:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening. Our top story: Made to dance for a cigarette - the
:00:14. > :00:23.shocking story of a man who died because he was disabled. I always
:00:23. > :00:28.worried about him. What happened is my worst nightmare.
:00:28. > :00:31.Also in the programme: A hospital in crisis - they insist they have
:00:31. > :00:35.made improvements that they had to buy today or face action.
:00:35. > :00:41.You may have heard of town twinning, but how about toilet twinning? We
:00:41. > :00:44.will find out why these public conveniences in Kendal help in
:00:44. > :00:48.Cambodia. Excuse us if we get emotional - as
:00:48. > :00:53.we prepare to move out, we look back to the time it all started
:00:53. > :01:03.here in Oxford Road. It was packed with the latest machinery. I was on
:01:03. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:12.radio at the time and are DJs loved Also tonight, Tony is here with the
:01:12. > :01:17.sport and a little trophy of his own.
:01:17. > :01:22.Yes, modesty should forbid me from mentioning this, but it does not.
:01:22. > :01:26.Join me later with the weekend winners, including ourselves.
:01:26. > :01:31.Gary Skelly was born with learning difficulties. If he lived all of
:01:31. > :01:36.his life with his family yet, for much of his 53 years, he was
:01:36. > :01:40.taunted and bullied. Eventually he was killed by a single punch from a
:01:40. > :01:44.man who did it because he was irritated by Gary. His family tried
:01:44. > :01:48.to shield him from bullies. Now they are hoping his death will have
:01:48. > :01:54.meaning. They want to see violent attacks against disabled petered
:01:54. > :01:59.record -- disabled people recorded as hate crimes.
:01:59. > :02:02.Gary Skelly died a year ago, killed by a single blow to the head. He
:02:03. > :02:06.suffered from learning difficulties and lived in Norris Green in
:02:06. > :02:15.Liverpool with his mum. He had been tormented for years before he was
:02:15. > :02:19.attacked. They used to making dance. You know, dance for a cigarette or
:02:19. > :02:23.whatever. On the night of 14th September last
:02:23. > :02:27.year, Gary was killed as he walked to a friend's house. His killer is
:02:27. > :02:32.now serving a seven-year prison sentence for manslaughter. He said
:02:32. > :02:36.he did not know him. He just said he irritated him because he asked
:02:36. > :02:40.for a cigarette. Those close to Gary assured that the police should
:02:40. > :02:44.have recorded his death as a hate crime. They have launched an
:02:44. > :02:49.awareness campaign called Face Facts. Nine out of ten people with
:02:49. > :02:53.learning difficulties experienced bullying. That is an absolute shame
:02:53. > :02:57.on civil society and we have to do something about it.
:02:57. > :03:01.Campaigners say they want a change in the law that compels police to
:03:01. > :03:07.prosecute and record attacks on people with disabilities as hate
:03:07. > :03:14.crimes. Today, Gary's friends and family travelled to London to meet
:03:14. > :03:17.Paul Maynard to help with the campaign. We will carry on until
:03:17. > :03:23.there is a change in the law. You're not going to give up?
:03:23. > :03:31.Absolutely not. His life, actually, was worth a damn sight more than
:03:31. > :03:37.seven years. I always did worry about him. What happened is my
:03:37. > :03:41.worst nightmare. Annabel Tiffin, North West Tonight.
:03:41. > :03:46.If there is more of that interview with the family on tonight's Inside
:03:46. > :03:49.Out at 7:30pm on BBC One. The management of a hospital trust
:03:49. > :03:53.which covers south Cumbria and Lancaster arrived at work today
:03:53. > :03:57.knowing that they had a lot to prove. The Care Quality Commission
:03:57. > :04:02.had given them until today to tackle six areas of concern about
:04:02. > :04:06.maternity services, or action would have to be taken. The trust, as you
:04:06. > :04:10.may know, is being investigated by the police as well as other
:04:10. > :04:14.regulatory bodies. Only last week they admitted that they had failed
:04:14. > :04:18.to give more than 800 patients urgent follow-up appointments. In a
:04:18. > :04:24.moment we will speak to the Chief Executive of the trust. First,
:04:24. > :04:33.Laura Yates has spent the day at Furness General's maternity unit.
