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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Annabel Tiffin | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
An attack on a pensioner terminally ill with cancer is condemned | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
Shocking new figures show one in three children | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
Convicted of dangerous driving by his own head`cam video, | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
the biker who almost caused a head`on collision. | :00:19. | :00:50. | |
And the new film reveals the beauty of humble Middleton in Greater | :00:51. | :00:58. | |
Manchester. 69`year`old Jack Keppie | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
is terminally ill with cancer. But that didn't stop two thugs | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
beating him up to steal his wallet, leaving him | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
with suspected broken ribs. Today, Greater Manchester Police | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
condemned the attack as cowardly Visiting his local pub | :01:12. | :01:12. | |
in Denton had been one Here's our chief reporter, | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
Dave Guest. A pint at his local is | :01:16. | :01:28. | |
a simple pleasure for Jack Keppie, He knows his time is limited | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
so he intends to enjoy what time he This is his local ` | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
the Angel in Denton. Then on his way home he was | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
attacked by two thugs. Suddenly I was hit by two thugs, hit | :01:40. | :02:00. | |
on the back of the head, I fell to the ground, they started kicking me | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
and took my wallet, they took all the money out of it and threw the | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
wallet in my face in an aggressive manner. I ended up lying on | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
ground face down. That was it really. It is unlikely the thieves | :02:18. | :02:25. | |
would have known about Jack's terminal illness but it was easy for | :02:26. | :02:32. | |
them to see he was a Field guide who was not going to put up much of the | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
fight. They left him with suspected cracked ribs and run off that way. | :02:39. | :02:47. | |
They were in the 20s with local accents. One was wearing | :02:48. | :02:54. | |
tracksuit, the other a black tracksuit and both had the foods up. | :02:55. | :02:55. | |
His friends at the Angel are shocked and appalled by what's happened. | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
It is difficult what he is going to anyway, the pain with the cancer, | :03:03. | :03:11. | |
though he is going through the mental side of this as well. It is | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
hard. Understandably, Jack's now wary | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
about walking to the pub, but intends to use a taxi so he can | :03:22. | :03:23. | |
continue with his life while he can. A 57`year`old man's been arrested | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in a | :03:31. | :03:32. | |
back garden in Greater Manchester. Police went to to a house on Wigan | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
Road in Leigh this morning after a caller expressed concern for the | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
welfare of a woman living there. Officers say they're not looking | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
for anyone else CCTV has emerged | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
which shows how lucky a pedestrian was to avoid potentially fatal | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
injuries when a car sudddenly A traffic light on Ashton Road | :03:48. | :03:49. | |
prevented the vehicle ploughing She suffered a broken arm | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
in the accident last week. Cumbria police say more than 120 | :03:56. | :04:07. | |
sheep have been rustled from land above Windermere over | :04:08. | :04:09. | |
the last seven months. The farmer has lost 60 Charolais | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
Cross lambs and 67 Herdwick ewes and says they've been stolen in | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
small numbers on a frequent basis. They were taken from an open | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
fell above Troutbeck village A sculpture honouring the Liverpool | :04:22. | :04:30. | |
Pals is to be officially unveiled at Lime Street Station by Prince | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
Edward at the end of this month. The Pals were more than 6,000 men | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
who volunteered to fight in WWI. The sculpture has been funded | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
by public donations. A quarter of children starting | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
primary school in Blackpool And by the time they start secondary | :04:44. | :04:45. | |
school, a third of them are obese. The figures come | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
from a new report compiled by public health officials, who say part of | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
the problem is the large number of In a moment we'll be asking | :04:56. | :04:57. | |
the local council leader what's But first this report from | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
Yunus Mulla. As a parent, what could be better? | :05:05. | :05:22. | |
Seeing them burn off calories and staying healthy. I'll be better? | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
Seeing them burn off calories and staying healthy. While these they do | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
not choose what Peter, we choose what to get them. It is easier, fast | :05:34. | :05:42. | |
food, it is more available. They do not ask for salad and broccoli, the | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
one sausage and chips. It is more money cost you find difficult. It is | :05:50. | :06:00. | |
the cost of what to do. One in four schoolchildren are obese when they | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
arrive at reception, it is one in three by year six. We have fast`food | :06:05. | :06:16. | |
take`out at every corner providing unhealthy food. That is driving our | :06:17. | :06:24. | |
obesity crisis. Child obesity is part of the problem and although | :06:25. | :06:31. | |
advances have been made in areas such as substance abuse during | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
pregnancy, there is slower improvement than elsewhere in the | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
country. School breakfasts are one initiative. Will it make any real | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
