Penny Tranter gets some help with the weather from Elvis in Liverpool For example, we found Alison, a 24-year-old from Glasgow, who did an investigation for Reporting Scotland on whether the Edinburgh Festival can hang onto its slot as the biggest and the best.

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He presented his weather reports using a large floating map of the British Isles at Liverpool's Albert Dock.

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Mr Talbot, who worked for ITV's Granada Reports programme, is best known for his work on the ITV programme This Morning when he presented his weather reports using a large floating map of the British Isles at Liverpool's Albert Dock.

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Trains between Wigan and Preston and Liverpool South Parkway and Blackpool North have been cancelled in both directions because of the weather.

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