:00:00. > :00:00.heading our way and wet and windy again. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:07.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Jayne
:00:08. > :00:12.McCubbin. Our top story. Motorways closed, trees down, and
:00:13. > :00:17.railways shut. Chaos as the region takes the brunt of the winter storm.
:00:18. > :00:20.We'll have the latest from our reporters around the region, and a
:00:21. > :00:25.full forecast with Dianne. Also tonight: Told he had just weeks to
:00:26. > :00:37.live ` the grandfather saved by stem cells from babies born abroad. I'm
:00:38. > :00:40.at Goodison Park with all four of our team is hoping for a fair wind
:00:41. > :00:44.in the Premier League. And we are in Blackpool as it gears
:00:45. > :00:59.up for its annual festival of magic, circus and amazement.
:01:00. > :01:04.Parts of the north`west RIT standstill tonight as the worst
:01:05. > :01:07.storm of the winter brought winds of up to 100mph across the region. The
:01:08. > :01:11.Met Office issued a rare red warning. It means lives are at risk.
:01:12. > :01:15.It's led to chaos on the motorway network, with key bridges closed, a
:01:16. > :01:18.shutdown on parts of the West Coast Mainline, and in the last hour,
:01:19. > :01:20.there's been a major incident at Crewe station. Jayne's got more
:01:21. > :01:23.details. Yes, on the motorways, the M6 is
:01:24. > :01:26.closed in both directions at the Thelwall Viaduct near Warrington
:01:27. > :01:28.because of concerns that vehicles would be blown over.
:01:29. > :01:33.There's a warning that the M60 could also be shut in both directions
:01:34. > :01:37.because the Barton High Level Bridge may have to close. And on the M 6,
:01:38. > :01:40.high winds are making driving very hazardous between Junction 12 near
:01:41. > :01:46.Runcorn, and Junction 14 near Helsby. Avoid the area. In the last
:01:47. > :01:49.hour, Network Rail have told us that Crewe Railway station has been
:01:50. > :01:53.evacuated because parts of the roof has been blown off. Also reports
:01:54. > :01:57.that a railway power line has come down. Further north, the West Coast
:01:58. > :02:05.Main Line will be closed for two hours this evening between Preston
:02:06. > :02:11.and Lancaster, starting at 7:00pm. A very fast moving situation.
:02:12. > :02:15.The weather has caused problems all day.
:02:16. > :02:22.Our chief reporter, Dave Guest, is in Blackpool. Dave, it looks pretty
:02:23. > :02:36.rough out there. We can see how bad it is. Dave, I don't know if you can
:02:37. > :02:38.hear me? They have been bracing themselves in Blackpool for the
:02:39. > :02:45.worst here, and they have got the worst. Winds of 60 mph. The rain
:02:46. > :02:50.lashing on the promenade. Hurricane force winds knocked back to the
:02:51. > :02:55.coast, but further inland. There has been motorway chaos. The decision to
:02:56. > :03:00.close the bridge was because of the winds. Motorists were tweeting us
:03:01. > :03:06.saying it was terrifying. Another bridge closed because the winds have
:03:07. > :03:10.gotten too strong. On the M55, a lane closed because the roof had
:03:11. > :03:17.blown off a building, causing the carriageway to be closed. Here is
:03:18. > :03:21.the advice for drivers to night The winds are coming as a crosswind on
:03:22. > :03:27.the motorway, so drivers of high sided vehicles need to take great
:03:28. > :03:37.care when driving. My advice would be if you do not need to make that
:03:38. > :03:43.journey, then don't. As we said earlier, trains also disrupted.
:03:44. > :03:49.Don't bother to travel. Crewe station has that problem with the
:03:50. > :04:01.roof. They have never known anything like this. Harry came force winds.
:04:02. > :04:08.`` Harry came force winds. I have never seen winds like this before.
