:00:00. > :00:00.on settling down and turning warmer. That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:09.Six. Goodbye from Welcome to North West Tonight with
:00:10. > :00:12.Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson. Drunk tanks and field hospitals,
:00:13. > :00:16.radical proposals are unveiled to control late night drinking
:00:17. > :00:18.in Manchester. The city's bar owners also
:00:19. > :00:20.say drunken trouble makers Seven people are held on suspicion
:00:21. > :00:25.of murder after A helping hand, the brunch club for
:00:26. > :00:58.parents struggling to feed their And we wrong Blackpool prom for a
:00:59. > :01:03.sneak preview of this year's illuminations.
:01:04. > :01:09.A call's being made tonight to open up
:01:10. > :01:13."drunk tanks" in Manchester to cope with
:01:14. > :01:19.in the centre at night. The city's pub and club
:01:20. > :01:27.drinkers to be held overnight in special cells and
:01:28. > :01:32.prepares to debate a report which reveals the huge strain late
:01:33. > :01:38.health and transport services. Abbie Jones reports.
:01:39. > :01:50.Around 100,000 people visit the city centre every weekend but the 24`hour
:01:51. > :02:01.culture and late`night drinking comes at a price. This man on is a
:02:02. > :02:06.nightclub, he and other pub and club owners want to see drunk tanks. A
:02:07. > :02:13.converted Portakabin, we need police to arrest people. The only way they
:02:14. > :02:17.will realise the behaviour is unacceptable is if they are
:02:18. > :02:27.arrested. It is going to get that individual off of the streets. Some
:02:28. > :02:32.say drunk tanks might have a place in a raft of measures, including
:02:33. > :02:39.education. We are looking at different ways of dealing with this.
:02:40. > :02:44.As the economy grows and more people visit the city it is right we deal
:02:45. > :02:51.with those issues causing harm within the communities. On the
:02:52. > :02:55.streets people were divided today. I think this would work. I have heard
:02:56. > :03:01.it mentioned a few times. Drunk and disorderly if they were taken to a
:03:02. > :03:10.police station, we let the money coming from? The number of licensed
:03:11. > :03:16.premises has jumped from just over 602 over 800. The cost of excessive
:03:17. > :03:27.drinking is ?1.2 billion. We are trying to be innovative and radical
:03:28. > :03:40.so we will look at every idea us. Other ideas are running trams and
:03:41. > :03:42.buses and field hospitals. It is the course of our 24`hour living. A
:03:43. > :03:50.mother has described as evil the thugs who stabbed to death her son
:03:51. > :03:55.on Saturday night. His friends have come up with an
:03:56. > :04:00.paying tribute to him and raising money for the family.
:04:01. > :04:06.challenge has become a fashionable way to raise
:04:07. > :04:13.but behind the smiles and laughter here today, these young
:04:14. > :04:19.the sole purpose, to help pay for dear friend's funeral. The
:04:20. > :04:24.to death by a group of men in a Preston Street on Saturday night.
:04:25. > :04:28.All I could see was his face. It was covered. We tried to do everything
:04:29. > :04:36.for him but it was too late. deserved what happened to him,
:04:37. > :04:41.nobody. I would not wish it on anybody. People must stop doing what
:04:42. > :04:48.they are doing now. Cards, flowers and messages of sympathy came today.
:04:49. > :04:55.We just want to do something to remember him by. If money is used
:04:56. > :04:57.towards his funeral or his child, we are just trying to do something to
:04:58. > :05:05.help. He had got into trouble in the past but was trying to turn his life
:05:06. > :05:15.around. this, he would never do what they
:05:16. > :05:20.have done to him, never. Police are keen to trace a blue Vauxhall Vectra
:05:21. > :05:26.and a grey coloured people carrier, possibly a original began scenic in
:05:27. > :05:32.this area on Saturday night. They are asking if anyone has been
:05:33. > :05:37.offered these vehicles for sale or scrap since to come forward.
:05:38. > :05:40.The family of one of the British victims of the Malaysian plane crash
:05:41. > :05:42.have been told his body has now been identified.
:05:43. > :05:44.Glenn Thomas who worked for the World Health Organisation
:05:45. > :05:46.and was living in Geneva was one of 298 people killed when MH17
:05:47. > :05:52.The 49`year`old was identified at the weekend.
