:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson.
:00:07. > :00:10.Experts warn the Ellesmere Port factory could close if Vauxhall's
:00:11. > :00:16.bought by the French firm that owns Peugeot.
:00:17. > :00:27.It will just move abroad, maybe. There'll be no jobs. It will cause
:00:28. > :00:28.job losses. We ask an expert if the deal is likely to happen.
:00:29. > :00:30.We ask an expert if the deal is likely to happen.
:00:31. > :00:33.Also tonight: The first British woman to fight IS,
:00:34. > :00:35.she tells us her parents in Blackburn are
:00:36. > :00:38.Anger as traditional school nurses are axed across Cumbria -
:00:39. > :00:40.head teachers say it'll put children at risk.
:00:41. > :00:43.And re-discovered, the film that's bringing back memories of schoolboy
:00:44. > :01:00.The future of the Ellesmere Port car plant and its 2,000 workers will be
:01:01. > :01:02.in serious doubt if Vauxhall is bought by the French
:01:03. > :01:08.That's the opinion of a number of motor industry experts
:01:09. > :01:13.We'll be hearing from one of them in a minute,
:01:14. > :01:15.but first Andy Gill reports on the concerns being
:01:16. > :01:17.expressed by the trade unions and the local MP.
:01:18. > :01:26.News emerged last night that talks are going had. Here's an Merseyside
:01:27. > :01:28.Here's an Merseyside reporter, Andy Gill.
:01:29. > :01:30.They make Astra is Ellesmere Port, it's part of General Motors.
:01:31. > :01:34.And it's in talk with the group that owns Peugeot and Citroen, a group
:01:35. > :01:40.One possibility is Peugeot buying Vauxhall, but union officials here
:01:41. > :01:43.told me today that the British government mustn't sit on the fence,
:01:44. > :01:46.and must get involved to protect British jobs.
:01:47. > :01:51.A call backed by the union nationally.
:01:52. > :01:55.Anybody that's buying us needs to commit
:01:56. > :01:57.themselves, and give guarantees for our member's
:01:58. > :02:05.Most of the Astros made here are four exporter.
:02:06. > :02:09.Made with components imported from Europe.
:02:10. > :02:13.Raising questions about what a takeover could mean after Brexit.
:02:14. > :02:16.One industry expert we spoke to today believes Ellesmere Port
:02:17. > :02:18.could be vulnerable because of its
:02:19. > :02:21.geographical isolation, compared to the rest
:02:22. > :02:23.of mainland Europe, and
:02:24. > :02:26.because if the takeover did go ahead Peugeot would have enough capacity
:02:27. > :02:29.on mainland Europe to produce the number of low-cost cars it would
:02:30. > :02:38.I want to make it very clear to Peugeot, if they do
:02:39. > :02:41.become the owners of the Vauxhall and GM brands in Europe, that we
:02:42. > :02:46.have a great operation here, we've got a very big car market,
:02:47. > :02:48.and they would be foolish to forget about
:02:49. > :02:52.that when the looking at their future plans.
:02:53. > :02:54.In Ellesmere Port tonight some concern about the
:02:55. > :02:57.I think it will just move abroad, maybe.
:02:58. > :03:08.Peugeot and General Motors say a sale is not assured.
:03:09. > :03:14.Andy Gill, BBC North West Tonight, Ellesmere Port.
:03:15. > :03:16.Earlier I spoke to the motor industry expert
:03:17. > :03:21.I asked him how serious the threat is to Ellesmere Port.
:03:22. > :03:29.If it does happen then I have real fears
:03:30. > :03:31.about the future of the plants in the UK.
:03:32. > :03:33.Peugeot, Citroen, will look to cut costs.
:03:34. > :03:36.It will be inevitable, I think, that they will be planned
:03:37. > :03:39.closures as a result of the deal, and despite the fact that plans in
:03:40. > :03:42.the UK, including Ellesmere Port an efficient, it's easy
:03:43. > :03:48.There is huge uncertainty over our relationship with Brexit.
:03:49. > :03:50.I have real fears about the future in
:03:51. > :03:54.Let's explore those two points you just made.
