:00:00. > :00:00.That is all from the BBC News At Six,
:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and
:00:12. > :00:13.Graham Liver. Our top story: Farewell, Sir Tom ` the football
:00:14. > :00:23.world remembers Preston's proudest son.
:00:24. > :00:27.What a class as a player and as a person. The knife was man I have
:00:28. > :00:31.ever met in my life. We'll be live at Deepdale. Also
:00:32. > :00:38.tonight: Crime in the countryside ` but are farmers getting the support
:00:39. > :00:41.they need? I will be reporting from the
:00:42. > :00:46.University of Manchester, where researchers think they have come up
:00:47. > :00:52.with something which could be important for early stage of
:00:53. > :00:57.cervical cancer. The agony of defeat by the closest of margins for our
:00:58. > :00:59.athletes. Strange goings`on in one of the country's oldest pubs. Have
:01:00. > :01:17.they captured a ghost on film? The world of football has joined
:01:18. > :01:20.Preston in remembering Sir Tom Finney who's died at the age of 91.
:01:21. > :01:24.One of England's greatest ever players, the people of Preston took
:01:25. > :01:27.him to their hearts. Over the weekend, football fans across the
:01:28. > :01:35.country paid their respects in a minute's silence. And today in
:01:36. > :01:41.Preston itself, books of condolence have been opened. Stuart Flinders is
:01:42. > :01:47.at Deepdale. This is the famous statue of Sir Tom Finney here at
:01:48. > :01:53.Deepdale. It has gradually been submerged under those flowers and
:01:54. > :02:11.scarves and share is. Not from Prestonpans. There is one here from
:02:12. > :02:16.a black band fan. `` Blackburn fan. They have lots of nice messages on
:02:17. > :02:22.them. The players were here a short time ago. The current captain told
:02:23. > :02:29.me what a strong presence this man still has 50 years after he retired.
:02:30. > :02:32.We will reflect on Tom Finney the footballer later. I have been
:02:33. > :02:36.looking back on why Preston took him to his heart. There were a few
:02:37. > :02:46.thousand extra supporters at Deepdale on Saturday. Even in death,
:02:47. > :02:50.Tom Finney can draw a crowd. Today, a chance for the whole city to say
:02:51. > :02:56.goodbye. A book of condolence was opened at the town Hall. It was his
:02:57. > :03:03.last match, and all around me were grown men crying. I never realised
:03:04. > :03:08.the significance of it up until probably now. He was a real
:03:09. > :03:12.Olympian, wasn't he? In the true Olympic spirit, where you played the
:03:13. > :03:19.game, play fairly and do it in the right manner. He was just
:03:20. > :03:27.down`to`earth, wasn't he? Nowhere words and graces. He is a true
:03:28. > :03:31.legend. You will never be forgot. Tom Finney came from another era.
:03:32. > :03:36.Well that alien to today's football stars as the black`and`white reel
:03:37. > :03:41.that recorded his death on the pitch. He was a sportsman. He fought
:03:42. > :03:48.for his country in the Second World War. I suppose at the time it was a
:03:49. > :03:54.great thrill. It was a great thrill driving them. Throughout his career,
:03:55. > :04:00.he kept up his plumbing business. The most football ever paid him was
:04:01. > :04:07.25 a week. These men there at that soccer is a dead end. What made the
:04:08. > :04:13.people of Preston taking to their hearts? He has continued to be the
:04:14. > :04:19.most famous face in Preston. He belonged to a select group of
:04:20. > :04:25.sportsman. He was synonymous with Preston. He was chair of the local
:04:26. > :04:31.health authority for a while, and the magistrate. He threw himself
:04:32. > :04:41.into helping veggie every charity in the city. `` he threw itself into
:04:42. > :04:46.helping virtually every charity in the city. He did not make much on
:04:47. > :04:52.the field but raise plenty for charity off it. You do not have to
:04:53. > :04:56.be a sports fan to regret his passing. Maybe he reminds us of
:04:57. > :05:02.something we have lost. Tributes from all over the world to
:05:03. > :05:11.said Tom in the last few days. `` Sir Tom Finney. Me finish with this
:05:12. > :05:17.tribute. I once told Tom about manufacturing Preston, it was lovely
:05:18. > :05:20.but the rain kept coming in, I came home one night and my wife told me
:05:21. > :05:25.he had been on my roof and repaired the problem. More on Tom Finney
:05:26. > :05:32.later. Lovely anecdote. Researchers in
:05:33. > :05:37.Manchester believe they may have discovered a way of preventing
:05:38. > :05:42.cervical cancer. They say the drug normally used to treat HIV could be
:05:43. > :05:48.used to kill off a virus which causes the cancer. They've conducted
:05:49. > :05:50.trials in Africa which they say have produced promising results. They
:05:51. > :05:53.also say complicated regulations here have prevented them from
:05:54. > :06:02.carrying out similar trials in the UK. Here's Dave Guest.
