:00:00. > :00:11.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:12. > :00:14.Welcome to Northwest Tonight with Roger Johnson
:00:15. > :00:18.This is our top story: A man's arrested for attempted murder
:00:19. > :00:20.after a police officer is slashed with a knife in Lancashire.
:00:21. > :00:22.The officer was carrying out a routine search
:00:23. > :00:26.Also tonight: Claims the elderly have been left helpless and alone
:00:27. > :00:31.as a new report shows a huge drop in the numbers getting soci`l care.
:00:32. > :00:35.These are all brothers, sisters grandparents and leaving people in
:00:36. > :00:38.this sort of undignified situation is frankly not good enough.
:00:39. > :00:41.De Bruyne's free-kick helps Manchester City to a landmark
:00:42. > :00:48.The speed machines take to the picturesque waters
:00:49. > :01:05.A man's being questioned tonight on suspicion of attempted murder
:01:06. > :01:08.after a police officer was `ttacked with a knife in Lancashire.
:01:09. > :01:10.It happened in Cleveleys thhs morning as the officer carried out
:01:11. > :01:14.The officer's being treated in hospital.
:01:15. > :01:29.Bring us up-to-date with the latest on what is happening there. It was
:01:30. > :01:31.here, close to the corner of Westmorland Avenue in this busy road
:01:32. > :01:35.at the end there that a police at the end there that a polhce
:01:36. > :01:40.constable stopped a Peugeot van at 10am this morning in what the police
:01:41. > :01:45.have described as a routine stop and check. But as the driver emerged
:01:46. > :01:46.from the van, the officer was attacked. He suffered a knife injury
:01:47. > :01:51.to his torso and facial injtries and to his torso and facial injuries and
:01:52. > :01:53.we understand that the windscreen of the police car was smashed tsing
:01:54. > :01:53.we understand that the windscreen of the police car was smashed using a
:01:54. > :01:57.the police car was smashed tsing a pickaxe handle. There was a huge
:01:58. > :02:01.police response to this, witnessed by many residents. I walked into my
:02:02. > :02:02.bedroom looked out of the window and bedroom looked out of the window and
:02:03. > :02:07.saw an officer laying on thd bedroom looked out of the whndow and
:02:08. > :02:09.saw an officer laying on thd road and I wonder what was going on.
:02:10. > :02:14.There was a crowd around him. I went There was a crowd around him. I went
:02:15. > :02:15.to have a look and was told by somebody stood there that he
:02:16. > :02:15.to have a look and was told by somebody stood there that hd had
:02:16. > :02:21.somebody stood there that he had been attacked. My immediate thought
:02:22. > :02:27.was, was the perpetrator sthll was, was the perpetrator still
:02:28. > :02:31.around? We are sad, he was only doing his duty and got stabbed. You
:02:32. > :02:37.don't expect that on the street like this. The air ambulance attdnded,
:02:38. > :02:40.landing close to here and took the officer to the Royal Preston
:02:41. > :02:42.hospital, but we are pleased to say that tonight, the police say
:02:43. > :02:42.hospital, but we are pleased to say that tonight, the police sax he
:02:43. > :02:42.hospital, but we are pleased to say that tonight, the police say he has
:02:43. > :02:44.been discharged from hospit`l and been discharged from hospit`l and
:02:45. > :02:49.able to recover at home. The able to recover at home. The
:02:50. > :02:51.attacker made off in the van, but. Is a short time later in thd car
:02:52. > :02:56.park of a gymnasium and tonight, park of a gymnasium and tonhght
:02:57. > :02:58.they are questioning a 39-year-old they are questioning a 39-ydar-old
:02:59. > :03:03.man from Blackpool on suspicion of attempted murder.
:03:04. > :03:05.It's been revealed legal costs for the families at the inquests
:03:06. > :03:07.into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims
:03:08. > :03:11.They were paid by the Home Office, which also spent nearly ?20l
:03:12. > :03:14.on lawyers for the former Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
:03:15. > :03:17.The inquests concluded in April that the fans were unlawfully killed
:03:18. > :03:24.Police investigating the disappearance of a mothdr
:03:25. > :03:27.from Wirral have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.
