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Good evening. Our top story: Made to dance for a cigarette - the

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shocking story of a man who died because he was disabled. I always

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worried about him. What happened is my worst nightmare.

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Also in the programme: A hospital in crisis - they insist they have

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made improvements that they had to buy today or face action.

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You may have heard of town twinning, but how about toilet twinning? We

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will find out why these public conveniences in Kendal help in

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Cambodia. Excuse us if we get emotional - as

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we prepare to move out, we look back to the time it all started

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here in Oxford Road. It was packed with the latest machinery. I was on

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radio at the time and are DJs loved Also tonight, Tony is here with the

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sport and a little trophy of his own.

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Yes, modesty should forbid me from mentioning this, but it does not.

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Join me later with the weekend winners, including ourselves.

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Gary Skelly was born with learning difficulties. If he lived all of

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his life with his family yet, for much of his 53 years, he was

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taunted and bullied. Eventually he was killed by a single punch from a

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man who did it because he was irritated by Gary. His family tried

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to shield him from bullies. Now they are hoping his death will have

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meaning. They want to see violent attacks against disabled petered

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record -- disabled people recorded as hate crimes.

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Gary Skelly died a year ago, killed by a single blow to the head. He

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suffered from learning difficulties and lived in Norris Green in

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Liverpool with his mum. He had been tormented for years before he was

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attacked. They used to making dance. You know, dance for a cigarette or

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whatever. On the night of 14th September last

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year, Gary was killed as he walked to a friend's house. His killer is

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now serving a seven-year prison sentence for manslaughter. He said

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he did not know him. He just said he irritated him because he asked

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for a cigarette. Those close to Gary assured that the police should

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have recorded his death as a hate crime. They have launched an

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awareness campaign called Face Facts. Nine out of ten people with

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learning difficulties experienced bullying. That is an absolute shame

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on civil society and we have to do something about it.

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Campaigners say they want a change in the law that compels police to

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prosecute and record attacks on people with disabilities as hate

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crimes. Today, Gary's friends and family travelled to London to meet

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Paul Maynard to help with the campaign. We will carry on until

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there is a change in the law. You're not going to give up?

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Absolutely not. His life, actually, was worth a damn sight more than

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seven years. I always did worry about him. What happened is my

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worst nightmare. Annabel Tiffin, North West Tonight.

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If there is more of that interview with the family on tonight's Inside

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Out at 7:30pm on BBC One. The management of a hospital trust

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which covers south Cumbria and Lancaster arrived at work today

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knowing that they had a lot to prove. The Care Quality Commission

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had given them until today to tackle six areas of concern about

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maternity services, or action would have to be taken. The trust, as you

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may know, is being investigated by the police as well as other

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regulatory bodies. Only last week they admitted that they had failed

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to give more than 800 patients urgent follow-up appointments. In a

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moment we will speak to the Chief Executive of the trust. First,

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Laura Yates has spent the day at Furness General's maternity unit.

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28 weeks pregnant, this woman will have a baby at Furness General next

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year. Do you have any concerns? none at all. The staff were on the

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ball. They are fantastic. She admits that she has heard the

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stories, stories of a maternity unit being investigated by the

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police. It was told it must improve by NHS regulators. In June 2,000

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and the 11th an inquest into the death of a baby at the hospital

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said that midwives had repeatedly missed opportunities to spot and

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treat a serious infection. Soon afterwards police launched an

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investigation into other deaths at a hospital. The Care Quality

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Commission had concerns. They said that the maternity units at the

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Trust's three hospitals failed to meet six essential standards and

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issued them with a warning notice. Its deadline was today. For months

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now, a team of specialists, including midwives, paediatricians

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and an obstetrician from hospitals across the country have been

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working with staff here, offering support and advice as changes are

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brought in and practice is changed. We have changed the route de

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theatre for women in the emergency section. They go through a clinical

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area now as opposed to a public area. We have worked with our

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medical teams to give them additional training around risk

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management and incident reporting. This afternoon the hospital trust

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will submit its evidence to the CQC. It is likely they will then carry

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out a further unannounced inspection of to check that their

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concerns have been addressed. If not, they say they will take

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further action, which could include another warning notice, a fine, or

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intervention. I am joined by the Chief Executive

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of the NHS Trust. How far are you satisfied that you have met the

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demands for improvement? I have to say we are confident that we have

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done everything that has been asked of us. It does not stop on 21st

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November. Some of the things we are dealing with will be ongoing over a

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considerable period of time. We believe we have made significant

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change, we have done what we said we would do, but we will continue

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to improve the safety of our services.

