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Manchester Council has declared the city's escalating problem | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
with the drug Spice a crisis and it wants the Home Secretary | :00:16. | :00:17. | |
The police were called to 60 incidents related to the drug | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
Hiya, can I have an ambulance, please? | :00:23. | :00:29. | |
Mid-afternoon in one of the busiest parts of Manchester. | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
One man appears to need urgent medical attention. | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
A woman has dialled 999, asking for help. | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
There is a man here and he looks like he's going to collapse. | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
He looks like he has been smoking Spice, or something like that. | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
He seemed unaware that we were there. | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
Concerned that he might fall and hurt himself, | :00:52. | :00:53. | |
They have sat him down on the floor now. | :00:54. | :01:29. | |
As the man lay on the ground, an off-duty doctor stepped | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
I saw him a bit before as well, and he seemed to be stood | :01:33. | :01:43. | |
I have seen a few people like that who have come in. | :01:44. | :01:55. | |
Suddenly, the man seemed to recover and simply stood up and walked away. | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
This weekend alone, Greater Manchester Police | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
were called to no fewer than 60 Spice-related incidents | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
It's a problem focused mainly on the homeless community, | :02:06. | :02:12. | |
and there are plenty of people sleeping rough in this | :02:13. | :02:14. | |
The reason it has become so popular is the price. | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
You can buy Spice for about half the cost of a packet of cigarettes. | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
You do not know what is going on, you are literally asleep. | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
Basically because it was so easy to get and it was so cheap. | :02:31. | :02:40. | |
Manchester Council has declared it a crisis. | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
It wants the Home Secretary to intervene. | :02:44. | :02:44. | |
What is happening in Manchester will happen nationally, | :02:45. | :02:46. | |
so the next steps we are taking is to see the Chief Constable | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
and review the situation, and then we're going to be seeking | :02:50. | :02:52. | |
Because the experience of Manchester is going to spread up | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
It appears that Spice is being taken openly and in broad daylight, | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
A police crackdown at the weekend doesn't appear to have changed that. | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
Stuart Flinders, BBC North West Tonight. | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
Earlier I spoke to Dr Rob Ralphs from Manchester Met university. | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
I asked him if the problem had got worse since Spice was made illegal. | :03:17. | :03:22. | |
It's just been sold generally as Spice so the ingredients | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
are unknown and also the concentrations, so what we've | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
found when we've been analysing samples is that some of them can be | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
as low concentration as 1.5%, others as high as 20%, | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
so one day they could be using something and that's | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
a particular strength and the next day it could be five, | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
You're working with the City Council. | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
Do you feel that the city is at the moment doing what it can? | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
Manchester City Council is at the forefront of the responses | :03:51. | :03:52. | |
to this kind of nationwide in terms of the commission and research, | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
the testing, developing specific Spice-related training | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
Is it, as some people are classing it, an epidemic? | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
Your average person will use it, have a negative effect and never | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
touch it again but in some of the more vulnerable groups, | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
the prison population, rough sleepers, they're using it | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
similar parallels to the way people would use heroin in the past. | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
So they're using it to black out the situation that they're in, | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
to deal with living on the streets or deal with serving | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
So people are using it to black out the situation | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
The energy company behind the fracking site in Lancashire has | :04:32. | :04:42. | |
used new legislation to keep secret the identities of some | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
Cuadrilla says it's to protect them from being subjected | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
Anti-fracking campaigners say it's simply a move to discredit them. | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
Here's our Environment Correspondent Judy Hobson. | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
With every day that passes tensions are rising | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
at Cuadrilla's fracking site on Preston New Road near Blackpool. | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Protesters try to slow work at the site by blocking | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
In the past few weeks, they've also targeted companies | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
Some have complained of intimidation. | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
Campaigners say they have been the victims of heavy-handed | :05:20. | :05:21. | |
Now it's emerged the names of some of Cuadrilla's directors | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
The company says it's due to the risk of intimidation and violence. | :05:25. | :05:32. | |
Cuadrilla is majority owned by Riverstone Holdings | :05:33. | :05:34. | |
Last year the government said anyone who runs a company should | :05:35. | :05:41. | |
have their names and addresses on a public register | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
but in a statement today, Cuadrilla said: | :05:45. | :05:59. | |
Some anti-fracking campaigners said they weren't | :06:00. | :06:01. | |
aware of any threats to Cuadrilla's directors. | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
As far as I'm concerned it's just trying to influence | :06:05. | :06:07. | |
public opinion against us, suggesting that we're a bunch | :06:08. | :06:09. | |
of troublemakers and we're nothing of the sort. | :06:10. | :06:11. | |
We are legitimately against fracking for a number of reasons, | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
but we are decent, honourable people and I've never threatened | :06:16. | :06:17. | |
Since the legislation was introduced, just five companies | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
But the move shows the level of feeling on both | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