:03:28. > :03:29.These CCTV pictures show the last sighting
:03:30. > :03:33.of 39-year-old Anita Stephenson near her home in
:03:34. > :03:37.A 41-year-old man is being held for questioning and detectives
:03:38. > :03:40.are are now appealing to the public for more information.
:03:41. > :03:43.Cancer experts met in Liverpool today to discuss why the city's
:03:44. > :03:45.cancer rates are increasing faster than anywhere else in the UK.
:03:46. > :03:48.They say 3,000 people in Liverpool will be diagnosed with cancdr every
:03:49. > :03:51.year by 2020, but those levdls could be reduced if people adopted
:03:52. > :04:08.A new report has revealed that more than 40,000 people
:04:09. > :04:10.in the North West have had `dult social care withdrawn.
:04:11. > :04:13.Huge pressure on council budgets has caused an 18% drop
:04:14. > :04:14.in the numbers being helped since 2009.
:04:15. > :04:16.The Leonard Cheshire organisation, which carried out the study,
:04:17. > :04:19.says it's a scandal which ldaves many of the elderly helpless
:04:20. > :04:21.and alone, and causes some to end up in hospital.
:04:22. > :04:26.Our health correspondent Gill Dummigan reports.
:04:27. > :04:30.In 1979, Jo Fenlon was disgnosed with multiple sclerosis.
:04:31. > :04:49.What do you need people to help you do? Everything. Once I'm in this
:04:50. > :04:51.chair, I am here. I am here until I need to go to the bathroom or to the
:04:52. > :04:52.bedroom. A few weeks ago, Jo got a ldtter
:04:53. > :04:55.from Trafford council saying that the money to pay
:04:56. > :05:12.for her her care was We may think seriously about
:05:13. > :05:19.buying... We don't have a social life. In fact, books, televhsion,
:05:20. > :05:23.life. In fact, books, television, DVDs are the only thing.
:05:24. > :05:27.This new research suggests that many others aren't getting
:05:28. > :05:35.The council didn't want to comment on this please all about thd
:05:36. > :05:36.The council didn't want to comment on this please all about the payment
:05:37. > :05:38.on this please all about thd payment system, but this research indicates
:05:39. > :05:41.the number of adults receivhng the number of adults receiving
:05:42. > :05:44.social care has gone down in four years from ?8,650 to just under
:05:45. > :05:49.6900, that's a drop of around 2 % 6900, that's a drop of around 2 %
:05:50. > :05:50.and is the pattern being repeated all around the north-west.
:05:51. > :05:52.The figures show a drop of 9% in Liverpool
:05:53. > :05:54.24% in Lancashire And 35% in Cumbria.
:05:55. > :06:05.The Government says it's putting more money into social care
:06:06. > :06:10.from next year - potentiallx ?2 billion by 2020.
:06:11. > :06:22.The future of the NHS means they have to be much more collaborative
:06:23. > :06:26.with social care to provide the support before people go into
:06:27. > :06:27.hospital. Maybe preventing people going into hospital. And th`t that
:06:28. > :06:29.going into hospital. And that that is not there to do it, the NHS will
:06:30. > :06:31.struggle. Jo Fenlon, meanwhile,
:06:32. > :06:32.says councils need to look at other ways
:06:33. > :06:40.of saving money. I don't think you should focus on
:06:41. > :06:44.the most vulnerable members of the community.
:06:45. > :06:48.Earlier I spoke to Patrick from Leonard
:06:49. > :06:49.Cheshire Disability, the organisation which highlighted
:06:50. > :06:51.the reductions in the numbers receiving social care.
:06:52. > :06:53.And I asked him how it can effect people.
:06:54. > :07:00.Hearing stories about peopld who, for example, live alone and rely on
:07:01. > :07:03.a hoist to get in and out of bed at night.
:07:04. > :07:05.The hoist breaks down and no emergency cover, so they ard
:07:06. > :07:08.basically stuck between a bed and wheelchair, for example.
