:00:17. > :00:19.A man has been charged tonight after a two-year-old girl was mauled
:00:20. > :00:23.by dogs which got through a fence into her aunt's garden in Liverpool.
:00:24. > :00:25.Two of the dogs known as American Bullies -
:00:26. > :00:27.which are not a banned breed - have been destroyed.
:00:28. > :00:30.The toddler is in a serious, but not life-threatening condition
:00:31. > :00:36.The two-year-old girl was playing with cousins in the garden
:00:37. > :00:38.of a relative's home when she was attacked
:00:39. > :00:43.She was taken by air ambulance to Liverpool Alder Hey Hospital
:00:44. > :00:45.after suffering injuries to her head and body
:00:46. > :00:50.The little girl's aunt, who was looking after the children
:00:51. > :00:53.for the afternoon, fought off the attack and ran to
:00:54. > :00:57.Neighbours described hearing her scream,
:00:58. > :01:01.Merseyside Police believe the dogs got into the garden
:01:02. > :01:07.This man lives right next door to where the dogs were kept.
:01:08. > :01:12.That's all you can say, really, it's shocking.
:01:13. > :01:18.You've never had any problems with the dogs next door?
:01:19. > :01:20.No, no problems at all with any of the dogs.
:01:21. > :01:23.Did you know there were so many dogs next door to you?
:01:24. > :01:27.No, I thought he had a few, that's all.
:01:28. > :01:30.The animals were American Bully dogs, which are not a banned breed.
:01:31. > :01:34.11 dogs were seized, including six puppies.
:01:35. > :01:39.Owning a dog of that nature is not in itself an offence.
:01:40. > :01:42.However, what is an offence is to have a dog that's dangerously
:01:43. > :01:45.out of control in either a public place, and more recently the
:01:46. > :01:47.legislation has changed so that if the offence
:01:48. > :01:49.is committed in private, and that is the offence
:01:50. > :01:51.which we are investigating at this moment in time.
:01:52. > :01:55.Tonight, 35-year-old Andrew McGowan was charged with allowing four dogs
:01:56. > :02:06.He'll appear before Liverpool and Mersey Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
:02:07. > :02:09.A pregnant woman from Blackpool has been killed in a crash in Thailand.
:02:10. > :02:12.Local reports in Phuket say Sophie Emma Rose
:02:13. > :02:16.was a passenger on a motorbike, which swerved to avoid a parked car
:02:17. > :02:22.The 41-year-old is thought to have been around six months pregnant.
:02:23. > :02:24.The new inquest into the death of 13-month-old Poppi Worthington
:02:25. > :02:29.The coroner has said it's due to a delay in granting legal aid
:02:30. > :02:32.to the toddler's father, Paul Worthington.
:02:33. > :02:35.A family court judge previously said Poppi was probably sexually abused
:02:36. > :02:42.Mr Worthington has always strenuously denied it.
:02:43. > :02:46.The former Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has resigned from the Labour Party.
:02:47. > :02:49.In a letter, he said the party was losing touch
:02:50. > :02:54.Mr Danczuk was suspended by Labour last year for sending explicit texts
:02:55. > :03:01.Meanwhile, Labour has selected Tony Lloyd to replace Mr Danczuk
:03:02. > :03:03.as their candidate for the Rochdale seat in the forthcoming
:03:04. > :03:08.Mr Lloyd has been Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner and
:03:09. > :03:16.And we'll bring you the names of all the candidates for the seat
:03:17. > :03:19.Staying with politics, and the region's two
:03:20. > :03:23.new metro mayors lost no time in getting down to work today.
:03:24. > :03:27.We'll be hearing from Liverpool City Region mayor
:03:28. > :03:31.First, our chief reporter Dave Guest was out early with Andy Burnham
:03:32. > :03:34.in Greater Manchester,who's pledged to end
:03:35. > :03:46.Getting up in the morning at 5:30am...
:03:47. > :03:48.William says he was attacked on Saturday night.
:03:49. > :03:54.I've always been a worker, I worked for 25 years.
:03:55. > :03:56.This is Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester's
:03:57. > :03:59.newly installed mayor, meeting homeless people this morning.
