17/04/2017 North West Tonight

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have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a man in Manchester.

and potentially life-threatening condition in hospital.

Police were called to Chinley Avenue in Moston, on Saturday night,

where he was found unconscious and bleeding in the street.

Survivors of child sexual exploitation have launched

An investigation is under way after a man was attacked with an axe. He

is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Survivors of child sexual exploitation have launched

a new powerful campaign to tackle what they say is a growing threat.

Digital billboards carrying their message have

The group of young women behind the campaign

want to use their own experiences to encourage victims to speak out.

without you even knowing it is happening.

What needs to be changed is the way that people

keep it a secret and talk about it behind closed doors.

Survivors of abuse who have waived their right to anonymity

to put their names and faces behind a new campaign.

From today, these digital billboards have appeared across Manchester.

We have first-hand experience of the dark side of CSE,

where it can go wrong, where you can be left behind.

I think that we have something very important to say.

Yeah, there's a lack of conversation.

People need to come together and speak about it more,

Reign is one of a number of campaigns run by Reclaim,

a charity that promotes the voices of young, working-class people.

So often when people talk about victims,

they'll immediately be given pity

and people forget that they are resilient,

they are strong, they have come through things,

and that they don't want to be defined by the abuse.

and then they've got on with their lives.

These billboards are just the beginning.

The plan is to take the message into schools

and directly to public bodies through a series of workshops.

and I do think that children are being let down,

and that's why, with Reign, we want to create these workshops

that can educate professionals so that children aren't let down.

These survivors want to put an end to that.

Anti-fracking campaigners say they're furious a High Court judge

has blocked a legal challenge over Cuadrilla's plans

to carry out drilling at a second site in Lancashire.

A second public inquiry into plans for Roseacre Wood

is due to be held next April, after the first one ruled

against fracking over concerns about traffic safety.

A judge has refused a local resident permission to challenge the decision

a small film made in Liverpool became a big hit.

Letter To Brezhnev was about two friends more pre-occupied

Despite costing less than ?500,000 to film,

it became one of the best-loved movies of the '80s.

Now the cast is being reunited, as Colin Paterson reports.

The director and one of the stars of Letter To Brezhnev,

Talk about Roman hands and Russian fingers!

It was the tiny film from Liverpool which travelled the world.

It told the simple tale of a pair of two local girls

spending the night with two Russian sailors...

..set against the political backdrop of the time.

We were sick, I think, of seeing the way the city was portrayed,

At that point in time, it was almost dead, you know?

We had no industry, it had all been closed down.

The river, there were no longer ships on the river.

And from a Letter To Brezhnev, it gave us a film industry.

Now the cast are reuniting for the first time in more than

30 years for a special screening at Fact in Liverpool tomorrow,

Sport now and some crucial matches in the football league today,

Blackburn Rovers came from behind to earn a crucial draw

against fellow strugglers Bristol City.

Sam Gallagher's goal ensures Rovers, who remain in the relegation zone,

are still two points from safety with two to play.

Wigan lost 2-1 at promoted Brighton and remain seond from bottom

and Preston North End lost 3-1 at home to Norwich.

In League One, Oldham lost 1-0 at Bristol Rovers,

while Fleetwood are now just one point behind Bolton

in that second automatic promotion place

after Ben Davis scored their winner against Millwall.

In League Two, Blackpool moved into a playoff place

after their 1-0 win at Doncaster Rovers.

Accrington Stanley beat Crawley 1-0,

and Morecambe drew 1-1 with Colchester.

Rugby league, and in the Super League today,

champions Wigan edged a scrappy game against Wakefield,

with Liam Marshall's late try pulling them clear.

Warrington's resurgence continued with victory against Huddersfield,

and St Helens inflicted a rare defeat on league leaders Castleford.

But Leigh were beaten by Hull FC and Widnes lost at Leeds.

In the late kick off, Salford are losing 20-6

Onto cricket, and Lancashire's County Championship match at Surrey

After the home side were made to follow on,

their batsmen frustrated Lancashire's bowlers,

and they ended the final day on 323 for 3.

We promised you a mixed weekend, that is what we got. Good evening.

Every picture tells a story, and this is the story, frost will

descend overnight. Largely clear skies as the sun has come out in the

last two hours. Towns and cities will be around two degrees, you see

that pool of blue descending across the country, so it will be quite a

countryside, even -2 -3. Add to that countryside, even -2 -3. Add to that

it will feel quite chilly first thing tomorrow. That aside, when the

sun comes up, and it comes up very early now, it will start to work its

magic. The chill will go out of the day by 10am. It is dry and fine

weather all the way through, good spells of sunshine and a relatively

light breeze. Highs of ten or 11 degrees.

It gets nice as we go back to work! We're back with the late news

from around 10:40pm.