31/05/2014 North West Tonight


31/05/2014

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Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.

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A man from Morecambe has been jailed for six weeks for feeding pigeons.

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John Wilkinson has breached an ASBO forbidding him from feeding

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The council says it's causing a mess in the town

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But today supporters gathered calling for his release.

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He is known by many as the Morecambe Bird Man.

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For years, he's fed the pigeons on the promenade.

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Some residents are furious that John Wilkinson has been locked up

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for six weeks for breaching an ASBO forbidding him

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My mother used to feed the birds, and it was heard dying wish that

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John Wilkinson continue to. He has always done it.

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I am sure that he will be worried about these birds, he will be

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terrified. Today,

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some residents organised a public bird feed, and others are protesting

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on social networking sites. This has been going on far too long.

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It has been centred on a man who feeds the birds. The fact that they

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have put him in a place where he will be suffering more ridicule. It

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is not a place for a man like him. The council said that he was feeding

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them 40 kilograms of bread, and pizza a day, which could attract

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rats. Despite the council's reasons,

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supporters here say they'll continue The Foreign Office has confirmed

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it's looking into the case of a woman from Stockport who's

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believed to have been given Roya Nobakht was arrested

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after making comments on Facebook, Thousands of people have gathered

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across the region today for the arrival of the Queen's Commonwealth

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Baton, marking the start Crowds lined the streets

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as it arrived in Manchester this morning, before it went

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on to Congleton in Cheshire, where Where better to begin the English

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leg of the Commonwealth Baton Relay than in the north`west. Stop, the

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National cycling centre in Manchester.

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It is a fantastic opportunity. Then a journey to the National

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Squash Centre. Then time to leave the city, and into Cheshire, where a

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crowd of 10,000 people celebrated its arrival.

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It has been my pleasure to symbolically handover the baton to

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the young people of the town. Congleton is the only place not a

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city to host the baton, but it hosted the Olympic torch, and people

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here say that they are proud to be marking it again.

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It is fantastic that everyone is giving it such support. We are only

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lucky to have it in Congleton. It is really good.

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The people here today are just inspiring. They make me feel so

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humble. After an exciting day in Congleton

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Park, it was back to Old Trafford. Michael Dunlop ended BMW's 75`year

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wait for victory in the big bike class at the Isle of Man TT, with

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a win in today's Superbike opener. Third place went to the Isle

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of Man's Conor Cummins. It has not been a bad day for the

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weather. Will it continue? It has been a lovely day today, the

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coast saw sunshine, but there will be cloud inland through the

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evening. The temperatures will drop to a minimum of nine Celsius. We

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start off quite bright, in the early morning, but then the clouds will

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increase in the afternoon. There is the chance of the odd shower, but it

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was still be quite a warm day. Maximum temperature of 20 Celsius,

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with the wind quite gentle. Throughout Monday, we are starting

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to see the weather breaking down again. A cold front will work its

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way eastwards. Low pressure for the rest of the week, remaining quite

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showery. We will be back with the news later

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on, but from me, enjoy the rest of the weekend. Goodbye.

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Hello. So far, so good. Most of us have had a dry start of the weekend.

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Some of us will be turning wetter tomorrow. For that change we look to

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the far north-west of the UK. Overnight into western Scotland,

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thicker cloud. Patchy hybrids of rain moving in. Some of that

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reaching Northern Ireland late in the night. Elsewhere, dry. Where you

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are clear, you will see some patchy mist and fog developing.

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Temperatures just over a single figures. There will be a different

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look to the weather across the western side of the UK. Western

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coast 's of England and Wales, so much sunshine today. More cloud

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around, maybe a hint of drizzle. In the evening we will start to see our

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bricks of rain. Central and eastern England will see a fair amount of

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morning sunshine. Southern and eastern Scotland, a dry start. For

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Northern Ireland and western Scotland, not just goal, but rampant

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places to begin the day. Easier when you have rain, the temperature held

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down. There will be

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