:00:03. > :00:10.Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Gordon Burns and
:00:10. > :00:15.Ranvir Singh. Our top story: At top story trouble at the top.
:00:15. > :00:18.Doctors are one of the region's biggest hospitals has balloted on
:00:18. > :00:22.the way it is run. We have an exclusive report that
:00:22. > :00:27.all is not well at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral.
:00:27. > :00:33.The teenagers who swap gifts for sex. Report on the increase on so-
:00:33. > :00:37.called grooming. I felt nice and I had friends. It felt right at the
:00:37. > :00:47.time. Trending, the birds who are
:00:47. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:52.tweeting on Twitter. And a burly's got talent. We
:00:52. > :01:02.introduce the little girl with a huge voice who has shunned the TV
:01:02. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:06.talent shows. -- Burnley has got talent.
:01:06. > :01:10.Also tonight: Toll on his carrying the torch for the sports desk.
:01:10. > :01:16.What happens when you are a favourite for Olympic gold in BMX
:01:16. > :01:21.cycling but you crash out in the final? You get back in the sacking
:01:21. > :01:28.-- on the saddle and get ready for 2012. Join me when Shanaze Reade
:01:28. > :01:31.recycles her dream. But first, we have exclusively
:01:31. > :01:35.reveal that doctors at a Merseyside hospital are so concerned about the
:01:35. > :01:39.way it is being run that they have August the ballot to engage the
:01:39. > :01:43.depth of feeling. Concerns about Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral
:01:43. > :01:46.include allegations that managers want to move services away from the
:01:46. > :01:52.hospital against the wishes of doctors and that there is a climate
:01:52. > :01:56.of fear there. Our reporter Andy Gill is outside
:01:56. > :02:02.Arrowe Park Hospital. Tell us about the concerns senior medical staff
:02:02. > :02:07.have at the hospital. They are often grumbles within the
:02:07. > :02:13.NHS. It is an organisation would change happens a lot. It is unusual
:02:13. > :02:18.for doctors to take this kind of action. Morale I am told is very
:02:18. > :02:23.few low here. There are concerns to move vascular surgery from Arrowe
:02:23. > :02:27.Park Hospital here to Chester. There is no decision based on that
:02:27. > :02:30.yet but the doctors feel so strongly about it that that is one
:02:30. > :02:35.of the issues that they are being balloted on. There is also a
:02:35. > :02:39.feeling amongst doctors here that of the speak out too much against
:02:39. > :02:44.management decisions then the cat - - they could face a disciplinary
:02:44. > :02:48.hearing. We have been told there is a climate of fear here. We
:02:48. > :02:51.understand that Dr -- family doctors have their own concerns
:02:51. > :02:56.that there changes happening here which the senior hospital doctors
:02:56. > :03:03.are not happy with. You mention the ballot their by
:03:03. > :03:07.doctors. Tell us more about that. My understanding is that the
:03:07. > :03:12.consultants have organise their own ballot to gauge the depth of
:03:12. > :03:15.feeling here. It is important to stress this is not a formal vote of
:03:15. > :03:19.no confidence in the chief executive of the hospital board.
:03:19. > :03:23.But the ballot had three questions on and one of the questions related
:03:23. > :03:27.to whether the senior doctors here believed that senior management
:03:27. > :03:33.listen to their concerns properly. My understanding is that this
:03:33. > :03:36.ballot is underway now but summoned some doctors have already voted.
:03:36. > :03:39.What is the hospital's response to this?
:03:39. > :03:43.Arrowe Park Hospital is run by an organisation called Wirral
:03:43. > :03:47.University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It is said it is
:03:47. > :03:52.an active dialogue on a number of issues with the Medical Board. That
:03:52. > :04:01.is the doctor's body here at the hospital. It also says that the
:04:01. > :04:09.disagreement on issue -- critical issues. Staff need to have the
:04:09. > :04:13.disability -- the ability to have their say. People have a longer
:04:13. > :04:20.journey time to hospital and they would have better outcomes to
:04:20. > :04:27.treatment. On a disciplinary matter, it follows national NHS guidelines
:04:27. > :04:31.on disciplinary matters. It can begin with presents - mobile
:04:31. > :04:38.phones, close and alcohol. Soon there is a demand for something
:04:38. > :04:43.more, sex. This is what is known as sexual exploitation are grooming.
