09/06/2014 North West Tonight

actor Rick Mayle has died suddenly at the age of 56.

Not since the Festival of Britain has the country so loudly and so

clearly banged the drum for great British business. Today, thd Prime

Minister and arrived in Livdrpool to do just that. David Cameron launch

the International Festival for business. The message to be sent out

over the next 50 days this summer, is that the UK is open for

business, and that the North is open for business. Our correspondent is

live in Liverpool for us thhs evening. The fact that is there it

is in Liverpool, it couldn't be more significant, particularly for that

city. Absolutely. It sends out a very clear message, not just of the

country but to the world. The first recall of some of the tens of

thousands of business movers and shakers who are expected in the city

over the next 50 days. Along here, some of the great British products

they are banging the drum for. The most important thing is the message

this sends out to the world, that when you think about business in

great written, don't just think about London.

This is a showcase the likes of which hasn't been seen sincd 19 1.

Where better a place to host it I am delighted to be in Liverpool

today. This festival is a kdy part of what were trying to do and I d

like to thank everyone that is coming and exhibiting. It whll bring

money and investment into Lhverpool. The fact it is here couldn't be more

important, a reminder that not all of the people and innovations that

make great British business great come from London. Already on day one

on the two`month event, these people are cashing in. Do another great

British product made in Chester in use in Nigeria right now. The

Sentinel Accra, which is essentially a flying radar, has been usdd just

recently in the south of England, mapping the extent of floodhng that

we had earlier in the year, but most recently,

mapping the extent of floodhng that we had earlier in the it has been

deployed in support of the dffort to look for the missing schoolgirls in

Nigeria. And just look at the investment in the Port of Lhverpool,

set to become one of the biggest ports in Europe. David Cameron knows

that kind of investment is vital to rebalancing the UK economy. You

would believe it? Liverpool, a capital of the Private enterprise

sector? Amazing. And yet, four out of five new jobs created in the UK

in the last two years were `ctually down south. Can this help? The fact

is, there is a revolution going on. There is a long way to go, but

already, the local people are playing a bigger role, and rightly

so. This is a key part of that revolution, to say there is more to

UK business than the south`dast So, more to UK business than thd

south`east. An interesting comment by the event host here todax, who

described Boris Johnson as the Joe Anderson of the South. Joe, you join

me now. Thank you for your time You, David Cameron, here today, not

natural allies. It is only ` couple of months since he threatens to

report into the United Nations, but here you are today, friends.

Everybody who helps me promote Liverpool and the city region and

the north`west is a friend the sense that when it is business and

promoting the city region and the north`west, he is an ally in that

sense. We will use and exploit that. Four out of five jobs in thd last

south`east. Do you really think this south`east. Do you really think this

can help try and counter th`t. It is not going to happen overnight, and

this will not be a panacea for all the problems Liverpool, Manchester,

the north`west, all our reghonal partners here, have, but it will

help. We have to keep bashing away if we are serious about reb`lancing

the economy, Liverpool, Manchester, the whole north`west. We nedd these

opportunities. Thank you de`r time, and good luck with the next 50 days.

This is Neil breaks. We know your best conversation today was about

the trade deal with...? With the Middle East. Normally you h`ve to go

to these countries, but this is about them coming to you. Yds, that

is what is fantastic about the festival. Everyone is coming to us,

and it is an opportunity to hit five or six markets in a short pdriod of

time. We are building a car down from scratch down at the Hope, so we

are showcasing our concept `t how we could build in the future. Xou have

already sold the car to Brazil, your first step into that market.

Indeed, they will be collecting the car at the end of the festival. It

is a great opportunity. Thank you very much. Lord Heseltine today I

asked him what more the govdrnment could do to promote business. He

said it is already doing th`t, and to expect big news tomorrow about

support for Preston. More on that in tomorrow's programme.

That has whetted our appetite little! We will be watching,

especially in Preston. Foot`ge has been released at the moment a

79`year`old Bolton woman was thrown to the floor as she had her handbag

stolen. It happened outside Jane Calpbell's

facial injuries, along with a broken facial injuries, along with a broken

finger and a chipped tooth. Later Manchester police have described the

incident as a disgrace, and are looking for two men.

On the inside, I am shaking. I am OK on the outside. I am still nervous.

Now when I go out, I am looking round all the time, looking round.

That is what it makes you do, because you think, you are cautious

of everybody now. You think everybody is following view or

trying to mug you. The reasons behind the decision not

to prosecute the former Rochdale MP says Cyril Smith over offences

against children are to be lade public will stop police sublitted

files on his alleged abuse of boys on three occasions in the 1870s and

1990s, but each time, the Crown Prosecution Service recommended no

further action. The decision to refuse the release of the fhles to a

newspaper has been overturndd by the information rights tribunal.

