:00:00. > :00:13.We are back with the late news at 10 o'clock.
:00:14. > :00:15.Merseyside Police are appealing for information
:00:16. > :00:19.after a man was left outside a hospital with stab wounds.
:00:20. > :00:22.The 21-year-old was taken to Aintree Hospital in the early hours,
:00:23. > :00:25.in a light coloured van with blacked-out windows.
:00:26. > :00:28.He suffered a number of stab wounds and is in a stable condition.
:00:29. > :00:31.Police are trying to trace those who were in the van.
:00:32. > :00:33.A 25-year-old man arrested in connection
:00:34. > :00:35.with the escape of a convicted murderer in Liverpool
:00:36. > :00:38.has been released while investigations continue.
:00:39. > :00:42.from outside Aintree University Hospital on Tuesday.
:00:43. > :00:46.Detectives are working with police forces across the UK
:00:47. > :00:50.and they're reminding the public not to approach him.
:00:51. > :00:52.The Blackpool skyline has changed forever today,
:00:53. > :00:54.with the demolition of the eight-storey tower
:00:55. > :01:02.which welcomed visitors in to the resort, was reduced to rubble.
:01:03. > :01:05.Katie Walderman was there to see it happen.
:01:06. > :01:09.For almost 40 years, Blackpool's other tower has stood proud.
:01:10. > :01:12.It housed Ernie, the machine that selected people at random
:01:13. > :01:15.to become millionaires on the Premium Bonds.
:01:16. > :01:21.and his replacement has moved across the way,
:01:22. > :01:24.But this iconic eight-storey tower will be no more -
:01:25. > :01:29.dynamite will be used to flatten it, making way for new houses.
:01:30. > :01:32.Some call it iconic, I'd say it's an eyesore myself.
:01:33. > :01:35.The Premium Bonds tower has been one of those things
:01:36. > :01:38.that's always seemed to have been here, doesn't it?
:01:39. > :01:41.So it will be quite sad to see it go.
:01:42. > :01:43.So how do you bring down 120 foot of concrete?
:01:44. > :01:46.The explosives, if you look, are positioned on the first
:01:47. > :01:49.and second floor, and then the fourth floor
:01:50. > :01:54.The idea being it all blows in sequence -
:01:55. > :02:01.The building should, in effect, tip this way at that point,
:02:02. > :02:05.and it will smash itself to bits on the floor.
:02:06. > :02:08.And these two are charged with making it happen -
:02:09. > :02:11.It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I'm so excited.
:02:12. > :02:13.It feels weird that you're going to be responsible
:02:14. > :02:25.And what took years to build up took just seconds to bring down.
:02:26. > :02:29.It felt like we were on a Fast Furious set!
:02:30. > :02:33.When you think there's 6,000 tonnes of concrete chasing it down
:02:34. > :02:35.when you knock the legs from under it.
:02:36. > :02:40.That was the fun part - now starts the clear-up.
:02:41. > :02:42.And it's estimated it'll take until the summer
:02:43. > :02:48.to shift what the explosion's left behind.
:02:49. > :02:50.Manchester's newest tram line welcomed its first passengers today.
:02:51. > :02:55.The Second City Crossing, which runs from St Peter's Square
:02:56. > :02:56.near the Town Hall to Victoria Station,
:02:57. > :03:01.has taken three years to build at a cost of ?165 million.
:03:02. > :03:04.It's the final part of a ?1.5 billon transport expansion plan,
:03:05. > :03:16.If you improve connectivity, then people's demand
:03:17. > :03:18.and the desire to travel will be more easily satisfied.
:03:19. > :03:21.So that's why it will be so good for the local economy,
:03:22. > :03:27.but also in the other centres which it connects across the city.
:03:28. > :03:30.demonstrators took to the streets yesterday evening in a protest
:03:31. > :03:34.over government cuts to social care and education.
:03:35. > :03:36.Organisers say over 1,000 people braved the bad weather
:03:37. > :03:42.which ended with a rally in Albert Square.
:03:43. > :03:44.A Lancashire MP has called for unity
:03:45. > :03:46.after two councils - Fylde and Wyre -
:03:47. > :03:48.withdrew their support for devolution.
:03:49. > :03:50.Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics North West,
:03:51. > :03:53.Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle said the county
:03:54. > :03:56.would lose out to cities like Manchester and Liverpool
:03:57. > :03:59.if its local authorities didn't work together.
:04:00. > :04:02.What we've got to do, it's like the election result,
:04:03. > :04:06.At the moment, we haven't got a united front.
:04:07. > :04:09.that will make sure that Lancashire doesn't lose out.
:04:10. > :04:11.We talk about the Northern Powerhouse,
:04:12. > :04:15.We've got to make sure we're not the Northern Poorhouse in all this,
:04:16. > :04:18.because not we're stepping up the mark, we're not united.
:04:19. > :04:21.and we've got to put the case for Lancashire.
:04:22. > :04:25.Onto football, and in the League Cup final at Wembley,
:04:26. > :04:26.Manchester United are 2-2 against Southampton,
:04:27. > :04:31.The Bolton boxer Amir Khan is to face WBO world welterweight
:04:32. > :04:33.champion Manny Pacquiao later this year.
:04:34. > :04:35.The former sparring partners announced the fight
:04:36. > :04:39.It will take place on April the 23rd,
:04:40. > :04:43.although the location is still to be decided.
:04:44. > :04:47.Let's have a look at the weather forecast with Rebecca Wood.
:04:48. > :04:51.Well, this has been a similar picture across the North West today.
:04:52. > :04:54.Grey skies, but we did have some strong winds
:04:55. > :04:58.That's going to continue as we head into tonight.
:04:59. > :05:00.So still a Met Office yellow warning in place.
:05:01. > :05:03.Gusts of up to 60 miles an hour possible -
:05:04. > :05:05.we had that across the Isle of Man today -
:05:06. > :05:07.and we've still got some heavy showers
:05:08. > :05:11.As they meet much colder air across the tops of the Pennines,
:05:12. > :05:13.we could see them falling as something wintry.
:05:14. > :05:15.Elsewhere, they are largely going to fall as rain.
:05:16. > :05:18.with temperatures dipping down close to freezing.
:05:19. > :05:21.For tomorrow, we continue to see the winds easing off
:05:22. > :05:23.ever so slightly, but it is going to be cold,
:05:24. > :05:25.and we've got some heavy, thundery downpours to come.
:05:26. > :05:28.They start working their way through as we head through the morning.
:05:29. > :05:31.There will be some hail, some thunder in there as well.
:05:32. > :05:33.Around that, we will see perhaps a touch more sunshine
:05:34. > :05:38.So some brighter spells, at least, but it's still feeling cold.
:05:39. > :05:41.Temperatures just six or seven Celsius.
:05:42. > :05:43.There is more of that to come through Tuesday,
:05:44. > :05:50.We're back with the late news at around 10:20pm.
:05:51. > :06:19.Good evening. The fifth named storm of the season has been affecting the
:06:20. > :06:21.west of the UK, and it was named Ewan by the Irish meteorological
:06:22. > :06:25.service because that is where the impact was expected, but it has been
:06:26. > :06:29.quite wet for some and the wettest weather is moving northwards across
:06:30. > :06:32.the North of Scotland and the stronger winds go with that. Strong
:06:33. > :06:36.winds pushing away towards the east with showers and then further
:06:37. > :06:39.showers behind overnight, and some of the showers will contain some
:06:40. > :06:40.wintry weather. It