:04:09. > :04:22.Winds of strength 12. It is highly unusual to have these wins this far
:04:23. > :04:24.north. The Isle of Man ferry also cancelled crossings today, as Wolf
:04:25. > :04:30.varies going from Liverpool to Ireland. Liverpool and Manchester
:04:31. > :04:35.also experiencing delays, and in greater Manchester, the Fire Service
:04:36. > :04:43.asking of duty officers to come in and help. Is that the story here? We
:04:44. > :04:47.have opened our secondary control room to cope with the additional
:04:48. > :04:54.calls. We expect conditions at the moment, means we need to have
:04:55. > :05:00.emergency meetings to deal with the conditions. There are structural
:05:01. > :05:06.problems on the coast and across Lancashire. We had about the roof on
:05:07. > :05:13.the M55. Anything as serious? You could see the conditions are
:05:14. > :05:18.deteriorating rapidly. Hole a busy night for the Fire Service,
:05:19. > :05:25.emergency services here, so I will hand you back to the studio. Thank
:05:26. > :05:28.you very much. Battling against the elements. You can see how dreadful
:05:29. > :05:35.the conditions are out there tonight. We just had some news. 200
:05:36. > :05:40.homes in South Lancashire without power. Others in the Macclesfield
:05:41. > :05:43.area. Manchester police saying do not go into the city centre.
:05:44. > :05:46.Dianne Oxberry is here. She's been tracking the storm all afternoon.
:05:47. > :05:51.And this Red Warning is something you've not seen before? These
:05:52. > :05:57.warnings are new, and they impact waste. There is nothing worse than a
:05:58. > :06:00.red warning. Potential risk to life. We knew was coming, and in our part
:06:01. > :06:06.of the world, we are badly affected will stop all the way up the coast,
:06:07. > :06:12.and the significant thing is the change in wind direction. We started
:06:13. > :06:15.south to north. Now it is west to east. Straight across our motorways,
:06:16. > :06:21.straight across our transport and rail lines. This is why we're seeing
:06:22. > :06:30.so many problems. Just to recap that news. 200,000 homes, in fact,
:06:31. > :06:33.without power. Greater Manchester Police saying do not go into the
:06:34. > :06:39.centre of Manchester. Just stay indoors is the best thing, I think.
:06:40. > :06:43.The mother of the baby mauled to death by a dog in Blackburn has been
:06:44. > :06:45.released on bail along with her boyfriend. They'd been questioned on
:06:46. > :06:49.suspicion of manslaughter. Ava Jayne Corless was killed by a banned pit
:06:50. > :06:53.bull type dog as she slept at Lee Wright's house on Emily Street on
:06:54. > :06:57.Monday. Today, the RSPCA said it had twice been called out to the address
:06:58. > :07:01.in the past two years` once to deal with a cat killed by a dog.
:07:02. > :07:04.Tributes have been paid to a pedestrian who was killed on the M6
:07:05. > :07:08.near Leyland. Faizel Vohra, who was 28 and from Preston, died last night
:07:09. > :07:12.after being hit by several vehicles on the northbound carriageway.
:07:13. > :07:15.Friends say he was a wonderful man, well`liked, and had just recently
:07:16. > :07:20.married. Police are still investigating.
:07:21. > :07:23.Liverpool MP Steve Rotheram has questioned the Home Secretary over
:07:24. > :07:27.the current investigations into the Hillsborough disaster. Theresa May
:07:28. > :07:31.was updating the Commons on the progress of the latest inquiries.
:07:32. > :07:35.The Walton MP raised concerns over claims families of victims may have
:07:36. > :07:38.been put under police surveillance. Will she confirm, unequivocally
:07:39. > :07:41.that at no stage since the disaster were the families subjected to
:07:42. > :07:48.surveillance by the police or security services of this country?