Ten years after the murder of a Merseyside man in Oxfordshire, a new

appeal has been launched to find those responsible. 29`year`old Kevin

Lavelle from Bootle was beaten to death at a pub in Banbury after a

pub in Banbury after and I len. One of them was later cleared of his

murder. Postal workers in Skelmersd`le say

they will walk out if they `re made to deliver free copies of the seven

later this week. Anger at the way the newspaper reported the

Hillsborough Disaster means it will be distributed in Liverpool, but it

is understood six members of staff in Skelmersdale were at Hillsborough

on the day of the tragedy. Food banks across the north`west

have seemed there were seen demand for their services increased by

almost 240% according to a new report compiled by three le`ding

charities. Oxfam, Church Action on Poverty and the Trussell Trtst say

that last year, around 20 mhllion meals were given away by food banks

in the UK, and this region has seen some of the biggest demand, as our

chief reporter Dave Guest explains. Jamie is making up food parcels on

behalf of the community solttions foodbank in Burnley. Not so long

ago, he was receiving parcels from here, not giving them out. H got

myself into a situation where I couldn't afford to pay everxthing

and get food for myself will stop then I was referred to Commtnity

Solutions by the borough cotncil. What was it like for you having to

make the phone call to ask somebody for food? It was very hard. It made

me feel embarrassed. Like I had not done enough for myself. Sadly, such

stories are all too familiar here. Last May, we gave out about 10, 00

meals in the month, and this may, it has gone around the world up to

around 15,000. Does that surprise you? We were expecting the changes

that some of the change to benefit systems and the increasing number of

people finding themselves in a moment of crisis. Such as the man,

Community Solutions are movhng to this vast new warehouse in the

future. They plan to fill all of these cells with food. But ht isn't

only the their work here th`t the demand for food banks has rocketed.

The Trussell Trust, Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty joined forces to

produce a new report detailhng the extent to which people are now

relying on food hand`outs. The Trussell Trust says between April of

last year and May of this, ht helped almost 139,000 people in thd

north`west with three`day elergency supplies. More than 56,000 of them

wearing Merseyside. That represents a 238% increase in demand in this

region. But at Community Solutions, they say giving our food is only

part of the answer to tacklhng poverty. We use the food to try to

get to know them a bit, and then find out what things we can do

things our food is only part of the answer to tackling poverty. We use

the food to try to get to know them a bit, and then find out wh`t things

we can do what bingo him find a job. Over recent months, a number of

councils here in the north`west have been investigating using thdrmal

energy from deep underground to heat our homes. It looks like Chdshire

East Council either first to put their plans into action. Geothermal

energy turns naturally heatdd water into power, and the council has

announced it is now looking for potential investors. Here is our

environment Reporter. Geothermal energy has been tsed in

some parts of the world for centuries. In Iceland, 87% of the

country's buildings are heated by plants like this, but could we see

something similar here in crude The town sits above the Cheshird Basin,

one of the hottest part of the UK, and the council thinks it could use

this naturally hot water to heat homes. It is sustainable, it is

green, it doesn't directly by women, and it is their 24 hours a day. It

is fantastic stop adders at work? To a large oil trade as a meat is down

into a sandstone reservoir. The hot water will be prompted to the

surface to heat buildings, the cool water returns to the ground. This is

the area that Cheshire East Council are thinking about putting these

boreholes on, and they belidve that under here is the energy eqtivalent

of being able to give every of being able to give every

household a hot shower for the next 142 years. That is every hotsehold

in the UK, but building a gdothermal plant isn't as easy as it sounds,

and each borehole could cost ?1 million. The council is now looking

for partners to share the cost. He is very different from electricity.

If you generate electricity, there is a wonderful grid system `cross

the UK which you can put thd electricity into, or someond will

sell it to you. If you generate heat, it is quite difficult, because

you have to sell that locally. The customer before you start.

Secondly, the upfront cost of drilling of a lie deeper quhte high,

so we need to find someone with finances to drill it. Cheshhre East

is confident it will find a partner to fund the project, and believes

nearby company Bentley and Leighton Hospital could be the first to

benefit. It hopes to be using geothermal energy within a xear

An interesting scheme. Still to come column on top of the world, we are

joined live in the studio for an interview from the region's newest

champion. And we take a spin with a

92`year`old who brings a new meaning to the term ad van striving.

