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police operation across the UK has resulted in the arrest of up to 600

suspected paedophiles. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with

Roger Johnson and Jayne McCtbbin. How Cyril Smith got away with sordid

crimes ` the BBC obtains a document showing how powerful figures urged

police not to prosecute. We will hear how prosecuting the MP

would cause a backlash for Rochdale. Still inadequate ` troubled Tameside

Hospital stays in special mdasures Eight players,

no goal keeper and weeks till Where did it all go wrong

for Blackpool? It is totally unheard of and an

embarrassment for the footb`ll club. It's been billed Britain's best

sporting event and they're teeing Powerful friends of the disgraced MP

Cyril Smith tried to warn off police who were investigating clails that

he'd been abusing boys in the 1 60s. Documents obtained

by the BBC reveal for the fhrst time details of the case officers had

been building against him. Detectives were in no doubt that

Smith was guilty of what thdy But the then Director of

Public Prosecutions decided to take Years later other efforts to

prosecute him were also rejdcted. Here's our Chief Reporter,

Dave Guest. It's now common knowledge that

Cyril Smith was accused Today, for the first time,

we can reveal details of thd case This document, obtained by the BBC,

was written by a senior Detdctive It outlines complaints made

by eight boys who said the then It speaks of Smith sheltering

beneath a veneer of respect`bility. And the officer concludes Slith used

his unique position to indulge in a sordid series of indecdnt

episodes with young boys. The current MP who first publicly

exposed Smith as an abuser two years ago says the implications

of the document are clear. The police investigating Smhth had

a very strong case to put to him and I think the police

at the time believe he would have But Smith was a man with frhends

in high places. The document quotes one loc`l

magistrate as telling officers that anx

prosecution would have unfortunate repercussions for the policd force

and the town of Rochdale. It's no secret that Cyril and I are

buddies and not only politically. What we see from this documdnt is

that the establishment locally in Rochdale, some of them anyway,

were rallying round Cyril Slith These front`line police offhcers

working to prosecute a case against Smith and had they been

allowed to, Smith would not have gone on to abuse boys into the 0s,

80s and probably into the 1890s Norman Skelhorn, the then Dhrector

of Public Prosecutions threw out the case barely a week

after the police submitted ht saying the allegations were stale `nd

completely without corrobor`tion. 18 years later,

Greater Manchester Police rdvisited the case, but in 1998

and 1999 prosecutors again decided The Crown Prosecution Service says

the way such cases are conshdered has now changed and it says

the original decision made hn 1 70 Around 120 people have been arrested

as part of a National Crime Agency operation to crack down on

paedophiles. Doctors, teachdrs, Scout leaders and care workdrs and

former police officers of those being held. 431 children have been

protected or safeguarded. Greater Manchester Police h`ve

discovered a hoard of firearms A 76`year`old man arrested

on suspicion of possessing a prohibited firearm has bedn

bailed pending further enquhries. The number of people recorddd

as unemployed in region dropped According to government figtres

there are now 253,000 peopld claiming out of work benefits,

that's 7.3% of the workforcd. Some people

in Cumbria with life`threatdning conditions are having to waht too

long for ambulances. They're supposed to reach the most

seriously ill within eight linutes. Today county councillors will hear

that target was met last ye`r A catalogue

of continuing problems at T`meside Hospital in Greater Manchester has

forced health officials to keep A year ago a team of NHS experts

moved into the hospital bec`use of concerns over death rates,

failures in emergency care, Today, the health regulator

decided that although the Trust has made some progress, its overall

performance is still inadeqtate Our health correspondent

Elaine Dunkley reports. Tameside Hospital needs to

learn from its mistakes. There has been change

but not enough to take the hospital Our quality journey is not `t an

end. We said it would take `t least 18 months.

Today the Hospital has also been rated as inadequate.

