:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson.
:00:00. > :00:07.The toddler who died after his surgery was repeatedly delayed.
:00:08. > :00:09.Two surgeons at Manchester Children's Hospital
:00:10. > :00:18.A man is arrested over Violet's hit-run-death,
:00:19. > :00:22.after his mum appeals for him to give himself up.
:00:23. > :00:25.We go inside the Cumbrian zoo, where hundreds of animals died,
:00:26. > :00:29.as the owner appeals against its closure.
:00:30. > :00:31.A mother's anger as delays investigating the man
:00:32. > :00:36.who groomed her daughter left him free to abuse another.
:00:37. > :00:40.Of course, I love my roots as well, which are obviously
:00:41. > :00:45.And Tez's take on modern British life.
:00:46. > :01:01.The Muslim comic going on the road for the first time.
:01:02. > :01:04.Children's lives may be at risk at one of
:01:05. > :01:07.And it's not a patient or politician making that claim -
:01:08. > :01:10.it's two of the senior surgeons who actually work there.
:01:11. > :01:13.They say a focus on reducing waiting lists has led to problems
:01:14. > :01:18.They decided to speak out after a toddler died
:01:19. > :01:22.there after his surgery was repeatedly delayed.
:01:23. > :01:23.An investigation by the trust that runs
:01:24. > :01:27."significant problems with the delivery of the boy's care."
:01:28. > :01:29.The BBC's health editor Hugh Pym has been following the story
:01:30. > :01:38.Hugh, can you tell us what happened to Kayden?
:01:39. > :01:48.Yes, a very sad, very tragic story. Aged one and a half, Kayden was
:01:49. > :01:53.admitted to hospital last April on a Monday and it was decided that he
:01:54. > :01:58.didn't need to have urgent surgery but there were delays. The delays
:01:59. > :02:02.continued for the week and by Friday, he was in a critical
:02:03. > :02:06.condition. The surgery should have been straightforward. It was to deal
:02:07. > :02:12.with a hernia in his chest. By Friday, he'd become critical and he
:02:13. > :02:16.never pulled through so his family are understandably extremely upset
:02:17. > :02:22.and feel they were very, very badly let down and the Royal Manchester
:02:23. > :02:28.children's Hospital has actually apologised to them and they have, if
:02:29. > :02:32.you like, carried out an investigation saying lessons need to
:02:33. > :02:35.be learned. As we said, two senior surgeons broke this story, what are
:02:36. > :02:40.they saying is happening at the trust? It is very significant that
:02:41. > :02:43.two surgeons, one of whom was working at the trust at the time but
:02:44. > :02:47.left a couple of months ago and another who is still at the trust,
:02:48. > :02:50.both of them felt the need to talk to the BBC because they clearly did
:02:51. > :02:56.not have confidence in the hospital's ability to actually deal
:02:57. > :02:59.with their concerns. They say there were repeated warnings before
:03:00. > :03:06.Kayden's death about the fact that there was only one operating theatre
:03:07. > :03:09.available for urgent care and that there weren't enough beds in the
:03:10. > :03:13.hospital and then after Kayden's death that they wrote again to Ward
:03:14. > :03:18.and that actually there was nothing that was done by the hospital. The
:03:19. > :03:23.hospital denied there was any edict from on high to concentrate on
:03:24. > :03:28.elective cases, waiting list cases as opposed to emergency care but
:03:29. > :03:32.also says the safety culture is correct but inspectors at the
:03:33. > :03:36.regulator, NHS catlike improvement, we understand are looking very
:03:37. > :03:44.carefully at the situation. Is it fair to say be hospital is safe and
:03:45. > :03:49.that is the message they want to get out to families in Manchester. They
:03:50. > :03:52.have carried out an internal investigation of Kayden's death
:03:53. > :03:54.which does the urgent lessons need to be learned. Thank you very much
