:00:07. > :00:12.Good evening. It welcome to North West Tonight police search a flat
:00:12. > :00:17.in Stockport as they arrest a nurse on suspicion of murdering patients
:00:17. > :00:23.at Stepping Hill Hospital. We have been following the story, and sex
:00:23. > :00:28.minute is is on our doorstep. We will have the late is on that
:00:28. > :00:34.investigation at the hospital. The legal challenge to one
:00:34. > :00:37.council's plans to reduce adult social care. Walking tall, the
:00:37. > :00:44.upstanding members of the community that lived 2 million years earlier
:00:44. > :00:54.than we thought. And that of the rising Sun? Not sup
:00:54. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:09.-- not quite. It looks as if the Police are questioning a nurse from
:01:09. > :01:14.Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport on suspicion of murdering patients.
:01:14. > :01:20.27-year-old Rebecca Leighton from heavily -- from Heaviley was
:01:20. > :01:23.arrested this morning. The deaths of three patients are being
:01:23. > :01:27.investigated, another patient remains in intensive care.
:01:27. > :01:32.Laureates has been following developments as joins us from the
:01:32. > :01:39.hospital. Yesterday we were saying do not expect any arrests soon, and
:01:39. > :01:43.then early this morning this development. Yes. Eight days into
:01:43. > :01:46.this investigation, and tonight Rebecca Leighton is being
:01:47. > :01:50.questioned on suspicion of murdering three patients. The
:01:51. > :01:55.arrest was an unexpected one given that 24 hours earlier police were
:01:55. > :02:00.warning us it was likely to be a long and complex investigation.
:02:00. > :02:04.Early this morning at her flat in the Heaviley area of Stockport she
:02:04. > :02:08.was arrested. We have been speaking to people who lives near by.
:02:08. > :02:13.have been following the story and next minute it is on my doorstep.
:02:13. > :02:19.It is a shock. What reaction has there been from the families of
:02:19. > :02:24.those three people whose deaths are being investigated? Let rename it
:02:24. > :02:30.reminds you of the three patients at the centre of this story. They
:02:30. > :02:34.are 44-year-old Tracey Arden, 71- year-old Arnold Lancaster and
:02:34. > :02:38.George Keep. I was speaking to George Keep's daughter and son-in-
:02:38. > :02:43.law this morning. They say they are very shocked at what has happened,
:02:43. > :02:50.but they are hoping that George's death has nothing to do with this.
:02:50. > :02:56.And what has been happening at the hospital today? This remains a
:02:56. > :03:01.working hospital in the mist of a police investigation. Increase
:03:01. > :03:06.security and police presence is here to reassure patients and staff
:03:06. > :03:11.at all it under control, but also MMI debt as to what is happening in
:03:11. > :03:16.this investigation. Staff say it is a difficult time. We are being more
:03:16. > :03:24.careful. We are just watching everything and everything that is
:03:24. > :03:28.going on. It makes the daily work harder. It is quite stressful
:03:28. > :03:37.because you have to sign up everything. Everyone is looking at
:03:37. > :03:41.everyone else really suspiciously. Tonight the hospital has told us
:03:41. > :03:44.that special security measures remain in place. Greater Manchester
:03:44. > :03:50.Police have until 6am tomorrow morning to charge or release
:03:50. > :03:54.Rebecca Leighton. Laureates, thank you.
:03:54. > :03:59.When spending cuts were made by local councils, did they do enough
:03:59. > :04:03.to protect the vulnerable? To pensioners with disabilities say no.
:04:03. > :04:07.They are now challenging Lancashire County Council in court, accusing
:04:07. > :04:11.it of breaking the law. The council says his reduction in
:04:12. > :04:16.the Budget was lawful. Both sides of the argument are being heard at
:04:16. > :04:22.Manchester High Court. If the council loses, it could have
:04:22. > :04:27.widespread implications. Margaret Cropper has cerebral palsy,
:04:27. > :04:30.and relies on support from Lancashire County Council to lead
:04:30. > :04:37.an independent life. She fears cuts to the social care budget could
:04:37. > :04:44.threaten her independence. With my personal care needs, getting up in
:04:44. > :04:50.the morning, getting dressed, they will not be so good. Regarding my
:04:50. > :04:57.ability to get shopping, in --, regarding my ability to keep out of
:04:57. > :05:04.the house, regarding my ability to make friends, my normal life, that
:05:04. > :05:09.will beat seriously curtailed. Protesters took to the streets to
:05:09. > :05:13.oppose cuts which they say targeted the most vulnerable in society. Two
:05:13. > :05:18.have now taken their battle to the courts. They have been granted
:05:18. > :05:25.anonymity, but one is 65 and has a range of health problems. She has
:05:25. > :05:31.been unable to work since 1981. The second is 73 and partially
:05:31. > :05:35.paralysed. Both say the cuts could seriously undermine their chance of
:05:35. > :05:39.leading normal lives. The charity Disability Equality North West has
:05:39. > :05:44.supported them. We know that Lancashire has to save money, but
:05:44. > :05:48.we would like them to just do it differently. As the High Court in
:05:48. > :05:53.Manchester, the women's lawyer has argued that the council broke the
:05:53. > :05:57.law by not taking into account the impact the cuts would have. The
:05:57. > :06:03.council insisted it sticks to decision-making process was that it
:06:03. > :06:08.be legal. Dave joins us from outside the court. If the women
:06:08. > :06:13.when their case, this will have major implications for Lancashire
:06:13. > :06:17.County Council and not just them, but others to? That is right.
:06:17. > :06:20.Lancashire are vigorously defending this case. They say they played
:06:20. > :06:24.everything by the book, but if they do lose, if the judgment goes
:06:24. > :06:28.against them, they will have to look again at their budgets. They
:06:28. > :06:34.still have to save �71 million somewhere, so they will have to
:06:34. > :06:40.have a look. Birmingham is in a similar position, and an action
:06:40. > :06:43.against them succeeded. The they said they would have to make the
:06:43. > :06:48.cuts somewhere else. That will be the case here as well, they would
:06:48. > :06:53.have to look at the budget again, and decided other savings can be
:06:53. > :06:56.made in other parts of the Budget. This case is expected to go on
:06:56. > :07:05.tomorrow, the council were beginning their side of things then,
:07:05. > :07:09.but the judge will make his judgment public at a later date.
:07:09. > :07:14.Sonae has announced plans to start rebuilding its chipboard plant in
:07:14. > :07:19.Kirkby after a fire last month. Demolition will finish in six weeks.
:07:19. > :07:23.Two workers died there last December in a fire. A local MP had
:07:23. > :07:28.called for the plants to close. It should be fully operational early
:07:28. > :07:31.next year. The Royal Northern College of Music
:07:31. > :07:35.has suspended a member of catering staff following the accidental
:07:35. > :07:39.contamination of a bottle of salad dressing. Five people were taken to
:07:39. > :07:44.hospital on Friday after eating salad contaminated with dishwasher
:07:44. > :07:49.liquid. They were all unharmed. The college has apologised, and is
:07:49. > :07:52.investigating. Members of the Isle of men at --
:07:52. > :07:57.Isle of Man Trade Union Council have mounted a protest outside
:07:57. > :08:02.Government Building. They are questioning the cost of having 33
:08:02. > :08:07.members of Tynwald. It follows the loss last week of �75 million a
:08:07. > :08:14.year, thanks to a new VAT deal with the UK.
:08:14. > :08:18.Do you fail �80,000 is a fair cost for each MHK? That is what the
:08:18. > :08:21.government in the Isle of man wants everyone to ask themselves in the
:08:21. > :08:26.run-up to the elections in Manchester. We want to find out if
:08:26. > :08:31.people think they are worth it. The same is going on across the public
:08:31. > :08:37.sector, and it is applicable to our politicians. People are getting
:08:37. > :08:42.steamed up about it. Demonstrations like this with the government --
:08:42. > :08:46.with the people questioning how government spend its money have
:08:46. > :08:51.more resonance after the renegotiated VAT deal, which cost
:08:51. > :08:55.the island �75 million a year. It is a view echoed on the street.
:08:55. > :09:00.Everybody should be worried about the cuts. It will affect lot of
:09:00. > :09:04.things. It is a great place to raise children, but if cuts are
:09:04. > :09:08.made in education that is a bad thing. The government says
:09:08. > :09:13.adjustments will have to be made, but they are what -- unwilling to
:09:14. > :09:18.say where. Some things are for the next administration, we have a
:09:18. > :09:23.general election in September. It is important that we all start
:09:23. > :09:27.realising and recognising that we are going to have a tighter job on
:09:27. > :09:32.our hands and we have up-to-date. The business community is worried
:09:32. > :09:36.about how the island will deal with this drop in revenue. They will
:09:36. > :09:40.have to cut their cloth a bit tighter. We do not want there to be
:09:40. > :09:45.a significant reduction in services, or the island would not be such a
:09:45. > :09:49.good place to do business or to live.
:09:49. > :09:54.The first visitors have been arriving at the RHS Flower Show in
:09:55. > :10:00.Tatton Park. It opens today. Tens of thousands of visitors are
:10:00. > :10:08.expected over the next five days. Among them will be both of us on
:10:08. > :10:15.Friday morning at around 11am. Right now Kate Simms is there.
:10:15. > :10:20.It has not rained at all today, but I think that is about to change. No
:10:20. > :10:25.rain could dampen this display. This one has been designed by
:10:25. > :10:31.schoolchildren across Cheshire. This has been designed to represent
:10:31. > :10:36.different countries, this one is France. And this one here is
:10:36. > :10:42.designed to represent the country of Chile. There have been a record
:10:42. > :10:52.number of gold medals given Altair, giving you an idea of the standard.
:10:52. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:01.The show has been changed completely this year. We decided to
:11:01. > :11:09.remove some things from where they have been for 10 years and switch
:11:09. > :11:17.the show around. It has a completely different feel to it.
:11:17. > :11:27.looks as though the weather will hold out. He just stands there and
:11:27. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:38.carries everything! As soon as I saw this I was taken at right back.
:11:38. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:44.This is a college's homage to the children's Classic Garden. Talk be
:11:44. > :11:51.through how this garden represents Blackpool. We have got the orange
:11:51. > :11:57.flowers, the marigolds. We have got shrubs at the back, a seaside
:11:57. > :12:04.shrubs. You must be a big black ball back? I do not know a thing
:12:04. > :12:14.about football. Have you feel about being second in young design of the
:12:14. > :12:14.
:12:14. > :12:23.year? I feel pretty prowled. -- prowled. What d'you think of the
:12:23. > :12:27.garden? It is really beautiful. The combinations are super. Thank
:12:27. > :12:37.goodness for your programme. My mummy and daddy watch it every
:12:37. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:50.night, so I get to stay up a little One of those gold medal gardens is
:12:50. > :12:58.this one, a Japanese garden. It was created by the head gardener at
:12:58. > :13:06.Tatton Park. Why the Japanese theme? We thought it would be
:13:06. > :13:11.appropriate to celebrate when it was built. It has won an award.
:13:11. > :13:17.This has a special meaning for you. After 32 years as head gardener,
:13:17. > :13:22.you are retiring? Only from Tatton Park. I cannot say forever. I am
:13:23. > :13:27.going on to do other things. I am passionate about gardens. You have
:13:27. > :13:34.been involved in this show since it has started. Do you have any
:13:34. > :13:39.highlights? The weather can play havoc. One of the highlights was
:13:39. > :13:45.1997 when it rained solidly. But, we did a garden about Venice, so it
:13:45. > :13:53.was ironic. It has got bigger every year of. Yes. Some fantastic
:13:53. > :14:00.exhibits are here. Thank you. I have a feeling we will be seeing
:14:00. > :14:08.you again. We will be back with them weather later. Fingers crossed
:14:08. > :14:15.it does not start raining before then.
:14:15. > :14:18.Still to come. Saturday-night showdown. The Bury footballer
:14:18. > :14:22.turned boxer with world champion potential.
:14:22. > :14:25.A and why scientists in Liverpool are making footprints on the shore
:14:25. > :14:35.of the Mersey to understand how cavemen walked millions of years
:14:35. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:40.ago. What would you say if your local
:14:40. > :14:47.council started renovating a house he owned, with a theatre getting it
:14:47. > :14:51.rented out without your permission? This happened to a property in
:14:51. > :14:54.Kendal. The house had been empty for almost eight years. South
:14:54. > :15:01.Lakeland District Council have permission to take it over and
:15:01. > :15:06.rented out to a local family without the owner's permission.
:15:06. > :15:12.It is one think machinery tearing up your driveway, but quite another
:15:12. > :15:19.when you did not invited. On in Kendal, this house has been falling
:15:19. > :15:23.apart for almost eight years. The council has used an empty dwelling
:15:23. > :15:27.management order to do something about it and will offer it to one
:15:27. > :15:35.of 3000 local families who need it. In seven years, the owner has the
:15:35. > :15:39.option to take it back. We will get some by D from the housing list
:15:39. > :15:42.command and we will get it done up and the neighbours will get
:15:42. > :15:47.something that was an eyesore taken away and replaced with something
:15:47. > :15:53.new. It has not been pleasant recently. Especially when it was
:15:53. > :15:59.broken into, and teenagers were using it as a drinking den. My wife
:15:59. > :16:03.was terrified. We invited the owner for interview. He has not responded.
