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Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson, and Annabel Tiffin.

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Eyewitnesses claim a Wigan lan was beaten to death by police in Ibiza.

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They've used excessive forcd and is that what's killed hhm?

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And if that is the case, I need to find that out.

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Spanish police deny the allegations and say Lukd Rhoden

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Also tonight, a shortage of dentists in Lancashire leaves patients with

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I'm in Heysham in Lancashird where we have been told this nucldar power

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station could be shut until December. So what does that mean for

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our energy supplies? A father is demanding answers

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after his son died while Luke Rhoden, who used to pl`y

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rugby league for Wigan, is said But today people who claim to be

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eyewitnesses say Luke was, hn fact, beaten to death

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by Spanish police officers. The police in Spain

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say that's not true. Stuart Flinders has been

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to meet Luke's father. This video is said to show Spanish

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police officers wrestling whth Some say the officers went too

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far and beat him to death. Luke Rhoden, 25 years old,

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was in Ibiza on a friend's stag do. A promotional video for

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the hotel he was staying at makes it clear it's for young holidaxmakers

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out to have a good time. On Tuesday night, Luke, beh`ving

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erratically according to sole, But since then a flood

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of allegations on Twitter and Facebook has raised questions

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about exactly what happened. One woman,

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claiming to be an eyewitness, says: I'm not disagreeing, he may have

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been erratic. We know he julped off the balcony. But still, what force

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have they used to subdue my concern, that's what I nded to

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get to the bottom of. A website video reporter in his

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spare time, Luke Rhoden was keen on When he was younger he

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the Academy at Wigan Warriors. When he was younger he playdd rugby

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league at a very high level. People in rugby league world, people like

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Sam Tomkins, he played with through his youth right up tntil

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Academy level at Wigan. from it. The club have exprdssed

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their shock at the news. took to the field. So, what did

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happen? We spoke to the ambulance but he later died of a

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heart that he had that cardiac arrest I

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need to find out. is one of the very few in the city

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taking on NHS patients. But obviously, it hits the poordr people

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harder, Upper right, eight. In nearby

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Kendall, contracts. Typical contracts for NHS

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dentistry are The families of 94 adults whth

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severe disabilities in Salford have been given a week to appeal against

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Salford City Council's decision to The council wants to stop stbsidised

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travel in order to save ?600,00 a A judge will consider

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the matter further next week. A consultation starts today

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into plans to build a tunnel carrying high volt`ge

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cables under Morecambe Bay. 50m`high pylons would also be built

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through the Lake District to link a new power station near Sellafield

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to the National Grid. Local MP John Woodcock

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is opposing the plans. prevent abuse. It follows the

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scandal in Rotherham which saw an estimated 1400 girls actually

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exploded a basic senior perhod. And the actor Tony Robinson,

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best known for playing Baldrick in the series Blackadder,

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is in Liverpool today. He's promoting the use of

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World War One archives We're looking at the hundredth

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anniversary of the First World War in particular the contributhon that

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the people of Liverpool madd, the King's Regiment is legendary, it

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got six VCs just that one rdgiment. Cheshire Police has had to

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re`examine close to a hundred allegations of rape,

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after concerns were raised about the way in which it ddalt with

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a number of cases. A report found that

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the force had dismissed a ntmber Today, Rape Crisis workers told this

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programme the problem is not isolated to

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Cheshire, but every police force. It comes as a second critic`l report

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from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabularies said too lany

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crimes in Cheshire are not being Imagine calling the police to report

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a rape. Imagine being told, before an investigation has even bdgun

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that no crime has been commhtted. It is almost as traumatic as the

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incident itself. For some pdople takes them such a lot to be able to

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come in someone else and tell thdm what

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has gone on. This report saxs there a sample of 30 rape allegathons It

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found 14 were based on the opinion of offhcers,

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not on facts. It is not up to them for all forces. `` isolated too

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Especially that Cheshire police is one of the

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most that we were not going to c`rry a

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crime of rape as the had been no crime, as rapes, they

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were concerned about has changed over time and wd do

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everything that we can to kdep up to crime recording standard as to

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whether a crime is recorded or not. recording, problems with deployment.

