27/05/2014 North West Tonight

European election results. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so

it's goodbye Welcome to North West Tonight with

Roger Johnson and Beccy Mehan. A children's doctor from Manchester

is charged with child sex offences The Hillsborough inquiry hears how

stadium safety concerns were raised How the beautiful game,

and comedian John Bishop, are giving The whole population that plunges

into the sea! Bracing Blackpool gets

a step closer to a new museum. A paediatric doctor has been

charged with child sex offences. Greater Manchester Police released

the news within the past hour The man is said to have worked

at a number of hospitals in Greater Manchester

and detectives are keen to hear from anyone who may have made

contact with him via the internet. Our chief reporter, Dave Guest,

is at police headquarters now. What more can you tell us

about this man? He is a 31`year`old and works as a

junior doctor in the theatrics. I understand he has worked in a number

of hospitals in Greater Manchester. `` in paediatrics. He has been

charged with possessing indecent images of children and engaging in

sexual activity with a child. What have police told us so far?

They say he was first arrested on the 2nd of May on suspicion of

possessing indecent images of children. On that day, a search was

carried out at a house and a computer and other equipment were

seized. As a result of reviewing those items, they further arrested

him on me the 22nd on suspicion of engaging in sexual activity with a

child, a boy of 15. The Chiefs super and says that this investigation is

still very much in its early stages. `` Chiefs super and in the. She says

that she understands that people may be concerned because he has worked

in hospitals but at this stage the investigation is very much focusing

on people who he may have met through the Internet rather than his

employment. What happens next?

He is due to appear at Crown Court He is due to appear at Crown Court

process. As I say, the investigation process. As I say, the investigation

is in its early stages. Thank you for that.

A jury has heard that ?120,000 was spent on safety at Hillsborough

An incident in 1981 at the same ground when several fans were

injured lead to plans being drawn up for improvements to the terracing

and barriers. Most were never implemented. Our correspondent joins

us now from Warrington. Tell us more. What is important for the

jurors is that they get a real understanding of how events

escalated 25 years ago, resulting in the death of 96 football fans. Last

week, the jurors were taken to Hillsborough to gain an insight into

Today, the heard evidence from a Today, the heard evidence from a

structural engineer. In 1979, a safety act was brought in which

meant stadiums needed have a safety certificate. The court heard how

Sheffield Wednesday have spent ?120,000 in order to be granted that

certificate. Concerns were raised following a crush in 1981. The court

heard that recommendations for safety changes to gates and

turnstiles were made but never carried out. Christina Lambert said

that even after evidence on the 15th of April 1989, crash barriers did

not meet the recommended safety requirements and that police had

raised concerns before the disaster. A lot of evidence centred on other

sporting disasters here and abroad, today. Tell of more about that. John

described a disaster in 1946 in which 33 Bolton Wanderers fans were

crushed. He also talked about a fire which killed 66 spectators in

Bradford. And on that same day, a 15`year`old boy was crushed in

Birmingham city. What lessons had been learned and was there in the

robust legislation in place? The inquest continues.

Thank you very much. An investigation's underway after

a man was shot in a pub in Salford. Police were called to the

Ashley Brook Pub on Liverpool Street at around 11:30

last night. The victim's currently

being treated in hospital. It's the fourth shooting

in the area in a month. Detectives say

the incidents aren't linked. A 59 year old man has been charged

by detectives investigating historic sexual abuse at music schools

in Manchester. Nicholas Smith has been charged with

one count of indecent assault. It relates to

an alleged incident involving a teenage girl, between 1976 and

1978, who was a pupil at Chetham's Police have released this image of a

man who they want to talk to about a scam that was used to dupe a

pensioner out of his entire life savings.

A Victoria Cross recipient from Middleton has been recognised

in the town, with the unveiling of a street sign in his honour.

Lance Corporal Joel Halliwell was awarded the medal after rescuing

ten injured soldiers from no`man's land during the First World War.

The region's Liberal Democrats are debating their future tonight

after another dreadful showing at the polls.

We'll be hearing from him in a minute.

