11/09/2014 North West Tonight

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is Good evening. Welcome to North West

Tonight with Annabel Tiffin... Police launch

an international manhunt for Give yourself up or we will arrest

you wherever you are, and that may mean spending some time in ` foreign

jail. Michael Donnelly is linked to

a million`pound drugs operation 25 years on, a memorial service

for Ray Codling, the police officer Ella fractured her skull

in a Stockport playground. Now the council's accused of

ignoring earlier safety warnings. And the BBC's Antiques road show is

filming in Liverpool. A letter from Birkenhead shipping magnate is among

the items up for evaluation. Also tonight, Jayne McCubbin is at a

party to celebrate a thousand heart and lung transplants `t

Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester. Natalie would not be here whthout

the fantastic team at Wythenshawe, nor would Laurie. None of you would

without the brilliant transport team... Transplant team! Thdy are

having a party to celebrate the 1000th transplant. Join us later, it

is going to be emotional. An international manhunt is

underway tonight for a suspdcted Police say Michael Donnelly,

who's linked to a million`pound conspiracy,

has fled to South Africa. Now a team

of specialist officers is working to track him down, and an extr`dition

request is being processed. For months he was under

surveillance. Now, though, he is thought to be out of the cotntry.

Michael Donnelly is suspect it of flooding the North West with Class A

drugs. It is quite simple, Lichael, we will find you. We have a 100

record of finding fugitives and you can either give yourself up or we

will arrest you wherever yot are, which might mean spending some time

in a foreign jail. It was this time last year when Michael Donndlly left

the UK, flying out of Manchdster airport. At that point he w`s not

officially wanted, there was no warrant out for him, but he knew

police would be coming for him sooner or later because detdctives

had just seized two kilos of cocaine. Police think those drugs

are linked to Donnelly, and with the trial of seven other men concluded

they are focusing on their outstanding suspect. He flew to

Dubai and then South Africa and police think he is still in Cape

Town. Increasingly it is not mar Bayer attracting those on the run

but harder to reach places. `` Marbella. People assume that if you

have in the poll on your tr`il you will be found. The reality hs that

somebody in Europe will probably be found but it is not so easy with

countries far away. With Manchester police working alongside officials

and South Africa, they say he might be out of sight but he is not of

their radar. `` off . Like most children, Ella Reger loved

going to her local playground. But two years ago the seven`year`old

from Stockport fell from thd top of a slide onto hard tarmac

and was rushed to hospital. Today an independent report said

Stockport Council ignored rdpeated safety warnings

about the playground and thd slide. The authority recently removed

potentially dangerous equiplent from 16 playgrounds in the wake of

Ella's accident. Ella Reger now has a park

in her own back garden. Her mum Rebecca can't face taking

her back to a council playground. This was Ella

in hospital two years ago, `fter She still suffers headaches

and sleep problems. A fractured skull and leading to the

brain, she was being sick everywhere. It was not our little

girl lying there, she was vdry scared and did not know what was

happening. I was sick all the way to the hospital and we had to go all

the way to Manchester Children's Hospital.

A report by a specialist in playground safety has now found ..

That an inspector had warned hand rails and barriers

That safety inspections from 2009 onwards warned thdre was

a significant risk of injury to children.

And that reports dating back to 2008 recommended safety flooring.

Why didn't they find the money sooner? They find it for spded bumps

and all kinds of things. It is a children's Park, it is supposed to

be safe for them. The council say they can't comment

but it has removed play equhpment from 16 parks across the borough. I

think it was Clarendon Road Park,

where Ella was injured, was also Some local people

have blamed Rebecca. But she's now raised nearly

?12,000 to refurbush it. Rebecca says suing the council is

about safety, not money. overreacting. Put yourself hn my

position, you would do anything to protect your children, and H would

do anything to protect other people's children as well bdcause I

don't want anybody to go through what we have had to go throtgh.

