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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
Roger Johnson. Our top storx... Economic boost or election gimmick? | :00:09. | :00:12. | |
The Government calls for high`speed rail from Manchester to Leeds. They | :00:13. | :00:20. | |
say it'll create a global chty of the north. Also tonight... | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
Tributes to a teenager drowned at a Lancashire reservoir as a w`rning | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
goes out on the dangers of open water. | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
As the BBC's World War 12 at home comes to Blackpool, I will be | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
looking at how they help to train people for the front line. `` World | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
War I at home. And climb every mountain. Wd hear | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
from the Cumbrian Fell runndr who conquered Wainwright's peaks in | :00:50. | :00:50. | |
record time. The Government says it wants a high` | :00:51. | :01:00. | |
speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds to help close the | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
north`south divide. The Chancellor and Cheshire MP, George Osborne | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
believes it will turn northdrn England into a second global city | :01:07. | :01:14. | |
for the UK. He unveiled the idea today at Manchester's science and | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
industry Museum, but critics say it is just reinventing plans it has | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
already scrapped. Roger has more details. | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
The Industrial Revolution h`d its roots here. And now the Govdrnment | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
wants the North to become an economic powerhouse once ag`in. | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
Closing the gap with London. And they have three ideas to do it. | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
Firstly, elected mayors, like Joe Anderson in Liverpool or London s | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
Boris Johnson. Several citids have already rejected these. But this | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
time, as an incentive, they'll be offered even greater powers to run | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
larger Metropolitan areas. Secondly, new investment in innovation will, | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
the Government hopes, bring a new science centre to the north. Our | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
universities will be encour`ged to bid for these new funds. And, | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
crucially, that high`speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds. Dubbed | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
HS3, this will link to the proposed HS2 from London, improving | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
connectivity across the north. It will use the existing rail corridor | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
across the Pennines, with a high`speed section between | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
Manchester and Leeds. But critics say this is all a pre`electhon | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
gimmick aimed at winning northern votes. This from our Economhcs | :02:24. | :02:24. | |
Correspondent Jayne McCubbin. So high speed for the Pennines, not | :02:25. | :02:36. | |
a promise, just an idea, enough to get Northerners excited? It would be | :02:37. | :02:44. | |
great. If they could cut thd journey, it would encourage | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
commuting between the two. H am all for investment in really services, | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
but because of high`speed r`il are ridiculous. That minor cost issue. | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
An issue for another day. Today was all about getting the North moving | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
faster. About picking up thd pace of economic growth. This bit of kit is | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
about to set off on a journdy across the Pennines. | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
What other motorways like? Nightmare! HS3 wouldn't just move | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
people faster. But product too. The high`speed argument has alw`ys been | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
about taking commuters off the traditional lines and freeing up | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
more space for this. Freight. We have several suppliers on the other | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
side of the Pennines, and it is up to 20 miles away, but that could | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
make a difference, especially with meetings, which we have to set at | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
times, such as half passed then because of the snarl at rush hour. | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
`` half past ten. Just look at what happens in rush hour across the | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
country. The population in well`connected London booms. All | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
that economic activity. Cre`ting all of that wealth. Manchester barely a | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
blip in the distance. So wh`t if High`speed meant that peopld would | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
think nothing of living in Manchester and working in Ldeds | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
What if the M62 corridor cotld work as one? Those meeting at thd | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
International Festival of Btsiness today felt that killer idea had one | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
thing missing. Liverpool. Mdrseyside is one of the fastest`growing | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
economies. I cannot believe this is not coming to Liverpool. I think | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
they make sense, but George Osborne does not. You are an economhst, do | :04:13. | :04:21. | |
they have a point? These pl`ces are interconnected and have been his | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
doggedly, so making connecthons between two does not make sdnse we | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
need all the northern cities connected more effectively hf we are | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
going to have more bang for buck. But remember, the buck has not even | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
been found by a HS2. Our Political Editor is at | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
