:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin
:00:00. > :00:08.The man who died falling down a lift shaft.
:00:09. > :00:11.A court hears the operators knew it repeatedly broke down.
:00:12. > :00:14.Craig Jones was trying to get the lift working when he fell.
:00:15. > :00:24.How pioneering surgery using bionic eyes to overcome blindness.
:00:25. > :00:30.How university astronomers spotted something unusual in the night sky.
:00:31. > :00:53.Having conquered Collyhurst, Attila the Nun is moving on.
:00:54. > :00:57.A court's heard how a young man fell to his death when he tried to escape
:00:58. > :01:01.from a lift that got stuck in an apartment building in Bolton.
:01:02. > :01:04.Craig Jones was 27 - he fell five floors,
:01:05. > :01:07.suffering injuries so severe he died later in hospital.
:01:08. > :01:10.Clare Fallon has been at Bolton Crown Court for us today,
:01:11. > :01:13.and is live there this evening for us.
:01:14. > :01:23.A difficult day, you'd imagine, for Craig Jones's relatives.
:01:24. > :01:29.It has been a really tough day for them. They in mind, his mother
:01:30. > :01:32.arrived at court this morning, hoping and expecting that by this
:01:33. > :01:35.evening she would have some kind of closure, that she would know what
:01:36. > :01:39.punishment had been handed down. At the end of the day in court, the
:01:40. > :01:45.judge said he needs more time to consider the sentence. Craig Jones
:01:46. > :01:48.was 27 years old, worked as a plasterer, has been described as a
:01:49. > :01:53.man who was full of fun and laughter. He lived in an apartment
:01:54. > :01:57.building, only a couple of hundred meters away from where I'm standing
:01:58. > :02:02.in Bolton town centre. In 2014, he got stuck in one of the lifts while
:02:03. > :02:04.going up to his flat. We heard in court there had been previous
:02:05. > :02:09.problems with the lifts, they had broken down on a number of
:02:10. > :02:15.occasions, sometimes the fire crew had been called out to rescue people
:02:16. > :02:20.from the lifts. There was a problem with the emergency contact button,
:02:21. > :02:24.they did not always connect. On this occasion, he decided to get himself
:02:25. > :02:29.out of the left. He managed to get the doors open and tried to lower
:02:30. > :02:31.himself out, but he fell about five floors and suffered injuries that
:02:32. > :02:36.were so seriously died in hospital later.
:02:37. > :02:40.It is the management company which had responsibility for ensuring the
:02:41. > :02:45.safety of the building which is due to be sentenced? That is right, a
:02:46. > :02:54.company called Warwick Estates, which was in charge all the coding's
:02:55. > :02:56.safety. It has admitted to some health and safety breaches. The
:02:57. > :03:00.lawyer acting for that company did try to argue that he should have
:03:01. > :03:04.stayed put in the left, should not have tried to get himself out,
:03:05. > :03:10.although the judge did say he felt the argument lacked a sense of
:03:11. > :03:15.reality. The judge, as I say, has adjourned this case. It may be we
:03:16. > :03:17.get a sentence tomorrow, or it might be there is a longer delay. Thank
:03:18. > :03:19.you. A drink-driver who killed a woman
:03:20. > :03:22.in a hit and run incident in Greater Manchester
:03:23. > :03:24.has been jailed for six years. Susan Smythe was walking
:03:25. > :03:26.home from playing bingo when she was hit by a speeding car
:03:27. > :03:30.in Stretford in September. Paul Tomlinson from Sale Moor has
:03:31. > :03:34.been sentenced to six years, which has angered
:03:35. > :03:40.Susan Smythe's family. The justice system
:03:41. > :03:46.stinks in this country. For taking someone's life,
:03:47. > :03:49.three years is nothing. and her children are doing
:03:50. > :03:55.the life sentence too. A murder inquiry is underway
