:00:11. > :00:13.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party's
:00:14. > :00:16.general election campaign in the North West this afternoon.
:00:17. > :00:18.On visits to Manchester, Warrington and Crewe
:00:19. > :00:22.he vowed to fight against a 'rigged economy' that benefits the elite.
:00:23. > :00:27.Our reporter Kevin Fitzpatrick was there.
:00:28. > :00:32.The election may have come as a surprise, but the operation
:00:33. > :00:35.to get the Labour Party's message out is already up to speed.
:00:36. > :00:38.Our party is out on the streets today all over the country.
:00:39. > :00:41.Jeremy Corbyn's whistle-stop tour began at a campaign
:00:42. > :00:52.The Labour Party is a big party, and I tell you what, it is united.
:00:53. > :00:58.This is flying start Saturday, we have asked all our members to get
:00:59. > :00:59.out on the streets today, we have delivered more than a million
:01:00. > :01:00.leaflets in one day. His pitch to Labour
:01:01. > :01:02.voters old and possibly new is that he is representing
:01:03. > :01:14.the majority against the elite ?10 an hour, living wage, proper
:01:15. > :01:17.carers, proper funding of schools, but above all economic opportunities
:01:18. > :01:22.and support for small business so that our economy can continue to
:01:23. > :01:27.grow. Theresa May says she has called this
:01:28. > :01:32.election so she can strengthen her hand ahead of Brexit. But to have
:01:33. > :01:33.any hope of returning to government, the Labour Party have got to hold
:01:34. > :01:36.onto all of their MPs and the onto all of their MPs and the
:01:37. > :01:40.so-called northern heartlands, and increase their numbers in places
:01:41. > :01:45.like this, coldly Conservative Warrington South. Over the decades,
:01:46. > :01:51.this area has switched between Labour and the Tories, but is Jeremy
:01:52. > :01:55.Corbyn the leader to win it back? He's not as charismatic as a lot of
:01:56. > :01:56.the MPs are, but a lot of the time you should not take that into
:01:57. > :02:00.account. I think they have a chance around
:02:01. > :02:13.workers believe he could be. here. I hope they have a chance in
:02:14. > :02:17.the election, but who knows? The challenge for the Labour Party
:02:18. > :02:18.is clear, and there is a lot more campaigning to do if the pollsters
:02:19. > :02:21.are to be proved wrong. The Sun has printed an apology
:02:22. > :02:23.to the Everton footballer Ross Barkley, after one
:02:24. > :02:25.of its columnists The midfielder was criticised
:02:26. > :02:28.in an article written by the paper's former editor,
:02:29. > :02:30.Kelvin MacKenzie. Ross Barkley's grandfather
:02:31. > :02:34.is from Nigeria - the Sun says The RSPCA says it's investigating
:02:35. > :02:41.allegations of historic animal cruelty at the
:02:42. > :02:44.South Lakes Safari Zoo. The animal welfare charity executed
:02:45. > :02:46.a warrant at the Dalton Next month Barrow Borough Council
:02:47. > :02:52.will consider a licence application from the management company who've
:02:53. > :02:54.taken over the zoo Zoo inspectors recently said they'd
:02:55. > :02:59.been encouraged by improvements made Independent shops across
:03:00. > :03:07.the North West have been taking part Stores in Manchester's Northern
:03:08. > :03:13.Quarter were among those Manchester's got such a rich
:03:14. > :03:18.musical heritage, you know. Since the 60s, every few
:03:19. > :03:21.years there's some sort of scene that appears
:03:22. > :03:25.in Manchester, so it's... Having, you know,
:03:26. > :03:28.record shops, it's... When I opened it was
:03:29. > :03:30.23 record shops in Manchester, in Manchester, you know,
:03:31. > :03:32.so it shows how important In football, we have only one
:03:33. > :03:38.final score for our teams so far this afternoon and that's
:03:39. > :03:39.Manchester City Women. Their hopes of their first
:03:40. > :03:42.Champions League final look slim after a home loss to holders Lyon
:03:43. > :03:48.in their semi-final first leg. Now a look at the weather
:03:49. > :03:58.forecast with Mel Coles. Good afternoon. After a glorious
:03:59. > :04:02.day, we are in for a fairly chilly night. Let's take a look at the
:04:03. > :04:05.satellite picture from earlier. Cloud in the sky for many of us
:04:06. > :04:11.through the day. But under those clear skies by night, temperatures
:04:12. > :04:16.will fall away. We could potentially have a patchy frost, particularly in
:04:17. > :04:21.x 's pots. In built-up areas, minimum temperature of four Celsius.
:04:22. > :04:25.A cold start to Sunday morning, but plenty of early morning sunshine to
:04:26. > :04:27.get the day going. The best of the sunshine will be through the
:04:28. > :04:30.morning, but we will start to see cloud working its way down from the
:04:31. > :04:34.north as we head through the afternoon. But still, the winds I
:04:35. > :04:39.light, and we are looking at highs tomorrow of 13 Celsius. But there is
:04:40. > :04:43.a change, it will become much colder as we head into Monday. A set of
:04:44. > :04:47.weather fronts working their way down the country, introducing much
:04:48. > :04:51.colder F. Potentially going to see wintry showers, perhaps sleet, hail
:04:52. > :04:53.mixed in as well. Temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday staying in
:04:54. > :05:19.single Hello. No change to the rest of the
:05:20. > :05:20.forecast into this evening, a