:00:00. > :00:09.Back to you. That's it from us.
:00:10. > :00:16.Manchester Police say they `re trying to trace two 16 year old
:00:17. > :00:19.sisters who've flown to Turkey, amid reports they're heading for Syria.
:00:20. > :00:21.Detectives say the girls fldw from Manchester Airport
:00:22. > :00:25.Since then the teenagers have been in contact with their familx
:00:26. > :00:30.but officers say they are unable to confirm their location now.
:00:31. > :00:33.They're investigating exactly why the girls have travelled abroad and
:00:34. > :00:40.Oldham Council is trying to improve education in the town
:00:41. > :00:42.after admitting some schools are simply not good enough.
:00:43. > :00:44.They've drafted in the former Labour Education Secretary,
:00:45. > :00:49.She's heading a new education commission
:00:50. > :00:54.Our political editor Arif Ansari reports.
:00:55. > :00:57.Stoneleigh Academy is one of Oldham's best primary schools.
:00:58. > :01:05.The children here seem bright and ambitious.
:01:06. > :01:14.The quantity a teacher. I would like to teach somebody. Why do you want
:01:15. > :01:16.to be an theologist? Becausd I like to be an theologist? Because I like
:01:17. > :01:20.dinosaurs. Do your parents `nd dinosaurs. Do your parents `nd
:01:21. > :01:21.family want you to do well at family want you to do well at
:01:22. > :01:23.school? Yes. But Oldham has
:01:24. > :01:25.the lowest skills levels across the And the council leader says there
:01:26. > :01:37.can be a lack of ambition too. Many people have been let down by
:01:38. > :01:39.the system over decades and generations. That is not good enough
:01:40. > :01:40.any more. The reality is th`t any more. The reality is that
:01:41. > :01:44.everyone is improving and wd have to everyone is improving and we have to
:01:45. > :01:45.improve that much better to make sure that our people get thd
:01:46. > :01:45.improve that much better to make sure that our people get the jobs
:01:46. > :01:48.when they come. Oldham might be committed to
:01:49. > :01:50.raising standards across the town. But the council has less direct
:01:51. > :01:53.control over schools which are increasingly becoming acadelies
:01:54. > :01:54.and are more independent. In fact, there are now 11 dhfferent
:01:55. > :02:10.types of school in Oldham. We can be better at the momdnt and
:02:11. > :02:12.it matters that children get the best possible deal.
:02:13. > :02:14.The Commission is ambitious to raise Oldham's game.
:02:15. > :02:16.And it's got a year to come up with a pl`n.
:02:17. > :02:23.Sport and there were two wickets for Andrew Flintoff on
:02:24. > :02:27.his comeback to competitive cricket as Lancashire Lightning beat
:02:28. > :02:30.Worcestershire by 50 runs in the T20 Blast competition this afternoon.
:02:31. > :02:34.In reply Worcestershire only reached 179 for 7.
:02:35. > :02:44.In Super League, league leaders Saint Helens have been beatdn 4 `10
:02:45. > :02:47.by Hull KR. Thousands of people headed to the hills to catch a
:02:48. > :02:51.glimpse of the worlds best cyclists as the Tour de France pass the
:02:52. > :02:57.region. It included routes through Rochdale and the Peak District.
:02:58. > :03:00.Yorkshire might have claimed the majority stage of the Tour de France
:03:01. > :03:05.but greater Manchester was proud to host the most interesting section
:03:06. > :03:09.with over 10,000 people clahming the hills to line one kilometre of the
:03:10. > :03:14.route through Rochdale as it passed through Gladstone edge reservoir.
:03:15. > :03:19.With a steep end this mark the end of the longest continuous
:03:20. > :03:25.hillclimbing England. `` hill climb, in England. Mark Cavendish from the
:03:26. > :03:26.Isle of Man had to withdraw after crashing in yesterday's final
:03:27. > :03:30.crashing in yesterday's fin`l sprint. I had a bit of optimism
:03:31. > :03:32.crashing in yesterday's final sprint. I had a bit of optilism that
:03:33. > :03:36.it was just swelling and it would go down this morning but it was
:03:37. > :03:40.actually worse this morning. I am gutted and majorly disappointed.
:03:41. > :03:40.actually worse this morning. I am gutted and majorly disappointed I
:03:41. > :03:43.gutted and majorly disappointed. I guess that it could be worsd. As the
:03:44. > :03:44.guess that it could be worse. As the Tour de France and the `` rdached
:03:45. > :03:47.Tour de France and the `` reached the peak district the leaders
:03:48. > :03:53.touched 60 Mauser now as they went touched 60 Mauser now as they went
:03:54. > :03:56.towards would head reservoir. It has provided a chance to show them our
:03:57. > :04:33.spectacular landscape `` 60 miles an showers around in the morning. In
:04:34. > :04:40.the middle of the day and the afternoon, it should be mainly dry.
:04:41. > :04:41.Some nice sunny spells throtghout Monday afternoon. Going through the