:03:55. > :03:57.Why is it easier to fire workers in the UK
:03:58. > :04:02.If a car company is looking to close plants, it's
:04:03. > :04:06.easier to fire workers in the UK than elsewhere because we have very
:04:07. > :04:09.flexible labour markets, which is good in creating jobs,
:04:10. > :04:11.but also very efficient in destroying them as
:04:12. > :04:17.That's something we are learning to live with at the moment.
:04:18. > :04:22.I think one of the effects of Brexit is that
:04:23. > :04:24.there is huge uncertainty over our future trading relationship with
:04:25. > :04:27.Europe, whether we be in the single market or even in the customs union.
:04:28. > :04:31.In those circumstances, if Peugeot was takeover General Motors,
:04:32. > :04:34.that uncertainty would count against
:04:35. > :04:37.plants in the UK, as to whether to keep production here.
:04:38. > :04:39.One of the reasons that people said they wanted
:04:40. > :04:41.Brexit in the first place was to take back control.
:04:42. > :04:44.Could Ellesmere Port, as a site, as a skilled
:04:45. > :04:47.workforce, not helped to drive a renaissance in the British car
:04:48. > :04:53.We've already seen a renaissance in the British car
:04:54. > :04:56.industry in terms of assembly in recent years.
:04:57. > :05:00.Since 2010 output has been up by something like 70%,
:05:01. > :05:04.there's been a wave of investment in the industry.
:05:05. > :05:06.In terms of actual production, and we've seen more
:05:07. > :05:11.Going forward, what do we want to see to
:05:12. > :05:14.maintain production in Ellesmere Port?
:05:15. > :05:17.Firstly, some assurances about production in the UK, but also we
:05:18. > :05:20.need to nail down the certainty about a future trade relationship
:05:21. > :05:24.And in addition I think we need a big effort
:05:25. > :05:28.terms of industrial strategy to encourage more sourcing of
:05:29. > :05:31.components from the UK to rebuild supply chains here.
:05:32. > :05:33.Professor David Bailey, thank you very much indeed.
:05:34. > :05:38.UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has decided his press officer doesn't
:05:39. > :05:41.need to resign after she took responsibility for wrongly saying
:05:42. > :05:46.he'd lost close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster.
:05:47. > :05:50.The North West MEP said he was appalled and very sorry
:05:51. > :05:53.about the misleading claims published on his website.
:05:54. > :05:56.His press officer Lynda Roughly offered to quit, but he's
:05:57. > :06:12.An experienced racer was killed when his front tyre bursts during
:06:13. > :06:17.practice for the race last June. The man from Drescher died from multiple
:06:18. > :06:20.injuries. He lost control of his motorbike and the coroner recorded a
:06:21. > :06:23.Figures out today show there's a record number of women
:06:24. > :06:27.An extra 60,000 women joined the workforce in the past year
:06:28. > :06:31.Unemployment in the region went down by 7,000 in the last
:06:32. > :06:50.quarter to 180,000, that's 5% of the region's workforce.
:06:51. > :06:52.A woman from Lancashire who's fighting against the so called
:06:53. > :06:54.Islamic State in Syria has told the BBC it s her
:06:55. > :06:58.Kimberley Taylor, who's 27, has joined Kurdish forces in Raqqa.
:06:59. > :07:00.She says warnings that she could be arrested and charged
:07:01. > :07:03.when she returns to the UK don't worry her, and she's not
:07:04. > :07:07.This from our social affairs correspondent Clare Fallon.
:07:08. > :07:09.Kimberly Taylor says she doesn't want to die,
:07:10. > :07:18.I feel like it's my responsibility to stand up to this.
:07:19. > :07:21.On the front line in the fight against the so-called Islamic State,
:07:22. > :07:23.she joined the Kurdish women's protection units, known
:07:24. > :07:26.Having grown up in Darwin, and studied maths in Liverpool,
:07:27. > :07:30.here she has learned how to use weapons.
:07:31. > :07:34.She says her parents are scared for her, but also proud.
