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Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
A health trust at the centre of a maternity scandal is rated good | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
three years after being put in special measures. | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
Morecambe Bay used to be a trust that had to learn | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
Now I think it is the other way round, I think the rest of the NHS | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
has a lot to learn from Morecambe Bay. | :00:26. | :00:27. | |
Hospital inspectors say Morecame Bay has made a remarkable turnaround. | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
Samantha's told she can't drive on to the bus as her mobility | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
scooter would affect the force of gravity. | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
I felt downgraded and just not worthy of using public transport. | :00:36. | :00:43. | |
Could a Doggy DNA database keep the Isle of Man's | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
How this baby Dik Dik is surviving after losing his mum. | :00:47. | :01:08. | |
Less than three years ago Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust was failing. | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
The organisation that runs hospitals in Lancaster, | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
Kendal and Barrow was put in special measures. | :01:18. | :01:19. | |
Then in 2015 the Kirkup Report blamed | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
the trust for the avoidable deaths of 11 babies and one mum | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
Among them was baby Joshua whose father led the campaign to uncover | :01:25. | :01:39. | |
its failings. Today the trust has come off the critical list. | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
Following an inspection in October the CQC has rated it as good. | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
A truly remarkable turnaround for a trust that faced very | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
Less than three years ago Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
was performing so poorly it was placed in special measures. | :01:53. | :01:54. | |
I think the staff were very bruised by the CQC report in previous years, | :01:55. | :02:01. | |
but I think they've responded fantastically well and what we've | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
seen is a dramatic improvement in the quality of care provided | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
in the trust and that's a real tribute to the staff | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
It's been a tough journey for Morecambe Bay hospitals. | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
Here at Furness General an enquiry found serious failures | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
in the maternity unit contributed to the deaths of 11 | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
There were serious concerns too at Westmorland General | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary but the inspector says that | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
The inspectors found some elements of care were outstanding | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
and were impressed with improvements in gynaecology, maternity services | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
and end of life care, as well as communication | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
between the hospitals and community engagement. | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
We have seen lots of examples this time of where people who have either | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
been affected previously, or use the services currently, | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
have been really involved in taking the services forward. | :02:53. | :03:03. | |
It has been about the front-line staff and all of our clinicians | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
absolutely wanting to make those All of those improvements have | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
been driven by them. It means such a lot to us, | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
recognition for all the hard work we have done over the last | :03:18. | :03:19. | |
number of years. And the news is welcomed | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
by the people of Barrow as well. Two new knees, a new hip, | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
both hands broken. I'm on warfarin and they are | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
absolutely fantastic. There is still work to do | :03:27. | :03:33. | |
with nursing posts unfilled in Lancaster and room | :03:34. | :03:35. | |
for improvement in safety, but this James Titcombe's son Joshua died | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
nine days after he was born His long campaign for answers, | :03:39. | :03:47. | |
ultimately led to the government ordering the independent | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
Morecambe Bay inquiry. Earlier I asked for his reaction | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
to today's announcement. Really fantastic news | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
and good news for everybody, especially mums and babies | :04:01. | :04:02. | |
in the future, so couldn't be any more pleased | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
with the progress that's been made. But a lot of that progress is down | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
to yourself and this campaign you have led | :04:10. | :04:11. | |
to improve services there. How much of a struggle | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
was it initially? What sort of obstacles have | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
you had to overcome to get Just complete hostility that there | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
could be any kind of problem, Even the regulators said things | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
were fine when really they were not. It's been an uphill struggle | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
and I think that reflected a national problem with the country | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
were bad news and the NHS was kept quiet rather | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
than being addressed and dealt with. I think fortunately things | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
are progressing and the news today shows why it is so important | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
if there are serious problems, people have to speak out about them | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
and they have to acknowledge that I think the biggest change I have | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