:04:43. > :04:48.In the last six months they have had more than 570 cases, some
:04:48. > :04:52.children as young as 13. Today the mother of a victim told her story
:04:52. > :04:56.to a Conference to highlight the issue.
:04:56. > :05:01.We can assure you their names but on this wall there are 29 young
:05:01. > :05:04.girls. 29 children in Preston a loan that police believe are being
:05:04. > :05:08.sexually exploited. How worried are you about these
:05:08. > :05:12.children? We're very concerned. Some of them are very young. You
:05:12. > :05:18.are talking about 13 years old and upwards. It was at 13 that this
:05:18. > :05:25.girl was targeted by a group of men. They pick me up by texting made and
:05:25. > :05:32.we would go out and drink. And we would do his stuff off. She was
:05:32. > :05:38.being given alcohol, cigarettes, credit for her phone in return for
:05:38. > :05:43.sexual favours. Police found she was groomed by over 10 men aged 18
:05:43. > :05:53.to 28, some married. But like many victims, she did not realise she
:05:53. > :05:57.was one. I just felt nice, I had Vernes. -- I had friends. It is
:05:57. > :06:03.this that makes it harder for the police teams to help and talk to
:06:03. > :06:08.victims. It takes social workers and nurses to speak to them. We are
:06:08. > :06:13.looking at two or three times a month, Friday evenings. In my view
:06:13. > :06:17.as a result of that we will get further cases to investigate.
:06:18. > :06:23.the last six months, cases of child exploitation in Lancashire have
:06:23. > :06:28.risen by 54%. There have been more than 570 new cases referred. Some
:06:28. > :06:32.victims are especially vulnerable. Greater Manchester Police yesterday
:06:32. > :06:37.arrested 12 men suspected of luring girls in care in Stockport his
:06:37. > :06:42.expertise. In Lancashire, police say around 90% of victims love with
:06:42. > :06:48.a run family. Many run not on the street but through the internet. --
:06:48. > :06:58.many victims live with their families. This is following an
:06:58. > :06:58.
:06:58. > :07:01.allegation by a 14-year-old girl. We are in a run-of-the-mill family.
:07:01. > :07:06.Across Lancashire Police say offenders are mainly aged between
:07:06. > :07:11.20 and 40. There have been high profile cases of Asian men grooming
:07:11. > :07:16.white girls in the North West and here in Preston there are a
:07:16. > :07:22.disproportionate number of Asian offenders. But police say across
:07:22. > :07:26.the county 80% of offenders are white. It is important to emphasise
:07:26. > :07:30.that offenders come from all areas of to the community. It would be
:07:30. > :07:33.misleading to focus on one group. This women shared our experiences
:07:33. > :07:38.with police and other agencies today to plead with them and
:07:38. > :07:43.parents to pick up warning signs. Make sure you know that they are
:07:43. > :07:46.safe. If you feel at all that they are not, then act upon it. Do not
:07:46. > :07:51.be frightened that you will be judged as a parent. Her daughter
:07:51. > :07:59.has now moved out and is then a steady relationship. Prove that
:07:59. > :08:03.with help, children can break free. More news stories from around the
:08:03. > :08:09.North West: Unemployment may have fallen nationally but it has risen
:08:09. > :08:13.here in the North West. The number went up by 30,000 to 277,000
:08:13. > :08:17.between February and April. That is over 8% of the working population.
:08:17. > :08:21.It is the biggest rise in unemployment in the country.
:08:21. > :08:25.Nationally, unemployment fell by 80,000 over the same period.
:08:25. > :08:30.The English Defence League founder Stephen Lennon has been charged
:08:30. > :08:34.with assault following a demonstration in April. The 28-
:08:34. > :08:38.year-old has been built and is due to appear before Blackburn
:08:38. > :08:43.Magistrates next week. Two men from the Manchester area
:08:43. > :08:47.have been arrested in Devon over a plot to kill Joss Stone. They were
:08:47. > :08:52.arrested near her home yesterday morning. Detectives have confirmed
:08:52. > :08:56.they are investigating a suspected conspiracy to rob and murder.