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How can people watching Here's our Environment

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Correspondent Judy Hobson. investigated. So why the delay in

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getting designed to do that and has done so

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very well over many years. when the weather turns cold.

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Lucky it has warmed up a little bit! That's all I can say.

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isn't it, this is your whold life? With the Fire Service knockhng

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on doors in the neighbourhood and fitting smoke alarms, it's

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the response from the neighbours One has given Sean a bed

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and many more promising to get him It is fantastic that strangdrs,

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people you don't know, you see them walking round the town and that and

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they are like, hang on a minute We are a little town

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and let's just show what we can do. It's really good,

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it's quite unusual as well, what Hopefully they've got quite a lot

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of volunteers, so just waiting for the last bits

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and pieces to come in place. With the theory that many h`nds make

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light work, they know While there is still much to be

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done, they hope with generosity and community spirit,

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they can give Sean his home back. Claire Fallon,

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BBC North West Tonight, Darwen. A fortnight today, voters in

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Scotland will be deciding But the result of the indepdndence

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referendum will profoundly `ffect A large number of Scots livhng

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in the Northwest feel shut out While many people may feel

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it's not much to do with thdm. Our political editor Arif Ansari

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reports. Scotland may be heading tow`rds

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independence but many Scots are For decades it's been

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a traditional summer destin`tion. John Grierson moved

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here 15 years ago. I'm Scottish, proud to still be

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Scottish, but they've given people up in Scotland who have onlx lived

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there six months, I think I should be entitled to

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a vote, because I intend to hopefully retire back to Scotland

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at some stage, where my famhly are. But some of his Scottish gudsts will

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be voting, and voting yes to If you're a Scotsman

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and you've got Scottish blood running through your veins, you ve

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got to vote yes for independence. The Queen visited Dunsop Brhdge

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in Lancashire eight years ago, a village

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of geographical significancd. So, according to one measurd

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at least, I'm stood But if you take Scotland aw`y,

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what makes Dunsop Bridge spdcial In fact, Scottish independence would

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fundamentally change the political, economic and cultural life

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of the entire Northwest. What it does is break up thd

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United Kingdom, which is thd state It'll mean we live in

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a very different state in ftture. I'll be faced with a question

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of what kind of passport will I want, a UK passport or a Scottish

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passport, presumably? A lot of people are still to

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see that wider significance. Do you think the Northwest

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as a whole would change as well No.

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No. We'll remain the same,

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I don't think Scotland infltences A lot

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of these big companies would have to The decision hangs in the ahr

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but when Scottish voters swoop in a fortnight, they will bd

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deciding your future too. Interesting, it will have an

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influence one way or another. 1 th of the month is polling day.

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Super League now and St Heldns have the chance to finish on top

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of the table if they avoid defeat against Warrington Wolves.

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It would mean Saints picking up the League Leaders' Shield

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Once the regular season is over of course, attention turns to

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the play`offs and the big prize on offer, the

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But there are a few scores to be settled before then.

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Richard Askam is at Langtred Park for us.

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Richard, the Wolves would love nothing better than to spoil Saints'

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You are absolutely right. The Saint Helen 's fans will be packed into

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the stands over full by kick`off, hoping thdy can

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clinch the shield real business will start in a few

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moments time. player's perspective on the league

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leaders shield, finishing certainly see value in it and it

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should club, the league leaders shheld has

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huge enough experience in the te`m to be

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able to do that, we close is the club to getting back to

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those glory days? We guys like myself. Certainly not you.

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Good It's more than 80 years since

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Ken Dodd started school herd curriculum. `` they can then use in

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school. We used to We asked the children what

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they think of the makeover. He is very funny, doing really well

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for his age, he looks reallx well. Andy Gill, BBC North West Tonight,

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Knotty Ash.

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