u nfortu nately to a church in blackpool where unfortunately cracker had been found by staff in thear in the church. when they went and got him they found a rather sad note attached to his collar that just explained that the previous owner was in a very difficult time in their life and they were going to struggle to keep them, and they were worried that if they did so, he would end up on the streets with them. having read this, the church got in touch with us and i went down and went to see cracker. it was clear that he had been through a bit ofa time clear that he had been through a bit of a time but with a bit of coaxing he came with me and got into the van and we had him for a couple of weeks now, coming out of his shell a fair bit. it sounds to me like his previous owner was quite a caring person to have left him in a secure place with a note explaining why. i guess what you're trying to do now is find someone equally caring to look after him in the future? ido him in the future? i do have sympathy with the owner, it does sound like she was doing... they were doing what they fel

a dog has been found abandoned in a church in blackpool with a note from its former owner saying ‘i'mrrier—cross, who has now been named cracker, was found at the sacred heart church in blackpool. the handwritten note said: "life has taken a really bad turn for me and i couldn't imagine him being outside with me cold and hungry. the rspca said it wanted to trace the owner of cracker, to see what they could do to help them. this in the briefing from bbc news, oasis headlines voice. the united states military has killed the qasem soleimani, the amanda, commander of the elite quds force. iran has confirmed the general‘s death. the navies evacuating over a hundred people from mallacoota in victoria, a town almost encircled by wildfires. it is part of the authorities attempts to get people to safety before a forecast rise in temperatures. and they have been in paris between police and supporters of the transport strike in france. the dispute is now the country's longest continuous railway strike. unions oppose a government plan to merge 42 pension schemes into just one system. it is the ti

a dog has been found abandoned in a church in blackpool with a note from its former owner saying ‘i'ms now been named cracker, was found at the sacred heart church in blackpool. the note went on to say that the decision to abandon cracker was not taken easily. the rspca is now looking after cracker. now it's time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. hello, there. a glorious start to the day for some of us with this beautiful sunrise photo sent in by our weather watchers. it is looking like a mild day for the time of year, but it is also windy with rain for some. that rain moving in in two bands, gradually working its way south and east. behind it, we are going to drag in some noticeably fresher air. you can see we are still in this yellow and orange colour, that is the milder air mass, but waiting in the wings, that blue colour is going to spread south east as we go through today and tonight. you can see that initial band of rain pushes its way into southern scotland, parts of north—west england and wales. a brief drier interlude behind it, perhaps some brightness and the next

they say blackpool is the ha rd est a woman. they say blackpool is the hardest place.ertain cold spots, to make sure we can focus on the ambitions of these girls, the opportunities they are able to take up opportunities they are able to take up as women. blackpool is really ha rd to up as women. blackpool is really hard to perceive improve perceptions. they get their fair share of negative publicity. they need a bit more funding, that is what the report is suggesting. there needs to be funded by local government and the government. they have got a bit complacent on the experience of girls in this country. some owners are spending more on their dog plasma diet than the personal ones. when anne—marie was on just after 7.30am, she mentioned a story about dog owners who spend more on their pet's food than their own. we've received a great email on the subject. it's from paul, who is the proud owner of this beautiful six—year—old tamaski dog called loki, who is fed on a raw food diet. paul has sent a few examples of the sort of dishes he prepares for loki. they include cucu

reading stretched their unbeaten run to nine games with a 2—0 win over blackpool at bloomfield road.e winner of carlisle and cardiff's replay, which takes place tomorrow night. there should have been six ties tonight, but tranmere's replay against watford was called off because of a waterlogged pitch, they'll try again next thursday the first tennis grand slam of the year, the australian open that starts next week, is under threat beacuse of the wildfire crisis that continues to grip the country. qualification in melbourne has already been affected by the air quality that has been rated as hazardous. one player had to retire with breathing difficulties. here's our sports correspondent katie gornall the air was heavy and polluted in melbourne, but it was decided that the show must go on. she was looking to qualify for the main draw but she was struggling and it had nothing to do with her opponent. gasping for breath, she was forced to retire and afterwards she had been scared. she was not the only one in distress, the australian had to call a medical timeout for his match only in the

