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building society. That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye

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from me, Good evening.

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Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin.

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And Roger Johnson. Our top story. A court hears claims

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of how former presenter Stuart Hall raped young girls in his BBC

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dressing room. One alleged victim claims it ruined

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her marriage. Also tonight:

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An entirely avoidable death. An inquest hears Stepping Hill Hospital

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admit they should have done more for Gary Bradshaw. A widow tells us how

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her dying husband ended up on food vouchers because of delays in his

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new disability benefit. And for sale, one Lake District peak

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because the owner has to pay a mountainous tax bill.

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To viewers Stuart Hall was a cheerful popular television

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presenter, but a court heard claims today that behind the scenes he was

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a sexual predator and rapist. The jury in his rape trial at Preston

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Crown Court has been told he raped two young girls in his dressing

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rooms at BBC studios in Manchester. The 84`year`old denies 15 rape

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charges and five indecent assaults. Peter Marshall has been at court and

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joins us now. So Peter just outline the prosecution case for us. Well,

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prosecuting barrister Peter Wright says the offences happened 35 years

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ago when Stuart Hall was a well`known celebrity in the

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north`west presenting the regional news programme and presenting the

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programme, It's A Knockout. He told the jury that one of the victims was

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14 when abuse is said to have begun and the other was between ten and

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twelve and she was abused up to the age of 15. Peter Wright says these

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were young, impressionable teenagers groomed by a sexual predator. He

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told the jury that Stuart Hall would flatter them. The jury heard about

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allegations involving the first alleged victim. What can you tell us

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about that? Regarding that, we were told this

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alleged victim wanted to be a make`up artist in TV and film and

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she was invited to the BBC studios at Oxford Road by Stuart Hall on the

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pretext of meeting people who might help her in that career. The

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prosecution says that that help didn't materialise and she was taken

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to his dressing room, plied with alcohol, and he had sex in the

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dressing room there. Giving evidence, herself, she says that the

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abuse became regular. She took up a night course in hairdressing at the

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Piccadilly Studios where the BBC Broadcasts and says Stuart Hall

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would pick her up and take her to his dressing room and ply her with

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drink. She never instigated any of it and never made any of the moves,

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she was always very, very drunk when it happened. And that alleged

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victim, as you have alluded, Pete r, came und cross`examination this

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afternoon? Yes, she admitted under cross`examination despite this

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alleged abuse when she came to get married in 1991, she asked Stuart

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Hall to give her away. That didn't happen in the end. He didn't give

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her away, but she did admit that she had asked her to give her away, she

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says her mother insisted on it. Stuart Hall denies 15 charges of

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rape and five of indecent assault and the trial continues tomorrow.

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Peter, thank you very much. The Co`operative Group has come in

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for yet more criticism today. In a new report, the former City Minister

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Lord Myners says it won't survive unless it shifts its focus more

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towards profit. The suggestions would mark a step change in the

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entire philosophy behind the organisation which was founded 160

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years ago in Rochdale. This evening there's a regional members' meeting

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in the town. Beccy Meehan is there. Yes, the meeting is about to get

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underway here in Rochdale. The heart of the birth of the Co`operative

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Group. It is still a mutual too with eight million members and it

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provides everything from funeral services to holidays, but the

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changes that Lord Myners is suggesting would mean a shift in the

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philosophy of the group. I want to restore it to being a true

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member owned organisation, confident in its trading and able to address

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the need in society to have relationships with trust based

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suppliers. The Co`op can do that, but it lost its way.

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For one member of over 60 years standing who I just spoke to earlier

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this afternoon, that shift to a more corporate focus doesn't make sense.

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When they come out and say, "Well, yes, you work for Marks

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Spencer's." Yes, he worked for the Asda Group. He worked for this other

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group, you know. What does that mean to taking over in the Co`op? The

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Co`op is a different set`up. Sonia is a former textile worker

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from Rochdale and despite the ups and downs of the group which have

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seen the bank fall into the hands of institutional investors, she thinks

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the founding principles are crucial. Well, other working institutes have

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really. We have one or two left, but the Co`op is one of the main ones

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that's left in this country today that was built up by the working

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class, by the workers and it is a shame that this has hit us, but we

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could rise over it. We can rise over it. It would be the members who

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would have to do it. The Co`op Group is holding its annual general

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meeting later this month and it said it is committed to reform and a res

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conclusion will be put forward to members at the meeting.

