26/12/2016 North West Tonight

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People have been gathering in parts of the North West today to mark

the first anniversary of the Boxing Day floods

from Storm Eva - when more than 2,000 properties were damaged.

Many are still not back in their own homes a year on.

At St Mary's in Radcliffe work is still continuing to get

the church and community back to normal.

We had five feet of sewage water in this building.

There were people moving their precious

Last night when the rain started there were

children who wanted to take toys to their bed

because they were frightened the flood would take them again.

Today an event is being held to bring

together people affected by last years floods to reflect

We have noticed now is the emotional stress we're

Thousands of homes across the region were damaged

left without power after Storm Eva hit on Boxing Day.

The Environment Agency was criticised by some for not doing

Since then it says new flood schemes have

protected over 2,000 more properties.

6,000 tonnes of gravel removed from rivers and over 1,000 owners

We are stood by the Salford flood Basin.

It will flood designated areas to protect other areas downstream.

We have opened a second basin since Storm Eva

which means 1900 properties will be protected in the Salford area.

We have worked hard across the whole of the

North West and spent ?1.5 million improving our rivers

At St Mary's they are still fundraising to replace

equipment lost in the floods but say they do not like spirit or

Stars from the North West have been amongst those paying

tribute to George Michael, who died yesterday at the age of 53.

Sir Paul McCartney said his "sweet soul music will live on even

for the piano on which John Lennon composed the hit song, Imagine -

and handed it to the city's Beatles Story Museum,

Liverpool footballer Roberto Firmino has been charged with drink-driving

after being arrested on Christmas Eve.

His car was stopped in Liverpool city centre

He's due to appear before magistrates on January 31st -

Earlier this year a group of volunteers in Rawtenstall

began meeting every week, to hand out donated

Now, the group is hoping to expand and open a cafe to help people,

Every Friday morning, the place is full.

Anyone in the area who may be feeling the pinch can

pick up their weekly shop for next to nothing.

I am one of these just about managing,

Kate Craig started the food group after experiencing

We have all had some kind of financial crisis in

our lives and it is from my own financial difficulties about five

years ago when I was made jobless that started

this passion to try and

Now she has got bigger plans for 2017.

Kate will be opening a community cafe serving hot meals which will be

alongside the weekly food group which has been so successful other

It's a very exciting new experience for all

We hope to open four days a week and especially on Saturday so

we can get some youth volunteers in to get some work experience.

Match of the Day will have the results of our Premier League

matches later, so if you don't want to know them now,

Manchester United beat Sunderland 3-1 at Old Trafford,

with Henrikh Mkhitaryan scoring the pick of the game's

goals in the 86th minute to secure three points.

Meanwhile, goals from Kevin Mirallas and Romelu Lukaku gave

Everton their first away win since September.

They beat champions Leicester 2-nil.

In the day's other games, Andre Gray's 81st-minute strike gave

Burnley a hard fought 1-nil victory against Middlesbrough -

and the latest score in Manchester City's match at Hull is

Not a good day for our Championship sides, struggling Blackburn

and Wigan both lost their games and Preston went down 4-1 to Leeds.

Now the weather for tonight and the bank holiday

On Christmas Day, today quite cold. Through this week, things will turn

colder. Quite a lot of cloud cover. There could be some fog, we have an

area of high pressure Syria looks area of high pressure Syria looks

like it should be dry. Temperatures are falling away as we speak. I

would not be surprised if most of us will get between zero and three and

4 degrees. The sun should be there from the word go, I am not sure this

six on the chart is realistic. Temperatures of five or six will be

as good as it gets. We're back with more

from the North West tomorrow. Until then, enjoy the rest

of your Christmas holiday. and longer spells of rain over

northern isles. By the end of the night, temperatures recovering once

again after a chilly evening, three to five Celsius. Tomorrow and for

the next couple of days, we have this area of high pressure which

will really settle the weather down, compared with of late. We start

tomorrow on a mainly dry note. There will be a few showers continuing in

the north-west and the northern isles, and the wind picking up here

as we go through the day. Elsewhere, it's looking dry, with plenty of

brightness and sunshine and not as raw a field tomorrow as we have had

today, with less in the way of wind. Temperature wise, up a notch to

around seven to nine Celsius. For the rest of the UK, we are also

under the influence of high pressure. Dry conditions across the

board, with brightness and sunshine and very little in terms of wins.

Temperatures around six or