bringing the rain back to

Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, apart from a few showers, a dry night and

mainly frost free. A wet start across Northern Ireland, the rain

pepping up across Pembrokeshire Devon and Cornwall through the day.

Many central and eastern areas