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Thank you very much. Well, our region has several Labour

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MPs who also represent the Co`operative Party. One of those is

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Preston's Mark Hendrick. He has just come out of a meeting with Lord

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Myners. What did Lord Myners say to you. We heard he called the board

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amateurish. Did he repeat that language? He didn't put it in those

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terms. He said there is a degree of non professional or unprofessional

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people on the board. He feels should not be on the board. And the Co`op

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had lay people on the board. One of the Co`op principles founded 150

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years ago was about democratic representation. People stand for the

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board as representatives of their communities and often can rise right

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to the main board where many lay members are. The question is, are

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lay members still suited to being on the board? What do you think the

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answer is? Do you think they are suitable? Yes, I do. They have a

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wide range of experience from different backgrounds. They have

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training throughout times on the board and it is important that

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continues. Now, I'm not saying there should be as many lay members on

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there as there is now, but a small component, maybe five or six of the

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directors should be lay members to continue the tradition and make sure

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the Co`op is a community based organisation and not just seen as a

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profit machine for those who want to make more money.

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We heard a lady in our film that said it is the last working class

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institution. How important is it do you think, that Labo keeps its

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alliance with the Co`op? Very important indeed. The Co`op Party

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had an agreement with the Labour Party for nearly 100 years now. I

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and 29 other members of Parliament are Co`op through and through. Many

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services and goods travel, funeral services, many of these services are

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prohaveded for by `` vow vieded by the `` provided. I have been a

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co`operator most of my adult life and there is a different set of

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principles about how we operate. It is not about making people

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millionaires and it is not about big business and rich cars, it is about

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making sure ordinary people are looked after in a proper way and

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they get the benefits through dividend or other methods of

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rewarding loyalty to the Co`op. Thank you.

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Police investigating the murder of Blackpool teenager Paige Chivers

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have switched the search for her body to a churchyard in Bispham. The

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land is close to a flat which was searched recently after a ?30,000

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reward was offered for information. Police believe Paige was killed in

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2007 and her body disposed of. They were led to the churchyard by a

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tip`off from a member of the public. So far no one has been arrested.

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The Green Party has launched its local and European election

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campaign. They chose Stockport Hydro Mill as the venue, highlighting

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their policy of creating jobs by investing in renewable energy in the

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region. Peter Cranie, the party's European election candidate believes

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they're on track to gain the first Green MEP for the north west.

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Nearly three quarters of tanning salons in Blackpool have failed

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council safety tests. The authority says more than 70% were found to be

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using bulbs which emit higher than recommended levels of UV light. 60%

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were found to be allowing under 18s to use sunbeds illegally.

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A coroner has found that Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport failed to

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see how seriously ill a patient was before he died. In a narrative

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verdict, the Stockport coroner John Pollard said the hospital missed

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several opportunities to extend the life of Gary Bradshaw. Nazia Mogra

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reports. Gary Bradshaw was a devoted father.

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He loved football and worked hard to provide for his family. He was

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everything. You know, he worked for his family, for us, you know

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everything he did was for us. He was not a selfish man at all. He just

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wanted to look after us. Me and his boys, that's all. Gary Bradshaw came

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here to his local hospital, Stepping Hill in May 2012 to be treated for

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kidney stones. His calcium levels rose so high that his lungs and

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heart stopped working properly. He died a few months later in July. An

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inquest found he had blood tests, but the tests were never followed

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up. He was given the wrong medication and discharged from

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hospital too early. The coroner, John Pollard, criticised the

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hospital and said that there were missed opportunities which might

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have alleviated his suffering, might have extended Gary's life

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expectancy. Is this verdict what you hoped for? I just wanted it

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recognised and you know, for, just not to happen to anybody else. The

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hospital admitted it was entirely unavoidable `` an avoidable death

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and it regretted the failures of care and apologised to the family.

