15/02/2014 North West Tonight

That's it for now. We're back with the late news at 10.40pm.

Good evening. Former Preston and England winger Sir Tom Finney died

yesterday at the age of 91. This afternoon Preston North End played

at home and Richard Askam was there. Richard, what was the atmosphere

like? As you can imagine, it has been a very emotional day. People

are still coming and laying flowers and scarves and other tributes to

Sir Tom Finney. It was emotionally charged inside the ground earlier

on. You can now see pictures of a floral tribute being given to

members of Sir Tom Finney 's family. Including his son Brian We

also had a minutes silence before the game. A very emotional day. It

has all been about paying tribute to Preston 's most famous son.

Tributes today to a former foot Baller who Preston North End

describe as their greatest. How can a man I never met, never had the

privilege to see play have such a profound effect on me? So sad.

Everybody loved Sir Tom Finney. He was about an absolutely fantastic

figure on and off the pitch. When he finished, the club sort of died a

little bit. He is a big man for Preston North End. I rank him as

bubbly one of the best sportsmen we have produced on this islands. His

contribution is just amazing. He was chair of the local health authority

for a time and he did so much for charity. A Freeman of the city, his

family have been offered a civic funeral.

We should not forget that Sir Tom Finney was a truly outstanding foot

Baller but what set him apart was his connection with people,

certainly in this city. One lady summed it up, she was in tears, she

said to me, he was a truly great player but he was an even greater

man. A 46`year`old lorry driver from

Manchester has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was

found dead near his car in Warrington earlier. Police are

appealing for witnesses to the incident itself or any erratic

driving on Manchester Road in Rixton around 8am to come forward.

The body of a 15`year`old boy was found in Oldham this morning. Police

are treating the death as unexplained and say while there s

nothing to suggest any wrong`doing, they can't rule out third`party

involvement. A postmortem examination will now take place

It's been Congenital Heart Defect Week and an 11`year`old boy from

Blackburn who has the condition has been raising money with the help of

his school friends. Emma Blackburn reports.

The shoelaces are tied. The new school tracksuits revealed. And

these year six pupils are ready for their sponsored walk. All to help

their friend. Walking four times around the pitch at Blackburn

Rovers, the group know just what this challenge means. The mile long

walk is the furthest he has completed. He was born with

congenital heart disease and had his hurt `` third major operation

recently. He is now stronger than ever and is raising money. It is a

great achievement because what he has got, it is very rare. He looks

normal but it is something that he suffers. I always used to get really

breathless easily. But now, I have done a mile. It is a good

achievement. And his friends think so too.

Here's the weather with Sara Blizzard.

Good afternoon. It certainly felt quite cold today. The wind has

changed direction now. It will come from the North West overnight. But

we will see the showers diminishing and the wind easing off a little bit

more. A frost will start to form across parts of the region tonight.

Gradually we will start to see clear skies. We are likely to see a frost

across parts of Cheshire. A cold start to Sunday. But it will be a

much better day. Quite a bit of sunshine around tomorrow. The wind

will be a lot lighter. Maybe the odd shower coming into the Isle of Man

towards the evening. Certainly feeling pleasant in the sunshine.

Wet and breezy again by Monday. Hello, good evening, finally some

quieter weather on the way for the British Isles for the remainder of

this weekend, also somewhat for the week ahead. More on that in a

moment. Tonight, the biggest story is the winds continuing to ease

Into the small hours of Sunday, the winds will be light. Late showers

for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. A lot of

groundwater around elsewhere with a wide spread rural frost predicted we

are looking at the prospect of patches of ice on Sunday. There is a

lot of sunshine to come throughout the day. With light winds it will

feel pleasant. Highs to Scotland and Northern Ireland of six or seven. To

the south, eight, nine or ten in the south-east of England. To the west,

showers will brush into Northern Ireland through the afternoon. High

pressure, as we move from Sunday into Monday, gives way to an area of

low pressure couldn't coming in from the Atlantic. This is nothing like

the bull's-eye beast we have been looking at in the last week, it s a

slacker affair. The wind will be lighter. That is what we are talking

about for the week ahead. Areas of low