Manchester station, this is more about a railway link? It is, you can | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
see some of the work taking place at the Tory behind me, part of | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
upgrading the railway network. `` at Victoria behind me. This is not just | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
economics, but political power as well. For many years, city leaders | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
have been saying to governmdnt to give more powers and and thdy will | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
be able to create more jobs and give better cities, and today, I think | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
the government moved in that direction, George Osborne | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
essentially saying more powdrs would be given over planning, polhcing and | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
transport, in exchange for creating city regional mayors. Not jtst the | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
maid of Liverpool, but of Mdrseyside and greater Merseyside. `` layor of. | :05:31. | :05:37. | |
Joe Anderson, the male Liverpool, called there is a bold plan. Five | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
much is this about appealing to voters before the general election? | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
I do not think you can take politics out of this. They said they wanted | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
to cut the North`South the guide, and no major evidence of th`t | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
happening, and today, the L`bour Party pointed that out and `lso said | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
it was the Tories that got rid of the North West development `gency, | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
but the Conservatives have lanaged to take the Labour Party and Liberal | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
Democrats by surprise to cole in with their proposals first `nd when | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
I caught up with the Prime Linister, I asked him for the vision. | :06:18. | :06:25. | |
I'm in favour of elected maxors I think great cities need gre`t | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
leaders. Look, you see it in Liverpool. He's a Labour maxor, but | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
he's giving the city great leadership. You see it with Boris | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
Johnson in London. You see ht in Bristol. I think it is time to have | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
another go at moving towards mayors. But let's put on the table lore | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
powers, more money. More thhngs that city regions could have. City | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
regional mayors? Well, thesd will be set out in our manifesto. Btt what | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
we are putting on the table today is a big shift in terms of polhtical | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
power. In terms of science `nd universities. And in terms, | :06:54. | :06:55. | |
absolutely crucially, of tr`nsport. To create a great Northern | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
powerhouse by linking up our great cities. I am glad you mentioned | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
that. Because some people whll very much welcome the idea of thd fast | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
train. But there is still no timetable and still no budgdt? Well, | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
what I would say is, over the last four years, what we have done is put | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
in place a long`term economhc plan that means this country is getting | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
up off its knees and can now afford to make these sorts of investments. | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
And if you look at what we have done over the last four years, wd have | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
put money into electrificathon. In turn, built new motorways. @nd here | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
we are, with this great station in Manchester. ?44 million going in, | :07:28. | :07:29. | |
not done by previous governlents. Done under this government. Yeah, | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
but will it happen? Yes, all these things are happening in terls of | :07:34. | :07:35. | |
electrification, HS2, new motorways. And this great vision for bdtter | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
East`West links, to link up our great Northern cities. I thhnk could | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
help to create a real econolic powerhouse. It's a great vision | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
we've set out today. We have David Cameron's and so, will | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
it happen? Do you think it hs likely? Labour had a plan, ht was | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
called the Northern Way by John Cryer Scott `` by John Prescott And | :08:01. | :08:07. | |
with high`speed rail, the Conservatives have not come up with | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
the timetable, let alone anx money, but this does matter and th`t is | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
because all the political p`rties are moving towards opposition where | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
they agree that devolving power financial and political, to the big | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
cities in the North of Engl`nd is really important, so we will see a | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
lot more of this in the manhfesto, and I think everyone is travelling | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
in the same direction, just maybe not in the same carriage or | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
travelling at the seams need. Thank you very much. `` at the sale speed. | :08:39. | :08:47. | |
Friends of a teenage boy who drowned in a Lancashire reservoir s`y | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
everyone wanted to be around him. James Goodship was 17 and from | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
Colne. He disappeared in Fotlridge Reservoir last night. Divers | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
recovered his body this morning The tragedy comes as United Utilities | :08:59. | :09:01. | |
and the mother of another drowning victim launch a campaign about the | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
dangers of outside swimming. Andy Gill reports. | :09:05. | :09:06. | |
This afternoon, James Goodship's friends gathered at the edgd of the | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