:07:35. > :07:38.When I joined, and I told them that I'd joined, they cried.
:07:39. > :07:46.And then I explained what is the Y P J.
:07:47. > :07:49.What is an ideology and why we need to fight.
:07:50. > :07:53.Why do I need to join and be understood.
:07:54. > :07:55.And they said that if this is something I believe in,
:07:56. > :08:01.Thought to be the first woman from the UK to reach Syria to join
:08:02. > :08:04.the fight against IS the British government warns anyone who travels
:08:05. > :08:09.to Iraq or Syria to fight for either side risks prosecution
:08:10. > :08:16.I don't accept the government's opinion on this.
:08:17. > :08:20.To be honest, I don't accept very much from the government at all.
:08:21. > :08:22.Nobody believes in the government anymore.
:08:23. > :08:27.Nobody believes in the political system of Britain anymore.
:08:28. > :08:35.So, when the British government wants to tell me
:08:36. > :08:37.that I'm a terrorist, or I shouldn't come
:08:38. > :08:43.For now Kimberly Taylor says she has no plans to come home.
:08:44. > :08:50.Claire Fallon, BBC North West Tonight.
:08:51. > :08:59.Apologies for the slightly crackly sound on those clips.
:09:00. > :09:03.A Cheshire man has been recalling the day he shot and killed a friend
:09:04. > :09:07.Arran Coghlan told an inquest he had to fight for his life
:09:08. > :09:10.when Stephen Akinyemi pulled out a gun and knife at his luxury
:09:11. > :09:18.Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, has been following today's evidence.
:09:19. > :09:26.Only two men know what happened inside this converted chapel at one
:09:27. > :09:32.fateful February day in 2010. One, Stephen Akinyemi is dead, the ever,
:09:33. > :09:37.Arran Coghlan, says he shot him in self defence. Arran Coghlan says he
:09:38. > :09:41.was attacked in his own home and had no choice but to fight back. He was
:09:42. > :09:46.initially charged with murder but the charge was dropped. He's been
:09:47. > :09:52.recounting events which led up to the incident into an inquest into
:09:53. > :09:57.Stephen Akinyemi's death. Back in 2011 a coroner recorded an open
:09:58. > :10:02.verdict, expressing doubts about Arran Coghlan's version of events.
:10:03. > :10:06.Arran Coghlan then mounted a legal campaign for a new inquest hoping
:10:07. > :10:12.for the conclusion that would support his claims that the killing
:10:13. > :10:21.was self-defence. The new coroner, Bernard Richmond QC, questions Arran
:10:22. > :10:28.Coghlan about his past, saying... He was accused and acquitted in two
:10:29. > :10:32.separate cases in 1996 and 2003. The coroner asked him, do you have a
:10:33. > :10:40.reputation in that area? And he replied... The inquest heard more
:10:41. > :10:44.about the day Akinyemi died. A gun and knife were passed around the
:10:45. > :10:49.court, and handed to those of us on the press bench to take a look.
:10:50. > :10:55.Arran Coghlan insists he was trying to mediate a dispute between Stephen
:10:56. > :10:59.Akinyemi and another man. Akinyemi, he said, was annoyed that the other
:11:00. > :11:04.man had accepted the same nickname as him. So annoyed he threatened to
:11:05. > :11:09.kill the other man. Arran Coghlan says he arranged a meeting at his
:11:10. > :11:12.home to defuse the situation, but as we now know things to be violent
:11:13. > :11:17.He will continue giving evidence tomorrow.
:11:18. > :11:19.Headteachers in Cumbria are condemning a county
:11:20. > :11:21.council decision to get rid of traditional school nurses.
:11:22. > :11:24.The head of an Academy in Barrow says the move could put
:11:25. > :11:27.But the authority says the changes coming into effect in April
:11:28. > :11:29.will save money while improving services for children,
:11:30. > :11:44.The role of the traditional school nurse has changed over the years.
:11:45. > :11:49.Today it's about day-to-day health. Here at Parkside Academy in Barrow
:11:50. > :11:53.the nurse visits twice a term, and is always available over the phone.