difference? We have had suggested improvements in the past. Whether it | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
will really make an improvement is another matter. How long will the | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
improvements make? It will take five or ten years we are told. Earlier I | :07:02. | :07:13. | |
spoke to the reader and asked what he made of the findings of the | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
report. To see some of these things written down gives you cause for | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
reflection. The whole purpose of the report is to make us think | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
depth about what we are doing and whether we should be doing | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
some areas and less in others. It is thought`provoking. I battle it is, | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
one in three clinically obese by the time they leave primary school. | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
What, if anything, can the council do about that? I think our school | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
breakfast programme is having an impact. We are 18 months into that. | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
Giving children a healthy breakfast is part of it. It takes a had of | :07:58. | :08:07. | |
time to bed in. How much responsibility does the council | :08:08. | :08:15. | |
have? We can only do so much but I think it is important we take a | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
civic leadership role and we see macro that the health of Blackpool | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
residents is something we take responsibility for along with them, | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
the NHS, our schools and leisure centres. We have a powerful role to | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
play in highlighting the issues. Having a dialogue with the residents | :08:36. | :08:42. | |
and our partners in what we will do to tackle that. How much of the | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
problem do you think it is that there are an awful lot of people | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
ease in Blackpool? It is the place lots of visitors come to. It can be | :08:53. | :09:00. | |
hard to make the right choice, we are encouraging more quality food | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
providers into the town to extend the range that is available to | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
people. We wanted to be not all hotdogs and doughnuts, marvellous as | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
those things are! Thank you for joining us. | :09:16. | :09:16. | |
You may remember ealier this year we showed you dramatic video | :09:17. | :09:18. | |
of a motorbike crash that almost cost the rider and the driver | :09:19. | :09:21. | |
Jack Sanderson from Cheshire recorded the incident | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
on a camera fixed to his helmet and uploaded it onto YouTube. | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
It became an internet hit, but that wasn't the end of the matter. | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
Today Jack Sanderson found him self in court, | :09:31. | :09:32. | |
The boxed in new Road, a magnet for motor cyclists. In February Jack | :09:33. | :09:54. | |
Sanderson went for a ride that should have cost him his life. After | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
crashing through a stone wall he was thrown from the bike but survived | :10:02. | :10:07. | |
unharmed. The video, recorded on a camera on his helmet, became an | :10:08. | :10:14. | |
Internet hit. In April he went to see what was left off his bike. | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
told us he had learned his lesson and he hoped that would be the end | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
of it but it was not. After our programme police officers paid | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
him a visit. Today, Jack Sanderson found himself at the magistrates | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
courts `` caught on a charge of dangerous driving. He pleaded not | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
guilty. He said he was in full control until he hit the fence. He | :10:40. | :10:47. | |
drove into the fence to avoid a collision. The driver of the | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
oncoming vehicle had a statement read to the court. He had turned to | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
his wife and said he thought he may be dead. The passenger said she | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
could see his face and lies. They pulled over and run back to the | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
scene of the incident Sanderson sitting there with his | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
friends and he apologised to them. He admitted he had never read the | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
Highway code and he will be sentenced next week. He also faces a | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
claim for compensation from the farmer who wants more than ?1000 to | :11:30. | :11:32. | |
appear his wall. Dramatic pictures. It's emerged today that many | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
of the North West's trains could soon be run by state`owned French, | :11:37. | :11:38. | |
German or Dutch companies. Six firms, four of them European, | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
were today shortlisted for two franchises connecting towns | :11:42. | :11:43. | |
and cities throughout the North. The news comes as unions organised | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
protests in the North West against There was a protest outside line | :11:47. | :12:08. | |
Street station today about increased prices. | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
We'll be talking to the rail union, the RMT, in a moment, but first | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
Today protesters where saying no to an increase. To have affordable | :12:16. | :12:29. | |
public transport in our make sure people can get to work and | :12:30. | :12:39. | |
college. It is not just the fears they are protesting about, the two | :12:40. | :12:50. | |
services are run as franchises and plans for the new ones will increase | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
fears, cut services and reduce ticket office hours. The plans also | :12:57. | :13:02. | |
look at more frequent services on busier routes. These are the six | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
that are fighting for the franchises. Among them those who | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
