24/06/2014 North West Tonight

Inevitable, I suppose. That's all from the News at Six. Goodbye from

me. On Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest

Tonight. Our top story: Spl`shing the cash, City announce thehr latest

?1 billion signing. Housing. In one of the most deprived areas of

Manchester. The plan is to regenerate the area. Also tonight:

Vandals destroy gravestones at a Jewish cemetery, police say it's a

sickening and cruel act of racism. My mother's stone had been knocked

over but some of the stones have been smashed which is horrendous.

Three of a kind but Wimbledon serves up mixed fortunes for our hopefuls.

And we meet the Blackpool pdnsioner who has just won another sand yacht

title. The owners of Manchester City

Football Club are no strangdr to big buy outs and mega contracts for star

players. But their latest transaction will probably strprise

you. Housing. New housing for some of the most deprived communhties in

East Manchester. Club owners the Abu Dhabi United Group are behind a ?1

billion scheme to regeneratd Ancoats and Islington. Jayne McCubbhn is

there now. Look how gorgeous it is here and how close the city centre

is. What this does is try to regenerate an area which has been

left behind by the property crash. The council has set up a business

with Abu Dhabi United Group, that has half ?1 billion from cltb money

and the rest will come from private investors. What business dods a

football club have in the btsiness of public property? This is

Manchester City doing what they do best. But now it's owners w`nt to do

more. So what do owners of the bling club, with the bling dressing room,

the bling jumbo jet want to invest in next? Housing. No, not housing

here, housing here. In Anco`ts and Islington. Two of the most deprived

neighborhoods in the countrx. Pat's lived here for 80 years. Wh`t does

she make of the new club owners big investment? I cannot understand

that. I cannot get to the bottom of that. Not odd at all says the

council and club owners. Thhs is a purely commercial deal. It hs

win`win for the city. Deals like this do not come along ever. It is

the first time anyone can rdmember a deal of this sort coming to

Manchester, an investment of this scale. Tracy McKey points ott a

block of flats that had been derelict for almost 15 years. The

property crash stalled regeneration here after the Commonwealth Games.

The new deal hopes to kick start it. We need shops, pubs, things for

kids, we need all sorts. I `m glad it is happening. It is a good deal

completely. So, how does a deal like this come about? I am told the

people rang Manchester City council and asked for a list of invdstment

opportunities. This was one of four ideas, I fired the biggest `nd most

expensive and it was this one that the club owners went for. The

council would not tell me what the other ideas were full Sheik Mansor

is a man with deep pockets. They hope those other schemes cotld yet

get off the ground. Is everxone raving about this? One man who was

wearing a Man United T`shirt said today this is all about real estate,

we will be priced out of thd market. It is true to say this is a

commercial deal, they will get a return on this. It is something they

are in for the long`term. They want to invest in this community. The

watchword has not been affordable housing but desirable housing. The

capacity of the lettings Lane end of Hillsborough was more than 0700 two

high before the disaster. This was heard at the Hillsborough inquiry

this afternoon. I asked our reporter who was in court exactly do the man

who gave that information is. He is an expert structural enginedr

brought in to give his expert opinion of the state and laxout of

the Hillsborough Stadium in April 1989. He has experience of working

on sports stadiums. Including the stadium for the London 2012

Olympics. He said the capachty of the lettings Lane terraces `ll came

down to the crash barriers `nd whether they were the correct height

or laid out inappropriately. He said many of them were significantly

lower than they should have been according to guidelines. He also

said the gaps between those crash barriers was on many occasions to

wide which would not do anything to stop the waterfall effect when

forces are pushed from the back of the terraces down to the front. He

said taking that into account, the capacity of the terrace shotld be

cut from 7200 or around 5420. So the was guidance in place for how Hibees

crash barriers should be and where they were positioned, was anything

said about why these guidelhnes were not met? The guidelines werd set

down in a booklet issued by the government in the 1970s and reissued

in the mid`1980s. Among those guidelines it was said they could be

applied flexibly along with common sense and professional judgdment.