water where he lost his lifd. To talk about him and bring flowers in | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
his memory. One of his friends who was on the raft with him pahd this | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
tribute. Everyone liked him, as you can tell. There's loads of people. | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
Just everybody wanted to be around him. They all had a good tile when | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
they were with him. He was just James. James and his friends were on | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
a raft which drifted away from the shore. He and another youngster | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
tried to pull it back towards the bank. But both got into | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
difficulties. One was rescudd. But James disappeared. | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
The tragedy here in Lancashhre comes on the same day that a camp`ign is | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
launched across the North Wdst, with the school holidays coming tp, to | :09:47. | :09:49. | |
alert young people about thd dangers of swimming in reservoirs and open | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
water. At Prescott Reservoir on Merseyside, the Fire and Rescue | :09:56. | :09:57. | |
Service demonstrate a reservoir rescue. It is to highlight ` | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
campaign by the water company and the mother of Dylan Ramsay. He was | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
13 when he drowned in a quarry in Chorley three years ago. His mum | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
said tonight her thoughts are with the family of the latest drowning | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
victim. It is just heartbre`king. Every time I hear of anything, any | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
incidents that happen in outside water, especially deaths. It just | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
brings it all home to me. What happened on the 3rd of July to me | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
and my family. Among the dangers of swimming in outside water are unseen | :10:35. | :10:37. | |
currents, and water machinery and something called cold water shock. | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
`` underwater machinery. Normally, you can go to a swimming pool and | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
you can swim a mile, mile and a half, as a decent swimmer. Xou enter | :10:48. | :10:49. | |
cold water after being in the sun included checking how many people | :10:50. | :11:23. | |
were in the stadium. It's almost inevitable that some | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
homes on Walney Island will be claimed by the sea within 20 years. | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
That's according to the Chidf Executive of Barrow Council, who | :11:32. | :11:34. | |
says changes in the weather will lead to more flooding and erosion. A | :11:35. | :11:36. | |
report before the council this week other before colliding with the | :11:37. | :13:08. | |
Corsa. Aaron was pronounced dead here at the scene. Amy died later in | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
hospital. The two Audi drivdrs also required medical attention. One of | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
them was detained in hospit`l for treatment to an injured back. Both | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
men have now been arrested on suspicion of causing death by | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
dangerous driving. The police say they are keen to hear from `nyone | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
who witnessed what happened here yesterday afternoon. In particular, | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
their investigation will be trying to establish the speed at which the | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
Audis were travelling when the impact happened. And they whll try | :13:37. | :13:39. | |
to establish whether the two vehicles were racing one another at | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
the time. At the sixth form college from where Aaron graduated last | :13:45. | :13:47. | |
summer, there was shock at what s happened. The staff are dev`stated. | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
Students are devastated. He was formally a pupil at Albion @cademy. | :13:52. | :13:54. | |
That is one of our partner academies. And I know the staff | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
there are also devastated. He was a lovely young man. And very dxcited | :14:00. | :14:02. | |
actually about going out into the world of work. Meanwhile, | :14:03. | :14:04. | |
investigations into exactly what happened continue. | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
Still to come on North West Tonight... Finally in the rtns. | :14:11. | :14:19. | |
Ashwell Prince makes a double hundred as Lancashire make hay in | :14:20. | :14:22. | |
the sunshine. And on top of the world. Thd man who | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
ran Wainwright's peaks in rdcord time. | :14:27. | :14:37. | |
A century ago, soldiers destined for the battlefields of the First World | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
War were being trained by sdnding them to Blackpool. An elaborate | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
train system was dug in one of the parks to teach troops how to cope on | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
the front line. The trenches have been hidden beneath Watson Road Park | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
burn nearly a century, but @cura legit are now preparing to dxcavate | :14:55. | :14:58. | |
the system. Peter Marshall hs in Blackpool night. `` but | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
archaeologists are preparing. I am at the festival we havd the | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
BBC's World War I at home to is here, and you can find out `bout | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
your family history as it rdlates to the great War, and go through a mock | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
recruitment process, you can see if you would measure up, even getting | :15:19. | :15:28. | |
your eye `` get your identification permits sign. I have been fhnding | :15:29. | :15:32. | |
out how a local park trained many of for the front line. | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
There is little sign of Watson Road Park's wartime past to the | :15:38. | :15:40. | |
uneducated eye. But experts can paint a vivid picture of how it | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
looked back in 1950. So, im`gine from where we're standing, `ll the | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
way to the sea. That we havd sand dunes, no houses. And all the way | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
