17/02/2017 North West Tonight


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Liverpool's Mayor is offering people money off their council tax

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if they help catch dog owners who don't clean up after their pets.

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And Joe Anderson says those who shop fly-tippers

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It's an idea that some people think is a winner.

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But others say they'd think twice before shopping an offender.

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Here's our chief reporter Dave Guest.

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It's a dilemma any one of us could face -

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what to do if we saw someone failing to clean up after their dog.

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I'd be nervous about tackling people myself.

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Some people can be very abusive, other people are understanding.

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If you had evidence, would you shop a dog walker?

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Certainly if I had a camera, certainly.

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That's music to the ears of Liverpool's Mayor,

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who's offering an unusual incentive for people to become

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If we get evidence that helps support a prosecution

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against somebody, then what I am saying is simply that the cost

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of that fine will, for us, be used towards your council tax.

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You could get money off your council tax?

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Absolutely, a discount or free council tax.

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But supposing someone had a spot when ?100 and you gave

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someone council tax free, the two don't equate.

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We will make sure we use the maximum fine available to us.

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In other words, the reward will only equal the penalty

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But it isn't only irresponsible dog owners who Mayor Anderson

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He wants to offer a similar reward scheme to citizens who offer

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Councils collectively spend hundreds of millions of pounds cleaning up

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the aftermath of fly-tipping, so the Mayor's idea has been

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welcomed by a charity dedicated to keeping Britain tidy.

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We know it is very difficult to catch people who let their dogs

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Potentially more eyes and ears on the ground providing evidence

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the local authorities need to take people to court is a good thing.

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We watch with interest to see how it develops.

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But in Liverpool, among those disposing of their waste

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responsibly, there were still some qualms about the idea.

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It's an idea, I'm not sure I would be comfortable

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with snitching on someone, so to speak.

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Even if you got money off your council tax?

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But Liverpool's Mayor remains undeterred, arguing this sort

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of thing affects us all, and we all have a duty

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Police who've been looking for a missing Cheshire man in Greece

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Stephen Cook, who was 20 years old and from Sandbach was on holiday

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when he disappeared on the island of Crete in 2005.

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Cheshire Police say their Greek counterparts are now examining

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the remains found recently in the resort of Malia.

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The Business Secretary Gregg Clarke says he's held constructive

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executives about the future of two thousand Vauxhall jobs

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The French firm is in talks to buy the business from General Motors.

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The Bury singer Peter Skellern has died aged 69.

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He announced in October last year that he had an inoperable brain

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tumour and later that month fulfilled a lifelong dream to be

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Peter Skellern was best known for You're A Lady,

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which was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1972.

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50 years ago today The Beatles released Strawberry Fields Forever.

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John Lennon's inspiration for the song was the Salvation Army

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orphanage of the same name close to his childhood home in Liverpool.

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Strawberry Field closed as a children's home

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more than a decade ago, but today the Salvation Army

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revealed a plan to turn it into a training hub for young

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disabled people, and a magnet for Beatles fans.

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# Let me take you down cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields...#

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The red, wrought-iron gate wreathed in reams of graffiti is as far

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as Beatles fans can get at Strawberry Field these days.

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John Lennon, though, used to play in the grounds.

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He used to live with his Aunt Mimi, just over in Mendips.

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The rear perimeter wall, he used to climb over it

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Of course, he wasn't allowed to do that,

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Strawberry Field was a family home to begin with, then

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the Salvation Army took it over as an orphanage.

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The modern building has been closed since 2005.

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Now, the Salvation Army wants to raise ?8 million to turn it

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into a new facility for people with learning disabilities, and

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It's a pretty good idea to open it up and let people come

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in and see and learn about what was here before.

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I think it's fantastic about what the Salvation Army is going to do.

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The idea is the centre won't just benefit Beatles fans,

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but will help the people with learning difficulties.

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They will work in the Heritage Centre, in the cafe

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It's not always easy for young disabled people to get work

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The Salvation Army says on Merseyside only 7% of people over

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16 with a disability are in paid employment.

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These students at Sanfield Park School in Liverpool hope

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that the new training hub at Strawberry Field will help.

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Young disabled people when they leave school do not

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have many places to go, to work, so they would be able

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to develop their skills they have learned.

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The Salvation Army will pick up half of the ?8 million cost and hope

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charities and the public will help with the rest.

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And in the Super League tonight, Leigh took on Leeds and made

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the perfect start with Matty Dawson got Leigh off the mark.

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A fantastic start at the Wirral this morning.

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Our weather watcher's picture shows a beautiful start to the day,

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However, it didn't last and that is the story

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Lots of cloud cover, outbreaks of rain from time to time

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This line of rain is pushing across us.

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It won't last for too much longer and towards the early

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hours of the morning, most places will have a dry start.

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Very mild tonight, though - temperatures at seven,

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A gloomy start for most places tomorrow, the best place for any

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sunshine will be across Merseyside and Cheshire, maybe up

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the coast for a short while, but you can clearly see a line

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of rain coming towards us in the afternoon, and the Isle

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of Man first then into parts of Cumbria then spreading everywhere

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It might not make it everywhere, but it will try its best

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and it sticks with us till the sun goes down.

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But it is a very mild day, so that's something to enjoy,

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temperatures of ten, 11 and 12 Celsius and the outlook

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for the next couple of days shows you it's more of the same.

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part of next week, we could see 16 Celsius in a few spots. Here is knit

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with the National output. We have turned things around in the

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space of a week, with a more springlike feel out there. Some

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places may get as high as 17 Celsius on Monday. That is the exception,

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and most of us won't see that. Plenty of cloud throughout this

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weekend. It is already producing some outbreaks of rain in western

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and northern parts overnight will stop not amounting to too much,

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affecting western Scotland later in the night. Early rain in Northern

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Ireland looks to pull away quite quickly in the morning, spreading

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south through Scotland. Not very much to the east of high ground.

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Much of England and Wales starts dry, but with plenty of cloud. Maybe

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