02/02/2012 North West Tonight

Good evening. Our top story. A mother's anguish. Police believe

the person who started a house fire killing four brothers and sisters

did its knowing that children were in the room for.

A all four of them had so much more life to live. We find ourselves

lost without them. And fix your A&E or we will shut it

down. Inspections at a Lancaster hospital finds staffing at crisis

level and patients left waiting in corridors.

More jobs misery. Two of our world- class companies announce they are

laying people off. Booted off but now she is

bootylicious! The X-Factor loser who has won over Beyonce.

And despite nine broken wrists, a damaged eye socket and a dislocated

knee, Hollywood goes nuts for the Police believe the killer who

started a fire killing four members of one family in Lancashire did it

knowing children were in the room. Today they made a fresh appeal for

information, saying that someone knows exactly what happened, and

may well have shared their secret. It has been almost four weeks since

Michelle Smith's birthday party in Freckleton ended in tragedy, and

today she paid tribute to her "beautiful children who had so much

more life to live". She added the rest of the her

family has been left devastated. It is impossible to imagine what

the past four weeks have been like for Michelle Smith, learning to

live without four of her children. With a police officer she shared

details of their individual personalities. Reece was her son

who wanted to be an engineer working on aeroplanes. The twins,

Holly and Ella were like chalk and cheese. They had their own

characters and personalities. Jordan was the baby of the family,

all the two years old. All of them had more life to live. We now find

ourselves lost with it them. -- without them. Police confirmed

they believe the flame was lit in a children's bedroom while they were

in the room. This they said, was not an accident. If this was an

accident that went wrong, then we need to know. You need to tell us.

We need to understand exactly what happened and why. They added there

is every possibility whoever did it has felt the need to share their

secret, and if anyone else knows it is time to come forward. This is

not a time for a divided loyalties. We are four dead people, three

young children and one young man. Pictures of the wardrobe where the

fire was started have now been released. You can see it is

completely destroyed and can only imagine the smoke around it. A 19-

year-old man has been arrested and released on police bail. Police say

someone in Freckletom knows exactly why these young lives came to an

end, and it is time to come forward. Get better or we will shut you. A

hospital A&E department has been warned it could be closed down

after a surprise inspection found staffing at crisis levels,

corridors full of people waiting for help and patients forced to

wait over six hours for treatment. The Royal Lancaster Infirmary has

been given until the middle of March to improve by the Care

Quality Commission. It is not the first warning notice for the

troubled Trust that runs the hospital.

That is a fairly strong warning. What did they find? They found that

time and time again there were not enough nurses to look after

patients inside this busy department. The Care Quality

Commission who carried out the inspection said on 21st December,

and a lid back on records across the whole month to give them a

clearer picture, and they found a shortage of nurses. On one occasion

there was just one nurse because others were busy elsewhere. On one

night they found a colander full of patients waiting to be seen. 11

patients waited more than four hours for treatment. Five waited

for more than six hours. Staff themselves told inspectors that

staffing was at crisis level, that is their own words to sum up how

difficult things had become an side. -- in so aid. This trust is rarely

out of the headlines. There seems to be a different problem of do

week. Very much so. There are problems across these trusts, and

so many different NHS bodies are looking into them. In September

they were warned about the maternity services, they have an

ongoing police investigation into the death of a number of mums and

babies. Huge problems in their outpatients appointments system,

19,000 appointments have been missed, some for patients seriously

ill with cancer. They are still trying to clear the backlog.

A lot of patients will have concerns. What are they been told?

The Care Quality Commission are very firm on this that local people

should come to the Department of the need to. The trust has said

they have already reviewed staffing since December and will continue to

work well with them. This is such a stark warning, and they have set a

deadline of the middle of March, and if they do not approve --

improve the consequences are so serious, and reduction of services,

or they could close down this department. That is too awful for

the trust to -- the trust concerned, so everyone will be doing

everything to fix this. The former leader of Liverpool City

Council has been summonsed to appear in court to face a charge of

perjury. Warren Bradley is expected before Liverpool Magistrates next

month after an investigation into electoral fraud. He denies the

allegations. Nearly 1,000 women employed by Bury

Council have won their fight for equal pay. The council has settled

the claims from women who were paid less than their male colleagues for

doing work of equivalent value. The case has gone on for over four

years and has cost the council more than �1 million. The Duchess of

Cambridge is visiting Liverpool on Valentine's Day. She is due to tour

Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Action On Addiction, the charity

she became a patron of earlier this year. She will tour an alcohol-free

bar set up for recovering addicts in the city.