:03:56. > :03:57.after the death of man following reports of a large fight
:03:58. > :04:00.outside a bar in Altrincham. The 31-year-old was found
:04:01. > :04:02.with serious head injuries on The Causeway in the early hours,
:04:03. > :04:06.and died in hospital. Police are searching
:04:07. > :04:08.for a group of around ten men, who were involved
:04:09. > :04:12.in the disturbance. A drugs fugitive from Ormskirk,
:04:13. > :04:15.who was in hiding in Ghana, David McDermott was a member
:04:16. > :04:20.of a gang involved in a conspiracy to import ?70 million worth
:04:21. > :04:24.of cocaine, seized from a container of frozen Argentinian beef
:04:25. > :04:29.at Tilbury docks in Essex in 2013. He's the final member
:04:30. > :04:32.of the gang to be jailed. Tranmere Rovers' footballer
:04:33. > :04:34.James Norwood has apologised after posting a photograph
:04:35. > :04:37.on social media, in which he'd painted his skin black
:04:38. > :04:40.for a fancy dress costume. by the anti-discrimination
:04:41. > :04:44.charity Kick It Out, who called it "out of date
:04:45. > :04:49.in today's modern world". In a few days' time,
:04:50. > :04:52.many communities in the North West will be marking the first
:04:53. > :04:54.anniversary of the devastating
:04:55. > :04:55.Boxing Day floods. One of the Lancashire
:04:56. > :04:59.villages hardest hit Today, a new flood defence
:05:00. > :05:04.system aimed at protecting Tomorrow, Storm Barbara is expected
:05:05. > :05:09.to lash parts of our region with winds of nearly
:05:10. > :05:11.70 miles an hour, making Christmas journeys
:05:12. > :05:24.even more difficult. The new flood defence for Croston
:05:25. > :05:27.has been built a couple of miles upstream from the village. From
:05:28. > :05:32.today, it protects 400 properties to stop the Environment Agency spent ?6
:05:33. > :05:37.million building a dam which will hold back the river Yarrow if
:05:38. > :05:40.needed. One of the problems is that when heavy rain produces surface
:05:41. > :05:47.water, which would normally run into the river, if the river is full, it
:05:48. > :05:53.has nowhere to go. Now these new gates can be closed, damning the
:05:54. > :05:58.river here so thought water builds up further upstream, meaning there
:05:59. > :06:05.is more room further downstream in Croston for the surface water to get
:06:06. > :06:08.into. Last December, it was one of many Northwest communities affected
:06:09. > :06:11.by floods and torrential rain. One Trinity leader said the floods
:06:12. > :06:17.caused huge stress for many people, some of whom are not in their house
:06:18. > :06:22.now. She is confident the new scheme will work. People often stand here
:06:23. > :06:30.and say, it could not possibly have flooded. Oh, yes it did except --
:06:31. > :06:38.yes, it did! If we had that out of rain again,
:06:39. > :06:42.their steam would cope with it. Storm Barbara could affect the
:06:43. > :06:45.north-west tomorrow. Very still and from the Isle of Man are likely to
:06:46. > :06:54.be cancelled or delayed. An extra freight ship has been brought into
:06:55. > :07:00.mate sure that supplies storage the island. Bad weather and Christmas
:07:01. > :07:06.traffic mean some road journeys could take three times longer than
:07:07. > :07:12.normal. The M6between Stoke and Warrington is expected to be one of
:07:13. > :07:16.the busiest routes, the MS 60 and M6 G2 near Rochdale could also be slow.
:07:17. > :07:23.Police plan your journey well ahead. Get onto our website or download our
:07:24. > :07:28.app and look at the route you have to take and plan your journey on
:07:29. > :07:31.plenty of time. Engineering work and station closures will affect some
:07:32. > :07:37.rail journeys. A planned strike by British Airways having crew is due
:07:38. > :07:41.to take place at Christmas. -- cabin crew.