:07:09. > :07:10.We are hearing stories of pdople having to
:07:11. > :07:13.eat a packet of crisps in the morning, because there is no social
:07:14. > :07:23.These are our brothers, sisters, grandparents and
:07:24. > :07:25.leaving people in this sort of undignified situation
:07:26. > :07:33.This must then have an effect on the rest of the health
:07:34. > :07:40.Well, in the survey, one in 11 of the
:07:41. > :07:44.disabled people that we surveyed said they'd end up in hospital as a
:07:45. > :07:46.result of social care being withdrawn.
:07:47. > :07:50.Social care and a lack of provision of it adds usually to
:07:51. > :07:52.pressure on the NHS, but ag`in, we are talking about people and
:07:53. > :07:55.ultimately, what we need to do here is get social care properly
:07:56. > :07:59.funded by Central Government so that
:08:00. > :08:03.neither the health service nor social care are having to actually
:08:04. > :08:18.The Department of Health has said that up to
:08:19. > :08:20.3.5 billion pounds extra is to be spent on local care.
:08:21. > :08:22.And in fact, they've given authorities that
:08:23. > :08:26.right, if you like, to put council tax up by about 2% and that will be
:08:27. > :08:28.ringfenced to be spent on social care.
:08:29. > :08:37.and the government would sax, we only have a certain amount of money.
:08:38. > :08:40.I understand that, but this is about priorities.
:08:41. > :08:42.We are a great country, a prosperous country.
:08:43. > :08:45.It is about how we treat people in some of the
:08:46. > :08:49.most vulnerable situations in our country.
:08:50. > :08:53.And I think it's about how we define our own humanity.
:08:54. > :08:55.We need to be challenging all of the
:08:56. > :09:03.political parties to genuindly grasp the nettle on this.
:09:04. > :09:05.Many successive governments have said this is too
:09:06. > :09:07.difficult, I just don't accept that and actually,
:09:08. > :09:09.we need to be saying, genuinely come together, work
:09:10. > :09:13.together, stop the Punch and Judy element of politics.
:09:14. > :09:15.It is not about one party acting and the rest of
:09:16. > :09:20.All the parties need to comd together now and until
:09:21. > :09:23.we do that, people are actu`lly going to continue to suffer and
:09:24. > :09:34.The St Helen's South MP Marhe Rimmer has been cleared of kicking
:09:35. > :09:40.A court in Glasgow found an assault charge against her not provdn,
:09:41. > :09:43.but the Sheriff said no-one in the case had told him
:09:44. > :09:48.The Labour MP, who was campaigning during the Scottish Referendum
:09:49. > :09:50.in 2014, is now criticising the police decision
:09:51. > :10:02.Our reporter Clare Fallon was in court.
:10:03. > :10:05.Marie Rimmer walked out of court earlier and told us she was hugely
:10:06. > :10:07.relieved and delighted by this verdict.
:10:08. > :10:10.Today in court, the sheriff returned a verdict of not proven
:10:11. > :10:12.rather than not guilty, which essentially means prosecutors have
:10:13. > :10:19.But the Sheriff also said, H doubt any person has told me what really
:10:20. > :10:21.happened that day and that's something I asked Marie Rimler about
:10:22. > :10:26.It's been clearly explained to me in Scotland
:10:27. > :10:39.So I am not concerned about that at all.
:10:40. > :10:42.And what about the sheriff's comments
:10:43. > :10:44.that he didn't particularly believe the account that all of the
:10:45. > :10:49.That's the sheriff isn't it, it's not for me.
:10:50. > :10:55.I'm clear as to what happened that day.
:10:56. > :10:58.I have been acquitted today and I just want to
:10:59. > :11:04.I've answered the charges and I want to
:11:05. > :11:07.So, Claire, Marie Rimmer is clearly relieved.
:11:08. > :11:09.But she is now questioning the decision to
:11:10. > :11:13.She essentially echoed what the sheriff had to say
:11:14. > :11:16.in court, when he said he felt there should have been
:11:17. > :11:17.an element of discretion with all of this.
:11:18. > :11:22.yellow card would have been preferable to a red card and it is
:11:23. > :11:26.worth pointing out that another charge, of acting in a thre`tening
:11:27. > :11:29.and abusive manner, was dislissed because of a lack of evidence.
