29/12/2016 North West Tonight

The lead author of the influential Hillsborough Independent Panel

report says he has refused a New Year's Honour.

Professor Phil Scraton says he has rejected an OBE

because of the failure of successive Governments to help Hillsborough

In a statement, the author and academic says he realises it may

Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a father of two

in Liverpool earlier this year have arrested a man on

Mark Hillman was found with gunshot wounds on Lloyd Close

A 22-year-old man from Kirkby is being questioned

by officers from the force's Serious Organised Crime unit.

A 34-year-old woman has been charged with murder after the death

of a 29-year-old man at a house in St Helens earlier this week.

Police were called to the address on Cross Farm Road at twenty past

Mireslaw Kowalczuk died in an ambulance en route to hospital.

A postmortem examination found Mr Kowalczuk was killed by a single

Karolina Rutkowska of Cross Farm Road will appear before

BAE Systems says it plans to take on over 550 apprentices next year.

300 will work on the two submarine programmes at Barrow-in-Furness.

The defence giant's building new Dreadnought class

and maintaining four Astute class submarines.

Greater Manchester Police have held an event to improve

the safety of horse riders on the region's roads.

Riders and motorists were given advice and a tour of the force's

mounted unit to encourage them to share the roads responsibly.

It was organised following a rise in the number of road accidents

Horses, riders are being put in dangerous situations.

Sometimes through their own fault, so that's why we

are here, to educate riders and make sure they are looking after

themselves and putting themselves in the right position

and doing the right things, but also for motorists.

Football now and Morecambe manager Jim Bentley has confirmed

that the club is under a transfer embargo.

It follows a period of great uncertainty behind the scenes

at the Globe Arena since the takeover in September by

Last week, directors at the club criticised Mr Lemos for failing

In the Christmas holidays it's more important than ever to help young

Wigan Youth Zone takes over when schools close aiming

to provide somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk

to and is making a huge impact on the young members

To me, the Youth Zone means a family and somewhere to go.

A place where people can be free and make friends

Since he became one of the 6000 members of Wigan Youth Zone,

he's throwing himself into the centre's enterprise group,

set up two small businesses and found the confidence

For Sean, inspiration came in the centre's

The 19-year-old was struggling with a variety of problems

Since coming here, I've come out of my shell a bit.

I started writing new songs, on two songs which I filmed music

videos for and have been put up on the Wigan Youth

Sport plays a central role in Wigan Youth Zone, too.

There's a gym equipped with kit from the London

2012 athlete's village, a sports hall which hosts

all sorts of activities, a climbing wall, a boxing gym,

Once local athlete Jenny Meadows retired from competing,

It's ready important that we do keep active.

Obviously we are an under active nation at the moment so it's great

that sport and physical activity still has a presence here.

The centre was founded with ?6 million from local

businessmen Dave Whelan and Martin and Bill Ainscott, but it costs

The benefits, though, run deep with school attendance up

We have prevented them from entering the criminal justice system.

That is down to the engagement of the staff here, there's

For these young people, it's truly an opportunity

Becky Barr, BBC North West Tonight, Wigan.

Let us get a quick check on the weather. Diane, yesterday we were

scraping cars by the time we left the office, were we? Yes, and you

probably won't have to do that tomorrow morning because in the next

24 hours it is milder. This morning, that was the picture this morning.

We have a lot of cloud cover. Many places in the north-west are still

at BellSouth is right now. Over the next 24 hours, milder and cloudier

but it does not last for very long. By New Year's day the air will be

Colin Doyle over again and many places will the temperatures of

around two Celsius by the time we get to the day. -- the air will be

hold all over again. You might just get a zero here and there. In the

tomorrow and it is all about that cloud cover. A great start to the

day and a gloomy one. Over the tops of the health disability will not be

brilliant. Three afternoon when two small spots of drizzle coming in,.

-- over the tops of the hills, visibility will not be brilliant.

With the arrival of this weather front, a lot colder for New Year's

day. Thank you very much. That is it for us for now. We will be back in

the morning with your regional news and weather.

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