:00:03. > :00:07.Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:07. > :00:16.Ranvir Singh. Our top story: Hillsborough apology - James
:00:16. > :00:20.Murdoch tells MPs he is sorry about the Sun's coverage of the disaster.
:00:20. > :00:26.I am aware of the concerns and a heart that it cost and it is
:00:26. > :00:28.something that I am very sorry for. The family of one victim tell us it
:00:28. > :00:31.is not enough. Also in the programme: Renewable
:00:31. > :00:39.energy, but at what cost? Concern over these plans for a new biomass
:00:39. > :00:48.plant. Could this and other north-west
:00:48. > :00:53.sides be under threat? Ryan Giggs and David Beckham could be in
:00:53. > :01:03.action at Old Trafford. And celebrating the great British
:01:03. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:13.pie - the museum recognising this region's role in a culinary classic.
:01:13. > :01:16.The search for new sources of energy. Across the region, plans
:01:16. > :01:18.are being developed to build biomass fuel plants, which would
:01:18. > :01:20.burn natural waste to create electricity. Tonight, Greater
:01:20. > :01:24.Manchester could move a step closer to its first plant. Trafford
:01:24. > :01:28.Council is meeting to decide whether to give the go ahead for a
:01:28. > :01:32.site near Barton Bridge in Davyhulme.
:01:32. > :01:41.It's a simple idea - to use waste wood to provide heat that would
:01:41. > :01:46.generate enough electricity to fuel almost 40,000 homes a year.
:01:46. > :01:51.Supporters say it will fuel the short and the long-term economy.
:01:51. > :01:55.Reliable sources of energy are important for driving the economy.
:01:55. > :02:00.Companies need energy and has plans start to close the fact we have a
:02:00. > :02:03.good reliable source of local energy will be a good thing.
:02:03. > :02:09.Biofuel makes up parts of government plans for sustainable
:02:09. > :02:11.energy targets for 2020. Here in the north west, as well as the
:02:12. > :02:15.proposed site at Barton, there are also developments in planning
:02:15. > :02:17.stages at Roosecote in Cumbria, and at the Port of Liverpool. There is
:02:18. > :02:26.already an existing biofuel site at Fiddlers Ferry in Warrington, and
:02:26. > :02:30.approval has recently been granted for a site at Ince in Cheshire. If
:02:30. > :02:34.this site is developed there are benefits to the local economy, but
:02:34. > :02:40.with truth -- 200,000 tons of fuel being burnt every year there are
:02:40. > :02:43.those who have major concerns about the health of local people. Around
:02:43. > :02:51.5,000 people have signed a petition raising serious concerns about the
:02:51. > :02:55.impact of increased air pollution. We feel it is the wrong plant in
:02:55. > :03:01.the wrong in area using the wrong technology. We feel it will create
:03:01. > :03:04.pollution problems and be harmful to people's health. It is not using
:03:04. > :03:11.the best available technology. Holding, who own the site, dispute
:03:11. > :03:14.that. They say their views are supported by the Environment Agency
:03:15. > :03:22.and the Health Protection Agency. Tonight, it will be up to Trafford
:03:22. > :03:27.Council to decide. In the days following the
:03:27. > :03:31.Hillsborough disaster, the Sun caused revulsion by claiming that
:03:31. > :03:36.Liverpool fans had been stealing from and urinating on the victims.
:03:36. > :03:40.The story was utterly untrue. Rupert Murdoch today apologised on
:03:41. > :03:47.behalf of the paper. The family of one Hillsborough victim says it is
:03:47. > :03:54.not good enough. It was not the trees and the Sun
:03:54. > :04:00.has never been forgiven by many in Liverpool. Giving evidence about
:04:00. > :04:07.the phone hacking scandal, News International's executive chairman
:04:07. > :04:13.James Murdoch it issued this apology. I would like to admire
:04:13. > :04:20.fuel -- admired apology to the wrong coverage of that affair and
:04:20. > :04:28.at that voice to successive editors of the Sun. They have apologised.