make up Northern rail. We desperately need investment in new | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
rolling stock, better services, improved stations. The Department | :13:20. | :13:27. | |
for transport says train services in the North are expensive, costing the | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
taxpayer serious money. The subsidy per passenger is among the highest | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
in the country. With passenger numbers across the North rising and | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
no increase in subsidies, whoever wins has a difficult journey ahead. | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
Earlier I spoke to Craig Johnson, the regional organiser of the Rail, | :13:47. | :13:48. | |
I asked him why he was concerned about the franchise process. | :13:49. | :13:58. | |
First of all, we are remapping the veil wheeze of the North of England | :13:59. | :14:08. | |
saw Trans Pennine services will be lost. We are likely to get less safe | :14:09. | :14:16. | |
and less well`trained staff on trains, they are going to bring in | :14:17. | :14:22. | |
driver only operated trains. There will be reductions in opening hours | :14:23. | :14:29. | |
of ticket offices and reductions in those who stay open. There will be a | :14:30. | :14:37. | |
hike on fears, it is bad news on every front. The government say they | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
will not take cards off of dreams and the stations they will close are | :14:44. | :14:49. | |
used by only a handful of people each week. Taxpayers are helping to | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
subsidise railways as much as they are at the moment so anything which | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
makes them more efficient has got to be a good thing? It is extraordinary | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
that today we have heard that the three potential figures are from the | :15:07. | :15:14. | |
French national state railways, the German and Dutch national state | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
railways. It seems they are quite happy to see foreign state companies | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
run our nationalised railway. But if it is going to make our service as | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
good as those on the continent, why is that bad? I do not think it will | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
be good. The investment issue, the taxpayers money, I agree there is a | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
tremendous waste in the rail network, we are being three or four | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
times more than privatised railways than beware for nationalised British | :15:49. | :15:57. | |
rail. There is a message in there. Still to come. Addicts at a woman's | :15:58. | :16:07. | |
present help the governor how difficult it is to stop taking | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
drugs. Promising not to use on the day we got out it was straight back | :16:16. | :16:24. | |
to the drugs. And the new film made by an award`winning photographer. | :16:25. | :16:42. | |
Well over half of women offenders have used hard | :16:43. | :16:44. | |
Some may beat their drug and alcohol addiction whilst | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
in prison but all too often lapse when they leave A new project | :16:49. | :16:51. | |
in the North West aims to end the cycle of addiction and offending. | :16:52. | :16:54. | |
Women at Styal prison are being offered | :16:55. | :16:56. | |
intensive support while they're serving time, and will then be given | :16:57. | :16:58. | |
This is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit but | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
Today the imamates told politicians of their battle with addiction | :17:04. | :17:06. | |
The unit gives women intensive support and as part | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
of a new approach to recovery they'll receive that same support | :17:11. | :17:12. | |
when they leave and it's leaving prison which Kerry fears. | :17:13. | :17:14. | |
The scheme is being piloted in the North West | :17:15. | :17:17. | |
and the government believes it will ultimately save them money. | :17:18. | :17:19. | |
If the project is successful it could be taken up throughout | :17:20. | :17:21. | |
It is easy to stay drug`free in prison but once you get out, you | :17:22. | :17:39. | |
have got to face everything you have left behind. Bumping into people who | :17:40. | :17:48. | |
you used to buy drugs off of, it is very easy to fall back down. What | :17:49. | :17:56. | |
help will she get when she leaves prison? He/she will be met at the | :17:57. | :17:58. | |
gate, taken to a safe place by negotiation. The support she will | :17:59. | :18:09. | |
have from the support community will also include people she has worked | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
with in here. They believe this will ultimately save money. If they can | :18:16. | :18:23. | |
cope with the addiction, get back to work and contribute to peeing taxis, | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
it is a win `win situation for everyone. Despite those attempts to | :18:30. | :18:41. | |
help the women prisoners, some believe the jail should be closed | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
down, like all women's presents. I asked why. If you change people's | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
lives by getting them to be law`abiding working in the two | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
unity, that is especially true of women, they commit fewer crimes than | :19:01. | :19:08. | |
men and different kinds to men. In this prison in particular most of | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
the women are either on remand or awaiting trial, they have not | :19:15. | :19:17. | |
convicted yet, or they have committed my old crimes which could | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
be dealt with within the community. It is a waste of money. Some say to | :19:23. | :19:29. | |
do it in the community is much more intensive, it takes money and | :19:30. | :19:35. | |
investment. It is much cheaper in the long`term and more effective if | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
done in the community. I am pleased Simon Hughes is visiting a woman's | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
centre, that is helpful in turning the lives around, dealing with the | :19:48. | :19:56. | |
problems that have caused this in the first place, whether being | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
addicted or some other related crime. We know that many women | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
return to prison afterwards because the current situation does not solve | :20:07. | :20:13. | |