:11:54. > :12:00.Losing that service contains the head here. It's essential. Families
:12:01. > :12:06.encounter slip-ups and children have needs that affect them day-to-day.
:12:07. > :12:09.We are educators, we can't do with health issues.
:12:10. > :12:15.To speak to a GP, sometimes as difficult. Council say the system is
:12:16. > :12:19.fragmented and they want to save money by combining services. A new
:12:20. > :12:19.dealers team of six Public health nurses will direct
:12:20. > :12:27.schools to help. We are trying to make sure that more people are
:12:28. > :12:31.responsible for the health of our young people, rather run it just
:12:32. > :12:36.being, oh, well, we wait for the school nurse to come and they can't
:12:37. > :12:39.deal with it. Cumbria County Council is one of only few authorities that
:12:40. > :12:43.want to end traditional school nurses.
:12:44. > :12:47.Schools can buy back a dedicated servers from the partnership NHS
:12:48. > :12:55.Foundation Trust. Here in Cumbria schools are facing
:12:56. > :13:00.cuts between 20 and ?150,000, some secondary schools are facing cuts of
:13:01. > :13:04.around half ?1 million. Having to buy-back services will force schools
:13:05. > :13:09.to make difficult decisions over. I don't like to imagine children
:13:10. > :13:14.going out without the health care, and support that they need. All
:13:15. > :13:19.children having their education impaired by loss of services. But
:13:20. > :13:24.it's quite clear, with fewer teachers, fewer school nurses, we
:13:25. > :13:29.are saving into very difficult times.
:13:30. > :13:34.Since 2010 there has been a 15% drop in school nurses, last year they
:13:35. > :13:39.were only 2600. It's a critical issue, and we need
:13:40. > :13:43.to think about investing more in training, thinking about increasing
:13:44. > :13:47.the number of them. It's a real challenge at a time when we haven't
:13:48. > :13:51.got enough nurses in the system. The overall aim is to benefit
:13:52. > :13:54.children. Some headteachers there that instead they will be left to
:13:55. > :14:02.choose between health and education of their children.
:14:03. > :14:06.If you are watching last week you'll know that we followed the fortunes
:14:07. > :14:12.of the five live newsreader. BBC Five Live newsreader,
:14:13. > :14:14.Rachael Bland has been live streaming her chemotherapy session
:14:15. > :14:16.from Macclesfield General You can watch it back
:14:17. > :14:22.on North West Tonight's Facebook page on the link below,
:14:23. > :14:26.as we continue to follow Rachael's She also writes a brilliant blog.
:14:27. > :14:45.Big C, Little me. A pledge to save Salford's
:14:46. > :14:58.peatlands, and create And adventures in the Lake District,
:14:59. > :14:59.unearthing the archives which show inner-city children getting a first
:15:00. > :15:01.taste of the great outdoors. Now, we're just eleven weeks away
:15:02. > :15:04.from electing two Mayors in the North West; one
:15:05. > :15:06.in Greater Manchester, and one They'll be the public faces
:15:07. > :15:10.of new local authorities which have been given power
:15:11. > :15:14.under devolution deals. Some believe this is an historic
:15:15. > :15:18.opportunity for the North West, others think we could be hung
:15:19. > :15:20.out to dry. In the first of a three part series,
:15:21. > :15:23.our political editor Nina Warhurst looks at exactly what devoution is,
:15:24. > :15:26.and what powers are being handed Greater Manchester and the Liverpool
:15:27. > :15:40.city region. Both with a rich history, both have enjoyed
:15:41. > :15:48.world-famous highs, and endured devastating blows. Now a new chapter
:15:49. > :15:54.begins, devolution. Devolution is defined as the transfer of power,
:15:55. > :15:58.away from central government to a regional administration. In simple
:15:59. > :16:04.terms, less of the important stuff will be decided here, and more will
:16:05. > :16:09.be decided here and here. In Greater Manchester a new mayor
:16:10. > :16:13.will take control of policing, Fire and rescue, and a huge housing
:16:14. > :16:18.budget. The new mayor will be joined by the leaders of these ten
:16:19. > :16:24.boroughs, together they'll decide on parts of housing and planning,
:16:25. > :16:27.elements of the judicial system and transport on training.