:16:03. > :16:08.Neighbours say in the eight years since there were tenants here, they
:16:08. > :16:15.do not recall seeing him at the house. High property prices and low
:16:15. > :16:19.wages means this area has a serious housing shortage. The owner could
:16:19. > :16:22.argue it is not their problem. is about freedom and you could say
:16:22. > :16:26.you have the freedom to hang on to your house and do what you like,
:16:26. > :16:36.but I says somebody has a freedom to have an affordable home in the
:16:36. > :16:40.area they grew up. It is estimated there are 1,000 empty properties in
:16:40. > :16:49.the area. The council is saying do something about yours before the
:16:49. > :16:54.diggers turn up. It is time for sport. We start with
:16:54. > :17:00.the breaking news that Manchester City's South American footballer is
:17:01. > :17:06.on his way back home. The final chapter for Carlos Tevez? If only.
:17:06. > :17:13.Manchester City have announced their Brazilian striker is on his
:17:13. > :17:19.way back home. As for Carlos Tevez, what is the story tonight? The deal
:17:19. > :17:24.worth �40 million with Corinthians is off. The transfer window expired.
:17:24. > :17:29.By does this leave him? He has gone on record -- where does this leave
:17:29. > :17:35.in? He said he did not want to be back in Manchester. He is
:17:35. > :17:40.contracted until 2014 to Manchester City. He could go in the January
:17:40. > :17:45.transfer window. He scored 43 Premier League goals in two seasons
:17:45. > :17:52.at City, more than any other player. Manchester City will hope he will
:17:52. > :17:56.turn up and diet -- do his best. The alternative is to sit at home
:17:57. > :18:01.and watch himself on North West Tonight until something happens!
:18:01. > :18:05.Blackburn Rovers are expecting to find El Hadji Diouf when they find
:18:05. > :18:11.him. The Senegal International should have reported for training
:18:11. > :18:17.but has not been seen at Ewood Park since the month of May. This
:18:17. > :18:22.weekend, three of the best boxers in the area will be in action. We
:18:23. > :18:32.will praevia Amir Khan's fight in Vegas on Friday. Tonight, Tyson
:18:33. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :18:43.Fury and his clash at the wheel of Derek Chisora. Now, Scott Quigg,
:18:43. > :18:44.
:18:44. > :18:49.and his home time defence of his WBA title -- home town defence.
:18:49. > :18:58.Saturday cannot come quickly enough for 22-year-old Scot quake. There
:18:58. > :19:03.is nothing better than fighting in front of home fans -- Scott Quigg.
:19:03. > :19:12.He may be only eight stones 10, but he packs a powerful punch. He has
:19:12. > :19:22.not down 14 of his 21 opponents. has proved himself as a fighter.
:19:22. > :19:22.
:19:22. > :19:27.There is not much more to say. He is dedicated and disciplined.
:19:27. > :19:32.says once he has beaten Franklin Varela from Venezuela, there will
:19:32. > :19:37.be no limits. I believe I can become world champion. As a
:19:37. > :19:42.youngster, he tasted failure when he was rejected as a footballer by
:19:43. > :19:49.his home town club. He then turned to boxing. To be knocked back
:19:49. > :19:56.because of your size and not your ability, I got disheartened. It was
:19:56. > :20:01.rough on the pitch. I had a go at boxing. I ended up -- it ended up
:20:01. > :20:08.working out for the best. I would not be doing his job. I would
:20:08. > :20:17.rather be on the pitch. For him, football is just for fun now, but
:20:17. > :20:24.on Saturday, it will be serious business.
:20:25. > :20:28.Finally, second-placed Lancashire's bid to capture Durham took them to
:20:28. > :20:34.Headingley for the Roses match. Headingley for the Roses match.
:20:34. > :20:39.Lancashire were put into bat. They are not doing too badly.