:07:42. > :07:46.So weather problems to come - here's Dianne.
:07:47. > :07:56.Good evening. Storm Barbara is due to reach us tomorrow. Gusts reaching
:07:57. > :08:00.70 miles an hour. There is the potential for high sided vehicles to
:08:01. > :08:04.be blown over on motorways, so they could be problems there. Indeed,
:08:05. > :08:08.rail services may be disrupted because trains have the slowdown
:08:09. > :08:11.because they cannot cope when the speeds are that difficult. I will
:08:12. > :08:12.have the full details for you at the end of the programme.
:08:13. > :08:14.The Food Standards Agency has begun an investigation
:08:15. > :08:17.after six food poisoning cases in South Cumbria.
:08:18. > :08:22.It's believed the cause of the outbreak of the campylobacter
:08:23. > :08:25.bacteria is the consumption of raw milk from a vending machine
:08:26. > :08:30.South Lakeland council says the owner is helping
:08:31. > :08:33.with the investigation and has suspended the sale
:08:34. > :08:38.The body of a dog with severe injuries has been found
:08:39. > :08:43.Also in the bag, found in Prenton, was a pink sweatshirt
:08:44. > :08:48.The RSPCA says the female shih tzu had suffered a number of injuries,
:08:49. > :08:54.The charity doesn't believe the dog was hit by a car.
:08:55. > :08:58.Iran Air has placed a multi-billion pound order for 100 new Airbus jets.
:08:59. > :09:00.The wings will be built at the company's plant
:09:01. > :09:05.Airbus is one of many western businesses attempting to
:09:06. > :09:07.take advantage of the easing of international sanctions
:09:08. > :09:15.The Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General will be known
:09:16. > :09:18.as "teaching" hospitals from now on, to reflect their roles in education.
:09:19. > :09:20.The East Lancashire Trust, which runs the hospitals,
:09:21. > :09:22.says they already have a well established reputation for providing
:09:23. > :09:26.placements for students, and they're significantly increasing
:09:27. > :09:37.A new trial of technology which could help hundreds
:09:38. > :09:40.of thousands of blind people to get some sight back
:09:41. > :09:44.Initial trials on the so-called "bionic eye" have been
:09:45. > :09:48.so successful, the NHS is now funding further research.
:09:49. > :09:52.Our health correspondent, Gill Dummigan, reports.
:09:53. > :09:55.Keith Hayman from Fleetwood suffers from a rare progressive condition
:09:56. > :10:00.In the mid '80s, he finally went blind,
:10:01. > :10:04.and that's how he stayed for the next 30 years.
:10:05. > :10:07.I've missed seeing my grandchildren grow up.
:10:08. > :10:10.That's the biggest heartache, really.
:10:11. > :10:13.But in 2009, Keith had a revolutionary operation
:10:14. > :10:18.at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.
:10:19. > :10:21.Surgeons implanted a chip like this at the back of his eye,
:10:22. > :10:23.which has allowed him to see light and shapes.
:10:24. > :10:26.Not full sight, but still a life-changing improvement.
:10:27. > :10:28.It just gives you more of an interest,
:10:29. > :10:32.because instead of walking around in total darkness everywhere,
:10:33. > :10:38.you have got all these shapes to work out what they are.
:10:39. > :10:42.You know, windows and lights and people, cars, everything.
:10:43. > :10:46.The system uses special glasses with a built-in video camera.
:10:47. > :10:50.That sends wireless signals to that chip implanted on Keith's retina.
:10:51. > :10:54.The chip then helps send that visual information to the brain.
:10:55. > :10:57.Keith's operation was funded by the company
:10:58. > :11:02.This new trial with five patients, also with the same condition,
:11:03. > :11:10.the technology could eventually become widely available.
:11:11. > :11:15.Retinitis Pigmentosa, the condition which Keith
:11:16. > :11:18.and the five patients in this new trial suffer from, is fairly rare.
