26/02/2017

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:00:09. > :00:11.Merseyside Police are appealing for information

:00:12. > :00:14.after a man was left outside a hospital with stab wounds.

:00:15. > :00:17.The 21-year-old was taken to Aintree Hospital in the early hours,

:00:18. > :00:20.in a light coloured van with blacked-out windows.

:00:21. > :00:23.He suffered a number of stab wounds and is in a stable condition.

:00:24. > :00:32.Police are trying to trace those who were in the van.

:00:33. > :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. > :00:37.has been released while investigations continue.

:00:38. > :00:39.from outside Aintree University Hospital on Tuesday.

:00:40. > :00:42.Detectives are working with police forces across the UK

:00:43. > :00:47.and they're reminding the public not to approach him.

:00:48. > :00:49.The Blackpool skyline has changed forever today,

:00:50. > :00:51.with the demolition of the eight-storey tower

:00:52. > :00:55.which welcomed visitors in to the resort, was reduced to rubble.

:00:56. > :01:04.Katie Walderman was there to see it happen.

:01:05. > :01:06.For almost 40 years, Blackpool's other tower has stood proud.

:01:07. > :01:08.It housed Ernie, the machine that selected people at random

:01:09. > :01:10.to become millionaires on the Premium Bonds.

:01:11. > :01:14.and his replacement has moved across the way,

:01:15. > :01:18.But this iconic eight-storey tower will be no more -

:01:19. > :01:24.dynamite will be used to flatten it, making way for new houses.

:01:25. > :01:26.Some call it iconic, I'd say it's an eyesore myself.

:01:27. > :01:29.The Premium Bonds tower has been one of those things

:01:30. > :01:33.that's always seemed to have been here, doesn't it?

:01:34. > :01:35.So it will be quite sad to see it go.

:01:36. > :01:38.So how do you bring down 120 foot of concrete?

:01:39. > :01:41.The explosives, if you look, are positioned on the first

:01:42. > :01:43.and second floor, and then the fourth floor

:01:44. > :01:48.The idea being it all blows in sequence -

:01:49. > :01:53.The building should, in effect, tip this way at that point,

:01:54. > :01:58.and it will smash itself to bits on the floor.

:01:59. > :02:00.And these two are charged with making it happen -

:02:01. > :02:04.It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I'm so excited.

:02:05. > :02:06.It feels weird that you're going to be responsible

:02:07. > :02:19.And what took years to build up took just seconds to bring down.

:02:20. > :02:24.It felt like we were on a Fast Furious set!

:02:25. > :02:29.When you think there's 6,000 tonnes of concrete chasing it down

:02:30. > :02:30.when you knock the legs from under it.

:02:31. > :02:34.That was the fun part - now starts the clear-up.

:02:35. > :02:36.And it's estimated it'll take until the summer

:02:37. > :02:44.to shift what the explosion's left behind.

:02:45. > :02:46.Manchester's newest tram line welcomed its first passengers today.

:02:47. > :02:48.The Second City Crossing, which runs from St Peter's Square

:02:49. > :02:51.near the Town Hall to Victoria Station,

:02:52. > :02:54.has taken three years to build at a cost of ?165 million.

:02:55. > :03:00.It's the final part of a ?1.5 billon transport expansion plan,

:03:01. > :03:07.Cheshire Police have issued a warning to parents,

:03:08. > :03:08.after three young teenagers were caught

:03:09. > :03:10.trying to climb the new Mersey Gateway bridge at Runcorn.

:03:11. > :03:12.They were spotted at 3am at the site,

:03:13. > :03:22.and they weren't aware their children had sneaked out.

:03:23. > :03:24.Onto sport, and Manchester United have won the League Cup.

:03:25. > :03:26.Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the winner -

:03:27. > :03:29.his second of the game - in the 88th minute,

:03:30. > :03:31.to beat Southampton 3-2 at Wembley and give manager

:03:32. > :03:37.Jose Mourinho his first silverware since his appointment in the summer.

:03:38. > :03:40.The Bolton boxer Amir Khan is to face WBO world welterweight

:03:41. > :03:43.champion Manny Pacquiao later this year.

:03:44. > :03:45.The former sparring partners announced the fight

:03:46. > :03:49.It will take place on April the 23rd,

:03:50. > :03:53.although the location is still to be decided.

:03:54. > :03:58.Let's have a look at the weather forecast with Rebecca Wood.

:03:59. > :04:01.Well, the signs of spring are out there,

:04:02. > :04:03.but I'm afraid winter is going to bite back

:04:04. > :04:07.We've had some strong gusts of wind today -

:04:08. > :04:09.we still have that Met Office yellow warning in place

:04:10. > :04:11.across parts of Cumbria for high winds tonight.

:04:12. > :04:14.But we also have some heavy showers to come.

:04:15. > :04:17.And, across the Pennines, we could see,

:04:18. > :04:19.as those showers meet the cold air,

:04:20. > :04:21.they will turn into something more wintry.

:04:22. > :04:23.As for tomorrow, well, it is going to be a day

:04:24. > :04:25.of scattered showers and some sunshine.

:04:26. > :04:29.At times, they will contain a rumble of thunder.

:04:30. > :04:31.They could be a touch wintry as well,

:04:32. > :04:34.But there will be some wintry spells,

:04:35. > :04:36.some sunshine to come at times during the day,

:04:37. > :04:43.through the rest of the week as well.

:04:44. > :05:12.Good evening. We saw the fist named storm of the season today. It was

:05:13. > :05:16.Storm Ewan, named by the Irish meteorological service, because it

:05:17. > :05:19.was in Ireland we expected the biggest impacts. For the rest of the

:05:20. > :05:23.UK it was quite windy and wet, but the worst of it is making its way

:05:24. > :05:28.towards the Northern Isles. We'll see gusts of wind here overnight to

:05:29. > :05:31.around 60 miles an hour. Blustery in the south-east with rain moving

:05:32. > :05:35.through. Blustery night for many areas, with some showers coming in

:05:36. > :05:38.from the West. Some of those will contain wintry weather. Most of

:05:39. > :05:43.England and Wales are staying about 4-5 above freezing, but colder in

:05:44. > :05:47.some parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland, some patches of ice first

:05:48. > :05:50.thing in the morning. From early on tomorrow, quite a crop of showers.

:05:51. > :05:51.The showers will be heavy with a