:00:00. > :00:21.Health officials have revealed there are more than 7,000 fast food
:00:22. > :00:24.outlets here in the North West as part of a plan to tackle obesity.
:00:25. > :00:26.Public Health England says takeaway food is higher
:00:27. > :00:30.It want councils to be better informed to limit
:00:31. > :00:32.the number of new places. Yunus Mulla reports.
:00:33. > :00:36.Here in Manchester, we're told there are around
:00:37. > :00:39.750 fast food outlets - the most in the North West.
:00:40. > :00:45.Public Health England has now published a map
:00:46. > :00:47.of fast food hotspots, because evidence, it says,
:00:48. > :00:55.Some councils are really concerned about this and they're trying
:00:56. > :00:57.to stop new takeaways from opening and some are being successful
:00:58. > :01:00.in that and Public Health England, by publishing this data,
:01:01. > :01:03.are helping local authorities understand what's
:01:04. > :01:08.Blackpool was found to have the highest density
:01:09. > :01:11.of fast-food outlets per population in this region.
:01:12. > :01:14.Here, the council and NHS England have chosen the Whyndyke Farm
:01:15. > :01:22.The heart of it will be ideas around leisure and health.
:01:23. > :01:25.The Halton Borough in Cheshire is below the national average
:01:26. > :01:33.Here in Runcorn, Holton Lea has also been chosen as one of only
:01:34. > :01:38.ten places in the UK for this healthy town project.
:01:39. > :01:40.Again, there will be hundreds of new homes,
:01:41. > :01:46.but also fast food-free zones, especially near schools.
:01:47. > :01:48.Kids go after school, don't they, and get something to eat
:01:49. > :01:51.and then, instead of going home and having proper meals
:01:52. > :01:53.and stuff, so yeah, I suppose it is good, really.
:01:54. > :01:56.It is a business at the end of the day for them.
:01:57. > :01:58.You just need to be able to manage your own lifestyle.
:01:59. > :02:00.They're turning us into a nanny state.
:02:01. > :02:02.No, I think people should have freedom of choice.
:02:03. > :02:05.Not all fast food is unhealthy, but when it is,
:02:06. > :02:07.Public Health England wants local councils to be informed,
:02:08. > :02:09.so they can take the right decisions.
:02:10. > :02:18.Yunus Mulla, BBC North West Tonight, Runcorn.
:02:19. > :02:21.A couple from London have taken a day trip to the Isle of Man
:02:22. > :02:24.to become the UK's first opposite-sex civil partners.
:02:25. > :02:26.Martin Loat and Claire Beale have been together 25 years
:02:27. > :02:30.They want their relationship recognised by law without
:02:31. > :02:37.Martin and Claire support a campaign for equal civil partnership laws,
:02:38. > :02:40.in the UK, like those in the Isle of Man.
:02:41. > :02:45.It's got all sorts of historical, patriarchal baggage that we don't
:02:46. > :02:47.feel particularly comfortable with and what we want is
:02:48. > :02:52.a light touch legal recognition of our relationship.
:02:53. > :02:55.A huge fire has been raging in Merseyside overnight.
:02:56. > :02:57.The fire service was called about 11.20 last night
:02:58. > :03:03.to Seaforth Docks, where a scrap metal recycling facility was ablaze.
:03:04. > :03:06.At its height, there were some 40 fire officers at the incident,
:03:07. > :03:08.including six fire appliances, two ariel platforms
:03:09. > :03:15.The fire is under control, but Merseyside Fire Service say
:03:16. > :03:17.this is a significant and ongoing operation
:03:18. > :03:27.There is no risk to the public, but people nearby with breathing
:03:28. > :03:29.conditions are urged to take their medication as advised.
:03:30. > :03:31.Sport and, in the Premier League today, Scott Arfield's 90th-minute
:03:32. > :03:34.winner gave Burnley their third victory of the season in a match
:03:35. > :03:38.It is Everton's second league defeat under manager Ronald Koeman.
:03:39. > :03:46.And at 5.30pm, Liverpool kicked off against West Ham at Anfield.
:03:47. > :03:55.There are big men in stone, and the score stands at 0-0. -- there are
:03:56. > :03:56.eight minutes down. In Rugby Union last night,
:03:57. > :03:59.Sale Sharks fell to their second defeat in two games in Pool 3,
:04:00. > :04:02.as Toulon returned to winning ways Sale, who lost to Scarlets last
:04:03. > :04:05.week, face English champions Saracens in their next European tie
:04:06. > :04:08.on the 10th of December. Now, the forecast for the rest
:04:09. > :04:11.of the weekend, with Lucy Martin. Well, it's not a bad end
:04:12. > :04:14.to the week tomorrow. We're looking at a mixture
:04:15. > :04:17.of variable cloud and some showers. There will be some sunny
:04:18. > :04:19.spells in the mix as well, it won't be a total wash-out,
:04:20. > :04:22.but looking at this evening and overnight first of all,
:04:23. > :04:25.we'll have a period of dry, with some patchy cloud around,
:04:26. > :04:27.before we see some showers Temperatures falling to an overnight
:04:28. > :04:31.low of six to nine degrees Celsius. Now, tomorrow, we start the day
:04:32. > :04:35.with plenty in the way of cloud. There could be one or two
:04:36. > :04:38.mist or fog patches as well, just the odd shower to look out for,
:04:39. > :04:41.but as we move into the afternoon, we should see some brightness
:04:42. > :04:43.and some sunny spells, although, in the north of the region,
:04:44. > :04:46.we are looking slightly cloudy with just the risk
:04:47. > :04:48.of seeing an isolated shower. Temperatures tomorrow
:04:49. > :04:50.at a maximum of 11 Celsius, and a bit more in the way
:04:51. > :04:54.of a breeze than we saw today. Now, I'll leave
:04:55. > :04:55.you with the outlook. We're keeping those similar
:04:56. > :04:58.temperatures as we begin next week, although there could be
:04:59. > :05:31.some showers to watch out for. Not a bad start but we will see some
:05:32. > :05:35.mist and fog overnight. Southern England, we will have some extensive
:05:36. > :05:38.low cloud and patchy fog. Further west huddle in the countryside, with
:05:39. > :05:42.clearer skies, it will be quite chilly night. Not very promising in
:05:43. > :05:53.the morning across these central areas. Fog slowly lifting as the
:05:54. > :05:57.breeze freshens. For western Scotland, it should be a decent day
:05:58. > :06:03.after a chilly start. There will be some sunshine, and largely dry.
:06:04. > :06:05.Eastern Scotland, showers have been more widely. On the whole, for
:06:06. > :06:07.northern parts of the