08/01/2017 North West Tonight

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The wife of a Merseyside Police motorcyclist who was left brain

damaged after he was struck by a dangerous driver has been

speaking for the first time about her legal fight to have

doctors let him die.

43-year-old Gulf War veteran Paul Briggs was knocked

off his bike in July 2015 as he made his way to work.

A Government lawyer wanted to keep him on life support,

but last month a judge decided Paul Briggs should be allowed to die

and is due to be transferred to palliative care.

In an interview with the Sunday Mirror

Lindsey Briggs says...

A four-year-old boy and his mother who went missing from Tameside

on Friday have been found safe and well in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Police had said they were "extremely concerned" about Andrew Shorrock

and his 34-year-old mother.

A Cumbrian charity is hoping to raise more than ?100,000

from public donations to help elderly people living

in fuel poverty to heat their homes this winter.

The Cumbria Community Foundation says 30,000 people are struggling

to pay bills in the county and some could die because

they can't keep warm.

Fuel poverty is particularly bad in rural areas where properties

often do not have a gas supply and rely on more

expensive solid fuels.

What have you done with your unwanted Christmas tree?

Well, one family in Ormskirk have rounded up more than 300 of them

in return for donations to Alder Hey.

It's after their five-year-old was saved by the children's hospital

after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, as Katie Walderman reports.

Meet five-year-old Daniel.

I hope you're not filming us!

I am.

What?!

Daniel's crazy.

He's very, very boisterous, and mischievous, and full of life.

But two years ago it was a very different story after he was

diagnosed with a brain tumour.

It feels like the floor's gone from under you, really.

You just feel like your whole world's collapsed.

You know, you get that awful feeling in the pit of your stomach

and it doesn't feel real.

But his life was saved by Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

That's our inspiration, really, to try and help give

back in some small way.

To thank them for what they've done for Daniel.

So how do you thank the people who saved your child's life?

Well, raising lots of money for them is always a great start.

Over the last two years, the family has raised almost ?10,000

by collecting old Christmas trees, like these, in return

for a donation to Alder Hey.

And this year they've collected over 300 trees.

We are collecting trees to make lots of money for Alder Hey,

because they did make me better.

They hope to raise enough money to pay for a projector to distract

young patients before a general anaesthetic.

It's a great opportunity for people in the local area

to support a local cause.

And this is where they're brought - to Formby Beach, where they're used

by the National Trust to prop up the sand dunes.

The family say they'll never be able to thank hospital staff enough,

but say thanks to Alder Hey the force is strong with this one!

Drivers heading into to Manchester city centre tomorrow morning

are being warned there will be extra congestion.

The Brook Street section of the A34 will completely close for a month

to allow major utility work to be carried out in connection

with the redevelopment of the old BBC site.

Time now for a look at the weather with Lucy Martin.

Good evening.

Another misty, murky start to the day today.

We saw plenty of cloud, as we did yesterday.

On the visible satellite here, you can see all that cloud

covering much of England.

There were maybe one or two more breaks than we saw yesterday.

As we move through this evening and overnight,

more cloud will thicken up.

It could produce a spot of rain.

Temperatures falling to an overnight low of 6-8 Celsius.

A mild start to the day tomorrow with plenty of cloud around.

Then this band of rain sweeps in from the North West.

I think that has the potential to have some heavy pulses in there.

Behind it, a bit more in the way of brightness and clearer skies.

Some heavy showers to look out for.

Temperatures to a maximum of ten Celsius.

It looks like it will be a chilly night into Tuesday.

As we move through the week we will see temperatures

temperatures drop off and winds pick up.

That's it from me.

We're back tomorrow morning from 6:25.

Good night.