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Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Annabel Thffin. | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
A suspected E coli outbreak at a nursery in Northwich ` | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
two children are in hospital, others are being screened. | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
We're live in Northwich with the latest. | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
Liverpool gets a ?40 million Government boost to | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
The guinea pigs who've helpdd us understand allergies | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
I feel lucky that I was born in 1996 and am part of this study. @nd I am | :00:27. | :00:45. | |
in the Lake District looking for some tiny trees that may hold a big | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
message about our future. Two people are in hospital this | :00:48. | :00:54. | |
evening after a suspected E coli In total, seven children and three | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
family members have been affected. Other children and staff | :00:58. | :01:04. | |
at the nursery in Northwich are now Let's go over now to | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
our reporter Stuart Flinders, who's Bring us up`to`date with thd latest, | :01:07. | :01:23. | |
please. I can tell you that we understand both of those people in | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
hospital tonight our childrdn, and ten others are showing symptoms of | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
this illness. Seven of thosd are children and three of them `re | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
members of the family. Other people are being screened for the disease, | :01:37. | :01:44. | |
but the NASA data means open. Some parents are being told to kdep | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
children away while they waht for the results. Just remind us what E. | :01:48. | :01:58. | |
Coli is. E. Coli is a gem, ` bacterium, that can infect the | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
bowels and it is normally p`ssed on through contact with animals, but | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
also through infected meat or from person to person. The symptoms are | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
normally two weeks of stomach problems but that can be more severe | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
than that. There can be a whde range of effects but normally it can cause | :02:23. | :02:29. | |
diarrhoea which may have blood inside it. In a small number of | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
people it can cause serious illness which required hospital tre`tment. | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
Obviously very worrying this evening for all those concerned. Thd owners | :02:40. | :02:48. | |
of the nursery I spoke to a short while ago are very upset. It is a | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
private nursery which has an outstanding rating and they have | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
actually won awards for food hygiene. They say the main concern | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
for them is the children affected. I spoke to the parents of one child | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
here and she was full of pr`ise for the larceny and she assumed the | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
nursery was not the source, but an investigation is still going on and | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
we will find out what the c`use is in the days to come. | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has had | :03:25. | :03:25. | |
George Osborne announced ?40 million of investment in transport | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have also floated | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
plans this week to give the North of England more money and power | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
Our political editor Arif Ansari is in Liverpool this evening. | :03:36. | :03:47. | |
George Osborne should certahnly be finding it easier to travel to the | :03:48. | :03:56. | |
Liverpool because ?35 million is being spent on transport around | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
Merseyside, but the governmdnt has also announced a new university | :04:00. | :04:08. | |
enterprise zone. A total of ?15 million will go into better connect | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
science with business to crdate jobs. | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
What do you get if you combhne politics, science and busindss? | :04:16. | :04:17. | |
That's the experiment being funded in Liverpool. | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
It will certainly strengthen businesses in the north`west | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
and make it more competitivd and we should be able to sell more | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
products around the world, and of course that revenue will flow | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
The Chancellor's just investing in science but more is being spent | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
?10 million upgrading the Halton Curve rail line, | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
?10 million improving Knowsley's roads including the Expressway, | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
and ?14 million on the Newton`le`Willows rail interchange. | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
I want to make sure we don't think the job is done, but realisd that | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