:08:56. > :09:01.Cancer patients and Cumbria being treated at the brand new centre at
:09:01. > :09:06.the Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal from today. Charities raised
:09:06. > :09:10.�170,000 to provide equipment there. Patients previously had to travel
:09:10. > :09:15.to Lancaster or Barrow. Calls to The Samaritans in one part
:09:15. > :09:19.of the North West have risen by 20%. Money problems and John it -- job
:09:19. > :09:22.uncertainties mean thousands more are needing their support.
:09:22. > :09:25.Volunteers at the Manchester centre and will cost across the region and
:09:25. > :09:30.say they are worried that cuts to other services could stretch their
:09:30. > :09:34.resources to the limits. Ma does not want to be identified
:09:34. > :09:39.but says he turned to The Samaritans last year when financial
:09:39. > :09:48.worries coincided with a breakdown and family relations. Everything I
:09:48. > :09:53.valued and wife completely fell apart. -- valued in life. I felt
:09:53. > :09:57.alone with nowhere to go and no hope. He was one of 22,000 people
:09:57. > :10:03.who turn to The Samaritans in Manchester last year. It was an
:10:03. > :10:09.increase of more than 20% on the year before. Because the centre
:10:09. > :10:13.never closes the take-off from across the region. She has worked
:10:13. > :10:21.as a sonata for more than 15 years. She says there has been a
:10:21. > :10:25.noticeable shift. -- as a Samaritan. People are worried about jobs. That
:10:25. > :10:29.impacts on every part of the life. Some people are finding it
:10:29. > :10:36.difficult to work. Here they are not just dealing with telephone
:10:36. > :10:39.calls, they are also dealing with face to face chats. Volunteers are
:10:39. > :10:44.working around the clock and there is concern that soon that that will
:10:44. > :10:48.not be enough. With further cuts coming and job losses, even the
:10:48. > :10:52.voluntary sector is not immune to the cuts, we could possibly see an
:10:53. > :10:57.increase in people Colling organisations like The Samaritans.
:10:57. > :11:01.Mark now works as a Samaritan because he says they saved his life
:11:01. > :11:07.and with more and more calls coming in, he wants to help make sure
:11:07. > :11:15.there is always someone there to listen.
:11:15. > :11:21.Still to come: Going for gold on her bike. We follow Crewe's bagel
:11:21. > :11:31.and pickle for BMX glory in London. Join me in Manchester were some
:11:31. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :11:39.Peregrine's have taken the plunge to Twitter.
:11:39. > :11:43.It was June 15th, 1996 when a peaceful sunny Saturday afternoon
:11:43. > :11:51.were shattered by the IRA bomb which destroyed Manchester's city
:11:51. > :11:56.centre. The quick, Pam actions of 20 police officers met 8,000
:11:56. > :12:04.shoppers were moved to safety. On this day, 15 years ago, this was
:12:04. > :12:09.the image the went around the world, defining the terror defined by the
:12:09. > :12:19.blast. It was a life-changing moment firmly Sam and her son Sam.
:12:19. > :12:22.They are happy -- they are here with us today. First to the sun. As
:12:22. > :12:27.I covered the troubles in Belfast, I know how terrifying it is when a
:12:27. > :12:31.bomb goes off. What is your memory of that moment? Sheer panic.
:12:31. > :12:36.Everyone was very calm on the day. We did not think the bomb was going
:12:36. > :12:42.to explode. All this sudden, there was this massive bang and just
:12:42. > :12:46.sheer panic. People screaming, glass breaking around us. The noise.
:12:46. > :12:51.It was just complete panic because if when a few seconds, Sam was
:12:51. > :12:59.screaming in his pushchair covered in blood. What was going on in this
:13:00. > :13:04.picture? There was some confusion for you. We were on this day when
:13:04. > :13:13.the bomb exploded. It was the implosion that cost the pains of
:13:13. > :13:20.glass to shatter. Sam was picked up by my husband out of the pram and
:13:20. > :13:30.then the security guards came. He took some and passed him to me.
:13:30. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:38.Then he took a more of May -- then he took some away. I had to me and
:13:38. > :13:48.my hands covered in blood. Then this guy is running away into
:13:48. > :13:54.
