23/10/2013 North West Tonight

Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Peter Marshall...

And Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: Stuart Hall's been charged with 15

offences of rape and one of indecent assault.

He's currently serving 30 months in jail for child sex offences.

The family of a Manchester soldier killed in a friendly fire incident

40 years ago demand an apology from the MoD.

To tougher and more wide`ranging ` the new inspection `` inspection to

ensure good quality care at our hospitals.

The only interviewed with Gareth Hock as he is dismissed from the

World Cup squad. And the effort to get into the

World Cup `` world record books I wondered whether the bottom would

fall out but she is pretty good pretty steady.

In the past hour, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed

that the jailed broadcaster Stuart Hall has been charged with 15

offences of rape and one of indecent assault.

He was re`arrested area and taken to a police station from prison

where he is already in jail for child`sex offences.

Tell us the latest developments The Chief Crown prosecutor for the

CPS in the north`west has said that there is sufficient evidence and it

is in the public interest to prosecute Stewart pall over 16 the

new alleged sexual offences `` Stuart Hall. He says it is in the

public interest to make these prosecutions. He says the alleged

offences between one goal between 1976 to 1988 and another girl also.

He is due to appear at Preston Magistrates' Court soon. He is

already serving a sentence for sexual offences between 1967 and

1985. Yesterday, we had that he had been

stripped of his OBE. Yes, he was awarded it in 20th

December 11 and that has been taken off in now. It was for services to

broadcasting and charities. He was a familiar face. Bash

Hall has now been stripped of his OBE awarded in December 2011. He

was given that for services to broadcasting and charity, having

been a familiar face on BBC TV for many years presenting regional news

and the It's a Knock Out Programme. He was best known recently for his

football match reports on BBC Radio Five Live.

For four decades Gunner Robert Cutting's family have searched for

answers to their questions about how he died in Northern Ireland

The teenager was shot by someone from his own side during a so`

called friendly fire incident at the height of the troubles.

An official review of the case has now provided some answers. But the

family say, they want an apology for the mistakes which took his

life. They've been speaking exclusively to our Chief Reporter,

Dave Guest. He was proud to serve Queen and

country or and was aged just 18 when he died on a street in Belfast.

But he was shot dead by his own side. He served with the Royal

Artillery. Early one morning his patrol came under fire from a group

of Royal Marines. His family spent four decades seeking the truth, as

his sister told north`west tonight in 2012. I want to find out what

happened to the person that killed my brother as well. His family now

has some answers thanks to the Historical Enquiries Team, the

organisation set up to re`examined deaths due to the Troubles. The

family allowed me to see the report and, crucially, it reveals that the

army never convened a board of inquiry to investigate the

circumstances of Robert's death and it should have done.

