16/04/2017 North West Tonight

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Good evening.

Police have issued an urgent appeal for witnesses after a toddler

and a 12-year-old girl were seriously injured

in a suspected hit-and-run crash in Blackburn.

A blue Volkswagen Golf lost control and crashed into the car

the girls were travelling in.

It happened on Harwood Street on Friday afternoon.

And some breaking news this evening.

The body of a man has been discovered in the River Tame

in Reddish Vale, Stockport.

Police are investigating how he died.

His family have been informed.

Everton's footballers are backing a pioneering new campaign to enlist

young men in the fight to remove sexually-explicit images

of children from the internet.

Players like Gareth Barry are spearheading the See It,

Report It project to encourage young men to call a confidential hotline.

Paresh Patel reports.

Statistically, males aged between 16 to 24 are more likely to stumble

across sexually-explicit images of children than any

other demographic.

Most are repulsed.

But the illegal images will panic two thirds into doing this.

But deleting the browsing history is a waste of incriminating evidence,

according to a new campaign pioneered by Everton.

Stars like Gareth Barry are working with the Internet Watch Foundation

to launch See It, Report It, which aims to remove child porn

hosted anywhere in the world.

More than one in ten will know somebody who has seen

this type of content.

Just because it is closed doesn't mean it has gone.

The IWS is here to help.

A lot of young men will think, "I will shut it down,

delete it," but that is not the right thing.

You need to report it, because every single image or video

is a real child who has really been sexually abused, and every time

somebody looks at that, the child is re-victimised.

From clerical staff to first-team players, Everton is delivering 30

sessions this season to all of its young men on how

to deal with sexually-explicit images of children on the internet.

But it does not end there.

It is using its top stars to get the message out

into the wider community.

How effective is this campaign in tackling such a sensitive issue?

There is a stigma.

It has been difficult to engage young people,

but we know for a fact that so many of the young people,

including our elite players, have got the message.

Everton and the IWF says reports can be made anonymously and will be

treated in total confidence.

Family and friends of a former Liverpool student who was murdered

in India have issued an international appeal

to help secure justice.

28-year-old Danielle McLaughlin was raped and killed in Goa in March.

A local man has been charged with her murder.

The Truth For Danielle campaign is trying to find

all potential witnesses.

Over 100 scooters and several taxicabs rode in convoy

through Liverpool today to pay their respects

to the Hillsborough victims.

The processions stopped at memorial sites in the city to lay wreaths.

The event was set up by Hillsborough survivor Andy Dalglish, in memory

of the 96 who lost their lives.

Here's Lucy with the weather.

Hello and good evening.

A fairly grey Easter Sunday today.

The good news is as we move through tonight, most of the rain

will clear to the South east.

We're looking at some rain, some showers.

Temperatures quite chilly, overnight lows of three Celsius.

Into tomorrow, we will see clouds from

the word go.

A largely cloudy day with bright intervals, the odd sunny

spell but also outbreaks of rain.

Temperatures reaching the maximum of 12 Celsius.

Chilly overnight as we move into Tuesday, so we are looking

at a widespread frost to start the day, then sunny spells

as we move through the afternoon.

Not particularly warm, highs of 11 Celsius.

But it will feel pleasant in any sunshine.

That's for all now.

Hope you enjoyed your evening.

Goodbye.