:06:03. > :06:05.Husband and wife team Ian and Lynne Hampson haven't created a new drug.
:06:06. > :06:08.They've discovered a new way of using an existing one. They believe
:06:09. > :06:11.this drug Lopinavir ` used to treat HIV patients ` could also
:06:12. > :06:16.potentially kill off a virus known as HPV, a recognised cause of
:06:17. > :06:23.cervical cancer. Rather than being taken orally, the drug is applied
:06:24. > :06:27.directly to the cervix. We have too stressed that studies are very
:06:28. > :06:30.early. We only have a small mumble of women. But they are far better
:06:31. > :06:34.than expected. They've been conducting trials in
:06:35. > :06:36.Kenya where tests on 40 women who were HPV positive showed impressive
:06:37. > :06:42.results. The condition was cleared completely in more than 80 per cent
:06:43. > :06:46.of the women. There are two reasons why they carried out these tests in
:06:47. > :06:50.Kenyan and not the UK. Women in developing countries in Africa are
:06:51. > :06:54.particularly prone to this type of infection. The other reason is
:06:55. > :06:58.because they could not carry out the tests in the UK. It is not possible
:06:59. > :07:01.to take medication intended for one years and use it for something else
:07:02. > :07:07.without going through a very long and complicated process. Try to get
:07:08. > :07:13.this off the ground for two years and got nowhere. It was one brick
:07:14. > :07:17.while after another. Authorities were together cannot just experiment
:07:18. > :07:23.with peoples lives. Of course. That is not what we are saying. Of course
:07:24. > :07:27.I need to be controlled. The Manchester team say that perhaps the
:07:28. > :07:37.controls me to be reviewed to enable more innovative approaches to
:07:38. > :07:40.tackling diseases. Police are examining the last
:07:41. > :07:44.movements of a 15`year`old boy who was found dead in Oldham over the
:07:45. > :07:47.weekend. Leon Cudworth's body was found in an alleyway off Ripponden
:07:48. > :07:49.Road on Saturday. His death is being treated as unexplained after a
:07:50. > :07:51.postmortem examination was inconclusive. Police say there are
:07:52. > :07:54.no suspicious circumstances. A 19`year`old man from Salford has
:07:55. > :07:58.been arrested on suspicion of supplying a drug after three people
:07:59. > :08:01.were taken to hospital in Liverpool after taking a so`called "legal
:08:02. > :08:06.high." Two men and a 16`year`old girl were found collapsed yesterday.
:08:07. > :08:15.It's believed they'd taken a substance known as G` EEBS, which is
:08:16. > :08:19.normally used to clean car wheels. The actor and writer Steve Coogan `
:08:20. > :08:22.originally from Middleton ` won Best Adapted Screenplay for Philomena at
:08:23. > :08:25.last night's BAFTAs. He co`wrote the film, which he also stars in.
:08:26. > :08:28.Meanwhile, Checkers, an eagle owl from Turbary Woods Owl and Bird of
:08:29. > :08:31.Prey Sanctuary in Preston has made an appearance in the Oscar`nominated
:08:32. > :08:39.film Her. The Hollywood production team's made a contribution to the
:08:40. > :08:44.sanctuary to use footage. He would not want to argue with her. Charlie
:08:45. > :08:48.Wright used to get on with his neighbours in Birkenhead. Now he
:08:49. > :08:52.never sees them. In an area where there were once 600 homes, now there
:08:53. > :08:55.is just one ` Charlie's. All the other houses have been pulled down
:08:56. > :08:59.on the River Streets estate. Charlie's been there all his life `
:09:00. > :09:07.and doesn't want to leave now. Diane Oxberry reports. I have lived here
:09:08. > :09:13.62 years. I was born in this house. I am the last one. I am staying
:09:14. > :09:22.here. Once, C Wright had hundreds of neighbours. Now, he owned the last
:09:23. > :09:33.house standing. The flour mills went. The Cold War went. All gone.
:09:34. > :09:37.Charlie bought his house in the early 80s. The council once offered
:09:38. > :09:42.to buy it, but he would not sell. The plan was to make room for new
:09:43. > :09:46.factories. The jobs and investment did not materialise. Without them,
:09:47. > :09:56.his house could never be subject to compulsory purchase. Unbelievable.
