:00:12. > :00:15.A woman's appeared in court charged with the murder of a man
:00:16. > :00:17.who was stabbed to death in St Helens.
:00:18. > :00:19.29-year-old Mireslaw Kowalczuk died from a single stab wound
:00:20. > :00:24.Karolina Rutkowska has been remanded in custody and will face
:00:25. > :00:31.Sales of raw milk from a Cumbrian farm have been suspended
:00:32. > :00:34.after the confirmation of food poisoning.
:00:35. > :00:37.Richard and Alison Park had already voluntarily stopped
:00:38. > :00:39.selling unpasteurised milk from their premises at
:00:40. > :00:45.The Food Standards Agency has now officially suspended all sales.
:00:46. > :00:47.There have been six confirmed cases of food poisoning linked
:00:48. > :00:50.to Campylobacter found in the milk, and another 50 probable cases
:00:51. > :00:57.Lancashire Police are looking for this man who was caught
:00:58. > :01:00.on camera stealing three charity boxes from a
:01:01. > :01:04.They were taken from Waheed's on Randal Street
:01:05. > :01:08.He came in through the front door and also stole a laptop.
:01:09. > :01:11.Liverpool and Blackpool have been named among the worst performing
:01:12. > :01:16.areas in the UK for house price growth over the past year.
:01:17. > :01:19.Figures from the Halifax show average prices in Liverpool rose
:01:20. > :01:22.by 0.2%, whilst in Blackpool they fell by half a percent.
:01:23. > :01:30.The average price in Blackpool is just under ?124,000.
:01:31. > :01:33.New research suggests national parks, including the Peak District
:01:34. > :01:36.and the Lake District, have lost a quarter
:01:37. > :01:38.of their government funding in the past five years.
:01:39. > :01:41.The Peak District saw its annual funding cut by ?2 million
:01:42. > :01:43.while the budget for the Lake District fell by more
:01:44. > :01:52.The government says the Parks' budgets are protected until 2020.
:01:53. > :01:54.Some of the world's top showjumpers and their horses
:01:55. > :01:57.are making their way to Liverpool for the opening of the city's
:01:58. > :01:59.International Horse Show tomorrow, the biggest event
:02:00. > :02:05.Stuart Pollitt has been to see how things are shaping up.
:02:06. > :02:08.From the biggest names in showjumping to the smallest
:02:09. > :02:11.Shetland pony, the Echo Arena has been transformed into a mecca
:02:12. > :02:16.Among the competitors are the UK's number one rider,
:02:17. > :02:19.Scott Brash and no fewer than six members of the famous
:02:20. > :02:25.It's great to be here in Liverpool with all the family
:02:26. > :02:29.and especially at this time of year, yeah.
:02:30. > :02:35.The first year that it was on, I think Nina and all the team did
:02:36. > :02:38.a fantastic job creating a top show in the North, which is
:02:39. > :02:40.The big stars start competing tomorrow.
:02:41. > :02:43.Today's opening session was a chance for amateur riders
:02:44. > :02:46.like Sophie Howard from Lancashire to sample the big stage.
:02:47. > :02:49.When you're in there it's not as bad but leading up to it, it's like,
:02:50. > :02:56.my heart is like constantly going like that but I really enjoy
:02:57. > :03:01.We travel a couple of hours every other weekend up and down
:03:02. > :03:04.the country but to have one in the North is really good.
:03:05. > :03:06.The Echo Arena has undergone a major transformation to host this event.
:03:07. > :03:09.And not just here in the arena, where they have specially designed
:03:10. > :03:13.fences and the special surface laid out, but behind in the back as well.
:03:14. > :03:16.Part of the car park has now become a make-shift stable block
:03:17. > :03:19.with around 100 horses being stored here over the next few days.
:03:20. > :03:21.It's something different for the city of Liverpool,
:03:22. > :03:23.who of course have an equestrian heritage.
:03:24. > :03:26.We have the Grand National based down the road at Aintree.
:03:27. > :03:28.We have got nine or ten riders coming over from Europe,
:03:29. > :03:32.so they will be on their way now, so they take this really seriously.
:03:33. > :03:35.It's a big deal, it's top sport and there will be lots of people
:03:36. > :03:37.viewing from around the world on the live streaming.
:03:38. > :03:40.The main events last for three days, starting tomorrow.
:03:41. > :03:44.Stuart Pollitt, BBC Northwest Tonight, Liverpool.
:03:45. > :03:46.Now, you will have have heard of famous artists
:03:47. > :03:50.But do you recognise the name of Wynford Dewhurst?
:03:51. > :03:53.The largely unknown artist was born in Manchester in the 19th century
:03:54. > :03:57.and an exhibition of his work is currently showing in the city.
:03:58. > :04:05.Well, we saw this was a Manchester artist but to be honest
:04:06. > :04:07.with you although I'd heard that name, I didn't really
:04:08. > :04:11.I hadn't heard of Wynford Dewhurst before.