:03:55. > :03:55.indeed. Police investigating the death
:03:56. > :03:57.of a four-year-old girl in an alleged hit-and-run
:03:58. > :04:00.on Merseyside say a man they were Yesterday Aidan McAteer's mother
:04:01. > :04:04.made an emotional appeal Violet Grace Youens died in hsoital
:04:05. > :04:10.a day after she and her grandmother were hit by a stolen car
:04:11. > :04:13.last Friday. Our reporter, Andy Gill, joins us
:04:14. > :04:24.from our Merseyside Newsroom now. Just bring us up to date with the
:04:25. > :04:27.latest if you would on this investigation. This afternoon,
:04:28. > :04:31.Merseyside Police released a statement saying a 23-year-old man
:04:32. > :04:34.had been arrested after a fatal road traffic accident in St Helens. They
:04:35. > :04:38.did not name him but we know that this is Aidan McAteer, a man police
:04:39. > :04:43.said they wanted to talk to about this incident. He has been arrested
:04:44. > :04:47.on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Violet Grace
:04:48. > :04:52.Youens died in this collision. And on suspicion of causing serious
:04:53. > :04:55.injury to her grandmother, and the French, who was badly injured in the
:04:56. > :05:01.same incident. This came after a two-day when the victim's father
:05:02. > :05:05.made an appeal on social media for Aidan McAteer to give himself up. He
:05:06. > :05:09.said, I beg you from the bottom of my broken heart to please, please
:05:10. > :05:15.had yourself in and allow us to grieve and it came just after his
:05:16. > :05:18.mother made another emotional appeal saying that although she would still
:05:19. > :05:22.love her son, this was not about their family. It was about the
:05:23. > :05:31.family of the little girl who died. I wake up and my first thought is
:05:32. > :05:36.that family. And Aidan coming home, it's not going to make it better.
:05:37. > :05:39.Nothing will ever make it better for that family, but maybe they could
:05:40. > :05:44.get a bit of relief now that the police have got him. Do we know
:05:45. > :05:48.where Aidan McAteer was detained? We do not. It was not that he had gone
:05:49. > :05:53.abroad and an alleged passenger in the car has been charged with
:05:54. > :05:58.assisting an offender by collecting a passport but Merseyside Police
:05:59. > :06:00.have only said that he is being questioned by detectives on
:06:01. > :06:05.Merseyside. We do not know where or when he was detained. Violet Grace
:06:06. > :06:10.Youens died in her mother's arms in hospital the day after this accident
:06:11. > :06:12.and some of her organs were donated to help other people. Thank you very
:06:13. > :06:16.much indeed. Andy Gill live. A Liverpool doctor has been
:06:17. > :06:18.suspended for a month after she misled medics
:06:19. > :06:21.about the health of a nurse Hannah Ryan was found guilty
:06:22. > :06:24.of serious misconduct It heard that although nurse
:06:25. > :06:28.Pauline Cafferkey had a high temperature on her return
:06:29. > :06:31.to England, Dr Ryan agreed to record She then lied to health
:06:32. > :06:47.officials investigating. Police have used cutting equipment
:06:48. > :06:50.to separate anti-fracking protesters after they chained themselves to
:06:51. > :06:55.pipes. They were blockading and Eddie Stubb depot in Warrington
:06:56. > :06:58.which they say is a supplier to the shale gas exploration firm
:06:59. > :07:01.quadrille. Eddie Studdard says one tanker has been to a site in
:07:02. > :07:05.Lancashire. At least two protesters were arrested.
:07:06. > :07:07.A man from Manchester has been found guilty of murder
:07:08. > :07:11.Stephen Archer from Victoria Street in Openshaw set his sister Julie
:07:12. > :07:13.on fire after being left out of his father's will.
:07:14. > :07:15.Naomi Cornwell is at Manchester Crown Court,
:07:16. > :07:22.so what did the court hear about the day of the attack?
