:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight, live from Albert Square
:00:07. > :00:11.in Manchester, where thousands of fans are saluting Manchester
:00:12. > :00:21.We've just seen the men of the moment lifting the Premier League
:00:22. > :00:37.We'll re`live yesterday's euphoria, as the team were crowed champions
:00:38. > :00:43.for the second time in three years ` pipping Liverpool to the title.
:00:44. > :00:56.Building for the future. We look at the club's investment
:00:57. > :01:12.I'm with fans lining the bus parade route through the city, looking back
:01:13. > :01:21.And I'll be looking back over the rollercoaster of the past 50
:01:22. > :01:39.years ` with the highs and lows of City's past.
:01:40. > :01:54.For the fourth year in a row, the Premier League champions are
:01:55. > :01:58.United's victory last season has now been sandwiched by a second City
:01:59. > :02:39.The bus route will take their mode of Albert squeal shortly. It is a
:02:40. > :02:45.roundabout one might yield. The city players are going off the stage,
:02:46. > :02:57.they have been on the stage for about one minutes. When they lost at
:02:58. > :03:11.Liverpool, it seemed like the desire to win the trophy had slipped away.
:03:12. > :03:16.But be put together a winning run. It is a day that all of these
:03:17. > :03:18.thousands of Manchester city fans will never forget.
:03:19. > :03:24.Manchester City have their crown back!
:03:25. > :03:37.I've been on the herbal tea all day and I am ecstatic!
:03:38. > :03:39.Three weeks ago it was dead and buried...
:03:40. > :03:57.My wedding anniversary is today and today has topped it!
:03:58. > :04:06.He was taken some stick, from other managers as well, but he's
:04:07. > :04:48.Amazing scenes for Manchester city yesterday. The team is over to my
:04:49. > :05:01.left hand side. Waiting to pick them up as my correspondent. These are
:05:02. > :05:14.fantastic scenes. People are really excited wait for the boss to arrive.
:05:15. > :05:25.Let's talk to leave few fans. How exciting is this? It is fantastic.
:05:26. > :05:32.You have been following Manchester city for all of your life, what does
:05:33. > :05:37.this mean? It is super. I cannot believe that. Everybody is over the
:05:38. > :05:44.moon about this. Manchester City are
:05:45. > :05:47.Premier League Champions! Winning the Premier League once is
:05:48. > :07:31.a great achievement, to do it twice We hoped
:07:32. > :07:38.the other team would lose points. Dzeko pulls it down and Kompany
:07:39. > :07:59.scores! The whole season we've played
:08:00. > :08:03.attractive, offensive football. Now, Manchester City have still not
:08:04. > :08:19.announced whether they plan to accept or
:08:20. > :08:22.appeal against UEFA sanctions for The deadline to agree
:08:23. > :08:26.a settlement passed on Friday. They face a ?50 million fine
:08:27. > :08:28.and restrictions to their Champions League squad of 21 players
:08:29. > :08:32.instead of 25, plus a wage cap. There's no doubt City is a team rich
:08:33. > :08:36.in talent ` but buying players They are
:08:37. > :08:40.the most highly paid team not just But the investment here isn't just
:08:41. > :08:46.for today ` it's for the long term. Behind the big success,
:08:47. > :09:02.big investment from the Blues To those who say it's easy to beat
:09:03. > :09:10.the rest when you've got pockets deep enough
:09:11. > :09:13.to buy the best, I would say this. This is Manchester City's bridge to
:09:14. > :09:22.the future ` directly linking the Etihad to
:09:23. > :09:26.City's new training academy. Inside here there are
:09:27. > :09:28.going to be 17... Each one slightly different,
:09:29. > :09:35.to replicate the slight differences When it opens, it will be
:09:36. > :09:40.a production line of players. The important thing is to grow
:09:41. > :09:45.the future. The best way to do that is
:09:46. > :09:49.by having youth coming through. This policy is going to ensure
:09:50. > :09:52.that City are sitting on the top It's modelled on the training
:09:53. > :09:56.academy which created this. And the men who helped make it
:09:57. > :10:01.so now run City. Ferran Soriano and
:10:02. > :10:04.Tixki Bergiristain are giving Ask the foreign journalists who
:10:05. > :10:09.descended If you asked the average Arab person
:10:10. > :10:14.in the Middle East who they would want to win the league,
:10:15. > :10:16.they'll tell you Manchester City. We're well aware of the history
:10:17. > :10:19.of clubs like Liverpool But the new generation is going to
:10:20. > :10:24.support Manchester City An estimated ?100 million in TV
:10:25. > :10:32.rights and sponsorship will follow ` money which will be invested back
:10:33. > :10:52.into the future of the Etihad. The bass is just coming down the
:10:53. > :11:02.street. They are the champions and it says that on the front. All of
:11:03. > :11:11.the play is our acknowledging the fans. But are hundreds of fans on
:11:12. > :11:16.the street. They won the Premier league title and also the cop, they
:11:17. > :11:29.got into the knockout stages of the champions league. Next season they
:11:30. > :11:36.will be ready to go in Europe. They are all joining in. The bass is
:11:37. > :11:45.making its way through the streets of Manchester. The supporters have
:11:46. > :11:52.seen this team grow from a team which very really won trophies to
:11:53. > :11:58.one that is expected to. Manuel Pellegrini has guided them to this
:11:59. > :12:19.position. They will be expected to do it again next season. Above us we
:12:20. > :12:31.have the likes of Aidan Jekyll. The supporters are treating the heroes.
