:00:04. > :00:08.Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight. Our top story.
:00:08. > :00:12.The thieves who used a getaway car to run over a policemen. One of
:00:12. > :00:20.them is jailed for 19 years. A total of seven members of the same
:00:20. > :00:26.gang have now been jailed. They have no regard for members of the
:00:26. > :00:29.community or police alike. The potentially lethal gas and
:00:29. > :00:37.terrible smell forcing families out of their homes for the next six
:00:37. > :00:41.months. You are paying a mortgage on something that is not worth
:00:41. > :00:43.anything. A call for Liverpool to have its
:00:43. > :00:53.own gay village to boost the city's economy.
:00:53. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:09.Also, a busy weekend of football ahead. And back with us to present
:01:09. > :01:14.the sport is Olympic medallist Steve Parry.
:01:14. > :01:19.To help me prove it is one of the best weekends in football, Sammy
:01:19. > :01:22.McIlroy will join me with a preview to the start of the Football League
:01:22. > :01:25.season and the Manchester derby on Sunday.
:01:25. > :01:28.When PC Gary Marshall responded to reports of a robbery,, he couldn't
:01:28. > :01:33.have imagined how things would turn out. He caught the gang red handed
:01:33. > :01:37.and tried to stop them from escaping. But they ran over him in
:01:37. > :01:40.their getaway car, leaving him seriously injured. Today, one of
:01:40. > :01:43.those in the car, Christopher Jones, was jailed for 19 years. Our chief
:01:43. > :01:53.reporter has the story They were men who would do anything
:01:53. > :01:56.to get their hands on the cash carried by security vans. People
:01:56. > :02:02.who are ruthless, determined and prepared to do anything to commit
:02:02. > :02:05.the crimes and get the gainer from that crime. And when PC Gary
:02:05. > :02:09.Marshall tried to stop them, they simply ran over him in their
:02:09. > :02:12.getaway car. It happened as PC Marshall attempted to use his car
:02:12. > :02:20.to block their escape following a raid at Partington in Greater
:02:20. > :02:26.Manchester. The gang would not come quietly. They rammed the police car
:02:26. > :02:31.out of the way and ran over PC Marshall. I think they would have
:02:31. > :02:38.run over anybody or done anything to get away. The events that
:02:38. > :02:44.unfolded will be a with PC Marshall for a lifetime. He says he lived
:02:44. > :02:50.with constant pain and has frequent flashbacks -- flashbacks and
:02:50. > :02:54.nightmares. He said his body and mind had been scarred for life. The
:02:54. > :02:59.man seen smashing the police car window is Christopher Jones. The
:02:59. > :03:05.22-year-old was jailed for 19 years at Preston Crown Court after being
:03:05. > :03:09.convicted of grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to rob. Jones and
:03:10. > :03:15.his partners in crime carried out raids in Greater Manchester,
:03:15. > :03:20.Lancashire and Merseyside in 2009. Tracking them down involved
:03:20. > :03:24.officers from three forces. The gang stole high-performance cars to
:03:24. > :03:30.use in the robberies and then drove them at speed without regard to
:03:30. > :03:34.others. Christopher Jones is in the blue car. The car was dumped and he
:03:34. > :03:39.attempted to get away on foot. But cameras on the helicopter made sure
:03:39. > :03:47.he could not evade capture. He is the seventh member of the gang are
:03:47. > :03:52.to be locked up so far. Fears, residents living in Salford
:03:52. > :03:57.have lived with a terrible smell, occasionally rising into their
:03:57. > :04:02.homes. The smell is methane, which is potentially lethal. The
:04:02. > :04:07.householders have been given a few weeks to get out of their homes so
:04:07. > :04:12.the council can make the area safe. Our reporter is there.
:04:12. > :04:16.The six houses behind me are affected. The lady in the first
:04:16. > :04:20.house is going to have a baby in three-week so. She has just found
:04:20. > :04:25.out she will have to move out of her home by then for six months.
:04:25. > :04:31.The problem has rumbled on for years. But first, they had advice
:04:31. > :04:36.such as not using lighted candles in their house. There, but the
:04:36. > :04:41.council hopes this is a final solution. Birchfield Drive is on a
:04:41. > :04:46.leafy estate. The houses have to be ventilated around the clock. Alison
:04:47. > :04:51.Downie show be the problems. What is causing it is the gas seeping up
:04:51. > :04:56.through the ground. There is a crack along the back of the house,
:04:56. > :05:01.which is sinking. Monitors make sure the gas does not reached
:05:01. > :05:06.dangerous levels. You cannot see it, you can smell it. The smell of the
:05:06. > :05:12.gases, it smells like drainage. courses at the back of the houses
:05:12. > :05:18.because until the 1950s, it was landfill. By the 1970s, the methane
:05:18. > :05:24.was already a problem. We had been in the house three weeks. We
:05:24. > :05:28.noticed they were taking two houses down. Any reason why? We thought
:05:28. > :05:36.they were cutting another road through. It turned out to be gassed.
