17/01/2017 North West Tonight

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A public inquiry into the death of a man who was shot by police has

heard there were serious failings in the police operation.

Anthony Grainger - a father of two - was shot by a firearms officer from

Clare Fallon has been following today's proceedings.

In a Cheshire village, a car park is locked

down by investigators. Police had shot and killed

an unarmed man as he sat at the wheel of this red Audi.

Arriving for the start of the enquiry, Anthony Grainger's family.

For years, they have lobbied for this and on the first day,

they heard about failings in the police operation.

John Beer QC told the enquiry almost all the officers in charge did not

The hearing was also told about serious criticisms

the IPCC - which found that out-of-date intelligence was used

and officers were briefed with inaccurate information.

But even though this is a public enquiry,

Anthony Grainger's family won't hear everything.

15 witnesses will be allowed to give their evidence

It's a natural feeling that it is quite frustrating that

I'm not going to get to hear the evidence.

My legal team will not get to hear all the evidence.

And if it is part of the public enquiry, we just

When Anthony Grainger was shot dead, he was the subject

Police thought he was plotting armed robberies, although his supposed

accomplices were later cleared in court.

Today, a statement released on behalf of the officer who fired

Later in the enquiry, the police officer will give

evidence in person about why he opened fire.

The elected Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City

region will be invited to have their say on the

That was the promise from the Government today.

The announcement came after the Prime Minister's speech

where Theresa May confirmed we will be leaving

Our reporter Naomi Cornwell is here, leaving the single market

doesn't come as a surprise, what does it mean

One MP described it today as we have been sitting on a train knowing we

are going to leave the single market and finally that train has started

to move. There has been a very mixed reaction. David Nuttall has said

this is hugely significant, the clarity means we can move forward

and Nigel Evans described it as simply brilliant, saying we are open

for business and the north-west will be at the forefront of change. Other

MPs have been more sceptical, many saying they would like to see more

detail about what kind of trading deal will replace the single market.

I am much more worried about future prosperity as a result

of the decisions that have been announced today than I was before.

Parliament has to hold this Government's feet to the fire.

They need to get the best deal for Britain in these very

There have been concerns that voices in the north west will be

Andy Burnham called on the government to promise a Brexit

committee for the regions and this is what happened.

I see in the Prime Minister's speech that she makes specific mention

of protecting the interests of Cardiff, of Edinburgh, of

Belfast, of the City of London, but there is no mention

at all of the north west of England, of Greater Manchester,

I am acutely conscious of the needs of the north.

What I am intending to do, I had not intended to announce

today, but I will now because he's asked.

After the mayoral elections, I will get all of the mayors

of the north to come together in York

It is two years before we even start talking about a transitional period

and Paul Nuttall, the leader of Ukip, has said that this too long

way. He says the government will lead is on a long and expensive game

of snakes and ladders and we will end up exactly where we started.

A jury has cleared a man accused of forcing a Polish couple to work

Khuram Riaz faced two charges after the couple were discovered

Today the judge told the court to record not guilty verdicts

Mr Riaz's father - Mohammed Riaz - still faces the same charges,

A man who was injured in an explosion at a house in Manchester -

has been arrested on suspicion of causing it.

Two terraced houses were badly damaged in the incident in Blackley

The man arrested is in a stable condition in hospital.

A second man is in a critical but stable condition.

Maria Balshaw - the head of Manchester's award-winning

Whitworth Art Gallery - has been chosen to run

Dr Balshaw will become the first female director

It is the biggest construction project outside London,

Commuters have waited a long time for the Mersey Gateway Bridge,

but it is on target to open in the autumn.

Juliet Phillips has been to see how it is coming along.

Through the mist, a colossal construction is taking shape.

The Mersey Gateway Bridge will span a kilometre across the water,

making it one of the biggest bridges in the country.

In total, nine kilometres of bridge and connecting

The new bridge is needed because the Silver Jubilee Bridge

is currently taking on ten times more vehicles than it was built for.

The project is advancing really well.

A great amount of work has started to appear out of the river

and on the roads that the locals will now be able to see.

Prior to that, there was an awful lot of temporary works which had

to be done to allow us to carry out this work.

People can now see the bridge starting to take shape.

Such a large-scale project hasn't come without its challenges.

This was the moment the flammable chemical phosphorus was discovered

when teams were when digging on the site.

When the excavation tool was coming back to the surface,

it threw out some of the earth, which is what you'd expect it to do,

but much to our surprise, it also threw out material that

immediately started combusting and lots of white smoke emerged.

We had to bring in a civilian arm of a bomb disposal

company and they were able to remove it safely.

The scale of the scheme means that on any given day,

up to 1,000 people could be working across the site.

Over 120,000 cubic metres of concrete will be used.

It is a long road ahead, but those working here say

the bridge is on schedule to open this autumn.

The cheap holiday souvenir brought home to Stockport is causing quite a

stir in Turkey. Thelma Bishop from Stockport

brought back a souvenir jug She really should have left it

behind because it turned out to be a piece of history,

thousands of years old. Turkey is a country

proud of its history and its ancient artefacts.

Many of these treasures are found in good condition.

Not many are found in Stockport. The pot lived in that

corner for 30 years. During which time Thelma Bishop had

no idea it was 4,500 years old until she took it

to a local auctioneer. And he said your name is being

bandied around all over Turkey. A pot that she'd bought for just

a few dollars while on holiday It was a bit of a surprise

to find such an ancient Not very large monetary value -

?200-?300 probably maximum - its value is in its archaeological

significance as it is important In bringing the pot home,

Thelma was unwittingly breaking a Turkish law which dates back

to the 1880s. Yes, I admit to that but we didn't

know at the time and it's taken Potential diplomatic issue avoided -

Turkey has given Jason Not quite the same as the one

she had in size or in shape It has been handed over

to the Turkish Embassy in London where it will go in a diplomatic bag

back to Ankara, to the museum there. Four of our teams were playing

in the FA Cup third Bolton have lost out

to last year's finalists Burnley have beaten Sunderland 2-0,

but won't face Fleetwood, But Blackpool go through

to the fourth round, where they will meet Blackburn,

after a 2-1 win in extra Here's Dianne Oxberry

with the weather. It won't surprise you to know

that our Weather Watchers caught Very gloomy pictures

across the whole of It has been very mild and it stays

mild for the next 48 hours. As we head towards the weekend,

we will start to see At the minute, it is

all about visibility - it is really dull out there.

Most places are very, very murky. We have had spots of drizzly rain

just about at any point during the day and that story

will continue through But it is all about

the temperatures, really, while the south of England

is struggling to get into low single figures,

we have got mid single figures in the overnight period,

so we are mild first thing tomorrow morning but once again,

it is not the prettiest of pictures. Again, poor visibility on high-level

routes first thing in the morning, a tiny spot of drizzle

is a possibility but for most of us, The breeze is very, very light

so we will not see much in the way of sunshine if anything,

but that picture is dry, it is relatively mild

with temperatures around 8 If I leave you with the outlook

for the next couple of days, you can see lots of cloud but cooler

at the weekend. from time to time. Staying settled

still. Nick has the national forecast this evening.

Hello. If you are watching the football earlier it turned out to be

an evening for football fans in Lincolnshire. This is how it looked

at the start of the day. No idea whether this weather watcher is a

football fan, it's a fan of weather that matters here. All sorts of

weather, from 13 in Aberdeenshire to two, despite the sunshine in Kent. I

wonder if this six in the cloud across the Midlands into northern

England and parts of Wales felt colder, particularly in these misty

and foggy conditions in this weather watcher view. Some drizzly rain

around at times still from the thicker cloud into parts