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The family of a man killed because of health | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
and safety failures at work say the prison sentences given | :00:19. | :00:20. | |
Benjamin Edge from Bury died after falling from a shed | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
The company then tried to cover it up, as our Social Affairs | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
When Ben Edge died it was needless and avoidable. | :00:30. | :00:39. | |
Not an accident but the result of a total disregard of | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
Leaving a two-year-old without her father and a family | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
Bem was the most fun loving and hard working man. | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
The sentence given for those responsible for Ben's death | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
and there abhorrent actions is nothing compared to | :01:03. | :01:11. | |
the life sentence my family and I got on the 10th of September 2014. | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
That was the day when he went to work and did not return | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
He fell from the roof of a shed whilst working at a site near | :01:19. | :01:26. | |
Arriving at the court hearing this morning, the Brothers | :01:27. | :01:33. | |
Christopher and Robert Brown were jailed for 20 months | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
after they admitted safety failings and perverting the course | :01:36. | :01:37. | |
This man, the boss of the company which | :01:38. | :01:45. | |
contracted out the work was sentenced to a year in prison. | :01:46. | :01:52. | |
Handing down the sentences, the judge went through the list of | :01:53. | :01:59. | |
safety failings that led to the death of Ben Edge. | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
Not only was there a failure to keep him safe, it | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
was the attempt to cover up what happened. | :02:05. | :02:06. | |
Another worker was told to go and get harnesses so they look | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
like safety equipment was there and he had | :02:10. | :02:11. | |
Anything to say about what happened that day? | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
He too was on the roof from which his colleague fell. | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
He tried to help by giving first aid but then | :02:19. | :02:20. | |
followed orders designed to shift the blame. | :02:21. | :02:22. | |
Why was it that you covered up what happened, Mr Heap? | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
Among those in court today for the sentencing, | :02:25. | :02:26. | |
some who grew up with the friend they will not grow old | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
There are still two years gone and it is hard. | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
His parents told me the regard what happened | :02:35. | :02:36. | |
and the attempt to cover it | :02:37. | :02:37. | |
They will have the rest of their lives with their | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
They are probabaly still in their early 30s. | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
Ten months, that is all our Ben's life was | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
As in, they will only serve ten months? | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
Yes, ten months is nothing, is it, for what they've | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
They say they will never forgive but they | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
Hilda Parker is an expert on health and safety at work. | :03:00. | :03:07. | |
Earlier, I asked her how many people die every year - | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
through failings in this and other welfare issues. | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
It is many more than most people think. | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
About 144 deaths are reported to the HSC and that will | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
In addition to that, there are workers | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
who are killed when they are driving on the roads, | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
which are not reported in their figures. | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
If you add all the members of the public who are killed by | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
work-related activities and about 300 people a year who kill | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
themselves because they are so stressed by work, that comes to | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
Is the notion of health and safety gone mad completely | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
There is not too much health and safety, there is too little. | :03:50. | :03:58. | |
What advice would you give to somebody who goes to work | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
and goes to work every day, went to work this morning and does not | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
It is really important that people do not do things | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
that they do not think are safe, that they report them. | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
We all have the right to refuse work that | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
It is not easy and it may mean you will risk | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
You could try and reported it to the HSC or to the local | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
authority but that is difficult. | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
You have to weigh it up if you really feel unsafe, you | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
really need to protect your life over keeping your job. | :04:30. | :04:54. | |
They said it considered the evidence in detail before deciding to | :04:55. | :05:02. | |
prosecute but the RMT union says the case should never have gone to | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
trial. The transport police have got serious questions to answer. We will | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
be taking those matters up with those bodies in due course. This | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
case is one that should never have been in court. | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
Firefighters say they've managed to save parts of a historic | :05:28. | :05:29. | |
Grade Two listed building in Lancashire - | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
75 firefighters tackled the blaze at Alston Hall | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
Crews have spent the day trying to make some parts | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
of the building safe - so investigators can go in. | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
Greater Manchester Police has sent a file about the Conservatives' | :05:42. | :05:43. | |
spending during the last General Election to the Crown | :05:44. | :05:45. | |
One of those investigated, Bury North MP David Nuttall, | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
says Tory Central Office told candidates spending on the party's | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