On medical wards risk to patients was not fully assessed

Critical Care not planned and delivered and Staff need to properly

Despite the issues identifidd across the trust,

the CQC says most patients spoke positively about their recent

It was my fear. I left it too late to come into hospital because of the

fear that was I coming to a bad hospital? Although those myths got

totally dispelled from a because I had good treatment. They get bad

press and they don't deservd the bad press. 99 out of hundred is totally

uncalled for. Staff today told me a changd

in culture has lifted morald Last week Tameside recorded its

highest ever number of patidnts in A, an area along with matdrnity

services which has seen improvement. In many ways, nobody has anx excuse

for taking the foot of the accelerator. In a way, the glass is

half full and I am pleased we haven't been taken out of special

measures just yet. Tameside will stay

in special measures for a further six months and there

are huge pressures to get it right. But staff say recovery

will take time. Earlier I spoke to the Care Quality

Commission's Deputy Chief Inspector She conceded that Tameside

is making progress. During the inspection,

we did see quite a picture of improvement and the trust has

certainly come a long way. However, we are recommending they

stay in special measures for at least a further six months to make

sure that the changes that they have made and the systems and processes

and planned improvements re`lly take hold and start to have an effect

on patient care. One

of the things the report addresses is simple things like monitoring

the stocks of medicines which one would think is a fairly fundamental

thing of running a hospital. How worried should patients be that

something as simple If we had any immediate

risk concerns, we will have What we are saying to

the trust is they need to m`ke sure all of those basic standards

of care are carried out, carried out to a good standard and carrhed out

consistently among the trust. Should patients be worried hf they

have to go to Tameside Hosphtal Caring came across good

across the board. Patients felt they were cardd

for with dignity and respect and if we had immediate risk concerns

around patients, we would use our Do you think those risk

issues are present? We are aware that the trust are

managing those risks currently. What we are saying is they

need to make sure improvements A former police sergeant has told

the new Hillsborough inquests that he was kicked and verbally `bused

by fans, and that their aggression h`mpered

efforts to rescue the injurdd. Kevin Jones later went on to

become a Chief Superintendent. But the jury also heard

from Liverpool FC's former chief executive, who said he saw fans

helping the casualties and didn t Andy Gill listened to today's

evidence at the special coroner's cotrt

in Warrington and joins us now. This is Kenneth Jones who w`s a

police sergeant in 1989 and rose to be a police constable. He h`nded

note written after the disaster in response

questionnaire where all offhcers were obliged to fill it in `fter

kicked and verbally abused `nd said as more fans came

became apparent that they wdre intent on charging

went on to say the aggressive and social

fans made us deplete the rescue effort for fear of the

Forest end. He said some police officers appeared to be dazdd and

confused. What about Liverpool's former Chief Executive? What did he

have to say? This is Peter Robinson who was at the match and went

developed after the match w`s stopped on the

fans abusing the police and said they were too

injured or those still in the pans. He told the jury he was four ``

allocated for the semifinal two years running because the thcket

allocation for Liverpool was unfair. The match commander had blaled

Liverpool fans for forcing ` gate but some Liverpool fans had taken

him to the gate to show him it was undamaged and had been opendd on the

orders of the police. Thank you A cash strapped council puts

a country house on the markdt. A team of volunteers hope to

save its Victorian splendour. And teeing off for tomorrow `

as the Royal Liverpool Golf Club prepares for the start of the

Open Championship at Hoylakd. The phone is busy and there is a lot

more traffic in and out of the clubhouse. There is a lot of phone

calls wanting to know how they pay and get here.

Today was the day the world's most advanced fighter jet ` an adroplane

partly made by Lancashire's BAE Systems ` was supposed to appear

Britain's invested a billion pounds in the

Joint Strike Fighter ` but ` fire on the other side of the Atlantic

However, officials who travdlled down from the North West sthll say

they still have great confidence in the project.

This is what the crowds and BAE Systems were hoping to see `t

Farmborough, the world's largest commercial air show. Eurofighter

Typhoon was left to fly the flag for BAE Systems. The mock`up cotld only

sit and watch. It is time for the UK public to see the capabilitx of what

they have bought with their money and understand why this is the right

aeroplane for the UK going forward. Gutted it is not there. The problem

was a fire during tests in the US in an American`made engine. BAD Systems

wait `` makes the F 35 fewer large and tail sections. The Royal Navy

and RAF will fly them but there has been other delays. The flying ban

has now been lifted too latd for this important show. For solebody

who works at BAE Systems, I was looking forward to seeing the

aircraft fly. Again, as somdbody who is heavily involved in the

programme, it was a fantasthc opportunity so massively

disappointed. The F 35 programme has become a national obsession and

represents one of the five British firms involved in the project. It is

quite a concentration in thd north`west. The region is home to a

quart of Britain's Euro space companies and employ 26,000 people

and generate ?7 billion. Thousands of those jobs are on the Isle of Man

and many dependent on the stccess of the plane. Most aerospace projects

sometimes have teething problems but it will be here in time and then the

production rates will ramp tp. This is a small Lancashire busindss that

have a top drawer role in the project. You pull the spider ``

slider and it shows that it needs replenishment. That keeps planes in

the air? Exactly. 2000 jobs will be supported during the 30 year life

span of the planes. One jet that did arrive was the one carrying Louis

Van Gaal. I think the messages holidaxs are

for wimps. He has taken no time replacing David Moyes.

Just four days after leading Holland to third place in the

World Cup Louis Van Gaal arrived at Manchester Airport this lorning

You could say he's hit the ground running because instead of taking

a well earned post World Cup holiday he went straight to work.

He met his assistant Ryan Ghggs and executive vice chairman

He's United's first manager from outside the British Isles btt when

you look at his record you see why fans have welcomed his appohntment?

Well his team Holland lost only on penalties in the World Ctp

As a club manager he's won the Champions League with Ajax as

well several league titles `nd cups with Barcelona and Bayern Mtnich.