:05:36. > :05:41.How do you feel, all these years later? It our mercy. Now, part of
:05:41. > :05:46.the House will again be not down. realise residents have been under
:05:46. > :05:50.stress. We can be on site in September and have the works
:05:50. > :05:56.completed within six months. We will never have to come back to it
:05:56. > :06:00.again. You have a few weeks to find somewhere else to live? There is
:06:00. > :06:06.nothing. It is horrific. You are paying a mortgage on something that
:06:06. > :06:10.is not worth anything. It will never be worth any. There are
:06:10. > :06:15.residents who feel those fears are sensationalised. Others feel the
:06:15. > :06:20.health concerns are genuine. The Council is taking this seriously.
:06:20. > :06:29.They hope it is the final answer to a problem that has gone on for ages.
:06:29. > :06:33.There will be a public meeting on Monday.
:06:33. > :06:38.It black Paul based policemen who admitted having sex with women he
:06:38. > :06:42.met while working has been shelved. The judge said judd macro, who
:06:42. > :06:51.worked in a specialist sex crime unit, -- Jean-Christophe Novelli,
:06:51. > :06:57.had abused the trust of the public. -- detective Sergeant John crack.
:06:57. > :07:01.People in Lancashire have complained that rubbish will no
:07:01. > :07:04.longer be collected from the doorsteps. Rossendale council has
:07:04. > :07:09.told 700 households they will have to take rubbish to collection
:07:09. > :07:14.points, rather than have the lorry go down a narrow road.
:07:14. > :07:20.An acoustic wind pavilion has gone on display in Lyme Park. Named
:07:20. > :07:29.Aeolus after the Greek rule of the four winds, it will spend time at
:07:29. > :07:34.Salford Quays and the Eden Project in Cornwall. I've visited Iran. I
:07:34. > :07:38.spoke to the people who extract water in the desert. One told me
:07:38. > :07:43.that the well sometimes make a noise when the wind blows over the
:07:43. > :07:51.top. It gave me inspiration to investigate architecture which
:07:51. > :07:57.creates sound. Last night we featured a report on
:07:57. > :08:03.Car Planet in Warrington. People said they had paid deposits and the
:08:03. > :08:08.company had vanished. In the item, we featured this poster. We want to
:08:08. > :08:15.make it clear that Top Coat is not the subject of a complaint.
:08:15. > :08:20.A couple from Oldham have been charged with terrorism offences.
:08:20. > :08:25.Mohammed and Shasta Khan have been appearing before magistrates in
:08:26. > :08:33.London. Earlier, I asked the BBC Home Affairs Reporter what had
:08:33. > :08:37.happened in court. Mohammad Khan is 33, his wife is 37.
:08:37. > :08:42.They were brought to London from Manchester in the early hours. The
:08:42. > :08:48.main hearing took place just before lunch. After that hearing, Mohammad
:08:48. > :08:53.Khan was remanded in custody. They are accused of conduct in
:08:53. > :08:57.preparation for acts of terrorism. In addition, they face three counts
:08:57. > :09:02.of possessing a record of information likely to be useful to
:09:02. > :09:08.a person preparing an act of terrorism. They were arrested last
:09:08. > :09:14.week following a investigation last week by the North West counter
:09:14. > :09:20.terrorism unit. His wife's lawyers argued she
:09:20. > :09:24.should be allowed bail. It was not granted. The lawyer for
:09:24. > :09:30.the Crown Prosecution Service stood up and said the Crown was objecting
:09:30. > :09:35.to that. They lodged an appeal against that decision. It will mean
:09:35. > :09:41.there will have to be a separate hearing. The next main hearing,
:09:41. > :09:45.involving Mr and Mrs Khan will take place in August 22nd at the Old
:09:45. > :09:50.Bailey. The Manchester and Blackpool are
:09:51. > :09:54.well-known places with a thriving gay scene. They make money from the
:09:54. > :10:00.so-called pink pound. A report has recommended that Liverpool should
:10:00. > :10:07.have its own official gay village. That study commissioned by the City
:10:07. > :10:12.Council said it would attract visitors and boost the economy.
:10:12. > :10:18.The area around Stanley Street in Liverpool is already the unofficial
:10:18. > :10:22.gay quarter. Bars and gay support organisations can be found here.
