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

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A suspected E coli outbreak at a nursery in Northwich `

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two children are in hospital, others are being screened.

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We're live in Northwich with the latest.

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Liverpool gets a ?40 million Government boost to

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The guinea pigs who've helpdd us understand allergies

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I feel lucky that I was born in 1996 and am part of this study. @nd I am

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in the Lake District looking for some tiny trees that may hold a big

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message about our future. Two people are in hospital this

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evening after a suspected E coli In total, seven children and three

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family members have been affected. Other children and staff

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at the nursery in Northwich are now Let's go over now to

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our reporter Stuart Flinders, who's Bring us up`to`date with thd latest,

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please. I can tell you that we understand both of those people in

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hospital tonight our childrdn, and ten others are showing symptoms of

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this illness. Seven of thosd are children and three of them `re

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members of the family. Other people are being screened for the disease,

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but the NASA data means open. Some parents are being told to kdep

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children away while they waht for the results. Just remind us what E.

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Coli is. E. Coli is a gem, ` bacterium, that can infect the

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bowels and it is normally p`ssed on through contact with animals, but

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also through infected meat or from person to person. The symptoms are

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normally two weeks of stomach problems but that can be more severe

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than that. There can be a whde range of effects but normally it can cause

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diarrhoea which may have blood inside it. In a small number of

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people it can cause serious illness which required hospital tre`tment.

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Obviously very worrying this evening for all those concerned. Thd owners

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of the nursery I spoke to a short while ago are very upset. It is a

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private nursery which has an outstanding rating and they have

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actually won awards for food hygiene. They say the main concern

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for them is the children affected. I spoke to the parents of one child

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here and she was full of pr`ise for the larceny and she assumed the

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nursery was not the source, but an investigation is still going on and

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we will find out what the c`use is in the days to come.

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer has had

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George Osborne announced ?40 million of investment in transport

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Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have also floated

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plans this week to give the North of England more money and power

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Our political editor Arif Ansari is in Liverpool this evening.

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George Osborne should certahnly be finding it easier to travel to the

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Liverpool because ?35 million is being spent on transport around

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Merseyside, but the governmdnt has also announced a new university

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enterprise zone. A total of ?15 million will go into better connect

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science with business to crdate jobs.

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What do you get if you combhne politics, science and busindss?

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That's the experiment being funded in Liverpool.

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It will certainly strengthen businesses in the north`west

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and make it more competitivd and we should be able to sell more

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products around the world, and of course that revenue will flow

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The Chancellor's just investing in science but more is being spent

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?10 million upgrading the Halton Curve rail line,

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?10 million improving Knowsley's roads including the Expressway,

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and ?14 million on the Newton`le`Willows rail interchange.

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I want to make sure we don't think the job is done, but realisd that

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if Britain is going to compdte and places like Liverpool are going

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to have great jobs, we need to move onto the next thing, and thd next

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thing is making sure we havd the science and the transport

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and skills here to make surd there are careers here in the futtre.

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These announcements are getting competitive.

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Earlier this week, Labour promised to hand ?30 billion of spending from

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Not just because we think it is good for local people to make

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those decisions but because they will make better decisions.

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After years of cuts it is bdginning to feel a little like Christmas

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Faster transport, more political power and business investment.

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But while this is strong sttff for the region's long`term future,

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In regard to transport, I feel like it is expensive and I

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feel that if you are a young person in education, it should be free

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One would be emigration and another would be the schools

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They are three things in desperate need of looking at.

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What about spending on science and transport infrastructurd?

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I think there are other things before that.

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Even so, that is where the politicians are moving.

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Let's talk to a professor, `n expert on the regional economy. We heard

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from some people not exactlx bowled over by this, so why so much

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competition between the parties to come up with ideas? The parties are

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recognising we have two grow ourselves out of the problels we

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have. something is almost certainly going

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to happen? There is all sorts of campaigning going on at the moment

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to return resources to citids and city regions.

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Edith McDermott from Blackburn was taken

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in to hospital after a stroke ten months ago, and she's still there.

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Her husband of almost six ddcades says he wants her to come home.

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But the Royal Blackburn Hospital says she needs 24 hour care

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Richard McDermott has vowed take his fight all the way to the European

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But the hospital says its only concern is Edith's welfare.

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58 years together, and prechous memories of the good times.

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But since last September, and Edith's stroke, she and husband

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Richard have been spending their time together on a ward

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How much do I miss her? I al not even interested in what's around me

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at the moment, I could not care less. It breaks my heart evdry

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night, no two ways about it. Richard is a familiar visitor

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at the hospital. He wants Edith back home,

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despite the debilitating effects So why do you think that yot can

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cope? I can cope with most things I set my mind to. I am more than

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capable of cooking and lookhng after her. It is worth stressing he has no

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problems with the standard of care and experience that this hospital.

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The issue is going home are that he would need timely access to a

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nurse, because it is about recognising when things could be

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going wrong and dealing with that. Richard, an RAF veteran,

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has the stomach for a fight, and he's promising to take ht all

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the way to Strasbourg. If it takes every penny I h`ve got,

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they can have it with my compliments.

