:00:12. > :00:15.Manchester Council has declared the city's escalating problem
:00:16. > :00:17.with the drug Spice a crisis and it wants the Home Secretary
:00:18. > :00:22.The police were called to 60 incidents related to the drug
:00:23. > :00:29.Hiya, can I have an ambulance, please?
:00:30. > :00:33.Mid-afternoon in one of the busiest parts of Manchester.
:00:34. > :00:36.One man appears to need urgent medical attention.
:00:37. > :00:41.A woman has dialled 999, asking for help.
:00:42. > :00:45.There is a man here and he looks like he's going to collapse.
:00:46. > :00:48.He looks like he has been smoking Spice, or something like that.
:00:49. > :00:51.He seemed unaware that we were there.
:00:52. > :00:53.Concerned that he might fall and hurt himself,
:00:54. > :01:29.They have sat him down on the floor now.
:01:30. > :01:32.As the man lay on the ground, an off-duty doctor stepped
:01:33. > :01:43.I saw him a bit before as well, and he seemed to be stood
:01:44. > :01:55.I have seen a few people like that who have come in.
:01:56. > :01:59.Suddenly, the man seemed to recover and simply stood up and walked away.
:02:00. > :02:01.This weekend alone, Greater Manchester Police
:02:02. > :02:05.were called to no fewer than 60 Spice-related incidents
:02:06. > :02:12.It's a problem focused mainly on the homeless community,
:02:13. > :02:14.and there are plenty of people sleeping rough in this
:02:15. > :02:19.The reason it has become so popular is the price.
:02:20. > :02:25.You can buy Spice for about half the cost of a packet of cigarettes.
:02:26. > :02:30.You do not know what is going on, you are literally asleep.
:02:31. > :02:40.Basically because it was so easy to get and it was so cheap.
:02:41. > :02:43.Manchester Council has declared it a crisis.
:02:44. > :02:44.It wants the Home Secretary to intervene.
:02:45. > :02:46.What is happening in Manchester will happen nationally,
:02:47. > :02:49.so the next steps we are taking is to see the Chief Constable
:02:50. > :02:52.and review the situation, and then we're going to be seeking
:02:53. > :02:57.Because the experience of Manchester is going to spread up
:02:58. > :03:02.It appears that Spice is being taken openly and in broad daylight,
:03:03. > :03:08.A police crackdown at the weekend doesn't appear to have changed that.
:03:09. > :03:12.Stuart Flinders, BBC North West Tonight.
:03:13. > :03:16.Earlier I spoke to Dr Rob Ralphs from Manchester Met university.
:03:17. > :03:22.I asked him if the problem had got worse since Spice was made illegal.
:03:23. > :03:26.It's just been sold generally as Spice so the ingredients
:03:27. > :03:29.are unknown and also the concentrations, so what we've
:03:30. > :03:32.found when we've been analysing samples is that some of them can be
:03:33. > :03:37.as low concentration as 1.5%, others as high as 20%,
:03:38. > :03:39.so one day they could be using something and that's
:03:40. > :03:42.a particular strength and the next day it could be five,
:03:43. > :03:46.You're working with the City Council.
:03:47. > :03:50.Do you feel that the city is at the moment doing what it can?
:03:51. > :03:52.Manchester City Council is at the forefront of the responses
:03:53. > :03:56.to this kind of nationwide in terms of the commission and research,
:03:57. > :03:59.the testing, developing specific Spice-related training
:04:00. > :04:05.Is it, as some people are classing it, an epidemic?
:04:06. > :04:10.Your average person will use it, have a negative effect and never
:04:11. > :04:13.touch it again but in some of the more vulnerable groups,
:04:14. > :04:16.the prison population, rough sleepers, they're using it
:04:17. > :04:21.similar parallels to the way people would use heroin in the past.
