30/03/2012 North West Tonight

Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson - and

Kate Simms. Our top story. The honeymoon nightmare. An inquest

hears of Ian Redmond's final moments before a shark killed him.

One of pop superstars - we are joined in the studio by JLS, ahead

of a sell-out weekend in Manchester. Ian Redmond was an intelligent and

caring, successful man. He was a software developer from Lancashire

- who married his wife Gemma at a church in Wigan last August. Just

ten days later he was killed in a shark attack while still on

honeymoon. Today an inquest into his death heard there were no

warning on signs on the Seychelles beach where Ian died. But there'd

been no shark attacks on the island for 50 years before last August.

Andy Gill reports. Sir, We have a major problem with the sound on

that report. We will get a fix as soon as we can and come back to

that story. Before that - our next story. Police identify a woman

found dead on a busy commuter route - according to CCTV images, he

picks up her shoes and possibly her hand back. There possibly damaged -

- the badly damaged body was found yesterday, she had been hit by a

number of vehicles. We hope by releasing energy of this man, that

he will come forward or people will recognise him. -- the image of this

man. We are keen to speak to him and find out the whereabouts of the

shoes and handbag. Police say it is possible the items were taking in

good faith, but they want them back, especially the hand back because

they are struggling to identify the woman. They Asian woman was wearing

a saffron and Siri and gold bangles. A truck driver arrested on

suspicion of murder was arrested -- was released without charge.

Another man remains in custody. 600 jobs at BAE Systems in

Lancashire have been secured - after the company won a 446 million

pound contract to support Europe's fleet of Typhoon jets. Workers at

the Warton and Samlesbury sites will provide engineering support

for the next five years. The Liverpool celebrity hairdresser

Herbert Howe has pulled out of the race to be the city's first elected

mayor. His announcement comes just a day after he launched his

election campaign - ahead of the vote on May the third. The funeral

of Vinny Derrick has taken place in Altrincham - nearly nine years

after his disappearance. His remains were found earlier this

year. Vinny had a night out in Manchester in 2003 and was never

seen alive again. His family still don't know for certain how he died.

Stuart Flinders reports. It's eight and a half years since

Vinny Derrick's family last saw him alive. Today, they paid their final

respects. Amongst those present, Vinny's brother, who travelled from

Australia to be here. But many of their questions remain unanswered.

What did happen to him? His body was found beside the road, a post-

mortem revealed he had a number of bones. The police believe he may

have been involved in a road accident, but their investigation

is still going on. In August 2003 Vinny Derrick

disappeared after a night out with workmates in Manchester. It's

thought he got out of a taxi at Handforth Dean on the A34. Until

his body was found in January of this year, nobody could be certain

he hadn't chosen to disappear, abandoning his wife and child.

never believed that he had chosen to disappear. Eight years on, I

really thought it would be easier to deal with but it is not.

At the funeral, a request for donations to the charity, Missing

People. We're helping them to know and accept that you really is dead,

after all that has gone on for him. The nightmare of waiting for over

each years, to accept the reality of that, as well as talking about

the past and what they have been through.

Vinny Derrick's family will now be looking to an inquest to answer

questions they've lived with for nearly nine years. We were trying

take you back to our top story now which is the inquest into the death

of Ian Redmond. The inquest heard it was an

accidental death. Even red in's widow, here in the

centre, arrives at the inquest into the death of her husband. She told

they inquest about how they met at Manchester University and the

wedding last August. After they married, they went is seashells on

honeymoon. After snorkelling, Ian was attacked by a shark.

I am sorry, we seem to be having a real problem with that report. We

will try return to it later in the programme. Our sincere apologies.

His family say he was treated like a caged animal - their teenage son

was locked in a padded and to control his behaviour. It happened

in the Beech Tree School under a care package put together by Wigan

council. The action has been ruled unlawful. What is the background to

this story? For legal reasons we can only refer to the boy as C. He

suffers from severe autism. Wigging council said he should be treated

at the beech tree special school in Preston. -- went in. Initially, his

family say his care was very good but then he spent increasing

amounts of time in a blue ruin - a padded room where he was locked in

alone, sometimes for hours at a time. At least a caged animal has

run to roam, and he is with other animals. He was in solitary in that

run. It is so difficult as a mother, because I would think what else can

I do as a mother to help him? door would bang endlessly as my

brother try to fight his way out. You would hear the walls banging

and she knew it was my brother, hitting his head on the wall. --

you knew. How did the boy's health deteriorates? The school is run by

a charity and we spoke to them earlier today, they have that

knowledge serious mistakes were made and changes have been made.

But the idea he displayed was very unpredictable and volatile, violent

and aggressive. -- their behaviour. It took us way beyond our

experience and expertise. Last year a judge said that, under the Human

Rights Act, the boy had been treated and lawfully. They told us

the initial package of care was approved by the family and the

courts and they have now agreed compensation. The family say that

under the new care he has, he has come on leaps and bounce and his

health has improved but they're still waiting for an apology from

the council and the charity. Thank you very much.

