:00:16. > :00:19.Prayers are being said at a vigil in Eccles this evening in a show
:00:20. > :00:22.of support for Alan Henning, the British hostage being hdld by
:00:23. > :00:25.The taxi driver from Salford was captured while delivering
:00:26. > :00:31.Our reporter Stuart Flinders is at the vigil in Eccles.
:00:32. > :00:38.Well, this is the rehearsal for what will be a Christian service but
:00:39. > :00:42.people of all faiths have bden invited to pray for the safdty of
:00:43. > :00:47.Alan Henning. Last week Muslims from Greater Manchester and Lanc`shire
:00:48. > :00:53.made an appeal for his safety. Barbara Henning, his wife, pleaded
:00:54. > :00:59.with the militants to open their hearts and minds. The organhser of
:01:00. > :01:04.this event is Ivan. What specifically do you have in mind? We
:01:05. > :01:11.want to make sure that this community comes together and shows
:01:12. > :01:17.their support to the family. We believe that all of the famhly know
:01:18. > :01:22.that this community is behind them during this difficult time `nd we
:01:23. > :01:27.are hoping and praying for peace. We are Christians, we do not bdlieve in
:01:28. > :01:32.any other way. It is barely imaginable what the family `re going
:01:33. > :01:38.through. I cannot imagine. H come from Eccles, it is really close to
:01:39. > :01:43.home, I know that this could be anyone of our husbands brothers we
:01:44. > :01:50.are well connected and Miskhmmin 80 and we hope that Eccles can come
:01:51. > :01:56.together. Thank you very much, Irene.
:01:57. > :02:02.More on this on our late bulletin at quarter past ten tonight.
:02:03. > :02:04.Police are investigating a reported machete attack
:02:05. > :02:08.Officers were called out last night to the Karma Lounge on
:02:09. > :02:14.A 20`year`old man was taken to hospital with a serious back injury.
:02:15. > :02:15.The Conservative Party Confdrence gets underway today.
:02:16. > :02:18.It'll be the last gathering of the Tories before next ydar's
:02:19. > :02:21.And if the Conservatives ard to win that election,
:02:22. > :02:23.they need to win seats here in the region like Bolton Wdst.
:02:24. > :02:28.Our political editor Arif Ansari reports.
:02:29. > :02:31.In the late 1880s, Horwich was fired up by heavy
:02:32. > :02:34.Well, the smoke and steam from these old locomotive works may have
:02:35. > :02:43.cleared years ago, but therd's still plenty of political energy here
:02:44. > :02:45.I think we have a perfectly reasonable chance here.
:02:46. > :02:51.But last time when it was very close,
:02:52. > :02:53.Gordon Brown was a very unpopular Prime Minister, Ed Miliband is not
:02:54. > :02:57.as unpopular as that, so it will be more difficult for you, not easier.
:02:58. > :03:00.This time we have been in power it will be five years
:03:01. > :03:02.by the general election, and we have got that record
:03:03. > :03:11.But the Labour MP's certainly warmed some voters up
:03:12. > :03:14.And she's now campaigning for a second term.
:03:15. > :03:16.Do you get many voters who say to you,
:03:17. > :03:23.I love Ed Miliband and I think that if only people met
:03:24. > :03:26.him, then they would see th`t he is our future prime minister.
:03:27. > :03:29.Ed has had a really bad press and this will be a dirty eldction.
:03:30. > :03:32.The Tories will do every thhng they possibly can to undermine L`bour,
:03:33. > :03:38.I think however we can see what David Cameron has been doing
:03:39. > :03:44.as a prime minister ` chill`xing while the country has gone to pot.
:03:45. > :03:46.But nobody including David Cameron will be relaxed about the political
:03:47. > :03:58.Politicians, actors and pop stars have ctt a
:03:59. > :04:01.record in Liverpool today to raise money for a statue of the so`called
:04:02. > :04:04.Among those involved at the city's Parr Street Studios
:04:05. > :04:07.are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark?s Andy McCluskey and actors
:04:08. > :04:14.A 35`year`old dad from Lanc`shire, who has been diagnosed with
:04:15. > :04:15.untreatable bowel cancer, has completed six marathons
:04:16. > :04:18.Ben Ashworth, from Preston, finished the Berlin Marathon today
:04:19. > :04:22.He's raised over ?12,000 for cancer charities and completed the feat
:04:23. > :04:41.You were scared initially that you would not be well enough to compete
:04:42. > :04:49.and do this. But you decided to do it over six months as a restlt. You
:04:50. > :04:53.have done it! This is the bdst bit about it.
:04:54. > :04:56.Football and Burnley are tonight at the bottom of the Premier League
:04:57. > :04:57.table after a 4`0 drubbing `t West Brom.
:04:58. > :05:00.A brace of goals for Berahino and one each for Craig Dawson
:05:01. > :05:03.and Graham Dorrans completed a sorry scoreline for the Clarets.
:05:04. > :05:19.Good evening, a fair amount of cloud around today and this evening that
:05:20. > :05:25.cloud will thicken up, parthcularly into the early hours of Monday
:05:26. > :05:30.morning. We are in for a mild night. Overnight lows of 13 or 14 degrees.
:05:31. > :05:34.First thing on Monday morning, it will generally be dry and
:05:35. > :05:39.occasionally quite bright. The cloud will thicken up and that will bring
:05:40. > :05:44.showers. In the afternoon the remote become persistent for a timd. Every
:05:45. > :05:52.just dull around 18 or 19 Cdlsius. A week from the line that shotld feel
:05:53. > :05:55.relatively pleasant. `` awax from that ran. It will stay mild for the
:05:56. > :05:56.rest of September and the bdginning of October.
:05:57. > :06:15.Good evening. For many, September 2014 will probably hold fond
:06:16. > :06:21.memories. A warm and dry month. Today we had a high of 25 Celsius,
:06:22. > :06:28.77 Fahrenheit in Kew Gardens to the west of London, way above the
:06:29. > :06:31.average for this time of year. Through the night tonight relatively
:06:32. > :06:35.quiet conditions, with clearer skies in the south. I want to draw your
:06:36. > :06:42.attention to these showers in southern Spain and across the
:06:43. > :06:48.Pyrenees. Moist air may trigger showers over channel coasts by dawn.
:06:49. > :06:56.We could have an issue with dense fog patches in central and southern
:06:57. > :07:00.areas first A foggy start. Showers in the south. These are drift north
:07:01. > :07:04.and east throughout the day. As with the nature of showers, some places
:07:05. > :07:08.will escape them and stay dry. It is going to be hit and miss to try and
:07:09. > :07:12.predict them. Perhaps towards Wales and the north-west, we could see one
:07:13. > :07:13.or two heavy and thunder rip