:10:22. > :10:27.One man who works in a health centre welcomes the idea of an
:10:27. > :10:33.official village. More people are coming into the city because of the
:10:33. > :10:37.development. It is a destination for gay people to come to.
:10:37. > :10:42.Independent experts say that branding the area as a gay quarter
:10:42. > :10:48.would bring in more visitors and money. If it went ahead, Liverpool
:10:48. > :10:51.would follow Manchester in having a name to gay area. The council
:10:51. > :10:55.recognises Liverpool has a reputation of being less tolerant
:10:55. > :11:02.towards gay people than other cities. One idea behind this is
:11:02. > :11:08.that gay people would feel safer. An organiser of the Pride event
:11:08. > :11:13.says that homophobic attacks are rare, but it would help. I think
:11:13. > :11:19.having an official status would reassure people that this is not an
:11:19. > :11:23.area of the city that the council wants to hide away. The council
:11:23. > :11:31.says that being known as safe and tolerant brings benefits. Cities
:11:31. > :11:36.that have a and distinct and inclusive gay quarter of ten to do
:11:36. > :11:41.better and to be able to position themselves as gay friendly.
:11:41. > :11:45.area has daytime business companies. The council says money needs to be
:11:45. > :11:51.spent on this relationship. We need to make sure the streets are clean
:11:51. > :11:54.for the benefit of both sectors so that the night-time economy can
:11:54. > :12:02.thrive and the daytime will not suffer. It will be discussed next
:12:02. > :12:07.week. Still to come. Made in Manchester,
:12:07. > :12:13.one of the most powerful production cars makes a record appearance.
:12:13. > :12:20.All eyes on St Helens and Wigan Warriors for an historic rugby
:12:21. > :12:26.league game. From motorbikes to milk floats,
:12:26. > :12:32.scooters to skateboards, a former top gear presenter, Steve Berry has
:12:32. > :12:38.been trying to break the world record. He has tried to use 101
:12:38. > :12:48.different modes of transport. Earlier, he arrived at the BBC in
:12:48. > :12:48.
:12:48. > :12:57.his 98th vehicle, that flash sports car. And he switched to this, a
:12:57. > :13:07.battery-powered solo wheel. He came right into the studio.
:13:07. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:19.Here he comes. Well done. Welcome. Well done. That was 99. Yes.
:13:19. > :13:22.look tired! Has it been a hard week? It has. I was asked by my
:13:22. > :13:28.friends at Museum of Science and Industry if I could do something to
:13:28. > :13:33.help them promote my Transport Festival. A lot of people will see
:13:33. > :13:38.a commercial for a certain make of cars and motorcycles and boats, and
:13:38. > :13:43.they set it as an impossible dream. They had somebody moving from a
:13:43. > :13:50.scooter, to a motorbike, to a race car, and I thought I want to do
:13:50. > :13:57.that. This is a good excuse to do it. There was just one role,
:13:57. > :14:04.whatever I travelled by hacked to get me from A to B. Even if it was
:14:04. > :14:11.from this sofa to way you guys were. -- had to be. The previous record
:14:11. > :14:17.holder did 100 in 276 days. have done them in a week! Five days.
:14:17. > :14:24.This is 99 on the fifth day. What wonderful things have you been on?
:14:24. > :14:34.One of my favourites was called the Personal watercraft. Most people
:14:34. > :14:43.think of it as a jet ski. People have written them on holiday. They
:14:43. > :14:49.feel quite fast. When this one was delivered, I said why is it called
:14:49. > :14:54.the 260? I was told it had 260 brake horsepower, twice a normal
:14:54. > :15:04.family car. I thought I was going to end up in Timperley when I set
:15:04. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:09.off from sale water park! A lot of people remember the C 5. Clive
:15:09. > :15:14.Sinclair thought it was the transport of the future. The
:15:14. > :15:19.biggest problem was how low down it was in traffic. You have a couple
:15:19. > :15:26.of injuries. Hopefully, you will break the record by tonight.
:15:26. > :15:31.Absolutely. What else do you have to ride? I
:15:31. > :15:38.have three standby is in the garage. I have my Vintage bicycle, a
:15:38. > :15:43.motorcycle and a skateboard. Then you will be the world record holder.
