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getting to Europe illegally. More than 40,000 have made the journey so

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far this year. Welcome to North West Tonight with

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Beccy Meehan and Roger Johnson. The first application goes in

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since earth tremors brought Cuadrilla wants to drill at several

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sites near Little Plumpton. The family who feared they were

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going to be killed by a gang of men wielding machetes who broke

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into their house while they slept. And the end of an era:

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The world's oldest sports shop Pro nobody cares, nobody listened. I

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thought maybe my son was dead, my daughter was dead. Dimethyl Trafford

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Emirates, where the talk is of Andrew Flintoff's decision to come

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out of retirement. These are the latest pictures of him training with

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his team`mates. More later. And the end of an era. The world's oldest

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sports shop, closing down after more than a century.

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The energy company Cuadrilla has submitted a planning application to

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carry out the controversial process of fracking at one of its sites

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It wants to hydraulically fracture several exploration wells at

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It's thought to be the first such application since fracking was

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halted following two earth tremors in the Blackpool area in 2011.

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Peter Marshall is here to explain more.

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Cuadrilla has applied to drill, frack and test the flow of shale gas

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from up to four exploration wells at its Little Plumpton site.

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A separate application will be submitted soon for a second site

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Fracking divides opinion ` some say the process, which

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involves injecting water, sand and chemicals deep into the ground to

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fracture shale rock and release gas, will help lower energy prices and

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Opponents fear environmental damage, pollution and industrialisation

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of the countryside. They say they'll try and prevent it.

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We're going to object in any lawful and legal way we can. We're going to

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encourage the whole community. There is more than one group here now in

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the Fylde area. There are 15 groups, so each of those smaller groups will

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rally their objections as well. I think it is that they don't

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underestimate how powerfully we feel about this.

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Well, Cuadrilla says its application backed with a detailed environmental

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impact assessment now has to be validated by Lancashire County

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Then there'll be a formal consultation process during

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And it could take up to 16 weeks before a final decision is reached.

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Other potential fracking sites from Balcombe to Barton Moss have

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attracted anti`fracking protests which have delayed

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More of that can and will be expected.

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Cuadrilla says it's committed to being a good neighbour and will keep

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A family from Salford were left fearing for

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their lives after a group of masked men wielding machetes tried to break

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Iftikhar and Parveen Hussain and their family fought

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off the attackers for 20 minutes to stop them getting inside.

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I am scared all the time. Are you scared this could happen again two

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yes, I am very scared. I was thinking maybe my son is dead, maybe

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everybody is dead. For Parveen and Iftikhar Hussain,

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what happened late on Monday night has left them

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fearing for their lives. Their sons were sleeping,

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the daughters watching TV When Mum heard loud banging on the

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door, she looked out of the window. What she saw was a group of masked

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men with machetes and poles. There were people in masks, and with

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black gloves on their hands. The man was holding a machete, and half his

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face was in there as well. So the machete is here? Yes. He was hitting

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like this from the outside. For 20 minutes,

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Ibrar and his siblings fought trying It's not yet known why

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the family's home was targeted. But in recent months there have been

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a series of attacks targeting Asian families for Asian gold jewellery

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which is extremely valuable. The Hussains, though, say they

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have no valuables in the house. I have no jewellery, no expensive

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mobile. Only just a ?10 mobile. No jewellery here.

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The family say they will now move out of this home as they

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The police are urging anyone with information to come forward.

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A junior doctor working in paediatrics has appeared in court

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Raza Laskar, who's 30 and from Ashton`under`Lyne,

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is charged with sexual activity with a child and possessing

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The footballer Joey Barton has apologised for a remark he made on

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The Queens Park Rangers midfielder was involved in a heated exchange

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with one of the North West's newly elected UKIP MEPs Louise Bours.

