:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight. Our top story:
:00:09. > :00:12.The latest attempt to dissu`de young Muslims from going to Syria.
:00:13. > :00:22.The plan to get the M60 moving through the rush hour.
:00:23. > :00:25.Some say it could make it more dangerous.
:00:26. > :00:27.Brand match ` Manchester United scoops
:00:28. > :00:41.And the defending champion has arrived as the build`up continues to
:00:42. > :00:50.the Open Championship. Police say they're no nearer
:00:51. > :00:52.to tracing 16`year`old twin sisters from Manchester who
:00:53. > :00:55.have travelled to Syria. It's believed they first tr`velled
:00:56. > :01:00.to Turkey then to Syria. Today the Greater Manchester force,
:01:01. > :01:04.along with the city council and the charity Syria Relief, l`unched
:01:05. > :01:10.a new centre for aid donations And the Chief Constable agahn urged
:01:11. > :01:13.young Muslims not to travel to The message today clear ` hdlp
:01:14. > :01:20.from home, do not travel to Syria. There are practical things xou can
:01:21. > :01:24.do here in Manchester and if young people are involved
:01:25. > :01:28.in that, it is less likely they will be influenced by some
:01:29. > :01:30.of the other radical messagds. But these young people know there
:01:31. > :01:32.are charities like this alrdady They do
:01:33. > :01:36.but up till now those charities have not provided practical ways that you
:01:37. > :01:40.can help here in Manchester. In some ways,
:01:41. > :01:42.it has often attracted people to think they can go to Syria to get
:01:43. > :01:46.involved in the military effort In June, twin sisters Salma and
:01:47. > :01:50.Zahra Halane were reported lissing. Their brother Ahmed is belidved
:01:51. > :01:59.to be fighting in Syria. Today
:02:00. > :02:02.the police said they are no closer You can't have any illusions
:02:03. > :02:07.about this, it is incredibly difficult, and once
:02:08. > :02:11.they are out there, there are all sorts of extreme messages going into
:02:12. > :02:14.their heads to try to keep them Syria Relief has raised mord than
:02:15. > :02:24.?6 million through donations. This is their appeal for thd Muslim
:02:25. > :02:27.month of fasting for Ramadan, Since it was opened, they h`ve had
:02:28. > :02:33.many donations of things like T`shirts, toys and also mord vital
:02:34. > :02:40.things like medical equipment. The ticket to Turkey is the cost
:02:41. > :02:44.of four artificial limbs for needy people, for the alputees,
:02:45. > :02:48.the children in Syria. You go there and you find that
:02:49. > :02:55.it has completely changed. As Syrians, we find ours
:02:56. > :02:57.elves sometimes as strangers because there are so many foreigners
:02:58. > :03:02.there, so many extremists. Police hope today's message will
:03:03. > :03:06.be clear to any young Muslil thinking about going to Syrha to
:03:07. > :03:33.fight or even to give aid. Thousands of commuters are facing
:03:34. > :03:42.delays with work to cut down congestion on the M60.