:07:23. > :07:30.On the 29th of February last year, Stephen Archer went to his sister,
:07:31. > :07:33.Julie's health in Newton Heath and the court heard he brought a bottle
:07:34. > :07:37.containing flammable liquid including petrol. While she was
:07:38. > :07:42.sitting on herself in her sitting room, he poured that bottle over her
:07:43. > :07:47.and set light to the vapour, setting light to her. Her daughter while
:07:48. > :07:52.this was going on was upstairs in the house getting ready for college
:07:53. > :07:55.and she heard what she described as a large explosion, like an
:07:56. > :07:59.earthquake shaking the building. Faced with thick smoke coming from
:08:00. > :08:03.downstairs, she dialled 999 and eventually had to get out of the
:08:04. > :08:07.house by jumping from a window. She escaped with minor injuries but her
:08:08. > :08:13.mother had horrific injuries. She had suffered 95% burns to her body
:08:14. > :08:17.and she was taken to hospital by helicopter but died a few days later
:08:18. > :08:21.from those burns. Today, Stephen Archer was found guilty of her
:08:22. > :08:26.murder but not guilty of a second charge of arson with intent to
:08:27. > :08:30.endanger the life of her daughter. What was the Julie told about the
:08:31. > :08:36.family row that led to this? They were told the attack was a result of
:08:37. > :08:38.growing hostility towards his sister Julie and another sister, Gillian,
:08:39. > :08:43.after their father became ill and died. While in a care home, her
:08:44. > :08:46.father had had regular contact with his two daughters but said he did
:08:47. > :08:52.not want to see Stephen and when he died left everything to the doctors.
:08:53. > :08:55.Stephen accused both his sisters of poisoning their father. After the
:08:56. > :09:01.petrol bombing, the court heard that Julie managed to tell a nursing
:09:02. > :09:04.sister at hospital, my brother did it, he has been threatening to kill
:09:05. > :09:07.me and my sister for three weeks into our dad died. Stephen Archer
:09:08. > :09:09.will be back in court tomorrow where he will be sentenced for this
:09:10. > :09:13.murder. Steve Rotheram, Labour's candidate
:09:14. > :09:15.to become Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City region,
:09:16. > :09:16.launched his manifesto today. He highlighted raising standards
:09:17. > :09:29.in education as a key priority He also pledged to create degree
:09:30. > :09:31.level apprenticeships to address the region's skill shortages.
:09:32. > :09:33.If you're a young person, obviously education
:09:34. > :09:35.is probably the main thing for you
:09:36. > :09:37.as you're going through school, but job
:09:38. > :09:39.opportunities and raising the aspirations of individuals is the
:09:40. > :09:42.way forward really so that we can get young people into university
:09:43. > :09:44.but also to get them the chance for gold-standard apprenticeships
:09:45. > :09:59.which is another route that people can go into.
:10:00. > :10:04.We have been covering all the manifestos and a full list of
:10:05. > :10:06.candidates can be found online. Children are being put
:10:07. > :10:08.at risk of sexual abuse because Greater Manchester Police
:10:09. > :10:10.are taking too long to examine computers seized
:10:11. > :10:15.from suspected paedophiles. That's one of the findings of a
:10:16. > :10:26.report today by the MP Ann Coffey. The number of child sex offences
:10:27. > :10:28.reported to police has more than quadrupled
:10:29. > :10:30.in the last three years. but first here's our social
:10:31. > :10:34.affairs correspondent Clare Fallon. When this woman went to police
:10:35. > :10:37.to say her 13-year-old daughter was being groomed
:10:38. > :10:39.by a man in his 30s, she hoped and expected
:10:40. > :10:41.the response would be quick. She had evidence on her daughter's
:10:42. > :10:44.mobile phone and tablet, The 2012 Rochdale criminal trial,
:10:45. > :10:50.Greater Manchester Police said, things have changed,
:10:51. > :10:53.we've learned lessons, we're believing victims now,
:10:54. > :10:56.but you went It wasn't that they didn't believe
:10:57. > :11:03.us, I think they just didn't have the funding to investigate
:11:04. > :11:07.the tablet and the telephone. I think it was basically
:11:08. > :11:11.in a room with thousands of others It was like, well, you'll have
:11:12. > :11:17.to just wait your turn. According to a report out today
:11:18. > :11:21.on the sexual exploitation of children in Greater Manchester,
:11:22. > :11:25.even though things are improving, in some cases, it's taking
:11:26. > :11:29.five months for police to examine In those five months,