The bookies, William Hill, has marked his arrival with this tulip

Van Gaal is will be presentdd to the world's media tomorrow

before jetting off for the club s pre`season tour of the USA.

He's got a month to prepare for the start of the Premier Le`gue

Now while Louis Van Gaal will have hundreds of millions

of pounds to rebuild United, spare a thought for Blackpool.

The Seasiders earned millions after promotion to the

But many supporters argue that Chairman Karl Oyston has invested

little of that in players, leaving new Manager Jose Riga with

just eight senior professionals in his squad.

Lamancha on Tuesday but will train here next week and the less

glamorous soprano sings of their complex. The club finds itsdlf in an

unprecedented situation. Around 30 players have left over the summer.

Right now, they have not evdn got a team. It is totally unheard of and

you hear all the rumours th`t the manager wants players but the

chairman won't find them. There was problems between the two. The

coaching staff haven't signdd contracts and you're letting the

better players go. It is an embarrassment. Four years ago,

Blackpool were promoted to the Premier League but it was a dark

dawn. Many managers have gone and they have drop `` and they dropped

it League 1 loomed before a win at Wigan in April. I accept sole of the

money will have gone on wagds but at the end of the day, what we

seeing is everything but thd football

If you can't get a team, yot might benefit of that money. This was

If you can't get a team, yot might as well say goodbye. They should get

a few more players. It it whll take a lot of players. They have hardly

got any. Are you worried? Yds. They say the match at Penrith will go

ahead. Lancashire and England bowldr James

Anderson has categorically denied he pushed and abused India all`rounder

Ravi Jadeja during the first Test. The incident is alleged to have

happened after the teams left the field for lunch on day two

of the match at Trent Bridgd. The 31`year`old has lodged

his own complaint against J`deja but if found guilty could mhss

the next four test matches. The players are around todax

and tomorrow. The phone is very busy

and there is a lot more traffic in and out of the clubhouse and lots

of phone calls and enquiries about Like no other week

for the last eight years? The club has 75 staff

and there are more than 1000 For all of them, this is a once in

a decade week which will hopefully And Bolton boxer Amir Khan has shown

just how quick he is by extinguishing eight candles with

a single punch. This footage was shot

at Manchester's Victoria Baths You are going to be golf tolorrow. I

am. Burton Manor in Cheshire is

an architectural gem. But for its owners,

cash strapped Liverpool Citx The Manor and the beautiful

Victorian gardens could be xours That's unless a team

of eager volunteers beat yot to it. Burton Manor, yours for offdrs

of around ?1.8 million until now the community has enjoyed access to

the grounds designed by North West It is important historicallx that

the Thomas Mawson garden is maintained

for all the public to see. We have coach trips, from all over

the country to see these gardens Most gardens have changed

completely but because of the financial constraints over the last

100 years, our gardens are lore or The volunteers came together

when this was a college and money They won grants and have restored

the kitchen gardens and outhouses, now home to artists

and a community cafe and shop. The people come here to look

after it and work for nothing. It is down to them how it looks

and if it wasn't for them, A developer could ask the friends to

leave and stop community access so the volunteers are working with a

company who would develop the Manor but allow them to manage part of

the gardens and the outbuildings. There are plans to add to this by

bringing a Post Office back into the village, there will be a restaurant

in the Manor if all goes well. It is nothing but a really good

plan, but there are other pdople interested and we will be interested

to know what they have in mhnd. The community bid will be

submitted in November. It is beautiful. I wish the

volunteers well. Let's have a look at the weather now. Will thdy be

nice and wall? Take some sunscreen and a parasol. It will be w`rm

tomorrow. It is a day of two halves. Tomorrow

is dry and sunny but it is very humid. You will have noticed that as

you have gone through the afternoon that it has felt very humid. We are

warning you again about our potential whether the Saturday. It

looks like this will be a dhfficult day for us. There is thunder storms

and localised flooding and there could be hailstones and just about

anything in this forecast. Here are the reasons why. This

up on Friday and we have sole thundery showers will stop keep your

eye on the forecast for det`ils of that. Any showers that were around

this afternoon are starting to fall away and are dying out. We will be

looking at cloud are light. There could be a pocket

of mist in places. Your temperatures are around 40 Celsius. For tomorrow,

a very nice day. Initially there could be some cloud cover. `` your

temperatures are around 14 Celsius. We have light winds and humhd air.

It is going to be a sticky afternoon. The exception might be on

parts of the Isle of Man whdre you will have a bit of coastal fog. It

will put a dampener on your day For most of us, it is very nice indeed.

In terms of temperatures, 2425. Friday, 27 or 28 in the fordcast.

You will not need your golf knitwear tomorrow. Pete is one that goes in

for the fluorescent sun block stripes. Thanks for watching. Have a

lovely evening.