:11:30. > :11:31.But as of that argument that happened
:11:32. > :11:33.between two rival sets of campaigners outside the polling
:11:34. > :11:36.station on the day of the Scottish referendum, the sheriff said he felt
:11:37. > :11:46.the whole thing amounted to complete stupidity.
:11:47. > :11:48.But a clearly very relieved Marie Rimmer will be
:11:49. > :11:51.heading back to the constituency on Merseyside this evening sayhng she
:11:52. > :11:53.simply now wants to get on with the job.
:11:54. > :11:56.When 67-year-old Stuart Brunst fell and broke his thigh, he had to go
:11:57. > :11:59.into Southport District General Hospital for routine surgerx.
:12:00. > :12:01.But the hospital botched the operation and three
:12:02. > :12:07.To add to his daughter's distress, the hospital launched
:12:08. > :12:09.an investigation which found serious mistakes, but it didn't tell
:12:10. > :12:17.Stuart Brunst's family say he was a kind,
:12:18. > :12:22.When he broke his leg they were told it was a textbook
:12:23. > :12:28.operation, but soon they became concerned about his condition.
:12:29. > :12:31.He was reporting a lot of pain and not making the progress that we
:12:32. > :12:35.And then partway through thd first week he was in hospital,
:12:36. > :12:38.he had to have additional blood and I wasn't quite sure why.
:12:39. > :12:44.During surgery, a rod had bden inserted into Mr Brunst's leg.
:12:45. > :12:47.But despite X-rays being conducted in the operating theatre, staff
:12:48. > :12:50.didn't notice that screws wdre loose and even though he complained
:12:51. > :12:53.of pain, there were further delays in carrying out another X-ray.
:12:54. > :12:56.A second operation took place, but it was too late to save him
:12:57. > :13:01.The hospital trust said it acknowledges
:13:02. > :13:02.there were failures in the care provided
:13:03. > :13:05.to Mr Brunst and with the
:13:06. > :13:08.appropriate care, it's likely he is death would have been avoided.
:13:09. > :13:13.They apologised for the length of time it
:13:14. > :13:17.took to carry the inquiry and contact Mr Brunst's family.
:13:18. > :13:19.That investigation began without the family's knowledge and
:13:20. > :13:21.NHS guidelines state that they should be informed
:13:22. > :13:28.The hospitals should be open and honest
:13:29. > :13:31.about when they think something has gone
:13:32. > :13:34.wrong and should notify the
:13:35. > :13:38.family and offer an explanation about what happened and identify any
:13:39. > :13:40.failings and provide an apology where it is appropriate.
:13:41. > :13:42.And that should be done as soon as possible?
:13:43. > :13:48.The Hospital Trust says lessons have been learnt from Mr Brunst's
:13:49. > :13:51.His family hope such basic mistakes will never cost
:13:52. > :13:54.I can't believe that failing to take basic
:13:55. > :13:57.steps in a patient's care could have led to somebody's death.
:13:58. > :14:17.Still to come on North West Tonight: And full-throttle
:14:18. > :14:22.With a major new cargo facility opening in the Mersey this week we
:14:23. > :14:25.look at the past and future or Liverpool's port.
:14:26. > :14:28.The powerboats take to the water for Coniston's annual
:14:29. > :14:32.Fragmented, inefficient and ineffective.
:14:33. > :14:38.That the damning verdict on the country's flood risk
:14:39. > :14:40.management according to a group of influential MPs.
:14:41. > :14:43.They've called for a radical overhaul to prevent a repeat of last
:14:44. > :14:46.that saw thousands of homes across the North West badly
:14:47. > :14:49.In Cumbria and Lancashire alone 1,200 families are still
:14:50. > :14:52.So does the flood risk system need to change?
:14:53. > :15:00.Over Christmas and New Year, storms Desmond, Eva and Frank
:15:01. > :15:06.In one 24-hour period, 13 inches of rain fell.
:15:07. > :15:08.Homes, town centres, countryside all submerged.
:15:09. > :15:11.Time - according the to influential Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
:15:12. > :15:18.Committee - for radical change to tackle the threat of climatd change.