As you know, Liverpool will once again be the land of the Gi`nts next

month. They will be commemorating the centenary of the outbre`k of

World War I. They will be the country's flagship centenarx event.

The Giants were in Liverpool two years ago. I'm sure many of you

remember. This time, there will be a new character, the grandmother. She

will help tell the story of the Liverpool Pals, ordinary men who

signed up to fight in 1914. The grandmother made her first public

appearance in France at the weekend, and Andy Gill was there.

She is the lady who put the Nan in Nantes, the hometown of the Giants.

But the first sight anybody had of her was rather quieter. Before

taking to the streets, she lay in state in a theatre in the chty

centre. The idea is that shd has travelled from 13 billion

light`years away so her mind at a catch up with her body. Even asleep,

the locals were impressed. Ht is beautiful. Amazing, beautiftl. It is

very fantastic. I have never seen something like that, so big. Next

month, the grandmother will sleep in St George's role in Liverpool before

councillor who is head of ctlture councillor who is head of ctlture

for Nantes says the Giants `re a vital part of the town. It hs as

important as the Beatles ard in Liverpool, because the storx of

Nantes is the story of the Giants. They come in the town from 20

years, and each two or thred years, there is a new story of the Giants.

That night, thousands were on the streets to see another char`cter

hammock. This many people to see an hammock. This many people to see an

inanimate Giants. Nantes is the hometown of the Giants, so xou would

expect huge crowd here, but I tell you, it won't be any differdnt in

Liverpool. The delegation from Liverpool Council and Mersexside

Police need to gather as much practical information as thdy can,

but this trip is also a remhnder for what they hope the Giants whll bring

to Liverpool. What I have sden tonight, you say, that is why we're

doing it, because of those hundreds and thousands of people who turned

up tonight to see a little Giants could sleep. Tomorrow, we rdport on

ways in which the grandmothdr is different from the Giants who

visited Liverpool two years ago looks great! It would be re`lly nice

to have them back what they want for the championship.

Eight years ago, we did not use things like this, and it turned out

fine. It is not just the golf course training up nicely, but the whole

infrastructure surrounding these championships is springing tp. This

is the horseshoe grandstand around the 18th green, which holds more

than 7000 spectators. For everybody who works here the golf club, it is

a busy time. Afternoon, gentlemen. Welcome to Hoylake. We have been mad

busy for the last two weeks, but we have had some personalities here.

This week, we have had Colin Montgomerie two days. The wdek

before, we had Gary player. It is something unique when the open is

here. Jim has been involved with the club for over 50 years, as part of a

group called the villages. The villagers are working men who live

within the boundaries of Hoxlake and West Kirby, and you must have a

trade or some sort of skill that you can serve the club with. Is this a

way of people being able to play golf and otherwise couldn't afford

to be members? Exactly. But in just to be members? Exactly. But in just

five weeks, both members and villagers will have to hand their

course over to the best in the world.

We could have on Northwest Challenge Cup Final after the draw for the

last four Widnes Vikings unwarranted worlds apart. The Vikings f`ce

Castleford Tigers, the world is against Leeds Rhinos. These will be

played in August. Cricket, and Lancashire's bowlers

have helped out the stutterhng batsmen on the day of the County

championship match away to Warwickshire. Lancashire have

struggled for most of the c`mpaign, dismissed today for 286 at

Edgbaston. The bowlers stepped up and reduce their host 130`4. Better

still 156 behind. The Northwest has a new boxhng world

champion. Hezbollah from Ellesmere Port beat Stewie Hall to cldan the

IBF bantamweight title at a cracking fight in Newcastle. The man of the

moment and his trainer Anthony fine ally with this in the studio. Thanks

for coming in. Paul, congratulations. I know you spoke of

dreaming of the moment when they would announce you as the ndw World

Champion. What was that likd? It was amazing. I have always drealt of

becoming a world champion. H have worked my way up, and it has been a

long, hard for years. British champion, Commonwealth champion

working my way up the rankings, and the world title shot came from

nowhere, really. At the obvhously, getting the fight with Stuart Hall

straightaway. Did you will lose believe you would be World Champion

one`day? Yes, but it was already matter of when. Frank but md and the

right part, and luckily, we took the first chance we got. There hs a lot

of skill, Anthony, obviouslx, in what Paul has done. You know as a

former boxer there is also ` lot of hard work. How proud I you of what

he has achieved? So, so protd. I know it is cliche saying yot only

get out what you put in, but he puts in 110% every single day in the gym,

and from the first day he c`me into the gym, I knew it was something

special. We kept working a little things, and now he has workdd his

way up, like he said. Commonwealth, Intercontinental title, and now he

is champion of the world. It couldn't happen to a better person.

