25/08/2014 North West Tonight

Tributes have been paid to a primary school teacher who's died

after being attacked at a house in Stockport.

Rukshana Miah was taken to hospital after being found

Her husband has already appeared in court charged with her attempted

A mother to two young children and described by her family

as a wonderful daughter, sister, auntie and cousin.

Police were called to the Stockport home of 35`year`old Rukshana Miah at

week ago today where she was found with life`threatening injuries.

A post`mortem examination has since concluded she died as the

Neighbours say they are shocked and saddened by the news.

A nice girl who always had a smile on her face and she would always

The school were Rukshana Miah tought is still closed for summer.

When the gates reopen in September they say they'll be missing one

Today, the head teacher here at Broadoak Primary School paid

She was described as a wonderful, talented teacher who touched

He said Rukshana was the heart of the school, an outstanding

teacher who was devoted to the success of the children.

36`year`old Abdul Miah has already appeared before

Stockport Magistrates charged with attempted murder.

He's due before Manchester Crown Court next month.

Police say a murder investigation is now under way.

An 18`year`old man who was fatally attacked in Preston

Jonjo Highton was found with stab wounds to his neck on

Detectives are continuing to question a 19`year`old man

Two other men, both aged 21 and from Preston, have also been arrested.

A five`week knife amnesty has been started by Lancashire police today.

There'll be drop`off bins at ten police stations in the county.

People are being asked to dispose of weapons whether they own them, or

It is an appeal to people to say, Come on, get your knives.

Those can cause misery, cause all sorts of problems.

Please put them in the bins and let's take them

Despite the wet weather, organisers of Liverpool International Music

Festival say it's been a success with an estimated 150,000 people

Held at Sefton Park across five stages,

acts ranged from the DJ Goldie, to The Lightning Seeds and the

As part of the festival there was a chance for young artists to get

I can see this growing year`on`year. This year we had an enormous amount

of entries. When you think that it is limited to under 21, that goes to

show how great songwriting talent is in the Liverpool area.

Manchester Pride heads into its final hours after a weekend

The festival, one of the biggest of its type in the UK, has attracted

It ends with a candle`lit vigil tonight.

After two days of partying, today was more about strolling around and

meeting with friends. It's absolutely brilliant. It's better

this year than it was last year. We've enjoyed the Bible. It's a

wonderful atmosphere. Anything goes. It's glorious. Still lots of things

to buy and certainly nobody was going to go thirsty. Also on offer,

plenty of food for thought. One of the great things about

community is people are very motivated.

brothers and sisters around the world are

want to make a difference and that is inspiring. Manchester pride is

more about `` is much more than just head on it. The weekend will end

with a candlelit vigil. For me today is a special day where we remember

who have passed away due to HIV. It is very magical to see the candles

bickering in the light. It gives you a chance to reflect. You can see

people have been moved. I think that moment of stillness at the end of

the weekend is really special. The vigil starts at 9:15pm.

Football now and Liverpool have signed Mario Balotelli from AC Milan

The 24`year`old returns to the North west just 19 months

after he left Manchester City helping the Blues to win an FA Cup

He passed passed a medical and agreed

a long`term deal to become the Reds' ninth signing of the summer so far.

Balotelli is not eligible to play against his former team a

when the two teams meet tonight at the Etihad Stadium.

Both teams won their opening games of the new

The Blues took the points at Newcastle

Maria Ballotteli will be watching from the stands.

Manager Brendan Rodgers says they don't fear City.

We know it is going to be a tough game. We had very close games with

Manchester city. We will go there and play how we have played before.

No fear. We will attack began. We hope to win these three points at

home. Different games, different moments. It is very important for

our team to start winning the point here at home.

Good evening. We always thought that today would bring rain. It's never

really made it to parts of Cumbria. It has spoiled the date for many.

This is the picture outside the window. We are going back to work

tomorrow and guess what? It will be a better day.

Tomorrow, and improving picture. Around the Pennines and pretty much

everywhere will wake up to some cloud. But again, we get rid of that

very quickly and like starts to come back out. Patchy

cloud with sunny spells. coming in from the continent. Your

temperatures could That's all from us for now,

but we'll be back with the late Hello, if you love wet weather, you

appreciate a satellite picture. A big swell cloud around to the west

of Ireland. If you love bank holidays, you would choose different

words to describe the weather, but Italy this cloud which are the

heaviest rain. In Scotland, you have been derived with lovely sunshine in

the north-west. Within the cloudy zone, further outbreaks of rain this

evening. Difficult driving conditions if you are heading back

after the long weekend and further heavy showers from the south-west in

southern areas as it goes on. Hill