:09:57. > :09:58.There is a plan to transform this area. It is the largest regeneration
:09:59. > :10:21.project. If it takes off, area. It is the largest regeneration
:10:22. > :10:26.is my castle. And you can see Charlie's story on
:10:27. > :10:41.Inside Out North West on BBC One at half past seven tonight. Still to
:10:42. > :10:48.come: The agony of defeat for our stars in the Winter Olympics by the
:10:49. > :10:53.closest of margins. It was a shame to miss out on the final but that
:10:54. > :11:01.small an amount, but I rode as hard as I could and as fast as I could.
:11:02. > :11:08.This is one of Britain's's oldest pubs, but is it haunted?
:11:09. > :11:11.Richard's here with the sport now. And Richard, we've already seen some
:11:12. > :11:16.moving tributes to Sir Tom Finney as a fantastic footballer and as a
:11:17. > :11:20.person as well? Yes, I was at the match on Saturday
:11:21. > :11:24.and it was very moving for everyone who was there. Lots of people like
:11:25. > :11:28.me will have met Sir Tom and without exception will have found him to be
:11:29. > :11:34.a wonderfully warm and down to earth man. But we shouldn't forget as well
:11:35. > :11:38.what a truly exceptional footballer he was. The sort of player that even
:11:39. > :11:45.some of the country's greatest describe as a talent out on his own.
:11:46. > :11:49.In many pies, he is England's as ever player. Sir Stanley Matthews
:11:50. > :11:55.compared him to palate and Maradona. Bill Shankly said he was beyond
:11:56. > :12:01.compare. If I had the choice of a player in the whole world, with my
:12:02. > :12:07.life at stake, I would pick Tom Finney. Tommy Doherty still
:12:08. > :12:24.describes Tom Finney is simply the greatest. All the greats, he is one
:12:25. > :12:28.of them, better than those. Sir Tom Finney was revered by team`mate and
:12:29. > :12:38.feared by opponents at home and abroad. This action in 1958 at the
:12:39. > :12:44.World Cup summed up his talent. He struck at home with his weaker right
:12:45. > :12:51.foot. I decided to take with my right. Sir Tom Finney played 47
:12:52. > :13:00.matches for his home team, scoring 210 goals. He won 76 England caps.
:13:01. > :13:04.He was twice named footballer of the year. There was never any doubt
:13:05. > :13:09.which team he was going to play for. His roots with his hometown
:13:10. > :13:14.club ran so deep. He used to walk to the match alongside fans even when
:13:15. > :13:17.he was well`known. As a youngster he would go and watch the match and
:13:18. > :13:21.sometimes would nip under the turnstiles and get him for free
:13:22. > :13:33.Little did he know then he would go on to become one of the world's
:13:34. > :13:39.greatest players. Tommy, have you still got the same enthusiasm for
:13:40. > :13:45.the game? Yes, I think I have. We always stacked full of hope at the
:13:46. > :13:52.beginning of any season. Sir Bobby Charlton still talks about the war
:13:53. > :14:00.he felt lining up alongside him `` awe. I never understood what he did,
:14:01. > :14:05.because he did it before I even thought about it. What a class. What
:14:06. > :14:12.a class as a player, what a class as a person. He is the nicest man I
:14:13. > :14:16.ever met in my entire life. That sums it up. We can talk to another
:14:17. > :14:24.man who knew him extremely well Jimmy Anderson. We have read all
:14:25. > :14:30.sorts of tributes about what he was as a player. You have a unique
:14:31. > :14:36.position, you played against in What made him so good? He had the
:14:37. > :14:41.lot. He can play across the front line, and it was his versatility as
:14:42. > :14:47.much as anything else. He could play centre forward because he was
:14:48. > :14:54.strong. He could play on the flanks. He had the whole package. I think I
:14:55. > :15:01.tried to describe him as a footballer's footballer. Anybody who
:15:02. > :15:05.wanted to be at the top of the tree, they need that versatility he has.
