:00:11. > :00:13.Police in Manchester are appealing for information
:00:14. > :00:16.after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed by a group of attackers
:00:17. > :00:22.The boy was walking with friends along Oakfield Street in Cheetam
:00:23. > :00:25.at 3:20pm yesterday afternoon, when a group of people
:00:26. > :00:30.wearing balaclavas stabbed the boy several times and fled the scene.
:00:31. > :00:34.The victim is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
:00:35. > :00:37.Police investigating the death of a 19-month-old baby girl
:00:38. > :00:39.in Preston this week have bailed three people.
:00:40. > :00:43.Emergency services were called at 9:30am on Thursday morning
:00:44. > :00:46.to an address at Lostock Hall, where paramedics treated the girl.
:00:47. > :00:50.She died a short time later at Royal Preston Hospital.
:00:51. > :00:52.The death is being treated as suspicious
:00:53. > :00:55.and a postmortem examination will be carried out.
:00:56. > :00:59.A woman aged 18 and two men aged 18 and 19 from Lostock Hall
:01:00. > :01:03.were later arrested and have been bailed.
:01:04. > :01:06.Parents, teachers and councillors have come together in Chester today
:01:07. > :01:10.to protest against cuts to school budgets in west Cheshire.
:01:11. > :01:12.They're unhappy with the Government's plans to change
:01:13. > :01:17.the way schools are funded across England and fear they will
:01:18. > :01:21.Our reporter Mairead Smyth was there.
:01:22. > :01:23.We need to invest in our children's future.
:01:24. > :01:26.Bigger classes, fewer teachers and a worse education for
:01:27. > :01:30.their children - some of the reasons why these people
:01:31. > :01:34.I've already been told that my job is under threat
:01:35. > :01:38.I'm also very concerned for my two children at high school.
:01:39. > :01:41.Cuts are impacting seriously on their school
:01:42. > :01:46.and they are likely to lose up to 24 teaching staff.
:01:47. > :01:52.Earlier this week, headteachers from 3000 schools
:01:53. > :01:55.in England wrote to their local MPs and ministers
:01:56. > :02:02.Schools in Cheshire West and Chester are already underfunded
:02:03. > :02:06.And this is going to make it even worse.
:02:07. > :02:08.Now, every school in Cheshire West and Chester
:02:09. > :02:11.is looking at losing staff and cutting the curriculum.
:02:12. > :02:15.Campaigners say the Government's new funding formula
:02:16. > :02:23.is likely to see Cheshire West's schools lose ?6.4 million.
:02:24. > :02:25.In real terms, this could be as much
:02:26. > :02:31.It won't just be the nice things that go when
:02:32. > :02:34.these cuts come in, it will be people that go.
:02:35. > :02:36.People will lose their jobs and the class sizes will
:02:37. > :02:40.get bigger and the opportunities at our schools provide across
:02:41. > :02:43.this county will be diminished by these devastating cuts.
:02:44. > :02:46.The Department for Education says schools are funded
:02:47. > :02:49.at record levels and that the budget rethink will end
:02:50. > :02:56.The worry for the people gathered here is that this will lead
:02:57. > :03:04.Mairead Smyth, BBC North West Tonight, in Chester.
:03:05. > :03:07.Sport and Manchester's Anthony Million Dollar Crolla goes
:03:08. > :03:10.into the ring tonight against Venezuela's Jorge Linares,
:03:11. > :03:13.the man who took the WBA lightweight title from him six months ago.
:03:14. > :03:19.Crolla led on two of the judges' scorecards after nine rounds
:03:20. > :03:21.when the pair met in September but lost the title
:03:22. > :03:26.The pair both weighed in at nine stone eight pounds yesterday
:03:27. > :03:30.ahead of their clash at the Manchester Arena.
:03:31. > :03:39.Have a good night tomorrow and a safe night.
:03:40. > :03:46.Rugby Union and in the Premiership today, Exeter came from 14 points
:03:47. > :03:49.down to beat Sale Sharks at Sandy Park.
:03:50. > :03:54.AJ MacGinty landed four penalties and cross-code star Denny Solomona
:03:55. > :03:58.scored a try to leave Sale 19-5 ahead after 34 minutes.
:03:59. > :04:01.But Exeter started their fight back just before the break
:04:02. > :04:14.We've seen some lovely, bright sunshine today
:04:15. > :04:17.and we're going to see more of it as we go into Sunday.
:04:18. > :04:19.Quite a cold night to come tonight though.
:04:20. > :04:22.Clear spells across the board will lead to a touch of frost,
:04:23. > :04:26.But temperatures in towns will drop down
:04:27. > :04:31.So, a chilly start first thing on Sunday morning
:04:32. > :04:35.but we are going to see that sunshine returning and it is going
:04:36. > :04:38.Maybe just a little bit of cloud on Sunday afternoon
:04:39. > :04:41.but temperatures around 14 Celsius.
:04:42. > :04:45.That's 57 in Fahrenheit, again, with a fairly light breeze.
:04:46. > :04:47.Into Monday, a lot more in the way of cloud.
:04:48. > :04:59.On Tuesday, we will see a few showers with highs of 13 Celsius.
:05:00. > :05:02.Not bad at all. I'll be back tomorrow at tea-time. Enjoy your
:05:03. > :05:18.evening. Goodbye. Good evening. What a belter of a day
:05:19. > :05:19.it has been. If you missed out on