:04:28. > :04:34.96 Liverpool fans were crushed in overs -- overcrowding. This man was
:04:34. > :04:41.only 19 and that his first away game. His father today welcomed the
:04:41. > :04:46.apology but once News International to go further. Where did they get
:04:46. > :04:55.their information from? Where did the so-called editor of get has
:04:55. > :05:00.information? What source was effect? Who said Margaret Thatcher
:05:00. > :05:05.that information? The apology comes after the Home Secretary agreed to
:05:05. > :05:11.hand over as many as 300,000 documents of the 1989 disaster to
:05:11. > :05:20.an independent panel. He left here full of the joys of spring and that
:05:20. > :05:23.was the last we saw of him. We miss him dreadfully.
:05:23. > :05:26.Police and Border Agency officials on Merseyside raided a cash and
:05:26. > :05:29.carry warehouse in Liverpool today. They were looking for illegal
:05:29. > :05:32.immigrants. In the end they found just two. The media had been
:05:32. > :05:40.invited along, but the Border Agency denied it was an attempt to
:05:40. > :05:43.counter recent negative publicity. Police and immigration officials
:05:43. > :05:46.make a mid morning call on a cash and carry warehouse just outside
:05:46. > :05:56.Liverpool City Centre. They are looking for illegal immigrants
:05:56. > :05:57.
:05:57. > :06:00.believed to be working inside. did you enter the UK? The There is
:06:00. > :06:10.confusion at first as they try to establish who works here and who is
:06:10. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:15.simply shopping here. We're going to start exporting stuff upstairs.
:06:15. > :06:18.What happens to those found to be here illegally? They will be
:06:18. > :06:25.interviewed and if they are found to be here illegally they will be
:06:25. > :06:33.detained and removed back to their country of origin. The duty manager
:06:33. > :06:39.appears to be remarkably relaxed about all this. As far as we know,
:06:40. > :06:45.there is nobody illegal here. We ask for passports. Why are they
:06:45. > :06:48.picking on you? No idea. They probably had a tip-off. The raid
:06:48. > :06:50.comes during a turbulent time for the Border Agency as its former
:06:50. > :07:00.boss argues with the Home Secretary about who sanctioned controversial
:07:00. > :07:03.loosening of border controls. The fact that the media were invited
:07:03. > :07:07.may lead some to conclude that the Border Agency were looking for
:07:07. > :07:11.positive publicity, but we insist this has been many months in the
:07:11. > :07:14.planning. -- they insist. In fact they found only two illegal
:07:14. > :07:17.immigrants during this raid. But officials say this is just part of
:07:17. > :07:24.a wider and continuing operation to ensure people who should not be
:07:24. > :07:29.here are not allowed to stay here. A Merseyside man has been found
:07:29. > :07:31.guilty of taking part in an international gun running operation.
:07:31. > :07:34.31-year-old Steven Cardwell from Aintree acted as a middleman
:07:34. > :07:41.between former US Marine Neil Greenoe and criminal gangs in the
:07:41. > :07:44.UK. Liverpool Crown Court heard how 63 pistols were smuggled into the
:07:44. > :07:54.country, some of which have been used in shootings in Liverpool and
:07:54. > :07:56.
:07:56. > :07:58.Greater Manchester. Three people from Blackpool have
:07:58. > :08:01.appeared before magistrates charged with sexually abusing children over
:08:01. > :08:11.21 years. Jenny Winchcombe and Michloss Ledniczky will now appear
:08:11. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:16.at Winchester Crown court on 25th They have been charged with
:08:16. > :08:18.indecent assault and child neglect. Fishery Officers stopped a group of
:08:19. > :08:21.alleged cockle pickers on the Southport side of the Ribble
:08:22. > :08:24.estuary this morning. A boat, quad bike and cockle fishing tools were
:08:24. > :08:27.recovered. The cockle beds there have been closed down due to
:08:27. > :08:29.serious concerns for the safety of some cockle pickers. People
:08:29. > :08:32.ignoring the rules face a fine of up to �50,000.
:08:32. > :08:35.It is the big Christmas lights switch on in Chester and Manchester
:08:35. > :08:37.tonight. Last night X- Factor runner up Rebecca Ferguson turned
:08:37. > :08:39.on Liverpool's lights in front of hundreds of people.