:07:49. > :07:52.As I have said in response to the Shadow Home Secretary, the IPCC is
:07:53. > :07:55.aware of these concerns and is considering how best to address
:07:56. > :07:57.them, and of course if they do find any evidence during their
:07:58. > :08:02.investigation that suggests that surveillance has taken place, they
:08:03. > :08:06.will pursue it. Thousands of people across the North
:08:07. > :08:10.West could be in line for a rebate after an error was highlighted in
:08:11. > :08:12.housing benefit payments. An investigation by BBC Radio
:08:13. > :08:15.Merseyside has found in Liverpool alone over 2000 people are expected
:08:16. > :08:21.to receive repayments on the so`called "bedroom tax". The
:08:22. > :08:24.Government wants to close the loophole which means residents
:08:25. > :08:30.who've lived at the same house since 1996 don't have to pay it.
:08:31. > :08:34.And a village pub in Lancashire has been named the best in Britain. The
:08:35. > :08:37.Swan with Two Necks in Pendleton beat off competition from nearly
:08:38. > :08:41.60,000 pubs across the UK. The Campaign for Real Ale, which has
:08:42. > :08:44.awarded the title of National Pub of the Year, says it's "a welcoming
:08:45. > :08:54.pub" in "a quintessentially British setting".
:08:55. > :08:59.Just quickly... Were you going to do it? The Manchester and Sunderland
:09:00. > :09:01.game is off because of the weather. We will have more with Richard
:09:02. > :09:05.later. Doctors in Manchester have saved the
:09:06. > :09:08.life of a 60`year`old grandfather by carrying out a transplant using stem
:09:09. > :09:13.cells from the umbilical cords of newborn babies. David Pyne had
:09:14. > :09:17.leukaemia. After chemotherapy failed, he was told he had just
:09:18. > :09:21.months to live. But thanks to two mothers in France and America, who
:09:22. > :09:25.agreed to donate cells from their babies' umbilical cords, he's now on
:09:26. > :09:29.the mend. Naomi Cornwell's been to meet him.
:09:30. > :09:33.David is slowly regaining his strength. Five months after his
:09:34. > :09:36.transplant, he's still reliant on a lot of medication, but his prospects
:09:37. > :09:40.for the future are much better than when he was diagnosed with leukaemia
:09:41. > :09:44.two years ago. Not being able to find an adult donor, you just think
:09:45. > :09:49.time is not on your side. It is against you. You're waiting for the
:09:50. > :09:52.inevitable. It was here at the Christie that David underwent a
:09:53. > :09:55.relatively new procedure ` a transfusion in which blood stem
:09:56. > :10:00.cells from the frozen umbilical cords of newborn babies were used to
:10:01. > :10:03.replace his own damaged cells. For patients like David, who are white
:10:04. > :10:06.and Caucasian, usually we will find a suitable donor either from their
:10:07. > :10:13.family, brother or sister, or from an unrelated donor panel, in about
:10:14. > :10:17.90% of cases. It is usual we would find somebody, and what was unusual
:10:18. > :10:20.here is the fact that despite David apparently being a regular bloke
:10:21. > :10:25.from Wythenshawe, we were unable to find anybody suitable as a match for
:10:26. > :10:28.him. Doctors here at the Christie began a worldwide search for
:10:29. > :10:31.suitable donors, and found two mothers in France and America who
:10:32. > :10:38.were good matches, and who'd each agreed to donate their newborn
:10:39. > :10:41.babies' umbilical cords. The UK is lagging behind countries such as
:10:42. > :10:43.France and the US, where expectant mothers are routinely asked whether
:10:44. > :10:47.they'll donate their child's umbilical cord. As matches for
:10:48. > :10:51.patients from ethnic minorities are the hardest to find, our only cord
:10:52. > :10:55.banks are concentrated in areas of high demand such as London and
:10:56. > :10:58.Birmingham. It's hoped Manchester will be next. David's looking
:10:59. > :11:03.forward to enjoying more time with his seven grandchildren. He hopes to
:11:04. > :11:07.return to work in the next few months, and says he'll always think
:11:08. > :11:11.of the two children he'll never meet who began their lives by saving his.