:04:12. > :04:18.The Manchester Art Gallery has opened an exhibition,
:04:19. > :04:23.which showcases a collection of the finest works
:04:24. > :04:25.by the Manchester-born writer and artist dubbed
:04:26. > :04:31.Dewhurst's works were heavily influenced by one of the founders
:04:32. > :04:37.Everybody who truly loves Manchester really should be very,
:04:38. > :04:43.Not only was he born and raised here, he held a lifelong
:04:44. > :04:54.Dewhurst is most famous for his 1908 work, the picnic.
:04:55. > :04:57.Dewhurst is most famous for his 1908 work, The Picnic.
:04:58. > :05:00.This is the artist in 1908, at the very peak of his powers.
:05:01. > :05:02.He is expressing his vision in probably his most complete way
:05:03. > :05:06.and many people do see this as his finest work.
:05:07. > :05:11.He originally trained in the legal profession but after showing
:05:12. > :05:15.artistic flair and after a number of his paintings were published
:05:16. > :05:20.in local journals, he decided to become a painter.
:05:21. > :05:23.And he was quite a controversial character in that he devised
:05:24. > :05:25.a theory that the art movement, Impressionism, first
:05:26. > :05:32.Dewhurst outlines in his theory that Impressionism wasn't French
:05:33. > :05:36.in origin but it was British and he names specifically
:05:37. > :05:39.John Constable and J M W Turner, two of the greatest landscape
:05:40. > :05:44.artists in history, obviously British.
:05:45. > :05:46.Whatever the case, Dewhurst's talent certainly speaks for itself.
:05:47. > :05:48.Manchester's Monet is on until April.
:05:49. > :05:56.Deena Campbell, BBC Northwest Tonight, Manchester.
:05:57. > :05:58.A greengrocers shop in Cheshire is to close
:05:59. > :06:04.Richard's on Park Road in Hale will open for the final time tomorrow.
:06:05. > :06:07.The current owners who have run the shop for the past thirty years
:06:08. > :06:10.say despite expanding the business it is no longer sustainable.
:06:11. > :06:15.Local residents say the shop will be mist.
:06:16. > :06:18.It's a great shame, I mean Richard's an institution and not enough people
:06:19. > :06:22.unfortunately have supported the shop over the years and it's so
:06:23. > :06:28.convenient, no problem with parking and I'm going to miss him.
:06:29. > :06:31.I'll be very sad because I've been coming very
:06:32. > :06:33.regularly and I've now got to make a major decision,
:06:34. > :06:53.A lot of blog today. Yes, and mixed over the next few days. It looks
:06:54. > :06:58.like tonight and tomorrow rather cloudy and very, very mild. On New
:06:59. > :07:03.Year's day it will be cold but it should be bright. In between, there
:07:04. > :07:07.is that line of rain turning up as people will be having their New
:07:08. > :07:12.Year's Eve celebrations, the worst possible time. At the moment, a lot
:07:13. > :07:16.of cloud but not complete the there will be a break every now and then.
:07:17. > :07:20.You could see some spots of drizzle and the highest ground but nothing
:07:21. > :07:25.more than that. In most cities these are big numbers on the chart, very
:07:26. > :07:30.mild. In the tomorrow and like today, a lot of cloud in many places
:07:31. > :07:34.but other places will see some sunshine. Many places will the nice
:07:35. > :07:38.spells of sunshine. A couple of hours in the afternoon. The breeze
:07:39. > :07:43.is relatively light and once again the numbers are good. Temperatures
:07:44. > :07:47.of nine or 10 Celsius, way above where they should be. That here
:07:48. > :07:51.comes New Year's Eve and as the rain works its way across the whole of
:07:52. > :07:55.the North West in time for midnight I am afraid some of that rain will
:07:56. > :08:01.be heavy. It spoil things, though, will it? No, we just stay inside! We
:08:02. > :08:08.will be back at ten past 11pm. Goodbye.
:08:09. > :08:15.Good evening, fog has been a problem in recent days, slow changes over
:08:16. > :08:19.the next 48 hours or so as this weather front moves south bringing
:08:20. > :08:24.rain and behind it, much cleaner, cold arctic air which will sweep
:08:25. > :08:28.that fog out of the way. The fog was dense in places, you could hardly
:08:29. > :08:32.see across the Thames in Kingston, Greater London this afternoon. It
:08:33. > :08:36.has been thickening up in the last few hours and if you are on the move
:08:37. > :08:39.in the next few hours, into the morning, state shoes and two BBC
:08:40. > :08:46.local radio because it will keep you up-to-date because it will be dense
:08:47. > :08:50.in the morning. -- stay tuned. Maybe some fog elsewhere. It will be down
:08:51. > :08:54.to 2 degrees in the centre of London and lower than that in rural areas
:08:55. > :08:56.but no problems like that for the North with a south-westerly breeze
:08:57. > :09:01.keeping temperatures in double figures for many parts. Rain moving
:09:02. > :09:03.south into the central lowlands in the afternoon and going towards
:09:04. > :09:04.Northern