:08:39. > :08:42.Conservationists fear plans to protect marine habitats along the
:08:42. > :08:44.North West coastline could be under threat. More than 100 marine
:08:45. > :08:47.conservation zones were initially drawn-up around the UK. But the
:08:48. > :08:52.North West Wildlife Trust says it has been told the Government will
:08:52. > :08:57.give only 30 or so the go ahead. And the Trust believes that some of
:08:57. > :09:02.our region's protected areas now look set to be scrapped.
:09:02. > :09:05.The Sefton coastline. Its exposed peat and clay beds are home to
:09:05. > :09:10.burrowing clams, crabs and mussels. Plans were submitted to protect
:09:10. > :09:13.this as a marine conservation zone, one of six in the North West.
:09:13. > :09:16.Others were proposed around Walney in Cumbria, the Lune and Wyre
:09:16. > :09:20.Estuaries, the Ribble Estuary and the Fylde coast in Lancashire, and
:09:20. > :09:30.by Hilbre Island in Merseyside. But conservationists say they are now
:09:30. > :09:33.in jeopardy. We have a range of habitats in the north-west and that
:09:33. > :09:37.is really important we cover and protect all of these different
:09:37. > :09:41.types of habitats. If only a fraction of these are designated it
:09:41. > :09:44.will not provide enough protection. For The MP for Barrow, John
:09:44. > :09:52.Woodcock, says he has been told the Walney zone will get the go ahead.
:09:52. > :09:56.But he is angry that others in the North West won't. It is not be daft
:09:57. > :10:01.to say that there could only going to be 30 and name some of them and
:10:01. > :10:06.not others. The areas that are going to lose out have to know as
:10:06. > :10:08.soon as possible so they can make a proper case. Marine life like these
:10:08. > :10:16.strange sea pens, and the exotic sounding burrowing brittle stars,
:10:16. > :10:21.can be found in the proposed sites across our region. Here on the
:10:21. > :10:25.Sefton Coast, the clay and peat beds are archaeologically important.
:10:25. > :10:28.Human and animal footprints dating back to the Stone Age are preserved
:10:28. > :10:30.within them. The government will announce which zones have been
:10:30. > :10:40.successful on Monday. Conservationists say they will
:10:40. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:48.fight for those north west sites that miss out.
:10:48. > :10:52.A train is on fire at Manchester Piccadilly on platform 14. It is
:10:52. > :10:57.thought that oil caught fire in the engine. There are no reports of any
:10:57. > :11:01.injuries. The fire service and at the scene. We will perhaps be
:11:01. > :11:06.speaking to a reporter at the station if there is any more news.
:11:06. > :11:10.Probably lots of disruption for people trying to get home.
:11:10. > :11:17.The Still to come: Could Becks be back? The British Olympic football
:11:17. > :11:21.team will kick off its campaign in Manchester.
:11:21. > :11:29.I am at an exhibition to find out why something as little as this pie
:11:29. > :11:32.is such a large part of the north- west's history. When thieves stole
:11:32. > :11:36.two bronze plaques from a war memorial in the Cheshire village of
:11:36. > :11:40.Willaston, the crime shocked the community. Replacements are planned,
:11:40. > :11:42.but they won't be ready for this year's remembrance commemorations.
:11:42. > :11:46.So, children from Willaston Church of England Primary School have
:11:46. > :11:56.stepped in to make sure the names of fallen will be displayed on the
:11:56. > :12:01.war memorial this Sunday. The veteran who went to war for
:12:01. > :12:04.freedom, and the children who enjoy it. They have been working hard to
:12:04. > :12:11.make sure the fallen from both World Wars are remembered on the
:12:11. > :12:16.village memorial. It is quite upsetting because it is quite hard
:12:16. > :12:21.to believe that people would do that to get money. Everyone knows
:12:21. > :12:25.each other and it means a lot to our village. We have booked amazing
:12:25. > :12:32.efforts to do this. Year Six's work recreating the names of the
:12:32. > :12:37.servicemen will be attached to the currently bare memorial on Sunday.
