:00:15. > :00:20.For months now, the stickers on egg cartons have told us the hens that
:00:21. > :00:22.laid them were being kept indoors for their own safety.
:00:23. > :00:25.But now, after tens of thousands of birds were culled in Lancashire
:00:26. > :00:27.because of avian flu, the restrictions have been relaxed,
:00:28. > :00:29.and the birds are allowed back outdoors again.
:00:30. > :00:31.Our environment correspondent Judy Hobson is at a poultry
:00:32. > :00:38.A taste of freedom for the first time this year.
:00:39. > :00:40.These hens are free range, but they have not been
:00:41. > :00:45.These restrictions were brought in to reduce the risk of avian flu
:00:46. > :00:53.To start with we just had to make sure they got more straw,
:00:54. > :00:56.and, as you can see, we have given them more area
:00:57. > :01:04.We give them green material as though they were outside,
:01:05. > :01:06.which is quite hard to do, but we've had plenty of cabbages
:01:07. > :01:10.and broccoli and cauliflowers and all sorts of things.
:01:11. > :01:13.In some parts of the country, restrictions were lifted six
:01:14. > :01:20.High Legh is near Rostherne Mere in Cheshire where wild birds
:01:21. > :01:23.gather, so it is classed as a high-risk area.
:01:24. > :01:26.But migrating birds have now left the country, or are breeding,
:01:27. > :01:35.All poultry are at still risk of catching bird flu,
:01:36. > :01:44.We are encouraging everybody to have high security.
:01:45. > :01:47.We want all the hens outside, make sure they are fed inside,
:01:48. > :01:49.not outside, where wild birds could be.
:01:50. > :01:57.Keep as many people off your site, only essential visitors on the site.
:01:58. > :02:00.Any feed spillages, make sure you clear them up straight away.
:02:01. > :02:03.It has been a difficult few months for the poultry industry.
:02:04. > :02:05.Despite extra measures to keep farms clean, some,
:02:06. > :02:07.like this on in Lancashire, had to cull thousands of birds.
:02:08. > :02:10.As migrating birds return later in the year, the chances of another
:02:11. > :02:15.The risk has not gone away completely.
:02:16. > :02:20.Across Europe, we still are seeing cases of the disease in kept birds,
:02:21. > :02:24.and they're still finding the disease in wild birds.
:02:25. > :02:27.Although the risk is still there, this farmer is just pleased that,
:02:28. > :02:31.for now, his hens can roam free again.
:02:32. > :02:36.Especially at this time of year, in the spring, you could tell
:02:37. > :02:47.Businesses around the North West say they're owed money after a company
:02:48. > :02:49.that built a power station in Greater Manchester
:02:50. > :02:50.went into liquidation with ?40 million in debts.
:02:51. > :02:53.Duro Felguera UK Limited was the lead contractor to build
:02:54. > :02:56.a new gas-fuelled plant, which was opened by the Energy
:02:57. > :03:00.The power station is still operating, as it's run
:03:01. > :03:09.It's the country's newest power station, built at a cost of more
:03:10. > :03:14.than ?700 million and opened exactly a month ago by the Energy Minister.
:03:15. > :03:17.The power station is still operating as normal.
:03:18. > :03:20.It's owned by an entirely separate company and is providing energy
:03:21. > :03:26.But the contractor that was in charge of building it has
:03:27. > :03:33.It was a huge project, involving 35,000 cubic metres of concrete,
:03:34. > :03:38.850 construction workers and over 40 other companies from
:03:39. > :03:43.But now many of those subcontractors are owed money.
:03:44. > :03:48.The debts in this region alone total over ?1 million.
:03:49. > :03:51.This business based in Bolton made some of the doors for
:03:52. > :03:56.We are currently owed ?90,000, including VAT.
:03:57. > :03:59.And what impact is that going to have on your company?
:04:00. > :04:01.We were going to expand this year, buy new machinery
:04:02. > :04:06.But we have basically had to put that back now six months.