sensed at the trust is culture. I think the leadership | :04:56. | :05:03. | |
have a lot to do with that, so last year the trust worked very | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
closely with me to do an investigation into Joshua's case | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
that couldn't be more different We are never going to have a health | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
service where mistakes do not happen, but we have to have a health | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
service where, when mistakes do happen, they respond openly | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
and honestly and changes are made. I think that is what I see | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
with the trust at the moment, a trust that is willing to learn | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
from when it doesn't As long as they have that approach, | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
then things can only get better. It has been a long and | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
personal battle for you. Do you feel now it | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
has been worth it? I was thinking about this | :05:41. | :05:42. | |
and Morecambe Bay used to be a trust that had to learn from the rest | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
of the NHS. Now I think it is the other way | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
round, I think the rest of the NHS has a lot to learn | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
from Morecambe Bay and let's The family of an 87-year-old woman | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
who was attacked in her home in Greater Manchester are appealing | :05:59. | :06:09. | |
for the robber to return Eileen Blane is still | :06:10. | :06:11. | |
in hospital with broken ribs, after being knocked to the floor | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
during a violent attack The robber forcibly removed | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
the wedding ring from her finger, and her family are desperate | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
to get it back. It's not the financial issue, | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
it's ?30, it's the wedding ring which is of more significance | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
for the fact that it represents a link to my dad for the past 64 | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
years which unfortunately The funeral has taken place | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
of a Merseyside Police Officer who died last month after his wife | :06:40. | :06:48. | |
won a legal battle to end his life. PC Paul Briggs was left | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
in a minimally conscious state, Among those who attended the funeral | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
was the judge who granted the family the right to turn | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
off his life support. Four members of a Rochdale grooming | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
gang may now be deported to Pakistan after losing their fight | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
to retain their British status. Abdul Raif, Abdul Aziz, | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
Qari Abdul Rauf and Shabir Ahmed were stripped of their British | :07:16. | :07:17. | |
citizenship after being convicted Today, an immigration tribunal has | :07:18. | :07:19. | |
rejected their appeal, paving the way for their removal | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
from the UK. A fur coat made from the pelt | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
of a South American wildcat has been seized by police | :07:27. | :07:29. | |
from a shop in Buxton. Inquiries have identified the fur | :07:30. | :07:31. | |
as being from the Geoffroy's cat, which has the highest | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
level of protection. Police say it was being illegally | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
offered for sale at the shop. A disabled woman who claims | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
she was prevented from boarding a bus on her mobility scooter says | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
the experience has left her feeling Samantha Jones from Warrington had | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
to transfer to a wheelchair which left her in pain and held | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
up the service. The bus company says mobility | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
scooters have to be individually assessed to see if they can fit | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
on a bus. Despite being in chronic pain, | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
Samantha Jones prides herself She's just got a mobility | :08:04. | :08:17. | |
scooter to get around. But after being stopped | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
from boarding a bus on it, she says her confidence and mobility | :08:21. | :08:22. | |
have been crushed. At the time I was just gobsmacked. I | :08:23. | :08:34. | |
didn't expect it. It is the first time I have ever seen anyone being | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
refused on a bus. I felt downgraded and just not worthy of using public | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
Samantha picked up her scooter from Warrington | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
They tried to board a bus to get home but say the bus driver said | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
she couldn't travel sitting on it because it would affect | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
I had to transfer between my mobility scooter and my wheelchair | :08:53. | :09:06. | |
and I felt everyone was watching me. I just feel like my independence has | :09:07. | :09:08. | |
I just feel like my independence has been lost. | :09:09. | :09:10. | |
Samantha was allowed to bring the scooter on board | :09:11. | :09:12. | |
with her wheelchair taking up, she says, even more space. | :09:13. | :09:14. | |
She tweeted her anger at her experience. | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
There was no need for it because the mobility scooter went on anyway, so | :09:18. | :09:26. | |
why did I not stay in it? She was embarrassed and you could see it on | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
her face at the time. It felt like her independence had been taken | :09:31. | :09:32. | |
The bus company, Network Warrington, says it's investigating Samantha's | :09:33. | :09:35. | |
complaint and trying to track down the driver to talk to him. | :09:36. | :09:38. | |
Samantha hopes her experience will raise awareness | :09:39. | :09:40. | |
of the difficulties wheelchair users face and change attitudes | :09:41. | :09:42. | |