:16:28. > :16:33.Local control of health and social care under a separate body has
:16:34. > :16:39.already begun. There will be a ?900 million investment fund granted over
:16:40. > :16:44.the next 30 years. The Liverpool city region will also receive ?900
:16:45. > :16:49.million over 30 years, the devolution deal here is still
:16:50. > :16:54.progressing, but so far a new mayor will control housing and transport,
:16:55. > :16:59.and along with the leaders of these six boroughs, the mayor will take
:17:00. > :17:04.control of training and skills. Further powers are expected to
:17:05. > :17:09.follow. With me so far? Or wondering why? Wondering why a Conservative
:17:10. > :17:13.Chancellor convinced a largely Labour council leader that this was
:17:14. > :17:17.the right thing to do. For hundreds of years decisions that
:17:18. > :17:23.affect the north of England have been taken 200 miles to the south in
:17:24. > :17:27.London. Now in Merseyside and Manchester United side.
:17:28. > :17:30.There is a there that this is devolution of cuts, devolution of
:17:31. > :17:34.problems and if it goes wrong Westminster will say, you had your
:17:35. > :17:38.chance, you blew it. In the end it's better that
:17:39. > :17:41.decisions are taken locally. National governments will still
:17:42. > :17:45.decide how much tax... We won't be allowed to hire...
:17:46. > :17:51.That will be a decision in the general election. You also get a
:17:52. > :17:56.chance to choose who runs the local things that affect you.
:17:57. > :18:00.Some say that's simply too good to be true. And voters should have had
:18:01. > :18:06.a say on this deal which could potentially only benefit the city
:18:07. > :18:12.centres of Liverpool and Manchester. What that runs the risk of doing is
:18:13. > :18:15.sucking power upwards from rural communities in Oldham, Bolton and
:18:16. > :18:21.Wigan up to Manchester town Hall. You are taking power from one group
:18:22. > :18:25.of unaccountable man in Whitehall and transferring it to another group
:18:26. > :18:29.of unaccountable man in Manchester town Hall, that's not empowerment at
:18:30. > :18:34.all. What will devolution mean for these
:18:35. > :18:36.proud city region 's? A foolishly put faith? Or a whole new world of
:18:37. > :18:39.Tomorrow Nina's series on devolution continues.
:18:40. > :18:42.She'll be talking to Ken Livingstone about what it's like to become
:18:43. > :18:52.Remember, he was in London, of course.
:18:53. > :18:54.A million pounds from the National Lottery is being used
:18:55. > :18:59.It's part of Chat Moss which formed after the last Ice Age.
:19:00. > :19:03.But in the last couple of centuries it's been largely stripped of peat
:19:04. > :19:05.causing massive damage to wildlife and plants.
:19:06. > :19:08.It's one of Salford's biggest brown field sites,
:19:09. > :19:14.and that's the way it's going to stay.
:19:15. > :19:20.We actually have carnivorous plants that grow and live on this site.
:19:21. > :19:23.Peat was cut here at Little Woolden Moss,
:19:24. > :19:25.part of Chat Moss for decades, millions of tonnes
:19:26. > :19:30.What's left is being restored as a haven for wildlife...including
:19:31. > :19:32.a butterfly that took its name from the moss.
:19:33. > :19:41.The Manchester Argos, it was first discovered here in this area. We
:19:42. > :19:44.want to bring it back onto sites like this and get the habitat back.
:19:45. > :19:44.It's a We want to bring it back onto sites
:19:45. > :19:48.like this and get the habitat back. It's been in the ownership
:19:49. > :19:52.of the wildlife trust since 2012. They say peat bogs trap billions
:19:53. > :20:02.of tonnes of carbon which helps It's a different kind of nature
:20:03. > :20:04.reserve. Some people call it big sky country. It's the first time they've
:20:05. > :20:05.seen the horizon and blue skies. It's the first time they've seen
:20:06. > :20:08.the horizon and blue skies. The million pound cheque's
:20:09. > :20:10.from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Today, the Government dispatched
:20:11. > :20:22.the Environment Minister to see This is a sand and gravel from back
:20:23. > :20:28.in the ice age. This is what was left behind. You can see it's mostly
:20:29. > :20:32.buttresses from the tree. Was growing right background. One of the
:20:33. > :20:37.things I'm interested to find out is the techniques they've been doing.