:12:37. > :12:40.The way the buckled down to this job is amazing. It has raised
:12:40. > :12:47.awareness of the history and the facts and I have seen it grow over
:12:47. > :12:57.the last few weeks. There were two bronze plaques commemorating the
:12:57. > :13:00.men who fell in two world wars. Offers of financial help are coming
:13:00. > :13:05.in from around the world to help with the 7000 pound cost of
:13:05. > :13:11.replacement. We have had lots of people wanting to give. Someone
:13:11. > :13:19.from Portugal for example. With the schoolchildren coming through with
:13:19. > :13:21.this black, it is built -- brilliant. A 52 year-old man is
:13:21. > :13:24.expected to stand trial next month charged with assisting in the
:13:24. > :13:26.removal or disposal of stolen property. It is hoped the
:13:26. > :13:36.replacement plaques will be installed in time for next year's
:13:36. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:50.remembrance commemorations. There is a train on fire at
:13:51. > :13:55.Manchester Piccadilly. Our reporter is there. The first thing to say is
:13:55. > :13:59.that there are no reports of any injuries from this incident at
:13:59. > :14:05.Piccadilly station. However, a large part of the station is sealed
:14:05. > :14:10.off by police and the fire service are here. The incident began around
:14:10. > :14:16.6pm when it is reported that hydraulic oil in the engine of a
:14:16. > :14:20.train standing at platform 14 caught fire. There are no reports
:14:20. > :14:26.of any injuries. We do not know if any passengers were on the train at
:14:26. > :14:31.the time. By the time the fire service got there they say there
:14:31. > :14:37.was no-one on the train and they now have 13 firefighters, some of
:14:37. > :14:45.them wearing breathing apparatus, tackling the blaze on the train.
:14:45. > :14:49.There are police guarding the idea of platforms 13 and 14, which users
:14:49. > :14:53.will no is quite a distance from their main concourse. There are
:14:53. > :14:58.scores of people being herded into the main concourse and being told
:14:58. > :15:08.to wait there and a platform 13 and 14 are safe to use. I think that
:15:08. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:25.will be some time and there will be a lot of disruption to services.
:15:25. > :15:28.A run down youth centre in Norris Green on Merseyside gets a �1
:15:28. > :15:32.million makeover tonight thanks to Children In Need and TV series DIY
:15:32. > :15:35.SOS. The team only have nine days to complete the big build with help
:15:35. > :15:41.from locals. So how do they get on? Are there any spanners in the
:15:41. > :15:51.works? Tonight on DIY SOS, Nick Knowles
:15:51. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :15:59.brings his usual builder banter to Merseyside. Welcome to a very
:15:59. > :16:05.special DIY SOS. We're about to attend a built that is 10 times
:16:05. > :16:12.bigger than anything we have done before. We are going to have so
:16:12. > :16:17.much today -- to do it is going to be phenomenal. We are very excited.
:16:17. > :16:27.I am scared to go out because of the gangs. People getting shot and
:16:27. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:33.that. You're frightened? Yes. building an opportunity. What is
:16:33. > :16:42.involved in this million-pound built? We're putting into mezzanine
:16:42. > :16:47.floors, rewiring, the plumbing and proving the whole building. They
:16:47. > :16:57.will be a new entrance hall at the front. All this in nine days a week
:16:57. > :16:59.
:16:59. > :17:03.in hand it back on the 10th. All for free. Nothing can go wrong!
:17:03. > :17:09.sound to person came yesterday and he did not feel confident. He has
:17:09. > :17:15.rang me this morning and said he cannot do it. What happens next?