:05:53. > :05:54.His relatives are now making plans for his body to be
:05:55. > :06:05.A man's been jailed for life for repeatedly stabbing his girlfriend
:06:06. > :06:09.to death, at their home Liam King, who's 26, brutally
:06:10. > :06:12.attacked Rebecca Ayres, an argument about whether he'd be
:06:13. > :06:18.attending her christening ` he then left her body
:06:19. > :06:22.in the house He'll now serve a minimum
:06:23. > :06:24.of 15 years. a new support centre in the
:06:25. > :06:25.North West after a big increase The National Association for
:06:26. > :06:29.People Abused in Childhood will have It says staff have had to deal with
:06:30. > :06:34.many more calls because of publicity surrounding the
:06:35. > :06:54.Jimmy Savile scandal. We need volunteers to run our
:06:55. > :07:00.services, all of them are free, we do not charge for many of them so we
:07:01. > :07:01.need money to keep those services running.
:07:02. > :07:02.The cost of royal family visiting the North West in 2013 `
:07:03. > :07:05.could be as much as ?650,000 according to an anti monachy group.
:07:06. > :07:08.Using Freedom of information request, the group Republic' say
:07:09. > :07:10.the 23 royal visits last year, cost an estimated ?28,000 each.
:07:11. > :07:27.They're campaigning for the monarchy to be abolished.
:07:28. > :07:38.A former police sergeant who was on duty at Hillsborough says he was
:07:39. > :07:46.told what to put in and what to leave out of his statement. He did
:07:47. > :07:52.what he was told. The increased has reopened after a three`week break
:07:53. > :07:56.for the summer. Our reporter is outside the court now. Who gave him
:07:57. > :08:03.these instructions about his statement? Philip Lomas had three
:08:04. > :08:11.meetings after the disaster, the first the very next day with the
:08:12. > :08:17.senior officer who told him not to make any entry into his pocket
:08:18. > :08:20.notebook about the disaster. Mr Lomas said that was because blame
:08:21. > :08:28.was being levelled at the force were looking very
:08:29. > :08:31.tearfully at the accounts being made. In the second meeting, four
:08:32. > :08:35.days later, that was with the assistant chief constable of the
:08:36. > :08:44.force, Stewart Anderson, Mr Lomas along with a dozen of his colleagues
:08:45. > :08:49.met with the chief constable and were told they were not to blame.
:08:50. > :08:54.Instead, it was the fault of drunk, ticket plus fans. The chief
:08:55. > :08:57.constable went on to say they should include in the statement any
:08:58. > :09:03.evidence of fans drinking including specifics like how many they were
:09:04. > :09:10.drinking and what brands of alcohol they were drinking. They should
:09:11. > :09:15.leave out any mention of your radio transmissions and staffing levels at
:09:16. > :09:22.turnstiles. What was the reaction of Mr Lomas to that? He told the court
:09:23. > :09:28.he thought that was entirely reasonable. Police had to prove
:09:29. > :09:35.certain points. He said he had seen many fans drinking that day and many
:09:36. > :09:40.without tickets. What the chief constable told him that they fitted
:09:41. > :09:43.in with his recollection. He said he had not exaggerated or told lies as
:09:44. > :09:50.the result. Last week we were talking
:09:51. > :09:53.about the pressures faced by some families in the North West
:09:54. > :09:57.during the summer holidays. One foodbank said it was running out
:09:58. > :10:00.of supplies because of the surge in demand
:10:01. > :10:02.as parents struggle to put food on In Crewe, they're trying to help
:10:03. > :10:06.those families with brunch clubs for children who'd normally eat
:10:07. > :10:08.for free at school. We're told the economy is
:10:09. > :10:13.in recovery. But for some families it
:10:14. > :10:19.doesn't feel that way. They seem to constantly
:10:20. > :10:28.want to eat all the time. And in the summer holidays,
:10:29. > :10:31.giving children who normally get free school dinners an extra meal
:10:32. > :10:49.means an extra expense. You think you will be all right but
:10:50. > :10:51.in the holiday you have to provide more.
:10:52. > :10:55.For some families in Crewe, Brunch Club is part of answer,
:10:56. > :11:09.with four different centres serving food to around 70 children a day.
:11:10. > :11:18.We get the deal and costs. `` serial.
:11:19. > :11:24.The club's open to children who qualify for free school meals.
