:00:12. > :00:16.Police are appealing for the driver of a car that killed
:00:17. > :00:19.an elderly man in Cheadle Hulme last night to hand themselves in.
:00:20. > :00:22.Ian Whitworth, who was 80 years old, was killed after he was hit by a car
:00:23. > :00:26.shortly after 10pm near the Ryecroft Arms on Turves Road.
:00:27. > :00:29.Witnesses describe seeing a small black car,
:00:30. > :00:33.possibly a coupe or hatchback, driving at speed towards the A34.
:00:34. > :00:37.The vehicle is believed to have damage to its front windscreen.
:00:38. > :00:40.Meanwhile the family of a man found dead in an alleyway in Heywood
:00:41. > :00:43.on Thursday night today said they will miss him forever.
:00:44. > :00:47.A postmortem examination showed 33-year-old Matthew McKenzie died
:00:48. > :00:49.after suffering a stab wound to the chest.
:00:50. > :00:53.A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains
:00:54. > :00:59.Fire fighters have this afternoon been battling a blaze in Harpurhey
:01:00. > :01:02.after an explosion at a cafe on Rochdale Road
:01:03. > :01:08.Emergency services were called just after 3pm and people
:01:09. > :01:14.There's free on-street parking in parts of Manchester city centre
:01:15. > :01:17.this weekend after 18 months of roadworks.
:01:18. > :01:21.The City Council says it's to thank the public for their patience
:01:22. > :01:27.but as Kevin Fitzpatrick reports, the disruption isn't over yet.
:01:28. > :01:31.If you've driven through Manchester in the past 18 months,
:01:32. > :01:33.you'll have had more than your fair share.
:01:34. > :01:36.I use public transport and it's been absolutely horrendous
:01:37. > :01:40.You couldn't get down Oxford Road and I don't drive into town
:01:41. > :01:43.because of the roadworks and the parking's poor.
:01:44. > :01:46.For businesses in the thick of it around the Oxford road area,
:01:47. > :01:50.When the roads were closed, that was a big issue
:01:51. > :01:55.for us because there was lots of fencing and a lot of noise as well
:01:56. > :01:58.and we didn't have access to the shop, so that wasn't good for
:01:59. > :02:01.delivering all the flowers and everything, but once that was
:02:02. > :02:03.cleared, it actually became a bit easier.
:02:04. > :02:05.The ongoing works are part of the council's
:02:06. > :02:08.?1 billion Project Grow, which it says is necessary
:02:09. > :02:12.to improve access to the city for all forms of transport.
:02:13. > :02:15.This new tramline known as the second city crossing is
:02:16. > :02:19.due to be open in early spring, but its construction has caused huge
:02:20. > :02:23.disruption and the fact that it coincided with other roadworks and a
:02:24. > :02:27.sinkhole on the Mancunian Way that took ten months to fix means the
:02:28. > :02:31.misery for motorists has gone on and on.
:02:32. > :02:34.A lot of people is not going to do anything about it by saying
:02:35. > :02:37.anything, it's just a case of just putting up with it, really.
:02:38. > :02:40.If you're going to the Northern College of Music
:02:41. > :02:42.or the Bridgwater then it has been a nuisance, you know.
:02:43. > :02:44.Now the council is allowing the public a weekend's
:02:45. > :02:48.free street parking to compensate for the hassle they've endured.
:02:49. > :02:49.We realise there's been some short-term disruption
:02:50. > :02:52.while we grow the city's infrastructure, creating bus gates
:02:53. > :02:55.and putting a tram right across the city and this is just
:02:56. > :02:58.a way to say thank you to residents for bearing with us
:02:59. > :03:04.But the end is still months away with work on the Oxford Road
:03:05. > :03:12.bus corridor expected to continue until April.
:03:13. > :03:18.And tonight marks the start of a year of events
:03:19. > :03:22.and concerts to mark the period in the town's musical history.
:03:23. > :03:25.It was a year that saw performances in Blackburn by not only Bowie,
:03:26. > :03:29.but also The Sweet, Slade Status Quo and Queen.
:03:30. > :03:33."1973: The Year Bowie Came to Blackburn" gets underway
:03:34. > :03:36.at St George's Hall this evening with music from local bands
:03:37. > :03:45.Sport and in darts Bolton's Lisa Ashton has won the BDO
:03:46. > :03:46.World Darts Championships for the third time.
:03:47. > :03:48.The player known as The Lancashire Rose recorded
:03:49. > :03:50.a straight sets victory over the Australian eighth seed
:03:51. > :03:56.In football, substitute Joey Barton scored the second-half winner
:03:57. > :04:00.on his league return for Burnley, who saw off Southampton 1-0
:04:01. > :04:14.Well, it has been a fine and dry day for the most part.
:04:15. > :04:17.In fact, we had some stunning scenes out there with some lovely blue
:04:18. > :04:20.skies but as we head through tonight, a change is on the way.
:04:21. > :04:22.It's all in the form of a weather system
:04:23. > :04:27.It's bringing with it much milder air so we're going to get a little
:04:28. > :04:30.bit of mist and murk in there and plenty of rain.
:04:31. > :04:32.We'll see the cloud thickening up first.
:04:33. > :04:36.Where we see that cold air meeting the rain, we could
:04:37. > :04:38.see some wintry flurries over Cumbria and Lancashire.
:04:39. > :04:40.Temperatures overnight though, doing a little better.
:04:41. > :04:41.We're holding up just above freezing.
:04:42. > :04:44.Now, as we head into tomorrow, we're going to continue to
:04:45. > :04:46.see that rain right at the way through the day.
:04:47. > :04:48.Plenty of mist and murk as well, but temperatures
:04:49. > :04:51.finally starting to do a little better.
:04:52. > :04:54.Pushing up to around about nine, possibly 10 Celsius on the
:04:55. > :04:57.Isle of Man and as we head into the new working week,
:04:58. > :05:15.Hope you have a good evening. Bye-bye.
:05:16. > :05:22.Getting the detail of this cold snap is proving to be challenging and
:05:23. > :05:25.will continue to be so over the next 24 hours. Ice around across eastern
:05:26. > :05:29.parts after the earlier showers then rain pushing in from Northern
:05:30. > :05:35.Ireland across Scotland and a period of snow across eastern Scotland
:05:36. > :05:39.temporarily. It will extend into northern Wales and England too. A
:05:40. > :05:40.chilly night across