:00:00. > :00:12.We are back with the late news at 10.30pm.
:00:13. > :00:15.The wife of a Merseyside Police motorcyclist who was left
:00:16. > :00:18.brain damaged after he was struck by a dangerous driver has been
:00:19. > :00:21.speaking for the first time about her legal fight to have
:00:22. > :00:26.43-year-old Gulf War veteran Paul Briggs was knocked
:00:27. > :00:35.A Government lawyer wanted to keep him on life support.
:00:36. > :00:38.But last month, a judge decided Paul Briggs should be allowed to die
:00:39. > :00:40.and is due to be transferred to palliative care.
:00:41. > :00:42.In an interview with the Sunday Mirror,
:00:43. > :00:59.A postmortem examination is due to take place on the body of a man
:01:00. > :01:01.who was killed in Oldham on Friday morning.
:01:02. > :01:04.David McMillan died in hospital after police were called
:01:05. > :01:07.to Kensington Avenue in Royton just after 2am.
:01:08. > :01:12.A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder at the scene
:01:13. > :01:15.and has been released on bail until March.
:01:16. > :01:18.A four-year-old boy and his mother who went missing from Tameside
:01:19. > :01:20.on Friday have been found safe and well.
:01:21. > :01:24.Police had said they were extremely concerned about Andrew Shorrock
:01:25. > :01:29.The pair were last seen boarding a Blackpool-bound train
:01:30. > :01:31.from Manchester Piccadilly station around midday on Friday.
:01:32. > :01:34.A Cumbrian charity is hoping to raise more than ?100,000
:01:35. > :01:35.from public donations to help elderly people living
:01:36. > :01:38.in fuel poverty to heat their homes this winter.
:01:39. > :01:42.The Cumbria Community Foundation says 30,000 people are struggling
:01:43. > :01:45.to pay bills in the county, and some could die because
:01:46. > :01:50.Fuel poverty is particularly bad in rural areas where properties
:01:51. > :01:53.often do not have a gas supply and rely on more
:01:54. > :01:59.What have you done with your unwanted Christmas tree?
:02:00. > :02:02.Well, one family in Ormskirk have rounded up 300 of them in return
:02:03. > :02:08.It's after their five-year-old was saved by the children's hospital
:02:09. > :02:11.after being diagnosed with a brain tumour,
:02:12. > :02:26.He's very, very boisterous and mischievous, and full of life.
:02:27. > :02:29.But two years ago, it was a very different story,
:02:30. > :02:32.after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
:02:33. > :02:35.Feels like the floor's gone from under you, really.
:02:36. > :02:37.Just feel like your whole world's collapsed.
:02:38. > :02:41.You get that awful feeling in the pit of your stomach,
:02:42. > :02:47.But his life was saved by Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
:02:48. > :02:49.That's our inspiration, really, to try and help and give
:02:50. > :02:52.back in some small way, to thank them for what
:02:53. > :02:57.So how do you thank the people who saved your child's life?
:02:58. > :03:01.Well, raising lots of money for them is always a great start.
:03:02. > :03:04.Over the last two years, the family has raised almost ?10,000
:03:05. > :03:06.by collecting old Christmas trees, like these, in return
:03:07. > :03:13.And this year, they've collected over 300 trees.
:03:14. > :03:20.We are collecting trees to make lots of money for Alder Hey.
:03:21. > :03:26.They hope to raise enough money to pay for a projector
:03:27. > :03:29.to distract young patients before general anaesthetic.
:03:30. > :03:32.It's a great opportunity for people in the local area
:03:33. > :03:39.And this is where they're brought, to Forby Beach, where they're used
:03:40. > :03:41.by the National Trust to prop up the sand dunes.
:03:42. > :03:49.The family say they'll never be able to thank hospital staff enough,
:03:50. > :03:55.but thanks to Alder Hey, the Force is strong with this one.
:03:56. > :03:58.Drivers heading into to Manchester city centre tomorrow
:03:59. > :04:02.morning are being warned there will be extra congestion.
:04:03. > :04:06.The Brook Street section of the A34 will completely close for a month
:04:07. > :04:09.to allow major utility work to be carried out in connection
:04:10. > :04:14.with the redevelopment of the old BBC site.
:04:15. > :04:16.In the FA Cup third round, the youngest Liverpool starting
:04:17. > :04:19.line-up in the club's history was held to a a goaless draw
:04:20. > :04:23.by League Two side Plymouth Argyle at Anfield.
:04:24. > :04:28.The Reds had an average age of 21 years and 296 days and couldn't
:04:29. > :04:32.The tie will go to a replay at Plymouth.
:04:33. > :04:34.The draw for the fourth round will be made tomorrow
:04:35. > :04:49.It's been another grey day today, plenty of cloud around,
:04:50. > :04:54.This photo of the dog walk sent in from Wigan,
:04:55. > :04:59.As we move through the day, plenty of cloud covering much of England,
:05:00. > :05:03.though a few breaks, perhaps more than we saw yesterday.
:05:04. > :05:07.Through this evening and overnight, the cloud thickens up again.
:05:08. > :05:10.Could be thick enough for the odd spot of rain,
:05:11. > :05:12.and the odd spot of hill fog redeveloping in the first
:05:13. > :05:18.Temperatures falling to a low of 6 degrees.
:05:19. > :05:21.Mild start tomorrow, plenty of cloud around,
:05:22. > :05:23.this band of rain coming in from the northwest,
:05:24. > :05:26.the breeze picking up, some heavy outbursts
:05:27. > :05:30.Clearer skies, a dip in the temperatures,
:05:31. > :05:36.I'll leave you with the outlook, a fresh start to Tuesday after that
:05:37. > :05:40.dip in the temperatures, plenty of cloud around again,
:05:41. > :05:43.but some showers through Tuesday, and the temperatures dipping
:05:44. > :06:09.That's all from us for now, have a very good evening.
:06:10. > :06:15.After a dull weekend for many of us, the weather gets shaken to life this
:06:16. > :06:21.week. The real driver for the first wake-up call is low pressure pushing
:06:22. > :06:23.towards Iceland, it will throw this weather front Alloway and before
:06:24. > :06:29.that we have the south-westerly wind, another misty and foggy night
:06:30. > :06:30.for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern