:00:14. > :00:17.Good evening, I'm Michelle Mayman. Welcome to North West Tonight.
:00:18. > :00:21.A total of 14 patients may have been affected by the deliberate
:00:21. > :00:25.poisoning of saline drips at a Stockport hospital. Three deaths
:00:25. > :00:32.could be linked to the contamination, and today it emerged
:00:32. > :00:36.that another 11 patients may also have been victims.
:00:37. > :00:40.Increased security outside and inside the hospital today to
:00:40. > :00:44.protect patients and staff, as the police inquiry into the deaths
:00:44. > :00:48.begins. Senior officers say it is clear someone had tampered with
:00:48. > :00:54.vials of saline, but all was been done to protect people at a
:00:54. > :00:57.hospital. We are working closely with a hospital to improve the
:00:57. > :01:03.security and protection of patience, the staff themselves and their
:01:03. > :01:08.families. Our intention is to ensure that no further harm is
:01:08. > :01:14.caused by this incident. The three people have died are a woman aged
:01:14. > :01:17.44 and two men aged 71 and 84. The deaths remain unexplained. A
:01:17. > :01:22.further 11 patients have been affected but not seriously harmed.
:01:22. > :01:25.The hospital contacted police on Tuesday after an experienced nurse
:01:25. > :01:30.reported high numbers of patients with unexplained low blood-sugar
:01:30. > :01:35.levels. It was the staff at hospital we got this matter to our
:01:35. > :01:40.back attention, and I have asked them to continue to beat extra
:01:40. > :01:43.vigilant. We have increased security in terms of access to the
:01:43. > :01:47.hospital and access to medicines, and replaced all saline ampules
:01:47. > :01:52.across the hospital. The police say all professionals and patients will
:01:52. > :01:57.be spoken to all the next 24 hours to establish how the saline vials
:01:57. > :02:04.were contaminated. Outside Stepping Hill Hospital, local people were
:02:04. > :02:08.full of praise. I have had five years' cancer treatment at the
:02:08. > :02:13.Bobby Moore Unit, and there would not be here without them.
:02:13. > :02:18.Everything has been highly commendable. It is just shocking
:02:18. > :02:22.that something like this should happen. My mum is in there at the
:02:22. > :02:26.moment, and they have always look after people well. The nursing
:02:26. > :02:33.staff are excellent. As part of the investigation, all deaths that show
:02:33. > :02:38.any sign of relevant symptoms will be looked into.
:02:38. > :02:41.Police excavating farm land in Cornwall in the search for are
:02:41. > :02:45.messing with milk -- Wirral man have recovered a body. Brett
:02:45. > :02:51.Flournoy, a former boxer last seen on 16th June met up with another
:02:51. > :02:55.man, David Griffiths from Berkshire, also missing. Police have recovered
:02:56. > :03:01.a burned-out car that had been buried on the farm near placemacro.
:03:01. > :03:06.The car contained to the body of one person -- sake or style.
:03:06. > :03:11.will get a result to the families today. We know it is a very
:03:11. > :03:17.difficult period with them being left in limbo, but at the same time
:03:17. > :03:22.they want answers. An electrician in Fiji has been sentence to 18
:03:22. > :03:26.months in jail after a teenager from Stretford was electrocuted.
:03:26. > :03:29.17-year-old Luke Molner died five years ago after touching a washing
:03:29. > :03:33.line post that had been accidentally connected to a live
:03:33. > :03:41.cable. His parents gave their reaction to the sentence. It is a
:03:41. > :03:46.very light sentence. But thinking about it, if you bear in mind the
:03:46. > :03:50.fact that he may not even have been charged with manslaughter, we have
:03:50. > :03:54.actually got a conviction and for that we are grateful because that
:03:54. > :03:59.is what we have been a need to do over the last five years. People
:03:59. > :04:04.have had to the their homes and work after a fire in Bootle today.
:04:04. > :04:06.A 250 metre exclusion zone was put in place by Merseyside Fire Brigade
:04:06. > :04:10.after they discovered a gas cylinder in the workshop blaze.
:04:10. > :04:14.They have spent the day could in the cylinder.
:04:14. > :04:18.For the next few days, the peace and tranquillity of a Cheshire
:04:18. > :04:23.country house will be replaced by the sound of roaring engines.
:04:23. > :04:29.The annual Cholmondeley Pageant of Power starts today with displays of
:04:29. > :04:33.vintage motorbikes, rally drivers, and even simulated aerosol from the
:04:33. > :04:42.RAF and the Army. It was a lovely day at Cholmondeley,
:04:42. > :04:48.Tonight, damp and breezy throughout the night. The outlook for tomorrow