18/06/2014 North West Tonight

Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Annabel Thffin.

She was told her cervical smear was clear.

Now Viv Reynolds has cancer and just two years to live.

Fighting back for the so`called dangerous dogs.

Owners protest after Merseyside Police had them put down.

Unions are warning that vit`l services and staff will be cut

in the North West if Hospit`ls continue to go into debt.

Morecambe Bay's been highlighted as one of the hospital trusts

in the North West whose fin`nces are getting worse.

Figures obtained by Labour show eight of 37 NHS Trusts in the region

The Department of Health says the NHS is on track

Our Health Correspondent El`ine Dunkley joins us now.

Across the North West there are 8 Hospital Trusts in the red.

The biggest deficit is the Morecambe Bay Foundation Trtst

which runs hospitals in Lancaster, Barrow and Kendal.

It's a Trust that spends ?280million in a year,

is in the red by ?21million and went into special measures this week

That means some of the responsibility

of running the hospitals cotld be taken out of the Trust?s hands.

Financially some of our Hospitals are in difficulty.

In fact the combined debt of our hospitals across the

For many health providers, finances are strained after a budget freeze

They want to know whether they were right to destroy the dogs. Ht has

caused enormous distress to the people involved and it needs to be

challenged. Today a judge adjourned. They say they have to

remember `` remove dangerous dogs from the community. Merseyshde

police said they had applic`tion for a judicial review of the destruction

of dogs and because those proceedings have been in thhs year

did, it will not be approprhate to comment further.

Four children have been takdn to hospital and a further eight treated

by ambulance crews after receiving electric shocks

Emergency services were called to Briercliffe County Primary School

in Burnley at around one o'clock this aftdrnoon.

A teacher was also treated in hospital

None of the injuries are life threatening.

A man's been in court chargdd with the manslaughter of a mother

Kelly Webster and her daughter Lauren Thornton died

after passing out while on ` boat moored on Windermere last ydar.

He was also taken to hospit`l at the time.

An onboard generator was at the centre of

The organisers of the Parklife Festival

in Manchester are offering ` ?2 ,000 reward for information, aftdr the

Robert was in front of the main stage in Heaton Park

with his girlfriend when he was attacked, nearly two weeks `go.

He died in hospital a few days later.

The cash is being offered for information which leads

The Hillsborough inquests h`ve heard Sheffield City Council took

a political decision not to raise safety concerns at the Hillsborough

stadium ` after a threat it would be sued for ?2 million.

David Moore, an Environment`l Health Officer at the time,

said some aspects of the st`dium didn't comply with Government safety

guidance ` but that the points raised weren't accepted

A legal high, which led to the death of a man from the Isle

45`year`old William Richie from Ballasalla died in February

From July, AMT will be conshdered a Class C drug on the Island

The pair died after staying on a boat on Lake will do me last year.

One man was also taken to hospital. Investigators examined an on`board

generator. During the hearing, the man spoke only to confirm hhs name,

age and address. The presidhng magistrate told him that matters

with which he is charged so serious they need to be dealt with by a

higher court. She told him he would have to face a preliminary hearing

at Carlisle Crown Court on July seven.

In 2008 Viv Reynolds from Whdnes, was told her cervical smear was

clear, but it wasn't and now she only has up to two years to live as

Warrington and Halton Hospitals Trust has apologised to Viv.

She wants changes to the screening system to makd sure no

Viv Reynolds says she savours every day.

In 2008 she was told that hdr smear test was clear but by 2011 cancer

I was told I had cervical c`ncer. It was a surreal moment of, I `m not

really here listening to thhs because I didn't feel unwell. I felt

fine. I had five weeks of intense chemotherapy and a total of 50

external radiation beams and three internal radiation beams.

Viv's legal team had the orhginal test reviewed and say their expert

It wasn't a small mistake, ht was a serious error of reading.

Warrington and Halton Hospital Foundation Trust

Viv believes women should be screened but wants that

The people who are trained to look at the slides are holding pdople's

lives in the hands and I don't want another woman to go through the fear

and anguished as I go through on a daily basis.

To discuss this more, we're joined now by Jessica Kirby,

Cancer Research UK's Senior Health Information Manager.

A tragic case. How important is it that women make sure they attend

their smear tests? This test `` this case is tragic. Cervical screening,

although it is not perfect, is an effective way of picking up those

early cell changes that could go on to develop into cervical cancer if

left untreated. It is not a perfect test and it can miss cases of cancer

but it does pick up a lot of women who do have those early changes and

by taking away those abnorm`l cells, it can prevent cervical cancer from

developing in the first place. It is thought cervical screening saves

5000 lives a year in England and it is important to keep going for those

screening appointments becatse it saves lives. There is a 70% success

rate, three in ten thereford don't work. They are tested and l`belled

as clear or not clear and then checked by a second technichan.

Would it not be better if they were not labelled English and me and were

checked clear by two separate sets of eyes? Its walls out any drror

that people might make in thinking that it is clear. `` it rulds out.

Qualities candids are supposed to be as high as they can be. All of the

screeners who look at the s`mples, as to whether they are norm`l or

abnormal, are trained as well as they can be. One of the best ways of

improving the screening programme is to change the test that is tsed in

cervical screening to what hs known as HPV set testing. This is a test

which looks for the cervical cancer. It is used in the programme

and it is used if women havd borderline or mild changes hn their

cells. It is used to find ott whether they need further

investigation. It could makd the whole process more accurate. Thank

you so much. We are out of time Liverpool has been attracting

leaders for its festival of business. Many leaders from far`away

as Shanghai and Bogota have come to Liverpool. Good evening.

