:00:12. > :00:17.A woman's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 29-year-old man
:00:18. > :00:19.was stabbed to death in St Helens.
:00:20. > :00:20.Neighbours living in the Parr area of the town have been
:00:21. > :00:22.speaking of their shock after last night's attack.
:00:23. > :00:31.Forensic teams arrived to carry out their investigations
:00:32. > :00:34.Neighbours say a polish couple had been living at the house
:00:35. > :00:51.Police arrived at the house at 7:20pm after paramedics had attended
:00:52. > :00:57.the house and find -- found a man with stab wounds to his chest. He
:00:58. > :00:59.died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.
:01:00. > :01:02.People living here have told us this is a quiet cul-de-sac,
:01:03. > :01:04.and that what's happened has come as a real shock.
:01:05. > :01:07.Jacqueline Kenning returned from work last night to find a crime
:01:08. > :01:20.You don't expect to see something like that. I got a phone call from
:01:21. > :01:22.my daughter and when I had come home, this had happened. I just
:01:23. > :01:26.couldn't believe it. Police say they've been
:01:27. > :01:29.carrying out house to house A 34-year-old woman is this
:01:30. > :01:32.evening being questioned Ian Haslam, BBC North
:01:33. > :01:38.West Tonight, St Helens. A man's appeared in court charged
:01:39. > :01:41.with a series of sexual assaults The alleged attacks took
:01:42. > :01:44.place in the Sefton Park 25-year-old Nuradine Jafar,
:01:45. > :01:47.from Selbourne Street in Toxteth, He's due to appear in court
:01:48. > :01:51.again tomorrow before Police are appealing for witnesses
:01:52. > :01:56.after an elderly woman struck by a car died from her injuries
:01:57. > :01:58.on Christmas Day. 79-year-old Patricia
:01:59. > :02:00.Sharples was airlifted to the Royal Preston Hospital
:02:01. > :02:04.after she was hit by a Ford Kuga The collision happened at 11 o'clock
:02:05. > :02:09.in the morning on Tuesday, A North West MP has criticised
:02:10. > :02:16.the region's hospitals for collecting nearly
:02:17. > :02:18.?19 million in car parking Two of the region's NHS trusts,
:02:19. > :02:22.Central Manchester and Aintree, Many hospitals say the money goes
:02:23. > :02:29.back into patient care, NHS hospitals in England are making
:02:30. > :02:38.increasing amounts of money from car-parking charges levied
:02:39. > :02:42.on staff, visitors and patients. The press association contacted
:02:43. > :02:45.all hospital trusts and received Between them, they'd charged
:02:46. > :02:51.just under ?19 million Central Manchester University
:02:52. > :02:56.Hospitals had the highest figure at just over three million,
:02:57. > :02:58.followed by Aintree and the University Hospital
:02:59. > :03:34.of South Manchester. In central Manchester, they have
:03:35. > :03:41.mixed views. Why should we pay? We pay our national health. We get a
:03:42. > :03:48.few hours fit to pound 50. We have been if a 24 hours and that prices
:03:49. > :03:54.fine. I don't have a massive issue paying for parking as long it is
:03:55. > :03:58.going to be used in the right way. It is unfair on NHS staff and
:03:59. > :04:02.totally unfair on patients and it was about time they were dealt with.
:04:03. > :04:07.They were phased out in 2010 and people didn't have to worry about
:04:08. > :04:12.this. It is the last thing you want to worry about and it was time it is
:04:13. > :04:14.gone. A spokeswoman for the Department
:04:15. > :04:15.of Health said it expected hospitals to follow its guidelines and put
:04:16. > :04:17.concessions in place for those who needed the most help, including
:04:18. > :04:22.disabled people and carers. Detectives are hoping the public can
:04:23. > :04:25.help them track down a man who slashed an innocent bystander
:04:26. > :04:28.across the face with a knife. of a man they want to talk
:04:29. > :04:32.to about the attack at Deansgate Locks in Manchester
:04:33. > :04:37.city centre in the early hours The image is indistinct, but police
:04:38. > :04:42.hope it will jog someone's memory. The 18-year-old victim
:04:43. > :05:06.will have facial scars The leader of council says Pakistani
:05:07. > :05:09.people are being forced to produce passports to identify themselves.