Tonight Liverpool Council has announced that it wants someone else | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
to run one of the city's biggest and best loved parks. | :09:50. | :09:51. | |
Croxteth Park, and its historic stately home, was given | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
to the people of Liverpool by the last Earl of Sefton, | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
But it costs the council a million pounds a year to run Croxteth Park | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
and it says it can't afford it any longer. | :10:03. | :10:05. | |
Parts of Croxteth Hall date back to Tudor times, | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
although the interior is mainly Edwardian. | :10:11. | :10:13. | |
The council makes some money by hiring it out | :10:14. | :10:15. | |
for conferences and weddings, but overall it loses a year. | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
With the council budget slashed, Liverpool is looking | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
We have had indicative interest from large social enterprises, | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
large community groups, and people that want | :10:30. | :10:32. | |
The testing we are going to do is to see exactly | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
Croxteth was the seat of the Molyneux family. | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
Here, the celebrations for the last Earl's 21st birthday in 1919. | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
But he died childless and left the hall and a 500-acre park | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
The council has had approaches from people who would like to turn | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
the hall into a hotel, so long as the public are kept away. | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
But under the terms of the last Earl's will that | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
The question then is, are in their organisations out | :11:04. | :11:14. | |
The question then is, are there organisations out | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
there willing to spend the money that is needed and keep this | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
One problem is that anyone taking it over wouldn't | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
There are rundown rooms with unsafe floors. | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
There was a fire in 1952 and damage from them is still visible, | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
so how confident are local campaigners that a partner can be | :11:30. | :11:31. | |
If you are not positive, people will think there are a lot | :11:32. | :11:42. | |
We are being totally open about what the limitations of this place are. | :11:43. | :11:51. | |
For park users keeping it public is vital. | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
All my memories are of it as a kid growing up here and a lot | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
I'd like it for him as well, so hopefully it will | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
This is a fantastic facility for the people of Liverpool and why | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
The council will vote on seeking a partner next week. | :12:08. | :12:20. | |
He's only four but Mason is already hitting the bullseye. | :12:21. | :12:29. | |
Thanos, the tiny Dik Dik, who's being raised by his keepers | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
A judge who had to flee Afghanistan and Pakistan | :12:35. | :12:44. | |
after the Taliban tried to kill her, is using her skills to help Muslim | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
women in the Northwest to get an education. | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
Although she was stopped from doing it in her own country | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
Marzia Babakarkhail says it's her mission to | :12:56. | :12:57. | |
Our Reporter, Rahila Bano's been to meet her. | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
The emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and in parts | :13:04. | :13:05. | |
of Pakistan changed Marzia Babakarkhail's life for ever. | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
She promoted women's rights in the region | :13:12. | :13:13. | |
What she was doing was going against the teachings | :13:14. | :13:21. | |
And they warned me, stop this activity, | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
Despite the warnings, she carried on with her work | :13:27. | :13:30. | |
but was attacked by them in a hit and run and left for dead. | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
They are warning me by phones and sending letters to my | :13:35. | :13:43. | |
When I came back to sit in my car I don't know how I can | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
The car just came on me and they hit me by car. | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
When I opened my eyes I was in hospital. | :13:55. | :13:57. | |
Afraid they'd return she left her home for good in 2008. | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
Searching for a new life she claimed asylum in Britain, | :14:04. | :14:06. | |
learnt English and got her British citizenship after settling | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
Now with the help of the Oxfam Future Skills programme | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
she wants to use her experiences to help other women | :14:16. | :14:18. | |
Some people they have family problems, domestic violence, | :14:19. | :14:26. | |
some women want to be in English classes and girls want to go | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
to university and I am trying to talk very nicely | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
with their families to not to push, not to force, to respectfully | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
encourage the families to allow the girls to go to university. | :14:42. | :14:49. | |
A decade on from a brutal attack by the Taliban has left Marzia even | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
more determined to empower Muslim women. | :14:55. | :15:05. | |
The Isle of Man could introduce DNA testing of dogs to catch people | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
The Manx government will consult the public on new measures | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
Including the possibility of a dog DNA database. | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
Irresponsible owners could then be traced and fined | :15:24. | :15:25. | |
It might not be what Sherlock has stepped in but laboratory testing | :15:26. | :15:34. | |
could be the Isle of Man's new weapon against dog poo. | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
Proposed changes to the island's dog laws mean microchipping is set | :15:41. | :15:42. | |