:20:38. > :20:43.Perhaps we can learn lessons and use that in other parts of the country.
:20:44. > :20:45.Considering it took thousands of years to evolve,restoring
:20:46. > :20:48.Little Woolden Moss to its former glory will not be a quick job.
:20:49. > :20:50.Mark Edwardson, BBC North West Tonight, Irlam.
:20:51. > :20:53.Lee Clark has been confirmed as the new manager of Bury.
:20:54. > :20:55.The former Blackpool boss takes over with the Shakers
:20:56. > :20:57.in the relegation zone in League One.
:20:58. > :21:00.They drew 0-0 with MK Dons last night , but elsewhere
:21:01. > :21:02.there were good wins for several of our Football League clubs.
:21:03. > :21:05.Richard Askam's look at the action starts in the Championship ,
:21:06. > :21:11.Wigan Athletic are still in the bottom three.
:21:12. > :21:14.But this hard fought win will have Latics fans breathing
:21:15. > :21:19.It was breathless backs to the wall stuff at times.
:21:20. > :21:21.But Jake Buxton's late header proved to be enough
:21:22. > :21:28.To move Warren Joyce's team just a couple of points from safety.
:21:29. > :21:31.Higher up the table Preston North End kept their play-off hopes alive.
:21:32. > :21:37.Goals from Callum Robinson and Jordan Hugill enough for a 2-1
:21:38. > :21:42.In league One Bolton Wanderers closed to within a couple of points
:21:43. > :21:45.Thanks to a 1-0 victory over Rochdale.
:21:46. > :21:48.Mark Beevers scrambling the ball over the line for Wanderers.
:21:49. > :21:51.4th placed Fleetwood Town kept up their push for promotion as well.
:21:52. > :21:54.The Cod Army coming from a goal down to beat Bradford City 2-1.
:21:55. > :21:59.Conor Mclaughlin with the winner for Uwe Rosler's side.
:22:00. > :22:01.And Oldham Athletic gave their survival hopes another boost
:22:02. > :22:03.with a hard fought 1-0 victory against Charlton.
:22:04. > :22:06.Ollie Banks with a fine shot to make it 5 wins out of 8
:22:07. > :22:12.And in League 2 resurgent Crewe Alexandra made it back-to-back
:22:13. > :22:14.wins with a 2-1 victory over play-off hopefuls Wycombe.
:22:15. > :22:17.Chris Dagnall in the first half, and James Jones from the spot
:22:18. > :22:19.the scorers enough to give Alex a six point cushion
:22:20. > :22:26.Manchester City Women have signed the World Player
:22:27. > :22:31.The United States midfielder joins City on a short term deal.
:22:32. > :22:35.The World Cup winner has scored 96 goals in 232 international
:22:36. > :22:44.appearances and says she's delighted to be joining the English champions.
:22:45. > :22:49.City are the ones to beat anywhere! Even more so now.