if Britain is going to compdte and places like Liverpool are going | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
to have great jobs, we need to move onto the next thing, and thd next | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
thing is making sure we havd the science and the transport | :05:01. | :05:02. | |
and skills here to make surd there are careers here in the futtre. | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
These announcements are getting competitive. | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
Earlier this week, Labour promised to hand ?30 billion of spending from | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
Not just because we think it is good for local people to make | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
those decisions but because they will make better decisions. | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
After years of cuts it is bdginning to feel a little like Christmas | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
Faster transport, more political power and business investment. | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
But while this is strong sttff for the region's long`term future, | :05:40. | :05:41. | |
In regard to transport, I feel like it is expensive and I | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
feel that if you are a young person in education, it should be free | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
One would be emigration and another would be the schools | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
They are three things in desperate need of looking at. | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
What about spending on science and transport infrastructurd? | :06:00. | :06:01. | |
I think there are other things before that. | :06:02. | :06:09. | |
Even so, that is where the politicians are moving. | :06:10. | :06:20. | |
Let's talk to a professor, `n expert on the regional economy. We heard | :06:21. | :06:30. | |
from some people not exactlx bowled over by this, so why so much | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
competition between the parties to come up with ideas? The parties are | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
recognising we have two grow ourselves out of the problels we | :06:40. | :06:41. | |
have. something is almost certainly going | :06:42. | :07:28. | |
to happen? There is all sorts of campaigning going on at the moment | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
to return resources to citids and city regions. | :07:33. | :08:52. | |
Edith McDermott from Blackburn was taken | :08:53. | :08:54. | |
in to hospital after a stroke ten months ago, and she's still there. | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
Her husband of almost six ddcades says he wants her to come home. | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
But the Royal Blackburn Hospital says she needs 24 hour care | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
Richard McDermott has vowed take his fight all the way to the European | :09:05. | :09:14. | |
But the hospital says its only concern is Edith's welfare. | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
58 years together, and prechous memories of the good times. | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
But since last September, and Edith's stroke, she and husband | :09:23. | :09:24. | |
Richard have been spending their time together on a ward | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
How much do I miss her? I al not even interested in what's around me | :09:29. | :09:43. | |
at the moment, I could not care less. It breaks my heart evdry | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
night, no two ways about it. Richard is a familiar visitor | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
at the hospital. He wants Edith back home, | :09:51. | :09:52. | |
despite the debilitating effects So why do you think that yot can | :09:53. | :10:06. | |
cope? I can cope with most things I set my mind to. I am more than | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
capable of cooking and lookhng after her. It is worth stressing he has no | :10:13. | :10:20. | |
problems with the standard of care and experience that this hospital. | :10:21. | :10:30. | |
The issue is going home are that he would need timely access to a | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
nurse, because it is about recognising when things could be | :10:36. | :10:36. | |
going wrong and dealing with that. Richard, an RAF veteran, | :10:37. | :10:38. | |
has the stomach for a fight, and he's promising to take ht all | :10:39. | :10:40. | |
the way to Strasbourg. If it takes every penny I h`ve got, | :10:41. | :10:47. | |
they can have it with my compliments. | :10:48. | :10:49. | |
Richard McDermott and the hospital are agreed. | :10:50. | :10:51. | |
But the hospital trust says it's not holding her prisoner | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
and is seeking an order that would result in Edith being transferred to | :10:56. | :10:58. | |
Mark Edwardson, BBC North West Tonight, Blackburn. | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
A group of parents in Wigan say they have no f`ith | :11:03. | :11:05. | |
in the local authority's abhlity to help children with special needs. | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
Wigan Borough Council has bden picked by the Government | :11:09. | :11:10. | |
as a Pathfinder authority to pilot changes to the system for children | :11:11. | :11:13. | |
It says it's been chosen because of its excellent record. | :11:14. | :11:20. | |
Last night we heard from parents unhappy with one school | :11:21. | :11:22. | |
in the area, but Naomi Cornwell s been to meet others who say | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
Six families who didn't know each other until recently, but who've now | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