:13:54. > :13:59.crowds of people. Because me quite What did you think? I do not really
:13:59. > :14:07.remember it. It looks like a different person. My mum looks very
:14:07. > :14:17.distressed. You still have some scars that don't you? It changed
:14:17. > :14:17.
:14:17. > :14:22.your life didn't hit? I never got back into the pace of things. Have
:14:22. > :14:28.I was a career woman. Everything changed for me, nothing seemed
:14:28. > :14:34.important. The only person he was important was him. I gave up work.
:14:34. > :14:44.I went back part-time after my second child. Were you terrified to
:14:44. > :14:54.go back into Manchester? I did not go back foray long time. Sam opened
:14:54. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:00.Marks & Spencer when he was free year-old -- 3. We did not going to
:15:00. > :15:09.Manchester. What about your future Sam? I'm going to college,
:15:09. > :15:19.hopefully I will go to the University of Manchester. I want to
:15:19. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:28.do something with music. Not a top job at Marks & Spencer?
:15:28. > :15:35.Thank you for talking to last. -- talking to us.
:15:35. > :15:42.If you think tweeting is something for birds, this story brings the
:15:42. > :15:52.Twitter phenomenon full circle. Peregrine falcons in Manchester
:15:52. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :15:58.have $500 on Twitter. -- 500 of followers.
:15:58. > :16:08.The moment a Peregrine falcon chick takes its first flight in
:16:08. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:19.Manchester. All four of chicks have the now left the nest. They like to
:16:19. > :16:20.
:16:20. > :16:29.nest in high places, they are proving successful. They are like
:16:29. > :16:34.pigeons, they are quite slow, quite easy to chat -- to catch.
:16:35. > :16:39.Following the Peregrine falcons is quite difficult. They have set up a
:16:39. > :16:49.high-powered binoculars. You can have followed the chicks on Twitter.
:16:49. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :17:00.There page has attracted 500 followers. There is a camera that
:17:00. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:08.faces the nest. It takes stills. People like to watch it. He would
:17:08. > :17:17.not see anything like that in Manchester it. -- you would not see
:17:17. > :17:27.that. The addled Peregrine's have nested in Manchester for six years
:17:27. > :17:37.on their be run. They will be gone before the end of the summer.
:17:37. > :17:45.Great stuff. Now the sport. We are going to be talking about the 2012
:17:45. > :17:52.Olympics. The emphasis is on London, but many competitors we making
:17:52. > :18:02.their preparations up north. Some lucky viewers will have
:18:02. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:08.tickets. There are 70 venues across the north-west which will be used.
:18:08. > :18:15.Even Bury FC are going to host a training session. The Australian
:18:15. > :18:25.swimming team will be based up the road.
:18:25. > :18:27.
:18:28. > :18:37.It could be Korea defining for many athletes first -- Korea defining.
:18:38. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:44.We are going to focus on showers Naze Reade -- Shanaze Reade. She
:18:44. > :18:49.crashed in Beijing, she says it is all behind her.
:18:49. > :18:56.By her own admission, it took months to recover from. In a letter
:18:56. > :19:03.no serious physical injuries, but much more psychological. She no
:19:03. > :19:10.longer dwells on it. Not really, it is something in your back -- if it
:19:10. > :19:16.is in the back of your mind there is no point. My last focus is
:19:16. > :19:24.always the Olympic Games. I think that had a negative effect.
:19:24. > :19:30.will not be short of facilities, as well as a brand new indoor track,
:19:31. > :19:38.she combined a coaching with an outdoor one in Birmingham. She is
:19:38. > :19:43.competing here in the European Championships. You have that the
:19:43. > :19:52.British crowd behind you, the number count is going to be amazing.
:19:52. > :20:00.My family get to see its, it is going to be great. My mum is coming.
:20:00. > :20:08.They will see the start from crude -- from Crewe.
