:00:07. > :00:10.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson. And
:00:10. > :00:12.Ranvir Singh. Our top story: Killed by incompetence - the family of the
:00:12. > :00:17.Grayrigg train crash victim blame rail bosses for their mother's
:00:17. > :00:20.death. As the two-week inquest ends,
:00:20. > :00:30.Network Rail are told they could face prosecution for the failures
:00:30. > :00:30.
:00:30. > :00:34.that caused the crash. Also tonight: You had My three-quarters
:00:34. > :00:39.of Liverpool's wrote could be getting a new lower speed limit.
:00:39. > :00:42.have got two dogs myself, but which you really bring them down to its
:00:42. > :00:48.accident and emergency? Tackling the NHS timewasters- find
:00:48. > :00:55.out why the Heath Service is hoping comedy can help.
:00:55. > :01:05.You'll be able to look inside Lily Savage's wardrobe! There is a treat
:01:05. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:13.for you! Also tonight: Here's a young man's prediction back in 1986.
:01:13. > :01:16.We will to all right. Once again, - - a relationship am sure we will do
:01:16. > :01:19.very well. You can't say he hasn't delivered
:01:19. > :01:22.can you? We'll be looking back on a quarter of a century of Fergie.
:01:23. > :01:26.Network Rail killed our mother - that was a family's brutal verdict
:01:26. > :01:28.today as the inquest into the Grayrigg train crash came to an end.
:01:28. > :01:31.Margaret Masson died when the Virgin London to Glasgow service
:01:31. > :01:37.crashed down an embankment after it was derailed by faulty points in
:01:37. > :01:47.Cumbria. The two-week inquest has been told of a catalogue of
:01:47. > :01:49.
:01:49. > :01:54.failures by Network Rail. Let's join Peter Marshall in Kendal.
:01:54. > :02:00.It happened in seconds. 300 tonnes of train flit through the air at 90
:02:00. > :02:05.miles an hour. 88 injured, one dead. The inquest has led some light on
:02:05. > :02:13.the feelings of network rail, but not enough according to relatives
:02:13. > :02:19.of Margaret Masson, the 84-year-old who was killed. They never learnt
:02:19. > :02:24.lessons into Potters Bar. I want a public inquiry. David Lewis, they
:02:24. > :02:32.in junior he admitted in tears that he had forgotten to check the
:02:32. > :02:40.points. He had highlighted in an e- mail to his boss's that the jacking
:02:40. > :02:45.up the track was a shambles. This man was sincere, showed remorse. He
:02:45. > :02:50.has got my utmost respect. My family were told anything against
:02:50. > :02:53.him. Network Rail has said that his work closely with the a authorities,
:02:53. > :02:58.conduct a comprehensive and detailed investigations and made
:02:58. > :03:02.substantial changes to its maintenance regime. The daughter of
:03:02. > :03:07.Margaret Masson to the inquest has helped her to come to turn to the
:03:07. > :03:11.debt of her mother. It has been very difficult. The outcome of the
:03:11. > :03:17.inquest, how will that help the family? We will be able to put it
:03:17. > :03:24.to bed. Say good night. She was on that train that night, as was
:03:24. > :03:28.Caroline Thompson. I feel sorry for the Engineer. Clearly he made a
:03:28. > :03:33.serious, dreadful mistake which cost some on their lives, but the
:03:33. > :03:38.system should be set up to stop that happening and so the
:03:38. > :03:42.responsibility is certainly not his alone. It is yet to be decided if
:03:42. > :03:45.the health and safety prosecution will be launched. We can join Peter
:03:45. > :03:47.now. Peter, we have had the inquest,
:03:48. > :03:53.we've had a big investigation, but the repercussions of this tragedy
:03:54. > :03:59.don't end her, do they? This does not end now. Opel get the Office of
:03:59. > :04:04.Rail investigation concluding its investigation, and they all decided
:04:04. > :04:09.they will bring criminal charges. The Crown Prosecution Service is
:04:10. > :04:18.looking into whether it might need a prosecution. There are also calls
:04:18. > :04:24.for a public inquiry. What about Network Rail? Lots of criticism
:04:24. > :04:29.from the family today. What have they had to say? They have not
:04:29. > :04:32.agreed to go on camera for an interview today, but I can expand
:04:32. > :04:36.on what they said in their statement. They said it has not
:04:36. > :04:40.hidden from its responsibility and quit the except that it was a fault
:04:40. > :04:45.with the infrastructure because the accident and we again apologise to
:04:45. > :04:50.Mrs Masson's family. Because of the say that there is no safer form of
:04:50. > :05:00.travel than the train, but they will continue to work hard to make
:05:00. > :05:07.