:04:33. > :04:39.28 weeks pregnant, this woman will have a baby at Furness General next
:04:39. > :04:45.year. Do you have any concerns? none at all. The staff were on the
:04:45. > :04:48.ball. They are fantastic. She admits that she has heard the
:04:48. > :04:55.stories, stories of a maternity unit being investigated by the
:04:55. > :04:59.police. It was told it must improve by NHS regulators. In June 2,000
:04:59. > :05:04.and the 11th an inquest into the death of a baby at the hospital
:05:04. > :05:09.said that midwives had repeatedly missed opportunities to spot and
:05:09. > :05:17.treat a serious infection. Soon afterwards police launched an
:05:17. > :05:22.investigation into other deaths at a hospital. The Care Quality
:05:22. > :05:24.Commission had concerns. They said that the maternity units at the
:05:24. > :05:30.Trust's three hospitals failed to meet six essential standards and
:05:30. > :05:34.issued them with a warning notice. Its deadline was today. For months
:05:34. > :05:38.now, a team of specialists, including midwives, paediatricians
:05:38. > :05:43.and an obstetrician from hospitals across the country have been
:05:43. > :05:48.working with staff here, offering support and advice as changes are
:05:48. > :05:52.brought in and practice is changed. We have changed the route de
:05:52. > :05:55.theatre for women in the emergency section. They go through a clinical
:05:55. > :05:59.area now as opposed to a public area. We have worked with our
:05:59. > :06:03.medical teams to give them additional training around risk
:06:03. > :06:09.management and incident reporting. This afternoon the hospital trust
:06:09. > :06:11.will submit its evidence to the CQC. It is likely they will then carry
:06:11. > :06:16.out a further unannounced inspection of to check that their
:06:16. > :06:26.concerns have been addressed. If not, they say they will take
:06:26. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:33.further action, which could include another warning notice, a fine, or
:06:33. > :06:37.intervention. I am joined by the Chief Executive
:06:37. > :06:42.of the NHS Trust. How far are you satisfied that you have met the
:06:42. > :06:46.demands for improvement? I have to say we are confident that we have
:06:46. > :06:54.done everything that has been asked of us. It does not stop on 21st
:06:54. > :06:57.November. Some of the things we are dealing with will be ongoing over a
:06:57. > :07:01.considerable period of time. We believe we have made significant
:07:01. > :07:07.change, we have done what we said we would do, but we will continue
:07:07. > :07:11.to improve the safety of our services.
:07:11. > :07:16.If it was so quick to fix, why did it become a problem in the first
:07:16. > :07:24.place? I am not sure it was quick to fix. We have made a huge amount
:07:24. > :07:28.of change in that unit. With respect, it was only six weeks
:07:28. > :07:32.ago that they said you were failing in key areas, and yet you say you
:07:32. > :07:36.have turned them around already. are confident that we have done
:07:36. > :07:39.what was asked of us, we have completed the action plans.
:07:39. > :07:43.Actually, this is a long-term programme of change. That is why
:07:43. > :07:49.there are some system changes in place at the moment. We have a
:07:49. > :07:59.senior midwife from the Midlands on secondment working in our labour
:07:59. > :08:00.
:08:00. > :08:05.ward, Embedding change in the organisation. This is about a long-
:08:05. > :08:12.term sustainable change. We have kick-started that change, but we're
:08:12. > :08:15.not complacent now. We need to continue to work on the safety of
:08:15. > :08:20.our services. We found that 800 people have not
:08:20. > :08:25.been given a urgent follow-up appointments, you have the CQC
:08:25. > :08:31.looking at services, a police investigation. How can patients who
:08:31. > :08:34.go to any of the hospitals that you run be sure that it is safe and
:08:34. > :08:38.that they're getting a good service? The first thing to say is
:08:38. > :08:42.that everyone who works in the organisation works here because we
:08:42. > :08:48.are passionate about looking after patients. We have plans in place to
:08:48. > :08:53.deal with the issues, and I think they are very robust. I would like
:08:53. > :08:57.to thank the doctors, nurses and midwives and administrative support
:08:57. > :09:00.teams for the work they have been carrying it in the last few months
:09:00. > :09:05.to get these problems sock. Your head is on the block. If it
:09:05. > :09:08.does not work will you stand down? Of course my head is on the block.