Yesterday, we heard from parents unhappy with | :11:32. | :11:39. | |
Jacob Houghton used to be a pupil there. | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
A complaint was made by another parent who said she'd | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
seen him being pushed out of a classroom by a member of staff. | :11:47. | :11:49. | |
The school and local authorhty say it was investigated | :11:50. | :11:51. | |
and appropriate action taken, but Jacob's mum doesn't agrde. | :11:52. | :12:00. | |
The school should have acted properly and by extension so should | :12:01. | :12:10. | |
the authority. When parents like me find out that they are a Pathfinder, | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
I have to ask why. Wigan was picked by the Govdrnment | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
to test changes to the educ`tion and care systems for childrdn with | :12:18. | :12:19. | |
special needs and disabilithes. The council says it's been chosen | :12:20. | :12:22. | |
because of its high standards. This is Hope School, | :12:23. | :12:24. | |
one of four special schools in The other two were | :12:25. | :12:27. | |
judged to be good. But some parents in Wigan s`y | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
the authority has failed to deal Max Starkie is currently tatght | :12:31. | :12:33. | |
at home using an approach c`lled It's a different style of tdaching | :12:34. | :12:36. | |
to that offered in most schools and The council says it's offerdd him | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
a school place and support, but Max's parents feel | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
the authority's been inflexhble I think what they do is thex look | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
at the provision they've got already and then make children's | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
needs fit that within a statement. Alfie Kay's parents removed him | :12:54. | :12:55. | |
from Wood Fold School in April. After concerns that he was tnhappy, | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
they'd hidden a recording ddvice in his wheelchair which they bdlieve | :13:03. | :13:05. | |
found evidence that he was being mistreated and neglected, that he'd | :13:06. | :13:07. | |
been left to cry on the plaxground for 20 minutes and | :13:08. | :13:10. | |
on another occasion shouted at in a way inappropriate | :13:11. | :13:12. | |
for a child with autism. It took six weeks for someone to | :13:13. | :13:19. | |
actually come and see us, which was two social workers who came round | :13:20. | :13:22. | |
with the intention of starthng an assessment on ourselves to lake sure | :13:23. | :13:25. | |
the kids were safe in this home Since we spoke to the Kays, | :13:26. | :13:33. | |
someone from outside the authority has been appointed to carry out | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
an independent investigation. Wigan Council says the parents we've | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
spoken to are a small minorhty But these families believe | :13:41. | :13:43. | |
this is six cases too many. Well, | :13:44. | :13:54. | |
we're joined in the studio by the As a Pathfinder authority, | :13:55. | :13:57. | |
supposed to be leading the way, it must be frustrating to hdar | :13:58. | :14:08. | |
stories like this. We were picked because of otr good | :14:09. | :14:16. | |
track record and many parents have been delighted by the treatlent they | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
received. We have 1200 children with special educational needs and in the | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
last two years we have only had six going through the tribunal process. | :14:30. | :14:31. | |
It's very unusual for families who didn't know each | :14:32. | :14:34. | |
other to come together in this way out of what they've describdd | :14:35. | :14:36. | |
as desperation, doesn't it suggest that the authority could handle | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
Six is too many and when we have unhappy parents we work with them to | :14:40. | :14:48. | |
find a solution. We will be working with these people for the rdst of | :14:49. | :14:51. | |
their lives so it is import`nt they have trust in us. How do yot rebuild | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
the trust? I have met with some of the parents and we have had lots of | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
involvement with the familids over the years and the police has been | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
involved, and an independent judge has decided on six of the c`ses that | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
the council has done nothing wrong, but if the parents are unhappy we | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
still have to find a way to improve their confidence in us. Could you | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
have dealt with complaints better to have stopped this? We see it as a | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
way of improving the servicd, and one complaint is too many, but we | :15:31. | :15:37. | |
have been thoroughly investhgated. Often parents can disagree with | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
teaching methods in complex cases and it can be difficult to decide | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
who is right and wrong. The complaints procedure needs to be | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
improved because it is very complex for parents with five different | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
stance, and councils cannot get involved in complaints about schools | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
any more. Basically it is down to the governing body to investigate | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
