16/02/2014

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:00:00. > :00:20.Good evening. Tributes have been paid to a 15`year`old who `` a

:00:21. > :00:29.15`year`old boy found dead in an alleyway yesterday. Friends of the

:00:30. > :00:32.boy, named locally as Leon Cudworth, have posted messages on a special

:00:33. > :00:35.Facebook page set up in his memory. Trudi Barber reports.

:00:36. > :00:38.Leon's friends are stunned by his death. They have been gathering to

:00:39. > :00:42.pay their respects and remember him. Many asked the police to lay flowers

:00:43. > :00:47.on their behalf. A friend says he was too young to die. They did to

:00:48. > :00:51.map a minute of silence for him yesterday. A lot of people have put

:00:52. > :00:58.flowers `` to map a minute's silence. It should not have

:00:59. > :01:04.happened. They have also set up a Facebook page with pictures and

:01:05. > :01:10.messages. One reads, one of my best mates, I am missing you already

:01:11. > :01:14.Another, from all the boys, we love you and there is not a day we will

:01:15. > :01:18.not be in your hearts. And one friend remembers, that Hulk will be

:01:19. > :01:24.the most important memory I will treasure. Love you, big man. The

:01:25. > :01:28.body was found off and on road and a postmortem examination has found it

:01:29. > :01:41.was inconclusive and further test is needed. Chief Superintendent Chris

:01:42. > :01:44.Sykes said in a statement, "While there is nothing to suggest any

:01:45. > :01:47.wrong doing, we cannot rule out any third party involvement." They want

:01:48. > :01:51.anyone with information to get in touch. They're now carrying out

:01:52. > :01:59.extra patrols to reassure local people. Greater Manchester Police

:02:00. > :02:03.are appealing for information after an alleged rape in the city centre

:02:04. > :02:07.by a man who claimed to be a taxi driver.The woman left friends and

:02:08. > :02:10.got into a car close to a taxi rank, the driver pulled over on Norton

:02:11. > :02:13.street and attacked her. Around 30 Greater Manchester firefighters have

:02:14. > :02:21.taken two boats and high`volume pumps

:02:22. > :02:26.Police say they are increasingly concerned about the safety of a

:02:27. > :02:28.woman from Swinton, in Greater Manchester, who went missing

:02:29. > :02:31.yesterday. 35`year`old Jennifer Cross is thought to have travelled

:02:32. > :02:34.into the city centre, but never returned. Friends of snow boarder

:02:35. > :02:38.Zoe Gillings, from the Isle of Man, gathered at the Cherry Orchid hotel

:02:39. > :02:41.in Port Erin to watch her race this morning. Sadly, she didn't make it

:02:42. > :02:44.through to the final, but everyone is still extremely proud. It was so

:02:45. > :02:50.nail`biting, last finish, really proud of her. Absolutely brilliant,

:02:51. > :02:57.a shame she did not make the final at there were so many variables that

:02:58. > :02:59.she did valiantly. It was startling. I do not normally get a motion but I

:03:00. > :03:03.still am! A man from Burnley, paralysed in a

:03:04. > :03:06.cycling accident, is appealing for help to buy specialist equipment

:03:07. > :03:09.that could help him regain some movement. Chris Wood, a former rally

:03:10. > :03:16.co`driver, hopes to raise ?40,0 0, as Alex Worsick reports.

:03:17. > :03:23.What it does is use electrodes on your muscles that stimulate them

:03:24. > :03:28.with electricity and make them move. It has taken getting used to, but my

:03:29. > :03:41.friends and family have been a big help.

:03:42. > :03:47.In the battle of the Somme, there were heavy losses, today, a special

:03:48. > :03:53.service was held in their memory. Your country needs you, it reached

:03:54. > :03:56.the heart of every man. Men from towns and cities across the

:03:57. > :04:03.country volunteers, including groups of friends. Today, a banner

:04:04. > :04:09.featuring the Accrington Pals was unveiled. Cadets from the same area.

:04:10. > :04:14.It is a big honour, being the 1 0 celebration. And it is quite

:04:15. > :04:19.honourable for my grandma because my grandfather died serving for them.

:04:20. > :04:23.The battalion suffered severe losses and over 600 casualties on the first

:04:24. > :04:29.day of the battle. These images are from a collection by the late Bill

:04:30. > :04:34.Turner. A renowned historian credited with telling their story.

:04:35. > :04:38.Barack a lot of different projects in the next four years. `` there are

:04:39. > :04:43.a lot of. The unveiling of this is very special. But this Evangelist

:04:44. > :04:50.Church, in memorial service was held. Descendants are still being

:04:51. > :04:54.looked for. Every now and then, we find another because a family tree

:04:55. > :04:58.has been done so it is nice to meet those. Over the coming months, more

:04:59. > :05:00.events are planned to commemorate the Accrington Pals and their place

:05:01. > :05:14.in history. With evening. It was nice to see

:05:15. > :05:18.some sunshine today. And the lighter winds. `` good evening. There were

:05:19. > :05:24.early morning showers across Greater Manchester. It has been a cold

:05:25. > :05:29.evening, temperatures down to two sources. We have seen a slight frost

:05:30. > :05:34.and it is starting to turn misty. Hill fog is affecting the Pennines.

:05:35. > :05:38.This weather front will come in from the West. It will work through the

:05:39. > :05:42.morning tomorrow. The wind will pick up a bit more. Most are conditions

:05:43. > :05:47.tomorrow, rather than gale force winds, and a wet day is that rain

:05:48. > :05:52.works towards the north`east. The daytime temperature is nine Celsius.

:05:53. > :05:56.Better weather on Tuesday, it will be showery, Wednesday is decent

:05:57. > :06:19.I will be back later, good evening. Whilst we are talking about wet and

:06:20. > :06:25.windy weather in the week ahead we will lose the extremes of last week.

:06:26. > :06:31.The first glow of the week will approach overnight. Clear skies will

:06:32. > :06:35.cause temperatures to fall awake, and we are looking at a frost in

:06:36. > :06:38.eastern England and for northern Scotland with