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getting to Europe illegally. More than 40,000 have made the journey so | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
far this year. Welcome to North West Tonight with | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Beccy Meehan and Roger Johnson. The first application goes in | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
since earth tremors brought Cuadrilla wants to drill at several | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
sites near Little Plumpton. The family who feared they were | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
going to be killed by a gang of men wielding machetes who broke | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
into their house while they slept. And the end of an era: | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
The world's oldest sports shop Pro nobody cares, nobody listened. I | :00:26. | :00:36. | |
thought maybe my son was dead, my daughter was dead. Dimethyl Trafford | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
Emirates, where the talk is of Andrew Flintoff's decision to come | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
out of retirement. These are the latest pictures of him training with | :00:47. | :00:54. | |
his team`mates. More later. And the end of an era. The world's oldest | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
sports shop, closing down after more than a century. | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
The energy company Cuadrilla has submitted a planning application to | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
carry out the controversial process of fracking at one of its sites | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
It wants to hydraulically fracture several exploration wells at | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
It's thought to be the first such application since fracking was | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
halted following two earth tremors in the Blackpool area in 2011. | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
Peter Marshall is here to explain more. | :01:24. | :01:30. | |
Cuadrilla has applied to drill, frack and test the flow of shale gas | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
from up to four exploration wells at its Little Plumpton site. | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
A separate application will be submitted soon for a second site | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
Fracking divides opinion ` some say the process, which | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
involves injecting water, sand and chemicals deep into the ground to | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
fracture shale rock and release gas, will help lower energy prices and | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
Opponents fear environmental damage, pollution and industrialisation | :01:54. | :02:00. | |
of the countryside. They say they'll try and prevent it. | :02:01. | :02:11. | |
We're going to object in any lawful and legal way we can. We're going to | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
encourage the whole community. There is more than one group here now in | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
the Fylde area. There are 15 groups, so each of those smaller groups will | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
rally their objections as well. I think it is that they don't | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
underestimate how powerfully we feel about this. | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
Well, Cuadrilla says its application backed with a detailed environmental | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
impact assessment now has to be validated by Lancashire County | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
Then there'll be a formal consultation process during | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
And it could take up to 16 weeks before a final decision is reached. | :02:42. | :02:47. | |
Other potential fracking sites from Balcombe to Barton Moss have | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
attracted anti`fracking protests which have delayed | :02:51. | :02:51. | |
More of that can and will be expected. | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
Cuadrilla says it's committed to being a good neighbour and will keep | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
A family from Salford were left fearing for | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
their lives after a group of masked men wielding machetes tried to break | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
Iftikhar and Parveen Hussain and their family fought | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
off the attackers for 20 minutes to stop them getting inside. | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
I am scared all the time. Are you scared this could happen again two | :03:21. | :03:34. | |
yes, I am very scared. I was thinking maybe my son is dead, maybe | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
everybody is dead. For Parveen and Iftikhar Hussain, | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
what happened late on Monday night has left them | :03:39. | :03:40. | |
fearing for their lives. Their sons were sleeping, | :03:41. | :03:43. | |
the daughters watching TV When Mum heard loud banging on the | :03:44. | :03:45. | |
door, she looked out of the window. What she saw was a group of masked | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
men with machetes and poles. There were people in masks, and with | :03:51. | :04:04. | |
black gloves on their hands. The man was holding a machete, and half his | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
face was in there as well. So the machete is here? Yes. He was hitting | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
like this from the outside. For 20 minutes, | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
Ibrar and his siblings fought trying It's not yet known why | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
the family's home was targeted. But in recent months there have been | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
a series of attacks targeting Asian families for Asian gold jewellery | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
which is extremely valuable. The Hussains, though, say they | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
have no valuables in the house. I have no jewellery, no expensive | :04:30. | :04:45. | |
mobile. Only just a ?10 mobile. No jewellery here. | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
The family say they will now move out of this home as they | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
The police are urging anyone with information to come forward. | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
A junior doctor working in paediatrics has appeared in court | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
Raza Laskar, who's 30 and from Ashton`under`Lyne, | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
is charged with sexual activity with a child and possessing | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
The footballer Joey Barton has apologised for a remark he made on | :05:08. | :05:19. | |
The Queens Park Rangers midfielder was involved in a heated exchange | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
with one of the North West's newly elected UKIP MEPs Louise Bours. | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
All you represent to me as UKIP is the best of a bad bunch, so if I'm | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
somewhere, and there were four really ugly girls, I'm thinking, | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
well, she's not the worst, because that's all you are. That's all you | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
