:00:12. > :00:15.The Prime Minister was in the North West today
:00:16. > :00:20.She was launching a new industrial strategy offering support
:00:21. > :00:23.to businesses, including more than ?300 million here as part
:00:24. > :00:27.But critics are questioning whether that's enough.
:00:28. > :00:32.Our political editor Nina Warhurst reports.
:00:33. > :00:33.The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary
:00:34. > :00:40.My question is, is this very public visit to the North West anything
:00:41. > :00:48.Investment that will bring jobs is part of our industrial strategy,
:00:49. > :00:51.ensuring the economy is working across the whole country
:00:52. > :00:54.and that we are seeing investment leading to a higher wage,
:00:55. > :00:56.higher productivity, higher skills economy.
:00:57. > :01:02.But what is new today that will translate to jobs
:01:03. > :01:05.The investment that has been put into the North West will translate
:01:06. > :01:07.into jobs for families, but the industrial strategy
:01:08. > :01:09.we are launching today - and we'll be consulting
:01:10. > :01:12.with businesses on this because we want to ensure
:01:13. > :01:19.that we get this right - is about the long-term.
:01:20. > :01:22.A few miles north, the Burns brothers have been making filters
:01:23. > :01:26.They'd like to see less talk and more cash.
:01:27. > :01:35.I think investing in the likes of ourselves, manufacturing,
:01:36. > :01:38.is the way to go, not sharing it with other people, but investing
:01:39. > :01:42.in the people that are doing good manufacturing at the moment.
:01:43. > :01:44.By coming to the North West to launch her big industrial
:01:45. > :01:55.strategy, the Prime Minister was making a statement.
:01:56. > :01:58.She was saying, I don't just care about the South East, I care
:01:59. > :02:02.But had she come here to Orford on the other side
:02:03. > :02:05.of Warrington, she might have had a very different reception.
:02:06. > :02:07.Nothing round here for teenagers or early 20s, apprentices,
:02:08. > :02:11.Labour have been quick to criticise the new industrial strategy,
:02:12. > :02:13.asking how can we create jobs for the next education
:02:14. > :02:18.Let's not forget that 40% has been cut from the adult skills business.
:02:19. > :02:21.We've had a rehash of the local funding formula for primary
:02:22. > :02:23.and secondary schools and in Salford, for example,
:02:24. > :02:30.we are looking at losing ?309 per pupil head.
:02:31. > :02:33.This was a short and public visit from a Prime Minister known
:02:34. > :02:38.It might be a while before we see what impact the industrial
:02:39. > :02:48.As Nina mentioned, today's raft of announcements included more
:02:49. > :02:51.details on where ?300 million of Northern Powerhouse money will be
:02:52. > :02:54.Ian Haslam's been looking at the details.
:02:55. > :03:00.Yes, as you say the Government's been giving more details
:03:01. > :03:02.on where ?300 million of Northern Powerhouse money will be
:03:03. > :03:10.The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership secured ?70 million
:03:11. > :03:14.of funding to support a range of major projects,
:03:15. > :03:16.and a chunk of that - around ?20 million -
:03:17. > :03:21.will be spent on revamping Blackpool's Winter Gardens.
:03:22. > :03:23.It's part of a bid to bring the major political conferences
:03:24. > :03:31.This is how the new complex would look, it'd be a conference
:03:32. > :03:38.centre and hotel that could host around 7,000 delegates.