:04:00. > :04:02.His office released these pictures as he launched his
:04:03. > :04:08.What we will use it for is to create localised solutions in every
:04:09. > :04:14.You put 15% of your salary into the fund, is that
:04:15. > :04:20.That'll go in on a monthly basis for as long as I'm the mayor
:04:21. > :04:23.What are you hoping the fund will achieve?
:04:24. > :04:26.The end of rough sleeping in Greater Manchester by 2020.
:04:27. > :04:29.Now, I'll be the first admit, that's quite an ambitious goal,
:04:30. > :04:34.but this is urgent, people out there need the help right now.
:04:35. > :04:36.Manchester City Council say those who want to help
:04:37. > :04:41.But the mayor wants to ensure help's available to all throughout
:04:42. > :04:47.The people out there are out there for many different reasons,
:04:48. > :04:52.We should, in this day and age, in my view, be able to put a roof
:04:53. > :04:54.over every head, every night of the week.
:04:55. > :04:57.So, does William believe the mayor can make a difference?
:04:58. > :05:02.You know, the only thing I can do is live in hope.
:05:03. > :05:06.OK, so rough sleeping is at the top of your agenda at present,
:05:07. > :05:08.but there's lots of other things you've got to address,
:05:09. > :05:11.and what are you going to do over the next year?
:05:12. > :05:13.What three things do you hope to achieve or change
:05:14. > :05:17.There will be announcements on young people's travel,
:05:18. > :05:24.Number two, changes with respect to the buses and public transport.
:05:25. > :05:26.I'm going to get to work immediately, using the new powers
:05:27. > :05:29.that I've got, to re-regulate the buses here in Greater Manchester.
:05:30. > :05:33.The third issue that I think people want to see a lot of change
:05:34. > :05:38.Of course, anyone starting a new job is going to be filled
:05:39. > :05:40.with ideas and enthusiasm, and Greater Manchester's
:05:41. > :05:46.But Andy Burnham will be judged very closely on just how
:05:47. > :05:57.Along the M62, the North West's other new metro mayor -
:05:58. > :06:00.Labour's Steve Rotheram - also started work today.
:06:01. > :06:03.He officially took office in the Liverpool City Region.
:06:04. > :06:06.The former bricklayer invited the Prime Minister
:06:07. > :06:07.to come to Merseyside, and said he'd
:06:08. > :06:18.Being mayor of the Liverpool City Region is a brand-new job.
:06:19. > :06:20.Though today's ceremony looked traditional enough.
:06:21. > :06:23.Steve Rotheram signed up at Wallasey Town Hall,
:06:24. > :06:26.important symbolically for a mayor representing six boroughs
:06:27. > :06:33.And straight off, a challenge to the PM.
:06:34. > :06:36.Come and visit me in our City Region during the campaign,
:06:37. > :06:39.so we can discuss real issues with real people.
:06:40. > :06:43.And negotiate a better devolution deal for our area.
:06:44. > :06:49.And who knows, if she comes, I might even buy her a bag of chips.
:06:50. > :06:53.A children's signing choir was at today's inauguration,
:06:54. > :06:56.but Labour are not singing from the same hymn sheet when it
:06:57. > :07:00.comes to choosing Steve Rotheram's successor as Labour candidate
:07:01. > :07:04.in the ultrasafe Walton Parliamentary seat.
:07:05. > :07:08.When he announced that he wouldn't be standing again as a MP,
:07:09. > :07:13.Steve Rotheram said it was a significant misjudgement
:07:14. > :07:15.by Labour not to have a local voice on the panel selecting
:07:16. > :07:21.And yet that's precisely what's happened.
:07:22. > :07:24.Now, some in the local party in Walton fear that
:07:25. > :07:30.Labour's national executive may impose a candidate on them.
:07:31. > :07:33.An official from the Unite union, Dan Carden, is one name
:07:34. > :07:39.The elected Mayor of Liverpool City, not the City Region,
:07:40. > :07:44.sent off his application to be the candidate in Walton.