:11:12. > :11:20.They are part of my family as well now. They have come to my aid, so
:11:21. > :11:23.they will always be dear to me. Amazing story.
:11:24. > :11:29.Remember a time before the internet and mobile phones? Well, today is a
:11:30. > :11:32.very different world, especially for children who are used to having
:11:33. > :11:35.smartphones, tablets and the latest devices to go online. But according
:11:36. > :11:38.to research commissioned by the BBC, many parents are struggling keeping
:11:39. > :11:42.up with technology and what youngsters get up to online. Elaine
:11:43. > :11:45.Dunkley, in the second of her three`part series, is taking a look
:11:46. > :11:56.at how the virtual world is keeping generations apart. UPBEAT MUSIC
:11:57. > :12:00.They are the online generation with virtual lives. Taking selfies,
:12:01. > :12:05.having followers, and likes, all part of a teenager's online world.
:12:06. > :12:11.You need the internet. If you want to get a job, social media is the be
:12:12. > :12:17.all and end all. We speak to people on the internet and all that. Not
:12:18. > :12:22.many parents have Twitter or Snap Chat. They don't feel they
:12:23. > :12:26.understand what is going on. From Facebook to Twitter to Snap Chat,
:12:27. > :12:31.the next big thing is always just a click away. You can set the laptop
:12:32. > :12:34.up, but you can't set up an iPad, or you don't know how to, really? For
:12:35. > :12:38.some parents, keeping up with their children's virtual lives feels
:12:39. > :12:41.virtually impossible. Our kids seem to be a lot more
:12:42. > :12:47.technologically`minded than we are, basically. You have eight or
:12:48. > :12:51.nine`year`olds who are whizzes at computers, and we don't have a clue
:12:52. > :12:56.what we're doing. It is knowing what they are accessing if you'd don t
:12:57. > :12:59.sit by them all the time. Teenage girls putting pictures of themselves
:13:00. > :13:04.on bikinis and underwear, I think, well...? There are filters and
:13:05. > :13:09.controls that can block unsuitable material ` but experts say talking
:13:10. > :13:12.is the best way. In the real world, there are risks that parents are
:13:13. > :13:16.faced with having to tell their children about in the offline world,
:13:17. > :13:20.so the things that parents need to do are pretty much the same. They
:13:21. > :13:23.need to make sure they are comfortable with talking to their
:13:24. > :13:25.children about those risks. There is a technological generation gap, and
:13:26. > :13:29.for these parents, their upbringing is worlds apart from the children of
:13:30. > :13:40.cyberspace. Elaine Dunkley, BBC North West Tonight. If you are
:13:41. > :13:44.worried, there is information. Go to the BBC website.
:13:45. > :13:47.Still to come on North West Tonight: Dianne will have a full weather
:13:48. > :13:50.forecast, and we'll recap the situation across the region with the
:13:51. > :14:01.winter storm which is battering us tonight. Also ahead: The magic of
:14:02. > :14:07.the circus descends on Blackpool. It is not being batted. We've had a
:14:08. > :14:10.sneaky peak at what's on offer. It's the final full day of
:14:11. > :14:14.campaigning in the Wythenshawe and Sale East by`election caused by the
:14:15. > :14:17.death of the former Labour MP Paul Goggins. Today, the UKIP Leader
:14:18. > :14:22.Nigel Farage, has said the campaign's been "as dirty as they
:14:23. > :14:25.come." He believes UKIP supporters have been intimidated by Labour `
:14:26. > :14:30.but Labour remain the bookies' clear favourite to hold the seat. Police
:14:31. > :14:33.have confirmed they are investigating claims of damage. Our
:14:34. > :14:44.political editor Arif Ansari reports.