:15:19. > :15:25.We went to Holland and we actually saw what they were doing and they
:15:26. > :15:29.have a floods commission at the top and these regional boards that
:15:30. > :15:30.actually work with local authorities, local residents and
:15:31. > :15:32.landowners to deliver a mord landowners to deliver a more
:15:33. > :15:37.structured flood resilience plan. It wants the Environment Agency
:15:38. > :15:39.stripped of its flood A new national floods
:15:40. > :15:41.commissioner to coordinate all flood-related policy and it
:15:42. > :15:44.wants wider use of natural flood prevention measures,
:15:45. > :15:48.like storing flood water on farmland because flooded fields cost less
:15:49. > :15:55.to tackle than flooded towns. Kevin Frea has a home
:15:56. > :15:58.within feet of the Lune River There are over 40 homes here,
:15:59. > :16:04.all powered by this hydropl`nt. Storm Desmond put it out
:16:05. > :16:10.of action for two months. So would Kevin welcome proposed
:16:11. > :16:19.changes in flood planning? What makes perfect sense is the idea
:16:20. > :16:21.of working with nature rather than against it and hold in the water
:16:22. > :16:26.further up the valley, so compensating farmers for flooding
:16:27. > :16:32.their land, planting trees, all of those things will help to hold the
:16:33. > :16:37.water, release its slower and stop the devastation further downstream.
:16:38. > :16:43.In Salford, a second flood base is under construction to protect homes.
:16:44. > :16:47.A plan promoted by the Environment Agency, which has supporters.
:16:48. > :16:50.Instead of trying to create new bureaucracies, I think the way
:16:51. > :16:54.forward is to make sure we continue with that culture of collaboration,
:16:55. > :16:58.get everyone working togethdr and get everyone working togethdr and
:16:59. > :17:03.focus on what is really important, which is about defending people from
:17:04. > :17:07.floods. The Government says it sees no need for organisational changes
:17:08. > :17:11.and that it is implemented many suggestions in the report. They also
:17:12. > :17:14.said they are spending ?2.5 billion improving flood defences to protect
:17:15. > :17:19.an additional 300,000 homes by 021. Later this week, a massive new cargo
:17:20. > :17:22.terminal opens at Liverpool Docks. Liverpool Two, as it's calldd,
:17:23. > :17:24.will enable the port to handle the biggest
:17:25. > :17:26.container ships in the world. It also has enormous
:17:27. > :17:33.new cranes, which are as tall In the first of a series
:17:34. > :17:36.of special reports, our Merseyside Reporter,
:17:37. > :17:38.Andy Gill, looks at how the new terminal fits
:17:39. > :17:46.in to the port's long history. The container ship Atlantic Sea
:17:47. > :17:49.edges into Gladstone Lock. Up close, it's like someone sliding
:17:50. > :17:57.a block of flats past your nose But this is the biggest ship
:17:58. > :18:02.Liverpool can get into its docks. And to compete globally, it needs
:18:03. > :18:05.to attract ships capable of carrying three times the number of containers
:18:06. > :18:09.this one can. That's why the port's invested
:18:10. > :18:13.?400 million in a new in river It takes us from a very good,
:18:14. > :18:29.localised port to an intern`tional localised port to an international
:18:30. > :18:30.port with a huge standing and we are starting to compete in a global
:18:31. > :18:32.market with the big players. The new terminal, Liverpool Two,
:18:33. > :18:34.means ships don't And can be loaded and unloaded
:18:35. > :18:38.in the Mersey quickly. It comes 300 years after
:18:39. > :18:41.the first dock was built. You can still see part of it below
:18:42. > :18:50.the Liverpool One shopping centre. Back in 1715, this allowed ships to
:18:51. > :18:58.be unloaded in one day rathdr than a be unloaded in one day rather than a
:18:59. > :18:59.fortnight. Even 300 years ago, time was money.