:03:43. > :03:49.It will use technology to control traffic flow and sometimes tse the
:03:50. > :03:54.hard journey as a fourth lane. It is the most congested motorway in
:03:55. > :03:58.Britain but now this part of the M60 is about to have a high`tech
:03:59. > :04:03.make over. To get an idea of how the Smart motorway will work, I have
:04:04. > :04:08.come to the regional control centre. A smart motorway is a way of
:04:09. > :04:12.encouraging people to travel at certain speeds by using the latest
:04:13. > :04:20.technology and overhead signals which actually display a variable
:04:21. > :04:25.speed limit. Managers can slow traffic down by
:04:26. > :04:34.using electronic signs. He will now have hundreds of signs to m`ke Ron
:04:35. > :04:46.manage the flow. `` micromanage In busy areas the hard shoulder will be
:04:47. > :04:51.used as a fourth lane. But some think it will compromise safety
:04:52. > :04:55.We are worried that there aren't as many leg`byes or safe havens so if
:04:56. > :05:02.someone breaks down in a running lane, the advice is dial 998. That
:05:03. > :05:05.is pretty worrying if someone is stranded in their car with trucks
:05:06. > :05:10.coming up behind. These officers patrol the ndtwork
:05:11. > :05:15.and deal with accidents. We have a serious incident the
:05:16. > :05:20.lay`offs with no easy access, however that is not unusual because
:05:21. > :05:23.a serious accident can often cause the hard shoulder to become blocked
:05:24. > :05:28.anyway. But the journey time is vit`l for
:05:29. > :05:31.many. We have two allow time for delays to
:05:32. > :05:44.make sure we get to the customer's premises on time but of course the
:05:45. > :05:48.leaves cost money. Many of you have been in contact
:05:49. > :05:50.with us and we will hopefully read out some comments at the end of the
:05:51. > :05:51.programme. A 31`year`old man from
:05:52. > :05:53.Greater Manchester has been jailed for three years after conning
:05:54. > :05:56.around 70 young drivers Alexander Dooley,
:05:57. > :06:00.from Ashton`under`Lyne, issted fake certificates as part of the scam,
:06:01. > :06:03.in which he pocketed ?35,000. Some drivers only realised they d
:06:04. > :06:06.been conned when they had their car seized
:06:07. > :06:16.for driving without insurance. A bingo hall in Bolton has been
:06:17. > :06:19.targeted by four men armed with The men stormed the busy Mecca
:06:20. > :06:23.Bingo Hall just after 7 o'clock Forensic tests are now being carried
:06:24. > :06:28.out on a getaway car Firefighters across the North West
:06:29. > :06:36.are holding a series of strhkes as part of eight days
:06:37. > :06:38.of industrial action. Members of the Fire Brigades Union
:06:39. > :06:41.are walking out for two two`hour The first began
:06:42. > :06:43.at six o'clock this morning. It's part of a dispute over
:06:44. > :07:04.retirement age and pensions. Manchester United is one of several
:07:05. > :07:16.Premier League clubs accused of not selling tickets to disabled fans.
:07:17. > :07:19.Much of the accessible seathng isn't available to people in wheelchairs,
:07:20. > :07:25.it has been claimed. They only have 42% of the accessible
:07:26. > :07:29.seating that they should. In other clubs it is impossible to bty one
:07:30. > :07:34.because of the lack of accessible seating. I wonder what steps could
:07:35. > :07:40.be taken to ensure fair polhcy for all fans.
:07:41. > :07:47.The club has just signed thd biggest kit sponsorship deal ever whth
:07:48. > :07:53.Adidas. It is worth a whopphng 750 million over ten years, just ?4
:07:54. > :07:59.million less than the Glazer family paid for the club when they bought
:08:00. > :08:05.it. We can speak to a footb`ll finance expert. Thank you for
:08:06. > :08:09.joining us. Is this a bit of a gamble for Adidas, bearing hn mind
:08:10. > :08:14.it wasn't Manchester United's test season?
:08:15. > :08:23.It is certainly a gamble in the short`term at in the long`tdrm
:08:24. > :08:27.Manchester United have conshstently got into the Champions Leagte and
:08:28. > :08:35.that is where Adidas see thd money being made. They are confiddnt they
:08:36. > :08:38.can double the money they spent Manchester United lost ?50 lillion
:08:39. > :08:42.by failing to qualify so thhs must be an important deal to comd at this
:08:43. > :08:46.time for them. Certainly. United have got to
:08:47. > :08:51.replenish things on the pitch and have already spent money on a couple
:08:52. > :09:02.of players. A neat revenue sources from as wide a variety as possible.
:09:03. > :09:09.`` they need revenue sources. That is nearly ?130 million coming in
:09:10. > :09:16.every year purely from shirts. It is a gamble from Adidas becausd their
:09:17. > :09:23.profits are down a third thhs year. But they have got the World Cup
:09:24. > :09:28.winners in Germany, the World Cup runners`up in Argentina and now the
:09:29. > :09:32.Champions League winners in Real Madrid so Manchester United are the
:09:33. > :09:38.next step for them. Well this mean even more expensive
:09:39. > :09:43.shirts for the fans? It does look likely because
:09:44. > :09:50.currently United are selling 1. million shirts every year. @s Adidas
:09:51. > :09:58.reckons they will sell 1.5 billion, `` they will make 1.5 billion, that
:09:59. > :10:05.works out at more than ?100 for every shirt. Normally the shirts
:10:06. > :10:07.have been sold for around ?45 so fans will have to stump up for this
:10:08. > :10:10.privilege. That is a lot of money. Thank you
:10:11. > :10:15.for joining us. 50 years ago,
:10:16. > :10:18.the Beatles burst out of Liverpool. The city's status as a creative
:10:19. > :10:31.heartland was firmly set. The Mayor of Liverpool and Phil
:10:32. > :10:36.Redmond the TV writer launched a scheme today.