:14:45. > :14:48.On Thursday, vote UKIP. It has proved to be a blustery campaign,
:14:49. > :14:56.but even UKIP is struggling to blow away the political apathy. You only
:14:57. > :15:03.see me one day of the year. A candidate says that is not their
:15:04. > :15:07.only problem. Supporters have had Labour activists come up to them and
:15:08. > :15:13.call them scum. Are you sure that has been Labour doing that Witham
:15:14. > :15:19.they had Labour memorabilia on. Labour still seems to be dominating
:15:20. > :15:31.this political pitch despite the work from UKIP. You are hoping to be
:15:32. > :15:36.the third Labour MP? Yes. He dismisses allegations of dirty
:15:37. > :15:43.tricks. We have a professional team. If that has been happening, you say
:15:44. > :15:51.that is wrong? Yes. It has been fantastic. Even in weather like
:15:52. > :15:58.this? . They say they are enjoying lots of support. Lots of people Do
:15:59. > :16:07.you think you will hold your deposit? Absolutely. Do have time?
:16:08. > :16:19.Across the constituency, a conservative stronghold. It has been
:16:20. > :16:25.the candidates' first campaign. Hopefully I will win tomorrow. If
:16:26. > :16:31.you don't, will you still had to stand again? Weigh I'm just looking
:16:32. > :16:34.to tomorrow. That is a very politician answer? You have
:16:35. > :16:37.obviously worked a lot on this campaign. Only one of these
:16:38. > :16:44.candidates will make the political weather.
:16:45. > :16:45.There's a full list of candidates standing in the Wythenshawe and Sale
:16:46. > :16:48.East by`election on your screen now. And polls open in the constituency
:16:49. > :16:59.from seven o'clock tomorrow morning. Sport now, and it's a busy night in
:17:00. > :17:06.the Premier League, with all four of our teams in action. Manchester s
:17:07. > :17:11.game against Sunderland has been postponed due to the weather. That
:17:12. > :17:15.news just in the last few weather `` moments. Everton have a chance to
:17:16. > :17:18.close the gap on the top four at Goodison Park, where Crystal Palace
:17:19. > :17:21.are the visitors, and Richard is there for us. We have had problems
:17:22. > :17:31.with you, but we will hope for the best. It is windy here. If I wasn't
:17:32. > :17:35.such a strapping lad, it might blow me over. It is a big night here in
:17:36. > :17:44.the Premier League. Manchester are hoping to bounce back. We have
:17:45. > :17:49.Everton hero against Crystal Palace. Liverpool as well. Everton not far
:17:50. > :18:00.away from those champions league spots. With me is Graham Sharpe I
:18:01. > :18:04.might have played all them in some blustery conditions. This will be a
:18:05. > :18:11.difficult night for the players Everton will looking to bounce
:18:12. > :18:15.back. Could've gone the other way. We were unfortunate not to get
:18:16. > :18:24.anything from the game. They have one shot at goal and it resulted in
:18:25. > :18:31.a goal, bites a buddy who was at the game and watched said we were
:18:32. > :18:35.unlucky. There are lots of options in those attacking midfield
:18:36. > :18:39.positions. We will see him scoring against Villa in the last home game
:18:40. > :18:48.is here. Do you think because of those options, Roberto perhaps
:18:49. > :18:54.doesn't have his best... I'm sorry. As predicted, we have lost Richard.
:18:55. > :19:04.He got blown over. Is he back? To want to risk it? Here we go. It went
:19:05. > :19:12.close against Tottenham, so he has got options. Sorry. We will give up
:19:13. > :19:17.on that. Just as city and Sunderland have given up on their game.
:19:18. > :19:22.Everton's game is still on. Richard is there against Everton and Crystal
:19:23. > :19:32.Palace. But city and Sunderland is off.
:19:33. > :19:36.I don't even know where we are now. The red struts two points on Sunday
:19:37. > :19:49.after Fulham equalised in the last minute. The champions are in seventh
:19:50. > :19:53.place. We played well, and in any other game, we would've scored well.
:19:54. > :19:58.We didn't get it today. We just need to continue to do the right things.