But first Beccy's been looking at how the region's political

landscape has changed in the wake of the European elections.

UKIP's national success has been replicated here in the North West,

even though they didn't top the vote.

Labour received 34% of the votes cast.

That meant that three of the eight seats here changed colour.

Two of them won by UKIP, one by Labour.

Nick Griffin, the British National Party Leader who

He was one of ten Liberal Democrat MEPs kicked`out across the country.

Here in the North West, they have been wiped`out.

We'll now be represented in Europe by three MEPs from both Labour

For the Lib Dems, the European election disappointment

followed a miserable set of local election results last week.

Stuart Flinders has been speaking to their outgoing MEP about the

problems now facing his party and about needing to find a new job.

Chris Davies will be spending rather more time in his garden

in the Pennines this summer than he would have liked.

It is quite a contrast. Two months ago I became a meet the offer here

with an environmental author, if you like, in Brussels for the work I

have done. Two monthly tour, despite all of the work I have done in

exposing expensed fraud and my own transparency in financial matters

and a real sense of achievement over the years, I am out on my ear.

The voters have deserted the Lib Dems.

He says it's the cost of being in coalition.

I support Nick Clegg. I think he has done a fantastic job. What little is

calling for him to go? I can understand that everybody wants a

magic bullet but changing the leader and not changing the policies, and

nobody wants to, I don't see that this will do anything other than

give us a couple of weeks used in the polls.

Chris Davies burst onto the scene when he won the Westminster seat

of Littleborough and Saddleworth in a byelection in 1995.The

lawmaker became lawbreaker when he walked into Stockport Police

Station with a small amount of cannabis in a protest against

drugs laws, later pleading guilty to possession of a Class B drug.

He doesn't rule out standing for Europe again, and admits that

whatever happens he'll be well looked after by Brussels.

The pension kicks in at 63. Of course, there have been times where

I have criticised it and said we should change these arrangements.

Just at this moment, I am not criticising the! You will probably

end up earning more on the European pension than many people do on their

salaries. Yes, it shed no more tears for an MEP. I shed no tears for the

staff I have to sack. It may not be the last we hear

of Chris Davies. Stuart Flinders,

BBC North West Tonight. The Liberal Democrats in Liverpool

announced tonight that they are to hold a meeting to discuss

Nick Clegg's leadership after they were virtually wiped`out

in the local elections last week. The Lib Dem MP for Southport,

John Pugh, The results are very depressing

because we lost 72% of councillors that dude. 91% of the Euro MPs.

There is a large part of England without Liberal Democrat

representation and no opposition to Labour. How worried are you? In my

constituency, things went well. We are one of the strongholds, the rare

islands. The trouble is there are so many black holes opening round of

that nobody can be sure of outcome. You need to change leader? My

personal preference is for Vince Cable, who I believe would resonate

better with many voters and who is a continuity candidate in the sense

that he has been in government, is part of the Coalition. He can defend

the record and is very popular. He does not want the job. He said now

was not the time for fighting within yourselves. I think Vince would,

where there are a vacancy, put his name forward. You have Nick Clegg,

currently being pilloried for abandoning his tuition fees pledge.

You have somebody like Nigel Farage who abandoned his whole money fast

and did very well. That is a problem that we have to analyse, understand

and correct for. `` whole manifesto. Part of what you'd rather is that

the Lib Dems have never had to make the tough decisions and affect

people 's lives. You have been the refuge for the disgruntled voter, if

you like. No, you're not in that position any more and UKIP, perhaps,

have taken that ground. I don't think that's a totally satisfactory

explanation for our decline. In many areas of the country, a local

government, we held power on councils. Because we held power and

made difficult decisions, we did not then lose votes. In many cases we

increased our. We have made some mistakes in coalition and we have to

rectify them. But thank you for your time.

A Lancaster man has become the first in the country to face

a charge under the newly amended Dangerous Dogs Act.

The law now allows owners to be prosecuted if dogs carry out

This prosecution is the first since new amendments to

the Dangerous Dogs Act came into force countrywide on May the 13th.