:12:32. > :12:38.Back there, we are joined by Dennis Tueart. Amazing scenes but something
:12:39. > :12:50.that Manchester city supporters are getting used to? They have waited
:12:51. > :12:57.long on off. All the things that are going on, like the development of
:12:58. > :13:02.the squad, it is fantastic. On the other side of the city, Manchester
:13:03. > :13:14.United is one of the biggest bands in global sport, but can Manchester
:13:15. > :13:19.city now challenge that? They have franchises all over the world. Who
:13:20. > :13:31.knows? I think the plant will be global. In every business you have
:13:32. > :13:44.two invest. They have a long`term strategy. They have got a belief in
:13:45. > :13:51.the strategy. The investment is coming to a part of Manchester that
:13:52. > :14:00.needs it? The Academy and the jobs that are being built, when we've
:14:01. > :14:06.fast build the stadium I did not even know what he's Manchester was
:14:07. > :14:13.about. We will head back to the studio now. We will have more later.
:14:14. > :14:18.Back to the studio. The defence has opened its case in
:14:19. > :14:21.the trial of former BBC broadcaster The 84`year`old denies 15 charges
:14:22. > :14:26.of rape and five indecent assaults against two young girls
:14:27. > :14:31.between 1976 and 1981. He's already serving
:14:32. > :14:33.a 30 month jail sentence for Peter Marshall was
:14:34. > :14:40.in court following today's hearing. Well, the defence opened its case
:14:41. > :14:44.by saying that Stuart Hall would not take to the stand to give
:14:45. > :14:47.evidence in his defence. These allegations date to something
:14:48. > :14:52.like 35 years ago when Stuat Hall was in his 50s or 40s, and was
:14:53. > :14:55.a well`known celebrity, presenting BBC Look North West, the regional
:14:56. > :14:59.news programme, and also the BBC The defence barrister first of all
:15:00. > :15:07.called a chartered psychologist. He referred to one alleged rape,
:15:08. > :15:11.and one alleged victim of the age He suggested this could well be
:15:12. > :15:16.a memory ` a productive That's when a complainant may not
:15:17. > :15:21.have any intention about lying In effect,
:15:22. > :15:27.it could have been made up. It's the defence case that all
:15:28. > :15:31.of the other allegations of rape and indecent assault were actually
:15:32. > :15:36.consensual sexual activity. The jury also heard a statement from
:15:37. > :15:41.a woman who worked very closely with Stuart Hall at the studios where the
:15:42. > :15:48.alleged rapes and sexual assaults She says that
:15:49. > :15:52.despite working with him for all that time, she never saw anything
:15:53. > :15:55.inappropriate in his dressing room. He was always very polite
:15:56. > :15:58.and respectful. He would never drink
:15:59. > :16:02.before a broadcast. Stuart Hall denies 15 allegations of
:16:03. > :16:06.rape and five of indecent assault. The family of a four`year`old boy
:16:07. > :16:16.who died when a Liverpool flat was deliberately set on fire say he
:16:17. > :16:21.was killed by a "mindless act". Jai Joshi died at the flat
:16:22. > :16:23.in Tuebrook on Thursday. Police say they're not looking
:16:24. > :16:30.for anyone else. A promise to keep jobs
:16:31. > :16:32.at Macclesfield based Astra Zeneca is "legally binding" according to
:16:33. > :16:36.the firm who want to take it over. US drug giant Pfizer have pledged to
:16:37. > :16:39.keep the Cheshire based factory if they secure
:16:40. > :16:44.a ?63 million takeover deal. But they also say they could adjust
:16:45. > :16:47.their commitments if circumstances The Prime Minister has rejected
:16:48. > :16:55.calls for the Cheshire`born singer Gary Barlow to return
:16:56. > :16:58.his OBE over his involvement He and fellow Take That stars
:16:59. > :17:05.Howard Donald and Mark Owen ` both from Greater Manchester ` may
:17:06. > :17:08.have to repay millions of pounds. A judge has ruled that
:17:09. > :17:12.a scheme they invested in was mainly Tributes are being paid to
:17:13. > :17:16.a Merseyside musician and record`producer who's died
:17:17. > :17:18.after a cycling accident. Alan Wills died three days after
:17:19. > :17:21.suffering serious head injuries He set up the "Deltasonic" label `
:17:22. > :17:25.which signed The Zutons, Colleagues say he was generous,
:17:26. > :17:33.honest and loyal. Manchester City Football Club was
:17:34. > :17:37.officially founded in 1894, and it shares its birth year with
:17:38. > :17:41.another North West institution. Blackpool Tower was opened
:17:42. > :17:44.in the same year, and is celebrating In the run up to
:17:45. > :17:48.the big celebrations on Wednesday, Naomi Cornwell's been looking
:17:49. > :17:53.at its history. Did you know that the famous Tower
:17:54. > :18:00.is nearly 600 feet high and is visited
:18:01. > :18:03.by almost 500,000 every year? Blackpool has its tower