battle bus was part of national - not local campaign expenditure. | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was campaigning in Lancashire today - | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
ahead of the County Council elections in May. | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
Labour has four more councillors than the Conservatives at the moment | :06:00. | :06:01. | |
but both believe they can win an outright majority - | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
Here's our Political Editor Nina Warhurst. | :06:05. | :06:12. | |
He chose to come to Lancashire because there is a county council | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
election coming, but possibly didn't choose the venue. | :06:17. | :06:26. | |
Jeremy Corbyn thinks Lancashire leader | :06:27. | :06:28. | |
has handled council cuts well, well enough to put the party in the frame | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
Labour has stood up for the people of Lancashire, | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
an innovative council suffering the most terrible cuts from | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
a Tory Government underfunding people in desperate need. | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
The latest poll suggests a 19 point lead for | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
Some people suggest the only way that Labour can secure places like | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
here in Lancashire is under a new leader. | :06:57. | :06:58. | |
I am leading the party because I was elected to lead the | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
I am determined that we will take the challenge to the Tories on | :07:02. | :07:10. | |
Familiar battle cries from Jeremy Corbyn | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
but the red Rose county is on | :07:14. | :07:15. | |
Conservatives say this is their chance to turn it blue. | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
Because people recognise this Administration has left the council | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
in a mess, financially and in terms of the services they provide. | :07:23. | :07:25. | |
We recognise there needs to be a change | :07:26. | :07:27. | |
and they recognise we are the ones to be able to do it and put things | :07:28. | :07:38. | |
right and hopefully they will vote for us on May 4th. | :07:39. | :07:58. | |
away from the Conservatives in 2013, but four years earlier it was Labour | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
There are significant numbers of swing | :08:02. | :08:15. | |
voters here and across the country, and traditional party loyalties are | :08:16. | :08:18. | |
Whatever happens here in Lancashire, will be watched closely from | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
Lancashire reflects the national picture. | :08:23. | :08:24. | |
The problem for Labour in recent years has been to inspire the | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
voters enough to come out and actually show their support | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
Mr Corbyn's job is to reach those parts that are clearly | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
Jeremy Corbyn will say there is nothing outrageous for his ambitions | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
In seven weeks, the voters will decide. | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
Football and Manchester United are through to the quarter-finals | :08:43. | :08:44. | |
But they made heavy weather of beating Russian side | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
Juan Mata got the only goal at Old Trafford tonight - | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
as United go through 2-1 on aggregate. | :08:52. | :08:53. | |
Bryn the rescue dog was awarded a special medal today - | :08:54. | :09:09. | |
in honour of years of dedicated service. | :09:10. | :09:11. | |
The 13-year-old Cheshire Fire and Rescue dog has risked his own | :09:12. | :09:13. | |
life to save others in disasters across the world - | :09:14. | :09:15. | |
from the earthquake in Nepal to the Japanese Tsunami. | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
Today he received the Order of Merit from the animal charity the PDSA. | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
He's now retired after eleven years service. | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
We wish him well. Now for the weather. I think there is rain on | :09:31. | :09:40. | |
the way. There is a small chance you could have frost tonight over the | :09:41. | :09:42. | |
highest ground. Very short lived. highest ground. Very short lived. | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
The day started off well enough but it is all about the rain. You have | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
had some over the last couple of hours. Rain tomorrow and outbreaks | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
of rain on Saturday and the same on Sunday. It will not pour down all | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
the way through, despite what the picture looks like. There's going to | :10:00. | :10:08. | |
be some wet stuff around. Over the last couple of hours, those showers | :10:09. | :10:10. | |
have left us. Can you see the map darkening? That is where you can see | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
your frost. The crowd starts to push in and one or two outbreaks of | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
showery rain they are. -- cloud. We talk about six Celsius. Into | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
tomorrow, not a great picture. The best of the sunshine will be around | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
in the morning into parts of the Wirral and Cheshire again. You comes | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
the rain from ten o'clock on words. The windows gusty as well. Wet and | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
windy is the short story. Overly high ground, outbreaks are heavily | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
from time to time and if you have been watching the timeline, staying | :10:46. | :10:52. | |
all the way through daylight hours. If anything, it gets cooler. Very | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
cheerily tonight but tomorrow the best temperature is eight Celsius. | :10:59. | :11:00. | |
-- chilly. The outlet, wet at times. there will be rain around, most | :11:01. | :11:02. | |
occurring overnight. Good evening, quite a range of | :11:03. | :11:11. | |
whether an offer earlier today in the north and north-west of the UK | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
quite a lot of showers around, lively ones, little bit of sunshine | :11:16. | :11:18. | |
in between. The best of the sunshine to be found at the other end of the | :11:19. | :11:21. | |
country towards the south-east in Kent, lovely picture here from one | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
of our weather watchers. A range of temperatures, too. 17 degrees for a | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
few, on the other side of the weather front, only seven or 8 | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
degrees. Showers in the north and west. The fresh air will win out | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
over tonight coming in behind the cold front, which | :11:39. | :11:40. |