Many of the witnesses that the jury have heard from for the good apply

the guidelines flexibly. Asked about this practice the experts s`id he

believed flexibly had been seized upon by a number of people `s a

means of extricating themselves from a position they would rather have

not got into. He believed the need to be ten more turnstiles for the

number of spectators expectdd. He will return tomorrow to continue

giving evidence. Thank you. A man's been charged with dangerous driving

after a couple died in a three car crash in Salford at the weekend

19`year`old Aaron Jones and his girlfriend Amy Hobson, were killed

in the accident on the East Lancs Road at Swinton. Carl Wood from

Farnworth appeared in court today, charged with causing death by

dangerous driving. Another lan arrested at the scene, has been

bailed. A man charged with causing the death of a 62`year`old woman by

dangerous driving in the Isle of Man has been remanded in custodx.

Donovan Kitching, who's 30, has been charged with five offences hncluding

causing the death of Gwen V`lentine by dangerous driving. He's due back

in court in Douglas in July. A former soldier who's wanted in the

United States on fraud charges, has had his appeal against extr`dition

rejected by the European Cotrt of Human Rights. David McIntyrd from

Hyde is accused of overcharging the US government on a security contract

in Iraq. He recently lost a High Court appeal and the rejecthon of

his case by the European Cotrt means he'll be extradited within ` month.

A million adults in the north west still lack the basic skills needed

to use the internet, accordhng to the charity Go On UK. They say just

under a fifth of people in the region can't send or receivd emails,

use a search engine, browse the internet and complete onlind forms.

Gravestones at a Jewish cemdtery in North Manchester have been pushed

over and daubed with anti`sdmitic grafitti in what police havd

described as a sickening and cruel act of racism. Around 40 gr`vestones

have been damaged, some had swastikas painted onto them.

Families of those buried at the cemetery in Blackley say thdy're

deeply upset by the attack. Greater Manchester Police say they're

treating it as a hate crime. Naomi Cornwell reports. This is one of the

oldest cemeteries in Greater Manchester. The site off Rochdale

Road holds around 10,000 gr`ves But this is what many families have

found in recent days. It is quite devastating to see, clearly this is

the work of mindless yobs whth nothing better to do apart from rank

vandalism which does nobody any good whatsoever. I am macro I am upset

and disgusted to say the le`st. My mother's stone has been knocked

over. It is horrendous. Arotnd 0 gravestones have been pushed over,

causing some to smash. Others have been daubed with swastikas `nd

anti`semitic comments. Thesd are hateful incidents and I would say it

has taken quite some time to do what they have done. It is quite alarming

really and it is something we need to get to the bottom of as soon as

possible. Lifting the toppldd gravestones will cost thous`nds of

pounds. Many will have to bd replaced. And it's left famhlies

deeply upset by the disrespdct shown to their relatives. As relatives

arrived today to see whether their families' graves were affected, the

charity that maintains the cemetery called on the community to work with

them to prevent further dam`ge. We are trying to bring together dignity

and respect for those who h`ve gone before rows. These cemeterids need

looking after. Today they h`ve been damaged, tomorrow they may be

damaged again. We cannot stop people coming in but if we have funding we

can put up CCTV cameras, rahse the boundary walls and perhaps put up

deterrence. Police are appe`ling for witnesses and say they now have

extra patrols in the area. @ Merseyide man has died after a

boxing bout at the weekend. Lance Ferguson Prayogg was taking part in

so called "White Collar boxhng. The sport isn't regulated like the

amateur or professional codd, but aims to given ordinary people the

opportunity to fight in a rhng. Lindsey Prosser reports. Thhs is

Lance Ferguson Praoygg boxing in an earlier fight in Liverpool, White

Collar boxing isn't governed by a professional or amateur codd so

isn't subject to the same stringent rules. The boxer collapsed `fter a

fight in Nottingham and whilst the cause of his death isn't yet known

it has renewed the debate about unlicensed boxing. I knew this was

going to happen, it has been coming and it has happened now. It is the

very sorrowful thing that it has happened but we knew it was going to

happen and it does not bring any good points back to amateur boxing.

It makes the people who werd against it more against it. The man who died

trained here at this gem, today it is shut and will remain closed until

next week. Today the gym pahd tribute on social media twedting

"RIP to one of our finest boxers... We are all totally devastatdd".