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All you represent to me as UKIP is the best of a bad bunch, so if I'm

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somewhere, and there were four really ugly girls, I'm thinking,

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well, she's not the worst, because that's all you are. That's all you

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are to us. I have to say, the ignorance just espoused by this

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gentleman here... He basically fulfils the mission that football

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is' brains are in their feet. The Queen Victoria cruise liner has

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docked in Liverpool as part of celebrations to mark

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the centenary of the Aquitania's The fellow Cunard vessel

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served in both World Wars, The new boss

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of the NHS has said big isn't always Simon Stevens,

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the new Chief Executive of NHS England says small local hospitals

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have a vital role to play. His comments have been welcomed in

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communities which feared their local Our Chief Reporter Dave Guest has

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been to one of them in Cumbria. It's not much to look at from the

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outside, but those who have used it say this hospital is a small place

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that plays a big role in this community. I had a hip operation

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five and a half years ago, and I was able to come here to recuperate. So

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when the one ward had to be temporarily closed due to staff

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shortages recently, rumours started spreading that this could be the

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beginning of the end, and so the people of the town mobilised in

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their hundreds to demonstrate against any loss of the hospital.

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There are around eight and a half thousand people in this town, and at

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some point, there is a family member that has been in there. It is just

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so important. The health trust responsible for it says there is no

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plan to close this hospital. Quite the reverse, in fact. They say they

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plan to expand services here. It seems they will be in line with

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current national thinking. Today, places such as this received a vote

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of confidence from a key player health service. Simon Stephens, the

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new chief executive of NHS England, said he wanted to see smaller

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hospitals playing a bigger role in health care, especially care for

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elderly people. It is a golden opportunity for as now to Bush ahead

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with all that we know about community hospitals, and there is

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plenty to do, and plenty of information we have on how good they

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are, how relatively cheap they are to run. No one is suggesting a

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return to the cosy days of the cottage Hospital of the 1950s, but

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here in Cumbria, they say small hospitals have long had an important

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role to play, and they will continue to do so. If we take this hospital,

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it is a true community I think Blackpool was a complete

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wash`out. But Chester was sunny. Everywhere else was great. Liverpool

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was magnificent. Well, the Commonwealth Games

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version arrives tomorrow. Yes,

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it's called the Queen's Baton Relay and has already visited the Isle of

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Man but is welcomed to England for then, it has to sports city, and

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then onto Congleton, when it will be carried by someone who has a more

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than 50 year association with the Commonwealth Games.

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Robbie and I were both at the Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962.

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I won a silver medal to, but I think the highlight of the gains for us,

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we became engaged. Still together, Robbie and Dan have been telling a

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story in Cheshire in Cheshire schools ahead

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of the baton coming to Congleton. it means a lot to me not just the

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community member, but as a former athlete.

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I think it is truly to the spirit of the town. A spirit that everyone

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involved hope will continue long after the battle and Ponting has

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gone. Good luck everybody.

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Now, commemorations of the Second World

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And starting tomorrow, our BBC local radio stations will be continuing

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their coverage of World War One At Home ` here's a preview of some

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I am determined to be imprisoned or shot before I will take up munition

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work or minesweeping, or any work distinctly military under the

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military authorities. It seems Clementina served with

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distinction in France. Contemporary reports say she spent time under

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fire in the trenches at their done, one of the most drawn`out and

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desperate campaigns of the war. The work on airships, the design

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work, the experiments, there was a tremendous legacy. It went into

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heavier than air aeroplane is, especially metal aeroplanes. They

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were very, very powerful bows, and could also carry a lot of people, so

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they were used as troop carriers. Brought back to Burnley after the

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First World War by the lads of the old East Lancs, they found this

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golden nectar. They thought it was only fair to bring it back to

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Burnley for their mates to share. Fascinating stories there ` we'll be

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covering some of them here on Northwest Tonight next week and the

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rest you can hear from 8.15 tomorrow And the stories are now online

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at bbc.co.uk/ww1 Sport now, and Andrew Flintoff's

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decision to come out of retirement is what the cricket

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world is talking about tonight. Well, let's join Richard at Emirates

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Old Trafford where his Lancashire Yes, Roger. He is here, as you say.

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We were watching him a few minutes ago warming up with his new

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team`mates, but he knows the team very well. You can see pictures of

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that now. Great to see him out here again, back for Lancashire. He

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looked delighted to be part of the squad again. He isn't playing in

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this match. Lancashire are

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