:04:22. > :04:24.So they're using it to black out the situation that they're in,
:04:25. > :04:27.to deal with living on the streets or deal with serving
:04:28. > :04:31.So people are using it to black out the situation
:04:32. > :04:42.The energy company behind the fracking site in Lancashire has
:04:43. > :04:45.used new legislation to keep secret the identities of some
:04:46. > :04:51.Cuadrilla says it's to protect them from being subjected
:04:52. > :04:56.Anti-fracking campaigners say it's simply a move to discredit them.
:04:57. > :05:00.Here's our Environment Correspondent Judy Hobson.
:05:01. > :05:03.With every day that passes tensions are rising
:05:04. > :05:07.at Cuadrilla's fracking site on Preston New Road near Blackpool.
:05:08. > :05:10.Protesters try to slow work at the site by blocking
:05:11. > :05:15.In the past few weeks, they've also targeted companies
:05:16. > :05:19.Some have complained of intimidation.
:05:20. > :05:21.Campaigners say they have been the victims of heavy-handed
:05:22. > :05:24.Now it's emerged the names of some of Cuadrilla's directors
:05:25. > :05:32.The company says it's due to the risk of intimidation and violence.
:05:33. > :05:34.Cuadrilla is majority owned by Riverstone Holdings
:05:35. > :05:41.Last year the government said anyone who runs a company should
:05:42. > :05:44.have their names and addresses on a public register
:05:45. > :05:59.but in a statement today, Cuadrilla said:
:06:00. > :06:01.Some anti-fracking campaigners said they weren't
:06:02. > :06:04.aware of any threats to Cuadrilla's directors.
:06:05. > :06:07.As far as I'm concerned it's just trying to influence
:06:08. > :06:09.public opinion against us, suggesting that we're a bunch
:06:10. > :06:11.of troublemakers and we're nothing of the sort.
:06:12. > :06:15.We are legitimately against fracking for a number of reasons,
:06:16. > :06:17.but we are decent, honourable people and I've never threatened
:06:18. > :06:21.Since the legislation was introduced, just five companies
:06:22. > :06:26.But the move shows the level of feeling on both
:06:27. > :06:31.Judy Hobson, BBC Look North Tonight, Preston New Road.
:06:32. > :06:33.The Prince of Wales has been visiting BAE
:06:34. > :06:36.Systems Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness today.
:06:37. > :06:39.Prince Charles, who is also admiral of the fleet,
:06:40. > :06:42.met with workers and was given a tour of the facility,
:06:43. > :06:44.including the Devonshire Dock Hall where submarines are being built
:06:45. > :06:50.A five pound coin is being put into circulation in the Isle of Man.
:06:51. > :06:53.Five pound coins were issued in the 1980s as collectors
:06:54. > :06:55.items but they'll now be a lot more common.
:06:56. > :06:58.A new set of Manx coins was launched today but it doesn't include 1ps
:06:59. > :07:05.or 2ps as they cost more to make than they are worth.
:07:06. > :07:09.There are plans to try to bring top motorsports events to Liverpool.
:07:10. > :07:11.New rules mean the city could turn its streets into a giant
:07:12. > :07:14.race track and the council says it's interested.
:07:15. > :07:21.Liverpool is no stranger to putting on a spectacle.
:07:22. > :07:26.Its giant puppets have drawn tens of thousands to the city.
:07:27. > :07:29.Could a grand prix on the city streets be the next grand draw?
:07:30. > :07:32.If you look around Liverpool, I think it's every bit
:07:33. > :07:35.You can imagine the noise and the spectacular cars
:07:36. > :07:47.New laws mean motorsport promoters can now apply to local councils
:07:48. > :07:50.for permission to close public roads in England to stage races.
:07:51. > :07:54.A taste of Formula One has already come to London watched by thousands.
:07:55. > :07:56.Now Liverpool is interested in getting the green
:07:57. > :08:01.NEWSREEL: And it's the International 200 at Aintree.
:08:02. > :08:03.It wouldn't be the first time Liverpool has hosted
:08:04. > :08:08.The British Grand Prix was held on the circuit at Aintree racecourse
:08:09. > :08:13.So would people be keen to see it return?