:09:08. > :09:12.We have to keep our attention focused on delivering the very best
:09:12. > :09:18.standards of care that we can. That is the one thing that is uniting
:09:18. > :09:24.everybody at the moment. That is my focus, and it has to stay that way.
:09:24. > :09:27.Thank you for talking to us. A man has been airlifted to a
:09:27. > :09:31.hospital after he was crushed while working on a boat on the Mersey. It
:09:31. > :09:35.happened just before midday in across the Channel. The New
:09:35. > :09:41.Brighton lifeboat and a helicopter from RAF Valley came to rest --
:09:41. > :09:44.team to the rescue. -- came to the issue.
:09:44. > :09:49.If Shelagh Delaney, the playwright best known for A Taste Of Honey,
:09:49. > :09:54.has died. She was a few days short of a seventy-second birthday. She
:09:54. > :09:59.died of cancer at her daughter's house. A Taste Of Honey was
:09:59. > :10:05.premiered in 1958. The Government has declared war on
:10:06. > :10:11.benefits cheats who cost the system 5 billion its -- �5 billion a year.
:10:12. > :10:15.I'll be going too far? Today, two bishops from the north-west said
:10:15. > :10:20.that welfare reforms are pushing people into poverty Pill stop at
:10:20. > :10:24.the start of a special series of reports, all we ask if the joint
:10:24. > :10:29.impact of Government reforms and recession made victims of many
:10:29. > :10:32.honest claimants? The recession has pushed more and
:10:32. > :10:36.more people into the benefits system. At the same time it is
:10:36. > :10:40.facing its most radical shake-up in 60 years. If you want to see the
:10:40. > :10:47.fall-out of that look no farther than the Tribunal Service. They
:10:47. > :10:52.deal with all kinds of grievances at the stop right now, more than
:10:52. > :10:59.half of all the cases they handle are benefits appeals. That figure
:10:59. > :11:02.is at 47% -- up by 47% in two years. In terms of incapacity and sent --
:11:02. > :11:07.and Employment Support Allowance, in more than a third of appeals the
:11:07. > :11:14.Government is losing. We have heard from those who advise claimants
:11:14. > :11:17.with problems. They say that system is at breaking point.
:11:17. > :11:23.This office is already packed and it has only been open for an hour.
:11:23. > :11:28.This is not a busy day. We have seen 30 people. It is not unusual
:11:28. > :11:32.be -- to see between 80 and 100 people.
:11:32. > :11:37.Rebecca is dealing with two letters - one an eviction notice and won a
:11:37. > :11:42.court summons. She got a part-time job which should not have impacted
:11:42. > :11:46.on her benefits, but it did. The adviser dashes off to try to put
:11:46. > :11:51.legal action on hold. If she had stayed on benefits she would not be
:11:51. > :11:56.here now, she would not have a council tax notice.
:11:56. > :12:00.Rebecca spent years in and refugee camps in Sudan before coming to the
:12:00. > :12:09.UK with a children. She wanted to get off of benefits and back into
:12:09. > :12:18.work. Now she whizzes she had not. -- she wishes we do not have any
:12:18. > :12:22.food in the house. I do know not -- I do not know. What life is this? I
:12:22. > :12:29.am not happy. People need to go to work, but when you're going to work
:12:29. > :12:32.like me, just look at what condition I am in.
:12:32. > :12:36.The government Mack says it is doing all it can to make sure
:12:36. > :12:43.people are not trapped on benefits. Citizens Advice says the reality
:12:43. > :12:46.can be very different. Nobody seems to listen or seems to
:12:46. > :12:52.appreciate what it is actually like on a practical level trying to get
:12:52. > :12:57.back into work. That situation might be common, this is not.