:11:25. > :11:36.According to those behind it, it's proving to be a vital safety net.
:11:37. > :11:46.Are all the children in vital need? I could not say but I would rather
:11:47. > :12:03.provide more than less than is needed.
:12:04. > :12:13.And a trip to the lights fantastic. Cyclists take to the prom to
:12:14. > :12:33.ride the lights in Blackpool. Last week pupils received GCSE
:12:34. > :12:43.results. One boy passed maths at the age of seven. Not only passed, he
:12:44. > :12:50.got the top result. I am pleased to see he and his dad are with us now.
:12:51. > :12:58.What did you say when you got your result? Wow! Really, where you
:12:59. > :13:05.surprised? What did you think, dad? To be fair, we had an idea. He had
:13:06. > :13:14.got the top results previously when we had done some tests. Why did you
:13:15. > :13:23.like doing it? Really because it is just easy. It is really algebra that
:13:24. > :13:31.is my favourite. The easy bit then? You started this yourself, tell us
:13:32. > :13:41.what first got you into maps. Was it a boot your mum bought? `` maths? A
:13:42. > :13:48.GCSE boot you just picked up and thought you would have a go? And
:13:49. > :13:55.your friends don't know? Now. They do now. A remarkable achievement.
:13:56. > :13:58.What do you say to people who say do you see is brilliant at maths but is
:13:59. > :14:07.missing out other children any normal school
:14:08. > :14:10.environment. The is the social side but on the other side it was his
:14:11. > :14:18.decision all the way. decided he wanted to go to school he
:14:19. > :14:24.could go but because he gets one to one teaching he is
:14:25. > :14:31.half a day the amount of work he would do in a full day at school. ``
:14:32. > :14:41.able to do. He can finish in half a day. What do you like to do when you
:14:42. > :14:46.are not doing maths? Games on the laptop and tablet. Like any other
:14:47. > :14:52.seven`year`old? And what next? Any other exams? I am thinking
:14:53. > :14:58.chemistry, my dad is trying to promise me to do computer
:14:59. > :15:05.programming. But he wants to do chemistry. The problem I have got is
:15:06. > :15:11.getting the chemicals. You need a lab! Very quickly, how strict is
:15:12. > :15:19.your teacher? I am macro I don't go to school! But he is sitting next to
:15:20. > :15:23.you. He must be good. Well done. Puts us to shame. Let's steer clear
:15:24. > :15:29.of algebra questions! ride the lights in Blackpool.
:15:30. > :15:34.Tourism in Cumbria now generates over ?2 billion every year for the
:15:35. > :15:37.local economy. For the second year in a row, visitors numbers have
:15:38. > :15:45.risen. But officials to be done to sustain that growth.
:15:46. > :15:49.Lindsey Prosser has spent the day in Bowness.
:15:50. > :16:05.Only beautiful the visitors flock in. It is beautiful when you have
:16:06. > :16:11.got the weather. There are a lot of nice places to explore. It is nice
:16:12. > :16:14.scenery and the people are very pleasant and helpful. I think
:16:15. > :16:22.because of the economic situation people tend to stay at home more
:16:23. > :16:29.than in the past. Tourism has grown and generates ?2 billion per year
:16:30. > :16:34.for the local economy. The weather has encouraged people to stay at
:16:35. > :16:38.home this year at businesses are looking to the foreign market to
:16:39. > :16:43.sustain the North. We are working with overseas operators, we have had
:16:44. > :16:51.representatives over in Japan spreading the word. When people see
:16:52. > :16:56.this scenery they want to come back. We have a really high number of
:16:57. > :17:01.repeat visitors because of the fantastic destination. The beauty of
:17:02. > :17:08.the lakes is marketed globally but the challenge is to get more foreign
:17:09. > :17:13.visitors to look beyond London. We need to promote other parts of the
:17:14. > :17:18.country outside London but we need to make transport better from
:17:19. > :17:31.Cumbria to London and other parts of the UK. What a lovely day in the
:17:32. > :17:40.lakes. Now onto sport. And Stuart uncharted territory
:17:41. > :17:43.for Manchester United this evening? They're on the verge
:17:44. > :17:47.of breaking the British transfer record to sign Angel Di Maria,
:17:48. > :17:50.and they're also making a bit of unwanted history by playing in the
:17:51. > :17:53.second round of the League Cup for The Red Devils are competing
:17:54. > :17:57.at this stage because they haven't Louis Van Gaal's side are at MK Dons
:17:58. > :18:01.tonight, a club which didn't even exist when United
:18:02. > :18:03.last played at this stage in 1995. As for Di Maria,
:18:04. > :18:06.he's been finalising the ?59.7 million transfer from
:18:07. > :18:07.Real Madrid at United's Carrington And most
:18:08. > :18:25.of the club's fans seem pleased to It is a good move for them. Maybe
:18:26. > :18:31.over the top on price. He is what we need in midfield to give us peace.