We saw in the clip there, hd had a very impressive belt, but you

haven't brought it in with xou! Know, because Stuart Hall is the

champion, he gets to keep that belt, and they make a new one for me. I

see. So you get one. I you `ren t quite the same schema and I know you

can't be in the ring. There is a bit of needling to get you prep`red for

the fight, but I am sure we will be good friends, and he congratulated

me after the fight, so fair play to him. What is the plan now, to try

and get a fight closer to home? Because this one was in Newcastle.

Hopefully, I could fight at the Echo Arena. I think Paul would sdll that

out now. Also, Paul Moudon one`way to challenge. He knew he cotld be

Stuart Hall. No disrespect to him, but that is why we moved into that

weight category. But he is `ctually a super flyweight. So he cotld go

back down and win another world title? Yes! Get greedy. Yes, I could

give up the bantamweight title, go back down and challenge. Well,

congratulations. Brilliant. Thank you.

Now, moving on from somebodx absolutely in their prime to

somebody showing you can be in your prime at any age, because Dds Conroy

tour rep is L plates the best part of 70 years ago. He is now hn his

90s, and not only still driving but he has just become one of the oldest

people to ever passed the advanced driving test. Examiners prahse his

skills, saying a lot of much younger drivers, has to be sitting on the

sofa, could learn a lot frol him. Peter Marshall has been on the

road. After being laid up bx new replacement surgery, Des Conroy

decided to take a few lessons to decided to take a few lessons to

make sure he was still up to scratch behind the wheel.

It turns out he was more th`n just up to scratch, with an attitude to

driving many could learn from. I never regard myself as safe. I

regard every driver as a potential source of accident, myself

included. I think that is the only safe way to drive will stop at the

end of his lessons, he saildd through the toughest of

examinations. The Institute of Advanced Motorists' advanced driving

test. I wanted to take it in order to ensure that my driving, hn view

of my age, was compensated for by improving my skills. I want to

encourage the young or old, the 17 and 18`year`olds, to go ahe`d and

take an advanced driving test, improve their skills, reducd their

chances of accident. All ex`miners or observers as serving a rdtired

police officers. I think is driving is superb for his age. A lot of

older drivers tend to get b`d press. Des has put that right, I

think. We have to rein him hn occasionally! He likes the

throttle. Des says he intends to keep on motoring as long as

possible. I don't think anybody should ever think about winding

down. You may be wound down by some severe physical illness. But even

within the bounds of that, they should concentrate on what they can

do, not what they can't do. Good words from Des. Someond who

says he is Des' neighbour h`s sent as a tweak, seeing here is ` lovely

bloke, with a mind like an hntranet search engine and a great sdnse of

humour. And a great driver to add 92! Right, let's get a look at the

weather now. A bit of an odd weekend. I have noticed it has

rained so much that my leakx roof has started leaking again. H don't

like this rain. You might have a job later this

coming through. A very unsettled coming through. A very unsettled

picture. Your week ahead is warmer, and that is the positive Allsop

spells of sunshine around, but also showers and pelting at times. It has

been warm through the day`to`day, temperatures on the Isle of Man

disappointing in many places, but otherwise, 19, 20 and 21, and that

feels nice out and about. However, the showers cause all of thd

problems, because when they turn up, they are torrential. Here is our

last picture in the last cotple of hours. They started to move north,

but you can see them generating again in the South will stop I think

you might see one or two more as you had to this evening. If there is

towering cloud where you live, you can see a view of the showers going

north over the next couple of hours. Tonight, things will start to

quieten down and it becomes a little more settled, but as you st`rt to

head towards the early hours, tomorrow morning could be vdry much

as it was this morning. Your overnight averages are good, 13 and

14 degrees, nice and mild, but tomorrow morning has a lot of cloud

cover and will have showers which could again the belting frol time to

time. As this morning went on, tomorrow morning will do just the

same. They will dry up, manx places will see the sun, but it is the

summer starts the spark that more showers as we had through the

afternoon. Everywhere is warm and humid, and some of them will be

absolute belter is. As is always the way with showers, we always say some

places will miss them entirdly and wonder what all the fuss is about,

but there are some belting ones on the map, and I would not be

surprised if you saw them. Temperatures, 18, 19, 20, and 2 if

you are lucky. Not good news for your roof there! Do have a big

bucket? Leave it to these over here, offering me some great advice!

Fix the leaking roof when the sun shines, then it will oddly, you see?

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