:05:07. > :05:11.Young people here are more likely to be out of work or not in some
:05:11. > :05:14.kind of training than anywhere else in the UK, according to a new study.
:05:14. > :05:17.In some areas of the North West, NEETS, as they are known, make up a
:05:17. > :05:20.quarter of 16 to 24-year-olds. Judith Moritz reports from Wigan.
:05:20. > :05:27.In Wigan a quarter of young people aged between 16 and 24 are not in
:05:27. > :05:33.employment, education or training, or groups back-row - - or NEETA. A
:05:33. > :05:41.I have been running round trying to find a job for you just. I finally
:05:41. > :05:45.found one coming, but it was only for a week. A we found this boy,
:05:45. > :05:52.who is currently neither in training or in work. There is not a
:05:52. > :05:57.great deal about, to be honest. There is quite a bit in the NHS,
:05:57. > :06:01.but there is not a great deal, know. The report said step towns like
:06:01. > :06:05.Wigan that have high numbers of NEETA, also have wider economic
:06:05. > :06:10.problems and it warns that unless the Government takes action young
:06:10. > :06:14.people in places like this fierce long can do that - - a long-term
:06:14. > :06:20.difficulties in the job market. The report finds that cricket macro are
:06:20. > :06:26.more likely to come in from the north oven and then elsewhere. In
:06:26. > :06:34.some places, and to a quarter of young people are NEETA. But down
:06:34. > :06:39.south, fewer than 10 % are in some places. It is a tough and implement
:06:39. > :06:43.- - unemployment is going up, which is why it is important that we keep
:06:43. > :06:49.the kids in schools to ensure they have the training and the skills to
:06:49. > :06:53.win the jobs come back will be able to help enter a world of work. At
:06:53. > :07:01.this centre in Wigan they provide training to prevent young people
:07:01. > :07:06.from becoming NEETA. Why did she want to do nothing with your life?
:07:06. > :07:12.It is easier just to come here, get your qualifications and get the job.
:07:12. > :07:17.These teenagers get help in preparing their CV, but those who
:07:17. > :07:21.aren't studying or working face bleaker prospects. The report says
:07:21. > :07:24.this can be affected by where they live.
:07:24. > :07:26.The cockle bed in the Ribble Estuary is to be closed down on
:07:26. > :07:30.Sunday. The Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority took the
:07:30. > :07:33.decision over concerns for safety. Up to 400 fishermen a day have been
:07:33. > :07:36.going out, many without permits and in boats that are unsafe. A plan to
:07:36. > :07:42.bring in dredgers to harvest the remaining shellfish has now been
:07:42. > :07:44.scrapped. The funeral of a couple from Merseyside killed in a flash
:07:44. > :07:47.flood while on holiday in Spain was held today.
:07:47. > :07:55.Mary and Kenneth Hall from Bootle were near Benidorm when they were
:07:55. > :07:59.swept away in heavy rain. If you drive around Liverpool it's
:07:59. > :08:01.going to take you a little longer to get where you're going in future.
:08:01. > :08:04.Liverpool Council has voted to make nearly three-quarters of its
:08:04. > :08:06.residential streets 20mph zones. It's a joint move which the council
:08:06. > :08:16.and health experts hope will save lives. Our Merseyside Reporter,
:08:16. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:23.Andy Gill, joins us from Liverpool now.
:08:23. > :08:30.This is something that the council and the police in Liverpool are
:08:30. > :08:36.very keen on. That is because we have a high number of accidents
:08:36. > :08:40.involving children. They have done some sums and reckoned that the new
:08:40. > :08:45.there were limits could save more than �5 million a year in things
:08:45. > :08:49.like NHS costs. Any money they might be see it is obviously a lot
:08:49. > :08:52.less important than any lives they could be saved. At present, just
:08:52. > :08:55.under a third of Liverpool's streets have a 20mph limit. But
:08:55. > :08:58.after a vote this morning, that will increase to nearly three-
:08:58. > :09:08.quarters over the next four years. The council says it could mean 54
:09:08. > :09:14.fewer accidents a year. Really down residential streets, 20 is plenty.