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They say relevant changes have been made. Gary's partner says she can

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now focus on her two boys. They now at least can take some comfort in

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knowing how their father died. An investigation by BBC North West

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Tonight has found that some people with serious health conditions are

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waiting up to seven months for their new disability benefits to be worked

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out. Claimants waiting for their new personal independence payments have

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told us about the stress and anxiety the delays are causing. Jayne

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McCubbin reports. 12 months ago, I met Marguerite. It

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is all we have. It feels like it is under threat. 12 months on, they are

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still waiting for assessments to take place. But the fear hasn't gone

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away. People are losing their transportation. They are losing the

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support they need. People are saying don't worry. You don't know what's

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around the corner. Anxiety can't be underestimated, but is it really

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warranted? 12 months ago, I met Glyn, a welfare adviser preparing

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for an onslaught of people in need of support, but the onslaught never

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happened, he wonders if people are too fearful to apply. There is a lot

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of fear about it maybe that unfounded, but until we have seen a

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body of decisions, we can't really tell. I have not seen a lot of

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decisions because it is taking a long time for decisions to be made.

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12 months on, there are serious delays. I have travelled to Bar owe

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to meet Helen whose partner was diagnosed with cancer last autumn.

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They spent three of his last six months waiting for his payments to

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be processed. They told us, go out and enjoy yourselves, make the most

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of whatever time you have got left and that was something we couldn't

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do. There was enough stress in your life dealing with the cancer without

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having to deal with have we got enough money to buy food? Keith was

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given a voucher for the foodbank in the end. Macmillan are helping the

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Government address those delays. In Manchester, I meetanedy. He has a

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chronic lung condition. His wait, seven months, the longest I've heard

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of. To wait 31 weeks, it is beyond a joke. In February, auditors said

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delays to people like Andy and Helen meant the Government would miss

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savings targets. By last October, only 16% of claims had been

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processed. The Government says it still expects to make savings of ?3

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billion by 2018. Well, we did ask to interview the

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Minister for Disability, Mike Penning. He wasn't available, but

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the Department for Work and Pensions e`mailed us to say that Disability

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Living Allowance was an outdated benefit which allowed 71% of

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claimants to get it indefinitely. They say PIP allows better targeted

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support for those who need it most. The new Anglican Bishop of Liverpool

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says it's a scandal that people have to rely on foodbanks. The Right

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Reverend Paul Bayes says he won't shy away from challenging

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politicians over the impact their policies have on ordinary people.

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The former Bishop of Hertford was today officially announced as the

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new head of the Anglican church on Merseyside. Our chief reporter, Dave

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Guest, has been to meet him. Liverpool's new bishop attends a

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service of Holy Communion at biggan Parish Church. This is just part of

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his new diocese. The reverend Paul chose different surroundings for his

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appointment to be announced. He chose to come here, to the north

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Liverpool foodbank. The church needs to be there for everybody and at the

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moment, foodbanks are one way that we are doing that. He said he wanted

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to get a feel of deprivation in 2012 at grass`roots level, so his

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advisers have chosen in bringing him here. This is one of the most

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deprived wards in the there need to be foodbanks and it is

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a scandal that there need to be foodbanks. Who is responsible for

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this? If you talk to different politicians, the blame will go in

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different ways. The question is how do we fix it? There has been a

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tradition of bishops not being afraid to get involved in political

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debate, political argument and challenge governments. Is that your

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way? I won't runaway from that possibility to say to people, have

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you noticed what's happening on the ground? Do you know the implications

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of what's happening? What's at the top of your to do list? I need to

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visit people. I need to see places like this so I can understand what

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makes people tick here and what the issues are. He will

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guess the Everton game was critical? We had to go to Goodison Park and

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get a win. The Everton one we had to get and with Liverpool dropping the

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two points, it puts us back in the driving seat and we are in control

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of our destiny. Do you believe the manager when he said he didn't watch

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the Liverpool match the other night? I am sure a few of his pals would

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have been ringing up to tell him what the score was. Was that nerves?

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It is live experience. One occasion Liverpool were 3`1 up and they had

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seven players in the Crystal Palace penalty box. They should have took

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the three points. They have one eye on the go difference. Will City do

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it? If we can't get four points out of two games, we are not trying. I

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can't see West Brom scoring. Villa even!