to become compulsory and licences will be abolished. | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
But there's an idea to take this one step further and bring | :15:48. | :15:50. | |
You can track back from the DNA profile dog mess on the pavement to | :15:51. | :16:06. | |
the individual dog who has left the mess behind. Let's face it, we have | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
all done it and it presses and nerve amongst the public. Parts like this | :16:12. | :16:19. | |
are amongst some of the local areas. But now it could be as simple as | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
retrieving a few samples and sending them to the lab to be tested. | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
To have a dog's profile taken would cost around ?30. | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
It is easy to do and not painful and if it does become mandatory it will | :16:34. | :16:39. | |
Dog DNA profiling has been tried elsewhere like the London Borough | :16:40. | :16:42. | |
of Barking and Dagenham and in Gibraltar. | :16:43. | :16:44. | |
So if the Manx public thinks it's a good idea when it goes | :16:45. | :16:47. | |
to consultation the island could follow their lead. | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
Somebody did not pick it up the other day and I stood on it on the | :16:53. | :17:00. | |
beach. In the summer it is awful. Are they going to police it | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
That is the other thing, it is all money. | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
For Edward, it's just a call of nature, for his owner it could be | :17:08. | :17:11. | |
a ?1,000 fine if he doesn't pick up what Edward leaves behind. | :17:12. | :17:18. | |
It is an interesting idea. You could have your dog's DNA tested. | :17:19. | :17:27. | |
I always pick it up, as you should. I have got nothing against dogs | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
except that one thing. We are moving on to better things. | :17:32. | :17:33. | |
Sport now and as you'll have seen this week we've been building up | :17:34. | :17:38. | |
And Richard you've got a Warrior and a Centurion with you tonight? | :17:39. | :17:43. | |
Yes it all gets underway tonight with St Helens against Leeds. | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
They're two sides who'll be hoping to topple the Champions Wigan | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
and I'm delighted to say we've got Thomas Leuluai from the Warriors | :17:52. | :17:53. | |
with us this evening and Martin Ridyard from promoted | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
Thomas you're back at Wigan of course for your second spell. | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
No doubt you watched your team mates win the title and this | :18:03. | :18:05. | |
Are you the team to beat do you think? | :18:06. | :18:12. | |
We are working hard, we have had a good pre-season and we had a good | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
finish to last year and we are looking to do the same this year. | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
You are back in the super league for the first time since 2005. You must | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
be extremely proud, you have been at the club a long time. We are going | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
to see one of your tries that clinched promotion. How much are you | :18:33. | :18:37. | |
looking forward to mixing it with the big boys? You want to play at | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
the top level and to play against the big boys week in, week out, will | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
be really tough and we are really excited about it at the same time. I | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
think there was a bit of obstruction! Your team | :18:51. | :19:05. | |
strengthening, when you look around the team, do you think you can do | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
something this year? I do not see why we cannot survive, but it will | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
be really tough and a big challenge. Now we are going to see you scoring | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
a try six years ago in the Champions Cup final against Leeds. You | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
achieved so much in that first spell, what are you hoping to | :19:25. | :19:30. | |
achieve this time? I really enjoy it back here in the super league and I | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
look forward to getting back playing. It is the same, like Wigan | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
they always like being in the big games and winning trophies and that | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
is all I am looking forward to. You are back and so is George Burgess. | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
Our fantastic young player. He has been playing in Australia. What has | :19:52. | :19:55. | |
he been like in Australia and what impact will he make? He has been | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
really good. He had a bit of an injury, so he has not trained to | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
much pre-season. He played very well and he is very fast. He had a good | :20:07. | :20:10. | |
stint over there and learn a lot and is looking forward to getting back | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
into it. Will he get better? Yes, as you get older you improve and learn | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
and you want different experiences and you will learn a lot and he | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
looks in good shape. You are starting against Salford on Saturday | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
and you have got Castleford tomorrow away, Martin. What about that first | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
challenge? You told me before that you might not sleep tonight. How | :20:36. | :20:38. | |
excited are you about getting into super league? Yes, it will be a | :20:39. | :20:43. | |
great one tomorrow night for us and we have been waiting for a long | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
time. There is no bigger test than Castleford away and so be it. You | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
two look pretty friendly, but you will be meeting in March and it | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
might be different then. Yes, it might be, but I will be keeping on | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
his good side. Have you ever played against him? No, I don't think so. I | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
am looking forward to it. From what I have heard the two teams are quite | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
close and we are looking for to playing them and they deserve to be | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