:09:14. > :09:20.There is no place in modern society for people speeding down the
:09:20. > :09:28.ordinary street were you or I live. Studies show a child hit by a car
:09:28. > :09:33.at 30 has a 50% chance of surviving. At 20mph that rises to 90%.
:09:33. > :09:40.fewer children are killed and the severity of their injuries is also
:09:40. > :09:44.reduced. We're hoping to avoid accidents, as well as making them
:09:44. > :09:49.less severe. The earth money tied the council not be able to afford
:09:49. > :09:51.to be done things like speed bumps in all the new roads would the 20
:09:51. > :09:55.mile an hour limit will be introduced. Instead it will be
:09:55. > :10:02.relying on motorists to pay attention to designs that will be
:10:02. > :10:05.going up. - - the signs. Lancashire Council has been experimenting with
:10:06. > :10:11.20mph limits in Morecambe. We asked people there what they think.
:10:11. > :10:16.think 20 miles per hour makes drivers distract us as they are
:10:16. > :10:19.looking in shop windows and so on. He needs enforcement. There needs
:10:19. > :10:29.to be enforced straight away so that people know that if the do
:10:29. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :10:38.more than 20 they will be going to get penalty points. You couldn't
:10:38. > :10:43.make a living driving a cab doing 20 miles an hour. It is going to
:10:43. > :10:49.cost more changing all the signs and everything. The new miniature
:10:49. > :10:53.blighter residential streets, not a roads. The council is going to
:10:53. > :11:01.consult local people on this idea. It says that if there are any
:11:01. > :11:05.communities that don't want this limit, then it simply won't happen.
:11:05. > :11:08.And we want to know whether you think drivers will stick to it, and
:11:08. > :11:11.do you think a 20mph zone in all residential areas is the right
:11:11. > :11:15.move? So let us know on Twitter, email and Facebook. Your views are
:11:15. > :11:18.already coming in on Facebook. Mark DeeJay says it certainly doesn't
:11:18. > :11:25.work in Blackburn! If you slow down to 20, you get flashed and
:11:25. > :11:28.overtaken. Time-wasters are costing the NHS in
:11:29. > :11:33.this region millions of pounds each year by turning up in Accident &
:11:33. > :11:36.Emergency departments when they do not need to. So now a series of
:11:36. > :11:39.videos portraying some of the more bizarre reasons why people go to
:11:39. > :11:46.casualty has been posted on the internet as part of a new campaign
:11:46. > :11:51.to try to stop them. Dave Guest reports.
:11:51. > :11:57.They are not in a beauty salon, but in an accident and emergency
:11:57. > :12:02.department. The emergency? Well, I couldn't go abroad looking like
:12:02. > :12:07.this. It may sound ridiculous, but this is based on a true story. One
:12:07. > :12:11.of hundreds of examples of time- wasting in accident and emergency
:12:11. > :12:16.departments. Patients to occupy seats year when they do need to
:12:16. > :12:21.cost the NHS a small fortune. Here in the north-west alone it reckons
:12:21. > :12:31.it added up to �21 million with up wasted resources last year. This
:12:31. > :12:38.video is part of a campaign to highlight the problem. Whilst the
:12:38. > :12:42.videos are funny, there is an underlying message that patients do
:12:42. > :12:46.and 10th accident and emergency departments when they could get the
:12:46. > :12:51.trim and in another setting. all the cases they see here are
:12:51. > :12:57.quite so extreme, but they say they do see their share of time-wasters.
:12:57. > :13:05.People coming in with none acute illness and injuries what they have
:13:05. > :13:09.had mumps or years before, but they should be going to their doctor or
:13:09. > :13:19.seeking even chemists for advice. The message to us all is please
:13:19. > :13:19.
:13:20. > :13:23.avoid turning a minor drama into a medical crisis.