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If it was so quick to fix, why did it become a problem in the first

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place? I am not sure it was quick to fix. We have made a huge amount

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of change in that unit. With respect, it was only six weeks

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ago that they said you were failing in key areas, and yet you say you

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have turned them around already. are confident that we have done

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what was asked of us, we have completed the action plans.

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Actually, this is a long-term programme of change. That is why

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there are some system changes in place at the moment. We have a

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senior midwife from the Midlands on secondment working in our labour

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ward, Embedding change in the organisation. This is about a long-

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term sustainable change. We have kick-started that change, but we're

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not complacent now. We need to continue to work on the safety of

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our services. We found that 800 people have not

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been given a urgent follow-up appointments, you have the CQC

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looking at services, a police investigation. How can patients who

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go to any of the hospitals that you run be sure that it is safe and

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that they're getting a good service? The first thing to say is

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that everyone who works in the organisation works here because we

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are passionate about looking after patients. We have plans in place to

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deal with the issues, and I think they are very robust. I would like

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to thank the doctors, nurses and midwives and administrative support

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teams for the work they have been carrying it in the last few months

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to get these problems sock. Your head is on the block. If it

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does not work will you stand down? Of course my head is on the block.

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We have to keep our attention focused on delivering the very best

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standards of care that we can. That is the one thing that is uniting

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everybody at the moment. That is my focus, and it has to stay that way.

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Thank you for talking to us. A man has been airlifted to a

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hospital after he was crushed while working on a boat on the Mersey. It

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happened just before midday in across the Channel. The New

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Brighton lifeboat and a helicopter from RAF Valley came to rest --

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team to the rescue. -- came to the issue.

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If Shelagh Delaney, the playwright best known for A Taste Of Honey,

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has died. She was a few days short of a seventy-second birthday. She

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died of cancer at her daughter's house. A Taste Of Honey was

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premiered in 1958. The Government has declared war on

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benefits cheats who cost the system 5 billion its -- �5 billion a year.

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I'll be going too far? Today, two bishops from the north-west said

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that welfare reforms are pushing people into poverty Pill stop at

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the start of a special series of reports, all we ask if the joint

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impact of Government reforms and recession made victims of many

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honest claimants? The recession has pushed more and

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more people into the benefits system. At the same time it is

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facing its most radical shake-up in 60 years. If you want to see the

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fall-out of that look no farther than the Tribunal Service. They

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deal with all kinds of grievances at the stop right now, more than

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half of all the cases they handle are benefits appeals. That figure

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is at 47% -- up by 47% in two years. In terms of incapacity and sent --

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and Employment Support Allowance, in more than a third of appeals the

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Government is losing. We have heard from those who advise claimants

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with problems. They say that system is at breaking point.

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This office is already packed and it has only been open for an hour.

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This is not a busy day. We have seen 30 people. It is not unusual

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be -- to see between 80 and 100 people.

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Rebecca is dealing with two letters - one an eviction notice and won a

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court summons. She got a part-time job which should not have impacted

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on her benefits, but it did. The adviser dashes off to try to put

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legal action on hold. If she had stayed on benefits she would not be

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here now, she would not have a council tax notice.

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Rebecca spent years in and refugee camps in Sudan before coming to the

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UK with a children. She wanted to get off of benefits and back into

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work. Now she whizzes she had not. -- she wishes we do not have any

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food in the house. I do know not -- I do not know. What life is this? I

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am not happy. People need to go to work, but when you're going to work

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like me, just look at what condition I am in.

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The government Mack says it is doing all it can to make sure

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people are not trapped on benefits. Citizens Advice says the reality

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can be very different. Nobody seems to listen or seems to

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appreciate what it is actually like on a practical level trying to get

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back into work. That situation might be common, this is not.

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you so much. This is fantastic. Andrew has arrived with a donation

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to say thank you. For more than a year, he fought to get benefits. He

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has a backdated cheque for �5,000, but only after Citizens Advice

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stepped in to help. It is not uncommon for it to take a long time.