handling it is Michael Gove. I should say that after yesterday s | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
report we got a lot of e`mahls from parents who are very supportive Do | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
you think the Pathfinder system is working? We are getting poshtive | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
feedback from parents and f`milies and the whole idea is to give power | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
to parents, so it is a shamd we have people who are not happy, btt we are | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
committed to working with them to improve the situation for those | :16:32. | :16:42. | |
children. Next, one of the biggest research projects of its kind. The | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
study has given valuable insights into the causes of allergies. Over | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
the years they have taken p`rt in tests which have led to medhcal | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
breakthroughs, but the projdct is coming to an end. | :16:58. | :17:04. | |
From birth, they have been part of medical research, tested and | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
observed in order to find answers for allergies. Behind the fhne, that | :17:09. | :17:17. | |
has been serious science. It has been amazing to see everythhng come | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
together and all the research finally done. It has helped me and I | :17:22. | :17:26. | |
know what I am allergic to `nd how to cope with it. One of the | :17:27. | :17:32. | |
statistics was there and has over 4000 pieces of information `bout | :17:33. | :17:36. | |
each individual. It has been one of the biggest research projects in the | :17:37. | :17:46. | |
world, tracking 1184 babies born in 1986. The study found that children | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
who receive and to be fixed before the first birthday are an increased | :17:53. | :18:00. | |
risk of developing asthma. The work is quite unique in terms of the | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
detail of information we have been able to collect. The last 20 years | :18:04. | :18:12. | |
have been extraordinary. A lot of Baker has been collected and vital | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
discoveries made. We have dhscovered a brand`new test which can hdentify | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
with great precision the chhldren who are truly allergic to pdanuts. | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
It was great to see the discovery being translated into clinical | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
practice. These youngsters `re on the verge of adult food and the | :18:33. | :18:37. | |
unique project they are part of it has reached a milestone in ledical | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
research. I wonder if they `re glad it's over! | :18:45. | :18:47. | |
In just over a month's time, we will be marking the centdnary | :18:48. | :18:50. | |
It will be a chance to refldct on the impact | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
of what happened 100 years `go when nearly one million service men | :18:55. | :18:57. | |
Here in the North West, Burnley and its surrounding districts stffered | :18:58. | :19:00. | |
a disproportionate amount of casualties compared to other towns | :19:01. | :19:03. | |
and cities in the UK, and local school children have been preparing | :19:04. | :19:05. | |
for a special event to remelber those who died. Eno Eruotor reports. | :19:06. | :19:08. | |
The boys and girls of St Mary Magdalene School cale out | :19:09. | :19:11. | |
In total, there will be 4,300 crosses with individual namds | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
carefully handwritten by hundreds of children to commemorate `ll | :19:15. | :19:16. | |
4,300 service personnel frol around Burnley who died | :19:17. | :19:19. | |
It gives young people and that there is an understanding of the loss how | :19:20. | :19:34. | |
many people went off to fight and died. | :19:35. | :19:54. | |
For the last few weeks, 42 schools in the area have been teachhng | :19:55. | :19:57. | |
about Burnley's contribution to World War One in a special project | :19:58. | :20:00. | |
Lots of people went because they thought it would be good to | :20:01. | :20:09. | |
represent the country. Lots of people died just around this region. | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
Hopefully people will remember not to do it any more. It has bden a | :20:17. | :20:24. | |
wonderful learning opportunhty for the children, and they have not just | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
learned facts but have had ` real insight into the effects it had on | :20:32. | :20:33. | |
soldiers and their families. And after many weeks | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
of research the children finally got to lay their crosses on the cenotaph | :20:37. | :20:38. | |
in Towneley Hall, observing two minutes? silence to show thdir | :20:39. | :20:41. | |
respect for the fallen solddrs. `` soldiers. And all this ydar | :20:42. | :20:48. | |
your BBC local radio stations have been looking at how the Gre`t War | :20:49. | :20:51. | |
impacted on life here. You can find those stories | :20:52. | :20:53. | |
on our website. And to some sport and Andy Lurray | :20:54. | :21:22. | |
may have gone out yesterday but the north`west is still flying the | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
British flag. The Northwest doubles pairing have just reached the | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
quarterfinals in the last fdw minutes, coming from behind to win a | :21:32. | :21:46. | |
3`set thriller. It was good fun we didn't play our best and we know we | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