from where we're standing, `ll the way to the Bowling Green, bdhind the | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
fence over there. We have front`line trenches. | :15:59. | :16:06. | |
MUSIC: "Adagio for Strings". The trench system was creatdd to | :16:07. | :16:09. | |
help train the large number of volunteers who had signed up | :16:10. | :16:12. | |
following the outbreak of the First World War. They were trying to give | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
the training soldiers the bdst experience of what they werd going | :16:18. | :16:23. | |
to encounter. And not send the troops out into some complete | :16:24. | :16:31. | |
unknown. In June 1916, when the troops had left for the front`line, | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
the trench system under the ground here was opened up to the ptblic. | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
Offering what the Blackpool Herald at the time said was an objdct | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
lesson in how war was conducted on the fields of Flanders. Anyone | :16:44. | :16:47. | |
wearing the King's uniform was given free admission. Next month, between | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
the seventh and 19th of Julx, excavation will take place. | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
Volunteers who want to take part can sign up on Blackpool Council's | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
website. Just because it is 100 years, it is nice to be doing this. | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
But we mustn't forget ever what people did for us. I think ht brings | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
it home to people in Britain, and in this area particularly, that | :17:14. | :17:15. | |
contribution that Blackpool made to the First World War. | :17:16. | :17:25. | |
This too is only here for one day tomorrow, starting at ten o'clock in | :17:26. | :17:28. | |
the morning and told for o'clock in the afternoon, BBC Radio Lancashire | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
broadcasting throughout the day and Roger, you will be here too? | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
I will be, for a couple of hours at around midday, and I shall see if I | :17:40. | :17:47. | |
would have been tall enough. I know where you are going with thhs. I | :17:48. | :17:56. | |
cannot imagine? Not very fahr. But you were at the sunshine to make up | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
for it today. And you were `t the cricket? | :18:01. | :18:04. | |
A tough job, but someone has to do it. Perfect weather and Lancashire's | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
batsmen hitting the ball to every corner of Old Trafford. And to top | :18:11. | :18:13. | |
it off, Ashwell Prince made a double century. It leaves the red rose men | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
in total control of their m`tch against Northants. But with Lancs | :18:18. | :18:20. | |
second from bottom in Countx Championship Division One, they re | :18:21. | :18:22. | |
still very much in a relegation battle. | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
It was the sort of day to ptt a smile back on the faces of the | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
Lancashire faithful. Obviously, as cricket fans, this is what ht is all | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
about for you. But some people might say this is what summer is `ll | :18:41. | :18:43. | |
about. It certainly is. This is what we have been waiting for. Especially | :18:44. | :18:47. | |
in Manchester, isn't it? Thd day started with a record partndrship, | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
Steven Croft and Ashwell Prhnce shearling 332 runs in a subtrb | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
fourth wicket stand, a sign of things to come? Yes. I think it is | :18:59. | :19:04. | |
just a case of getting hungry for runs. And once we got in, jtst not | :19:05. | :19:09. | |
giving them a chance. The b`d men, and Ashwell Prince in particular, | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
must have been listening. `` batsmen. So that is the double | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
century for Ashwell Prince. Very timely runs as well. Becausd overall | :19:19. | :19:21. | |
this season for Lancashire, putting runs on the board has been ` major | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
issue. Well, it has been disappointing in terms of the | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
batting. I don't think anybody knows why. I think there's too many | :19:29. | :19:31. | |
players out of form. Lack of confidence. Are you still worried | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
that Lancashire are going to go down? I am afraid so, yeah. As a | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
club, Lancashire have plentx to look forward to. Not least an England | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
test against in layer in August and despite losing their head coach | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
they remain confident that hn the County Championship, they whll fight | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
off relegation. It is important to club with 150 years of heritage that | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
we at division club. 20 chalpionship cricket is the test cricketdrs | :19:58. | :20:05. | |
develop. And the hope is thhs is the performance needed to develop that | :20:06. | :20:08. | |
winning momentum. Old Trafford looked fantasthc. | :20:09. | :20:15. | |
They have ended the two verx much on top, at the declaring their first | :20:16. | :20:23. | |
innings on 650`6, they have registered visitors to 100 `nd the | :20:24. | :20:32. | |
`` to 113`7. Glenn Chapple has taken four wickets for 42 runs. Kdep up | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
with day three on your BBC local radio station. | :20:37. | :20:38. | |
Just in case cricket and thd World Cup wasn't enough to keep sports | :20:39. | :20:41. | |
fans happy this summer. Wimbledon started today and there's bden North | :20:42. | :20:44. | |
West success with Manchester's Naomi Broady coming from behind to beat | :20:45. | :20:47. | |
Hungary's Timea Babos in thd Ladies Singles. Tomorrow, it's the turn of | :20:48. | :20:50. | |
Stockport's Samantha Murray, who faces French Open champion Laria | :20:51. | :20:53. | |
Sharapova. The 26`year`old found out about her draw on Friday. | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
I was here around Wimbledon, someone tweeted my draw to me. So ydah, I | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
was really excited. So what was your reaction? A bit surprised to start | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
with. Then after a few minutes, I was like, yeah, this is a rdally | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
great opportunity. It is indeed. | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
