28/02/2017 North West Tonight


28/02/2017

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Good evening, the family of a Blackpool couple

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who were killed by an Islamist gunman whilst on holiday

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in Tunisia two years ago say they are planning to sue

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They were speaking at the conclusion of the inquests

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into the deaths of Denis and Elaine Thwaites

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two of the 30 Britons who the coronor today ruled

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were unlawfully killed in a terror attack on a beach.

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This has been a long process, the inquest at the Royal Courts

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of Justice in London began just over six weeks ago with the coroner

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ruling that the 38 victims were unlawfully killed in June 2015.

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Among those who lost their lives were a Blackpool couple Denis

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and Elaine Thwaites whose daughter Lindsay has been attending

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the inquest along with her husband, Danny.

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Lindsay was too upset to talk to us on camera but we spoke to Danny

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who told us about the couple who he regarded as a second

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They were just genuinely lovely people.

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They would light up any room they walked in.

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Always a good laugh, hearts of gold and dearly loved

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And really anyone that they ever met.

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The last 18 months have been horrendous.

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The Thwaites had lived in Blackpool for 40 years.

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Elaine had been a hairdresser, Denis was a former

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In retirement, they loved to go on holiday but in June 2015 two days

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They were shot dead along with 36 other people.

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Islamists gunman Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire as people

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When people are going on holiday, they should feel safe.

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Right now at this moment in time it is, yes, we're

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We don't think throughout the process that enough has really

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We have had to push quite a lot to bring evidence

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Today, the coroner described the Tunisian police response

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as at best shambolic and at worst cowardly.

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Olivia from Manchester witnessed the events but ran to safety.

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I don't know what went through their head at the time

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obviously it is a horrifying situation but that is

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The families of those killed had wanted coroner to consider

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whether neglect by the holiday firm or the hotel owners

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was a factor in their relatives' deaths but he rejected

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We will now be preparing to commence civil proceedings against TUI.

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The inquests were about those who tragically lost their lives,

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TUI denies it was neglectful and says insufficient evidence

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I think travel companies could have done more,

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when you look at travel advice I give that the customer.

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When you are booking online, there should be more

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And what you feel now towards the Tunisian police?

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Very angry they couldn't get there quick enough.

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you are looking at the training they have had.

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The amount of love and support messages we got keeps us going.

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Tens of thousands of passengers are set to have their travel plans

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disrupted as rail workers at two North West rail companies

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Workers at Merseyrail and Northern will walk out in a dispute

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Strike action is planned for the 13th March.

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This row is about driver only trains an issue that's brought misery

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to passengers in London and the South East for

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Now, in a major escalation of the dispute, members of the RMT

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rail union have voted overwhelmingly to strike on Northern trains run

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by Arriva Rail North, and on Merseyrail.

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We have marched and campaigned and to take place on March the 13th.

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We have marched and campaigned and spoken to MPs but all the good it

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does. They have not listened. We are the last line of defence.

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We are incredibly disappointed that the RMT have taken

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We are 12 months away from considering any changes.

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Although they plan to remove safety-trained guards

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from the trains, both companies say they will still have a ticket

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collector on many trains to help the public.

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They say the only difference will be that in future the driver will be

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responsible for opening and closing the doors.

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Merseyrail is spending ?460 million on new driver-only trains.

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They'll have CCTV in the driver's cab showing the full

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length of the train, a sliding safety step

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They say they won't make anyone redundant and

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The trains adopt all of the latest technology when it comes

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to suburban Metro trains and they operate safely.

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The safety regulator has said they are safe as well.

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That's what we are looking to do on the Merseyrail network.

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It's no different to what happens on the London Underground every day

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and they have been operating without guards for 17 years.

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The fear now for rail passengers is that the dispute could become

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as long and bitter as the series of strikes which has often paralysed

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Most people are sympathetic but the rail strikes have gone

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on a long time and the only people suffering are ordinary workers.

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Everybody is in trouble because they need to get to work.

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My teachers use the train to come to uni. Regular commuters will hope an

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agreement can be met in the next 13 days.

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A surgeon from Altrincham has gone on trial accused of causing grievous

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bodily harm to ten patients by carrying out unnecessary

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The jury was told that Ian Paterson lied to his patients,

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exaggerating or inventing the risk of cancer, partly

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The 59-year-old denies all the charges against him.

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The trial is expected to last ten weeks.

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A runway at Manchester Airport had to be closed tonight

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after a suspected car fire in a road tunnel.

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No-one was hurt but some flights were diverted after the blaze broke

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out on Wilmslow Road, underneath the airport.

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Passengers are being advised to check the status of their flight

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with their airlines before travelling.

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As Britain gets ready to leave the EU - this week our social

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affairs correspondent Clare Fallon has been finding out how

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people across the region feel about the process

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and what they want from the Brexit deal.

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Last night - we heard from the Eurosceptics in Blackpool,

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Today we're in Liverpool - one of the places where

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With the first stop on our big Brexit tour ticked off,

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we have left Blackpool and are heading south.

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Next up is a city where, based on the referendum result,

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they would like to be doing a U-turn right now because 58%

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of those who voted in Liverpool voted to remain.

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At this design company in the city centre, they are pretty good

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at looking into the future when it comes to technology.

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Brexit is not the future the boss wanted.

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Our team is 20% international, we've probably got eight or nine

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people from Europe and our ability to attract and then employ those

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European members of staff is definitely a concern for me.

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Younger generation were fearful of what would come if we came out. That

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is all they have known. Immigration and things like that. The age that

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would like to sing go and work in the European Union would be quite

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nice to have that. We have one final Place to stop in Liverpool. Since

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the referendum, there has been a stampede of Irish Brits applying for

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Irish passports or though even here at the Irish Centre not everyone is

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on the same song sheet. My husband is Irish and he voted to leave. We

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had terrible arguments. On the day it happened I would not speak to

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him! She made the wrong decision but that would be borne out in what

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happens in the next few years. Right or wrong, like it or not, the

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destination has been set, the next step will be figuring out the route

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to Brexit. The next of the tour tomorrow. In

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the Championship... That is all the news and sport me,

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now let's look at the weather. Animal snow? A bit overnight over

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the next couple of days but nothing as drastic as first thing. Mutual

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logically we turn into sparring but the weather was like winter, a

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grapeshot in Manchester first thing. -- great shot. Over the next couple

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of days, the weather fronts and with cold out the recipe for some snow.

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Lots of the showers have died away and many places are dry. Clearer

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skies dropping south, not as cold, temperatures two or three or four on

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the coast. Tomorrow, one of the better days of the week. Good spells

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of sunshine. One showers crop up but a good portion of the afternoon will

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be dry and bright when we kill off the morning showers. Another line of

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rain works in and there could be some snow in the overnight period.

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The outlook is more of the same. Good evening. We are about to head

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into March, the days are getting

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