:12:57. > :13:04.you so much. This is fantastic. Andrew has arrived with a donation
:13:04. > :13:09.to say thank you. For more than a year, he fought to get benefits. He
:13:09. > :13:13.has a backdated cheque for �5,000, but only after Citizens Advice
:13:13. > :13:23.stepped in to help. It is not uncommon for it to take a long time.
:13:23. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:31.Idea? It can do, in some cases. a year.
:13:31. > :13:34.Citizens Advice say that these problems are not wilful, just the
:13:34. > :13:40.result of a system stretched to breaking-point. It has got to
:13:40. > :13:46.breaking point and beyond. These people are the victims of that
:13:46. > :13:52.broken system. Citizens Advice could lose a significant chunk of
:13:52. > :13:56.funding in a Government review of legal aid. Who, they wonder, will
:13:56. > :14:02.help these people with that funding goes. Into moronic's welfare wall
:14:02. > :14:08.fair we will put some of these points -- in tomorrow night's
:14:08. > :14:12.Welfare Warfare we will put some of these points to Chris Grayling, the
:14:13. > :14:16.Employment Minister. BBC North West have won two a
:14:16. > :14:24.board's from the Royal Television Society. The Politics Show North
:14:24. > :14:33.West Bunt -- won the best current affairs programme. Late Kick Off
:14:33. > :14:36.one another award. -- won another award. Tony is here. I get to take
:14:36. > :14:42.it home for one night tonight. I will show it to my dogs. Everyone
:14:42. > :14:48.else will be asleep! The most controversial goal of the
:14:48. > :14:55.season so far was crucial in the game between Wigan and Blackburn,
:14:55. > :15:04.was under? Absolutely. Wigan were furious that the Blackburn and goal
:15:04. > :15:09.was given. Watch what happens here. He clearly does not touch the ball.
:15:09. > :15:14.The next player taps the ball forward and it is eventually put in
:15:14. > :15:19.the net. No surprise that the Wigan manager and fans are disgusted at
:15:19. > :15:25.the referee for letting it stand. It is an absolute disgrace. Those
:15:25. > :15:29.things should not be allowed. have never seen anything like it.
:15:29. > :15:39.It is weird. It should never have stood. I think the referee should
:15:39. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:48.know the rules. It is something you What are they going to do about it?
:15:48. > :15:54.They will not formally complain it will not change the result. The
:15:54. > :15:59.result was 3-3. Here's what happened next.
:15:59. > :16:06.Whether that corner was Goal of The Month or steal of the month. The
:16:06. > :16:10.bottom two were 2-2 when the keeper looked to have ended it. Seven
:16:10. > :16:14.minutes into stoppage time there was a dramatic penalty, converted
:16:14. > :16:22.by Yakubu, with the last kick of the game. If that was match of the
:16:22. > :16:31.month, this was moment of the month, Johnson capped the week to put
:16:31. > :16:37.Liverpool joint fourth. Manchester City saw off unbeaten
:16:37. > :16:42.Newcastle to go five points clear at the top.
:16:42. > :16:46.Balletelli's mood sums it up. We leave for Everton who saw fans
:16:46. > :16:51.protest about their chairman before the game, and managed to claw back
:16:51. > :16:56.from 1-0 down at Wolves and pull their weight to 12th. Robbie
:16:56. > :17:02.Simpson scored a hat trick. The striker on loan from
:17:02. > :17:07.Huddersfield had a hand from the keeper.
:17:07. > :17:13.Rochdale took the Derby on. An encouraging start and they find
:17:13. > :17:16.themselves in the bottom half. Bury's win at Walsall was the
:17:16. > :17:19.biggest of the season. The opener was the sweetener of the
:17:19. > :17:24.game. Crewe kept knit the family to win
:17:24. > :17:34.at mother kam. Powell levelled with ten minutes to
:17:34. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:52.Rugby league now. Wigan Warriors star Sam Tomkins will play at
:17:52. > :18:01.Twickenham. He -- two weeks ago he signed a contract with Warriors.