:19:00. > :19:01.Liverpool had been growing for decades before
:19:02. > :19:09.I think roundabout 1648 when trade with the Americans first started,
:19:10. > :19:14.with the Americans first st`rted, that's when the first ship left for
:19:15. > :19:17.North America. It was still a colony of Britain at the time Liverpool was
:19:18. > :19:20.perfectly placed for trading with North America. For its contribution
:19:21. > :19:21.to Britain 's maritime past... and the growth of Empire made
:19:22. > :19:24.Britain rich, The port was the
:19:25. > :19:37.heartbeat of the city. There wasn't a family here that
:19:38. > :19:40.wasn't connected to working in the seafaring industry are one way or
:19:41. > :19:41.another, whether they worked down the docks or the stores or something
:19:42. > :19:42.to do with Liverpool. The docks employed
:19:43. > :19:43.tens of thousands. But by the 1960s, containerhsation
:19:44. > :19:45.meant ports needed The casual nature of dock work meant
:19:46. > :19:54.strikes weren't uncommon. Some of the families have ndver
:19:55. > :20:05.recover, because most of the Some of the families have never
:20:06. > :20:06.recover, because most of thd men who recover, because most of the men who
:20:07. > :20:08.were dismissed have never worked since.
:20:09. > :20:10.The deep water terminal opening this week marks
:20:11. > :20:34.Tomorrow night's piece will be looking out the operations of the
:20:35. > :20:35.current Port of Liverpool as we build up to the big opening of the
:20:36. > :20:36.new one. Manchester United manager
:20:37. > :20:38.Jose Mourinho has been given a one-match touchline ban and fined
:20:39. > :20:41.?50,000 by the FA after accdpting He criticised the FA
:20:42. > :20:46.for the choice of referee for the Derby match and then
:20:47. > :20:49.verbally abused officials at half No wonder he had a face likd
:20:50. > :20:58.thunder. Onto football, and Manchestdr City
:20:59. > :21:01.fans can be forgiven for still pinching themselvds, after
:21:02. > :21:03.last night's stunning Champions Yes, just a fortnight ago
:21:04. > :21:07.Pep Guardiola's side sufferdd a 4-0 But as Ian Haslam reports,
:21:08. > :21:10.they turned the tables in spectacular style
:21:11. > :21:14.at the Etihad Stadium. The night Pep Guardiola truly
:21:15. > :21:19.arrived at Manchester City. We played against the best team
:21:20. > :21:22.and competed against them. Lionel Messi had given
:21:23. > :21:33.Barcelona the lead. They took a second half lead through
:21:34. > :21:44.kevin De Bruyne, with this lan again on the scoresheet
:21:45. > :21:46.to wrap things up. A great night for all connected
:21:47. > :21:48.with the club, including Pep Guardiola said
:21:49. > :21:52.it was a landmark win. How important do you think
:21:53. > :21:53.last They went out with nothing
:21:54. > :22:04.on the mind other than Because, in my opinion,
:22:05. > :22:08.they overran Barcelona which you don't see
:22:09. > :22:10.many teams doing. How did they get past
:22:11. > :22:15.who are believed to He knows how they play
:22:16. > :22:21.and he is creating Manchester City He's doing that to
:22:22. > :22:30.trying to press high, press quickly, trying
:22:31. > :22:32.get the ball back. And Barcelona couldn't
:22:33. > :22:34.get into the rhythm. We could have scored another two
:22:35. > :22:38.or three quite easily, Amazing to watch and
:22:39. > :22:50.amazing to be there. My wife was shouting at me
:22:51. > :22:52.because I was I had to go upstairs
:22:53. > :22:59.because he was too on Next up for City, a visit
:23:00. > :23:15.to Borussia Monchengladbach It was only a week ago we wdre
:23:16. > :23:20.saying Pep Guardiola's worst ever run as a manager now a big win.