The report made difficult reading for Robert's sister who waited 0

years for an official confirmation of how he died and wife. It is now

in black and white that he was shot once but the fatal shot that killed

him was while he was trying to crawl away. I'm disgusted. What do

you think about the way you have been treated? We have been treated

appallingly. They buried my pressure and they shut the door on

us. My brother was killed and there was no board of inquiry. The I read

refit `` army refused. The fact the army never convened a board of

inquiry does not surprise one academic to study that period of

Ulster history in detail. In 19 2, there were several shootings and

bombings and it simply wasn't possible to investigate many of the

killings. But this was the army killing one of its own. It is a

huge embarrassment for the British Army. Took actually admit that

there was a killing of one of its own by its own is very difficult

for the army to handle. So the family have some answers but they

say they do not have an official apology. We have been in receipt of

this report for some 10 weeks and we have constantly sent letters

asking for a response. We have had no response. It is time to treat

this family as the bereaved family suffering because of the untruths

it was told at the beginning and the way it has been treated over

the last 41 years. This afternoon, the Ministry of Defence told us

The shocking failings at Morecambe Bay's maternity unit were a

chilling example of what can happen when inspectors don't do their job

properly. Today, the Care Quality Commission, the official NHS

watchdog, launched a radical overhaul of how it monitors

hospital standards. Today, the new Chief Inspector told

us they know they've got it wrong in the past, and promised the new

system will be much more accurate. Our health correspondent, Nina

Warhurst, has been given exclusive access to the inspection at Salford

Royal. So, how did it go? It has been a fascinating day

following the inspectors as they sort of test their own new system

of inspectors. They chose 18 trusts and they chose Salford because it

is where standards of care are high and they were going to trust where

standards of care have been perceived as being low were. Today,

the Chief Inspector of hospitals told me that he knows in the past

DEC QC have got it wrong and he knows that is not acceptable and

the system has to change. They arrived at 8pm with clipboards

in hand as you might expect. But this is a new era of hospital

inspections which is promising to make the NHS watchdog more thorough

and fair. At the heart of the changes are people like Gaynor who

might not be medically trained but his brother spent his life in and

out of care. She listens in a different way when she talks to

patients. What do you think you have that

others may not have? I have lived it. It has been a hard battle at

times. I would like to say that I have seen fantastic improvements in

health care. But I still think there is a long way to go. If I can

represent anybody else than I would do it. The team of inspectors has

gone from five to 30. Chief executives like David are still

being put through their paces and experienced physicians will still

test physical `` care and play meanness. But there or will also be

anonymous feedback from staff. What happens today will help make up a

bigger picture of how the new inspection system is working

because things had to change. The CQC told us that standards of care

at one maternity unit were good enough whilst patients were being

failed and mistakes like that are not acceptable. This was a tough

task of redesigning the entire system. People in the past have

said they are worried that nobody is watching the watchdog. Have we

seen the end of that now? We acknowledge there have been

problems in the past. I can tell you we have different processes now

and different management and we are doing things differently, as I hope

you can see. The inspectors are doing it differently and a

passionate about getting it right, which matters to every family in

the country. So, this new wave of inspectors

have been called an army, in reference to Sir Mike Richards.

Every NHS Trust in the country will be tested under the system by the

end of 2015. A Salford man's been jailed for 13

years for repeatedly raping a young girl he trafficked into Britain to

work as his domestic servant. Ilyas Ashar brought the girl from

Pakistan and kept her in the cellar of his home in Eccles for nearly a

decade. His wife Tallat was sentenced to five years in jail

The victim is making great progress and she has shown immense courage

and resilience. She is now free from the abuse she suffered a at

their hands and they are now facing up to consequences of their actions

as they begin substantial prison sentences.

Merseyside Police have named a 0` year`old boy who was killed by a

bus in Garston in Liverpool as James Greenop. Police investigating

the incident on Speke Road yesterday lunchtime are appealing

for witnesses to come forward. Police say the death of a woman who

fell 80 feet from the third floor of Liverpool's Primark store isn't

suspicious. The 57`year`old woman was found at the bottom of

escalators on the ground floor in the Church Street store. It's the

same shop where a three`year`old girl fell from an escalator five

years ago. A woman from Lancashire who almost

drowned during a school swimming lesson 13 years ago has won a

landmark ruling from the Supreme Court, the UK's highest court.

Annie Woodland suffered severe brain damage.

Today's ruling not only paves the way for her to pursue compensation

from the local education authority in Essex where it happened, but

also has implications for ALL schools and care homes. Naomi

Cornwell met the family in Bispham. Would you like a cup of tea?

Annie Woodland is unable to look after herself, and at 23 years old,

still relies on her family for help. Today, she didn't want to appear on

camera. Her parents told us the Supreme Court's ruling was still

sinking in. We are still numb but over the moon. It is the first

piece of good news to do with her case for years.

Annie nearly drowned during a school swimming lesson 13 years ago

when the family lived in Basildon in Essex. She had to be pulled from

the water and resuscitated, and suffered severe brain damage. It

has resulted in short`term memory loss, fatigue, an age of nine. If

she wants to go out it will take the three or four hours to get

ready. A court has yet to decide whether

any individuals were to blame for what happened to Annie. But neither

the swimming teachers nor the lifeguards at the pool were

employed by the education authority and in previous court hearings the

school had successfully argued that it could not be held liable if

there was negligence by independent contractors.

