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can remember. We'll Biamou lies in what it says about the president and

his administration. More than 40 North West companies

were today named and shamed The guilty firms included

a Michelin-starred hotel, an historic golf club and even

two law firms. But some say their only crime

was to try to help their workers by advancing them money and later

deducting it from their wages. Chefs prepare meals

at the Northcote Hotel. It underpaid more than ?6,000

to 22 workers partly to realise when staff reached 21,

meaning they should have been paid more and partly

because they deducted money from wages to pay for

staff accommodation The law says you can't do that if it

takes pay below the legal minimum. These are errors of judgment

in terms of how we have interpreted the law,

some of which we are not aware of which we are now but I do think

some of the practice is incorrect. Some people would say an

organisation like yours should have been aware of the rules

and shouldn't have I understand that, but when you see

that as an error, you've had an agreement from the staff member

to be able to do that, it's not that you are taking it away on purpose,

it's just a way of paying it It's a similar story

at Glover's bakery. two workers who had money deducted

for company flats they live in. Glover's should have paid them

the full wage and then charged them. I should have known the rules,

but it is what has been done for years, this only applies

to people on minimum wage. It doesn't apply to people

who are not on minimum wage. In total, 44 North West

firms were told to repay The two North West companies we

featured tonight say they are guilty of breaking the letter of the law,

but they did it inadvertently. The Government says publishing this

list sends a clear message to employers that minimum wage

abuses will not be tolerated. While firms like this say

they did not intend to cheat, the TUC says there should be

prosecutions and higher fines for those who

deliberately avoid the law. There are different rates

of minimum wage according to things like your age

or whether you are fully trained. Earlier Sarah Evans -

who's an employment lawyer - told me all firms are legally

obliged to pay the correct rate. It's not rocket science,

it's a tabular formula that you use of a certain age doing certain work,

there is an hourly rate What advice would you give

to someone who thinks they're Fortunately, it's one of the easier

things to put right in employment law, especially

with the Government's intervention in terms

of the business and enterprise

and innovation. Even if it's an awkward

conversation with an employer? You're entitled to be

paid and the minimum You can check what your wages should

be by using an internet tool. You can report to your company

or phone Acas who will let HMRC know and it will work out

what you should be entitled to and whether there are any fines

or intervention that needs to go on. You can bring an unlawful

deduction from wages claim within your employment,

you don't have to resign or take any drastic steps like that

to be able to enforce it. Sometimes a letter saying, "Hang on,

you've got this wrong," might be enough to put it right,

but there is no reason to go to work and not be paid for the work that

you do, especially at low wages. The first elected Mayor of London,

Ken Livingstone, has told North West Tonight directly elected

mayors here will give the region a stronger voice and help

secure better investment. Greater Manchester and

the Liverpool City Region will go Ken Livingstone's been

talking to our political Think mayor and you might picture

the person with a funky collar and an expensive necklace who gets

to greet important visitors. But if you live in Greater

Manchester or the Liverpool City Along with council leaders,

your new mayor will decide on things like what routes your buses take,

what new houses are built near your home, even the training

opportunities your children but perhaps the most important

change is that you will get mayor since the year 2000

and Ken Livingston knows what it's Are cities better

for having a mayor? London has boomed and a lot

of people in the North are really angry that so much investment went

to London, but you had a mayor Who's been making the case

for Greater Liverpool, Soon we will have our first

directly elected mayor. It is not just the most

important thing you'll do, If you get it right, your city

will be booming in a decade's time. The best of luck to all

of our mayoral candidates. The Business Secretary is travelling

to Paris tonight for urgent talks over the future of Vauxhall,

which could be sold to Peugeot. Greg Clarke will meet

executives from the firm and the French Government

to try to secure jobs at Vauxhall, including

at its Ellesmere Port plant. The Pennine Acute Hospital Trust,

which was rated inadequate by inspectors, has announced it's

investing ?30 million It runs hospitals in Oldham,

Rochdale, Bury and North Manchester and wants to recruit hundreds

of nurses, midwives and doctors over Council tax in Cumbria will rise

by almost 4% next year. It will add an average of ?1 a week

for a band-D property. Half the money will be ring fenced

for adult social care. A conservation group,

the Twentieth Century Society, has become the latest to oppose

development plans by two former The plan - by Gary Neville

and Ryan Giggs - is one of several which campaigners think

will ruin the city. If you want to gauge how well

a city is doing, they say, It's boom time - nearly 7,000

new homes are being built Ten new schemes for tower blocks

more than 25 storeys So Manchester is changing,

all right, but is it for the better? Last year, Gary Neville showed me

the derelict police station and pub he and Ryan Giggs

want to knock down. They want to replace them with two

tower blocks centred This is how it would change the view

from the town hall square. One conservation group,

the Twentieth Century Society, wants the Secretary of State

to get involved. Historic England, the Government's

adviser on heritage buildings, We absolutely support the fact

that something needs but we'd like to see the right

scheme and something that benefits Manchester and doesn't overshadow

these civic buildings. A company called Renaker wants

to build two tower blocks Castlefield is a nationally

significant conservation area. It's the home of the world's first

canal, the world's first passenger railway and it's

the birthplace of the and this building simply

is completely out of The newish Beetham Tower is now

on the list of buildings that guide Jonathan Scofield

shows his tour groups. He's relaxed about the way the city

he knows so well is changing. Buildings are humans, in a way -

they move and they change and if you try to keep them still,

keep them the same, we lose the essential

character of what a city is, which is about innovation,

new ideas and moving on. Construction work in Manchester

is back to the levels of before the financial crash and there's no

sign of a let-up. Manchester United won against

dissent Ed Sheeran DeNiro bullied. -- St-Etienne.

And it was this man - Zlatan Ibrahimovic -

who gave them a three-nil cushion - to take to France.

His first goal - a free-kick - dribbled

He added a second from close range towards the end of the second half.

And then - after he was fouled in the box -

When the sun comes out at the moment, it does feel a little

Spells of sunshine do make a massive difference.

We might not see too many through the weekend,

there will be a lot of cloud cover but the saving grace is the sun

comes out every now and then it will continue to be quite mild.

We've got this rain trying to get towards us.

As it moves towards us, it starts to fall apart

so that is not that much and towards the early hours of

the morning, many places will become drier,

maybe not completely dry and

over high ground we could see a mist.

Overnight, temperatures are very good, six,

seven, eight Celsius for

The other side of the Pennines in Scotland could get a frost

so the rain does us a favour, believe it or not.

It lingers in the morning but not for too long.

A grey start, brighter spells will try to work their way

It won't be a fantastic afternoon, but the breeze is light

and when the sun comes out it won't feel too bad.

Top temperature nine, ten Celsius and the weekend, plenty of cloud.

forthcoming weekend. Here is Nick Miller with a resume of the National

weather picture. Hello, rain for some of us today

although it won't make much of a dent in the dry winter so far across

much of the UK. A few threatening clouds in Cumbria but more than a

threat of rain across the pond for Friday. The wettest weather system

of the season is over heading into California, and there have been a

few, with copious amounts of rain and lots of mountain snow.

Record-breaking wet winter so far in parts of California. In Los