they were opening a wine bar called natterjacks in huyton, and there aren't that many wine bars in huytonay there was none. there was just pubs, and it was a room in a hotel. and my friend jackie and i were there, we were going in and there was a guy there. it was quite astonishing because there was a jag outside with a driver in and there was a guy at the door sort of saying hello to everybody with champagne, moet and chandon. you never saw champagne in huyton in knowsley at all in those days. so, yeah, we met him. he gave me a glass of champagne. oh, really? he did. he gave me and my friend a glass of champagne. it was a moment because you say there wasn't a lot of politics at home. doesn't sound like you were very political when you were young. was that the beginning of a journey away from the politics which you must have grown up in, labour politics, towards the conservative party? or did that have to wait till you were working in that carfactory? well, i'd already started working in the car factory. i started working in the car factory at 16. as you know, the legal age for drinking i

she is in huyton -- she is from huyton _ keegan?ed funds, we know that, but some good targeted funding would help. it is the first time in my career as a head teacher and a chief executive that the pay award has not been funded. 5% is a lot in a £45 million pay bill. she talked about _ lot in a £45 million pay bill. she talked about huyton schools when she was growing up, as well, and of course things are different there now and i'm sure that is how you want to keep it. thanks forjoining us. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here's holly hamilton. good afternoon. there's been widespread condemnation of comments from one of qatar's world cup ambassadors who said homosexuality was the result of damage to the mind. in the interview with german broadcaster zdf, khalid salman — who is an ex-qatari footballer — also said that while gay visitors would be respected, "they have to accept our rules." homosexuality is illegal in qatar. the interview was cut short. earlier our correspondent jne dougall told me concern has bee

did say in the documentary that we did which aired injanuary on the bbc, the perpetratorfrom the huytonut it has also been pretty chilly. a frost in temperatures down to —4. contrast this with the temperatures in double figures across western areas where we have all of this cloud thickening and bringing some rain. the rain is with this weatherfront which bringing some rain. the rain is with this weather front which stretches out into the atlantic. it's going to bring some more heavy rain into eastern areas as well. today's rain. here it is. moving across northern ireland and starting to ease off here. some wet weather heading into scotland across western areas of england and wales. as the rain continues to push its way eastwards this morning the cloud thickens in the rain will turn a little bit of a lighter and patchy nature and eventually it will clear off for northern ireland. a good chunk of scotland and will start to see brighter skies heading into the north west of england and wales as well. temperatures on the mild side. looking at highs of around 12 a fairly brisk wind with gusts