:18:01. > :18:10.This weekend also saw St Helen's reg bilegend make his debut. Sean
:18:11. > :18:15.In becoming a Superleague great, Sean Long had to come through many
:18:15. > :18:20.challenges N some ways a new career in rugby union is up their with his
:18:20. > :18:24.biggest. A new life. A new career. How are you feeling now? Obviously
:18:24. > :18:29.nervous. You know, it was a home game and all that. Looking forward
:18:29. > :18:32.to it. Same with the boys. Four or five
:18:32. > :18:40.times. Getting better every session. A new challenge for me. I don't
:18:40. > :18:46.know half the rules, that's why I'm nervous. I didn't know what was
:18:46. > :18:49.going on Just doing it. Put a smile on my face when I am playing.
:18:49. > :18:56.important the players recognise he's not just going to turn up and
:18:56. > :19:00.win for us. They have to contribute as well. We can all get a lot out
:19:00. > :19:04.of it. There'll be great support for him. Everybody is excited about
:19:04. > :19:10.seeing him. We are seeing loads of people down here. There is a buzz
:19:10. > :19:17.around the club. Joop great to see rugby league and play for the
:19:17. > :19:21.Hoppers. It is the moment Hoppers' fans have been waiting for. There's
:19:21. > :19:26.been a sense of excitement here ul day. The crowd is double that --
:19:26. > :19:36.all day. The crowd is double that of what it is normally. Put that
:19:36. > :19:37.
:19:37. > :19:47.down to the Long factor. Hull ran out 29-18 winners. A bit
:19:47. > :19:51.off pace today. They deserved the Look at that - on Saturday they ran
:19:51. > :19:57.out of chips. Mind you, that visiting Newcastle fan didn't need
:19:57. > :20:03.them! Follow that! I was going to say
:20:04. > :20:08.it's never a good time to talk about toilets, but I think it is
:20:08. > :20:14.after that. This is a story about how paying a penny can pay
:20:14. > :20:20.dividends miles away. Toilets have been twined with a
:20:21. > :20:25.town in Cambodia. Why have they done it though? It's not a glam
:20:25. > :20:29.mouse destination or one famous among international visitors. These
:20:29. > :20:34.public loos are highly valued by all those needing to spend a penny.
:20:34. > :20:38.They have been cared for by a community group since the local
:20:38. > :20:44.council washed their hands of them earlier this year. It is amazing to
:20:44. > :20:50.get 15 people involved. We are running something as unlovely as a
:20:51. > :20:56.publicty lot. Flushed with the success of -- Public toilet.
:20:56. > :21:02.Flushed with success, they are now providing public conveniences in
:21:02. > :21:09.kam pod ya. -- Cambodia. They arrange the
:21:09. > :21:14.twinings. They give us an exact long tued and latitude. You can go
:21:14. > :21:19.into Google earth, zoom in and see where our twin lies. The aim is to
:21:19. > :21:29.raise awareness of the fact that only 40% of the world's population
:21:29. > :21:32.
:21:32. > :21:36.has access to clean toilet facilities. You hear twin towning
:21:36. > :21:40.mayors might have a band out for the day - to you expect that?
:21:40. > :21:46.not sure funding will run to it. I run to things about what sort of
:21:46. > :21:49.chain I would have around my neck - maybe a loo chain! The group is
:21:49. > :21:56.raising funds to twin with more toilets in developing countries
:21:56. > :22:01.around the world. Flushed with success! From one
:22:01. > :22:05.iconic building to another, this weekend will see the end of a
:22:05. > :22:12.broadcasting era when we move out of here.
:22:12. > :22:16.Our shiny new home, new, new home at Media City is waiting to warm us
:22:16. > :22:23.on Monday. This place has served us well for 30 years. It will be fun
:22:23. > :22:28.to look back at the hair, the guests, the memories. Dave Guest
:22:28. > :22:35.has put together some special reports. Even Pudsey is packed up
:22:35. > :22:40.for his move to Salford. This still call this place New Broadcasting
:22:40. > :22:44.House. All around you there are signs of things being packed up and
:22:44. > :22:48.shipped out. In the corridors here, once bustling with life and
:22:48. > :22:54.activity, there is silence. On this corridor you used to hear sweet
:22:54. > :23:00.music. In here is studio seven, home of the famous BBC philharmonic.
