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on the BBC News Channel and I will be back with the late news | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
Hundreds of people opposed to fracking have staged a protest | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
Campaigners say the controversial process will harm the area, but one | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
group that represents businesses in the town says the only damage done | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
They wanted the Blackpool tourists to get their message, and it took | :00:24. | :00:46. | |
the protest from the South Pier to the North Pier. How is Shell gas | :00:47. | :00:55. | |
extracted? When you add to that question, you will have the answer. | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
Cuadrilla has applied for planning permission to set up a fracking site | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
in the village of Little Plumpton. It will change the character of our | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
parish for a long time to come if it goes ahead, and I am frightened | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
about what you cannot see. 250 people have joined the protest, | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
fewer than expected, but there are people here from across the country. | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
We believe there are a lot of with this kind of procedure and our | :01:24. | :01:31. | |
union is 100% behind this, as we were behind the people up further | :01:32. | :01:39. | |
north. A few days ago, members of a national campaign group occupied a | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
field in Sussex, they previously want to local businesses could | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
targeted. We will see more and more local resistance and | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
for people to realise they are not alone in the fight. | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
direct action concerns one group representing 200 businesses. | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
the busiest seaside resort of the busiest time of the year and we do | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
not want disruption. Cuadrilla said that taking the law into your own | :02:06. | :02:12. | |
hands is anti`democratic and harmful to locals and local businesses. The | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
fracking debate focuses now on Lancashire. | :02:16. | :02:16. | |
The names of more than 400 children who've | :02:17. | :02:18. | |
been killed in Gaza have been read out during a rally in Manchester. | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
People met in Albert Square to call on the British Government to put | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
more pressure on Israel to end the conflict. | :02:25. | :02:26. | |
They released balloons to remember those who've died. | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
Israel strongly denies deliberately targeting civilians, | :02:29. | :02:30. | |
but speakers at today's event urged Israel to end its blockade of Gaza. | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
It looks right now like we are a long way from peace. | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
We will always be a long way from peace until such time as we come | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
together, stand together, regardless of our various political viewpoints. | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
All of us that can agree that for the sake | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
of being decent to the other members of the human race, this has to stop, | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
A man accused of punching a pregnant teenager in the stomach, causing her | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
to lose her baby, has been charged with child destruction. | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
Police say the 16`year`old girl was attacked in Copster Park in Oldham. | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
Dusan Bako, who's eighteen, and from nearby Copster Hill Road, | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
is due to appear before Oldham Magistrates tomorrow. | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
Health officials say 31 cases of salmonella food poisoning have | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
now been linked to a Chinese take`away on Merseyside. | :03:14. | :03:15. | |
They've been investigating Wok's Cooking in Kirkby | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
since 33 people from Merseyside and Cheshire became ill. | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
In Birmingham, three people have died following a similar outbreak. | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed | :03:27. | :03:27. | |
after a man was critically injured in a crash, | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
just moments after being spotted by police in Greater Manchester. | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
The 22`year`old's motor scooter collided with a tree | :03:35. | :03:35. | |
Officers had spotted he wasn't wearing a helmet. | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
Football, and reigning Premier League champions Manchester City won | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
David Silva put Manuel Pelligrini's side on their way to victory after | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
a superb back`heel from Edin Dzeko opened up the home side's defence. | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
Earlier Liverpool clinched a 2`1 victory over Southampton | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
at Anfield when Daniel Sturridge scored twelve minutes from time. | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
In Superleague, Widnes Vikings lost 28 points to 14 | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
at Huddersfield Giants despite a try and three goals from Danny Tickle. | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
Cricket, and Lancashire's Ashwell Prince hit a century to put the | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
Red Rose ahead against Durham on Day Three of their County | :04:14. | :04:15. | |
Lancashire are all out for 421, Durham made 59`1 in their second | :04:16. | :04:27. | |
innings. Hundreds of people have taken part | :04:28. | :04:28. | |
in the Salford Triathlon today. Competitors at the Quays faced a 15 | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
hundred metre swim, 40 kilometre Among the early finishers were | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
members of the Knutsford Tri Club. It's the challenge, | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
the personal challenge, that's what it's all about. | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
And me mates as well. Yes, | :04:44. | :04:45. | |
it is a great club to be a member. We have great camaraderie. It is | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
good to be in our 50th year Now for a look | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
at the weather with Kay Forster. The winds have been the star | :04:52. | :04:58. | |
of the show today, really gusty north`westerly winds | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
and they will continue over the next few hours or so, | :05:04. | :05:05. | |
so still a yellow weather warning We could still have gusts up | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
to 50 mph into this evening. The wind will ease down tonight, | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
but we could see some showers pushing in, | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
they will go south into the morning, so a cloudy, damp night and all | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
of that will keep the temperatures up once again, into double figures | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
with lows of 11 or 12 Celsius. Tomorrow, cloudy and damp to start, | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
but showers continuing to push to the south and much drier | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
and brighter into the afternoon The chance | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
of one or two showers across eastern parts and with the wind easing down, | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
feeling a bit better with highs That's all for now. | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
I'll be back just after 10:15. Good evening. It was a slow start | :05:45. | :06:11. | |
for England and Wales. We got there in the end today. A cloudy morning, | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
with some outbreaks of rain. As | :06:17. | :06:18. |