:17:15. > :17:25.You will have to wait and see. You can see how the team get along
:17:25. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:33.on BBC One at 9pm tonight. It is Children In Need next Friday. Lots
:17:33. > :17:35.of fun things happening! Are you planning a trip to the
:17:35. > :17:38.capital for the London games next summer? Well, thanks to an
:17:38. > :17:41.announcement today, you won't need to travel to London to see British
:17:41. > :17:44.competitors going for gold at the Olympics in 2012. That is because
:17:44. > :17:48.the British men's football team will play their opening match at
:17:48. > :17:51.Old Trafford in July next year. Ticket sales have been slow for the
:17:51. > :17:59.Olympic football tournament, so will this be the catalyst for fans
:17:59. > :18:02.in the region to embrace the Games? It has hosted World Cups and
:18:02. > :18:05.Champions League finals, not to mention 75,000 fans every second
:18:05. > :18:14.weekend. But next July will be a first for Old Trafford. It will
:18:14. > :18:20.host the British Olympic football team's first match of the games.
:18:20. > :18:25.Football has proved the hardest to sell. Organisers will be hoping
:18:25. > :18:30.they will drum up plenty more interest than shift some of the 1.5
:18:30. > :18:34.million remaining tickets when they go on sale later this month. You do
:18:34. > :18:38.not know who you're going to be buying a ticket for so it is a
:18:38. > :18:42.difficult sale. Most of the other tickets have gone. A football
:18:42. > :18:48.ticket is an affordable option. Four people in Manchester, it is on
:18:48. > :18:51.the doorstep and there are a lot of people -- tickets left to be sold.
:18:51. > :18:54.Olympic organisers revealed today that the team will play at the
:18:54. > :19:01.Theatre of Dreams on the 26th of July. In all, Old Trafford will
:19:01. > :19:07.host nine matches including a men's and women's semi final. It will be
:19:07. > :19:13.wonderful to have events we can go to. Wonderful to generate money for
:19:13. > :19:19.the local economy. I cannot wait! David Beckham wants to be a part of
:19:19. > :19:24.it. We all do about it. If it happens, I will be honoured.
:19:24. > :19:27.team will be coached by former Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce.
:19:27. > :19:31.And Pearce hinted Ryan Giggs could be considered for selection. It may
:19:31. > :19:41.be a long shot, but if those two make the team at least they will
:19:41. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:46.feel at home in that opening game. That guarantees a full house!
:19:46. > :19:48.70-year-old Dario Gradi has stepped down as Crewe's Manager to
:19:48. > :19:52.concentrate on developing the club's youth academy. His players
:19:52. > :19:54.were booed-off the pitch when they lost 3-0 to Torquay at the weekend.
:19:54. > :19:57.Gradi's two spells as Manager spanned 28 years and 1,353 games.
:19:57. > :20:05.Former Burnley player Steve Davis, who was Gradi's Assistant, has
:20:05. > :20:07.replaced him. In television timing is everything.
:20:07. > :20:12.But little did Manchester documentary maker Mike Todd realise
:20:12. > :20:15.how poignant the timing of his film about Smokin' Joe Frazier would be.
:20:15. > :20:24.The heavyweight boxing legend died on Tuesday, the very day he was
:20:24. > :20:31.meant to bewatching the premiere of the film made about his life. Thank
:20:31. > :20:37.you for coming in. It was tragically sad that he was not able
:20:37. > :20:42.to attend the premiere. It was a sad and strange time. I spoke to
:20:42. > :20:47.his manager the night before and we heard in the morning. I walk to the
:20:47. > :20:53.news like everyone else. His manager still attended the premiere.
:20:53. > :20:59.The news broke and it was massive and the United States. You spend a
:20:59. > :21:07.lot of time with him. You have spent years in the making of this
:21:07. > :21:12.documentary. Just over three years. What was he like? It is a rare
:21:12. > :21:17.thing to get that close to a legend. We were lucky to get close to him
:21:17. > :21:24.in that period. We were making a film about his gym in Philadelphia,
:21:24. > :21:28.which closed, which was very sad. Did you know he was poorly? We knew
:21:28. > :21:33.he was not well, but I only found out two weeks ago that he had
:21:33. > :21:40.cancer. We were lucky that he came to a preview screening we had in
:21:40. > :21:46.May. He has seen the film. Did he like it? Yes. A lot of talk this
:21:47. > :21:53.week about him, because he had the epic fades, about him feeling
:21:53. > :22:02.better perhaps he was in Muhammad Ali's shadow. Did you sense that he
:22:02. > :22:10.felt like that? He was trapped in the rivalry. His life was more than
:22:10. > :22:14.just the rivalry. He wanted to be seen outside of the legend of those
:22:14. > :22:22.the contests. That is why we focused on the work he did in
:22:22. > :22:27.Philadelphia. Was he as sharp? What was his conversation like? He was
:22:27. > :22:34.quite a thought for man. He was never as articulate as Muhammad Ali.