:10:37. > :10:39.One area that was derelict ` few years ago is being transforled into
:10:40. > :10:43.a new creative hub. The Baltic Triangle, Liverpool's answer to
:10:44. > :10:57.London's Shoreditch. Yes, it's super`creative,
:10:58. > :10:59.it's a great place to work. It's turning out to be Liverpool's
:11:00. > :11:01.meat packing district. It's also achingly cool
:11:02. > :11:04.and economically important. A hub for new tech designers,
:11:05. > :11:05.artists, musicians, I was very fortunate to be very
:11:06. > :11:10.successful, historically, The point is,
:11:11. > :11:25.he sold his super successful games Back then,
:11:26. > :11:30.people thought Liverpool's Silicon Valley, or Silicon Scally
:11:31. > :11:32.as he called it, was leaving town. The sector growing once agahn,
:11:33. > :11:35.right here. It was nearly Amsterdam
:11:36. > :11:41.but it's just the melting pot of all the scientists, technologists,
:11:42. > :11:42.artists, hippies, rock stars, It's an attraction that isn't
:11:43. > :11:48.just appealing to Scousers. I guess I'm most famously known
:11:49. > :12:01.for the Culture Club catalogue. You've been based in London
:12:02. > :12:08.but you've moved up. It's great to be part of a hub
:12:09. > :12:19.of really vibrant activity. It's built to nurture new
:12:20. > :12:24.start`ups and new ideas. They're small enough so that you
:12:25. > :12:34.don't have to pay business rates. We've got about 600 young btsinesses
:12:35. > :12:36.here and we are tipping the balance in favour of thhs being
:12:37. > :12:39.a creative and digital heartland. That's why today Liverpool's Mayor
:12:40. > :12:41.brought in this man to head up To take the creativity
:12:42. > :12:55.in Liverpool's lifeblood and happening here and turn it
:12:56. > :13:07.into a strong economic future. You sort the man behind Grange Hill
:13:08. > :13:10.and Brookside, Phil Redmond. I asked him how his creation would work
:13:11. > :13:13.What we're going to be doing over the next six or seven months is
:13:14. > :13:16.trying to ask as many peopld across the city about what they understand
:13:17. > :13:19.about the term creativity and where we think that will take us for the
:13:20. > :13:22.growth of the city for the next generation or two.
:13:23. > :13:23.The local enterprise partnership, I understand,
:13:24. > :13:26.doesn't at the moment have creative industries on its hit list.
:13:27. > :13:28.I imagine you want to swing that around.
:13:29. > :13:31.One of the things I want to do is not take that traditional top`down
:13:32. > :13:34.bureaucratic view of how to set up yet another scheme or get another
:13:35. > :13:43.What I really want to do is get behind actually what it is that
:13:44. > :13:47.creates the original idea for everything, the thing that hnspires
:13:48. > :13:52.individual people to come up with a great idea and actually devdlop it.
:13:53. > :13:54.Somebody in the report said it was the rebirth of Silicon Scally.
:13:55. > :14:03.It doesn't matter what the branding is, what peopld call
:14:04. > :14:08.And I suppose the mere fact you're doing it suggests it's
:14:09. > :14:13.innovative because I don't think many cities will try to do this
:14:14. > :14:18.It is one of those ephemeral things that people cannot get hold of and
:14:19. > :14:21.yet through my life journey from being told in school I wouldn't
:14:22. > :14:23.amount to much and listening to people introduce me on stagd and
:14:24. > :14:29.But it's OK to have ideas as a writer and aspirations and if I
:14:30. > :14:39.What people have to get hold of is that you can have great ide`s, you
:14:40. > :14:44.can be creative, but you can also build and drive businesses from it.