:20:08. > :20:12.Good luck Titian days reads -- Shanaze Reade. Days after the
:20:12. > :20:18.signing of Jordan Henderson Paul Liverpool, Maxi Rodriguez has said
:20:18. > :20:22.he would like to go back to his old country. He scored two hat-tricks
:20:22. > :20:25.in three games. He has been linked with his former club, Newells Old
:20:25. > :20:30.Boys. Lancashire paceman James Anderson
:20:30. > :20:38.is set to regain his place in the England cricket team tomorrow. The
:20:38. > :20:46.man known as the Burnley Express missed the last Test match. He is
:20:46. > :20:53.expected to start. Finally a quiz from me. The biggest
:20:53. > :21:03.event in America has the north-west connection. It is the Stanley Cup
:21:03. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:21.final. Is that to do with Accrington Stanley. It is the
:21:21. > :21:23.
:21:23. > :21:31.Stanley Cup. It it should have been presented by Lord Stanley. He was
:21:31. > :21:36.from Preston. Now the weather.
:21:36. > :21:46.Any let up in the rain? Any let up in the rain?
:21:46. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:55.Yes and No. We have seen some very lively downpours. It was very vocal.
:21:55. > :22:03.The high pressure has not changed very much. We are under the
:22:03. > :22:13.influence of low-pressure coming in. We have a crafty little
:22:13. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:23.troublemaker coming. We are in foray rough ride -- for a rougher
:22:23. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:31.ride. A spell of wet and windy weather. We saw some a lovely warm
:22:31. > :22:40.sunshine this morning. It did spark off some very lively showers. But
:22:40. > :22:45.the rest of the night, it will stay mostly Jie -- mostly drive. It is a
:22:45. > :22:54.lunar eclipse tonight. We may catch a glimpse of that, some clear
:22:54. > :23:04.spells. By the end of the night, some showers across the coast. 7-8
:23:04. > :23:04.
:23:04. > :23:11.degrees. The showers will be coming in tomorrow. There will be an army
:23:11. > :23:17.of them as be going to the afternoon. Some thunder. A couple
:23:17. > :23:27.of areas that could escape the showers, Cumbria, may be some parts
:23:27. > :23:27.
:23:27. > :23:34.of Lancashire. Lively showers, quite slow moving. Friday, it may
:23:34. > :23:44.start dry, but in the afternoon a bit of a washout. Some strong winds,
:23:44. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:50.it may feel cool. Thank you very much.
:23:50. > :23:57.Singing stars are getting younger. You may have seen the American girl
:23:57. > :24:07.Jackie Evancho, she was on the American TV, a little dark with a
:24:07. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:15.very bigger boys. -- a little girl. It does not seem if humanly
:24:16. > :24:23.possible to do that. Simon Cowell believes there is no one in the UK
:24:23. > :24:27.to match her. Well, they may just be. Grace O'Malley from Padiham has
:24:27. > :24:32.a voice that could make her a hit. a voice that could make her a hit.
:24:32. > :24:37.Her mother says there is no way she will be doing that. She was happy
:24:37. > :24:40.just raising money for local charities.
:24:40. > :24:50.At first glass there is no one -- nothing to set Grace O'Malley apart
:24:50. > :24:51.
:24:51. > :25:01.from her classmates. That is until she opens her voice. I have been
:25:01. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:14.singing since I was about two-year- old. I love singing front of people.
:25:14. > :25:15.
:25:16. > :25:25.I sometimes make people cry. has only just turned or 13. She has
:25:26. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:30.the police are a mature woman. -- voice. She has raised there are
:25:30. > :25:34.thousands of pounds for local charities. The fact she's a girl
:25:35. > :25:43.with a boy so the woman would make an ideal candidate Bob Britain's
:25:43. > :25:46.Got Talent. Her mother has said the know. At the end of the day you
:25:46. > :25:54.only get one charted, if she wants to be a professional singer she can
:25:54. > :26:03.wait till she gets older. Supposing Simon Cowell rang up and offered
:26:03. > :26:10.you a contract? I do not think I would go down that road. I want to
:26:10. > :26:14.be a normal child. If the family are so opposed to have been over-
:26:14. > :26:19.exposed, how come she's on our programme. They did not get in
:26:19. > :26:27.touch a last, if a friend he did. They only agreed she could be on
:26:27. > :26:34.the programme to publicise a charity concerts. -- a charity
:26:34. > :26:41.concert. To make sure she does not go the way of other child
:26:41. > :26:49.performers, they will make sure she does not be too much, too young.