i was called a couple of weeks ago to a church in blackpool, where unfortunately, greco had been foundnd a rather sad note attached to his collar that just explained the previous owner was in a very difficult time in their life, and would struggle to keep cracker and would struggle to keep cracker and they were worried that if they did so he would end up on the streets with them. obviously having read of this the church got in touch. i went down and went to see cracker. it was clear that he had been through a bit of a time but with a little coaxing around he came with a little coaxing around he came with me and got into the van. we have had him now for a couple of weeks. as you can see, he has come mcgrath his shell. he certainly has. it sounds as if his previous owner was quite a caring person to have left him in a secure place with a note explaining why. i guess what you are trying to do now is find somebody equally caring to look after him? yeah. i do have a lot of sympathy with the owner. it doesn't sound like they were doing what they felt was best. while i would say if they are o

there are places that such as blackpool and alton towers. we have to maintain the beauty.t houseboats. the high spots of grasmere campaign is the latest in a series of controversies. there has been and are over 4x4 vehicles using the park and plans for set wires have called for protests. ——zip wires. the protest will take place on saturday thirdly the first and the organisers say the biggest protest about public spaces the lake district has seen. local mp tim finds says. —— farron there has been a lot for nightlife and families but we do not want that to creep into the lake district experience and threaten the peace and calm. the authority says we take a role as custodians of this evolving and changing landscape very seriously. goes on display aborted we continue to work hard and in an enough to wait to balance the needs of the place and the people that live in, working and visit the lake district. what would you give for a chance to re—visit your childhood home? 0ne artist has taken the ultimate trip down memory lane by recreating her parents‘ living room, along with the

there are places that such as blackpool and alton towers. here, we have to maintain the beauty.recreational launchers, not houseboats. there has been anger over 4x4 vehicles using remote lanes in the park and plans for zip wires, try to trails and a ski lift have led to calls for a day of activism against such developments. the protests will take place on saturday, february the 1st and the organisers have lofty ambitions. they say it could be the biggest protest concerning protection to public spaces for the lake district has ever seen. local mp says he understands the concerns, he is calling for balance. for much of the la ke calling for balance. for much of the lake district that is the very commercial set of activities, nightlife,, lots commercial set of activities, nightlife, , lots of commercial set of activities, nightlife,, lots of things for the family during the day. that is part of the lake district to experience. we don't want to let that creep into the more tracker parts of the lake district so you undo the other part of the deal which is that quiet and peace and cal

i saw blackpool waiting on the wharf they come to see me we disembarked all the black folk crowded the gangway. realized then that they were porters chauffeurs me it's waiting for their employers i wanted to laugh at myself. at the hotel things got worse a suite for miss baker the receptionist eyed me suspiciously there must be a mistake my manager protested but they just repeated this there must be a mistake. that was it nothing could be done in the eyes of the receptionist i was just a negress. from one hotel to the next the same frosty smile the same shrug of the shoulders the same outright refusal appalling. josephine had hoped that the success she did cheat in europe would shield her from racism in the us. but it didn't after her opening on broadway scathing reviews showed critics couldn't see beyond the color of her skin. she thought she was coming back as a star of a major broadway show say sell follies and she assumed that she would try up with critics as well those with audiences and when the show opened the reviews were patronising to contemptuous basically the tone was we're

you know, there's plenty of places for that, the blackpools, morecambes, alton towers. we've got to maintain the beauty. the company behind the grasmere boat plans says they'd be recreational launchers, not houseboats, and provide a welcome attraction. the houseboats 0ff grasmere campaign is the latest in a series of controversies. there's been anger over 4x4 vehicles using remote lanes in the park and plans for zip wires, tarmac trails and a ski lift have led to calls for a day of activism against such developments. the protest will take place on saturday february the ist and the organisers have lofty ambitions. they say it could be the biggest protest concerning protection of public spaces that the lake district has ever seen. local mp tim farron says he understands the concerns. he is calling for balance. for much of the lake district, there is that very kind of commercial set of activities, nightlife, lots of things for the family during the day and that's a good thing. that's part of the lake district experience. what we don't want to do is to let that creep into t