:07:45. > :07:49.One thing we can't do is take for granted Labour
:07:50. > :07:54.No matter where it is, Labour voters in Walton have been loyal
:07:55. > :07:59.We asked people in Liverpool Walton if they would prefer
:08:00. > :08:06.I would prefer someone from Liverpool, obviously,
:08:07. > :08:09.but if they're proper Labour, I don't have a problem with that.
:08:10. > :08:13.I'd like it to be from Liverpool, but as long as they're
:08:14. > :08:16.The new metro mayor, meanwhile, believes he can
:08:17. > :08:26.do more for Merseyside from here than from Westminster.
:08:27. > :08:29.Cheshire rider Emily Gilruth has suffered what's being described
:08:30. > :08:33.as a traumatic brain injury, after falling during
:08:34. > :08:36.The 40-year-old fell from her horse Topwood Beau
:08:37. > :08:38.during the cross-country stage on Saturday.
:08:39. > :08:42.She remains under sedation in hospital.
:08:43. > :08:46.Work's starting this week on a ?2 million flood defence
:08:47. > :08:49.In recent years, homes and businesses around
:08:50. > :08:51.Castletown Harbour have been flooded during winter storms.
:08:52. > :08:54.A new boundary wall is being built to stop the water spilling
:08:55. > :09:10.Manchester City's creating a haven for under threat wildlife. The
:09:11. > :09:15.reserve will be bigger than the current one. It is hoped the writer
:09:16. > :09:17.creatures will be contained there. -- a variety of creatures.
:09:18. > :09:22.That's all from me, let's leave you with a look at the weather.
:09:23. > :09:32.Good evening. A lot of fine and dry weather over the last couple of
:09:33. > :09:36.weeks. We started off really well today, lots of sunshine around, and
:09:37. > :09:41.when synthetic that great as well. The rain will return by Friday.
:09:42. > :09:46.Patchy at first, per ticket holder through the weekend. The northerly
:09:47. > :09:53.drift in the air has been chilly, and it becomes more northwesterly,
:09:54. > :09:56.Celeste cold. Let until Friday as we get this whether creeping towards
:09:57. > :10:02.us, and through the weekend there will be more of that. As we speak,
:10:03. > :10:07.some breaks in the cloud cover, a 5050 split as we head into the
:10:08. > :10:13.morning. Temperatures in towns and cities between five and 7 degrees.
:10:14. > :10:18.Rurally, down to four. By the time we get up tomorrow, that cloud cover
:10:19. > :10:23.will be thinning very nicely. The breeze is much lighter than today.
:10:24. > :10:28.Into the afternoon, good, long spells of sunshine on offer.
:10:29. > :10:35.Temperatures around 13 degrees, but could be higher. Enter tomorrow
:10:36. > :10:40.night, quite warm all over, temperatures holding up. When is it
:10:41. > :10:44.looking good again. Some patchy cloud around every now and again.
:10:45. > :10:49.Similar story for Thursday, not too bad at all. The wind changing
:10:50. > :10:57.direction again, 15 degrees is where we will be. Into Friday, the rain
:10:58. > :10:59.comes towards us from this out. So some water for your garden. Through
:11:00. > :11:02.the weekend, normal service resumed. will become drier and feel warm. Now
:11:03. > :11:15.the National forecast. Good evening. A quiet day on the
:11:16. > :11:19.weather front but we still managed to have some huge contrasts in the
:11:20. > :11:27.weather. This was a beautiful picture from Cumbria, blue skies and
:11:28. > :11:31.crystal clear blue skies in Argyll and Bute but closer to the north
:11:32. > :11:36.coast, it sends shivers down your spine! Chilly and cloudy all along
:11:37. > :11:41.that cost this bank of cloud that sliced the country in half, cool and
:11:42. > :11:46.cloudy to the east and to the West had sunshine. But it still been dry
:11:47. > :11:53.and it will stay that way for most of the week. As we get into Friday,
:11:54. > :11:56.there is some rain on the way. In the short-term, not much happening
:11:57. > :12:00.in the next few hours, quite a bit of cloud in most of England and
:12:01. > :12:02.Wales but many northern and western parts, the stars are out.
:12:03. > :12:04.Temperatures not