:19:59. > :20:05.We need to keep going. Luck will change. The wind is causing chaos
:20:06. > :20:08.tonight. In the Championship, second`placed
:20:09. > :20:11.Burnley's 1`nil win at Bolton extended their unbeaten run to eight
:20:12. > :20:14.matches. Wales international Sam Volkes sneaked in at the back post
:20:15. > :20:16.to score his 16th goal of the season.
:20:17. > :20:19.In rugby league, teenage sensation Joe Burgess scored four of Wigan's
:20:20. > :20:23.nine tries in their 46`22 victory over New Zealand Warriors in
:20:24. > :20:27.Hamilton. The 19`year`old helped Shaun Wane's side race to a 12`
:20:28. > :20:30.lead inside eight minutes. The friendly was a warm`up for the Super
:20:31. > :20:36.League champions ahead of their World Club Challenge match against
:20:37. > :20:40.Sydney Roosters on Saturday week. There's full commentary and coverage
:20:41. > :20:46.of all four matches on your local BBC Radio stations either on FM
:20:47. > :20:55.Medium Wave or DAB. For the games that have survived the weather,
:20:56. > :20:58.there is full coverage. The local radio stations also have all the
:20:59. > :21:00.news on the weather through the course of the evening.
:21:01. > :21:04.Back to Blackpool now, and well out of the wind in the Winter Gardens,
:21:05. > :21:08.preparations are under way for the resort's annual celebration of
:21:09. > :21:16.magic, circus and variety. Don't set me off? They call it Showzam.
:21:17. > :21:19.And thanks to a big grant from the arts council, Blackpool says this
:21:20. > :21:25.year's event will be bigger and better than ever. Peter Marshall has
:21:26. > :21:34.been to find out more. Welcome to Showzam! UPBEAT MUSIC.
:21:35. > :21:41.They say it has something for everybody. And then even more.
:21:42. > :21:51.Contemporary circus, street theatre, the weird, the wonderful ` not
:21:52. > :21:56.forgetting the traditional. Three small balls and three small cups.
:21:57. > :22:01.One of the time, the ball is passed through the cups. The marvellous,
:22:02. > :22:07.magnificent! Local resident David Oxley was so inspired by previous
:22:08. > :22:14.Showzams, he's now performing in it. There was a spirit. It is not added
:22:15. > :22:20.something in me that had lain dormant for many years. I sort of
:22:21. > :22:31.understood how this is about heritage, how this is all about
:22:32. > :22:39.Blackpool. An arts council grounds has enabled new acts to be pulled
:22:40. > :22:43.in. Among them, the circus. The artists here are from all over the
:22:44. > :22:47.world. We have people from the USA, Canada, Switzerland, France, very
:22:48. > :22:51.highly skilled and looking forward to performing in that group. And the
:22:52. > :22:57.council ` well, you wouldn't expect them to undersell the attraction of
:22:58. > :23:01.Showzam. We are encouraging people to stay with this, because we have
:23:02. > :23:04.so much. It is fantastic. You have to come here to sense the
:23:05. > :23:15.atmosphere. It all begins on Friday, and runs
:23:16. > :23:21.for ten days. So skilful. Will they stay safe? Let's have a look at the
:23:22. > :23:25.weather now. Let's take a look at some of the images of the day that
:23:26. > :23:29.you have been sending in. Here is Crewe station earlier, when power
:23:30. > :23:33.lanes came down and the station was evacuated. Part of the roof blew off
:23:34. > :23:36.there as well. It is causing real trouble on the
:23:37. > :23:40.West Coast Main Line. We knew there would be a shutdown between 7pm and
:23:41. > :23:46.9pm anyway, but trains being delayed. Hundreds of trees came down
:23:47. > :23:50.across the region. A man had a lucky escape when a tree crashed down on
:23:51. > :23:54.his car. The pictures are frozen, but no one was injured.