:11:30. > :11:36.how many more children could potentially be
:11:37. > :11:40.groomed and abused? In the time it took police to check
:11:41. > :11:45.the phone and tablet, the man who groomed this
:11:46. > :11:48.woman's daughter had I feel absolutely
:11:49. > :11:56.horrified that because of the no action at the beginning that
:11:57. > :12:00.another child was groomed. On occasion, I accept
:12:01. > :12:03.that there will have been times that computers
:12:04. > :12:06.and tablets should have been We've made our triage system process
:12:07. > :12:11.much more robust now which reduces the chance
:12:12. > :12:13.of that from happening. We've invested in that
:12:14. > :12:15.department which has brought those backlogs down but we've
:12:16. > :12:18.still got more today. It's been almost five years
:12:19. > :12:21.since these men were jailed for grooming and abusing girls
:12:22. > :12:25.in the Rochdale area. The case raised questions for those
:12:26. > :12:29.meant to protect children. the MP Anne Coffey
:12:30. > :12:34.has reported back on the issue. Her latest report says there have
:12:35. > :12:37.been big improvements. But it describes the scale
:12:38. > :12:42.of online abuse as a tsunami. This is something that only
:12:43. > :12:45.going to get worse really, because the way that the Internet
:12:46. > :12:48.is so advanced now and, you know, kids are WhatsApping
:12:49. > :12:51.and they don't know The Stockport MP Ann Coffey
:12:52. > :13:10.wrote this report. Thank you very much for your time
:13:11. > :13:13.this evening. The number of paedophiles in greater Manchester
:13:14. > :13:19.has doubled in three years, not literally though, surely? I think
:13:20. > :13:25.what's my report says, that the number of reported sexual offences
:13:26. > :13:29.against children, child sexual exploitation, and suspected
:13:30. > :13:33.paedophiles and people who have offended has increased and the
:13:34. > :13:37.reason for this has been an increasing awareness of what child
:13:38. > :13:42.sexual exploitation looks like by the police. So we are reporting it
:13:43. > :13:46.better and finding them better? We are more aware of it. Part of the
:13:47. > :13:50.problem has been that in the past victims were blamed for their own
:13:51. > :13:54.exploitation. They were told they were making lifestyle choices and
:13:55. > :13:57.therefore were reluctant to report the sexual abuse against them
:13:58. > :14:03.because they felt they wouldn't be believed. I think that has changed
:14:04. > :14:06.and the evidence of that is the increased reporting of child sexual
:14:07. > :14:10.exploitation. Although the headline to this is a little bit alarming, to
:14:11. > :14:16.say the least, actually you could construe this as a positive story in
:14:17. > :14:21.a sense, but we are more aware of this and more ready to tackle this
:14:22. > :14:25.problem. It is a positive story because more children are being
:14:26. > :14:29.identified of being at risk of child sexual exportation which means you
:14:30. > :14:33.can get in there and stop it happening which is very, very
:14:34. > :14:37.important because, as we know, victims spend all their lives being
:14:38. > :14:44.traumatised by the sexual abuse that has happened to them. To prevent
:14:45. > :14:49.sexual abuse is critical and understanding of that in greater
:14:50. > :14:53.Manchester, I believe is having a positive influence in preventing
:14:54. > :14:57.children being exploiting. The case we just heard of a delay that
:14:58. > :15:02.enabled the paedophile to stay as large and to abuse somebody else is
:15:03. > :15:07.clearly nothing positive. Have the police got the resources that they
:15:08. > :15:10.need to tackle this? The face of crime is changing. More fraud is
:15:11. > :15:15.being committed online and this is a serious resource issue for police
:15:16. > :15:20.forces who need skilled staff and funding into their digital
:15:21. > :15:24.investigation unit because it is absolutely critical that predators
:15:25. > :15:29.who are trying to contact children online, as soon as that activity is
:15:30. > :15:32.identified, their computers are seized, forensic evidence is taken
:15:33. > :15:35.from their computers, they are prosecuted and taken off the
:15:36. > :15:40.streets. That makes other children safer. So it is really, really
:15:41. > :15:44.important that the police have the resources and the staff to deal with
:15:45. > :15:49.the tsunami of online sexual grooming that is happening.
:15:50. > :15:53.Presumably, in a word, the recommended advice to a youngster or
:15:54. > :15:59.a parent who is concerned is, tell somebody, reported to the police.