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Richard McDermott and the hospital are agreed.

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But the hospital trust says it's not holding her prisoner

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and is seeking an order that would result in Edith being transferred to

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Mark Edwardson, BBC North West Tonight, Blackburn.

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A group of parents in Wigan say they have no f`ith

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in the local authority's abhlity to help children with special needs.

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Wigan Borough Council has bden picked by the Government

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as a Pathfinder authority to pilot changes to the system for children

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It says it's been chosen because of its excellent record.

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Last night we heard from parents unhappy with one school

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in the area, but Naomi Cornwell s been to meet others who say

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Six families who didn't know each other until recently, but who've now

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Yesterday, we heard from parents unhappy with

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Jacob Houghton used to be a pupil there.

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A complaint was made by another parent who said she'd

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seen him being pushed out of a classroom by a member of staff.

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The school and local authorhty say it was investigated

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and appropriate action taken, but Jacob's mum doesn't agrde.

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The school should have acted properly and by extension so should

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the authority. When parents like me find out that they are a Pathfinder,

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I have to ask why. Wigan was picked by the Govdrnment

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to test changes to the educ`tion and care systems for childrdn with

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special needs and disabilithes. The council says it's been chosen

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because of its high standards. This is Hope School,

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one of four special schools in The other two were

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judged to be good. But some parents in Wigan s`y

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the authority has failed to deal Max Starkie is currently tatght

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at home using an approach c`lled It's a different style of tdaching

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to that offered in most schools and The council says it's offerdd him

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a school place and support, but Max's parents feel

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the authority's been inflexhble I think what they do is thex look

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at the provision they've got already and then make children's

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needs fit that within a statement. Alfie Kay's parents removed him

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from Wood Fold School in April. After concerns that he was tnhappy,

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they'd hidden a recording ddvice in his wheelchair which they bdlieve

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found evidence that he was being mistreated and neglected, that he'd

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been left to cry on the plaxground for 20 minutes and

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on another occasion shouted at in a way inappropriate

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for a child with autism. It took six weeks for someone to

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actually come and see us, which was two social workers who came round

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with the intention of starthng an assessment on ourselves to lake sure

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the kids were safe in this home Since we spoke to the Kays,

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someone from outside the authority has been appointed to carry out

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an independent investigation. Wigan Council says the parents we've

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spoken to are a small minorhty But these families believe

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this is six cases too many. Well,

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we're joined in the studio by the As a Pathfinder authority,

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supposed to be leading the way, it must be frustrating to hdar

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stories like this. We were picked because of otr good

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track record and many parents have been delighted by the treatlent they

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received. We have 1200 children with special educational needs and in the

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last two years we have only had six going through the tribunal process.

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It's very unusual for families who didn't know each

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other to come together in this way out of what they've describdd

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as desperation, doesn't it suggest that the authority could handle

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Six is too many and when we have unhappy parents we work with them to

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find a solution. We will be working with these people for the rdst of

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their lives so it is import`nt they have trust in us. How do yot rebuild

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the trust? I have met with some of the parents and we have had lots of

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involvement with the familids over the years and the police has been

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involved, and an independent judge has decided on six of the c`ses that

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the council has done nothing wrong, but if the parents are unhappy we

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still have to find a way to improve their confidence in us. Could you

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have dealt with complaints better to have stopped this? We see it as a

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way of improving the servicd, and one complaint is too many, but we

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have been thoroughly investhgated. Often parents can disagree with

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teaching methods in complex cases and it can be difficult to decide

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who is right and wrong. The complaints procedure needs to be

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improved because it is very complex for parents with five different

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stance, and councils cannot get involved in complaints about schools

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any more. Basically it is down to the governing body to investigate

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handling it is Michael Gove. I should say that after yesterday s

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report we got a lot of e`mahls from parents who are very supportive Do

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you think the Pathfinder system is working? We are getting poshtive

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feedback from parents and f`milies and the whole idea is to give power

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to parents, so it is a shamd we have people who are not happy, btt we are

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committed to working with them to improve the situation for those

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children. Next, one of the biggest research projects of its kind. The

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study has given valuable insights into the causes of allergies. Over

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the years they have taken p`rt in tests which have led to medhcal

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breakthroughs, but the projdct is coming to an end.

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From birth, they have been part of medical research, tested and

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observed in order to find answers for allergies. Behind the fhne, that

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has been serious science. It has been amazing to see everythhng come

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together and all the research finally done. It has helped me and I

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know what I am allergic to `nd how to cope with it. One of the

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statistics was there and has over 4000 pieces of information `bout

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each individual. It has been one of the biggest research projects in the

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world, tracking 1184 babies born in 1986. The study found that children

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who receive and to be fixed before the first birthday are an increased

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risk of developing asthma. The work is quite unique in terms of the

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detail of information we have been able to collect. The last 20 years

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have been extraordinary. A lot of Baker has been collected and vital

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discoveries made. We have dhscovered a brand`new test which can hdentify

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with great precision the chhldren who are truly allergic to pdanuts.

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It was great to see the discovery being translated into clinical

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practice. These youngsters `re on the verge of adult food and the

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unique project they are part of it has reached a milestone in ledical

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research. I wonder if they `re glad it's over!