:18:32. > :18:35.It is just what Manchester United need, someone to take them forward.
:18:36. > :18:37.And United will need Di Maria and probably a few others to bridge
:18:38. > :18:40.the gap to their rivals Manchester City and Liverpool.
:18:41. > :18:43.Last season's top two met at the Etihad last night and City once
:18:44. > :18:47.But how significant will it prove to be?
:18:48. > :18:51.Manuel Pellegrini thought so, Brendan Rodgers wasn't so sure.
:18:52. > :18:54.Before the game it was all about Liverpool's new signing.
:18:55. > :18:56.Mario Balotelli back to watch at the Etihad Stadium and, it seems,
:18:57. > :18:58.not enjoying the August Bank Holiday weather.
:18:59. > :19:02.But it was one of the city strikers bought to replace
:19:03. > :19:07.Stevan Jovetic pouncing on an uncertain Liverpool defence
:19:08. > :19:09.to continue the perfect start to City's title defence.
:19:10. > :19:16.Injured and invisible last season, pretty unstoppable last night.
:19:17. > :19:19.And there was no way Liverpool could stop substitute Sergio Aguero.
:19:20. > :19:21.On the pitch for just 23 seconds when he scored
:19:22. > :19:26.Liverpool did grab a late consolation.
:19:27. > :19:28.But that, for Mario and his new teammates,
:19:29. > :19:54.For me each game has six points. It is important not to drop any,
:19:55. > :20:04.especially at home. They were so good last night. I think city
:20:05. > :20:09.probably have the biggest squad now in the Premier League and its stamps
:20:10. > :20:11.authority for them to go to the champions league.
:20:12. > :20:19.Liverpool's manager says his new boy is a good buy.
:20:20. > :20:34.We need to try and help him. I think we have got a snip. Now it remains
:20:35. > :20:36.to be seen what super Mario can deliver.
:20:37. > :20:38.Staying with new strikers and Everton are close to signing
:20:39. > :20:41.The 33`year`old is in talks over a two`year deal at Goodison Park.
:20:42. > :20:44.Eto was released by Chelsea at the end of last season.
:20:45. > :20:47.The Cameroon striker could become the third player to move
:20:48. > :20:48.from Chelsea to Everton this summer following Romelu Lukaku
:20:49. > :20:51.There have been two medals for the region's boxers
:20:52. > :20:56.Liverpool's Peter McGrail won bronze in the under 56 kilogramme category
:20:57. > :20:59.and Muhamad Ali, who trains at Bury Amateur Boxing Club, also took
:21:00. > :21:05.And Ali's style as you can see isn't that different from the swagger
:21:06. > :21:29.That is some pressure to put on your Child giving them that name and
:21:30. > :21:35.getting them to take up boxing! Now thousands of cyclists will get a
:21:36. > :21:40.sneak preview of Blackpool's eliminations tonight. The prom is
:21:41. > :21:47.being shot to all other traffic this evening so people can ride the
:21:48. > :21:51.lights on two wheels. It is still sunny in Blackpool this evening.