It is a major landmark victory for our family and lots of other

families in the country. It means the schools are more accountable.

Today's ruling overturns those earlier decisions in the High Court

and the Court of Appeal. Cheshire police are investigating

whether a man was targeted in an attack because he is gay. He

remains in hospital. Detectives are looking at the possibility he may

have been the victim of a hate crime. We know it is an area

frequented by the gay community At this stage, it is only part of our

inquiry. It is too early to say whether it was the motive or not.

We are keeping an open mind. Blackpool's famous illuminations

will appear at a permanent attraction in the resort. The

resort will open in April and it is thought to be the first of its kind

in Europe. Still to come: This ancient

Egyptian relic is 4,000 years old and it has been in this museum for

100 years. Why has it only just gone on show?

And smashing pumpkins ` the artist to has had a helping hand from a

Lancashire fruit grower. He was so determined this was going to happen

despite everyone telling him it was a bonkers idea.

One in 12 youngsters in the North West has the widely misunderstood

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, otherwise known as ADHD.

One school in Greater Manchester's been working hard to better

understand the children's challenges to help them cope and to

stop them being branded naughty children. Beccy Meehan reports.

These youngsters have something to say. And they are not alone.

Despite one in 12 children having ADHD, there are a lot of

misconceptions about the idea. One college team do with a local

charity to halt an awareness Day. Sometimes we get angry. Halfway

through a lesson I can get really angry. When I get angry I blackout.

20 years ago, Anthony Reynolds was one of the first children to be

recognised as an ADHD sufferers and now he runs a charity supporting

and mentoring sufferers across Manchester. These are not problem

children but they are children with problems. The whole idea of a

mental is to create a bespoke service designed around `` the men

talk service. I am hoping that other people will

pick up and run with this. Anthony has managed it and has done

very well. Anthony plans to carry on raising awareness of the

condition. Richard is here with the sport.

Yes, Gareth Hock who was dismissed by the World Cup squad because of a

breach of disciplined and the England team are not making any

further statement. He told me today that he admits s drinking alcohol

against team orders after their defeat against Italy on Saturday

but says he was not alone. He also missed a swimming session the

following morning. I began by asking him whether he regretted his

behaviour. I agree that it was wrong and we shouldn't have had a

drink. But there were six or seven of us and we all did the same thing.

I don't agree how he has gone about it. How unfairly do you believe you

have been treated? A lot because I am gutted. I was really looking

forward to playing in the World Cup. Just for missing a 10 minute swim...

I think it is out of order. The there will be people watching Who

Know your disciplinary past. You were banned after testing positive

for cocaine and so on and they will say that because of that you have

crossed the line again and the management have no choice. That is

what I mean. People think the worst of what has happened. Do you accept

that, to some degree, because of the past people will say he has

done it again and how could he do it again? I did the same as the

other lads. Did you receive any warnings or whether any

conversations before hand? Know I got a phone call to say that he

found out we had been out. What did he say when he spoke to you? He

said at I will be taking you out of the squad. He said it was for

sleeping in but I don't know how you can take someone out of the

squad for sleeping in for half an hour. Not face to face either.

Would you have wanted to meet their head coach face to face and have a

conversation? Yes, and explain myself face to face like the other

boys as well. What about beyond this? The rest of your career and

so on? How were you feeling about that? I will just have to focus on

something. I look forward to playing with them next year.

I imagine there will be plenty of reaction to that.

Onto Football and the Champions League is back. Manchester City are

in action as I speak in their Group D match at CSKA Moscow.

Manchester United are also in Champions League action somewhat

closer to home as they host Real Sociedad. Despite recent poor

Premier League results, David Moyes' side are top of their group

going into tonight's game. Belgian youngster Adnan Januzaj could make

his Champions League debut for the Reds against a side who've lost

their opening two matches. There's full match commentary from

Old Trafford on BBC Radio Manchester. The build up starts

from seven o'clock. Well, last night saw Rochdale go

top of League Two after a five goal thriller at Spotland. Michael

Rose's 88th minute free kick levelled it at 2`2 against

Northampton. Victory was then completed in injury time thanks to

George Donnolly. It was also a good night for bottom club Accrington,

who finally got their first league win of the season at home to

Bristol Rovers. And Liverpool boxer Anthony Fowler

has won bronze at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan.