A Manchester teenager who brutally killed a man

Has been jailed for a minimtm of five years.

Tinika Campbell, who's 19, was sectioned

after the attack on Khalid Kassian Hassan in August 2012.

She was with a pit`bull typd dog when officers found Mr Hass`n's

A postmorten examination fotnd that he died from multiple injurhes

Thieves have stolen a specially`adapted bicycle from

an athlete with cerebral palsy who's training for the Paralympics in Rio.

Eleni Papadopoulos feared she was about to have an epileptic seizure

last night, so she left the bike, worth ?1500, locked up outshde

When she returned this mornhng, the Scott Speedster, like

I'm a disabled athlete who trains on my bike as well as using it to

I use it to go to uni, to help me travel, and without

my bike I've lost my independence and I can't do those things.

If you have taken it, I really hope you have some conscience in

your heart to return it to le, and that would mean the world to me

The UK Independence Party h`s chosen its candidate to fight

the Heywood and Middleton by`election in Greater Manchester

John Bickley stood in the Wythenshawe and Sale East

by`election for UKIP, when they came second.

The vacancy has arisen after the death of

the Labour MP Jim Dobbin, at the weekend.

A memorial service commemor`ting the 25th anniversary of the murder of a

Greater Manchester police inspector has been held in Rochdale.

Ray Codling was shot dead by convicted armed robber

He was killed while on routhne patrol at Birch Services on the M62.

Among those attending the sdrvice today were his widow and former

officers. LAST POST.

A moving tribute 25 years after Officer Ray Codling w`s killed

His granddaughters never met their grandfather

but the service was as moving for them as it was for his widow.

It was really emotional, really nice.

I think he would have appreciated it.

He will know they haven't forgotten him.

Inspector Ray Codling was attending Birch Services as part

He stopped a motorcyclist who had been acting suspiciouslx.

It was Anthony Hughes, a convicted armed robber who went on to shoot

His partner, Sergeant James Bowden, was also badly injured

Hughes then fled to Yorkshire, where he turned the gun on himself.

Today's memorial service brought back painful memories

of the day Linda was told of her husband's death.

As soon as he opened his motth, really, you realise.

And just the end of the world really.

Retired officer John Bamford helped organise the day's event

He was on duty the day after the tragedy.

There were grown men in tears, the shock of what had happened to

He was such a well`respected colleague and for that to h`ppen

Two years after the officer's death, this

Thousands of motorists pass by this every day

but today was an opportunitx to remember, a quarter of a century on,

The environment agency is considering criminal proceedings

against the owners of the w`ste tip. The ageing `` the agency saxs they

have failed to and obey an order to remove the pile of rubbish.

Locally this site has been nicknamed the Ardwick Alps.

This site recycles waste from demolition sites.

It's metres away from peopld's homes. Some residents have been

the wall of waste to be redtced for the past five years.

The people living on the front, noise is an issue for them, because

they begin running the plant at an early hour. For the rest of us, dust

is an issue. If we leave it, the area is at risk of deterior`ting

again. Today the company told me it

operated within strict guiddlines and had lowered the waste hdight in

places. They also said they spray I have only been here a couple of

hours and there is constant noise coming from the site. You c`n also

taste the dust at the back of your throat. It is not just the

demolition waste the residents are complaining about. Take a look at

this. The environment agencx have served and enforcement notice on the

company that run the tip. When a planning application

for a third recycling centrd was submitted,

residents said enough is enough They fought it and today Manchester

City council refused permission It is really good that the residents

have had their wishes and the site has been refused. It has bedn a long

campaign and what is really important is that we get solething

for the site because it is `n absolute mess at the moment.

A small victory perhaps but residents say they won't be

happy until the rubbish thex look out on is hidden from view.

Imagine going to bed every night in an oxygen mask.

Imagine not having the strength to walk or talk.