Still to come on North West Tonight. She's being hailed as the possible

savour of the High Street. Today the Government accepted the

recommendations of Mary Portas to kick-start our ailing shopping

centres. It's also the deadline for towns bidding for a share of �10

million and a bit of direct advice from Mary herself. One of those is

Crewe - from where Laura Yates joins us.

Take a look. And you can easily see why it could do with a bit of

stardust sprinkled over it .. Boarded up shops. The council think

she can fix the old high street. They want to turn things around

with her ideas. We will be here in Crewe are all here, because this is

our economy town. We had been meeting people at all week and

tonight we meet the Darlington sisters who run a thriving family

business, but can they take it global? It's a company with a �2

million pound turnover. More than 70 jams, chutneys and sauces. Sold

all over the UK. But it all began thirty years ago on the family farm

with a few cracked eggs. Mum and dad had a glut of eggs on

the farm so dad suggested mum make lemon curd tried to sell it. Within

a week it had sold out and she wanted some more.

From humble beginnings then to much greater things. Mrs Darlington

joined by one daughter and then the other.

From the farmhouse kitchen to a purpose built factory too. Although

many old faces remain. Collecting eggs at the farm to

start with and then marion asked me would I like to start in the

kitchen with her and I thought I'll give it a go and here I am thirty

years later still here. Business is good. But growth has

slowed. The cost of ingredients is going up all the time. Sugar by

almost 50% in the last six months. Fruit and glass too.

And then there are the local shops. I think the biggest thing we're

finding is that the high street is struggling. So many cuxtomers shut

their doors for the final time which is very sad. So the family

has one eye on something else. A bigger, international market. To

try and break into. For us export is the big

opportunity right now there are some really exciting things going

on we're talking to the US to China and in Canada.

Can the Darlingtons take their jams abroad? How will they deal with

rising prices and a struggling high street? We'll be back to see soon.

Much more on all the people we've introduced you to and Crewe in the

weeks and months to come. And as always please do get in touch if

you live or work in Crewe or if you have something to say about your

high street - usual addresses - high street - usual addresses -

high street - usual addresses - email, facebook or twitter.

Sport now Tony and first up, something for every fan of whatever

team to celebrate. Absolutely. Ever since Bolton's Fabrice Muamba

collapsed on the pitch at White Hart Lane almost two weeks ago

football has been praying for him. Well, his recovery appears to be

continuing. Have a look at this. It's a picture of the midfielder in

hospital tweeted by his fiancee Shauna who said, '"Fab wanted me to

post this pic for you all and to also say thank you for such

overwhelming support." It's a brilliant picture and the

doctor treating him says the recovery is 'miraculous'. Well,

when you listen to what happened you can understand why. He was

technically 'dead' for 78 minutes and received 15 defibrillator

shocks, 12 in the ambulance on the way to hospital. So it's worth

another look at him today. Bolton have said even if he doesn't play

football again the club will find a role for him. Certainly seems like

we're going to get a happy ending. So well done, Muamba, I'm not sure

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is as inclined to be as

nice about his star striker Sergio Aguero today. He's going to miss

Saturday's crucial Premier League game against Sunderland with what's

described as a 'stupid' foot injury. The Argentine has scored 24 goals

in 41 games but Mancini - who won't reveal exactly what caused the

problem - does concede it's not the player's fault. It is a stupid

injury, but not his fault. It is a stupid injury but, he cannot play

with his injury for a one-week or 10 days.

Top-of the-table Manchester United don't play until Monday at

Blackburn. And just to finish off the football news for now the FA

Cup semi-final between Everton and Liverpool at Wembley on April the

14th will kick off at 1230. Cricket now and Lancashire have posted the

biggest losses of any first class County - almost four million pounds

for 2011. The County Champions say it's not a

surprise after the long running battle for planning permission to

redevelop Old Trafford and are confident their financial situation

will improve considerably with the sale of tickets for the 2013 Ashes

test. Two big ties in Super League this

evening. Wigan travel to the City of Salford Stadium to play the City

Reds, with both sides looking to bounce back after defeats last

weekend. And it's a sell-out at top of the table Warrington for their

game with St Helens - who have struggled this season, but hope to

build on last weekend's win over Leeds. It is very exciting, these

are the big games you want to be involved in. We're coming up

against Warrington who had been very consistent. It will be a big

test for us. We are great football team and individually, we play good

rugby. BBC Radio Merseyside has full

commentary of that match from 7.30pm tonight. Wigan's game with

Salford can be heard on BBC Radio Manchester.