the problems. There are some who have committed Jenas crimes and | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
should be locked up. There are around 100 perhaps. Keenness crimes. | :20:20. | :20:33. | |
Small units have been suggested, independent ones, they could deal | :20:34. | :20:40. | |
with the very few women who have committed serious offences. The vast | :20:41. | :20:45. | |
in the community, change the lives in the community which would be a | :20:46. | :20:54. | |
great crime register and save a lot of money for the community. Sport | :20:55. | :21:05. | |
now. The clarets took the lead at Turf Moor against Chelsea thanks to | :21:06. | :21:11. | |
this volley. Diego Costa equalised for the visitors a short time later | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
and further goals secured three points for Chelsea. That is the real | :21:18. | :21:26. | |
top end of the business we are in, in the Premier league. We have not | :21:27. | :21:33. | |
been defeated and have to be realistic. We do not enjoy losing | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
enjoyed the fact we got through that game and will move forward. I think | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
he lost his voice during the game last night! He will get his own back | :21:46. | :21:53. | |
against Rosie Modine you'll later in the season, I am sure. Now a video | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
to make people fall in love with Middleton has gone on the intranet. | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
Rochdale Borough Council commissioned it and hope it will | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
encourage people to visit the area's most famous buildings during | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
September when they will be open to the public for free. Middleton as | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
you have never seen it before. This five`minute film is a series of | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
time`lapse sequences to showcase the town's most interesting buildings. | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
It used 15,000 stills, what is its creator trying to achieve? It is to | :22:35. | :22:43. | |
jar of the senses and make people look again at our heritage. It is a | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
fragile thing, it takes a lot of money and volunteers. This is the | :22:50. | :22:58. | |
first art nouveau charge. It is about the new as well as the old. | :22:59. | :23:08. | |
There are different periods and styles represented, from medieval | :23:09. | :23:12. | |
times until the Industrial Revolution. That is unique. The | :23:13. | :23:22. | |
Borough Council commissioned the film using money from the Heritage | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
Lottery Fund. If its aim is to encourage visitors and residents to | :23:27. | :23:33. | |
fall in love with the ADF, has it worked? It is clearly recognisable | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
it looks so good. A lot of people these days out on the intranet but | :23:39. | :23:46. | |
do not go out. This film shows them and gives the idea there is | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
something in Middleton. It is an example of what we have got and I do | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
not think local people appreciate it. The film`maker wanted to show | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
the beauty of this town and asked if we all take where we live for | :24:01. | :24:10. | |
granted. If they are free to go in there is nothing to lose. We all | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
live in towns which have beautiful buildings but we just do not see | :24:17. | :24:18. | |
them. Look up above the shop fronts. Looking up to date we would have | :24:19. | :24:29. | |
seen a lot of sunshine. Yes. Funny and Chile. That is the same forecast | :24:30. | :24:38. | |
for tomorrow. Things do not really changed too much heading through the | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
next 12 to 24 hours. We will keep that cool theme. Tomorrow is not too | :24:43. | :24:50. | |
bad. Thursday sees an area of weather which will bring some rain. | :24:51. | :24:57. | |
On Friday things will settle again and it is largely drive. That day | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
does not look too bad, it is just the feel of the weather. This | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
afternoon temperatures have been around 16 degrees. The showers from | :25:08. | :25:14. | |
first thing this morning died away through the afternoon. There has | :25:15. | :25:18. | |
been plenty of sunshine around. The sun at this time of year this is | :25:19. | :25:28. | |
picture right now. A evening in store with pretty decent spells of | :25:29. | :25:37. | |
sunshine for most. Tonight it will be mostly settled and clear. For | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
towns and cities we are still talking nine, ten and 11 degrees. It | :25:44. | :25:51. | |
will be nippy first thing tomorrow morning. There will be a line of | :25:52. | :25:58. | |
showers early on at these will move through relatively quickly. Northern | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
parts will have the best weather from the start. The cloud will break | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
up and move away and then an awful lot of sunshine around from | :26:09. | :26:17. | |
mid`morning. The wind not so strong. Any showers which turn up | :26:18. | :26:21. | |
could be slow`moving. There will hardly be any at all sort not a bad | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
afternoon. Temperatures significant, 14 to 16 degrees. After | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
that another chilly night in store initially backed the cloud will | :26:33. | :26:42. | |
start to roll back on N. That will roll towards us as we go back into | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
Thursday. One to showers on Friday and Saturday but a lot of dry and | :26:48. | :26:56. | |
bright weather. Thank you. We have had quite a few tweets about our | :26:57. | :27:04. | |
item on Child obesity. Most say it is unfair to blame the takeaway is. | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
One man says the patents should be blamed, he should be responsible for | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
making sure children eat sensibly and exercise. A lady says childhood | :27:15. | :27:20. | |
obesity is the fault of the parents. Outside factors are blamed too much. | :27:21. | :27:29. | |
Someone else says you cannot blame the takeaway is, every town and city | :27:30. | :27:37. | |
has then, it must be the parents. Another person says it is down to | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
poverty, cheaper foods are full of fat and sugar. That is all for now. | :27:42. | :27:45. | |
Good evening. | :27:46. | :27:50. |