:00:12. > :00:15.Police have charged a man with the murder of a former
:00:16. > :00:17.Liverpool student on a backpacking holiday in Goa.
:00:18. > :00:20.Danielle McLaughlin's body was discovered
:00:21. > :00:24.It's feared the 28-year-old was sexually assaulted.
:00:25. > :00:26.Danielle studied at Liverpool John Moores University and worked
:00:27. > :00:30.in a pub at the Albert Dock before going travelling.
:00:31. > :00:32.Our Merseyside reporter, Andy Gill, joins us from Liverpool now.
:00:33. > :00:37.Andy, what more do we know tonight about the police investigation?
:00:38. > :00:43.Abbie more details are emerging tonight.
:00:44. > :00:54.A local police chief has said that a man named Vikas Bhagat had been
:00:55. > :00:56.arrested and charged in connection with the murder.
:00:57. > :00:59.Her body was found in a remote area near a beach yesterday morning.
:01:00. > :01:02.Police in Goa also say a post mortem has been carried
:01:03. > :01:03.out on Danielle's body, though they've not
:01:04. > :01:06.We also know a little more tonight about Danielle.
:01:07. > :01:08.She was the eldest of five daughters.
:01:09. > :01:10.She travelled in Australia after working here in Liverpool.
:01:11. > :01:13.And returned home to Ireland before travelling again to India.
:01:14. > :01:15.Tonight, her family and friends are grieving on both
:01:16. > :01:22.Friends say Danielle McLaughlin, who was originally from
:01:23. > :01:28.John Moores University have confirmed that she was a student
:01:29. > :01:30.here, though it hasn't said what she studied or when.
:01:31. > :01:32.After university she worked at the Pumphouse Pub
:01:33. > :01:38.A former colleague and friend says staff and customers loved her.
:01:39. > :01:40.Just the most fun girl you could imagine.
:01:41. > :01:46.When you heard, from your personal point of view, what did you think?
:01:47. > :01:49.Well, it actually brought a tear to my eye and I'm not one to do
:01:50. > :01:53.I was sitting on the bus, like, this isn't real.
:01:54. > :01:58.And then I saw the stories and I was like, "Oh, my God, it is."
:01:59. > :02:01.Danielle grew up in County Donegal in Ireland.
:02:02. > :02:07.Community leaders there say the family is overwhelmed by their loss.
:02:08. > :02:10.It's always unnatural for a mother to lose a child even if
:02:11. > :02:25.She was popular, outgoing and lively.
:02:26. > :02:27.She would take part in musicals, she was
:02:28. > :02:39.Recently, Danielle's grandfather died.
:02:40. > :02:41.And, in recent years, her mother lost her husband.
:02:42. > :02:53.In a statement tonight, Danielle's mother said:
:02:54. > :02:56.Police in India say Danielle may have been sexually assaulted
:02:57. > :03:03.A teenager who killed a Merseyside police officer in a stolen car has
:03:04. > :03:06.been told his 20-year prison sentence is "thoroughly deserved."
:03:07. > :03:10.Lawyers for Clayton Williams failed to get his jail term reduced
:03:11. > :03:15.He ran over 34-year-old PC Dave Phillips in October 2015
:03:16. > :03:20.as he was deploying a "stinger" device to stop the car thief.
:03:21. > :03:21.The number of people unemployed in the north-west
:03:22. > :03:27.The figures for November to January show 173,000
:03:28. > :03:32.people are out of work - that's 4.9% of the workforce.
:03:33. > :03:35.A group of residents, living near Preston New Road in Lancashire,
:03:36. > :03:38.are challenging the government's decision to allow fracking there.
:03:39. > :03:41.They told a judge at the high court in Manchester that proper planning
:03:42. > :03:46.Local people have been overridden and democracy has been overturned
:03:47. > :03:50.by the Secretary of State so we're here to make a statement it's not
:03:51. > :03:55.We are here supporting local democracy and the feelings of people
:03:56. > :04:00.in Lancashire who definitely don't want fracking.
:04:01. > :04:02.The government's lawyers will give evidence tomorrow.
:04:03. > :04:07.A final ruling is expected next month.
:04:08. > :04:09.Thousands of lives could be saved if a Manchester scheme to detect
:04:10. > :04:12.lung cancer was introduced across the country.
:04:13. > :04:15.That's according to NHS researchers who carried out a pilot scheme
:04:16. > :04:29.Recently, I went for a lung check and I've been diagnosed with cancer.
:04:30. > :04:35.Michael found out about his condition thanks to a pilot scheme
:04:36. > :04:41.Instead of waiting for people to go to the doctor's with a problem,
:04:42. > :04:45.the project targeted poorer areas where lifestyle and smoking make
:04:46. > :04:49.lung cancer the most common cause of premature death.
:04:50. > :04:51.They wrote to everyone aged between 55 and 74,
:04:52. > :04:59.Around half then went on to have CT scans.
:05:00. > :05:03.I went for a lung health check, and was given an appointment
:05:04. > :05:12.So I think the timescale is absolutely terrific.
:05:13. > :05:15.Most people who are diagnosed with lung cancer don't find out
:05:16. > :05:18.until stage four of the disease, by which time it's
:05:19. > :05:23.We did about 1,400 scans, and of those,
:05:24. > :05:33.And importantly, 80% of those are early stage.
:05:34. > :05:35.We were diagnosing one cancer for every scanning
:05:36. > :05:45.The team behind the scheme believes it could save many more lives.