And it has been one of the nation's favourite resorts for decades and

the council wants to open a museum to celebrate the history of the

The First World War reshaped a continent and touched the lives

As we near the centenary of the outbreak many people are

finding out about their families' links to the conflict.

One of those is Graham Liver who's one of ours and breakfast

He's been on a journey to Flanders to follow in the footsteps of two

of his relatives who lost their lives on the western front.

Like so many parts of the Northwest, suffered many casualties during the

First World War, including two members of my family. Amongst the

names of the men who never came home are my great great cousins John and

Tom. They came from a part of the city which suffered heavy losses. It

seems to have been the working`class parts of town that where worst

affected. There were couple of streets that had 20 people killed.

Parts of Stewart and were badly affected also. It is clear that they

made the ultimate sacrifice but for me they are still just names on a

plaque. I wanted to find out what happened to them in Belgium and it

is a journey which almost certainly started here. John lived with his

mum and dad and four months after signing up for the Lancashire

Fusiliers swapped the linoleum works for the battlefields of Flanders. It

all started for him here. It did indeed. The British were attacking a

German fortified position here. In front of the farm was a range of

trenches, bunkers, fortifications. Just there. They were called

galleries. So you can see the farm and galleries commanded the

battlefields. John was then wounded on the field. He was taken to a

dressing station in the corner of the battlefield and was obsessed and

taken back, sadly, to where he died a few days later. This is the

cemetery. He is buried just in this next role. 4231, Lancashire

Fusiliers, 24th of September 1970. Gone but not forgotten. `` 1917.

For those who do not have a known grave, they are remembered every

night in April. `` Ypres. TRUMPETS PLAY

night in April. `` Ypres. TRUMPETS

What an extraordinary journey. Tom, he mentioned at the start, we will

find out what happened to him tomorrow. Apparently he survived the

battle of the song but was sent back out to Flanders were sadly he lost

his life. Fascinating series. Amazing. Let's move on.

A major football competition took place in Liverpool today but it's

All the players are, or were, homeless.

They play in their own league and today was the end

The aim is to give another focus to the lives

of homeless people to help them find a job and somewhere to live.

And as Lindsey Prosser reports they had

This is much more than a game of football, here they're building

confidence to rebuild lives and comic John Bishop is supporting the

You are on the fringes of society if you're homeless. People judge you

before they know you. This gives them an opportunity to realise that

they are not alone and have some value.

James became homeless as teenager, when his mum died.

Playing in a homeless football team gave him back his self esteem.

James is now at university and plays semi`professional football.

It gave me the confidence to play again and even now to be a role

model to the others and coach them. He may not have been playing

John Bishop was providing I will be juggling bottles in the

minute! Everybody has come on a level playing field and are able to

just be themselves. You can be having a bad day and then you look

forward to this competition to stop it brings people closer together.

You get the adrenaline. Playing with friends and helping each other out,

it is good. The football teams are a way

of enabling outreach workers to gain the trust of homeless people

and help them to get back on track. The football is the carrot. Once

being gauge them in football we can link them into other services.

Health, education, training or stop it is important. Homeless people are

on the bottom rung of the ladder and it is about as pulling them up.

It's hope the scheme can be extended to other cities across the UK.

Lindsey Prosser, BBC North West Tonight, Liverpool.

They had a good day. Almost as good as this lot. I do not have the best

glass of! I thought that was your costume for

the summer party. What can you say? ! You are probably wondering where

it will all end. The Premier League at this rate!

Fleetwood are promoted for the first time of their history!

The moment when Fleetwood town and owns themselves on the biggest

stage. Absolutely amazing. Words fail me. It is a lot of hard work by

a lot of people. I cannot believe it. I am still pinching myself. This

is unbelievable. CHEERING

What a moment this is. Fans who have seen their team...

SHOUTING They are ready to go to League one!

Really fantastic. It means everything to us, everything.