This man will be keeping an eye on that game. St Helen's boxer Martin

Murray is a Saints fan and says he only has himself to blame after his

latest chance to try and win a world title fell through. The 29

year old British middleweight champion was forced to withdraw

from a clash with Julio Cesar Chavez Junior after his application

for a visa to enter the United States was delayed by his criminal

past. Here's Stuart Pollitt. His career might be going places, but

he is not. He cannot get an American visa in time to fight the

champion. This is because of his past criminal convictions. I was

gutted. It is a massive chance for me. To fight him in his own back

yard, boxing is all about the chances. I am gutted it that I

cannot get to the fight. He has lost his chance because of nasty

fight outside the ring minus four spells in prison when he was

younger have come back to haunt him. Just fighting, and being a young

kid on the street, it was my own fault. I am not disappointed with

anyone or anything other than myself. He has put his past behind

him and has credited boxing with helping him to it. He is accredited

youth worker now and a family man. In seems like a lifetime ago, to be

honest. I never had these children then, they have turned my life

around. He is hoping that change will be enough to persuade the

American authorities to allow him to continue his career across the

Atlantic. For now however, he must keep training and hope for a fight

closer to home. That is it for the sport now. Thank

you very much. The weekend weather with Dianne in

a moment - as well as JLS here in the studio. But first, all this

week we've been bringing you a musical look at life in Hattersley

- through the eyes of the local residents. Our final feature

focuses on the battle to keep the residents' centre going. The

community centre opened in the late 1960s and has always been that the

beating heart of our community. We heard in 2007 that the local

council had decided that the building was beginning to show its

age and had become too expensive to run. They decided to knock it down

and replace it with a privately run building on the edge of the estate.

We planned to move into the building in autumn this year but

are still waiting for details about how much residents and local groups

will have to pay to use the new facilities. # Going to miss this

place when they close the doors, And the musical theme continues.

With every blink another memory... # It's so much more than just a

building. # It's a collection of our lives. # The sum of years and

friendship. # I hope it's heart will survive. # Everything moves on

and bricks and mortar crumble. # Don't be scared of change, we'll

make things work. # We'll start again. # People here are strong, we

carry on. # But we'll miss this The shutter has come down on our

seas from Hattersley. At least the equipment work that time. From

They are, you may know, JLS - one of Britain's biggest selling bands.

Right now they're getting ready to take to the stage at the Manchester

Arena for the first of three dates in the city. It's been a busy few

months for the boys - who shot to fame as runners-up on X-Factor in

2008. But they popped-in to see us earlier - to tell us how they're

feeling ahead of tonight's gig. Very excited - Manchester is always

a good crowd. For as, building up to the big gigs, it is a massive

achievement. Thousands of people. You have just done London, which is

huge, day notice the difference when you play in different parts of

the country? Definitely. We used to think he was quieter in London, but

its Even in Manchester, you do not get the noise they get hear

anywhere else. In terms of planning as well, how the fans will get here.

They will try to get on the tour bus. They will get to the hotel.

Normally, we run out the back, but they're just there. You had been so

busy, this is your third album and she did Sport Relief, what was that

like? Fantastic. Sport Relief is an amazing charity. We went to Uganda

last year to see how the money raised is saving lives in Africa.

Also in the UK as well. That is why we want to set up our own charity.

We want to help where we can. We know we are in a place of power and

influence and want to use that in a positive way. You have a couple of

days in Manchester and then another one on 20th April, he had just

centenier tickets for that? We have just released seats so if people

want to come to that, we will be glad to see them. Have you had any

strange requests? We have a concoction of... Stop there.

Something we have before we go on his loads of fresh garlic. That is

not very rock and roll! It is like having a short but is really

healthy. So the fans get a shock when you come out! Lucky there is a

big distance between us and the fans. It is great to see you, best

of luck for the dates in Manchester. Thank you very much.

They were very nice let me tell you, they spread a little sunshine. Can

you do the same? I cannot. You have had to sunshine for this week. Good

evening. The weekend looks much evening. The weekend looks much

cloudier and we will see some rain eventually a we have a weather

front coming in tomorrow. Drizzly rain overnight. The choir happens

as we start next week, the working week will bring a change. -- look

what happens. Some real rain coming in next week. The cloud broke today

on the Isle of Man and Cumbria but everywhere else struggled with

cloud cover. Through the night it pushes in everywhere. It does keep

the temperatures up, there could be hill fog however. He could catch

some rain drifting through Merseyside but it is not a big deal.

The cloud cover will be constant tomorrow morning and some drizzle

on high-ground, but that will die out mid-morning. Fingers crossed,

we should see an improvement in the weather. The cloud cover will

trying break in the afternoon. You'll start to see things are

improving. The wind changes direction towards the north eastern.

An improvement from warning through to the after an end. Temperatures

will be in a form. We have wall-to- wall sunshine earlier in the week

with temperatures of 21 but tomorrow we're back to 12 degrees -

tomorrow we're back to 12 degrees - much more realistic. I have next

week off as well. You should plan ahead. Can apologise for the