:11:19. > :11:22.But there's a second trial being run here to see how the same technology
:11:23. > :11:25.can help people with Age-Related Macular Degeneration,
:11:26. > :11:29.the most common cause of sight loss in the UK,
:11:30. > :11:37.I think a lot of ophthalmologists think this is in the realms
:11:38. > :11:42.of science fiction, but it's very much become science fact.
:11:43. > :11:47.So we are very, very excited about it.
:11:48. > :11:50.Keith helped researchers shape this technology.
:11:51. > :11:52.The hope is that, within a few years,
:11:53. > :12:02.the benefits he's had from it can be shared with thousands of others.
:12:03. > :12:14.to help those who need it most this Christmas.
:12:15. > :12:22.I would like to present you with this BBC Christmas star.
:12:23. > :12:26.A Christmas Star for the buskers who've piled on the pounds
:12:27. > :12:31.The stars and planets in our dark and wintery sky
:12:32. > :12:32.can sometimes seem extremely remote.
:12:33. > :12:37.could make outer space feel a lot closer.
:12:38. > :12:44.One student is recording data about asteroid orbits
:12:45. > :12:45.to help Nasa gather vital information
:12:46. > :12:47.which could help protect earth in the future.
:12:48. > :12:53.An astroid the size of a mountain, coming within a whisker of Earth.
:12:54. > :12:56.This recording shows a mile-long object, speeding past our planet
:12:57. > :13:03.The images were caught by a student at the University
:13:04. > :13:08.He is working on a project to track asteroids.
:13:09. > :13:11.They are pieces of rock, not quite big enough to be planets.
:13:12. > :13:14.Millions of them orbit the sun in our solar system,
:13:15. > :13:18.Even though it is at two lunar distances,
:13:19. > :13:20.which is twice the distance to the moon,
:13:21. > :13:23.so about 500,000 miles, it doesn't seem like it is very close.
:13:24. > :13:27.But then if you think about how big the whole solar system is,
:13:28. > :13:33.then really it has just grazed by the Earth.
:13:34. > :13:39.a state-of-the-art telescope at the Alston Observatory near Preston,
:13:40. > :13:45.This telescope is the largest just at any university
:13:46. > :13:48.On a clear night, it can see galaxies
:13:49. > :13:50.hundreds of millions of light years away.
:13:51. > :13:53.Like this, a distant supernova, the light from which
:13:54. > :13:58.has taken 245 million years to reach us.
:13:59. > :14:02.It also took this image of an unbarred spiral galaxy,
:14:03. > :14:06.We have such a world-class piece of equipment that,
:14:07. > :14:12.you can do science at a very high level.
:14:13. > :14:15.Nasa have requested information about the list of asteroids.
:14:16. > :14:18.They fund the Minor Planet Center in Massachusetts,
:14:19. > :14:21.where Simon has submitted his data.
:14:22. > :14:23.Most of the discoveries are made by the big, professional surveys.
:14:24. > :14:28.But they are not currently at the stage
:14:29. > :14:32.where they are observing all of the sky all of the time.
:14:33. > :14:36.So we need amateurs to sort of fill in the gaps.
:14:37. > :14:39.While this astroid may not a danger to our planet,
:14:40. > :14:42.the work being done here in Lancashire is helping
:14:43. > :15:01.to shed light on our dark and mysterious night sky.
:15:02. > :15:04.She's only five feet two, but she's larger than life.
:15:05. > :15:07.Her fearless stand against poverty in Manchester
:15:08. > :15:11.earned her the nickname "Attila the Nun".
:15:12. > :15:14.Sister Rita Lee even featured in her own TV series.
:15:15. > :15:17.But today she's been saying goodbye to the people
:15:18. > :15:22.in Collyhurst she's devoted her life to.
:15:23. > :15:31.It's the end of an era at the Lally Centre in Collyhurst,
:15:32. > :15:35.a drop-in centre for those struggling to cope.