:23:00. > :23:07.As you can see, the BBC Phil are long gone to their new home in
:23:07. > :23:11.Salford. But back in a time of long hair, flares and platform shoes MBH
:23:11. > :23:18.was the shape of the future. It brought together parts of the BBC
:23:18. > :23:21.spread out over Manchester. There was a building in St Peter's Square.
:23:21. > :23:31.It brought everybody together into one building.
:23:31. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:36.They called himerny.... In December, 1971, as Benny Hill's song topped
:23:36. > :23:46.the chart, work began on this site. It did feel like the family was
:23:46. > :23:50.
:23:50. > :23:55.actually coming together for once. Then in the long hot summer of '76
:23:55. > :23:58.the Prime Minister arrived to open the BBC's shiny new HQ. It was
:23:58. > :24:06.packed with the latest machinery. I was on the radio at the time. Our
:24:06. > :24:11.DJs loved it. Studio A was filled to bursting the
:24:11. > :24:19.great and the good to witness a high tech remote controlled
:24:19. > :24:24.unveiling. -- high-tech, remote-controlled
:24:24. > :24:29.unveiling. This is studio eight today. It resembles a second-hand
:24:29. > :24:39.furniture store. If only these walls could talk!
:24:39. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:44.Welcome to the Oxford Road Show live. It is 19.73. Good morning I'm
:24:44. > :24:52.Ross King.... She's not. produced the best-known TV shows of
:24:52. > :24:58.the age. It was to be 1981 before the local
:24:58. > :25:03.news team moved in and some members of the team were far from impressed
:25:03. > :25:07.with new Broadcasting House. thought, well it looks charmless
:25:07. > :25:13.and lacks character. That was really right. That is what it is -
:25:13. > :25:18.it's a factory. Others felt it made them positively
:25:18. > :25:23.sick. We were all convinced it had "sick building syndrome". I have to
:25:23. > :25:28.say there was never any evidence that was true. Being anarchists we
:25:28. > :25:31.smuggled in scientists to get them to do some tests. It was all
:25:31. > :25:35.inconclusive. Well, sick building or not, most of
:25:35. > :25:40.us have survived to tell the tale. Now, tomorrow I will be catching up
:25:40. > :25:48.with some of the presenters who have called the North West Tonight
:25:48. > :25:53.studio "home" over the years. I love John as well. He looks good
:25:53. > :25:57.these days. Lots of familiar faces tomorrow. You have seen a few come
:25:57. > :26:02.and go? I have. Still here. Still hanging on in here. Good evening to
:26:02. > :26:05.you. If you wonder what will happen weather wise, will we turn more
:26:05. > :26:08.autumnal? I think you will as we autumnal? I think you will as we
:26:08. > :26:13.head to Friday. You can see the blue trying to win its way through.
:26:13. > :26:17.The mild air sticks with us towards the end tail of the week.
:26:17. > :26:20.I think from time to time autumn will feel like it's here. We've had
:26:20. > :26:24.a huge amount of cloud cover over the north-west of England. From
:26:24. > :26:28.time to time we've had spots of rain. Now, there is more rain
:26:28. > :26:32.waiting in the wings. Where our computer picks up the forecast, I
:26:32. > :26:36.think it is overdoing it. This is where it starts to bring it in. It
:26:36. > :26:43.will be a ramble of not how heavy it looks. It will be coming and
:26:43. > :26:47.going all the way through the night. As you head towards the early hours
:26:48. > :26:51.of the morning there will be patchy rain. Temperatures stay at eight or
:26:52. > :26:56.nine Celsius. It is not the prettiest of starts. The Isle of
:26:56. > :27:02.Man will clear first. For the rest of us, well it will clear by late
:27:02. > :27:10.morning. The cloud cover will thin and break after that. In the more
:27:10. > :27:19.southern parts it may take until 2pm until the sun shin comes out.
:27:19. > :27:29.Cooler, a 10-11 Celsius. If you contributed to Children In Need, we
:27:29. > :27:30.
:27:30. > :27:35.More than anywhere else. It makes up for you having to kiss
:27:35. > :27:40.a dog. I was reminded about that over the weekend. I am still
:27:40. > :27:43.picking hair out of my teeth! A lot of people said he was better