:15:43. > :15:51.Go along to Transport Festival. It is free and fantastic. We had a
:15:51. > :15:56.great day today. Good luck. He is a good sport. We move on to
:15:56. > :16:04.sport are now, presented by a man who did not need any transport. He
:16:04. > :16:09.has an Olympic medal. Steve Parry is with us. And also my fellow
:16:09. > :16:17.Northern Ireland or Sammy McIlroy. I would have gone for a pair of
:16:17. > :16:21.flippers. We are talking football. We have the start of the
:16:21. > :16:28.championship with Hull against Blackpool. Last year, we thought
:16:28. > :16:36.they could stay up, do they have a chance of bouncing back, Blackpool?
:16:36. > :16:42.If there is one manager who can do it is Ian Holloway. Can you talk us
:16:42. > :16:44.through some of the players they have had in their? Barry Ferguson
:16:44. > :16:50.have had in their? Barry Ferguson and Kevin Phillips. Two experienced
:16:50. > :16:57.players. 38 years of age. Will he players. 38 years of age. Will he
:16:57. > :17:02.play a lot of football? What about the quality players they have lost?
:17:02. > :17:07.the quality players they have lost? It is hard to replace Charlie Adam
:17:07. > :17:13.and their main goal scorer. They are important players and they have
:17:13. > :17:18.gone. There is another team in action. Burnley will be playing
:17:18. > :17:24.Watford. He has done some recruitment with his first season
:17:24. > :17:26.at the club in its entirety. He has not bought any players that will
:17:26. > :17:28.not bought any players that will get the supporters jumping on his
:17:28. > :17:36.get the supporters jumping on his seeds. He is a young manager. He
:17:36. > :17:40.seeds. He is a young manager. He has done well. Kieran has come in
:17:40. > :17:45.as well. You are missing Chris as well. You are missing Chris
:17:45. > :17:50.Eagles. You have had good players he will be big holes in the team.
:17:50. > :17:56.Eagles and was an exciting player. He could beat people and score
:17:56. > :18:01.goals and make them. How would you rate Burnley's chances? The way
:18:01. > :18:06.they were last year, and if they can push themselves to was a play-
:18:06. > :18:12.off place, it will be a good season. Burnley will kick her off at
:18:12. > :18:15.Watford. On Sunday, the community Shiels. Manchester United against
:18:15. > :18:25.Manchester City, it is a friendly Manchester City, it is a friendly
:18:25. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:33.but not this time. It is important because it is against United. We
:18:33. > :18:43.want to win. Both managers will want the psychological edge this
:18:43. > :18:47.
:18:47. > :18:51.week. No doubt about it. Everybody said it is an opener for the season.
:18:51. > :18:57.Mancini will want a marker for the season. Beating them in the FA Cup,
:18:57. > :19:07.the community shield. You'll have your feet up. What would you be
:19:07. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:18.doing? I will be at a football game tomorrow. I will see what happens
:19:18. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:24.next. We have match commentary on BBC Radio Manchester on Sunday.
:19:24. > :19:28.Radio Lancashire will have the Blackpool match tonight. Now, the
:19:28. > :19:38.biggest derby in rugby league with St Helens and Wigan Warriors. With
:19:38. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:43.both teams in top form, this has got everyone excited.
:19:44. > :19:53.50 Years On and some things have not changed. St Helens against
:19:54. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :20:00.Wigan is still the big one. It is one of the biggest games of the
:20:00. > :20:10.year. The Challenge Cup is making it bigger. It is the best derby
:20:10. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:17.game. There will be a lot of atmosphere. That is why you play,
:20:17. > :20:23.to be in competing games. Every time we play against St Helens, the
:20:23. > :20:28.passion and the community, it is a special game for everyone. This
:20:28. > :20:35.will be a match-up of form teams. St Helens have won their last five
:20:35. > :20:42.and for Wigan, eight on the bounce. The stadium holds 13,000. We have
:20:42. > :20:47.got to be them and they have got to beat us. Saints and at Wigan, the
:20:47. > :20:53.Derby of all derbies. If they can contain sound Tomkins they will
:20:53. > :20:57.have a good game. I have never been so confident coming up to a game.
:20:57. > :21:05.The fashion in headwear may have altered since the 1961 final, but
:21:05. > :21:12.tomorrow, one set of fans will be planning their Wembley out it.
:21:12. > :21:15.-- Wembley outfits. Finally the latest from the CB40
:21:15. > :21:19.clash with Gloucestershire. The clash with Gloucestershire. The
:21:19. > :21:25.visitors have reached 164-four visitors have reached 164-four
:21:25. > :21:29.after 32 overs. We will have the result in our late bulletin.
:21:29. > :21:35.I will! You did not push Sammy McIlroy to
:21:35. > :21:40.say who will win on Sunday. I am putting him on the spot.
:21:40. > :21:48.You know me. I will go for Manchester United. How will
:21:48. > :21:53.Liverpool do this season?! It is good to see Kenny Dalglish back in
:21:53. > :21:58.again and I think he will do well. That is good enough for me!
:21:58. > :22:02.Thank you. We can look at the weekend weather. We are hoping for
:22:02. > :22:08.weekend weather. We are hoping for sunshine.
:22:08. > :22:14.A tiny bit of sunshine, but this is not a good August weekend. This is
:22:14. > :22:19.how it is shaping up after a nice afternoon. The weekend will be
:22:19. > :22:23.cloudy and cooler than it has been this week. You may have seen the
:22:23. > :22:29.National forecast and that for parts of northern England there are
:22:29. > :22:33.severe weather warnings. At the moment, not for us. It is the other
:22:33. > :22:39.side of the Pennines where the worst of the rain will be. I think
:22:39. > :22:44.we will see our fair share. We have had such a pleasant after-dinner
:22:44. > :22:51.just about everywhere. We knew it would be dry. But no great
:22:51. > :22:55.temperatures. Between 18 degrees and 22 greens this afternoon.
:22:55. > :23:04.Temperatures are easing off. That is good news through the night to
:23:04. > :23:12.night. This evening, the sunshine will still be around. As the night
:23:12. > :23:18.progresses, the cloud will be spinning in a from the West. The
:23:18. > :23:26.good news about tonight is the humidity has gone. It will be
:23:26. > :23:30.fresher. Down to 11 degrees. The picture tomorrow is grim. There
:23:30. > :23:38.will be a lot of cloud in the morning. Showers will be coming in
:23:38. > :23:44.through the morning. And you can see how patchy it is in nature. It
:23:44. > :23:52.is moving towards the Pennines. What this means is that there will
:23:52. > :23:57.be outbreaks of rain at any point in the morning. Earlier in the day,
:23:57. > :24:01.we were keen on improvement through the afternoon. It might get their
:24:02. > :24:07.little bit better, but the rain seems to be slowing down over the
:24:07. > :24:13.top of farce. It looks like the south-western corner will be the
:24:13. > :24:22.best place to be -- over the top of us. The Isle of Man will get the
:24:22. > :24:27.best of the forecast on Saturday. It will be feeling fresher. The
:24:27. > :24:35.rain moves, but showers keep on coming through on Saturday night.
:24:35. > :24:41.On Sunday, not great. Outbreaks of that showery rain. There will be
:24:41. > :24:50.one or two spells of sunshine, but it is feeling fresher. This is how
:24:50. > :24:58.we start the next week. 15 degrees on Tuesday!
:24:58. > :25:03.In the middle of summer! I was saying are you looking forward to
:25:03. > :25:08.the weekend, but I'm not sure whether we are. But you should be.
:25:08. > :25:12.The survey said that tomorrow night at 7pm is the happiest time of the
:25:12. > :25:18.air. To find out more, we have sent
:25:18. > :25:28.Peter Marshall to live and St Annes, which has a big weekend of its own
:25:28. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:36.lined up -- 11. I went up to Lytham St Anne's in
:25:36. > :25:43.search of happiness. But I decided it was best to ask others. When I
:25:43. > :25:53.you happiest? When I am in the fresh air and sunshine. Selling ice
:25:53. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:59.cream? And no! Can I ask you that happiness? When I you happy as?
:25:59. > :26:04.When I am not at work! When I am not doing this job. 7pm tomorrow,
:26:04. > :26:09.are you likely to be happy then? suppose I will be happy because I
:26:09. > :26:15.will be going to see my daughter. But at 7pm, I have to be back at
:26:15. > :26:23.the prison. So, of Tamara 7pm is the happiest time of the year. Why?
:26:23. > :26:28.-- tomorrow. Why seven o'clock? Because they are looking forward to
:26:28. > :26:34.Saturday night. It is the anticipation that is important. Why
:26:34. > :26:38.August? We like the sunshine and the summer. If you cannot beat
:26:38. > :26:46.happy here, with the festival happening with Status quo and
:26:46. > :26:51.Catherine Jenkins, when can you be happy as? When is a rock star happy
:26:51. > :26:55.as? Straight after a concert, apparently. At that point, it is
:26:55. > :27:01.apparently. At that point, it is good. Your mind goes clear. That is
:27:01. > :27:06.probably the best moment. Everybody knows what it is like. As much as
:27:06. > :27:13.you love your job, you have finished.
:27:13. > :27:20.That was a random mix. Brilliant, there! We will be happiest tonight
:27:20. > :27:23.when we finish. Except, you will not be finished!
:27:23. > :27:28.You were happiest getting your medal in the Olympics?