:15:36. > :15:37.I'm talking people with no beds, you know?
:15:38. > :15:39.I'm talking people who live around here
:15:40. > :15:41.who wouldn't have a fridge freezer or a cooker
:15:42. > :15:48.She's compassionate but, as she showed in a TV documentary series,
:15:49. > :16:02.So either come in now or we'll have to phone him and tell him you didn't
:16:03. > :16:05.No wonder they call her Attila the Nun.
:16:06. > :16:09.A disagreement about the future of the centre has led to her departure.
:16:10. > :16:11.And there's even talk here of protests
:16:12. > :16:18.It's just a very sad day, we're all very upset.
:16:19. > :16:25.from the volunteers and the visitors.
:16:26. > :16:30.Just don't know what's going to happen without her.
:16:31. > :16:37.I have to find out, what does the Lord have in store for me now?
:16:38. > :16:41.Doesn't he just want you to put your feet up?
:16:42. > :16:43.I mean, you're in your 70s now, aren't you?
:16:44. > :16:48.I will definitely put my feet up, for the best part of six months.
:16:49. > :16:50.The TV programmes helped raise money for the centre.
:16:51. > :16:53.But Sister Rita puts her success down to prayer.
:16:54. > :16:56.My prayers, they're the most essential thing for me.
:16:57. > :16:58.I couldn't go without getting up in the morning,
:16:59. > :17:02.talking to the Lord and saying, "It's going to be tough today,
:17:03. > :17:06.you've got to be around, I need you."
:17:07. > :17:09.And sometimes I feel like I can put my hand up and he's there.
:17:10. > :17:17.We're surrounded at this time of year by messages from people
:17:18. > :17:19.about what to eat Christmas, what to drink,
:17:20. > :17:22.What would your Christmas message be?
:17:23. > :17:26.Bearing in mind your experience here.
:17:27. > :17:30.I would say the message of Christmas today should be trying your best
:17:31. > :17:33.to spread just a little peace and joy to those people
:17:34. > :17:39.next door, upstairs, downstairs, in your family.
:17:40. > :18:01.But it's hard to imagine her opting for a quiet life.
:18:02. > :18:03.The Rio Games marked a new high for disability sport
:18:04. > :18:04.with Paralympics GB scooping 147 Medals.
:18:05. > :18:10.But four months later, what is the reality like for
:18:11. > :18:15.some of the team who often have to rely on little or no funding.
:18:16. > :18:27.Stuart Pollitt has been to meet two of the competitors.
:18:28. > :18:30.It may be a chilly winters afternoon in Sefton Park,
:18:31. > :18:35.but these wheelchair racers aren't winding down for Christmas.
:18:36. > :18:46.Nathan Maguire and Dan Bramall both made their Paralympic debuts in Rio.
:18:47. > :18:50.Right now, it does feel a long, long way away, but it it really isn't.
:18:51. > :18:55.They're both determined to taste the big time again despite the cost.
:18:56. > :18:57.They both get lottery funding, they're grateful for it
:18:58. > :18:59.but Nathan for example receives just 7,000 a year.
:19:00. > :19:02.That has to pay for his chair, which costs up to 5,000,
:19:03. > :19:08.plus food and travel costs around the world.
:19:09. > :19:14.That helps a lot. But it still doesn't cover everything. I still
:19:15. > :19:21.live at home, so my parents help a lot. Anything I can't afford myself,
:19:22. > :19:25.they will help we with. Even though you are a Paralympian, you still
:19:26. > :19:27.rely on your parents to some degree? Yeah.
:19:28. > :19:31.Dan is slightly better off receiving ?15,000 per year.