:16:00. > :16:02.Tell somebody, anybody. But another important aspect of it is the work
:16:03. > :16:05.that is being done in schools because it is important that young
:16:06. > :16:08.people and children themselves understand when they are being
:16:09. > :16:12.groomed so that they disrupt the activity before they are enticed
:16:13. > :16:14.into sexual abuse. Thank you very much for your time this evening. We
:16:15. > :16:17.are grateful to you. The owner of the Cumbrian zoo
:16:18. > :16:19.where nearly 500 animals died in three years has today lodged
:16:20. > :16:22.an appeal against its closure. David Gill is also appealing
:16:23. > :16:24.against Barrow Council's refusal to renew his licence to run
:16:25. > :16:27.the South Lakes Safari Zoo. The news came as the company
:16:28. > :16:30.which wants to take over gave our reporter Yunus Mulla
:16:31. > :16:45.exclusive access to the zoo. A baby giraffe, the latest
:16:46. > :16:50.attraction at South Lakes Safari zoo. This is what the troubled zoo
:16:51. > :16:54.wants us all to see. You can see everything we've done, and the
:16:55. > :16:57.improvements. We have been here for 11 weeks which is not long, but we
:16:58. > :17:04.have made dramatic changes. Nearly 500 animals have died in five years.
:17:05. > :17:08.This emaciated kangaroo is just one example. Inspectors said there was
:17:09. > :17:12.uncontrolled breeding, per veterinary care and overcrowding and
:17:13. > :17:17.the owner, David Gill, was heavily criticised. Here in the aviary, like
:17:18. > :17:22.elsewhere, work has been done to improve conditions. A complete
:17:23. > :17:28.revamp of the whole zoo and the welfare of the animals. We have made
:17:29. > :17:34.a very good start on that already. Last month, a closure noticed was
:17:35. > :17:39.given and a fresh licence refused. Gill said this was to allow the zoo
:17:40. > :17:43.to remain open and he was not interested in running it. Today, he
:17:44. > :17:47.appealed against the decisions made by the local authority that would
:17:48. > :17:53.effectively keep the zoo open beyond next week's closure deadline. The
:17:54. > :17:57.zoo will stay open until the appeal is disposed of. The first hearing is
:17:58. > :18:02.likely to be late April, early May. That will be a timetabling hearing
:18:03. > :18:07.and a substantive hearing, probably in late May depending on timetables
:18:08. > :18:12.and availability. The new company has applied for their own license
:18:13. > :18:21.but one animal rights group has questions links between them and the
:18:22. > :18:26.previous owner. We cannot pass animal's lives from one person to
:18:27. > :18:31.another. In 2013, Sarah Maclean was mauled to death by a tiger and the
:18:32. > :18:35.zoo was fined ?500,000 for breaches of health and safety. Jasmine Walker
:18:36. > :18:39.was a friend of the zoo keeper. It has been very hard, but I think we
:18:40. > :18:43.have stuck together. We're working family than a workforce. We have
:18:44. > :18:49.been so close and do so much together. Plans as an advanced age
:18:50. > :18:53.to buy these are outright and the new company insists it has severed
:18:54. > :18:57.all links with the current owner. You have been the here and present
:18:58. > :19:01.for another inspections. Do not take personal responsibility for what has
:19:02. > :19:05.happened here in the past? I have never claimed to be an animal
:19:06. > :19:09.manager. And I don't claim to be. But what I do claim to be is
:19:10. > :19:12.passionate about this place, passionate about the staff,
:19:13. > :19:16.passionate about the animals that are here. They may be passionate
:19:17. > :19:21.about the zoo and the animals, but ultimately, the decision on its
:19:22. > :19:25.future will not be destiny. -- veers to make.
:19:26. > :19:28.Richard joins us on the sofa now to look ahead to tonight's
:19:29. > :19:30.European football and it's Manchester City Women
:19:31. > :19:33.Yes, while the men couldn't make it beyond the last 16,
:19:34. > :19:36.Nick Cushing's side have one foot in the final four
:19:37. > :19:39.heading into the second leg of their quarter final tonight.
:19:40. > :19:41.They go into the game at the Etihad Campus
:19:42. > :19:45.with a 1-0 lead over Danish club Fortuna Hyorring thanks
:19:46. > :19:47.to this goal from Carli Lloyd in last week's away leg.
:19:48. > :19:51.Tonight they hope to both progress and impress.
:19:52. > :19:54.What we wanted to achieve we started this off was to become a really
:19:55. > :19:57.exciting team to watch and a team that definitely the
:19:58. > :20:00.Manchester City fans can be proud of but also England can be proud of.