COMMENTATOR: In! That bit of luck that you need in games like this and

I am over the moon to do it for the boys. I was crying excellent Mac

Electric. The perfect present for the older on his 44th birthday. You

cannot buy that feeling. Long may it continue. `` the owner. Not just the

boys but myself and the staff, they deserved this day. We look forward

to next season. For the cod Army, next season is the

chance to shake up the big boys of League one cannot come soon enough.

Safe to say they enjoyed their day out!

Looks like a lot of fun. Well done to Fleetwood and all the

people involved. Tranmere Rovers have appointed a new

manager. He succeeds Ron Amery was sacked after admitting breaching FA

betting regulations. The Roses match looks to be heading

towards a draw. Lancashire bowled Yorkshire out for 243`5.

That is a lead of 130 going into the final day of the match.

Can be an exciting finish if the weather holds out.

It was the world's first working`class seaside resort.

Blackpool Council wants to create a ?20 million easy to showcase the

ten's history. Today, the council received more than ?1 million of

lottery money to develop the plan. They hope the museum will be located

in the Winter Gardens. Blackpool has been a booming seaside

resort since the 1850s. It soon become the place to come when the

factories closed for the week. Now, the council says it should have a

museum to celebrate its rich history. It is a real opportunity to

bring all of the threads Blackpool live together. The entertainment

culture, the party town reputation that we have. You know, the sun,

sand, sea and donkeys. To allow people to explore what lies behind

that. The plan is to place the museum in the Winter Gardens. The

museum would cost around ?21 million. The museum hopes half ``

the council hopes half will come from the lottery fund. In 1850s, the

railway came to Blackpool and that brought all of the mill people

because they could jump on a train and get off at lap pool and they are

on holiday. This was why it is so important for us to have a history.

`` jumped on a train in their `` jumped on a train in their

hometown and get off at Blackpool. It was the only thing we could

afford. You used to pack your sandwiches, have them on the sand

with a flask. That was in! More sand than the average of! It was lovely.

It was packed and they used to dance on the pier in the morning. Dance at

the Winter Gardens and the afternoon. The council now has 18

months to develop its plans. A lot of happy memories being

brought back. A lot of dancing by the looks of it!

Nowhere better on a nice day in Blackpool. It must have been busy

yesterday with Bank Holiday Monday, sunshine and we forecasted! You did!

The problem is that the children are off and the weather will not play

along. Towards the tail end of the week the weather will get a little

bit better for the children. Looking ahead to Friday, that is when the

weather should return. Friday and Saturday look pretty good at the

moment. You have got to get through the next couple of days. Today, we

did not get it right. We thought the weather would creep its way across

the Pennines. It has largely hit stayed away but it will hit us on

Thursday. `` it has largely stayed away. The conditions are settling

down, drying up and warming up. There is something good on the

horizon. This was the picture through the day. We thought we would

creep towards us. It stayed out of the way. It is going to make its

presence felt through the night. This is our latest radar picture. If

you watch what our computer wants to do, it is going to bring a tent

quickly. I think it will be maybe an hour or so later when you start to

see the first few signs of rain working their way through. For many

places, that is all it will be. All, damp and drizzly. You can see how

fragmented it is. For the early hours of the morning, it will start

to get its act together. It will not be pouring throughout the whole

night but at 5am, that is not a great start to the day. Temperatures

will cause you no problems throughout the night. Double figures

for towns and cities. The sun is up at 4:51am. We will not see it. It

does not look good and does not get better. It is cloudy with outbreaks

of rain and will be a heavy burst from to time. You can see how

fragmented. You will get dry spells every now and again. You will not

get out and about in it. It is just what you see. The breeze is not

terribly strong but not a great direction, north`east. It brings a

cool tool. Tomorrow I think realistically it is 13 and 14 for

the temperatures. After that, Thursday does not look wonderful. As

we look ahead, Friday and Saturday, as I said, things started to settle

down. They dry up again and warmer. Yes, we had 24 degrees last week but

most of us will settle for a team. So they spend millions on a computer

and you say you do not agree with it!

Say what you see. I did not receive the brain.

That is years of experience. It is on its way.

Head for the indoor play Barnes with the kids!

Or go out anyway with a coat of! Have a nice evening!