:19:32. > :19:38.Do you have enough to live on and train properly? Not really, no. But
:19:39. > :19:41.it helps. His club is reliant on the odd grant
:19:42. > :19:52.to buy new chairs for new starters. Our club is based in Kirby, but we
:19:53. > :19:59.have athletes coming in from Preston, athletes from Chester,
:20:00. > :20:05.athletes from Liverpool. There is still a cost for athletes to start
:20:06. > :20:10.out the sport. There is a constant need for funding. And funding is the
:20:11. > :20:13.key point here. Nathan and Dan are grateful for they get, but is it
:20:14. > :20:21.enough for them to compete with the best in the world?
:20:22. > :20:24.Now a story in the true spirit of giving.
:20:25. > :20:28.A group of friends in Manchester were so upset by the plight
:20:29. > :20:30.of the city's homeless, they decided to something about it.
:20:31. > :20:32.They've handed out hundreds of Christmas gifts to spread cheer,
:20:33. > :20:36.and help build understanding between communities.
:20:37. > :20:42.and give Christmas gifts to the homeless.
:20:43. > :20:44.Just some of their hundreds of gifts Mohammed Sarwar
:20:45. > :20:47.and his friends have been handing out to the homeless
:20:48. > :20:51.it's not long before you pass a homeless person.
:20:52. > :20:53.If you're in a position to help people,
:20:54. > :20:58.The only way we're going to get help and stuff as well.
:20:59. > :21:00.If you look at some of these people, they really nice people,
:21:01. > :21:03.they're just unfortunate that they don't have anywhere to go.
:21:04. > :21:06.Giving charity is one of the requirements
:21:07. > :21:14.It's led to these young Muslims developing a good relationship
:21:15. > :21:18.with some of those sleeping rough in Manchester.
:21:19. > :21:21.When I was a kid, I wouldn't have gone up to a tramp
:21:22. > :21:28.I'd have been like, "It's your own fault."
:21:29. > :21:31.But now, the way the world has turned, young kids will come up
:21:32. > :21:34.to people on the streets, "There's 10p."
:21:35. > :21:36.You know the person who lives here quite well, do you?
:21:37. > :21:40.had extended conversations with him, which he loves.
:21:41. > :21:42.We've given him tea, coffee and hot food and stuff,
:21:43. > :21:46.So I think we still leave him a gift.
:21:47. > :21:50.We will leave it in his tent for him, yeah?
:21:51. > :21:52.Fantastic for community cohesion to get young men
:21:53. > :21:55.from the Asian Muslim community going out of their way
:21:56. > :21:57.from all backgrounds who are unfortunate,
:21:58. > :22:00.who find themselves homeless at this time of the year.
:22:01. > :22:03.With the charity Shelter estimating that more than 250,000 people
:22:04. > :22:06.are homeless in England alone, Mohammed says the festive period
:22:07. > :22:17.is a good time to bring people together.
:22:18. > :22:22.Now to this year's penultimate Christmas Star which tonight,
:22:23. > :22:25.goes to a group of fundraising buskers from Altrincham.
:22:26. > :22:30.They're called the Loose Change Buskers, and since 2010,
:22:31. > :22:38.have raised more than ?300,000 for Cancer Research UK.
:22:39. > :22:40.Today they were performing in their home town,
:22:41. > :22:45.so we sent our reporter, Ian Haslam, to surprise them.
:22:46. > :22:51.These are the Loose Change Buskers, doing what they do week in, week
:22:52. > :22:58.out. Then use might change, but they are a popular attraction wherever
:22:59. > :23:02.they go. Amazing to hear it here. It is fantastic. Amazing, really good.
