23/01/2017 North West Tonight

The Prime Minister was in the North West today

She was launching a new industrial strategy offering support

to businesses, including more than ?300 million here as part

But critics are questioning whether that's enough.

Our political editor Nina Warhurst reports.

The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary

My question is, is this very public visit to the North West anything

Investment that will bring jobs is part of our industrial strategy,

ensuring the economy is working across the whole country

and that we are seeing investment leading to a higher wage,

higher productivity, higher skills economy.

But what is new today that will translate to jobs

The investment that has been put into the North West will translate

into jobs for families, but the industrial strategy

we are launching today - and we'll be consulting

with businesses on this because we want to ensure

that we get this right - is about the long-term.

A few miles north, the Burns brothers have been making filters

They'd like to see less talk and more cash.

I think investing in the likes of ourselves, manufacturing,

is the way to go, not sharing it with other people, but investing

in the people that are doing good manufacturing at the moment.

By coming to the North West to launch her big industrial

strategy, the Prime Minister was making a statement.

She was saying, I don't just care about the South East, I care

But had she come here to Orford on the other side

of Warrington, she might have had a very different reception.

Nothing round here for teenagers or early 20s, apprentices,

Labour have been quick to criticise the new industrial strategy,

asking how can we create jobs for the next education

Let's not forget that 40% has been cut from the adult skills business.

We've had a rehash of the local funding formula for primary

and secondary schools and in Salford, for example,

we are looking at losing ?309 per pupil head.

This was a short and public visit from a Prime Minister known

It might be a while before we see what impact the industrial

As Nina mentioned, today's raft of announcements included more

details on where ?300 million of Northern Powerhouse money will be

Ian Haslam's been looking at the details.

Yes, as you say the Government's been giving more details

on where ?300 million of Northern Powerhouse money will be

The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership secured ?70 million

of funding to support a range of major projects,

and a chunk of that - around ?20 million -

will be spent on revamping Blackpool's Winter Gardens.

It's part of a bid to bring the major political conferences

This is how the new complex would look, it'd be a conference

centre and hotel that could host around 7,000 delegates.

People have better facilities to offer and this is why it is so key

that we do build a new conference centre and likeable because we'd

love to welcome them back. This investment will bring a little bit

of style and I hope it will make many people feel that little bit

better about their town. The Government's also announced

today it's investing a further 72 million

in the Liverpool city region. It says the money could

help to create thousands of jobs and attract more private investment

over the next five years - points further outlined

by the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, who was in the region today