One is a world class producer of glass, the other a world class

producer of drugs. Today both announced significant job losses.

Astra Zeneca in Alderly Park and Pilkington Glass in St Helens

announced the cuts. What kind of numbers are we talking

about? The numbers on the... The unions think there could be 10% of

jobs going at De Alderly Park Satan of Astra -- Alderly Park side to a

They have made glass here for 200 years, and they have seen countless

recessions and downturns. The announced the latest will cost

almost a quarter of their staff at two production sites in St Helens.

When you think of St Helen's, you think of Pilkington. It is just a

very sad time. It is all turning into power and land. What they do

What we're finding is it is very difficult to compete from a high-

cost country like UK and the East. Astra Zeneca. Staff here at Alderly

Park in Cheshire research the drugs of the future. But again, the

pharmaceutical industry in the East is exploding. As it does, it is

driving down costs and profits. Today staff were not willing to

talk. But they had been called to a meeting and told 7,300 jobs would

go around the world, about 11% of the workforce. Unions believe 300

jobs could be lost here, highly skilled and highly paid jobs.

not want to lose jobs from this area to China. We cannot afford it.

Unions fear the same could go here. Managers haven't given any national

or regional breakdown of how those figures are likely to play out but

unions here are speculating. They believe as many as 300 research an

The downturn will end. If not this year, maybe next. But the economic

threat from other markets is less likely to fade. Almost a quarter of

staff over two production sites at Pilkingtons in St Helens and,

possibly, though this is not confirmed by managers, 10% of staff

New figures suggest there are more anti-Semitic attacks in Greater

Manchester than anywhere else in the country. A report by a Jewish

organisation, the Community Security Trust, details threats,

vandalism and actual violence. The police say the shocking figures

show more people are willing to report hate crimes than before.

Rabbi Yisroel Hassal recalls an attack on his religious college

that terrified students. It was a Saturday night, and some teenagers

were walking down the streets and saw the boys hanging outside, they

came running down and swearing at them. They came to this window, and

there was a stone, which they picked up and threw it through the

window. The window smashed and glass went all over the rim. It hit

one of the children in the eye. He says the college has been forced

to spend thousands on security. Such attacks are rare, but nothing

new. This is a Jewish cemetery in Blackley, desecrated two decades

ago. But the latest figures are surprising. Of nearly 600 attacks

nationwide, there were 244 in Manchester, but only 201 in London,

home to almost seven times as many Jews. I think we are seeing more

incidents in Manchester relative to elsewhere in the country, and a lot

of those are down to crime and hooliganism around the area where

it's a lot of Orthodox Jews left. It is kind of hooliganism with an

anti-Semitic element thrown in for. Among the instruments, a woman was

attacked in a garage after been verbally abused, and two girls

threatened with a cigarette lighter, being told, we will burn you like

Hitler dead. -- did. We know these incidents are under-reported, so we

have a police people were coming forward so we could analyse these

figures and do so been about it. The records are highest since

records were first created 30 years ago.

It began as one woman's idea, and it is now helping some of the most

vulnerable people in society. The Birchall Trust supports adults and

children who have experienced sexual abuse. It was created by

Christine Birchall 20 years ago when she realised there was little

support for victims in her part of Cumbria.

Christine died a couple of years ago, but her work lives on. The

Trust now has centres in Barrow, Kendal and Lancaster. The Home

Office believes its work is so valuable it has just given it

�200,000 to expand its Lancaster We have got one a were Keady.

man was abused we knew was a boy. He told someone at the time but

they did not believe him. You have gone through a whole range of

emotions. This specialist councillor at The Birchall Trust is

helping him. 30s, 40s, 50s. went through your teenage years and

you adult years. I thought I had dealt with that. His brother had

also gone through the same abuse and he had also not been believed.

I more or less lost the will to love. Fortunately somebody told me

about The Birchall Trust. The trust has supplied invaluable support.

is important because we investigate crime, but we are not trained

counsellors. What age group can use this? Any age group. The youngest

we ever had was a four-year-old. This man is clear about the value

of this place. My family, my friends, and my partner all

understand. Now, still to come, is it a bird, is it a plane - know it

is The Flying Squirrel. And the athlete who is flying in

the race towards the Olympics. Laura White may have been pipped to

the post in the X Factor final. It is three years since she was beaten

by Alexandra Burke. Now she is writing songs for Beyonce and Leona

Lewis. She has no released her own album. -- she has no released her

own album. She is probably better known for this.