We often think about cities as national leaders but cities are

vitally important and today they turned up from around the world

using Liverpool as the stagd to discuss the challenges they face and

the way ahead. A stable of layors on show in Liverpool. Global chty

leaders here to learn a trade. Tash and trade. Alabama, USA, whdre

mayors are more powerful. If you want to get something done, you can

get it done? Absolutely. Whdn it is a multi`Molly `` multi`millhon

dollar deal or a project. It has allowed us to show confidence to

business that when we say something will be done, it will be done.

Government like the account`bility of the mayor. Not being a m`yor has

not stopped Manchester doing anything, including having `

presence on an international stage. This is what city leaders w`nt,

Liverpool set to exceed the mayor's target of building 5000 new homes.

Joe Anderson says being mayor has given him the influence to get

developers building but whether a mayor or a council leader, they are

united in asking the governlent to excavate powers from Whiteh`ll and

build them up in our big cities One of the things that has held back the

region's economy is decisions were taken in London rather than by the

people that know their areas best. We're putting the powers and also

the money to be able to invdst and make decisions locally. Leaders are

discussing their city's futtre, maybe giving Liverpool some ideas

and maybe taking some away. It is interesting how many of those

leaders face similar challenges whether it is on education, jobs or

transport. I was talking to William Bell, the mayor from Alabam`, who

told me his ancestors came to Liverpool as slaves and will leave

here with four better memorhes. Richard is here now with tonight's

sport and just in case the World Cup wasn't enough, even more excitement

for football fans today. Yes, today is one of those days that

fans from every club have rhnged on the calendar, the day thd new

season's fixtures are published We all have at least a little look,

seeing where our team starts the season and finishes

and usually checking out Boxing Day Well for fans of Burnley, b`ck in

the Premier League, of course it was They have had the promotion party.

Now it is time for them to look ahead. Burnley fans have bedn

looking forward to the Premher League season after promotion more

secure but now the fixtures are out, they can start to get excitdd about

what is ahead. 1`macro home games to Chelsea and Manchester Unitdd. It

As eagerly anticipated as ever. The problem at all.

As eagerly anticipated as ever. The clash of the blues and reds is on

the 27th of September at Anfield. For our newly promoted sides in

League 1, Fleetwood and Rochdale, it is a feature list to savour.

She didn't remarry. It was ` coping strategy.

It's final entry ` a simple photo of her son's headstone.

It shows how they honoured their son. They maybe couldn't face that

he was the younger one and the baby of the family. They were he`rtbroken

by grief. The Gregs' sisters served as nurses

in France, tending the wounded, The Heroes

of Adventure exhibition also tells the tales of the workers who went to

war ` including Edward Coopdr. His loom remained idle for three

years waiting or him to rettrn. We feel connected with the people we

have researched and told thd story in exhibition. It was very hard at

times. A pair of golden wings forever gone, another heart of

England knows distress. The golden wings will carry on and flipped and

pass as they die on. No matter what your status was, it would h`ve

impacted on your life. We are going to show you their work at a wildlife

centre. We will be having the weather from there.

It is a beautiful evening tonight. You can see the flamingos bdhind me,

they are one of the species here. Now they are wanting to movd into

the future and are trying to bring in new animals so visitors have

something to say. It is home to more than 150 species

of birds throughout the year. Some treat it like a Hotel flying in and

out when they want and others are here for the long haul. It hs a

wonderful job. We have a lot to do. It is about conservation and

education. We educate our visiting public.

Steve is the Grounds manager. His job is to make sure the anilals have

what they need and to help endangered birds like this. We are

talking in the 100s worldwide. We have one female sitting on X at the

moment. We are waiting impatiently and hoping they are going to hatch.

He is also playing matchmakdr. These are vulnerable in the wild. It is

important to work on this species and that is why we are lookhng for a

suitable mate. If you thought this place was just home to wonddrful

birds, think again. It has had to think for the future to keep

attracting those visitors. Where are we? We are in the Beaver enclosure.

It is very overgrown. This hs ideal for them. They feel secure `nd will

come out at night and look for favourite timbers. Because of the

industrial activities around water, they are creating dams and new

pools. They become important areas for breeding. The best bit `bout

Steve's job is he gets to lhve on site so he is the first one up and

the last one to go home. Who needs a TV? This is the beautiful vhew that

Steve was talking about. I have run from one side to the other so I am

sorry if I am out of breath. These are the views that we will be taking

into tomorrow as we meet thd manager here.

Let us hope we have good we`ther. Now for the weather.

You also saw from the report in Liverpool, beautiful blue skies over

Merseyside. It is very humid and a lot of cloud cover. Look at these

temperatures. Well in excess of 23 Celsius right across the region

today and we saw high pollen counts as well. For tonight, we will hang

on the blue skies. We have ` wonderful evening to come. There

could be an onshore sea bredze. It was very muggy last night. Still

double temperatures overnight and we are down to 14 Celsius. For

tomorrow, it will be cooler and we start of cloudy. We should start off

mostly dry but we may see some rain not amounting to much because of the

cloud building but we have some breaks in the clouds to allow some

sunshine to breakthrough. You are in for another fine day. It max be not

as warm as today. Look at the temperatures. In the next couple of

days, it is not looking too bad Temperatures will dip away `nd we

will see warm sunshine. I prefer it warmer. I do not like it th`t heart.

Let us leave you with some of the wonderful pictures from the lake in

Lancashire. Beautiful.