:13:23. > :13:25.That is unbelievable, really. The Labour Leader, Ed Miliband, was
:13:25. > :13:29.visiting businesses in East Lancashire today and admitted the
:13:29. > :13:31.party didn't do enough to support industry when it was in power.
:13:31. > :13:35.Earlier this week, Ministers announced new money to help firms
:13:35. > :13:39.expand through the Regional Growth Fund. Ed Miliband met business
:13:39. > :13:46.leaders to convince them he could do better. But did he succeed? Our
:13:46. > :13:50.Political Editor, Arif Ansari, reports.
:13:50. > :13:58.He might not have arrived by London bus, but Ed Miliband wants to get
:13:59. > :14:03.the regional economy moving. At this business, he spoke to
:14:03. > :14:06.businessmen and women about their concerns, but did Labour to enough
:14:06. > :14:12.to support industry many government? I think we could have
:14:12. > :14:16.done more. I would be the first to say that. Towards the end of her
:14:16. > :14:20.time in government, we actually showed how coming out of the global
:14:20. > :14:24.financial crisis we got the sense that we need to do more to it
:14:24. > :14:28.support manufacturing. Looking to the future, both parties need to do
:14:28. > :14:34.more. This week the government announced millions of pounds to
:14:34. > :14:38.help businesses create jobs through the regional growth funds. The man
:14:38. > :14:43.hosting the visit are sceptical. think it is a good idea for the
:14:43. > :14:48.regional growth fund. The issue is getting the money to the company
:14:48. > :14:56.that needs it. There is so much red tape. We have not had any grants,
:14:56. > :15:00.but still managed to growth done nothing to 1500 employees. What I'm
:15:00. > :15:04.saying is I don't think the government, in the decisions they
:15:04. > :15:09.are making, have all come up to the scale of the challenge that the
:15:09. > :15:15.economy across the country faces. What did the audience make of his
:15:15. > :15:20.performance? Very impressed at the way he dealt with such a wide range
:15:20. > :15:26.of issues. Obviously, I would like to see more solutions, not just
:15:26. > :15:30.ideas. I am not sure he has got the real ideas that will turn things
:15:30. > :15:40.around. The reality is that all parties are still trying to work
:15:40. > :15:42.out exactly what is needed. 15 years ago, I made a documentary
:15:42. > :15:47.for Radio Manchester about Alex Ferguson's 10 years in charge at
:15:47. > :15:50.Manchester United. Few people, probably only the man himself,
:15:50. > :15:55.would have thought he would still be there to celebrate a quarter of
:15:55. > :16:02.a century this weekend. Hard to imagine anyone staying that
:16:03. > :16:12.long in the top flight again, isn't it? 1,052 managers have been sacked
:16:13. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:17.or left clubs since he was appointed. He has won no fewer than
:16:17. > :16:23.37 trophies, including 12 Premier League titles and two Champions
:16:23. > :16:30.Leagues. This week has been full of tributes to him, but here's what
:16:30. > :16:35.the man himself had to say about his time at Old Trafford. It is
:16:35. > :16:42.something, you don't think it is going to happen. It is a fairy-tale
:16:42. > :16:45.to last so long and I appreciate that. He's nearly 70, and has had
:16:45. > :16:54.to rebuild team after team and re- invent his methods as modern
:16:54. > :16:58.football has changed. He has. And of course it hasn't
:16:58. > :17:03.always been plain-sailing. It's widely thought that a goal by Mark
:17:03. > :17:08.Robbins in 1990 that kept United in the FA Cup kept Fergie in a job. He
:17:08. > :17:11.went on to win the trophy and the rest is history. A history that
:17:11. > :17:20.started in November 1986 when Maggie Thatcher was PM and Take My
:17:21. > :17:29.Breath Away, that one from the film Top Gun was number one.
:17:29. > :17:38.I think he has got to go down as the best now. No danger about that.
:17:38. > :17:46.He is a kind of genius. For me, the best manager of all time in this
:17:46. > :17:56.club. To have played under a manager like Sir Alex Ferguson, any
:17:56. > :17:57.
:17:57. > :18:01.player dreams of that. I think the main thing is the tremendous
:18:01. > :18:06.success in Scotland, winning 10 major trophies in eight years.