are to us. I have to say, the ignorance just espoused by this | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
gentleman here... He basically fulfils the mission that football | :05:51. | :05:51. | |
is' brains are in their feet. The Queen Victoria cruise liner has | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
docked in Liverpool as part of celebrations to mark | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
the centenary of the Aquitania's The fellow Cunard vessel | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
served in both World Wars, The new boss | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
of the NHS has said big isn't always Simon Stevens, | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
the new Chief Executive of NHS England says small local hospitals | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
have a vital role to play. His comments have been welcomed in | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
communities which feared their local Our Chief Reporter Dave Guest has | :06:18. | :06:20. | |
been to one of them in Cumbria. It's not much to look at from the | :06:21. | :06:34. | |
outside, but those who have used it say this hospital is a small place | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
that plays a big role in this community. I had a hip operation | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
five and a half years ago, and I was able to come here to recuperate. So | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
when the one ward had to be temporarily closed due to staff | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
shortages recently, rumours started spreading that this could be the | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
beginning of the end, and so the people of the town mobilised in | :06:58. | :07:00. | |
their hundreds to demonstrate against any loss of the hospital. | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
There are around eight and a half thousand people in this town, and at | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
some point, there is a family member that has been in there. It is just | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
so important. The health trust responsible for it says there is no | :07:15. | :07:17. | |
plan to close this hospital. Quite the reverse, in fact. They say they | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
plan to expand services here. It seems they will be in line with | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
current national thinking. Today, places such as this received a vote | :07:27. | :07:29. | |
of confidence from a key player health service. Simon Stephens, the | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
new chief executive of NHS England, said he wanted to see smaller | :07:35. | :07:36. | |
hospitals playing a bigger role in health care, especially care for | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
elderly people. It is a golden opportunity for as now to Bush ahead | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
with all that we know about community hospitals, and there is | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
plenty to do, and plenty of information we have on how good they | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
are, how relatively cheap they are to run. No one is suggesting a | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
return to the cosy days of the cottage Hospital of the 1950s, but | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
here in Cumbria, they say small hospitals have long had an important | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
role to play, and they will continue to do so. If we take this hospital, | :08:10. | :08:12. | |
it is a true community I think Blackpool was a complete | :08:13. | :08:46. | |
wash`out. But Chester was sunny. Everywhere else was great. Liverpool | :08:47. | :08:47. | |
was magnificent. Well, the Commonwealth Games | :08:48. | :08:48. | |
version arrives tomorrow. Yes, | :08:49. | :08:50. | |
it's called the Queen's Baton Relay and has already visited the Isle of | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
Man but is welcomed to England for then, it has to sports city, and | :08:53. | :10:23. | |
then onto Congleton, when it will be carried by someone who has a more | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
than 50 year association with the Commonwealth Games. | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
Robbie and I were both at the Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962. | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
I won a silver medal to, but I think the highlight of the gains for us, | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
we became engaged. Still together, Robbie and Dan have been telling a | :10:45. | :10:45. | |
story in Cheshire in Cheshire schools ahead | :10:46. | :10:46. | |
of the baton coming to Congleton. it means a lot to me not just the | :10:47. | :11:00. | |
community member, but as a former athlete. | :11:01. | :11:02. | |
I think it is truly to the spirit of the town. A spirit that everyone | :11:03. | :11:08. | |
involved hope will continue long after the battle and Ponting has | :11:09. | :11:09. | |
gone. Good luck everybody. | :11:10. | :11:21. | |
Now, commemorations of the Second World | :11:22. | :11:23. | |
And starting tomorrow, our BBC local radio stations will be continuing | :11:24. | :11:32. | |
their coverage of World War One At Home ` here's a preview of some | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
I am determined to be imprisoned or shot before I will take up munition | :11:36. | :11:46. | |
work or minesweeping, or any work distinctly military under the | :11:47. | :11:54. | |
military authorities. It seems Clementina served with | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
distinction in France. Contemporary reports say she spent time under | :12:00. | :12:02. | |
fire in the trenches at their done, one of the most drawn`out and | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
desperate campaigns of the war. The work on airships, the design | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
work, the experiments, there was a tremendous legacy. It went into | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
heavier than air aeroplane is, especially metal aeroplanes. They | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
were very, very powerful bows, and could also carry a lot of people, so | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
they were used as troop carriers. Brought back to Burnley after the | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
First World War by the lads of the old East Lancs, they found this | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
golden nectar. They thought it was only fair to bring it back to | :12:37. | :12:37. | |
Burnley for their mates to share. Fascinating stories there ` we'll be | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
covering some of them here on Northwest Tonight next week and the | :12:44. | :12:46. | |
rest you can hear from 8.15 tomorrow And the stories are now online | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
at bbc.co.uk/ww1 Sport now, and Andrew Flintoff's | :12:51. | :13:05. | |
decision to come out of retirement is what the cricket | :13:06. | :13:07. | |
world is talking about tonight. Well, let's join Richard at Emirates | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
Old Trafford where his Lancashire Yes, Roger. He is here, as you say. | :13:14. | :13:32. | |
We were watching him a few minutes ago warming up with his new | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
team`mates, but he knows the team very well. You can see pictures of | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
that now. Great to see him out here again, back for Lancashire. He | :13:41. | :13:44. | |
looked delighted to be part of the squad again. He isn't playing in | :13:45. | :13:46. | |
this match. Lancashire are | :13:47. | :13:48. |