:23:21. > :23:22.Water speed records have been falling like autumn leaves
:23:23. > :23:24.Coniston is the setting for Records Week,
:23:25. > :23:27.when the world's best power boat racers compete to be
:23:28. > :23:47.All the leaves are brown, btt the sky is blue. Perfect for a walk on
:23:48. > :23:50.an autumn day. Even if it is a disturbed by the roar of a massively
:23:51. > :23:57.disturbed by the roar of a lassively powerful marine engine. We didn't
:23:58. > :24:03.get the record, we were doing pretty much the same speed. It has a 60
:24:04. > :24:07.much the same speed. It has a 6 horsepower engine. New experimental
:24:08. > :24:11.class. We are trying to get it going here. On Coniston water, tiles have
:24:12. > :24:15.here. On Coniston water, times have tumbled. Then's powering towards a
:24:16. > :24:17.world record from a landlocked Ashton in Bakersfield. There's
:24:18. > :24:22.Ashton in Bakersfield. Therd's already a world record standing at
:24:23. > :24:26.69 miles an hour and we've done 59 this morning. We are getting closer
:24:27. > :24:30.to it and obviously we have a couple of days left this week, so hopefully
:24:31. > :24:32.will be knocking on the door of it by the end of the week. There were
:24:33. > :24:36.international competitors as well, the youngest being a 14-year-old
:24:37. > :24:46.from Latvia. Today, a world record breaker. I was so excited and really
:24:47. > :24:52.happy about it. It was my dream come true. This event now attracts dozens
:24:53. > :24:56.of competitors from across the world. As you can see, therd are
:24:57. > :25:00.hundreds of spectators, too. That is really good news for the financial
:25:01. > :25:03.health of Coniston. With the sun is health of Coniston. With thd sun is
:25:04. > :25:10.shining and the colours of the autumn, it is a truly magnificent
:25:11. > :25:15.week. Coniston is undoubtedly beautiful setting for Record Week,
:25:16. > :25:18.adding to its global reputation If they won the national Championship
:25:19. > :25:22.and international one, it is still special to come here. It is the
:25:23. > :25:28.icing on the cake together world or the national record it. Record Week
:25:29. > :25:38.finishes on Friday and by then, more broken records will litter
:25:39. > :25:39.Coniston's shores. It looks spectacular with blue skies and
:25:40. > :25:40.sunshine. These are the autumn days we were
:25:41. > :25:53.hoping for. Beautiful sunshhne. hoping for. Beautiful sunshine.
:25:54. > :25:57.Today was almost the best d`y of the Today was almost the best day of the
:25:58. > :26:02.working week. Pictures from the North West have been glorious.
:26:03. > :26:07.North West have been gloriots. Wall-to-wall sunshine, but two days
:26:08. > :26:08.are never the same. And this is the weather for tomorrow. Cloudier,
:26:09. > :26:13.weather for tomorrow. Cloudher, Rainier. As we head towards the
:26:14. > :26:20.weekend, the wind direction will change. From time to time, showers.
:26:21. > :26:23.But we are staying in the cold air. From here until midnight, it is dry
:26:24. > :26:27.and clear. That's when temperatures and clear. That's when tempdratures
:26:28. > :26:35.will fall. In rural spots, laybe even zero. But as the night goes on,
:26:36. > :26:40.it pushes more cloud in and there will be outbreaks of drizzle.
:26:41. > :26:45.Temperatures will not fall too far as we head toward dawn. Between 4-7
:26:46. > :26:49.for the most part. It will because those still, but look at tomorrow.
:26:50. > :26:55.those still, but look at tolorrow. Cloud and drizzling rain impulse of
:26:56. > :27:01.Cumbria, moving into parts of Lancashire. When it comes, it will
:27:02. > :27:04.be on and off all day. Light and partially initially, the towards
:27:05. > :27:07.tea-time, it will get its act together. Every now and agahn it may
:27:08. > :27:09.together. Every now and again it may be dry, and the rain may not be too
:27:10. > :27:10.heavy, but it spells the day. be dry, and the rain may not be too
:27:11. > :27:14.heavy, but it spells the dax. We heavy, but it spells the day. We
:27:15. > :27:19.sought maximum of ten degrees today with lots of sunshine, tomorrow
:27:20. > :27:29.similar, but no sunshine. It will be gloomy and feel quite cold. Should I
:27:30. > :27:33.say enjoyed? No. There was some highs this morning. Yes, we haven't
:27:34. > :27:35.seen that quite a while. Perhaps it will be colder this winter than
:27:36. > :27:54.last. If you trust me not
:27:55. > :27:57.and I trust you not,