0:00:00 > 0:00:01We'll find out soon.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Good evening.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The wife of a Merseyside Police motorcyclist who was left brain
0:00:17 > 0:00:20damaged after he was struck by a dangerous driver has been
0:00:20 > 0:00:22speaking for the first time about her legal fight to have
0:00:22 > 0:00:25doctors let him die.
0:00:25 > 0:00:2843-year-old Gulf War veteran Paul Briggs was knocked
0:00:28 > 0:00:32off his bike in July 2015 as he made his way to work.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34A Government lawyer wanted to keep him on life support,
0:00:34 > 0:00:38but last month a judge decided Paul Briggs should be allowed to die
0:00:38 > 0:00:43and is due to be transferred to palliative care.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45In an interview with the Sunday Mirror
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Lindsey Briggs says...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03A four-year-old boy and his mother who went missing from Tameside
0:01:03 > 0:01:06on Friday have been found safe and well in Ashton-under-Lyne.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11Police had said they were "extremely concerned" about Andrew Shorrock
0:01:11 > 0:01:12and his 34-year-old mother.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17A Cumbrian charity is hoping to raise more than ?100,000
0:01:17 > 0:01:20from public donations to help elderly people living
0:01:20 > 0:01:23in fuel poverty to heat their homes this winter.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27The Cumbria Community Foundation says 30,000 people are struggling
0:01:27 > 0:01:30to pay bills in the county and some could die because
0:01:30 > 0:01:33they can't keep warm.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Fuel poverty is particularly bad in rural areas where properties
0:01:37 > 0:01:43often do not have a gas supply and rely on more
0:01:43 > 0:01:45expensive solid fuels.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47What have you done with your unwanted Christmas tree?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Well, one family in Ormskirk have rounded up more than 300 of them
0:01:51 > 0:01:53in return for donations to Alder Hey.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56It's after their five-year-old was saved by the children's hospital
0:01:56 > 0:02:03after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, as Katie Walderman reports.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Meet five-year-old Daniel.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I hope you're not filming us!
0:02:07 > 0:02:08I am.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What?!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Daniel's crazy.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14He's very, very boisterous, and mischievous, and full of life.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17But two years ago it was a very different story after he was
0:02:17 > 0:02:20diagnosed with a brain tumour.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23It feels like the floor's gone from under you, really.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25You just feel like your whole world's collapsed.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28You know, you get that awful feeling in the pit of your stomach
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and it doesn't feel real.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33But his life was saved by Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34That's our inspiration, really, to try and help give
0:02:36 > 0:02:38back in some small way.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42To thank them for what they've done for Daniel.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45So how do you thank the people who saved your child's life?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Well, raising lots of money for them is always a great start.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Over the last two years, the family has raised almost ?10,000
0:02:51 > 0:02:53by collecting old Christmas trees, like these, in return
0:02:53 > 0:02:54for a donation to Alder Hey.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And this year they've collected over 300 trees.
0:02:57 > 0:03:04We are collecting trees to make lots of money for Alder Hey,
0:03:04 > 0:03:11because they did make me better.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14They hope to raise enough money to pay for a projector to distract
0:03:14 > 0:03:19young patients before a general anaesthetic.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21It's a great opportunity for people in the local area
0:03:21 > 0:03:24to support a local cause.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27And this is where they're brought - to Formby Beach, where they're used
0:03:27 > 0:03:30by the National Trust to prop up the sand dunes.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33The family say they'll never be able to thank hospital staff enough,
0:03:33 > 0:03:43but say thanks to Alder Hey the force is strong with this one!
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Drivers heading into to Manchester city centre tomorrow morning
0:03:48 > 0:03:52are being warned there will be extra congestion.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56The Brook Street section of the A34 will completely close for a month
0:03:56 > 0:04:00to allow major utility work to be carried out in connection
0:04:00 > 0:04:05with the redevelopment of the old BBC site.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Time now for a look at the weather with Lucy Martin.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Good evening.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Another misty, murky start to the day today.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14We saw plenty of cloud, as we did yesterday.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16On the visible satellite here, you can see all that cloud
0:04:16 > 0:04:20covering much of England.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23There were maybe one or two more breaks than we saw yesterday.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25As we move through this evening and overnight,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28more cloud will thicken up.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30It could produce a spot of rain.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Temperatures falling to an overnight low of 6-8 Celsius.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35A mild start to the day tomorrow with plenty of cloud around.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Then this band of rain sweeps in from the North West.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I think that has the potential to have some heavy pulses in there.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Behind it, a bit more in the way of brightness and clearer skies.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Some heavy showers to look out for.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Temperatures to a maximum of ten Celsius.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49It looks like it will be a chilly night into Tuesday.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52As we move through the week we will see temperatures
0:04:52 > 0:04:54temperatures drop off and winds pick up.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55That's it from me.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57We're back tomorrow morning from 6:25.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Good night.