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Idea? It can do, in some cases. a year.

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Citizens Advice say that these problems are not wilful, just the

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result of a system stretched to breaking-point. It has got to

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breaking point and beyond. These people are the victims of that

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broken system. Citizens Advice could lose a significant chunk of

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funding in a Government review of legal aid. Who, they wonder, will

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help these people with that funding goes. Into moronic's welfare wall

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fair we will put some of these points -- in tomorrow night's

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Welfare Warfare we will put some of these points to Chris Grayling, the

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Employment Minister. BBC North West have won two a

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board's from the Royal Television Society. The Politics Show North

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West Bunt -- won the best current affairs programme. Late Kick Off

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one another award. -- won another award. Tony is here. I get to take

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it home for one night tonight. I will show it to my dogs. Everyone

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else will be asleep! The most controversial goal of the

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season so far was crucial in the game between Wigan and Blackburn,

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was under? Absolutely. Wigan were furious that the Blackburn and goal

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was given. Watch what happens here. He clearly does not touch the ball.

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The next player taps the ball forward and it is eventually put in

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the net. No surprise that the Wigan manager and fans are disgusted at

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the referee for letting it stand. It is an absolute disgrace. Those

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things should not be allowed. have never seen anything like it.

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It is weird. It should never have stood. I think the referee should

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know the rules. It is something you What are they going to do about it?

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They will not formally complain it will not change the result. The

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result was 3-3. Here's what happened next.

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Whether that corner was Goal of The Month or steal of the month. The

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bottom two were 2-2 when the keeper looked to have ended it. Seven

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minutes into stoppage time there was a dramatic penalty, converted

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by Yakubu, with the last kick of the game. If that was match of the

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month, this was moment of the month, Johnson capped the week to put

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Liverpool joint fourth. Manchester City saw off unbeaten

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Newcastle to go five points clear at the top.

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Balletelli's mood sums it up. We leave for Everton who saw fans

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protest about their chairman before the game, and managed to claw back

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from 1-0 down at Wolves and pull their weight to 12th. Robbie

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Simpson scored a hat trick. The striker on loan from

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Huddersfield had a hand from the keeper.

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Rochdale took the Derby on. An encouraging start and they find

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themselves in the bottom half. Bury's win at Walsall was the

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biggest of the season. The opener was the sweetener of the

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game. Crewe kept knit the family to win

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at mother kam. Powell levelled with ten minutes to

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Rugby league now. Wigan Warriors star Sam Tomkins will play at

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Twickenham. He -- two weeks ago he signed a contract with Warriors.

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This weekend also saw St Helen's reg bilegend make his debut. Sean

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In becoming a Superleague great, Sean Long had to come through many

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challenges N some ways a new career in rugby union is up their with his

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biggest. A new life. A new career. How are you feeling now? Obviously

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nervous. You know, it was a home game and all that. Looking forward

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to it. Same with the boys. Four or five

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times. Getting better every session. A new challenge for me. I don't

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know half the rules, that's why I'm nervous. I didn't know what was

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going on Just doing it. Put a smile on my face when I am playing.

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important the players recognise he's not just going to turn up and

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win for us. They have to contribute as well. We can all get a lot out

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of it. There'll be great support for him. Everybody is excited about

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seeing him. We are seeing loads of people down here. There is a buzz

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around the club. Joop great to see rugby league and play for the

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Hoppers. It is the moment Hoppers' fans have been waiting for. There's

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been a sense of excitement here ul day. The crowd is double that --

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all day. The crowd is double that of what it is normally. Put that

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down to the Long factor. Hull ran out 29-18 winners. A bit

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off pace today. They deserved the Look at that - on Saturday they ran

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out of chips. Mind you, that visiting Newcastle fan didn't need

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them! Follow that! I was going to say

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it's never a good time to talk about toilets, but I think it is

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after that. This is a story about how paying a penny can pay

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dividends miles away. Toilets have been twined with a

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town in Cambodia. Why have they done it though? It's not a glam

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mouse destination or one famous among international visitors. These

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public loos are highly valued by all those needing to spend a penny.