The unseeded middleweight this morning overcame German Stefan

Hartel ranked seventh. He now goes onto Friday's semi`final with the

winner guaranteed at least a silver medal. It means the world to me A

message for the people in Liverpool? I love you all. Thanks

everyone. He is a man with big plans. He says

he is a normal Liverpool lad with big ambitions. Followed his journey

on twitter. Thank you. Right, let us move on to

this been behind us. At 4,000 years old it must be one

of the oldest human artifacts in the north`west.

It is an Egyptian relic and is on display for the first time in

Cheshire after being restored after being hidden away in a warehouse

for over 100 years. This was built 2000 years before

the birth of Christ and brought to Macclesfield by the intrepid

Edwardian explorer. They thought when the sole of the money came out

to see what was going on in the land of the living, if he needed

somewhere to rest and put his feet up then he had a house which, we

think was probably a model of the sort of house he would have lived

in. Sol houses are rare and this one has lain in storage for over

100 years. Why has it taken all this time to work out the ancient

puzzle? Nobody had ever thought to do it. The cell house was conserved

by Lancashire County Council museum service in Preston. It is very

significant because it throws a lot of light on a modern audience as to

how the ancient Egyptian people lived rather than the Faroes, kings

and queens we are more familiar with. This is just one of three in

the collection here in Macclesfield. The other two are incomplete but it

is thought the fragments to make them Hall again make existing

museums here in the UK. `` make them whole again. We are thinking

of writing to the museum's to see if we can find the missing parts

and see if we can make it complete again.

Now, as they say, on to something completely different. A giant

pumpkin that was growing in Lancashire has broken the world

record for the fastest paddle across the open water. It makes you

think someone else has tried this. Mark O'Hanlon sold the enormous

fruit to an artist who decided to turn it into a boat. Tomorrow, he

will turn it into a motor boat to sail it to the Isle of Wight.

It was an heroic challenge of the high seas. Today, artist, Dmitiri

Galitzine went where many fear to go... Straight into the record

books paddling in a pumpkin in Portsmouth. I practised a lot

yesterday and got a good technique. The first time I get it `` got in

it was nerve`racking as I thought the bottom would fall out. She is

pretty sturdy. The adventure started in Preston. Mark O'Hanlon

grew the 800 panned whopper. `` the whopper that weighs ?800. He was so

determined that his `` that this was going to happen despite

everyone telling him it was a bonkers idea. Going into the sea in

large vegetables is not a good idea. So, not content with one record he

has his sights set on his punting smashing more records. Tomorrow

the Giant Gourd will set sail to the Isle of Wight with an engine

attached. There is a fair chance he will get

a soggy bottom. I want one made out of a cause yet.

It is a fruit. `` courgette. Let us get the weather.

Good evening. It was a dreadfully wet start today, but this afternoon

the weather really improved. For once, I would tell you that you

won't you need your umbrella tomorrow. We are expecting good

spells of sunshine. But it will not last. As we head into Friday, we

expect a huge band of rain. That will stick with us for most of

Friday and it brings with it a very strong winds indeed. Tonight, the

picture improves. Mostly dry and the clouds will melt away. A breezy

night. It will also be the coldest night we have had with temperatures

dropping to single figures. The coldest place will be in Cheshire

and parts of Cumbria with temperatures really falling away. A

cold but dry start tomorrow. This is the first day we have had a dry

start this week. Much like to wind tomorrow and the cloud will build

through the afternoon. `` much lighter winds. Close your eyes if

you have plans to be outdoors on Friday because this is what is

coming. Hopefully, that will ease away. The weekend though looks

fairly unsettled. Perfect pumpkin growing weather

Manchester City have won against CSKA Moscow.

And Manchester United coming up next.

Thanks for watching. Good night Enjoy the sunshine tomorrow.

Briefly!