:04:07. > :04:11.I'm totally disgusted with it all, to be honest.
:04:12. > :04:14.Some businesses in the north west are owed hundreds of thousands
:04:15. > :04:19.VOICE-OVER: We are an international benchmark in the construction
:04:20. > :04:22.of power stations, with over 50 projects executed in 11
:04:23. > :04:26.countries in Europe, Latin America and Africa.
:04:27. > :04:30.Duro Felguera UK Limited's parent company is based in Spain and has
:04:31. > :04:38.The liquidators say an investigation is now under way to see what,
:04:39. > :04:41.if any assets, the company still has, and whether firms
:04:42. > :04:50.Naomi Cornwell, BBC North West Tonight, in Bolton.
:04:51. > :04:53.A Catholic priest has been sentenced to 17 years for sexually abusing
:04:54. > :04:56.a teenage boy at a boarding school in Lancashire in the 1970s.
:04:57. > :04:58.74-year-old Father Michael Higginbottom was found guilty
:04:59. > :05:01.of eight sex offences at St Joseph's Roman Catholic
:05:02. > :05:07.He abused the teenager in his personal living quarters.
:05:08. > :05:10.A man from Cheshire, who knowingly sold sick and dying
:05:11. > :05:12.puppies, has been jailed for nearly three years.
:05:13. > :05:15.Jamie Parvizi, from Scholar Green pleaded guilty to welfare
:05:16. > :05:18.and fraud offences relating to the selling of dogs.
:05:19. > :05:20.It's believed to be the longest jail sentence to ever follow
:05:21. > :05:26.Two men have been arrested in connection with the death
:05:27. > :05:29.of a 20-year-old in Manchester City centre.
:05:30. > :05:31.Dylan Crawford was found unconscious on Spear Street
:05:32. > :05:36.A postmortem examination was inconclusive.
:05:37. > :05:39.The men have been arrested on suspicion of theft
:05:40. > :05:44.Workers on Arriva Rail North are staging a fresh 24-hour strike
:05:45. > :05:52.Members of the RMT union will walk out on Friday April 28th after talks
:05:53. > :05:57.They also went on strike last Saturday during the Grand National
:05:58. > :06:00.at Aintree as part of a campaign against new driver-controlled trains
:06:01. > :06:07.18 months after a public health drive started in Stockport,
:06:08. > :06:10.those behind it say it's working and getting people on their
:06:11. > :06:14.It's reckoned illnesses stemming from unhealthy lifestyles
:06:15. > :06:17.are costing the NHS around ?11 billion a year.
:06:18. > :06:19.Now in the town, they're recruiting hundreds more volunteers
:06:20. > :06:27.Here's our health correspondent Gill Dummigan.
:06:28. > :06:29.These days, Laura's fizzing with energy.
:06:30. > :06:32.18 months ago, she was a size 20 and struggling to get
:06:33. > :06:38.I wouldn't have walked any further than I really needed to.
:06:39. > :06:40.I certainly wouldn't have run anywhere, certainly wouldn't have
:06:41. > :06:45.Then she learned about a new fitness programme
:06:46. > :06:48.It has changed my outlook, my health.
:06:49. > :06:54.Meanwhile, staff at Stepping Hill are among the 500 newbies now
:06:55. > :06:56.stepping up in the next wave of recruits.
:06:57. > :07:02.For some, it's a bit of a departure from the usual.
:07:03. > :07:05.Sitting down on my PlayStation, just playing video games,
:07:06. > :07:07.eating junk food, not really doing a lot of exercise,
:07:08. > :07:12.I just want to keep going, really and just keep trying to work
:07:13. > :07:14.up a little bit of a sweat like this
:07:15. > :07:17.It makes me feel better about everything.
:07:18. > :07:20.The people behind this scheme say it is not about being a gym bunny,
:07:21. > :07:22.it's about incorporating exercise into your daily life,
:07:23. > :07:26.the theory being that the more you spend doing this, the less likely
:07:27. > :07:30.To me, it is more about staff being a role model.