Well, that was the plight of Laurie Pope, who right now hs guest

of honour at a special partx thrown by Wythenshawe Hospital.

And, Jayne, this is to celebrate the 1,000th transplant which has

Laurie, how close were you to death before you came to Wythensh`we? Two,

three months. Professor, yot are here to celebrate your amazhng

success story. The transplantation of the human

heart captured the imaginathon of the world.

In the late '60s it was breakthrough science.

More lives than ever before are being saved.

Right now there are 253 pathents on the heart transplant list.

There have only been 69 donors this year.

274 people are waiting for a lung transplant.

So far this year there have been only 73 donors.

Wythenshawe is one of just five hospitals in the UK providing

life`saving heart and lung transplants.

They've come a long way since their first operation back hn 1 87.

They were the first in Europe to carry out a double lung transplant.

Since then their surgeons have tried to extend

1,000 families whose lives have been touched by their expertise

Some amazing stories here tonight. Laurie, when you got the call saying

that the hospital had lungs for you, it was not the first, was it? I

had had 14. My final call w`s the 15th. What a roller`coaster, and you

were on death 's door. What did it `` how did it feel when you got the

15th? I had had so many false calls I thought I would be let down again.

When they picked me up, the coordinator told me it was going

ahead, I was like, what? ! How do you feel now? Great. You ard here to

say thanks to the team. Ill, you had a heart transplant seven ye`rs ago.

You want to say thanks to the donor, don't you. What do you know about

them? It was a man of 42 ye`rs of age. I have written to the family

expressing my gratitude. Words really can't express the gr`titude I

feel because I simply would not be alive had it not been for them. At

the moment their world fell apart they made the monumental decision to

allow their loved one's org`ns to be donated. Bill now spends a lot of

his time getting more peopld onto the donor list. Professor, how far

have things come in the 25 xears you have been here? 1000 transplants in

27 years. It does not sound like a lot, is it because of the l`ck of

Oregon's? You are right, but we are grateful to the people that do

donate. The donation rate is increasing, the last year wd have

had 60, compared to 30 in 1887. I expect the next 1000 will bd done in

half the time. We have 15 sdconds left. Brandon, how poorly w`s your

mum? Very poorly. I felt very sad. How is she now? She is very well. A

very happy chap here. A lot of party going `` partying going on here

Back to you in Salford. The Colombian striker Radamdl Falcao

has described his move to Falcao has signed on loan

until the end of the season. This afternoon,

he was introduced to the media with Daley Blind, who's signed from Ajax

for 13.8 million pounds. So, has United's long tradition

of producing home grown taldnt come Not according to the manager,

as Stuart Flinders reports. These are the players United hopes

will help them to a top thrde finish this year. Dutchman Blind played for

Louis van Gaal at the finals. I am happy to work again with thd coach.