reading stretched their unbeaten run to nine games with a 2—0 win over blackpool at bloomfield road. replay against watford was called off because of a waterlogged pitch. they will try again next thursday. the second day of qualifying for the australian open has been delayed for two hours in melbourne because of the poor air quality due to the wildfire crisis. the first tennis grand slam of the year starts next week, and organisers have been criticised for allowing qualifying to take place. world numberfive elina svitolina posted a picture of the hazardous air quality rating on social media and asked if something bad has to happen before any action is taken. slovenia's dalila jakupovic was forced to retire from her qualifier with breathing diffciulties. she suffered a coughing fit and said she was scared that she would collapse. the top seeds continue to fall at the masters snooker. the world number one and reigning championjudd trump is out. he was beaten 6—3 by shaun murphy at alexandra palace. murphy won four frames in a row to move through to the quarterfinals, where he will face

a dog has been found tied up at a church in blackpool.e rspca say cracker is getting lots of tlc. if you watched any westerns over the festive break, you might have seen a lone tumbleweed drifting across a deserted town. but take a look at what happens when there's more than one. a us highway had to be closed yesterday after piles of tumbleweed — up to 30 feet high — blocked the road and buried cars in washington state. it's now been re—opened. now it's time for a look at the weather. lots of cloud across the uk, but it is mild. temperatures above the average for the time of year. is mild. temperatures above the average for the time of yeahm is mild. temperatures above the average for the time of year. if you glimmers of sunshine, you can pick out a few bits of blue sky here. we have some rain affecting the north west. you can see here on the pressure chart, these weather systems here moving and bringing some heavy rain. with a south—westerly wind bringing that milder air, as south—westerly wind bringing that milderair, asi south—westerly

with other former australian cricket captain ricky ponting michael clarke and women's captain alex blackpool who will come out of retirement for a one off match to support relief efforts the bushfire cricket bash will be played on february the 8th with profits going to the red cross. look i think everyone's come together where everyone's trying to do their bit i think the images that we're all seeing has touched people around the world and we all everyone just trying to do their bit sounds great the cricket australia have got behind this and pulling together quite quickly we don't know where it is as alex said before but i'm sure panto myself and everyone applies will try to give it our best and make it an entertaining. most sports is coming up again later so you're going there in ok we'll see later on peter thank you very much and thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera that set myself and peter and the team here in the hospital and you over it's where it seems in london marion namaz is with you in just a moment she'll have much more of the day's news coming up thanks for watching b

i can also confirm we did not go to blackpool. we did not.an't believe a... you are not lake stacey sullivan, are you? after you put this in the newspaper area, she has never had a takeaway in hollow. she is doing a programme with best home—cooked, and she says, with best home—cooked, and she says, with gloria winkelmann, she has never had a takeaway. not even fish and chips?! does that count? i suppose so. what is your top takeaway? i would take her for a check—in. takeaway? i would take her for a check-in. normally on a skewer, isn't it? mine has a source. that is what i would do. you are quite the culinary expert. a really dirty polo pesto, like a pasta pesto which chicken and cheese. it is tasty.” would take for chinese, am bringing this idea. yeah, absolutely. i would go fish and chips. i don't catfishing chips as a takeaway. i don't county does not ian back. —— i don't county does not ian back. —— i don't county does not ian back. —— i don't count fish and chips. with curry sauce? no, never. we will tell mary she has a date. who will sh

morecambe, down the road, a good deal more support there and in blackpool, which will also be on thened a campus in germany, leipzig, so they have a foothold in europe there. and we have spoken to a brewery that imports wine from france, they have an interesting take on things, and a furniture business, they transport furniture business, they transport furniture across europe. they have a fleet of vans that leave lancaster every week. both they and the brewery said the most important thing now, we have reached brexit, nothing changes in the morning, but now we have a direction of travel and some degree of certainty. the la st and some degree of certainty. the last thing we want is increasing bureaucracy and administration costs. further paperwork and further delays at borders. an easy example is going to switzerland right now, we could be sat on the border for three or four hours while the paperwork is arranged and cleared. we don't need that for the rest of europe. it would be significantly detrimental to freight. so, europe. it would be significantly detrimentalto freight. so, as e