:15:06. > :15:09.It is difficult for young people who did not see him play. It is
:15:10. > :15:14.difficult for them to understand how good he was. How does he compared to
:15:15. > :15:20.today's footballers? Said Bobby Charlton said he would probably be
:15:21. > :15:27.the best paid player in England What do you think? Oh, yes. I would
:15:28. > :15:32.think so, without a doubt. She think of the money that went for Gareth
:15:33. > :15:36.Bale, I think Tom would have pulled more in than that. It was the way he
:15:37. > :15:45.played as well. There was something about Tom Finney, his demeanour the
:15:46. > :15:48.way he carried himself, the way he endeared himself to the public and
:15:49. > :15:52.to other footballers. They all looked up to Tom Finney. It was a
:15:53. > :16:00.special person as well as a special footballer. People tend to forget he
:16:01. > :16:05.was good in the air, strong in a tackle, and it sounds as though I
:16:06. > :16:09.may be exaggerating, but it was a really top line footballer. He could
:16:10. > :16:15.have played in most positions, I think. He did play in several,
:16:16. > :16:21.didn't he? Briefly, you talk about him as a person. He was a great man.
:16:22. > :16:28.How would you sum him up? I will always remember him, from a simple
:16:29. > :16:34.thing. He picked me up once when I had been playing in Wales, who had
:16:35. > :16:43.retired, and I got injured that there. It had been me playing
:16:44. > :16:46.against him, the best of enemies in many respects, but he came in and
:16:47. > :16:52.said, I believe you have got injured, how you getting home? I was
:16:53. > :16:59.going to go to the station and get on the train. He said, no, I will
:17:00. > :17:03.drive you home. He went past Preston to Blackpool, we talked all away and
:17:04. > :17:11.you might say we have been friends ever since. I always remember that.
:17:12. > :17:16.Really great man. I miss him. Thank you. Some lovely stories there.
:17:17. > :17:19.Thank you for your time. FA Cup holders Wigan have been drawn away
:17:20. > :17:22.to Manchester City for a quarterfinal tie which is a repeat
:17:23. > :17:26.of last season's Wembley final. The Latics won 2`1 at Cardiff thanks to
:17:27. > :17:31.this pile driver from Ben Watson on the back of Chris McCann's goal
:17:32. > :17:37.Manchester City exacted revenge on Chelsea with a 2`0 win. City out
:17:38. > :17:46.passed the Londoners for Jovetic to score. Nasri got the second. Everton
:17:47. > :17:49.comfortably overcame Swansea 3` . Dubutant Lacina Traore scored the
:17:50. > :17:52.first with cheeky back heel. Toffees face Arsenal who beat Liverpool 2`1.
:17:53. > :17:56.Steven Gerrard scored this penalty after Luiz SuarPez was brought down
:17:57. > :18:03.but the Reds were unlucky not to get second penalty after this tackle on
:18:04. > :18:06.the striker. For Rossendale's Kristan Bromley it was less than a
:18:07. > :18:09.second, for Isle of Man snowboarder Zoe Gillings it was a couple of
:18:10. > :18:13.centimetres. That's how close both came to a medal at the Winter
:18:14. > :18:15.Olympics in Russia. In the end Zoe finished ninth, Kristan eighth.
:18:16. > :18:27.Stuart Pollitt reports. Unpredictable, exhilarating and
:18:28. > :18:30.decided by the finest of margins. For Zoe Gillings and Kristan
:18:31. > :18:37.Bromley, it was a case of so near but yet so far in their quest for
:18:38. > :18:43.Olympic medals. Zoe had put herself within touching distance of the
:18:44. > :18:47.Olympic final. This was the reaction back at home
:18:48. > :18:55.as they waited for the photo finish. A photo which showed Zoe missing out
:18:56. > :18:59.by inches. I thought I'd got through one point, because one of the
:19:00. > :19:03.official guy said I had, but I hadn't. It was a shame to miss by
:19:04. > :19:09.that small amount. I rode as fast and hard as I could. She did so
:19:10. > :19:12.well. She said she would do her best. I am sure she did.
:19:13. > :19:15.Zoe says she'll be back in four years' time, but for Kristan Bromley
:19:16. > :19:19.this is likely to be his final slide. At 41, the oldest member of
:19:20. > :19:49.Team GB finished less than a second off bronze. So is this the end? It
:19:50. > :19:50.has inspired me to do something like skiing.
