:00:00. > 3:59:59Mike Wooldridge, BBC News, Lahore. There's more throughout the evening
:00:00. > :00:30.on the BBC Good evening. Police have identified
:00:31. > :00:33.at least 11 people as suspects in an investigation into sexual and
:00:34. > :00:37.physical abuse at a residential school linked to the late Cxril
:00:38. > :00:39.Smith. This comes as a new book by Rochdale's MP claims attempts to
:00:40. > :00:41.prosecute the politician were blocked at the highest level. Yunus
:00:42. > :00:45.Mulla reports. Cyril Smith was one the reghon's
:00:46. > :00:48.best known MPs ` but in 2012 Greater Manchester police said he w`s
:00:49. > :00:52.responsible for abusing young boys ` the publicity that followed has led
:00:53. > :00:55.to a number of people coming forward relating to allegations of `buse at
:00:56. > :01:12.Knowle View where he was ch`irman of governors. The school has shnce
:01:13. > :01:16.closed down, but seven people seeking work sickly and sextally
:01:17. > :01:20.abused during their time here. He is not thought to be one of thd
:01:21. > :01:23.suspects, but in a book by current Rochdale MP, Simon Danzuck, which is
:01:24. > :01:26.being serialised today, he says the 29`stone politician was left free to
:01:27. > :01:30.abuse children as young as dight despite 144 complaints by vhctims.
:01:31. > :01:34."The more I found out, the lore I came to realise that this w`sn't
:01:35. > :01:38.just about abuse, it was about power ` and a cover`up that reachdd from
:01:39. > :01:52.Rochdale all the way to the very top of the Establishment." A Liberal
:01:53. > :01:55.Democrat spokesman said: His actions were not known to or condondd by the
:01:56. > :01:58.Liberal Party or the Liberal Democrats." Cyril Smith's f`mily has
:01:59. > :02:00.previously denied the alleg`tions against him. Yunus Mulla BBC North
:02:01. > :02:04.West Tonight. The vicar of a church in Stockport
:02:05. > :02:07.has been arrested on suspichon of raping a teenage girl. 54`ydar`old
:02:08. > :02:10.Reverend Simon Marsh of St Lichael and All Angels Church in Br`mhall
:02:11. > :02:13.has been released on police bail while further enquiries are carried
:02:14. > :02:16.out. The Diocese of Chester said he has been suspended. It's cl`imed the
:02:17. > :02:19.offences happened between 2011 and 2013, when the alleged victhm was
:02:20. > :02:22.aged between sixteen and nineteen. The Queen is visiting Lancashire
:02:23. > :02:24.this coming week after the Blackburn Cathedral was selected to host the
:02:25. > :02:28.traditional Maundy Thursday celebrations. And today a tdam of
:02:29. > :02:32.volunteers in the town held a clean`up ahead of the big d`y. Our
:02:33. > :02:41.green is coming and because we are one community in black and, we want
:02:42. > :02:47.to show a Wellcome full top. We are cleaning rubbish up so that the
:02:48. > :02:52.Queen comes and everything hs clean, not dirty, with rubbish everywhere.
:02:53. > :02:55.Football matches across the country will kick off seven minutes late
:02:56. > :02:58.this weekend to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough
:02:59. > :03:02.disaster. It was at an FA Ctp semi final 25 years ago this Tuesday that
:03:03. > :03:06.96 Liverpool fans died. And at the FA Cup semi final between Whgan and
:03:07. > :03:28.Arsenal at Wembley today, 96 seats were left unsold in their honour. In
:03:29. > :03:33.the Premier League, earlier this afternoon Everton beat Sunddrland
:03:34. > :03:35.one ` nil. And in the Champhonship, Bolton beat Barnsley 1`nil.
:03:36. > :03:38.Burnley's hopes of securing automatic promotion suffered a
:03:39. > :03:41.setback as they lost to Middlesbrough. The Clarets need five
:03:42. > :03:43.points from their last four games to seal promotion. Blackpool stayed out
:03:44. > :03:47.of the relegation zone desphte losing to away to Leeds. And
:03:48. > :03:49.Blackburn drew three all aw`y to Sheffield Wednesday. Super league
:03:50. > :03:52.and Widnes Vikings lost awax to Catalan Dragons this afternoon
:03:53. > :03:55.leaving them fifth in the t`ble Last night St Helens captain, Paul
:03:56. > :03:58.Wellens became Super League's longest`serving player appe`ring in
:03:59. > :04:01.a record 414th game for Saints against Castleford. And his presence
:04:02. > :04:04.brought his side some luck. After trailing for most of the match St
:04:05. > :04:08.Helens grabbed victory with a narrow 30 points to 28 win. Elsewhdre last
:04:09. > :04:12.night Salford beat Bradford by 8 points to 24, Warrington went down
:04:13. > :04:15.at home to Hull KR by 25 pohnts to 12 and Wigan comfortably be`t the
:04:16. > :04:17.London Broncos by 36 points to 4. Here's the weather with Kayd
:04:18. > :04:28.Forster. Temperatures will fall swiftly and
:04:29. > :04:40.they will get down to three or four degrees in some spots by morning. We
:04:41. > :04:43.are staying dry all day long. Temperatures could get up to 13
:04:44. > :04:52.Celsius. Less than a minute left in the FA
:04:53. > :04:57.Cup semifinal and it is still one goal each. Thank you for watching,
:04:58. > :05:15.we will be back at the same time tomorrow evening. Goodbye.
:05:16. > :05:20.We start with a look at the latest satellite sequence, because it shows
:05:21. > :05:23.what has been going on over the last few hours. This band of cloud has
:05:24. > :05:27.been slipping south across England and Wales. A bit of patchy rain to
:05:28. > :05:32.come from that, but nothing of significance. Quite the story across
:05:33. > :05:38.the north of Scotland . And some fairly frequent showers to the north
:05:39. > :05:42.and west of Scotland. That is it by dawn. Most places will see clear
:05:43. > :05:50.spells and it wouldn't turn -- it will turn cold, particularly in raw
:05:51. > :05:51.areas. In the morning, one or two showers along the northern coast of