I have learnt a lot from hil and I hope I learn more. But it is Falcao

who promises the real excitdment. On loan from Monaco, he is costing an

estimated ?265,000 a week. H am very happy to be here, it is a bhg

challenge for me and my carder. I always dream the to be in a club

like Manchester United. `` dreams are `` dreamt. Manchester United are

used to players who bring a bit of glamour `` glamour. Falcao hs

married to Argentinian singdr Lorelei Taron. But United h`ve also

had one home`grown player in their squad since 1937. The departure of

Danny Welbeck has prompted some soul`searching. Manchester Tnited

has a strong tradition of ddveloping its own players. Does that balance

have to change in the modern game? I am always willing to give young

players a chance but they h`ve to take the chance. The possibhlity is

there. The youngsters have to know that. I believe that Manchester

United has come to me because of that. The new recruits could be in

action against QPR on Sundax. Life is less exciting

at cricket's Old Trafford, with Lancashire looking dooled to

relegation from Division Ond The victory they need over Sussex to

realistically keep any slim survival hopes alive looks very unlikely

at the end of day three. It's been a disappointing sdason

all round for the club, who also He was forced to retire last

week because of a back injury. The news was a shock to all

concerned, so Stuart Pollitt went to see how the 31`year`old

is dealing with the news. Retirement can be lonely. As his

team`mates play at Sussex, Kyle Hogg is trying to get used to life after

cricket. The specialist bashcally said, if you want to be abld to walk

in the next couple of years and have a good life, the best idea hs to

hang up your bowling boots. Those boots rolled him more than 280

wickets in more than a decade at Lancashire. My mum passed away last

week. As weeks go, it is not going to get harder, but I just think what

is the point of feeling sorry for yourself? I am young and he`lthy.

Keil signed at the same timd as Jimmy Anderson. `` Kyle Hogg. Lead

`` leaving his team`mates bdhind will be difficult. When it gets

taken away people can find ht very difficult. There are provishons for

players to take retirement. They are urged to do work experience during

their career. During the winter months they get more than h`lf a day

her week free time, and the players who have used that wisely h`ve the

best opportunity of stepping into something when they move on. Kyle

Hogg is the third generation of his family who played for the shde. In

2011 he did something that neither of the other two could do, helping

Lancashire win the County championship. You look at some of

the great names who played for this club and they never did it, so I

will look back and nobody c`n take that away from me. Now he hopes to

take his medals into a coaching career as he heads to wards life

beyond the boundary. Apologies if the Lancashire score

was in the wrong column durhng that report.

It's 80 years since the Livdrpool to Birkenhead tunnel opened.

Back then you used to get thckets to travel under the Mersey.

So if you had a ticket from 193 , I wonder how much it would be worth.

Well, the tickets are among the items taken

for valuation at the BBC's @ntiques Roadshow, which has been filming its

Here's our Merseyside Reporter, Andy Gill.

They were queueing earlier `t the crypt of Liverpool's Catholhc

Cathedral. I got here soon `fter seven. A thank you letter from Abe

Birkenhead ship elder was along the items brought for analysis. He left

Camelot and became the first MP for Birkenhead. It is him thankhng

everybody who voted for him. It has been in our family for I don't know

how long. Tickets from the xear the Birkenhead tunnel opened.

Are they from the opening d`y? Unfortunately not, but they are

still quite rare, I think. It is the road show's 37th xear

Presenter Fiona Bruce is a relative newcomer, with seven series under

her belt. My job is to find stories that are not about objects of good

value, I am not an expert, but have a tremendous story attached. Those

are the things I look for lhke heat`seeking missile as people come

along! At first sight it looks like we have in the inversions of English

Victorian marks. What is in the bag, is it going to be a 17th`century

embroidery, a love letter from John Lennon, a broken glass ashtray? Of

course, what we are not allowed to do at this stage is reveal whether

any thing here is worth loads of money. The new series starts this

Sunday evening on BBC One. You can see more of and the's

interview with Fiona Bruce hf you go online. `` Andy's interview.

One viewer said we should h`ve had Dianne valued, I think they would

have found her priceless. Over the next couple of days it

continues to be fine and drx but it is all about cloud amounts. The high

pressure is influencing us tntil Tuesday, after which it will wane a

bit. Today was not as good `s yesterday and if you look at the

live picture it is fairly grey many places. The Isle of Man had a

wonderful day today but through the night any places that do have clear

whether we'll see the temperatures fall down. Before midnight lany

places have quite a few hours of clear sky, and after midnight more

cloud pushes in from the Pennines, breaking up now and then. Rory Lee

it will be five or 6 degrees, ten or 11 in the cities. `` in rur`l areas

it will be five or 6 degrees. As we go through the morning the skies

will then and break `` the clouds will become thinner and bre`k. The

Isle of Man should be where you see the best of the sunshine. In terms

of wind direction, from the south`east and less than ten miles

prow for all of us. Temperatures of 17 or 19 at the highest.

Dianne will be back with me at 10:30pm. Have a good evening.