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They have been cared for by a community group since the local

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council washed their hands of them earlier this year. It is amazing to

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get 15 people involved. We are running something as unlovely as a

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publicty lot. Flushed with the success of -- Public toilet.

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Flushed with success, they are now providing public conveniences in

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kam pod ya. -- Cambodia. They arrange the

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twinings. They give us an exact long tued and latitude. You can go

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into Google earth, zoom in and see where our twin lies. The aim is to

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raise awareness of the fact that only 40% of the world's population

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has access to clean toilet facilities. You hear twin towning

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mayors might have a band out for the day - to you expect that?

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not sure funding will run to it. I run to things about what sort of

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chain I would have around my neck - maybe a loo chain! The group is

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raising funds to twin with more toilets in developing countries

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around the world. Flushed with success! From one

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iconic building to another, this weekend will see the end of a

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broadcasting era when we move out of here.

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Our shiny new home, new, new home at Media City is waiting to warm us

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on Monday. This place has served us well for 30 years. It will be fun

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to look back at the hair, the guests, the memories. Dave Guest

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has put together some special reports. Even Pudsey is packed up

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for his move to Salford. This still call this place New Broadcasting

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House. All around you there are signs of things being packed up and

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shipped out. In the corridors here, once bustling with life and

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activity, there is silence. On this corridor you used to hear sweet

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music. In here is studio seven, home of the famous BBC philharmonic.

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As you can see, the BBC Phil are long gone to their new home in

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Salford. But back in a time of long hair, flares and platform shoes MBH

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was the shape of the future. It brought together parts of the BBC

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spread out over Manchester. There was a building in St Peter's Square.

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It brought everybody together into one building.

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They called himerny.... In December, 1971, as Benny Hill's song topped

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the chart, work began on this site. It did feel like the family was

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actually coming together for once. Then in the long hot summer of '76

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the Prime Minister arrived to open the BBC's shiny new HQ. It was

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packed with the latest machinery. I was on the radio at the time. Our

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DJs loved it. Studio A was filled to bursting the

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great and the good to witness a high tech remote controlled

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unveiling. -- high-tech, remote-controlled

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unveiling. This is studio eight today. It resembles a second-hand

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furniture store. If only these walls could talk!

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Welcome to the Oxford Road Show live. It is 19.73. Good morning I'm

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Ross King.... She's not. produced the best-known TV shows of

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the age. It was to be 1981 before the local

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news team moved in and some members of the team were far from impressed

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with new Broadcasting House. thought, well it looks charmless

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and lacks character. That was really right. That is what it is -

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it's a factory. Others felt it made them positively

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sick. We were all convinced it had "sick building syndrome". I have to

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say there was never any evidence that was true. Being anarchists we

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smuggled in scientists to get them to do some tests. It was all

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inconclusive. Well, sick building or not, most of

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us have survived to tell the tale. Now, tomorrow I will be catching up

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with some of the presenters who have called the North West Tonight

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studio "home" over the years. I love John as well. He looks good

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these days. Lots of familiar faces tomorrow. You have seen a few come

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and go? I have. Still here. Still hanging on in here. Good evening to

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you. If you wonder what will happen weather wise, will we turn more

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autumnal? I think you will as we autumnal? I think you will as we

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head to Friday. You can see the blue trying to win its way through.

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The mild air sticks with us towards the end tail of the week.

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I think from time to time autumn will feel like it's here. We've had

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a huge amount of cloud cover over the north-west of England. From

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time to time we've had spots of rain. Now, there is more rain

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waiting in the wings. Where our computer picks up the forecast, I

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think it is overdoing it. This is where it starts to bring it in. It

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will be a ramble of not how heavy it looks. It will be coming and

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going all the way through the night. As you head towards the early hours

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of the morning there will be patchy rain. Temperatures stay at eight or

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nine Celsius. It is not the prettiest of starts. The Isle of

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Man will clear first. For the rest of us, well it will clear by late

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morning. The cloud cover will thin and break after that. In the more

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southern parts it may take until 2pm until the sun shin comes out.

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Cooler, a 10-11 Celsius. If you contributed to Children In Need, we

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More than anywhere else. It makes up for you having to kiss

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a dog. I was reminded about that over the weekend. I am still

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picking hair out of my teeth! A lot of people said he was better

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