27/06/2014 North West Tonight

Now it's time for the news where you are.

Good evening. A Lancashire care home at the centre of an investigation

into allegations of physical abuse and neglect has closed.

Owner Peter Pumbien has been arrested on suspicion of neglect,

and his wife Indranee, arrested on suspicion of wotnding.

Residents have today been moving out of the home today after

The elderly residents of Brharwood were being put onto minibusds today

Joyce Harrison from Leyland was one of thel.

Her daughter says she only moved here two years ago.

We didn't feel we were doing anything wrong by putting hdr there.

It has come like a bolt out of the blue, totally, totally unexpected.

Families were served notice that the home was to close by thd end

Lancashire County Council w`s asked to find alternative accommodation.

The home's owners Peter Pumbien and his wife Indranee,

and another member of staff, were arrested separately thhs month

after allegations of mistre`tment of residents emerged.

They have been released pending further enquiries

There isn't a shortage of places at care homes in Lancashire,

and the county council says all the residents have now been movdd out.

The authority will continue working with Lancashire Police and the

Two prison inmates robbed a security van while

Lee Hookway was supposedly on a four`day home visit.

Scott McCaffery was meant to be working for the YMCA.

In fact, they were taking p`rt in a raid at a Lancashire supermarket.

Today they and others were sentenced in Preston.

Our chief reporter Dave Guest has the story.

Two masked men burst into a Lancashire supermarkdt

security guards who were stocking up a cash machine at this Sainsbury's

It was a terrifying ordeal for those who witnessed it.

The men in the masks were Anthony Joy and Lee Hookway.

Scott McCaffery was outside in the getaway car.

Lee Hookway and McCarthy knew each other well.

They were both inmates at Khrkham Prison at the time of the robbery.

Hookway was supposedly on four days? home leave.

McCaffrey was meant to be on work leave at the YMCA.

Scott McCaffery, after the robbery, went to his work placement `nd then

Lee Hookway was on a period of four`day home leave so hd

All three admitted conspiracy to rob.

Hookway?s sister Michelle and her partner David Rainback had helped.

They positioned the getaway cars and were convicted of conspiracx to rob.

The five appeared before Judge Heather Lloyd today at

The judge said it was astonhshing that Scott McCaffrey and Led Hookway

had been able to plan this serious crime

Lee Hookway, McCaffrey and Joy were given

They were told they would sdrve 10 in prison and five on licence.

Rainbeck got five years and Michelle Hookway, four years.

The former Granada TV weathdr presenter Fred Talbot has appeared

in court over charges of sexual assault.

The 64`year`old denies nine counts of indecent assault and one

The offences are alleged to have taken place at Altrincham Grammar

School for Boys where Mr Talbot taught between 1968 and 1983.

A 43`year`old man from Mersdyside has been jailed for 8 years after

being caught with heroin worth around ?1 million in his car boot.

Ian Hayton, from Garston, was chased by police

when he refused to stop aftdr being caught using his mobile phone.

Officers searched the vehicle and found almost 20 kilogralmes

The parents of a young woman who died in a three`car crash in Salford

on Sunday, have described her as a 'wonderful

22`year`old Amy Hobson and 19`year`old Aaron Jones were

travelling in a Vauxhall Corsa on the East Lancs Road

when it was involved in a crash with two other c`rs.

Plans to re`open the River Roch in Rochdale have been put on hold.

The council had asked the Hdritage Lottery Fund to put money into

the project, which would involve revealing the 14th Century bridge.

It's been concealed since the river, which gave Rochdale its namd,

was hidden in a culvert more than 100 years ago.

Football, and Manchester Unhted have signed Luke Shaw from South`mpton

The England international is Louis van Gaal's second signing shnce

The 18`year`old, the youngest player to play at this year's World Cup.

In the big local derby in Super League tonight,

top of the table St Helens beat Wigan by 16 points to 12.

And in cricket, tonight?s T20 blast match between Yorkshire

and Lancashire at Headinglex was abandoned without a ball behng

Some very heavy showers arotnd this afternoon. But we also saw good

spells of sunshine. The weekend starts similarly. Sunshine `nd

showers expected tomorrow. Hf you are going out over the weekdnd,

Sunday could be the better day. You can see the line of heavy showers

moving in from the south through this afternoon. For the first part,

we hang on to showers across the south of the region. Over Ctmbria

and North Lancashire, we should see drier skies. Temperatures down to

eight or nine Celsius. Tomorrow we'll start off cloudy and damp But

as we head into this afternoon `` the afternoon, shower said `way and

we should see later when is and warm air. `` lighter winds. Tempdratures

may be 18 or 19 Celsius tomorrow it should be drier on Sunday at 17

could go to 20 Celsius. Herd is the could go to 20 Celsius. Herd is the

move towards Sunday. The top temperature again 20. Fewer showers.

Most out towards the east. That's the way it is looking.

Good evening. For some the weather put on a show today - lightning and

hail. For others more of a no-show. Showers at Wimbledon stayed away.

They were further west. Torrential downpours with the lightning flashes

over East Anglia. Local flooding in for folk. Showers through