on a visit to Wirral Metropolitan I think that with the announcements

we've seen that the ?72 million combined with the 217 million that

was already allocated will generate some 15,000 new jobs, 10,000 new

homes, thousands of investment in new companies and that is great to

see. The Prime Minister says the cash

injection is all about "driving Labour though says it's too little,

too late, which "pales into insignificance" when set

against recent central Government A man - whose 20-year-old son was

shot dead in a Greater Manchester takeaway nine years ago -

is supporting a campaign to raise Halton McCollin died as he ran

from a gunman in Stretford in 2008. His killer has never been caught -

despite a ?50,000 For every weapon removed off

the streets is a possible life saved or some devastation saved a family

from going through. You should be able to walk wherever

you please without the fear of someone having a gun that's

going to shoot you. Police say a huge convoy

of their vehicles through Liverpool last night was an "extensive

disruption plan" targeting those The show of force was seen

in the city centre, Labour's candidate to be

the first Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region has

launched his campaign. Walton MP Steve Rotheram has pledged

to improve apprenticeships for young people reduce the cost of the Mersey

tunnel tolls for local residents and work with Liverpool's elected

mayor Joe Anderson to gain more The important thing now is for us

six districts and the metro mayor to be going to Westminster

to wrestle those additional powers that really mean we can do great

things for the people Steve Rotheram is one of four

candidates announced for the May election alongside

Conservative Tony Caldeira, Liberal Democrat Carl Cashman

and Tom Crone of the Green Party. Ukip haven't announced

a candidate yet. This summer Liverpool's Catholic

Cathedral celebrates Paddy's Wigwam, as it's

affectionately known, was consecrated at Whitsuntide

in 1967. The cathedral authorities

are planning a series of events Our Merseyside reporter, Andy Gill,

looks back at its history. It's an unmistakeable part

of the Liverpool skyline, as modern-looking now as it was half

a century ago, inside In a sense, because of the nature

of this building and its modernity, it's nice to remind people that

actually it's now 50 years and it's Once the design was approved, it

took less than five years to build. On one of the century's most

memorable religious days, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ

the King was open The Prime Minister Harold Wilson

and a host of cardinals and archbishops were at

the consecration in 1967. She's 92 and still a

regular worshipper here. I can remember the Scouts lining

the route up to the ramp. It was all done in five

years from '62 to '67, it was a wonderful experience

that we at last had our own mother In the 1930s, there were plans

for a huge cathedral here. They got as far as building

the crypt designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens,

but after World War II, costs meant For many, though, today's cathedral

is just as imposing. I think it's the glass more

than anything, the atmosphere, Shortly after the opening,

I spent a day here from dawn to dusk just to watch the effects

of the light through all It's needed extensive repairs over

the years, but is part Over the next months

there are special masses, flower shows and concerts

to mark the jubilee. It was very foggy this morning but

not quite as bad as the south had it. Good evening. Ford is definitely

the immediate problem this week. There will be more problems through

the week but it is descending now and it could be around this time

tomorrow night. Through the week, we earmarks Thursday as the cold day

and some temperatures will be around one Celsius. It's about an area of

high pressure that blocks the weather front' s that change the ice

-- isobars and pull in cold air from the continent. There is a yellow

warning for fog, the lowest level, but the fog can cause problems and

will freeze in places and it will be disruption to travel first thing

tomorrow morning. Seven Celsius on the Isle of Man. For the rest of us,

between -2 and two Celsius. BBC local radio will have the latest on

the travel situation tomorrow morning. It may take some time to

clear but there will be decent spells of sunshine working there way

through, apart from the Isle of Man and Cumbria, which has the weather

front that is trying to move down so in North-South divide, temperatures

around six or seven Celsius. We have cloud cover and temperatures are

better. Into Wednesday, the air comes from the continent, much more

in the way of sunshine, not a bad looking day, temperatures once again

not great, seven or eight Celsius. Look at the wind, really strong,

very cold, the temperatures will be cold all the way through, more cloud

cover through Friday and if I leave you with the outlook as we head

towards the weekend, any change is rather slow. It stays cold and

increasingly cloudy. For the weekend we will have dry

weather with sunny spells and it will be a little bit milder.

Good evening. We are continuing to see huge righty in the weather.

Getting the detail right is proving to be a challenge. This was in

Pembrokeshire and other parts of the UK were gloomy throughout the day.

The fog is thickening up right now. Particularly pool on the M5 in

south-west England. Very foggy across parts of the West Country.

This fog is tending to spread its way further eastwards. Some fog as

well across parts of Yorkshire. Northern Ireland and Scotland are

mild but damn. This is how we will start the day. At eight o'clock in

the morning, quite a lot of fog around which could affect the major

airports. What all of us have seen fog. There will be Sunni areas to

western fringes of England and Wales. Across Northern Ireland and

Scotland it is much milder. Some patchy rain around coming in on the

Bruce, particularly over the hills in the West. Much of that will fade

away. It will be relatively mild. For England and Wales, much of the

fog were clear. Some of it will not sell it will be especially chilly.

Quite a contrast in temperatures again. -- so it will be especially

chilly. Despite sunshine, it will be on the chilly side. The fog will

come back again. On Wednesday morning, Central and eastern parts

are particularly prone. Some sunshine will emerge. Rather more

cloud for Northern Ireland and Scotland. Most of the rain will be

held at bay. Still relatively mild. A real edge to that further south

and east. It would be a sign of things to come. On Thursday we will

tap into some particularly cold air sitting over the continent for

several days now. Europe is frozen at the moment. Some of the freezing

cold air will head towards us on a stiffening south-easterly breeze.

Some places will not get above freezing, maybe the odd snow flurry.

Wherever you are, it will feel cold. All

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