in the super league. Absolutely, stay friends, gents. It all gets | :21:22. | :21:26. | |
under way tonight at eight o'clock. All the best coverage is on BBC | :21:27. | :21:38. | |
Radio Merseyside. We will continue with the sporting | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
This is one you want to watch in the future. | :21:43. | :21:45. | |
He's only four, yet Mason Foulkes from Stockport is already | :21:46. | :21:47. | |
He's got a board and oche in his bedroom after becoming | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
obsessed with the game when he saw it on TV two years ago. | :21:52. | :21:54. | |
I'm going to be the best in the world. | :21:55. | :22:14. | |
Two years he has been playing and his standard is brilliant. | :22:15. | :22:17. | |
If I am sat here when he's playing, we can be here for hours. | :22:18. | :22:20. | |
But him on his own he can hit the bull's-eye and then walk out. | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
Twin brother Ashton has his own interests. | :22:25. | :22:27. | |
He's good at darts and I'm good at dancing and reading. | :22:28. | :22:33. | |
We are going to get him to be BDO old world champion and go over | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
to the PDC and be world champion and I am going to put a bet | :22:42. | :22:45. | |
on him being the youngest ever world champion. | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
He is a player. I know nothing about diets, but he has got good action. | :22:50. | :22:58. | |
He must be really good at maths. You can see more of Mason on our | :22:59. | :23:07. | |
Facebook. Following hot on Mason's heals... | :23:08. | :23:07. | |
The tiny Dik Dik isn't much bigger than a bottle of pop. | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
He's so light he doesn't even register on the antelope scales - | :23:14. | :23:15. | |
after he was born and now his keeper's | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
There is cute and then there is this. After a tough start to life, | :23:21. | :23:31. | |
he is finding his feet. Unfortunately his mum was injured | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
sure Lee after giving birth and is not with us any more and we had to | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
take him on ourselves and act as his mother to make sure he was getting | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
fed enough and looked after. In his little enclosure he has all the | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
carrots, cabbage and leaves he can eat, along with regular bottle-feed. | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
Smashed it, good lad. He recognises me and he knows his bottle, but he | :23:56. | :24:04. | |
likes anyone who comes in. He is curious and likes to investigate | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
things. When he was born he was 19 centimetres tall, about as big as a | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
bottle of pop. He is still so light, though, he does not register on the | :24:16. | :24:21. | |
antelope scales. He really is tiny. But he is getting bigger and | :24:22. | :24:24. | |
stronger by the day and could eventually grow to 40 centimetres | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
tall. We will keep supplement feeding him now because he is on | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
solid food as well and in the next six weeks up to two months, we will | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
introduce him to others in the zoo. After which it is hoped he will join | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
a breeding programme. I don't imagine he will be short of people | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
to look after him! We will have a look at the weather in a second. We | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
have just spotted these pictures on Twitter sent to us by Robin Cooper. | :24:59. | :25:04. | |
This is hair ice which he spotted to date out in Coniston. Ice crystals | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
form overnight on rotting wood and they get their shape by a fungus. | :25:09. | :25:18. | |
Apparently it is very rare, so to spot that it is very good. | :25:19. | :25:27. | |
We are taking that seriously and we believe everything you are telling | :25:28. | :25:30. | |
us about it, Robin Cooper. It is very rare. I had never heard | :25:31. | :25:38. | |
of it ever. You get all those kind of things at this time of year and | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
every day is a school day. It really is and I do not want to go to | :25:44. | :25:45. | |
school. Cold weather descended on us today | :25:46. | :25:54. | |
and it will stick around for a couple of days. Most night will be | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
subzero and the daytime is not much better. This looks pretty | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
straightforward, it looks cloudy, but there is a fly in the ointment. | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
A little line of weather is coming through on Friday night into | :26:10. | :26:12. | |
Saturday. There could be a light dusting of snow. A little bit of | :26:13. | :26:20. | |
snow could be in the forecast in the next couple of hours because we have | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
had a few showers during the day and they will continue overnight. It | :26:26. | :26:28. | |
will be over the highest level routes. If there is a light dusting, | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
it will only be over the highest level routes. It is nothing unusual | :26:34. | :26:42. | |
for this time of year. Overnight temperatures are at the same as last | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
night, down to minus one for most towns and cities. There is a bit | :26:48. | :26:50. | |
clear whether around, but at this clear whether around, but at | :26:51. | :27:06. | |
showers trying to get over from the other side of the Pennines. In | :27:07. | :27:08. | |
Cumbria and Lancashire that is where the best weather will be. You might | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
be lucky on the Isle of Mann and see a bit more. The daytime temperatures | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
are quite depressed. Three and four at the very best. | :27:20. | :27:29. | |
Dog DNA has got people talking. Sometimes when I sit down here in | :27:30. | :27:32. | |
the studio with my trousers on I have got a dog mess plastic packet | :27:33. | :27:40. | |
in my pocket. A nasty thought! | :27:41. | :27:54. | |
OK, everyone, have you got your bamboo sticks? | :27:55. | :28:01. | |
If you just paint what you want to paint, | :28:02. | :28:02. | |
I've turned around, my painting washes away. | :28:03. | :28:08. | |
..and take on The Big Painting Challenge. | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
Remember, you're not painting a pond. | :28:15. | :28:17. |