:03:39. > :03:42.People have better facilities to offer and this is why it is so key
:03:43. > :03:45.that we do build a new conference centre and likeable because we'd
:03:46. > :03:49.love to welcome them back. This investment will bring a little bit
:03:50. > :03:51.of style and I hope it will make many people feel that little bit
:03:52. > :03:55.better about their town. The Government's also announced
:03:56. > :03:58.today it's investing a further 72 million
:03:59. > :04:00.in the Liverpool city region. It says the money could
:04:01. > :04:03.help to create thousands of jobs and attract more private investment
:04:04. > :04:05.over the next five years - points further outlined
:04:06. > :04:07.by the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, who was in the region today
:04:08. > :04:21.on a visit to Wirral Metropolitan I think that with the announcements
:04:22. > :04:26.we've seen that the ?72 million combined with the 217 million that
:04:27. > :04:32.was already allocated will generate some 15,000 new jobs, 10,000 new
:04:33. > :04:33.homes, thousands of investment in new companies and that is great to
:04:34. > :04:34.see. The Prime Minister says the cash
:04:35. > :04:36.injection is all about "driving Labour though says it's too little,
:04:37. > :04:40.too late, which "pales into insignificance" when set
:04:41. > :04:42.against recent central Government A man - whose 20-year-old son was
:04:43. > :04:51.shot dead in a Greater Manchester takeaway nine years ago -
:04:52. > :04:54.is supporting a campaign to raise Halton McCollin died as he ran
:04:55. > :05:02.from a gunman in Stretford in 2008. His killer has never been caught -
:05:03. > :05:04.despite a ?50,000 For every weapon removed off
:05:05. > :05:14.the streets is a possible life saved or some devastation saved a family
:05:15. > :05:16.from going through. You should be able to walk wherever
:05:17. > :05:19.you please without the fear of someone having a gun that's
:05:20. > :05:32.going to shoot you. Police say a huge convoy
:05:33. > :05:34.of their vehicles through Liverpool last night was an "extensive
:05:35. > :05:36.disruption plan" targeting those The show of force was seen
:05:37. > :05:40.in the city centre, Labour's candidate to be
:05:41. > :05:42.the first Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region has
:05:43. > :05:50.launched his campaign. Walton MP Steve Rotheram has pledged
:05:51. > :05:52.to improve apprenticeships for young people reduce the cost of the Mersey
:05:53. > :05:55.tunnel tolls for local residents and work with Liverpool's elected
:05:56. > :05:58.mayor Joe Anderson to gain more The important thing now is for us
:05:59. > :06:07.six districts and the metro mayor to be going to Westminster
:06:08. > :06:10.to wrestle those additional powers that really mean we can do great
:06:11. > :06:12.things for the people Steve Rotheram is one of four
:06:13. > :06:19.candidates announced for the May election alongside
:06:20. > :06:21.Conservative Tony Caldeira, Liberal Democrat Carl Cashman
:06:22. > :06:24.and Tom Crone of the Green Party. Ukip haven't announced
:06:25. > :06:29.a candidate yet. This summer Liverpool's Catholic
:06:30. > :06:31.Cathedral celebrates Paddy's Wigwam, as it's
:06:32. > :06:39.affectionately known, was consecrated at Whitsuntide
:06:40. > :06:40.in 1967. The cathedral authorities
:06:41. > :06:42.are planning a series of events Our Merseyside reporter, Andy Gill,
:06:43. > :06:48.looks back at its history. It's an unmistakeable part
:06:49. > :06:50.of the Liverpool skyline, as modern-looking now as it was half
:06:51. > :06:57.a century ago, inside In a sense, because of the nature
:06:58. > :07:06.of this building and its modernity, it's nice to remind people that
:07:07. > :07:10.actually it's now 50 years and it's Once the design was approved, it
:07:11. > :07:14.took less than five years to build. On one of the century's most
:07:15. > :07:17.memorable religious days, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ
:07:18. > :07:19.the King was open The Prime Minister Harold Wilson
:07:20. > :07:26.and a host of cardinals and archbishops were at
:07:27. > :07:28.the consecration in 1967. She's 92 and still a
:07:29. > :07:35.regular worshipper here. I can remember the Scouts lining
:07:36. > :07:43.the route up to the ramp. It was all done in five
:07:44. > :07:49.years from '62 to '67, it was a wonderful experience
:07:50. > :07:52.that we at last had our own mother In the 1930s, there were plans
:07:53. > :07:59.for a huge cathedral here. They got as far as building
:08:00. > :08:07.the crypt designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens,
:08:08. > :08:10.but after World War II, costs meant For many, though, today's cathedral
:08:11. > :08:14.is just as imposing. I think it's the glass more
