27/02/2017 North West Tonight

A top-performing primary school was closed down

indefinitely this afternoon after a mutiny by parents and staff.

They were filmed celebrating and singing football-style chants

In the past week, the tensions between staff,

parents and the head at Bollin Primary in Bowden

have erupted into strike action and demonstrations.

Celebrating, they thought, the departure of their school's

You're getting sacked in the morning!

Except, the council has confirmed, Mrs Brindle hasn't been

This is a school where parents, staff and even governors are divided

On Thursday, parents protested and staff went on strike

about the way the school is being run.

Today, it was closed, parents unsure when their children

This mother has sympathy with the head teacher.

It's a terrible situation for us all.

My son is suffering now, we're all suffering now.

Trafford Council said it had to shut the school

Our primary objective is to make sure that we can

Is it possible to put any timescale on it for parents?

It's probably unwise to put a time limit on it, but clearly,

we all want to see it happen as soon as possible.

The council added that its powers to intervene are limited.

We've seen, I think, today, a lack of senior leadership

capacity in the school, which has meant we were justified

We're exercising all the powers available to us.

The National Union of Teachers has told us there has been too much

pressure on staff under an oppressive

Others disagree with that, and Mrs Brindle's previously

defended her leadership, saying she's 100% committed.

Wherever your sympathies lie, it is clear from these pictures

and today's developments that this is a divided school.

Police and the RSPCA are investigating after residents

say a pack of foxhounds rampaged through their Cheshire

Neighbours say the hounds raced through gardens chasing a fox,

Their local councillor is now asking for the issue to be

It was literally hound after hound, 15-20 hounds

Edwina and Kevin Church live on a quiet Chesire street,

But on Saturday, to their horror that all changed.

Dozens of foxhounds burst into their garden, chasing,

they say, a fleeing fox, accompanied by masked men and women

There were dogs flying in all directions trying to get to the fox.

The fox, at this point, had gone to the back of the garden.

If you'd had small animals, pets, even children in the garden,

You don't know what these dogs would have done.

Gwen Stanley says she came out of her house

There were cars everywhere, the police had to block the street off.

There were people trying to come up the road, down the road.

Edwina and Kevin say the dogs tore into the fox.

Neighbours claim a woman tried to conceal it in her coat,

claiming she was pregnant, but it felt to the floor.

We've seen pictures of the dead animal, but have decided

Residents rang Chesire Police, who say they're taking

the allegations seriously and are investigating

What happened on Saturday is absolutely outrageous, unacceptable.

There's a lot of land, a few farmers, and not one of us

were informed of the hunt that was going to take place.

The Cheshire Forest Hunt and has apologised for what happened,

but hasn't explained how the fox was killed.

Residents say they want urgent action to ensure Saturday's drama

Tributes have been paid to the veteran Manchester

MP Sir Gerald Kaufman, who's died at the age of 86.

They were lead by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who described him

Sir Gerald was first elected in 1970 as MP for Manchester Ardwick,

and then in 1983 as member for Gorton, when he famously

called his party's left-wing 1983 election manifesto

"the longest suicide note in history".

As a constituency MP, he was probably as good as I met.

Not truly a political bruiser, far too subtle to be a bruiser.

He ripped people apart with the rapier of his tongue,

and those who were on the receiving end very often came off

Manchester-born film producer Joanna Natasegara is celebrating

after winning the Oscar for Best Documentary

Her film focused on the work of the White Helmets -

a group of volunteer rescue workers who risk their lives to rescue

The people have voted, the MPs have voted.

Now we await the triggering of Article 50, which will start

the process of Britain leaving the EU.

But what will it mean for us here in the North West?

Clare Fallon has set out on a Big Brexit Tour

And she starts in Blackpool, where they say they're

MUSIC: Around The World by Daft Punk

As Brexit Britain gets ready to leave the European Union,

First stop is the region's Brexit capital, Blackpool.

Where more voted to leave the EU than anywhere

In each place we stop, we'll be asking people

what they want from the Brexit deal, how they see post-Brexit Britain,

and we'll be inviting them into our caravan to talk

to them about their Brexit hopes and fears.

We need to be independent and get back what we've lost.

Why do think so many people voted to leave?

I think they all voted on the immigration ticket.

It wasn't about immigration or anything, just that the poverty

level in England has been quite shocking, and to think how much

They told us we couldn't have crooked cucumbers, crooked bananas,

We shouldn't be told, we're independent.

Not only did Blackpool vote overwhelmingly to break free

from the European Union, there are people here predicting

We noticed, almost as soon as Brexit happened, I think

it was a combination of the weakening pound,

maybe a few fears and concerns over travelling abroad,

but between those two issues, we definitely saw a

What Blackpool lacks in year-round sun,

in makes up for in kilt-wearing knife jugglers up ladders.

Right now, it's the low season at the Pleasure Beach.

This lot are on a tour about the site's history.

Across this park, they're getting ready for the future and a new ride.

But they're buying it from Germany, where you don't get as much

roller-coaster for your pound at the moment.

The flip side is, it's costing us a lot more money to install

the ride, which will be opening next year.

That wasn't so good, but we'll weather that one

Hopefully the increase in visitor numbers this year

As we leave Blackpool, and town were most voted to leave

the EU, many are predicting a bright future.

But in other places, not everyone is heading off

Football, and Match of the Day follows this programme,

so if you don't want to know tonight's Liverpool result,

The Reds were beaten 3-1 by Leicester this evening,

Philippe Coutinho scoring the only goal for the visitors.

One of Everton's greatest players, Alex Young,

Nicknamed The Golden Vision, he was considered by many to be

The Scot won the League title in 1962-63, the FA Cup in 1966

Alex passed away in hospital near Edinburgh after a short illness.

That's all the news and sport from me. Let's get a look at the weather

with Diana. It's cold out there, and will stay

that way through the week. As we take a look at the weather for the

week ahead, not many changes, the week progresses as it starts. A cold

feel, wintry at times, and if you haven't got the wintry stuff, it

will be wet. Wednesday looks like being the driest day at the moment.

Across the region, a little lull over the last few hours, but comes

the next line pushing their way in. The Met office has issued a weather

warning for the whole north west of England, untreated services could

have ice, so it could be slippery. This show is that worked their way

in, the highest level route you may catch some low-level slow. The

numbers on the chart tell the story, two on the coasts, Rowley minus one.

Frost taking time to recover. At times you will see the showers,

again, they could be wintry just about anywhere. Covering on high

roots as the day goes on, showers turning to rain as the day goes on.

And then later it all mergers on us. It won't feel too warm as you walk

around, around 7 degrees tomorrow night. More showers coming through,

Wednesday could be one of the brighter days, after that, Thursday

and Friday, showers at times. The public at times,

John Hammond has the weather for the rest of the country.

According to one man-made definition, spring begins in a

couple of days, but in reality weather does it own thing at its own

pace. This was taken in Midlothian, a funny old day, some