:23:55. > :23:58.More shots from Liverpool were another tree came down in West
:23:59. > :24:05.Derby, and another which hit a car over in Rogers Paul. Here is a car
:24:06. > :24:12.in Whitefield. Another tree has come down as you can see. The tree also
:24:13. > :24:19.hit a car in Preston. In the north`west, they say there are about
:24:20. > :24:23.5500 properties without power in the region. That is mainly in the South
:24:24. > :24:26.Lancashire area, but as you said, also Macclesfield and the Peak
:24:27. > :24:32.District. But get all of the important info.
:24:33. > :24:38.We talked about the red warning being in force, but winter is one of
:24:39. > :24:40.the elements you can do nothing about. When it moves across the
:24:41. > :24:46.region, you can barely protect yourself will stop the messages that
:24:47. > :24:50.if this wind continues, stay safe. It doesn't matter if you are at a
:24:51. > :24:54.train station or stuck in traffic as long as USA. That is the important
:24:55. > :24:58.message. It is a red warning. We have not seen one in the north`west
:24:59. > :25:04.of England before. The strength of winds between that bands all the way
:25:05. > :25:07.up the coast. Outwards Preston and all the way around at the Cumbrian
:25:08. > :25:14.coast, the winds could potentially be touching 100 mph. All of the rest
:25:15. > :25:18.of us have an amber warning, where the winds can be up to 80 mph. The
:25:19. > :25:22.reason things have changed over the last couple of hours, instead of the
:25:23. > :25:26.winds running from the south to the north, it runs from the East to the
:25:27. > :25:31.West. Right across our motorways. The bridge and viaduct closed
:25:32. > :25:33.because the wind is going into the side of the vehicles. The West Coast
:25:34. > :25:38.Main Line train running from the south to north, you will be so badly
:25:39. > :25:42.affected if you are driving in these conditions as you go through the
:25:43. > :25:46.night. This is the wind gusts we have reported so far. Across
:25:47. > :25:52.Merseyside, no protection at all. The wind coming from the Irish Sea
:25:53. > :25:55.at 75 mph. I will point you to our BBC local radio stations. Many have
:25:56. > :25:59.changed their schedules tonight to give you the latest information You
:26:00. > :26:02.can stick with them all through the night and first thing tomorrow
:26:03. > :26:05.morning, because of this weather continues, there are bound to be
:26:06. > :26:08.more problems. What is falling from the sky is the least of our
:26:09. > :26:13.problems. But if you have snow falling, and it will over the tops
:26:14. > :26:16.of the Pennines, when you add it to the winds, we're talking about
:26:17. > :26:20.blizzard conditions of the drivers over the top of the Pennines. You
:26:21. > :26:24.add to the wind really chronic visibility. Many places will start
:26:25. > :26:27.to see showers dying away as we head to the early hours of the morning,
:26:28. > :26:31.and becomes a little quieter. These winds will not is off. It will take
:26:32. > :26:36.some time as we head towards dawn but all things start to gradually
:26:37. > :26:39.settle down. Even then, some localised gusts. Tomorrow is a
:26:40. > :26:43.better day, but we were still sits in showers from time to time. They
:26:44. > :26:48.are not showing that widely across the region, but north, there will
:26:49. > :26:54.merge together and there will be significant rain totals, and
:26:55. > :27:00.anywhere where she showers turn you will see howl. You could see thunder
:27:01. > :27:04.and sleet. The temperatures are not story, but they are not that good.
:27:05. > :27:09.We're talking about five or six at the very best. We will have more
:27:10. > :27:14.details in the late bulletin. We have extra time tonight at
:27:15. > :27:20.10:30pm. We will bring you up to date. We have very strict rules
:27:21. > :27:25.about safety guidelines, so please don't worry about David in
:27:26. > :27:30.Blackpool. He will be fine even though it is wet.
:27:31. > :27:39.The married Mac 60 close in both directions. `` M60. Extra Fire
:27:40. > :27:41.Services cold in because of the calls. Diane and I will be back at
:27:42. > :27:46.10:30pm.