01/04/2017 North West Tonight


01/04/2017

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Good evening.

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Hundreds of people representing groups from across

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Greater Manchester have united this afternoon to fight plans

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to build houses on Greenbelt land.

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They oppose plans by ten councils

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who claim there's not enough brownfield land available.

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Yunus Mulla reports.

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Add up the numbers and you would eventually arrive

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at more than 220,000 new houses.

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The communities affected say it makes sense to join forces -

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this rally was to show they're united.

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We all use the green space, the green belt for the same reason.

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You know, it's that green lung, it's so important to everybody's

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quality-of-life that we are singing from the same hymn sheet.

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The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework involves

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ten local planning authorites -

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green belt land left would fall from 47% to 43%.

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I think it needs to be more ambitious on brownfield sites.

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In the past, Greater Manchester achieved 80% or 90% development

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on brownfield land.

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There is no reason why it shouldn't continue to do it in the future.

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Housing needs, it's being claimed,

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are based on flawed population projections

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and a desire to increase Council Tax receipts.

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We now need to look at whether or not

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we've got the right plan and whether or not,

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on the basis of the responses that people have given

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and the evidence people have submitted,

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we need to think again on those specific sites.

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That is what we'll do.

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Earlier this year, the Government announced what it called

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"ambitious plans" to fix the housing market.

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And it referred to building the right homes in the right places.

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More weight will be given to brownfield sites

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and national planning policy amended.

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I think it's biased in favour of developers

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versus the communities.

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We are very upset about it, because we want...

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It wouldn't matter whether it was local politicians

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or national politicians, we want them to listen to the voices

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of the communities they serve.

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The newly-elected mayor will have a say,

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and then consultation follows in the autumn -

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time yet for some to get the changes they demand.

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New Ferry Town Team has launched a fund raising campaign to support

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those affected by last weekend's suspected gas explosion.

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The group, which is made up of residents, businesses

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and local authorities wants to raise ?10,000

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to help rebuild after the explosion

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which ripped through the area last Saturday night,

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leaving two people seriously injured, 31 others hurt

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and many people displaced.

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Forensic science lab company Randox, which provides drug and alcohol

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testing for police forces, says accreditation

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for its Manchester laboratory has been suspended.

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Earlier this year, two people who had worked

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for the company were arrested amid allegations

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of perverting the course of justice

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in relation to manipulation of data.

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They are now on bail.

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Randox says accreditation for the Blackley lab

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will be suspended until investigations are complete.

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You may remember, in March last year,

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fire crews battled a huge blaze at Wythenshawe Hall.

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Greater Manchester Fire Services officers worked through the night

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to save the historic building.

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Well, a year on, they've returned to see progress on the restoration

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of the timber-framed medieval hall.

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A temporary roof was built to allow the hall to dry out.

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Archaeologists have sifted through huge amounts of debris

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to save important items

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and engineers have assesed the property.

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Now the bulk of the reconstruction can begin.

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Sport, and in the Premier League,

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the Merseyside derby saw Liverpool beat Everton 3-0.

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Burnley lost 2-0 to Tottenham at Turf Moor.

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Manchester United dropped more points in their effort

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to get into the top four with a goalless draw against West Brom

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at Old Trafford.

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Jose Mourinho's side have now drawn 11 games in the top flight

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and are in fifth place.

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Superleague, and Matty Russell's hat-trick helped Warrington

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end their six-game Super League losing streak

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after a draw with Hull FC.

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Widnes Vikings beat Leigh Centurions 37-24.

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Here's a look ahead to the forecast with Rebecca Wood.

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Good evening.

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Well, it has been a day of sunshine and showers.

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But the first day of April, so what do we expect?

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As we had through tonight,

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we will see a ridge of high pressure building,

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and that will settle things down a little bit,

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and kill off those showers.

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So through tonight,

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clearing skies mean our temperatures will fall away.

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It will be chilly, we could get some mist patches developing

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here or there, and we're looking at how temperatures

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falling down to possibly five Celsius in some spots.

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So a chilly start to the day tomorrow.

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But it is going to be a fine and dry day, with lots of lovely sunshine.

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There will be some fairweather cloud through the afternoon -

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it could squeeze out the odd spot of drizzle.

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Temperatures pushing back up into the mid-teens in some spots.

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So not a bad day at all.

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Staying settled into the new working week as well.

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That's all from us this evening.

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We're back tomorrow at around 6:40pm.

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Until then, goodbye.

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Good

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