:18:06. > :18:12.will do all right. Once we get a relationship, we will do well.
:18:12. > :18:18.excited about my first game. Looking forward to it.
:18:18. > :18:22.You can still see he is driven. We didn't have the best of starts at
:18:22. > :18:32.the club, but his application, work-rate and determination to get
:18:32. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:42.Manchester to the top was evident This is the moment Old Trafford has
:18:42. > :18:50.been waiting for since 1967. If he says this is the way you work, that
:18:50. > :18:57.is the way you work and if you don't do it, you are out. Walking
:18:57. > :19:02.into his office as a young kid, being scared of him, in all of a
:19:02. > :19:12.manager like him, wanting to play under him. He gives me a chance to
:19:12. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:21.play for my dream club. Football is such a funny game, you never know.
:19:21. > :19:27.This is a fairy-tale, really. had absence of all generations. It
:19:27. > :19:37.is difficult to become the best, but it is even more difficult to
:19:37. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:51.He has altered to the whole thing, really. Just fantastic. It has just
:19:51. > :19:54.been magic. All down to Alex. And you can see more about Fergie's
:19:54. > :19:57.25 years, including much more of that interview with David Beckham
:19:57. > :20:03.and a special feature with actor and famous United fan Christopher
:20:03. > :20:09.Ecclestone on Football Focus tomorrow on BBC One at 12:15pm. A
:20:09. > :20:12.quick bit of news on Wayne Rooney. The FA have confirmed within the
:20:12. > :20:14.last hour that they are appealing against his three match ban for
:20:14. > :20:18.England following his sending off against Montenegro last month.
:20:18. > :20:21.Match of the Day comes from its new home in Salford for the first time
:20:21. > :20:24.on Saturday, by the way, not far from Old Trafford where United face
:20:24. > :20:27.Sunderland, managed of course by one of Fergie's former skippers,
:20:27. > :20:30.Steve Bruce. At the other end of the table another of the Premier
:20:30. > :20:33.League's Glaswegian managers could do with a change of fortune. Steve
:20:33. > :20:41.Kean's Blackburn Rovers, just two places and a point off the bottom,
:20:41. > :20:44.take on Chelsea at Ewood. We are playing well, and so I think
:20:45. > :20:48.there are a number of games we can take confidence from. We have got a
:20:48. > :20:51.settled side at the moment and I think we will going to this game
:20:51. > :20:54.full of confidence. In the Championship, Ian Holloway
:20:54. > :20:57.will be hoping to celebrate 100 League games in charge at Blackpool
:20:57. > :21:00.with their first back-to-back wins since the opening day of the season.
:21:00. > :21:03.The Seasiders will certainly be full of confidence after that 5-0
:21:03. > :21:06.thumping of Leeds in midweek. Hat- trick hero Jonjo Shelvey said after
:21:06. > :21:10.that match that if they play like that they can beat anyone. Millwall
:21:10. > :21:13.are the visitors to Bloomfield Road tomorrow.
:21:13. > :21:16.The shortlist of 10 players being considered for a rugby league
:21:16. > :21:19.statue at Wembley will be revealed tomorrow. It's where Challenge Cup
:21:20. > :21:23.finals are held, of course, and it is a safe bet that there will be
:21:23. > :21:33.more than a smattering of North West legends in the frame. Here are
:21:33. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:43.Sean Edwards gets the try! Murphy will kick it.
:21:43. > :21:46.You can vote by the way from tomorrow for who you think it
:21:46. > :21:49.should be. Just go to the RFL's official website. Horse racing now
:21:49. > :21:51.and Warrington's Paul Hanagan is closing in on his second successive
:21:51. > :21:54.Champion Jockey title. He's in action at Wolverhampton this
:21:54. > :21:57.evening on the penultimate day of racing. As it stands, he is better
:21:57. > :22:00.off than his main title rival Silvestre De Sousa, who missed the
:22:00. > :22:10.first two races at Wolverhampton after getting stuck in traffic on
:22:10. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:20.his way from a race meeting in It's got a Rembrandt, a Holbein and
:22:20. > :22:23.a few Gainsboroughs, and this week it's got a few Lily Savages.