:20:01. > :20:03.You know, we're well aware that there is a perception that
:20:04. > :20:06.women's football may be not that good to watch and we just want
:20:07. > :20:08.to try to challenge that perception and show that
:20:09. > :20:10.we can play with a real high intensity.
:20:11. > :20:13.We can play with real quality and actually people really
:20:14. > :20:19.Fifa has opened proceedings against Neil Taylor,
:20:20. > :20:21.who broke the leg of Everton's Seamus Coleman
:20:22. > :20:23.in a World Cup qualifying match last Friday.
:20:24. > :20:25.Coleman, who was playing for the Republic of Ireland,
:20:26. > :20:28.was taken off on a stretcher following a tackle
:20:29. > :20:32.He had to have surgery on a double break.
:20:33. > :20:38.Taylor could have his one-game ban extended by Fifa.
:20:39. > :20:41.Now at this time of year the big teams are usually jockeying
:20:42. > :20:42.for position at the top of Super League.
:20:43. > :20:45.But one of the usual suspects is fighting
:20:46. > :20:48.quite a different battle at the moment.
:20:49. > :20:52.Warrington Wolves are rock bottom after losing all six matches so far.
:20:53. > :20:54.They go into their match against Hull FC on Saturday
:20:55. > :20:59.And as I found out at their training ground,
:21:00. > :21:06.they are determined to do just that.
:21:07. > :21:15.Last season, Warrington Wolves had that winning habit. And a trophy is
:21:16. > :21:19.lifted! The shield and two finals confirms them as one of Super
:21:20. > :21:24.league's strongest sides but this season, Champagne moments have been
:21:25. > :21:28.few and far between. It's been pretty hard for us all. When you
:21:29. > :21:32.don't make those, as it's frustrating and disappointment can
:21:33. > :21:37.creep into it. There is a lot of psychology involved when form isn't
:21:38. > :21:41.flowing. Injuries to key players like Stefan Ratchford, seen here
:21:42. > :21:45.making a try last season, and new faces like Kevin Brown who haven't
:21:46. > :21:50.yet hit their straps, have all been talked about as possible factors.
:21:51. > :21:58.But the skipper says the time for talking is over. How confident are
:21:59. > :22:01.you that you will turn it around? It's not even questionable. Not with
:22:02. > :22:05.the lads either. We will take it one game at a time and once we get
:22:06. > :22:12.through it, we will look back at it and see how strong it made us
:22:13. > :22:16.together. You said that you're not concerned about your own position
:22:17. > :22:21.but could that change if you start to lose more matches? None of that
:22:22. > :22:27.is of concern. All cultures can do is their best and that is down to
:22:28. > :22:31.other people's decisions, but at our club, they see big picture stuff.
:22:32. > :22:35.They're not a reactionary club. They understand what we have achieved,
:22:36. > :22:40.what we are achieving, what we are striving to do. And despite the poor
:22:41. > :22:44.start, Tony Smith says he certainly hasn't given up on finishing the
:22:45. > :22:48.season in another grand final. The sort of steely resolve his team will
:22:49. > :22:51.be aiming to show against Hull FC on Saturday.
:22:52. > :22:53.In tonight's action, Salford Red Devils have the chance
:22:54. > :23:00.to go joint top with a win over St Helens.
:23:01. > :23:04.All the best coverage on BBC radio Manchester and Merseyside.
:23:05. > :23:12.has just started his first nationwide tour.
:23:13. > :23:14.His show is called Made In Britain and hits Manchester
:23:15. > :23:18.Before that, Tez has taken Graham Liver on tour
:23:19. > :23:22.of his hometown highlights, including his old school,
:23:23. > :23:30.his favourite chippy and the swing park.
:23:31. > :23:32.I'm aware, I'm more than fully aware,
:23:33. > :23:37.an overenthusiastic Apprentice candidate than a stand-up comedian.
:23:38. > :23:40.So we start in Corporation Park here in Blackburn, a place I imagine you
:23:41. > :23:50.I mean, I was always the class clown at school and I was always
:23:51. > :23:52.cracking jokes and trying to make people laugh.
:23:53. > :23:55.I am Muslim as well so I've got all of that going on...