:18:04. > :18:05.thanks to one man's dream. In 1889, the Mayor of Blackpool took
:18:06. > :18:09.a shine to the Eiffel Tower We wanted to transform the landscape
:18:10. > :18:19.in a way that would be seen Turn venture into adventure,
:18:20. > :18:27.construction into legacy! Shares were sold to raise
:18:28. > :18:31.the funds and on the 14th of May 1894, Blackpool Tower was
:18:32. > :18:34.officially opened. But the Eiffel Tower is just
:18:35. > :18:37.a viewing platform inland. Blackpool Tower is the only Grade
:18:38. > :18:44.One listed building in the town. The Tower is the one that people
:18:45. > :18:53.most associate with Blackpool. How can you be down
:18:54. > :18:56.in the dumps when your heart's up in the clouds and you can throw
:18:57. > :19:00.away cares to the four winds? Through the years
:19:01. > :19:04.the Tower has suffered two serious It became a wedding venue
:19:05. > :19:09.when a stuntman swung by in the 1980s and has been invaded
:19:10. > :19:13.by protestors at times. The animals have left the circus
:19:14. > :19:16.and the ballroom is now as well known for its TV appearances
:19:17. > :19:20.as its tea dances. But as a Grade One listed building,
:19:21. > :19:23.the huge structure towering over the Golden Mile will never be
:19:24. > :19:56.allowed to change. You can probably see it in the
:19:57. > :20:06.distance. These two people have been Manchester city fans for all of the
:20:07. > :20:13.lights? I am five years old. They probably think that this happens
:20:14. > :20:16.every year but that does not. 16 years ago they had dropped down to
:20:17. > :20:33.the thought to Europe for the fast and only time. The boss is coming
:20:34. > :20:50.towards us know. Can you say? There is lots of excitement here. Which
:20:51. > :20:51.look back at some of the days when things weren't so good for
:20:52. > :20:55.Manchester city. It looks like a stunning piece
:20:56. > :20:58.of skill. A moment of tragi`comedy,
:20:59. > :21:12.typical of City in the late 1990s. For a man who played for City
:21:13. > :21:15.in the days when they winners, not just in England, but in Europe,
:21:16. > :21:19.it was hard to take. I was coming to watch
:21:20. > :21:21.the games all the time. It was very difficult,
:21:22. > :21:23.particularly when Manchester United were in the First Division
:21:24. > :21:27.and we were in the Third Division. But one thing never changed `
:21:28. > :21:30.the support was there all the time. The 25, 30,000 people
:21:31. > :21:33.came ever single week. They sneaked out
:21:34. > :21:38.of the division through the play Is the transformation just
:21:39. > :21:42.down to money? The finances do help but you've
:21:43. > :21:46.got to make these guys a team. They've paid people
:21:47. > :21:51.in charge right the way through... They've built this squad
:21:52. > :21:56.into a team. And now, for the first time,
:21:57. > :22:02.comparisons really can be made with When you win things,
:22:03. > :22:07.and you're successful, You can't win things if you don't
:22:08. > :22:12.play together, live together You need to read other
:22:13. > :22:16.people's minds. In those days,
:22:17. > :22:18.everyone knew what we were doing. This side
:22:19. > :22:31.of today is exactly the same. The highs and lows of Manchester
:22:32. > :22:58.city. Everybody is enjoying clear skies
:22:59. > :23:08.tonight. The temperatures are at around 14 and 14. Despite more
:23:09. > :23:18.channels, we could see temperatures getting very close to 20 Celsius.
:23:19. > :23:26.Clear blue skies this evening. Everywhere else you can see shovels.
:23:27. > :23:33.They should ease in the south of the region and the clear skies
:23:34. > :23:41.elsewhere. In rural areas we could see temperatures of three or four
:23:42. > :23:47.Celsius for the race. Some mess and fog patches in the morning. Close
:23:48. > :23:54.date with if you show was continuing to peak. In between the Cheryl 's
:23:55. > :24:03.Burrell be some good spells of sunshine. The temperatures tomorrow
:24:04. > :24:13.are going to be out of touch. Our coverage. It is good news at last.
:24:14. > :24:26.On the state that will settle things down. Possibly 17 or 18 since its
:24:27. > :24:36.authority. Thank you. That is from us in studio. Back to Roger. All the
:24:37. > :24:46.Manchester city fans are enjoying the sunshine here. About thing for
:24:47. > :24:53.them now is to conquer Europe? They have done it all domestically. The
:24:54. > :25:01.Champions League has to be the next target. Thank you. At Liverpool have
:25:02. > :25:05.won the league this season then they would have put on an unbelievable
:25:06. > :25:11.party as well. But Manchester city have won the league, the fourth year
:25:12. > :25:16.in succession that 80 from Manchester has one. I feel sorry for
:25:17. > :25:20.the cleaners because the police as film of the stuff. Thank you.
:25:21. > :25:25.Goodbye.