:22:50. > :22:51.These were the days long before tablets, games
:22:52. > :22:54.And yet at The Brathey Trust in Ambleside, things are much
:22:55. > :22:58.the same As was the case for Maurice Dybeck,
:22:59. > :23:00.who became a Brathay Trust instructor in the 1950s,
:23:01. > :23:19.These were the days before tablets, games consoles on the Internet. At
:23:20. > :23:29.this trust in Ambleside things are much the same. A house in lovely
:23:30. > :23:33.grounds and everyday an adventure. An instructor from the 1950s
:23:34. > :23:39.recently and in this film. It's lovely. The techniques look a bit
:23:40. > :23:43.crude compared to what we do now, and although it's a long time ago,
:23:44. > :23:50.these settings are the same. We have mountains, the late, we thought it
:23:51. > :23:55.would be a reward for them, but in most cases to help them become
:23:56. > :24:00.better citizens, as we used to say. An old-fashioned term, but it did
:24:01. > :24:04.that. One of the boys admit they often sailed a bit close to the
:24:05. > :24:09.wind. We thought we were going to capsize. As a matter of fact, we
:24:10. > :24:13.very nearly did. Of course, they wouldn't allow that
:24:14. > :24:19.no days as health and safety is much more rigorous in 2017 and it was in
:24:20. > :24:27.1953. But is the spirit of adventure still the same? Yes! It is different
:24:28. > :24:31.to mobile phones and everything, but it's fun to get out in the
:24:32. > :24:36.countryside and do something. This can mean relying on your classmates.
:24:37. > :24:41.We put our weight on our neighbour. A lot of trust involved. Yes, there
:24:42. > :24:48.is. What happens if you let go of the rope? If you let go, he falls
:24:49. > :24:53.off. No pressure them. But this place has always appealed to thrill
:24:54. > :24:58.seekers. They found their feet, at least some of them did. Maurice
:24:59. > :25:04.dusted it off and we realised it was a fantastic piece of our history.
:25:05. > :25:09.Talking to be kids today, I found that they are friendly, they are
:25:10. > :25:13.positive about things, and I don't see any change there.
:25:14. > :25:18.All is to say they won't be coming here for another 70 years. --
:25:19. > :25:23.hallways to say they won't be coming here for another 70 years. I was 11
:25:24. > :25:31.when I first went on a weekend trip with the Scouts, it was brilliant.
:25:32. > :25:38.Enough of that. Did it rain? Yes, we got wet. Deadbeat tend tenth league?
:25:39. > :25:40.Yes. Everything got wet. Where you there are? No, but most people had
:25:41. > :25:44.an experience like that. Good evening. We are in a mild spell
:25:45. > :25:55.for the next couple of days, there aren't that many changes
:25:56. > :25:59.on the weather. A little line of rain creeping towards us. Something
:26:00. > :26:04.in the way of sunshine first thing this morning but cloud has started
:26:05. > :26:08.to build. It smiled because of the wind, we've lost that cold air over
:26:09. > :26:15.the last couple of days. The wind has changed direction. We go back to
:26:16. > :26:20.the more traditional westerly winds. Quite a bit of cloud cover, for many
:26:21. > :26:26.places a largely dry picture. Having said that, here comes the rain. You
:26:27. > :26:29.can see the track there, it's whipped around the bottom end of the
:26:30. > :26:35.Pennines and is moving over the eastern side of England. Many places
:26:36. > :26:38.should have a dry picture. You might catch a few outbreaks from a short
:26:39. > :26:42.while, but for many of us it's a cloud -ish picture. Mixing cloud
:26:43. > :26:47.cover, not quite as mild as last night. Numbers are good bearing in
:26:48. > :26:55.mind it was very cold earlier in the week. Sunshine in short supply
:26:56. > :27:00.unless you are up very early, cloud will build. Light spots of drizzly
:27:01. > :27:04.rain through the day. What starts to happen in the afternoon, but cloud
:27:05. > :27:07.cover starts to their land break, brighter skies come through, perhaps
:27:08. > :27:13.a light shower. Numbers are blurred, nine or 10 degrees. That's very
:27:14. > :27:18.mild. The problem with pitching your tent on a hill is it slides. I'm too
:27:19. > :27:24.hefty to slide to the bottom of a sleeping bag. We'll just tell you
:27:25. > :27:29.about a toddler from Manchester who had a lucky escape recently. She
:27:30. > :27:34.fell to stories from a window. Fortunately she had a soft landing.
:27:35. > :27:39.The 23-month-old girl landed on a sofa which had been left in the
:27:40. > :27:41.front garden. That was lucky. Thank you very much for watching, good
:27:42. > :27:58.night. when farmers leave
:27:59. > :28:01.their daily routines behind... Right, here we come, Dorset!
:28:02. > :28:05...for a show day.