Judy Hobson, BBC Look North Tonight, Preston New Road. | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
The Prince of Wales has been visiting BAE | :06:32. | :06:33. | |
Systems Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness today. | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
Prince Charles, who is also admiral of the fleet, | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
met with workers and was given a tour of the facility, | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
including the Devonshire Dock Hall where submarines are being built | :06:43. | :06:44. | |
A five pound coin is being put into circulation in the Isle of Man. | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
Five pound coins were issued in the 1980s as collectors | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
items but they'll now be a lot more common. | :06:54. | :06:55. | |
A new set of Manx coins was launched today but it doesn't include 1ps | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
or 2ps as they cost more to make than they are worth. | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
There are plans to try to bring top motorsports events to Liverpool. | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
New rules mean the city could turn its streets into a giant | :07:10. | :07:11. | |
race track and the council says it's interested. | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
Liverpool is no stranger to putting on a spectacle. | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
Its giant puppets have drawn tens of thousands to the city. | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
Could a grand prix on the city streets be the next grand draw? | :07:27. | :07:29. | |
If you look around Liverpool, I think it's every bit | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
You can imagine the noise and the spectacular cars | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
New laws mean motorsport promoters can now apply to local councils | :07:36. | :07:47. | |
for permission to close public roads in England to stage races. | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
A taste of Formula One has already come to London watched by thousands. | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
Now Liverpool is interested in getting the green | :07:55. | :07:56. | |
NEWSREEL: And it's the International 200 at Aintree. | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
It wouldn't be the first time Liverpool has hosted | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
The British Grand Prix was held on the circuit at Aintree racecourse | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
So would people be keen to see it return? | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
It's going to bring more money to the city and more tourists | :08:14. | :08:16. | |
as well and make Liverpool even bigger on the map. | :08:17. | :08:18. | |
I think it would be good in terms of money for the city but, | :08:19. | :08:21. | |
from an environmental point of view, not so much. | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
You'd need a whole new infrastructure, barriers, pits. | :08:25. | :08:27. | |
In Monaco, every single manhole cover has to be nailed down. | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
The students at Liverpool John Moores University who design, | :08:32. | :08:39. | |
build and race cars at Silverstone, the experience would be unrivalled. | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
Next year our former student team are moving from a petrol driven car | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
to an electric driven car, so to have an event like that | :08:50. | :08:51. | |
But don't expect to see a Grand Prix 2018. | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
Liverpool is not under starting orders yet. | :08:57. | :08:58. | |
Abbie Jones, BBC North West Tonight, Liverpool. | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
More sun to come? A little bit. We knew it wouldn't last. Good evening. | :09:05. | :09:22. | |
This week there's still something to look forward to. Yes, much cooler | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
today but there's still plenty of dry weather ahead and plenty of fine | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
weather ahead well. Since we last spoke, it looks dreadful on the map, | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
but the reality is hardly of it is touching the ground. Dry and drizzly | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
over the higher ground. Plenty of cloud cover pushes in as we head | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
towards the early hours of the morning. Generally temperatures, | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
7-8. When you get up, they will be patchy cloud around and then it | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
starts to break. Much brighter skies but once you get past lunchtime, the | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
crowd will regrettably start to build a little bit so it will be hit | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
and miss. More sunshine than today. The breeze however coming from the | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
Northwest and in colder towards us. Temperatures, 10-13. Tomorrow night, | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
temperatures are not an issue at all. 8-9 all over again but we have | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
a weather front coming towards us on Wednesday. It brings dull and ramp | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
and drizzly stuff to begin with. Past lunchtime, a mixture of sunny | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
spells and a couple of scattered showers him in there. Temperatures, | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
10-11. Cooler than we would expect at this time of year. Then high | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
pressure pushing its way in but one or two weather fronts, so on | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
Thursday, light, spotty drizzle from time to time and a similar story on | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
Friday. Away from that, some bright spells from time to time. Your | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
National forecast is next. Don't expect anything wonderful for the | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
Easter weekend. As things settle down with high pressure, it won't be | :10:57. | :10:58. | |
a bad one. Good night. Good evening. Let's cut to the chase | :10:59. | :11:14. | |
the first big holiday weekend of the year is on the horizon and if you | :11:15. | :11:17. | |
consider last weekend as a taster for the summer, this weekend is not | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
looking too bad. It will be a bit cooler, temperatures this week and | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
closer to where they should be at this time of the year thanks to the | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
north-west breed and the reason for that, if we look at the jet stream, | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
coming across the Atlantic pushing from north to south -- north-west | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
breeze. It separates the high pressure and low price and it allows | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
the northerly airflow to develop. It means there will be some showers | :11:45. | :11:48. | |
going into Easter weekend but they will only be a small portion of the | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
weekend wherever you are and there will be some dry weather and when | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
the sun is out, it is getting stronger so it will negate some of | :11:56. | :11:58. |