:22:34. > :22:39.He left a very full and fascinating life. He came to this country and
:22:39. > :22:44.it speaking engagements at dinners and things. Do you sense that he
:22:44. > :22:51.was well respected here? We filmed with him on a tour of the UK and
:22:51. > :22:56.the reaction he courts, he has a global icon, it is sad. What was it
:22:56. > :23:01.like at the Premier? When the news broke it was all over the
:23:01. > :23:07.international press. People were queueing around the block. It was
:23:07. > :23:13.amazing. It is being released next year. It should be out the end of
:23:13. > :23:19.this year. We have a US distributor and it is likely to be broadcast
:23:19. > :23:23.early next year. Thank you for coming in.
:23:23. > :23:28.Many people would not think that the humble pie would deserve an
:23:28. > :23:32.exhibition dedicated to its beauty. Most people do not live in this
:23:32. > :23:37.part of the world because there is nothing humble about the Great
:23:37. > :23:43.North and pie. They have been part of our heritage for centuries and
:23:43. > :23:49.now you can learn about it at the Manchester Museum. There is flash
:23:50. > :23:53.photography in this report. The prices may have changed over
:23:53. > :23:59.the years, but the popularity of the pie in the north-west is
:23:59. > :24:05.constant. We have got the lushest countryside ever, so we have got
:24:05. > :24:12.the best sheep, the lushest lamb, beef, that you can get. That is
:24:12. > :24:16.what makes a good North and pie. This exhibition at their Museum of
:24:16. > :24:22.Science and Industry in Manchester celebrates the Six hundredth
:24:22. > :24:28.anniversary. Look no further than Wigan for how important the prying
:24:28. > :24:35.is. Wigan is the Paris eating capital. It started and the sheikhs
:24:35. > :24:45.in the minds the miners went back and it was referred to as eating
:24:45. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:52.humble pie. It is something we're proud of. They have been found that
:24:52. > :24:57.the Pie eating championships at this bar. In 2000 to nine,
:24:57. > :25:01.finalists claimed the wrong kind of pie had been used. It is not
:25:01. > :25:11.without controversy, because in St Helens they think they can make a
:25:11. > :25:14.
:25:14. > :25:21.better one. What makes a good pie? Dead meat. If the pastry is soft.
:25:21. > :25:31.- good meat. Whichever type you Prevert, the pylons large as one of
:25:31. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:49.the north-west? Favourite foods. You're not going to see much change
:25:49. > :25:54.over the weather in the next 12 - 24 hours, but things start get
:25:54. > :26:04.better towards the weekend. The temperatures are not going to drop
:26:04. > :26:11.too much. It is looking good. Tonight will be staying mild.
:26:11. > :26:15.Acklam soft blue sky and sunshine every now and again. For most of us,
:26:15. > :26:19.it is the same story with a lot of cloud cover and a tiny spot of
:26:19. > :26:25.drizzle here and there. There might be a break every now and then but
:26:25. > :26:34.that should not amount to much. Overnight temperatures are good.
:26:34. > :26:40.Long clear spells. Tomorrow morning, there will be a lot of cloud cover.
:26:40. > :26:44.A tiny spot of drizzle, but through the morning we will see a break
:26:44. > :26:49.developing. That will not last for too long because we have the next
:26:49. > :26:59.weather system coming to us by teatime tomorrow. It will clued-up
:26:59. > :27:09.as they go through the afternoon. The remote -- actually spread
:27:09. > :27:09.
:27:09. > :27:15.across the region. The breeze is from the south-east.
:27:15. > :27:24.Nothing will dampen the enthusiasm of Radio Lancashire's presenters,