:20:40. > :20:45.It is good to get a day's cricket It is good to get a day's cricket
:20:45. > :20:50.in. And hello to Carlos Tevez if he is watching! Scientists at
:20:50. > :20:57.Liverpool University discovered one of ancestors walked upright earlier
:20:57. > :21:02.than had been at thought. That was almost 4 million years ago, not 2
:21:02. > :21:08.million. They used computers to work out whether a species of
:21:08. > :21:15.caveman walked like us. This is how a BBC series portrayed
:21:15. > :21:19.a creature called Australopithecus afarensis, an ancestor. Scientists
:21:19. > :21:25.thought that predecessors did not walk upright until 2 million years
:21:25. > :21:29.ago. Here are casts of fossilised footprints made by Australopithecus
:21:29. > :21:33.afarensis almost 4 million years ago. The Liverpool team it used
:21:33. > :21:38.modern scanning methods to work out an average footprint. They worked
:21:38. > :21:42.at the pressure pattern that print would create. They got a computer
:21:42. > :21:46.to work at the most efficient way for the creature to walk. The
:21:46. > :21:51.answer was upright with straight legs. The pressure pattern for
:21:51. > :22:00.walking that way matches the pressure pattern which our ancestor
:22:00. > :22:04.made. This is an animation. Compare this to the bench legged way that
:22:04. > :22:09.animals like chimpanzees war. It is important because it suggests an
:22:09. > :22:19.early humans walked upright to get out fruit in trees rather than
:22:19. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:25.chasing animals to eat. -- chimpanzees walked. A it is not
:22:25. > :22:30.being a predator, but being a fruit eating her before. A more we know
:22:30. > :22:35.about how they walked, the better we will understand how they evolved.
:22:35. > :22:40.This is why scientists are taking measurements of their own feet in
:22:40. > :22:44.the sand at New Brighton beach. Now, the team are gathering samples of
:22:44. > :22:53.the way modern humans move to further understand how our walk
:22:53. > :22:57.involved. Great. Before we go back to Tatton
:22:57. > :23:03.Park, I will tell you about a programme you might be interested
:23:03. > :23:06.in watching tonight. It is about regional television. It is called
:23:06. > :23:12.Regional TV: Life Through A Local Lens. It is the story of how
:23:12. > :23:17.audiences fell in love with regional television. It is on BBC4
:23:17. > :23:21.at 9pm. Now, we can go back to RHS Flower
:23:21. > :23:25.Now, we can go back to RHS Flower Show command at putt. And the
:23:26. > :23:31.weather. Hello, then weather is
:23:31. > :23:40.disappointing today. For the moment, I am standing next to gardens that
:23:40. > :23:50.are back to back. This is designed by Gordon Bayley, the head gardener
:23:50. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :24:00.at a company -- at Arley Hall. There are lots of pinks and reds.
:24:00. > :24:03.We have the spider flower. Gordon Bailey has not exhibited before. He
:24:03. > :24:12.has the bronze medal for this garden, which is amazing. My
:24:12. > :24:20.favourite part of the garden is this. This was inspired by the
:24:20. > :24:25.Arley Hall and garden. I think we will see a lot of hats tomorrow for
:24:25. > :24:35.Ladies' Day. What about the weather? It has been a miserable
:24:35. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:38.day today. We have a warning for rain from the Met Office.
:24:38. > :24:44.Temperatures have been disappointing. It has been very
:24:44. > :24:52.cloudy. Tomorrow, disappointing temperature for this time of the
:24:52. > :24:56.year. On Friday, we may see sunshine. The reason for the
:24:56. > :25:00.weather being so cloudy is that over the next couple of days we
:25:00. > :25:05.have low pressure. My first day, you can see the low-pressure
:25:05. > :25:11.starting to creep away in the direction of the North Sea. On the
:25:11. > :25:20.other side, we have high pressure. On Friday, we are stuck between two
:25:20. > :25:27.systems. We could see sunshine. This evening, it is fairly cloudy.
:25:27. > :25:34.We may see some scattered showers. It will be a fairly quiet night.
:25:34. > :25:40.Temperatures will remain in double figures. By Thursday morning, it
:25:40. > :25:50.will start off fairly cloudy. As we head into the afternoon, we may see
:25:50. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:58.scattered showers. We may see cloud breaks as well. The temperatures of
:25:58. > :26:03.very disappointing. As we look at Friday, temperatures up to 18
:26:03. > :26:08.degrees. Maybe a bit more sunshine. And the weekend is looking better.
:26:08. > :26:12.We should see brighter conditions for the weekend. That is the
:26:12. > :26:17.weather. I think I have found a hat for
:26:17. > :26:21.Ladies' Day. That is very becoming.
:26:21. > :26:24.It is the first ladies' day tomorrow.
:26:24. > :26:31.If you come tomorrow you have to make sure you are wearing your best
:26:31. > :26:41.clothes. You may win a prize. Hats are the order of the day. If
:26:41. > :26:48.
:26:48. > :26:58.it rains, used a -- you will stay dry.
:26:58. > :27:03.We shall be there on Friday. Before we go, we have something fun to
:27:03. > :27:08.show you. The studio as you have not seen it before. It is made of
:27:08. > :27:16.paper. Jim Scott has sent this picture of a model he made.