But then this happened. We are sending a Laura White home tonight.

It raised a row in Parliament. Even the Prime Minister got involved.

One year after the show I did again egg for Gordon Brown. -- a concert

for Gordon Brown. Now she is writing songs for one of the

biggest stars in the world. I have been asked to write for Leona Lewis.

I have now written a song for Beyonce. It is incredible that they

wanted me to write it. # I do not need a smiling face.

has got her own album out soon. Every single song is about my

experiences. What could be better than choosing to play as small and

intimate venue so that the fans can fall in love with her music all

over again? She is jazzy and I like that. I like her music. I thought

she was lovely. Despite what the judges say, she still has the X

Factor. Good luck.

She has done it brilliantly. She will go far.

Our top female pole vaulter may not be a household name just yet but

there is every chance in the future Holly Bleasdale could be mentioned

in the same breath as the likes of Jessica Ennis.

She has produced the highest pole vault this year. She is also

helping to inspire the next generation.

This could be one of the stories of the Olympics.

After posting the fourth-highest fault in history she has jumped to

the top of the rankings. It is a big shock. I cannot believe I have

achieved that. She only took up the sport four years ago and is already

inspiring the next generation. you ready? Brilliant. This is her

doing some teaching at a school in Wigan earlier this week. It is

probably one of the best experiences of my life. She is one

of the best females in the world. She is the best in Britain. I can

sense the excitement every time I go to a school. It is a big benefit

for as having the Olympics in this country. Britain has found appalled

vaulting star of the future. -- a star of pole-vaulting for the

future. If you managed to survive long

enough to live in the same place for 120 years it would be a wrench

moving to a new home. But that is what St Helens are doing. France

said goodbye to their old stadium - - supporters said goodbye.

Ray French takes as a round of Welcome to Langtry home -- welcome

to Langtree Park. It has a capacity of 18,000.

I can assure you the atmosphere will be quite something. It will

create enthusiasm around the town. Hopefully the players can provide

the right entertainment. Opposition teams will enjoy coming

here and want to cause an upset. If we perform well we can make our new

stadium a fortress just like the old one. A new stadium, yes, but it

still retains the memories of the past.

Hopefully they will be stars of the future. Preparations have been

fantastic. It looks fabulous. That was Ray French there. Tomorrow

we will be looking at the new stadium of Salford City Reds.

It must be the week for young people in our region to go to

Hollywood because, they call him the The Flying Squirrel. He has

been spotted by an agent from Hollywood. He spends all his spare

time skating. He got a call from a talent scout

in America. He is hoping to go over to America.

Jordan Watkins loves being airborne. He has been at rollerblading for

four years. A lot of adrenalin. It is a good feeling. When you're in

the clear he were on cloud nine. It feels like no one can bring you

down. For it is not a cheap hobby. He goes through several pairs of

boots per year. There are also the box he has taken. I have shattered

my wrist in seven different places. I had broken my knees. I have

damaged my right eye socket. I have done a fair amount. He has had six

people in a row and jump over them. His talents were spotted in the

online videos by a Hollywood casting agent. He is now looking

for sponsorship to taken from his home to America.

He tells me he can clear 17 people lying across this ramp. Is this

safe? Positive. Here we go. You said that I could have

something special for doing that stunt earlier. There you are. Slap,

tap. I hope she filled out a health and

I hope she filled out a health and safety form!

Here is the weather: This time last night we were accused of sitting on

the fence. No details are more firm. It is all about a change in wind

direction. This south-westerly wind is bringing in weather fronts.

There may be up to five centimetres of snow by Saturday. It may lie for

a while. There could be some problems. We will have more details

over the next 24 hours. Tonight it will be very cold. Last night some

temperatures were down to minus seven. There is some cloud coming

in from the Irish Sea and pushing into Cumbria. That only place that

escapes a widespread hard frost will be part of the Isle of Man.

It will be a very cold start tomorrow. Tomorrow will be very

much like to be. In afternoon some cloud will come in. That blocks the

sunshine out. Temperatures will be similar to what we had today. There