:08:15. > :08:22.than anything, the atmosphere, Shortly after the opening,
:08:23. > :08:33.I spent a day here from dawn to dusk just to watch the effects
:08:34. > :08:35.of the light through all It's needed extensive repairs over
:08:36. > :08:40.the years, but is part Over the next months
:08:41. > :08:45.there are special masses, flower shows and concerts
:08:46. > :09:09.to mark the jubilee. It was very foggy this morning but
:09:10. > :09:17.not quite as bad as the south had it. Good evening. Ford is definitely
:09:18. > :09:21.the immediate problem this week. There will be more problems through
:09:22. > :09:28.the week but it is descending now and it could be around this time
:09:29. > :09:32.tomorrow night. Through the week, we earmarks Thursday as the cold day
:09:33. > :09:34.and some temperatures will be around one Celsius. It's about an area of
:09:35. > :09:47.high pressure that blocks the weather front' s that change the ice
:09:48. > :09:51.-- isobars and pull in cold air from the continent. There is a yellow
:09:52. > :09:56.warning for fog, the lowest level, but the fog can cause problems and
:09:57. > :10:01.will freeze in places and it will be disruption to travel first thing
:10:02. > :10:07.tomorrow morning. Seven Celsius on the Isle of Man. For the rest of us,
:10:08. > :10:09.between -2 and two Celsius. BBC local radio will have the latest on
:10:10. > :10:16.the travel situation tomorrow morning. It may take some time to
:10:17. > :10:19.clear but there will be decent spells of sunshine working there way
:10:20. > :10:24.through, apart from the Isle of Man and Cumbria, which has the weather
:10:25. > :10:31.front that is trying to move down so in North-South divide, temperatures
:10:32. > :10:35.around six or seven Celsius. We have cloud cover and temperatures are
:10:36. > :10:39.better. Into Wednesday, the air comes from the continent, much more
:10:40. > :10:45.in the way of sunshine, not a bad looking day, temperatures once again
:10:46. > :10:48.not great, seven or eight Celsius. Look at the wind, really strong,
:10:49. > :10:52.very cold, the temperatures will be cold all the way through, more cloud
:10:53. > :10:55.cover through Friday and if I leave you with the outlook as we head
:10:56. > :10:59.towards the weekend, any change is rather slow. It stays cold and
:11:00. > :11:04.increasingly cloudy. For the weekend we will have dry
:11:05. > :11:09.weather with sunny spells and it will be a little bit milder.
:11:10. > :11:17.Good evening. We are continuing to see huge righty in the weather.
:11:18. > :11:24.Getting the detail right is proving to be a challenge. This was in
:11:25. > :11:30.Pembrokeshire and other parts of the UK were gloomy throughout the day.
:11:31. > :11:37.The fog is thickening up right now. Particularly pool on the M5 in
:11:38. > :11:43.south-west England. Very foggy across parts of the West Country.
:11:44. > :11:48.This fog is tending to spread its way further eastwards. Some fog as
:11:49. > :11:54.well across parts of Yorkshire. Northern Ireland and Scotland are
:11:55. > :11:57.mild but damn. This is how we will start the day. At eight o'clock in
:11:58. > :12:02.the morning, quite a lot of fog around which could affect the major
:12:03. > :12:08.airports. What all of us have seen fog. There will be Sunni areas to
:12:09. > :12:13.western fringes of England and Wales. Across Northern Ireland and
:12:14. > :12:17.Scotland it is much milder. Some patchy rain around coming in on the
:12:18. > :12:24.Bruce, particularly over the hills in the West. Much of that will fade
:12:25. > :12:28.away. It will be relatively mild. For England and Wales, much of the
:12:29. > :12:31.fog were clear. Some of it will not sell it will be especially chilly.
:12:32. > :12:39.Quite a contrast in temperatures again. -- so it will be especially
:12:40. > :12:44.chilly. Despite sunshine, it will be on the chilly side. The fog will
:12:45. > :12:49.come back again. On Wednesday morning, Central and eastern parts
:12:50. > :12:52.are particularly prone. Some sunshine will emerge. Rather more
:12:53. > :12:58.cloud for Northern Ireland and Scotland. Most of the rain will be
:12:59. > :13:03.held at bay. Still relatively mild. A real edge to that further south
:13:04. > :13:08.and east. It would be a sign of things to come. On Thursday we will
:13:09. > :13:13.tap into some particularly cold air sitting over the continent for
:13:14. > :13:18.several days now. Europe is frozen at the moment. Some of the freezing
:13:19. > :13:24.cold air will head towards us on a stiffening south-easterly breeze.
:13:25. > :13:29.Some places will not get above freezing, maybe the odd snow flurry.
:13:30. > :13:39.Wherever you are, it will feel cold. All
:13:40. > :13:57.The FA Cup fourth round, next weekend, across the BBC.