:05:46. > :05:49.We did manage to target the poorest, the most deprived sections
:05:50. > :05:53.of the community, which is said to be hardest to reach.
:05:54. > :06:05.I could've gone two or three years and it could have spread everywhere.
:06:06. > :06:08.It's now hoped funding will be approved to extend the scheme
:06:09. > :06:19.to other areas of Greater Manchester and eventually, across the country.
:06:20. > :06:21.The former Manchester United star Gary Neville has been responding
:06:22. > :06:26.to criticism of his plans to build tower blocks up to 31 storeys high
:06:27. > :06:31.He was speaking at an investment fair on the French Riviera,
:06:32. > :06:34.and said he was willing to make changes to the design.
:06:35. > :06:37.The event in Cannes also heard about massive plans to redevelop
:06:38. > :06:42.parts of Merseyside, as Phil McCann now reports.
:06:43. > :06:45.The carpets at this time of year in Cannes are blue not red.
:06:46. > :06:47.It is Europe's biggest investment exhibition.
:06:48. > :06:50.It's been a very busy day for the north-west here,
:06:51. > :06:55.First one today has been in Birkenhead, where a plan's been
:06:56. > :06:59.announced for m hundreds of apartments, a hotel
:07:00. > :07:02.and conference centre at the Woodside Waterfront area.
:07:03. > :07:05.In town, there'd be a new market and a heritage district
:07:06. > :07:09.Wirral Council's here to try and raise a billion pounds for it.
:07:10. > :07:16.There is a buzz about Wirral and Birkenhead.
:07:17. > :07:20.People think that Wirral is going places and the region is going
:07:21. > :07:23.The council hopes that Birkenhead's market can eventually
:07:24. > :07:29.North West councils come to this annual investment show every year to
:07:30. > :07:34.But in Manchester, this famous face is
:07:35. > :07:37.behind one which is causing concerns.
:07:38. > :07:40.Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs want to build two skyscrapers
:07:41. > :07:43.in the centre of Manchester, but they are willing to act on those
:07:44. > :07:48.From our point of view there is no doubt that some of the
:07:49. > :07:50.suggestions that have been made to us during the consultation process
:07:51. > :07:54.and planning process we need to listen to.
:07:55. > :07:56.We need to refine certain aspects of it, change certain
:07:57. > :08:00.We still fundamentally believe in scale and in the
:08:01. > :08:06.buildings being tall in that zone and that's
:08:07. > :08:10.You mentioned Historic England there and they do seem to be
:08:11. > :08:12.objecting to the fundamentals and not just the design.
:08:13. > :08:14.You will be aware they're saying it would damage
:08:15. > :08:16.the city's historic heart, dwarfing and aggressively jarring with nearby
:08:17. > :08:25.I fundamentally disagree with their...
:08:26. > :08:26.I suppose the language that they've used.
:08:27. > :08:29.Elsewhere, in Liverpool, funding has been secured for a ?35
:08:30. > :08:31.million Cancer Centre in the Paddington
:08:32. > :08:35.the city centre, one of a new wave of facilities providing proton beam
:08:36. > :08:40.At the Cheshire stand in Cannes, plans to redevelop Chester
:08:41. > :08:43.and redevelop land around Crewe when HS2 comes have been outlined.
:08:44. > :08:44.Back in Manchester, some very long-term
:08:45. > :08:50.The City Council's Chief Executive has told an audience that
:08:51. > :08:53.within the next few years, the city region will have to look at
:08:54. > :09:02.installing an underground railway because the trams will be too full.
:09:03. > :09:04.Manchester City have been knocked out of the Champions League,
:09:05. > :09:11.After falling two goals behind, they managed to pull one
:09:12. > :09:14.But it wasn't enough after Monaco scored again.
:09:15. > :09:17.In the end, the match drew 6-6 on aggregate,
:09:18. > :09:21.but the away goals rule means City are eliminated.
:09:22. > :09:24.Liverpool boxer, Tony Bellew may need surgery on his right hand
:09:25. > :09:26.and could be out of action for several months.
:09:27. > :09:29.He broke his hand during his heavyweight win over
:09:30. > :09:35.That's it from me tonight, but here's Eno with the weather.
:09:36. > :09:52.A beautiful day today, but it looks set to change?
:09:53. > :10:02.We saw beautiful blue skies across the region and temperatures as high
:10:03. > :10:06.as 16 degrees in Cheshire. Temperatures are down tomorrow and
:10:07. > :10:12.getting colder as we head towards the end of the week. Tonight is not
:10:13. > :10:19.the king too bad. Dry with fog patches on high ground in Cumbria.
:10:20. > :10:22.Maybe some rain as well here. Temperatures are fairly mild.
:10:23. > :10:29.Tomorrow will be cooler and more cloudy from the word go. The cloud
:10:30. > :10:35.will continue to spill in from across the Irish Sea with showers.
:10:36. > :10:39.Quite breezy in the afternoon. The showers could merge to bring longer
:10:40. > :10:46.spells of rain in the afternoon and disappointing temperatures. Through
:10:47. > :10:52.the evening the rain will push away so maybe some sunshine to end the
:10:53. > :10:57.day. Clear skies tomorrow night so possibly cold with rain pushing in.
:10:58. > :11:01.The rain will stick with us through the recount. -- the weekend.
:11:02. > :11:04.been. The outlook, rain around, if it stays dry I will be surprised.
:11:05. > :11:09.Here is Nick with the national headlines.