:08:14. > :08:16.It's going to bring more money to the city and more tourists
:08:17. > :08:18.as well and make Liverpool even bigger on the map.
:08:19. > :08:21.I think it would be good in terms of money for the city but,
:08:22. > :08:24.from an environmental point of view, not so much.
:08:25. > :08:27.You'd need a whole new infrastructure, barriers, pits.
:08:28. > :08:31.In Monaco, every single manhole cover has to be nailed down.
:08:32. > :08:39.The students at Liverpool John Moores University who design,
:08:40. > :08:45.build and race cars at Silverstone, the experience would be unrivalled.
:08:46. > :08:49.Next year our former student team are moving from a petrol driven car
:08:50. > :08:51.to an electric driven car, so to have an event like that
:08:52. > :08:56.But don't expect to see a Grand Prix 2018.
:08:57. > :08:58.Liverpool is not under starting orders yet.
:08:59. > :09:04.Abbie Jones, BBC North West Tonight, Liverpool.
:09:05. > :09:22.More sun to come? A little bit. We knew it wouldn't last. Good evening.
:09:23. > :09:27.This week there's still something to look forward to. Yes, much cooler
:09:28. > :09:31.today but there's still plenty of dry weather ahead and plenty of fine
:09:32. > :09:36.weather ahead well. Since we last spoke, it looks dreadful on the map,
:09:37. > :09:41.but the reality is hardly of it is touching the ground. Dry and drizzly
:09:42. > :09:46.over the higher ground. Plenty of cloud cover pushes in as we head
:09:47. > :09:50.towards the early hours of the morning. Generally temperatures,
:09:51. > :09:54.7-8. When you get up, they will be patchy cloud around and then it
:09:55. > :09:58.starts to break. Much brighter skies but once you get past lunchtime, the
:09:59. > :10:02.crowd will regrettably start to build a little bit so it will be hit
:10:03. > :10:09.and miss. More sunshine than today. The breeze however coming from the
:10:10. > :10:14.Northwest and in colder towards us. Temperatures, 10-13. Tomorrow night,
:10:15. > :10:19.temperatures are not an issue at all. 8-9 all over again but we have
:10:20. > :10:24.a weather front coming towards us on Wednesday. It brings dull and ramp
:10:25. > :10:28.and drizzly stuff to begin with. Past lunchtime, a mixture of sunny
:10:29. > :10:32.spells and a couple of scattered showers him in there. Temperatures,
:10:33. > :10:36.10-11. Cooler than we would expect at this time of year. Then high
:10:37. > :10:42.pressure pushing its way in but one or two weather fronts, so on
:10:43. > :10:48.Thursday, light, spotty drizzle from time to time and a similar story on
:10:49. > :10:52.Friday. Away from that, some bright spells from time to time. Your
:10:53. > :10:56.National forecast is next. Don't expect anything wonderful for the
:10:57. > :10:58.Easter weekend. As things settle down with high pressure, it won't be
:10:59. > :11:14.a bad one. Good night. Good evening. Let's cut to the chase
:11:15. > :11:17.the first big holiday weekend of the year is on the horizon and if you
:11:18. > :11:22.consider last weekend as a taster for the summer, this weekend is not
:11:23. > :11:25.looking too bad. It will be a bit cooler, temperatures this week and
:11:26. > :11:28.closer to where they should be at this time of the year thanks to the
:11:29. > :11:34.north-west breed and the reason for that, if we look at the jet stream,
:11:35. > :11:39.coming across the Atlantic pushing from north to south -- north-west
:11:40. > :11:44.breeze. It separates the high pressure and low price and it allows
:11:45. > :11:48.the northerly airflow to develop. It means there will be some showers
:11:49. > :11:52.going into Easter weekend but they will only be a small portion of the
:11:53. > :11:55.weekend wherever you are and there will be some dry weather and when
:11:56. > :11:58.the sun is out, it is getting stronger so it will negate some of