03/08/2014 North West Tonight

Hundreds of people joined protests in Liverpool and Manchester today

calling for the end of the conflict between Israel and the

As Yunus Mulla reports, the atmosphere was very different

For some ` it was a very public way of expressing how they feel

about the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

Is the first time I been a demo for a couple of years.

People are becoming more aw`re. Hundreds marched to

Manchester?s Piccadilly Gardens This protest in Manchester hs the

latest in a series of demonstrations to be held across the North West in

recent Eight members of Mohammed G`leeni's

extended family have been khlled Demonstrations start by allowing

people to voice their anger and by giving people a

Earlier, a gathering of a very different kind in Liverpool.

This was not a political evdnt but a peace vigil.

We got the Palestinian unitx, the Jewish community, and for md it is

about trying to unite communities in Liverpool, which we have done.

As far as Israel is concerndd, it is facing an extensional threat, other

Their approaches were different but their aim was the same `

The family of a retired teacher from Liverpool killed

in her safari lodge in South Africa have paid tribute to her.

Christine Robinson moved to the country 10 years ago.

It's believed she was raped, stabbed and robbed.

Police in South Africa now say they know who killed her.

Former Primary school teachdr Christine Robinson with her husband

Robbie moved to South Afric` from Liverpool a decade ago to start a

new life running a safari g`me lodge ` Rra Ditau close to the Marakele

National Park in Limpopo, about 150 miles north`west

On Wednesday her body was found in her bedroom.

She might have been the victim of a robbery. Currently we have `pplied

to the Zimbabwe government so that he can face charges of murddr.

Here her family have paid tribute to a wonderful lady with

an enviable generosity of spirit, but her brother has criticised

It seems to me and the rest of the family that the South Afric`n

authorities are not doing enough about this, and that is what we want

As the investigation contintes, the Foreign Office is providing

David Saville, BBC North West Tonight.

Tomorrow marks the centenarx of the start of the First World War and all

week your BBC local radio stations will continue with their spdcial

look at how the conflict impacted on life here in the North Wdst.

And as part of the commemor`tions the British Legion is asking

everyone to take part in a shared moment of reflection tomorrow night.

Between ten and 11 o'clock `t night, just turn off your lights

and light one single candle and put it in your window and reflect

And on North West Tonight wd will be live in Blackpool tomorrow

And your BBC local radio st`tions will be telling the stories of

Sport, and at the Commonwealth Gamds,

Men?s Hockey player Alistair Brogdan from Manchester helped Engl`nd claim

In Rugby League ` Super League, Widnes Vikings ran out 28`10 winners

It leaves the Vikings in 8th place in the league on 21 points.

Football, and Liverpool beat AC Milan 2`nil in the United States to

continue their good pre`season form with goals from Joe Allen and Suso.

But Manchester City are out of the International Champions Cup

after losing 5`4 in a penalty shoot out following

And Manchester United's pre`season friendly against Real Madrid has

broken the record for the most amount of people to attend `

109,000 people filled Michigan Stadium to watch United win

Now, let?s see what the weather holds for the week ahead.

Good evening. Not the worst of evenings to cap off this Sunday

Just couple of showers, but they are fast moving. It will be a cool and

comfortable night with tempdratures in the low teens. For the ndw week,

there will be brightness in Liverpool, parts of Manchester and

Cheshire in the morning. Thdre could be a couple of showers, but a

relatively decent day. Lots of dry and occasionally bright weather

Into Tuesday, this area of high pressure fights off the are` of low

pressure, but not for too long. Make the most of it when it

I?m back with your late news at the slightly later time of 01:1 .

Good evening. Some of us have had a sunny weekend but for others it has

not stopped raining for the last couple of days, you can see where on

the satellite picture, big swell of cloud, dominating things. Torrential

storms, if you see the coverage you can see how much rain there has

been, that has caused