11/05/2017 North West Tonight

The town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria is welcoming news

that Labour is committed to renewing

the UK's nuclear weapons system, Trident.

The confirmation came in its leaked manifesto.

Trident is a major election issue in Barrow,

Our political editor, Nina Warhurst, is there for us tonight.

Nina, it's no secret Jeremy Corbyn is an opponent of nuclear weapons.

It is the wording of that elite that has failed to convince the

electorate here. They are committed to operation Trident, but they are

not committed to nuclear and long-term, which has left Labour

voters feeling that the party they voted for for long time does not

have their back. Ships have been built embarrassing is 1894 and, at

the moment, operation Trident provides more than 8000 jobs here.

Little wonder that nuclear is at the heart of this debate in this

marginal seat. but there is something

troubling this town. A decision last year to renew

the Trident missile system should secure the jobs here

of those who build the submarines But which party would

you trust to see it through? Tony Keen runs an engineering

services company company that depends on the BAE

Systems shipyard. I would have to dramatically change

the strategy of the business. It wouldn't be fatal,

but it would be bad. About half of your work

is with BAE Systems, isn't it? You can tell by the shops

whatever industry or sector you're in in the town,

it affects every part of the community.

There is not enough work on a Trident submarine in Barrow

to keep 12,000 people fully employed.

Labour's Dennis Healey meeting shipyard workers in Barrow in 1983.

the Conservatives overturning a 7,000 majority.

supported unilateral nuclear disarmament.

a policy confirmed in the leaked manifesto.

Its last MP, John Woodcock, was firmly behind it.

And yet, some voters are wary of party leader Jeremy Corbyn's

lifelong links with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

You don't know what Jeremy Corbyn's going to do

So nobody knows what's going on in his mind.

The Labour Party, especially their leader, seems to be

very negative for the future of the submarines.

Rarely is one issue so prominent in politics,

One false move by a candidate and his or her party

can cost them in the whole election.

defence isn't just about our national security -

it's about jobs and the very future of this town.

Nina, we've heard how important Trident is to Barrow -

but is it the only issue driving votes?

No, not at all. I spent two days here and people are worried about

housing, immigration, Brexit. Labour's problems in Barrow predate

Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Back in 2015, they saw the majority drop

from more than 5000 votes to fewer than 800. Now that puts them on a

list of 90s situates a sad cross the North West where 5% of Labour

voters, if they switch to Conservatives, will change the seat.

There are more than 30 seats where there is a margin of 20% all more.

That means we are virtually unshakeable. The Labour Party does

have its work cut out, and it only has four weeks to make up that

ground. I know you will be keeping abreast of all that for us. Thank

you very much. A drug smuggling gang

has been sentenced to a total An international police operation

stopped the smugglers getting heroin the ringleader of the group,

seen here on the left - The 64-year-old had been jailed

in the past for a similar plot. He's previously served a lengthy

sentence for this type of crime. He gave no thought to the harm

and misery that would have occurred, had these drugs flooded the streets

in the North West, and equally the harm it causes

in the communities overseas Rochdale's former

Labour MP Simon Danczuk, says he will stand as an Independent

against Labour's Tony Lloyd Mr Danczuk was suspended

by the Labour Party while it investigated allegations

he sent explicit texts Chester Zoo, which fell victim

to a fraud of over ?1 million, The zoo was duped into handing

over the money, in 2013, to a man claiming to represent

a construction company Four men have been convicted

for their involvement. One of the country's biggest

new arts centres has officially

opened in Chester tonight. and it means that,

for the first time in a decade, there's a theatre

and a cinema in the city centre. But there's more to the project

than films and plays, Rehearsals at Storyhouse Chester

for tonight's show It is an adapted John Gay's

18th-century play to put in references

to Chester and Merseyside. Storyhouse is on the site

of the old Odeon cinema, but a modern extension means it can

offer much more than movies. It's wonderful to see the building

so full and vibrant and busy, with children playing,

with their parents watching, big sisters reading stories

to their little sisters, seeing young people gathering

and doing their homework It's brilliant to see the building

used exactly how we'd dreamed. It's ten years since Chester city

centre had a cinema or theatre. Judging from the number of people

who turned up today, it will assuage

a real cultural hunger. One of the key things

about Storyhouse is the range of cultural activities

that go on here. The library, the cinema,

the theatre, and there's even a big TV screen

to show important events. I mean, there were a lot

of challenges on this project. A big cultural project in a city

like Chester historic city. I suppose the first challenge

was to think about how you design a building that is a library,

a cinema and a theatre. How you bring all those things

together in a completely new way. And really we've tried

to make the library the glue that joins

everything together. a youth theatre

and space for crafts. Storyhouse is open from 8am

until the last show finishes. Is a British astronaut has been

speaking to children children today. A film is being made about his life.

Plunged into darkness and into space. Mike took hundreds of

students on a journey through his career. It is almost 20 years since

he helped to save near, the Russian space station, after it collided

with a supply vessel. Conquering adversity is with one of the themes

of his talk. My story probably does help because

I tell them how I got around some of the setbacks.

If you don't have a way to stop it floating, it is horrible. He was

really funny, and the videos were funny. Without gravity, you think,

how would people move properly and things like that.

It is an inspirational story, if you keep trying, you can achieve it.

That is the message we want our children to have. Never give in,

always try your best and do everything you can to realise your

dreams. A Hollywood movie is now being made about his life will stop

enough time has passed to make that movie bearable for me to be made. Do

you know who is playing you? No. Do you have any wishes in particular?

No. They've got to have more hair! Manchester United fans

are celebrating tonight after the club booked its place

in the Europa Legue final in a tempestuous match

at Old Trafford. United hung on to win on aggregrate

against Celta Vigo, And the beautiful weather

we've been having is on the way out! It is not a dreadful weekend by a

long shot. What a fantastic day today, 21 degrees, 70 Fahrenheit. We

won't see that again in the next won't see that again in the next

couple of days, but we saw tonnes of sunshine. The story has changed

through the afternoon. The cloud pushed in, making the sunshine more

hazy and weak in the southern part of the region. It is all ahead of

some weather which pushes into was the early hours of tomorrow morning.

It will trundle more as we head towards Friday. The graphics have

decided to die, so you will have to listen to me rather than get

anything that supports what I'm saying. Through the night, the story

is about the temperatures. They are mild out and about, generally

between seven and 11 degrees in towns and cities. A little breezy

write-down. Tomorrow is a day which does not hold to much promise,

showers will start the day in some places, they will move northwards

through the day. They could be heavy. Away from those, brighter

skies will try to work their way through. Some places good dodge them

completely. They will start to get their act together towards 5pm, they

could be a rumble and as well. In the brightest bots, tempters still

reach 18 degrees. The outlook for the week is changeable.

We want to see the economy work for everybody, not

Now the weather. , yes a humid dead. We have had

photographs of the Now, humid air is coming in hyped.

This cloud will