:21:52. > :22:01.Lots of bikes are allowed however. Yes, the lights are already on but
:22:02. > :22:06.you will not see them until it gets dark. The bikes
:22:07. > :22:12.to take over. They started making this event equal friendly 20 years
:22:13. > :22:18.ago when they started replacing some of the bulbs with energy efficient
:22:19. > :22:24.LEDs. The least energy efficient bit is the traffic that goes underneath
:22:25. > :22:30.but tonight all that will change. Exterminate. Exterminate. We're else
:22:31. > :22:39.would you find Dallek 's, postman Pat, an astronaut and lots of light
:22:40. > :22:45.bulbs? They are in a huge Wear house but by the end of this week they
:22:46. > :22:52.will be on Blackpool prom. This is probably the largest major thing to
:22:53. > :22:57.go out. We lost a few days last week because of August rains
:22:58. > :23:04.all fed for a brilliant switch on night on Friday. This is his 15th
:23:05. > :23:11.year working on the other nations and he still gets nervous. It is the
:23:12. > :23:18.future and this is opening night so we always get nervous. This is what
:23:19. > :23:26.Peter Key will be using at the big switch on. You will have to wait
:23:27. > :23:35.until Friday to see the lights. At this guesthouse you
:23:36. > :23:38.chance to be part of the eliminations. She
:23:39. > :23:43.ambassadors, local business people aiming to promote the eliminations.
:23:44. > :23:48.They can write on it, Colorado or whatever they want to do and they go
:23:49. > :23:51.in this year's display. Everybody needs to be supporting the
:23:52. > :23:56.eliminations and it is very important to your business, my
:23:57. > :24:05.business, to the town, we need the support. Tonight, the eliminations
:24:06. > :24:12.will be best seen on two wheels. Now we can speak to the man in charge of
:24:13. > :24:19.leisure here. Traditionally the big switch on was when everyone saw the
:24:20. > :24:25.lights for the first time. I you getting everyone this Treeview? We
:24:26. > :24:30.have done it now for the number of years. It is an opportunity
:24:31. > :24:34.people to see the lights with a car free
:24:35. > :24:44.You are expecting thousands of people. Yes, people come to see the
:24:45. > :24:46.change, we have the number`1 seaside resort in Britain it is the number`1
:24:47. > :24:54.expedients where people can see the lights in advance of the switch on
:24:55. > :24:59.this Friday. We are encouraging people to take advantage of the
:25:00. > :25:05.festival weekend and what we are saying is come down, it is a family
:25:06. > :25:12.atmosphere for residents and visitors. The cars are coming down
:25:13. > :25:19.the motorway as we are speaking. We have certainly got the weather for
:25:20. > :25:25.it here. They will be setting off en masse about seven o'clock and the
:25:26. > :25:33.big switch on is on Friday. Thank you very much. Just get out of the
:25:34. > :25:47.way of the cyclists bare, it looked very tedious! And now for the
:25:48. > :25:59.weather. `` very bit tedious. `` `` precarious. Tonight we have a band
:26:00. > :26:05.of rain coming towards us. That will be still around in some places
:26:06. > :26:13.tomorrow morning. Temperatures have been good today. This is how it
:26:14. > :26:22.looks outside our window at the moment but many places have quite a
:26:23. > :26:26.lot of sunshine to end the day. It will be fairly cool with light winds
:26:27. > :26:33.from the East. Goodwillie you could see a temperature of the Celcius
:26:34. > :26:41.tonight. That could mean a nappy start for some. The cool start for
:26:42. > :26:46.some tomorrow morning but it is not a bad day. There will be enough
:26:47. > :26:55.sunshine to make it look and feel OK. The cloud will start to break as
:26:56. > :27:00.we go through the day so remember we are still in August so the sunshine
:27:01. > :27:05.has some strength to it. There will be lighter winds tomorrow as well
:27:06. > :27:13.and it will feel good. Temperatures peaking at 20 Celcius then after
:27:14. > :27:15.that the rain will arrive tomorrow night making it milder than tonight.
:27:16. > :27:19.Thank you. A monkey which was stolen
:27:20. > :27:24.from Blackpool Zoo in April and found a few days later `
:27:25. > :27:27.has given birth to twins. In total five monkeys were taken
:27:28. > :27:29.from the zoo Keepers say the new mother
:27:30. > :27:41.and her twins are doing very well! I see they have got the mother's
:27:42. > :27:55.here! Maybe got Have somebody play bagpipe at the
:27:56. > :28:06.airport to welcome you? Possible. Whichever car you like,
:28:07. > :28:09.with Wi-Fi inside? Possible. Can I get you a pink elephant?
:28:10. > :28:11.I'll try! See, the Indian philosophy
:28:12. > :28:14.dictates that anybody who comes to your house
:28:15. > :28:17.is not a guest, but he's God. You want to do the best you can
:28:18. > :28:29.as a parent. And we're not in a position
:28:30. > :28:33.to do that.