:23:03. > :23:11.To give that time and raise that money is fantastic to do and really
:23:12. > :23:14.valuable. Getting the band together isn't easy. Basically, whoever is
:23:15. > :23:20.available comes down their instruments. They don't even
:23:21. > :23:26.rehearse. Not that it sure is. For their work, they are about to
:23:27. > :23:31.receive a Christmas Star. If we can stop them from playing! We
:23:32. > :23:34.are from BBC Northwest and night. A lady has got in touch with us to
:23:35. > :23:38.tell us about all the magnificent fundraising you have done over the
:23:39. > :23:43.years and all the smiles you put on peoples faces across the West. On
:23:44. > :23:49.behalf of her at many other people, I present you with this, a BBC
:23:50. > :23:54.Northwest tonight Christmas Star. The fact that they turn up week
:23:55. > :24:00.after week, several times a week, it is wonderful. It is that positivity
:24:01. > :24:04.that has kept the group going from strength to strength, but Italy
:24:05. > :24:09.after the deaths of two of the members from cancer. That makes it
:24:10. > :24:15.more serious all the time. We tried to make it fun, but we are here for
:24:16. > :24:19.the money, for Cancer research. We are very successful at raising
:24:20. > :24:32.money. So successful, they have raised more than 323,000 pounds. We
:24:33. > :24:37.pitch up, the matter the rain or shine, we cannot feel our fingers,
:24:38. > :24:42.but it is good. The feedback we yet and the smiles we get as people go
:24:43. > :24:50.past, it is a fantastic feeling. Look lovely on the mantelpiece,
:24:51. > :24:55.that. We do appreciate it. They hope to raise ?500,000 by 2018.
:24:56. > :25:08.That is a huge amount of money in six years. Tomorrow night, all good
:25:09. > :25:18.news,. You said all good news tomorrow
:25:19. > :25:24.night, bar the weather, because Storm Barbara is on the way. It is
:25:25. > :25:28.the warmest Christmas for several years as well. It will be good for
:25:29. > :25:34.people wanted to get out and their new bikes and so forth. You will
:25:35. > :25:39.have to wait. In the next 24 hours, it is not good news. We hope you
:25:40. > :25:45.have been able to amend your travel plans, because the gusts are
:25:46. > :25:50.potentially up to 70 mph. It is a really, really poor day. Once
:25:51. > :25:54.Barbara moves through, Saturday does not look too bad. Women get to
:25:55. > :25:58.Sunday, we have another storm coming through. It is not named as we
:25:59. > :26:04.speak, and that will move through quickly, bringing strong winds. As
:26:05. > :26:07.we start next week, high pressure takes charge and it should settle
:26:08. > :26:12.down. Next week looks quieter. As we go through the afternoon today, some
:26:13. > :26:17.showers have popped up here and there. The story tonight is to get
:26:18. > :26:24.rid of the little line of showers and then we are dry and largely
:26:25. > :26:29.clear. Temperatures are largely cool, with temperatures down to
:26:30. > :26:34.zero. Most towns and cities between three and 5 degrees. In the morning,
:26:35. > :26:37.there will be some spells of brightness for a time, but it is all
:26:38. > :26:43.about the arrival of Barbara. There is a yellow wind warning. That is
:26:44. > :26:48.everywhere across the north-west, so we will all be seen bees strong
:26:49. > :26:52.winds. There may be one to showers around in the morning, but spells of
:26:53. > :26:56.sunshine as well. By late morning, here comes the rain. It is not
:26:57. > :27:02.necessarily about that, but it will make an impact. It is about the
:27:03. > :27:05.wind. We could see vehicles being blown over on the motorways, because
:27:06. > :27:10.they are very strong, and train to be happy slowdown to cope with it.
:27:11. > :27:17.There will also be structural damage as well, with trees coming down. By
:27:18. > :27:21.6pm, the warning expires and hopefully things will get better.
:27:22. > :27:25.Temperatures ten or 11 degrees. Very strange weather!
:27:26. > :27:29.People me to stay inside and watch our Christmas special. There is no
:27:30. > :27:36.danger we are over 18 this? It is certain this is coming?
:27:37. > :27:37.It is absolutely coming, 60 or 70 mph in gusts.
:27:38. > :28:36.Stay safe and thank you for watching. See you later.
:28:37. > :28:39.Let's make this the best Christmas ever.