All four of the region's Super League teams were in action on what | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
turned out to be a dramatic afternoon yesterday. Wigan lost top | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
spot after a surprise defeat at Wakefield. And victory for St Helens | :21:21. | :21:22. | |
over Castleford at Langtree Park. Saints were in fine form as they | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
brushed aside the visitors 38`1 , running in seven tries in the | :21:27. | :21:29. | |
process. Mark Percival scordd twice, as did Paul Wellens seen crossing | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
here. You can see highlights from all | :21:34. | :21:36. | |
those games and from yesterday's Warrington`Salford clash on The | :21:37. | :21:39. | |
Super League Show tonight. Ht's on at 12:35pm on BBC One. | :21:40. | :21:48. | |
So actually, tomorrow morning? It is actually. I'm talking about the | :21:49. | :21:55. | |
cricket, the men in my family went to the T 20 on Friday, and Freddie | :21:56. | :22:04. | |
was there, Freddie Flintoff. But not playing? He was signing autographs, | :22:05. | :22:11. | |
lots of photographs taken. He was in the squad for that game, I spoke to | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
one of the assistant coaches today about Freddie, the problem hs | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
Lancashire in the T 20 form of the game keep winning, so Freddhe is on | :22:21. | :22:26. | |
track, ready to be selected, in contention for the game on Friday. | :22:27. | :22:36. | |
Still waiting for his comeb`ck? Yes. And a big game for Samantha Murray | :22:37. | :22:43. | |
tomorrow? She is one of the stars of the women's game, what an | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
opportunity for heart. If any luck her surname will bring some luck. | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
Thank you. It is the equivalent of running two | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
marathons a day, but uphill. Completing the Wainwright Pdaks is | :23:04. | :23:06. | |
such a challenge, record has stood for nearly 30 years until now. | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
Cumbrian Fells runner Steve Birkinshaw has just oiled up and | :23:13. | :23:16. | |
down all 214 beating the tile set by the famous fell runner Joss Naylor. | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
Alison Freeman has been spe`king to both the new and the old ch`mpion. | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
Dick stays and 13 hours aftdr he started, Steve Birkinshaw completed | :23:27. | :23:33. | |
his epic challenge. `` six days His wife and children are welcole sight | :23:34. | :23:39. | |
on Friday night. The fell rtnner had conquered all 214 Wainwright | :23:40. | :23:46. | |
Mountains consecutively with limited sleep, it makes you tired jtst | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
thinking about it. Shattered, but ecstatic I managed to compldte the | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
maul and break the record. H was trying to get four hours sldep a | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
night, but I was not sleeping at all because my knees were so pahnful, so | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
I was short of sleep. And mx body felt like it was falling ap`rt, just | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
trying to concentrate on moving but nice to have people around lifting | :24:13. | :24:21. | |
me up, having conversations. Joss Naylor was the last person to | :24:22. | :24:25. | |
complete the 518 column at the route in over seven days. Well, it is | :24:26. | :24:37. | |
absolutely fantastic. `` 518km. You need to have the time and power to | :24:38. | :24:42. | |
put it in. I hope he gets up and about one week's time and c`n run | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
the hills again and enjoy it. The challenge is only a challenge if you | :24:49. | :24:51. | |
do not know if you could do it, I did not know if I could complete | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
this. It will be something for the rest of his life. Steve May have | :24:58. | :25:06. | |
broken the record of his idol, but will belong to the same exclusive | :25:07. | :25:07. | |
club. You cannot underestimate wh`t an | :25:08. | :25:16. | |
achievement that is. A glorhous sunny day, and appropriatelx attired | :25:17. | :25:24. | |
in matching dress and shoes? I am glad I had ironed it. | :25:25. | :25:34. | |
You cannot do everything! It has been glorious today, Richard said | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
how nice it was at Old Trafford but I cannot think of anywhere hn the | :25:39. | :25:45. | |
North West with it was not wonderful. Consistently high | :25:46. | :25:52. | |
temperatures over the last few days, high`pressure dealing with things, | :25:53. | :25:59. | |
maybe some showers now and then The high temperatures slip a little a | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
weather front tomorrow moving down, but through the rest of the week, | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
weather front is close to us, showers could be in the a bhg deal, | :26:10. | :26:16. | |
and the gardens do need that. A picture perfect end to the day, | :26:17. | :26:21. | |
looking gorgeous, very quiet night, nothing really going on, a lot of | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
clear weather heading towards the end the hours of the morning, a | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
little cloud, maybe some mist, but temperatures very comfortable. Some | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
places finding it uncomfort`ble Tomorrow morning, the forec`st is | :26:36. | :26:44. | |
high pollen, maybe moderate around the coasts, but high for most | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
places, quite a lot of cloud cover, and we have had that consistently | :26:50. | :26:52. | |
over the last couple of days, but breaking through the morning with | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
brighter skies following. A weather front tomorrow strongest ovdr the | :26:59. | :27:01. | |
other side of the Pennines, possibly with showers, and the cloud moving | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
to the Pennines, then showers drifting inland, many places | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
catching one or two towards the end of the day. The breeze from the | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
North West not particularly strong and temperatures not as good as they | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
have been and pretty perfect for many, not too hot. | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
Some people might think it hs a really nice respite, I have enjoyed | :27:29. | :27:36. | |
the sun. So have I! And you can enjoy the beer garden, barbdcue all | :27:37. | :27:46. | |
that! Justice Unions' Group not find your iron. `` | :27:47. | :27:48. |