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West Brom! One talking point from last night, have they seen the last

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of Ryan Giggs at Manchester United? The final home game of the season

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which many Manchester United fans would rather forget. It was a chance

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for one or two well`known faces to say goodbye to Old Trafford. Thank

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you for everything and especially you fans you have been fantastic to

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me all these years. Other less familiar players got a chance to say

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hello and in impressive style. With little left to play for, Ryan Giggs

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gave a first team chance to untested 18`year`old James Wilson and he

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didn't disappoint with a brace, quite an achievement for a debut

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performance. Van Persie made it three for Manchester United, but on

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a night tinged with emotion, the celebrations were marred by this

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collision and a shoulder injury for Phil Jones. Vid itch played at

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Manchester United for the last time before a move to Inter Milan. Ryan

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Giggs is not sure if last night's game was his last game at Old

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Trafford, but he came on and almost scored. We always give youth a

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chance and try and play attractive football. We give it our all. Keep

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supporting us and the good times will come back soon. Manchester

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United say they won't be making an announcement about the manager's job

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this month. 1991 when Ryan Giggs made his debut

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for Manchester United. 12 years to the day, Manchester City were

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relegated and here they are within touching distance of winning it.

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A campaign has begun to persuade thousands of ordinary people to buy

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a stake in the iconic Lake District mountain of Blencathra which has

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gone on sale for ?1.75 million. It is being sold by its owner, Lord

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Lonsdale to help meet a massive tax bill, but some worry it will be

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snapped up by an absentee landlord from abroad. The sale has caught the

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imagination and the man charged with carrying it out says there has been

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huge interest. We have had a lot of hits on the website. 3,500. The

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telephone has been red hot. It will be interesting to see if that turns

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into real interest in buying the mountain. But while any new owner

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would have to abide by the strict laws protecting it, there are those

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who believe it must stay in local hands for good. If it goes to

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anybody, whether it is English or anybody else, and it is an

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individual, it will be a piece of land that's in their portfolio. If

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it is somebody from abroad, they may never walk that mountain. We keep

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being told about the Big Society this is our opportunity fob to be

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the Big Society. Within hours of setting up a friends of Blencathra

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Facebook page to gather support, over 1500 people signed up. From all

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over the country. The guy that helped me set this up is from

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Manchester. We have got people from further down south. Up in Scotland.

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It is somewhere that everybody loves.

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Can you do it then? We can do it. If we get the chance. If people

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continue to pledge money and if we get the chance, yes. If 10,000

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people support the campaign, a payment of ?175 would secure

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Blencathra. Lo Lonsdale would be prepared to sell to the community,

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even allowing extra time for the money to be raised.

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There is a lot of people with ?175. There is a lot of mist on the hills.

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How is it looking? More of the same conditions. It was

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cloudy today with rain this afternoon. Over the next few days,

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it will remain unsettled with mrentive of cloud `` plenty of cloud

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and you will be needing your umbrellas because there is more rain

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to come. There is hefty showers floating in across the Irish Sea. It

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eases away only to return by dawn. We are going to hang on to the

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cloud. Still a stiff westerly breeze continuing to drive the showers

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through and the temperatures stick to go double figure ins one or two

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spots. Tomorrow, I don't think we will see a lot of sunshine. The only

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good news about tomorrow is the winds. They will ease through the

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afternoon. We will continue to see the rain. A cloudy start in the

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morning. Still a stiff westerly breeze driving the showers through.

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We head into the afternoon and this frontal system begins to move in. We

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are to see heavy pulses of rain over Cheshire particularly, but lighter

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winds by the end of play tomorrow. Possibly highs of 15 Celsius in

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Cheshire, but the temperatures in Cumbria and the Isle of Man stay

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disappointing at just 10 or 11 Celsius. We head into the weekend.

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Friday, we are going to see a lot of showers. Part one of the weekend, I

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am afraid, there will be heavy rain on Saturday.

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We are loving your glasses. I lost my contact lens. Maybe later.

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'This is the story of Nick Clegg - a man entrusted by a nation

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'to act upon the policies he proposed.

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