:22:23. > :22:27.Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery is hosting exhibition of her, or his,
:22:27. > :22:32.greatest frocks. Eno went along to take a look.
:22:32. > :22:42.Her expert guide was a Mr Paul O'Grady. Don't know what he's got
:22:42. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:50.to do with it. Wild animal prints, mini-skirts and
:22:50. > :22:53.big hair are just some of the bare essentials for TV presenters. Paul
:22:53. > :23:00.O'Grady's Alter ego Lily Savage has been gone for a few years, but now
:23:00. > :23:07.I did de Vere is back. Well, the fabulous frocks are back anyway.
:23:07. > :23:15.lot of them are murder. You're just praying to get it off. This is one
:23:15. > :23:23.of my favourites. It was never on for very long. It was very odd
:23:23. > :23:28.children shouting get them off in their banter. Some of these were
:23:28. > :23:33.made in 1992, the earliest one, and to see them all here together, it
:23:33. > :23:41.brings back lot of good memories. Good memories for the designer, or
:23:41. > :23:46.what makes a good outfit for Lily Savage? Short, tight and cheap. All
:23:46. > :23:51.of this stuff costs a fortune. costumes may have cost a lot, but I
:23:51. > :24:00.am not sure if it is my style. If I had to pick one of these outfits
:24:00. > :24:10.for a night out, it could be this snow leopard suit. This exhibition
:24:10. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:27.By talking of nicer frocks. I am not calling you a lady in drag, by
:24:27. > :24:30.
:24:30. > :24:37.the way! Sometimes you just have to As we have gone to this afternoon,
:24:38. > :24:42.lines of showers have been moving north. We had six mm in an hour.
:24:42. > :24:48.But as a lot of rain. This is an ugly looking picture around the
:24:49. > :24:52.Pennines, with this rain being very heavy. It looks like this heavy
:24:52. > :24:56.rain will linger until around midnight tonight, then it starts to
:24:56. > :25:02.pull away and will move up over the Pennines. Into the early hours of
:25:02. > :25:08.the morning, the picture will change. So, temperatures in parts
:25:08. > :25:12.could go as low a seven Celsius. It will feel fairly nippy. We could
:25:12. > :25:15.have some mist and shallow fog first thing tomorrow morning. It is
:25:15. > :25:25.not willing when you first - - it will not be brilliant when you
:25:25. > :25:25.
:25:26. > :25:30.first get up, it'll be cold, but it should look good. There will be a
:25:30. > :25:39.lot of sunshine. Patchy cloud around the Pennines, but it will
:25:39. > :25:43.not spoil the day. The difference in the weather tomorrow is the
:25:43. > :25:50.change in wind direction, which is why it is getting cooler. We have
:25:50. > :25:53.gone, subtly wind, to a north- westerly, so you can expected to be
:25:54. > :25:58.around 11 or 12 degrees as a maximum tomorrow. The saving grace
:25:58. > :26:08.is that the wind is not very strong. For your bonfire night, it should
:26:08. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:16.be dry, but it will be fairly cool. We will start to see a little bit
:26:16. > :26:23.of cloud rolling in, but for bonfire night getting most of the
:26:23. > :26:27.bonfires will be finished by them. It will be a cold night. For Sunday,
:26:27. > :26:32.this is another nice day and it should be dry and fine. There will
:26:32. > :26:35.be patchy cloud and long sunny spells. The temperature isn't
:26:35. > :26:43.wonderful. 11 Celsius is exactly what we should be at this time of
:26:43. > :26:47.year. Some of thought on the increasing
:26:47. > :26:52.number of 20 zones in residential areas now. George Poulson says
:26:52. > :26:57.something that many of you are asking. Imposing speed limits is
:26:57. > :27:00.one thing, enforcing them is something else. What hope is there
:27:00. > :27:06.when motorists will overtake traffic that has slowed down for a
:27:06. > :27:08.school crossing, or the scene of an accident? I have experienced both.
:27:08. > :27:11.Michael Nicholson thinks there should be variable speed limits,
:27:11. > :27:18.20mph at certain times, but at 3.00am, why would it need to be
:27:18. > :27:21.20mph? Dean Pendleton poses a different question. Perhaps the
:27:21. > :27:31.focus should be on the parents allowing children to play in the