:07:31. > :07:33.We know that one of the key things people are coming
:07:34. > :07:35.into hospital with are strokes, heart problems, and a lot
:07:36. > :07:40.So anything that people can do to help themselves
:07:41. > :07:43.and not come into hospital is a really good thing.
:07:44. > :07:45.More than 20 of the town's firms have signed up
:07:46. > :07:47.to the programme, devised by a local not-for-profit group.
:07:48. > :07:50.They do run gyms, but mainly they use phone apps and online coaching
:07:51. > :07:52.to support people who don't generally do fitness.
:07:53. > :07:57.What happens if you don't exercise a lot, and you're literally
:07:58. > :08:01.You need somebody there to hold your hand and motivate
:08:02. > :08:06.And more importantly, it is about changing your behaviour.
:08:07. > :08:11.This is not about quick fixes, this is about long-term behaviour change.
:08:12. > :08:13.The hope is that hundreds more in this town will make
:08:14. > :08:21.Gill Dummigan, BBC North West Today, Stockport.
:08:22. > :08:23.Manchester United are level at 1-1 going into the second leg
:08:24. > :08:25.of their Europa League quarter final with Anderlecht.
:08:26. > :08:30.Mkhitaryan opened the scoring for United, with Dendoncker equalising
:08:31. > :08:40.That was Anderlecht's only chance of the game.
:08:41. > :08:42.In the Championship tonight, Wigan came from 2-0 down
:08:43. > :08:45.Nick Powell scored a hatrick for the Latics, his third
:08:46. > :08:48.That means Wigan are now third from bottom
:08:49. > :08:51.They play a crucial game at Nottingham Forest tomrrow,
:08:52. > :08:58.and you can hera that match in full on BBC Radio Lancashire.
:08:59. > :09:00.And in League One, Caullum Camps scored for Rochdale
:09:01. > :09:07.In the Super League tonight, Warrington won away
:09:08. > :09:11.Widnes did take the lead, but afer Tom Lineham
:09:12. > :09:13.scored for Warrington, they never let the lead
:09:14. > :09:20.slip and went on to win by 19 points to ten.
:09:21. > :09:26.Now time to head over to the weather.
:09:27. > :09:32.Very mixed. Good evening. We have been telling you every day this week
:09:33. > :09:39.that it is chilly and it stays chilly as we had to do the weekend.
:09:40. > :09:43.Went going through the Northwest, dragging in cool. We have also got
:09:44. > :09:50.weather fronts coming towards us from time to time. It bring quite a
:09:51. > :09:53.when Dave tomorrow. By Monday, fingers crossed things will be
:09:54. > :10:00.drier. There will be some sunshine from time to time. Some detail.
:10:01. > :10:03.Spots of rain have started to work their way into Cumbria, Lancashire,
:10:04. > :10:08.parts of the Isle of Man. That happens over the next couple of
:10:09. > :10:13.hours. Many places will be drier, see you can see it is a 50-50 split.
:10:14. > :10:18.Overnight, temperatures about seven, eight Celsius. When you get up first
:10:19. > :10:24.thing, you can already see the line of framework in its way towards us.
:10:25. > :10:29.A bit of a nuisance, plenty of cloud cover, nothing in the way of
:10:30. > :10:34.sunshine. In the afternoon, it picks up, so there may be a lull in the
:10:35. > :10:39.morning, in the afternoon there could be heavy bursts from time
:10:40. > :10:45.time. Stiff, westerly breeze. Tomorrow night, there will be some
:10:46. > :10:50.showers at first, but temperatures will be a little bit lower. Saturday
:10:51. > :10:55.morning, Saturday will be a little bit cooler, but going through the
:10:56. > :11:00.day, fingers crossed, the cloud will break, brighter skies will come.
:11:01. > :11:06.More detail as you are moving around in the national picture.
:11:07. > :11:07.We will keep you updated. Now with the National Outlook, Tomasz