:00:00. > :00:10.before the start of the summer's before the start of the summer's
:00:11. > :00:13.Anti`toll campaigners have stepped up their campaign
:00:14. > :00:15.against controversial plans to introduce a charge to use
:00:16. > :00:24.It's to raise money for a ndw Mersey crossing as Yunus Mulla reports
:00:25. > :00:27.The Mersey Gateway project will see a new toll bridge between Rtncorn
:00:28. > :00:30.and Widnes, but its arrival will also sde a toll
:00:31. > :00:37.charge introduced on the Silver Jubilee Bridge that opened hn 1 61.
:00:38. > :00:39.Today at a public meeting, residents feared that would divide
:00:40. > :00:54.It is supposed to be one borrow but this decision will undo all of that
:00:55. > :00:57.work. It disproportionately impact the people of this area.
:00:58. > :00:59.According to Halton Council, the government's position is that
:01:00. > :01:10.without tolls, the ?589 million scheme wouldn't go ahead.
:01:11. > :01:20.Residents are being offered 300 31`week trips across this bridge or
:01:21. > :01:27.the Mersey Gateway in a redtced toll charge of ?1 a day compared to 2
:01:28. > :01:31.for other drivers. It is an insult. We are the 27th most deprivdd borrow
:01:32. > :01:36.in the area and we do not h`ve the best employment record. By the time
:01:37. > :01:40.the busy lately opens these residents are confident thex will
:01:41. > :01:42.have made their case to keep the Silver Jubilee Bridge toll free
:01:43. > :01:45.Dozens of people across the North West have been recognhsed in
:01:46. > :01:49.Sylvia Lancaster's daughter Sophie was beaten to death in a park in
:01:50. > :01:56.Sylvia has received an OBE after setting up a foundation
:01:57. > :02:03.We get messages from young people, older people, and they say to us,
:02:04. > :02:07.you know, ?Thanks for the work that you do, because it makes us feel
:02:08. > :02:13.And at the end of the day, that?s what it?s about, you know?
:02:14. > :02:15.Amongst many others who've been recognised is Merseyside's Chief
:02:16. > :02:18.Constable Jon Murphy has bedn knighted for services to policing.
:02:19. > :02:20.And building himself a reputation is 22 year`old
:02:21. > :02:24.He's received the British Elpire Medal for services to skills.
:02:25. > :02:39.Many of us will be glued to England's opening World Cup
:02:40. > :02:42.But for one family in Atherton it's got special significance,
:02:43. > :02:45.14 year`old Andrew Gerrard will walk out with his heroes as
:02:46. > :02:51.It is like visiting another planet for him, really.
:02:52. > :02:54.Andrew has done extremely wdll throughout his whole life.
:02:55. > :02:57.It is an opportunity he will never forget, walking out on to that pitch
:02:58. > :03:06.As part of the centenary commemorathons
:03:07. > :03:09.for the Great War the BBC's World War One at Home tour is at
:03:10. > :03:13.It's there to reflect the dramatic impact the conflict had
:03:14. > :03:16.And it coincides with the city's River Mersey Festival.
:03:17. > :03:20.Visitors had a chance to trx their hands at war reporting.
:03:21. > :03:22.We?ve got a lot of people coming through asking
:03:23. > :03:25.questions about the army, btt a lot of people talking about the Merchant
:03:26. > :03:28.Navy and the Royal Navy bec`use of the connections to Liverpool
:03:29. > :03:31.So there has been lots of fascinating stories and lots more
:03:32. > :03:42.The Manchester`born actor, Sam Kelly has died at the age of 70.
:03:43. > :03:44.He was best known for his roles in Porridge and Allo Allo.
:03:45. > :03:46.His agent says he died peacdfully this morning
:03:47. > :03:51.after a long illness and his death is a great loss to acting.
:03:52. > :03:53.And a dozen mad scientists, as they call themselves,
:03:54. > :03:56.have endured a charity walk to help a woman battling breast cancer
:03:57. > :03:57.raise ?150,000 for Manchester's Christie Hospital.
:03:58. > :04:00.They set out from the hospital at midnight to walk 42 miles to
:04:01. > :04:03.Port Sunlight where they work with Susan Welch.
:04:04. > :04:06.In Super League St Helens are in the South of France taking
:04:07. > :04:15.A few moments ago it was Dr`gons 36, Saints nil.
:04:16. > :04:21.It has been a mixture of sunshine and showers tod`y.
:04:22. > :04:22.There will be a few showers around tomorrow, but I think it is looking
:04:23. > :04:25.mostly dry and I think the cloud will be topped up into the `fternoon
:04:26. > :04:28.We still have some of those showers around at the moment, these ones
:04:29. > :04:32.will tend to fade away over night so it will be a dry night.
:04:33. > :04:35.Some clear spells developing at first but then the cloud will
:04:36. > :04:42.start to roll back in, and ht will turn a little bit misty arotnd
:04:43. > :04:44.But a very muggy night to come tonight, temperatures not
:04:45. > :04:48.A bit of a murky start tomorrow morning, a couple of light showers
:04:49. > :04:51.across the Pennines but most places should stay dry and bright hnto
:04:52. > :04:54.the afternoon, that cloud whll be chopped up to give us some sunshine.
:04:55. > :04:56.Temperatures up to around 19 or 20C away from
:04:57. > :05:12.the coast and we are staying fairly settled for the rest of the week.
:05:13. > :05:14.But from all of us on the team, goodbye.
:05:15. > :05:28.Good evening. We don't have any of the sultry heat they have in Brazil,
:05:29. > :05:29.but it is a warm evening for many. A few showers in eastern parts of