:00:14. > :00:17.The lead author of the influential Hillsborough Independent Panel
:00:18. > :00:20.report says he has refused a New Year's Honour.
:00:21. > :00:24.Professor Phil Scraton says he has rejected an OBE
:00:25. > :00:27.because of the failure of successive Governments to help Hillsborough
:00:28. > :00:32.In a statement, the author and academic says he realises it may
:00:33. > :00:38.Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a father of two
:00:39. > :00:40.in Liverpool earlier this year have arrested a man on
:00:41. > :00:45.Mark Hillman was found with gunshot wounds on Lloyd Close
:00:46. > :00:50.A 22-year-old man from Kirkby is being questioned
:00:51. > :00:55.by officers from the force's Serious Organised Crime unit.
:00:56. > :00:58.A 34-year-old woman has been charged with murder after the death
:00:59. > :01:03.of a 29-year-old man at a house in St Helens earlier this week.
:01:04. > :01:07.Police were called to the address on Cross Farm Road at twenty past
:01:08. > :01:13.Mireslaw Kowalczuk died in an ambulance en route to hospital.
:01:14. > :01:16.A postmortem examination found Mr Kowalczuk was killed by a single
:01:17. > :01:22.Karolina Rutkowska of Cross Farm Road will appear before
:01:23. > :01:30.BAE Systems says it plans to take on over 550 apprentices next year.
:01:31. > :01:33.300 will work on the two submarine programmes at Barrow-in-Furness.
:01:34. > :01:36.The defence giant's building new Dreadnought class
:01:37. > :01:42.and maintaining four Astute class submarines.
:01:43. > :01:45.Greater Manchester Police have held an event to improve
:01:46. > :01:48.the safety of horse riders on the region's roads.
:01:49. > :01:51.Riders and motorists were given advice and a tour of the force's
:01:52. > :01:56.mounted unit to encourage them to share the roads responsibly.
:01:57. > :01:59.It was organised following a rise in the number of road accidents
:02:00. > :02:07.Horses, riders are being put in dangerous situations.
:02:08. > :02:10.Sometimes through their own fault, so that's why we
:02:11. > :02:15.are here, to educate riders and make sure they are looking after
:02:16. > :02:17.themselves and putting themselves in the right position
:02:18. > :02:20.and doing the right things, but also for motorists.
:02:21. > :02:23.Football now and Morecambe manager Jim Bentley has confirmed
:02:24. > :02:26.that the club is under a transfer embargo.
:02:27. > :02:28.It follows a period of great uncertainty behind the scenes
:02:29. > :02:31.at the Globe Arena since the takeover in September by
:02:32. > :02:39.Last week, directors at the club criticised Mr Lemos for failing
:02:40. > :02:46.In the Christmas holidays it's more important than ever to help young
:02:47. > :02:52.Wigan Youth Zone takes over when schools close aiming
:02:53. > :02:55.to provide somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk
:02:56. > :02:59.to and is making a huge impact on the young members
:03:00. > :03:08.To me, the Youth Zone means a family and somewhere to go.
:03:09. > :03:11.A place where people can be free and make friends
:03:12. > :03:19.Since he became one of the 6000 members of Wigan Youth Zone,
:03:20. > :03:23.he's throwing himself into the centre's enterprise group,
:03:24. > :03:27.set up two small businesses and found the confidence
:03:28. > :03:31.For Sean, inspiration came in the centre's
:03:32. > :03:37.The 19-year-old was struggling with a variety of problems
:03:38. > :03:41.Since coming here, I've come out of my shell a bit.
:03:42. > :03:45.I started writing new songs, on two songs which I filmed music
:03:46. > :03:49.videos for and have been put up on the Wigan Youth
:03:50. > :03:57.Sport plays a central role in Wigan Youth Zone, too.
:03:58. > :04:00.There's a gym equipped with kit from the London
:04:01. > :04:02.2012 athlete's village, a sports hall which hosts
:04:03. > :04:05.all sorts of activities, a climbing wall, a boxing gym,
:04:06. > :04:11.Once local athlete Jenny Meadows retired from competing,
:04:12. > :04:16.It's ready important that we do keep active.
:04:17. > :04:20.Obviously we are an under active nation at the moment so it's great
:04:21. > :04:23.that sport and physical activity still has a presence here.
:04:24. > :04:27.The centre was founded with ?6 million from local
:04:28. > :04:31.businessmen Dave Whelan and Martin and Bill Ainscott, but it costs
:04:32. > :04:36.The benefits, though, run deep with school attendance up
:04:37. > :04:41.We have prevented them from entering the criminal justice system.
:04:42. > :04:44.That is down to the engagement of the staff here, there's
:04:45. > :04:47.For these young people, it's truly an opportunity
:04:48. > :04:57.Becky Barr, BBC North West Tonight, Wigan.
:04:58. > :05:02.Let us get a quick check on the weather. Diane, yesterday we were
:05:03. > :05:07.scraping cars by the time we left the office, were we? Yes, and you
:05:08. > :05:12.probably won't have to do that tomorrow morning because in the next
:05:13. > :05:17.24 hours it is milder. This morning, that was the picture this morning.
:05:18. > :05:23.We have a lot of cloud cover. Many places in the north-west are still
:05:24. > :05:29.at BellSouth is right now. Over the next 24 hours, milder and cloudier
:05:30. > :05:32.but it does not last for very long. By New Year's day the air will be
:05:33. > :05:35.Colin Doyle over again and many places will the temperatures of
:05:36. > :05:48.around two Celsius by the time we get to the day. -- the air will be
:05:49. > :05:53.hold all over again. You might just get a zero here and there. In the
:05:54. > :05:57.tomorrow and it is all about that cloud cover. A great start to the
:05:58. > :06:01.day and a gloomy one. Over the tops of the health disability will not be
:06:02. > :06:10.brilliant. Three afternoon when two small spots of drizzle coming in,.
:06:11. > :06:17.-- over the tops of the hills, visibility will not be brilliant.
:06:18. > :06:22.With the arrival of this weather front, a lot colder for New Year's
:06:23. > :06:28.day. Thank you very much. That is it for us for now. We will be back in
:06:29. > :06:40.the morning with your regional news and weather.
:06:41. > :06:47.Hello. Fold and frost has been a feature of the weather in recent
:06:48. > :06:48.mornings in England and Wales, producing a wintry scene with Frost
:06:49. > :06:50.in Oxfordshire this