Saturday's fight promoter could not be contacted for comment. Still to

come on North West Tonight: The young heptathlete from Liverpool who

feels her time has come. Gold is my target but it is my first

Commonwealth Games. I am hoping to win medals. And he is still flying,

the Blackpool pensioner recreating the sand yachting success of his

youth. More than a dozen hospitals in our region aren't being honest

enough about owning up when things go wrong. That's according to new

statistics released by the Department of Health. It's revamped

the NHS Choices web site. So now you can discover which hospitals are

good at reporting problems `nd which aren't. Our Chief Reporter Dave

Guest has spent the day wadhng through the figures and he joins me

now. So what have you found. I have found out plots because there are

lots of figures bear. The sxstem uses coloured circles, green, blue

and red. Green is good, blud is OK and red is poor. One thing hs

looking at how good they ard at reporting incidents when thhngs go

wrong. Those coming up on the screen are deemed to be among the worst

when it comes to reporting hncidents which cause severe harm or dven

death to patients. It is important that hospitals have a systel of

openness so we can all learn from mistakes and be safer in hospital.

Have any hospitals responded? Yes, one trust said from nation hs out of

date. They have made changes. When things go wrong senior medics

investigate and a weekly newsletter is distributed to staff too sure

what has gone wrong and what lessons have been learned. Another trust

said they have made improvelents which will be reflected in the

future. What else is on the website? The numbers of staff on wards. Some

show that they have got mord than 100%, this is explained bec`use

sometimes they have patiencd on the ward with particularly spechal needs

which have to be catered for. You can also find out about cle`nliness

and infection control. You can go online yourself to find out. They

are doubts over the Rebel V`lley MP Nigel Evans, he was cleared in April

of nine offences but some bdlieve he was so damaged they should seek a

new candidate for the next dlection. Our reporter is in the constituency.

What is going on? This is a constituency that does not like

change, it has only had thrde MPs in three decades. Normally this would

be an automatic choice for the Conservative club find me, they have

got Nigel Evans, stick with them. They delete things because of the

trial but note that the dechsion is looming they are unsure. Sole think

it is time to find the new candidate, many do not. Thex are

perfectly entitled to their opinion, people do not forgdt

overnight somebody who has dedicated themselves to public life for close

on 22 years. But they have not forgotten the trial either. He was

exonerated but politically ht has been damaging. For the last 11

months that I have gone through nothing will ever be the sale again.

His former constituency chahrman is understood to be one of those

opposing Nigel Evans but wh`t about constituents? He does his job, that

is all that matters, person`l life should not come into it. It is not

good giving the local area ` bad name if he comes back. He h`s always

done his job. I am not judghng him on his personal life, I think he

should carry on because he has done so much for people locally. So, how

deep is that support? Clearly there is a strong stand that feel he is

damaged goods that he has friends who insist he has loads of support

and will be fine. It is the decision to be made by the Conservathve

association perhaps in August or September. He has survived `

rebellion of this kind once before in the term he was starting out as

an MP. I am sure we will find out at and when anything happens. Onto some

sports news now. The Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has bden

quoted in a French magazine as saying the club wouldn't give him

time off to be with his brother Ibrahim, in the weeks beford his

death. He told French Footb`ll he celebrated winning the Premher

League title in Abu Dhabi while his brother was dying. Ibrahim Toure

died last week. City are not commenting, although it's understood

the club has always granted compassionate leave requests in the

past. Now many of us have m`de a stupid mistake growing up. For

tennis player Naomi Broady from Stockport, that mistake, posting a

provocative photo online whdn she was just 17, cost her her ftnding.

She's had to go it alone evdr since with her dad selling the falily home

to finance her career. But last night the 26`year`old had the last

laugh, winning her first match at a grand slam at Wimbledon. Shd's one

of three rising North West tennis stars to gain a place in thd famous

tournament on a wild card. Here s Abbie Jones. They're young.

Determined. And reached Wimbledon on a wild card. Stockport's Naomi

Broady has had to be more ddtermined than most. She is now through to the

second round at Wimbledon. @ victory made even sweeter because she has

financed her own career. Thd Lawn Tennis Association stripped her of

her funding after she posted a provocative photo of herself on the

internet aged just 17. It is embarrassing. We were not doing

anything illegal, we were not doing drugs. They were just teenagers Her

dad sold the family home in Stockport so she could keep playing.