:23:56. > :24:00.Well, I'm going to take you to your school now.
:24:01. > :24:07.Here we are, Witton Park Academy, Blackburn.
:24:08. > :24:19.I remember this one class where the teacher told me to stop
:24:20. > :24:25.So I wrote luck my hand here and then I started
:24:26. > :24:29.They're talking about a black James Bond now.
:24:30. > :24:34.So why can't we have an Asian guy in the lead role of Doctor Who
:24:35. > :24:37.and I said this to my best friend and I said, hey, best friend, OK...
:24:38. > :24:47.This is a sport that we used to go to for food,
:24:48. > :24:52.So you're in the middle of your first nationwide tour.
:24:53. > :24:56.What kind of themes do you talk about?
:24:57. > :24:59.So, I was born in Blackburn, raised in Witton, but
:25:00. > :25:04.because of virtue of my background, I have a lot of experiences that
:25:05. > :25:08.aren't typically mainstream British experiences.
:25:09. > :25:11.I mean, you don't see them on Songs Of Praise and that,
:25:12. > :25:13.so I thought, well, a lot of it is quite funny.
:25:14. > :25:16.A lot of it is quite interesting is what I've written it
:25:17. > :25:18.into a show that I hope people will...
:25:19. > :25:21.Well, people have been enjoying and I hope the people of Blackburn
:25:22. > :25:22.will really like it as well.
:25:23. > :25:34.Quite a character, isn't he? Did you notice when they went into
:25:35. > :25:39.that swing park, it said nobody over the age of 12!
:25:40. > :25:45.Graham is happy with any opportunity to go on the swings. But how the
:25:46. > :25:48.weather looking? Improving all the time. It has been
:25:49. > :25:52.a bit of a wet start to the day. Lots of heavy rain around through
:25:53. > :25:56.this afternoon, lots of cloud around as well. Some bright spells but we
:25:57. > :26:01.saw temperatures well above average. 17 degrees in Nantwich in Cheshire.
:26:02. > :26:05.This is three or 4 degrees above what the temperature should be for
:26:06. > :26:08.this time of the year. But have a look at this, as we head into Friday
:26:09. > :26:12.and Saturday, we will see B temperatures falling away so for
:26:13. > :26:16.tonight, we are going to see some more rain for a time. That could be
:26:17. > :26:20.heavy across parts of Cumbria and Lancashire. Lots of cloud around
:26:21. > :26:24.overnight as well and temperatures still in double figures. The laws of
:26:25. > :26:31.ten or 12 degrees even so another mild night on offer for you.
:26:32. > :26:34.Tomorrow, we are expecting sunny spells in the afternoon, but it's
:26:35. > :26:38.going to be a damp start to the day. Lots of cloud around first thing and
:26:39. > :26:41.the showers merging to bring you longer spells of rain and lots of
:26:42. > :26:45.cloud through the afternoon for a time but look at this, the brisk
:26:46. > :26:48.south-westerly breeze hopefully blowing away a lot of the showers
:26:49. > :26:53.through the afternoon saw some bright spells at the end of the day.
:26:54. > :26:58.Yes, a little bit breezy, a little bit cooler and fresher as well
:26:59. > :27:07.compared to today. Expects the top temperature of 14 or 15 degrees
:27:08. > :27:10.tomorrow. Tomorrow night, clear skies for a time. Maybe spits and
:27:11. > :27:14.spots of rain here and there. Temperatures tomorrow, Dell into
:27:15. > :27:17.single figures and as we move from low pressure into high-pressure on
:27:18. > :27:21.Sunday, Sunday would be better day of the weekend but the temperatures
:27:22. > :27:27.are just about in double figures. Those are good for this time of
:27:28. > :27:33.year. Really, really good. Especially in Cheshire today, 17
:27:34. > :27:39.degrees! What I appreciate, good for this time of year!
:27:40. > :27:53.I'll be back at half past ten. Hope you can join as then. Goodbye.
:27:54. > :28:07.For full sets and more from the weekend,
:28:08. > :28:37.where my guests will be the fantastic Holly Willoughby,
:28:38. > :28:44...Lulu... # We-e-e-e-e-e-e-ell...! #
:28:45. > :28:48...and the brilliant Kaiser Chiefs. SHE SNIGGERS