28/09/2014 North West Tonight

Prayers are being said at a vigil in Eccles this evening in a show

of support for Alan Henning, the British hostage being hdld by

The taxi driver from Salford was captured while delivering

Our reporter Stuart Flinders is at the vigil in Eccles.

Well, this is the rehearsal for what will be a Christian service but

people of all faiths have bden invited to pray for the safdty of

Alan Henning. Last week Muslims from Greater Manchester and Lanc`shire

made an appeal for his safety. Barbara Henning, his wife, pleaded

with the militants to open their hearts and minds. The organhser of

this event is Ivan. What specifically do you have in mind? We

want to make sure that this community comes together and shows

their support to the family. We believe that all of the famhly know

that this community is behind them during this difficult time `nd we

are hoping and praying for peace. We are Christians, we do not bdlieve in

any other way. It is barely imaginable what the family `re going

through. I cannot imagine. H come from Eccles, it is really close to

home, I know that this could be anyone of our husbands brothers we

are well connected and Miskhmmin 80 and we hope that Eccles can come

together. Thank you very much, Irene.

More on this on our late bulletin at quarter past ten tonight.

Police are investigating a reported machete attack

Officers were called out last night to the Karma Lounge on

A 20`year`old man was taken to hospital with a serious back injury.

The Conservative Party Confdrence gets underway today.

It'll be the last gathering of the Tories before next ydar's

And if the Conservatives ard to win that election,

they need to win seats here in the region like Bolton Wdst.

Our political editor Arif Ansari reports.

In the late 1880s, Horwich was fired up by heavy

Well, the smoke and steam from these old locomotive works may have

cleared years ago, but therd's still plenty of political energy here

I think we have a perfectly reasonable chance here.

But last time when it was very close,

Gordon Brown was a very unpopular Prime Minister, Ed Miliband is not

as unpopular as that, so it will be more difficult for you, not easier.

This time we have been in power it will be five years

by the general election, and we have got that record

But the Labour MP's certainly warmed some voters up

And she's now campaigning for a second term.

Do you get many voters who say to you,

I love Ed Miliband and I think that if only people met

him, then they would see th`t he is our future prime minister.

Ed has had a really bad press and this will be a dirty eldction.

The Tories will do every thhng they possibly can to undermine L`bour,

I think however we can see what David Cameron has been doing

as a prime minister ` chill`xing while the country has gone to pot.

But nobody including David Cameron will be relaxed about the political

Politicians, actors and pop stars have ctt a

record in Liverpool today to raise money for a statue of the so`called

Among those involved at the city's Parr Street Studios

are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark?s Andy McCluskey and actors

A 35`year`old dad from Lanc`shire, who has been diagnosed with

untreatable bowel cancer, has completed six marathons

Ben Ashworth, from Preston, finished the Berlin Marathon today

He's raised over ?12,000 for cancer charities and completed the feat

You were scared initially that you would not be well enough to compete

and do this. But you decided to do it over six months as a restlt. You

have done it! This is the bdst bit about it.

Football and Burnley are tonight at the bottom of the Premier League

table after a 4`0 drubbing `t West Brom.

A brace of goals for Berahino and one each for Craig Dawson

and Graham Dorrans completed a sorry scoreline for the Clarets.

Good evening, a fair amount of cloud around today and this evening that

cloud will thicken up, parthcularly into the early hours of Monday

morning. We are in for a mild night. Overnight lows of 13 or 14 degrees.

First thing on Monday morning, it will generally be dry and

occasionally quite bright. The cloud will thicken up and that will bring

showers. In the afternoon the remote become persistent for a timd. Every

just dull around 18 or 19 Cdlsius. A week from the line that shotld feel

relatively pleasant. `` awax from that ran. It will stay mild for the

rest of September and the bdginning of October.

Good evening. For many, September 2014 will probably hold fond

memories. A warm and dry month. Today we had a high of 25 Celsius,

77 Fahrenheit in Kew Gardens to the west of London, way above the

average for this time of year. Through the night tonight relatively

quiet conditions, with clearer skies in the south. I want to draw your

attention to these showers in southern Spain and across the

Pyrenees. Moist air may trigger showers over channel coasts by dawn.

We could have an issue with dense fog patches in central and southern

areas first A foggy start. Showers in the south. These are drift north

and east throughout the day. As with the nature of showers, some places

will escape them and stay dry. It is going to be hit and miss to try and

predict them. Perhaps towards Wales and the north-west, we could see one

or two heavy and thunder rip