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In just over a month's time, we will be marking the centdnary

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It will be a chance to refldct on the impact

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of what happened 100 years `go when nearly one million service men

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Here in the North West, Burnley and its surrounding districts stffered

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a disproportionate amount of casualties compared to other towns

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and cities in the UK, and local school children have been preparing

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for a special event to remelber those who died. Eno Eruotor reports.

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The boys and girls of St Mary Magdalene School cale out

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In total, there will be 4,300 crosses with individual namds

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carefully handwritten by hundreds of children to commemorate `ll

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4,300 service personnel frol around Burnley who died

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It gives young people and that there is an understanding of the loss how

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many people went off to fight and died.

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For the last few weeks, 42 schools in the area have been teachhng

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about Burnley's contribution to World War One in a special project

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Lots of people went because they thought it would be good to

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represent the country. Lots of people died just around this region.

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Hopefully people will remember not to do it any more. It has bden a

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wonderful learning opportunhty for the children, and they have not just

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learned facts but have had ` real insight into the effects it had on

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soldiers and their families. And after many weeks

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of research the children finally got to lay their crosses on the cenotaph

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in Towneley Hall, observing two minutes? silence to show thdir

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respect for the fallen solddrs. `` soldiers. And all this ydar

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your BBC local radio stations have been looking at how the Gre`t War

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impacted on life here. You can find those stories

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on our website. And to some sport and Andy Lurray

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may have gone out yesterday but the north`west is still flying the

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British flag. The Northwest doubles pairing have just reached the

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quarterfinals in the last fdw minutes, coming from behind to win a

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3`set thriller. It was good fun we didn't play our best and we know we

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can do better in the next round We are wild card so there is no

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pressure and we can try to go all the way. Fingers crossed. T`lking of

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people doing very well, adulation for the Everton goalkeeper Tim

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Howard shows no sign of abating He made more saves in the World Cup

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match than anyone else. The star has received praise from around the

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globe, 15 saves in his team's two ` one defeat, and the latest to add

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his congratulations was Bar`ck Obama in a phone call. I do not know how

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you will survive the crowds when you come back home. You will have to

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shave your beard off so thex do not know who you are. Hopefully we made

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you proud. I think you would do anything if the president told you

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to do it in a personal phond call! Now, forget searching

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for a needle in a haystack. Try searching for a tiny trde

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on top of a mountain summit. That's exactly what a team

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of volunteers in the Lake Dhstrict They've climbed nearly 100 lountains

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looking for a dwarf willow. Staff at the Cumbria Wildlife Trust

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think its location could be Here's our Environment

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Correspondent Judy Hobson. We're going to the top

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of Dollywaggon Pike. Walking up onto this ridge here

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where we know there are somd sites They're preparing to climb one

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of The Lake District?s highdst summits in search of a tiny tree,

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and today I'm joining them. 16 volunteers are mapping

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the location of dwarf willows. The team has climbed a total of

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99 summits and covered 500 liles. When they find the trees,

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they record their precise location. If in the future we come back to

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the same survey points and find out it has moved up

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in altitude, or maybe restrhcted in distribution, or expanded, that

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can give us useful informathon on This is the last stronghold

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of the willow. So far it's been found

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on 54 mountains. You were saying you've found some

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on that peak over there? Yes, there are at least half

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a dozen different small sitds. We've found it

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on that summit over there. An hour and

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a half later we reach Dollywaggon A single dwarf willow plant. Yes,

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this little plant is offici`lly And then Philip found anothdr

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that he hadn't spotted before! It feels like a small victory

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and Philip maps Last year, I was out probably ten

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times in three months, spechfically I probably walked about 100 miles

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and climbed about 30,000 fedt. The search is over for todax, but

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these tiny willows will monhtored every summer to see if they could

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hold big messages about our future. Judy Hobson, BBC Look North,

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the Lake District. Amazing how he spotted one `nd we

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are just happens to be a calera pointed at it! Did you notice the

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father she got up, the more clothes she put on.

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And I know you have concerns about camping on Friday night? I have

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decided not to. The forecast could be worse but it is not good.

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Everything is changing. You have wet and windy afternoon in

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store and that lingers throtgh the evening. The weather is picking up

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slightly, and this is the l`test picture, continuing to move across

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the region over the next cotple of hours. Temperatures through the

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night because of the cloud cover and the mild ear will stay at around 15

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Celsius. This is what's happening towards the early hours, more of

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this wet weather working its way in. It will be on and off but tomorrow

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morning the picture gets worse. I think there will be an hour or so in

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the morning when you get a brighter spell but a significant are` of rain

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is waiting. This starts to spread everywhere through the afternoon,

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and at higher levels, there could be 40 millimetres of rain, and 15

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millimetres almost everywhere. That is a miserable picture and something

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we have not seen for some thme, and still not welcome. This eventually

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moves away by midnight tomorrow night, and then it will be shown

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very through the weekend. B`t`mac showery.

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You have decided not to camp on the strength of the forecast? I do not

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think he needed much persuading Good night and thanks for w`tching.

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Good night.

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