:19:51. > :19:54.Elsewhere, Lamin Deen, who grew up in Moss Side, finished 23rd in the
:19:55. > :19:57.two man bobsleigh. Alsager skier Rowan Cheshire has been discharged
:19:58. > :20:03.from hospital after a serious crash in training. No decision has yet
:20:04. > :20:17.been made whether she'll be fit to race for a medal on Thursday. As you
:20:18. > :20:20.all Within the last hour Tranmere manager Ronnie Moore has been
:20:21. > :20:23.suspended by the club until the conclusion of an FA investigation
:20:24. > :20:26.into an alleged breach of betting rules. Assistant John McMahon has
:20:27. > :20:28.been placed in temporary charge of the first team Next tonight it is
:20:29. > :20:54.one Britain's and is a in a police downtown was knows about
:20:55. > :21:02.the impact of rural crime. He has had 58 pedigree use stolen
:21:03. > :21:13.from him. `` Dan Towers knows about the impact of rural crime. It is
:21:14. > :21:25.disastrous for the business. Someone has been taken it overnight. Rural
:21:26. > :21:37.crime is serious and organised. Insurers say in 2012, it cost the UK
:21:38. > :21:41.more than ?42 million. Farmer Gary Davis has lost ?8,000 of equipment
:21:42. > :21:44.are thieves. He feels police give rural crime little priority in
:21:45. > :21:52.largely urban areas like Greater Manchester. We had very little
:21:53. > :21:58.support. You just felt that you were on your own, fighting a battle on
:21:59. > :22:03.your own. You just want to feel they are there to help you. Senior
:22:04. > :22:10.Greater Manchester police officers met farmers to work out how best to
:22:11. > :22:12.tackle the issue. They are considering farm watch schemes and
:22:13. > :22:20.improving links between the rural community and crime`fighters. People
:22:21. > :22:27.who are high`volume criminals, we want to see them brought to book
:22:28. > :22:35.just like anybody else. We want to put an end to it. By working
:22:36. > :22:54.together, the hope is farmers will be to concentrate on farming rather
:22:55. > :22:58.than left. Next night: Next tonight it is one Britain's oldest pub but
:22:59. > :23:02.is also one of the most haunted The Man and Scythe in Bolton has had its
:23:03. > :23:05.fair share of reported paranormal activity but now staff there say
:23:06. > :23:09.they have managed to capture a ghost on camera. The Old Man and Scythe in
:23:10. > :23:12.Bolton has a reputation. It was watering hole of seventh earl of
:23:13. > :23:16.derby James Stanley before he was taken outside and executed in 1 51 `
:23:17. > :23:19.that's also made it a focus of reported paranormal activity ` and
:23:20. > :23:23.now this. CCTV footage appears to show a shadowy figure appearing bu
:23:24. > :23:26.the bar ` it was only discovered when the manger here noticed a
:23:27. > :23:33.smashed glass on the floor and checked the cameras. I have never
:23:34. > :23:37.been one to believe in anything of the spiritual or supernatural time.
:23:38. > :23:42.The hairs on the back of my head are going up now. Psychics visited the
:23:43. > :23:51.pub a few years back and said it was haunted by at least 25 spirits. The
:23:52. > :23:55.chair the seventh Earl sat on his still here in the pub today. The
:23:56. > :24:02.question is, is he still here as well? Have you seen any ghostly
:24:03. > :24:10.happenings here? No, I haven't. I would love to. What do I think of
:24:11. > :24:15.it? Not very much. You don't believe in it? No. There is a very strange
:24:16. > :24:23.feeling about the place. Very strange. But is it, really. Is that
:24:24. > :24:26.before a few drinks after. No, before, seriously. They'll be
:24:27. > :24:38.discussing this over a pint tonight, but I'll let you decide for
:24:39. > :24:46.yourself. Not sure. Not sure. Whether now
:24:47. > :24:54.I know what that means. Some people are a little creepy.
:24:55. > :25:00.Thank you. I was looking at you. Weather`wise,
:25:01. > :25:07.the good news is, it is much quieter than the weather we had last week.
:25:08. > :25:10.We start off fairly quiet and mild. Through the week, showers will
:25:11. > :25:14.gradually start to get a bit heavier and heavier. It's been a picture
:25:15. > :25:20.through the day. There have been gaps in the rain for money places to
:25:21. > :25:26.have a dry day. Look at this latest picture and you may well see some
:25:27. > :25:31.showers continue. Most places are cloudy. It will tie away towards the
:25:32. > :25:47.early hours of the morning and start to become drier. Into tomorrow, the
:25:48. > :25:55.cloud cover will an isolated showers. Tomorrow might be one step
:25:56. > :26:02.better than today. The winds are nice and light. The cloud will break
:26:03. > :26:07.now and then. You might see a glimpse of sunshine. 20 minutes of
:26:08. > :26:14.sunshine makes a massive difference at this time of year.
:26:15. > :26:19.We will leave you with a look back at Sir Tom Finney, who died on
:26:20. > :26:24.Friday night. Preston's favourite son. Lots of
:26:25. > :26:42.people had lovely things to say about him. Enjoy this. Good night.
:26:43. > :26:50.Tom Finney makes his goal 1`0. `` makes the score 1`nil.