can do better in the next round We are wild card so there is no | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
pressure and we can try to go all the way. Fingers crossed. T`lking of | :21:56. | :22:07. | |
people doing very well, adulation for the Everton goalkeeper Tim | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
Howard shows no sign of abating He made more saves in the World Cup | :22:14. | :22:18. | |
match than anyone else. The star has received praise from around the | :22:19. | :22:27. | |
globe, 15 saves in his team's two ` one defeat, and the latest to add | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
his congratulations was Bar`ck Obama in a phone call. I do not know how | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
you will survive the crowds when you come back home. You will have to | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
shave your beard off so thex do not know who you are. Hopefully we made | :22:42. | :22:51. | |
you proud. I think you would do anything if the president told you | :22:52. | :22:53. | |
to do it in a personal phond call! Now, forget searching | :22:54. | :22:55. | |
for a needle in a haystack. Try searching for a tiny trde | :22:56. | :22:58. | |
on top of a mountain summit. That's exactly what a team | :22:59. | :23:00. | |
of volunteers in the Lake Dhstrict They've climbed nearly 100 lountains | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
looking for a dwarf willow. Staff at the Cumbria Wildlife Trust | :23:04. | :23:06. | |
think its location could be Here's our Environment | :23:07. | :23:08. | |
Correspondent Judy Hobson. We're going to the top | :23:09. | :23:16. | |
of Dollywaggon Pike. Walking up onto this ridge here | :23:17. | :23:18. | |
where we know there are somd sites They're preparing to climb one | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
of The Lake District?s highdst summits in search of a tiny tree, | :23:25. | :23:32. | |
and today I'm joining them. 16 volunteers are mapping | :23:33. | :23:39. | |
the location of dwarf willows. The team has climbed a total of | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
99 summits and covered 500 liles. When they find the trees, | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
they record their precise location. If in the future we come back to | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
the same survey points and find out it has moved up | :23:53. | :23:55. | |
in altitude, or maybe restrhcted in distribution, or expanded, that | :23:56. | :23:58. | |
can give us useful informathon on This is the last stronghold | :23:59. | :24:00. | |
of the willow. So far it's been found | :24:01. | :24:08. | |
on 54 mountains. You were saying you've found some | :24:09. | :24:11. | |
on that peak over there? Yes, there are at least half | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
a dozen different small sitds. We've found it | :24:17. | :24:23. | |
on that summit over there. An hour and | :24:24. | :24:25. | |
a half later we reach Dollywaggon A single dwarf willow plant. Yes, | :24:26. | :24:27. | |
this little plant is offici`lly And then Philip found anothdr | :24:28. | :24:40. | |
that he hadn't spotted before! It feels like a small victory | :24:41. | :24:44. | |
and Philip maps Last year, I was out probably ten | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
times in three months, spechfically I probably walked about 100 miles | :24:52. | :24:55. | |
and climbed about 30,000 fedt. The search is over for todax, but | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
these tiny willows will monhtored every summer to see if they could | :25:02. | :25:11. | |
hold big messages about our future. Judy Hobson, BBC Look North, | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
the Lake District. Amazing how he spotted one `nd we | :25:15. | :25:29. | |
are just happens to be a calera pointed at it! Did you notice the | :25:30. | :25:37. | |
father she got up, the more clothes she put on. | :25:38. | :25:42. | |
And I know you have concerns about camping on Friday night? I have | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
decided not to. The forecast could be worse but it is not good. | :25:49. | :25:52. | |
Everything is changing. You have wet and windy afternoon in | :25:53. | :26:03. | |
store and that lingers throtgh the evening. The weather is picking up | :26:04. | :26:10. | |
slightly, and this is the l`test picture, continuing to move across | :26:11. | :26:14. | |
the region over the next cotple of hours. Temperatures through the | :26:15. | :26:21. | |
night because of the cloud cover and the mild ear will stay at around 15 | :26:22. | :26:28. | |
Celsius. This is what's happening towards the early hours, more of | :26:29. | :26:35. | |
this wet weather working its way in. It will be on and off but tomorrow | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
morning the picture gets worse. I think there will be an hour or so in | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
the morning when you get a brighter spell but a significant are` of rain | :26:48. | :26:53. | |
is waiting. This starts to spread everywhere through the afternoon, | :26:54. | :26:59. | |
and at higher levels, there could be 40 millimetres of rain, and 15 | :27:00. | :27:08. | |
millimetres almost everywhere. That is a miserable picture and something | :27:09. | :27:11. | |
we have not seen for some thme, and still not welcome. This eventually | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
moves away by midnight tomorrow night, and then it will be shown | :27:18. | :27:26. | |
very through the weekend. B`t`mac showery. | :27:27. | :27:32. | |
You have decided not to camp on the strength of the forecast? I do not | :27:33. | :27:39. | |
think he needed much persuading Good night and thanks for w`tching. | :27:40. | :27:42. | |
Good night. | :27:43. | :27:45. |