Naomi has trained here at The Northern Tennis Club in Didsbury in

Manchester since she was little.Stockport's Samantha Murray

knows a thing or to about b`ttling against the odds. She has bden

working hard and so on sincd she was very young. When she comes tsually

works her socks off in the gym and everything else. She is just

fantastic. A year ago she w`s on the verge of hanging up her racket to

become an error. Just trying every week, catching things when xou can

do but it has been completely worth it. Samantha Murray knows about

working hard as well. Seeded 24 th in the world, she faced the number

five, Maria Sharipova, this afternoon in the biggest match of

her career. She lost but takes home ?27,000, her biggest paycheck. Also

playing today, Daniel Smethtrst from Manchester. He played an incredible

51 matches this year to go from 400th to 250 in the world in just

five months to get his Wimbledon wild card. All eyes now are on now

me Brody and what is she pl`nning to spend her prize money on? A handbag!

In cricket Lancashire need two more wickets for victory against

Northants. The visitors are following on, 230`8. The result is

only going one way if Lancashire can get those two extra wickets. Adina

Thomas Johnston, much is expected of the young heptathlete. With less and

a month to go until the Comlonwealth Games she is on a strict tr`ining

regime. Our reporter went to meet her and talk about her goals and

eating regime. This is wherd you first started to train? Yes, this is

where I first read the high jump. Saw all the dreams you had from

primary school, they are all starting to come true now? Xes, that

is right. I have seen the young kids running around doing all thd things

I used to do. Now I use the hill as a training tool. When you are a

little kid everyone is so t`ll and you see those tall athletes going

past, I guess now that is md. What sort of training regime havd you

got? It is very different to the winter training. It is very much

about the technical work. What about things you can and cannot do, our

dear certain foods you cannot eat? It is being sensible. At hole we

always have deserts. My favourite is sticky toffee pudding but I cannot

eat that at the moment. You would earn it off. It is a nice treat when

I am done, it is in the fridge. Gold is the target? Gold is my t`rget but

it is my first Commonwealth Games. It is still all very new to me but I

am hoping to win these senior medals in the end. Best of luck. While many

people approaching their 70th birthday might want to start taking

things a bit easier, Ian Dibdin is not one of them. He's been ` sand

yachter all his life, winning his first British title way back in

1964. Now, 50 years since that first success, the pensioner from

Blackpool has just won another British title. Peter Marshall has

been to meet him. It's been a lifelong passion for Ian Dibdin It

is exhilarating this sport, part ceiling, part go`karting, it is just

freedom. `` part sailing. Hhs father Eddie established the St Anne's Sand

Yacht Club back in 1952 and Ian followed in his tyre tracks. As a

19`year`old he won his first British title in 1964. I just said, I build

my own yacht and I'm nearly 70, it is not bad, is it? He hopes that

someday he can return to his old beach at Saint Anne 's. The sport

has been banned from St Annds' beach since a pedestrian was hit `nd

killed by a yacht there in 2002 We were here for many years without

problems, I hope it can comd back again. It is like Cliff Richard

someone asked him when he would pack it in and he said he will not as

long as people come to see him. As bad as I am concerned, if there is a

beach and somewhere to sail I will carry on. It looks like fun will

stop note if you have hit the button and just joined us, we have you

been? But at least you are here for the best bit! Now the weathdr. It is

not a bad forecast. Throughout today we always knew we would havd a weak

cold front moving down the North of England. Dumb of the showers are

still around. When they turn up they are not massive, not spoiling

things. Not so much sunshind as you would like to end the day, the isle

of man looks wonderful right now as we speak but some showers whll

continue for the next hour or so and then it will die out and thhngs will

be quieter, patchy cloud and clear spells but also a little bit cooler.

The nights have been quite difficult for sleeping. Temperatures between

nine and 13 degrees. Tomorrow we are back to the combination of patchy

cloud and sunny spells. Somd decent spells of sunshine tomorrow morning.

As the day goes on the will be more cloud rolling in into the afternoon.

It will feel nice and warm hf you are out and about. Captures around

19 or 20 Celsius. It will gdt mixed as we head towards the end of the

working week and the weekend. We had the crash and a bang in the studio

earlier and someone e`mailed in to ask if it was you falling off of

your shoes! It was Dave makhng a grand entrance. No thank yot for

watching. Good night. Catch the late-afternoon games

on the go.