:14:45. > :15:05.Still to come, the stars of the golfing world descend on Hoxlake.
:15:06. > :15:13.And Blackpool's RNLI heroes celebrate 50 years.
:15:14. > :15:19.Anyone who lives near the sda, knows that the tide can wash up some
:15:20. > :15:21.surprises but on the Isle of Man they have been presented with a dead
:15:22. > :15:26.whale. And fortunately, it is too big to
:15:27. > :15:30.move so they are hoping the sea will take it back again.
:15:31. > :15:39.Washed up on a secluded beach on the West Coast. Weighing up to ten
:15:40. > :15:41.tonnes, smallest of the gre`t wheels but big enough to cause haz`rds to
:15:42. > :15:47.other boats. When these fishermen came across the 21st floating at
:15:48. > :15:57.sea, they began to tour it back to land but were told to cut it free
:15:58. > :16:04.and let nature take its course. But it has ended up here and stranded at
:16:05. > :16:07.because vehicles cannot get access to the beach to move it.
:16:08. > :16:11.There are issues with bacteria but as long as people don't touch it and
:16:12. > :16:15.stay away from it it should be fine.
:16:16. > :16:19.They have a life span of ne`rly 50 years and are found all over the
:16:20. > :16:26.the more tropical areas so during the summer can often be spotted
:16:27. > :16:31.around the Manx coast. I have been studying whales and
:16:32. > :16:37.dolphins since 2007 we haven't had a washed`up wail like this ovdr here.
:16:38. > :16:41.White often juvenile marine mammals do die because they have bedn
:16:42. > :16:44.malnourished. That may be the reason.
:16:45. > :16:50.It is hoped the water is th`t washed the wheel onto the beach will do the
:16:51. > :16:55.same thing and take it back out As you can see, it is already being
:16:56. > :17:00.moved, it is on the other shde of the beach from when we first saw it,
:17:01. > :17:06.so the tide is having an effect on it. Hopefully it will go on the next
:17:07. > :17:10.high tide. If that doesn't work, the c`rcass
:17:11. > :17:14.will be moved and buried. It's time for sport and the most
:17:15. > :17:18.famous names in golf have bden arriving in the North West `head of
:17:19. > :17:44.the Open Championship, which begins It's fantastic for the region. Golf
:17:45. > :17:48.fans all around the world h`ve been seeing England's golf coursd to as
:17:49. > :17:56.this have been marketed, broadcast into their homes.
:17:57. > :17:57.The Women's Open has been hdld at Royal Birkdale.
:17:58. > :18:00.It was won yesterday by the American Mo Martin.
:18:01. > :18:03.The world number 99 made an eagle on the 18th hole to finish one under
:18:04. > :18:34.After eight years, the open is back at Hoylake.
:18:35. > :18:37.The Birkenhead factory workdr qualified to weeks ago and hs now
:18:38. > :18:49.attracting attention of the world's media.
:18:50. > :18:56.How does it compare only pr`ctice day to during the season?
:18:57. > :19:01.There are more crowded than on any other practice day I have played.
:19:02. > :19:07.It is the oldest trophy in sports, I believe, and this championship is
:19:08. > :19:15.the oldest championship we have and the most prestigious.
:19:16. > :19:18.The chance to see the likes of Phil Mickelson should ensure another huge
:19:19. > :19:24.crowd. My little one was only five months
:19:25. > :19:30.old last time so I brought her back to get into the game.
:19:31. > :19:34.I'm the golfer, he's just hdre for a ride.
:19:35. > :19:38.It is a Christmas present. We have been waiting all this time.
:19:39. > :19:40.There has been great anticipation amongst the members. Everyone is
:19:41. > :19:46.really looking forward to it and now here we are on championship week and
:19:47. > :19:49.it here.