:05:10. > :05:12.Yesterday a report named Blackburn, Burnley, Hyndburn, Oldham and Pendle
:05:13. > :05:14.as areas particularly vulnerable to electoral fraud.
:05:15. > :05:16.But the leader of Pendle council, Mohammed Iqbal, says it's unfair
:05:17. > :05:18.to target Pakistani communities over isolated incidents.
:05:19. > :05:20.Bus drivers in Wirral have called off a strike after voting
:05:21. > :05:23.in favour of an improved pay offer from Stagecoach.
:05:24. > :05:25.85% of those who took part in a ballot voted
:05:26. > :05:28.120 staff based in Rock Ferry had been due
:05:29. > :05:32.The Manchester based Co-op group plans to create 1500 jobs
:05:33. > :05:34.by opening 100 new stores throughout the UK in the New Year.
:05:35. > :05:37.The company's nearing the end of a three-year recovery programme
:05:38. > :05:42.after a period of turmoil, mainly involving its banking group.
:05:43. > :05:44.The Lancashire-based cycling legend Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced
:05:45. > :05:48.In 2012, he became the first British rider
:05:49. > :05:57.This summer in Rio, he won his fifth Olympic gold medal.
:05:58. > :05:59.He says he's been lucky enough to fulfill his childhood dreams.
:06:00. > :06:02.Earlier this year it was revealed he was granted medical exemptions
:06:03. > :06:05.to have injections before three races between 2011 and 2013.
:06:06. > :06:08.Sir Bradley says the treatment was to prevent asthma and there's no
:06:09. > :06:18.Chester Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a rare baby Giraffe.
:06:19. > :06:20.Born on Boxing Day, the calf was walking within minutes,
:06:21. > :06:27.The new-born still doesn't have a name because staff don't yet
:06:28. > :06:31.Rothschild giraffes are in danger of extinction, and the calf's
:06:32. > :06:33.arrival is a big boost to the zoo's endangered species
:06:34. > :06:44.Now for a quick check on the weather. This morning, it was very
:06:45. > :06:57.frosty. Tomorrow morning, it is likely to be
:06:58. > :07:02.broadly cinema -- similar. We have a lot more cloud cover well today was
:07:03. > :07:06.a sunny day, it will not be like that tomorrow. As we head towards
:07:07. > :07:12.the New Year, it would be much colder. That temperatures are
:07:13. > :07:18.falling away already. It is going to be another very chilly night.
:07:19. > :07:25.Temperatures down to zero for most towns and cities. That could be a
:07:26. > :07:29.minus three Celsius for many people. There is a weather warning in place
:07:30. > :07:33.until lunchtime tomorrow. If you have the sunshine in the morning,
:07:34. > :07:43.you will be doing OK. The cloud cover will be there. Sunshine is in
:07:44. > :07:46.short supply at times. It has been wall-to-wall sunshine so it makes
:07:47. > :07:50.the feel of the day very different. The breeze is light and the
:07:51. > :07:59.temperatures will be low and it will feel gloomy. For the most part, it
:08:00. > :08:22.is for Celsius at the most. We will be back at 10:30pm. Goodbye.
:08:23. > :08:39.Good evening, the weather is proving hazardous and the fog now becoming
:08:40. > :08:46.more extensive and causing disruption overnight tonight. There
:08:47. > :08:54.is a warning from the Met office and you can stay in touch on the website
:08:55. > :08:55.with all the latest details. For the most part the Northern Isles of
:08:56. > :08:55.Scotland escaping but not a pretty picture further south. This is eight
:08:56. > :08:56.o'clock in the morning, not everyone when he up to that sunshine. The fog
:08:57. > :08:57.will be extensive and freezing with some slippery surfaces around as
:08:58. > :08:58.well. Further north we have frost around in the east of Scotland but
:08:59. > :08:59.milder across Scotland and Northern