:19:50. > :19:53.No matter to perfect your parting, all these
:19:54. > :19:54.golfers have two days to get everything right before Thursday's
:19:55. > :20:01.day off. Onto cricket, and Lancashird's
:20:02. > :20:03.left`arm spinner, Simon Kerrigan, says he's determined to makd
:20:04. > :20:06.the most of his second chance after being called into the England squad
:20:07. > :20:08.for the Second Test against India, Kerrigan was heavily critichsed last
:20:09. > :20:13.year after conceding 53 runs from 8 overs against Australia
:20:14. > :20:15.on his Test debut. Meanwhile,
:20:16. > :20:16.in the County Championship latch In Super League,
:20:17. > :20:26.Warrington earned their tenth successive victory and conddmned
:20:27. > :20:36.London Broncos to relegation. The 72`12 thrashing included four
:20:37. > :20:40.tries for Wolves' Joel Monaghan There were also wins for Salford,
:20:41. > :20:43.Wigan and league leaders St Helens. And congratulations to the Hsle
:20:44. > :20:46.of Man cyclist Peter Kennaugh, It's a sign of
:20:47. > :20:51.his good form ahead of Commonwealth He'll represent the island
:20:52. > :21:14.in both the road and track dvents. Do we have any idea why he won a
:21:15. > :21:20.sausage? No idea.
:21:21. > :21:24.I shall be broadcasting livd from the golf on Thursday in bringing all
:21:25. > :21:27.my golfing knowledge. You know who Tiger Woods as though.
:21:28. > :21:31.Of course I do. Blackpool's RLNI lifeboat crews are
:21:32. > :21:33.celebrating 150 years of saving lives in the treacherous
:21:34. > :21:35.waters off the resort's coast. The first lifeboat started
:21:36. > :21:38.operating there back in in 0864 Since then hundreds
:21:39. > :21:40.of volunteers have manned a variety of lifeboats, risking
:21:41. > :22:00.their lives to help save others This is what they do, rescud people
:22:01. > :22:07.when they need it most. Blackpool's volunteers have been manning RNLI
:22:08. > :22:57.boats for a century and a h`lf. If you can
:22:58. > :23:00.In the first hundred years, the average was two call`outs
:23:01. > :24:22.Was that a gasp of admiration or Now they want
:24:23. > :24:36.shark? I'm sure it will get better looking
:24:37. > :24:39.as it gets old. I'm sure yot have heard about the weather getting
:24:40. > :24:49.warmer this week but the pr`ise to see is it is getting unsettled. This
:24:50. > :24:53.weather front is moving through this evening and gets out of the way for
:24:54. > :24:56.Tuesday to be a quiet day. H witnessed it, you can see a bit more
:24:57. > :25:00.of the wet weather coming through. Towards the end of the week, it is
:25:01. > :25:06.all about the wind direction. You can follow the line of the hsobars
:25:07. > :25:12.bringing warm air from the continent. We will see some thundery
:25:13. > :25:19.showers. There could be lightning, hail stones, all sorts. We've seen
:25:20. > :25:24.some spots of drizzly rain which haven't amounted to much at all But
:25:25. > :25:29.there could be more to come. There is not much going on there. Our
:25:30. > :25:34.computer wants to overdo it through the next couple of hours. Btt I
:25:35. > :25:40.wouldn't be surprised if anxbody saw a sprinkling of rain. The breeze has
:25:41. > :25:52.always been an issue. It ustally is through the night but continues to
:25:53. > :25:58.be frilly gusty. `` fairly gusty. Tomorrow, it is a fairly
:25:59. > :26:03.straightforward day. One of the quieter days of the week with not
:26:04. > :26:18.too much going on. Sunny spdlls and patchy cloud. That cloud gr`dually
:26:19. > :26:27.will thin and break. You cotld be looking at temperatures of 09 or 20.
:26:28. > :26:32.Just before we go, many of xou have been in touch about the introduction
:26:33. > :26:38.of the first smart motor wax. It will use technology to control speed
:26:39. > :26:53.and in places the hard shoulder will be used as a fourth Lane.
:26:54. > :27:00.On Twitter, Fergal said the only way a mortar can be `` motorway can be
:27:01. > :27:15.smart as if drivers are. Too many idiots.
:27:16. > :27:28.Thanks for those comments. We all left and with...
:27:29. > :27:34.Not one of us helped. He's not the prettiest parrot, is
:27:35. > :27:37.he? But he will be cause they h`ve
:27:38. > :27:39.bright plumage. We will see you at 10:30pm. Did
:27:40. > :27:54.evening. MUSIC: "Edward Scissorhands
:27:55. > :27:58.Introduction" by Danny Elfman